Patents by Inventor Christopher T. Fletcher

Christopher T. Fletcher 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).

  • Patent number: 11983722
    Abstract: A method comprising creating, by a computer-based system for shifting financial responsibility for a transaction from a merchant to a transaction account issuer, a digital wallet associated with a transaction account holder, wherein the digital wallet comprises one or more attributes associated with the transaction account holder, confirming, by the computer-based system, the attribute in response to a transaction request, and/or determining, by the computer-based system, whether to shift financial responsibility for the transaction from the merchant to the transaction account issuer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Clinton R. Allen, Dewi J. Apun, Christopher J. Fletcher, Jeffrey Fromm, Ashish Gupta, Alois T. Stock, Angee Stonehouse
  • Publication number: 20120073615
    Abstract: A tubular stand (1) that attaches to a tennis ball cart (2) and provides a support for a sun shade umbrella (15) to protect a tennis instructor from the sun and other elements. The stand is preferably a substantially U-shaped tube having a horizontal portion (3) and two vertical portions (4), each extending upward from the ends of the horizontal portion. The stand is located on a tennis ball cart so that the horizontal portion is located on a bottom surface (10) of a basket (6) of the tennis ball cart and the two vertical portions (4) are located on opposite sides of the basket. The user may alternate the placement of the sun shade umbrella in the stand depending on whether the instructor is right handed or left handed and the placement of the tennis ball cart in relation to the student.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Christopher T. Fletcher