Patents by Inventor Paul J. Brennan

Paul J. Brennan 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: 20120272831
    Abstract: A bottle top regulator/aerator for controlling the flow from a bottle having a narrow cylindrical opening through which wine or similar liquid may be poured. The dispensing apparatus includes, in combination, an air inductor, a regulating cartridge having a percolation labyrinth, and an anti-drip trough integrated within a housing. The application of this apparatus provides for both the rapid aeration of the wine, as well as a uniform flow rate absent the hazard of post-pouring droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Janet Barberio, Paul J. Brennan
  • Patent number: 8205541
    Abstract: A bottle top regulator/aerator for controlling the flow from a bottle having a narrow cylindrical opening through which wine or similar liquid may be poured. The dispensing apparatus includes, in combination, an air inductor, a regulating cartridge having a percolation labyrinth, and an anti-drip trough integrated within a housing. The application of this apparatus provides for both the rapid aeration of the wine, as well as a uniform flow rate absent the hazard of post-pouring droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Inventors: Janet Barberio, Paul J. Brennan
  • Patent number: 8024246
    Abstract: A family of hedge funds, serving as “feeder funds” into underlying single-manager hedge funds, formed to provide smaller investors with the ability to allocate and reallocate assets among alternative strategies, and this basic structure combining interrelated systems and methods for offering, redeeming, exchanging, valuing, reporting and servicing the same is a new approach. The system and methods described herein provide investors having less than ultra-high net worth portfolios with access to hedge funds and the potential valuable diversification to an overall portfolio, and the ability to customize their portfolio of hedge funds to their individual needs and adjust such portfolio over time as seen fit in light of changing financial needs and market conditions. This invention gives a wide range of investors access to hedge funds, creating economic value using a new source of stable investor capital for hedge fund managers, a value shared with investors through reduced costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M Alderman, Steven N Baumgarten, Paul J Brennan, Jeffrey F Chandor, Winston L Clinton, Sr., Lance D Larsen, Stephen Michael M Miller, Steven B Olgin, Michael L Pungello, Ronald S Rosenberg, Lynda M Salvi-Chiara, Grace T Sette, Ira P Shapiro, George E Skibik, Jr., Paul J Tartanella, Kathleen Versland, Ashleigh R Widger, Courtney L Hughes
  • Publication number: 20100011967
    Abstract: A bottle top regulator/aerator for controlling the flow from a bottle having a narrow cylindrical opening through which wine or similar liquid may be poured. The dispensing apparatus includes, in combination, an air inductor, a regulating cartridge having a percolation labyrinth, and an anti-drip trough integrated within a housing. The application of this apparatus provides for both the rapid aeration of the wine, as well as a uniform flow rate absent the hazard of post-pouring droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Janet Barberio, Paul J. Brennan
  • Patent number: D342041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Inventor: Paul J. Brennan