Patents by Inventor Steven A. Boris

Steven A. Boris 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: 9981614
    Abstract: A fastener is provided for mounting a first structure having an insertion rib with a retention slot to a second structure having a mounting opening. The fastener includes a U-shaped body having a bight portion at an upper portion thereof with a pair of outer legs depending therefrom. Each of the pair of outer legs terminates at a distal free end to engage an edge of the mounting opening when the U-shaped body penetrates the mounting opening. A pair of inner legs extends from the distal free ends of the outer legs toward the bight portion. The pair of inner legs has an intermediate protrusion configured to engage the insertion rib and bear against a stop in the retention slot to retain the U-shaped body on the first structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Summit Polymers, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Mingerink, Craig Steven Boris, Brian Michael Boyer
  • Publication number: 20170349117
    Abstract: A fastener is provided for mounting a first structure having an insertion rib with a retention slot to a second structure having a mounting opening. The fastener comprises a U-shaped body having a bight portion at an upper portion thereof with a pair of outer legs depending therefrom. Each of the pair of outer legs terminates at a distal free end to engage an edge of the mounting opening when the U-shaped body penetrates the mounting opening. A pair of inner legs extends from the distal free ends of the outer legs toward the bight portion. The pair of inner legs has an intermediate protrusion configured to engage the insertion rib and bear against a stop in the retention slot to retain the U-shaped body on the first structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Summit Polymers, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest James Mingerink, Craig Steven Boris, Brian Michael Boyer
  • Patent number: D504625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: MEDport LLC
    Inventors: David W. Crossley, Steven A. Boris
  • Patent number: D523369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: MEDport LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Jacober, David W. Crossley, Steven A. Boris
  • Patent number: D1016608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Luke Kozub, Brian Nilstoft, Kevin Nguyen, James Paul Oberhauser, Roman Shumylo, Joseph Anthony Cordova, Jinhui Yun, William Harold Lizor, Jr., Adam Hilborn, Jesse Arnold Fourt, Léo Boris Marzolf, Pratap Uday Ganapathy, Brooke Genelle Thyng, Caricia Catalani, Soizic Porhel, Jose Angel Meza, Steven M. Scally, Mary Cassandra Lodwick
  • Patent number: D1019381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Luke Kozub, Brian Nilstoft, Kevin Nguyen, James Paul Oberhauser, Roman Shumylo, Joseph Anthony Cordova, Jinhui Yun, William Harold Lizor, Jr., Adam Hilborn, Jesse Arnold Fourt, Léo Boris Marzolf, Pratap Uday Ganapathy, Brooke Genelle Thyng, Caricia Catalani, Soizic Porhel, Jose Angel Meza, Steven M. Scally, Mary Cassandra Lodwick