Patents by Inventor Robert A. Jack

Robert A. Jack 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: 20240121337
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call originated from a caller entity destined for a called entity at a call content server, identifying a called number associated with the called entity and a caller number associated with the caller entity, comparing a telephone number prefix associated with the called number with a number of enhanced call content data elements to identify a match, selecting one or more of the enhanced call content data elements to pair with the called number based on the match, and forwarding the selected enhanced call content data elements to the called entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Murphy, Robert Collin Seely, Aaron Christopher Jacobi, Benjamin Michael Lavigne, Mark Bradley McHenry, John Cooper Gillespie, Matthew Jack Beckham, Kristen Chipolla Sanchez, Lyndsay Michelle Norcross, Jay Todd Callaway
  • Patent number: 11939407
    Abstract: The present application discloses regioselectively substituted cellulose esters, films made from the regioselectively substituted cellulose esters and methods for making the same. The regioselectively substituted cellulose esters are synthesized using trifluoroacetic anhydride and cellulose with various acyl donors or acyl donor precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Casey Lynn Elkins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Bin Wang
  • Publication number: 20240086370
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are provided. A processor defines and stores units of image data of a container image, where the units of image data are compressible. A processor represents the units as nodes in a dependency graph for a container image, including one or more nodes at a dependency level in the dependency graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Francis McNamee, Paula May Tomaszko, Andrew Jack Bell, ROBERT KERR
  • Patent number: 11924373
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call originated from a caller entity destined for a called entity at a call content server, identifying a called number associated with the called entity and a caller number associated with the caller entity, comparing a telephone number prefix associated with the called number with a number of enhanced call content data elements to identify a match, selecting one or more of the enhanced call content data elements to pair with the called number based on the match, and forwarding the selected enhanced call content data elements to the called entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Murphy, Robert Collin Seely, Aaron Christopher Jacobi, Benjamin Michael Lavigne, Mark Bradley McHenry, John Cooper Gillespie, Matthew Jack Beckham, Kristen Chipolla Sanchez, Lyndsay Michelle Norcross, Jay Todd Callaway
  • Publication number: 20240010661
    Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-1,4-diol starting from cyclohexane-1,4-dione. The diene is reacted with certain trialkylsilyl halides or trimethylsilyl trifluormethanesulfonate in the presence of a non-nucleophilic base to afford a silyl-substituted diene, which is in turn reacted with ethylene and subsequently reduced to provide the title compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventor: Robert Jacks Sharpe
  • Patent number: 11851392
    Abstract: An efficient process useful for the self-condensation of aliphatic aldehydes is provided, catalyzed by dialkylammonium carboxylate salts. In particular, the invention provides a facile method for the preparation of 2-ethyl hexenal via the self-condensation of butyraldehyde using various dialkylammonium carboxylates, e.g., diisopropylammonium acetate or dimethylammonium acetate, as catalyst. Additionally, residual nitrogen arising from the catalyst can be reduced to ?100 ppm levels in the product via a simple washing procedure. The invention provides a process for preparing alkenals under conditions which limit the formation of undesired impurities and high-boiling oligomeric substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert Jacks Sharpe, Scott Donald Barnicki, Manik Lal Saha, Kenneth Wayne Hampton, Jr., Damon Ray Billodeaux, Robert Thomas Hembre
  • Publication number: 20230167201
    Abstract: The present application discloses regioselectively substituted cellulose esters, films made from the regioselectively substituted cellulose esters and methods for making the same. The regioselectively substituted cellulose esters are synthesized using trifluoroacetic anhydride and cellulose with various acyl donors or acyl donor precursors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Casey Lynn Elkins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Bin Wang
  • Publication number: 20230138841
    Abstract: The present application discloses films comprising regioselectively substituted cellulose esters and a component A wherein rings A, B, C, R1, R2, R5, R6, R8, m, n, and k are defined herein. The films are C+ films that exhibit improved wavelength dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Qianqian Zhang, Bin Wang, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Wesley Wayne McConnell, Casey Lynn Elkins, Charles Michael Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20230113238
    Abstract: The present application discloses regioselectively substituted cellulose esters, films made from the regioselectively substituted cellulose esters and methods for making the same. The regioselectively substituted cellulose esters are synthesized using trifluoroacetic anhydride and cellulose with various acyl donors or acyl donor precursors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Casey Lynn Elkins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Bin Wang
  • Publication number: 20230074167
    Abstract: The present application discloses stretched films comprising regioselectively substituted cellulose esters and a component A: (I), (II), (III), or (IV), wherein A, B, C, R1, R2, R5, R6, R8, R9, m, n, and k are defined herein. The films exhibit negative birefringence and improved wavelength dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Qianqian Zhang, Charles Michael Buchanan, Casey Lynn Elkins, Wesley Wayne McConnell, Bin Wang, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Mustafa Humbel Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11591411
    Abstract: The present application discloses regioselectively substituted cellulose esters, films made from the regioselectively substituted cellulose esters and methods for making the same. The regioselectively substituted cellulose esters are synthesized using trifluoroacetic anhydride and cellulose with various acyl donors or acyl donor precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Casey Lynn Elkins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Bin Wang
  • Publication number: 20230030777
    Abstract: Provided is a process for depolymerization of a poly(C2-C4 alkylene terephthalate), which comprises contacting a poly(C2-C4 alkylene terephthalate) with methanol and a catalyst chosen from potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, magnesium methoxide, 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, and triazabicyclodecene, at a temperature sufficient to effect said depolymerization. The process of the invention can be carried out a substantially lower temperature and requires less methanol than necessary for zinc acetate-catalyzed reactions, and is sufficiently robust to tolerate lower-quality poly(C2-C4 alkylene terephthalate) scrap feeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert Jacks Sharpe, Michael Charles Morrow
  • Publication number: 20230014630
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for depolymerization of polyester. The method includes (a) treating said polyester with methanol under conditions sufficient to depolymerize at least some of said polyester and form a reaction product that includes dimethyl terephthalate and at least one diol; and (b) converting the diol to a compound substantially non-reactive with said with dimethyl terephthalate and the polyester. A method for producing a cyclic carbonate is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert Lin, Robert Jacks Sharpe
  • Publication number: 20230002308
    Abstract: This invention relates to at least one copolyester comprising repeat units of the following structure: wherein R and R? represent residues of at least one diol; and wherein R and R? are not the same; wherein R? comprises residues of at least one diacid or diester and wherein n represents number of repeat units; and/or copolyester precursors thereof, and methods of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert Jacks Sharpe, Emmett Dudley Crawford
  • Patent number: 11530342
    Abstract: This invention relates to a curable composition comprising: I. a first component comprising a resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. a second component comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group, and III. a third component comprising at least one primary amine or at least one secondary amine, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Shawn Marie Dougherty, Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Monika Karin Wiedmann Boggs, Nick Allen Collins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Ke Feng, Thauming Kuo, Liu Deng, Christopher Harlan Burk, Vasudev R. Bhonde
  • Patent number: 11505622
    Abstract: The present application discloses regioselectively substituted cellulose esters, films made from the regioselectively substituted cellulose esters and methods for making the same. The regioselectively substituted cellulose esters are synthesized using trifluoroacetic anhydride and cellulose with various acyl donors or acyl donor precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Casey Lynn Elkins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Bin Wang
  • Publication number: 20220363816
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for making a polycondensation pre-polyester, a polyester or both, comprising the following steps: A. Acylation of at least one diacid chloride with at least one alcohol to form at least one diester; B. Partial hydrolysis of the diester product of Step A to form at least one monoacid; C. Esterifying the monoacid of Step B with at least one diol to form a diester; D. Reacting the diester of Step C under acidic conditions to form a diacid; and subsequently, performing either Step E or Step F as follows: E. Bisalkylation of the diacid of Step D with at least one haloalcohol to form a pentamer, or F. Esterifiying the diacid of Step D under esterification conditions with at least one diol to form a pentamer, provided that the diol is not the same as the diol used in Step C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert Jacks Sharpe, Emmett Dudley Crawford
  • Patent number: 11261359
    Abstract: This invention relates to an article of manufacture comprising at least one flexible substrate coated with at least one curable composition comprising: I. a first component (I) comprising at least one resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. a second component (II) comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group, and III. a third component (III) comprising at least one compound having amine functionality, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Monika Karin Wiedmann Boggs, Nick Allen Collins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Ke Feng, Shawn Marie Dougherty, Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Thauming Kuo, Christopher Harlan Burk, Liu Deng, Vasudev R. Bhonde
  • Publication number: 20210380508
    Abstract: An efficient process useful for the self-condensation of aliphatic aldehydes is provided, catalyzed by dialkylammonium carboxylate salts. In particular, the invention provides a facile method for the preparation of 2-ethyl hexenal via the self-condensation of butyraldehyde using various dialkylammonium carboxylates, e.g., diisopropylammonium acetate or dimethylammonium acetate, as catalyst. Additionally, residual nitrogen arising from the catalyst can be reduced to ?100 ppm levels in the product via a simple washing procedure. The invention provides a process for preparing alkenals under conditions which limit the formation of undesired impurities and high-boiling oligomeric substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: ROBERT JACKS SHARPE, SCOTT DONALD BARNICKI, MANIK LAL SAHA, KENNETH WAYNE HAMPTON, Jr., DAMON RAY BILLODEAUX, ROBERT THOMAS HEMBRE
  • Patent number: 11136414
    Abstract: The present application discloses regioselectively substituted cellulose esters, films made from the regioselectively substituted cellulose esters and methods for making the same. The regioselectively substituted cellulose esters are synthesized using trifluoroacetic anhydride and cellulose with various acyl donors or acyl donor precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Casey Lynn Elkins, Robert Lin, Michael John Rodig, Robert Jacks Sharpe