Powers, TX
Donald H. Powers, Houston, TX US
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20080283445 | Hydrocarbon thermal cracking using atmospheric residuum - A method for thermally cracking a hydrocarbonaceous feed wherein the feed is first gasified in a vaporization unit. A significant component of the feed is residua from the atmospheric thermal distillation of crude oil. | 11-20-2008 |
20090048475 | Olefin production utilizing a feed containing condensate and crude oil - A method for utilizing a feed comprising condensate and crude oil for an olefin production plant is disclosed. The feed is subjected to vaporization and separated into vaporous hydrocarbons and liquid hydrocarbons. The vaporous hydrocarbons stream is thermally cracked in the plant. The liquid hydrocarbons are recovered. | 02-19-2009 |
20100243523 | Processing of acid containing hydrocarbons - A method for thermally cracking an organic acid containing hydrocarbonaceous feed wherein the feed is first processed in a vaporization step operated under conditions designed to disassociate acid species in the feed prior to passing the feed to a thermal cracking furnace. | 09-30-2010 |
20100243524 | Processing of acid containing hydrocarbons - A method for thermally cracking an organic acid containing hydrocarbonaceous feed wherein the feed is first processed in a vaporization step operated under conditions designed to vaporize and transmit a significant amount of the acid species in the feed to a thermal cracking furnace. | 09-30-2010 |
20100243525 | Processing of acid containing hydrocarbons - A method for thermally cracking an organic acid containing hydrocarbonaceous feed wherein the feed is first processed in a vaporization step, followed by thermal cracking. | 09-30-2010 |
Drew Powers, Cedar Park, TX US
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20100029384 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHYSICS INTERACTIONS IN A SIMULATION - Systems and methods are provided to implement a technique for managing physics interactions in a computer simulation, such as the interactions of objects in an online computer game. Objects in the simulation are or can become physics objects that then behave according to the rules of the physics simulator in operation. Different implementations can use different rules for how items become physics objects and for what rules are used to manage physics objects. Since physics object interactions are determined on the basis of their physical properties rather than adherence to predefined interactions, the resulting interactions are emergent and not scripted. | 02-04-2010 |
Geoffrey Powers, Houston, TX US
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20140251612 | CONSUMABLE DOWNHOLE PACKER OR PLUG - A packer or plug for use in a wellbore includes: a tubular mandrel made from a composite material including a pyrotechnic composition; an expandable seal disposed on an outer surface of the mandrel; and an igniter operable to initiate combustion of the mandrel. | 09-11-2014 |
20140261984 | Z AXIS WINDING FOR FILAMENT WOUND MATERIALS - A rotatable mandrel for use in a filament winding process to form a composite material includes a body having at least one peak and at least one valley on an external surface of the body. The mandrel is rotatable and is configured to receive fibers on the at least one peak and the at least one valley. | 09-18-2014 |
Geoffrey York Powers, Houston, TX US
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20150075788 | Apparatus and Methods for Locating a Particular Location in a Wellbore for Performing a Wellbore Operation - An apparatus for use in a wellbore is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes a locating device having a locating collet configured to engage with a locating profile on a housing and disengage from the locating profile when a first pull load is applied to the locating collet, a delay device that prevents application of the first pull load on the locating collet when it is engaged with the locating profile until the delay device has been activated, and a locking device configured to prevent activation of the delay device until a second pull load less than the first is applied on the locking device for a selected period of time. | 03-19-2015 |
20150075815 | Apparatus and Methods Setting a String at Particular Locations in a Wellbore for Performing a Wellbore Operation - An apparatus for use in a wellbore is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes a set down tool that includes a locating device configured to engage with an outer member at a selected location, a set down device configured to set down in a set down profile in the outer member when the set down device is activated, an alignment device for activating the set down device and a locking device that operates the alignment device to activate the set down device while maintaining the locating device engaged with the outer member. | 03-19-2015 |
James Powers, Houston, TX US
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20090250926 | Method and System for Evaluating Groups of Threaded Connections - A method associated with the selection of tubulars for hydrocarbon production is described. In particular, the method is associated with the evaluation of performance limits of threaded connections. In this method, constituents of an evaluation group of threaded connections are determined via model analysis. Then, physical testing on a first group of threaded connections in the evaluation group is conducted. Modeling analysis on the first group and a second group of threaded connections is performed, wherein the second group are not physically tested. Once modeled, the results from the physical testing and the modeling analysis are compared to assess a characteristic performance factor for the first group. Then, the characteristic performance factor is applied to the second group, and the performance limits are defined based on this characteristic performance factor. | 10-08-2009 |
20140041864 | Method and System For Evaluating Groups of Threaded Connections - A method associated with the selection of tubulars for hydrocarbon production is described based upon evaluating the performance limits of threaded connections. Constituents of an evaluation group of threaded connections are determined and then a first group of the connections is evaluated via model analysis over a range of conditions. Then, physical testing on a first group of threaded connections in the evaluation group is conducted over that range of conditions. Once modeled, the results from the physical testing and the modeling analysis of the first group are compared to assess a characteristic performance factor for the first group. A second group of threaded connections are determined and the assessed performance factor from the first group is applied to a second group, and the performance limits of the second group are defined over the range of conditions based on this characteristic performance factor, without requiring testing the second group. | 02-13-2014 |
John P. Powers, Garland, TX US
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20110219335 | Accommodating Very Large Fonts on Memory-Constrained Electronic Devices - Accommodation of large fonts on a memory-constrained electronic device is provided by storing a first set of font bitmaps on the electronic device in various faces, styles and sizes and storing a second set of font bitmaps in one size and style. When a command is received to display text corresponding to a string of character numbers, parameters are also provided for face, style, and size. For each character number in the string of character numbers, a font bitmap is selected corresponding to the character number. When the character number is within a first set of values, a font bitmap is selected from the first set of font bitmaps according to the specified size and style parameters. When the character number is within another set of values, the style and font parameters are ignored and a font bitmap is selected from the second set of font bitmaps. | 09-08-2011 |
John Paul Powers, Garland, TX US
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20130205205 | Simplified Text Formatting Using Domain Specific Heuristics - A method for text formatting on a digital system is provided that includes activating a domain specific input mode responsive to user input, receiving input characters typed by the user while the domain specific input mode is activated, and displaying the input characters according to formatting rules specific to the domain. | 08-08-2013 |
Michael W. Powers, Shallowater, TX US
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20120009948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A system for determining a location for a mobile communication device includes a plurality of taps, a multiplexer, and a link aggregator. Each tap includes a pair of connectors that couple to a communication link of a radio access network inline and pass between them a signal received over the communication link. Each tap also includes a multiplexer connector that couples to a multiplexer and a cable connecting the multiplexer connector to the inline connectors. The tap replicates signals passing between the inline connectors and propagates the replicated signals to the multiplexer connector. The multiplexer receives, from each tap, signals replicated by that tap, extracts location data from the received signals, and transmits the location data to a link aggregator. The link aggregator receives the location data from the multiplexer and determines a location for one of the mobile devices based on the received location data. | 01-12-2012 |
20120281584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A system for determining a location for a mobile communication device includes a plurality of taps, a multiplexer, and a link aggregator. Each tap includes a pair of connectors that couple to a communication link of a radio access network inline and pass between them a signal received over the communication link. Each tap also includes a multiplexer connector that couples to a multiplexer and a cable connecting the multiplexer connector to the inline connectors. The tap replicates signals passing between the inline connectors and propagates the replicated signals to the multiplexer connector. The multiplexer receives, from each tap, signals replicated by that tap, extracts location data from the received signals, and transmits the location data to a link aggregator. The link aggregator receives the location data from the multiplexer and determines a location for one of the mobile devices based on the received location data. | 11-08-2012 |
Patricia Powers, Pflugerville, TX US
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20110112173 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS INVOLVING MICRORNA - The present invention concerns methods and compositions for isolating, enriching, and/or labeling miRNA molecules and for preparing and using arrays or other detection techniques for miRNA analysis. Moreover, the present invention concerns methods and compositions for generating miRNA profiles and employing such profiles for therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic applications. | 05-12-2011 |
20130017972 | METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS INVOLVING MICRORNA - The present invention concerns methods and compositions for isolating, enriching, and/or labeling miRNA molecules and for preparing and using arrays or other detection techniques for miRNA analysis. Moreover, the present invention concerns methods and compositions for generating miRNA profiles and employing such profiles for therapeutic, diagnostic, and prognostic applications. | 01-17-2013 |
Patricia K. Powers, Pflugerville, TX US
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20100101954 | Compositions, Methods, Devices, and Systems for Nucleic Acid Fractionation - The present disclosure provides methods, devices, systems and compositions for nucleic acid separation and/or purification. In some embodiments, nucleic acids from about 10 nucleotides to about 150 nucleotides may be separated and/or purified in seconds to minutes. A system for purifying a nucleic acid within seconds to minutes may include: a fractionator having a housing, a first electrode, a second electrode spaced away from the first electrode, and a lower buffer chamber proximal to the second electrode; and a pre-cast gel cartridge having an upper buffer chamber and an elongate polyacrylamide gel, wherein the upper buffer chamber is in fluid communication with one end of the polyacrylamide gel, the lower buffer chamber is in fluid communication with the other end of the elongate polyacrylamide gel, the first electrode is in electrical communication with the upper buffer chamber, and the second electrode is in electrical communication with the lower buffer chamber. | 04-29-2010 |
Richard D. Powers, Highland Village, TX US
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20110145411 | MANAGING HARDWARE RESOURCES FOR SOFT PARTITIONING - Methods and apparatus for allocating computer hardware resources of a hard partition of a computer server system to one or more soft partitions. In response to a partitioning request, a nucleus firmware instance of a hard partition may be configured to launch a separate firmware instance corresponding to each requested soft partition, and to allocate partitionable hardware resources of the hard partition to the soft partitions by allocating the hardware resources to each separate firmware instance. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145412 | MANAGING HARDWARE RESOURCES FOR SOFT PARTITIONING - Methods and apparatus for subdividing a hard partition of a computer server system into one or more soft partitions using partition management programming installed within firmware of the server system. The partition management firmware may be disposed at least partially on a central service processor and may be programmed to present generic interfaces, so that operating systems do not require modification to interface with the partition management programming. | 06-16-2011 |