Patents by Inventor William Dolan

William Dolan 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: 11793181
    Abstract: The bait lock structure is a towed device. The bait lock socket is adapted for use with a bait fish. The bait lock socket is adapted for use with a game fish. The bait lock socket displays the bait fish in order to attract and capture the game fish. The bait lock socket incorporates a lure structure, a locking post, and a capture structure. The locking post secures the capture structure to the lure structure. The bait fish attaches to the lure structure. The capture structure captures the game fish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Scott Smith, William Dolan
  • Patent number: 11421086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a fluoropolymer article having a high surface roughness and high coarseness which comprises the following steps: a) forming a paste comprising a fluoropolymer into a paste-formed fluoropolymer product at a temperature lower than 50° C., b) densifying the paste-formed product, and c) stretching the densified paste-formed fluoropolymer product in at least one direction. The present invention further relates to a fluoropolymer article obtainable by a process according to the invention. The present invention furthermore relates to a fiber comprising, or consisting of, a fluoropolymer having a surface roughness expressed as a peak to valley distance (Rt) greater than 10 micrometer and/or an average surface roughness (Ra) greater than 1.5 micrometer. The present invention furthermore relates to a membrane comprising, or consisting of, a fluoropolymer having a coarseness index ?/EBP of at least 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Wendlandt, Wolfgang Bürger, John William Dolan
  • Publication number: 20220068463
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to a system and method for detecting when to diverge to a tangential conversation from a linearly structured steps of a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) session in a series of sessions for a mental health disorder. The system includes logic to determine when to merge the tangential conversation back to flow of linearly structured steps in the therapy session. The system can bookmark the last completed step in the flow of linearly structured steps of the CBT therapy session before starting the tangential conversation. The system can calculate a return to CBT session score after each succeeding utterance from the patient in the tangential conversation. The system resumes flow of the linearly structured steps of the CBT session upon detecting that the return to CBT session score has exceeded a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: doc.ai, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric William DOLAN, Joel Thomas KAARDAL, Jeremy Fine HARTMAN, Satish Srinivasan BHAT, Srivatsa Akshay SHARMA, Walter Adolf DE BROUWER
  • Publication number: 20220068462
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to a system and method for remembering content received from a patient for future use and understood by computerized natural language processing during a chatbot therapy session. The system includes a graph of entities and relationships in an artificial memory graph data structure. The entity nodes in the graph represent entities that are related to a patient root node representing the patient. The entity nodes are connected to patient root node by one or more relationship edges that have named roles. The entity nodes and/or relationship edges can be slotted for at least a distinguishing name, a patient sentiment towards the entity and an entity state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: doc.ai, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric William DOLAN, Joel Thomas KAARDAL, Jeremy Fine HARTMAN, Satish Srinivasan BHAT, Srivatsa Akshay SHARMA, Walter Adolf DE BROUWER
  • Publication number: 20190322820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a fluoropolymer article having a high surface roughness and high coarseness which comprises the following steps: a) forming a paste comprising a fluoropolymer into a paste-formed fluoropolymer product at a temperature lower than 50° C., b) densifying the paste-formed product, and c) stretching the densified paste-formed fluoropolymer product in at least one direction. The present invention further relates to a fluoropolymer article obtainable by a process according to the invention. The present invention furthermore relates to a fiber comprising, or consisting of, a fluoropolymer having a surface roughness expressed as a peak to valley distance (Rt) greater than 10 micrometer and/or an average surface roughness (Ra) greater than 1.5 micrometer. The present invention furthermore relates to a membrane comprising, or consisting of, a fluoropolymer having a coarseness index ?/EBP of at least 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Wendlandt, Wolfgang Burger, John William Dolan
  • Patent number: 10422480
    Abstract: The invention is related to a storage vessel (1) comprising a shaped body (3) of a porous solid, wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises a wall (5) with a section (7) comprising at least one inlet (9), wherein the storage vessel (1) has a central axis (11) and the central axis (11) is a longitudinal axis of the storage vessel (1) and/or perpendicular to a cross-sectional area of the at least one inlet (9), wherein the shaped body (3) covers at least 85% of an inner volume (13) of the storage vessel (1) and the shaped body (3) comprises an opening (19) in an axial direction (17), axial referring to the central axis (11) of the storage vessel (1), wherein the opening (19) extends from a first end (21) of the shaped body (3) to an opposing second end (23) of the shaped body (3) and wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises exactly one shaped body (3), which is formed in one piece. The invention is further related to a shaped body and use of the shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Weickert, Stefan Marx, Ulrich Müller, Lena Arnold, Adam Lack, Joseph Lynch, William Dolan, Michael Santamaria
  • Patent number: 10377866
    Abstract: Fluoropolymer articles having a high surface roughness and high coarseness are provided. In one embodiment, a fiber is provided that has a surface roughness expressed as a peak-to-valley distance (Rt) greater than 10 micrometers and an average surface roughness (Ra) greater than 1.5 micrometers. In another embodiment, a membrane having a coarseness index ?/EBP of at least 0.3 g/cm3/psi and an air permeability of 15 ft3/ft2/min or higher is provided. The fluoropolymer articles are produced by a process that includes forming a paste-formed fluoropolymer product at a temperature lower than 50° C., densifying the paste-formed product, and then stretching the dens Pied paste-formed fluoropolymer product in at least one direction. In exemplary embodiments, the fluoropolymer may be polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a modified PTFE, a TFE copolymer, a fluorothermoplastic, a fluoroelastomer, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Wendlandt, Wolfgang Bürger, John William Dolan
  • Patent number: 9994500
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for removing contaminants from an olefin stream, comprising passing the contaminated olefin stream through a first adsorbent in a thermal swing adsorption process to produce a relatively pure olefin product stream, and a regenerating gas stream containing the contaminants, passing the contaminated regenerating gas stream through a pressure swing adsorption process to yield a relatively pure regenerating gas stream, which can be redirected to the thermal swing adsorption process for regenerating the adsorbent therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: William Dolan
  • Publication number: 20170336030
    Abstract: The invention is related to a storage vessel (1) comprising a shaped body (3) of a porous solid, wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises a wall (5) with a section (7) comprising at least one inlet (9), wherein the storage vessel (1) has a central axis (11) and the central axis (11) is a longitudinal axis of the storage vessel (1) and/or perpendicular to a cross-sectional area of the at least one inlet (9), wherein the shaped body (3) covers at least 85% of an inner volume (13) of the storage vessel (1) and the shaped body (3) comprises an opening (19) in an axial direction (17), axial referring to the central axis (11) of the storage vessel (1), wherein the opening (19) extends from a first end (21) of the shaped body (3) to an opposing second end (23) of the shaped body (3) and wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises exactly one shaped body (3), which is formed in one piece. The invention is further related to a shaped body and use of the shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias WEICKERT, Stefan MARX, Ulrich MÜLLER, Lena ARNOLD, Adam LACK, Joseph LYNCH, William DOLAN, Michael SANTAMARIA
  • Publication number: 20170050903
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for removing contaminants from an olefin stream, comprising passing the contaminated olefin stream through a first adsorbent in a thermal swing adsorption process to produce a relatively pure olefin product stream, and a regenerating gas stream containing the contaminants, passing the contaminated regenerating gas stream through a pressure swing adsorption process to yield a relatively pure regenerating gas stream, which can be redirected to the thermal swing adsorption process for regenerating the adsorbent therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: William Dolan
  • Patent number: 9517983
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for removing contaminants from an olefin stream, comprising passing the contaminated olefin stream through a first adsorbent in a thermal swing adsorption process to produce a relatively pure olefin product stream, and a regenerating gas stream containing the contaminants, passing the contaminated regenerating gas stream through a pressure swing adsorption process to yield a relatively pure regenerating gas stream, which can be redirected to the thermal swing adsorption process for regenerating the adsorbent therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventor: William Dolan
  • Publication number: 20160016865
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for removing contaminants from an olefin stream, comprising passing the contaminated olefin stream through a first adsorbent in a thermal swing adsorption process to produce a relatively pure olefin product stream, and a regenerating gas stream containing the contaminants, passing the contaminated regenerating gas stream through a pressure swing adsorption process to yield a relatively pure regenerating gas stream, which can be redirected to the thermal swing adsorption process for regenerating the adsorbent therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: William Dolan
  • Patent number: 9012712
    Abstract: An adsorption process is disclosed for removal of acid gas contaminants from a liquid or gas which comprises providing an activated alumina adsorbent which is impregnated with a compound selected from the group consisting of one or more alkali metal compounds, one or more alkaline earth metal compounds, or a mixture of such compounds; contacting the liquid or gas containing acid gas contaminants with the activated alumina adsorbent to adsorb enough acid gas contaminant in the liquid or gas to lower the contaminant content of the liquid or gas, the alumina adsorbent being formed from agglomerated calcined alumina powder and provided with a mercury pore volume of pores greater than 500 angstroms at least 0.10 cc/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Dana Mooney, William Dolan, Gerald Rzeczkowski, Dennis Reinertsen
  • Publication number: 20150090231
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments are methods of improving efficiencies of adsorbed gas fuel systems and to recover vapors from gasoline containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: William Dolan, Christoph Garbotz, Adam Lack, Joseph Lynch, Stefan Marx, Ulrich Mueller, Michael SantaMaria, Mathias Weickert
  • Publication number: 20150090611
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments are pressure release devices or filtering devices for adsorbed gas containers in order to increase the safety and efficiencies of adsorbed gas systems. In certain embodiments, the systems contain metal organic framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: William Dolan, Christoph Garbotz, Adam Lack, Joseph Lynch, Stefan Marx, Ulrich Mueller, Michael SantaMaria, Mathias Weickert, Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20150090226
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments are methods of improving efficiencies of adsorbed gas fuel systems and to recover vapors from gasoline containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: William Dolan, Christoph Garbotz, Adam Lack, Joseph Lynch, Stefan Marx, Ulrich Mueller, Michael SantaMaria, Mathias Weickert
  • Publication number: 20150090344
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments are pressure release devices or filtering devices for adsorbed gas containers in order to increase the safety and efficiencies of adsorbed gas systems. In certain embodiments, the systems contain metal organic framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: William Dolan, Christoph Garbotz, Adam Lack, Joseph Lynch, Stefan Marx, Ulrich Mueller, Michael SantaMaria, Mathias Weickert
  • Publication number: 20150090610
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments are methods of filling storage containers with adsorbent materials (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: William Dolan, Christoph Garbotz, Adam Lack, Joseph Lynch, Stefan Marx, Ulrich Mueller, Michael SantaMaria, Mathias Weickert, Hans Van Oyen, Joe Hudak
  • Publication number: 20150094202
    Abstract: Disclosed in certain embodiments are methods of filling storage containers with adsorbent materials (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: William Dolan, Christoph Garbotz, Adam Lack, Joseph Lynch, Stefan Marx, Ulrich Mueller, Michael SantaMaria, Mathias Weickert
  • Publication number: 20150001101
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a natural gas storage system for a vehicle, comprising a guard bed, at least one valve and a primary storage vessel, wherein the filter is smaller than the vessel and contains a heating mechanism, and the valve controls pressure within the bed and the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: William Dolan, Michael SantaMaria