Patents by Inventor David Michael Morelock

David Michael Morelock 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).

  • Sensing the amount of liquid in a vessel
    Patent number: 8136690
    Abstract: A vessel comprising a fluid-confining surface, a basal surface disposed below the fluid-confining surface, and a light guide. The light guide includes a first window partly defining the basal surface and a second window partly defining the fluid-confining surface, where the second window is disposed above a lowest region of the fluid-confining surface. In other embodiments, an isolating structure is provided that substantially surrounds the light guide between the first and second windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Fang, David Michael Morelock, Prafulla Masalkar
  • SENSING THE AMOUNT OF LIQUID IN A VESSEL
    Publication number: 20100258575
    Abstract: A vessel comprising a fluid-confining surface, a basal surface disposed below the fluid-confining surface, and a light guide. The light guide includes a first window partly defining the basal surface and a second window partly defining the fluid-confining surface, where the second window is disposed above a lowest region of the fluid-confining surface. In other embodiments, an isolating structure is provided that substantially surrounds the light guide between the first and second windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yun Fang, David Michael Morelock, Prafulla Masalkar
  • Methods and apparatuses for treating tonsils
    Publication number: 20080255536
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses include applying a biting force to a bite-piece, the biting force is applied by a user's teeth, wherein the bite-piece is held inside of the user's mouth. Closing the mouth and the biting force suppress the user's gag reflex and the user's Tonsils and adjacent Throat structures can be treated by spraying fluid onto the Tonsil or manipulating the surface of the Tonsil and related structures. The Tonsils can be cleaned thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Morelock, David Michael Morelock