Patents by Inventor Dwayne Williams

Dwayne Williams 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: 20190254239
    Abstract: According to this invention, there is provided a planter box having four generally rectangular side walls having opposite longitudinal ends of like vertical height and an upper end forming a top edge, a joint structure for joining the opposite ends of respective pairs of sidewalls together into a right angled wall structure and the wall structures into an upwardly open frame. The joint structure has a plurality of L-shaped corner flange plates at right angles to one another. When abutted against and releasably connected to the outwardly facing end portions of a pair of side walls the plates form one right angled wall structure. The plate includes fastening members for joining the structure together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Dwayne Williams
  • Patent number: 10342251
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product is configured for insertion into the mouth of a user and incorporates materials from Nicotiana species (e.g., tobacco-derived materials) and plant materials from non-Nicotiana species (e.g., non-tobacco plant materials). The tobacco material can have the form of processed tobacco material (e.g., granulated, reconstituted, heat treated, or otherwise processed tobacco laminae and/or stem), tobacco extract (e.g., an extract of water soluble tobacco components obtained by extracting tobacco with water), or a combination thereof. The non-tobacco material can have the form of vegetable pulp (e.g., sugar beet pulp), pulp obtained after removal of water soluble components as a result of water extraction treatment, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Dwayne William Beeson, Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr., Huamin Gan
  • Publication number: 20190019132
    Abstract: Methods and systems of assigning an appraiser to perform a task are provided. A request may be evaluated to identify elements corresponding to the request. The elements may be evaluated to determine the task having a task a task parameter, such as conducting an appraisal. The task may comprise accepting an appraisal order, contacting a property owner, setting up a meeting, identifying comparable properties, confirming an appraisal time, submitting the appraisal report, or submitting a satisfaction survey. An appraiser database may be assessed to identify a group of appraisers having appraiser characteristics corresponding to the task parameter. Appraisal scores may be determined for the appraisers within the group of appraisers. The task may be assigned to an appraiser within the group of appraisers based upon the appraisal scores. Responsive to the task being assigned to the appraiser, an assignment notification may be provided to the appraiser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Michael S. Cullen, Matthew R. Wasylyk, Dwayne William Waite, SR., Frank John Guarnera, JR., Rami Issa Zboura, Kenneth Charles Gilbert
  • Publication number: 20180213725
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dual layer planter liner having: (a) a first fibrous layer having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the first fibrous layer is formed into a pot for emplacing a planting medium and/or plant therein. The first fibrous layer is formed from a first fibrous material; and a second fibrous material adhered onto the exterior surface of the first fibrous layer. The adhered second fibrous material forms a second fibrous layer. The present invention, also, provides a method for making the dual layer planter liner hereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Panacea Products Corporation
    Inventor: Dwayne Williams
  • Patent number: 9975517
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an assembly for housing and covering a vehicle airbag in an un-deployed state. The assembly can include a hollow housing that defines an interior that is configured to house the airbag in the un-deployed state. The housing can include a door having a linearly extending primary weakened portion spanning longitudinally opposing ends of the housing. The housing door can also include a pair of angled seams that each extend proximate the primary weakened portion to a location adjacent opposing corners of the door. The assembly can also include an intermediate layer disposed over and joined to the housing door, and an exterior layer disposed over and joined to the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., GRUPO ANTOLIN INGENIERIA, S.A.
    Inventors: Kenneth Alan Shick, Randy A. Staib, James J. Yang, Tadashi Sato, Dwayne William Malone, Tetsuji Fukushima, Cory J. Perriton, Timothy D. Boxell, Todd S. Przybylo, Michael J. Aittama
  • Patent number: 9926576
    Abstract: A fermentation process for the production of ethanol from natural sources, such as corn, comprising introducing a fermentable sugar, an inoculant, and a stabilized chlorine dioxide into a fermentation system is disclosed. The stabilized chlorine dioxide is added preventatively to the fermentation system, at concentrations in the fermentation system of acetic acid no greater than 0.30% (weight/volume) and lactic acid no greater than 0.60% (weight/volume). The stabilized chlorine dioxide is added in an amount effective to substantially prevent growth of bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Guy Sumner, Derrick Okull, Dwayne William Dischert
  • Publication number: 20170305379
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an assembly for housing and covering a vehicle airbag in an un-deployed state. The assembly can include a hollow housing that defines an interior that is configured to house the airbag in the un-deployed state. The housing can include a door having a linearly extending primary weakened portion spanning longitudinally opposing ends of the housing. The housing door can also include a pair of angled seams that each extend proximate the primary weakened portion to a location adjacent opposing corners of the door. The assembly can also include an intermediate layer disposed over and joined to the housing door, and an exterior layer disposed over and joined to the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth Alan SHICK, Randy A. STAIB, James J. YANG, Tadashi SATO, Dwayne William MALONE, Tetsuji FUKUSHIMA, Michael J. AITTAMA
  • Publication number: 20170064995
    Abstract: A flavor delivery article is provided including a substantially rod-shaped carrier element and a wrapping element. The wrapping element surrounds at least a portion of the carrier element. The delivery article includes a flavor material within one or both of the carrier element and the wrapping element. The flavor delivery article is adapted for delivery of the flavor material to the mouth of a user under mouth conditions in the absence of combustion or other external heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventor: Dwayne William Beeson
  • Publication number: 20170055576
    Abstract: A smoking article is provided and has opposed lighting and mouth ends. A mouth end portion is disposed at the mouth end and a heat generation portion is disposed about the lighting end. An outer wrapping material is wrapped at least about the heat generation portion and extends toward the mouth end portion, to define a cylindrical rod. An aerosol-generating portion is disposed within the outer wrapping material and between the heat generation and mouth end portions. The aerosol-generating portion is configured to generate an aerosol in response to heat received from the heat generation portion. The aerosol-generating and heat generation portions are further configured to cooperate to distribute heat received by the aerosol-generating portion from the heat generation portion, so as to prevent scorching of the outer wrapping material. An associated method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Dwayne William Beeson, Billy T. Conner, Evon Llewellyn Crooks, Paul G. Hoertz, Luis Monsalud, John-Paul Mua, Timothy F. Tilley, Stephen Cole, Darrell D. Williams, Samantha S. White, Karen Womble Wallace, Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra, Yan PU, Michael F. Davis, Matthew E. Lampe, Karter R. Yutzy, Nicholas Harrison Watson
  • Publication number: 20160338403
    Abstract: A method of preparing a whitened tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of (i) extracting a tobacco material with an aqueous solution to give a tobacco pulp and a tobacco extract; (ii) treating the tobacco pulp with at least one of a caustic reagent and an oxidizing agent for a time and at a temperature sufficient to lighten the color of the tobacco pulp to give a whitened tobacco pulp; (iii) clarifying the tobacco extract to remove higher molecular weight components; and (iv) combining the whitened tobacco pulp with a clarified tobacco extract to form a whitened tobacco material. The whitened tobacco material can be isolated and incorporated into a smokeless tobacco product. The invention also provides a smokeless tobacco product incorporating a whitened tobacco material. The smokeless tobacco product may be a snus-type formulation contained within a sealed pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Dwayne William Beeson, Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Huamin Gan
  • Patent number: 9420825
    Abstract: A method of preparing a whitened tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of (i) extracting a tobacco material with an aqueous solution to give a tobacco pulp and a tobacco extract; (ii) treating the tobacco pulp with at least one of a caustic reagent and an oxidizing agent for a time and at a temperature sufficient to lighten the color of the tobacco pulp to give a whitened tobacco pulp; (iii) clarifying the tobacco extract to remove higher molecular weight components; and (iv) combining the whitened tobacco pulp with a clarified tobacco extract to form a whitened tobacco material. The whitened tobacco material can be isolated and incorporated into a smokeless tobacco product. The invention also provides a smokeless tobacco product incorporating a whitened tobacco material. The smokeless tobacco product may be a snus-type formulation contained within a sealed pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Dwayne William Beeson, Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr., Huamin Gan
  • Publication number: 20150189909
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product is configured for insertion into the mouth of a user and incorporates materials from Nicotiana species (e.g., tobacco-derived materials) and plant materials from non-Nicotiana species (e.g., non-tobacco plant materials). The tobacco material can have the form of processed tobacco material (e.g., granulated, reconstituted, heat treated, or otherwise processed tobacco laminae and/or stem), tobacco extract (e.g., an extract of water soluble tobacco components obtained by extracting tobacco with water), or a combination thereof. The non-tobacco material can have the form of vegetable pulp (e.g., sugar beet pulp), pulp obtained after removal of water soluble components as a result of water extraction treatment, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Dwayne William Beeson, Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Huamin Gan
  • Patent number: 9039839
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product is configured for insertion into the mouth of a user and incorporates materials from Nicotiana species (e.g., tobacco-derived materials) and plant materials from non-Nicotiana species (e.g., non-tobacco plant materials). The tobacco material can have the form of processed tobacco material (e.g., granulated, reconstituted, heat treated, or otherwise processed tobacco laminae and/or stem), tobacco extract (e.g., an extract of water soluble tobacco components obtained by extracting tobacco with water), or a combination thereof. The non-tobacco material can have the form of vegetable pulp (e.g., sugar beet pulp), pulp obtained after removal of water soluble components as a result of water extraction treatment, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Dwayne William Beeson, Jack Gray Flinchum, Jr., Huamin Gan
  • Publication number: 20150079653
    Abstract: A fermentation process for the production of ethanol from natural sources, such as corn, comprising introducing a fermentable sugar, an inoculant, and a stabilized chlorine dioxide into a fermentation system is disclosed. The stabilized chlorine dioxide is added preventatively to the fermentation system, at concentrations in the fermentation system of acetic acid no greater than 0.30% (weight/volume) and lactic acid no greater than 0.60% (weight/volume). The stabilized chlorine dioxide is added in an amount effective to substantially prevent growth of bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Eric Guy Sumner, Derrick Okull, Dwayne William Dischert
  • Publication number: 20150068544
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of the product is provided, the smokeless tobacco product including a tobacco material mixed with at least one botanical material, wherein the botanical material comprises at least about 0.1% of the total dry weight of the smokeless tobacco product. One exemplary product is in the form of a snus product contained within a water-permeable pouch, which includes at least about 50% of a pasteurized and fermented particulate tobacco material, based on the total dry weight of the smokeless tobacco product, and a botanical material in particulate form. The botanical material and the smokeless tobacco product can be characterized based on antioxidant content using the ORAC index or the FRAP index. An exemplary product has an ORAC index value of at least about 50 (?mol TE)/g or a FRAP index value of at least about 80 (?mol/Fe2+)/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Serban C. Moldoveanu, Jerry Wayne Marshall, Wayne Allen Scott, Dwayne William Beeson, Daniel Verdin Cantrell
  • Publication number: 20150068545
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of the product is provided, the smokeless tobacco product including a dissolvable or meltable base composition admixed with a tobacco material and a botanical material, wherein the botanical material is present in an amount of at least about 0.1% of the total dry weight of the smokeless tobacco product. The botanical material and the smokeless tobacco product can be characterized based on antioxidant content using the ORAC index or the FRAP index. An exemplary product has an ORAC index value of at least about 20 (?mol TE)/g or a FRAP index value of at least about 50 (?mol/Fe2+)/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Serban C. Moldoveanu, Jerry Wayne Marshall, Wayne Allen Scott, Dwayne William Beeson, Daniel Verdin Cantrell
  • Publication number: 20130206153
    Abstract: A method of preparing a whitened tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of (i) extracting a tobacco material with an aqueous solution to give a tobacco pulp and a tobacco extract; (ii) treating the tobacco pulp with at least one of a caustic reagent and an oxidizing agent for a time and at a temperature sufficient to lighten the color of the tobacco pulp to give a whitened tobacco pulp; (iii) clarifying the tobacco extract to remove higher molecular weight components; and (iv) combining the whitened tobacco pulp with a clarified tobacco extract to form a whitened tobacco material. The whitened tobacco material can be isolated and incorporated into a smokeless tobacco product. The invention also provides a smokeless tobacco product incorporating a whitened tobacco material. The smokeless tobacco product may be a snus-type formulation contained within a sealed pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Dwayne William Beeson, Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Huamin Gan
  • Patent number: 8186360
    Abstract: A cigarette is provided that includes a rod of smokable material circumscribed by an outer wrapping material and a filter element, which may include an adsorbent material such as activated carbon, attached to one end of the rod of smokable material. The smokable material includes at least about 5 percent by weight of a dark air-cured tobacco, based on the dry weight of the smokable material, blended with additional tobacco materials such as flue-cured tobacco, burley tobacco, Oriental tobacco, Maryland tobacco, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Marshall, Susan Marlene Adams, Dwayne William Beeson, Ernest L. Cerny, III, Keisha Renee Willingham
  • Publication number: 20120125354
    Abstract: The invention provides a tobacco product including a flavorful tobacco composition in the form of an extract of a fire-cured tobacco material. Exemplary tobacco products include smoking articles, smokeless tobacco compositions, and aerosol-generating devices that do not burn tobacco. The invention also provides a process for preparing a smokeless tobacco composition, the method including: mixing a fire-cured tobacco material having a first benzo[a]pyrene concentration with water to produce an aqueous slurry; maintaining the slurry for a time and at a temperature sufficient to form a fire-cured tobacco extract, the aqueous fire-cured tobacco extract exhibiting a second benzo[a]pyrene concentration lower than the first benzo[a]pyrene concentration; separating the aqueous fire-cured tobacco extract from a residual pulp material, and mixing the aqueous fire-cured tobacco extract with a tobacco or non-tobacco plant material to form a smokeless tobacco composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Crystal Dawn Hege Byrd, William Monroe Coleman, III, Michael Francis Dube, Anthony Richard Gerardi, Eric Taylor Hunt, Darrell Eugene Holton, JR., Charles Bradford Rhoades, JR., Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Dwayne William Beeson, Jeremy Barrett Mabe
  • Publication number: 20110247640
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product is configured for insertion into the mouth of a user and incorporates materials from Nicotiana species (e.g., tobacco-derived materials) and plant materials from non-Nicotiana species (e.g., non-tobacco plant materials). The tobacco material can have the form of processed tobacco material (e.g., granulated, reconstituted, heat treated, or otherwise processed tobacco laminae and/or stem), tobacco extract (e.g., an extract of water soluble tobacco components obtained by extracting tobacco with water), or a combination thereof. The non-tobacco material can have the form of vegetable pulp (e.g., sugar beet pulp), pulp obtained after removal of water soluble components as a result of water extraction treatment, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Dwayne William Beeson, Jack Gray Flinchum, JR., Huamin Gan