Patents by Inventor Pat M. Bolen

Pat M. Bolen 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: 10368539
    Abstract: The present invention includes an automated animal euthanization device for the destruction of an animal comprising: a housing having an housing opening to allow access to an interior cavity; a perch having a first perch end that extends into the interior cavity and a second perch end that extends through the housing opening and configured to accommodate the animal; a feed container position about the first perch end to provide food for the animal; an electrode set extending into the housing opening to contact the bird as it is positioned to eat the food; a camera position in the interior cavity to take a target image of the animal; a control unit connected to the camera to receive the target image and compare the target image to a set of reference images; a power supply connected to the control unit, the electrode set, and the camera to provide power for the operation thereof; and a container positioned below the perch to collect the animal falling from the perch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Aviantronics, LLC
    Inventor: Pat M. Bolen
  • Publication number: 20190124893
    Abstract: An automated aquatic animal processing device includes an aquatic animal guideway, a camera positioned proximate to the aquatic animal guideway, a data storage containing one or more aquatic animal reference image, a processor communicably coupled to the camera and the data storage, and a power supply connected to the camera, the processor and the data storage. The camera captures a target image of an aquatic animal entering, within or exiting the aquatic animal guideway. The processor receives the target image from the camera, determine an identity of the aquatic animal by comparing the target image to the one or more aquatic animal reference images, and causes the aquatic animal to be captured, exterminated/euthanized or released based on the identity of the aquatic animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Pat M. Bolen
  • Patent number: 9538739
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for damaging a flying pest comprising: a housing connected to a continuous perforated side wall to a laser contacting surface; a laser beam generator and a laser rotating mechanism attached to the housing and positioned to transmit a laser beam generally radially downward toward the laser contacting surface in a 360 degree pattern on the laser contacting surface, wherein the laser beam contacts and damages a flying pest; a control mechanism in communication with the laser beam generator to control the generation of the laser beam and in communication with the laser rotating mechanism to control one or more parameters relating to the pattern; and a power supply in electrical communication with the control mechanism, the laser rotating mechanism, and the laser beam generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Innovation Consultants, LLC
    Inventor: Pat M. Bolen
  • Publication number: 20160270387
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for damaging a flying pest comprising: a housing connected to a continuous perforated side wall to a laser contacting surface; a laser beam generator and a laser rotating mechanism attached to the housing and positioned to transmit a laser beam generally radially downward toward the laser contacting surface in a 360 degree pattern on the laser contacting surface, wherein the laser beam contacts and damages a flying pest; a control mechanism in communication with the laser beam generator to control the generation of the laser beam and in communication with the laser rotating mechanism to control one or more parameters relating to the pattern; and a power supply in electrical communication with the control mechanism, the laser rotating mechanism, and the laser beam generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Pat M. Bolen
  • Patent number: 9374990
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for damaging a flying pest comprising: a housing connected to a continuous perforated side wall to a laser contacting surface; a laser beam generator and a laser rotating mechanism attached to the housing and positioned to transmit a laser beam generally radially downward toward the laser contacting surface in a 360 degree pattern on the laser contacting surface, wherein the laser beam contacts and damages a flying pest; a control mechanism in communication with the laser beam generator to control the generation of the laser beam and in communication with the laser rotating mechanism to control one or more parameters relating to the pattern; and a power supply in electrical communication with the control mechanism, the laser rotating mechanism, and the laser beam generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: INNOVATION CONSULTANTS, LLC
    Inventor: Pat M. Bolen
  • Publication number: 20160157475
    Abstract: The present invention includes an automated animal euthanization device for the destruction of an animal comprising: a housing having an housing opening to allow access to an interior cavity; a perch having a first perch end that extends into the interior cavity and a second perch end that extends through the housing opening and configured to accommodate the animal; a feed container position about the first perch end to provide food for the animal; an electrode set extending into the housing opening to contact the bird as it is positioned to eat the food; a camera position in the interior cavity to take a target image of the animal; a control unit connected to the camera to receive the target image and compare the target image to a set of reference images; a power supply connected to the control unit, the electrode set, and the camera to provide power for the operation thereof; and a container positioned below the perch to collect the animal falling from the perch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Aviantronics, LLC
    Inventor: Pat M. Bolen
  • Publication number: 20150040466
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for damaging a flying pest comprising: a housing connected to a continuous perforated side wall to a laser contacting surface; a laser beam generator and a laser rotating mechanism attached to the housing and positioned to transmit a laser beam generally radially downward toward the laser contacting surface in a 360 degree pattern on the laser contacting surface, wherein the laser beam contacts and damages a flying pest; a control mechanism in communication with the laser beam generator to control the generation of the laser beam and in communication with the laser rotating mechanism to control one or more parameters relating to the pattern; and a power supply in electrical communication with the control mechanism, the laser rotating mechanism, and the laser beam generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Pat M. Bolen