Patents by Inventor Patrick C. Jacobs

Patrick C. Jacobs 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: 5967312
    Abstract: A flip top container used to store a smoking pipe and smoking material. Pivots mount a side lever and the top lid to the container's body while side panels mounted on the body define two sides of the smoking material chamber. A first biasing spring on the lid engages the top of a stored pipe and acts to raise the lid while a second biasing spring on the lever acts to pivot the lever into engagement with the closed lid top and keep it in that position. When the lever is depressed it pivots on its pin to release the engaged lid which then flips upward by virtue of its biased spring. Complementarily shaped engaged stepped surfaces on the ends of the lever and lid assist in maintaining the lid closed and locked when access to the container is not desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Inventor: Patrick C. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 4855907
    Abstract: A VSAM data set is moved to another DASD volume in less time than that required by logical processing by invoking a DASD track-oriented process extrinsic to VSAM which can select and order the transfer of VSAM components to a newly created VSAM cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John T. Ferro, Jr., Patrick C. Jacobs, Robert M. Laye, Brian D. Starr