Patents by Inventor Robert On

Robert On 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).

  • Plated terminations
    Patent number: 7177137
    Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a plurality of dielectric layers interleaved with a plurality of internal electrode elements and a plurality of internal anchor tabs. Portions of the internal electrode elements and anchor tabs are exposed along the periphery of the electronic component in one or more aligned columns. Each exposed portion is within a predetermined distance from other exposed portions in a given column such that bridged terminations may be formed by depositing one or more plated termination materials over selected of the respectively aligned columns. Internal anchor tabs may be provided and exposed in prearranged relationships with other exposed conductive portions to help nucleate metallized plating material along the periphery of a device. External anchor tabs or lands may be provided to form terminations that extend to top and/or bottom surfaces of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: AVX Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew P. Ritter, Robert Heistand, II, John L. Galvagni, Sriram Dattaguru, Jeffrey A. Horn, Richard A. Ladew
  • Compositionally different polymer-based sensor elements and methods for preparing same
    Patent number: 7175885
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combinatorial approach for preparing arrays of chemically sensitive polymer-based sensors which are capable of detecting the presence of a chemical analyte in a fluid in contact therewith. The described methods and devices comprise combining varying ratios of at least first and second organic materials which, when combined, form a polymer or polymer blend that is capable of absorbing a chemical analyte, thereby providing a detectable response. The detectable response of the sensors prepared by this method is not linearly related to the mole fraction of at least one of the polymer-based components of the sensors, thereby making arrays of these sensors useful for a variety of sensing tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Nathan S. Lewis, Robert H. Grubbs, Robert D. Sanner, Eric J. Severin
  • Use of a promoter of T-cell expansion and an inducer of CD40 stimulation in the treatment or prevention of a pathologic state
    Patent number: 7175838
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of treating or preventing a pathologic state in a mammal. The method comprises administering to the mammal a promoter of T-cell expansion and an inducer of CD40 stimulation, wherein CD40 is stimulated on cells of the immune system. The promoter of T-cell expansion and inducer of CD40 stimulation are administered in synergistically effective amounts to treat or prevent the pathologic state in the mammal. The invention also provides a method of assessing the effectiveness of treatment of a pathologic state in a mammal, wherein the mammal has been administered a promoter of T-cell expansion and an inducer of CD40 stimulation, wherein CD40 is stimulated on cells of the immune system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignees: The United States of America represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, University of Minnesota, Chiron Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Murphy, Robert Wiltrout, Bruce Blazar, Susan E. Wilson
  • Calcium receptor modulating agents
    Patent number: 7176322
    Abstract: The compounds of the invention are represented by the following general structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and compositions containing them, wherein the variables are defined herein, and their use to reduce or inhibit PTH secretion, including methods for reducing or inhibiting PTH secretion and methods for treatment or prophylaxis of diseases associated with bone disorders, such as osteoporosis, or associated with excessive secretion of PTH, such as hyperparathyroidism. The subject invention also relates to processes for making such compounds as well as to intermediates useful in such processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Kelly, Shimin Xu, Ning Xi, Robert Townsend, David Semin, Chiara Ghiron, Thomas Coulter
  • Methods of modulating hair growth
    Patent number: 7175842
    Abstract: The invention features methods of promoting hair growth in a subject. The methods include inducing or mimicking the effects of Wnt promoted signal transduction, e.g., by increasing the level of Wnt protein or administering an agent which mimics an effect of Wnt promoted signal transduction, e.g., by administering lithium chloride. Methods of inhibiting hair growth are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Morgan, Jiro Kishimoto, Robert Burgeson
  • High bandwidth datapath load and test of multi-level memory cells
    Patent number: 7177186
    Abstract: An apparatus and technique for testing of multi-level cells (MLC) in a memory storage device using a high bandwidth data path architecture. The technique includes hardware for obtaining a first data and a second data from a multilevel cell memory. The first data is different from the second data. The first data and second data are compared and, based at least in part on this comparison, the multilevel cell memory is programmed. Programming the multilevel cell memory includes accessing memory cells in the multilevel cell memory and determining the number of bits per memory cell of the first data that need programming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel R. Elmhurst, Karthikeyan Ramamurthi, Quan H. Ngo, Robert L. Melcher
  • Polymerization catalyst composition
    Patent number: 7176158
    Abstract: Copolymerization of Ni(H) or Co(II) acenaphthene diimine complexes containing olefinic substituents on aryl groups in the presence of a free radical initiator results in polymerized late transition metal catalysts which can be used for olefin polymerization or oligomerization. These catalysts have high catalyst activity for olefin polymerization or oligomerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Wai-Yan Chow, Guo-Xin Jin, Zerong Lin, Robert J. Wittenbrink, Dao Zhang
  • Inflatable cushion systems and method of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 7174589
    Abstract: An inflatable device for people to sit, lie or sleep on is provided, which device allows water vapor produced by the person's perspiration or condensation to escape from the vicinity of his/her body, which device can be readily manufactured without undue amounts of human labor, which device is suitable for disposable use, and which device is of such a construction that in the event that there is a rupture or loss of pressure the entire device will not collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Trlby Innovative LLC
    Inventor: Robert J. Mileti
  • Electromagnetic susceptors for artificial dielectric systems and devices
    Patent number: 7176427
    Abstract: An electromagnetic susceptor for chemical processing that is made from a matrix material that surrounds a non-matrix material that is made from a material that is different from the matrix material, the matrix material is constructed of material having lower dielectric losses compared to the non-matrix material, the non-matrix material initially absorbs electromagnetic energy applied to the electromagnetic susceptor to a greater extent than the matrix material, the non-matrix material produces subsequent heat in the matrix material, and the greatest length of measurement of the electromagnetic susceptor is between one nanometer and 10 meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventor: Robert C. Dalton
  • Laminar bypass for cascaded stack
    Publication number: 20070031720
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack that includes cascaded stack stages and tube bundle flow restrictions for providing a cathode input gas to each stage in the stack. The stack includes a first flow pipe for providing cathode gas flow to a first stage of the plurality of stages of the fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack also includes a second flow pipe that receives a cathode exhaust gas flow from the first stage and fresh cathode gas flow, where the cathode exhaust gas flow and the fresh cathode gas flow are combined and sent to a second stage of the plurality of stages of the fuel cell stack. The tube bundle flow restriction is positioned within the second flow pipe and controls the flow of the cathode gas flow to the second stage, where the flow restriction provides a laminar flow through the control valve to the second stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Schaefer, Sebastian Lienkamp
  • System and process for biomass treatment
    Publication number: 20070029252
    Abstract: A system including an apparatus is presented for treatment of biomass that allows successful biomass treatment at a high solids dry weight of biomass in the biomass mixture. The design of the system provides extensive distribution of a reactant by spreading the reactant over the biomass as the reactant is introduced through an injection lance, while the biomass is rotated using baffles. The apparatus system to provide extensive assimilation of the reactant into biomass using baffles to lift and drop the biomass, as well as attrition media which fall onto the biomass, to enhance the treatment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: James Dunson, Melvin Tucker, Richard Elander, Robert Lyons
  • Set of golf clubs
    Publication number: 20070032308
    Abstract: A set of golf clubs of the “iron” type, each club having a head, said head having a rear face, said rear face having a cavity delimited by walls, namely at least one lower wall forming the sole and an upper wall, said upper wall having several faces, namely a rear face, an upper face, a lower face facing the cavity and lateral faces, in which several clubs of said set have a head which has at least one recess made in the upper wall and opening onto a single face of said upper wall, away from the upper and lower faces, and wherein, the volume and/or the position inside the upper wall of said at least one recess varies from one club to another within said set, so that the position of the center of gravity of each head varies from one club to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Jacques Fagot, Douglas Roberts, Lionel Poincenot
  • High strength monolithic carbon foam
    Publication number: 20070029687
    Abstract: A carbon foam article useful for, inter alia, composite tooling or other high temperature applications, which includes a carbon foam having a ratio of compressive strength to density of at least about 7000 psi/g/cc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Douglas Miller, Irwin Lewis, Robert Mercuri
  • Prioritization of network traffic sent to a processor by using packet importance
    Publication number: 20070030803
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a method for prioritizing network packets, includes: comparing a packet with at least one copy rule; and if the packet matches the copy rule, then buffering the packet in a queue. The method further includes: processing the packet after buffering the packet in the queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Gooch, Robert Faulk, Bruce LaVigne
  • Nucleic acids and corresponding proteins useful in the detection and treatment of various cancers
    Publication number: 20070031335
    Abstract: Novel genes designated and set forth in FIG. 2 and their respective encoded proteins, and variants thereof, are described wherein a gene of the invention exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers such as those listed in Table I. Consequently, of gene products of a gene of FIG. 2 provide diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic targets for cancer. A gene of FIG. 2 or fragment thereof, its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with a gene product of FIG. 2 can be used in active or passive immunization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Aya Jakobovits, Pia Challita-Eid, Mary Faris, Wangmao Ge, Rene Hubert, Karen Jane Morrison, Robert Morrison, Arthur Raitano, Daniel Afar
  • Multi-mode wireless processor interface
    Publication number: 20070033349
    Abstract: A system and method of interfacing two processors. The method can include generating a read/write request at a first processor for accessing a memory that is not directly accessible by the first processor, receiving the read/write request at a second processor that has direct access to the targeted memory, completing a read/write operation at the second processor; and receiving at the first processor an indication that the read/write operation has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Theodore Myers, Robert Boesel
  • Dynamically controlling rate connections to sample buffers in a mult-mode wireless processing system
    Publication number: 20070030801
    Abstract: A method of dynamically controlling rate connections to sample buffers in a multi-mode processing system. The method can include receiving an instruction for communication in a multi-mode wireless processing system, and determining a rate at which a plurality of buffers are serially connected to elements external to the multi-mode wireless processing system for receipt or transmission of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Daniel Werner, Theodore Myers, Robert Boesel
  • Reducing the dielectric constant of a portion of a gate dielectric
    Publication number: 20070029627
    Abstract: In a metal gate replacement process, a cup-shaped gate metal oxide dielectric may have a vertical portion that may be exposed to a silicon ion implantation. As a result of the implantation, the dielectric constant of a vertical portion may be reduced, reducing fringe capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Suman Datta, Jack Kavalieros, Mark Doczy, Matthew Metz, Justin Brask, Robert Chau
  • Removable shelf inserts and dividers
    Publication number: 20070029272
    Abstract: A net for sport practice is provided having one or more apertures therein, the apertures being advantageously sized and shaped for passage of a ball or other object thrown or launched therethrough, in order to promote conditioning of the player's aim at a goal, and delivery into a court plane. A specially adapted frame may be employed for supporting the net; however, the net is preferably strung between existing standards, to minimize weight and maximize portability and ease of use. A backstop having inside rebound surfaces may be attached to the frame, for returning the object to the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventor: Robert Wroten
  • Sharing skins
    Publication number: 20070033254
    Abstract: A system and method for sharing skins between a first user and a second user on a computerized network. A first skin selected by the first user is transferred to and displayed to the second user. The transfer and/or the display is performed automatically. A second skin selected by the second user is transferred to and displayed to the first user. In one embodiment, the first and second skins are alternately displayed (e.g. periodically in time) to the first and second users. Users can have one or more skins, including a default skin, associated with each of them. Options are available to allow a user to authorize skin sharing with other users, to specify which skins can be shared, to control the amount of time between alternating skin displays, and the number of times the skins are alternately displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Ibrahim AlHusseini, Bruce Klickstein, Robert Lipschutz, Gregg Harrington