Patents by Inventor Robert G. Andrews

Robert G. Andrews 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: 7027623
    Abstract: A method and system for providing owners, potential buyers and other users of autographed items such as sports and other entertainment memorabilia visual evidence for verifying the authenticity of the autograph are described. A method of the present invention involves capturing an image of the signature as it is being placed on the item. The image so captured is then stored on a computer readable medium. In addition to the item itself, the owner of the item may be provided with a computer readable medium containing computer readable instructions for accessing the image and other information about the item, the signing process, the autographer, etc. The image may be captured by a camera mounted on a pen or other writing instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: The Upper Deck Company, LLC
    Inventors: Richard P. McWilliam, G. Lynn Hagen, Robert G. Andrews, Matthew Hoerr, Adam Christianson, Brenton Demko, William B. Abrahams, Richard Sutherland
  • Patent number: 6839453
    Abstract: A method and system for providing owners, potential buyers and other users of autographed items such as sports and other entertainment memorabilia visual evidence for verifying the authenticity of the autograph are described. A method of the present invention involves capturing an image of the signature as it is being placed on the item. The image so captured is then stored on a computer readable medium. In addition to the item itself, the owner of the item may be provided with a computer readable medium containing computer readable instructions for accessing the image and other information about the item, the signing process, the autographer, etc. The image may be captured by a camera mounted on a pen or other writing instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: The Upper Deck Company, LLC
    Inventors: Richard P. McWilliam, G. Lynn Hagen, Robert G. Andrews, Matthew Hoerr, Adam Christianson, Brenton Demko, William B. Abrahams, Richard Sutherland
  • Publication number: 20030198365
    Abstract: A method and system for providing owners, potential buyers and other users of autographed items such as sports and other entertainment memorabilia visual evidence for verifying the authenticity of the autograph are described. A method of the present invention involves capturing an image of the signature as it is being placed on the item. The image so captured is then stored on a computer readable medium. In addition to the item itself, the owner of the item may be provided with a computer readable medium containing computer readable instructions for accessing the image and other information about the item, the signing process, the autographer, etc. The image may be captured by a camera mounted on a pen or other writing instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: THE UPPER DECK COMPANY, LLC.
    Inventors: Richard P. McWilliam, G. Lynn Hagen, Robert G. Andrews, Matthew Hoerr, Adam Christianson, Brenton Demko, William B. Abrahams, Richard Sutherland
  • Patent number: 5280027
    Abstract: The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives, or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, which possess anti-tumour activity; to processes for their manufacture; and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.The invention provides a quinazoline of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 includes hydrogen, amino and alkyl or alkoxy each of up to 4 carbon atoms;R.sup.2 includes hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl and halogenoalkyl each of up to 4 carbon atoms;R.sup.3 is hydrogen or alkyl or up to 3 carbon atoms;Ar is phenylene or heterocyclene;L is a group of the formula --CO.NH--, --NH.CO--, --CO.NR.sup.4 --, --NR.sup.4.CO--, --CH.dbd.CH-- or --CO.O--, wherein R.sup.4 is alkyl of up to 4 carbon atoms; and Y is a branched alkyl group bearing substituents Y.sup.2 and Y.sup.3 the definition of each independently including hydroxy, cyano, aryl and heteroaryl, and the definition of Y.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignees: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, National Research Development Corporation
    Inventors: Robert G. Andrew, Andrew J. Barker, Francis T. Boyle, James M. Wardleworth
  • Patent number: 5095687
    Abstract: A conventional rotating flexible line-type vegetation trimmer having a shield covering from above a length of line whipping from one end in a generally horizontal plane about a generally vertical axis, is provided with a swivelable ground-engaging wheel, supported out-of-the-way-of the rotating line, by adjustable swivel brackets respectively mounted by a clip and a clamp to a down-turned flange on the shield and an intermediate location on the handle shaft of the trimmer, and to a shaft on the lower end of which the wheel is swivelably mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: The Big Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert G. Andrew, Gary J. Grandstaff, Ira L. Morris