Patents by Inventor John G. Bostick

John G. Bostick 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: 20240127279
    Abstract: A valid combination of products is constructed from a set of products identified by a retailing backend system. The valid combination satisfies a condition of an offer. A product in the combination of product is a physical product located in a physical store. A social sentiment towards the product in social media data of a shopper is evaluated, and a rating of the product is computed using the evaluation. A location of the product in the store is obtained from the retailing backend system. The location of the product is overlaid on a view of the store, where the view is from a perspective of a location of the shopper, the shopper being physically situated in the store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, JR., Martin G. Keen, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 5344468
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a hydrocarbonaceous middle distillate fuel and a minor wear-inhibiting amount of a combination of (i) at least one fuel-soluble aryl phosphate of the formula(RO).sub.3 POwherein each R is, independently, phenyl or an alkyl-substituted phenyl group; and (ii) at least one fuel-soluble aryl polyphosphate of the formula ##STR1## wherein each R is, independently, phenyl or an alkyl-substituted phenyl group, Ar is m-phenylene or an alkyl-substituted m-phenylene group, and n is from 1 to 4. The combination contains from 2 to 30% by weight of component (i). These compositions are made by (a) reacting about 1.9 to about 2.1 equivalents of phenol or alkyl-substituted phenol with one equivalent of phosphoryl trihalide, and (b) reacting the intermediate product formed in (a) with from about 0.9 to about 1.1 equivalents of resorcinol or alkyl-substituted resorcinol per equivalent of phosphoryl trihalide employed in (a). Alternatively, the compositions are made by (a) reacting about 0.9 to about 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Ethyl Petroleum Additives, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Vincent Hanlon, John G. Bostick, Charles H. Kolich
  • Patent number: 5215547
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel hexahydrotriazine compounds, a process for their production and their use as additives for fuels and oleaginous fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Ethyl Petroleum Additives, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Bostick, Lawrence J. Cunningham
  • Patent number: 5162049
    Abstract: This invention relates to stabilizer additives for hydrocarbonaceous fuels comprising at least one or a mixture of hexahydrotriazine compounds and at least one or a mixture of imine compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Ethyl Petroleum Additives
    Inventors: John G. Bostick, Lawrence J. Cunningham
  • Patent number: 5106975
    Abstract: When a phenol having substituents in at least the 2- and 4-positions but having a hydrogen atom in the 6-position, or a phenol having substituents in at least the 2- and 6-positions but having a hydrogen atom in the 4-position is reacted with formaldehyde and 1,3-propanediamine, a unique insertion-condensation reaction occurs whereby the product is a hexahydropyrimidine derivative which may be represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is (i) a 2-hydroxybenzyl group having an inert substituent (preferably a hydrocarbyl substituent) in at least the 3- and 5-positions or (ii) a 4-hydroxybenzyl group having an inert substituent (preferably a hydrocarbyl substituent) in at least the 3- and 5-positions; and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Ethyl Petroleum Additives, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis J. Malfer, John G. Bostick, Lawrence J. Cunningham, J. Vincent Hanlon