Patents by Inventor Robert Clark

Robert Clark 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: 11843510
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for automatically inferring software-defined network policies from the observed workload in a computing environment. The disclosed techniques include monitoring network traffic flow originating from network interfaces corresponding to containers that execute components of an application, recording details of a new network connection or a change in the existing network connection, obtaining information concerning the components of the application, identifying metadata for a component involved in the new network connection or the change in an existing network connection based on a comparison of the details of the new network connection or a change in the existing network connection and the information concerning the components of the application, generating a network policy for the component using at least the metadata for the component, and integrating the network policy for the component into a deployment package for the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Olgierd Stanislaw Pieczul, Robert Clark, Nitin Srinivasa Rao Jami
  • Patent number: 11827555
    Abstract: An optical fiber forming apparatus comprises: a draw furnace comprising: (i) a muffle with an inner surface, (ii) an axial opening below the muffle, the inner surface of the muffle defining a passageway extending through the axial opening, and (iii) an upper inlet into the passageway; and a tube that extends into the passageway of the draw furnace above the axial opening, the tube having (i) an outer surface and the inner surface of the muffle surrounds the outer surface of the tube with a space separating the outer surface of the tube from the inner surface of the muffle, (ii) an inner surface that defines a second passageway extending through the tube, (iii) an inlet into the second passageway of the tube, (iii) an outlet out of the second passageway of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Erling Richard Anderson, Tammy Michelle Hoffmann, Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias, Robert Clark Moore, Christopher Scott Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230338262
    Abstract: The methods and compositions of the present invention are directed to coloration of anagenic hair. The methods involve priming and deep cleaning the anagenic hair followed by coating the hair strands with a composite pigment containing film of a small molecule and a film forming composition which covalently interact to form an intimate three dimensional silicone network incorporating the pigment on the surfaces of the hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Mathias Kurt Herrlein, Graham Neil McKelvey, Matija CRNE, Simon Paul Godfrey, Corinne Violette Mohr, Ingo Weber, Swapna Pinakattu, Patrick Alexander Kiefer, Petra Barbara Braun, Andrej Gross, Felix Herkner, Galina GROSS, Axel Meyer, Carl Uwe Oswald Ludwig Schmidt, Timothy Robert Clark, Jürgen Karl Anton Schatz, Claus Schreiner, Heiko Bauknecht, Michael A. Brook
  • Publication number: 20230335110
    Abstract: A method for generating frame values using a key frame network includes receiving a text utterance having at least one phoneme, and for each respective phoneme of the at least one phoneme, predicting, using a predictive model, a fixed quantity of key frames. Each respective key frame of the fixed quantity of key frames includes a representation of a component of the respective phoneme. The method also includes generating, using the fixed quantity of key frames, a plurality of frame values. Here, each respective frame value of the plurality of frame values is representative of a fixed-duration of audio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Tom Marius Kenter, Tobias Alexander Hawker, Robert Clark
  • Publication number: 20230336114
    Abstract: A driveline joint may include a driveline shaft that has a plurality of slots and a shaft coupling positioned in an interior of the driveline shaft in which the shaft coupling includes one or more openings with each of the openings corresponding to one or more respective slots of the plurality of slots included in the driveline shaft. The driveline joint may include one or more spherical bearings that are each positioned between an interior lateral surface of the driveline shaft and an exterior lateral surface of the shaft coupling and against one of the openings of the shaft coupling. The driveline joint may include one or more fasteners, wherein each of the fasteners extends through one of the slots and one of the openings of the shaft coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Array Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin C. De Fresart, Jonathan Sokol, Robert Clark Rowan, Jr., Frank Heydrich
  • Patent number: 11769677
    Abstract: A substrate processing method includes (a) providing a substrate in a substrate processing tool, the substrate containing an exposed surface of a first material layer and an exposed surface of a second material layer; (b) forming a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on the substrate in a first substrate processing chamber (SPC); (c) transferring the substrate from the first SPC through a substrate transfer chamber to a second SPC; (d) depositing a film selectively on the first material layer and film nuclei on the SAM in the second SPC; (e) transferring, after selectively depositing the film on the first material layer, the substrate from the second SPC through the substrate transfer chamber to a third SPC; (f) removing the film nuclei from the SAM by etching in the third SPC; and repeating (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) sequentially at least once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kandabara Tapily, Robert Clark
  • Patent number: 11764051
    Abstract: An ion trap (100) includes a first electrode pair (110) and a second electrode pair (130), each including a first conductive member (112) and a second conductive member (120) and facing each other so that the first conductive member (112) of the first electrode pair (110) is on a common plane with the second conductive member (120) of the second electrode pair (130) and so that the second conductive member (120) of the first electrode pair (110) is on a common plane with the first conductive member (112) of the second electrode pair (130), a gap (132) therebetween. A signal generator (210) generates a periodic signal (212) applied to the first conductive members (112). A phase shifter (216) generates a second periodic signal (218) that is 180 out of phase therewith applied to the second conductive members (120). Ions are trapped by a resulting electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Wade Rellergert, Robert Clark, Harley Hayden, Brian Sawyer
  • Patent number: 11759524
    Abstract: A mitochondrial-targeted PARP inhibitor is provided herein, as well as methods of making and using the mitochondrial-targeted PARP inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Hulya Bayir, Peter Wipf, Tanja Krainz, Robert Clark
  • Patent number: 11764113
    Abstract: Techniques herein include methods for fabricating CFET devices. The methods enable high-temperature processes to be performed for FINFET and gate all around (GAA) technologies without degradation of temperature sensitive materials within the device and transistors. In particular, high temperature anneals and depositions can be performed prior to deposition of temperature-sensitive materials, such as work function metals and silicides. The methods enable at least two transistor devices to be fabricated in a stepwise manner while preventing thermal violations of any materials in either transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Jeffrey Smith, Daniel Chanemougame, Lars Liebmann, Paul Gutwin, Robert Clark, Anton Devilliers
  • Patent number: 11738053
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of treating chronic granulomatous disease through Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation. The method comprises the steps of administering stem cell mobilization agent to human such that the target stem cell population migrates from host niches into the subject's blood. The target stem cells are removed from blood and administering the therapeutic stem cells to human and said therapeutic stem cells are engineered to express gp91phox. The steps are repeated multiple times i.e. at least four times. The mobilization agents used in the invention are granulocyte-colony stimulating factor and AMD3100. The method of HSC transplantation is effective in treatment of chronic granulomatous disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Senlin Li, Robert A Clark, Cang Chen, Yang Li
  • Publication number: 20230255876
    Abstract: The methods and compositions of the present invention are directed to coloration of anagenic hair. The methods involve priming and deep cleaning the anagenic hair followed by coating the hair strands with a composite pigment containing film of a small molecule and a film forming composition which covalently interact to form an intimate three dimensional silicone network incorporating the pigment on the surfaces of the hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Mathias Kurt Herrlein, Graham Neil McKelvey, Matija CRNE, Simon Paul Godfrey, Corinne Violette Mohr, Ingo Weber, Swapna Pinakattu, Tatjana Schaefer, Patrick Alexander Kiefer, Petra Barbara Braun, Andrej Gross, Felix Herkner, Axel Meyer, Carl Uwe Oswald Ludwig Schmidt, Michael Brook, Claus Schreiner, Timothy Robert Clark, Jürgen Karl Anton Schatz
  • Publication number: 20230248636
    Abstract: The methods and compositions of the present invention are directed to coloration of anagenic hair. The methods involve priming and deep cleaning the anagenic hair followed by coating the hair strands with a composite pigment containing film of a small molecule and a film forming composition which covalently interact to form an intimate three dimensional silicone network incorporating the pigment on the surfaces of the hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Mathias Kurt Herrlein, Graham Neil McKelvey, Matija CRNE, Simon Paul Godfrey, Corinne Violette Mohr, Ingo Weber, Swapna Pinakattu, Patrick Alexander Kiefer, Petra Barbara Braun, Andrej Gross, Felix Herkner, Axel Meyer, Carl Uwe Oswald Ludwig Schmidt, Timothy Robert Clark, Jürgen Karl Anton Schatz, Claus Schreiner, Michael A. Brook
  • Publication number: 20230236338
    Abstract: A presence detection system includes a presence detection field of an amusement park attraction, multiple transmitters, multiple receivers, and a controller. The multiple transmitters send multiple light beams of multiple wavelengths and the multiple receivers receive the multiple light beams of the multiple wavelengths. The controller receives input from the multiple transmitters and receivers and determines presence of an object in the presence detection field based on an interruption of the multiple light beams as indicated by the input. The controller also determines reflected light beams of the multiple wavelengths, absorbed light beams of the multiple wavelengths, or both, based on the input. The controller determines the object as a known object or an unknown object based at least in part on the reflected light beams, the absorbed light beams, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Benjamin Robert Clark
  • Patent number: 11683006
    Abstract: A driveline joint may include a driveline shaft that has a plurality of slots and a shaft coupling positioned in an interior of the driveline shaft in which the shaft coupling includes one or more openings with each of the openings corresponding to one or more respective slots of the plurality of slots included in the driveline shaft. The driveline joint may include one or more spherical bearings that are each positioned between an interior lateral surface of the driveline shaft and an exterior lateral surface of the shaft coupling and against one of the openings of the shaft coupling. The driveline joint may include one or more fasteners, wherein each of the fasteners extends through one of the slots and one of the openings of the shaft coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin C. de Fresart, Jonathan Sokol, Robert Clark Rowan, Jr., Frank Heydrich
  • Publication number: 20230173242
    Abstract: Various implementations include a device for subdermal insertion of solid media. The device includes a handle having a central plane, a needle, and a guide. The needle is coupled to and extending from the handle. The needle has a needle longitudinal axis and a distal tip disposed along the needle longitudinal axis and the central plane. The guide extends from the handle. The guide has a distal end disposed along the central plane. The distal end of the guide is disposed further than the distal tip of the needle from the handle. The distal tip of the needle is visible when viewed along the central plane and perpendicular to an axis including the distal end of the guide and the distal tip of the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Meredith Roberts Clark, Andrea Thurman, Gustavo Doncel, M. Melissa Peet, Jason Robinson, Oivind Brockmeier
  • Publication number: 20230143629
    Abstract: A method of processing a substrate that includes forming over the substrate an extreme ultraviolet (EUV)-active photoresist film including a network of metal oxide terminated with alkoxy groups and patterning the EUV-active photoresist film with EUV lithography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Clark
  • Patent number: 11618709
    Abstract: A method of processing an optical fiber includes drawing the optical fiber from a heated glass source, reheating the optical fiber, and cooling the optical fiber under vacuum at a cooling rate less than the cooling rate of the optical fiber in air at 25° C. and 1 atm. Cooling the optical fiber under vacuum is conducted after reheating the optical fiber. Cooling the optical fiber under vacuum reduces the rate of heat transfer from the optical fiber, which may enable further relaxation of the glass and reduction in the fictive temperature of the optical fiber. A system for processing an optical fiber includes a furnace containing a fiber preform, a first positioner, a reheating device, and a treatment device downstream of the reheating device, the treatment device operable to cool the optical fiber under vacuum to reduce the rate of heat transfer from the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Yacob Mesfin Argaw, Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias, Robert Clark Moore, Bruce Warren Reding, Chunfeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11621190
    Abstract: A method for filling recessed features with a low-resistivity metal. The method includes providing a patterned substrate containing a recessed feature formed in a first layer and a second layer that is exposed in the recessed feature, and pre-treating the substrate with a surface modifier that increases metal deposition selectivity on the second layer relative to on the first layer, depositing a metal layer on the substrate by vapor phase deposition, where the metal layer is preferentially deposited on the second layer in the recessed feature, and removing metal nuclei deposited on the first layer, including on a field area and on sidewalls of the first layer in the recessed feature, to selectively form the metal layer on the second layer in the recessed feature. The steps of pre-treating, depositing and removing may be repeated at least once to increase a thickness of the metal layer in the recessed feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kai-Hung Yu, David O'Meara, Nicholas Joy, Gyanaranjan Pattanaik, Robert Clark, Kandabara Tapily, Takahiro Hakamata, Cory Wajda, Gerrit Leusink
  • Publication number: 20230094956
    Abstract: A lifting device including a top member, a pair of side members, a plurality of shield members, and a hoist member. The pair of side members may be attached to the top member and may have a plurality of leg members. The plurality of shield members may be attached to and extending between an upper portion of the pair of side members. The hoist member may be attached to a portion of the top member and may have a load member that may be carried within the hoist member. The hoist member may be configured to rotate the load member between a wound position and an unwound position. The top member and the plurality of shield members may be configured to move between a collapsed position and an extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Pannucci, Robert Clark
  • Patent number: 11594451
    Abstract: A method of preparing a self-aligned via on a semiconductor workpiece includes using an integrated sequence of processing steps executed on a common manufacturing platform hosting a plurality of processing modules including one or more film-forming modules, one or more etching modules, and one or more transfer modules. The integrated sequence of processing steps include receiving the workpiece into the common manufacturing platform, the workpiece having a pattern of metal features in a dielectric layer wherein exposed surfaces of the metal features and exposed surfaces of the dielectric layer together define an upper planar surface; selectively etching the metal features to form a recess pattern by recessing the exposed surfaces of the metal features beneath the exposed surfaces of the dielectric layer using one of the one or more etching modules; and depositing an etch stop layer over the recess pattern using one of the one or more film-forming modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Robert Clark, Kandabara Tapily, Kai-Hung Yu