Patents by Inventor William A. Allen

William A. Allen 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).

  • Digital air gun
    Patent number: 8509033
    Abstract: A marine air gun generates an acoustic signal in water, for example, during a marine seismic survey. The marine air gun includes digital electronic circuitry. The digital electronic circuitry may control an actuator of the marine air gun, digitize and store data from sensors located on or near the marine air gun, send and/or receive digital communications, store and/or output electrical energy, and/or perform other functions. A marine seismic source system that includes multiple air gun clusters may have a separate digital communication link between a command center and each air gun cluster. Each communication link may provide power and digital communication between the command center and one of the air gun clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Real Time Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William Allen Nance, Daniel Eugene Hobson
  • System and method for data management of embedded systems
    Patent number: 8510752
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program manage embedded component information for a product design in a product lifecycle management (PLM) environment. The method includes displaying at least one message object and associating the at least one message object with a signal object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjay Patel, Phanindranath Vedula, William Allen Hinton, Sunayana Bhan, Ashok Sivaram, Tanweer Khan
  • Manifold designs, and flow control in multichannel microchannel devices
    Patent number: 8492164
    Abstract: Novel manifolds and methods of flow through manifolds are described. Apparatus and techniques are described in which flow from a relatively large volume header is equally distributed to process channels. Methods of making laminated, microchannel devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean P. Fitzgerald, Anna Lee Tonkovich, Ravi Arora, Matthew B. Schmidt, Dongming Qiu, Thomas D. Yuschak, Laura J. Silva, William Allen Rogers, Kai Jarosch
  • NOVEL PHARMACEUTICAL INTERMEDIATES AND METHODS FOR PREPARING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130178618
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical intermediate including a first indole moiety which is associated with an optionally carboxylated hexahydroazepino moiety, an optionally carboxylated azonane moiety, or a second, optionally carboxylated indole moiety, having an alkyl, allyl, phenylallyl, cinnamyl, alkenyl, and/or alkyl-alkenyl substituent pendant from a nitrogen atom of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventor: William Allen Boulanger
  • Microchannel compression reactor
    Patent number: 8460411
    Abstract: A process unit comprising: (a) a first microchannel module comprising: (i) a first unit operation including microchannels, in which at least a portion of a unit operation takes place, adapted to be in fluid communication with a first inlet stream and a first outlet stream, and (ii) a second unit operation including microchannels adapted to be in thermal communication with the first unit operation, the second unit operation adapted to be in fluid communication with a second inlet stream and a second outlet stream; and (b) a pressurized vessel at least partially containing the first microchannel module adapted to be concurrently occupied by a compressive medium in thermal communication with the first microchannel module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: William Allen Rogers, Jr., Christopher Paul Weil, Robert Dwayne Litt, Ronald Chester Pasadyn, George Bradley Smith, Charles Robert Miele, Thomas Peter Forte, Jimmy Glen Pelham
  • Intumescent coating compositions
    Patent number: 8461244
    Abstract: A liquid intumescent resin coating composition including at least one polymeric component, at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomeric component, and at least one intumescent ingredient. The coating composition further includes at least one of Sodium Potassium Aluminum Silicate (Nepheline syenite) and Potassium Aluminum Silicate. The coating composition is curable to a solid state by free radical polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: W. & J. Leigh & Co.
    Inventors: Andrew Philip Taylor, Simon Butterfield, John Darryl Green, William Allen
  • Microchannel compression reactor
    Patent number: 8450381
    Abstract: The present invention includes a removable microchannel unit including an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice in fluid communication with a plurality of microchannels distributed throughout the removable microchannel unit, and a pressurized vessel adapted have the removable microchannel unit mounted thereto, the pressurized vessel adapted to contain a pressurized fluid exerting a positive gauge pressure upon at least a portion of the exterior of the removable microchannel unit. The invention also includes a microchannel unit assembly comprising a microchannel unit operation carried out within a pressurized vessel, where pressurized vessel includes a pressurized fluid exerting a positive gauge pressure upon an exterior of the microchannel unit operation, and where the microchannel unit operation includes an outlet orifice in fluid communication with an interior of the pressurized vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: William Allen Rogers, Paul William Neagle, Michael Alan Marchiando, Christopher Paul Well, Robert Dwayne Litt, Ronald Chester Pasadyn, G. Bradley Smith, Charles Robert Miele, Thomas Peter Forte, Jimmy Glen Pelham
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING HEALTHCARE ADVERTISEMENTS
    Publication number: 20130041688
    Abstract: A system and method for healthcare advertisements and clinical messaging to healthcare consumers and physicians are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Andre T. Vovan, Chris T. Vovan, William Allen Mincey, David Howard Glazov
  • DIGITAL AIR GUN
    Publication number: 20130001007
    Abstract: A marine air gun generates an acoustic signal in water, for example, during a marine seismic survey. The marine air gun includes digital electronic circuitry. The digital electronic circuitry may control an actuator of the marine air gun, digitize and store data from sensors located on or near the marine air gun, send and/or receive digital communications, store and/or output electrical energy, and/or perform other functions. A marine seismic source system that includes multiple air gun clusters may have a separate digital communication link between a command center and each air gun cluster. Each communication link may provide power and digital communication between the command center and one of the air gun clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Real Time Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William Allen Nance, Daniel Eugene Hobson
  • ALUMINUM SHOE OUTER SOLE AND HEEL
    Publication number: 20120304494
    Abstract: An aluminum shoe. An aluminum outer sole has a top side, a bottom side and at least two bends to follow the contour of a wearer's foot. An aluminum heel is welded to the bottom of the aluminum outer sole. A flexible, cushioned inner sole is glued to the top side of the aluminum outer sole. A foot retention means for holding the foot onto the inner sole is connected to the inner sole. In a preferred embodiment a front heel and a rear heel are welded to the bottom side of the outer sole. Also, in a preferred embodiment, three bends are placed into the outer sole to better follow the contour of the wearer's foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: William Allen Hobson
  • Method And Machine For Making Foam Cushions
    Publication number: 20120297735
    Abstract: A machine for forming foam cushions comprises a web of film comprising a pair of film panels positioned face to face and having first and second lengthwise edges, and first and second foam dispensing assemblies positioned to dispense foam between the film panels, each foam dispensing assembly comprising first and second valves that dispense first and second foam components, respectively, the valves positioned so that respective foam component streams exiting the valves intersect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: STOROPACK, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt William Allen, Raymond Cherfane, Jean-Marc Slovencik, Thomas George Eckel
  • Audio-Video Signal Processing
    Publication number: 20120300026
    Abstract: A method for processing audio/video signals. The method includes determining if the video signals are in two dimensional or three dimensional format. If the video signals are in two dimensional format, the method includes providing a first delay to be applied to the audio signals. If the video signals are in three dimensional format, the method includes providing a second delay, longer than the first delay, to be applied to the audio signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventor: William Allen
  • System and method of generically detecting the presence of emulated environments
    Patent number: 8307429
    Abstract: A method of determining that protected software is running in a virtualized environment includes obtaining a set of baseline measurements of system call timings in native operating system environments. Statistical thresholds are established based on the baseline measurements such that there is a predetermined probability that protected software running in a native environment will experience system call durations that exceed the thresholds. The protected software is analyzed and instructions are incorporated within the software such that particular system calls, demonstrated to be differentiating using the set of baseline measurements and the threshold analysis, are executed during the normal running of the protected software. The incorporated instructions are used to estimate the parameter values that are to be compared with the established statistical thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Florida Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Richard Ford, William Allen, Gerald Marin
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING HEALTHCARE ADVERTISEMENTS
    Publication number: 20120278098
    Abstract: A system and method for healthcare advertisements and clinical messaging to healthcare consumers and physicians are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Andre T. Vovan, Chris T. Vovan, William Allen Mincey, David Howard Glazov
  • Drill bit configuration
    Patent number: 8292555
    Abstract: This invention has to do with a rotary twist drill of the type having a fluted cylindrical shank with a drill bit end having at least two cutting edges extending radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the drill. Cutting edges are formed by the intersection of the flutes with the drill point end and extend radially outwardly from the center of the drill body to the outer perimeter of the drill body. Gashes formed on the drill point end form innermost cutting edge portions which are symmetrical with one another about a point offset both horizontally and vertically from the axial centerline of the drill body so as to allow a positive cutting action at the centerline of the material to be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: William Allen Shaffer
  • Digital air gun
    Patent number: 8279711
    Abstract: A marine air gun generates an acoustic signal in water, for example, during a marine seismic survey. The marine air gun includes digital electronic circuitry. The digital electronic circuitry may control an actuator of the marine air gun, digitize and store data from sensors located on or near the marine air gun, send and/or receive digital communications, store and/or output electrical energy, and/or perform other functions. A marine seismic source system that includes multiple air gun clusters may have a separate digital communication link between a command center and each air gun cluster. Each communication link may provide power and digital communication between the command center and one of the air gun clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Real Time Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William Allen Nance, Daniel Eugene Hobson
  • Pay-Off Assembly
    Publication number: 20120223179
    Abstract: An improved pay-off assembly allowing cable loaded on a cable reel to be transported to an installation site and/or paid-off during a cable pull is described. The pay-off assembly may include one or more of lateral support braces that provide stability and strength to an A-frame structure supporting the cable reel; a reel lock assembly for securely holding the cable reel in place during transport and/or pay-off of the cable; an end cap assembly that prevents detachment from an arbor as the arbor and cable reel rotate during pay-off; a dog hole stop assembly that engages a “dog hole” in the cable reel to prevent the cable reel from rotating during transport; a braking system for controlling the rotational speed of the cable reel during pay-off; and a ground attachment assembly that allows an additional cable reel to be loaded for transport and/or pay-off of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Juan Alberto Galindo Gonzalez, William Allen Sewell, Frank Calhoun, Laurentiu Dan Dragomir, Myron Deese
  • Apparatus and method for revenue distribution generated from delivering healthcare advertisements via EMR systems, RHIN, and electronic advertising servers
    Patent number: 8239215
    Abstract: A system and method for effectively distributing revenues generated from delivering specific healthcare advertisements and non health-care specific advertisements over electronic medical record systems (EMR) and a regional healthcare information network (RHIN) using an electronic advertising server in a manner compliant with HIPAA and Federal Anti-Kickback laws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Mitochon Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Andre T. Vovan, Chris T. Vovan, William Allen Mincey, David Howard Glazov
  • MICROCHANNEL COMPRESSION REACTOR
    Publication number: 20120184633
    Abstract: The present invention includes a removable microchannel unit including an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice in fluid communication with a plurality of microchannels distributed throughout the removable microchannel unit, and a pressurized vessel adapted have the removable microchannel unit mounted thereto, the pressurized vessel adapted to contain a pressurized fluid exerting a positive gauge pressure upon at least a portion of the exterior of the removable microchannel unit. The invention also includes a microchannel unit assembly comprising a microchannel unit operation carried out within a pressurized vessel, where pressurized vessel includes a pressurized fluid exerting a positive gauge pressure upon an exterior of the microchannel unit operation, and where the microchannel unit operation includes an outlet orifice in fluid communication with an interior of the pressurized vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: William Allen Rogers, Paul William NEAGLE, Michael Alan MARCHlANDO, Christopher Paul Weil, Robert Dwayne Litt, Ronald Chester Pasadyn, G. Bradley Smith, Charles Robert Miele, Thomas Peter Forte, Jimmy Glen Pelham
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CIRCULATORY VALVE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20120143217
    Abstract: An apparatus for the repair of a cardiovascular valve has leaflets comprising a grasper capable of grabbing and co-apting the leaflets of the valve. In a preferred embodiment, the grasper has jaws that grasp and immobilize the leaflets, and then a fastener is inserted to co-apt the leaflets. The apparatus is particularly useful for repairing mitral valves to cure mitral regurgitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: MEHMET C. OZ, Gerald M. Lemole, Alan Lotvin, Juan P. Umana, William Allen, Howard P. Levin