Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Baker
Thomas C. Baker 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).
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Publication number: 20140046834Abstract: The present invention provides an automated system configured to facilitate transfers of cash value from one or more lines of credit to one or more deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system ensures that requested funds are available in a customer's one or more lines of credit and electronically deposits the requested funds into one or more designated deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system provides a means for customers to manage lines of credit, setup transfer transactions, define rules governing transfers and view transactional history. The automated system, in network connection with the lending organization's backend systems, may authenticate customer identities and credit accounts as well as insure that the requested funds are available for transfer into a deposit account.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Baker, Diane M. Derocher, Lawrence Stanton Hoffman, Bruno Jimenez, Yogesh R. More, Pauline Raffaele, Andrea M. Saporito, Jennifer Lynne Wybraniec
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Patent number: 8589294Abstract: The present invention provides an automated system configured to facilitate transfers of cash value from one or more lines of credit to one or more deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system ensures that requested funds are available in a customer's one or more lines of credit and electronically deposits the requested funds into one or more designated deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system provides a means for customers to manage lines of credit, setup transfer transactions, define rules governing transfers and view transactional history. The automated system, in network connection with the lending organization's backend systems, may authenticate customer identities and credit accounts as well as insure that the requested funds are available for transfer into a deposit account.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Baker, Diane M. Derocher, Lawrence Stanton Hoffman, Bruno Jimenez, Yogesh R. More, Pauline Raffaele, Andrea M. Saporito, Jennifer Lynne Wybraniec
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Patent number: 8332316Abstract: The present invention provides an automated system configured to facilitate transfers of cash value from one or more lines of credit to one or more deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system ensures that requested funds are available in a customer's one or more lines of credit and electronically deposits the requested funds into one or more designated deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system provides a means for customers to manage lines of credit, setup transfer transactions, define rules governing transfers and view transactional history. The automated system, in network connection with the lending organization's backend systems, may authenticate customer identities and credit accounts as well as insure that the requested funds are available for transfer into a deposit account.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Baker, Diane M. Derocher, Lawrence Stanton Hoffman, Bruno Jimenez, Yogesh R. More, Pauline Raffaele, Andrea M. Saporito, Jennifer Lynne Wybraniec
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Publication number: 20120215685Abstract: The present invention provides an automated system configured to facilitate transfers of cash value from one or more lines of credit to one or more deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system ensures that requested funds are available in a customer's one or more lines of credit and electronically deposits the requested funds into one or more designated deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system provides a means for customers to manage lines of credit, setup transfer transactions, define rules governing transfers and view transactional history. The automated system, in network connection with the lending organization's backend systems, may authenticate customer identities and credit accounts as well as insure that the requested funds are available for transfer into a deposit account.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Baker, Diane M. Derocher, Lawrence Stanton Hoffman, Bruno Jimenez, Yogesh R. More, Pauline Raffaele, Andrea M. Saporito, Jennifer Lynne Wybraniec
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Patent number: 8190517Abstract: The present invention provides an automated system configured to facilitate transfers of cash value from one or more lines of credit to one or more deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system ensures that requested funds are available in a customer's one or more lines of credit and electronically deposits the requested funds into one or more designated deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system provides a means for customers to manage lines of credit, setup transfer transactions, define rules governing transfers and view transactional history. The automated system, in network connection with the lending organization's backend systems, may authenticate customer identities and credit accounts as well as insure that the requested funds are available for transfer into a deposit account.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C Baker, Diane M. Derocher, Lawrence Stanton Hoffman, Bruno Jimenez, Yogesh R. More, Pauline Raffaele, Andrea M. Saporito, Jennifer Lynne Wybraniec
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Patent number: 7524888Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods useful for repelling target pests. The compositions comprise an amount of a monoterpenoid or sesquiterpenoid effective to repel a target pest from a target area, the monoterpenoid or sesquiterpenoid in combination with a carrier. In one embodiment, the monoterpenoid or sesquiterpenoid is from a biorational source, such as a plant volatile. In a particular embodiment, the plant volatile is a monoterpenoid, such as “nepetalactone” (or the individual nepetalactone isomers) derived from catnip (Nepeta cataria). In another embodiment, the plant volatile is any one or a combination of sesquiterpenoids derived from the fruit of the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera). Such compositions have repellency against arthropods, such as cockroaches, mosquitoes, mites, ticks, spiders, and so forth.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Joel R. Coats, Christopher J. Peterson, Junwei Zhu, Thomas C. Baker, Leah T. Nemetz
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Publication number: 20030138471Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods useful for repelling target pests. The compositions comprise an amount of a monoterpenoid or sesquiterpenoid effective to repel a target pest from a target area, the monoterpenoid or sesquiterpenoid in combination with a carrier. In one embodiment, the monoterpenoid or sesquiterpenoid is from a biorational source, such as a plant volatile. In a particular embodiment, the plant volatile is a monoterpenoid, such as “nepetalactone” (or the individual nepetalactone isomers) derived from catnip (Nepeta cataria). In another embodiment, the plant volatile is any one or a combination of sesquiterpenoids derived from the fruit of the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera). Such compositions have repellency against arthropods, such as cockroaches, mosquitoes, mites, ticks, spiders, and so forth.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: July 24, 2003Applicant: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Joel R. Coats, Christopher J. Peterson, Junwei Zhu, Thomas C. Baker, Leah T. Nemetz
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Patent number: 6562332Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions useful for attracting predatory insects.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2000Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Baker, John J. Obrycki, Junwei Zhu
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Patent number: 6543181Abstract: A Drosophila fruit fly attractant composition including: a volatile short chain carboxylic acid, a volatile short chain alcohol, a volatile aryl substituted alcohol, and a nitrogen compound. The invention also includes Drosophila fruit fly attractant-trapant compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Baker, Junwei Zhu, Kye-Chung Park
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Patent number: 6524605Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods useful for repelling target pests. The compositions comprise an amount of a monoterpenoid or sesquiterpenoid effective to repel a target pest from a target area, the monoterpenoid or sesquiterpenoid in combination with a carrier. In one embodiment, the monoterpenoid or sesquiterpenoid is from a biorational source, such as a plant volatile. In a particular embodiment, the plant volatile is a monoterpenoid, such as “nepetalactone” (or the individual nepetalactone isomers) derived from catnip (Nepeta cataria). In another embodiment, the plant volatile is any one or a combination of sesquiterpenoids derived from the fruit of the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera). Such compositions have repellency against arthropods, such as cockroaches, mosquitoes, mites, ticks, spiders, and so forth.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2000Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Joel R. Coats, Christopher J. Peterson, Junwei Zhu, Thomas C. Baker, Leah T. Nemetz
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Publication number: 20010043937Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions useful for attracting predatory insects.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2000Publication date: November 22, 2001Inventors: Thomas C. Baker, John J. Obrycki, Junwei Zhu
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Patent number: 6205041Abstract: A power supply circuit for an electronic thermostat includes a half wave rectifier, at least one voltage dropping resistor and a gated rectifier. The gated rectifier preferably conducts only when the voltage at its output drops below the voltage at its gate. The voltage at the gate is defined by gating circuitry downstream of the voltage dropping resistors. The intermittent conduction of the silicon controlled rectifier produces less current flow through voltage dropping resistors within the power supply circuit. This causes less heat dissipation by these resistors within the thermostat.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1999Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventor: Thomas C. Baker
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Patent number: 6106821Abstract: The invention relates to fly attractant compositions that comprise at least one volatile short chain carboxylic acid, at least one organic sulfide and at least one nitrogen heterocycle. In a preferred embodiment the composition additionally comprises at least one ammonia-releasing compound. In a particularly preferred example, the composition is preparable by combining, for example, the carboxylic acid, the organic sulfide and the nitrogen heterocycle. The invention also relates to an insect trap comprising a means for retaining flies and an insect attractant composition of this invention. The trap is useful in commercial, residential and livestock facilities.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 1997Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Thomas C. Baker, Allard A. Cosse
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Patent number: 5128333Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R1 represents --R3, --OR3 or --N(R3).sub.2, in which R3 is alkyl of 1 to about 18 carbon atoms;R2 represents alkyl of 1 to about 18 carbon atoms; andX represents --OR3, halogen, --CN, --SR4 or --N(R4).sub.2, in which R4 is alkyl of 1 to about 5 carbon atoms,with the proviso that at least one of R2 and R3 is a pheromone alkyl chain.Members of this class of compounds have been shown to exhibit outstanding activity in disrupting pheromone-mediated behavior of various insects, in particular moths.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1991Date of Patent: July 7, 1992Assignee: Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: T. Roy Fukuto, Richard S. Vetter, Thomas C. Baker, Mangel S. Malik
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Patent number: 5104654Abstract: A method and composition for the ovipositional disruption of the navel orangeworm by releasing into the air, in the area where the navel orangeworms are to be disrupted, an effective amount of a fatty acid mixture containing oleic acid and at least one other fatty acid having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms. The fatty acid mixture is preferably applied by combining at with a carrier, such as water, in the form of an emulsion which desirably contains one or more of a surfactant, a chemical slow release agent, a physical slow release agent, a UV inhibitor, or an antioxidant.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 1989Date of Patent: April 14, 1992Assignee: University of CaliforniaInventors: Thomas C. Baker, Paul L. Phelan
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Patent number: 5064820Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R1 represents --R3, --OR3 or --N(R3).sub.2, in which R3 is alkyl of 1 to about 18 carbon atoms;R2 represents alkyl of 1 to about 18 carbon atoms; andX represents --OR3, halogen, --CN, --SR4 or --N(R4).sub.2, in which R4 is alkyl of 1 to about 5 carbon atoms,which the proviso that at least one of R2 and R3 is a pheromone alkyl chain. Members of this class of compounds have been shown to exhibit outstanding activity in disrupting pheromone-mediated behavior of various insects, in particular moths.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1989Date of Patent: November 12, 1991Assignee: Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: T. Roy Fukuto, Richard S. Vetter, Thomas C. Baker, Mangel S. Malik
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Patent number: D413073Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1998Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Dana L. Brechbill, Thomas C. Baker
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Patent number: D415044Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1998Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Dana L. Brechbill, Thomas C. Baker
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Patent number: D425801Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1999Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Dana L. Brechbill, Thomas C. Baker
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Patent number: D425802Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1999Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Dana L. Brechbill, Thomas C. Baker