Patent Samples

Bob Brill’s collaborative skills, flexibility, and background allow him to apply his experience with many technologies and experts to proficient work on a wide variety of patent matters.  During his over twenty years of experience with several hundred projects, Bob Brill has applied business sense and cost-effectiveness in counseling on patents and other intellectual property matters for startups, small to midsize companies, Fortune 500 companies, and universities worldwide.  Following are representative patents and applications.  Kindly note these samples may reflect consideration of the guidelines of various clients or the preferences of individual intellectual property managers.

Issued Patents

US Patent D673,278 ”Wearable Leg Lifter and Leg Repositioner”

US Patent 7,968,159 ”Vacuum Insulation Panel”

US Patent 7,932,813 ”Sampling to Obtain Signal from RFID Card”

US Patent 7,747,316 “Blind Adaptive Filter Extraction of Fetal Electrocardiogram Signal Estimate”

US Patent 7,680,531 “Separation of One or More Fetal Heart Component Signals from Heart Signal Information Obtained from a Pregnant Female”

US Patent 7,630,313 “Scheduled Determination of Network Resource Availability”

US Patent 7,610,468 “Modified Buddy System Memory Allocation”

US Patent 7,580,512 “Selection of Incoming Call Screening Treatment Based on Emotional State Criterion”

US Patent 7,548,614 “Audible Announcement Played to Calling Party before Establishment of Two Party Stable Call”

US Patent 7,535,993 “Call Control Component Employment of One or More Criteria for Internet Protocol Call Selection for Eavesdrop Component Monitoring”

US Patent 7,466,793 “Distinct Incident Energy Spectra Detection”

US Patent 7,435,224 “Extraction of Heart Sound of Fetus from Heart Sound Information that Comprises Plurality of Mixtures of Plurality of Heart Sounds of Plurality of Fetuses”

US Patent 7,434,743 “Reversible Fan of Electronic Module”

US Patent 7,385,396 “SAR Reduction in MR Imaging with Parallel RF Transmission”

US Patent 7,376,213 “CT Image Reconstruction through Employment of Function that Describes Interpreted Movement of Source around Particular Point of Object”

US Patent 7,356,122 “X-Ray Anode Focal Track Region”

US Patent 7,351,207 “Extraction of One or More Discrete Heart Sounds from Heart Sound Information”

US Patent 7,346,933 “Ultrasonic Sensor Component Signal Communication to Standalone Universal Serial Bus Keyboard Emulator for Entry/Exit Computer Proximity Determination”

US Patent 7,322,651 “Seat Subportion Adjustable in Relative Height and/or Angle and Backrest Adjustable in Shape Based on User Contact Pressure”

US Patent 7,307,437 “Arrangement with Conductive Pad Embedment”

US Patent 7,273,088 “One or More Heat Exchanger Components in Major Part Operably Locatable Outside Computer Chassis”

US Patent 7,254,612 “Mailbox Profile Portion Copying Among Voicemail System Components of Networks”

US Patent 7,222,043 “Electronic Device Environmental Effect Prediction”

US Patent 7,184,925 “Emulation of Operational Characteristics of Electronic Device”

US Patent 7,123,482 “Levers for Support of Heatsink Component”

US Patent 7,110,515 “Remembrance-Promoted Number Receipt for Call Allowance”

US Patent 7,105,968 “Magnetic Transmission”

US Patent 7,079,630 “Voicemail System Component Employment of Internet Protocol Network to Store or Access One or More Voicemail Messages on One or More Storage Devices”

US Patent 7,002,225 “Compliant Component for Supporting Electrical Interface Component”

US Patent 6,992,893 “Heat Sink Attachment”

US Patent 6,992,399 “Die Connected with Integrated Circuit Component for Electrical Signal Passing Therebetween”

US Patent 6,990,353 “Communication to One Mobile Station of Update of Call Participation Availability Status of another Mobile Station”

US Patent 6,980,709 “Polymeric Material with Voids that Compress to Allow the Polymeric Material to Absorb Applied Force and Decrease Reaction Force to One or More Sensor Fibers”

US Patent 6,975,620 “Coupling of Splitter with Subset of Plurality of Lines on One-To-One Basis”

US Patent 6,940,727 “Card Guide that Comprises Card Guide Portions that Serve to Guide a Circuit Board into a Chassis”

US Patent 6,898,364 “Buffer Layer Promotion of Decrease of One or More Strain Gradients in Optical Fiber Winding”

US Patent 6,789,127 “Preparation for Network Interface Recognition of Network Packet Portion with Declarative Notation for Field Thereof and Constraint Therefor”

US Patent 6,557,135 “Cycling Through Entirety of Error-Indicating Acknowledgment Information”

US Patent 6,460,160 “Chase Iteration Processing For Decoding Input Data”

US Patent 6,411,232 “Method and System for Determining an Element Conversion Characteristic Contemporaneous with Converting an Input Signal in a Signal Converter”

US Patent 6,389,389 “Speech Recognition Using Unequally-Weighted Subvector Error Measures for Determining a Codebook Vector Index to Represent Plural Speech Parameters”

US Patent 6,528,198 “Fuel Cell Membrane Hydration and Fluid Metering”

US Patent 6,362,440 “Flexibly Interfaceable Portable Computing Device”

US Patent 6,351,859 “Hydrotherapy Tub Coplanar Flow”

US Patent 6,346,106 “Instrument and Method Employing Snare Electrode Windable About Rotatable Spool for Minimally Invasive Electrosurgical Resection”

US Patent 6,327,773 “Bearing Assembly Adjustable Spacer and Gage Part Adjustment”

US Patent 6,283,639 “Bearing Assembly Adjustable Spacer and System for Adjusting the Same”

US Patent 6,244,751 “Adjustable Spacer Having a Generally Axially Curved Bearing Interface Portion”

US Patent 6,200,034 “Self-Stabilizing, True-Tilting Pad with Generally Tapered Pocket for Journal Bearing”

US Patent 6,185,757 “Manual Control of Water Delivery through Ports of Tub, Spa or Shower”

US Patent 6,152,863 “Martial Arts Physical Interaction Device and Method”

US Patent 6,099,245 “Tandem Airfoils”

US Patent 6,096,450 “Fuel Cell Assembly Fluid Flow Plate Having Conductive Fibers and Rigidizing Material Therein”

US Patent 6,079,102 “Journal Bearing Method Employing Self-Stabilizing, True-Tilting Pad with Abruptly-Stepped Pocket”

US Patent 6,071,635 “Easily-Formable Fuel Cell Assembly Fluid Flow Plate Having Conductivity and Increased Non-Conductive Material”

US Patent 6,025,040 “Golf Commemorator for Displaying Actual Golf Ball and Picture”

US Patent 6,007,933 “Fuel Cell Assembly Unit for Promoting Fluid Service and Electrical Conductivity”

US Patent 6,004,040 “Bearing Assembly Adjustment Gaging System”

US Patent 6,001,502 “Current Conducting End Plate of Fuel Cell Assembly”

US Patent 5,998,054 “Fuel Cell Membrane Hydration and Fluid Metering”

US Patent 5,984,668 “Sparking Device for Promoting Avoidance of Short Circuiting”

US Patent 5,981,098 “Fluid Flow Plate for Decreased Density of Fuel Cell Assembly”

US Patent 5,912,088 “Gradient Isolator for Flow Field of Fuel Cell Assembly”

US Patent 5,772,335 “Self-Stabilizing, True-Tilting Pad with Abruptly-Stepped Pocket for Journal Bearing”

Advancement by Bob Brill to Issuance After Receipt of Prosecution Begun by Other Practitioners

US Patent 7,349,020 “System and Method for Displaying an Image Composition Template”

US Patent 7,304,681 “Method and Apparatus for Continuous Focus and Exposure in a Digital Imaging Device”

US Patent 7,289,147 “Method for Providing Image Alignment Feedback for Panorama (Composite) Images in Digital Cameras Using Edge Detection”

US Patent 7,286,723 “System and Method for Organizing Images”

US Patent 7,280,019 “Single Coil Solenoid Having a Permanent Magnet with Bi-Directional Assist”

US Patent 7,233,640 “CT Detector Having an Optical Mask Layer”

US Patent 7,219,222 “Method and System to Grant Access to Software Options Resident on a Medical Imaging Device”

US Patent 7,189,972 “X-Ray Detector with Impact Absorbing Cover”

US Patent 7,184,813 “Method and Apparatus for Improved Metabolite Signal Separation in MR Spectroscopy”

US Patent 7,088,799 “Method and Apparatus for Presenting Multiple Pre-Subject Filtering Profiles during CT Data Acquisition”

US Patent 7,068,751 “System and Method of Determining a Center Of Mass of an Imaging Subject for X-Ray Flux Management Control”

US Patent 7,064,334 “CT Detector Having a Segmented Optical Coupler and Method of Manufacturing Same”

US Patent 6,994,193 “Case with Removable Handle and Wheel Assembly”

Issuance After Preparation by Bob Brill Followed by Claim Amendments of Other Practitioners

US Patent 7,587,022 “Correlation-Based Motion Estimation of Object to be Imaged”

Published Patent Applications

US Pub. 20120058292 ”Vacuum Insulation Panel”

US Pub. 20110316355 ”Shockproof Electric Outlets”

US Pub. 20110209266 “Scarf with Water-Resistant Side”

US Pub. 20100251480 ”Patient Transfer”

Int’l Pub. WO2010098768 “Rotor Electromagnetically Coupled with Stator”

Int’l Pub. WO2010096245 ”Secure Representation of Payment Information”

US Pub. 20100131101 “Signal Modulator for Visual Indicator”

Int’l Pub. WO2010019306 “Patient Transfer”

Int’l Pub. WO2009108203 “Identification of Elements of Currently-Executing Component Script”

US Pub. 20090217997 “Thin Welded Sheets Fluid Pathway”

US Pub. 20090189592 “Identification of Integrated Circuit”

US Pub. 20090140791 “Switching Element Control”

US Pub. 20090109499 “Scanner Having Driven Member Tension”

US Pub. 20090077329 “Non-Broadcast Signature-Based Transactional Memory”

Int’l Pub. WO2009029219 “Information Retrieval Using Keywords from Cursor Positions on Display”

US Pub. 20090036789 “Extraction of Heart Sound of Fetus from Heart Sound Information that Comprises Plurality of Mixtures of Plurality of Heart Sounds of Plurality of Fetuses”

US Pub. 20080316221 “Down-Sampled Image Display”

US Pub. 20080294303 “Onboard Execution of Flight Recorder Application”

US Pub. 20080290588 “Sheet Constraint”

US Pub. 20080272892 “Sampling to Obtain Signal from RFID Card”

Int’l Pub. WO2008082636 “Shockproof Electric Outlets”

US Pub. 20080184259 “End Node Transactions at Threshold-Partial Fullness of Storage Space”

US Pub. 20080147893 “SCSI I/O Coordinator”

US Pub. 20080137803 “Diagnostic Imaging Two Non K-Edge Basis Materials plus N K-Edge Contrast Agents”

US Pub. 20080135789 “Material Decomposition Image Noise Reduction”

US Pub. 20080126509 “RDMA QP Simplex Switchless Connection”

US Pub. 20080109526 “RDMA Data to Responder Node Coherency Domain”

US Pub. 20080104610 “Hardware Threads Processor Core Utilization”

US Pub. 20080098180 “Processor Acquisition of Ownership of Access Coordinator for Shared Resource”

US Pub. 20070123754 “Non-Encumbering, Substantially Continuous Patient Daily Activity Data Measurement for Indication of Patient Condition Change for Access by Remote Caregiver”

US Pub. 20070016860 “Shortcut for Predetermined Application”

US Pub. 20070005747 “Control Server Employment of Offer Message from Resource Server to Determine Whether to Add Indication of the Resource Server to Resource Server Mapping Table”

US Pub. 20070003046 “Ringback Tone Service Opt-In and Opt-Out Requests for Use by Calling Party”

Int’l Pub. WO2006119274 “Thin Welded Sheets Fluid Pathway”

Int’l Pub. WO2006081447 “Blind Adaptive Filter Extraction of Fetal Electrocardiogram (ECG) Signal Estimate”

US Pub. 20060277373 “Prioritization of Computer Processes”

US Pub. 20060275934 “Management of Computer Processes”

US Pub. 20060203985 “Call Reroute to Available Ringback Tone Server”

US Pub. 20060182247 “Change to Playback Characteristic of Ringback Tone”

US Pub. 20060069780 “Control Server that Manages Resource Servers for Selected Balance of Load”

US Pub. 20050159125 “One or More Openly Visible Indicators that Display Wireless Network Signal Strength”

Unpublished Patent Applications Listed with Titles Broadened As Appropriate

“Employment of Gaming”

“Shoe”

“Leg Assistance”

“Nutrition Promotion”

“Verification”

“Simulator”

“User Interface and Planning Engine”

“Insulator Sleeve and Carrier Handle”

“Image-Capture Parameter Variation”

“Output from Changed Object on Application”

“Power Controller”

“Parallel Protocol Memory Module Channels”

“Write to Parallel Memory”

“Parallel Memory Device Rank Selection”

“Riser Cards”

“Serial Connection Translation to Parallel Memory Protocol”

“Determination of State of Computer System to Set Mode”

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