Patents by Inventor William C. Roy

William C. Roy 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: 20240118797
    Abstract: A user interface (UI), data structures and algorithms facilitate programming, analyzing, debugging, embedding, and/or modifying problems that are embedded or to be embedded on an analog processor (e.g., quantum processor), increasing computational efficiency and/or accuracy of problem solutions. The UI provides graph representations (e.g., source graph, target graph and correspondence therebetween) with nodes and edges which may map to hardware components (e.g., qubits, couplers) of the analog processor. Characteristics of solutions are advantageously represented spatially associated (e.g., overlaid or nested) with characteristics of a problem. Characteristics (e.g., bias state) may be represented by color, pattern, values, icons. Issues (e.g., broken chains) may be detected and alerts provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Murray C. Thom, Fiona L. Hanington, Alexander Condello, William W. Bernoudy, Melody C. Wong, Aidan P. Roy, Kelly T. R. Boothby, Edward D. Dahl
  • Patent number: 5042758
    Abstract: A nursing bottle support for freeing the hands of a person carrying an infant while feeding the infant from the bottle comprises a foldable, non-resilient hook which wraps around the person's neck with an adjustable shank lying against the person's chest. A clasp made of an open-ring of elastomeric material is rotatably mounted at the end of the shank, and can be positioned in a variety of orientations to direct the bottle toward the mouth of the feeding infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Inventors: William C. Roy, Judith A. Roy, Russell C. Edmisson
  • Patent number: 4957253
    Abstract: A nursing bottle support for freeing the hands of a person carrying an infant while feeding the infant from the bottle comprises a bendable, non-resilient hook which wraps around the person's neck with an expandable shank lying against the person's chest. A clasp made of an open-ring of elastomeric material is rotatably mounted at the end of the shank, and can be positioned in a variety of orientations to direct the bottle toward the mouth of the feeding infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Inventors: William C. Roy, Judith A. Roy, Russell C. Edmisson