Patents by Inventor Warren J. Smith

Warren J. Smith 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: 6386397
    Abstract: An ergonomically improved spray bottle grip includes a top wall surrounded by a perimeter wall that defines a first recess on the underside of the top wall. One or more shoulders projecting inwardly from the perimeter wall allow the first recess to receive a finger flange on the spray bottle in a snap fit manner. A pair of arms extend downwardly from the perimeter wall and terminate in a pair of finger grips. The finger grips may include upward portions and ribs to help prevent the user's fingers from slipping off of the finger grip. The top wall includes a closed central aperture which is dimensioned to telescopingly receive a nozzle on the spray bottle. In use, the grip is placed over the spray bottle such that the nozzle projects through the aperture. The top wall is then pressed downwardly along the spray bottle until it contacts the finger flange on the spray bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Herbert V. Brotspies, John B. Cullen, Warren J. Smith
  • Patent number: 6276568
    Abstract: An ergonomically improved spray bottle grip includes a top wall surrounded by a perimeter wall that defines a first recess on the underside of the top wall. One or more shoulders projecting inwardly from the perimeter wall allow the first recess to receive a finger flange on the spray bottle in a snap fit manner. A pair of arms extend downwardly from the perimeter wall and terminate in a pair of finger grips. The finger grips may include upward portions and ribs to help prevent the user's fingers from slipping off of the finger grip. The top wall includes a closed central aperture which is dimensioned to telescopingly receive a nozzle on the spray bottle. In use, the grip is placed over the spray bottle such that the nozzle projects through the aperture. The top wall is then pressed downwardly along the spray bottle until it contacts the finger flange on the spray bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Herbert V. Brotspies, John B. Cullen, Warren J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20010004083
    Abstract: An ergonomically improved spray bottle grip includes a top wall surrounded by a perimeter wall that defines a first recess on the underside of the top wall. One or more shoulders projecting inwardly from the perimeter wall allow the first recess to receive a finger flange on the spray bottle in a snap fit manner. A pair of arms extend downwardly from the perimeter wall and terminate in a pair of finger grips. The finger grips may include upward portions and ribs to help prevent the user's fingers from slipping off of the finger grip. The top wall includes a closed central aperture which is dimensioned to telescopingly receive a nozzle on the spray bottle. In use, the grip is placed over the spray bottle such that the nozzle projects through the aperture. The top wall is then pressed downwardly along the spray bottle until it contacts the finger flange on the spray bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Applicant: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company, a corporation of the State of Delaware
    Inventors: Herbert V. Brotspies, John B. Cullen, Warren J. Smith
  • Patent number: 5420345
    Abstract: Preparation of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having (n+1) carbon atoms, where n is an integer up to 6, may be achieved by contacting an aliphatic alcohol having n carbon atoms or a reactive derivative thereof with carbon monoxide, in the presence of a copper, nickel, iridium, rhodium or cobalt loaded mordenite zeolite catalyst, at elevated temperature and at a pressure in the range 15 to 200 bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: BP Chemicals Limited
    Inventor: Warren J. Smith
  • Patent number: 5397561
    Abstract: A novel zeolite type material, designated SUZ-9 and suitable for use as an absorbent, catalyst or catalyst base, has, in its dehydrated organic free form, the empirical form m (M.sub.2/a O):X.sub.z O.sub.xz/2 :.sub.y YO.sub.2, where m is 0.5-1.5, M is an a valent cation; x is 2 or 3 and z is correspondingly 1 or 2; y is at least 2; X is Al, Ga, B, Zn or Fe; and Y is Si or Ge, and in its calcined hydrogen form an X-ray diffraction pattern including significant specified peaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: The British Petroleum Company P.L.C.
    Inventor: Warren J. Smith
  • Patent number: D421120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Herbert V. Brotspies, John B. Cullen, Warren J. Smith
  • Patent number: D428141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
    Inventors: Herbert V. Brotspies, John B. Cullen, Warren J. Smith