Patents by Inventor John M. Patterson

John M. Patterson 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: 20240123379
    Abstract: A device and system for purifying a fluid is provided. The system includes a tank having an interior space and a media container disposed within the interior space. A valve is provided that cooperates with an element within the interior, the valve being movable between an open and a closed position. The valve being biased to the open position when the element is not positioned within the interior space, wherein the interior space is fluidly coupled to the atmosphere in the open position. The valve further being configured to move to a closed position when the element is positioned within the interior space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Paul H. Adams, Stephen P. Huda, James M. Buckley, John Anthony Triunfo, Joseph K. Patterson, Michael T. La Tulippe, Robert Camp, Robert F. Smith
  • Patent number: 11911720
    Abstract: A device and system for purifying a fluid is provided. The system includes a tank having an interior space and a media container disposed within the interior space. A valve is provided that cooperates with an element within the interior, the valve being movable between an open and a closed position. The valve being biased to the open position when the element is not positioned within the interior space, wherein the interior space is fluidly coupled to the atmosphere in the open position. The valve further being configured to move to a closed position when the element is positioned within the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Unger Marketing International, LLC
    Inventors: Paul H. Adams, Stephen P. Huda, James M. Buckley, John Anthony Triunfo, Joseph K. Patterson, Michael T. La Tulippe, Robert Camp, Robert F. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120173591
    Abstract: A method, social services data management system, and computer program product for managing data about social services. In response to receiving the data about the social services provided to a group of clients at a data collection application running on a computer system, the data collection application running on the computer system places the data into a first database in a first format using a content model identifying entities for the social services and relationships between the entities. The computer system changes the data in the first database from the first format to a second format used by a second database. The computer system moves the data in the second format to the second database. A report application running on the computer system generates a number of reports using the data in the second format in the second database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Igor Y. Gershfang, Erin M. Karam, John M. Patterson, William J. Rampton, Kevin N. Reed, William P. Shaouy, Kurt J. Solarte
  • Patent number: 5240136
    Abstract: Plate-and-glass or -container assemblies in which integrally formed or separately fabricated arrays of glass holder components are employed to detachably couple a glass or other container to the plate of the assembly. The container may be of the ubiquitous screw-top type, and other mechanisms for detachably assembling a container of this type to a plate are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Inventors: Ronald Patterson, John M. Patterson
  • Patent number: D961785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HOOLEST PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Hool, John M. Patterson, Luke Williams