Patents by Inventor Sean Thomas

Sean 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).

  • Patent number: 6889856
    Abstract: A shelf display apparatus for absorbent articles which are packaged in a flexible film. The apparatus has a substantially horizontal bottom wall and a support structure which together provide a storage region adapted to store substantially upright the absorbent articles. The support structure may include an upstanding side wall which may have ribs to improve package stability, windows to improve product visibility and/or magnets to improve apparatus stability. Another support structure may include a plurality of partitions and a plurality of recesses. The apparatus may also have an advertising panel adapted to display product information relating to the absorbent articles. The product information may refer to a particular product version of the absorbent articles which are stored in close proximity to a plurality of similarly stored absorbent articles. Absorbent articles may include disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, tampons, and pantiliners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sean Thomas Clark, Chris Joseph Kazakeos, Carol Anne Leong-Son, Todd Hayley Parker
  • Publication number: 20040256340
    Abstract: A shelf display apparatus for absorbent articles which are packaged in a flexible film. The apparatus has a substantially horizontal bottom wall and a support structure which together provide a storage region adapted to store substantially upright the absorbent articles. The support structure may include an upstanding side wall which may have ribs to improve package stability, windows to improve product visibility and/or magnets to improve apparatus stability. Another support structure may include a plurality of partitions and a plurality of recesses. The apparatus may also have an advertising panel adapted to display product information relating to the absorbent articles. The product information may refer to a particular product version of the absorbent articles which are stored in close proximity to a plurality of similarly stored absorbent articles. Absorbent articles may include disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, tampons, and pantiliners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sean Thomas Clark, Chris Joseph Kazakeos, Carol Anne Leong-Son, Todd Hayley Parker
  • Patent number: 6531964
    Abstract: A passive remote control device (20, 50) is powered remotely by a radio frequency exciter/receiver (14, 42) and used in a remote control system (100, 200) to control operation of a controlled device (10, 40), such as, for example, a television, video game controller, VCR, or CD player. The remote control device and the exciter/receiver communicate without wires via electrostatic or electromagnetic radiation. No line of sight connection to the passive remote control unit is required. No power source is integrated with the remote control device. The remote control device has a plurality of keys (22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32) or control members that are manually actuated. Depression of a key or button, or other actuation of a control member, causes a response signal associated with that key to be generated. The response signal relates to an operation for the controlled device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Sean Thomas Loving
  • Patent number: 6391891
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds which are ligands for 5HT1, of formula (I) Wherein L, Q, Ra, Rb and Ry are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation and their pharmaceutical composition as well as their use in the treatment of anxiety and depression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham plc
    Inventors: Laramie Mary Gaster, Paul Adrian Wyman, Sean Thomas Flynn
  • Publication number: 20020033299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a road or rail vehicle comprised of a lightweight perimeter frame with panel-like elements, which define a floor, a roof, side walls, and front and rear end elements. In this design the panels are made from high-strength materials wherein the panels are the primary structural elements and the perimeter frame is used primarily as a means of attaching the panels. However, the perimeter chassis is reinforced with heavier sections in certain areas to distribute concentrated forces and impact loads into the structural panels from the vehicle suspension, powertrain, doors, seating, and major access panels or hatches. The body/chassis structure is configured with front and rear chassis subcomponents to which all suspension, steering, engine, and powertrain elements are mounted, in a manner to allow the entire sub-assemblies at the front and rear of the vehicle to be easily installed and removed from the chassis structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventor: Sean Thomas
  • Patent number: 5840961
    Abstract: The invention herein is directed to a process for the preparation of ethyl 3S-amino-4-pentynoate which involves treating 3-(trimethylsilyl)-2-propynal with L-phenylglycinol in toluene to produce .alpha.S-??3-(trimethylsilyl)-2-propynylidene amino!benzenethanol; reacting .alpha.S-??3-(trimethylsilyl)-2-propynylidene!amino!benzenethanol with BrZnCH.sub.2 CO.sub.2 t-Bu in THF/NMP to produce 1,1-dimethylethyl 3S-?(2-hydroxy-1S-phenylethyl)amino!-5-(trimethylsilyl)-4-pentynoate; reacting the 1,1-dimethylethyl 3S-?(2-hydroxy-1S-phenylethyl)amino!-5-(trimethylsilyl)-4-pentynoate with sodium periodate to form 1,1-dimethylethyl 3S-?(phenylmethylene)amino!-5-(trimethylsilyl)-4-pentynoate; hydrolyzing 1,1-dimethylethyl 3S-?(phenylmethylene)amino!-5-(trimethylsilyl)-4-pentynoate to produce 1,1-dimethylethyl 3S-amino-5-(trimethylsilyl)-4-pentynoate; transesterifying 1,1-dimethyl 3S-amino-5-(trimethylsilyl)-4-pentynoate and desilylating to produce ethyl 3S-amino-4-pentynoate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: G. D. Searle & Co.
    Inventors: James Richard Behling, Mark Laurence Boys, Kimberly Jo Cain-Janicki, Pierre-Jean Colson, Wendel William Doubleday, Joseph Edward Duran, Payman N. Farid, Carl Matthew Knable, Frank Walter Muellner, Sean Thomas Nugent, Ravindra S. Topgi
  • Patent number: D410846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Inventors: Randy Leong, Sean Thomas