Patents by Inventor William McEwen

William McEwen 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: 7558914
    Abstract: A deterministic flushing of one or more storage data objects buffered within a storage data buffer to a storage medium involves a processing of a host data object including writing a storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer, and a flushing of the storage data object(s) buffered within the storage data buffer to the storage medium prior to or subsequent to (i.e., relative to) the writing of the storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer as a function of an occurrence determination of a storage data buffer flushing event. The deterministic flushing further involves a queuing of a host data buffer meta-data update request for later processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lyn L. Ashton, Edward A. Baker, Jr., Stanley M. Kissinger, William McEwen, Sean P. McMillen, Michael R. Noel, Glenn R. Wilcock
  • Publication number: 20080077742
    Abstract: A deterministic flushing of one or more storage data objects buffered within a storage data buffer to a storage medium involves a processing of a host data object including writing a storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer, and a flushing of the storage data object(s) buffered within the storage data buffer to the storage medium prior to or subsequent to (i.e., relative to) the writing of the storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer as a function of an occurrence determination of a storage data buffer flushing event. The deterministic flushing further involves a queuing of a host data buffer meta-data update request for later processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lyn L. Ashton, Edward A. Baker, Stanley M. Kissinger, William McEwen, Sean P. McMillen, Michael R. Noel, Glenn R. Wilcock
  • Patent number: 6468987
    Abstract: An enteral nutritional product for a person having ulcerative colitis contains in combination (a) an oil blend which contains eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n3) and/or docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n3), and (b) a source of indigestible carbohydrate which is metabolized to short chain fatty acids by microorganisms present in the human colon. Preferably the nutritional product also contains one or more nutrients which act as antioxidants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Stephen Joseph Demichele, Keith Allen Garleb, John William McEwen, Martha Kay Fuller
  • Patent number: 6111707
    Abstract: A method for creating a duplicate copy of a tape in which a first tape having a first data set name and a second tape having a second data set name are allocated. Data is written to the first and second tapes so that block for block, the data is located at the same position on each of the tapes. After data is written to one of the tapes, a check is made to verify that the data was written correctly. If an error is detected in writing the second tape, an error flag is set that indicates a copy of the first tape needs to be made. At various stages of the process, checks are made to determine if error flag is on. If the error flag is detected, writing the second tape is suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Buddecke, Cheryl Jean DeBolt Knapp, William McEwen, Anthony S. Pearson, Jerry W. Pence
  • Patent number: 5952314
    Abstract: An enteral nutritional product for a person having ulcerative colitis contains in combination (a) an oil blend which contains eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n3) and/or docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n3), and (b) a source of indigestible carbohydrate which is metabolized to short chain fatty acids by microorganisms present in the human colon. Preferably the nutritional product also contains one or more nutrients which act as antioxidants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Inventors: Stephen Joseph DeMichele, Keith Allen Garleb, John William McEwen, Martha Kay Fuller
  • Patent number: 5780451
    Abstract: An enteral nutritional product for a person having ulcerative colitis contains in combination (a) an oil blend which contains eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n3) and/or docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n3), and (b) a source of indigestible carbohydrate which is metabolized to short chain fatty acids by microorganisms present in the human colon. Preferably the nutritional product also contains one or more nutrients which act as antioxidants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Stephen Joseph DeMichele, Keith Allen Garleb, John William McEwen, Martha Kay Fuller
  • Patent number: 5401384
    Abstract: An antimony and tin containing compound for passivating contaminant metals to which a catalyst is exposed during fluid catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons containing said contaminant metals, said compound having a composition as follows (R*).sub.x Sb(OSn(R**).sub.3).sub.n wherein R* and R** are aryl compounds having between 6 to 13 carbon atoms, wherein n=1, 2 or 3 and x=4 when n=1, x=3 when n=2, and x=0 when n=3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignees: Inteven, S.A., Universidad Simon Bolivar
    Inventors: Nelson Martinez, Juan Lujano, Nieves Alvarez, Jacek Lubinkowski, William McEwen