Patents by Inventor Daniel Connor

Daniel Connor 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).

  • Patent number: 6835333
    Abstract: Combinations of at least two individual colorant compounds that provide effective toning (or bluing) to combat yellowing within polyester articles (such as bottles, containers, and the like) are provided. Such a novel toner combination permits effective neutralization of yellowness while also providing highly desirable low haze and increased brightness due to a sharp absorption peak within the needed range of wavelengths (e.g., from about 565 to 590 nm) and a narrow half-height band width. Furthermore, such a combination of compounds is preferably liquid in nature and may thus be incorporated within an added ultraviolet absorber solution or shelf-stable dispersion to facilitate addition within target polyesters at various stages of production. The inventive combination bluing agent accords effective neutralization of UV absorber yellowing as well. Methods of production and liquid UV absorber/individual bluing agent formulations are also encompassed within this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Todd E. Danielson, Jason Sprinkle, Daniel Connor, Donnie Hyder
  • Publication number: 20040157517
    Abstract: Combinations of individual colorant compounds that provide effective toning (or bluing) to combat yellowing within polyester articles (such as bottles, containers, and the like) are provided. Such a novel toner combination permits effective neutralization of yellowness while also providing highly desirable low haze and increased brightness due to a sharp absorption peak within the needed range of wavelengths (e.g., from about 565 to 590 nm) and a narrow half-height band width. Furthermore, such a combination of compounds is preferably liquid in nature and may thus be incorporated within an added ultraviolet absorber solution or shelf-stable dispersion to facilitate addition within target polyesters at various stages of production. The particular UV absorbers desired as additives within target polyesters also tend to exhibit certain yellowing effects that require attention as well. The inventive combination bluing agent thus also accords effective neutralization of such UV absorber yellowing as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Todd D. Danielson, Jason Sprinkle, Daniel Connor, Donnie Hyder
  • Publication number: 20030209698
    Abstract: Combinations of individual colorant compounds that provide effective toning (or bluing) to combat yellowing within polyester articles (such as bottles, containers, and the like) are provided. Such a novel toner combination permits effective neutralization of yellowness while also providing highly desirable low haze and increased brightness due to a sharp absorption peak within the needed range of wavelengths (e.g., from about 565 to 590 nm) and a narrow half-height band width. Furthermore, such a combination of compounds is preferably liquid in nature and may thus be incorporated within an added ultraviolet absorber solution or shelf-stable dispersion to facilitate addition within target polyesters at various stages of production. The particular UV absorbers desired as additives within target polyesters also tend to exhibit certain yellowing effects that require attention as well. The inventive combination bluing agent thus also accords effective neutralization of such UV absorber yellowing as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Todd D. Danielson, Jason Sprinkle, Daniel Connor, Donnie Hyder
  • Publication number: 20030212172
    Abstract: Individual compounds that provide effective toning (or bluing) to combat yellowing within polyester articles (such as bottles, containers, and the like) are provided. Such a novel toner permits effective neutralization of yellowness while also providing highly desirable low haze and increased brightness due to a sharp absorption peak within the needed range of wavelengths (e.g., from about 565 to 590 nm) and a narrow half-height band width. Furthermore, such an individual compound is preferably liquid in nature and may thus be incorporated within an added ultraviolet absorber solution or shelf-stable dispersion to facilitate addition within target polyesters at various stages of production. The particular UV absorbers desired as additives within target polyesters also tend to exhibit certain yellowing effects that require attention as well. The inventive single bluing agent compound thus also accords effective neutralization of such UV absorber yellowing as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Todd D. Danielson, Jason Sprinkle, Daniel Connor, Donnie Hyder
  • Patent number: 6640315
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for handling inline recovery from speculatively executed instructions. Each register may be provided with an E-tag, that, when set, indicates an exception occurred in the generation of the value stored in its register, and an R-tag, which is used to manage data flow dependencies in recovery mode. Recovery is performed by re-executing speculatively those set of speculative instructions that are data flow dependent upon a first excepting speculative instruction. The disclosed invention provides an architecture and method for efficient exception handling when combining control speculation, data speculation and predication, thereby resulting in substantially enhanced instruction level parallelism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Wen-mei W. Hwu, Daniel A. Connors, David I. August, John W. Sias