Patents by Inventor Douglas William Wood

Douglas William Wood 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).

  • Ceiling fan and blade
    Patent number: 11913475
    Abstract: A blade for a ceiling fan can include a first half and a second half formed from a pulp material. The first half is attachable to the second half to form the blade. Additionally, a blade can include a skeleton with an over molding made from a pulp forming the blade. Furthermore, a blade can be formed using a blade base with a pulp topper added to the blade to form an aerodynamic shape for the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventors: Charles William Botkin, Bobby Neal Norwood, James Walter Longmire, Douglas Troy Mason, Seth Aaron Wood
  • Tenant management of a hosted multi-tenant application
    Patent number: 9208188
    Abstract: A hosted multi-tenant application is provided that permits a tenant to self-manage aspects of the operation of the application. A tenant may be permitted to upgrade the multi-tenant application on-demand or according to a schedule, to place the multi-tenant application into a read-only mode of operation, to create a shadow copy of their unshared organization database, to merge changes to a shadow copy into a master version of the unshared organization database, to create and revert to snapshots of an unshared organization database, and to perform other functions. A computing architecture that utilizes site-wide server computers and scale groups may be utilized to implement this functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael James Ott, David Robert Shutt, Hao Sun, Ramesh T. Bangalore, Douglas William Wood
  • TENANT MANAGEMENT OF A HOSTED MULTI-TENANT APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20100211548
    Abstract: A hosted multi-tenant application is provided that permits a tenant to self-manage aspects of the operation of the application. A tenant may be permitted to upgrade the multi-tenant application on-demand or according to a schedule, to place the multi-tenant application into a read-only mode of operation, to create a shadow copy of their unshared organization database, to merge changes to a shadow copy into a master version of the unshared organization database, to create and revert to snapshots of an unshared organization database, and to perform other functions. A computing architecture that utilizes site-wide server computers and scale groups may be utilized to implement this functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael James Ott, David Robert Shutt, Hao Sun, Ramesh T. Bangalore, Douglas William Wood