Gary L Simmons, 752401 Geigel Ave, Orlando, FL 32806

2010029, Nov 25, 2010

May 22, 2009

12/470750

Peter S. Buczkowski - Windermere FL, US
Douglas C. Lord - Winter Garden FL, US
Kurt G. Kaufmann - Orlando FL, US
Jose A. Mola - Orlando FL, US
Gary N. Simmons - Mount Dora FL, US
Kathleen A. Kilmer - Winter Garden FL, US

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. - Burbank CA

G06Q 10/00

705 9, 705 7

A method of dynamic bus dispatching and labor assignments based on real time vehicle and passenger data. The method includes running a transportation services module on a computer of a dispatch command center. The method includes receiving, at the computer system, current location information for a plurality of buses. The transportation services module determines a route completion time period for the vehicles and then generates a dispatch schedule for each of the vehicles based on the determined route completions. The dispatch schedules are transmitted to the buses and displayed on a monitor to the bus driver, thereby allowing real time or dynamic updating of dispatching based on collected location information. The method also includes determining and reporting a set of labor assignments for drivers of the buses based on the current location information, the route completion time periods, and break and shift information associated with each of the drivers.

5837210, Nov 17, 1998

Oct 23, 1996

8/735783

Gary L. Simmons - Albuquerque NM
John C. Gathje - Longmont CO

Newmont Gold Company - Denver CO

B03D 100
C01G 700
C22B 1100

423 26

Provided is a method for processing a gold-bearing sulfide ore which involves maintaining the ore in a substantially oxygen free environment, preferably beginning with comminution of the ore and ending when a desired final concentrate, enriched in sulfide minerals, is obtained by flotation. In one embodiment, nitrogen gas is used to substantially prevent contact between the ore and air during comminution of the ore and during flotation operations. It is believed that oxygen gas present in air detrimentally affects the recovery of sulfide minerals in a flotation concentrate through surface oxidation of sulfide mineral particles. The use of a gas such as nitrogen can significantly reduce the potential for such surface oxidation. Additionally, gases separated from an oxygen plant may be beneficially used, with an oxygen gas stream being used, for example, for pressure oxidation of sulfide mineral materials, and with a nitrogen gas stream being used in comminution and/or flotation operations, resulting in advantageous use of a nitrogen gas by-product stream which has previously been vented to the atmosphere as waste.

5851499, Dec 22, 1998

Sep 11, 1996

8/712252

John C. Gathje - Longmont CO
Gary L. Simmons - Albuquerque NM

Newmont Gold Company - Denver CO

C01G 700
C22B 1108

423 23

Provided is a method for treating refractory gold-bearing ores that have both sulfide material with which the gold is associated and from which the gold is difficult to separate and having organic carbonaceous material having an affinity for at least one of gold and a gold complex. The mineral material is pressure oxidized in the presence of a halogen-containing material in a manner to reduce the susceptibility of the organic carbonaceous material to capture and hold gold during the pressure oxidation. Also provided is a gold-bearing effluent product from the pressure oxidation process. The effluent product comprises gold which can be effectively recovered by carbon-in-leach cyanidation of the effluent product. In many cases, gold recovery according to the present invention is increased substantially over standard pressure oxidation techniques.

5653945, Aug 5, 1997

Apr 18, 1995

8/423839

John C. Gathje - Longmont CO
Gary L. Simmons - Albuquerque NM

Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corporation - Albuquerque NM

B03D 100
C01G 700

423 26

Provided is a method for processing a gold-bearing sulfide ore which involves maintaining the ore in a substantially oxygen free environment, preferably beginning with comminution of the ore and ending when a desired final concentrate, enriched in sulfide minerals, is obtained by flotation. In one embodiment, nitrogen gas is used to substantially prevent contact between the ore and air during comminution of the ore and during flotation operations. It is believed that oxygen gas present in air detrimentally affects the recovery of sulfide minerals in a flotation concentrate through surface oxidation of sulfide mineral particles. The use of a gas such as nitrogen can significantly reduce the potential for such surface oxidation. Additionally, gases separated from an oxygen plant may be beneficially used, with an oxygen gas stream being used, for example, for pressure oxidation of sulfide mineral materials, and with a nitrogen gas stream being used in comminution and/or flotation operations, resulting in advantageous use of a nitrogen gas by-product stream which has previously been vented to the atmosphere as waste.

5536480, Jul 16, 1996

Nov 29, 1994

8/346404

Gary L. Simmons - Albuquerque NM

Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corporation - Albuquerque NM

C22B 1100

423 28

Provided is a process for treating refractory precious metal-containing ores, particularly gold-bearing ores, which are refractory due to the presence of organic carbon, to reduce the ability of organic carbon to interfere with recovery of the precious metal. The ore may also contain sulfide materials with which the gold is associated and from which the gold is difficult to separate. The ore is comminuted to a size at which at least about 80 weight percent of the ore is smaller than about 40 microns in size. The comminuted ore is then slurried and subjected to pressure oxidation at severe operating conditions. The treating temperature is greater than about 190. degree. C. When sulfide minerals are present, substantially all of the sulfide sulfur must first be oxidized prior to obtaining significant benefit from the treatment of the organic carbon. Greater than about 96% of the sulfide sulfur must be oxidized.

5458866, Oct 17, 1995

Feb 14, 1994

8/196020

Gary L. Simmons - Albuquerque NM

Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corporation - Albuquerque NM

C22B 1100
C01G 700

423 30

A process is provided for recovering gold from refractory sulfide ores. Preferred feed materials have multiple different sulfide mineralogies, with gold being primarily contained within one or more, but not all, of the sulfide mineralogies. Sulfide mineralogies with the highest gold values are preferentially oxidized, while those sulfide mineralogies with relatively little gold remain largely unoxidized. In one embodiment, dissolved arsenic following pressure oxidation is precipitated as ferric arsenate through the control of pH during neutralization. In another embodiment, the oxidized slurry following pressure oxidation is contacted with an oxidizing agent to convert at least a portion of ferrous iron to ferric iron. Following, pressure oxidation, the slurry can be subjected to cyanidation recovery of gold, and liquid from the tailings stream can be recycled upstream of the pressure oxidation step in a substantially untreated form. The process is useful for recovering gold contained as ultra-small masses in sulfide minerals.