Patents by Inventor Robert A. Hibbard

Robert A. Hibbard 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).

  • Method and apparatus for improved customer direct on-line reservation of rental vehicles
    Publication number: 20050144048
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein the functionality of managing customer profiles/accounts is expanded upon to provide customers with greater control over the profile data stored in their associated personalized accounts/profiles, particularly in connection with the “favorite” or “preferred” branch locations for rental vehicle reservations that are stored in the customer profiles/accounts. Also disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website wherein customers who plan to travel via general aviation (GA) are provided with a GA reservation creation path that is responsive to their GA travel needs. Also disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein customers are provided with a streamlined ability to log into their customer profiles/accounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Hugues Belanger, Kelli Boruff, Vernon Chrisco, Robert Hibbard, Julia Owens Rogers, Paul Tucker
  • Process for sulfur removal from hydrocarbon liquids
    Patent number: 6558533
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of desulfurization of a sulfur laden hydrocarbon liquids that comprises contacting the liquid with a sponge nickel metal alloy, removing the sulfur free liquid, regeneration of the alloy by contact with an aqueous solution of an oxidant and reusing the alloy for further desulfurization of additional sulfur laden liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn
    Inventors: Stephen Raymond Schmidt, Richard Franklin Wormsbecher, Robert Hibbard Harding
  • Process for sulfur removal from hydrocarbon liquids
    Publication number: 20030019794
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of desulfurization of a sulfur laden hydrocarbon liquids that comprises contacting the liquid with a sponge nickel metal alloy, removing the sulfur free liquid, regeneration of the alloy by contact with an aqueous solution of an oxidant and reusing the alloy for further desufurization of additional sulfur laden liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen Raymond Schmidt, Richard Franklin Wormsbecher, Robert Hibbard Harding
  • Method of making photo stencils for cathode ray tube screen deposition
    Patent number: 5338629
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for manufacturing photostencils used in screening the faceplates of color cathode ray tubes. The photostencils are produced as progeny from a parent stencil photo plotted according to the dictates of a proximity photoprinting process in conjunction with the electron optical characteristics of the operational CRT. A rectangular beam is used for radiating light through the pattern of features on the parent stencil onto the photoresist of the progeny stencil. As a result, the features of the progeny stencil differ in size or shape or both, from those of the parent stencil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Zenith Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Hibbard, Thomas M. Remec