Patents by Inventor John Seely
John Seely 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).
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Patent number: 7520328Abstract: The present invention provides a cement shoe assembly for use on a string of tubulars in a well. In one aspect of the invention, the cement shoe assembly includes a housing having a lower portion with an enlarged inside diameter and a drillable cement shoe disposed therein. The shoe includes a weakened portion of material adjacent the enlarged inside diameter portion of the housing and ensures that as a cutting tool passes through the housing, all portions of the cement shoe are removed from the enlarged inside diameter portion, leaving a connection surface clear of debris for a subsequent tubular string. When a smaller tubular is expanded into the enclosed diameter portion of the housing, a connection is made therebetween without enlarging the outer diameter of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2008Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.Inventors: John Emile Hebert, Patrick John Seely, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Thomas A. Dupré
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Publication number: 20080121396Abstract: The present invention provides a cement shoe assembly for use on a string of tubulars in a well. In one aspect of the invention, the cement shoe assembly includes a housing having a lower portion with an enlarged inside diameter and a drillable cement shoe disposed therein. The shoe includes a weakened portion of material adjacent the enlarged inside diameter portion of the housing and ensures that as a cutting tool passes through the housing, all portions of the cement shoe are removed from the enlarged inside diameter portion, leaving a connection surface clear of debris for a subsequent tubular string. When a smaller tubular is expanded into the enclosed diameter portion of the housing, a connection is made therebetween without enlarging the outer diameter of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2008Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: John Emile Hebert, Patrick John Seely, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Thomas A. Dupre
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Patent number: 7325609Abstract: The present invention provides a cement shoe assembly for use on a string of tubulars in a well. In one aspect of the invention, the cement shoe assembly includes a housing having a lower portion with an enlarged inside diameter and a drillable cement shoe disposed therein. The shoe includes a weakened portion of material adjacent the enlarged inside diameter portion of the housing and ensures that as a cutting tool passes through the housing, all portions of the cement shoe are removed from the enlarged inside diameter portion, leaving a connection surface clear of debris for a subsequent tubular string. When a smaller tubular is expanded into the enclosed diameter portion of the housing, a connection is made therebetween without enlarging the outer diameter of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2007Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.Inventors: John Emile Hebert, Patrick John Seely, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Thomas A. Dupré
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Publication number: 20070187921Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide access to some outside portions of a vehicle that is difficult to reach. The solution provided consist of two steps temporarily attached to a vehicle tire and supported with webbing material and pressure activated hangers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2006Publication date: August 16, 2007Inventors: John Seely, Tommy Thompson
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Publication number: 20070175053Abstract: A device to hasten the process of attaching a trailer, primarily a gooseneck variety, to a towing vehicle. The invention temporarily snaps on the towing ball of the vehicle and, when contacted with the trailer tongue, is activated and partially lowered. This action is observed by the vehicle driver and indicates a quick and sure position for attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2006Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: John Seely, Tommy Thompson
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Patent number: 7163057Abstract: The present invention provides a cement shoe assembly for use on a string of tubulars in a well. In one aspect of the invention, the cement shoe assembly includes a housing having a lower portion with an enlarged inside diameter and a drillable cement shoe disposed therein. The shoe includes a weakened portion of material adjacent the enlarged inside diameter portion of the housing and ensures that as a cutting tool passes through the housing, all portions of the cement shoe are removed from the enlarged inside diameter portion, leaving a connection surface clear of debris for a subsequent tubular string. When a smaller tubular is expanded into the enclosed diameter portion of the housing, a connection is made therebetween without enlarging the outer diameter of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.Inventors: John Emile Hebert, Patrick John Seely, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Thomas A. Dupré
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Publication number: 20060218711Abstract: A disposable toilet seat lifting strap for attachment to a toilet seat. This strap is to be used as a means for raising and lowering toilet seat without the need to touch the toilet seat. The lifting strap adheres to the bottom side of the seat, located for convenience and lifting ease, and hangs passed the toilet bowl rim.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventor: John Seely
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Publication number: 20060011850Abstract: A multilayer polarization sensor (MPS) for measuring the polarization of radiation in the x-ray and extreme UV wavelength regions. The MPS includes a silicon photodiode with a multilayer (e.g. 50 bilayers) interference coating. The interference coating selectively transmits the orthogonal (p) polarization component in the desired wavelength to generate a current. The (s) polarization component is transmitted through a second interference coating to generate another current. The ratio of the difference between the currents to sum of the currents is the measure of polarization of the incident radiation. Radiation outside the desired wavelength can be dispersed out of the incident beam by a transmission or reflection grating.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2002Publication date: January 19, 2006Inventor: John Seely
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Patent number: 6845820Abstract: The present invention provides a cement shoe assembly for use on a string of tubulars in a well. In one aspect of the invention, the cement shoe assembly includes a housing having a lower portion with an enlarged inside diameter and a drillable cement shoe disposed therein. The shoe includes a weakened portion of material adjacent the enlarged inside diameter portion of the housing and ensures that as a cutting tool passes through the housing, all portions of the cement shoe are removed from the enlarged inside diameter portion, leaving a connection surface clear of debris for a subsequent tubular string. When a smaller tubular is expanded into the enclosed diameter portion of the housing, a connection is made therebetween without enlarging the outer diameter of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2000Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.Inventors: John Emile Hebert, Patrick John Seely, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Thomas A. Dupré
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Patent number: 6529285Abstract: A processor is provided with a first set of digital information that includes a first structured representation of a document. From the first set of digital information, the processor produces a second set of digital information that includes a second structured representation of the document. The second structured representation is a lossless representation and includes a set of tokens and a set of positions. At least one token in the plurality of tokens has an associated semantic label which may be a character code associated with various font types in the second structured representation of the document. The semantic label may be obtained and stored in the second structured representation of the document by a computer program. The first and second representations may be resolution dependent structured representations and have, respectively, first and second characteristic resolutions. The first representation, but not the second, is provided in digital form to an untrusted recipient.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2001Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Daniel G. Bobrow, Daniel P. Huttenlocher, William J. Rucklidge, John Seely Brown
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Publication number: 20010043349Abstract: A processor is provided with a first set of digital information that includes a first structured representation of a document. From the first set of digital information, the processor produces a second set of digital information that includes a second structured representation of the document. The second structured representation is a lossless representation and includes a set of tokens and a set of positions. At least one token in the plurality of tokens has an associated semantic label which may be a character code associated with various font types in the second structured representation of the document. The semantic label may be obtained and stored in the second structured representation of the document by a computer program. The first and second representations may be resolution dependent structured representations and have, respectively, first and second characteristic resolutions. The first representation, but not the second, is provided in digital form to an untrusted recipient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2001Publication date: November 22, 2001Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Daniel G. Bobrow, Daniel P. Huttenlocher, William J. Rucklidge, John Seely Brown
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Patent number: 6275301Abstract: A processor is provided with a first set of digital information that includes a first structured representation of a document. From the first set of digital information, the processor produces a second set of digital information that includes a second structured representation of the document. The second structured representation is a lossless representation and includes a set of tokens and a set of positions. At least one token in the plurality of tokens has an associated semantic label which may be a character code associated with various font types in the second structured representation of the document. The semantic label may be obtained and stored in the second structured representation of the document by a computer program. The first and second representations may be resolution dependent structured representations and have, respectively, first and second characteristic resolutions. The first representation, but not the second, is provided in digital form to an untrusted recipient.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1999Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Daniel G. Bobrow, Daniel P. Huttenlocher, William J. Rucklidge, John Seely Brown
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Patent number: 6011905Abstract: A method in which first and second representations of a document are provided, for example, by being made available on one or more server computers connected to a computer network, such as the Internet or a corporate intranet. The first and second representations are resolution-dependent structured representations and have, respectively, first and second characteristic resolutions, the second resolution being greater than the first. The first representation, but not the second, is provided in digital form to an untrusted recipient. For example, the first representation can be transmitted through the network from the server on which the first representation is available to a client computer connected to the network. The second representation is converted to a third representation of the document, the third representation being a representation in a human-readable, nondigital form.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1996Date of Patent: January 4, 2000Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Daniel P. Huttenlocher, William J. Rucklidge, John Seely Brown
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Patent number: 5748805Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying morphological image criteria that identify image units in an undecoded document image having significant information content, and for retrieving related data that supplements the document either from elsewhere within the document or a source external to the document. The retrieved data can result from character code recognition or template matching of the identified significant image units, or the retrieved data can result directly from an analysis of the morphological image characteristics of the identified significant image units. A reading machine can allow a user to browse and select documents or segments thereof, and to obtain interactive retrieval of documents and supplemental data.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1994Date of Patent: May 5, 1998Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: M. Margaret Withgott, William Newman, Steven C. Bagley, Daniel P. Huttenlocher, Ronald M. Kaplan, Todd A. Cass, Per-Kristian Halvorsen, John Seely Brown, Martin Kay
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Patent number: 5668636Abstract: Digital machine readable full color specifications of full color source images are embedded in the printed hardcopy versions of those images; typically through the use of a self-clocking glyph code to minimize the visual impact of the embedded data. This color specification then can be recovered from a hardcopy version of the original source image, even if the hardcopy is monochromatic. Thus, a digital highlight color copier can use this color specification to index into a plurality of different full-color to highlight-color transformse to select the transform or transorms that are most appropriate for rendering a highlight color copy of the source image.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1995Date of Patent: September 16, 1997Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Richard J. Beach, John Seely Brown, John R. White