Patents by Inventor William K. Murphy

William K. Murphy 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: 20240169384
    Abstract: A computerized system for transacting the purchase and sale of consumer motor fuels between motor fuel merchants and retail consumers through software on a mobile or desktop connected device for periods in the future through the simultaneous execution of multi-party, multi-layered contingent transactions and pricing algorithms to ensure that all inter-related motor fuel merchant transactions are simultaneously transacted upon a retail consumer purchase execution. Motor fuels include refined products such as gasoline and diesel fuel, renewable fuels (e.g. ethanol, biodiesel), natural gas (including liquefied natural gas), jet fuel and electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph H. LEBLANC, Nick DICOSOLA, Sagy P. MINTZ, Leo E. MURPHY, Robert A. MILLER, William K. Ward, William F. KERINS, Luis R. LUQUE, Parker P. DREW, James V. BLANTON
  • Patent number: 11965009
    Abstract: The present invention is a DNA expression vector comprising: a toxP: a mutant toxO that blocks Fe-mediated regulation of gene expression; and a DNA sequence encoding a protein, wherein the toxP and the mutant toxO regulate expression of the DNA segment encoding the protein. It is preferred that DNA expression vectors of the present invention include DNA sequences encoding a signal peptide so that a protein expressed is attached to the signal peptide prior to processing. Novel proteins are produced off of the DNA expression vector of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: The Johns Hopkins University, Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: William R. Bishai, John R. Murphy, Laurene Cheung, Shashank Gupta, Cynthia K. Bullen
  • Patent number: 11915259
    Abstract: A computerized system for transacting the purchase and sale of consumer motor fuels between motor fuel merchants and retail consumers through software on a mobile or desktop connected device for periods in the future through the simultaneous execution of multi-party, multi-layered contingent transactions and pricing algorithms to ensure that all inter-related motor fuel merchant transactions are simultaneously transacted upon a retail consumer purchase execution. Motor fuels include refined products such as gasoline and diesel fuel, renewable fuels (e.g. ethanol, biodiesel), natural gas (including liquefied natural gas), jet fuel and electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Gasmart, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph H. LeBlanc, Jr., Nick DiCosola, Sagy P. Mintz, Leo E. Murphy, Robert A. Miller, William K. Ward, William F. Kerins, Luis R. Luque, Parker P. Drew, James V. Blanton
  • Patent number: 4388274
    Abstract: A novel apparatus for the collection and removal of ozone generated during the operation of machines, such as an electrostatographic copying machine, is disclosed which includes the substantially complete collection of ozone generated by the use of an apertured plenum at the point of ozone generation, and the substantially complete removal of the ozone collected by the use of a fixed bed filtering device which has a large bed area to volume ratio. The disclosed apparatus permits the substantially complete collection of all ozone generated in a relatively small volume of air accomplished with a low pressure drop, so that the ozone collection and removal system would not interfere with the normal operation of the electrostatographic copying machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: John L. Rourke, Jack C. Azar, William K. Murphy