Patents by Inventor William Searles

William Searles 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: 20240144387
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to generating compliance scores based on first party data on a second party system for viewing by a third party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Marshal Kushniruk, Cassandra Searles, William Ingram, Gregory T. Kavounas
  • Patent number: 5999167
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cursor control device for use in three dimensional space. The cursor control device is based on point and click technology such that a user points a remote member of the cursor control device to a television assembly and depresses appropriate keys for corresponding functions. In particular, a mouse key on the remote member enables control of cursor movement functioning of a cursor displayed through the television assembly. A base unit portion of the present invention device is coupled to or interfaced with the television assembly. The base unit provides an ultrasound source for use of ultrasound by the remote member for determining positioning angular orientation of the remote member in three dimensional space. The base unit includes an infrared receiver for receiving infrared signals generated by an infrared transmitter at the remote member. Mouse commands and other commands from the remote member are communicated through infrared signals to the base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Stephen A. Marsh
    Inventors: Stephen A. Marsh, Frederick William Searles
  • Patent number: 5770857
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer determines the mass of multiply charged high molecular weight molecules. This spectrometer utilizes an ion detector which is capable of simultaneously measuring the charge z and transit time of a single ion as it passes through the detector. From this transit time, the velocity of the single ion may then be derived, thus providing the mass-to-charge ratio m/z for a single ion which has been accelerated through a known potential. Given z and m/z, the mass m of the single ion can then be calculated. Electrospray ions with masses in excess of 1 MDa and charge numbers greater than 425 e.sup.- are readily detected. The on-axis single ion detection configuration enables a duty cycle of nearly 100% and extends the practical application of electrospray mass spectrometry to the analysis of very large molecules with relatively inexpensive instrumentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: The Regents, University of California
    Inventors: Stephen Fuerstenau, W. Henry Benner, Norman Madden, William Searles