Patents by Inventor Robert J. Foster
Robert J. Foster 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: 11951067Abstract: Disclosed is a dual-receptacle carrier that is generally configured for attachment to a rollator or walker and that is configured to retain either a beverage or a mobile device, such as a cellular telephone. The device comprises a body, a base, and first and second opposing retention arm portions that are configured as a receptacle for a beverage. The first and second opposing retention arm portions and base include recesses that define a receptacle for an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Medline Industries, LPInventors: Todd Brockway, Emily Berman, Caren Wax, Tambra Martin, William Elliott Brooks, Robert W. Sheldon, Gregory J. Foster
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Publication number: 20240108181Abstract: An article advancing assembly and various article advancers are provided for helping dispense articles from a container. In some forms, the article advancers are provided that can bias the contents of the containers towards the dispensing opening. This can, in some forms, provide extra friction within the container and/or at the dispensing opening to decrease extra contents from being dispensed and thus decrease waste.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Paige Wexler, Evan Oravec, Quinten Krisk, Gregory J. Foster, Robert W. Sheldon
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Patent number: 11931570Abstract: Flexible catheters adapted to be inserted into a body to deliver high-voltage, fast (e.g., microsecond, sub-microsecond, nanosecond, picosecond, etc.) electrical energy to target tissue may include a plurality of conductive layers, that may be coaxial. These catheters and method of using them to treat tissue are configured to reduce or avoid arcing.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Pulse Biosciences, Inc.Inventors: David J. Danitz, Kevin L. Moss, Wesley C. Joe, Christopher J. Foster, Gary L. Boseck, Xitlalic Y. Soto-Sida, Robert Maston, John P. Lunsford
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Patent number: 8736275Abstract: A system and method is provided for correcting alignment of a product on a tool and, more particularly, to a system and method for correcting alignment of a wafer on a chuck of a tool. The system is a tool including at least one contact near a circumference of the tool and a grounded contact proximate to the at least one contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert J. Foster, Lin Zhou, Shahin Zangooie, Roger M. Young, Clemente Bottini
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Patent number: 8680871Abstract: A system and method is provided for correcting alignment of a product on a tool and, more particularly, to a system and method for correcting alignment of a wafer on a chuck of a tool. The system is a tool including at least one contact near a circumference of the tool and a grounded contact proximate to the at least one contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert J. Foster, Lin Zhou, Shahin Zangooie, Roger M. Young, Clemente Bottini
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Publication number: 20130238112Abstract: A system and method is provided for correcting alignment of a product on a tool and, more particularly, to a system and method for correcting alignment of a wafer on a chuck of a tool. The system is a tool including at least one contact near a circumference of the tool and a grounded contact proximate to the at least one contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert J. FOSTER, Lin ZHOU, Shahin ZANGOOIE, Roger M. YOUNG, Clemente BOTTINI
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Patent number: 8451008Abstract: A system and method is provided for correcting alignment of a product on a tool and, more particularly, to a system and method for correcting alignment of a wafer on a chuck of a tool. The system is a tool that includes at least one contact near a circumference of the tool and a grounded contact proximate to the at least one contact.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert J. Foster, Lin Zhou, Shahin Zangodie, Roger M. Young, Clemente Bottini
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Patent number: 7674803Abstract: The present invention relates to thiazolylpiperidine derivatives of the general formula (I): in which: A represents a radical chosen from the radicals a1 and a2 below: G represents a bond or a divalent radical chosen from the groups g1, g2 and g3 below: and R1, R2, R2?, R3, R4, R5, Y and Z are as defined in the description. Application of the compounds of the formula (I) to the treatment of hypertriglyceridaemia, hypercholesterolaemia and dyslipidaemia.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Philippe Guèdat, Francois Collonges, Hervé Dumas, Jean-Yves Ortholand, Jacques Decerprit, Jaxques Barbanton, Robert J. Foster, Peter Kane, Bernd Went
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Publication number: 20090312982Abstract: A system and method is provided for correcting alignment of a product on a tool and, more particularly, to a system and method for correcting alignment of a wafer on a chuck of a tool. The system is a tool comprising at least one contact near a circumference of the tool and a grounded contact proximate to the at least one contact. The method comprises measuring current on each branch of a circuit and calculating an angle of a wafer based on a difference in the current on each branch of the circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Robert J. Foster, Lin Zhou, Shahin Zangodie, Roger M. Young, Clemente Bottini
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Patent number: 7592817Abstract: A system and method for correcting alignment of a product on a tool and, more particularly, to a system and method for correcting alignment of a wafer on a chuck of a tool. The system is a tool comprising at least one contact near a circumference of the tool and a grounded contact proximate to the at least one contact. The method comprises measuring current on each branch of a circuit and calculating an angle of a wafer based on a difference in the current on each branch of the circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2007Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert J. Foster, Lin Zhou, Shahin Zangooie, Roger M. Young, Clemente Bottini
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Patent number: 7542136Abstract: A sample stage for performing measurements using an optical metrology system includes at least one sample section for retention of a sample, and components for controlling orientation of the sample section with relation to the optical metrology system. A method and a computer program product are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shahin Zangooie, Lin Zhou, Roger M. Young, Clemente Bottini, Robert J. Foster, Ronald D. Fiege
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Publication number: 20090021236Abstract: A system and method for correcting alignment of a product on a tool and, more particularly, to a system and method for correcting alignment of a wafer on a chuck of a tool. The system is a tool comprising at least one contact near a circumference of the tool and a grounded contact proximate to the at least one contact. The method comprises measuring current on each branch of a circuit and calculating an angle of a wafer based on a difference in the current on each branch of the circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2007Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Robert J. Foster, Lin Zhou, Shahin Zangooie, Roger M. Young, Clemente Bottini
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Publication number: 20090009763Abstract: A sample stage for performing measurements using an optical metrology system includes at least one sample section for retention of a sample, and components for controlling orientation of the sample section with relation to the optical metrology system. A method and a computer program product are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Shahin Zangooie, Lin Zhou, Roger M. Young, Clemente Bottini, Robert J. Foster, Ronald D. Fiege
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Patent number: 5210658Abstract: A sight glass assembly generally consisting of a first housing section having an opening therethrough mountable on a vessel wall, a second vessel section having an opening therethrough registrable with the first housing section opening when the first housing section is disposed in assembled relation with the second housing section, a pair of lenses disposed in the housing sections across the openings thereof, provided with beveled surfaces along the mating surfaces thereof, a packing member disposed between annular side walls of the lenses and the housing sections, and means for urging the housing sections together to compress the packing material and cause it to expand laterally to place the lenses in radial compression to maintain their structural integrity upon being fractured.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1992Date of Patent: May 11, 1993Assignee: PresSure Products Company, Inc.Inventor: Robert J. Foster
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Patent number: 4807474Abstract: A sight glass assembly comprising a housing adapted to be mounted on a wall, the housing having a bore therethrough, the housing bore having an enlarged section providing a shoulder, a lens disposed in the enlarged bore section and seated on the shoulder, at least one deformable O-ring mounted on the lens and disposed between a periphery of the lens and a wall of the enlarged bore section of the housing, a retainer member threadedly mounted on the housing, the retainer member having a bore therethrough disposed in alignment with the housing bore when the retainer member is threadedly munted on the housing, the retainer bore having an enlarged section providing a shoulder and the lens being disposed between the housing and the retainer shoulders, the retainer member having a member receivable within the enlarged housing bore section between the housing and the lens when the retainer member is threadedly mounted on the housing for compressing the O-ring against the housing shoulder and causing the O-ring to expType: GrantFiled: December 7, 1987Date of Patent: February 28, 1989Assignee: Pressure Products Company, Inc.Inventor: Robert J. Foster
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Patent number: 3959795Abstract: An aerial assembly comprising an upright tower of the type having attached vertical sections and an aerial standard carriage slidably attached to the tower and slidable along the tower, said tower serving the main upholding strength of the entire assembly and yet also serving as a guide-track.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1972Date of Patent: May 25, 1976Inventor: Robert J. Foster