Patents by Inventor Bennett Johnston

Bennett Johnston 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: 20050093239
    Abstract: A game is disclosed, in which the players utilize multiple scientifically recognized human memory systems, primarily the short-term memory system, the semantic memory system, and the episodic memory system, in which the game has elements of competitive play and play without competition, typically by storytelling. The apparatus of the game consists of decks of cards or instructions, sometimes used with a board, while the game also includes any process which invokes or stimulates multiple memory systems when incorporated into any game apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventor: Bennett Johnston
  • Patent number: 6106732
    Abstract: A process for separating plasma or serum from mammalian whole blood includes the steps of applying a sample of blood through a hydrophobically faced sample receiving hole positioned in a first upper layer of hydrophobic material to a first layer of fibrous hydrophilic material which has been impregnated with a blood agglutinating agent so that it acts to retain red blood cells but not plasma or serum and layer is sealed at its upper edges to the first layer of hydrophobic material and allowing the liquid portion of the sample to flow downwardly through the first layer of fibrous hydrophilic material into a second layer comprised of a different fibrous hydrophilic material which second layer is sealed at its lower edges to a second layer of hydrophobic material whereby it acts to retain the plasma or serum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Binax Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James Bennett Johnston, Kenneth Grady