Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Hill

Jeffrey Hill 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).

  • Cyclonic Dust Collector with Clamp-Raised Dust Barrel
    Publication number: 20110203238
    Abstract: A dust collector arrangement has a dust separator supported on a frame, with a lid for the dust collection barrel is mounted onto the frame below it. The lid is supported at a fixed elevation above the surface of the shop floor to create a space or clearance between the rim of the dust collection barrel and the lid. The barrel is supported on casters, and can be rolled into place under the rim, and can be rolled out for emptying. Over-center latches positioned at intervals around the upper part of the barrel side wall, engage corresponding structure on the lid. These pull the barrel upwards against the lid and with the barrel casters lifted off the floor surface. The latch members release to lower the barrel for emptying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Robert M. Witter, Jeffrey Hill, John J. Fitzsimmons
  • Management of conversations
    Patent number: 8000973
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method is disclosed wherein a natural language communication is received from a user. A concept recognition process is applied to automatically derive a representation of concepts embodied in the natural language communication. A collection of information likely to be useful in responding to the natural language communication is selected based on correspondence to the representation of concepts. The collection of information is provided to a human agent through an interface. Through the interface, an identification of a particular item of information from the collection is received. The particular item is illustratively a sub-set of the collection of information, the sub-set being a particular proposed response to the natural language communication. The particular proposed response is delivered to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Williams, Jeffrey Hill, Yuri Zieman
  • 2,4,6-Phenyl-Substituted Cyclic Ketoenols
    Publication number: 20110195842
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I), in which CKE, W, X and Y are as defined above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides, and also to selective herbicidal compositions comprising firstly the 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols and secondly at least one compound which improves crop plant tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Thomas BRETSCHNEIDER, Reiner FISCHER, Oliver GAERTZEN, Klaus KUNZ, Stefan LEHR, Dieter FEUCHT, Peter LÖSEL, Olga MALSAM, Guido BOJACK, Christian ARNOLD, Thomas AULER, Martin Jeffrey HILLS, Heinz KEHNE, Chris ROSINGER
  • Spiroketal-Substituted Cyclic Ketoenols
    Publication number: 20110190493
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel spiroketal-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which A, B, Q1, Q2, D, G, W, X, Y, and Z are as defined above, to processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or microbicides and/or herbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, spiroketal-substituted cyclic ketoenols and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bretschneider, Reiner Fischer, Oliver Gaertzen, Stefan Lehr, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Dieter Feucht, Olga Malsam, Udo Reckmann, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Waltraud Hempel, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Erich Sanwald
  • Flare stack adapted to heat incoming fuel
    Patent number: 7981200
    Abstract: A flare stack that preferably comprises a burner assembly, an exhaust stack, an housing, and a fuel line. The burner assembly burns a fuel to generate thermal energy and combustion byproducts. The exhaust stack is cooperatively associated with the burner assembly to direct the thermal energy and combustion byproducts away from the burner assembly. The housing at least partially defines a fluid-receiving chamber in thermal communication with the exhaust stack. The fluid-receiving chamber has a heat-transfer fluid disposed therein. The fuel line is in fluid communication with the burner assembly to deliver fuel to the burner assembly. At least a portion of the fuel line is in thermal communication with at least one of the exhaust stack, housing, or heat-transfer fluid to permit fuel in the fuel line to absorb thermal energy before reaching the burner assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Inventors: E. Todd Wiggins, D. Jeffrey Hill
  • Cash dispensing automated banking machine system and method
    Patent number: 7975908
    Abstract: An automated banking machine (10) is operative to carry out financial transactions and includes a user interface (15). The user interface includes a card reader (16) which is operative to read data on user cards which identify user's financial accounts. A fascia of the machine includes a keypad (404, 438, 458) through which users input confidential data. Covers (400, 422, 430) prevent unauthorized persons from viewing confidential inputs to the keypad. Alternatively, movable panels (462, 464) are movable to prevent unauthorized viewing of confidential inputs. Alternatively a keypad cover is selectively collapsible to prevent digit access. A visual indicator is operative to indicate to a user that keypad inputs are being encrypted. Disinfecting techniques may be used to disinfect manual contact surfaces of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Athena Greco, Jeffrey A. Hill, Natarajan Ramachandran, James Block, Paul D. Magee, Richard C. Lute, Donald S. Nelson, David A. Barker
  • CIS-ALKOXYSPIROCYCLIC BIPHENYL-SUBSTITUTED TETRAMIC ACID DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20110130284
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which W, X, Y, Z, A and G have the meanings given above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides, and also to selective herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the cis-alkoxyspirocyclic biphenyl-substituted tetramic acid derivatives of the formula (I) and, secondly, at least one crop plant compatibility-improving compound. The invention relates furthermore to increasing the activity of crop protection compositions comprising compounds of the formula (I) by adding ammonium or phosphonium salts and, if appropriate, penetrants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Christian Arnold, Olga Malsam, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Ulrich Görgens, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • ATM that places front customer interface in communication with rear servicer interface
    Patent number: 7950574
    Abstract: An automatic banking machine operates responsive to data read from data bearing records to cause financial transfers. The machine includes a card reader that reads data corresponding to financial accounts from user cards and carries out transactions related to the accounts. The machine includes a camera, a microphone, and the card reader at a customer interface located at the front of the machine. A servicer display device is at a servicer interface located at the rear of the machine. The customer interface and the servicer interface can be placed in audio/visual communication. Although a first servicer located at the customer interface may not be directly visible to a second servicer located at the servicer interface, they are still able to communicate through the customer interface and servicer interface during machine servicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Natarajan Ramachandran, Jeffrey A. Hill, James Booth, Pedro Tula, Paul Mercina
  • 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols
    Patent number: 7947704
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I), in which CKE, W, X and Y are as defined above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides, and also to selective herbicidal compositions comprising firstly the 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols and secondly at least one compound which improves crop plant tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bretschneider, Reiner Fischer, Oliver Gaertzen, Klaus Kunz, Stefan Lehr, Dieter Feucht, Peter Lösel, Olga Malsam, Guido Bojack, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne, Chris Rosinger
  • 2,4,6-Phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols
    Publication number: 20110092368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which W, X, Y and CKE have the meanings given in the disclosure, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention further relates to selectively herbicidal compositions containing 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols and a compound which improves crop plant tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Klaus Kunz, Stefan Lehr, Michael Ruther, Udo Schneider, Markus Dollinger, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Dieter Feucht, Jörg Konze, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Guido Bojack, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Thomas Bretschneider, Olga Malsam, Christoph Erdelen, Angelika Lubos-Erdelen, Alfred Angermann, Hein Kehne, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • 2-(3-AMINOBENZOYL)-3-CYCLOPROPYL-3-OXOPROPANENITRILES AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDES
    Publication number: 20110053778
    Abstract: 2-(3-Aminobenzoyl)-3-cyclopropyl-3-oxopropanenitriles of the formula (I) are described as herbicides. In this formula (I), X and Y are organic radicals such as alkyl and other radicals such as halogen, nitro and cyano.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Hartmut AHRENS, Ines Heinemann, Andreas Van Almsick, Ralf Braun, Jan Dittgen, Dieter Feucht, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Stefan Lehr
  • Spiroketal-substituted cyclic ketoenols
    Patent number: 7897543
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel spiroketal-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which A, B, Q1, Q2, D, G, W, X, Y, and Z are as defined above, to processes and intermediates for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or microbicides and/or herbicides. Moreover, the invention relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, spiroketal-substituted cyclic ketoenols and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bretschneider, Reiner Fischer, Oliver Gaertzen, Stefan Lehr, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Dieter Feucht, Olga Malsam, Udo Reckmann, Christian Arnold, Thomas Auler, Waltraud Hempel, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Heinz Kehne, Christopher Hugh Rosinger, Erich Sanwald
  • 2,4,6-phenyl substituted cyclic ketoenols
    Patent number: 7888285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which W, X, Y and CKE have the meanings given in the disclosure, to a plurality of processes for their preparation and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention further relates to selectively herbicidal compositions containing 2,4,6-phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols and a compound which improves crop plant tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Klaus Kunz, Stefan Lehr, Michael Ruther, Udo Schneider, Markus Dollinger, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Dieter Feucht, Jörg Konze, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Guido Bojack, Thomas Auler, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Thomas Bretschneider, Olga Malsam, Christoph Erdelen, Angelika Lubos-Erdelen, legal representative, Alfred Angermann, Heinz Kehne, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • FLARE STACK ADAPTED TO HEAT INCOMING FUEL
    Publication number: 20110030561
    Abstract: A flare stack that preferably comprises a burner assembly, an exhaust stack, an housing, and a fuel line. The burner assembly burns a fuel to generate thermal energy and combustion byproducts. The exhaust stack is cooperatively associated with the burner assembly to direct the thermal energy and combustion byproducts away from the burner assembly. The housing at least partially defines a fluid-receiving chamber in thermal communication with the exhaust stack. The fluid-receiving chamber has a heat-transfer fluid disposed therein. The fuel line is in fluid communication with the burner assembly to deliver fuel to the burner assembly. At least a portion of the fuel line is in thermal communication with at least one of the exhaust stack, housing, or heat-transfer fluid to permit fuel in the fuel line to absorb thermal energy before reaching the burner assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: E. Todd Wiggins, D. Jeffrey Hill
  • 4-(3-AMINOBENZOYL)-5-CYCLOPROPYLISOXAZOLES EFFECTIVE AS HERBICIDES
    Publication number: 20110015073
    Abstract: 4-(3-Aminobenzoyl)-5-cyclopropylisoxazoles of the formula (I) are described as herbicides. In this formula (I), A, X, Y and Z are radicals such as hydrogen, organic radicals such as alkyl, and other radicals such as halogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Heinz Kehne, Andreas Almsick, Hartmut Ahrens, Dieter Feucht, Ines Heinemann, Jan Dittgen, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Stefan Lehr, Christopher Hugh Rosinger
  • HERBICIDAL COMBINATION
    Publication number: 20110009264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicide combination comprising components (A) and (B), where (A) is one or more herbicides from the group consisting of 2-iodo-N-[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)carbamoyl]benzenesulfonamide and compounds of the general formula (I) and (B) is one or more herbicides from the group of the (het)arylcarboxylic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Christian Waldraff, Dominique Schreiber, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Dieter Feucht, Klaus-Helmut Mueller, Ernst Rudolf Gesing, Georg Bonfig-Picard
  • SELECTED SALTS OF 3-(5,6-DIHYDRO-1,4,2-DIOXAZIN-3-YL)-N-[(4,6-DIMETHOXYPYRIMIDIN-2-YL)CARBAMOYL]PYRIDINE-2-SULFONAMIDE, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF AS HERBICIDES AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
    Publication number: 20110009263
    Abstract: The present invention relates to selected salts of 3-(5,6-dihydro-1,4,2-dioxazin-3-yl)-N-[(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)carbamoyl]pyridine-2-sulfonamide, processes for their preparation and to their use as herbicides, in particular as herbicides for the selective control of unwanted harmful plants in leguminous plants, or for the non-selective control of unwanted harmful plants on non-crop land, and also as plant growth regulators, on their own or with safeners and/or in combination with other herbicides, whose use for controlling unwanted harmful plants (such as, for example, broad-leaved/weed grasses) in specific crop plants or as crop protection regulators, with simultaneous and/or sequential application, either as a ready mix or as a tank mix is known.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Christian Waldraff, Hansjoerg Kraehmer, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Klaus-Helmut Mueller, Ulrich Philipp, Ernst Rudolf Gesing
  • Flare stack adapted to heat incoming fuel
    Patent number: 7857898
    Abstract: A flare stack that preferably comprises a burner assembly, an exhaust stack, an housing, and a fuel line. The burner assembly burns a fuel to generate thermal energy and combustion byproducts. The exhaust stack is cooperatively associated with the burner assembly to direct the thermal energy and combustion byproducts away from the burner assembly. The housing at least partially defines a fluid-receiving chamber in thermal communication with the exhaust stack. The fluid-receiving chamber has a heat-transfer fluid disposed therein. The fuel line is in fluid communication with the burner assembly to deliver fuel to the burner assembly. At least a portion of the fuel line is in thermal communication with at least one of the exhaust stack, housing, or heat-transfer fluid to permit fuel in the fuel line to absorb thermal energy before reaching the burner assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Inventors: E. Todd Wiggins, D. Jeffrey Hill
  • HERBICIDAL COMBINATION
    Publication number: 20100323894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicide combination comprising components (A) and (B), where (A) is one or more herbicides from the group consisting of 2-iodo-N-[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)carbamoyl]benzenesulfonamide and compounds of the general formula (I) and (B) is one or more herbicides from the group of the azoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Christian Waldraff, Dominique Schreiber, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Dieter Feucht, Klaus-Helmut Mueller, Ernst Rudolf Gesing, Georg Bonfig-Picard
  • USE OF 2-IODO-N 4-METHOXY-6-METHYL-1,3,5-TRIAZINE-2-YL CARBAMOYL BENZENESULFONAMIDE AND/OR SALTS THEREOF FOR COMBATING UNDESIRED PLANT GROWTH IN SELECTED USEFUL PLANT CROPS OR NON-CULTIVATED LAND
    Publication number: 20100311592
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of 2-iodo-N-[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)carbamoyl]benzenesulfonamide and/or its salts for the selective control of unwanted vegetation (a) by the pre-emergence method (PE) in crop plants such as wheat (durum wheat and common wheat), corn, soybeans, sugar beet, sugar cane, rice, cotton, beans, peas, flax, barley, oats, rye, triticale, potatoes and millet (sorghum) and also (b) by the post-emergence method (PO) in crop plants such as barley, oats, rye, triticale, potatoes, broad beans, flax, pasture land and greens/lawns, where the crops mentioned above in each case include summer and winter varieties and also cultivars modified by genetic engineering or by mutagenesis, and (c) on non-crop land and in plantation crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Christian Waldraff, Erwin Hacker, Hans Philipp Huff, Martin Jeffrey Hills, Dieter Feucht, Dominique Schreiber, Klaus-Helmut Mueller, Ernst Rudolf Gesing, Hansjoerg Kraehmer, Georg Bonfig-Picard, Martin Hess