Patents by Inventor Wayne Lawson
Wayne Lawson 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: 20210401417Abstract: A device and a method for sealing an opening in the wall of a blood vessel is provided. The device includes pushing mechanism, a shaft fixedly connected to the pushing mechanism, a seal assembly attached to the distal end of the shaft, and a pushing rod also engaging the seal assembly, the pushing mechanism moving the pushing rod from a first position to a second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: John I. Shipp, Dennis Wayne Lawson, JR.
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Patent number: 9012736Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing plants with a desired phenotypic trait which comprises subjecting plants to mutagenesis, screening chimeric progeny for plants having the desired phenotypic trait, and propagating the survivors. In an embodiment, the phenotypic trait comprises an altered amino acid content. Preferably, the technique is used to generate Nicotiana tobacum plant lines having an increase in at least one amino acid. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides improved Nicotiana tobacum plant lines producing at least 1.35 nmole of threonine per milligram of dry plant weight. These plants are useful for improving the flavor and aroma of the tobacco.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Reynolds Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Luis Mayan Dominguez, Jerry Wayne Lawson, Wennuan Liu, Michael Francis Dube
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Patent number: 8403415Abstract: An adjustable passenger seat having a seat recline mechanism and including a seat base having first and second non-intersecting seat path guide slots for guiding the travel of a translation guide assembly interconnected to a linear translating seat pan drive rail through the seat pan such that translational movement of the drive rail with respect to the seat base causes movement of the seat pan and the seat back between upright and flat seating positions.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.Inventor: Bobby Wayne Lawson
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Patent number: 8371136Abstract: A method of forming ice in a refrigerator is disclosed. The method includes cooling a first storage compartment to a first temperature, cooling a second storage compartment to a second temperature, cooling an interior volume defined in a door to a third temperature, wherein the door permits and impedes access to the second storage compartment, operating a fan disposed in the interior volume to circulate cool air through the interior volume, and cooling water to form ice in the interior volume.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Matthew William Davis, Krzysztof Struminski, Wayne Lawson
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Publication number: 20120038196Abstract: An adjustable passenger seat having a seat recline mechanism and including a seat base having first and second non-intersecting seat path guide slots for guiding the travel of a translation guide assembly interconnected to a linear translating seat pan drive rail through the seat pan such that translational movement of the drive rail with respect to the seat base causes movement of the seat pan and the seat back between upright and flat seating positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: BE AEROSPACE, INC.Inventor: Bobby Wayne Lawson
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Patent number: 8113573Abstract: A seat articulation mechanism including a seat pan member that travels along a pathway defined in a seat articulation linkage as the entire mechanism translates between an upright and sleeping configuration through a lounge configuration. The mechanism further includes main and secondary translation linkages, one of which is driven by a single actuator to drive the mechanism between the upright and sleeping configurations.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.Inventor: Bobby Wayne Lawson
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Patent number: 8074464Abstract: An ice producing apparatus for a refrigerator is disclosed. The apparatus includes a door configured to permit and prohibit access to an interior volume of a storage compartment of the refrigerator, the door defining therein a door interior volume; a fan disposed in the door interior volume; and a mold disposed in the door interior volume and configured to receive water and to retain the water during freezing of the water into ice.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Matthew William Davis, Krzysztof Struminski, Wayne Lawson
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Patent number: 8076419Abstract: Disclosed is a propylene impact copolymer comprising a first polypropylene having an MFR1 within the range from 15 to 40 dg/min; a second polypropylene having an MFR2 within the range from 50 to 190 dg/min; an elastomeric polymer; and wherein the propylene impact copolymer has an MFRICP within the range from 6 to 18 dg/min; a 1% Secant Flexural Modulus of greater than 150 kpsi (1030 MPa); and an Izod Impact at 25° C. of greater than 10 ft-lbs/in (530 J/m). The impact copolymer may be produced in a two or three tandem-reactor system wherein the catalyst composition used in the second reactor to produce the second polypropylene is different from the catalyst composition used in the first reactor to produce the first polypropylene.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Prasadarao Meka, Kevin Wayne Lawson
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Publication number: 20110105690Abstract: Disclosed is a propylene impact copolymer comprising a first polypropylene having an MFR1 within the range from 15 to 40 dg/min; a second polypropylene having an MFR2 within the range from 50 to 190 dg/min; an elastomeric polymer; and wherein the propylene impact copolymer has an MFRICP within the range from 6 to 18 dg/min; a 1% Secant Flexural Modulus of greater than 150 kpsi (1030 MPa); and an Izod Impact at 25° C. of greater than 10 ft-lbs/in (530 J/m). The impact copolymer may be produced in a two or three tandem-reactor system wherein the catalyst composition used in the second reactor to produce the second polypropylene is different from the catalyst composition used in the first reactor to produce the first polypropylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Inventors: Prasadarao MEKA, Kevin Wayne Lawson
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Publication number: 20110023178Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing plants with a desired phenotypic trait which comprises subjecting plants to mutagenesis, screening chimeric progeny for plants having the desired phenotypic trait, and propagating the survivors. In an embodiment, the phenotypic trait comprises an altered amino acid content. Preferably, the technique is used to generate Nicotiana tobacum plant lines having an increase in at least one amino acid. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides improved Nicotiana tobacum plant lines producing at least 1.35 nmole of threonine per milligram of dry plant weight. These plants are useful for improving the flavor and aroma of the tobacco.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Luis Mayan Dominguez, Jerry Wayne Lawson, Wennuan Liu, Michael Francis Dube
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Patent number: 7851554Abstract: Disclosed is a propylene impact copolymer comprising a first polypropylene having an MFR1 within the range from 15 to 40 dg/min; a second polypropylene having an MFR2 within the range from 50 to 190 dg/min; an elastomeric polymer; and wherein the propylene impact copolymer has an MFRICP within the range from 6 to 18 dg/min; a 1% Secant Flexural Modulus of greater than 150 kpsi (1030 MPa); and an Izod Impact at 25° C. of greater than 10 ft-lbs/in (530 J/m). The impact copolymer may be produced in a two or three tandem-reactor system wherein the catalyst composition used in the second reactor to produce the second polypropylene is different from the catalyst composition used in the first reactor to produce the first polypropylene.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Prasadarao Meka, Kevin Wayne Lawson
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Patent number: 7825305Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing plants with a desired phenotypic trait which comprises subjecting plants to mutagenesis, screening chimeric progeny for plants having the desired phenotypic trait, and propagating the survivors. In an embodiment, the phenotypic trait comprises an altered amino acid content. Preferably, the technique is used to generate Nicotiana tobacum plant lines having an increase in at least one amino acid. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides improved Nicotiana tobacum plant lines producing at least 1.35 nmole of threonine per milligram of dry plant weight. These plants are useful for improving the flavor and aroma of the tobacco.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Reynolds Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Luis Mayan Dominguez, Jerry Wayne Lawson, Wennuan Liu, Michael Francis Dube
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Patent number: 7816447Abstract: The invention relates to the production of polymers using polymerization processes and reactor systems including a plurality of multi-zone circulating reactors. In particular, the invention relates to the production of impact copolymers using reactor systems including a plurality of multi-zone circulating reactors.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2004Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Kevin Wayne Lawson, Lawrence Carl Smith, Randell Wayne Dickey, Robert Tan Li, Prasadarao Meka
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Publication number: 20100105848Abstract: Disclosed is a propylene impact copolymer comprising a first polypropylene having an MFR1 within the range from 15 to 40 dg/min; a second polypropylene having an MFR2 within the range from 50 to 190 dg/min; an elastomeric polymer; and wherein the propylene impact copolymer has an MFRICP within the range from 6 to 18 dg/min; a 1% Secant Flexural Modulus of greater than 150 kpsi (1030 MPa); and an Izod Impact at 25° C. of greater than 10 ft-lbs/in (530 J/m). The impact copolymer may be produced in a two or three tandem-reactor system wherein the catalyst composition used in the second reactor to produce the second polypropylene is different from the catalyst composition used in the first reactor to produce the first polypropylene.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventors: Prasadarao Meka, Kevin Wayne Lawson
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Publication number: 20100050680Abstract: An ice producing apparatus for a refrigerator is disclosed. The apparatus includes a door configured to permit and prohibit access to an interior volume of a storage compartment of the refrigerator, the door defining therein a door interior volume; a fan disposed in the door interior volume; and a mold disposed in the door interior volume and configured to receive water and to retain the water during freezing of the water into ice.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Matthew William Davis, Krzysztof Struminski, Wayne Lawson
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Publication number: 20100050663Abstract: A method of forming ice in a refrigerator is disclosed. The method includes cooling a first storage compartment to a first temperature, cooling a second storage compartment to a second temperature, cooling an interior volume defined in a door to a third temperature, wherein the door permits and impedes access to the second storage compartment, operating a fan disposed in the interior volume to circulate cool air through the interior volume, and cooling water to form ice in the interior volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Matthew William Davis, Krzysztof Struminski, Wayne Lawson
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Publication number: 20100032994Abstract: A seat articulation mechanism including a seat pan member that travels along a pathway defined in a seat articulation linkage as the entire mechanism translates between an upright and sleeping configuration through a lounge configuration. The mechanism further includes main and secondary translation linkages, one of which is driven by a single actuator to drive the mechanism between the upright and sleeping configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2009Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: BE AEROSPACE, INC.Inventor: Bobby Wayne Lawson
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Patent number: 7614244Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first storage compartment defining a first interior volume. A first evaporator is disposed in a first evaporator compartment and is configured to provide cool air to the first interior volume. A second storage compartment defines a second interior volume, the second interior volume configured to be cooled by cool air received from the first interior volume. A door is positionable to permit and prohibit access to the second interior volume through a front of the second interior volume. A third interior volume is defined in an interior of the door. A second evaporator is disposed in a second evaporator compartment and is configured to provide cool air to the third interior volume. An air flow channel extends from the second evaporator compartment to the third interior volume. A fan is disposed in the third interior volume. A mold is disposed in the third interior volume and is configured to receive water and to retain the water during cooling of the water.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Matthew William Davis, Krzysztof Struminski, Wayne Lawson
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Publication number: 20080148761Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first storage compartment defining a first interior volume. A first evaporator is disposed in a first evaporator compartment and is configured to provide cool air to the first interior volume. A second storage compartment defines a second interior volume, the second interior volume configured to be cooled by cool air received from the first interior volume. A door is positionable to permit and prohibit access to the second interior volume through a front of the second interior volume. A third interior volume is defined in an interior of the door. A second evaporator is disposed in a second evaporator compartment and is configured to provide cool air to the third interior volume. An air flow channel extends from the second evaporator compartment to the third interior volume. A fan is disposed in the third interior volume. A mold is disposed in the third interior volume and is configured to receive water and to retain the water during cooling of the water.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Matthew William Davis, Krzysztof Struminski, Wayne Lawson
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Patent number: 7183234Abstract: The present invention provides catalyst systems including a Ziegler-Natta or Ziegler-Natta-type catalyst in combination with a mixture of certain electron donors.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2004Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Robert Tan Li, Kevin Wayne Lawson, Aspy Keki Mehta, Prasadarao Meka