Patents by Inventor Thomas Mullane

Thomas Mullane 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 device for selectively positioning a fishing reel upon a rod
    Patent number: 7784214
    Abstract: This invention is directed toward a reel seat kit and method of use which allows a particular rod to be modified to accept a plurality of reels, and wherein reproducible and predictable rod action may be achieved via judicious placement of a particular reel in relationship to the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas Mullane
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY POSITIONING A FISHING REEL UPON A ROD
    Publication number: 20090255167
    Abstract: This invention is directed toward a reel seat kit and method of use which allows a particular rod to be modified to accept a plurality of reels, and wherein reproducible and predictable rod action may be achieved via judicious placement of a particular reel in relationship to the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas Mullane
  • Method for compensation of degradation in tunable lasers
    Patent number: 7478007
    Abstract: The invention provides a method to compensate for degradation in a tunable laser and ensure its performance by tracking the degradation and adjusting the control information accordingly. This is accomplished by performing some measurements of the output of the tunable laser at an initial setup or calibration procedure. Then, by effecting a periodic repetition of these measurements and using a comparison between these two measurements the present invention provides for a compensation factor for the operating conditions, primarily in the form of a look up table of operating points of the laser. These measurements show how much the operating points of the laser have drifted over the period since the last set of measurements, which provide control informatIon to compensate for degradation in the laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Intune Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Farrell, David McDonald, Thomas Mullane
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY POSITIONING A FISHING REEL UPON A ROD
    Publication number: 20080172922
    Abstract: This invention is directed toward a reel seat kit and method of use which allows a particular rod to be modified to accept a plurality of reels, and wherein reproducible and predictable rod action may be achieved via judicious placement of a particular reel in relationship to the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas Mullane
  • Method for compensation of degradation in tunable lasers
    Publication number: 20060129344
    Abstract: The invention provides a method to compensate for degradation in a tunable laser and ensure its performance by tracking the degradation and adjusting the control information accordingly. This is accomplished by performing some measurements of the output of the tunable laser at an initial setup or calibration procedure. Then, by effecting a periodic repetition of these measurements and using a comparison between these two measurements the present invention provides for a compensation factor for the operating conditions, primarily in the form of a look up table of operating points of the laser. These measurements show how much the operating points of the laser have drifted over the period since the last set of measurements, which provide control information to compensate for degradation in the laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Farrell, David McDonald, Thomas Mullane