Patents by Inventor Robert By

Robert By 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).

  • Overmolded layered article
    Patent number: 8062736
    Abstract: An overmolded article and process for camouflaging or layering the overmolded article, e.g. hunting equipment, etc., is described. The camouflaged or layered areas run continuously from outside to beneath the overmolded areas on the article so there are no lines of edges where the camouflaged or layered areas end and the overmolding areas begin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Polymer Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Coolong, James F. Ryan, Robert L. Underwood
  • GlyT1 receptor antagonists
    Patent number: 8063098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, X, Ar1 and Ar2 are as defined herein and to pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts, to a racemic mixtures, or to their corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers thereof. Compounds of the invention are good inhibitors of the glycine transporter 1 (GlyT-1), and have a good selectivity to glycine transporter 2 (GlyT-2) inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Sabine Kolczewski, Robert Narquizian, Emmanuel Pinard
  • Analysis of multidimensional data
    Patent number: 8064670
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing a series of images. A contour initializer establishes a plurality of initial contours from respective images within the series of images. A model initializer interconnects the plurality of initial contours into a surface model. A model refiner refines the plurality of initial contours by manipulating the surface model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Brent E. Higgs, John S. Birbeck, Cliff E. Frieler, Robert M. Cothren
  • Antenna operable across multiple frequencies while maintaining substantially uniform beam shape
    Patent number: 8063840
    Abstract: An antenna including a number of antenna units, each having a lens and an array of beam ports. The antenna units are arranged in a stack, and are configured to transmit or receive signals from the same field-of-view. Each unit is configured to operate in a different frequency band, with the lenses being configured such that an approximately constant beam shape is maintained across the entire operating bandwidth of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: James Christopher Gordon Matthews, Robert Alan Lewis, Christian Rieckmann
  • Engine and technique for generating an acoustic signal
    Patent number: 8064291
    Abstract: An embodiment of device for generating an acoustic signal in a fluid includes an engine operable to repeat a thermodynamic process to vibrate a membrane of the engine to generate an acoustic signal having more than one period. The thermodynamic process includes heating mass inside a chamber of an engine to generate pressure inside the chamber; in response to generating the pressure, moving in a first direction a portion of a membrane of the engine; removing mass from inside the chamber to decrease the pressure inside the chamber; and in response to decreasing the pressure inside the chamber, moving the membrane portion in a second direction. Because the engine repeats the thermodynamic process, the engine can generate and sustain an acoustic signal for a significant amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: John Rapp, Nicholas John Nagurny, Curry Farrior, Robert J. Howard
  • Method and installation for the subterranean support of underground conduits
    Patent number: 8061934
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, curved sheet pile is driven underneath an existing conduit using a pile driver guided hydraulically by an excavator or other heavy machinery. By vibrating the curved sheet piles, the soil is placed in suspension, which allows the piles to be directed through the soil along an arcuate path that has a curvature that substantially matches the radius of curvature of the piles. Once the pile is positioned as desired, each individual pile sheet can be welded to one another to form a unitary structure. In one exemplary embodiment, the curved sheet pile is inserted beneath a conduit using a vibratory pile driver that rotates about a fixed pivot element on an excavator or other heavy machine for positioning the pile driver to advance the curved sheet pile along a fixed arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Terra Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John W. Jinnings, Robert J. Wegener
  • Watermark encoding and detection using narrow band illumination
    Patent number: 8064100
    Abstract: A system is employed to reveal a watermark in a document. A watermark generator is utilized to select the placement and at least one colorant combination of an image and at least one colorant combination for a watermark on a document, where the at least one colorant combination of the image and the watermark form a metameric pair. A printing system receives data from the watermark generator and places the image and the watermark on the document. A decoder comprising a narrow band illumination element is selected or tuned to a wavelength corresponding to the colorant combinations utilized by the printing system to reveal the watermark placed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Karen M. Braun, Raja Bala, Robert P. Loce
  • Method of associating multiple prepaid cards with a single account
    Patent number: 8064581
    Abstract: A set of multiple prepaid calling cards that are associated with a single account is disclosed. A predetermined amount of minutes is associated with the set of cards. Cards within the set can be used simultaneously and extract minutes from the account in predetermined increments. Each card can use the same Personal Identification Number (PIN) or each card can have its own unique PIN. In some instances, any card in the set can recharge the account, (i.e., add more minutes to the account), or in some embodiments, only a control card can add minutes to the account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., New York University
    Inventors: Brett Donaldo Allen, Robert D. Carvelli, Gary A. Smith, Robert M. Stanchina, Clifford L. Young
  • System for removably connecting an object to a wrist strap
    Patent number: 8061340
    Abstract: A quick connect/disconnect system for connecting and disconnecting an object, such as an archery release aid, to a wrist strap on a human wrist has a first member adapted to be attached to the wrist strap and a second member adapted to be attached to the object. The first and second members fit together coaxially and can be released by movement of a single lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventors: Lee Robert Mitchell, Glenn Allen Raborn
  • Rotary hair brush with debris remover
    Patent number: 8060967
    Abstract: A rotating hair brush with a fins or similar implement projected into the moving path of the brush bristles. The fins automatically remove the hair/fur from the brush bristles. The amount of exposed bristles can be varied and completely concealed inside of the housing. The brush core can contain the batteries and/or motor to reduce the overall size of the assembly. A suction device can be attached to remove dislodged debris. The overall structure contains all of the components such as the motor, power source, brush and hair removal fins in a single housing. The brush is removable and can be exchanged for another with a different bristle configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Earl Johnson, Jr.
  • Method and device for monitoring a combustion process in an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 8061189
    Abstract: For monitoring a combustion process in an internal combustion engine wherein a fuel-air mixture is ignited with a high-frequency plasma it is provided to determine the impedance of the plasma. A high-frequency signal is applied to the resonator with a capacity that is so low that no arcing-over forms on the electrodes and the high-frequency current and the high-frequency voltage are measured. The impedance of the ignited mixture is determined from the high-frequency current and the high-frequency voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Bachmaier, Robert Baumgartner, Sven Eisen, Daniel Evers, Reinhard Freitag, Thomas Hammer, Oliver Hennig, Klaus Pistor
  • System and method for acquiring a mortgage loan
    Patent number: 8065225
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for processing an application for a mortgage loan, such that the mortgage loan is configured to include a set of financial lending requirements and further include certain financial lending risks associated with financing the mortgage loan. The steps of the method include receiving the mortgage loan application, processing the mortgage loan application through an electronic database, applying the set of financial lending requirements to the mortgage loan application, generating a listing of at least one eligible lender or loan product based on the application of the financial lending requirements to the mortgage loan application, and submitting the mortgage loan application to the eligible lender, the mortgage loan being configured such that the financial lending risks are configured to be absorbed by a secondary mortgage market investor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Fannie Mae
    Inventors: Harold Lewis, Jr., Tracey G. Amos, Eric Ronald Anders, Nitirwork Armstrong, Sidney Vince Credle, Jr., Terri Lynn Davis, Thomas L. King, Gregory Joseph Phillips, Robert John Sahadi
  • Methods for the endoluminal treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
    Patent number: 8062314
    Abstract: A medical method includes sliding two substantially straight unconnected arms over a fold of body tissue such that a first arm contacts a first portion of the fold and a second arm contacts a second portion. Then, each arm is bent completely through the fold such that both of the arms compress the portions of the fold into contact with each other. Another method includes releasably coupling first and second substantially linear arms to a bridge, each of the arms having a substantially straight sliding portion and a bendable piercing portion. The arms are slid over opposing sides of two body tissue layers, the first arm sliding over the first layer and the second over the second layer. While the sliding portions of the arms remain substantially straight, each piercing portion is bent completely through the adjacent layer and halfway through the other layer to compress the two layers together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sixto, Jr., Michael Sean McBrayer, Juergen A. Kortenbach, Charles Slater, Kevin W. Smith
  • Method of treating glaucoma comprising administering a composition comprising human BMP7
    Patent number: 8063013
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and kits for diagnosing and treating glaucoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignees: Novartis AG, University of North Texas Health Science Center
    Inventors: Abbot F. Clark, Robert J. Wordinger
  • Portable entertainment system
    Patent number: 8064625
    Abstract: A portable entertainment system for use with a vehicle, such as a bicycle, that amplifies a signal from a portable media device docked therein, and includes a substantially cylindrical housing unit having a speaker and a portable media device docking unit, the speaker being communicably coupled with the docking unit and outputting the amplified signal, a remote control unit controlling a level of the amplified signal output by the speaker and controlling functions of the portable media device docked in the docking unit, and an impact resistant suspension mounting bracket stably securing the housing unit to a frame of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: SDI Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Skurdal, Shannon Robert Gaudio
  • Enzymatic production of peracids using perhydrolytic enzymes
    Patent number: 8063008
    Abstract: A process is provided to produce a concentrated aqueous peracid solution in situ using at least one enzyme having perhydrolase activity in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (at a concentration of at least 500 mM) under neutral to acidic reaction conditions from suitable carboxylic acid esters (including glycerides) and/or amides substrates. The concentrated peracid solution produced is sufficient for use in a variety of disinfection and/or bleaching applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert DiCosimo, Mark Scott Payne, Eugenia Costa Hann, Vincent Brian Croud, John Edward Gavagan, Lorraine Winona Wagner
  • Pacemaker-patient hemodynamic assessment/adjustment methodology
    Patent number: 8065002
    Abstract: A method for gathering, creating and utilizing signal-processed ECG and acoustic signals for assessing, via presenting a highly intuitive, multi-component, common-time-base, real-time output display of selected (1) timing, (2) relative timing, and (3) other significant heart-behavioral elements relevant to such an assessment, a pacemaker patient's hemodynamic condition. The method offers an important option and capability for automatic, and/or manual, medical-treatment and/or pacemaker-control feedback, in real time, to improve a pacemaker patient's hemodynamic status, with such a patient's resulting hemodynamic-behavioral/status changes caused by such feedback being viewable immediately in the invention's produced output display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Inovise Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia A. Arand, Peter T. Bauer, Robert A. Warner
  • Products produced from rapid thermal processing of heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks
    Patent number: 8062503
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the upgrading of heavy hydrocarbon feedstock that utilizes a short residence pyrolytic reactor operating under conditions that cracks and chemically upgrades the feedstock. The process of the present invention provides for the preparation of a partially upgraded feedstock exhibiting reduced viscosity and increased API gravity. This process selectively removes metals, salts, water and nitrogen from the feedstock, while at the same time maximizes the yield of the liquid product, and minimizes coke and gas production. Furthermore, this process reduces the viscosity of the feedstock in order to permit pipeline transport, if desired, of the upgraded feedstock with little or no addition of diluents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Ivanhoe Energy Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Freel, Robert G. Graham
  • Odor removal system and overflow safety system for toilets
    Patent number: 8060952
    Abstract: An odor removal system, in particular an odor removal system for use with flush toilets. The present invention includes an exhaust system, and a rim. The rim of the toilet is connected to the toilet vent via an outlet located on the toilet. The present invention implements an auto sensor that detects when the exhaust system is to be activated and deactivated. The exhaust system of the present invention includes an electric fan box that is connected to the vent pipe so as to remove unwanted odor from the toilet area and expel it out through the roof via the vent pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Shaul
  • Active control loop for power control of optical channel groups
    Patent number: 8064771
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method are described for deployment of a control loop between optical or electro-optical modules and a multiplexing module to provide a desired power profile of banded optical channel groups. The power output characteristics of the optical or electro-optical modules, the properties of the transmission paths of the banded optical channel groups, and other factors may be analyzed to allow the control loop to achieve the desired power profile on the banded optical channel groups. The control loop may adjust the output power on the optical or electro-optical modules so that the banded optical channel groups are delivered to an optical component, such as an optical multiplexer or photo-detector, having a particular optical power profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Infinera Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew L. Mitchell, Robert B. Taylor, Vincent G. Dominic, Alan C. Nilsson