Patents by Inventor James A. Kelley, Jr.

James A. Kelley, Jr. 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: 20210352851
    Abstract: A saucer for a planter includes a flat upper saucer surface configured to receive a planter. The planter has a bottom planter surface with at least one drain hole. The saucer also includes at least one support rigidly attached to the upper saucer surface at a location corresponding to the at least one drain hole when the planter is placed on the saucer. An outer diameter of the support is smaller than an inner diameter of the drain hole. A hole in an upper surface of the support has a size configured to snugly fit a lower end of a shaft of a stake. A depth of the hole within the support is sufficient to keep the stake inserted therein erect upon loading of the stake with a weight of a plant disposed in the planter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: James Kelley, JR.
  • Patent number: 8438468
    Abstract: The invention, which may be a kind of annotations processor, detects zero or more tagsets turned on or selected at runtime. The annotations adapter reads an abstract unit from a java file, and if an annotation of the abstract unit has a tag that is among the tags of a turned on tagset, then the annotations adapter may generate an artifact showing the influence of the annotation. Such a process may continue until there are no more abstract units to process. Comments or annotations that fail to be tagged with a tag of a selected tagset may, nevertheless, be mentioned with a kind of ‘place-holder’ indicating that such comments exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Christopher Berg, Michael Damein Elder, Timothy Marc Francis, Patrick James Kelley, Jr., John David Lanuti, Narinder Makin, Jason Robert McGee, Sachin Pravin Patel, Lawrence Scott Rich, Ritchard Leonard Schacher
  • Patent number: 5165690
    Abstract: An automatic ball return for practicing golf putting includes a ramp that receives the putted ball, converts the energy of the rolling ball into vertical movement up the ramp, and then through gravity, rolls the ball back down the ramp towards the user. Two legs attached to the ramp are interlocked when the device is in use to provide the proper contour to the ramp, and disengage so the legs and ramp lie flat when the device is to be stored or transported. The ramp includes a target on each end, and the device may be positioned with either leg along the ground allowing either target to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Inventor: James A. Kelley, Jr.
  • Patent number: D381547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Inventor: James Kelley, Jr.