Patents by Inventor John S. Griffin

John S. Griffin 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: 20230086653
    Abstract: A computer implemented system and method is provided for responding to textual reviews. The method comprises: receiving harvested content comprising a text segment and associated with an entity; determining a primary intent of the text segment determined by reviewing a set of utterances in the text segment of the harvested content and comparing the set of utterances to example utterances associated with a set of pre-defined intents, the primary intent having a highest similarity to the set of utterances in the text segment as compared to other deduced intents and associated utterances. The method comprises assigning a confidence score associated with determining the primary intent. If the confidence score exceeds a first threshold, generating an automated response, based on the primary intent and automatically responding to the harvested content with the automated response having the customized sentence segment where the confidence score exceeds a second threshold score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Igor ZYKH, Blaise F. STANEK, John S. GRIFFIN, Kenneth HAMPEL, Deepak R. PADHYE, Sai JARUGULA
  • Patent number: 6240153
    Abstract: A reactor stud cleaning apparatus is presented for cleaning studs, nuts, and washers used to secure reactor heads on nuclear reactors. The cleaning apparatus is a self-contained unit having a housing that includes two independent sealable compartments allowing cleaning of two studs simultaneously. Each sealable compartment has a topside covering with a port that allows reactor studs to be lowered into the apparatus keeping the longitudinal axis of the reactor stud maintained in a substantially vertical position. Inside the sealable compartments is a turn table for vertically mounting a reactor stud and for rotating the stud about its longitudinal axis. Brushes, rotatably mounted inside the compartment, are used to clean the reactor stud. The apparatus also has a cleaning fluid circulation system for circulating solvents or other cleaning agents or fluids over the reactor stud during cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: STP Nuclear Operating Company
    Inventors: John S. Griffin, William G. Mikulenka, Alan W. Plunkett
  • Patent number: 5162393
    Abstract: Foundry sand cores are produced by a method comprising the steps of:(1) providing a core box to contain the core(2) injecting into the core box a mixture of sand and a binder capable of being cured by means of carbon dioxide gas so as to form the core(3) passing carbon dioxide gas under pressure into the core box so as to fill the core box(4) holding the core in contact with the carbon dioxide gas so as to cure the binder(5) releasing the pressure and allowing carbon dioxide gas to escape from the core box and(6) removing the cured core from the core box.The method can also be used to produce moulds and is of particular use in the production of cores or moulds from a mixture of sand and a binder consisting of an alkaline aqueous solution of a phenol-formaldehyde resin and an oxyanion such as borate capable of forming a stable complex with the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Foseco International Limited
    Inventors: John S. Griffin, Thomas A. Penko