Michael L Berger

US Patent:

6358422, Mar 19, 2002

Filed:

Nov 3, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/706130

Inventors:

Jeffrey J. Smith - New Orleans LA
Michael R. Johnson - Mandeville LA
John Occhipinti - Mandeville LA
Elmo Robichaux - Cut Off LA
Michael A. Berger - New Orleans LA

Assignee:

AMCOL International Corporation - Arlington Heights IL

International Classification:

C02F 140

US Classification:

210691, 210746, 210112, 210252, 210282

Abstract:

Apparatus in fluid communication with a water leg portion of a hydrocarbon-contaminated water, e. g. , a water leg portion of an offshore drilling or production platform sump tank for conveying water, separated from oil, into contact with organophilic media canisters such that the hydrocarbons and other organic materials commingled with the sump tank water will be adsorbed onto the organophilic media and detected by the embedded probe in selected canisters. The canisters are provided in a plurality of stacks and are in fluid communication with a header disposed at the bottom of the vessel housing the various stacks of canisters. Solids that do not pass through the canisters are accumulated at the bottom of the vessel and easily drained through a drain port. The water will pass through the media and will be conveyed back to the ocean water without contamination. At some point in time, the organophilic media will become âspentâ and at a certain âspent levelâ, the saturated condition of the organomedia will be electronically detected by the embedded probe and alarm/control panel.

US Patent:

6398951, Jun 4, 2002

Filed:

Aug 9, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/925869

Inventors:

Jeffrey J. Smith - New Orleans LA
Michael R. Johnson - Mandeville LA
John Occhipinti - Mandeville LA
Elmo Robichaux - Cut Off LA
Michael A. Berger - New Orleans LA

Assignee:

AMCOL International Corporation - Arlington Heights IL

International Classification:

C02F 140

US Classification:

210 85, 210291, 210458

Abstract:

Apparatus in fluid communication with a water leg portion of a hydrocarbon-contaminated water, e. g. , a water leg portion of an offshore drilling or production platform sump tank for conveying water, separated from oil, into contact with organophilic media canisters such that the hydrocarbons and other organic materials commingled with the sump tank water will be adsorbed onto the organophilic media and detected by the embedded probe in selected canisters. The canisters are provided in a plurality of stacks and are in fluid communication with a header disposed at the bottom of the vessel housing the various stacks of canisters. Solids that do not pass through the canisters are accumulated at the bottom of the vessel and easily drained through a drain port. The water will pass through the media and will be conveyed back to the ocean water without contamination. At some point in time, the organophilic media will become âspentâ and at a certain âspent levelâ, the saturated condition of the organomedia will be electronically detected by the embedded probe and alarm/control panel.

US Patent:

6398966, Jun 4, 2002

Filed:

Aug 9, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/925898

Inventors:

Jeffrey J. Smith - New Orleans LA
Michael R. Johnson - Mandeville LA
John Occhipinti - Mandeville LA
Elmo Robichaux - Cut Off LA
Michael A. Berger - New Orleans LA

Assignee:

AMCOL International Corporation - Arlington Heights IL

International Classification:

C02F 128

US Classification:

210691, 210662, 210746, 210804, 210808, 210924

Abstract:

Apparatus in fluid communication with a water leg portion of a hydrocarbon-contaminated water, e. g. , a water leg portion of an offshore drilling or production platform sump tank for conveying water, separated from oil, into contact with organophilic media canisters such that the hydrocarbons and other organic materials commingled with the sump tank water will be adsorbed onto the organophilic media and detected by the embedded probe in selected canisters. The canisters are provided in a plurality of stacks and are in fluid communication with a header disposed at the bottom of the vessel housing the various stacks of canisters. Solids that do not pass through the canisters are accumulated at the bottom of the vessel and easily drained through a drain port. The water will pass through the media and will be conveyed back to the ocean water without contamination. At some point in time, the organophilic media will become âspentâ and at a certain âspent levelâ, the saturated condition of the organomedia will be electronically detected by the embedded probe and alarm/control panel.

US Patent:

6682872, Jan 27, 2004

Filed:

Jan 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/056245

Inventors:

Krishna G. Sachdev - Hopewell Junction NY
Michael Berger - New Paltz NY
Rebecca Y. Gorrell - Lagrangeville NY
Gregg B. Monjeau - Wallkill NY
Bernadette H. Perry - Wappingers Falls NY
Thomas A. Wassick - Lagrangeville NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G03C 500

US Classification:

430311, 4302701, 430905, 430913, 4284247, 4284248, 428522

Abstract:

Radiation-curable compositions are provided for use in the fabrication of electronic components as passivation coatings; for defect repair in ceramic and thin film products by micropassivation in high circuit density electronic modules to allow product recovery; as a solder mask in electronic assembly processes; for use as protective coatings on printed circuit board (PCB) circuitry and electronic devices against mechanical damage and corrosion from exposure to the environment. The compositions are solvent-free, radiation-curable, preferably uv-curable, containing a polymer binder, which is a pre-formed thermoplastic or elastomeric polymer/oligomer, a monofunctional and/or bifunctional acrylic monomer, a multifunctional (more than 2 reactive groups) acrylated/methacrylated monomer, and a photoinitiator, where all the constituents are mutually miscible forming a homogeneous viscous blend without the addition of an organic solvent. The compositions may also contain inorganic fillers and/or nanoparticle fillers.

US Patent:

7239321, Jul 3, 2007

Filed:

Aug 26, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/649844

Inventors:

Michael A. Berger - Yorktown Heights NY, US

Assignee:

Speech Graphics, Inc. - Mt. Kisco NY

International Classification:

G06T 17/00

US Classification:

345473

Abstract:

A system for three-dimensional (3-D) facial animation, including a base 3-D surface model representing a human face, and a set of displacement fields representing surface motion patterns associated with muscle movements. Each displacement field is a displacement vector varying over vertices of the base surface model and an intensity variable. Both the base surface model and displacement fields are acquired from a live subject by 3-D acquisition. The data are acquired using a surface acquisition system, capable of measuring the coordinates of a set of points on the subject's face and reconstructing the facial surface as a surface model. The base surface model is acquired by reconstructing the surface of the subject's face in the neutral pose. Each displacement field is acquired by reconstructing the surface of the subject's face in a series of poses of a muscle movement at increasing intensities. This results in a sequence of surface models exhibiting the changing shape of the face over the progress of the muscle movement.

US Patent:

7608295, Oct 27, 2009

Filed:

Mar 12, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/684679

Inventors:

Krishna G Sachdev - Hopewell Junction NY, US
Michael Berger - New Paltz NY, US
Gregg Monjeau - Wallkill NY, US
Robert A. Rita - Manlius NY, US
Kathleen M Wiley - Wappingers Falls NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

B05D 7/00
B32B 43/00

US Classification:

427140

Abstract:

A method to repair ceramic substrates is disclosed using a novel polyimide polymer which has high thermal stability, resistance to fluxes and flux residue cleaning solvents and processes, good mechanical properties, good adhesion to all contacting surfaces with low moisture uptake and good flow properties suitable for repairing chipped ceramic, filling deep trench or vias and writing passivation lines with automated process The polyimide polymer is made by reacting aromatic dianhydride and aromatic diamine monomers with a stoichiometric offset and end capping the resulting polymer when the reaction is completed. The preferred polyimide is made using a molar excess of diamine which is end-capped using an anhydride.

US Patent:

20040132900, Jul 8, 2004

Filed:

Jan 8, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/338927

Inventors:

Krishna Sachdev - Hopewell Junction NY, US
Michael Berger - New Paltz NY, US
Gregg Monjeau - Wallkill NY, US
Robert Rita - Manlius NY, US
Kathleen Wiley - Wappingers Falls NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

B05D003/02
C08K003/00

US Classification:

524/606000, 427/140000, 427/385500

Abstract:

A method to repair ceramic substrates is disclosed using a novel polyimide polymer which has high thermal stability, resistance to fluxes and flux residue cleaning solvents and processes, good mechanical properties, good adhesion to all contacting surfaces with low moisture uptake and good flow properties suitable for repairing chipped ceramic, filling deep trench or vias and writing passivation lines with automated process The polyimide polymer is made by reacting aromatic dianhydride and aromatic diamine monomers with a stoichiometric offset and end capping the resulting polymer when the reaction is completed. The preferred polyimide is made using a molar excess of diamine which is end-capped using an anhydride.

US Patent:

D3495906, Aug 9, 1994

Filed:

Feb 26, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/841436

Inventors:

Michael L. Berger - Rockville MD

US Classification:

D30108