Matthew J Marcus

US Patent:

6729884, May 4, 2004

Filed:

Nov 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/015057

Inventors:

Patricia Kelton - Milwaukee WI
Tom Gomoll - Whitefish Bay WI
Tim A. Priebe - Glendale WI
Jim Dempster - Mequon WI
Matthew Aaron Marcus - New York NY

Assignee:

Metavante Corporation - Brown Deer WI

International Classification:

G09B 1900

US Classification:

434236, 434323, 434350, 434307 R, 463 7, 463 40

Abstract:

An Internet-based game for teaching personal values and financial responsibility to a child includes interactive game events, an adventure story activity with selectable story elements, a scoring system awarding a virtual collectible creature having artificial intelligence characteristics and characteristics mimicking a financial instrument, and indicia of account information.

US Patent:

20100213406, Aug 26, 2010

Filed:

Apr 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/798956

Inventors:

Anthony Buonassisi - San Diego CA, US
Matthias Heuer - Berkeley CA, US
Andrei A. Istratov - Albany CA, US
Matthew D. Pickett - Berkeley CA, US
Matthew A. Marcus - Berkeley CA, US
Eicke R. Weber - Piedmont CA, US

Assignee:

The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA

International Classification:

H01J 7/18

US Classification:

2521816

Abstract:

The present invention relates to the internal gettering of impurities in semiconductors by metal alloy clusters. In particular, intermetallic clusters are formed within silicon, such clusters containing two or more transition metal species. Such clusters have melting temperatures below that of the host material and are shown to be particularly effective in gettering impurities within the silicon and collecting them into isolated, less harmful locations. Novel compositions for some of the metal alloy clusters are also described.

US Patent:

62429892, Jun 5, 2001

Filed:

Sep 12, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/152185

Inventors:

Bradley Paul Barber - Chatham NJ
David J. Bishop - Summit NJ
Peter L. Gammel - Millburn NJ
Matthew A. Marcus - Santa Clara CA

Assignee:

Agere Systems Guardian Corp. - Miami Lakes FL

International Classification:

H03B 101

US Classification:

331177V

Abstract:

An article comprising a multi-port variable capacitor is disclosed. In one embodiment, a movable plate is suspended above at least a first and a second, fixed, electrically-isolated electrode. The first electrode is electrically connected to a bias supply, and the second electrode is electrically connected to an AC signal-carrying line. As bias is applied across the first electrode and the movable plate, an electrostatic attraction is developed therebetween that causes the movable plate to move downwardly towards the first electrode. The capacitance of the variable capacitor increases as the separation distance between the movable plate and the fixed electrodes decreases. Unlike conventional variable capacitors, in the present multi-port variable capacitors, the bias (delivered via the first electrode) and the signal (delivered via the second electrode) are electrically isolated from one another. As such, the bias (DC) and signal (AC) paths are advantageously electrically isolated. In an additional embodiment, the movable plate of the present variable capacitor is operable to tilt.