Patents by Inventor James W. Watson
James W. Watson 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).
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Patent number: 11918757Abstract: A multi lumen catheter assembly. The assembly provides an expandable, low profile, fixed length sheath and catheter, with fixed infusion ports. The assembly has an expandable outer sheath that expands upon pressure activation with a fluid and the sheath allows the fluid to exit from at least one predetermined fixed location from a distal end of the catheter assembly. The catheter assembly can be used in various medical device procedures, such as a TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt) procedure, or anywhere a low profile, multi lumen, infusion catheter system is desired.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Jerome S. Conia, Edward H. Cully, Jeffrey B. Duncan, James L. Goepfrich, Woodrow W. Watson
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Patent number: 11655519Abstract: This application discloses thin metal strips and methods of making thin metal strip. Particular embodiments of such methods include cooling the thin metal strip to a temperature equal to or less than a bainite or a martensite start transformation temperature BS or MS to thereby form bainite and/or martensite, respectively, within the thin metal strip, reheating the thin metal strip to a reheat temperature equal to or greater than transformation temperature Ac3 and holding the thin metal strip at the reheat temperature for at least 2 seconds and thereby forming austenite within the thin metal strip with at least 75% of austenite grains having a grain size equal to or less than 15 ?m, and rapidly recooling the thin metal strip to a temperature equal to or less than the martensite start transformation temperature MS and thereby providing finer martensite within the thin metal strip from a finer prior austenite.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: NUCOR CORPORATIONInventors: James W. Watson, Paul Kelly, Mike Schueren, Walter N. Blejde
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Patent number: 11225697Abstract: A hot rolled light-gauge martensitic steel sheet made by the steps comprising: (a) preparing a molten steel melt comprising: (i) by weight, between 0.20% and 0.35% carbon, less than 1.0% chromium, between 0.7% and 2.0% manganese, between 0.10% and 0.50% silicon, between 0.1% and 1.0% copper, less than 0.05% niobium, less than 0.5% molybdenum, and silicon killed containing less than 0.01% aluminum, and (ii) the remainder iron and impurities resulting from melting; (b) solidifying at a heat flux greater than 10.0 MW/m2 and cooling the molten melt into a steel sheet less than 2.0 mm in thickness in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to below 1080° C. and above Ar3 temperature at a cooling rate greater than 15° C./s; and (c) hot rolling the steel sheet to between 15% and 50% reduction and rapidly cooling.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: NUCOR CORPORATIONInventors: James W. Watson, Paul Kelly, David C. Van Aken, Christopher Ronald Killmore
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Patent number: 10995387Abstract: A weathering steel made by preparing a molten melt producing an as-cast carbon alloy steel strip with a corrosion index of at least 6.0 comprising, by weight, 0.02%-0.08% carbon, <0.6% silicon, 0.2%-2.0% manganese, <0.03% phosphorus, <0.01% sulfur, <0.01% nitrogen, 0.2%-0.5% copper, 0.01%-0.2% niobium, 0.01%-0.2% vanadium, 0.1%-0.4% chromium, 0.08%-0.25% nickel, <0.01% aluminum, and the remainder iron and impurities. The molten melt is solidified and cooled into a cast strip 4 mm in thickness in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. The strip is hot rolled in an austenitic temperature range above Ar3 to between 10% and 50% reduction, cooled at above 20° C./s and coiled below 700° C. to form a steel strip with a microstructure comprising bainite and acicular ferrite with more than 70% niobium in solid solution. Then, age hardening the strip resulting in a yield strength of at least 550 MPa and a total elongation of at least 8%.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Nucor CorporationInventors: James W. Watson, Tao Wang, Eric Young, Chad Baudendistel
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Publication number: 20200063235Abstract: This application discloses thin metal strips and methods of making thin metal strip. Particular embodiments of such methods include cooling the thin metal strip to a temperature equal to or less than a bainite or a martensite start transformation temperature BS or MS to thereby form bainite and/or martensite, respectively, within the thin metal strip, reheating the thin metal strip to a reheat temperature equal to or greater than transformation temperature Ac3 and holding the thin metal strip at the reheat temperature for at least 2 seconds and thereby forming austenite within the thin metal strip with at least 75% of austenite grains having a grain size equal to or less than 15 ?m, and rapidly recooling the thin metal strip to a temperature equal to or less than the martensite start transformation temperature MS and thereby providing finer martensite within the thin metal strip from a finer prior austenite.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: James W. WATSON, Paul KELLY, Mike SCHUEREN, Walter N. BLEJDE
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Publication number: 20190093193Abstract: A weathering steel made by preparing a molten melt producing an as-cast carbon alloy steel strip with a corrosion index of at least 6.0 comprising, by weight, 0.02%-0.08% carbon, <0.6% silicon, 0.2%-2.0% manganese, <0.03% phosphorus, <0.01% sulfur, <0.01% nitrogen, 0.2%-0.5% copper, 0.01%-0.2% niobium, 0.01%-0.2% vanadium, 0.1%-0.4% chromium, 0.08%-0.25% nickel, <0.01% aluminum, and the remainder iron and impurities. The molten melt is solidified and cooled into a cast strip 4 mm in thickness in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. The strip is hot rolled in an austenitic temperature range above Ar3 to between 10% and 50% reduction, cooled at above 20° C./s and coiled below 700° C. to form a steel strip with a microstructure comprising bainite and acicular ferrite with more than 70% niobium in solid solution. Then, age hardening the strip resulting in a yield strength of at least 550 MPa and a total elongation of at least 8%.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: James W. WATSON, Tao WANG, Eric YOUNG, Chad BAUDENDISTEL
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Patent number: 10174398Abstract: A method of making weathering steel by preparing a molten melt producing an as-cast carbon alloy steel strip with a corrosion index of at least 6.0 comprising, by weight, 0.02%-0.08% carbon, <0.6% silicon, 0.2%-2.0% manganese, <0.03% phosphorus, <0.01% sulfur, <0.01% nitrogen, 0.2%-0.5% copper, 0.01%-0.2% niobium, 0.01%-0.2% vanadium, 0.1%-0.4% chromium, 0.08%-0.25% nickel, <0.01% aluminum, and the remainder iron and impurities. The molten melt is solidified and cooled into a cast strip ?4 mm in thickness in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. The strip is hot rolled in an austenitic temperature range above Ar3 to between 10% and 50% reduction, cooled at above 20° C./s and coiled below 700° C. to form a steel strip with a microstructure comprising bainite and acicular ferrite with more than 70% niobium in solid solution. Then, age hardening the strip resulting in a yield strength of at least 550 MPa and a total elongation of at least 8%.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: NUCOR CORPORATIONInventors: James W. Watson, Tao Wang, Eric Young, Chad Baudendistel
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Publication number: 20170327925Abstract: To achieve a substantially uniform microstructure across a continuously cast thin metal strip, it is beneficial to cool a width of the strip to a substantially constant temperature before further cooling the strip to reach any desired phase transformation temperature. Accordingly, methods of continuously casting a thin metal strip may include moving the thin strip to a cooling section, the cooling section having a plurality of coolant discharge ports configured to discharge a flow of coolant along the thin strip; initially sensing the temperature of the thin strip to determine a temperature distribution across the width of the thin strip, and producing a sensor signal corresponding to a sensed temperature at each of the first plurality of locations; and individually controlling the cooling across a width of the thin strip by way of the plurality coolant discharge ports in each zone of a first row using the determined temperature distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: NUCOR CORPORATIONInventors: James W. Watson, Harold Bradley Rees
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Publication number: 20170240992Abstract: A method of making weathering steel by preparing a molten melt producing an as-cast carbon alloy steel strip with a corrosion index of at least 6.0 comprising, by weight, 0.02%-0.08% carbon, <0.6% silicon, 0.2%-2.0% manganese, <0.03% phosphorus, <0.01% sulfur, <0.01% nitrogen, 0.2%-0.5% copper, 0.01%-0.2% niobium, 0.01%-0.2% vanadium, 0.1%-0.4% chromium, 0.08%-0.25% nickel, <0.01% aluminum, and the remainder iron and impurities. The molten melt is solidified and cooled into a cast strip ?4 mm in thickness in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. The strip is hot rolled in an austenitic temperature range above Ar3 to between 10% and 50% reduction, cooled at above 20° C./s and coiled below 700° C. to form a steel strip with a microstructure comprising bainite and acicular ferrite with more than 70% niobium in solid solution. Then, age hardening the strip resulting in a yield strength of at least 550 MPa and a total elongation of at least 8%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: James W. WATSON, Tao WANG, Eric YOUNG, Chad BAUDENDISTEL
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Publication number: 20160177411Abstract: A hot rolled light-gauge martensitic steel sheet made by the steps comprising: (a) preparing a molten steel melt comprising: (i) by weight, between 0.20% and 0.35% carbon, less than 1.0% chromium, between 0.7% and 2.0% manganese, between 0.10% and 0.50% silicon, between 0.1% and 1.0% copper, less than 0.05% niobium, less than 0.5% molybdenum, and silicon killed containing less than 0.01% aluminum, and (ii) the remainder iron and impurities resulting from melting; (b) solidifying at a heat flux greater than 10.0 MW/m2 and cooling the molten melt into a steel sheet less than 2.0 mm in thickness in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to below 1080° C. and above Ar3 temperature at a cooling rate greater than 15° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: James W. WATSON, Paul KELLY, David VAN AKINS, Christopher Ronald KILLMORE
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Publication number: 20100057560Abstract: Systems and techniques for predicting customer response to content and selecting content for delivery to particular customers in accordance with the predictions. As information is delivered to and received from a plurality of customers over multiple communication channels, data streams representing communications between providers and customers are analyzed and selected data extracted therefrom. Linkages are created between data collected from the different channels and data are anonymized. The data are analyzed to create a customer response predictor for each customer that models customer behavior and predicts customer response to advertisements. As content, such as advertisements, are to be delivered to a destination, information from a predictor created using data collected from a customer associated with the destination is used to select appropriate content.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: AT&T Labs, Inc.Inventors: Ann Skudlark, Pradeep Bansal, Carroll W. Creswell, Colin R. Goodall, Guy J. Jacobson, Andrea Skarra, Christopher Volinsky, James W. Watson
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Publication number: 20010025258Abstract: The invention is a method and system for providing product support services. The invention allows for access to product support services by non-typical parties and also allows for varying cost structures. A first party is authorized by a product support service provider to receive product support services by request of login identification and passwords. The first party is provided with tokens to purchase and authorized to allocate the tokens to any other party at its discretion. The tokens are accepted by the support service provider in exchange for support services.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2001Publication date: September 27, 2001Applicant: NEC America, Inc.Inventors: Victor T. Foia, James W. Watson
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Patent number: 5468345Abstract: A method of making printed circuit boards in a continuous process. The method uses copper base metal sputtered onto a substrate. This base metal is much thinner than the base metal normally used in printed circuit processes and ultimately allows a greater number of conductors per unit of length to be made on the boards.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1994Date of Patent: November 21, 1995Inventors: Ronald K. Kirby, James W. Watson
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Patent number: 4332747Abstract: The process of producing a lower alkyl ester of phosphorochloridothioic acid by the chlorination of alkyl esters of dithiophosphoric acid in which the chlorine added after the addition of from 0.63 to 0.86 moles of chlorine per mole of phosphorodithioic acid is diluted with an inert gas. The disclosed process improves product yields, and purity, and advantageously provides for simple HCl recovery.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1980Date of Patent: June 1, 1982Assignee: Stauffer Chemical CompanyInventors: James W. Watson, Jr., Michael P. Silvon, Brian J. Lobo
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Patent number: 4088634Abstract: A process for the recovery of polyphenylene ethers comprises precipitation with a "wet" acetone. In a preferred feature, the metallic catalyst from a polymerization mixture is simultaneously removed by use of a chelating agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1976Date of Patent: May 9, 1978Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Glenn D. Cooper, James W. Watson, Jr.
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Patent number: 3951917Abstract: A novel process is disclosed for the removal of the metallic catalyst from a polymerization mixture which is based on the use of a salt of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid and an antisolvent without phase separation.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1974Date of Patent: April 20, 1976Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Daniel E. Floryan, James W. Watson