Patents by Inventor Bill Sutherland

Bill Sutherland 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: 20230306088
    Abstract: The methods and systems described herein comprise a method for verifying an electronic article, comprising: receiving a request for a status verification of an electronic article; retrieving one or more aspects associated with the electronic article from a database comprising a plurality of electronic articles comprising the electronic article; providing the one or more aspects to a smart contract; receiving, from the smart contract, one or more corresponding aspects based on the provided one or more aspects; determining the status verification, wherein the status verification comprises a verified status or an unverified status; and providing the status verification in response to the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Justin HOLBROOK, Justin A. RICHMOND, Bill SUTHERLAND, Eric Nordelo GALIANO, Yifan WANG
  • Patent number: 9428320
    Abstract: A fastener storage and organizer tray for storing, organizing, transporting headed fasteners, mating nuts, washers, screws, and other fasteners and fittings. The tray has a bottom wall bounded by upstanding peripheral side walls, and a plurality of individual compartments defined by upstanding lateral and transverse divider walls. At least one compartment has a generally rectangular raised platform with a horizontal top surface and a recessed trough at each end. The shanks of headed fasteners are supported on the platform surface with the heads and ends of the shanks in laterally adjacent alternating inverted side-by-side relation over the troughs at the ends of the platform. A fastener is easily removed by pressing down on the end of the shank to pivot it downward and raise the head of the fastener, and grasping the head of the fastener to remove it from the compartment, or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Bill Sutherland