Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Williams

Kenneth W. Williams 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).

  • Patent number: 8799026
    Abstract: A computerized system for funding third-party-administered insurance claims includes at least one processor configured to provide a claim data throughput module for receiving at least one claim transaction from at least one third party administrator, an administrative services module for receiving at least one bank transaction from at least one third party administration, for passing at least one bank transaction to a bank, and for receiving at least one paid file from a bank, and a transactions matching engine for validating at least one bank transaction based upon at least one claim transaction, and for determining completion of at least one bank transaction based upon at least one paid file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Rehor, Kim R. Steinke, Kenneth W. Williams
  • Publication number: 20110213626
    Abstract: A system includes a data storage device configured to receive and store policy information associated with an insurance policy, and a first data structure associating each of a plurality of program identifiers with a respective claim handling identifier, a computer processor configured to execute program instructions and retrieve the policy information from the data storage device, and a memory, coupled to the computer processor, configured to store program instructions for execution by the computer processor. Also included is claim assignment logic comprising program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the computer processor to determine a program identifier based on the policy information and to determine a first claim handling identifier associated with the program identifier in the first data structure. If the first claim handling identifier is a first predetermined claim handling identifier, a record associating the policy information with the first claim handling identifier is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Patricia Ann Brewer, Murugan Govindan, Anne K. Haas, Carol A. Hartmann, Molly C. Hayward, James Sun-Ming Lee, Jennifer Murphy-Smith, Vasan S.S. Papanasam, Haritha Vadavalli, Kenneth W. Williams
  • Patent number: 7980734
    Abstract: The present invention is a bulk light diffuser material based upon a hydrogenated block copolymer, but including a particulate light diffusing component. The material may be in the form of a film, a sheet or a molded article. When present as a sheet having a thickness of 2 millimeters, the sheet has a percent total transmittance of at least 50% and a haze of at least 70%, measured according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard D 1003.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Stephen F. Hahn, Kenneth W. Williams, Phillip L. Wing, Weijun Zhou
  • Publication number: 20110145019
    Abstract: A computerized system for funding third-party-administered insurance claims includes at least one processor configured to provide a claim data throughput module for receiving at least one claim transaction from at least one third party administrator, an administrative services module for receiving at least one bank transaction from at least one third party administration, for passing at least one bank transaction to a bank, and for receiving at least one paid file from a bank, and a transactions matching engine for validating at least one bank transaction based upon at least one claim transaction, and for determining completion of at least one bank transaction based upon at least one paid file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Rehor, Kenneth W. Williams, Kim R. Steinke
  • Publication number: 20100067258
    Abstract: The present invention is a bulk light diffuser material based upon a hydrogenated block copolymer, but including a particulate light diffusing component. The material may be in the form of a film, a sheet or a molded article. When present as a sheet having a thickness of 2 millimeters, the sheet has a percent total transmittance of at least 50% and a haze of at least 70%, measured according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard D 1003.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen F. Hahn, Kenneth W. Williams, Phillip L. Wing, Weijun Zhou
  • Patent number: 4298557
    Abstract: In the preparation of polyurethane foam by the provision of foamable urethane composition to a trough and subsequent overflow of the trough to a conveyor belt for final foaming and curing of the urethane composition, improved product is obtained by maintaining temperature uniformity laterally across the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1981
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Larry L. Bradford, David R. Jordan, Kenneth W. Williams
  • Patent number: D352481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Williams