Patents by Inventor Barbara Sprenger

Barbara Sprenger 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: 10181139
    Abstract: Automated workspace usage management methods and apparatus associate one or more users with membership plans for usage of at least one workspace resource. Workspace usage data is collected from the one or more automated monitoring devices for monitoring workspace resource usage by one or more users. The collected workspace usage data is first measured and then compared against the membership plans associated with the users. A billing- and/or reporting-related action is performed, according to the measurement of collected workspace usage data compared against the membership plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Inventors: John M Glass, Barbara Sprenger, Alexander Sinishin
  • Publication number: 20140108064
    Abstract: Automated workspace usage management methods and apparatus associate one or more users with membership plans for usage of at least one workspace resource. Workspace usage data is collected from the one or more automated monitoring devices for monitoring workspace resource usage by one or more users. The collected workspace usage data is first measured and then compared against the membership plans associated with the users. A billing- and/or reporting-related action is performed, according to the measurement of collected workspace usage data compared against the membership plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: John M. GLASS, Barbara SPRENGER
  • Patent number: 5821504
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for 360.degree. induction heating of a can body to cure or partially cure a protective coating applied thereto. The can bodies are inductively heated by placing them in a medium frequency, oscillating magnetic field generated by a multiple turn induction coil helically wound around the transport path of the can body. By using a medium-frequency field and by centering the can bodies with respect to the induction coil, the can bodies may be evenly and uniformly heated around 360.degree. of their circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Barbara Sprenger, Mark Gacka, Robert A. Sprenger, deceased