David Stern

US Patent:

6973588, Dec 6, 2005

Filed:

Nov 27, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/306527

Inventors:

Dana C. DeMeo - Lake Grove NY, US
David Stern - Centereach NY, US
Thomas Wulff - North Patchogue NY, US

Assignee:

Symbol Technologies, Inc. - Holtsville NY

International Classification:

G06F011/00

US Classification:

714 6, 714727

Abstract:

An architecture for updating corrupted instructions in a computing device. The computing device includes a housing for enclosing a flash memory for storing a boot loader routine, and at least one boundary-scan device internal to the computing device for processing the boot loader routine, and operatively disposed on a boundary-scan bus. The housing includes a boundary-scan port through which updated instructions are communicated and power provided. The port is concealed under a label, cover, or in a location that limits access by the device owner, such as the battery well.

US Patent:

20080051502, Feb 28, 2008

Filed:

Aug 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/507796

Inventors:

Gregory DeRosa - Jericho NY, US
David H. Stern - New York NY, US

International Classification:

C08K 9/04

US Classification:

524445

Abstract:

A soil amendment suitable for sports field and tracks, in which the basic components of sand, silt, and clay are modified by the addition of calcined clay and a dry, essentially pure powdered resin. The preferred embodiment includes the further addition of a dry, essentially pure, powdered cellulosic material. Most preferably, powdered iron oxide is also present as a coloring agent. In a typical implementation, the soil amendment composition results from a mixture of sized sand, silt, and clay, mined from a natural source, which is then mixed with calcined clay, iron oxide, dry resin and cellulosic material. The composition is preferably prepared in bulk using a two-part procedure. In the first part of the procedure, the raw materials are mined and screened for size, then mixed to provide a first composition having a specific size profile. In the second part of the procedure, the first composition is bulk-blended with calcined clay, iron oxide, dry resin and cellulosic material to provide a second composition having preferred proportions of components.