Patents by Inventor Mark R. Baker

Mark R. Baker 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).

  • Publication number: 20200027559
    Abstract: Described herein is a platform and supported graphical user interface (GUI) decision-making tools for use by medical practitioners and/or their patients, e.g., to aide in the process of making decisions about a course of cancer treatment and/or to track treatment and/or the progress of a disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Mark R. Baker
  • Patent number: 10340046
    Abstract: Described herein is a platform and supported graphical user interface (GUI) decision-making tools for use by medical practitioners and/or their patients, e.g., to aide in the process of making decisions about a course of cancer treatment and/or to track treatment and/or the progress of a disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark R. Baker
  • Publication number: 20180291661
    Abstract: A window balance assembly may include a carrier, a spring element, and a mounting bracket. The spring element may include first and second portions. The first portion may be coupled to the carrier. The mounting bracket may engage the second portion of the spring element and may selectively engage the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Mark R. Baker, Wilbur James Kellum, III
  • Publication number: 20180258367
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antiwear agent and lubricating compositions thereof. The invention further provides for a method of lubricating a driveline device application by employing a lubricating composition containing the antiwear agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Morey N. Najman, Mark R. Baker, Vera M. Marsic
  • Patent number: 10035968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricating composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity and a dimercaptothiadiazole salt of a copolymer comprising units derived from monomers (i) an ?-olefin and (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivatives thereof (typically carboxylic acid groups or an anhydride), are partially esterified with an alcohol, or mixtures thereof, and wherein at least a portion of carboxylic acid groups not esterified are reacted with an amine. The invention further provides for a lubricating composition containing said copolymer. The invention further provides a method and use of lubricating composition in a mechanical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mary F. Salomon, Julie A. Edgar, William R. S. Barton, Mark R. Baker, Michael E. Huston
  • Patent number: 9995072
    Abstract: A window balance assembly may include a carrier, a spring element, and a mounting bracket. The spring element may include first and second portions. The first portion may be coupled to the carrier. The mounting bracket may engage the second portion of the spring element and may selectively engage the carrier. The mounting bracket may include a first mounting surface disposed at a non-perpendicular angle relative to an exterior surface of carrier when the window balance assembly is in an uninstalled configuration. The first mounting surface may be substantially parallel to the exterior surface of the carrier when the window balance assembly is in an installed configuration and the mounting bracket is disengaged from the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Caldwell Manufacturing Company North America, LLC
    Inventors: Mark R. Baker, Wilbur James Kellum, III
  • Publication number: 20180144828
    Abstract: Described herein is a platform and supported graphical user interface (GUI) decision-making tools for use by medical practitioners and/or their patients, e.g., to aide in the process of making decisions about a course of cancer treatment and/or to track treatment and/or the progress of a disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventor: Mark R. Baker
  • Patent number: 9976104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antiwear agent and lubricating compositions thereof. The invention further provides for a method of lubricating a driveline device application by employing a lubricating composition containing the antiwear agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Morey N. Najman, Mark R. Baker, Vera M. Marsic
  • Publication number: 20170362525
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a lubricant composition containing a polyalkylene glycol in which greater than 50% of the repeating units in the polyalkylene glycol contain an alkylene oxide derived moiety comprising a C4 or greater alkyl group. The lubricant compositions are particularly useful in compressors, such as a reciprocating rotary vane, scroll, or rotary screw air compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Michael G. Foster, Mark R. Baker, Carrie S. Briggs, Casey R. Fiting
  • Patent number: 9758743
    Abstract: A lubricant composition of an oil of lubricating viscosity; an esterified copolymer with a backbone comprising units derived from (i) an ?-olefin monomer of at least about 6 carbon atoms and (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid in a mole ratio of 1:3 to 3:1; and a polymer comprising olefin monomer units of 3 to 5 carbon atoms, wherein at least 50 percent by weight of such units contain fewer than 6 carbon atoms and wherein less than 5 percent by weight of such units are ethylene monomer units; exhibits good power transfer efficiency and elastohydrodynamic film thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Knapton, William R. S. Barton, Brett Wessler, Mark R. Baker
  • Publication number: 20170137740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricating composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and a (thio)phosphate salt of an amine-functionalized esterified copolymer, wherein the esterified copolymer comprises units derived from monomers: (i) an ?-olefin and (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivatives thereof, that are esterified with an alcohol, or mixtures thereof, and wherein at least a portion of carboxylic acid groups not esterified react with an amine. The invention further provides for a lubricating composition containing said copolymer. The invention further provides a method and use of lubricating composition in a mechanical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: William R.S. Barton, Michael Huston, Julie Edgar, Mark R. Baker
  • Publication number: 20170107442
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antiwear agent and lubricating compositions thereof. The invention further provides for a method of lubricating a driveline device application by employing a lubricating composition containing the antiwear agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Morey N. Najman, Mark R. Baker, Vera M. Marsic
  • Publication number: 20170101812
    Abstract: A window balance assembly may include a carrier, a spring element, and a mounting bracket. The spring element may include first and second portions. The first portion may be coupled to the carrier. The mounting bracket may engage the second portion of the spring element and may selectively engage the carrier. The mounting bracket may include a first mounting surface disposed at a non-perpendicular angle relative to an exterior surface of carrier when the window balance assembly is in an uninstalled configuration. The first mounting surface may be substantially parallel to the exterior surface of the carrier when the window balance assembly is in an installed configuration and the mounting bracket is disengaged from the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Mark R. BAKER, Wilbur James KELLUM, III
  • Patent number: 9540582
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of lubricating a mechanical device by supplying a lubricating composition containing an oil of lubricating viscosity and a compound having 2 to 20 hydroxy-carboxylic acid residues. The invention further relates to the use of the compound in a driveline device to provide at least one of antiwear performance, friction modification (particularly for enhancing fuel economy).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: William R. S. Barton, Gareth Brown, Mark R. Baker, Michael E. Huston
  • Publication number: 20170002243
    Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a working fluid for a low global warming potential (GWP) refrigeration system that includes a compressor, where the working fluid includes an ester based lubricant and a low GWP refrigerant, and where the ester based lubricant includes an ester of one or more branched carboxylic acids where said branched carboxylic acid contains 8 or less carbon atoms. The disclosed technology provides commercially useful low GWP working fluids (commercially useful working fluids based on low GWP refrigerants) that do not have the solubility and/or miscibility problems commonly seen in low GWP fluids, including high viscosity fluids and applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Micheal I. Porter, Mark R. Baker, Joseph A. Karnaz, Michael G. Foster, Kenneth C. Lilje
  • Patent number: 9476242
    Abstract: A window balance assembly may include a carrier, a spring element, and a mounting bracket. The spring element may include first and second portions. The first portion may be coupled to the carrier. The mounting bracket may engage the second portion of the spring element and may selectively engage the carrier. The mounting bracket may include a first mounting surface disposed at a non-perpendicular angle relative to an exterior surface of carrier when the window balance assembly is in an uninstalled configuration. The first mounting surface may be substantially parallel to the exterior surface of the carrier when the window balance assembly is in an installed configuration and the mounting bracket is disengaged from the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Caldwell Manufacturing Company North America, LLC
    Inventors: Mark R. Baker, Wilbur James Kellum, III
  • Publication number: 20160264905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antiwear agent and lubricating compositions thereof. The invention further provides for a method of lubricating a driveline device application by employing a lubricating composition containing the antiwear agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Morey N. Najman, Mark R. Baker, Vera M. Marsic
  • Patent number: 9410104
    Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating composition containing (a) a polymer derived from greater than 50 wt % or more of a non-diene monomer, wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 2000 to about 200,000, and wherein the polymer has a shear stability index of about 0 to about 25; (b) a phosphorus-containing acid, salt, or ester; (c) an extreme pressure agent, other than a phosphorus-containing acid, salt, or ester; and (d) an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further provides a method for lubricating a mechanical device with the lubricating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Baker, Marina Baum, Barton J. Schober
  • Patent number: 9359577
    Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating composition containing (a) a polymer derived from greater than 50 wt % or more of a non-diene monomer, wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 2000 to about 200,000, and wherein the polymer has a shear stability index of about 0 to about 25; (b) a phosphorus-containing acid, salt, or ester; (c) an extreme pressure agent, other than a phosphorus-containing acid, salt, or ester; and (d) an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further provides a method for lubricating a mechanical device with the lubricating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Baker, Marina Baum, Barton J. Schober
  • Patent number: 9309478
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lubricating composition comprising (a) at least 0.05 wt % of a non-aromatic metal carboxylate, wherein the metal carboxylate is derived from a branched carboxylic acid, and (b) an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further provides for the use of the lubricating composition for lubricating a limited slip differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart L. Bartley, Mark R. Baker