Patents by Inventor Jose R. Matos
Jose R. Matos 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).
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Publication number: 20040136293Abstract: The present invention provides a disc player comprising one or more light sources that project a constant or pulsing light onto the upper portion of a disc being played by the disc player. If a constant light source is used, the a pulsing viewing port for the disc receptacle of the disc player is employed. The pulse frequency, pulse length, pulse period, pulse interval, pulse color, pulse intensity or a combination thereof of the light source or the pulse frequency, pulse length, pulse period, pulse interval, or light transmissivity of the one or more viewing ports can be synchronized with the rotation of the spindle or platen in the disc player, with the optical data stored, or with the rotation of an image precursor on the disc. When the disc is viewed through a viewing port while the disc is being played, a two-dimensional or three-dimensional discrete image is formed by the persistence of vision.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventor: Jose R. Matos
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Publication number: 20040047617Abstract: The present invention provides a disc player comprising one or more light sources that project a constant or pulsing light onto the upper portion of a disc being played by the disc player. If a constant light source is used, a pulsing viewing port for the disc receptacle of the disc player is employed. If a constant viewing port is used, a pulsing light source for the disc receptacle is employed. The pulse frequency, pulse length, pulse period, pulse interval, pulse color, pulse intensity or a combination thereof of the light source or the pulse frequency, pulse length, pulse period, pulse interval, or light transmissivity of the one or more viewing ports can be synchronized with the rotation of the spindle or platen in the disc player, with the optical data stored, or with the rotation of an image precursor on the disc. When the disc is viewed through a viewing port while the disc is being played, a two-dimensional or three-dimensional discrete image is formed by the persistence of vision.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2002Publication date: March 11, 2004Inventor: Jose R. Matos
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Patent number: 6565089Abstract: The present invention is a picture puzzle comprising one or more combination decoding lens/encoded image portions which can form one or more assembled decoded images. The picture puzzle can also include one or more image portions that are not encoded. A wide range of puzzle constructions can be made according to the invention. Assembled decoded images can be formed from a first combination decoding lens/encoded image portion paired with either a second combination decoding lens/encoded image portion or an image portion that is not encoded.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2000Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Inventor: Jose R. Matos
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Patent number: 6549503Abstract: The present invention provides a disc player comprising one or more light sources that project a pulsing light onto the upper portion of a disc being played by the disc player. The pulse frequency, pulse length, pulse period, pulse interval, pulse color, pulse intensity or a combination thereof of the light source can be synchronized with the rotation of the spindle in the disc player, with the optical data stored, or with the rotation of an image precursor on the disc. When the disc is viewed through a viewing port while the disc is being played, a two-dimensional or three-dimensional discrete image is formed by the persistence of vision.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Inventor: Jose R. Matos
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Patent number: 6523826Abstract: The present invention is a picture puzzle comprising one or more combination decoding lens/encoded image portions which can form one or more assembled decoded images. The picture puzzle can also include one or more image portions that are not encoded. By proper placement and sizing of one or more apertures in the puzzle, it can be made into a fold-through picture puzzle, fold-through picture puzzle book or a fold-through 3-dimensional puzzle or object. A wide range of puzzle constructions can be made according to the invention. Assembled decoded images can be formed from a first combination decoding lens/encoded image portion paired with either a second combination decoding lens/encoded image portion or an image portion that is not encoded.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2000Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Inventor: Jose R. Matos
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Publication number: 20020172360Abstract: A puzzle/decoder for decoding and viewing lens resolvable encoded images. The decoder includes an encoded image which can be decoded with one or more decoding lenses. A retainer is also included in the decoder for retaining the decoding lenses in proximity to the encoded image borne by the substrate. A decoded image is formed when a lens adapted to decode a particular encoded image is slid over the encoded image. The decoder can be a substantially flat slide puzzle, a cylindrically shaped slide puzzle, an enclosed puzzle with freely moving decoding lenses therein, a puzzle shaped as a three-dimensional object or a combination puzzle including two or more individual puzzles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2002Publication date: November 21, 2002Inventor: Jose R. Matos
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Publication number: 20020150015Abstract: The present invention provides a disc player comprising one or more light sources that project a pulsing light onto the upper portion of a disc being played by the disc player. The pulse frequency, pulse length, pulse period, pulse interval, pulse color, pulse intensity or a combination thereof of the light source can be synchronized with the rotation of the spindle in the disc player, with the optical data stored, or with the rotation of an image precursor on the disc. When the disc is viewed through a viewing port while the disc is being played, a two-dimensional or three-dimensional discrete image is formed by the persistence of vision.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2001Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventor: Jose R. Matos
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Patent number: 6435502Abstract: A puzzle/decoder for decoding and viewing lens resolvable encoded images. The decoder includes an encoded image which can be decoded with one or more decoding lenses. A retainer is also included in the decoder for retaining the decoding lenses in proximity to the encoded image borne by the substrate. A decoded image is formed when a lens adapted to decode a particular encoded image is slid over the encoded image. The decoder can be a substantially flat slide puzzle, a cylindrically shaped slide puzzle, an enclosed puzzle with freely moving decoding lenses therein, a puzzle shaped as a three-dimensional object or a combination puzzle including two or more individual puzzles.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1999Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Inventor: Jose R. Matos
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Publication number: 20010040342Abstract: A puzzle/decoder for decoding and viewing lens resolvable encoded images. The decoder includes an encoded image which can be decoded with one or more decoding lenses. A retainer is also included in the decoder for retaining the decoding lenses in proximity to the encoded image borne by the substrate. A decoded image is formed when a lens adapted to decode a particular encoded image is slid over the encoded image. The decoder can be a substantially flat slide puzzle, a cylindrically shaped slide puzzle, an enclosed puzzle with freely moving decoding lenses therein, a puzzle shaped as a three-dimensional object or a combination puzzle including two or more individual puzzles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 1999Publication date: November 15, 2001Inventor: JOSE R. MATOS
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Patent number: 6179681Abstract: The present invention provides a versatile construction kit which can be used to easily form models of virtually any conceivable person, place or thing including a variety of vehicles, buildings, people, animals, weapons, machinery, caricatures, objects and the like. The construction kit comprises plural connectors which are connectable by a tongue-and-slot mechanism and optionally also by way of interconnectable notches by which they can be perpendicularly and detachably interconnected. The universal connectors are so versatile they can form virtually any geometric, regular, irregular, asymmetric, or symmetric configuration. They can be used to form a model of any known or imagined object. Generally, the width of the notches and of the slots of the connectors substantially approximates the thickness of the connectors.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1999Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Inventor: Jose R. Matos
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Patent number: 6112380Abstract: The invention provides laces, such as shoelaces, having affixed to them repeatedly collapsible and expandable aglets which can form 2- or 3-dimensional objects. The aglets can advantageously be passed through an eyelet thereby making it possible for them to be permanently affixed to laces during their manufacture. Thus, a user need not purchase a lace and aglets separately and attach them to each other after lacing an article such as a shoe.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1998Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Lulirama International, Inc.Inventors: Dana Dolan, Jose R. Matos
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Patent number: 5806153Abstract: The invention provides laces, such as shoelaces, having affixed to them repeatedly collapsible and expandable aglets which can form 2- or 3-dimensional objects. The aglets can advantageously be passed through an eyelet thereby making it possible for them to be permanently affixed to laces during their manufacture. Thus, a user need not purchase a lace and aglets separately and attach them to each other after lacing an article such as a shoe.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1997Date of Patent: September 15, 1998Assignee: Lulirama International, Inc.Inventors: Dana Dolan, Jose R. Matos
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Patent number: 5780824Abstract: The invention provides a sealed, expandable, automatically self-venting container for cooking microwavable foods in a microwave oven. The container has a pull-tab lid, a vent-hole, a vent-hole cover, an expandable casing, and a microwavable food charge such as corn kernels.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1997Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: Lulirama International, Inc.Inventor: Jose R. Matos
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Patent number: 5735520Abstract: The present invention is a fold-through picture puzzle comprising a single sheet base, plural superposed attached sheet bases, a single sheet base folded to form a 3-dimensional object, or plural sheet bases attached to form a 3-dimensional object. Each fold-through picture puzzle is continually foldable in a first forward direction and, during folding, forms assembled images from respective cooperating image portions. Each puzzle will also comprise a suitable number of apertures through which it will fold through itself. In some aspects, the invention is a fold-through picture puzzle book or a fold-through 3-dimensional puzzle or object.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1997Date of Patent: April 7, 1998Assignee: Lulirama International, Inc.Inventor: Jose R. Matos
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Patent number: 5556619Abstract: Disclosed are novel crosslinked polymeric ammonium salts wherein in said polymeric salt: about 25% or more of the segments which link ammonium nitrogen atoms are group Y wherein Y is an n-alkylene group or alkyl substituted n-alkylene group, wherein said n-alkylene group has 7 to about 20 carbon atoms; zero to about 75% of segments which link ammonium nitrogen atoms are group Z wherein Z is a hydrocarbylene radical containing 2 or more carbon atoms, said hydrocarbylene radical optionally containing one or more hydroxyl, ether, amino, thioether, keto, or silyl groups or heterocyclic rings; and about 25% or more of the ammonium atoms are secondary ammonium atoms.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1994Date of Patent: September 17, 1996Assignee: The Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical CompanyInventors: Susan D. Royce, Garret D. Figuly, Nitya P. Khasat, Jose R. Matos
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Patent number: 5461176Abstract: This invention relates to bis-naphthalimides, including 2,2'-[1,2-ethanediylbis[imino(1-methyl-2,1-ethanediyl)]]-bis[5-nitro-1H-be nz[de]isoquinoline-1,3(2H)-dione] and 2,2'-[1,2-ethanediylbis[imino(2-methyl-2,1-ethanediyl)]]-bis[5-nitro-1H-be nz[de]isoquinoline-1,3(2H)-dione], processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of using them to treat cancer in mammals.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1994Date of Patent: October 24, 1995Assignee: The Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical CompanyInventors: Jung-Hui Sun, Jose R. Matos, Chung-Ho Park, Robert G. Clifton, Jr.