Patents by Inventor Robert Von Gutfeld

Robert Von Gutfeld 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: 7429552
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer. The present invention also provides a method and a system for producing a substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer. The substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer is produced by exposing a donor substrate having thereon a small molecule organic semiconductor layer to energy to cause the thermal transfer of a small organic molecule onto an acceptor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Hendrik Hamann, Praveen Chaudhari, Robert Von Gutfeld
  • Publication number: 20080057719
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating or altering a microstructure use means for heating to facilitate a local chemical reaction that forms or alters the submicrostructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: SUPRATIK GUHA, Hendrik Hamann, Herschel Marchman, Robert Von Gutfeld
  • Publication number: 20070285250
    Abstract: The invention provides protection to wireless portable transponders from unauthorized interrogation by employing a mechanical means for disabling reception by or from the antenna of the transponder. Transponders include RFID tags that are attached to items that a persons may purchase or carry. Such transponders generally have means for receiving and storing electronic and other information, commonly in binary form using memories as in electronic circuits, etc. The invention is designed to provide privacy of electronic information. The tags can be protected from receiving or providing unauthorized or unwanted information. The invention provides the mechanical means that permit the owner to decide when reception/interrogation of personal or other information is not desired by employing the provided mechanical disable control means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Paul Moskowitz, Robert von Gutfeld, Guenter Karjoth
  • Patent number: 7176484
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer. The present invention also provides a method and a system for the production of the substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer. The substrate with the patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer is prepared by exposing a region of a substrate having thereon a film of a precursor of a small organic molecule to energy from an energy source to convert the film of a precursor of a small organic molecule to a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Hendrik Hamann, James A Lacey, David R Medeiros, Praveen Chaudhari, Robert Von Gutfeld
  • Publication number: 20060114406
    Abstract: A method of joining two panels during the manufacturing of a LCD display employing the ODF (One Drop Fill) assembly technique. Using this method, the liquid crystal is deposited on one of the substrate's interior to the glue seal. The glue seal is pre-deposited near the peripheral edge of the substrates. The two substrates are then brought in contact with one another. The glue seal must be cured rapidly in order to seal the entire periphery while avoiding contamination between the glue seal, in the liquid state and the liquid crystal. The present invention teaches the use of a non-epoxy glue sealant, which is cured using photoinitiators. Experimental research has discovered the use of photons that are derived from laser beams and the control thereof. This allows for a faster, lower temperature cure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert von Gutfeld, James Glownia, Gareth Hougham
  • Publication number: 20060061475
    Abstract: The invention provides protection to wireless portable transponders from unauthorized interrogation by employing a mechanical means for disabling reception by or from the antenna of the transponder. Transponders include RFID tags that are attached to items that a persons may purchase or carry. Such transponders generally have means for receiving and storing electronic and other information, commonly in binary form using memories as in electronic circuits, etc.. The invention is designed to provide privacy of electronic information. The tags can be protected from receiving or providing unauthorized or unwanted information. The invention provides the mechanical means that permit the owner to decide when reception/interrogation of personal or other information is not desired by employing the provided mechanical disable control means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Moskowitz, Robert von Gutfeld, Guenter Karjoth
  • Publication number: 20060042358
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for detecting leaks in a fluid cooling system enables a user to rapidly detect fluid leaks in the vicinity of a microprocessor chip or other delicate item. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a detector and a border coupled to the detector and disposed peripherally about a protected item (e.g., the microprocessor chip or other delicate item). In one embodiment, the border is a layered structure that is adapted to complete an electrical circuit with the detector when the border comes into contact with fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Von Gutfeld, Hendrik Hamann, Jeffrey Gelorme
  • Publication number: 20060044206
    Abstract: Provides protection to wireless portable transponders from an unauthorized interrogation by employing a mechanical member. Transponders include: cards, fobs and RFID tags that a persons may carry. Such transponders generally have means for receiving and storing electronic and other information, commonly in binary form using memories as in electronic circuits, etc. The invention is designed to provide privacy of electronic information and yet permit the information to be queried at the users discretion. The cards and tags can be protected from receiving or providing unauthorized or unwanted information. The invention provides a standard carrying case with radio wave shielding means that permit the owner to decide when reception/interrogation of personal or other information is desirable by placing the cards, fobs and RFID tags within the shielded region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Moskowitz, Robert von Gutfeld
  • Publication number: 20060039114
    Abstract: A present invention provides real-time temperature and power mapping of fully operating electronic devices. The method utilizes infrared (IR) temperature imaging, while an IR-transparent coolant flows through a specially designed cell directly over the electronic device. In order to determine the chip power distributions the individual temperature fields for each heat source of a given power and size on the chip (as realized by a scanning focused laser beam) are measured under the same cooling conditions. Then the measured chip temperature distribution is represented as a superposition of the temperature fields of these individual heat sources and the corresponding power distribution is calculated with a set of linear equations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hendrik Hamann, James Lacey, Martin O'Boyle, Robert von Gutfeld, Jamil Wakil, Alan Weger
  • Publication number: 20050270159
    Abstract: A combination of a radio frequency identification transponder (RFID Tag) and to a magnetic electronic article surveillance (EAS) device is disclosed. The present invention relates generally to radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, and more specifically to RFID transponders for use in RFID systems and the method for their assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Brady, Thomas Cofino, Richard Gambino, Paul Moskowitz, Alejandro Schrott, Robert Von Gutfeld
  • Publication number: 20050162278
    Abstract: A combination of a radio frequency identification transponder (RFID Tag) and to a magnetic electronic article surveillance (EAS) device is disclosed. The present invention relates generally to radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, and more specifically to RFID transponders for use in RFID systems and the method for their assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Brady, Thomas Cofino, Richard Gambino, Paul Moskowitz, Alejandro Schrott, Robert von Gutfeld
  • Patent number: 6918982
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer. The present invention also provides a method and a system for producing a substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer. The substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer is produced by exposing a donor substrate having thereon a small molecule organic semiconductor layer to energy to cause the thermal transfer of a small organic molecule onto an acceptor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Hendrik Hamann, Praveen Chaudhari, Robert Von Gutfeld
  • Publication number: 20050122679
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for recycling exhaust air expelled from a computer server (e.g., a unit including microprocessors such as a standard server or a mainframe). In one embodiment, at least one windmill (e.g., a standard windmill or a wind turbine) is driven by the exhaust air from at least one server unit, and the at least one windmill in turn drives a generator. Therefore, energy previously wasted in the form of exhaust is harnessed and reused to provide power to the server system. The method and apparatus also reduce the demand placed on ventilation systems needed to cool server environments, further reducing the amount of energy consumed and/or wasted in the operation of a server system. In one embodiment, the electric power from the generator unit is either recycled into the power grid. In another embodiment, the recycled air is used to charge batteries that might be available as power standby units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Von Gutfeld, Michael Prikas
  • Publication number: 20050114068
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring thermal distributions of an electronic device during operation is disclosed. The system includes an electronic device, a heat sink adjacent to the electronic device and an electrical-insulating layer disposed on the electronic device so as to separate the electronic device and the heat sink. The system further includes a plurality of thermal sensors located on the electrical-insulating layer, each of the plurality of thermal sensors in a different location. The plurality of thermal sensors is located within one or more thin film circuit layers disposed adjacent to the electrical insulating layer. The system further includes a module for receiving thermal information from the plurality of thermal sensors during operation of the electronic device. The system further includes a processor coupled to the module for generating a thermal distribution of the electronic device based on the thermal information received from the plurality of thermal sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: S. Chey, Hendrik Hamann, James Lacey, James Vichiconti, Robert von Gutfeld
  • Publication number: 20050095858
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating or altering a microstructure use means for heating to facilitate a local chemical reaction that forms or alters the submicrostructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Supratik Guha, Hendrik Hamann, Herschel Marchman, Robert Von Gutfeld
  • Publication number: 20050094706
    Abstract: A system and method for measuring the thermal distributions of an electronic device during operation is described. In an embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a duct adapted to be coupled with an electronic device and a coolant flowing through the duct so as to cool the electronic device. The duct and the coolant are at least partially transparent to photons with wavelengths between about 0.1 micron to 20 microns. The system further includes a photon detector located adjacent to the duct for detecting photons. The photon detector captures thermal information from the electronic device during operation of the electronic device, wherein the electronic device is operating under conditions for which the electronic device is designed. The system further includes a processor coupled to the photon detector for generating a thermal distribution of the electronic device based on information received from the photon detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Supratik Guha, Hendrik Hamann, James Lacey, Maurice McGlashan-Powell, Martin O'Boyle, Robert von Gutfeld
  • Publication number: 20050081984
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer. The present invention also provides a method and a system for producing a substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer. The substrate having thereon a patterned small molecule organic semiconductor layer is produced by exposing a donor substrate having thereon a small molecule organic semiconductor layer to energy to cause the thermal transfer of a small organic molecule onto an acceptor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Hendrik Hamann, Praveen Chaudhari, Robert von Gutfeld
  • Publication number: 20050076660
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a system which generates heat therein, includes a chamber for receiving at least a portion of the heat, the chamber containing a refrigerant therein, a condenser for receiving the refrigerant having been heated in the chamber, the refrigerant being pressurized and cooled in the condenser, and at least one coil coupled to the condenser and leading to a region to be cooled. The at least one coil includes a first portion coupled to the condenser, a second portion downstream from the first portion, and a third portion downstream of the second portion. The second downstream portion contains an orifice for free expansion to cause cooling of the region, and the third downstream portion leads from the region to be cooled back to the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Robert von Gutfeld
  • Publication number: 20050001725
    Abstract: A combination of a radio frequency identification transponder (RFID Tag) and to a magnetic electronic article surveillance (EAS) device is disclosed. The present invention relates generally to radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, and more specifically to RFID transponders for use in RFID systems and the method for their assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Brady, Thomas Cofino, Dah-Weih Duan, Richard Gambino, Paul Moskowitz, Alejandro Schrott, Robert Von Gutfeld