Patents by Inventor William Pfeifer
William Pfeifer 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).
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Patent number: 8769693Abstract: The trust reputation of the combination of an installation package and installer, as a pair, and the combination of a file and an installer, as a pair, is used to store the identity of a file in a persistent cache. An entry in the persistent cache indicates the trust worthiness of a file that does not contain malware thereby avoiding a scan of the file for malware. The trust worthiness of a file may be determined from known trust reputations of the installation package, installer, and file from a network of computing resources. By relying on the known trust reputation of the combination of the installation package and installer and the combination of the file and installer, the identity of the file may be stored in persistent cache quickly.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: William Pfeifer, Joseph Johnson, Ronald Thompson, Ajith Kumar, Nitin Sood
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Publication number: 20130185799Abstract: The trust reputation of the combination of an installation package and installer, as a pair, and the combination of a file and an installer, as a pair, is used to store the identity of a file in a persistent cache. An entry in the persistent cache indicates the trust worthiness of a file that does not contain malware thereby avoiding a scan of the file for malware. The trust worthiness of a file may be determined from known trust reputations of the installation package, installer, and file from a network of computing resources. By relying on the known trust reputation of the combination of the installation package and installer and the combination of the file and installer, the identity of the file may be stored in persistent cache quickly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: William Pfeifer, Joseph Johnson, Ronald Thompson, Ajith Kumar, Nitin Sood
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Patent number: 5693633Abstract: This invention provides novel heterocyclic derivatives, their pharmaceutical formulations, and their use for antagonizing angiotensin II receptors in mammals.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1995Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Donald B. Boyd, Sherryl L. Lifer, Winston S. Marshall, Alan D. Palkowitz, William Pfeifer, Jon K. Reel, Richard L. Simon, Mitchell I. Steinberg, K. Jeff Thrasher, Venkatraghavan Vasudevan, Celia A. Whitesitt
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Patent number: 5612360Abstract: This invention provides novel heterocyclic derivatives, their pharmaceutical formulations, and their use for antagonizing angiotensin II receptors in mammals.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1993Date of Patent: March 18, 1997Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Donald B. Boyd, Sherryl L. Lifer, Winston S. Marshall, Alan D. Palkowitz, William Pfeifer, Jon K. Reel, Richard L. Simon, Mitchell I. Steinberg, K. Jeff Thrasher, Venkatraghavan Vasudevan, Celia A. Whitesitt
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Patent number: 5569768Abstract: This invention provides novel heterocyclic derivatives, their pharmaceutical formulations, and their use for antagonizing angiotensin II receptors in mammals.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1995Date of Patent: October 29, 1996Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Donald B. Boyd, Sherryl L. Lifer, Winston S. Marshall, Alan D. Palkowitz, William Pfeifer, Jon K. Reel, Richard L. Simon, Mitchell I. Steinberg, K. Jeff Thrasher, Venkatraghavan Vasudevan, Celia A. Whitesitt
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Patent number: 5556981Abstract: This invention provides novel heterocyclic derivatives, their pharmaceutical formulations, and their use for antagonizing angiotensin II receptors in mammals.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1995Date of Patent: September 17, 1996Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Donald B. Boyd, Sherryl L. Lifer, Winston S. Marshall, Alan D. Palkowitz, William Pfeifer, Jon K. Reel, Richard L. Simon, Mitchell I. Steinberg, K. Jeff Thrasher, Venkatraghaven Vasudevan, Celia A. Whitesitt
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Patent number: 5484780Abstract: This invention provides novel phenyl and heterocyclic derivatives, their pharmaceutical formulations and their methods of use for antagonizing angiotensin II receptors in mammals.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1994Date of Patent: January 16, 1996Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Donald B. Boyd, Kenneth L. Hauser, Sherryl L. Lifer, Winston S. Marshall, Alan D. Palkowitz, William Pfeifer, Jon K. Reel, Richard L. Simon, Mitchell I. Steinberg, Kumiko Takeuchi, K. Jeff Thrasher, Celia A. Whitesitt
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Patent number: 5401851Abstract: This invention provides novel phenyl and heterocyclic derivatives, their pharmaceutical formulations and their methods of use for antagonizing angiotensin II receptors in mammals.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1993Date of Patent: March 28, 1995Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Donald B. Boyd, Kenneth L. Hauser, Sherryl L. Lifer, Winston S. Marshall, Alan D. Palkowitz, William Pfeifer, Jon K. Reel, Richard L. Simon, Mitchell I. Steinberg, Kumiko Takeuchi, K. Jeff Thrasher, Celia A. Whitesitt
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Patent number: 4960213Abstract: A guard protects the upper surface of a hanger support from scatching by hangers displaying clothing or other merchandise. The support guard has a bottom surface adapted to rest upon the upper surface of a hanger support and has one or more upwardly extending pegs. Downwardly extending posts or caps are attached to the support guard for friction fitting engagement with the hanger support below the bottom surface of the strip.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1989Date of Patent: October 2, 1990Assignee: Armstrong Store Fixture CoporationInventor: William Pfeifer
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Patent number: 4932540Abstract: A fixture for displaying merchandise has telescoping structural members. A vertically extending tubular member adjustably supports an elongated member having a generally horizontal arm for displaying the merchandise and a vertical arm telescopingly received in the vertical tubular member. The telescoping vertical arm has a peripheral surface and a distal end with circumferentially spaced protuberances about the peripheral surface near the distal end for maintaining a spaced relationship between the peripheral surface of the telescoping vertical arm and the vertical tubular member. A collar or hub mounted on the upper end of the vertical tubular member has circumferentially spaced fingers for maintaining the peripheral surface of the telescoping vertical arm and the upper end of the vertical tubular member in spaced relationship.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1989Date of Patent: June 12, 1990Assignee: Armstrong Store Fixture CorporationInventor: William Pfeifer
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Patent number: 4805863Abstract: A brace for a shelf support extending outwardly from an upright includes an elongated member having first and second ends, a first means on the first end of the elongated member for releasably securing the brace to an upright at a position below the shelf support, a second means on the second end of the elongated member for releasably securing the brace to the shelf support, the second means being pivotally connected to the elongated member so as to provide adjustablility of the angle between the elongated member and the second means.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1987Date of Patent: February 21, 1989Assignee: Armstrong Store Fixture CorporationInventors: Bruce Armstrong, William Pfeifer
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Patent number: 4805785Abstract: A shelf unit includes top and bottom, spaced, generally parallel and coextensive horizontal surfaces comprising a plurality of spaced, generally parallel and coextensive elongated horizontal members and a plurality of spaced, generally parallel and coextensive crossmembers extending generally perpendicularly to the elongated horizontal members. Left and right spaced, generally parallel and coextensive elongated vertical side walls comprise a plurality of spaced, generally parallel and coextensive vertical bars and a plurality of spaced, generally parallel and coextensive crossbars extending generally perpendicularly to the elongated vertical members. The upper and lower edges of the left and right side walls are secured to the outer edges of the top and bottom surfaces so that the left and right walls extend generally perpendicularly to the bottom and top surfaces to define a chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1987Date of Patent: February 21, 1989Assignee: Armstrong Store Fixture CorporationInventors: William Pfeifer, Charles J. Stahl, David C. Fair
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Patent number: 4775125Abstract: A retainer for securing a shelf support to a wall. The retainer comprises a base having a first side for facing a wall and an oppositely facing second side. First and second spaced, generally parallel projections, extend generally perpendicularly outwardly from the second side of the base. A recess-engaging section extends generally perpendicularly outwardly from the second side of the base, between and generally parallel to the projections, and is adapted to be received within a recess in an end of a shelf support when the end of the shelf support is received between the projections. Means are disposed on the base for variably spacing the retainer from a wall. When the shelf support is disposed between the projections of the retainer, and the wall engaging means of the shelf support is inserted within a groove in the planar surface of the wall and engages a vertical member disposed within the wall, the projections inhibit lateral movement of the shelf support.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1987Date of Patent: October 4, 1988Assignee: Armstrong Store Fixture CorporationInventor: William Pfeifer
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Patent number: 4768661Abstract: A binning and banding structure, binning partition and novel clips to secure binning and banding partitions to each other. The clips include a first U-shaped clamp having arms capable of gripping the vertical edge of a binning partition and a second U-shaped clamp integral with the first U-shaped clamp capable of sliding into engagement with the top edge of the banding partition. The arms on the first U-shaped clamp include means engageable with means on the binning partition for limited sliding vertical movement of the clip on the binning partition and for inhibiting horizontal longitudinal movement of the clip on the binning partition.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1985Date of Patent: September 6, 1988Assignee: Armstrong Store Fixture CorporationInventor: William Pfeifer
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Patent number: 4624431Abstract: A clip adapted for mounting a hanger arm to a crossbar that comprises a vertical wall, a substantially horizontal lip integral with the vertical wall at its base extending forwardly from the vertical wall a pair of walls integral with said vertical wall extending forwardly along the vertical edges and downwardly from adjacent the top edge of the vertical wall, the pair of walls being shorter in length than the length of the vertical wall, the pair of walls being provided with a first pair of substantially horizontal stop members integral with the pair of walls and extending laterally from the pair of walls, the pair of walls being further provided with a second pair of substantially horizontal stop members integral with the pair of walls and extending laterally adjacent the upper end of the pair of walls.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1985Date of Patent: November 25, 1986Assignee: Armstrong Store Fixture CorporationInventor: William Pfeifer
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Patent number: 4593824Abstract: An extruded or injection molded, resilient resin tag holder comprises a planar member with a pair of parallel flanges projecting transversely from the rear face and a rib projecting from at least one flange toward the other. The flanges are spread apart to snap the rib over and firmly grip the transversely bent end portion of a support rod with the shaft of the rod passing through a notch in the rib. A plurality of notches spaced along the rib provide selective lateral positioning of the tag holder relative to the support rod shaft. The end of the flanges beyond the rib bear against the rod shaft to prevent rotation of the tag holder about the transversely bent end portion of the rod. One embodiment includes a second notched rib spaced from the first by an amount which may be selectively used to accommodate a support rod of larger cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1984Date of Patent: June 10, 1986Assignee: Armstrong Store Fixture CorporationInventor: William Pfeifer
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Patent number: 4552982Abstract: 9-Carbamoyl-9-(2-cyanoethyl)fluorenes are converted to 9-carbamoyl-9-(3-aminopropyl)fluorenes by catalytic hydrogenation in the presence of a strong acid.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1983Date of Patent: November 12, 1985Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: William B. Lacefield, William Pfeifer
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Patent number: 4395955Abstract: Merchandise display area banding members are disclosed for use in providing partial frontal banding. The banding members are made of plastic and can function individually as either a left or right handed partial banding section or in combination with each other by means of a tongue and groove configuration to form an elongated center partition partial banding section. Channels defined on both sides of the banding member engage a vertical slot in a partition and inhibit lateral movement relative thereto.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1980Date of Patent: August 2, 1983Assignee: Armstrong Store Fixture CorporationInventor: William Pfeifer
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Patent number: 4365725Abstract: A market basket is provided with a U-shaped handle having outwardly projecting locking tabs. The locking tabs, each comprised of a support bar and a locking bar, are slidably and rotatably received in vertical slots in the side walls of the basket. With the locking tab at the bottom of the side wall slots, the handle is freely rotatable. When the handle is lifted upwardly while in the vertical position, each of the locking bar enters into and engages a second vertical slot provided by a locking block to prevent the handle from rotating, the locking block being located on a flange which depends downwardly from an outwardly extending lateral rim on the upper edge of the basket. In an alternate embodiment, the support bar has cross arms forming a cruciform cross sectional shape which engage the correspondingly shaped top of the sidewall slot providing three support points and additional handle locking action.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1981Date of Patent: December 28, 1982Assignee: Dravo CorporationInventor: William Pfeifer
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Patent number: 4319731Abstract: An improved information display assembly with a cantilevered arm and a detachable means for displaying indicia at the free end of the arm is disclosed. The free end of the arm has a horizontal member extending therefrom at a right angle. There is a transverse groove on the upper surface of the arm. This groove is on the free end of the arm and is parallel with the horizontal member. The detachable display means mounts onto this horizontal member and arm. This display means has a planar member with a front face upon which indicia is displayed and a rear face from which extend two parallel arms with a flange extending from the free end of the upper arm. When the display means is mounted on the cantilevered arm, the parallel arms are contiguous with the upper and lower surfaces of the cantilevered arm and horizontal member and the flange engages the transverse groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1980Date of Patent: March 16, 1982Assignee: Armstrong Store Fixture CorporationInventor: William Pfeifer