Patents by Inventor Douglas Lee Miller

Douglas Lee Miller 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).

  • System, process and related sintered article
    Patent number: 11952285
    Abstract: A process of forming a sintered article includes heating a green portion of a tape of polycrystalline ceramic and/or minerals in organic binder at a binder removal zone to a temperature sufficient to pyrolyze the binder; horizontally conveying the portion of tape with organic binder removed from the binder removal zone to a sintering zone; and sintering polycrystalline ceramic and/or minerals of the portion of tape at the sintering zone, wherein the tape simultaneously extends through the removal and sintering zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Micheal Edward Badding, William Joseph Bouton, Douglas Edward Brackley, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Thomas Dale Ketcham, Eric Lee Miller, Cameron Wayne Tanner, James William Zimmermann
  • Tableware
    Publication number: 20230030259
    Abstract: A bowl that has a beach at a beach angle to a horizontal axis and a lip at a lip angle relative to the horizontal axis. The bowl is configured to contain a substance in a concave inner portion between the beach, lip and between two sides connecting the lip and beach. The beach angle and lip angle allow for maximized scoping of the substance in the concave inner portion, but providing a low contact entry and a lip that forces the substance onto the dipping instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Lee Miller, Rodney Wayne Long