Patents Examined by A. L.
  • Motorized coffin lid device
    Patent number: 12274649
    Abstract: A motorized coffin lid device for remotely opening a lid of the casket includes a coffin having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall to define an interior space. The peripheral wall has an upper edge to define an opening into the interior space. A lid is pivotably coupled to the upper edge to selectively open and close the opening. A motor is coupled to the coffin and positioned in the interior space. A lift mechanism is coupled to the motor. The motor actuates the lift mechanism to pivot the lid and to selectively open and close the opening. A power source is electrically coupled to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Timothy Thomas
  • Anti-pathogen composition and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 12274732
    Abstract: Methods are provided for treating an infectious disease of a subject with a composition which comprises an active ingredient that can be produced by bacteria of Paenibacillus or Bacillus. The disclosure also provides a composition or a pharmaceutical composition which comprises, or alternatively consists essentially of, or yet further consists of an active ingredient which can be produced by bacteria of Paenibacillus or Bacillus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: TENFOLD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
    Inventors: Shaohua Guan, Shashi Shankar Rajbanshi, Curtis Brian Hill, Shi Qiu, Xing-Cong Li
  • Box for use as a coffin
    Patent number: 12274650
    Abstract: A box (200) is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: PMH Systems A/S
    Inventor: Peter Madsen
  • Methods of treating and diagnosing epilepsy
    Patent number: 12274756
    Abstract: In various aspects and embodiments the invention provides a method of treating epilepsy in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising contacting a target cell of the subject with an effective amount of an HCN4 disrupting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Angelique Bordey, Lawrence Hsieh, Jianbing Zhou
  • Facial mask for skin care
    Patent number: 12274661
    Abstract: Provided is a skin care mask. The skin care mask includes a mask member configured to be placed on a facial region of a human body. The skin care mask further includes one or more vibrators installed within the mask member and configured to transfer vibrations to skin of the human body. The skin care mask further includes a vibration transfer member including a first surface contacting the one or more vibrators and a second surface configured to contact the skin. The vibration transfer member is configured to transfer the vibrations of the one or more vibrators to the skin. The skin care mask further includes a vibration absorption member. The skin care mask further includes a processor configured to separately control the one or more vibrators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: AMOSENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Dong Jeong
  • Incontinence undergarment and incontinence system
    Patent number: 12274314
    Abstract: An incontinence undergarment including a main body and a sling positioned within and attached to the main body. A middle portion of the sling is free of attachment to a groin portion of the main body. The middle portion of the sling forms a pocket configured to hold an absorbent pad. A second pocket is positioned at one end of the sling and is configured to hold a spare absorbent pad. In embodiments, the first pocket is dimensioned to hold the absorbent pad in an unfolded state and the second pocket is dimensioned to hold the spare absorbent pad in a folded state. In embodiments, stitching delimits the boundary between the first and second pockets, and in embodiments the second pocket is an extension of one end of the sling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Tailored Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Fredrica V. Coates
  • Hydroponic grow assembly
    Patent number: 12274215
    Abstract: A hydroponic grow assembly including an assembly base and at least one plant structure removably connectable to the assembly base to form a plant wall for growing plants. The plant structure includes a plurality of plant wells opened to a root chamber and the base includes a bottom structure enclosed by a perimeter wall to form an inner cavity of a reservoir tank to supply water to the root chamber of the plant structure. The bottom structure includes a support feature within the inner cavity of the reservoir tank to support the at least one plant structure in an upright position to form the plant wall of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Fork Farms Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander R. Tyink
  • Concealed carry bib-overalls
    Patent number: 12274317
    Abstract: Concealed carry bib-overalls for providing concealed pockets for placing firearms for concealed carry transport. The concealed carry bib-overalls may comprise a pair of overalls and one or more concealed pockets. The pair of overalls may be a garment comprising a bib which is adapted to extend vertically in front of a user's abdomen. The bib may be held upright by suspenders. The suspenders may be adapted to couple to the top of the bib after passing over a user's shoulders. The concealed pockets may be located on the rear of the bib where the concealed pockets may be hidden from view. The one or more concealed pockets may be adapted to conceal a handgun. A user may produce the handgun from within the concealed pockets by releasing a gap fastener and extracting the handgun through one or more access gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventors: Eddie Tyson, Randi Tyson, Dale Cox, Louise Cox
  • Enhanced aerobic fermentation methods for producing edible fungal mycelium blended meats and meat analogue compositions
    Patent number: 12274283
    Abstract: Provided herein are shelf-stable protein food ingredients, food products comprising the shelf-stable protein food ingredients, methods of their production, and methods of their use. The shelf-stable protein food ingredients comprise cultured fungal biomass and a limited amount of water. Advantageously, the shelf-stable protein food ingredients can be stored, transported, and delivered within the food supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: THE BETTER MEAT CO.
    Inventors: Augustus H. Pattillo, Moran Farhi, Katherine Ruwe
  • Rapid-entry footwear having a stabilizer and an elastic element
    Patent number: 12274325
    Abstract: A rapid-entry shoe having an elastic element to enlarge a foot opening of the rapid-entry shoe and also having a stabilizer to prevent a rear portion of the rapid-entry shoe from collapsing downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: FAST IP, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Pratt, Craig Cheney
  • Pressed component manufacturing method
    Patent number: 12275052
    Abstract: A pressing technology for reducing tensile residual stress generated on a sheared edge face of a metal sheet after press forming in order to prevent occurrence of a delayed fracture on the sheared edge face. A pressed component manufacturing method for manufacturing a pressed component by press-forming a metal sheet having a sheared edge face includes a first press forming step in which it is estimated that tensile residual stress is generated in a direction along the sheared edge on a portion of the sheared edge face of the metal sheet after die release, in which the method includes, as a subsequent step to the first press forming step, a tensile residual stress relaxation step of bulging, in the sheet thickness direction, a region that includes at least a site on a sheared edge face where it is estimated that the tensile residual stress is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kento Fujii, Toyohisa Shinmiya, Yuji Yamasaki
  • Carrier with magnetic closure system
    Patent number: 12274338
    Abstract: A carrier such as a belt bag, shoulder bag, or backpack is provided with a lid that reversibly secures an opening in the walls of the carrier at a top end of the carrier using paired and attracting magnets mounted in stiffening strips located along edges of the lids and along the edges of the openings in the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Think Tank Photo, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Allen Sturm
  • Closure system and uses thereof
    Patent number: 12274427
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a closure system for use in surgical procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Martin, Damien Ryan, Peter Grant, Michael Dunning, Gerard Brett, Kevin Walsh, Desmond John Regan
  • Toilet
    Patent number: 12274402
    Abstract: A toilet includes a base, a cover, and a seat. The seat is rotatably coupled to the base, and the cover is rotatably coupled to the seat. The cover and the seat define an angled axis that is oriented upward and forward toward a front end of the base. The cover and the seat are each configured to rotate about the angled axis between a lowered position in which the cover and the seat are located adjacent the base and a stowed position in which the cover and the seat are oriented in an upward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Chanseol Chung, Karger D. Kohler, Daniel N. Halloran, Jeffrey T. Laundre, Keith E. Muellenbach, Jennifer Tarplee, Craig Loest
  • Epicardial ablation catheter
    Patent number: 12274491
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for electroporation ablation therapy are disclosed herein, with a cinch device for positioning an ablation catheter relative to tissue during a cardiac ablation procedure. In some embodiments, a distal end of a first device may be advanced into a proximal end of a first lumen of a second device. The first device may be advanced from a distal end of the first lumen and the first device may be looped around tissue of a patient. The first device may be advanced into a distal end of a second lumen of the second device. The distal end of the first device may be advanced from a proximal end of the second lumen. The proximal and distal ends of the first device may be advanced away from a proximal end of the second device to increase contact between the first device and the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Raju Viswanathan, Jean-Luc Pageard
  • Devices, systems and methods for accurate positioning of a prosthetic valve
    Patent number: 12274617
    Abstract: The invention is a system and method for accurately positioning a prosthetic valve such as a prosthetic heart valve at a desired position for deployment. The invention includes extendable positioning elements which provide tactile feedback to a user to confirm proper positioning of the catheter with respect to the native valve annulus. During delivery, the extendable positioning elements may lie against or near the catheter, over the prosthetic valve and expandable balloon, providing a low profile for advancing the catheter to the desired treatment location via small passages such as body lumens. Prior to valve deployment, the positioning elements are extended and brought into contact with tissue of the native annulus to confirm the proper positioning of the delivery system and prosthetic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francis G. Duhay, David L. Zollinger
  • Apparatus for treating excess intraocular fluid having an elastic membrane
    Patent number: 12274643
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for treating diseases that produce elevated intraocular pressures, such as glaucoma, wherein the device includes a housing shell defining a cavity between a first end and a second end of the housing shell, and an elastic membrane disposed within the cavity to divide the cavity into a fluidic channel that permits a flow of fluid from the first end to the second end and a sealed cavity. The elastic membrane deforms to change the volume of the sealed cavity responsive to pressure fluctuations between the first and second ends, thereby varying the fluidic resistance of the flow of fluid through the fluidic channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Nikolaos Stergiopulos, Constantinos Stergiopulos
  • Indazole carboxamides as kinase inhibitors
    Patent number: 12275721
    Abstract: Compounds having formula (I), and enantiomers, and diastereomers, stereoisomers, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, are useful as kinase modulators, including RIPK1 modulation. All the variables are as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Jie Chen, Carolyn Diane Dzierba, Junqing Guo, Amy C. Hart, William J. Pitts, Sing-Yuen Sit
  • Robotic rollator walker with automated power drive
    Patent number: 12274662
    Abstract: A walker with an automated power drive system is disclosed. The walker comprises a rigid frame comprising a left grip and a right grip; a plurality of wheels affixed to the rigid frame; a plurality of drive motors integrally mounted in the plurality of wheels; and a drive motor controller configured to power the plurality of drive motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: CAMINO ROBOTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Duncan Anthony Orrell-Jones, Amir Hajiloo, Matthew John Sampson
  • Snap hair clip
    Patent number: D1071331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Teleties, LLC
    Inventor: Lindsay Muscato