Patents by Inventor Thomas Norman

Thomas Norman 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: 6500499
    Abstract: Complex mixed metal containing thin films can be deposited by CVD from liquid mixtures of metal complexes without solvent by direct liquid injection and by other precursor dispersing method such as aerosol delivery with subsequent annealing to improve electrical properties of the deposited films. This process has potential for commercial success in microelectronics device fabrication of dielectrics, ferroelectrics, barrier metals/electrodes, superconductors, catalysts, and protective coatings. Application of this process, particularly the CVD of ZrSnTiOx (zirconium tin titanate, or ZTT) and HfSnTiOx (hafnium tin titanate, or HTT) thin films has been studied successfully.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Senzaki, Arthur Kenneth Hochberg, David Allen Roberts, John Anthony Thomas Norman, Glenn Baldwin Alers, Robert McLemore Fleming
  • Patent number: 6478236
    Abstract: An agricultural sprayer for spraying a mixture of a carrier liquid and at least one active ingredient, and including a carrier liquid container, at least one active ingredient container for containing the active ingredient in concentrated form, a mixing chamber for mixing the carrier liquid with the active ingredient, at least one active ingredient feed line between the at least one active ingredient container and the mixing chamber and a carrier liquid feed line between the carrier liquid container and the mixing chamber, a boom structure having at least one nozzle connected with said mixing chamber for spraying the mixture of the active ingredient and the carrier liquid, and means for generating and discharging a flow of gas under pressure. The sprayer has connecting means that allow gas low communication between said means for generating and discharging a flow of gas under pressure and said at least one container for receiving an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Hardi International A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Norman, Jørgen Bo Mørch Secher
  • Publication number: 20020161021
    Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of cis-1,3-diols is described where a beta hydroxy ketone is treated with a trialkylborane or dialkylalkoxyborane or a mixture of a trialkylborane and a dialkylalkoxyborane followed by recovery and reuse of the alkylborane species to convert additional beta hydroxy ketone to the cis-1,3-diol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Lee Bosch, Richard Joseph McCabe, Thomas Norman Nanninga, Robert Joseph Stahl
  • Patent number: 6464851
    Abstract: A method of removing a biological contaminant from a mixture containing a biomolecule and the biological contaminant, the method comprising: (a) placing the biomolecule and contaminant mixture in a first solvent stream, the first solvent stream being separated from a second solvent stream by an electrophoretic membrane; (b) selecting a buffer for the first solvent stream having a required pH; (c) applying an electric potential between the two solvent streams causing movement of the biomolecule through the membrane into the second solvent stream while the biological contaminant is substantially retained in the first sample stream, or if entering the membrane, being substantially prevented from entering the second solvent stream; (d) optionally, periodically stopping and reversing the electric potential to cause movement of any biological contaminants having entered the membrane to move back into the first solvent stream, wherein substantially not causing any biomolecules that have entered the second solvent st
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Gradipore Limited
    Inventors: Brendon Conlan, Tracey Ann Edgell, May Lazar, Chenicheri Hariharan Nair, Elizabeth Jean Seabrook, Thomas Norman Turton
  • Patent number: 6433213
    Abstract: An improved process for the preparation of cis-1,3-diols is described where a beta hydroxy ketone is treated with a trialkylborane or dialkylalkoxyborane or a mixture of a trialkylborane and a dialkylalkoxyborane followed by recovery and reuse of the alkylborane species to convert additional beta hydroxy ketone to the cis-1,3-diol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Robert Lee Bosch, Richard Joseph McCabe, Thomas Norman Nanninga, Robert Joseph Stahl
  • Publication number: 20020084187
    Abstract: A method of removing a biological contaminant from a mixture containing a biomolecule and the biological contaminant, the method comprising: (a) placing the biomolecule and contaminant mixture in a first solvent stream, the first solvent stream being separated from a second solvent stream by an electrophoretic membrane; (b) selecting a buffer for the first solvent stream having a required pH; (c) applying an electric potential between the two solvent streams causing movement of the biomolecule through the membrane into the second solvent stream while the biological contaminant is substantially retained in the first sample stream, or if entering the membrane, being substantially prevented from entering the second solvent stream; (d) optionally, periodically stopping and reversing the electric potential to cause movement of any biological contaminants having entered the membrane to move back into the first solvent stream, wherein substantially not causing any biomolecules that have entered the second solvent st
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: Gradipore Limited
    Inventors: Brendon Conlan, Tracey Ann Edgell, May Lazar, Chenicheri Haribaran Nair, Elizabeth Jean Seabrook, Thomas Norman Turton
  • Publication number: 20020013487
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a group of novel homologous eight membered ring compounds having a metal, such as copper, reversibly bound in the ring and containing carbon, nitrogen, silicon and/or other metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: John Anthony Thomas Norman, David Allen Roberts, Morteza Farnia
  • Publication number: 20020000386
    Abstract: A method of removing a biological contaminant from a mixture containing a biomolecule and the biological contaminant, the method comprising: (a) placing the biomolecule and contaminant mixture in a first solvent stream, the first solvent stream being separated from a second solvent stream by an electrophoretic membrane; (b) selecting a buffer for the first solvent stream having a required pH; (c) applying an electric potential between the two solvent streams causing movement of the biomolecule through the membrane into the second solvent stream while the biological contaminant is substantially retained in the first sample stream, or if entering the membrane, being substantially prevented from entering the second solvent stream; (d) optionally, periodically stopping and reversing the electric potential to cause movement of any biological contaminants having entered the membrane to move back into the first solvent stream, wherein substantially not causing any biomolecules that have entered the second solvent st
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Applicant: Gradipore Ltd.
    Inventors: Brendon Conlan, Tracey Ann Edgell, May Lazar, Chenicheri Hariharan Nair, Elizabeth Jean Seabrook, Thomas Norman Turton
  • Patent number: 6319567
    Abstract: A method for producing a tantalum nitride layer on a substrate, comprising; directly injecting a liquid mixture of (R1R2N)3Ta(═NR3) and (R4R5N)3Ta[&eegr;2—R6N═C (R7)(R8)] into a dispersing zone followed by delivering the dispersed mixture into a reactor containing the substrate at elevated temperature and reacting the mixture with a source of nitrogen selected from the group consisting of ammonia, alkyl amines, N2H2, alkyl hydrazine, N2 and mixtures thereof, to produce the tantalum nitride layer on the substrate, where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are individually C1-6 alkyl, aryl or hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Senzaki, Arthur Kenneth Hochberg, John Anthony Thomas Norman
  • Patent number: 6238734
    Abstract: The present invention is a composition for deposition of a mixed metal or metal compound layer, comprising a solventless mixture of at least two metal-ligand complex precursors, wherein the mixture is liquid at ambient conditions and the ligands are the same and are selected from the group consisting of alkyls, alkoxides, halides, hydrides, amides, imides, azides cyclopentadienyls, carbonyls, and their fluorine, oxygen and nitrogen substituted analogs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihide Senzaki, David Allen Roberts, John Anthony Thomas Norman
  • Patent number: 6096913
    Abstract: In a process for the synthesis of a first metal-ligand complex, M.sup.+n (L.sup.-).sub.n, where n.gtoreq.1, from a metal compound precursor and a ligand precursor, where the metal of the metal compound precursor may during the synthesis change to a valence in excess of n; the improvement, to suppress formation of a second metal-ligand complex of the metal with a valence in excess of n, of adding the elemental form of the metal to the synthesis of the first metal-ligand complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: John Anthony Thomas Norman, Yoshihide Senzaki, David Allen Roberts
  • Patent number: 6046364
    Abstract: A process for recovering a 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedione ligand from a metal-ligand complex byproduct such as Cu.sup.+2 (1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedionate.sup.-1).sub.2, comprising: providing a copper-ligand complex byproduct of Cu.sup.+2 (1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedionate.sup.-1).sub.2 in a process stream; cooling and condensing the copper-ligand complex byproduct of Cu.sup.+2 (1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedionate.sup.-1).sub.2 to separate it from the process stream; contacting the copper-ligand complex byproduct of Cu.sup.+2 (1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedionate.sup.-1).sub.2 with a protonation agent, such as: sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, hydroiodic acid, hydrobromic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, acid ion exchange resin, hydrogen sulfide, water vapor and mixtures thereof; and recovering 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedione.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: John Anthony Thomas Norman, John Cameron Gordon, Yoshihide Senzaki
  • Patent number: 5963746
    Abstract: A parallel array processor for massively parallel applications is formed with low power CMOS with DRAM processing while incorporating processing elements on a single chip. Eight processors on a single chip have their own associated processing element, significant memory, and I/O and are interconnected with a hypercube based, but modified, topology. These nodes are then interconnected, either by a hypercube, modified hypercube, or ring, or ring within ring network topology. Conventional microprocessor MMPs consume pins and time going to memory. The new architecture merges processor and memory with multiple PMEs (eight 16 bit processors with 32K and I/O) in DRAM and has no memory access delays and uses all the pins for networking. The chip can be a single node of a fine-grained parallel processor. Each chip will have eight 16 bit processors, each processor providing 5 MIPs performance. I/O has three internal ports and one external port shared by the plural processors on the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Norman Barker, Clive Allan Collins, Michael Charles Dapp, James Warren Dieffenderfer, Billy Jack Knowles, Donald Michael Lesmeister, Richard Ernest Miles, Richard Edward Nier, Robert Reist Richardson, David Bruce Rolfe, Vincent John Smoral
  • Patent number: 5842031
    Abstract: A computer system having a plurality of processors and memory including a plurality of scalable nodes having multiple like processor memory elements. Each of the processor memory elements has a plurality of communication paths for communication within a node to other like processor memory elements within the node. Each of the processor memory elements also has a communication path for communication external to the node to another like scalable node of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Norman Barker, Clive Allan Collins, Michael Charles Dapp, James Warren Dieffenderfer, Donald George Grice, Peter Michael Kogge, David Christoper Kuchinski, Billy Jack Knowles, Donald Michael Lesmeister, Richard Ernest Miles, Richard Edward Nier, Eric Eugene Retter, Robert Reist Richardson, David Bruce Rolfe, Nicholas Jerome Schoonover, Vincent John Smoral, James Robert Stupp, Paul Amba Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 5815723
    Abstract: A parallel array computer provides an array of processor memory elements interconnected for transfer of data and instructions between processor memory elements. Each of the processing elements has a processor coupled with a local memory. An array controller is provided for controlling the operation of the array of processor memory elements. Each of the processor memory elements has a plurality of local autonomous operating modes and is adapted to interpret instructions from the array controller within the processor memory element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Amba Wilkinson, Thomas Norman Barker, James Warren Dieffenderfer, Peter Michael Kogge
  • Patent number: 5794059
    Abstract: A parallel array processor for massively parallel applications is formed with low power CMOS with DRAWM processing while incorporating processing elements on a single chip, with nodes connected in an n-dimensional modified non-binary hypercube. In a 4-dimensional modified non-binary hypercube embodiment, each node includes either processor memory elements on a single chip, each processor memory element having its own associated processing element, significant memory, and I/O, with each processor memory element supporting an external port. Pairs of ports are associated with each dimension, labeled X, Y, W, and Z. Eight nodes are connected in the X dimension to form a ring. Corresponding nodes from eight such rings are connected into rings in the Y dimension to form an 8.times.8 array of nodes, referred to as a cluster. Corresponding nodes of eight clusters are connected into ring (64 rings) in the Z dimension, forming an 8.times.8.times.8 array of nodes referred to as a "cluster ring".
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Norman Barker, Clive Allan Collins, Michael Charles Dapp, James Warren Dieffenderfer, Billy Jack Knowles, David Bruce Rolfe
  • Patent number: 5765012
    Abstract: A controller for a SIMD processor array that can execute instructions within each processing element is described. This three stage hierarchical controller executes instructions at the function, routine, and micro-level, to maximize the effectiveness of processing within the array elements themselves. The routine sequencer is hardwired to perform looping and flow control operations using DO/WHILE, IF/THEN/ELSE, and GO-SUB constructs. A pipeline is provided to maintain a steady flow of commands to the array, and means is provided to monitor command execution progress and to provide feedback of progress to the stages of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Amba Wilkinson, Thomas Norman Barker, James Warren Dieffenderfer, Peter Michael Kogge, Donald Michael Lesmeister, Robert Reist Richardson, Vincent John Smoral
  • Patent number: 5765015
    Abstract: In arrays of processors, especially linear arrays, it is important to be able to communicate to adjacent neighbors (en masse). That is, each element of the array can communicate with its neighbor on the left simultaneously. In addition, the array processor is provided with the ability for selected elements of the array, picket processing elements, to simultaneously communicate with other elements that are further away in one dimension than the nearest neighbor in one transfer cycle. This is accomplished by causing intermediate elements to become transparent in the communication paths, thus allowing data to "slide" through intermediate nodes to the destination node. This system can be used in the implementation of fault tolerance in the array of elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Amba Wilkinson, Thomas Norman Barker, James Warren Dieffenderfer, Peter Michael Kogge
  • Patent number: 5717943
    Abstract: A computer system having a plurality of processors and memory including a plurality of scalable nodes having multiple like processor memory elements. Each of the processor memory elements has a plurality of communication paths for communication within a node to other like processor memory elements within the node. Each of the processor memory elements also has a communication path for communication external to the node to another like scalable node of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Norman Barker, Clive Allan Collins, Michael Charles Dapp, James Warren Dieffenderfer, Donald George Grice, Peter Michael Kogge, David Christopher Kuchinski, Billy Jack Knowles, Donald Michael Lesmeister, Richard Ernest Miles, Richard Edward Nier, Eric Eugene Retter, Robert Reist Richardson, David Bruce Rolfe, Nicholas Jerome Schoonover, Vincent John Smoral, James Robert Stupp, Paul Amba Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 5710935
    Abstract: A computer system having a plurality of processors and memory including a plurality of scalable nodes having multiple like processor memory elements. Each of the processor memory elements has a plurality of communication paths for communication within a node to other like processor memory elements within the node. Each of the processor memory elements also has a communication path for communication external to the node to another like scalable node of the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Norman Barker, Clive Allan Collins, Michael Charles Dapp, James Warren Dieffenderfer, Donald George Grice, Peter Michael Kogge, David Christopher Kuchinski, Billy Jack Knowles, Donald Michael Lesmeister, Richard Ernest Miles, Richard Edward Nier, Eric Eugene Retter, Robert Reist Richardson, David Bruce Rolfe, Nicholas Jerome Schoonover, Vincent John Smoral, James Robert Stupp, Paul Amba Wilkinson