Patents by Inventor Lee R. Williams

Lee R. 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).

  • Golf towel
    Patent number: 10188919
    Abstract: A golf towel including a towel body, the towel body having both a first abrasive portion and a second abrasive portion for cleaning the dimples on a golf ball and the grooves in a golf club head, respectively. The first abrasive portion includes a plurality of nubs projecting outwardly therefrom and corresponding to dimples on a golf ball. The first abrasive portion may include a bowl-shaped cavity for at least partially enveloping a golf ball when seated therein. The second abrasive portion includes a plurality of linearly arranged mounds projecting outwardly therefrom in a substantially parallel manner. The plurality of mounts is arranged to clean individual and corresponding grooves formed in golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventor: Lee R. Williams
  • Golf Towel
    Publication number: 20170266523
    Abstract: A golf towel including a towel body, the towel body having both a first abrasive portion and a second abrasive portion for cleaning the dimples on a golf ball and the grooves in a golf club head, respectively. The first abrasive portion includes a plurality of nubs projecting outwardly therefrom and corresponding to dimples on a golf ball. The first abrasive portion may include a bowl-shaped cavity for at least partially enveloping a golf ball when seated therein. The second abrasive portion includes a plurality of linearly arranged mounds projecting outwardly therefrom in a substantially parallel manner. The plurality of mounts is arranged to clean individual and corresponding grooves formed in golf club head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventor: Lee R. Williams
  • Method for the rapid removal of protoporphyrin from protoporphyrin IX-containing solutions of hemoglobin
    Patent number: 5665869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of a substantially protoporphyrin IX free hemoglobin solution comprising: rapidly heating a crude protoporphyrin IX-containing hemoglobin solution for a relatively short time and at a relatively high temperature to reduce protoporphyrin IX-containing hemoglobin to insignificant levels in said protoporphyrin IX-containing hemoglobin solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Somatogen, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Ryland, Maura-Ann H. Matthews, Ulrich P. Ernst, Daniel E. Houk, David W. Traylor, Lee R. Williams