Patents by Inventor Dan Phillips

Dan Phillips 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: 20220040346
    Abstract: A system and method for sterilizing one or more high-touch implements, such as shopping carts, using ultraviolet (UV) light within a contained chamber for a specified period of time. In an embodiment, one or more shopping carts may be guided into a sterilization chamber through a front-side opening of an apparatus. Once the shopping cart is in place inside the sterilization chamber, a UV light process may be engaged whereby several UV lights will be turned on to flood the sterilization chamber with UV light. UV light has been shown to be effective at killing bacteria, viruses, mold, and other pathogens with exposure in as little as 5 seconds. The sterilization procedures results in sterilizing a shopping cart for next use as sterilized carts may be collected in a corral designated form newly sterilized shopping intended for next use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dan Phillips, Tim Phillips
  • Publication number: 20100088241
    Abstract: A method of controlling workflow through a variety of departments in the organization each of which has different functions and responsibilities with regard to the completion of a program or project. The method, and program by which the method is implemented, monitors work related activities to assist personnel in coordinating the workflow within each department with that in the other departments. The program by which the method is implemented is designed to manage workflow activities and govern them in such a way that mistakes are substantially eliminated. This is accomplished by eliminating the need for repetitive entries of the same information, thus minimizing the workload of managing information within each department.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL RAM ASSOCIATES
    Inventor: Dan Phillips
  • Patent number: 6745388
    Abstract: An expanded business object model including one or more business objects including an inheritance property such that each business object includes a plurality of subtypes and roles for defining a functional aspect of the business object in a collaboration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Prashant Gupta, Katrina A. Mellen-Garnett, Srinivasan Suresh, Susan George Orban, Michael Harold Stoner, Charles Dan Phillips, Glen Bentley, Suresh Bhat
  • Patent number: D603065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: John Hamilton, Marv Knauf, Bradley Youngs, Mark Slager, Kurt Heidmann, Michael J. Feldpausch, Dan Phillips