Patents by Inventor Jerry A. Douglas

Jerry A. Douglas 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: 20030099752
    Abstract: Improved liquid coffee concentrates that have furfuryl acetate to 4-ethyl guaiacol ratio values that approach the furfuryl acetate to 4-ethyl guaiacol ratio values of fresh brewed coffees brewed with the same coffees used to produce said coffee concentrates are disclosed. Methods of evaluating and adjusting a liquid coffee concentrate's furfuryl acetate to 4-ethyl guaiacol ratio value are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Glenn James Dria, Jerry Douglas Young, Raul Victorino Nunes, Jianjun Justin Li, Donald Ray Patton
  • Publication number: 20020187240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel beverage compositions with enhanced flavor characteristics. In particular, the present invention relates to novel processes for preparing beverage compositions and the products comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Jerry Douglas Young, Douglas Craig Hardesty
  • Publication number: 20020187241
    Abstract: A ready to drink coffee beverage comprising a coffee portion, said coffee portion comprising a principal coffee component and N relevant coffee components, where N is a number in the range of from about 1 to about 20, wherein the principal coffee component corresponds to a principal coffee component of a second coffee and the relevant coffee components correspond to relevant coffee components of the second coffee, and wherein the total concentration of the principal coffee component is in the range of from about 50% below to about 50% above the total concentration of the corresponding principal coffee component in the second coffee, and wherein the value of the total concentration of the principal coffee component divided by the total concentration of each of the relevant coffee components is within the range of from about 50% below to about 50% above the value of the total concentration of the corresponding principal coffee component in the second coffee divided by the total concentration of the correspondin
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Jerry Douglas Young, Douglas Craig Hardesty
  • Publication number: 20020155209
    Abstract: A ready to drink coffee beverage comprising a coffee portion, said coffee portion comprising a principal coffee component and N relevant coffee components, where N is a number in the range of from about 1 to about 20, wherein the principal coffee component corresponds to a principal coffee component of a second coffee and the relevant coffee components correspond to relevant coffee components of the second coffee, and wherein the total concentration of the principal coffee component is in the range of from about 50% below to about 50% above the total concentration of the corresponding principal coffee component in the second coffee, and wherein the value of the total concentration of the principal coffee component divided by the total concentration of each of the relevant coffee components is within the range of from about 50% below to about 50% above the value of the total concentration of the corresponding principal coffee component in the second coffee divided by the total concentration of the correspondin
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Douglas Craig Hardesty, Jerry Douglas Young
  • Publication number: 20020155210
    Abstract: A ready to drink coffee beverage comprising a coffee portion, said coffee portion comprising a principal coffee component and N relevant coffee components, where N is a number in the range of from about 1 to about 20, wherein the principal coffee component corresponds to a principal coffee component of a second coffee and the relevant coffee components correspond to relevant coffee components of the second coffee, and wherein the total concentration of the principal coffee component is in the range of from about 50% below to about 50% above the total concentration of the corresponding principal coffee component in the second coffee, and wherein the value of the total concentration of the principal coffee component divided by the total concentration of each of the relevant coffee components is within the range of from about 50% below to about 50% above the value of the total concentration of the corresponding principal coffee component in the second coffee divided by the total concentration of the correspondin
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas Craig Hardesty, Jerry Douglas Young
  • Publication number: 20020156316
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a low viscosity carboxyl-containing polyol composition having a viscosity in the range of about 3,000-100,000 centipoise, and having an oligomer content of less than 30 mg KOH/g. Preferably, the carboxyl-containing polyol has one ester group per molecule. The carboxyl-containing polyol is suitable for use in preparing low viscosity polyurethane prepolymers. Also disclosed is a method of producing this carboxyl-containing polyol composition by reacting a low molecular weight triol with an acid anhydride in the presence of 25-500 ppm of an inorganic or organic acid catalyst. The organic or inorganic acid is preferably selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, formic acid, proprionic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, oxalic acid, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Indulis Gruzins, Donald Farrell McElheney, Robert C. Hire, Jerry Douglas Necessary, Joseph T. Farrell
  • Patent number: 6443402
    Abstract: A hanger for mounting a cable to a support structure includes a flexible resilient unitary metallic strip. The strip has a medial portion shaped in a generally circular configuration about a longitudinal axis to form a cable holding section defining a longitudinally extending passageway for receiving and at least partially surrounding the cable. The strip has attachment legs extending from opposite ends of the medial portion in opposing spaced apart relation to one another generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The attachment legs are configured for being inserted into an installation opening. The cable holding section includes a first circumferentially extending slot extending at least partially around the circumferential extent of the passageway, and a pair of second circumferentially extending slots formed in the cable holding section on opposite sides of the first slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: CommScope Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Jess Britton Ferrill, W. Joe Mills, Jerry Douglas Morgan
  • Publication number: 20020066833
    Abstract: A hanger for mounting a cable to a support structure includes a flexible resilient unitary metallic strip. The strip has a medial portion shaped in a generally circular configuration about a longitudinal axis to form a cable holding section defining a longitudinally extending passageway for receiving and at least partially surrounding the cable. The strip has attachment legs extending from opposite ends of the medial portion in opposing spaced apart relation to one another generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The attachment legs are configured for being inserted into an installation opening. The cable holding section includes a first circumferentially extending slot extending at least partially around the circumferential extent of the passageway, and a pair of second circumferentially extending slots formed in the cable holding section on opposite sides of the first slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Applicant: CommScope, Inc.
    Inventors: Jess Britton Ferrill, W. Joe Mills, Jerry Douglas Morgan
  • Patent number: 6095073
    Abstract: A boat that can be rowed, sailed and motor driven, and has a pair of parallel elongated pontoons and a normally above-water boxlike structure which serves to connect the pontoons, to provide a cockpit for the crew, and to provide a third hull for supplemental flotation when needed. A pair of parallel structural panels form opposite sidewalls of the cockpit and each extends down through the middle of the adjacent pontoon to its keel. The cockpit deck structure connects the panels and covers the part of each pontoon between the panels. The part of each pontoon on the other side of the adjacent panel forms a ledge along the outer side of the boat which is helpful in climbing out of the water into the boat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Inventor: Jerry Douglas Burkett
  • Patent number: 5870093
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product that permit a user to view an image of an object on a graphical user interface (GUI) and perform operations on the image. The method comprising the steps of displaying a set of pictorial representation types on the GUI and allowing the user to select one of the pictorial representation types, by making a likeness determination between the image and the set of pictorial representation types. The system performs a process on the image based on the selected pictorial representation type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Media Cybernetics, L.P.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Hugues Martin, Jerry Douglas Paxson, John Arthur Schmitz, Sam Steppel
  • Patent number: 5316159
    Abstract: A dual bottle container has two bottles which are releasably interlocked together in side-by-side relation by a plateau on one of the bottles which engages a depression on the other bottle for transverse sliding movement. The plateau is bordered at opposite sides by rounded lip portions and the depression is bordered at opposite sides by rounded groove portions, the lip portions and the groove portions engaging each other to prevent undesired relative movement between the two bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Plastic Processing Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry A. Douglas, Godfried Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5310546
    Abstract: A mouthrinse preparation having between about 0.25% and about 0.65% hydrogen peroxide, between about 0.005% and about 0.1% zinc chloride, at least about 0.012% sodium citrate, at least about 0.03% sodium lauryl sulfate at least about 0.006% citric acid and ethanol in an amount less than about 3%, the mouthrinse preparation remaining stable upon continuous exposure to a temperature of 37.degree. C. at atmospheric pressure for at least 30 days. A method for preparation of same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: 7-L Corporation
    Inventor: Jerry A. Douglas
  • Patent number: 5180090
    Abstract: A cap for a bottle of mouth wash or the like is disclosed having a floss dispenser on the top thereof. The floss dispenser includes spool of floss and a knife on the outer surface of the dispenser. The dispenser has a lower half and an upper half hingedly connected to the lower half so that the dispenser may be opened to removably receive the spool of floss. A shield which surrounds the knife also serve as a fingerhold which may be pushed upwardly to open the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1993
    Assignee: 7L Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry A. Douglas, Walter R. Pfitzinger
  • Patent number: 5174990
    Abstract: A mouthrinse preparation having between about 0.25% and about 0.65% hydrogen peroxide, between about 0.005% and about 0.1% zinc chloride, at least about 0.012% sodium citrate, at least about 0.03% sodium lauryl sulfate, at least about 0.006% citric acid and between about 2% and about 3.5% ethanol, the mouthrinse preparation remaining stable upon continuous exposure to a temperature of 37.degree. C. at atmospheric pressure for at least 30 days. A method for preparation of same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Assignee: 7-L Corporation
    Inventor: Jerry A. Douglas
  • Patent number: 5158191
    Abstract: A dual container is disclosed having two bottles which are releasably interlocked together in side-by-side relation by a mortise and tenon. The bottles are held together to prevent undesired relative movement between the two bottles. A single cap covers both bottles. The cap has a separate outlet for each bottle which may be opened independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Plastic Processing Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry A. Douglas, Godfried Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5104644
    Abstract: A mouthrinse preparation containing about 0.5 to about 3% hydrogen peroxide, zinc chloride, sodium lauryl sulfate, and sodium citrate in amounts sufficient to provide antiplaque, antibacterial, astringent, and anticoagulant properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: 7-L Corporation
    Inventor: Jerry A. Douglas
  • Patent number: D461396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: CommScope Properties, LLC
    Inventors: Jess Britton Ferrill, W. Joe Mills, Jerry Douglas Morgan