Patents by Inventor Janet M. Sherin

Janet M. Sherin 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).

  • Detecting natural gas pipeline failures
    Patent number: 7027924
    Abstract: A method for detecting failures in a natural gas returning radiation from the pipeline; determining that there is a failure in the pipeline when the spectral or thermal signature indicates that there is a plume of escaping natural gas from the pipeline emitted from a failure; and indicating to a customer that a failure in the pipeline has been detected at a predetermined coordinate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc
    Inventors: John P. Spoonhower, Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt, Janet M. Sherin, Martin G. Graen, Steven V. Stearns
  • Detecting natural gas pipeline failures
    Publication number: 20040088113
    Abstract: A method for detecting failures in a natural gas returning radiation from the pipeline; determining that there is a failure in the pipeline when the spectral or thermal signature indicates that there is a plume of escaping natural gas from the pipeline emitted from a failure; and indicating to a customer that a failure in the pipeline has been detected at a predetermined coordinate position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John P. Spoonhower, Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt, Janet M. Sherin, Martin G. Graen, Steven V. Stearns