Patents by Inventor Catherine S. Thomas

Catherine S. Thomas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230389861
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to sleep tracking. An example method includes: receiving sleep data corresponding to a sleep period, the sleep data including first data corresponding to a first sub-period of the sleep period; and displaying, based on the sleep data, a sleep representation that categorizes the sleep period into sleep stages, wherein displaying the sleep representation includes displaying a first indication corresponding to the first sub-period, wherein the first indication: in accordance with a determination that the first data corresponds exclusively to a first sleep stage, indicates that the first sub-period is a first type of sleep period that corresponds to the first sleep stage; and in accordance with a determination the first data does not exclusively correspond to a single sleep stage, indicates that first sub-period corresponds to at least a second sleep stage and a third sleep stage different from the second sleep stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas D. FELTON, Kenneth B. MERRYMAN, Catherine S. THOMAS, Stephane G. THOMAS
  • Patent number: PP23286
    Abstract: A new cultivar of bee balm, Monarda Hybrid ‘Fire Marshall’, characterized by its inflorescences that are deep red in color, its clump-forming growth habit, its high level of resistance to powdery mildew, its compact plant habit, its height of about 50 cm, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Chicagoland Grows
    Inventors: James Robert Ault, Catherine S. Thomas
  • Patent number: PP23341
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Veronica plant, ‘Tidal Pool’, that is characterized by its exhibits a vigorously growing groundcover habit, its deep blue flowers, it's adaptability to growing in clay or sandy soils, and its leaves that are obovate in shape with 4 to 8 shallow lobes, medium green in color and sparsely pubescent on upper and lower surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Chicago Land Grows
    Inventors: James Robert Ault, Catherine S. Thomas
  • Patent number: PP23966
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Aster, ‘Bridal Veil’, characterized by its spreading and weeping plant habit, its numerous large white capitula, its mature height of about 60 cm (24 inches) and spread of about 1.4 m (54 inches), its good resistance to rust and powdery mildew, and its hardiness in at least U.S.D.A. Zones 5 to 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Chicagoland Grows, Inc.
    Inventors: James Robert Ault, Catherine S. Thomas
  • Patent number: PP24918
    Abstract: A new cultivar of Phlox, ‘Forever Pink’, characterized by its purplish pink flowers that are about 2.5 cm in diameter with the coloration uniform throughout the petals or with a very faint lighter eye, its heavy bloom with almost compete coverage of the plant for three weeks in June in northern Illinois and followed by repeat bloom that covers up of 15% of the plant until late October, its sterility, its strong stems that do not lodge, its compact plant habit, and its high level of resistance to powdery mildew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Chicagoland Grows, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Ault, Catherine S. Thomas