Patents by Inventor John W. James
John W. James 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: 8790514Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for reclaiming water contaminated with the expected range of contaminants typically associated with produced water, including water contaminated with slick water, methanol and boron. The system includes anaerobically digesting the contaminated water, followed by aerating the water to enhance biological digestion. After aeration, the water is separated using a flotation operation that effectively removes the spent friction reducing agents and allows the treated water to be reclaimed and reused as fracturing water, even though it retains levels of contaminants, including boron and methanol, that would prevent its discharge to the environment under existing standards. The treated water may further be treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Inventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Publication number: 20130330128Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for reclaiming water contaminated with the expected range of contaminants typically associated with produced water, including water contaminated with slick water, methanol and boron. The system includes anaerobically digesting the contaminated water, followed by aerating the water to enhance biological digestion. After aeration, the water is separated using a flotation operation that effectively removes the spent friction reducing agents and allows the treated water to be reclaimed and reused as fracturing water, even though it retains levels of contaminants, including boron and methanol, that would prevent its discharge to the environment under existing standards. The treated water may further be treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2013Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: Anticline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Patent number: 8529763Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for reclaiming water contaminated with the expected range of contaminants typically associated with produced water, including water contaminated with slick water, methanol and boron. The system includes anaerobically digesting the contaminated water, followed by aerating the water to enhance biological digestion. After aeration, the water is separated using a flotation operation that effectively removes the spent friction reducing agents and allows the treated water to be reclaimed and reused as fracturing water, even though it retains levels of contaminants, including boron and methanol, that would prevent its discharge to the environment under existing standards. The treated water may further be treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Anticline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Publication number: 20120152830Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for reclaiming water contaminated with the expected range of contaminants typically associated with produced water, including water contaminated with slick water, methanol and boron. The system includes anaerobically digesting the contaminated water, followed by aerating the water to enhance biological digestion. After aeration, the water is separated using a flotation operation that effectively removes the spent friction reducing agents and allows the treated water to be reclaimed and reused as fracturing water, even though it retains levels of contaminants, including boron and methanol, that would prevent its discharge to the environment under existing standards. The treated water may further be treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Anticline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Patent number: 8105488Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for reclaiming water contaminated with the expected range of contaminants typically associated with produced water, including water contaminated with slick water, methanol and boron. The system includes anaerobically digesting the contaminated water, followed by aerating the water to enhance biological digestion. After aeration, the water is separated using a flotation operation that effectively removes the spent friction reducing agents and allows the treated water to be reclaimed and reused as fracturing water, even though it retains levels of contaminants, including boron and methanol, that would prevent its discharge to the environment under existing standards. The treated water may further be treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Anticline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Publication number: 20100247617Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the transdermal administration of (2S)-(4E)-N-methyl-5-(3-(5-isopropoxypyridin)yl)-4-penten-2-amine, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The transdermal administration can be effected using transdermal drug delivery devices, semi-solid dosage forms, or iontophoresis. The drug delivery devices and/or semi-solid dosage forms can provide instantaneous release, sustained release, or combinations thereof, and can include permeation enhancers and other components to assist in drug transport across the dermis, especially the epidermis. The compositions can be used to treat and/or prevent any indication which the active ingredients are capable of treating and preventing, but deliver (2S)-(4E)-N-methyl-5-(3-(5-isopropoxypyridin)yl)-4-penten-2-amine, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in an efficacious manner. Disorders that can be treated and/or prevented include central nervous system disorders, addictions, pain, and inflammation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicants: TARGACEPT, INC., ASTRAZENECA ABInventors: Merouane Bencherif, John W. James, Michael G. Williams, Johannes Antonius Maria Neelissen
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Patent number: 7722770Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for treating the waste water contaminated with methanol and boron in addition to other contaminants. The systems and methods allow specifically for the removal of the methanol and boron without the addition of significant chemicals to raise the pH. The water is treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Anticline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Publication number: 20100038310Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for reclaiming water contaminated with the expected range of contaminants typically associated with produced water, including water contaminated with slick water, methanol and boron. The system includes anaerobically digesting the contaminated water, followed by aerating the water to enhance biological digestion. After aeration, the water is separated using a flotation operation that effectively removes the spent friction reducing agents and allows the treated water to be reclaimed and reused as fracturing water, even though it retains levels of contaminants, including boron and methanol, that would prevent its discharge to the environment under existing standards. The treated water may further be treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2009Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: Anticline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Publication number: 20100028447Abstract: The present invention generally relates to pharmaceutical compositions for the intranasal, buccal, or sublingual administration of metanicotine analogs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Applicant: TARGACEPT, INC.Inventors: Sharon Rae Letchworth, Merouane Bencherif, Gary Maurice Dull, David Moore, John W. James
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Patent number: 7628919Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for treating the waste water contaminated with methanol and boron in addition to other contaminants. The systems and methods allow specifically for the removal of the methanol and boron without the addition of significant chemicals to raise the pH. The water is treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Anticline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Publication number: 20090236281Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for treating the waste water contaminated with methanol and boron in addition to other contaminants. The systems and methods allow specifically for the removal of the methanol and boron without the addition of significant chemicals to raise the pH. The water is treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: ANTICLINE DISPOSAL, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Patent number: 7527736Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for reclaiming water contaminated with the expected range of contaminants typically associated with produced water in order to produce a treated water having a quality adequate for reuse as a fracturing water. The system includes anaerobically digesting the contaminated water, followed by aerating the water to enhance biological digestion. After aeration, the water is separated using a flotation operation that effectively removes the spent friction reducing agents and allows the treated water to be reclaimed and reused as fracturing water, even though it retains levels of contaminants, including boron and methanol, that would prevent its discharge to the environment under existing standards. The treated water has had a sufficient amount of the gellation-inhibiting contaminants, such as acrylamide friction reducing compounds, removed to allow the treated water to be an economically viable fracturing water.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2007Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Anticline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Patent number: 7510656Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for reclaiming water contaminated with the expected range of contaminants typically associated with produced water, including water contaminated with slick water, methanol and boron. The system includes anaerobically digesting the contaminated water, followed by aerating the water to enhance biological digestion. After aeration, the water is separated using a flotation operation that effectively removes the spent friction reducing agents and allows the treated water to be reclaimed and reused as fracturing water, even though it retains levels of contaminants, including boron and methanol, that would prevent its discharge to the environment under existing standards. The treated water may further be treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2007Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Anticline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Publication number: 20080058576Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for reclaiming water contaminated with the expected range of contaminants typically associated with produced water in order to produce a treated water having a quality adequate for reuse as a fracturing water. The system includes anaerobically digesting the contaminated water, followed by aerating the water to enhance biological digestion. After aeration, the water is separated using a flotation operation that effectively removes the spent friction reducing agents and allows the treated water to be reclaimed and reused as fracturing water, even though it retains levels of contaminants, including boron and methanol, that would prevent its discharge to the environment under existing standards. The treated water has had a sufficient amount of the gellation-inhibiting contaminants, such as acrylamide friction reducing compounds, removed to allow the treated water to be an economically viable fracturing water.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: AntiCline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Publication number: 20080053896Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for reclaiming water contaminated with the expected range of contaminants typically associated with produced water, including water contaminated with slick water, methanol and boron. The system includes anaerobically digesting the contaminated water, followed by aerating the water to enhance biological digestion. After aeration, the water is separated using a flotation operation that effectively removes the spent friction reducing agents and allows the treated water to be reclaimed and reused as fracturing water, even though it retains levels of contaminants, including boron and methanol, that would prevent its discharge to the environment under existing standards. The treated water may further be treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: AntiCline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank
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Publication number: 20080053900Abstract: Systems and methods have been developed for treating the waste water contaminated with methanol and boron in addition to other contaminants. The systems and methods allow specifically for the removal of the methanol and boron without the addition of significant chemicals to raise the pH. The water is treated by removing the methanol via biological digestion in a bioreactor, separating a majority of the contaminants from the water by reverse osmosis and removing the boron that passes through the reverse osmosis system with a boron-removing ion exchange resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: AntiCline Disposal, LLCInventors: Lee L. Shafer, John W. James, Richard D. Rath, Jesse Eubank