Patents by Inventor Robert S. Grant

Robert S. Grant 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).

  • Enterprise-wide data access techniques
    Patent number: 7106890
    Abstract: Accessing image data stored in a first storage unit (50) at a first location (1) and a second storage unit (50A) at a second location (1A) is provided by a common server (40) located at location 1. Available imaging data is selected by work stations (60 or 60A) based on the identification data stored in server (40). Selected imaging data is then transferred to a work station from either of the storage units located at the different locations. In case a low speed network is used, transmission of the data from one location to another is facilitated by image transfer servers (80 and 80A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert S. Grant, Marc B. Stanis, Vinh Truong, Robert C. Gemperline, Mark James Niggemann, Kumar Ramachandran
  • Optical diffraction grating
    Patent number: 6052213
    Abstract: An optical diffraction grating is formed from a region of photonic crystalline material Light is coupled into the photonic crystalline material, and the grazingly emergent output beam is collected. The photonic crystalline material may include an array of holes formed in a substrate of dielectric material, e.g., InP, and integrated with planar waveguide structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: British Telecommunications plc
    Inventors: Michael G Burt, Robert S Grant