Allen D Smith

US Patent:

6464343, Oct 15, 2002

Filed:

Oct 31, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/003175

Inventors:

Laurie A. Coventry - Shedd OR
Allen H. Smith - Corvallis OR
Dustin W. Blair - San Diego CA

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

B41J 205

US Classification:

347 63, 347 93, 347 94

Abstract:

A fluid drop ejecting apparatus including a thin film stack including a plurality of heater resistors formed on a substrate having a feed edge, a patterned fluid barrier layer disposed on the thin film stack, respective fluid chambers formed in the barrier layer over respective heater resistors, fluid feed features formed in the barrier layer between the fluid feed edge and the ink chambers, and a thin film metal structure in a metal layer of the thin film stack and located between the ink feed edge and the fluid chambers.

US Patent:

6648732, Nov 18, 2003

Filed:

Jan 30, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/772752

Inventors:

Mark H. MacKenzie - Corvallis OR
Thomas E Pettit - Corvallis OR
Victorio A. Chavarria - Corvallis OR
Steven P Storm - Corvallis OR
Allen H Smith - Corvallis OR

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

B24C 104

US Classification:

451 38, 451 29

Abstract:

A coated substrate for a center feed printhead has a substrate, a thin film applied over the substrate, and a slot region extending through the substrate and the thin film. A slot is formed through the slot region of the coated substrate. The thin film layer coating minimizes crack formation and/or a chip count in a shelf surrounding the slot through the substrate. In one embodiment, the slot is formed mechanically. In one embodiment, a plurality of thin films is used. The slot region extends through the plurality of thin films. Any combination of thin films may be applied over the substrate. In one embodiment, the thin film is at least one of a metal film, a polymer film, and a dielectric film. In another embodiment, the thin film material is ductile and/or deposited under compression. In one embodiment, the substrate is silicon, and the thin film is an insulating layer grown from the substrate, such as field oxide.

US Patent:

6945634, Sep 20, 2005

Filed:

Oct 3, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/679097

Inventors:

Mark H. MacKenzie - Corvallis OR, US
Thomas E Pettit - Corvallis OR, US
Victorio A. Chavarria - Corvallis OR, US
Steven P Storm - Corvallis OR, US
Allen H Smith - Corvallis OR, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

B41J002/05

US Classification:

347 63

Abstract:

A coated substrate for a center feed printhead has a substrate, a thin film applied over the substrate, and a slot region extending through the substrate and the thin film. A slot is formed through the slot region of the coated substrate. The thin film layer coating minimizes crack formation and/or a chip count in a shelf surrounding the slot through the substrate. In one embodiment, the slot is formed mechanically. In one embodiment, a plurality of thin films is used. The slot region extends through the plurality of thin films. Any combination of thin films may be applied over the substrate. In one embodiment, the thin film is at least one of a metal film, a polymer film, and a dielectric film. In another embodiment, the thin film material is ductile and/or deposited under compression. In one embodiment, the substrate is silicon, and the thin film is an insulating layer grown from the substrate, such as field oxide.

US Patent:

7043447, May 9, 2006

Filed:

Apr 17, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/836094

Inventors:

David A. Hughes - New York NY, US
Allen J. Smith - Garrison NY, US

Assignee:

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Electronics Inc. - Park Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 26, 705 27

Abstract:

A transaction for purchasable content is facilitated over an electronic network, wherein the purchasable content includes downloadable digital data. A first presence is maintained on the electronic network to which a consumer may connect. A first page is transmitted from the first presence to the consumer over the electronic network, such that the first page includes information concerning the purchasable content. A command is received from the consumer over the electronic network indicating that the consumer wishes the transaction for the purchasable content. The consumer is automatically linked to a second presence on the electronic network in response to the command such that the consumer may interact with the second presence over the electronic network to complete the transaction for the purchasable content.

US Patent:

7526450, Apr 28, 2009

Filed:

Apr 17, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/836631

Inventors:

David A. Hughes - New York NY, US
Allen J. Smith - Garrison NY, US

Assignee:

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. - New York NY

International Classification:

H04K 1/00
H04K 9/00

US Classification:

705 51, 705 52, 705 53, 705 54, 705 55, 705 56, 705 57, 705 58, 705 59, 705 26, 705 1, 707 10, 707 1

Abstract:

A transaction for downloadable digital data is facilitated over an electronic network. A presence is maintained on the electronic network to which a consumer may connect. A page is transmitted from the presence to the consumer over the electronic network, the page including information concerning the downloadable digital data. A command is received from the consumer over the electronic network indicating that the consumer wishes the transaction for the downloadable digital data. Format options are transmitted from the presence to the consumer over the electronic network via the at page, the format options being selectable by the consumer and including at least one of (i) types of software on which the downloadable digital data may be executed; (ii) types of portable devices on which the downloadable digital data may be stored; (iii) types of compression formats in which the downloadable digital data may be configured; (iv) types of CODECs through which the downloadable digital data may be processed; and (v) types of digital rights management algorithms to which the downloadable digital data may be subject.

US Patent:

7594328, Sep 29, 2009

Filed:

Feb 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/069421

Inventors:

Mark H. MacKenzie - Corvallis OR, US
Thomas E. Pettit - Corvallis OR, US
Victorio A. Chavarria - Corvallis OR, US
Steven P Storm - Corvallis OR, US
Allen H Smith - Corvallis OR, US
Tony Cruz-Uribe - Corvallis OR, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

B23P 17/00
B41J 2/045

US Classification:

298901, 29611, 29830, 29831, 29832, 347 71

Abstract:

A method of forming a slotted substrate that includes patterning a thin film over a substrate so that at least a portion of the substrate within a slot region is not covered by the thin film. In addition, a slot is formed in the substrate through the slot region that extends through the substrate and the thin film, wherein a chip count in a shelf surrounding the slot is minimized when the slot is formed in the substrate through the thin film in the slot region.

US Patent:

20020023014, Feb 21, 2002

Filed:

Apr 17, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/836632

Inventors:

David Hughes - New York NY, US
Allen Smith - Garrison NY, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/026000

Abstract:

A method and system for facilitating a transaction for purchasable content over an electronic network, wherein the purchasable content includes downloadable digital data. A first presence is maintained on the electronic network to which a consumer may connect. A first page is transmitted from the first presence to the consumer over the electronic network, wherein the first page includes information concerning the purchasable content. A command is received from the consumer over the electronic network indicating that the consumer wishes the transaction for the purchasable content. The consumer is automatically linked to a second presence on the electronic network in response to the command such that the second page is transmitted from the second presence to the consumer over the electronic network, and such that the consumer may complete the transaction for the purchasable content from the second presence. The first page is accessed by the consumer in a first window and the second page is accessed by the consumer in a second window.

US Patent:

56587791, Aug 19, 1997

Filed:

Sep 22, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/532118

Inventors:

John Krupey - Glen Rock NJ
Allen D. Smith - Somerset NJ
Edward Arnold - New Brunswick NJ
Robert Donnelly - Highland Park NJ

Assignee:

LigoChem, Inc. - Fairfield NJ

International Classification:

C12N 702

US Classification:

435239

Abstract:

A method of adsorbing from a solution comprising a biological sample viruses which retain their viability and infectivity. The method comprises adjusting the pH of said solution to pH 6. 0 to 8. 0; adding an effective amount of a water insoluble cross-linked polycarboxylic acid polymer ("WCPP") into said solution in a volume:volume ratio of WCPP to solution of 100:1 to 1:10,000 to form a WCPP-solution mixture; incubating said WCPP-solution mixture for a time sufficient to immobilize said viruses on said WCPP forming a WCPP-virus matrix; and separating said matrix from said solution. This novel method is suitable for removing, purifying, recovering and analyzing viable viruses as well as viral components such as viral proteins and nucleic acids.