Patents by Inventor James Gillies

James Gillies 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: 11976237
    Abstract: A method may comprise operations for expanding a cement mixture with an alkali-silica reaction. The method may include positioning a cement mixture around a casing string downhole in a wellbore. The cement mixture may include a cement material and a silica material. The method may include curing the cement material to cause the cement material to contract. The silica material and alkali in the cement material may undergo an alkali-silica reaction to produce a gel that expands the cement mixture. The rate of expansion of the cement mixture from the gel may be equal to or greater than the rate of contraction of the cement mixture from curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James Gillies, Samuel J. Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • Publication number: 20230113192
    Abstract: A method may comprise operations for expanding a cement mixture with an alkali-silica reaction. The method may include positioning a cement mixture around a casing string downhole in a wellbore. The cement mixture may include a cement material and a silica material. The method may include curing the cement material to cause the cement material to contract. The silica material and alkali in the cement material may undergo an alkali-silica reaction to produce a gel that expands the cement mixture. The rate of expansion of the cement mixture from the gel may be equal to or greater than the rate of contraction of the cement mixture from curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: James Gillies, Samuel J. Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • Patent number: 9159590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing encapsulated nanoparticles by dispersing said nanoparticles and an encapsulating medium in a common solvent to form a first solution system and treating said first solution system with a stimulus suitable to induce simultaneous aggregation of the nanoparticles and the encapsulating medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Nanoco Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Imad Naasani, James Gillies, Emma Hogarth, Xiaojuan Wang, Ombretta Masala
  • Publication number: 20150031217
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing encapsulated nanoparticles by dispersing said nanoparticles and an encapsulating medium in a common solvent to form a first solution system and treating said first solution system with a stimulus suitable to induce simultaneous aggregation of the nanoparticles and the encapsulating medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Imad Naasani, James Gillies, Emma Hogarth, Xiaojuan Wang, Ombretta Masala
  • Patent number: 8859442
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present invention relates to production of encapsulated nanoparticles by dispersing said nanoparticles and an encapsulating medium in a common solvent to form a first solution system and applying a stimulus to said first solution system to induce simultaneous aggregation of the nanoparticles and the encapsulating medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Nanoco Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Imad Naasani, James Gillies, Emma Fitzgerald, Xiaojuan Wang, Ombretta Masala
  • Patent number: 8588396
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring activities of a plurality of agents servicing a plurality of calls for an organization. The method includes the steps of monitoring a plurality of applications on a terminal of an agent of the plurality of agents, detecting selection of an application of the plurality of applications, identifying a call associated with the selected application of the plurality of calls and saving a time of selection and an identifier of the application in a respective file or database of the identified call for future retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Aspect Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Stent, W. James Gillis, Saeed Contractor
  • Publication number: 20120057894
    Abstract: A method and printing apparatus include a plurality of components and a controller operatively connected to the components. Further, a power supply is also operatively connected to the components. The controller selectively limits the operations of selected ones of the components to prevent all the components of the printing apparatus from collectively drawing from the power supply an amount of power that exceeds a power limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tab A. Tress, Robert Pawlik, Brian James Gillis
  • Publication number: 20110241229
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present invention relates to production of encapsulated nanoparticles by dispersing said nanoparticles and an encapsulating medium in a common solvent to form a first solution system and applying a stimulus to said first solution system to induce simultaneous aggregation of the nanoparticles and the encapsulating medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: NANOCO TECHNOLOGIES LIMTED
    Inventors: Imad Naasani, James Gillies, Emma Fitzgerald, Xiaojuan Wang, Ombretta Masala
  • Publication number: 20090185672
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring activities of a plurality of agents servicing a plurality of calls for an organization. The method includes the steps of monitoring a plurality of applications on a terminal of an agent of the plurality of agents, detecting selection of an application of the plurality of applications, identifying a call associated with the selected application of the plurality of calls and saving a time of selection and an identifier of the application in a respective file or database of the identified call for future retrieval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Aspect Software Inc.
    Inventors: Bob Stent, W. James Gillis, Saeed Contractor
  • Patent number: 7453267
    Abstract: A branch circuit monitoring system includes a plurality of current sensor modules that are installable in a panelboard. Each of the current sensor modules may be associated with a respective one of a plurality of branch circuits included in the panelboard. Each of the current sensor modules may include a current sensor, operating logic and a communication module. The current sensor may measure a power parameter of the respective branch circuit associated therewith. The operating logic may be coupled with the current sensor and the communication module, and may direct the overall functionality of the current sensor module. The communication module may be operable to communicate with a device external to the current sensor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Power Measurement Ltd.
    Inventors: William B. Westbrock, Jr., Hugh Lindsay, Peter C. Cowan, Martin A. Hancock, Michael James Gillis
  • Publication number: 20070204062
    Abstract: A system, method, and device for routing a request in a contact center are disclosed. The exemplary system may have a workstation for transmitting a request and a server responsive to said at least one workstation. The server may have a servlet container and filter portion for receiving and routing the request and for automatically generating a response to the request. The servlet container may create a response object when the request from the workstation is received, and associates the response objects with the response and the request. The filter portion may parse the request for one or more request objects to determine a routing destination and modify the response objects based on the routing destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: W. James Gillis, Aaron Flett, Edwin Robbins
  • Publication number: 20050226776
    Abstract: This invention relates to the miniaturisation of radiosyntheses onto microfabricated devices, and in particular to use of microfabricated devices for radiosynthesis, isolation, and analysis of radiotracers for use in Positron Emission Tomography (PET).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Brady, Sajinder Luthra, James Gillies, Nicholas Jeffery
  • Patent number: 6816880
    Abstract: A web browser based client workstation receives web browser based information and displays the web browser based information in a web page browser format. The web browser based information may include operation critical application information which is interactively displayed and utilized to perform an operation critical application from the client workstation. The operation critical application may include a telephony application. The web browser based client workstation may include a script wizard for allowing a user to generate non-proprietary, industry standard, active objects to handle one or more applications. The client workstation may also include at least one host connection active object to handle information exchange between the web browser based client workstation and a host computer/database. Persistent data to be utilized by the client workstation may be stored within the workstation for later reuse without access to a server computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Concerto Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Malcom B. Strandberg, Robert J. Stent, Anthony Curreri, W. James Gillis, Jr., John Cambray, B. Scott Smith