Patents by Inventor Robert Brent
Robert Brent 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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Publication number: 20240151895Abstract: A variety of illumination devices are disclosed that are configured to manipulate light provided by one or more light-emitting elements (LEEs). In general, embodiments of the illumination devices feature one or more optical couplers that redirect illumination from the LEEs to a reflector which then directs the light into a range of angles. In some embodiments, the illumination device includes a second reflector that reflects at least some of the light from the first reflector. In certain embodiments, the illumination device includes a light guide that guides light from the collector to the first reflector. The components of the illumination device can be configured to provide illumination devices that can provide a variety of intensity distributions. Such illumination devices can be configured to provide light for particular lighting applications, including office lighting, task lighting, cabinet lighting, garage lighting, wall wash, stack lighting, and downlighting.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Wilson Dau, Robert C. Gardner, George Lerman, Louis Lerman, Christopher H. Lowery, Brian D. Ogonowsky, George E. Smith, Ingo Speier, Robert V. Steele, Jacqueline Teng, Allan Brent York, Hans Peter Stormberg
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Patent number: 11946173Abstract: Yarns and fabrics that include modacrylic fibers are described herein. A yarn and/or fabric may include modacrylic fibers, meta-aramid fibers, anti-static fibers, and optionally para-aramid fibers. In some embodiments, the modacrylic fibers, meta-aramid fibers, and, if present, para-aramid fibers, may each be solution-dyed.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Glen Raven, Inc.Inventors: Robert Charles Earhart, Mia Rauston Alberto, Christopher Brent Martin
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Patent number: 11920739Abstract: A solid state lamp includes a connector and a bulb portion with multiple strips.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Quarkstar LLCInventors: Robert V. Steele, Louis Lerman, Allan Brent York, Wilson Dau, Jacqueline Teng, George Lerman
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Publication number: 20230420275Abstract: Apparatus and methods to process one or more wafers are described. The apparatus comprises a chamber defining an upper interior region and a lower interior region. A heater assembly is on the bottom of the chamber body in the lower interior region and defines a process region. A wafer cassette assembly is inside the heater assembly and a motor is configured to move the wafer cassette assembly from the lower process region inside the heater assembly to the upper interior region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Michael Honan, David Blahnik, Robert Brent Vopat, Jeffrey Blahnik, Charles Carlson
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Publication number: 20230345881Abstract: This invention relates to a stand for supporting hay bales above the ground. The inventive hay stand The device is formed in the shape of an rectangular prism or cuboid from an inert plastic, closed-cell, polyurethane structural foam that will not allow water or air to move through it. The devices are constructed by pouring the structural foam material into forms that are constructed to yield the desired shape. The structural foam has two chemicals that are mixed and then poured into the form. The foam then heats and rises to take on the shape of the interior of the form. Once the foam is fully cured, the forms are removed, and the device is ready for use. Hay stands constructed in accordance with the present invention are useful for protecting hay bales from spoilage due to ground moisture.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Western Pro Feeders, LLCInventors: Glen Leslie McAlister, Robert Brent Hammons
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Patent number: 11791176Abstract: Apparatus and methods to process one or more wafers are described. The apparatus comprises a chamber defining an upper interior region and a lower interior region. A heater assembly is on the bottom of the chamber body in the lower interior region and defines a process region. A wafer cassette assembly is inside the heater assembly and a motor is configured to move the wafer cassette assembly from the lower process region inside the heater assembly to the upper interior region.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Michael Honan, David Blahnik, Robert Brent Vopat, Jeffrey Blahnik, Charles Carlson
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Patent number: 11315806Abstract: Wafer cassettes and methods of use that provide heating a cooling to a plurality of wafers to decrease time between wafer switching in a processing chamber. Wafers are supported on a wafer lift which can move all wafers together or on independent lift pins which can move individual wafers for heating and cooling.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Jason M. Schaller, Robert Brent Vopat, Paul E. Pergande, Benjamin B. Riordon, David Blahnik, William T. Weaver
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Patent number: 11288243Abstract: A computer-implemented method for assessing data quality of one or more data records. The method is implemented using a quality assessment (QA) computing device. The method includes storing, into a data warehouse, predefined data quality assessment criteria to be applied to the one or more data records to assess the data quality of the one or more data records. The method further includes assessing, by the QA computing device, the one or more data fields of each data record in the one or more views using the assessment criteria, wherein a data quality value is assigned to the one or more data fields based on the data quality.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Cristina Irene Hall, Robert Brent Gardner, William Curtis Jones, Charles E. Wheeler, Brian L. Wetter
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Patent number: 11264258Abstract: Buffer chamber including robots, a carousel and at least one heating module for use with a batch processing chamber are described. Robot configurations for rapid and repeatable movement of wafers into and out of the buffer chamber and cluster tools incorporating the buffer chambers and robots are described.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: William T. Weaver, Jason M. Schaller, Robert Brent Vopat, David Blahnik, Benjamin B. Riordon, Paul E. Pergande
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Publication number: 20210400881Abstract: This invention relates to a stand for supporting hay bales above the ground. The inventive hay stand The device is formed in the shape of an rectangular prism or cuboid from an inert plastic, closed-cell, polyurethane structural foam that will not allow water or air to move through it. The devices are constructed by pouring the structural foam material into forms that are constructed to yield the desired shape. The structural foam has two chemicals that are mixed and then poured into the form. The foam then heats and rises to take on the shape of the interior of the form. Once the foam is fully cured, the forms are removed, and the device is ready for use. Hay stands constructed in accordance with the present invention are useful for protecting hay bales from spoilage due to ground moisture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Western Pro Feeders, LLCInventors: Glen Leslie McAlister, Robert Brent Hammons
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Publication number: 20210401774Abstract: In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a method of treatment for treatment-resistant depression or trauma. In general, the method includes administering a dose of ketamine to a subject during at least one session as defined by a ketamine-assisted psychotherapy plan. In some embodiments, the ketamine-assisted psychotherapy plan includes one or more weeks having one or more sessions. In some embodiments, the one or more weeks correspond to a phase of the ketamine-assisted psychotherapy plan. In some embodiments, the dosage of ketamine may be varied between each session of the one or more sessions. In some embodiments, the method further includes conducting at least one baseline assessment before, during, or after at least one of the one or more sessions. In some embodiments, the dose of ketamine is in a range of 0.5 mg/kg to 2.0 mg/kg.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventor: Robert Brent Turnipseed
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Patent number: 10854483Abstract: Apparatuses for annealing semiconductor substrates, such as a batch processing chamber, are provided herein. The batch processing chamber includes a chamber body enclosing an internal volume, a cassette moveably disposed within the internal volume and a plug coupled to a bottom wall of the cassette. The chamber body has a hole through a bottom wall of the chamber body and is interfaced with one or more heaters operable to maintain the chamber body at a temperature of greater than 290° C. The cassette is configured to be raised to load a plurality of substrates thereon and lowered to seal the internal volume. The plug is configured to move up and down within the internal volume. The plug includes a downward-facing seal configured to engage with a top surface of the bottom wall of the chamber body and close the hole through the bottom wall of the chamber body.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Jason M. Schaller, Robert Brent Vopat, Charles T. Carlson, Jeffrey Charles Blahnik, Timothy J. Franklin, David Blahnik, Aaron Webb
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Patent number: 10854491Abstract: A method and apparatus for of improving processing results in a processing chamber by orienting a substrate support relative to a surface within the processing chamber. The method comprising orienting a supporting surface of a substrate support in a first orientation relative to an output surface of a showerhead, where the first orientation of the supporting surface relative to the output surface is not coplanar, and depositing a first layer of material on a substrate disposed on the supporting surface that is oriented in the first orientation.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Jason M. Schaller, Michael Rohrer, Tuan Anh Nguyen, William Tyler Weaver, Gregory John Freeman, Robert Brent Vopat
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Publication number: 20200375027Abstract: A system for heating substrates comprising LEDs arranged in a plurality of concentric circles is disclosed. The system comprises an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed in a two-dimensional grid, where there are a set of rows, and each row comprises a plurality of LEDs configured in parallel. This configuration is fault tolerant, allowing one or more LEDs to be inoperable, without affecting any of the other LEDs. Further, the LEDs are arranged in concentric circles, allowing uniform heating of the substrate. Additionally, in certain embodiments, the LEDs and signal traces are arranged so that a single layer circuit board may be used. A method of creating this array of LEDs is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2019Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Jason M. Schaller, Robert Brent Vopat, Paul E. Pergande
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Patent number: 10831112Abstract: Provided herein are approaches for processing reticle blanks. In one approach, a reticle processing system includes a support assembly having a plate coupled to a frame, and a carrier assembly coupled to the support assembly. In one approach, the carrier assembly includes a carrier base coupled to the plate, a reticle disposed over the carrier base, and a carrier shield disposed over the reticle, wherein the carrier shield may include a central opening formed therein, allowing for placement and extraction of the reticle. In one approach, when the carrier assembly is placed atop the support assembly, a plurality of pins extend from the plate through corresponding openings in the carrier base, the plurality of pins supporting the carrier assembly so the carrier base, the reticle, and the carrier shield are each independently supported and vertically separated from one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: James Strassner, Charles Carlson, Robert Brent Vopat, Jeffrey Blahnik
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Publication number: 20200279763Abstract: Buffer chamber including robots, a carousel and at least one heating module for use with a batch processing chamber are described. Robot configurations for rapid and repeatable movement of wafers into and out of the buffer chamber and cluster tools incorporating the buffer chambers and robots are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: William T. Weaver, Jason M. Schaller, Robert Brent Vopat, David Blahnik, Benjamin B. Riordon, Paul E. Pergande
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Patent number: 10699930Abstract: Buffer chamber including robots, a carousel and at least one heating module for use with a batch processing chamber are described. Robot configurations for rapid and repeatable movement of wafers into and out of the buffer chamber and cluster tools incorporating the buffer chambers and robots are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: William T. Weaver, Jason M. Schaller, Robert Brent Vopat, David Blahnik, Benjamin B. Riordon, Paul E. Pergande
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Patent number: 10643867Abstract: A system for annealing substrates is provided. The system includes a first boiler having an input coupled to a water source; a second boiler having an input connected to an output of the first boiler; and a batch processing chamber coupled to the output of the second boiler, wherein the batch processing chamber is configured to anneal a plurality of substrates using steam from the second boiler.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Jean Delmas, Charles T. Carlson, Robert Brent Vopat
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Publication number: 20200135508Abstract: Apparatus and methods to process one or more wafers are described. The apparatus comprises a chamber defining an upper interior region and a lower interior region. A heater assembly is on the bottom of the chamber body in the lower interior region and defines a process region. A wafer cassette assembly is inside the heater assembly and a motor is configured to move the wafer cassette assembly from the lower process region inside the heater assembly to the upper interior region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Michael Honan, David Blahnik, Robert Brent Vopat, Jeffrey Blahnik, Charles Carlson
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Patent number: 10597779Abstract: Apparatus and methods for aligning large susceptors in batch processing chambers are described. Apparatus and methods for controlling the parallelism of a susceptor relative to a gas distribution assembly are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: William T. Weaver, Robert Brent Vopat, Joseph Yudovsky, Jason M. Schaller