Patents by Inventor Steven Miller

Steven Miller 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).

  • MAGNETIC LICENSE PROTECTION AND TAGGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120227295
    Abstract: A magnetic license protection and tagging device includes a main body with at least one magnet. The main body has a first pocket for holding at least one of a license and a tag. The main body is foldable between an open position and a closed position. The at least one magnet is connected to the main body, and selectively militates against the main body moving from the closed position to the open position. The magnetic license protection and tagging device may be secured to a game animal by magnetic attraction. The magnetic license protection and tagging device is used to appropriately tag the game animal in compliance with hunting laws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventor: Matthew Steven Miller
  • Identification of specialty drugs
    Patent number: 8160898
    Abstract: Methods for determining whether a drug is a specialty drug, methods for creating tools to be used in making the determination, and the tools themselves are disclosed. The overall value of a drug depends on the drug's attribute values with respect to each of a set of drug attributes (concerning, e.g., the drug's route of administration, targeted disease, possible adverse reactions, risk of toxicity, cost, need for patient compliance with the treatment regime, and handling, preparation, and/or storage requirements. If the overall value or its partial overall values meet certain criteria, the drug is deemed to be a specialty drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Express Scripts, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmond Weisbart, Andrew Behm, Aimee Tharaldson, Steven Miller
  • IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIALTY DRUGS
    Publication number: 20120084097
    Abstract: Methods for determining whether a drug is a specialty drug, methods for creating tools to be used in making the determination, and the tools themselves are disclosed. The overall value of a drug depends on the drug's attribute values with respect to each of a set of drug attributes (concerning, e.g., the drug's route of administration, targeted disease, possible adverse reactions, risk of toxicity, cost, need for patient compliance with the treatment regime, and handling, preparation, and/or storage requirements. If the overall value or its partial overall values meet certain criteria, the drug is deemed to be a specialty drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
    Inventors: Edmond WEISBART, Andrew BEHM, Aimee THARALDSON, Steven MILLER
  • Precision, temperature stable clock using a frequency-control circuit and a single oscillator
    Patent number: 8138846
    Abstract: A frequency-control circuit, which is configured to receive a first signal having a first untuned frequency from a first oscillator, and to alter one or more pulses of the first signal to tune an output frequency of an output clock signal to have an average frequency at the desired target frequency. In some embodiments, the frequency-control circuit receives a signal from a single oscillator to generate a calibrated, precise, and temperature-stable clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.
    Inventors: Manu Seth, David Brubaker, Andrew McCraith, Richard Steven Miller, Mir Bahram Ghaderi
  • Method of orienting a printer chip
    Patent number: 8121512
    Abstract: Provided is a method of orienting a printer chip to enable interoperation between the printer chip and more than one type of printer. The printer chip has a plurality of sets of contacts, each set of contacts capable of interoperation with a different type of printer, cartridge, or photoconductor unit. The chip is installed on the cartridge with the chosen set of contacts oriented to mate with the electrical contacts in the printer cartridge receiving cavity of the printer. The result is a printer chip that can be installed on a printer cartridge or photoconductor unit in a plurality of orientations in order to allow the printer cartridge or photoconductor unit to interoperate with a plurality of types of printers, or allow a plurality of types of printer cartridges or photoconductor units to interoperate with a printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • Imaging Cartridge Having a Displaceable Body
    Publication number: 20120039628
    Abstract: Provided is a printer cartridge having a resilient pliable body. The resilient pliable body of the printer cartridge conforms to obstructions located in different positions inside the printer cartridge receiving cavity of different models and brands of printers. When the resilient pliable front of the printer cartridge contacts an obstruction in the cartridge receiving cavity of a printer, it is displaced in that area so that it is not an obstruction any longer, allowing the printer cartridge to fit and operate in multiple brands and families of printers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • Photoconductive Drum Supports
    Publication number: 20120014712
    Abstract: An imaging cartridge for use with an imaging machine comprises a waste bin and photoconductive drum rotatably mounted in the waste bin. The photoconductive drum is supported at its ends by support members that are connected to the waste bin. At least a portion of at least one support member is made of an electrically conductive material, such that the support member electrically connects the photoconductive drum to the imaging machine when the imaging cartridge is positioned in the imaging cartridge receiving cavity of the imaging machine. At least one of the support members extends from a side of the waste bin to locate the imaging cartridge in correct position in the imaging cartridge receiving cavity of the imaging machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • Method of Orienting a Printer Chip
    Publication number: 20110314670
    Abstract: Provided is a method of orienting a printer chip to enable interoperation between the printer chip and more than one type of printer. The printer chip has a plurality of sets of contacts, each set of contacts capable of interoperation with a different type of printer, cartridge, or photoconductor unit. The chip is installed on the cartridge with the chosen set of contacts oriented to mate with the electrical contacts in the printer cartridge receiving cavity of the printer. The result is a printer chip that can be installed on a printer cartridge or photoconductor unit in a plurality of orientations in order to allow the printer cartridge or photoconductor unit to interoperate with a plurality of types of printers, or allow a plurality of types of printer cartridges or photoconductor units to interoperate with a printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIALTY DRUGS
    Publication number: 20110307271
    Abstract: Methods for determining whether a drug is a specialty drug, methods for creating tools to be used in making the determination, and the tools themselves are disclosed. The overall value of a drug depends on the drug's attribute values with respect to each of a set of drug attributes (concerning, e.g., the drug's route of administration, targeted disease, possible adverse reactions, risk of toxicity, cost, need for patient compliance with the treatment regime, and handling, preparation, and/or storage requirements. If the overall value or its partial overall values meet certain criteria, the drug is deemed to be a specialty drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Express Scripts, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmond Weisbart, Andrew Behm, Aimee Tharaldson, Steven Miller
  • Identification of specialty drugs
    Patent number: 8050940
    Abstract: Methods for determining whether a drug is a specialty drug, methods for creating tools to be used in making the determination, and the tools themselves are disclosed. The overall value of a drug depends on the drug's attribute values with respect to each of a set of drug attributes (concerning, e.g., the drug's route of administration, targeted disease, possible adverse reactions, risk of toxicity, cost, need for patient compliance with the treatment regime, and handling, preparation, and/or storage requirements. If the overall value or its partial overall values meet certain criteria, the drug is deemed to be a specialty drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Express Scripts, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmond Weisbart, Andrew Behm, Aimee Tharaldson, Steven Miller
  • Self-sealing process roller
    Patent number: 8045882
    Abstract: A process roller for use with an imagining cartridge, the process roller including sealing surfaces located at its distal ends. As the process roller rotates, the sealing surfaces of the process roller are sufficiently flexible to conform to the inner side walls of the imaging cartridge, thereby sealing the printing agent inside the imaging cartridge at the distal ends of the process roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Inventors: Jesse Delcamp, Steven Miller
  • Imaging cartridge having a hopper supported by a wastebin
    Patent number: 8045884
    Abstract: An imaging cartridge contains a wastebin and a hopper connected to the wastebin. A flat mounting surface on the wastebin receives a circuit board. A microswitch actuating tab is formed on the body of the imaging cartridge. A hopper is connected to the wastebin in a manner such that the hopper is supported entirely by the wastebin when the imaging cartridge is installed in the imaging cartridge receiving cavity of the imaging machine. The hopper is void of any protrusions adapted to rest on a supporting member in the imaging cartridge receiving cavity of the imaging machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • Method of printing a multi-page document using a cyclical multi-page transport apparatus
    Patent number: 7995221
    Abstract: A method of printing a document having a plurality of pages in an original sequence includes determining an second sequence to print each of the pages, wherein the second equence is different than the original sequence; loading each of the pages onto cyclic multi-page transport apparatus according to the optimal sequence; and unloading the pages from the transport apparatus according to the original sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Miller, David E. De Bellis, Daniel L. Stuart, William B. Buzbee
  • Apparatus and method for reducing emissions resulting from raw meal grinding
    Patent number: 7972419
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for reducing emissions from exhaust gas generated during the grinding and drying of cement raw meal as part of a cement manufacturing process. The invention comprises circuiting the exhaust gas between a raw mill and a clinker cooler. In the clinker cooler at least a portion of said emissions are delivered to a cement kiln in which said emissions are removed by being combusted and/or absorbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: FLSmidth A/S
    Inventors: Ove L. Jepsen, Steven Miller, Anthony Shave
  • Remotely Located Connection Pads for Activating an Imaging Machine
    Publication number: 20110116811
    Abstract: A circuit board for activating a printer. Electronic circuitry that is adapted to communicate the correct value for printer-cartridge interoperation to the printer is mounted on the circuit board. The electronic circuitry is electrically connected to connection pads that are not located on the circuit board. The connection pads mate with electrical contacts located in the printer, enabling the electronic circuitry to communicate the correct value for printer-cartridge interoperation to the printer through said remotely located connection pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • Method of Making an Electronic Circuit for an Imaging Machine
    Publication number: 20110110681
    Abstract: A method of making an electronic circuit for activating an imaging machine includes providing a first electronic circuit that is not capable of authenticating itself to the imaging machine; providing a second electronic circuit comprising an electronic component that is capable of authenticating itself to the imaging machine; removing the electronic component from the second electronic circuit; and electrically connecting the electronic component to the first electronic circuit, such that the first electronic circuit can use the electronic component to authenticate the first electronic circuit to the imaging machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Steven Miller, Herman Schnell
  • Imaging cartridge with magnetically biased assemblies
    Patent number: 7899359
    Abstract: Provided is a printer cartridge equipped with a magnetic wastebin-hopper coupling. A combination of magnets and magnetically attractive materials are mounted on the wastebin assembly (or photoconductor unit) and hopper assembly of the printer cartridge in order to bias the two assemblies together. This allows an end user to remove the hopper assembly from the wastebin assembly (or photoconductor unit) and replace the expelled hopper assembly without having to latch or unlatch any mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Cartridge Corporation of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • System and methods for recording, displaying, and reconstructing computer-based system and user events
    Patent number: 7886202
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for tracking computer system events and user actions is provided. The method includes detecting one or more system events of a computing system and one or more user actions performed on the computing system. The method also includes recording at least one system event and at least one user action. Additionally, the method includes synchronizing the recordation of the at least one system event and the recordation of the at least one user action. The method further includes presenting to a user the recordation of at least one system event and the recordation of at least one user action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Lin, Anne Ryan, Steven Miller
  • Imaging Cartridge Guiding Structure
    Publication number: 20100310273
    Abstract: An imaging cartridge having a more robust planar guide design with a thick leading edge. Each planar guide is adapted to slidingly engage an associated guide groove formed in opposite sides of the imaging machine. The thick leading edge of the planar guide provides structural integrity and prevents the planar guide from flexing and breaking when the cartridge is being installed into the imaging machine. The reduction in rearward sloping angle of the planar guide allows for easier installation and removal of the cartridge from the imaging machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Steven Miller
  • Method and Apparatus for Incineration of Combustible Waste
    Publication number: 20100307390
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for incinerating different types of combustible waste in a cement manufacturing process. Two combustion chambers for incinerating waste are arranged in series, with first combustion chamber being a down draft chamber in which there is a downward flow of combustion gas and waste fuel to a waste and gas outlet. The second chamber is adaptable to support waste on a supporting surface incorporated in the compartment, wherein the waste is transported through the compartment from a waste inlet to a waste outlet along a circular path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Steven Miller