Patents by Inventor Steven M. Rice

Steven M. Rice 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).

  • Publication number: 20240117491
    Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus for coating a plurality of gas lines are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for coating a plurality of gas lines via an ALD process includes: an oven having an enclosure that defines an interior volume configured to house the plurality of gas lines, the enclosure having a door configured for transferring the plurality of gas lines into and out of the interior volume; a plurality of inlet ports disposed through a first wall of the enclosure; a plurality of exhaust ports disposed through a second wall of the enclosure; a fluid panel disposed outside of the oven and coupled to the plurality of inlet ports via corresponding ones of a plurality of fluid distribution assemblies; and a foreline disposed outside of the oven and coupled to the plurality of exhaust ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hanish Kumar PANAVALAPPIL KUMARANKUTTY, Yogesh TOMAR, Nikshep M. PATIL, Hari Venkatesh RAJENDRAN, Kirubanandan Naina SHANMUGAM, Gayatri NATU, Mahesh ARCOT, Senthil Kumar NATTAMAI SUBRAMANIAN, Steven D. MARCUS, Michael R. RICE
  • Publication number: 20240074529
    Abstract: A sensor system is adapted for use with an article of footwear and includes an insert member including a first layer and a second layer, a port connected to the insert and configured for communication with an electronic module, a plurality of force and/or pressure sensors on the insert member, and a plurality of leads connecting the sensors to the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Michael S. Amos, Andrew A. Owings, Jordan M. Rice, Allan M. Schrock, Steven H. Walker, Jeffrey J. Hebert, Martine W. Stillman, Mark A. Tempel, Dane Weitmann, Andreas Heinrich Steier, Ndikum Protus Atang
  • Patent number: 6025105
    Abstract: A substantially chromium-free toner composition which comprises, as a negative charge control agent, one or more complexes of Formula 1: ##STR1## including other acceptable forms of such complex, in which: X+ is H+, Na+ or mixtures thereof; M is Fe or Co; R.sup.1 is sulphonyl or sulphamoyl, substituted by one or more C.sub.1-4 alkyl; and R.sup.2 is carboxy or phenylcarbamoyl, optionally substituted by one or more C.sub.1-4 alkyl; but when R.sub.1 is methylsulphonyl, R.sup.2 is not carboxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Rice, David Devonald, Shuitsu Sato