Patents by Inventor Steven Marks

Steven Marks 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).

  • BIAS CIRCUIT FOR A MOS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100026376
    Abstract: A method and circuit for providing a bias voltage to a MOS device is disclosed. The method and circuit comprise utilizing at least one diode connected circuit to provide a voltage that tracks process, voltage and temperature variations of a semiconductor device. The method and circuit includes utilizing a current mirror circuit coupled to the at least one diode connected circuit to generate a bias voltage for the body of the semiconductor device from the voltage. The bias voltage allows for compensation for the process, voltage and temperature variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Mark Clements, Hayden C. Cranford, JR., Amar Chandra Mahadeo Dwarka, John Farley Ewen
  • DC UPS WITH AUTO-RANGING BACKUP VOLTAGE CAPABILITY
    Publication number: 20100013312
    Abstract: A direct current (DC) uninterruptible power supply (UPS) having auto-ranging battery backup voltage capability is provided. At least one input is configured. A rectifier is connected to the at least one input. A common node is connected to the rectifier. At least one output is connected to the common node. A battery backup circuit is connected to the common node. The battery backup circuit includes first and second strings of batteries, a switch connected between a positive terminal of the first string of batteries and a negative terminal of the second string of batteries, and a plurality of steering diodes connected to the first and second strings of batteries and the switch to maintain current flow in a first direction. The switch is operable to place the first and second strings of batteries in series when closed, and operable to place the first and second strings of batteries in parallel when open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Mark GROFF, Trung LE
  • DC UPS CONFIGURED AS INTRINSIC POWER TRANSFER SWITCH
    Publication number: 20100013313
    Abstract: A direct current (DC) uninterruptible power supply (UPS) configured as an intrinsic power transfer switch is provided. The DC UPS includes first and second inputs. First and second rectifiers are coupled to the first and second inputs. A common node is coupled to the first and second rectifiers. At least one DC output is coupled to the common node. The at least one DC output is adapted for connection to at least one electrical load. The first input is adapted for connection to a first electrical service, and the second input is adapted for connection to a second electrical service. The DC UPS continues to supply power to the at least one electrical load in the event of a loss of either the first or second electrical services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Mark GROFF, Trung LE
  • INTRINSICALLY BALANCED DIRECT CURRENT UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY
    Publication number: 20100013311
    Abstract: An intrinsically phase-balanced direct current (DC) uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is provided. The DC UPS includes first, second, and third alternating current (AC) phase inputs. First, second, and third rectifiers are coupled to the first, second, and third AC phase inputs. A common node is coupled to the first, second, and third rectifiers. At least one DC output is coupled to the common node. The at least one DC output is adapted for connection to at least one electrical load. A battery is coupled to the common node. A blocking diode is coupled between the battery and the common node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Mark GROFF, Trung LE
  • EXTENDING BACKUP TIMES OF UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES
    Publication number: 20100013314
    Abstract: A system for extending backup times using networks of direct current (DC) uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) is provided. A first DC UPS has a first input and a first output. A second DC UPS has a second input coupled to the first output of the first DC UPS, a second output coupled to at least one electrical load, and a third output coupled to the first input of the first DC UPS. Battery current from the first and second DC UPS is shared with the at least one electrical load in the event of a power loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Mark GROFF, Trung LE
  • WHEELCHAIR
    Publication number: 20100007114
    Abstract: A wheelchair comprises a frame and first and second rear wheels that are each independently mounted to the frame via a respective mounting hub. Each rear wheel is detachably mounted to its respective mounting hub at two or more distinct hub mounting points. Either or both of the hub mounting points can be movable with respect to a remainder of the hub, for example via a pivoting arrangement. A disk can be positioned at the rear wheel and a stop element located at the mounting hub can be selectively operated to interfere with the disk to prevent rotation of that rear wheel. The frame can comprise first and second spaced apart and unitary tubes which each extending in an unbroken manner from a wheelchair seat to a wheelchair forward region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Luciano Papi, Steven Mark Smith
  • 5-QUINOLINONE DERIVATIVES AS 5HT1A RECEPTOR MODULATORS FOR TREATING SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, COGNITION IMPAIRMENT, PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, ETC.
    Publication number: 20100004452
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is C1-6alkyl, halo or haloC1-6alkyl; R2 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; is a single or double bond; each R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen, C1-6alkyl or haloC1-6alkyl; wherein i) when is a double bond p and q are 1, and ii) when is a single bond, p and q are 2, and one of R3 and one of R4, together with their interconnecting atoms, forms a cyclopropane ring which may be substituted by one or two halo or methyl groups, which groups may be the same or different; X is CH or N; when present each R5, which may be the same or different, is C1-6alkyl or halo; or two R5 groups may join to form a bridge, which bridge contains one or two atoms; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; when present each R6 which may be the same or different, is C1-6alkyl or halo; and m is 0, 1, 2 or 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Barbara Bertani, Steven Mark Bromidge, Massimo Gianotti, Alessandra Pasquarello, Valeria Zucchelli
  • Method and apparatus for dynamic retention of system area network management information in non-volatile store
    Patent number: 7636772
    Abstract: A method in a network computing system for managing configuration information for a set of components in a network computing system. The configuration information is stored for the set of components in the network computing system to form stored configuration information. In the depicted examples, the components may be nodes or devices within nodes. Current configuration is obtained in response to a power cycle. The current configuration information is compared with the stored configuration information to form a comparison. The stored configuration information is updated if a difference is present in the comparison. The stored configuration information is used to configure the components when a power cycle occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Orvalle Theodore Kirby, Gregory Michael Nordstrom, Gregory Francis Pfister, Renato John Recio, Steven Mark Thurber
  • QUINOLINE AND QUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVES HAVING AFFINITY FOR 5HT1-TYPE RECEPTORS
    Publication number: 20090312546
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for the preparation of compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, m, X, R2, n, W, p, Y, Z, R3, R4, R5 and q have the meanings as defined in the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Markus BERGAUER, Barbara Bertani, Matteo Biagetti, Steven Mark Bromidge, Alessandro Falchi, Colin Philip Leslie, Giancarlo Merlo, Domenica Antonia Pizzi, Marilisa Rinaldi, Luigi Piero Stasi, Jessica Tibasco, Antonio Kuok, Keong Vong, Simon Edward Ward
  • Security-Based Presentation in Client Application Software
    Publication number: 20090287833
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for security-based presentation in client application software. A network includes one or more client systems coupled to one or more servers, a server including an application adapted to compare a request received from a client application for particular data, metadata and descriptors, together with authorization information, against the access control codes, keys or lists stored in a server-based set of tables or lists and use the results of the comparison to reply to the request affirmatively with the data, metadata and descriptors or negatively with either an error code, error message or null result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventor: Steven Mark Paris
  • Method of improving T cell receptors
    Patent number: 7608410
    Abstract: A method of increasing the affinity and/or decreasing the off-rate of a given TCR specific for a given target pMHC, comprising creating a plurality of TCRs having an ? chain CDR2 sequence and/or a ? chain CDR2 sequence different from the corresponding CDR2 sequence(s) of the given TCR but having the same ? and ? CDR1 and CDR3 sequences as the given TCR, determining the affinity and/or off-rate of members of said plurality of TCRs for the target pMHC, and selecting one or more members having at least a 10-fold greater affinity for the target pMHC than the given TCR and/or a 10-fold slower off-rate for the target pMHC than the given TCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Immunocore Limited
    Inventors: Steven Mark Dunn, Yi Li, Jonathan Michael Boulter, Lucy Boulter, legal representative
  • Quinoline and quinazoline derivatives having affinity for 5HT1-type receptors
    Patent number: 7592346
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for use of compounds of formula (I) in combination with other active substances in the treatment of CNS disorders such as depression or anxiety. wherein R1, m, X, R2, n, W, p, Y, Z, R3, R4, R5 and q have the meanings as defined in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Markus Bergauer, Barbara Bertani, Matteo Biagetti, Steven Mark Bromidge, Alessandro Falchi, Colin Philip Leslie, Giancarlo Merlo, Domenica Antonia Pizzi, Marilisa Rinaldi, Luigi Piero Stasi, Jessica Tibasco, Antonio Kuok Keong Vong, Simon Edward Ward
  • LOW POWER SERDES ARCHITECTURE USING SERIAL I/O BURST GATING
    Publication number: 20090231171
    Abstract: A serializer/deserializer is disclosed with a flexible design that allows for sending data streams between computer systems where the power dissipation is markedly reduced by placing the serializer/deserializer in a standby, low power mode between the sending of data. Word data bits are framed and sent along with clock pulses that define when the bits may be reliably received. High speed, typically, CTL logic is used for the transmission line drivers and together with the clock pulse, a data word is sent faster than the computer system can send the next word to the serializer/deserializer. The disclosure frames the word and detects the word end, whereupon the system is placed into the standby mode. In addition the serializer/deserializers may be placed in a master/slave arrangement where the slave can be arranged to use the master's clock to send word data bits back to the master.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: James B. Boomer, Michael L. Fowler, Steven Mark Macaluso
  • Authenticating Files in Wagering Game Machines
    Publication number: 20090221359
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for authenticating content in wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes authenticating a first set of wagering game files stored on a storage device of a wagering game machine. The method can also include starting a wagering game on the wagering game machine if the authentication of the first set of wagering game files is successful. The method can also include authenticating, during the wagering game, a second set of wagering game files stored on the storage device of the wagering game machine, wherein the first set of wagering game files and the second set of wagering game files are mutually exclusive. The method can also include stopping the wagering game if the authentication of the second set of wagering game files is not successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: WMS Gaming Inc.
    Inventors: Srinivyasa M. Adiraju, Peter R. Anderson, Steven Mark Campbell, Mark B. Gagner, William Hoefferle, Mark C. Pace, Chad A. Ryan, Craig J. Sylla
  • High Affinity Hiv T Cell Receptors
    Publication number: 20090214551
    Abstract: The present invention provides TCRs having an affinity (KD) of less than or equal to 1 ?M, and/or an off-rate (koff) of 1×10?3S?1 or slower, for the SLYNTVATL-HLA-A*0201 complex provided that when the said TCR is presented by cell and comprises SEQ ID NOS:1 and 2, the cell is not a native T cell. Such TCRs are useful, either alone or associated with a therapeutic agent, for targeting HIV infected cells presenting that complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: AVIDEX LTD.
    Inventors: Bent Karsten Jakobsen, Yi Li, Steven Mark Dunn, Peter Eamon Molloy
  • CAPREOMYCIN DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE AS ANTIBACTERIALS
    Publication number: 20090203585
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phenylurea derivatives of capreomycin I, IIB, IIA, or IB, and metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof. The compounds of the present invention are useful as antibacterial agents for treating bacterial infections and for treating disorders caused by bacterial infections. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to methods of treating bacterial infections by administering such compounds. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph P. Lyssikatos, Steven Mark Wenglowsky, D. David Hennings, Daniel John Watson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MERGING DISPARATE VIRTUAL UNIVERSES ENTITIES
    Publication number: 20090198664
    Abstract: A migration tool for merging disparate virtual universes by selecting a source region or source account, selecting a destination edge or destination account, retrieving and storing virtual universe information for the source region or account, inserting the virtual universe resources of the source region or account into the destination region or account, activating the inserted resources, and deleting the source resources from the source region or account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Steven Mark Harrison, Brian Marshall O'Connell, Clifford Alan Pickover, Keith Raymond Walker
  • Method for converting a fuel cell membrane web to precisely positioned membrane sheets
    Patent number: 7569081
    Abstract: A method is provided for automated converting of a web of a thin patterned catalyst-coated membrane to separate membrane sheets for fuel cell assembly. The membrane typically has a thickness of about one thousandth of an inch. Automated web converting involves transporting, with use of a movable vacuum, an end portion of the membrane web from a first location to a second location. With use of respective first and second vacuums at the first and second locations, and after removal of the movable vacuum, the end portion of the membrane web is releasably secured at the first and second locations. The membrane web is cut within a gap defined between a single catalyst pattern of the membrane web end portion and an adjacent catalyst pattern to produce a membrane sheet. The membrane sheet is precisely positioned to a desired orientation to facilitate subsequent processing of the membrane sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Gary William Schukar, John Russell Mlinar, Mark Hyland Smith, Steven Mark Spicer
  • Access control list with convolution-weakened authorization
    Patent number: 7568237
    Abstract: A system and method for granting and transmitting access rights to data, the method includes steps of: receiving a request for information relating to a specified individual, wherein the request identifies a person requesting the information; determining the degree of relationship between the person requesting the information and the individual to whom the information relates; retrieving access rights for the requesting person from a repository; determining the owner of the rights as well as the rights that owner has granted to secondary parties; and determining, managing and transmitting to second parties said access rights modified to permit or deny the second party to further transmit, modify, change or delete owner's information to third parties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Health Allianze
    Inventors: Steven Mark Paris, Tamela Louise Jamieson
  • Automatic pen-type injector
    Patent number: 7563252
    Abstract: A syringe (1) is moved bodily forward by a plunger (7) (after release of a spring 8) by acting through an O-ring pressing onto an enlarged head (16) of a syringe container (3), in order to expose the needle (5) of the syringe before the plunger acts on a plug (4) within the syringe to cause the liquid to be ejected through the needle. There is, therefore, a two-step movement of the plunger, firstly together with the syringe through the medium of the O-ring, and secondly within the syringe container to force the plug forward, when a ledge (12) on the syringe container (3) is arrested by a stop (14), whereupon the frictional force between the plunger and the O-ring is relieved so that the plunger slides forward through the O-ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Owen Mumford Limited
    Inventors: Jeremy Marshall, Steven Mark Guy Rolfe