Patents by Inventor William A. Liberis

William A. Liberis 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).

  • Vacuum cleaner attachment with floating cleaning element and surface cleaning apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 11607097
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner attachment generally includes a cleaning element that floats relative to a suction conduit of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The cleaning element is supported on a support structure that is movably coupled to a housing and is biased towards a floor, for example, as a result of the weight of the cleaning element support structure. The cleaning element may be permanently attached to the support structure or may be a removable or disposable pad or sheet attached to the support structure. The floating cleaning element may be supported between the suction conduit and one or more wheels of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The vacuum cleaner attachment may be removably attached to a vacuum cleaner, for example, to be used interchangeably with other surface cleaning heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Brian Burke, William Liberis, Jason B. Thorne, Charlie Cai, Peter Hutchinson, Andre D. Brown, Kai Xu, Brian M. Bond
  • VACUUM CLEANER ATTACHMENT WITH FLOATING CLEANING ELEMENT AND SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200008635
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner attachment generally includes a cleaning element that floats relative to a suction conduit of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The cleaning element is supported on a support structure that is movably coupled to a housing and is biased towards a floor, for example, as a result of the weight of the cleaning element support structure. The cleaning element may be permanently attached to the support structure or may be a removable or disposable pad or sheet attached to the support structure. The floating cleaning element may be supported between the suction conduit and one or more wheels of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The vacuum cleaner attachment may be removably attached to a vacuum cleaner, for example, to be used interchangeably with other surface cleaning heads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Burke, William Liberis, Jason B. Thorne, Charlie Cai, Peter Hutchinson, Andre D. Brown, Kai Xu, Brian M. Bond
  • Vacuum cleaner attachment with floating cleaning element and surface cleaning apparatus including the same
    Patent number: 10413144
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner attachment generally includes a cleaning element that floats relative to a suction conduit of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The cleaning element is supported on a support structure that is movably coupled to a housing and is biased towards a floor, for example, as a result of the weight of the cleaning element support structure. The cleaning element may be permanently attached to the support structure or may be a removable or disposable pad or sheet attached to the support structure. The floating cleaning element may be supported between the suction conduit and one or more wheels of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The vacuum cleaner attachment may be removably attached to a vacuum cleaner, for example, to be used interchangeably with other surface cleaning heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Brian Burke, William Liberis, Jason B. Thorne, Charlie Cai, Peter Hutchinson, Andre David Brown, Kai Xu, Brian M. Bond
  • VACUUM CLEANER ATTACHMENT WITH FLOATING CLEANING ELEMENT AND SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160174793
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner attachment generally includes a cleaning element that floats relative to a suction conduit of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The cleaning element is supported on a support structure that is movably coupled to a housing and is biased towards a floor, for example, as a result of the weight of the cleaning element support structure. The cleaning element may be permanently attached to the support structure or may be a removable or disposable pad or sheet attached to the support structure. The floating cleaning element may be supported between the suction conduit and one or more wheels of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The vacuum cleaner attachment may be removably attached to a vacuum cleaner, for example, to be used interchangeably with other surface cleaning heads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Burke, William Liberis, Jason B. Thorne, Charlie Cai, Peter Hutchinson, Andre David Brown, Kai Xu, Brian M. Bond
  • Method and system for discovering significant subsets in collection of documents
    Patent number: 8118216
    Abstract: A method (and system) of discovering a significant subset in a collection of documents, includes identifying a set of documents from a plurality of documents based on a likelihood that documents in the set of documents carries an instance of information that is characteristic to the documents in the set of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: JP Morgan Chase Bank, International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Hoch, Tayo Ibikunle, Ehud Kamin, William A. Liberis, Tomasz J. Nowicki, Michael J. Reilly, Howard E. Sachar, Charles P. Tresser, Eugene Walach
  • Method and system for extracting information from documents by document segregation
    Patent number: 7983468
    Abstract: A method (and system) for extracting information from a document, includes segregating a set of documents from a plurality of documents based on a likelihood that at least one document in the set of documents carries an instance of a preset information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignees: JP Morgan Chase Bank, International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tayo Ibikunle, Ehud Karnin, William A. Liberis, Tomasz J. Nowicki, Michael J. Reilly, Howard E. Sachar, Charles P. Tresser, Eugene Walach, David A. Weeshoff
  • Method and system for discovering significant subsets in collection of documents
    Patent number: 7360686
    Abstract: A method (and system) of discovering a significant subset in a collection of documents, includes identifying a set of documents from a plurality of documents based on a likelihood that documents in the set of documents carries an instance of information that is characteristic to the documents in the set of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignees: JP Morgan Chase Bank, International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Hoch, Tayo Ibikunle, Ehud Karnin, William A. Liberis, Tomasz J. Nowicki, Micheal J. Reilly, Howard E. Sachar, Charles P. Tresser, Eugene Walach
  • METHDO AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERING SIGNIFICANT SUBSETS IN COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20080061136
    Abstract: A method (and system) of discovering a significant subset in a collection of documents, includes identifying a set of documents from a plurality of documents based on a likelihood that documents in the set of documents carries an instance of information that is characteristic to the documents in the set of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Hoch, Tayo Ibikunle, Ehud Kamin, William Liberis, Tomasz Nowicki, Michael Reilly, Howard Sachar, Charles Tresser, Eugene Walach
  • Method and system for discovering significant subsets in collection of documents
    Publication number: 20060255124
    Abstract: A method (and system) of discovering a significant subset in a collection of documents, includes identifying a set of documents from a plurality of documents based on a likelihood that documents in the set of documents carries an instance of information that is characteristic to the documents in the set of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicants: JP Morgan Chase Bank, International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Hoch, Tayo Ibikunle, Ehud Karnin, William Liberis, Tomasz Nowicki, Michael Reilly, Howard Sachar, Charles Tresser, Eugene Walach
  • Method and system for extracting information from documents by document segregation
    Publication number: 20060177118
    Abstract: A method (and system) for extracting information from a document, includes segregating a set of documents from a plurality of documents based on a likelihood that at least one document in the set of documents carries an instance of a preset information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicants: JP Morgan Chase Bank, International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tayo Ibikunle, Ehud Karnin, William Liberis, Tomasz Nowicki, Michael Reilly, Howard Sachar, Charles Tresser, Eugene Walach, David Weeshoff
  • Caddy for a cleaning appliance
    Patent number: D806336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. Bond, William Liberis, Charlie Cai
  • Vacuum cleaner attachment
    Patent number: D815380
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. Bond, Owen R. Johnson, William Liberis, Jr., Adam Udy, Charlie Cai
  • Titrator
    Patent number: D836014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: THERMO ORION INC.
    Inventors: John M. Staton, William A. Liberis, Jr., Aaron Szymanski, Mohan Rajasekaran
  • Vacuum cleaner attachment
    Patent number: D848100
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. Bond, Owen R. Johnson, William Liberis, Jr., Adam Udy, Charlie Cai
  • Titrator
    Patent number: D864000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: THERMO ORION INC.
    Inventors: John M. Staton, William A. Liberis, Jr., Aaron Szymanski, Mohan Rajasekaran