Patents Represented by Attorney Robert W. Strozier

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  • Microporous crystalline metal silicates and processes for their preparation
    Patent number: 7314605
    Abstract: New bridged layered silicates are disclosed where the bridging groups bridge adjacent silicate layers via oxygen atoms on each silicate layer that are unshared to produce porous three dimensional structures. Methods for making these bridged layered silicates are disclosed as well as methods for using these compositions as catalysts, supports, adsorbents, drying agents and ion exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: The University of Houston System
    Inventors: Xiqu Wang, Lumei Liu, Allan J. Jacobson
  • High-throughput chiral detector and methods for using same
    Patent number: 7301633
    Abstract: A new generation polarimetry apparatus and methodology is disclosed, which involve passing polarized light through a sample including a chiral analyte, where the analyte is under the influence of a periodically varying magnetic field. The apparatus also utilizes optical heterodyne detection and lock-in detection at higher order harmonics of the magnetic field modulation frequency to improve sensitivity and detection limits of optical properties of chiral analytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Georgia Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Phillip Ray Gibbs, Rick P. Trebino, Andreas Sebastian Bommarius, Mark W. Kimmel
  • Use of calcium sulfonate based threaded compounds in drilling operations and other severe industrial applications
    Patent number: 7294608
    Abstract: The present invention discloses the use of calcium sulfonate based greases compounds for use in application where the compounds are continuously, periodically or intermittently exposed to fluids that tend to contamination, erode, ablate or otherwise remove or interfere with the compounds ability to protect contact surfaces such as those present in threaded connections, and, especially in threaded connections associated with oilfield applications. The present invention also discloses methods for making and using such greases and compounds in application where the compounds are continuously, periodically or intermittently exposed to fluids that tend to contamination, erode, ablate or otherwise remove or interfere with the compounds ability to protect contact surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Jet-Lube, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Oldiges, Herschel McDonald, Tom Blake
  • Negative temperature profiling using microwave GC apparatus
    Patent number: 7291203
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for performing GC separations using a separation protocol including at least one negative temperature ramp, where the negative temperature ramp is controlled either by the introduction of a gaseous coolant at a controlled and adjustable rate or by the introduction of the coolant along with the application of microwave radiation to a column capable of absorbing microwave radiation, where the rate of coolant introduction or the rate of coolant introduction and radiation introduction is sufficient to achieve a desired rate of cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Petroleum Ana Ryzes Company LP
    Inventors: John S. Crnko, Scott K. Warren
  • Tong with a continuous composite belt and methods for making and using same
    Patent number: 7275463
    Abstract: A manual tong is disclosed which includes a continuous composite continuous belt, a handle assembly, and a jaw assembly, where the continuous composite continuous belt is designed to take the place of the convention linked chains used currently in manual tongs. The continuous composite continuous belt is held in place by a set of pins associated with the handle and jaw assemblies. Replacement of the linked chains with the continuous composite continuous belts improve tong safety, improve ease of use, lower cost, make adjustment easier and make continuous belt replacement easier reducing down time and increasing tong utility (one tong can be used for different pipe diameters with a simply adjustment of the continuous belt or a simple replacement of the continuous belt with a different size continuous belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Orbix Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Sipos, Patrick Johnson, Donald E. Mosing
  • Methods for performing DAF data filtering and padding
    Patent number: 7272265
    Abstract: A method for padding, filtering, denoising, image enhancing and increased time-frequency acquisition is described for digitized data of a data set is described where unknown data is estimated using real data by adding unknown data points in a manner that the padding routine can estimate the interior data set including known and unknown data to a given accuracy on the known data points. The method also provides filtering using non-interpolating, well-tempered distributed approximating functional (NIDAF)-low-band-pass filters. The method also provides for symmetric and/or anti-symmetric extension of the data set so that the data set may be better refined and can be filtered by Fourier and other type of low frequency or harmonic filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: The University of Houston System
    Inventors: Donald K. Kouri, David K. Hoffman, Mark Arnold, Ioannis A. Kakadiaris, Zhuoer Shi, DeSheng Zhang, Gemunu H. Gunaratne, Haixiang Wang, Guowei W. Wei, Zheng Bao Xi'an
  • Process and system for the condensation of multi-component working fluids
    Patent number: 7264654
    Abstract: A process and system for condensing a multi-component fluid is disclosed, where the process and system are designed to provide a substantial increase in a heat transfer coefficient during condensation of multi-component fluids resulting in a drastic reduction in size and cost of heat exchangers need to condense such fluids. The system and method includes a plurality of heat exchangers and at least one scrubber and splitters and mixers supporting streams that allow a mixed stream to be supplied to each heat exchange unit having parameters designed to increase, optimize or maximize the heat transfer coefficient in each heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Kalex, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander I. Kalina
  • Apparatus for trace sulfur detection using UV fluorescence
    Patent number: 7244395
    Abstract: A method and system for performing low level sulfur UV fluorescence measures including an UV interference reduction system which removes or destroys interfering nitrogen oxides. The preferred nitrogen removal systems include introducing ozone into the system in sufficient quantities to destroy any produce NO and optionally a nitrogen sparge or similar nitrogen gas removal system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Petroleum Analyzer Company, LP
    Inventor: Franek Olstowski
  • Method and apparatus for stent deployment with enhanced delivery of bioactive agents
    Patent number: 7238199
    Abstract: A stent for use in animals including humans is disclosed which includes unprotected and protected regions, each protected regions including a bioactive or biopenetrating agent containing therein where the protected regions are protected by the unprotected regions when the stent is in its undeployed state which has a smaller cross-sectional dimension than the stent in its deployed state. And when the stent is in its deployed state the bioactive or biopenetrating agent(s) are brought into direct and intimate contact with a tissue or interior of a blood vessel of an animal including a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Marc D. Feldman, Stephen R. Bailey, C. Mauli Agrawal, Kyriacos A. Athanasiou
  • Paintball refillers and method for making and using same
    Patent number: 7231946
    Abstract: A paintball hopper refill apparatus or loading apparatus is disclosed, which includes a body, an interior, a neck and a dispensing portion where the body is made of a flexible material, the interior is designed to be filled with a plurality of paintballs and the dispensing portion is designed to be opened either by pulling a pull string or by squeezing allowing the paintballs to flow from the loading apparatus to the hopper. A method for filling a hopper using the loading apparatus of this invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Avalon Advanced Products, Inc
    Inventors: Stephen Ho, Kheng Pang
  • Tissue penetrating device and methods for using same
    Patent number: 7226450
    Abstract: A device for tissue, especially hard tissue, penetration which incorporated a novel paddle-shaped needle for low friction rotatory penetration of the tissue. A controlled delivery or extraction system is also disclosed for the transfer of material from the device into a tissue site or transfer of material from the tissue site to the device. The delivery system or extraction system includes at least on solenoid or other similar device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas Systems
    Inventors: Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, George Constantinides, Dan R. Lanctot
  • Animal restraining apparatus for physiological and pharmacological studies
    Patent number: 7213538
    Abstract: An animal restraining apparatus is disclosed which provides head, tail, and hind leg apertures for gaining access to an animals head, tail and perianal area, and hind legs for physiological and pharmacological studies of awake animals using direct mechanical, thermal, chemical and/or pharmacological stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Jeong Han, Volker Neugebauer
  • Barrel locking apparatus for a paintball gun
    Patent number: 7210389
    Abstract: A paintball gun or marker end cap apparatus is disclosed, where the end cap apparatus includes tubular member having an opened, closed end and a penetrator, where the opened end is designed to be fitted over the end of a paintball barrel and a sleeve designed to be tightened causing the opened end of the tubular member to locking engage the barrel with sufficient force to hold the apparatus on the barrel until the sleeved is loosened and the penetrator is designed to rupture any inadvertently fired paintballs. The apparatus can also include at least one vent disposed near the closed end to vent any gas or liquid associated with a ruptured paintball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Avalon Advanced Products
    Inventors: Stephen Ho, Kheng Phang
  • Absolutely and uniformly convergent iterative approach to inverse scattering with an infinite radius of convergence
    Patent number: 7212933
    Abstract: A method and system for solving the inverse acoustic scattering problem using an iterative approach with consideration of half-off-shell transition matrix elements (near-field) information, where the Volterra inverse series correctly predicts the first two moments of the interaction, while the Fredholm inverse series is correct only for the first moment and that the Volterra approach provides a method for exactly obtaining interactions which can be written as a sum of delta functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: The University of Houston System
    Inventors: Donald J. Kouri, Amrendra Vijay, Haiyan Zhang, Jingfeng Zhang, David K. Hoffman
  • Enzymatic nucleic acid synthesis: compositions and methods for altering monomer incorporation fidelity
    Patent number: 7211414
    Abstract: Nucleotide triphosphate probes containing a molecular and/or atomic tag on a a ? and/or ? phosphate group and/or a base moiety having a detectable property are disclosed, and kits and method for using the tagged nucleotides in sequencing reactions and various assay. Also, phosphate and polyphosphate molecular fidelity altering agents are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Visigen Biotechnologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan H. Hardin, Xiaolian Gao, James Briggs, Richard Willson, Shiao-Chun Tu
  • Cleaning of hydrocarbon-containing materials with critical and supercritical solents
    Patent number: 7201804
    Abstract: A method for cleaning materials containing solids and/or liquids is disclosed which involves contacting the materials with an extracting fluid including Xe, NH3, lower aromatics, nitrous oxide, water, CO, CO2, H2O, lower alcohols, lower alkanes, lower alkenes, or mixtures or combinations thereof under conditions of temperature and pressure sufficient to maintain the fluid at, near or above its critical point and to products derived therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Labo Liquids, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Tunnicliffe, Ray Mt. Joy
  • System and apparatus for power system utilizing wide temperature range heat sources
    Patent number: 7197876
    Abstract: A new method, system and apparatus for power system utilizing wide temperature range heat sources and a multi-component working fluid is disclosed including a heat recovery vapor generator (HRVG) subsystem, a multi-stage energy conversion or turbine (T) subsystem and a condensation thermal compression subsystem (CTCSS) and where one or more of the streams exiting the stages of the turbine subsystem T are sent back through different portions of the HRVG to be warmed and/or cooled before being forwarded to the next stage of the turbine subsystem T. The turbine subsystem T includes at least a high pressure turbine or turbine stage (HPT) and a low pressure turbine or turbine stage (LPT) and preferably, an intermediate pressure turbine or turbine stage (IPT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Kalex, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander I. Kalina
  • Critical and supercritical cleaning of hydrocarbon-containing materials
    Patent number: 7175716
    Abstract: A method for cleaning materials containing solids and/or liquids is disclosed which involves contacting the materials with an extracting fluid including Xe, NH3, lower aromatics, nitrous oxide, water, CO, CO2, H2O, lower alcohols, lower alkanes, lower alkenes, or mixtures or combinations thereof under conditions of temperature and pressure sufficient to maintain the fluid at, near or above its critical point and to products derived therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Lobo Liquids, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Tunnicliffe, Raymond Mt. Joy
  • Diamine terminated primary amine-aldehyde sulfur converting compositions and methods for making and using same
    Patent number: 7140433
    Abstract: A new class of sulfur scavenging or converting compositions is disclosed comprising diamine terminated, amine-aldehyde adducts, where the adducts are substantially bimolecular amine-aldehyde adducts and the composition is substantially free of trimer and/or triazines. Methods for making and using the new class of sulfur scavenging or converting composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Clearwater International, LLC
    Inventors: Larry W. Gatlin, Daniel R. Dostie, Timothy Eric Gatlin
  • Laminates of films and methods and apparatus for the manufacture
    Patent number: 7132151
    Abstract: A laminate of thermoplastic polymeric films comprises a fluted ply A and non-fluted ply B, adhered to one another in bonded zones along some of the flute crests the fluted ply A. The wavelength of the flutes is preferably no more than 3 mm. Ply A has a generally uniform thickness or can have attenuated zones of lessor thickness extending parallel to the flute direction, each bonded zone being located mainly within an attenuated zone. The flutes can be sinuous with crests on both sides of ply A and can be adhered on each side to a ply B. The flutes can be filled with filler material, including reinforcement strands, and one or both sides can be perforated. The method and apparatus employ aligned grooved fluting rollers and a grooved laminating roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Inventor: Ole-Bendt Rasmussen