Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. McDowell

Jeffrey A. McDowell 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).

  • Publication number: 20120311375
    Abstract: During an outage at a primary location for an online service that is temporary in duration (e.g. a “temporary outage”), requests are temporarily switched from the primary location to a secondary location for the online service. The temporary outage may be caused by many different reasons (e.g. power outage, planned maintenance, and the like). The secondary location may be configured as read only during the temporary outage such that users are still able to access their data during the temporary without causing changes to be made to the data. The requests to the primary location of the online service are automatically redirected to be handled by the secondary location. When the temporary outage ends, the requests are automatically switched back to the primary location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Siddharth Rajendra Shah, Jeffrey McDowell, Viktoriya Taranov, Daniel Blood
  • Publication number: 20080035289
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for maximizing water removal from an absorbent web in a press nip. The present invention uses a pressing unit having a blanket with a void volume and with a pressure profile that maximizes water removal in the press section or on the Yankee dryer of a paper machine. The pressure profile of the pressing unit according to the present invention has a very steep pressure drop at and/or following the exit of a pressure distribution curve in order to maximize water removal by minimizing rewet of the web. The improved pressure profile according to the present invention results in increased water removal and/or improved line speed. The void volume further increases water removal and/or improves line speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Steven Edwards, Robert Marinack, Jeffrey McDowell, Gary Worry
  • Publication number: 20070107863
    Abstract: An improved process for making sheet from a fibrous furnish includes: depositing the furnish on a foraminous support; compactively dewatering the furnish to form a nascent web; drying the web on a heated cylinder; creping the web therefrom and throughdrying the web to a finished product. The microstructure of the web is controlled so as to facilitate throughdrying. The product exhibits a characteristic throughdrying coefficient of from 4 to 10 when the airflow through the sheet is characterized by a Reynolds Number of less than about 1. The novel products of the invention are characterized by wet springback ratio, hydraulic diameter and an internal bond strength parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Edwards, Greg Wendt, Robert Marinack, Michael Vander Wielen, Stephen McCullough, Jeffrey McDowell, Guy Super, Gary Worry
  • Publication number: 20040180844
    Abstract: A method of killing cancer cells comprising inhibiting the function of a gene selected from the group consisting of CDK8, STK33, PRKCM, PRKACA, ACVR1B, CDK5R1, CDC42BPB, MPP6, and CDC42BPA; pharmaceutical compositions comprising an inhibitor of the same, and a method of detecting cellular hyperplasia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen W. Fesik, Donald N. Halbert, Randy E. Metzger, Jeffrey A. McDowell, Mark E. Schurdak, Susan E. Morgan-Lappe, Aparna V. Sarthy
  • Publication number: 20040180848
    Abstract: A method of killing cancer cells comprising inhibiting the function of a gene selected from the group consisting of CDK8, STK33, PRKCM, PRKACA, ACVR1B, CDK5R1, CDC42BPB, MPP6, and CDC42BPA; pharmaceutical compositions comprising an inhibitor of the same, and a method of detecting cellular hyperplasia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen W. Fesik, Donald N. Halbert, Randy E. Metzger, Jeffrey A. McDowell, Mark E. Schurdak, Susan E. Morgan-Lappe, Aparna V. Sarthy