Patents by Inventor William R. James

William R. James 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).

  • Publication number: 20200153991
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a remote printer control device is described. The remote printer control device includes a power supply and a power interface. The power interface provides power from the power supply to the printer when an operational power supply for the printer is disengaged. A controller of the remote printer control device interfaces with, and controls, the printer when the operational power supply for the printer is disengaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Leslie Caroline Drogo, William R. James, James M. Henley
  • Patent number: 8180602
    Abstract: Method for making a probabilistic determination of total seal capacity for a hydrocarbon trap, simultaneously considering both capillary entry pressure and mechanical seal capacity, and where capillary entry pressure is estimated by relating it directly to the buoyancy pressure applied by the hydrocarbon column to the top seal. The method thus considers the substantial uncertainty associated with input parameters, which uncertainty limits the utility of such analyses for robust hydrocarbon column height and fluid contact predictions. The method disclosed for estimating seal capillary entry pressure, the requisite input parameter for capillary seal capacity analysis, by inverting trap parameters avoids the need for direct measurement by mercury injection capillary capacity tests on small pieces of rock, which test results often are not available for all desired locations nor are they necessarily representative of adjacent rocks in the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Scott A Barboza, John Steven Davis, William R James, Jean Christophe Sempere, Xiaoli Liu
  • Patent number: 8038258
    Abstract: A printer includes a first print head support carrying a plurality of print heads. The first print head support is movable towards and away from the media support and includes one or more guides movably supporting a first print head service shuttle along the media support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul C. Ray, Jennifer Marie McCord Brister, Jack A. Overway, William R James
  • Publication number: 20090122107
    Abstract: A printer includes a first print head support carrying a plurality of print heads. The first print head support is movable towards and away from the media support and includes one or more guides movably supporting a first print head service shuttle along the media support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Paul C. Ray, Jennifer Marie McCord Brister, Jack A. Overway, William R. James
  • Publication number: 20090125238
    Abstract: Method for making a probabilistic determination of total seal capacity for a hydrocarbon trap, simultaneously considering both capillary entry pressure and mechanical seal capacity, and where capillary entry pressure is estimated by relating it directly to the buoyancy pressure applied by the hydrocarbon column to the top seal. The method thus considers the substantial uncertainty associated with input parameters, which uncertainty limits the utility of such analyses for robust hydrocarbon column height and fluid contact predictions. The method disclosed for estimating seal capillary entry pressure, the requisite input parameter for capillary seal capacity analysis, by inverting trap parameters avoids the need for direct measurement by mercury injection capillary capacity tests on small pieces of rock, which test results often are not available for all desired locations nor are they necessarily representative of adjacent rocks in the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Scott A. Barboza, John Steven Davis, William R. James, Jean Christophe Sempere, Xiaoli Liu
  • Patent number: 5704713
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multivariate method of inverting paleothermometer and age indicator data to derive the temperature history of rocks. The method uses kinetic models of geologic material transformations and a simple but flexible representation of bed temperature history to invert the paleothermometer data. The method inverts the data by employing a genetic algorithm computation and kinetic model S. The result is a family of temperature histories which more accurately and more completely characterize temperature histories consistent with the rock samples than is possible by prior art methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Exxon Production Research Company
    Inventors: Chul-Sung Kim, William S. Clendenen, Christopher S. Tapscott, William R. James, William G. Powell
  • Patent number: D477522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Inventor: William R. James
  • Patent number: D486371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Inventor: William R. James