Patents by Inventor Michael Glenn Williams

Michael Glenn 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: 10326964
    Abstract: A system includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor receives a video feed from a camera, where the video feed includes video from a filmmaking set. The processor also sends the video feed to a viewer electronic device. The processor also receives a command to control an aspect of the filmmaking set and sends the command to the filmmaking set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SMART BLONDE CO.
    Inventor: Michael Glenn Williams
  • Patent number: 9939808
    Abstract: A method of process control for a batch process includes pre-measuring a monitor lot to obtain pre-metrology data regarding at least a first process parameter. There are no product units included with the monitor lot. The pre-metrology data is saved together with an identifier for the first monitor unit. A batch is staged for the batch process including at least a first product lot including a plurality of product units together with the first monitor unit. The batch is batch processed through the batch process. After the batch processing, the first monitor unit is measured to obtain post-metrology data for the first process parameter. At least one of the post-metrology data and a difference between the post-metrology data and pre-metrology data is saved to a data file with an identifier for the first product lot or the pre-metrology data and post-metrology data is directly written to the first product lot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Damien Thomas Gilmore, Nicholas Andrew Kusek, Kenneth Ryan Thomas, Michael Glenn Williams, Robert Ray Spangler, Ingu Song
  • Publication number: 20160044226
    Abstract: A system includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor receives a video feed from a camera, where the video feed includes video from a filmmaking set. The processor also sends the video feed to a viewer electronic device. The processor also receives a command to control an aspect of the filmmaking set and sends the command to the filmmaking set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: SMART BLONDE CO.
    Inventor: Michael Glenn Williams
  • Patent number: 9168718
    Abstract: Temperature resistant multilayer composites, methods for making same, and articles made therefrom. The method can include extruding one or more polyolefin polymers having a MFR from less than 90 dg/min through at least one die having a plurality of nozzles to form a plurality of continuous fibers, at least one die operating at a melt pressure from greater than 500 psi (3447 kPa) to form at least one elastic meltblown layer; adhering the at least one elastic meltblown layer to at least one extensible layer to form a multilayer composite; and at least partially crosslinking the elastic meltblown layer or the extensible layer or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Alistair Duncan Westwood, Michael Glenn Williams, Galen Charles Richeson
  • Publication number: 20150253764
    Abstract: A method of process control for a batch process includes pre-measuring a monitor lot to obtain pre-metrology data regarding at least a first process parameter. There are no product units included with the monitor lot. The pre-metrology data is saved together with an identifier for the first monitor unit. A batch is staged for the batch process including at least a first product lot including a plurality of product units together with the first monitor unit. The batch is batch processed through the batch process. After the batch processing, the first monitor unit is measured to obtain post-metrology data for the first process parameter. At least one of the post-metrology data and a difference between the post-metrology data and pre-metrology data is saved to a data file with an identifier for the first product lot or the pre-metrology data and post-metrology data is directly written to the first product lot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: DAMIEN THOMAS GILMORE, NICHOLAS ANDREW KUSEK, KENNETH RYAN THOMAS, MICHAEL GLENN WILLIAMS, ROBERT RAY SPANGLER, INGU SONG
  • Patent number: 8664320
    Abstract: A film composition comprising one or more propylene-based polymers and one or more hydrocarbon resins, and methods for making the same are provided. The propylene-based polymer may have (i) 60 wt % or more units derived from propylene, (ii) isotactically arranged propylene derived sequences, and (iii) a heat of fusion less than 65 J/g. The hydrocarbon resin may have a glass transition temperature greater than 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, Michael Glenn Williams
  • Patent number: 8617717
    Abstract: A film structure having a base layer comprising a film-forming thermoplastic polymer; and a heat-seal layer having a seal-initiation temperature less than or about 130° C. and comprising from about 50 to about 98 wt % of a first polymer component and about 2 to about 50 wt % of a second polymer component. The first polymer component comprising propylene-derived units and, optionally, up to about 20 wt % of comonomer units derived from a C2 and/or C4-C20 ?-olefin, and having a heat of fusion greater than 75 J/g and a melting point greater than or equal to 105° C. The second polymer component comprising at least 75 wt % propylene-derived units, and having a melting point less than 105° C. and a heat of fusion less than 75 J/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Glenn Williams, Hans Joachim Pip
  • Patent number: 8609772
    Abstract: A film comprising one or more propylene-based polymers, one or more hydrocarbon resins, and one or more polyolefin additives provides enhanced mechanical and elastic properties compared to the neat propylene-based polymer. The propylene-based polymer may have (i) 60 wt % or more units derived from propylene; and (ii) crystallinity of from 0.25% to 40%, resulting from isotactically arranged propylene-derived sequences. The hydrocarbon resin may have a glass transition temperature greater than 20° C. The polyolefin additive may have a crystallinity greater than the crystallinity of the propylene-based polymer. Methods for making and using the films are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Glenn Williams
  • Publication number: 20130102732
    Abstract: A film composition comprising one or more propylene-based polymers and one or more hydrocarbon resins, and methods for making the same are provided. The propylene-based polymer may have (i) 60 wt % or more units derived from propylene, (ii) isotactically arranged propylene derived sequences, and (iii) a heat of fusion less than 65 J/g. The hydrocarbon resin may have a glass transition temperature greater than 20° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, Michael Glenn Williams
  • Patent number: 8067501
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition for cast and blown films and the resulting films thereof are provided. The film can include about 10 wt % to 80 wt % propylene-based copolymer having at least 50 wt % propylene-derived units and 5 wt % to 30 wt % alpha-olefin comonomer, based on the total weight of the polymer that exhibits a melting point of about 100° C. to 170° C., and a MFR of about 200 dg/min or less. The film can include about 20 wt % to 90 wt % polypropylene homopolymer having a melting point of about 140° C. to 190° C. The film can have a thickness of about 10 ?m to 100 ?m, a haze of 13% or less, a 1% MD Secant tensile modulus of 55,000 to 150,000 psi, a machine direction Elmendorf tear of at least 5 g/mil and a transverse direction Elemdorf tear of at least 300 g/mil, and a 45 degree gloss of at least 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Fiscus, Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, Michael Charles Bulawa, Michael Glenn Williams
  • Patent number: 8013069
    Abstract: Blends of at least two polymers incorporating propylene-derived units and processes for producing such blends are provided. The first polymer of the blend is a low crystallinity polymer including propylene-derived units. The second polymer is a high crystallinity polymer including propylene-derived units. The polymer blends exhibit the beneficial performance characteristics of low crystallinity propylene polymers while minimizing certain processing and handling problems associated with low crystallinity propylene polymers. Low crystallinity propylene polymer pellets often exhibit a tendency to agglomerate because of the softness of such particles. Agglomeration of the pellets creates problems in handling and processing the particles. The polymer blends disclosed reduce the tendency of polymer pellets to agglomerate while maintaining the desirable physical properties, such as elastomeric properties, exhibited by low crystallinity propylene polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Allan Harrington, Michael Glenn Williams, Sudhin Datta, Srivatsan Srinivas Iyer
  • Publication number: 20110184127
    Abstract: A film comprising one or more propylene-based polymers, one or more hydrocarbon resins, and one or more polyolefin additives provides enhanced mechanical and elastic properties compared to the neat propylene-based polymer. The propylene-based polymer may have (i) 60 wt % or more units derived from propylene; and (ii) crystallinity of from 0.25% to 40%, resulting from isotactically arranged propylene-derived sequences. The hydrocarbon resin may have a glass transition temperature greater than 20° C. The polyolefin additive may have a crystallinity greater than the crystallinity of the propylene-based polymer. Methods for making and using the films are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventor: Michael Glenn Williams
  • Publication number: 20100267914
    Abstract: Temperature resistant multilayer composites, methods for making same, and articles made therefrom. The method can include extruding one or more polyolefin polymers having a MFR from less than 90 dg/min through at least one die having a plurality of nozzles to form a plurality of continuous fibers, at least one die operating at a melt pressure from greater than 500 psi (3447 kPa) to form at least one elastic meltblown layer; adhering the at least one elastic meltblown layer to at least one extensible layer to form a multilayer composite; and at least partially crosslinking the elastic meltblown layer or the extensible layer or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Alistair Duncan Westwood, Michael Glenn Williams, Galen Charles Richeson
  • Publication number: 20100215933
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition for cast and blown films and the resulting films thereof are provided. The film can include about 10 wt % to 80 wt % propylene-based copolymer having at least 50 wt % propylene-derived units and 5 wt % to 30 wt % alpha-olefin comonomer, based on the total weight of the polymer that exhibits a melting point of about 100° C. to 170° C., and a MFR of about 200 dg/min or less. The film can include about 20 wt % to 90 wt % polypropylene homopolymer having a melting point of about 140° C. to 190° C. The film can have a thickness of about 10 ?m to 100 ?m, a haze of 13% or less, a 1% MD Secant tensile modulus of 55,000 to 150,000 psi, a machine direction Elmendorf tear of at least 5 g/mil and a transverse direction Elemdorf tear of at least 300 g/mil, and a 45 degree gloss of at least 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: David Michael Fiscus, Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, Michael Charles Bulawa, MIchael Glenn Williams
  • Patent number: 7585917
    Abstract: Described herein is a thermoplastic physical blend composition comprising (a) from 20 to 95 wt. % based on the total polymer content of a first polymer component that includes polypropylene having a melting point (Tm)?110° C.; and (b) from 80 to 5 wt. % based on the total polymer content of a second polymer component that includes a reactor blend obtainable from a solution process, the reactor blend including: (i) from 2 to 98 wt. % based on the total weight of the SPC of a propylene polymer having 60 wt. % or more units derived from propylene, including isotactically arranged propylene derived sequences and Tm<105° C. or a Heat of Fusion<45 J/g, or both; and (ii) from 98 to 2 wt. % based on the total weight of the SPC of an ethylene ?-olefin elastomer having either no crystallinity or crystallinity derived from ethylene, wherein (c) the FPC and the SPC are physically blended together to form the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhin Datta, Michael Glenn Williams, Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, Vetkav Rajagopalan Eswaran, Rui Zhao
  • Patent number: 7323583
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst that may be used to facilitate the formation of dimethylchlorosilanes. A catalyst in which copper oxide and zinc oxide are in intimate contact and form agglomerated particles allows for the increased selectively of the production of dimethylchlorosilanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: SCM Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Kromer Barr, Thomas Matthew Murphy, Michael Glenn Williams
  • Publication number: 20070287007
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are films useful in a variety of applications. The films disclosed herein have a heat sealable layer comprising a blend of propylene-based polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Glenn Williams, Hans Joachim Pip
  • Patent number: 7205258
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst that may be used to facilitate the formation of dimethylchlorosilanes. A catalyst in which copper oxide and zinc oxide are in intimate contact and form agglomerated particles allows for the increased selectively of the production of dimethylchlorosilanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: SCM Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Kromer Barr, Thomas Matthew Murphy, Michael Glenn Williams
  • Patent number: 7105603
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various compositions that have particular utility in automotive components, including compositions that include: (a) polypropylene having a melting point of 110° C. or more; (b) ethylene ?-olefin polymer in which the ?-olefin is C4 or higher; and (c) propylene polymer, having 60 wt % or more units derived from propylene, including isotactically arranged propylene derived sequences and a heat of fusion less than 45 J/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, Michael Glenn Williams, Sudhin Datta, Prasadarao Meka, Srivatsan Srinivas
  • Publication number: 20040266618
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst that may be used to facilitate the formation of dimethylchlorosilanes. A catalyst in which copper oxide and zinc oxide are in intimate contact and form agglomerated particles allows for the increased selectively of the production of dimethylchlorosilanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: SCM Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Kromer Barr, Thomas Matthew Murphy, Michael Glenn Williams