Patents by Inventor John A. Lavallee

John A. Lavallee 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).

  • Simultaneous display of multiple maximized applications on touch screen electronic devices
    Patent number: 9612673
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a touch screen electronic device to display two or more running applications simultaneously in a side-by-side layout in a split screen mode of the device. Two or more applications that are running on an operating system of the device can be easily displayed simultaneously in the split screen mode while maintaining one of the displayed applications as active so that the user can provide user inputs to the active application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Joshua John Lavallee
  • SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE MAXIMIZED APPLICATIONS ON TOUCH SCREEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150169099
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a touch screen electronic device to display two or more running applications simultaneously in a side-by-side layout in a split screen mode of the device. Two or more applications that are running on an operating system of the device can be easily displayed simultaneously in the split screen mode while maintaining one of the displayed applications as active so that the user can provide user inputs to the active application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Joshua John LAVALLEE
  • Simultaneous display of multiple maximized applications on touch screen electronic devices
    Patent number: 9032292
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a touch screen electronic device to display two or more running applications simultaneously in a side-by-side layout in a split screen mode of the device. Two or more applications that are running on an operating system of the device can be easily displayed simultaneously in the split screen mode while maintaining one of the displayed applications as active so that the user can provide user inputs to the active application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Joshua John Lavallee
  • SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE MAXIMIZED APPLICATIONS ON TOUCH SCREEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130187861
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a touch screen electronic device to display two or more running applications simultaneously in a side-by-side layout in a split screen mode of the device. Two or more applications that are running on an operating system of the device can be easily displayed simultaneously in the split screen mode while maintaining one of the displayed applications as active so that the user can provide user inputs to the active application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Joshua John Lavallee
  • Reamer construction
    Patent number: 4032250
    Abstract: A reamer having an internal coolant passage therethrough and a fluid dispersing member slidingly disposed in said passage, said dispersing member having a lower portion which extends from a point within said reamer to a point outside of said reamer, whereby said dispersing member is displaceable into the coolant passage upon contact by said lower portion with the bottom of a hole being reamed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: Lavallee & Ide, Inc.
    Inventor: John A. Lavallee
  • Electronic device shell
    Patent number: D748634
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Hofer, Michael Joseph DeFazio, Joshua John Lavallee, Alison Phillips
  • Handheld electronic device shell
    Patent number: D761781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Duy-Liem Dang, Cortez Corley, Joshua John Lavallee, Alison Phillips, Michael Joseph Defazio, Patrick Edward Everts Kroetsch
  • Handheld electronic device shell
    Patent number: D762205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Duy-Liem Dang, Cortez Corley, Joshua John Lavallee, Alison Phillips, Michael Joseph Defazio
  • Docking station
    Patent number: D769878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jodie Elizabeth Fletcher, Leonardo Aldana, Cortez Corley, Joshua John Lavallee