Patents by Inventor Robert Branch Faber

Robert Branch Faber 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: 8556831
    Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed including a clothing article with an embedded Data Measurement and Processing Module configured to measure a dynamic characteristic of a predefined significant impact to the user of the clothing article, and further including a video capturing device which provides video scenes related to the impact. In various embodiments, the embedded data collection and measurement module includes a multi-axis accelerometer and a processor, such as a microcontroller, coupled with the accelerometer to calculate a magnitude and direction of the imparted force, and a video camera that is configured to relate its different captured scenes to predefined significant impacts within each scene. In other various embodiments, the processor and/or the video capturing device may communicate collected and/or calculated data to a storage device and/or an external host computer for future analysis and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Branch Faber, Ataullah Arjomand
  • Publication number: 20130030884
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed including client and/or server computing devices, such as smartphones, laptop computers, servers, and the like, having application software thereon configured to award credit points towards the purchase of goods and services from third parties upon meeting predefined milestones associated with the taking of online tests, educational courses or modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Branch Faber, James Furman Buzhardt
  • Patent number: 8262632
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catheter guide for female self-catheterization to assist in guiding a catheter into the user's urethra. The catheter guide includes a hand-held guide with a vaginal insert portion joined to a handle at a fixed or an adjustable angle. There is an enclosed or open canal in the vaginal insert portion which can be aligned with the urethra, when the insert portion is in the vagina, and through which a catheter can be guided into the urinary tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Inventor: Robert Branch Faber
  • Publication number: 20100256580
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catheter guide for female self-catheterization to assist in guiding a catheter into the user's urethra. The catheter guide includes a hand-held guide with a vaginal insert portion joined to a handle at a fixed or an adjustable angle. There is an enclosed or open canal in the vaginal insert portion which can be aligned with the urethra, when the insert portion is in the vagina, and through which a catheter can be guided into the urinary tract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Branch Faber