Thomas Sean Carroll

US Patent:

8326701, Dec 4, 2012

Filed:

Aug 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/849909

Inventors:

Geoffry A. Westphal - Park Ridge IL, US
Thomas John Carroll - Algonquin IL, US

Assignee:

W.W. Grainger, Inc. - Lake Forest IL

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 267

Abstract:

A dynamic merchandising system creates for each of a plurality of products in a plurality of purchase orders a list of products purchased together. This information is then used to create ordered lists reflecting relationships between various product attributes, e. g. , the relationships between different brand names purchased together, different product categories purchased together, different catalog pages of products purchased together, etc. From these ordered relationship lists information may be selected and presented to the customer for the purpose of directing the customer to additional purchasing opportunities.

US Patent:

20060036510, Feb 16, 2006

Filed:

Oct 6, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/244965

Inventors:

Geoffry Westphal - Park Ridge IL, US
Thomas Carroll - Algonquin IL, US

Assignee:

W.W. Grainger, Inc. - Lake Forest IL

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705026000

Abstract:

A dynamic merchandising system creates for each of a plurality of products in a plurality of purchase orders a list of products purchased together. This information is then used to create ordered lists reflecting relationships between various product attributes, e.g., the relationships between different brand names purchased together, different product categories purchased together, different catalog pages of products purchased together, etc. From these ordered relationship lists information may be selected and presented to the customer for the purpose of directing the customer to additional purchasing opportunities.

US Patent:

20080183554, Jul 31, 2008

Filed:

Jan 29, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/699147

Inventors:

Geoffry A. Westphal - Park Ridge IL, US
Thomas J. Carroll - Algonquin IL, US

Assignee:

W.W. Grainger, Inc. - Lake Forest IL

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705 10

Abstract:

Buying patterns and/or characteristics of a target customer are used to discern a reference customer that is characteristically related to the reference customer. Once a reference customer for the target customer is discerned, the system and method uses information regarding the reference customer, alone or further considering information regarding the target customer, to select items and/or item pages from a large, general product catalog and/or items and/or item pages listing products/services of one or more vendors, which selected items and/or item pages may then be aggregated into a customized catalog that is to be made accessible to and/or distributed to the target customer.

US Patent:

20100299204, Nov 25, 2010

Filed:

Aug 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/850149

Inventors:

Geoffry A. Westphal - Park Ridge IL, US
Thomas John Carroll - Algonquin IL, US

Assignee:

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. - Lake Forest IL

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 1449

Abstract:

A dynamic merchandising system creates for each of a plurality of products in a plurality of purchase orders a list of products purchased together. This information is then used to create ordered lists reflecting relationships between various product attributes, e.g., the relationships between different brand names purchased together, different product categories purchased together, different catalog pages of products purchased together, etc. From these ordered relationship lists information may be selected and presented to the customer for the purpose of directing the customer to additional purchasing opportunities.

US Patent:

47897937, Dec 6, 1988

Filed:

Feb 24, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/018871

Inventors:

George J. Ehni - Dallas TX
Jy-Der Tai - Plano TX
Edison H. Chiu - Richardson TX
Thomas A. Carroll - Boulder CO

Assignee:

Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX

International Classification:

H03K 17687
H01L 513

US Classification:

307303

Abstract:

A CMOS output pair provides rapid switching speed while avoiding excessive noise levels developed across the power supply parasitic inductance. Both the P-channel and N-channel transistors of the output pair actually comprise a plurality of sub-transistors with their source to drain current paths connected in parallel. As a result of novel RC coupling of a switching signal from gate to gate of either of the plurality of sub-transistors, the sub-transistors are caused to turn on sequentially. Since none of the sub-transistors is capable of supporting the current that must be carried by the totality of sub-transistors making up either the P-channel or N-channel transistor, the increments of current as each sub-transistor turns on are small relative to the total.

US Patent:

20190254266, Aug 22, 2019

Filed:

Oct 27, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/771243

Inventors:

- Minneapolis MN, US
- St. Paul MN, US
- Austin TX, US
Thomas Carroll - Dallas TX, US

Assignee:

Regents of the University of Minnesota - Minneapolis MN
Recombinetics, Inc. - St. Paul MN
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System - Austin TX

International Classification:

A01K 67/027

Abstract:

Human or humanized tissues and organs suitable for transplant are disclosed herein. Gene editing of a host animal provides a niche for complementation of the missing genetic information by donor stem cells. Editing of a host genome to knock out or debilitate genes responsible for the growth and/or differentiation of a target organ and injecting that animal at an embryo stage with donor stem cells to complement the missing genetic information for the growth and development of the organ. The result is a chimeric animal in which the complemented tissue (human/humanized organ) matches the genotype and phenotype of the donor. Such organs may be made in a single generation and the stem cell may be taken or generated from the patient's own body. As disclosed herein, it is possible to do so by simultaneously editing multiple genes in a cell or embryo creating a “niche” for the complemented tissue. Multiple genes can be targeted for editing using targeted nucleases and homology directed repair (HDR) templates in vertebrate cells or embryos.