Scott M Phillips

US Patent:

7765705, Aug 3, 2010

Filed:

Jun 3, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/132545

Inventors:

Matthew J. Lawrence - San Francisco CA, US
Alexander F. Hoermann - Menlo Park CA, US
David R. Mills - Palo Alto CA, US
Scott P. Phillips - Marina Del Rey CA, US
Scott J. Sharpe - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

Areva Solar, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G01B 7/34

US Classification:

33343, 33533

Abstract:

A measuring device comprising a base, feet connected to the base, and an inclinometer mounted on the base is used to characterize a surface. The feet are placed in direct contact with the surface at a predetermined position. The inclinometer measures the angle of the surface relative to gravity at the predetermined position. In some embodiments, multiple measuring devices are connected to an arm, in order to measure different positions on the surface simultaneously. The arm may be moved by an actuator to the next predetermined position on the surface. In some embodiments, multiple measuring devices are connected to a frame that is substantially the same size as the surface to be characterized, such that the entire surface can be characterized without moving the frame.

US Patent:

8277592, Oct 2, 2012

Filed:

Mar 27, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/413367

Inventors:

Alexander F. Hoermann - Menlo Park CA, US
David B. DeGraaf - Mountain View CA, US
James L. Barnhart - Sunnyvale CA, US
David John McKay - Mountain View CA, US
Daniel Crenshaw - Los Gatos CA, US
Scott P. Phillips - Marina Del Rey CA, US
Forest Ray - Redwood City CA, US
Seung Lim - Santa Cruz CA, US

Assignee:

AREVA Solar, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

B29C 65/50

US Classification:

156196, 156 99, 156102, 156160, 156212

Abstract:

A mirror is shaped using a shaping apparatus including a crossbar and a horizontal array of members (wheels in some embodiments) attached to a bottom of the crossbar. The height of the array of members is adjusted to form a predetermined shape. The shaping apparatus is positioned over a mirror such that the members contact the mirror. The shaping apparatus is moved along a length of the mirror such that the members remain in contact with the mirror. A frame is attached to the mirror such that when the shaping apparatus is removed from the mirror, the mirror substantially retains the predetermined shape.

US Patent:

20030073721, Apr 17, 2003

Filed:

May 28, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/157759

Inventors:

Paul Bartlett - Oakland CA, US
Miroslav Rezac - Chicago IL, US
Steven Olson - Metuchen NJ, US
Scott Phillips - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, a California corporation - Oakland CA

International Classification:

C 07D 4 1/14
C 07D 4 1/02
A61K031/444
A61K031/4439
A61K031/44

US Classification:

514/333000, 514/335000, 514/350000, 514/341000, 514/339000, 546/256000, 546/261000, 546/272700, 546/277400, 546/276400, 546/298000

Abstract:

Peptide analogs formed by replacing one or more, but not all, amino acids of a peptide chain with 1,2-dihydro-3(6H)-pyridinone, display an unusually strong tendency to assume a -strand conformation and to enter into -sheet-like interactions with peptides and other peptide analogs that engage in -sheet-like interactions with peptides. The peptide analogs of this invention therefore have utility has -strand mimics offering advantages over native peptides as well as -strand mimics of the prior art.

US Patent:

20050043538, Feb 24, 2005

Filed:

Sep 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/954331

Inventors:

Paul Bartlett - Oakland CA, US
Miroslav Rezac - Chicago IL, US
Steven Olson - Metuchen NJ, US
Scott Phillips - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - OAKLAND CA

International Classification:

C07D041/02
C07D211/72

US Classification:

546261000, 546298000

Abstract:

Peptide analogs formed by replacing one or more, but not all, amino acids of a peptide chain with 1,2-dihydro-3(6H)-pyridinone, display an unusually strong tendency to assume a β-strand conformation and to enter into β-sheet-like interactions with peptides and other peptide analogs that engage in β-sheet-like interactions with peptides. The peptide analogs of this invention therefore have utility has β-strand mimics offering advantages over native peptides as well as β-strand mimics of the prior art.

US Patent:

56190255, Apr 8, 1997

Filed:

May 5, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/238429

Inventors:

Joel Hickman - Concord CA
Scott Phillips - Hercules CA
Colin Brady - San Jose CA

Assignee:

Network Security Technologies - Berkeley CA

International Classification:

G06K 710

US Classification:

235454

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for document verification exploits a temporally variable physical process to generate a reproducible effect that cannot be copied. A document such as a credit card is provided with a spot or stripe that incorporates at least one, and preferably a large plurality of photorefractive crystals arrayed in a random manner. The document verifying apparatus includes a coherent light source such as a diode laser to illuminate the photorefractive crystals, and a photosensor to receive light scattered from the photorefractive crystals. The random distribution and orientation of photorefractive crystals comprises a unique characteristic for each card or document, and this characteristic is not based on any assigned number or code. The response of photorefractive crystals to the coherent illumination comprises a time-varying characteristic that is dependent upon the intensity and temporal nature of the illumination itself. Input to the laser illuminator may be varied to elicit differing responses from the photorefractive crystals, and this factor may be very difficult for a counterfeiter to ascertain.