Patents by Inventor Paul A. Blair
Paul A. Blair 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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Publication number: 20240087036Abstract: Provided herein are a system and method for investing, allocating and periodically distributing pooled capital between investors sorted into a plurality of cohorts based on one or more of age, gender, and investor type. The system and method described herein may periodically distribute to investors capital generated from investment returns and mortality of the investors, as will be described in greater detail below. The system may include at least one computing device that provides a computing platform to enable fund managers and, in some embodiments, individual or retail investors, to interface with the system. The platform may guide individual investors through an onboarding process involving collection of information about the investor, such as age, gender and investor type.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Som SEIF, Vlad TASEVSKI, Alexander William BALUTA, Thomas Blair ASTLE, Paul Anthony HAEFELE
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Patent number: 11920299Abstract: A formation detection system comprising: (a) one or more sensors and (b) one or more lights that illuminate a location of interest so that the one or more sensors can monitor the location of interest; wherein one of the one or more sensors are located substantially planar with a wire of a paper machine and proximate to a slice opening so that the one of the one or more sensors is adjacent to a cut through so that the one of the one or more sensors is capable of measuring stock above the wire and removed water below the wire, and wherein the one of the one or more sensors is capable of measuring a distance between an impingement location of a stock jet and the wire from a forming board.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: IBS of AmericaInventors: Andrew Forester, Paul Wratschko, Jake Neal, David Jackson, Chris Blair, James Faufau
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Publication number: 20240068348Abstract: A system can display confidence values in a wellbore inversion model using a visual indicator. The system can receive downhole data relating to the wellbore from a downhole tool deployed in a wellbore of a geological formation during a wellbore operation. The system can additionally generate an inversion model of the geological formation by performing inversion processing on the downhole data. Furthermore, the system can determine confidence values for the downhole data in the inversion model. Additionally, the system can determine a depth of detection limit for the downhole data based on the confidence values. The system can output the inversion model, the depth of detection limit, and a visual indicator based on the confidence values for display at a display device for use in adjusting the wellbore operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Jeremy James Combs, Nigel Clegg, Paul Blair Johnson, Vytautas Usaitis
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Patent number: 11566513Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods to evaluate a formation dip of a formation bedding. The system includes memory configured to store a color image indicative of a log of a formation bedding. The system also includes a processor configured to execute instructions to filter colors of the color image to determine one or more cusps of the formation dip, and cross correlate a reference wave with the one or more cusps of the formation dip to match curvatures of the reference wave with the one or more cusps of the formation dip illustrated in the color image, wherein the curvatures of the reference wave are based on one or more parameters of the formation bedding. The processor is further operable to generate a wave that matches the one or more cusps of the formation dip with the reference wave, where the wave is indicative of the formation dip.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Paul Blair Johnson, Yang Miao, Jeremy James Combs, Renata Da Gama Saintive
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Publication number: 20220325052Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to solvent mixtures for swelling and bonding polymeric substances for use in facilitating the connection of polymeric substances to other parts. A swelling solvent solution according to the present disclosure may comprise between 5% and 95% by volume n-Octane and between 5% and 95% by volume of either a heptane isomer (such as n-Heptane) or a nonane isomer (such as n-Nonane). The swelling solvent solution may be used to swell polymeric parts to enable the parts to be attached to other parts. A bonding solvent solution according to the present disclosure may comprise between 2% and 98% by volume of at least one of: acetone, MEK, heptane, octane, nonane, isohexane, and THF, and between 2% and 98% by volume cyclohexanone. The bonding solvent solution may be used to bond polymeric parts to other parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Saroj Yadav, Paul Blair
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Patent number: 11403920Abstract: A method of using a kiosk to dispense funds, a portion of which has a value less than the value of the lowest form of currency the kiosk dispenses. The method may include receiving information at the kiosk identifying a source for the funds and transmitting a request to a host computer to verify the source for the funds. The method may include receiving at the kiosk a verification of the funds and displaying on a display screen an amount of funds available for payment. The method may include receiving at the kiosk a request from a user to remit a first portion of the amount of funds in a first form, wherein the first form is selected from a group consisting of paper currency, money order, credit to an account, and credit to a stored value card.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: The Western Union CompanyInventors: Paul A. Blair, Kenneth Algiene, Mark Thompson
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Patent number: 11335468Abstract: A uranium oxide fuel pellet having an inner region and an outer rim region about the inner region, and that the fuel pellet is cylindrical and the inner region and outer rim region are coaxial cylindrical regions. The outer rim region has an excess of oxygen in comparison to the inner region, wherein high burnup structure (HBS) formation will be suppressed or delayed. Preferably, the excess oxygen is obtained by a chemical treatment by immersing the pellet in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or potassium permanganate (KMnO4) in solution.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Sweden ABInventors: Simon Charles Middleburgh, Mattias Puide, Lars Hallstadius, Magnus Limbäck, Paul Blair
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Publication number: 20210272709Abstract: A uranium oxide fuel pellet having an inner region and an outer rim region about the inner region, and that the fuel pellet is cylindrical and the inner region and outer rim region are coaxial cylindrical regions. The outer rim region has an excess of oxygen in comparison to the inner region , wherein high burnup structure (HBS) formation will be suppressed or delayed. Preferably, the excess oxygen is obtained by a chemical treatment by immersing the pellet in hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or potassium permanganate (KMnO4) in solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC SWEDEN ABInventors: Simon Charles Middleburgh, Mattias Puide, Lars Hallstadius, Magnus Limbäck, Paul Blair
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Publication number: 20210164338Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods to evaluate a formation dip of a formation bedding. The system includes memory configured to store a color image indicative of a log of a formation bedding. The system also includes a processor configured to execute instructions to filter colors of the color image to determine one or more cusps of the formation dip, and cross correlate a reference wave with the one or more cusps of the formation dip to match curvatures of the reference wave with the one or more cusps of the formation dip illustrated in the color image, wherein the curvatures of the reference wave are based on one or more parameters of the formation bedding. The processor is further operable to generate a wave that matches the one or more cusps of the formation dip with the reference wave, where the wave is indicative of the formation dip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Paul Blair Johnson, Yang MIAO, Jeremy James Combs, Renata Da Gama Saintive
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Publication number: 20190325439Abstract: A computerized method of verifying the identity of an attendant operating a money transfer transaction device includes receiving at the money transfer transaction device a user identification and password from the attendant and receiving at the money transfer transaction device additional information from the attendant. The additional information relates to a security feature that limits access to the transaction device. The method also includes using the additional information, the user identification, and the password to evaluate whether to allow the attendant to operate the transaction device to process a transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: The Western Union CompanyInventors: Michael J. Michelsen, Paul Blair, Dean Seifert, Joseph Cachey
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Publication number: 20190311584Abstract: A method of using a kiosk to dispense funds, a portion of which has a value less than the value of the lowest form of currency the kiosk dispenses. The method may include receiving information at the kiosk identifying a source for the funds and transmitting a request to a host computer to verify the source for the funds. The method may include receiving at the kiosk a verification of the funds and displaying on a display screen an amount of funds available for payment. The method may include receiving at the kiosk a request from a user to remit a first portion of the amount of funds in a first form, wherein the first form is selected from a group consisting of paper currency, money order, credit to an account, and credit to a stored value card.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: The Western Union CompanyInventors: Paul A. Blair, Kenneth Algiene, Mark Thompson
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Patent number: 10402824Abstract: A computerized method of verifying the identity of an attendant operating a money transfer transaction device includes receiving at the money transfer transaction device a user identification and password from the attendant and receiving at the money transfer transaction device additional information from the attendant. The additional information relates to a security feature that limits access to the transaction device. The method also includes using the additional information, the user identification, and the password to evaluate whether to allow the attendant to operate the transaction device to process a transaction.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: The Western Union CompanyInventors: Michael J. Michelsen, Paul Blair, Dean Seifert, Joseph Cachey
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Patent number: 10395484Abstract: A method of using a kiosk to dispense funds, a portion of which has a value less than the value of the lowest form of currency the kiosk dispenses. The method may include receiving information at the kiosk identifying a source for the funds and transmitting a request to a host computer to verify the source for the funds. The method may include receiving at the kiosk a verification of the funds and displaying on a display screen an amount of funds available for payment. The method may include receiving at the kiosk a request from a user to remit a first portion of the amount of funds in a first form, wherein the first form is selected from a group consisting of paper currency, money order, credit to an account, and credit to a stored value card.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2002Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: The Western Union CompanyInventors: Paul A. Blair, Kenneth Algiene, Mark Thompson
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Publication number: 20190193198Abstract: A direct write laser based machining process wherein a laser beam is controlled to machine a glass material in an interlaced raster scan pattern. An embodiment of machining a glass substrate to form an optical element is described. An ultrashort pulsed laser is used for machining and smoothing fused silica, followed by CO2 laser polishing. High speed and high quality machining is possible using this approach, which allows efficient use of high laser repetition rates.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Paul Blair, Chris Courtney, Tina Parsonage, Amiel Lopes, Krystian L. Wlodarczyk, Duncan P. Hand
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Patent number: 10012028Abstract: A system utilized to geosteer a downhole assembly provides a real-time, 3-Dimensional (“3D”) visualization of the downhole assembly and surrounding formation as it moves through the formation. The 3D visualization, or model, may be updated in real-time and may display real-time data related to various downhole conditions and geologic characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATIONInventors: Paul Blair Johnson, Bronwyn Michaell Calleja
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Patent number: 9776231Abstract: A fiber optic component cleaning device includes a body, a feed spool mounted for rotation in the body, a take-up spool mounted for one-way rotation in the body and a central support assembly. A plunger is mounted for movement in the central support assembly and a drive is operably connected to the take-up spool and to the plunger. A cleaning material is wound onto and fed from the feed spool and to the take-up spool. A reservoir assembly is mountable to the body to apply a cleaning solution to the cleaning material.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Eric Martini, Paul Blair, Russell Kroll, Ben Bailey, Robert Wilkey, Adam Britton
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Publication number: 20160199894Abstract: A fiber optic component cleaning device includes a body, a feed spool mounted for rotation in the body, a take-up spool mounted for one-way rotation in the body and a central support assembly. A plunger is mounted for movement in the central support assembly and a drive is operably connected to the take-up spool and to the plunger. A cleaning material is wound onto and fed from the feed spool and to the take-up spool. A reservoir assembly is mountable to the body to apply a cleaning solution to the cleaning material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Eric Martini, Paul Blair, Russell Kroll, Ben Bailey, Robert Wilkey, Adam Britton
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Publication number: 20150292266Abstract: A system utilized to geosteer a downhole assembly provides a real-time, 3-Dimensional (“3D”) visualization of the downhole assembly and surrounding formation as it moves through the formation. The 3D visualization, or model, may be updated in real-time and may display real-time data related to various downhole conditions and geologic characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2012Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Paul Blair Johnson, Bronwyn Michaell Calleja
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Patent number: D890453Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SAFESTIX LTDInventor: Paul Blair
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Patent number: D978840Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Sportrax Technology LimitedInventor: Paul Blair