Patents by Inventor Matthew W. Long

Matthew W. Long 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).

  • Publication number: 20240115006
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an adjustable element. The adjustable element includes a bladder that defines an interior void. A compressible component that is disposed within the interior void and is operable between an expanded state and a contracted state. The adjustable element also includes a lock strip including a first end anchored at a first location within the bladder and a second end disposed at an opposite end of the lock strip than the first end. A lock receives the lock strip and is operable between a locked state restricting movement of the lock strip relative to the bladder and an unlocked state permitting movement of the lock strip relative to the bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas R. Long, Todd W. Miller, Matthew D. Nordstrom, Richard Kristian Hansen
  • Publication number: 20240106853
    Abstract: Techniques are described for improving real-time application protection (RTAP) systems (e.g., web application firewalls (WAFs), runtime application self-protection (RASP) systems). In particular, a device within a trusted network may monitor or test the configuration settings of the RTAP systems, network traffic into the RTAP systems, and/or log information from the RTAP systems. For example, the device may detect drift in a configuration for a particular RTAP system by comparing the configuration settings of the RTAP systems to baseline configuration settings and classifying any detected drift as good drift or bad drift. In some examples, the device may maintain the configuration settings or set the configuration settings as the baseline configuration settings when the configurations settings include good drift from the baseline configuration settings. In other examples, the device may set the configuration settings with the bad drift to the baseline configuration settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas McDonald, Jeremy W. Long, Mitch Moon, Isaiah Adonu
  • Patent number: 5501424
    Abstract: A gate valve assembly for controlling fluid flow is provided with wireline-cutting inserts loose-fitted in either of, or both of, the gate opening and at least one of the seats. Each insert has a length that prohibits it from extending beyond the opening in which it is received so that the contact surface between the gate and an adjacent seat forms a continuous seal and the inserts serve only a wireline-cutting function, thus eliminating the possibility of sealing surfaces being damaged by wireline-cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Williams, Matthew W. Long