Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Herbert

Thomas A. Herbert 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: 9422098
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pouch for holding a fresh produce item and a method. The pouch includes (A) a body composed of at least one flexible multilayer film having a haze value less than 20%. The body further includes a front wall, a rear wall, and a gusset panel that form a closed chamber. (B) The gusset panel includes a rim. (C) A fresh produce item is located in the closed chamber. (D) The pouch has a chamber-to-rim ratio (mm) from 6:1 to 200:1. At least a portion of at least one wall is transparent permitting a person to see the fresh produce item in the pouch. The method includes displaying the fresh produce item through at least one of the front wall or the rear wall at a chamber-to-rim ratio from 6:1 to 200:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jill M. Martin, Haley Lowry, James F. Warner, Jihoon Kim, Thomas A. Herbert
  • Publication number: 20140370160
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pouch for holding a fresh produce item and a method. The pouch includes (A) a body composed of at least one flexible multilayer film having a haze value less than 20%. The body further includes a front wall, a rear wall, and a gusset panel that form a closed chamber. (B) The gusset panel includes a rim. (C) A fresh produce item is located in the closed chamber. (D) The pouch has a chamber-to-rim ratio (mm) from 6:1 to 200:1. At least a portion of at least one wall is transparent permitting a person to see the fresh produce item in the pouch. The method includes displaying the fresh produce item through at least one of the front wall or the rear wall at a chamber-to-rim ratio from 6:1 to 200:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jill M. Martin, Haley Lowry, James F. Warner, Jihoon Kim, Thomas A. Herbert
  • Patent number: 6956858
    Abstract: A routing table circuit for a router has one or more input ports and output ports for message communication. In the routing table circuit, one or more routing table memories store a plurality of routing table arrays. The routing table arrays are arranged hierarchically in levels, and each routing table array is associated with a predetermined subset of prefixes. Each routing table array has entries. The entries include a block default route pointer field to store a block default route pointer, if any, and a routing field. The route engine may access any level of table array by using a next level route pointer stored in the routing field. Using the block default route and the routing field, the present invention further reduces the number of memory accesses and the update cost for route insertion and deletion by identifying and skipping elements that do not require route updating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Mayan Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Hariguchi, Thomas A. Herbert, Ryan T. Herbst
  • Publication number: 20020080798
    Abstract: A routing table circuit for a router has one or more input ports and output ports for message communication. In the routing table circuit, one or more routing table memories store a plurality of routing table arrays. The routing table arrays are arranged hierarchically in levels, and each routing table array is associated with a predetermined subset of prefixes. Each routing table array has entries. The entries include a block default route pointer field to store a block default route pointer, if any, and a routing field. The route engine may access any level of table array by using a next level route pointer stored in the routing field. Using the block default route and the routing field, the present invention further reduces the number of memory accesses and the update cost for route insertion and deletion by identifying and skipping elements that do not require route updating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Yoichi Hariguchi, Thomas A. Herbert, Ryan T. Herbst
  • Patent number: 4367588
    Abstract: A system for cutting curvilinear patterns in strippable films with a high speed computer controlled flat bed plotter having a diamond point cutter positioned in the plotting head. The scribe pressure is set between 200 and 300 grams with the plotter set to drive the plotting head at a speed between 20 and 30 inches per second and with the head acceleration set between 0.4 G's and 0.7 G's.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1983
    Inventor: Thomas A. Herbert
  • Patent number: D719036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jill M. Martin, Haley Lowry, James F. Warner, Jihoon Kim, Thomas A. Herbert