Patents by Inventor Charles A. Lopresti

Charles A. Lopresti 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).

  • Tree Rooting Enclosure Apparatus
    Publication number: 20240164258
    Abstract: A tree rooting enclosure apparatus including a body housing with a cylindrical body base culminating into a pair of opposing end openings. The body and end openings are structured to accommodate a portion of a plant therethrough. The apparatus as a whole may be made of two removably engaged elongate halves structured to surround a selected portion of a plant and attach to itself forming a water-resistant fit around the selected portion of the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Charles LoPresti
  • Tree Rooting Enclosure Apparatus
    Publication number: 20240130305
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are related to a tree rooting enclosure apparatus including a body with a cylindrical body base and a pair of opposing tapered ends culminating into a pair of opposing end openings. The body may include a plurality of longitudinal channels extending the length of the cylindrical body base. The apparatus as a whole may be comprised of two removably engaged halves forming a water-resistant fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Charles LoPresti
  • Text analysis methods, text analysis apparatuses, and articles of manufacture
    Patent number: 8874571
    Abstract: Text analysis methods, text analysis apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a text analysis method includes accessing information indicative of data content of a collection of text comprising a plurality of different topics, using a computing device, analyzing the information indicative of the data content, and using results of the analysis, identifying a presence of a new topic in the collection of text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Paul D. Whitney, Alan R. Willse, Charles A. Lopresti, Amanda M. White
  • Text analysis methods, text analysis apparatuses, and articles of manufacture
    Publication number: 20080115070
    Abstract: Text analysis methods, text analysis apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a text analysis method includes accessing information indicative of data content of a collection of text comprising a plurality of different topics, using a computing device, analyzing the information indicative of the data content, and using results of the analysis, identifying a presence of a new topic in the collection of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Paul D. Whitney, Alan R. Willse, Charles A. Lopresti, Amanda M. White