Patents Assigned to Patent Holdings Ltd.
  • Patent number: 7556830
    Abstract: Herbal compositions derived from Kenyan plants are provided for the treatment of HIV and other infectious diseases. The herbal compositions can include the extracts of up to 14 plants, including the root of abyssinica and Clutia robusta. Also provided are methods for extracting alkaloids and other compounds from the plants. Also provided are methods of treating a subject having an infectious disease, particularly HIV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: International Patents Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Kiprono Chepkwony, Maria Medina, Mitchell Medina
  • Patent number: 6920464
    Abstract: A method is provided for inventory management which includes an initial step of receiving a customer request for an inventory item and then generating a table or menu of one or more inventory items that most closely correspond to the customer request using a price forecasting system. Based on negotiations concerning price, timing and other typical concerns, an item is selected from the table and a price quotation associated with the selected inventory item is generated using the price forecasting system, which price quotation has been predetermined by a yield management system using a pricing strategy. The customer information associated with the customer request is input into a traffic billing system. Information needed for price recalculation associated with the customer request is input into the yield management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Grantley Patent Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventor: Billy Shane Fox
  • Patent number: 6567824
    Abstract: A method is provided for inventory management which includes an initial step of receiving a customer request for an inventory item and then generating a table or menu of one or more inventory items that most closely correspond to the customer request using a price forecasting system. Based on negotiations concerning price, timing and other typical concerns, an item is selected from the table and a price quotation associated with the selected inventory item is generated using the price forecasting system, which price quotation has been predetermined by a yield management system using a pricing strategy. The customer information associated with the customer request is input into a traffic billing system. Information needed for price recalculation associated with the customer request is input into the yield management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Grantley Patent Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventor: Billy Shane Fox
  • Publication number: 20020149800
    Abstract: A document transmission module is connected between a conventional document digitizing device (host unit) and a communication interface. The module receives conventional data output from its host unit and re-transmits them to a destination document transmission protocol machine in one of standard and high speed modes depending on the compatibility of the destination document transmission protocol machine. The standard mode communication employs an image data format for both text and graphics. The high speed mode distinguishes text from graphics and performs optical character recognition on suspected character information. When characters are successfully recognized, only a code, e.g. ASCII, and the location of the character is transmitted, realizing significant improvements in compression ratios over conventional data transmission. Graphics and unrecognizable characters are transmitted as bit-mapped pixels or in conventional compressed fax format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PATENT HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventor: Mitchell Medina
  • Patent number: 6440298
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided reclaiming a useful oil product from waste oil, such as used lubricating oil. The apparatus comprises an oil feed means, a boiler, a heater and a separating means. The heater is used to heat the waste oil in the boiler to a temperature such that lighter hydrocarbons remain unvolatilized, trapping contaminants therewith. The separating means separates the volatilized lighter hydrocarbons from the unvolatilized heavier hydrocarbons and contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Patent Holdings Ltd.
    Inventor: Edward Carlton Shurtleff
  • Patent number: 6407828
    Abstract: A document transmission module is connected between a conventional document digitizing device (host unit) and a communication interface. The module receives conventional data output from its host unit and re-transmits them to a destination document transmission protocol machine in one of standard and high speed modes depending on the compatibility of the destination document transmission protocol machine. The standard mode communication employs an image data format for both text and graphics. The high speed mode distinguishes text from graphics and performs optical character recognition on suspected character information. When characters are successfully recognized, only a code, e.g. ASCII, and the location of the character is transmitted, realizing significant improvements in compression ratios over conventional data transmission. Graphics and unrecognizable characters are transmitted as bit-mapped pixels or in conventional compressed fax format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: International Patent Holdings LTD
    Inventor: Mitchell Medina
  • Patent number: 5889897
    Abstract: A method of reducing errors in optical character recognition (OCR) procedures includes digitizing an image of an object, the image containing alpha-numeric characters, and storing a bitmap of the digitized image as a scanned document file (SDF). An OCR step is performed to obtain at least one candidate character, and an indication of the at least one candidate character is stored in a textural results file (TRF). The font of the digitized image is determined and the font is stored in a regeneration library file (RLF). A regenerated image file is generated using the TRF and the RLF. At least a portion of the regenerated image file is compared with a corresponding portion of the bitmap of the digitized image stored in the SDF. The TRF is outputted if the results of the comparison indicate a match of at least the portion of the regenerated image file with the corresponding portion of the bitmap. If a match is not found, further processing is performed to resolve the mismatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: International Patent Holdings Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitchell Medina
  • Patent number: 5801842
    Abstract: A telefacsimile module is connected between a conventional telefacsimile machine (host telefacsimile unit) and a phone line interface. The module receives conventional fax output from its host unit and re-transmits them to a destination telefacsimile machine in one of standard and high speed modes depending on the compatibility of the destination telefacsimile. The standard mode communication employs a conventional fax format for both text and graphics. The high speed mode distinguishes text from graphics and performs optical character recognition on suspected character information. When characters are successfully recognized, only a code, e.g. ASCII, and the location of the character is transmitted, realizing significant improvements in compression ratios over conventional facsimile coding. Graphics and unrecognizable characters are transmitted as bit-mapped pixels or in conventional compressed fax format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: International Patent Holdings Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitchell A. Medina
  • Patent number: 5795462
    Abstract: Apparatus for reclaiming a useful oil product has an evaporation chamber, including an inlet for the waste oil, and an outlet for the vaporized oil, as a useful oil product. Burners are provided for heating the evaporation chamber to vaporized oil from the waste oil. A pump and float arrangement are provided for monitoring the level of waste oil in the evaporation chamber, and for pumping additional waste oil into the chamber to maintain the waste oil at a desired level. Continuous operation of the apparatus results in a build up of solid waters, e.g. heavy metals, in the chamber. After a period of operation, the burners are turned off, and the chamber opened, to enable the solid residue to be removed from the chamber. The vaporized oil can be condensed and collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Patent Holdings Ltd.
    Inventor: Edward Calton Shurtleff
  • Patent number: 5625465
    Abstract: An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of hard copy documents and stores information from the hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information. Portions of the stored document information are selected in accordance with content instructions which designate portions of the stored document information required by a particular application program. The selected stored document information is then placed into the transmission format required by a particular application program in accordance with transmission format instructions. After the information has been transmission formatted, the information is transmitted to the application program. In one operational mode, the interface interactively prompts the user to identify, on a display, portions of the hard copy documents containing information used in application programs or for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: International Patent Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Lech, Mitchell A. Medina, Catherine B. Elias
  • Patent number: 5611120
    Abstract: A magnetic latch includes a first member having a protrusion and a second member engaging the protrusion to prevent the first member and the second member from sliding relatively to one another. The second member includes a first magnet to attract the first member and a first solid non-magnetic member located inside a cavity of the first magnet to enhance attraction between the first member and the second member. The second member can be provided with a backing plate to facilitate a magnetic flux path from the magnet to the magnet aperture. The second member can also include a second magnet to attract the first member and a second solid non-magnetic member located between the first magnet and the second magnet. A third solid non-magnetic member can be provided on the outer periphery of the magnets. This design provides a latch with stronger holding power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: International Patent Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert G. Riceman, Mitchell A. Medina