Patents by Inventor R. Thomas

R. Thomas 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CUSTOM PORTFOLIO DEFINITION IN AN IP MARKETPLACE
    Publication number: 20110288984
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING GROUP CHANNELS IN AN IP MARKETPLACE
    Publication number: 20110288957
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CHANNEL PROMOTIONS IN AN IP MARKETPLACE
    Publication number: 20110282738
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING MARKETING CHANNELS IN AN IP MARKETPLACE
    Publication number: 20110282761
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING IP MARKETPLACE APIs
    Publication number: 20110282762
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING INTEGRATED CHANNELS IN AN IP MARKETPLACE
    Publication number: 20110282766
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CHANNEL REGISTRATION IN AN IP MARKETPLACE
    Publication number: 20110282796
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING IP DATA ACCESS IN AN IP MARKETPLACE
    Publication number: 20110282765
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CHANNEL COMMUNITY RATINGS IN AN IP MARKETPLACE
    Publication number: 20110282797
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CHANNEL AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATIONS IN AN IP MARKETPLACE
    Publication number: 20110282754
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • Separate Optical Device for Directing Light from an LED
    Publication number: 20110273894
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide separate optical devices operable to couple to a separate LED, the separate optical device comprising an entrance surface to receive light from a separate LED when the separate optical device is coupled to the separate LED, an exit surface opposite from and a distance from the entrance surface and a set of sidewalls. The exit surface can have at least a minimum area necessary to conserve brightness for a desired half-angle of light projected from the separate optical device. Furthermore, each sidewall is positioned and shaped so that rays having a straight transmission path from the entrance surface to that sidewall reflect to the exit surface with an angle of incidence at the exit surface at less than or equal to a critical angle at the exit surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Dung T. Duong, Paul N. Winberg, Matthew R. Thomas
  • System and method for payment data processing
    Patent number: 8046288
    Abstract: A system for processing transaction data and payment data is provided. The system includes a front-end system that receives transaction data from one or more merchants, such as an employee identifier. A back-end system receives payment data from one or more payment systems, such as fraud data. A reporting system that is connected to the front-end system and the back-end system correlates the transaction data the payment data, such as to show employee identifier data and fraud data in a single record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Paymentech, LLC
    Inventors: Lambert Wayne LeRoux, Russell James Mahy, Jay Stumpf Dollard, Chirayu Gangadhar Harshe, Michael Kerrick Nicholls, Eric Randall Bessell, Kirk Thomas Kotz, Gregory James Bricker, Rosemary R. Thomas, Mark A. Lawler, Satish Menon, Michael P. Duffy, Laura C. Rogers, George J. White
  • On-site induction heating apparatus
    Patent number: 8038931
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating a workpiece. An induction heating system is used to induce magnetic fields in a workpiece to inductively heat the workpiece. The induction heating system may comprise a portable power source, a portable power source controller, a fluid-cooled induction heating cable, and a portable cooling unit. The induction heating system may be used to perform a variety of induction heating operations, including: annealing, surface hardening, heat treating, stress-relieving, curing, shrink-fitting, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Thomas, Randall G. Baxter, Mark A. Ulrich, Paul D. Verhagen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING MARKETING CHANNELS IN AN IP MARKETPLACE
    Publication number: 20110246326
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Tracey R. Thomas
  • Fluidized bed
    Publication number: 20110232546
    Abstract: A fluidized bed is described and which includes a multiplicity of fluidizing manifolds positioned in spaced relation one relative to the others; an enclosure positioned in gravity receiving relation relative to the multiplicity of fluidizing manifolds and which has an intake and a discharge end, and wherein particulate matter received in the fluidized bed moves under the influence of gravity from the intake end to the discharge end, and a moveable gate is mounted on the second discharge end of the enclosure and which is operable to selectively occlude a discharge aperture and which further facilitates the selective removal of particulate matter and waste material entrained with same, and which moves under the influence of gravity to the discharge end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: LeRoy B. Pope, Michael L. Murphy, James M. Scranton, James R. Thomas, Peter Mohr, Ben H. Cosby, Michael E. Tracey, Mark R. Castle, Douglas W. Scrafford, Greg Dahlstrom
  • Nucleic acid molecules encoding a house dust mite allergen Der f VII, and antigenic peptides thereof
    Patent number: 8003382
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acids encoding allergens of the species Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Dermatophagoides farinae, Der p VII and Der f VII, respectively, are disclosed. A cDNA encoding a peptide having a Der p VII activity and a predicted molecular weight of about 22, 177 daltons is described. A cDNA encoding a peptide having Der f VII activity is also described. The nucleic acids of the invention can be used as probes to detect the presence of Der p VII or Der f VII nucleic acid in a sample or for the recombinant production of peptides having a Der p VII or Der f VII activity. Peptides having a Der p VII or Der f VII activity can be used in compositions suitable for pharmaceutical administration or methods of diagnosing sensitivity to house dust mite allergens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Wayne R. Thomas, Kaw-Yan Chua
  • System and method for enabling product development
    Patent number: 8001012
    Abstract: A comprehensive platform for developing digital products. A standardized process is applied to a product development effort and an online portal provides tools to aid the product development, assessment, funding and commercializing products. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between users. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracey R. Thomas, Katherine G. Chen
  • PIPE LOCATOR AND SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20110192940
    Abstract: An plumbing pipe locator and support is provided for fixing plumbing pipes in position relative to studs in a building. The pipe locator and support comprises an elongated supporting strap having upper and lower sides extending along opposing sides of a longitudinal axis. A first plurality of longitudinally aligned, larger pipe openings are interspersed with a second plurality of smaller, aligned fastener openings that extend into ends of the strap. The upper and lower sides undulate to provide a substantially uniform width between first holes and the adjacent sides and the second holes and the adjacent sides. This undulating surface can provide a strap using less material, with reduced manufacturing time, and a strap that can bend without forming creases or stress fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Securus, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Brown, Virgil E. O'Neil, John R. Thomas, Jeffery A. Jaramillo
  • Systems and methods for facilitating transactions between different financial accounts
    Patent number: 7996307
    Abstract: A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also includes the options of interest payments, the use of different account issuers, different financial accounts, budget transfers, spend compartmentalization, cost-splitting, adjusting credit limits, loans, gifting, intermediary facilitating the transaction, transaction tracking, rapid funds availability, confidential transfer of funds, immediate initiation of shipment by a seller, releasing funds to a seller only after approval of the goods, services, or other value, demonstrating proof of payment, and recourse against a remote seller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Bishop, Bansi L. Sharma, Tracey R. Thomas
  • Systems and methods for adjusting crediting limits to facilitate transactions
    Patent number: 7979349
    Abstract: A financial account issuer facilitating transactions between accounts is disclosed. The invention provides sellers with an irrevocable method of receiving funds from a purchaser and for improving purchaser willingness to transact with an unknown party. The invention also includes the options of interest payments, the use of different account issuers, different financial accounts, budget transfers, spend compartmentalization, cost-splitting, adjusting credit limits, loans, gifting, intermediary facilitating the transaction, transaction tracking, rapid funds availability, confidential transfer of funds, immediate initiation of shipment by a seller, releasing funds to a seller only after approval of the goods, services, or other value, demonstrating proof of payment, and recourse against a remote seller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Bishop, Bansi L. Sharma, Tracey R. Thomas