Patents by Inventor Robert Buck

Robert Buck 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).

  • Patent number: 12257763
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an annular or semi-annular composite component having a circumferentially-extending base and a flange, the apparatus including: a loom for weaving a woven preform of fibre reinforcement material for the composite component; a rotatable mandrel configured to receive and draw the woven preform through the loom for weaving; and a guide disposed between the loom and the rotatable mandrel, configured so that a woven preform drawn by the rotatable mandrel along a guide path under tension engages the guide to transition to a flanged profile at a lip of the guide before being received on the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Christopher D Jones, Robert C Backhouse, Ian Buck, Sarvesh Dhiman
  • Publication number: 20250092027
    Abstract: The invention provides a compound of formula (1). or tautomer or a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the various substituents are as defined in the claims. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of formula (I), processes for making the compounds and the medical uses of the compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicants: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED, CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Gianni CHESSARI, Steven HOWARD, Ildiko Maria BUCK, Benjamin David CONS, Christopher Norbert JOHNSON, Rhian Sara HOLVEY, David Charles REES, Jeffrey David ST. DENIS, Emiliano TAMANINI, Bernard Thomas GOLDING, Ian Robert HARDCASTLE, Celine Florence CANO, Duncan Charles MILLER, Martin Edward Mäntylä NOBLE, Roger John GRIFFIN, James Daniel OSBORNE, Joanne PEACH, Arwel LEWIS, Kim Louise HIRST, Benjamin Paul WHITTAKER, David Wyn WATSON, Dale Robert MITCHELL
  • Patent number: 12255989
    Abstract: Provided herein are various techniques and equipment for establishing secure non-classical communications between distant nodes. In one example, a method includes introducing, by at least one photon source, source photons into corresponding waveguides configured to convert the source photons into randomly timed pairs of resultant non-classical photons having corresponding polarization states. The method also includes providing first photons of each of the pairs for measurement of the corresponding polarization states and timing, and providing second photons of each of the pairs for combination into a beam for transfer to a distant node and establishment of a cryptographic key, where the second photons from one of the waveguides is presented in an orthogonal polarization before combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Robert Buck, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12093783
    Abstract: A system for superadditivity for remote sensing and communication includes coupling optics to direct several input pulses received over a communication channel to an interaction medium. A probe beam entering the interaction medium at an angle performs state preparation and manipulation. A detector reads the output light of the interaction medium. Orthogonality states of symbols represented by the plurality of input pulses are affected by the communication channel, and the interaction medium provides the output light via local entanglement of the plurality of input pulses and the probe beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Robert Buck, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12052351
    Abstract: Information can be transmitted through classical and quantum communication channels in parallel and at rates that enhance secure communication. The quantum communication is scaled to a transmission rate of 10 GHz or more, which matches the rate of classical communication transmission. During transmission of information (e.g., a message) through a classical channel, a quantum channel can transmit quantum key information used to construct a new key (e.g., a new decryption key) from the prior key. As a result, the same key is not reused for decryption and can be discarded after use. Further, a multiplexing system can encode and transmit both classical and quantum communication at the GHz-level transmission rate as a single optical beam, while a demultiplexing can receive and decode the information from the single optical beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Robert Buck, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240029260
    Abstract: A system includes an optical source configured to generate an optical signal and illuminate a scene with the optical signal. A first spatial pattern generator comprising pixel elements is configured to form a mask, using the pixel elements, to mask a reflection of the optical signal received from the scene. A pattern controller is coupled to the first spatial pattern generator and configured to control the pixel elements individually to form the mask, and a detector is configured to measure an amplitude of the masked reflection of the optical signal. A digitizer is coupled to the detector and configured to digitize the measured amplitude into an amplitude value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph Robert Buck,, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230305208
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film optical apparatus includes providing a substrate and applying an alignment layer over the substrate. The alignment layer ranges from about 50 to 100 nm in thickness. The method includes imprinting a hologram with a desired optic pattern onto the alignment layer and applying at least one layer of mesogen material over the alignment layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph Robert BUCK
  • Patent number: 11697136
    Abstract: A link chain cleaning and lubricating device, and lubricants for use therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BBLINK, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Buck, John Thomas Benton
  • Patent number: 11693165
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film optical apparatus includes providing a substrate and applying an alignment layer over the substrate. The alignment layer ranges from about 50 to 100 nm in thickness. The method includes imprinting a hologram with a desired optic pattern onto the alignment layer and applying at least one layer of mesogen material over the alignment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Robert Buck
  • Patent number: 11689572
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to receive information about a plurality of regions contained within a hierarchy of a computer network environment, wherein the plurality of regions are assigned respective prime numbers. A first prime number assigned to a first region of the plurality of regions is determined. A second prime number assigned to a second region of the plurality of regions, wherein the second prime number is different from the first prime number is determined. A nearest common region in the hierarchy that includes the first region and the second region based on the respective prime numbers is identified. A security policy associated with the nearest common region is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Ent. Services Development Corporation LP
    Inventor: Keith Robert Buck
  • Patent number: 11656411
    Abstract: A monolithic fiber-lens array includes a number of optical fibers integrated into a fiber block and multiple lens elements integrated into a lens block. The fiber block is coupled to the lens block via a transparent adhesive layer, and the tips of the optical fibers are aligned with respective focal points of the lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Robert Buck, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11394749
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to receive information about a plurality of regions contained within a hierarchy of a computer network environment, wherein the plurality of regions are assigned respective prime numbers. A first prime number assigned to a first region of the plurality of regions is determined. A second prime number assigned to a second region of the plurality of regions, wherein the second prime number is different from the first prime number is determined. A nearest common region in the hierarchy that includes the first region and the second region based on the respective prime numbers is identified. A security policy associated with the nearest common region is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ent. Services Development Corporation LP
    Inventor: Keith Robert Buck
  • Patent number: 11359915
    Abstract: An active optical compressive sensing system includes an optical source to generate light for illuminating a target and a pattern generator to generate a pattern. A pattern controller controls an operation of the pattern generator to cause generation of a desired pattern. The pattern is a spatial filtering pattern that enables data compression by generating sparse scattered data. Applying the pattern allows a logarithmic resource scaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Robert Buck, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20220163727
    Abstract: A monolithic fiber-lens array includes a number of optical fibers integrated into a fiber block and multiple lens elements integrated into a lens block. The fiber block is coupled to the lens block via a transparent adhesive layer, and the tips of the optical fibers are aligned with respective focal points of the lens elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Joseph Robert BUCK, JR.
  • Patent number: 11275214
    Abstract: A monolithic fiber-lens array includes a number of optical fibers integrated into a fiber block and multiple lens elements integrated into a lens block. The fiber block is coupled to the lens block via a transparent adhesive layer, and the tips of the optical fibers are aligned with respective focal points of the lens elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Robert Buck, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210405301
    Abstract: A monolithic fiber-lens array includes a number of optical fibers integrated into a fiber block and multiple lens elements integrated into a lens block. The fiber block is coupled to the lens block via a transparent adhesive layer, and the tips of the optical fibers are aligned with respective focal points of the lens elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventor: Joseph Robert BUCK, JR.
  • Publication number: 20210373202
    Abstract: An off-axis optical system includes an optical source to generate a light beam and an off-axis optical element arranged at a first angle with respect to a normal to the light beam. The off-axis optical element deflects the light beam onto a target. The off-axis optical element can be a thin-film reflective element having a combined deflection and lens profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Joseph Robert BUCK, JR.
  • Patent number: 11057116
    Abstract: An optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) encoding system includes an optical source configured to generate a source light, an optical OAM encoder configured to encode the source light based on OAM modes to generate an encoded light, and an optical unit configured to direct the encoded light to a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Robert Buck, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20210152603
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to receive information about a plurality of regions contained within a hierarchy of a computer network environment, wherein the plurality of regions are assigned respective prime numbers. A first prime number assigned to a first region of the plurality of regions is determined. A second prime number assigned to a second region of the plurality of regions, wherein the second prime number is different from the first prime number is determined. A nearest common region in the hierarchy that includes the first region and the second region based on the respective prime numbers is identified. A security policy associated with the nearest common region is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Keith Robert Buck
  • Publication number: 20210152601
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology can include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to receive information about a plurality of regions contained within a hierarchy of a computer network environment, wherein the plurality of regions are assigned respective prime numbers. A first prime number assigned to a first region of the plurality of regions is determined. A second prime number assigned to a second region of the plurality of regions, wherein the second prime number is different from the first prime number is determined. A nearest common region in the hierarchy that includes the first region and the second region based on the respective prime numbers is identified. A security policy associated with the nearest common region is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Keith Robert Buck