Patents by Inventor James McDonagh

James McDonagh 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: 12544708
    Abstract: A composition for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture includes 2-aminocyclohexanol, cis-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, meglumine, or combinations thereof. A process of CO2 capture includes mixing a CO2-containing gas with the composition. A system includes a component for receiving a gas and the composition, which absorbs CO2 from the gas. A further composition includes a first amine solvent selected from 2-aminocyclohexanol, cis-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, and meglumine and a second amine solvent independently selected from 2-aminocyclohexanol, cis-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, meglumine, ethyl diethanolamine, dimethylethanolamine, piperidine, 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, and monoethanolamine. A further process includes reacting CO2 with an amine selected from 2-aminocyclohexanol, cis-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, and meglumine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James Mcdonagh, Benjamin Hardy Wunsch, Theodore G. van Kessel, Flaviu Cipcigan
  • Publication number: 20250117865
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: predicting future energy supply profiles at respective ones of a plurality of geographically differentiated computer environments, wherein the respective future energy supply profiles at the respective ones of the plurality of geographically differentiated computer environments express an attribute of supplied energy supplied to a computer environment attributable to renewable power generation; scheduling a plurality of jobs defining an application workflow, wherein the application workflow is characterized by commencement of a second job of the plurality of jobs being dependent on completion of a first job of the plurality of jobs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: James McDONAGH, Vasileios VASILEIADIS, Malgorzata Jadwiga ZIMON, Gwilym Benjamin Lee NEWTON, Geeth Ranmal DE MEL
  • Patent number: 12115538
    Abstract: A method and a system are provided for capturing particle emissions from a tire of a vehicle. The system includes a triboelectric generator configured to generate an electric current. The system includes a capture surface configured to have an electric field. The system includes a first electrical connecting line connecting the triboelectric generator to the capture surface. The first electrical connecting line is configured to pass to the capture surface the electric current generated via the triboelectric generator. The passed electric current is used by the capture surface to generate the electric field. The system includes a set of filters attached to the capture surface. A computer program product is also provided which may cause a computer system to adjust a supplementary power flow to the capture surface based on a control signal that is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James McDonagh, Malgorzata Jadwiga Zimon, Breanndan O'Conchuir
  • Publication number: 20240286074
    Abstract: A composition for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture includes 2-aminocyclohexanol, cis-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, meglumine, or combinations thereof. A process of CO2 capture includes mixing a CO2-containing gas with the composition. A system includes a component for receiving a gas and the composition, which absorbs CO2 from the gas. A further composition includes a first amine solvent selected from 2-aminocyclohexanol, cis-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, and meglumine and a second amine solvent independently selected from 2-aminocyclohexanol, cis-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, meglumine, ethyl diethanolamine, dimethylethanolamine, piperidine, 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, and monoethanolamine. A further process includes reacting CO2 with an amine selected from 2-aminocyclohexanol, cis-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, and meglumine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: JAMES MCDONAGH, Benjamin Hardy Wunsch, Theodore G. van Kessel, FLAVIU CIPCIGAN
  • Publication number: 20230290446
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system are provided for featurization of carbon dioxide capture characteristics in molecules. The method inputs a structure-based key of a fixed number of sub-structure descriptors for chemical groups relating to carbon dioxide capture characteristics. Sub-structure searching of each of the sub-structures defined in the key is carried out through candidate molecules represented in a format suitable for searching. A featurization of each candidate molecule is provided in the form of a fixed bit fingerprint indicating a presence or an absence of the sub-structures defined in the key. The fingerprint is applied for screening of molecules for carbon dioxide capture characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: JAMES MCDONAGH, Stamatia Zavitsanou, ALEXANDER HARRISON, FLAVIU CIPCIGAN, Dmitry Zubarev
  • Publication number: 20230258601
    Abstract: A tool for analysis of sound wave propagation in an aquatic medium. The tool generates a model representing the aquatic medium as a three-dimensional (3D) Gaussian random field, the 3D Gaussian random field being described by one or more correlation functions. The tool determines a propagation trajectory of a sound wave in the aquatic medium based on the 3D Gaussian random field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: MALGORZATA JADWIGA ZIMON, JAMES MCDONAGH, BREANNDAN O'CONCHUIR
  • Publication number: 20230069677
    Abstract: A method and a system are provided for capturing particle emissions from a tire of a vehicle. The system includes a triboelectric generator configured to generate an electric current. The system includes a capture surface configured to have an electric field. The system includes a first electrical connecting line connecting the triboelectric generator to the capture surface. The first electrical connecting line is configured to pass to the capture surface the electric current generated via the triboelectric generator. The passed electric current is used by the capture surface to generate the electric field. The system includes a set of filters attached to the capture surface. A computer program product is also provided which may cause a computer system to adjust a supplementary power flow to the capture surface based on a control signal that is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: JAMES MCDONAGH, MALGORZATA JADWIGA ZIMON, BREANNDAN O'CONCHUIR
  • Publication number: 20220138347
    Abstract: Evaluating certain risks that are involved with respect to the transmission of pathogens in a given physical space. Some aspects of the present invention include applying privacy-preserving artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and physics-based simulations on image data to characterize the potential source of pathogens. A multi-outcome artificial intelligence (AI) model that identifies object interactions and human actions, combined with physics-based simulations is used to accurately evaluate pathogen load distributions and infection risks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: JAMES MCDONAGH, CARLOS PENA MONFERRER, PAOLO FRACCARO, LAURA-JAYNE GARDINER, Lan Ngoc HOANG, Peter Yoxall
  • Patent number: 11166143
    Abstract: A lead device with positioning capabilities can be initiated. The lead device can poll wireless enabled devices within a wireless range. Device identification information associated with the polled wireless enabled devices can be removed. Density can be calculated within the wireless range based on the number of polled wireless enabled devices within the wireless range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James McDonagh, Lan Ngoc Hoang, Paolo Fraccaro, Laura-Jayne Gardiner, Peter Yoxall
  • Patent number: 11079249
    Abstract: A navigation device including a housing including an opening, two or more drive wheels, and two or more rollers, a spherical member located within the opening of the housing in direct contact with the two or more drive wheels and the two or more rollers such that the drive wheels control rotation of the spherical member in response to guidance signals received from a processor, and an attachable member coupled directly to the housing for securing the navigation device to a body part of a user and maintaining contact between the user's skin and the spherical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Malgorzata Jadwiga Zimon, James McDonagh, Breanndan O'Conchuir, Robert Sawko
  • Publication number: 20210179443
    Abstract: An apparatus, a method, and a computer program product for cleaning and collecting microplastics and modelling workflow for microplastic autonomous filtration. The apparatus may include a cleaning chamber through which water containing the microplastics flows. The apparatus may also include a transducer configured to generate microbubbles of a size that causes the microbubbles to clean microplastics flowing through the cleaning chamber. The apparatus may also include a filter chamber located above the cleaning chamber, where the filter chamber includes a microplastic collection device operable to collect the microplastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: James McDonagh, Malgorzata Jadwiga Zimon, Breanndan O'Conchuir, Robert Sawko
  • Patent number: 11034592
    Abstract: An apparatus, a method, and a computer program product for cleaning and collecting microplastics and modelling workflow for microplastic autonomous filtration. The apparatus may include a cleaning chamber through which water containing the microplastics flows. The apparatus may also include a transducer configured to generate microbubbles of a size that causes the microbubbles to clean microplastics flowing through the cleaning chamber. The apparatus may also include a filter chamber located above the cleaning chamber, where the filter chamber includes a microplastic collection device operable to collect the microplastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James McDonagh, Malgorzata Jadwiga Zimon, Breanndan O'Conchuir, Robert Sawko