Patents by Inventor Robert B. Nelson
Robert B. Nelson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9623393Abstract: There is disclosed a surprising reaction of an alkane thiol with a catalyst and heat to become dehydrogenated and form a thiophene rather than an expected desulfurization reaction to form the corresponding alkane or alkene. Moreover, there are disclosed surprising results regarding the form of a catalyst to allow a reaction of an alkane thiol to form the dehydrogenated thiophene at lower temperatures and at higher conversion percentages to allow for more efficient recovery of thiophenes to allow for recycling and reuse of thiophenes to hydrogenate to form alkane thiols. Further still, there is disclosed a set of reaction conditions and catalyst presentation that allows for recovery of usable diatomic hydrogen gas from a dehydrogenation reaction of substituted or unsubstituted cyclic thioethers to substituted or unsubstituted thiophene.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2009Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: ASEMBLON, INC.Inventors: Esmaeel Naeemi, Mangesh Bore, David G. O'Connor, Robert B. Nelson
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Patent number: 8092558Abstract: There is disclosed a microchannel reactor module for the immediate catalytic release of hydrogen from hydrogenated organic molecules along with the recovery of hydrogen gas and the recovery of dehydrogenated organic molecules as a liquid. More specifically, the disclosure provides a polyimide-based microchannel plate that is particularly useful for a process of immediate catalytic release of hydrogen from a hydrogenated organic molecule or formulation of molecules.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Asemblon, Inc.Inventors: David G. O'Connor, Robert B. Nelson
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Publication number: 20110020214Abstract: There is disclosed a surprising reaction of an alkane thiol with a catalyst and heat to become dehydrogenated and form a thiophene rather than an expected desulfurization reaction to form the corresponding alkane or alkene. Moreover, there are disclosed surprising results regarding the form of a catalyst to allow a reaction of an alkane thiol to form the dehydrogenated thiophene at lower temperatures and at higher conversion percentages to allow for more efficient recovery of thiophenes to allow for recycling and reuse of thiophenes to hydrogenate to form alkane thiols. Further still, there is disclosed a set of reaction conditions and catalyst presentation that allows for recovery of usable diatomic hydrogen gas from a dehydrogenation reaction of substituted or unsubstituted cyclic thioethers to substituted or unsubstituted thiophene.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Esmaeel Naeemi, Mangesh Bore, David G. O'Conner, Robert B. Nelson
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Publication number: 20090211397Abstract: There is disclosed a flexible motor coupling device that provides for distance changes along a lateral axis between a motor shaft and a device to be actuated (such as a valve shaft). More specially, there is disclosed a motor coupling device comprising an outer casing having an axis therein and a carriage shaft, wherein the carriage shaft moves laterally along the axis of rotation and is surrounded by ball bearings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventors: David G. O'Connor, Robert B. Nelson
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Publication number: 20090194714Abstract: There is disclosed a fiber optic liquid level sensor apparatus that functions using total internal reflection and an index of refraction. More specifically, there is disclosed a fiber optic liquid level sensor apparatus comprising two fiber optic strands, each having a first end and a second end, substantially oriented in parallel to each other, wherein the second ends of both strands are attached to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventors: Robert B. Nelson, David G. O'Connor
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Patent number: 7451459Abstract: The present invention utilizes a topology application programming interface (API) to provide relation information describing processor and platform topology to an executable program via a standardized interface. By providing topology information, the topology API allows the program to optimize its performance based upon the information without having to be explicitly aware of the actual platform architecture. The present invention also provides an expandable topology API that allows for future expansion of information type, without altering the standardized interface. In another instance of the present invention, the topology API collects, processes, and provides topology information about an underlying hardware architecture.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2003Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adam B. Glass, Robert B. Nelson
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Patent number: 7200745Abstract: A system and method that utilizes a common hardware register pseudo-language are disclosed. The present invention employs a common platform to specify hardware functionality and to execute hardware action(s). Hardware actions can be effectuated by performing a series of instructions, which comprise hardware register primitives and resources utilized by the primitives. The hardware register primitives are operations defined according to the common hardware register pseudo-language. The series of instructions can be loaded prior to boot or during initialization.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: James A. Schwartz, Jr., Stephane G. Plante, Robert B. Nelson
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Publication number: 20040226026Abstract: The present invention utilizes a topology application programming interface (API) to provide relation information describing processor and platform topology to an executable program via a standardized interface. By providing topology information, the topology API allows the program to optimize its performance based upon the information without having to be explicitly aware of the actual platform architecture. The present invention also provides an expandable topology API that allows for future expansion of information type, without altering the standardized interface. In another instance of the present invention, the topology API collects, processes, and provides topology information about an underlying hardware architecture.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2003Publication date: November 11, 2004Inventors: Adam B. Glass, Robert B. Nelson
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Patent number: 6376507Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing a disorder selected from stroke, epilepsy, head trauma, spinal cord trauma, ischemic neuronal damage such as cerebral ischemic damage from stroke or vascular occlusion (e.g., during open heart surgery), excitotoxic neuronal damage (e.g., in stroke or epilepsy) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mammals, including humans, using an NK-1 antagonist. It also relates to a method of treating or preventing such disorders in mammals, including humans, using certain quinuclidine derivatives, piperidine derivatives, pyrrolidine derivatives, azanorbornane derivatives, ethylene diamine derivatives and related compounds that are substance P receptor antagonists.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1998Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventors: Robert B. Nelson, John A. Lowe, III
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Patent number: 6343298Abstract: Described above are methods of authoring multimedia titles and of storing and delivering multimedia content that implements guaranteed seamless branching on digital media with high seek latency and a fixed upper bound on this latency. Continuous media content is arranged as individual clips on a storage medium. Seamless branches between clips are identified by an author. A method is disclosed to identify individual clips as carrier clips or non-carrier clips to guarantee specified seamless behavior while optimizing bridge memory usage and availability of seamless jumps. Bridge data of a particular target media clip is interleaved or otherwise associated on the storage medium with a carrier clip that is upstream of the target media clip, and delivered along with the upstream media clip. As bridge data are delivered, they are stored in bridge memory, to be used to implement a subsequent seamless branch.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2000Date of Patent: January 29, 2002Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander V. Savchenko, Vivek Nirkhe, Yi Sun, Robert B. Nelson
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Patent number: 6111567Abstract: Described above are methods of authoring multimedia titles and of storing and delivering multimedia content that implements guaranteed seamless branching on digital media with high seek latency and a fixed upper bound on this latency. Continuous media content is arranged as individual clips on a storage medium. Seamless branches between clips are identified by an author. A method is disclosed to identify individual clips as carrier clips or non-carrier clips to guarantee specified seamless behavior while optimizing bridge memory usage and availability of seamless jumps. Bridge data of a particular target media clip is interleaved or otherwise associated on the storage medium with a carrier clip that is upstream of the target media clip, and delivered along with the upstream media clip. As bridge data are delivered, they are stored in bridge memory, to be used to implement a subsequent seamless branch.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1997Date of Patent: August 29, 2000Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander V. Savchenko, Vivek Nirkhe, Yi Sun, Robert B. Nelson
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Patent number: 5252463Abstract: A novel M.sub.r 25,000 chymotrypsin-like protease, termed clipsin, which binds to a-1-AChy in a sodium dodecyl sulfate-resistant manner, preferentially degrades .beta.-APP, and shows high activity for a period of a few days in neonatal rat brain is disclosed. Preparation of clipsin in a form that allows clipsin proteolytic activity to be measured under conditions substantially free of the activity other cellular non-clipsin proteases is also disclosed. Further disclosed is a method of identifying potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of selected neuropathologies such as Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease by measuring or inhibition of clipsin.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1990Date of Patent: October 12, 1993Assignee: The Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical CompanyInventors: Robert B. Nelson, Robert G. Siman
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Patent number: 4493410Abstract: A double actuation coin slide system is provided which is associated with a coin slide housing. A sequential controller is associated with the coin slide housing and is energizable for controlling a timed sequence of operations. A power source provides electrical power between a pair of conductors for energizing the sequential controller. A switch is associated with one of the electrical conductors and is actuatable for selectively connecting or disconnecting electrical power from the power source to the sequential controller. A coin slide is mounted on the coin slide housing and is movable from a coin receiving position to a position for rotationally advancing a shaft portion of the sequential controller. The coin slide is operable through a first coin slide insertion cycle for effecting actuation of the switch to disconnect the power source while conditioning the sequential controller for energization by advancing the shaft portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1982Date of Patent: January 15, 1985Assignee: The Maytag CompanyInventor: Robert B. Nelson
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Patent number: 4369445Abstract: A video processor that responds to the video signals received from a group of radar receivers to automatically select the video that is least affected by ECM environment in which the receivers operate. Each receiver in the group has known ECM characteristics so that the effect of different forms of ECM on its video output signals may be detected. By continually monitoring the video output signals different receivers are continually selected to minimize the effect of ECM environment on the radar operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1966Date of Patent: January 18, 1983Assignee: Hughes Aircraft CompanyInventors: Norol T. Evans, Robert B. Nelson
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Patent number: D503003Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert B. Nelson, Henry Kabat, Doreen Smith
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Patent number: D507063Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.Inventors: Robert B. Nelson, Henry Kabat, Doreen Smith
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Patent number: D453041Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2000Date of Patent: January 22, 2002Assignee: The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.Inventor: Robert B. Nelson
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Patent number: D453561Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2000Date of Patent: February 12, 2002Assignee: The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.Inventor: Robert B. Nelson
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Patent number: D464417Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2000Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Yankee Candle CompanyInventor: Robert B. Nelson
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Patent number: D379789Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1995Date of Patent: June 10, 1997Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Daniel E. Schuster, Robert J. Hermann, Robert B. Nelson, Ronald L. Loeffler