Patents by Inventor Robert Sailer

Robert Sailer 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: 9964532
    Abstract: A biodegradable soil sensor, a biodegradable soil sensing system and method for obtaining soil information is provided. The biodegradable sensor may include one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces and a biodegradable substrate having a printed circuit of the one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces. A biodegradable antenna may be formed by at least one of the one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces. A sensor may be connected to the one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces. The sensor may also include a biodegradable encapsulation layer housing the biodegradable substrate and the electrically conductive bioinert traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: NDSU Research Foundation
    Inventors: Cherish Bauer-Reich, Justin Hoey, Robert Sailer, Nathan Schneck, Chad Ulven
  • Publication number: 20170045487
    Abstract: A biodegradable soil sensor, a biodegradable soil sensing system and method for obtaining soil information is provided. The biodegradable sensor may include one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces and a biodegradable substrate having a printed circuit of the one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces. A biodegradable antenna may be formed by at least one of the one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces. A sensor may be connected to the one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces. The sensor may also include a biodegradable encapsulation layer housing the biodegradable substrate and the electrically conductive bioinert traces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Cherish Bauer-Reich, Justin Hoey, Robert Sailer, Nathan Schneck, Chad Ulven
  • Publication number: 20130181331
    Abstract: Provided are silicon-containing films with a refractive index suitable for antireflection, articles having a surface comprising the films, and atmospheric-pressure plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (AE-PECVD) processes for the formation of surface films and coatings. The processes generally include providing a substrate, providing a precursor comprising silicon, and reacting the precursor with a gas comprising nitrogen (N2) in a low-temperature plasma at atmospheric pressure, wherein the products of the reacting form a film on the substrate. An antireflection coating made by the process can have a refractive index of about 1.5 to about 2.2. Articles are provided having a surface that includes the antireflection coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Guruvenket Srinivasan, Robert Sailer
  • Patent number: 7919034
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing a substrate having a bed of hooks located therein, in particular a system or manufacturing a hook plate having hooks with enlarged shaped heads. The system can include the use of a heated generally flat coining plate, a resilient layer placed under the hook plate, and a forming sheet placed between the coining plate and the tops of stems to be coined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Tac-Fast Georgia L.L.C.
    Inventors: Joseph Rocco Pacione, Thomas Krivec, Franz Rittmannsberger, Robert Sailer
  • Publication number: 20060096071
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing a substrate having a bed of hooks located therein, in particular a system or manufacturing a hook plate having hooks with enlarged shaped heads. The system can include the use of a heated generally flat coining plate, a resilient layer placed under the hook plate, and a forming sheet placed between the coining plate and the tops of stems to be coined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph Pacione, Thomas Krivec, Franz Rittmannsberger, Robert Sailer
  • Publication number: 20050010321
    Abstract: A processor-based system for monitoring and optimizing an electrocoating operation comprising at least one data acquisition module configured to receive characteristics of the electrocoating operation and at least one process control module in communication with the at least one data acquisition module and the electrocoating operation. An electrocoating process that includes such a process or based system and methods of using the system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Contos, Michael Bourdeau, Lonnie Pillar, Robert Sailer