Patents by Inventor Timothy McMillan

Timothy McMillan 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: 20240169314
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods to streamline the mechanism by which data users access differently regulated data through the use of one or more integrated identifiers. The integrated identifiers lessen or eliminate the need to separately maintain one set of identifiers for regulated data and another set for non-regulated data. The methods and systems may be applicable in various credit and healthcare contexts where regulations over data use are prevalent. In one or more embodiments, a data user receives a unique integrated identifier for each of the data user's current or prospective customers, and the integrated identifiers can be used to persistently identify and track the customers over time and across applications that access regulated and/or non-regulated data. In the healthcare context, a healthcare provider may utilize a patient ID as the integrated identifier. To protect privacy, the integrated identifier may not include social security numbers or birthdates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Helen McMillan, John Lawrence Skurtovich, Anita Kress, Timothy Sumida, Michael Charles McVey
  • Publication number: 20060086509
    Abstract: The present invention has been contemplated to meet the above described needs. In a broad aspect, the invention may include a subsurface safety valve for controlling a fluid flow through a well conduit comprising a housing having a bore and disposed within an annulus defined by the space between the well conduit and the housing, a valve closure member movable between an open position and a closed position, and adapted to restrict the fluid flow through the bore when in the closed position, a flow tube moveably disposed within the housing and adapted to shift the valve closure member between its open and closed positions, a primary piston member in operative communication with the flow tube and a secondary piston member in operative communication with the flow tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy McMillan, Dwayne May
  • Patent number: 6182956
    Abstract: A vacuum table and mat system having a removable and replaceable mat which retains workpieces via vacuum created suction. The mat has a base sheet with a plurality of perforations and channels therein, and a flexible rubber sheet atop the base sheet. Vacuum is applied to retain a workpiece via suction-cup like indentations formed when the rubber sheet is pulled into the perforations of the base sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventor: Timothy A. McMillan