Patents by Inventor Thomas Ricketts

Thomas Ricketts 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: 20140324801
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods, software and systems for measuring and valuing the quality of information and data, where such measurements and values are made and processed by implementing objectively defined, measurable, comparable and repeatable dimensions using software and complex computers. The embodiments include processes, systems and method for identifying optimal scores of the data dimension. The invention further includes processes, systems and method for data filtering to improve the overall data quality of a data source. Finally, the invention further includes processes, systems and method for data quality assurance of groups of rows of a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Black Oak Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Rickett MCGRAW, Larry Ward BURKS, Brian KOLO
  • Patent number: 8843487
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods, software and systems for measuring and valuing the quality of information and data, where such measurements and values are made and processed by implementing objectively defined, measurable, comparable and repeatable dimensions using software and complex computers. The embodiments include processes, systems and method for identifying optimal scores of the data dimension. The invention further includes processes, systems and method for data filtering to improve the overall data quality of a data source. Finally, the invention further includes processes, systems and method for data quality assurance of groups of rows of a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Black Oak Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Rickett McGraw, Larry Ward Burks, Brian Kolo
  • Publication number: 20120278226
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may provide systems and methods for receiving a request for an individual's credit report; identifying the individual's one or more credit entries from the individual's credit report; accessing a credit model; calculating a credit score with the credit model using aspects derived from the individual's credit report; accessing a data metrics model; calculating a data metrics score for the individual's one or more credit entries; preparing a credit report combining the results of the credit score and the data metrics score; and sending the credit report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Black Oak Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Kolo, Thomas Rickett McGraw, Dathan Gaskill
  • Publication number: 20120278227
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may provide systems and methods for receiving a request for an anticipatory credit score for an individual; identifying one or more credit entries for the individual; accessing a data metrics model for determining anticipatory credit scores; determining, if applicable, one or more timed credit entries in the one or more credit entries; calculating the anticipatory credit score for the individual for a set time in the future using, if applicable, the one or more timed credit entries; and sending the anticipatory credit score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Black Oak Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Kolo, Thomas Rickett McGraw, Dathan Gaskill, Chester Wiermanski
  • Publication number: 20120158678
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to methods, software and systems for measuring and valuing the quality of information and data, where such measurements and values are made and processed by implementing objectively defined, measurable, comparable and repeatable dimensions using software and complex computers. The embodiments include processes, systems and method for identifying optimal scores of the data dimension. The invention further includes processes, systems and method for data filtering to improve the overall data quality of a data source. Finally, the invention further includes processes, systems and method for data quality assurance of groups of rows of a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: BLACK Oak Partners ,LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Rickett McGraw, Larry Ward Burks, Brian Kolo
  • Publication number: 20080311191
    Abstract: Bioadhesives coatings increase the gastrointestinal retention time of orally-ingested medicaments. Certain bioadhesive coatings producing a fracture strength of at least 100 N/m2, as measured on rat intestine, when applied to at least one surface of a pharmaceutical dosage form for oral delivery of a drug, result in a gastrointestinal retention time of at least 4 hours in a fed beagle dog model, during which the drug is released from the dosage form. Multi-layer tablets, particularly those including hydrophobic excipients, are useful in administering hygroscopic and/or deliquescent drugs. In addition, varying the amount of drug in multi-layer tablets allows the release rate of the drug to be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Avinash Nangia, Jules Jacob, Edith Mathiowitz, Thomas Ricketts, Mark R. Kreitz
  • Publication number: 20050201974
    Abstract: Polymers with improved bioadhesive properties and methods for improving bioadhesion of polymers have been developed. A compound containing an aromatic group which contains one or more hydroxyl groups is grafted onto a polymer or coupled to individual monomers. In one embodiment, the polymer is a biodegradable polymer. In another embodiment, the monomers may be polymerized to form any type of polymer, including biodegradable and non-biodegradable polymers. In some embodiments, the polymer is a hydrophobic polymer. In the preferred embodiment, the aromatic compound is catechol or a derivative thereof and the polymer contains reactive functional groups. In the most preferred embodiment, the polymer is a polyanhydride and the aromatic compound is the catechol derivative, DOPA. These materials display bioadhesive properties superior to conventional bioadhesives used in therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Marcus Schestopol, Jules Jacob, Ryan Donnelly, Thomas Ricketts, Avinash Nangia, Edith Mathiowitz, Ze'ev Shaked