Patents by Inventor Stephen P. Cole

Stephen P. Cole 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: 7056820
    Abstract: A bond pad upon which a wirebond interconnection is formed, consisting of a first bond pad layer formed on a chip, and a second bond pad layer formed on the first bond pad layer, wherein the first bond pad layer is more resistant to removal than the second bond pad layer during probe testing, and the first bond pad layer increases resistance to interconnection failure during mechanical testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen P. Cole, William J. Murphy, Barbara A. Waterhouse
  • Patent number: 7027354
    Abstract: Representative embodiments provide for a computer including a program code configured to cause a processor to invert and thereafter calibrate first and second data sets, subtract the inverted second data set from the inverted first data set to derive a time-lapse data set, calculate a model including a plurality of parametric values, sort the plurality of parametric values into a plurality of bins, select, map and calibrate a plurality of optimal parametric values from the plurality of bins, and plot the plurality of calibrated optimal parametric values to represent at least one physical characteristic of a subterranean reservoir of hydrocarbons. The method includes deriving a time-lapse data set from a first seismic data set and a second seismic data set, deriving a model, sorting the plurality of values into bins, selecting, mapping and calibrating a plurality of optimal values from the bins, and plotting the calibrated values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: 4th Wave Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Cole, David E. Lumley, Mark A. Meadows