Patents by Inventor James R. Bennett
James R. Bennett 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: 20240101328Abstract: A self-standing foldable composite container apparatus comprises, preferably, a vertical cuboid body, namely having the shape of a square prism, rectangular prism, or cube. The container apparatus may be made from one or a plurality of layers of woven polymeric material, further having plastic inserts therein to maintain the shape thereof, reinforce the sides thereof, and further allow the containers to self-stand. The top and bottom of the container apparatus may comprise covers that may be relatively flat, the top cover having a flap openable by one or more zippers and having at least a pair of lifting loops for lifting the same with a forklift or other like lifting mechanism. Methods of using the same are further provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: William Duffy Bennett, James R. Bennett
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Publication number: 20190358559Abstract: A magnetic toy that includes: a first magnetic ring; a second magnetic ring; and a shaft to support the first magnetic ring and the second magnetic ring. The shaft includes at least one end cap. One embodiment, the shaft includes an end cap at a first end and clip at a second end, alternatively the shaft may include a first end cap and a second end cap. In one particulary embodiment, the magnetic toy may be implemented through a bracelet; and a plurality of magnetic rings on the bracelet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventor: JAMES R BENNETT
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Patent number: 9120929Abstract: A method of making a high density organic polymeric particle, suitable for use in milling, includes the steps of: providing an oil phase including a high density metal, a metal modifying agent, a cross-linkable organic monomer mixture, and an oil soluble polymerization initiator; admixing the oil phase under high shear conditions in an aqueous medium to produce droplets of the oil phase in the aqueous medium; and adding a hydrocolloid to the aqueous medium containing the droplets of the oil phase. The method further includes polymerizing the droplets of the oil phase to produce high density organic polymeric particles comprising a cross-linked polymer host matrix and a high density metal wherein the high density metal is within the interior of the cross-linked polymer host matrix.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: James R. Bennett, Mridula Nair, Peter David Rollinson, Rajesh Vinodrai Mehta
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Patent number: 8906354Abstract: The present invention relates to a loaded particle comprising at least one fluorescent dye, and in particular, a fluorescent dye with a large Stokes shift. The invention further relates to a method for producing an loaded latex particle, loaded with a fluorescent dye having a large stokes shift. In addition, the present invention relates to latex particles loaded with fluorescent dyes that are organic solvent soluble and insoluble in water. In a preferred embodiment, when the dyes are loaded into the water soluble latex particle, an increase is observed in quantum yield of fluorescence as compared to the quantum yield of the dye in aqueous solvent.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Bruker Biospin CorporationInventors: Tao Ji, Hans F. Schmitthenner, Yonghong Yang, John W. Harder, Jeffrey W. Leon, William J. Harrison, Brian J. Kelley, James R. Bennett, David A. Stegman, Ruizheng Wang
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Patent number: 8815395Abstract: A high density polymer particle includes a cross-linked organic polymer host matrix; and a high density metal provided within the interior of the cross-linked organic polymer host matrix.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David Francis Jennings, James R. Bennett, Mridula Nair, Mary Christine Brick
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Publication number: 20140017498Abstract: A high density polymer particle includes a cross-linked organic polymer host matrix; and a high density metal provided within the interior of the cross-linked organic polymer host matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: David Francis Jennings, James R. Bennett, Mridula Nair, Mary Christine Brick
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Publication number: 20140017401Abstract: A method of making a high density organic polymeric particle, suitable for use in milling, includes the steps of: providing an oil phase including a high density metal, a metal modifying agent, a cross-linkable organic monomer mixture, and an oil soluble polymerization initiator; admixing the oil phase under high shear conditions in an aqueous medium to produce droplets of the oil phase in the aqueous medium; and adding a hydrocolloid to the aqueous medium containing the droplets of the oil phase. The method further includes polymerizing the droplets of the oil phase to produce high density organic polymeric particles comprising a cross-linked polymer host matrix and a high density metal wherein the high density metal is within the interior of the cross-linked polymer host matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: JAMES R. BENNETT, Mridula Nair, Peter David Rollinson, Rajesh Vinodrai Mehta
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Publication number: 20130165541Abstract: A process for forming polymer particles with aligned pores and controlled narrow particle size distribution, including: a) forming an oil phase by dissolving a polymeric binder in a solvent; b) dispersing the oil phase into a water phase containing a controlled amount of particulate stabilizer and forming an oil-in-water emulsion of controlled narrow dispersed oil phase droplet size distribution; c) freezing the emulsion to freeze solvent in the oil droplets to form frozen solvent domains within the polymeric binder, and also the water in the continuous water phase; and d) removing the frozen solvent from the polymeric binder and the frozen water in the continuous water phase, thereby forming porous polymer particles of controlled narrow particle size distribution and containing directional aligned non-spherical pore structures. Optionally, the porous particles may contain encapsulated functional ingredients.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Inventors: Xiqiang Yang, James R. Bennett
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Patent number: 8466206Abstract: A process for forming polymer particles with aligned pores and controlled narrow particle size distribution, including: a) forming an oil phase by dissolving a polymeric binder in a solvent; b) dispersing the oil phase into a water phase containing a controlled amount of particulate stabilizer and forming an oil-in-water emulsion of controlled narrow dispersed oil phase droplet size distribution; c) freezing the emulsion to freeze solvent in the oil droplets to form frozen solvent domains within the polymeric binder, and also the water in the continuous water phase; and d) removing the frozen solvent from the polymeric binder and the frozen water in the continuous water phase, thereby forming porous polymer particles of controlled narrow particle size distribution and containing directional aligned non-spherical pore structures. Optionally, the porous particles may contain encapsulated functional ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Xiqiang Yang, James R. Bennett
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Patent number: 8241828Abstract: The present invention is a method of manufacturing porous polymer particles comprising: forming a dispersion of porous polymer particles in an external aqueous phase, wherein individual porous particles each comprise a continuous polymer phase and internal pores containing an internal aqueous phase; and filtering the dispersion of porous polymer particles with a filter to remove the external aqueous phase, wherein the filtering is done while agitating the porous particles.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: James R. Bennett, Mridula Nair
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Publication number: 20120136080Abstract: A method of manufacturing porous polymer particles with improved filterability is described. One or more first water phases are formed comprising an anionic hydrocolloid with a mass-per-charge value of less than 600 and a relatively minor amount, compared to the anionic hydrocolloid, of at least one of a nonionic, cationic, zwitterionic, or weakly anionic water soluble or dispersible polymer, where the weakly anionic water soluble or dispersible polymer has a mass-per-charge value of larger than 600. A water-in-oil emulsion is formed by dispersing the one or more first water phases into an organic phase comprising at least one of either (i) preformed polymer dissolved in an organic solvent or (ii) polymerizable monomers, and homogenizing. A water-in-oil-in-water multiple emulsion is formed by dispersing the water-in-oil emulsion into a second water phase containing a stabilizing agent and homogenizing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Inventors: Xiqiang Yang, James R. Bennett
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Patent number: 8155882Abstract: A method for operating a navigation system computes a pedestrian route for travel by a pedestrian. A request for the pedestrian route between a first location inside a building and a second location inside the building is obtained. A geographic database associated with the navigation system is accessed for data representing a plurality of pedestrian paths. A solution pedestrian route from the origin to the destination comprising a series of connected pedestrian paths between the first location and the second location is determined. A guidance message that identifies a feature visible from at least one of the pedestrian paths is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Navteq B.V.Inventors: Steven P. DeVries, James M. Herbst, Karen A. Hopkins, Suzanne M. McGrath, Ellen M. Bauer, James R. Bennett, Jason M. Borak
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Publication number: 20120058050Abstract: The present invention relates to a loaded particle comprising at least one fluorescent dye, and in particular, a fluorescent dye with a large Stokes shift. The invention further relates to a method for producing an loaded latex particle, loaded with a fluorescent dye having a large stokes shift. In addition, the present invention relates to latex particles loaded with fluorescent dyes that are organic solvent soluble and insoluble in water. In a preferred embodiment, when the dyes are loaded into the water soluble latex particle, an increase is observed in quantum yield of fluorescence as compared to the quantum yield of the dye in aqueous solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Inventors: Tao Ji, Hans F. Schmitthenner, Yonghong Yang, John W. Harder, Jeffrey W. Leon, William J. Harrison, Brian J. Kelley, James R. Bennett, David A. Stegman, Ruizheng Wang
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Publication number: 20120003581Abstract: The present invention is directed towards methods of manufacturing wax-containing polymer particles by limited coalescence processes employing aqueous wax dispersions. In one embodiment, an aqueous wax dispersion or emulsion is dispersed in an oil phase comprising a water-immiscible solvent and a polymer to form a transient water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion, and a further aqueous phase containing a particulate stabilizer is then added to the W/O emulsion to induce phase inversion, and the mixture homogenized to form an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion. The solvent is then removed from the emulsion to form particles containing wax domains inside. In another embodiment, the aqueous wax dispersion is first mixed with the aqueous phase containing the particulate stabilizer, and homogenization is made with the oil phase to form an O/W emulsion, from which wax-containing particles are obtained after solvent removal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Xiqiang Yang, James R. Bennett
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Publication number: 20110282572Abstract: A method for operating a navigation system computes a pedestrian route for travel by a pedestrian. A request for the pedestrian route between a first location inside a building and a second location inside the building is obtained. A geographic database associated with the navigation system is accessed for data representing a plurality of pedestrian paths. A solution pedestrian route from the origin to the destination comprising a series of connected pedestrian paths between the first location and the second location is determined. A guidance message that identifies a feature visible from at least one of the pedestrian paths is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventors: Steven P. DeVries, James M. Herbst, Karen A. Hopkins, Suzanne M. McGrath, Ellen M. Bauer, James R. Bennett, Jason M. Borak
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Patent number: 8019537Abstract: A method for operating a navigation system computes a pedestrian route for travel by a pedestrian. A request to calculate the pedestrian route from an origin to a destination and a walking preference for the pedestrian route identifying a feature of the pedestrian route are obtained. A geographic database associated with the navigation system is accessed for data representing at least one pedestrian path. The data representing the pedestrian path includes lighting level attribute information for the pedestrian path. A valid solution pedestrian route from the origin to the destination comprising a series of connected pedestrian paths that support the walking preference is determined.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: NAVTEQ North America, LLCInventors: Steven P. DeVries, James M. Herbst, Karen A. Hopkins, Suzanne M. McGrath, Ellen M. Bauer, James R. Bennett, Jason M. Borak
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Patent number: 8015086Abstract: A method and apparatus for calculating employee expenses is disclosed herein. One embodiment of the method may include transferring first data from a first computer to a second computer. The first data causes the second computer to display text, wherein a portion of the text is a first inquiry related to at least one expense item of the employee. Second data is transferred from the second computer to the first computer, wherein the second data is representative of a response to the first inquiry and wherein the second data is smaller than the first data. A second inquiry related to the at least one expense item based on the response to the first inquiry is then determined. Third data representative of the second inquiry is transmitted from the first computer to the second computer. A portion of the text is modified upon receipt of the third data by the second computer, wherein the modified portion of the text is related to the second inquiry.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2005Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mark Greer, Gregory Thomas, James R. Bennett, Lyn Y. Chu, Stephanie L. Sharples
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Publication number: 20110161002Abstract: A method for operating a navigation system computes a pedestrian route for travel by a pedestrian. A request to calculate the pedestrian route from an origin to a destination and a walking preference for the pedestrian route identifying a feature of the pedestrian route are obtained. A geographic database associated with the navigation system is accessed for data representing at least one pedestrian path. The data representing the pedestrian path includes lighting level attribute information for the pedestrian path. A valid solution pedestrian route from the origin to the destination comprising a series of connected pedestrian paths that support the walking preference is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Steven P. DeVries, James M. Herbst, Karen A. Hopkins, Suzanne M. McGrath, Ellen M. Bauer, James R. Bennett, Jason M. Borak
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Patent number: 7912638Abstract: A method for operating a navigation system computes a pedestrian route for travel by a pedestrian. A request to calculate the pedestrian route from an origin to a destination and a walking preference for the pedestrian route identifying a feature of the pedestrian route are obtained. A geographic database associated with the navigation system is accessed for data representing at least one pedestrian path. The data representing the pedestrian path includes lighting level attribute information for the pedestrian path. A valid solution pedestrian route from the origin to the destination comprising a series of connected pedestrian paths that support the walking preference is determined.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Navteq North America, LLCInventors: Steven P. Devries, James M. Herbst, Karen A. Hopkins, Suzanne M. McGrath, Ellen M. Bauer, James R. Bennett, Jason M. Borak
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Publication number: 20100279225Abstract: The present invention is a method of manufacturing porous polymer particles comprising: forming a dispersion of porous polymer particles in an external aqueous phase, wherein individual porous particles each comprise a continuous polymer phase and internal pores containing an internal aqueous phase; and filtering the dispersion of porous polymer particles with a filter to remove the external aqueous phase, wherein the filtering is done while agitating the porous particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2009Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: James R. Bennett, Mridula Nair