Patents by Inventor James Bost
James Bost 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).
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Publication number: 20240130603Abstract: A dish rack for cleaning reusable plastic dishware can include a bottom support wall, a sidewall defining an outer frame, and a cover positionable over the bottom support wall. In some examples, the dish rack includes spaced-apart prongs extending upwardly from the bottom support wall. In use, an operator can load reusable plastic dishware on or between the prongs of the dish rack and close the cover. This can enclose the reusable plastic in a space bounded between the bottom support wall, the sidewall defining the frame, and the cover. Once loaded, the operator can insert the dishrack into the dishwasher to clean the reusable plastic dishware while retained in the dish rack. The dish rack can allow the reusable plastic dishware to be properly cleaned while minimizing or eliminating problems associated with the comparatively light reusable plastic dishware moving in response to high pressure water within the dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Jessica Rose Carlson, Jordan Lundberg, Stan James Jones, Michael Keith Bost
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Patent number: 10414550Abstract: The disclosure relates to a synthetic closure for a product-retaining container constructed for being inserted and securely retained in a portal-forming neck of said container, said closure comprising at least a core member comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer, and at least one peripheral layer at least partially surrounding and intimately bonded to at least one surface of the core member, said peripheral layer comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer, wherein the synthetic closure is formed by extrusion, and at least one of the core member and the peripheral layer comprises a plurality of cells, and wherein the synthetic closure comprises cork powder.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: VINVENTIONS USA, LLCInventors: Olav Marcus Aagaard, Damon James Bost, Sandra Davidts, Malcolm Joseph Thompson, Katherine Campbell Glasgow
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Patent number: 9688040Abstract: A method of preparing a closure for a product retaining container is disclosed along with the closure that is obtainable by the method. The present disclosure also relates to a use, in the manufacture of a closure, of a knife blade comprising a cutting edge region having a discontinuous cutting edge.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: NOMACORC LLCInventors: Damon James Bost, Nisha Amol Keskar
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Patent number: 9573732Abstract: A closure for a product retaining container constructed for being inserted and securely retained in a portal forming neck of the container has a substantially cylindrical shape and substantially flat terminating surfaces forming the opposed ends of said closure, wherein at least one of said terminating surfaces is at least partially covered by a decorative layer. Indicia may be applied on at least one of the two substantially flat terminating surfaces forming the opposed ends of a closure by means of hot stamping.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2011Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Nomacore LLCInventors: Damon James Bost, James Edward Cooper, Jr., Lindsay Herman Davis, Nisha Amol Keskar, Marco Josef Otto Kirch, Darrell James Miller
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Publication number: 20140224759Abstract: The disclosure relates to a synthetic closure for a product-retaining container constructed for being inserted and securely retained in a portal-forming neck of said container, said closure comprising at least a core member comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer, and at least one peripheral layer at least partially surrounding and intimately bonded to at least one surface of the core member, said peripheral layer comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer, wherein the synthetic closure is formed by extrusion, and at least one of the core member and the peripheral layer comprises a plurality of cells, and wherein the synthetic closure comprises cork powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Nomacorc LLCInventors: Olav Marcus Aagaard, Damon James Bost, Sandra Davidts, Malcolm Joseph Thompson, Katherine Campbell Glasgow
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Publication number: 20130328232Abstract: A method of preparing a closure for a product retaining container is disclosed along with the closure that is obtainable by the method. The present disclosure also relates to a use, in the manufacture of a closure, of a knife blade comprising a cutting edge region having a discontinuous cutting edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventors: Damon James Bost, Nisha Amol Keskar
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Publication number: 20110180442Abstract: A closure for a product retaining container constructed for being inserted and securely retained in a portal forming neck of the container has a substantially cylindrical shape and substantially flat terminating surfaces forming the opposed ends of said closure, wherein at least one of said terminating surfaces is at least partially covered by a decorative layer. Indicia may be applied on at least one of the two substantially flat terminating surfaces forming the opposed ends of a closure by means of hot stamping.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: NOMACORC LLCInventors: Damon James Bost, James Edward Cooper, JR., Lindsay Herman Davis, Nisha Amol Keskar, Marco Josef Otto Kirch, Darrell James Miller
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Patent number: 7958002Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for measuring the relative economic benefits from services offered by health care plans. The present invention quantifies value of health care quality by indicating an economic return on the investment in health care quality, enabling organizations and businesses to view health care quality in a familiar paradigm that extends health plan differentiation beyond premium and benefits. Businesses may employ the present invention to compare different health care plans or classes of plans, such as accredited versus non-accredited plans. Specifically, a particular plan or class of plans may provide improved monitoring, treatment and control of various medical conditions, and the present invention quantifies the economic benefits to employers from the improved health care for employees. In one embodiment, the present invention looks to a set of specific medical conditions and is based on three key steps.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: NCQAInventor: James Bost
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Publication number: 20100106661Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for measuring the relative economic benefits from services offered by health care plans. The present invention quantifies value of health care quality by indicating an economic return on the investment in health care quality, enabling organizations and businesses to view health care quality in a familiar paradigm that extends health plan differentiation beyond premium and benefits. Businesses may employ the present invention to compare different health care plans or classes of plans, such as accredited versus non-accredited plans. Specifically, a particular plan or class of plans may provide improved monitoring, treatment and control of various medical conditions, and the present invention quantifies the economic benefits to employers from the improved health care for employees. In one embodiment, the present invention looks to a set of specific medical conditions and is based on three key steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: NATIONAL COUNSEL FOR QUALITY ASSURANCEInventor: James Bost
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Patent number: 7624037Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for measuring the relative economic benefits from services offered by health care plans. The present invention quantifies value of health care quality by indicating an economic return on the investment in health care quality, enabling organizations and businesses to view health care quality in a familiar paradigm that extends health plan differentiation beyond premium and benefits. Businesses may employ the present invention to compare different health care plans or classes of plans, such as accredited versus non-accredited plans. Specifically, a particular plan or class of plans may provide improved monitoring, treatment and control of various medical conditions, and the present invention quantifies the economic benefits to employers from the improved health care for employees. In one embodiment, the present invention looks to a set of specific medical conditions and is based on three key steps.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2002Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: NCQAInventor: James Bost
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Publication number: 20030149596Abstract: The present invention provides and system and method for measuring the relative economic benefits from services offered by health care plans. The present invention quantifies value of health care quality by indicating an economic return on the investment in health care quality, enabling organizations and businesses to view health care quality in a familiar paradigm that extends health plan differentiation beyond premium and benefits. Businesses may employ the present invention to compare different health care plans or classes of plans, such as accredited versus non-accredited plans. Specifically, a particular plan or class of plans may provide improved monitoring, treatment and control of various medical conditions, and the present invention quantifies the economic benefits to employers from the improved health care for employees. In one embodiment, the present invention looks to a set of specific medical conditions and is based on three key steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2002Publication date: August 7, 2003Applicant: National Counsel for Quality AssuranceInventor: James Bost
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Patent number: 4762559Abstract: A tungsten-nickel-iron-cobalt high density alloy having unexpected improved strength and hardness properties and the method of making such alloy are disclosed. The alloy has from about 85-98% by weight tungsten with the remainder being a nickel-iron-cobalt binder in which the cobalt is present in amounts of from at least about 5% up to 47.5% by weight of the binder and the amount of cobalt being equal to or less than the amount of nickel. After the powders of the elements in the indicated amounts are homogeneously blended, compacted into a shape and sintered, the sintered shape is subjected to a heat treatment in a flowing argon atmosphere for a period of time and at a temperature at least sufficiently high to solubilize the intermetallic or .mu. phase, Co.sub.7 W.sub.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1987Date of Patent: August 9, 1988Assignee: Teledyne Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Thomas W. Penrice, James Bost
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Patent number: 4605599Abstract: A method of producing a high density tungsten alloy sheet product is disclosed which utilizes as a starting material a thin-gage sheet or foil substrate of a first alloy constituent, such as pure iron or an alloy thereof. A prescribed mixture of tungsten metal powder and a second metal alloy constitutent powder, such as nickel, is loaded on the substrate and partially consolidated in a protective atmosphere furnace to form a porous tungsten alloy skeleton which is also partially bonded to the substrate. The product is then preferably cooled in a protective atmosphere and sheared into desired lengths. The sized pieces are then further heated in a protective atmosphere at gradually increasing temperatures to a point above the melting point of the substrate, whereupon the substrate sheet or foil melts and infiltrates the porous tungsten alloy skeleton to complete the densification of the product.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1985Date of Patent: August 12, 1986Assignee: Teledyne Industries, IncorporatedInventors: Thomas W. Penrice, James Bost