Patents by Inventor Douglas W. Thompson

Douglas W. Thompson 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: 20240084549
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a wing tool configured to be operable from work vessel(s), the wing tool including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location, the second seabed location including a trench or differently shaped collection sump previously made by the wing tool and/or an extraction pump. The extraction pump operates from a second work vessel having sufficient capacity to pump fluidized sediments from the trench. Certain systems include a separation unit that separates sand from silts and clays and water from collected sediment. Systems and methods for reclamation of reservoirs, moving sand waves, for pre-trenching and/or recovering marine pipelines and cables, for removing cover from marine archaeological sites and for disposing of contaminated bottom materials in an environmentally acceptable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: WING MARINE LLC
    Inventors: JOHN CROWSON, MEL FRIEDMAN, DOUGLAS W. THOMPSON, PETER CROSSLAND
  • Patent number: 11828042
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a wing tool configured to be operable from work vessel(s), the wing tool including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location, the second seabed location including a trench or differently shaped collection sump previously made by the wing tool and/or an extraction pump. The extraction pump operates from a second work vessel having sufficient capacity to pump fluidized sediments from the trench. Certain systems include a separation unit that separates sand from silts and clays and water from collected sediment. Systems and methods for reclamation of reservoirs, moving sand waves, for pre-trenching and/or recovering marine pipelines and cables, for removing cover from marine archaeological sites and for disposing of contaminated bottom materials in an environmentally acceptable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WING MARINE LLC
    Inventors: John Crowson, Mel Friedman, Douglas W. Thompson, Peter Crossland
  • Publication number: 20230193589
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a wing tool configured to be operable from work vessel(s), the wing tool including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location, the second seabed location including a trench or differently shaped collection sump previously made by the wing tool and/or an extraction pump. The extraction pump operates from a second work vessel having sufficient capacity to pump fluidized sediments from the trench. Certain systems include a separation unit that separates sand from silts and clays and water from collected sediment. Systems and methods for reclamation of reservoirs, moving sand waves, for pre-trenching and/or recovering marine pipelines and cables, for removing cover from marine archaeological sites and for disposing of contaminated bottom materials in an environmentally acceptable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: WING MARINE LLC
    Inventors: JOHN CROWSON, MEL FRIEDMAN, DOUGLAS W. THOMPSON, PETER CROSSLAND
  • Patent number: D505325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Heinz Glas USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul DeBiasse, Douglas W. Thompson
  • Patent number: H283
    Abstract: A method for sequestering ammonia off-gassing by chemical treatment of certain hazardous wastes prior to solidification of such wastes, the invention involves mixing of magnesium sulfate heptahydrate and phosphoric acid with waste containing ammonia nitrogen to form ammonium magnesium phosphate hexahydrate complex and thus control the release of ammonia vapors during the solidification process and from the cured and solidified waste products of the solidification process. The present method results in the precipitation and complexation of ammonia nitrogen in the waste to effectively isolate the ammonia nitrogen in a substantially water insoluble complex which is incorporated into a solid product disposable within landfill sites after further treatment with solidification reagents in known solidification processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Inventors: Tommy E. Myers, Douglas W. Thompson
  • Patent number: D490313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Heinz Glas USA Inc.
    Inventors: Paul DeBiasse, Douglas W. Thompson