Patents by Inventor Michael James Yates

Michael James Yates 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).

  • Publication number: 20120197666
    Abstract: An apparatus for unemployment insurance may include a processor and a non-transitory memory storing instructions. The instructions, responsive to execution, configure the processor to cause the apparatus at least to perform receiving information indicative of a user selection of an unemployment insurance coverage option defining policy parameters corresponding to a policy entitling the user to receive a financial benefit for a predefined period of time in response to an occurrence of a qualifying involuntary unemployment event and determining a premium fee to be paid on behalf of the user to maintain the policy. The premium fee may be determined based at least in part on the user selected coverage option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Joan Patricia McDonald Meyer, Alexa Stephens, Alison P. Northup, Cassandra G. Conrad, Michael James Yates
  • Patent number: 3979343
    Abstract: The conjoint use of (a) a pigment treated with a hydrophilic agent and (b) a binder composition based on a component having a relatively high hydroxyl value in an organic solvent based coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1973
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: Reed International Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Graham, Michael James Yates Foley, David Reid