Patents by Inventor Samuel G. Zean

Samuel G. Zean 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: 20220012818
    Abstract: A system and method for providing awards and rewards to social media users for the content/posts they upload to their social media profiles is disclosed. The system uses a content management manager for creating, managing, and displaying a user timeline for each of the social media users, an ad insertion engine for creating, managing, and inserting ads into the user timeline for each of the social media users, an awards manager for awarding each of the social media users rewards in exchange for watching ads before viewing content, and a marketsquare manager for creating, managing, and displaying items for sale in an online marketplace in which each of the social media users may be buyers and seller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel G. ZEAN, Eunice K. ZEAN
  • Patent number: 8574043
    Abstract: A food processing apparatus including a lower support structure that carries either a food slicing plate or a meat tenderizing plate, an upper structure that carries either a food plunger plate or a meat tenderizing plate; said lower and upper structures being connected with a floating hinge and including a handle such that a user may pull the two structures together such that their respective plates either tenderize or slice food depending on the plates positioned thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventors: Samuel G. Zean, Eunice K. Ndorleh Zean
  • Publication number: 20120231717
    Abstract: A food processing apparatus including a lower support structure that carries either a food slicing plate or a meat tenderizing plate, an upper structure that carries either a food plunger plate or a meat tenderizing plate; said lower and upper structures being connected with a floating hinge and including a handle such that a user may pull the two structures together such that their respective plates either tenderize or slice food depending on the plates positioned thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Samuel G. Zean, Eunice K. Ndorleh Zean