Patents by Inventor William Vincent Madigan

William Vincent Madigan 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: 20140045152
    Abstract: A process and method for providing a dyslexic individual with prerequisite skills that must be in place prior to beginning the process of learning to read and general reading skills necessary in order to learn how to read are described herein. The software directed educational therapy of the embodied invention is provided using a computer or other device, in a game format that entertains and builds cognitive, phonological, encoding, decoding and comprehension skills. The embodied invention also directs and controls the users educational therapy by the construction of the games and restricting access to games only to users who have successfully completed earlier games in an area, access to levels to those who have successfully completed all previous games in a lower level providing high degree of likelihood of developing all required prerequisite and reading skills at the highest levels in the least amount of time and the lowest expense.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: William Vincent Madigan
  • Patent number: 6004629
    Abstract: A process for coating sheet metal is disclosed that comprises the steps of 1) cleaning the sheet metal to remove surface contaminants that may interfere with the coating adhering to the sheet metal; 2) pretreating the sheet metal to promote adhesion of the coating to the sheet metal; 3) applying an electron beam curable coating to the sheet metal that when curing is complete, adheres to the sheet metal; and, 4) exposing the coating on the sheet metal to an electron beam to cure the coating, the cleaning, pretreating and curing resulting in no emission of pollutants that need to be removed before the emission is released into the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Inventor: William Vincent Madigan