Patents by Inventor Michael P. Flaherty

Michael P. Flaherty 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: 20040014989
    Abstract: A coagulant which is the reaction product of a trivalent metal salt, excluding chromium salts, an acid phosphorous compound and an aluminum hydroxy chloride, and a process for preparing such coagulant. This coagulant may be effectively used to remove suspended solids and various impurities in most water treatment applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Denis E. Hassick, Michael P. Flaherty, Pamela J. Dotter, Robert J Guerrini
  • Patent number: 6656377
    Abstract: A coagulant which is the reaction product of a trivalent metal salt, excluding chromium salts, an acid phosphorous compound and an aluminum hydroxy chloride, and a process for preparing such coagulant. This coagulant may be effectively used to remove suspended solids and various impurities in most water treatment applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Calgon Corporation
    Inventors: Denis E. Hassick, Michael P. Flaherty, Pamela J. Dotter, Robert J. Guerrini
  • Publication number: 20020160347
    Abstract: A computerized test preparation system and methods are disclosed which assist an examinee to increase his learning and improve his performance on standardized academic or applied aptitude and achievement exams. Performance feedback information is provided to a user, including conventional information such as number of items correct and time elapsed, pinpoints substantive areas of a particular exam in which the user is either weak or strong, and offers diagnoses of, and remediation tailored to, a user's personal difficulties. By assessing a user's responses to given exam questions, through various distractor error patterns manifested in the incorrect answers to multiple-choice questions, or through coded categories of responses in the case of user responses to constrained open-ended items, a preliminary diagnosis of a user's deficits in knowledge and/or test taking skill is made. This preliminary diagnosis is subsequently refined utilizing additional examination questions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas H. Wallace, Michael P. Flaherty, John P. Flaherty, Todd C. Huss, Susan E. Detwiler, David R. Roy
  • Publication number: 20020130087
    Abstract: A coagulant which is the reaction product of a trivalent metal salt, excluding chromium salts, an acid phosphorous compound and an aluminum hydroxy chloride, and a process for preparing such coagulant. This coagulant may be effectively used to remove suspended solids and various impurities in most water treatment applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Denis E. Hassick, Michael P. Flaherty, Pamela J. Dotter, Robert J. Guerrini
  • Patent number: 6306308
    Abstract: A coagulant which is the reaction product of a trivalent metal salt (eg., FeCl3), excluding chromium salts, an acid phosphorous compound and an aluminum hydroxy chloride, and a process for preparing such coagulant. This coagulant may be effectively used to remove suspended solids and various impurities in most water treatment applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Nalco Chemical Company
    Inventors: Denis E. Hassick, Michael P. Flaherty, Pamela J. Dotter, Robert J. Guerrini
  • Patent number: 5520673
    Abstract: A distinctive absorbent article includes a backsheet layer, and an absorbent structure superposed on the backsheet layer. The absorbent structure includes particles of high absorbency material, and a liquid permeable topsheet layer is superposed on the absorbent structure to sandwich the absorbent structure between the topsheet layer and the backsheet layer. A fibrous face sheet layer is incorporated in the article for restraining a movement of the high absorbency material from selected regions of the absorbent structure. The face sheet layer has a Frazier Porosity value of at least about 150 cubic feet per minute per square foot of surface area (cfm/ft.sup.2), and has not more than about 100 pores (per 31.37 cm.sup.2 of surface area) with a pore size greater than about 300 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Sandra M. Yarbrough, Mark L. Robinson, Michael P. Flaherty