Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Schwartz

Stephen A. Schwartz 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: 5740390
    Abstract: A method and system for facilitating the selection of one or more of a plurality of icons located on a computer display. A selection is made, from a plurality of icons, of one or more icons to announce itself, such that one or more selected icons is provided. Each of the one or more selected icons makes an announcement. In one example, the announcement includes a designation of the icon making the announcement. Further, the announcement may include sound or a display on the computer display. In one embodiment, in order to select the one or more icons to announce itself, a location of a cursor positioned on the computer display is determined and a further determination is made as to which of the plurality of icons are within a predetermined distance from the location. Those icons within the predetermined distance are the selected icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clifford A. Pickover, Michael Stephen Schwartz
  • Patent number: 5713778
    Abstract: A doll includes a torso having an opening. A simulated bowel movement may be moved through the opening between positions respectively inside and outside the torso.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignees: Design Lab LLC, Steven A. Schwartz, Roseann Radosevitch
    Inventors: Roseann Radosevich, Ralph A. Beckman, Gregory L. Gerold, John Murphy, Stephen A. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 5702282
    Abstract: A toy feeding bottle assembly includes a cup-shaped outer warmer housing, and a feeding bottle which is receivable in the warmer housing. The feeding bottle includes concentric transparent inner and outer bottle sections containing a milky liquid therebetween, and an opaque cap portion received on the bottle section in which the milky liquid is received when the bottle is inverted. The bottle assembly further includes a removable, transparent outer sleeve which is adapted to be retained in the warmer portion or retained on the bottle portion. The sleeve is preferably colored to impart a yellow or orange appearance to the milky liquid so that when the sleeve is received on the bottle, the liquid appears to be a juice, whereas when the sleeve is removed from the bottle, the liquid appears to be milk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph A. Beckman, Stephen A. Schwartz, Roseann Radosevich, Michele P. Trammell
  • Patent number: 5636995
    Abstract: An interactive electronic graphics tablet is provided which utilizes two windows, one large window for the insertion of a standard sheet of paper or other material allowing the user to draw images on the paper and another smaller second window. A cartridge having various icons, such as animal images, is clicked into place in the smaller window. The device is configured such that the paper overlays a touch sensitive pad. The operation of the present invention allows the user to assign any cell of the drawn page corresponding to XY coordinates to particular sounds correlated to the icons in the smaller second window by touching respective locations and icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignees: Stephen A. Schwartz, Design Lab. LLC
    Inventors: Henry D. Sharpe, III, Ralph A. Beckman, Stephen A. Schwartz, Stanley O. Thompson, Dan R. Morrissey
  • Patent number: 5512001
    Abstract: A toy vehicle includes a sound generating mechanism for generating realistic vehicle engine sound and a smoke generating mechanism for generating simulated smoke vapors. The sound generating mechanism and the smoke generating mechanism are simultaneously actuatable by moving an accessory, such as a spoiler, on a cab portion of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignees: Stephen Schwartz Design, Design Lab
    Inventors: Michael Kent, Thomas P. Hamilton, Stephen Schwartz, Henry Sharpe, III, Ralph Beckman, Bryan Thurston
  • Patent number: 5366221
    Abstract: A random play indicator includes a base portion having a light station thereon, a light source in the base portion for illuminating the light station, a manually rotatable randomizer wheel including a plurality of different colored light segments, and a diffuser dome. The randomizer wheel is rotatably mounted on the base portion so that sequential different colored segments thereof sequentially pass over-the light station as the randomizer wheel is rotated, and the diffuser dome is mounted on the base portion over the randomizer wheel for diffusing light passing through the segment of the randomizer wheel aligned with the light station at any given time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignees: Stephen Schwartz, Howard Kamentsky
    Inventors: Stephen Schwartz, Howard Kamentsky, Michael Gorker
  • Patent number: 4372974
    Abstract: An orally administered pharmaceutical formulation comprising a solid dosage form containing an aliphatic amino acid compound in which the carboxylic acid and primary amine are separated by three or four units. Administered in an acid pH range, the formulation is useful in the treatment of convulsive disorders and also has anxiolytic and sedative properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Irving Fish, Stephen A. Schwartz, Stanley Samuels
  • Patent number: 4322440
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical formulation comprising aliphatic amino acid compounds in which the carboxylic acid and primary amine are separated by three or four units. The compositions are useful in the treatment of convulsive disorders and also have anxiolytic and sedative properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: Irving Fish, Stephen A. Schwartz, Stanley Samuels
  • Patent number: D382307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignees: Design Lab, LLC, Stephen Schwartz
    Inventors: Henry Sharpe, III, Ralph Beckman, Stephen Schwartz, Ming K. M. Wong
  • Patent number: D387823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignees: Design Lab, LLC, Stephen A. Schwartz
    Inventors: Roseann Radosovitch, Stephen Schwartz, Henry Sharpe, III, Ralph Beckman