Patents by Inventor Deborah Howard

Deborah Howard 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: 6306934
    Abstract: A protective coating composition for coating interior surfaces of beer, beverage, and food containers, as well as interior and exterior surfaces of can ends, comprises a polymeric binder of emulsion copolymerized ethylenic monomers in the presence of an unsaturated polyester dispersed into water with an aqueous dispersed epoxy-acrylic graft copolymer dispersant. The preferred polymeric binder comprises by weight between 0.1% and 40% unsaturated polyester, between 20% and 80% emulsion copolymerized ethylenic unsaturated monomers, and at least 20% dispersant, where the emulsion copolymerized monomers crosslink with the water dispersed unsaturated polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries, Plc
    Inventors: Daniel Bode, Deborah Howard, Christopher Bradley, Martin Belton
  • Patent number: 6269346
    Abstract: A system and method for managing a plurality of stock option accounts each for a plurality of participants. The system invokes a particular option plan defined in the system that governs the transaction choices available to each participant. The governing option plans are defined by the sponsoring company in terms of grant, vest and expiration date for the option contracts, and are defined in the system via a database of option holding information for each participant and an axiomatic rule system defining the criteria under which a given participant can exercise given options under the particular plan. The system implements the plans for multiple client companies providing several distinct modes for option exercise by the participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
    Inventors: John Cristofich, Susan Warner, Deborah Howard, Karen Berkley
  • Patent number: 6173270
    Abstract: A system and method for managing a plurality of stock option accounts each for a plurality of participants. The system invokes a particular option plan defined in the system that governs the transaction choices available to each participants The governing option plans are defined by the sponsoring company in terms of grant, vest and expiration date for the option contracts, and are defined in the system via a database of option holding information for each participant and an axiomatic rule system defining the criteria under which a given participant can exercise given options under the particular plan. The system implements the plans for multiple client companies providing several distinct modes for option exercise by the participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
    Inventors: John Cristofich, Susan Warner, Deborah Howard, Karen Berkley, Eric Radcliffe