Patents by Inventor Nicholas Leighton

Nicholas Leighton 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).

  • Patent number: 11971238
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting and displaying a number of rounds in a firearm magazine comprising a maximum number of N rounds. The magazine may comprise a follower, magnets on the follower, and <N magnetic switches arranged along a path of the magnets when the follower moves along a length of the magazine, the switches configured to activate based on a magnetic field exceeding a threshold, and a first antenna arranged on an inside of the magazine and parallel to a firing direction of the firearm, and configured to wirelessly transmit a round count indication to a second antenna on the firearm, the round count indication based on the round count data, the second antenna affixed to an inside of a magazine well of the firearm and mostly overlapping with the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Erin Czarnecki, Jeffrey Holt, Michael Leighton, Donald McKelvey, Steven Dunbar, Timothy Eric Roberts, Nicholas Kielsmeier, Eric Chow, Kyle Kellner, Joe Deppong
  • Publication number: 20140274614
    Abstract: A grip pad with bistable spring bands embedded therein is provided for snapping onto a bar to improve a user's grip of the bar. The grip pad is configured with specialized material such as neoprene with textured patterns on both top and bottom sides of the grip pad so that the grip pad securely grips the bar and the user securely grips the grip pad. The grip pad is removably attached to the bar so that a user can easily snap the grip pad into a cylindrical-shaped wrapped position around the bar and remove the grip pad by opening the grip pad from its wrapped position to its bistable straight position. An attachment mechanism may be configured at one end of the grip pad to detachably secure the grip pad around the bar in the wrapped position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: David R. Newman, Nicholas Leighton Ordway
  • Publication number: 20070073811
    Abstract: Specific identification for identifying an individual and first record information associated with the specific identification are obtained. The specific identification is substituted with unique generic identification to disassociate the specific identification from the record information. The unique generic identification and the first record information are forwarded. The unique generic identification is received. The unique generic identification is substituted with the specific identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: ADHERIS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel RUBIN, Bruce HIGER, Matthew GLASER, James ROTSART, Nicholas LEIGHTON
  • Patent number: 7127432
    Abstract: A method for processing transactions while maintaining a customer's confidentiality includes receiving a customer's identity information and transaction information at a local server. The customer's identity information is substituted with a unique generic ID at the local server. The generic ID and the transaction information are forwarded from the local server to a distinct compliance system while the customer's identity information is retained at the local server. The transaction information is processed at the distinct compliance system to obtain compliance information using the transaction information and the generic ID. The compliance information and the generic ID are forwarded from the distinct compliance system to the local server. The customer's identity information is retrieved using the generic ID at the local server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Adheris, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel E. Rubin, Bruce Higer, Matthew Glaser, James Rotsart, Nicholas Leighton
  • Publication number: 20040059605
    Abstract: A method for processing transactions while maintaining a customer's confidentiality includes receiving a customer's identity information and transaction information at a local server. The customer's identity information is substituted with a unique generic ID at the local server. The generic ID and the transaction information are forwarded from the local server to a distinct compliance system while the customer's identity information is retained at the local server. The transaction information is processed at the distinct compliance system to obtain compliance information using the transaction information and the generic ID. The compliance information and the generic ID are forwarded from the distinct compliance system to the local server. The customer's identity information is retrieved using the generic ID at the local server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: ADHERIS, INC.,
    Inventors: Daniel E. Rubin, Bruce Higer, Matthew Glaser, James Rotsart, Nicholas Leighton
  • Patent number: 6654724
    Abstract: A system is provided for processing data including patient identity information and pharmaceutical information. The system permits analysis of the pharmaceutical information to occur while maintaining the confidentiality of the patient identity information. The system includes a server and a data processor. The server stores the data and transmits the data to a data processor. Before transmitting the data, the server replaces the patient identity information with unique generic identification information. The data processor imports the data, including the substituted generic identification information, and analyzes the pharmaceutical information to obtain results. The data processor then exports the results along with the associated generic identification information back to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Adheris, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel E. Rubin, Bruce Higer, Matthew Glaser, James Rotsart, Nicholas Leighton