Patents by Inventor Robert Olsen
Robert Olsen 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: 7510075Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet having a row of container receiving apertures formed therein. The flexible carrier further includes a handle integrated with respect to the flexible sheet and may further include a panel integrated with respect to at least one row of the container receiving apertures on an opposite side of the row of container receiving apertures from the handle. A package is formed by fanning out the two rows of container receiving apertures and inserting a plurality of containers, each within a respective container receiving aperture.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2005Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Robert Olsen, Christopher J. Ludwig
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Patent number: 7445114Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet having two rows of container apertures formed therein. The plurality of containers are each placed into a respective container receiving aperture and are thus unitized in a package. The flexible carrier further includes two handles, each handle formed at a periphery of the flexible sheet along each longitudinal edge of the flexible sheet and a line of weakness formed between the longitudinal rows. As a result of the described configuration, flexible carrier is divisible into two sub-carriers, each unitizing a set of containers and each including a handle along a respective longitudinal edge of the resulting sub-carrier.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2006Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.Inventor: Robert Olsen
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Publication number: 20080221976Abstract: A web-based method for customer lead generation employing a system of need-based calculators which when chosen by a consumer identify a product or service need without the consumer having to actively do so. The user-specific calculators provide the consumer with calculations to be considered for a specific product or service being considered for purchase. Data entry windows in the calculator provide the consumer input positions for data needed for the calculations and concurrently capture data for a potential vendor to employ in making a bid. The consumer thereby identifies a need for a product or service and provides data for use in providing that service that may be forwarded to vendors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Stephen P. Henrie, Christopher J. Cunningham, David Paul Winterbourne, Matthew Robert Olsen
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Patent number: 7417999Abstract: Priority propagation is achieved in the context of a rate-based scheduling hierarchy. Priority traffic is not delayed by non-priority traffic by more than the duration required for transmission of the maximum packet length at the physical interface speed. Multiple sibling priority levels are supported. To achieve these objectives, the scheduling hierarchy tree is divided into sub-trees corresponding to non-priority traffic and the different levels of priority. At each scheduling decision, a packet is selected from the highest priority non-empty sub-tree. Scheduling decisions within each sub-tree exploit the usual rate-based scheduling method but without priority propagation. When a packet from a priority sub-tree is chosen, scheduling state in the non-priority sub-tree is updated.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2004Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Anna Charny, Christopher Kappler, Robert Olsen
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Patent number: 7387201Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet having two rows of container receiving apertures formed therein. The plurality of containers are each placed into a respective container receiving aperture and are thus unitized in a package. The flexible carrier further includes a loop extending between the two rows of container receiving apertures at a periphery of the flexible sheet on an end of the package and beyond a longitudinal edge of the rows of the unitized containers. The loop is preferably capable of supporting the package when grasped by a consumer. The flexible carrier may further include an upwardly extending handle and/or a panel integrated with respect to the flexible sheet. The resulting package may be grasped from an end with the loop or, alternatively, from the top with the handle.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2005Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Robert Olsen, R. Gary Privett
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Patent number: 7385987Abstract: A scheduling method for a multi-level class hierarchy includes inserting all queues containing at least one packet in a first scheduler and inserting into a second scheduler queues contained in the first scheduler which do not exceed their maximum rate. The first scheduler is dequeued until a queue exceeding a maximum rate of the queue is reached, at which time a queue of the second scheduler is dequeued.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2003Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Anna Charny, Robert Olsen
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Publication number: 20080053846Abstract: A carrier and method of manufacture for a carrier that results in a package of containers includes a plastic sheet having an array of container apertures and a portion having a matte finish where the matte finish includes a lower coefficient of friction relative to a container than a remaining surface of the plastic sheet. A plurality of containers are each positioned within an aperture of the array so that the matte finish of the plastic sheet is positioned along an inner portion of the package and the remaining surface of the plastic sheet is positioned along an outer portion of the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventor: Robert Olsen
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Publication number: 20070258856Abstract: A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to conserve volume, to reduce setup and change out times, to eliminate a venous blood reservoir, and to substantially reduce blood-air interface. Blood from the patient or prime solution is routed through an air removal device that is equipped with air sensors for detection of air. An active air removal controller removes detected air from blood in the air removal device. A disposable circuit support module is used to mount the components of the disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit in close proximity and in a desirable spatial relationship to optimize priming and use of the disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit. A reusable circuit holder supports the disposable circuit support module in relation to a prime solution source, the active air removal controller and other components.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: November 8, 2007Inventors: Robert Olsen, Walter Carpenter, John Dickey, Mark Stringham
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Publication number: 20070193889Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet having two rows of container apertures formed therein. The plurality of containers are each placed into a respective container receiving aperture and are thus unitized in a package. The flexible carrier further includes two panels and/or two handles, each panel and/or handle formed at a periphery of the flexible sheet along each longitudinal edge of the flexible sheet and a line of weakness formed between the longitudinal rows. As a result of the described configuration, flexible carrier is divisible into two sub-carriers, each unitizing a set of containers and each including a panel and/or a handle along a respective longitudinal edge of the resulting sub-carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Robert Olsen, Leslie Marco
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Publication number: 20070184177Abstract: A food product comprises an oligosaccharide composition that is digestion resistant or slowly digestible. The oligosaccharide composition can be produced by a process that comprises producing an aqueous composition that comprises at least one oligosaccharide and at least one monosaccharide by saccharification of starch, membrane filtering the aqueous composition to form a monosaccharide-rich stream and an oligosaccharide-rich stream, and recovering the oligosaccharide-rich stream. Alternatively, the oligosaccharide composition can be produced by a process that comprises heating an aqueous feed composition that comprises at least one monosaccharide or linear saccharide oligomer, and that has a solids concentration of at least about 70% by weight, to a temperature of at least about 40° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventors: Michael Harrison, James Purdue, Penelope Patton, Andrew Hoffman, James Gaddy, Chi-Li Liu, Robert Schanefelt, Richard Armentrout, Michelle Schwenk, Rachel Wicklund, Marianne Claessens, Eric Reamer, Shawn Sprankle, Sanjiv Avashia, Peter Gautchier, Robert Olsen, Judy Turner, Timothy Mertz, Michael Bunch, Doris Dougherty, Michel Lopez, Lori Napier, Ram Santhanagopalan
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Publication number: 20070181447Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet having two rows of container apertures formed therein. The plurality of containers are each placed into a respective container receiving aperture and are thus unitized in a package. The flexible carrier further includes two handles, each handle formed at a periphery of the flexible sheet along each longitudinal edge of the flexible sheet and a line of weakness formed between the longitudinal rows. As a result of the described configuration, flexible carrier is divisible into two sub-carriers, each unitizing a set of containers and each including a handle along a respective longitudinal edge of the resulting sub-carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2006Publication date: August 9, 2007Inventor: Robert Olsen
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Publication number: 20070148037Abstract: A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and. microemboli filtering functions in a way as to conserve volume, to reduce setup and change out times, to eliminate a venous blood reservoir, and to substantially reduce blood-air interface. Blood from the patient or prime solution is routed through an air removal device that is equipped with air sensors for detection of air. An active air removal controller removes detected air from blood in the air removal device. A disposable circuit support module is used to mount the components of the disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit in close proximity and in a desirable spatial relationship to optimize priming and use of the disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit. A reusable circuit holder supports the disposable circuit support module in relation to a prime solution source, the active air removal controller and other components.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Walter Carpenter, Robert Olsen, Stefanie Heine, Frederick Shorey, Laura Yonce
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Publication number: 20070148036Abstract: A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to conserve volume, to reduce setup and change out times, to eliminate a venous blood reservoir, and to substantially reduce blood-air interface. Blood from the patient or prime solution is routed through an air removal device that is equipped with air sensors for detection of air. An active air removal controller removes detected air from blood in the air removal device. A disposable circuit support module is used to mount the components of the disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit in close proximity and in a desirable spatial relationship to optimize priming and use of the disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit. A reusable circuit holder supports the disposable circuit support module in relation to a prime solution source, the active air removal controller and other components.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2007Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Walter Carpenter, Robert Olsen, Frederick Shorey, Mark Bearss, Bruce Jones, Laura Yonce
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Publication number: 20070140899Abstract: A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to conserve volume, to reduce setup and change out times, to eliminate a venous blood reservoir, and to substantially reduce blood-air interface. Blood from the patient or prime solution is routed through an air removal device that is equipped with air sensors for detection of air. An active air removal controller removes detected air from blood in the air removal device. A disposable circuit support module is used to mount the components of the disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit in close proximity and in a desirable spatial relationship to optimize priming and use of the disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit. A reusable circuit holder supports the disposable circuit support module in relation to a prime solution source, the active air removal controller and other components.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2007Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Robert Olsen, Walter Carpenter, John Dickey, Mark Stringham
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Publication number: 20070140898Abstract: A disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit employed during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery performs gas exchange, heat transfer, and microemboli filtering functions in a way as to conserve volume, to reduce setup and change out times, to eliminate a blood reservoir, and to substantially reduce blood-air interface. Blood from the patient or prime solution is routed through an air removal device that is equipped with air sensors for detection of air. An active air removal controller removes detected air from blood in the air removal device. A disposable circuit support module is used to mount the components of the disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit in close proximity and in a desirable spatial relationship to optimize priming and use of the disposable, integrated extracorporeal blood circuit. A reusable circuit holder supports the disposable circuit support module in relation to a prime solution source, the active air removal controller and other components.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2007Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Robert Olsen, Walter Carpenter, John Dickey, Frederick Shorey, Laura Yonce, Mark Stringham
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Patent number: 7231425Abstract: A rate-based scheduling system and method are disclosed. The rate-based system generally includes a first scheduler operable to limit the maximum rates at each of the plurality of queues. The first scheduler is configured as a work conserving scheduler shaped at an aggregate rate of active queues of the plurality of queues. The system further includes a second scheduler operable to provide a minimum rate to each of the plurality of queues and a rate controller configured to modulate the rate of at least one of the first and second schedulers.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2002Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Anna Charny, Robert Olsen
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Publication number: 20060289315Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet having a row of container-receiving apertures formed therein. The flexible carrier further includes a handle integrated with respect to the flexible sheet. A package is formed by inserting a plurality of containers, each within a respective container-receiving aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Inventor: Robert Olsen
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Publication number: 20060243606Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet having two rows of container receiving apertures formed therein. The plurality of containers are each placed into a respective container receiving aperture and are thus unitized in a package. The flexible carrier further includes a loop extending between the two rows of container receiving apertures at a periphery of the flexible sheet on an end of the package and beyond a longitudinal edge of the rows of the unitized containers. The loop is preferably capable of supporting the package when grasped by a consumer. The flexible carrier may further include an upwardly extending handle and/or a panel integrated with respect to the flexible sheet. The resulting package may be grasped from an end with the loop or, alternatively, from the top with the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2005Publication date: November 2, 2006Inventors: Robert Olsen, R. Privett
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Publication number: 20060196782Abstract: A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers includes a flexible sheet having a row of container receiving apertures formed therein. The flexible carrier further includes a handle integrated with respect to the flexible sheet and may further include a panel integrated with respect to at least one row of the container receiving apertures on an opposite side of the row of container receiving apertures from the handle. A package is formed by fanning out the two rows of container receiving apertures and inserting a plurality of containers, each within a respective container receiving aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2005Publication date: September 7, 2006Inventors: Robert Olsen, Christopher Ludwig
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Publication number: 20060176818Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for applying color based policing at a network node. Committed information rate (CIR) and peak information rate (PIR) buckets used to monitor transmission rates are augmented using CIR overflow and PIR overflow buckets. The CIR and PIR overflow buckets hold tokens provided to CIR and PIR buckets that exceed the associated burst limits. Based on the availability of tokens and the color associated with a received packet, an action can be applied to the packet that promotes the color associated with the packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2005Publication date: August 10, 2006Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Robert Olsen, Clarence Filsfils, John Evans