Patents by Inventor James K. Howes

James K. Howes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11987603
    Abstract: Nucleotide sequences are disclosed that encode novel chimeric insecticidal proteins exhibiting Lepidopteran inhibitory activity. Particular embodiments provide compositions and transformed plants, plant parts, and seeds containing the recombinant nucleic acid molecules encoding one or more of the chimeric insecticidal proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: James A. Baum, Thomas A. Cerruti, Crystal L. Dart, Leigh H. English, Stanislaw Flasinski, Xiaoran Fu, Victor M. Guzov, Arlene R. Howe, Jay P. Morgenstern, James K. Roberts, Sara A. Salvador, Jinling Wang
  • Patent number: 4915280
    Abstract: A paper handling system for a printer or copier has a forms feed tractor employing a sliding sprocket assembly and idler sprocket. The idler sprocket is mounted on the sliding sprocket assembly providing for adjusting the tension on the belt. The sliding sprocket assembly also has an inclined ramp thus providing a symmetric belt path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James K. Howes, Jeffrey H. Paterra
  • Patent number: 4671686
    Abstract: The present printer is adapted to be easily equipped with removable and interchangeable paper feed modules of several different types. Each of the paper feed modules is specifically adapted to feed a particular type of paper through the printer and each is easily replaceable by the purchaser of the printer to be used for feeding a specific type of paper therethrough. The printer is provided with a main frame including a pair of side support members and an elongate platen extends between the side support members and is fixed at opposite ends thereto. Three different types of removable and interchangeable paper feed modules are illustrated in the present application and each includes a pair of elongated end plates with a paper moving mechanism supported intermediate the elongated end plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James K. Howes, Kenneth G. Kluvo, Donald K. Rex, Graham M. White
  • Patent number: 4585606
    Abstract: A forms feed tractor belt includes drive members molded around a thin, flexible band at longitudinal intervals. To make the belt, slots are first punched at longitudinal intervals in at least one side of the flexible band. Drive members are then molded around the band at the slots except for at least one drive memberless interval at each end of the band. The ends of the band are overlapped so that the slots of the drive memberless intervals coincide. Final drive members are then molded around the slots of each pair of coincided drive memberless intervals to complete the endless tractor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Cornell, James K. Howes, Walter B. Koteff, Donald K. Rex