Patents by Inventor James Bassett

James Bassett 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: 20050217550
    Abstract: An apparatus for preparing soil for the placement therein of at least one of seed and fertilizer. A frame is provided with there being first structure on the frame for penetrating the soil to create an opening for at least one of seed and fertilizer as the frame is advanced in a travel direction. A second structure is provided on the frame at least partially downstream of the first structure for at least one of a) stripping soil clods from the first structure and b) loosening soil downstream of the first structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventor: James Bassett
  • Patent number: 4082787
    Abstract: Process for making methyl isocyanate comprising thermally dehydrochlorinating a solution of methyl carbamyl chloride in an aprotic nonpolar solvent, condensing the gases thereby formed at a temperature above the boiling point of methyl isocyanate so as to liquify at least part of said gases which are condensable at said temperature, removing HCl gas by condensing the remaining condensable gases at a temperature below the boiling point of methyl isocyanate, and separating methyl isocyanate from the condensate obtained in said first condensation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert James Bassett, Walter John Cordes, Julius Jakob Fuchs
  • Patent number: 3972019
    Abstract: Accurate timing at distant points is obtained by timing units which will operate independently at these points without the transmission of time signals between the units. Each unit includes means for producing time pulses at time intervals which are the same in the different units and means are provided for synchronizing the units when one is brought to and connected directly with the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1973
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: Seismograph Service Corporation
    Inventor: Edward James Bassett