Patents by Inventor Steven John

Steven John 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).

  • Vertical field effect transistors incorporating semiconducting nanotubes grown in a spacer-defined passage
    Patent number: 7329567
    Abstract: Vertical field effect transistors having a channel region defined by at least one semiconducting nanotube and methods for fabricating such vertical field effect transistors by chemical vapor deposition using a spacer-defined channel. Each nanotube is grown by chemical vapor deposition catalyzed by a catalyst pad positioned at the base of a high-aspect-ratio passage defined between a spacer and a gate electrode. Each nanotube grows in the passage with a vertical orientation constrained by the confining presence of the spacer. A gap may be provided in the base of the spacer remote from the mouth of the passage. Reactants flowing through the gap to the catalyst pad participate in nanotube growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiharu Furukawa, Mark Charles Hakey, Steven John Holmes, David Vaclav Horak, Peter H. Mitchell, Larry Alan Nesbit
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WOOD PRODUCTS FOR PURCHASE
    Publication number: 20070282702
    Abstract: A method implementable in an electronic system coupled to an electronic device, the electronic device being coupled to a display device. A description of a load to display is received from the seller. At least one term governing the sale of the load is received from the seller. A definition of product items that will appear on the load is received from the seller. A web page displayable on the display device is served to the electronic device. The displayed web page includes a description of the load. A purchase order for the load is received from the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Silvaris Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Allen Hull, Robert Scoverski, Steven John Malloy, Scott Joseph Bean, Cameron Daniel Knudson, Michael David Hartway
  • Method for inhibiting calcium salt scale
    Patent number: 7300542
    Abstract: Compositions and method of improving inhibition of calcium salt scale formation under the conditions found in chemical pulp processes in which an effective amount of selected phosphonates or phosphonate blends is admixed with the black liquor composition recovered from the digester in a chemical pulping process. The compositions and method are especially well suited for use in the Kraft pulping process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Thermophos Trading GmbH
    Inventors: Jacob Owen Thompson, Sheldon Phillip Verrett, Jeremy E. Loy, Steven John Severtson
  • Roll of wet wipes
    Patent number: 7294378
    Abstract: There is provided a roll of wet wipes that may be used in a system and apparatus for dispensing wet wipes. The system may include a housing, a tray and a cartridge. The cartridge has the ability to be inserted into the dispenser in a pre-selected manner based on the desired orientation of the wipes contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Ligia A. Rivera, Joe Cwiakala, John Eugene Peluso, Karen Lee Demeny, legal representative, William Robert Newman, Yung Hsiang Huang, Michael John Faulks, Steven John Romme, Gerald P. DeGreen, Lee Demeny, deceased
  • STREET LIGHT
    Publication number: 20070253198
    Abstract: A system and method for illuminating is disclosed. The disclosed invention is fittable and usable in many conventional street lighting structures. The system includes a circuit board which includes a plurality of LEDs. Each end of the circuit board is insertable into a receiving structural member on each side. Each of the structural members are installable on an existing lens in the predisposed structure. Also included with the system is an Edison connector which electrically communicates with the circuit board so that the LEDs can be illuminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventor: Steven John Pelegrin
  • Structure and method of integrating compound and elemental semiconductors for high-performance CMOS
    Patent number: 7282425
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor substrate includes epitaxially growing an elemental semiconductor layer on a compound semiconductor substrate. An insulating layer is deposited on top of the elemental semiconductor layer, so as to form a first substrate. The first substrate is wafer bonded onto a monocrystalline Si substrate, such that the insulating layer bonds with the monocrystalline Si substrate. A semiconductor device includes a monocrystalline substrate, and a dielectric layer formed on the monocrystalline substrate. A semiconductor compound is formed on the dielectric layer and an elemental semiconductor material formed in proximity of the semiconductor compound and lattice-matched to the semiconductor compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven John Koester, Devendra Kumar Sadana, Ghavam G. Shahidi
  • Method of forming fet with T-shaped gate
    Patent number: 7282423
    Abstract: An FET has a T-shaped gate. The FET has a halo diffusion self-aligned to the bottom portion of the T and an extension diffusion self aligned to the top portion. The halo is thereby separated from the extension implant, and this provides significant advantages. The top and bottom portions of the T-shaped gate can be formed of layers of two different materials, such as germanium and silicon. The two layers are patterned together. Then exposed edges of the bottom layer are selectively chemically reacted and the reaction products are etched away to provide the notch. In another embodiment, the gate is formed of a single gate conductor. A metal is conformally deposited along sidewalls, recess etched to expose a top portion of the sidewalls, and heated to form silicide along bottom portions. The silicide is etched to provide the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiharu Furukawa, Mark Charles Hakey, Steven John Holmes, David Vaclav Horak, Edward Joseph Nowak
  • Formulations of anthraquinone derivatives
    Patent number: 7276537
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I): in which A is a C alkylene group with a chain length between NH and N(O)R?R? of at least 2 carbon atoms and R? and R? are each separately selected from C1-4 alkyl groups and C2-4 hydroxyalkyl and C2-4 dihydroxyalkyl groups, or R? and R? together are a C2-6 alkylene group, is formulated so that upon dissolution in aqueous solution the pH of the solution is in the range of 5 to 9. The compound may be in the form of salt with a physiologically acceptable acid having a pKa in the range of ?3.0 (minus 3.0) to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: BTG International Limited
    Inventors: William Alexander Denny, Laurence Hylton Patterson, Gavin William Halbert, Steven John Ford
  • Shallow trench isolation fill by liquid phase deposition of SiO2
    Patent number: 7273794
    Abstract: To isolate two active regions formed on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, a shallow trench isolation region is filled with liquid phase deposited silicon dioxide (LPD-SiO2) while avoiding covering the active areas with the oxide. By selectively depositing the oxide in this manner, the polishing needed to planarize the wafer is significantly reduced as compared to a chemical-vapor deposited oxide layer that covers the entire wafer surface. Additionally, the LPD-SiO2 does not include the growth seams that CVD silicon dioxide does. Accordingly, the etch rate of the LPD-SiO2 is uniform across its entire expanse thereby preventing cavities and other etching irregularities present in prior art shallow trench isolation regions in which the etch rate of growth seams exceeds that of the other oxide areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Charles Hakey, Steven John Holmes, David Vaclav Horak, Charles William Koburger, III, Peter H. Mitchell, Larry Alan Nesbit
  • Steering shaft bearing assembly
    Patent number: 7272989
    Abstract: A steering shaft bearing assembly (100) for a vehicle having a steering shaft (102). The steering shaft bearing assembly includes a bearing (108) having a bore (112) adapted to receive the steering shaft and a support body (120) having an outer surface (124) and a passageway (126) passing through the support body. The bearing is at least partially disposed in the passageway so as to be suspended by the support body in the passageway in a predetermined position. The support body comprises a flexible material for permitting the bearing to move from the predetermined position. About 50% or more of the outer surface of the support body is free of a rigid support structure for restricting movement of the support body when coupled to the vehicle during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventor: Steven John Schuh
  • Method for continuous I/O request processing in an asynchronous environment
    Patent number: 7272834
    Abstract: Method, apparatus and article of manufacture for continuous modes for both asynchronous accepts and asynchronous receives. A single asynchronous accept is performed on a listening socket and a single asynchronous receive is performed on each connected socket. The continuous mode inputs result in queuing data structures on a pending queue. The contents of the pending data structures on the pending queue are copied to completion queues, while the pending data structures remain on the pending queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Linus Bauman, John Lee Brooks, Bob Richard Cernohous, David Alan Christenson, Clark Anthony Goodrich, Kent L. Hofer, John Charles Kasperski, Steven John Simonson
  • Bidirectional singulation saw and method
    Patent number: 7267037
    Abstract: A singulation saw for sawing either substrate or wafers includes a pair of counter-rotating saw blades mounted for independent movement in a vertical direction for alternatively engaging with a substrate to be singulated. The singulation saw further includes a transport system including a pair of substrate carriers reciprocates the substrates. While the first substrate is being cut, the second substrate or other substrate carrier sequentially unloads a cut substrate, loads a new uncut substrate and then moves the uncut substrate to a vision system for determining the position of the substrate relative to the second carrier and then positions the second carrier and its substrate in a standby position ready to be cut by the pair of saw blades that are cutting the first substrate. As the first cut substrate is moved to an unload position, the new uncut substrate is moved into a cutting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Inventors: David Walter Smith, William Albert Brehm, Steven John DiPrinzio
  • Methods of forming alternating phase shift masks having improved phase-shift tolerance
    Patent number: 7264415
    Abstract: Methods for fabricating alternating phase shift masks or reticles used in semiconductor optical lithography systems. The methods generally include forming a layer of phase shift mask material on a handle substrate and patterning the layer to define recessed phase shift windows. The patterned layer is transferred from the handle wafer to a mask blank. The depth of the phase shift windows is determined by the thickness of the layer of phase shift mask material and is independent of the patterning process. In particular, the depth of the phase shift windows is not dependent upon the etch rate uniformity of an etch process across a surface of a mask blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiharu Furukawa, Mark Charles Hakey, Steven John Holmes, David Vaclav Horak, Charles William Koburger, III, Peter H. Mitchell, Larry Alan Nesbit
  • Fibrous substrates
    Patent number: 7264691
    Abstract: A fibrous security substrate for use in producing documents includes at least one aperture extending therethrough and contains an elongate impermeable element at least partially embedded therein such that at least one edge thereof is exposed in the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: De La Rue International Limited
    Inventor: Steven John Hard
  • Armoire
    Patent number: D549488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Smallbone USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven John Brimacombe, Stephen Nicholas Charles
  • Table
    Patent number: D549490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Smallbone USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven John Brimacombe, Stephen Nicholas Charles
  • Table
    Patent number: D549491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Smallbone USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven John Brimacombe, Stephen Nicholas Charles
  • Entertainment controller
    Patent number: D554595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Magnadyne Corporation
    Inventor: Steven John Riede
  • Respiratory mask
    Patent number: D558334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: Philip Thomas Stallard, Susan Robyn Lynch, Eva Ng, Errol Savio Alex D'Souza, Robin Garth Hitchcock, Vincent Chu, Matthew Eves, Alison Oldenburg, David John Worboys, Daniel Robert Judson, Lee James Veliss, Scott Alexander Howard, Aaron Samuel Davidson, Steven John Lubke, James William Charles Vandyke, Murray William Lee
  • Handle
    Patent number: D559652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Smallbone USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven John Brimacombe, Stephen Nicholas Charles