WILLIAM D ALLEN
Engineering in Austin, TX

2012032, Dec 27, 2012

Jun 25, 2012

13/532052

Donald K. Larson - Cedar Park TX, US
Wesley A. Raider - Hudson WI, US
Daniel J. Treadwell - Austin TX, US
Martin G. Afflerbaugh - Austin TX, US
David Gonzalez - Austin TX, US
Daniel H. Henderson - Austin TX, US
William G. Allen - Austin TX, US

G02B 6/36

385 81

An LC format optical connector for terminating an optical fiber includes a housing configured to mate with an LC receptacle. A backbone is configured to engage an outer surface of the outer shell of the housing and includes a mounting structure that is configured to engage a boot. A collar body is retained between the outer shell and the backbone and includes a fiber stub disposed in a first portion of the collar body, the fiber stub being mounted in a ferrule. A mechanical splice is disposed in a second portion of the collar body, the mechanical splice configured to splice the fiber stub to the optical fiber. The backbone also includes a fiber jacket clamping portion to clamp a jacket portion that surrounds a portion of the optical fiber upon actuation.

6099392, Aug 8, 2000

Oct 21, 1997

8/955275

Gordon Wiegand - Austin TX
William G. Allen - Austin TX
Larry R. Cox - Austin TX
Charles M. Mansfield - Austin TX

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

B24B 707

451 41

A tool for preparing an optical fiber end-face includes a station having a base with a fiber bender and a scribe for cleaving a fiber. The base may include a polishing surface and a well that serves as a fiber shard collector. A cleaver door may be attached to the base to be rotatable between an open position and a closed position covering the shard collector and may include a mount for releasably attaching a fiber handling tool or puck. The puck includes a body, a latch attached by a hinge to the body, and a face comprising a plate pivotally attached to an end of the body and having a fiber port extending through the plate. The body of the puck includes a nest for receiving a fiber holder for securing a fiber with an end of the fiber extending through the port of the face. The nest includes a reference stop and a means for urging the fiber holder against the reference stop when the latch is rotated to a closed position covering the body. The face of the puck with a fiber end extending through the port can be inserted into guide tracks in the station adjacent the scribe for cleaving the fiber.

6262257, Jul 17, 2001

Apr 4, 1997

8/833379

Philip A. Gale - Austin TX
Jonathan L. Sessler - Austin TX
John W. Genge - Austin TX
Vladimir A. Kral - Praha, CZ
Andrei Andrievsky - Rochester NY
Vincent Lynch - Austin TX
Petra I. Sansom - Edgewater NJ
William E. Allen - Austin TX
Christopher T. Brown - Austin TX
Andreas Gebauer - Austin TX

Board of Regents, University of Texas System - Austin TX

C07B 4700, C07D48722

540145

The present invention provides calixpyrrole, calixpyridinopyrrole, and calixpyridine macrocycles, having 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 heterocyclic rings, as well as syntheses, derivatives, conjugates, multimers, and solid supports thereof. Such macrocycles have proved to be effective and selective ion- and neutral molecule-binding agents forming supramolecular ensembles, and ion- and neutral molecule-separation agents. The macrocycles are fully meso-non-hydrogen-substituted porphyrinogens, a few molecules of which were previously known but not recognized as possessing anion- or molecule-binding properties. The binding mode is noncovalent, primarily that of hydrogen-bonding, thereby providing a new mode for liquid chromatography, that of Hydrogen Bonding Liquid Chromatography. Further useful applications of the macrocycles provided herein include environmental remediation by removal of undesired ions or neutral molecules, and removal of phosphate for kidney dialysis.

8071879, Dec 6, 2011

Aug 8, 2007

11/836010

William G. Allen - Austin TX, US
Rutesh D. Parikh - Austin TX, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

H02G 15/10

174 92, 174 93

An adaptor for use with a telecommunications enclosure includes a body having a port extending therethrough from a first end of the body to a second end of the body. The first end of the body is configured for mounting within an opening of a telecommunications housing along a first axis. The port adjacent the second end of the adaptor is configured to receive a connection device receptacle therein along a second axis different from the first axis. A retention device is positioned adjacent the second end of the body and configured to retain a connection device receptacle within the port.

7268299, Sep 11, 2007

Aug 26, 2004

10/927402

William G. Allen - Austin TX, US
Rutesh D. Parikh - Austin TX, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

H02G 15/10

174 92, 174137 R, 439405

An adaptor for use with a telecommunications enclosure includes a body having a port extending therethrough from a first end of the body to a second end of the body. The first end of the body is configured for mounting within an opening of a telecommunications housing along a first axis. The port adjacent the second end of the adaptor is configured to receive a connection device receptacle therein along a second axis different from the first axis. A retention device is positioned adjacent the second end of the body and configured to retain a connection device receptacle within the port.

8073302, Dec 6, 2011

Nov 25, 2009

12/625643

William G. Allen - Austin TX, US
Rutesh D. Parikh - Austin TX, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

G02B 6/00, H05K 5/06

385135, 385 94, 174 505

In one aspect, the invention described herein provides an enclosure for containing telecommunication lines and/or telecommunication line splices therein. In one embodiment, the enclosure comprises a housing wherein the housing is removeably securable to the base. The base includes an edge wall extending from the bottom plate of the base. A sealing member is disposed on an outer surface of the edge wall. The housing includes an outer side wall and an inner lip spaced apart from the outer side wall. When the housing is secured to the base, the edge wall of the base is inserted between the outer side wall and the inner lip.

2013034, Dec 26, 2013

Feb 29, 2012

14/003489

Victor J. Borer - Austin TX, US
William G. Allen - Austin TX, US
Curtis L. Shoemaker - Round Rock TX, US
Charles F. Staley - Austin TX, US
Douglas B. Gundel - Cedar Park TX, US
James G. Vana - Cedar Park TX, US

3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY - St. Paul MN

H02G 3/04

174 70 C

An adhesive-backed communications media cable includes a duct having a conduit portion with a lengthwise bore formed therein. The conduit portion includes an Ethernet over twisted pair communication line. The duct also includes a flange extending lengthwise with the conduit portion. An adhesive layer is disposed on a surface of the flange such that the duct is mountable to a mounting surface via the adhesive layer. A system for distributing multiple communications media lines in a living unit includes a multimedia receptacle mountable on a wall or mounting surface and an adhesive-backed communications media duct.

7045710, May 16, 2006

Aug 31, 2005

11/216593

William G. Allen - Austin TX, US
Larry R. Cox - Austin TX, US
Rutesh D. Parikh - Austin TX, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

H02G 3/08

174 50, 174 38, 385135

An enclosure includes a housing longitudinally extending from an open first end to a closed second end. The housing defines an internal cavity extending in the longitudinal direction, the internal cavity having a circumference in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction. A base member is configured for separable attachment to the open first end of the housing to provide an enclosed configuration. A support frame is secured to the base member and extends longitudinally within the internal cavity of the housing in the enclosed configuration. The support frame includes at least one portion that provides support about substantially the entire circumference of the internal cavity at a location between the first end and the second end of the housing.

7333706, Feb 19, 2008

Aug 31, 2005

11/216229

Rutesh D. Parikh - Austin TX, US
William G. Allen - Austin TX, US

3M Innovative Properties Company - St. Paul MN

G02B 6/00

385135, 385134

An enclosure includes a closable housing defining an internal cavity, the housing having an open position and a closed position. A pivot tray is mounted within the internal cavity of the housing and is pivotable between a secured position and an unsecured position when the housing is in the open position. In the secured position, the tray defines a first compartment on a first side of the tray and a second compartment on a second side of the tray. Only the second compartment is accessible when the housing is in the open position and the pivot tray is in the secured position.

7122572, Oct 17, 2006

Apr 20, 2001

09/838998

Philip A. Gale - Austin TX, US
Jonathan L. Sessler - Austin TX, US
Vladimír A. Král - Praha, CZ
Andrei Andrievsky - Rochester NY, US
Vincent Lynch - Austin TX, US
Petra I. Sansom - Edgewater NJ, US
William E. Allen - Austin TX, US
Christopher T. Brown - Austin TX, US
Andreas Gebauer - Austin TX, US

Board of Regents, University of Texas System - Austin TX

A61K 31/40, C07D 487/22

514427, 540145

The present invention provides calixpyrrole, calixpyridinopyrrole, and calixpyridine macrocycles, having 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 heterocyclic rings, as well as syntheses, derivatives, conjugates, multimers, and solid supports thereof. Such macrocycles have proved to be effective and selective ion- and neutral molecule-binding agents forming supramolecular ensembles, and ion- and neutral molecule-separation agents. The macrocycles are fully meso-non-hydrogen-substituted porphyrinogens, a few molecules of which were previously known but not recognized as possessing anion- or molecule-binding properties. The binding mode is noncovalent, primarily that of hydrogen-bonding, thereby providing a new mode for liquid chromatography, that of Hydrogen Bonding Liquid Chromatography. Further useful applications of the macrocycles provided herein include environmental remediation by removal of undesired ions or neutral molecules, and removal of phosphate for kidney dialysis.