Patents by Inventor Bob Jones
Bob Jones 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).
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Patent number: 9848986Abstract: In one embodiment, a prosthetic component includes a plurality of fixation pads coupled to a body portion. The fixation pads may be formed of a first material suitable for attachment to bone, and the body portion may be formed of a second material different from the first material and suitable to provide a bearing surface for a joint.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.Inventors: Bob Jones, Vivek Pawar, Dean Hughes, Jason Jordan
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Publication number: 20160158016Abstract: In one embodiment, a prosthetic component includes a plurality of fixation pads coupled to a body portion. The fixation pads may be formed of a first material suitable for attachment to bone, and the body portion may be formed of a second material different from the first material and suitable to provide a bearing surface for a joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Bob Jones, Vivek Pawar, Dean Hughes, Jason Jordan
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Patent number: 8438083Abstract: A system and method is described for controlling user access to a carrier's shipping services for delivery of a package. The system controls the user's access to the carrier's services by either limiting the selection of locations from which a package can be shipped to fewer than those described by the carrier's service area, or by limiting the user's ability to select shipping service levels to fewer than those provided by the carrier. Such limitation may be by way of displaying only a limited collection of ship from locations and service levels, or by pre-populating and locking ship from information submission fields on a web page. The distributed-user shipping system may reside on a client server or mobile computer that is connected to the carrier's server and transmits various shipping location information and service level selections to the carrier to facilitate shipping of packages while controlling the scope of shipping services provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.Inventors: Dan Turbeville, Dave Gittings, John Cornelius, Bob Jones
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Publication number: 20110276510Abstract: A system and method is described for controlling user access to a carrier's shipping services for delivery of a package. The system controls the user's access to the carrier's services by either limiting the selection of locations from which a package can be shipped to fewer than those described by the carrier's service area, or by limiting the user's ability to select shipping service levels to fewer than those provided by the carrier. Such limitation may be by way of displaying only a limited collection of ship from locations and service levels, or by pre-populating and locking ship from information submission fields on a web page. The distributed-user shipping system may reside on a client server or mobile computer that is connected to the carrier's server and transmits various shipping location information and service level selections to the carrier to facilitate shipping of packages while controlling the scope of shipping services provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Dan Turbeville, Dave Gittings, John Cornelius, Bob Jones
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Patent number: 8005727Abstract: A system and method is described for controlling user access to a carrier's shipping services for delivery of a package. The system controls the user's access to the carrier's services by either limiting the selection of locations from which a package can be shipped to fewer than those described by the carrier's service area, or by limiting the user's ability to select shipping service levels to fewer than those provided by the carrier. Such limitation may be by way of displaying only a limited collection of ship from locations and service levels, or by pre-populating and locking ship from information submission fields on a web page. The distributed-user shipping system may reside on a client server or mobile computer that is connected to the carrier's server and transmits various shipping location information and service level selections to the carrier to facilitate shipping of packages while controlling the scope of shipping services provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2002Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.Inventors: Dan Turbeville, Dave Gittings, John Cornelius, Bob Jones
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Publication number: 20030144871Abstract: A system and method is described for controlling user access to a carrier's shipping services for delivery of a package. The system controls the user's access to the carrier's services by either limiting the selection of locations from which a package can be shipped to fewer than those described by the carrier's service area, or by limiting the user's ability to select shipping service levels to fewer than those provided by the carrier. Such limitation may be by way of displaying only a limited collection of ship from locations and service levels, or by pre-populating and locking ship from information submission fields on a web page. The distributed-user shipping system may reside on a client server or mobile computer that is connected to the carrier's server and transmits various shipping location information and service level selections to the carrier to facilitate shipping of packages while controlling the scope of shipping services provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: July 31, 2003Applicant: United Parcel Service of AmericaInventors: Dan Turbeville, Dave Gittings, John Cornelius, Bob Jones
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Patent number: 6502079Abstract: A floating license enforcement method and system which enables an authorized user to accumulate time-based usage credit while a software application is in use under a valid license. In the event of a license system fault, the application remains accessible to the user, while consuming the usage credit which was previously accumulated. This allows the user access to the application while the license system fault is being corrected. If the license system fault is corrected before all of the accumulated usage credit is consumed, the application remains accessible to the user under the valid license and resumes accumulating usage credit. Therefore, the invention allows the authorized user to consume its accrued usage credit to bridge the time between when a license system fault occurs and when the fault is corrected, thereby protecting the rights of the user. At the same time, the invention prevents excessive unauthorized use of the application, thereby protecting the rights of the software vendor.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1997Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Aprisma Management Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Scott Richard Ball, Joseph H. Greenwald, Bob Jones, Kyle Pause
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Patent number: 5495009Abstract: Modified oligomers containing at least one internucleoside linkage of the formula Y.sup.1 CX.sub.2 y.sup.2 wherein at least one of Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 is sulfur and the other is oxygen and wherein each X is the same or different and is a stabilizing substituent are disclosed. These oligomers show superior binding properties and are thus useful for binding target substances in analytical uses. Also disclosed are improved methods for synthesis of oligomers containing linkages of the general formula --YCX.sub.2 Y-- wherein each Y may be independently oxygen or sulfur.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1992Date of Patent: February 27, 1996Assignee: Gilead Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Mark Matteucci, Bob Jones, Kuei-Ying Lin