Patents by Inventor James A. Nowak

James A. Nowak 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).

  • Patent number: 11967321
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can interact with applications that may not have been pre-configured for interfacing with the automated assistant. The automated assistant can identify content of an application interface of the application to determine synonymous terms that a user may speak when commanding the automated assistant to perform certain tasks. Speech processing operations employed by the automated assistant can be biased towards these synonymous terms when the user is accessing an application interface of the application. In some implementations, the synonymous terms can be identified in a responsive language of the automated assistant when the content of the application interface is being rendered in a different language. This can allow the automated assistant to operate as an interface between the user and certain applications that may not be rendering content in a native language of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Lange, Abhanshu Sharma, Adam Coimbra, Gökhan Bakir, Gabriel Taubman, Ilya Firman, Jindong Chen, James Stout, Marcin Nowak-Przygodzki, Reed Enger, Thomas Weedon Hume, Vishwath Mohan, Jacek Szmigiel, Yunfan Jin, Kyle Pedersen, Gilles Baechler
  • Publication number: 20230227201
    Abstract: Food tray and food related features that provide a structure having a rounded corner appearance and assembly by mechanical folding are provided, among other features. The tray can have a flap directed adjacent and continuing from a series of triangles formed by fold lines wherein the flap is positioned to have a surface that is flush with the surface of an adjacent sidewall when assembled. A series of tab are positioned above the triangles and when assembled the outer edges of the triangles adjoin the tray sidewalls to close the junctions. A heat and pressure process adheres the adjacent surface. The tray can be made from material is recyclable, compostable and/or biodegradable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: James NOWAK, David F. KARI
  • Patent number: 6740763
    Abstract: A method of epoxidizing an unsaturated compound having a carbon-to-carbon double bond to form an oxirane ring across the double bond comprising adding to said unsaturated compound (a) an organic acid capable of being oxidized to form a peracid; (b) an oxidizing agent selected from hydrogen peroxide or acetaldehyde monoperacetate, or a combination thereof; and (c) with or without an acid catalyst selected from a mineral acid or styrene sulfonic acid, or a combination thereof to form a reactant mixture; and forming the reactant mixture in a film against a wall of a thin-film reactor that is at a temperature sufficient to form a peracid from the organic acid, and contacting the film of reactant mixture against the film reactor wall for a time sufficient for reaction of a portion of the peracid with the unsaturated compound to form an oxirane ring across a double bond of the unsaturated compound. In another embodiment, preformed peracid and unsaturated compound are added directly to the thin-film reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: The C.P. Hall Company
    Inventors: James A. Nowak, Thomas A. Zillner, Leslie Patrick Mullin, III
  • Patent number: 6734315
    Abstract: A method of epoxidizing an unsaturated compound having a carbon-to-carbon double bond to form an oxirane ring across the double bond comprising adding to said unsaturated compound an oxidizing agent selected from hydrogen peroxide, acetaldehyde monoperacetate, an organic hydroperoxide, or a combination thereof, to form a reactant mixture; and forming the reactant mixture in a film against a wall of the thin-film reactor that is at a temperature sufficient for reaction of the oxidizing agent with the unsaturated compound to form an oxirane ring across a double bond of the unsaturated compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The C.P. Hall Company
    Inventors: James A. Nowak, Thomas A. Zillner, Leslie Patrick Mullin, III
  • Patent number: 6098673
    Abstract: A fitting is provided for attachment to a flexible bag. The combined flexible bag and fitting may be inserted into a container for filling the flexible bag with a material, such as a chemical requiring transport, and ultimately draining of the material following delivery thereof. The fitting allows for bottom filling of the container and elimination of head space as well as draining of the material without interference from the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Nalco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Craig A. Moynihan, James A. Nowak, Robert W. Beazley
  • Patent number: 5934345
    Abstract: A fitting is provided for attachment to a flexible bag. The combined flexible bag and fitting may be inserted into a container for filling the flexible bag with a material, such as a chemical requiring transport, and ultimately draining of the material following delivery thereof. The fitting allows for bottom filling of the container and elimination of head space as well as draining of the material without interference from the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Nalco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Craig A. Moynihan, James A. Nowak, Robert W. Beazley
  • Patent number: 3951827
    Abstract: Compositions comprising aqueous solutions of chelating compounds and synergistic inorganic fluorides are effective agents for removing insoluble scale deposits such as gypsum, anhydrite and precipitated limestone or lime scale from the surfaces contained within oil wells and associated equipment and from the interior surfaces of boilers, heat exchangers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1973
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: Borg-Warner Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Burroughs, James A. Nowak