Patents by Inventor John E. Curry

John E. Curry 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).

  • Patent number: 10429547
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for managing and regulating construction sites, particularly in light of inclement weather or hazardous conditions. In many jurisdictions, extreme weather conditions, including excessive precipitation, render a construction site closed, or unworkable, thereby wasting time and resources. This invention provides a system and processes to monitor, detect and measure precipitation on a construction site, and even several sub-sites on the construction site, from a remote location. The system and processes of the present invention also provide features to further investigate precipitation levels in a more efficient manner than conventionally available and to communicate the construction site conditions, e.g., precipitation levels, and whether the site has met the required regulatory thresholds for inspection. Moreover, the present invention may be used to determine the magnitude of rain events, and potential liabilities associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Trimble Inc.
    Inventor: John E. Curry
  • Patent number: 8425868
    Abstract: An improvement in the method for preventing re-emissions of mercury from a wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system by addition of an additive to the FGD scrubber liquor which interacts in the system scrubber with mercury present in the flue gas to curtail the mercury re-emissions; the mercury re-emissions are reduced to substantially zero by use of an additive selected from one or more members of the group consisting of a dithiol, a dithiolane, and a thiol having a single thiol group and either an oxygen or a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: URS Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Steen, John E. Currie, Gary M. Blythe, Jennifer L. Paradis, David W. DeBerry, Judith Gres DeBerry
  • Publication number: 20120321539
    Abstract: An improvement in the method for preventing re-emissions of mercury from a wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system by addition of an additive to the FGD scrubber liquor which interacts in the system scrubber with mercury present in the flue gas to curtail the mercury re-emissions; the mercury re-emissions are reduced to substantially zero by use of an additive selected from one or more members of the group consisting of a dithiol, a dithiolane, and a thiol having a single thiol group and either an oxygen or a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: URS Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Steen, John E. Currie, Gary M. Blythe, Jennifer L. Paradis, Judith Gres DeBerry
  • Patent number: 8257672
    Abstract: An improvement in the method for preventing re-emissions of mercury from a wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system by addition of an additive to the FGD scrubber liquor which interacts in the system scrubber with mercury present in the flue gas to curtail the mercury re-emissions; the mercury re-emissions are reduced to substantially zero by use of an additive selected from one or more members of the group consisting of a dithiol, a dithiolane, and a thiol having a single thiol group and either an oxygen or a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: URS Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Steen, John E. Currie, Gary M. Blythe, Jennifer L. Paradis, David W. DeBerry, Judith Gres DeBerry, legal representative
  • Publication number: 20110262326
    Abstract: An improvement in the method for preventing re-emissions of mercury from a wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system by addition of an additive to the FGD scrubber liquor which interacts in the system scrubber with mercury present in the flue gas to curtail the mercury re-emissions; the mercury re-emissions are reduced to substantially zero by use of an additive selected from one or more members of the group consisting of a dithiol, a dithiolane, and a thiol having a single thiol group and either an oxygen or a hydroxyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: URS Corporation
    Inventors: William A. Steen, John E. Currie, Gary M. Blythe, Jennifer L. Paradis, David W. DeBerry, Judith Gres DeBerry
  • Publication number: 20090292470
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for managing and regulating construction sites, particularly in light of inclement weather or hazardous conditions. In many jurisdictions, extreme weather conditions, including excessive precipitation, render a construction site closed, or unworkable, thereby wasting time and resources. This invention provides a system and processes to monitor, detect and measure precipitation on a construction site, and even several sub-sites on the construction site, from a remote location. The system and processes of the present invention also provide features to further investigate precipitation levels in a more efficient manner than conventionally available and to communicate the construction site conditions, e.g., precipitation levels, and whether the site has met the required regulatory thresholds for inspection. Moreover, the present invention may be used to determine the magnitude of rain events, and potential liabilities associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventor: John E. Curry
  • Publication number: 20090004354
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to, among other things, an artificial sweetener and method of making the same composed of acesulfame potassium, crystalline maltitol and Neotame, which provides a high intensity sweetness, contributes no significantly unpleasant aftertaste, yields a sucrose-like taste to products in which it is incorporated, and has a sweetness power equivalent to about 600 times that of sucrose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph M. Coffield, John E. Curry, Steven Michael Scott
  • Patent number: D475375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Inventors: John E. Curry, William L. Pinkston