Patents by Inventor James F. Case

James F. Case 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).

  • Athletic or other performance sensing systems
    Patent number: 11925477
    Abstract: Articles of footwear and other devices include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the footwear or other devices. Such devices may include an authentication or activation system for providing power or otherwise determining the connection of a sensor in the article of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Berner, Jr., Albert Shum, Charles W. Case, Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz
  • Athletic or Other Performance Sensing Systems
    Publication number: 20240065627
    Abstract: Articles of footwear and other devices include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the footwear or other devices. Such devices may include an authentication or activation system for providing power or otherwise determining the connection of a sensor in the article of footwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: William E. Berner, JR., Albert Shum, Charles W. Case, Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz
  • Bioluminescence bathyphotometer
    Patent number: 5264906
    Abstract: A high intake, defined excitation, vertical profiling survey bioluminescence bathyphotometer system designed to measure, from a statistically significant sample with a calibrated hydromechanical stimulus, (1) the bioluminescence of phytoplankton and zooplankton organisms in the oceanic water column to depths of 400 meters in absolute units of photons per second per volume (intensity) or photons per volume (total flux), (2) the concentration of bioluminescent population in flashes per volume, (3) the average light intensity per bioluminescent event, and (4) population flash dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Ferer, James F. Case, Edith A. Widder, Steven A. Bernstein, Mark Lowenstine