Patents by Inventor Thomas Francis McCallum, III

Thomas Francis McCallum, III 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: 20130036652
    Abstract: The Game Changer II (GCII) is a device designed to enhance the performance and presentation of rubber fishing baits used in fishing. GCII's sliding plunger bar allows for a straight and centered hole to be pre-set in rubber fishing baits. This pre-set hole is pivotal when applying the hook or jig head to the rubber bait in-that it allows the hook to follow the pre-set hole through the center of the bait. GCII is a plastic, single hinge unit with 2 moving parts (the lid and the sliding plunger bar) and 2 separate trays (1 for larger baits and 1 for smaller baits). With the lid in the open position and the sliding plunger bar (see diagram 4) in the extended position, the rubber bait is laid in the tray with the top of the rubber bait. flush against the inner wall of the GCII and the head of the bait at the plunger hole. Close the lid. Once the lid is closed apply minimal pressure on both the top and the bottom of the GCII.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Francis McCallum, III
  • Patent number: 5866664
    Abstract: A process for efficiently utilizing phosphorous acid or salts thereof as a chain transfer agent in the polymerization of monomers, particulary unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers, is provided, where the polymerization is conducted at an in-process solids level of at least 40 percent and in-process neutralization level of at least 30% to produce low molecular weight water-soluble phosphonate-terminated polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Thomas Francis McCallum, III, Barry Weinstein
  • Patent number: 5858944
    Abstract: Polycarboxylate additives suitable for use in automatic dishwasher detergent compositions are prepared by polymerizing three or more monomers including monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 to C.sub.6 monocarboxylic acids such as acrylic acid, monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 to C.sub.6 dicarboxylic acids such as maleic acid, and monoethylenically unsaturated esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid. Automatic dishwasher detergents prepared from these additives produce low filming and spotting on washed glassware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Inventors: Andrea Claudette Keenan, Thomas Cleveland Kirk, Thomas Francis McCallum, III, Jan Edward Shulman, Richard James Tallent, Barry Weinstein