Patents by Inventor Brad Pedersen

Brad Pedersen 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: 20200146409
    Abstract: A modular mobile device accessory, comprising an inner protective case sized, shaped and configured to be fitted by hand to a mobile device to protect the device from impact; an outer protective case sized, shaped and configured to fitted by hand on to, and removed by hand from, the inner protective case; whereby a level of impact protection, and a size of the device with the accessory, can be selectively varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jeremy Lang, Brad Pedersen, Matt Bertulli, Shai Levy
  • Patent number: 10152514
    Abstract: A computerized reference analysis tool utilizes a prior art reference collection process to create a relatively smaller set of relevant references, together with a computerized reference ranking engine that ranks the set of harvested references for relevance with respect to the entirety of a claim set for a patent or patent application. The results of the computerized reference analysis tool harvesting and ranking this smaller set of prior art references can be presented to a user as an aggregated relevance listing, together with a visually or graphically displayed representation of the relevance ranking of the prior art references relative to individual claims and/or to individual claim elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A.
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Christian Girtz
  • Publication number: 20180321691
    Abstract: A homeostatic flying hovercraft preferably utilizes at least two pairs of counter-rotating ducted fans to generate lift like a hovercraft and utilizes a homeostatic hover control system to create a flying craft that is easily controlled. The homeostatic hover control system provides true homeostasis of the craft with a true fly-by-wire flight control and control-by-wire system control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Peter Spirov
  • Patent number: 10059462
    Abstract: A helicopter-hoist system is described. The system may include: hoist equipment, illumination systems, range-measuring equipment, camera(s), communication systems, display devices, processing/control systems including image-processing systems, and power-management systems. The system may also include a smart-hook for measuring a load on the hook. Based on the measured load on the cable, the lighting may be illuminated in different manners. In another aspect, the system may communicate with display devices, which render images of a mission to helicopter crew members or other observers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Breeze-Eastern LLC
    Inventors: Brad Repp, Brad Pedersen, Ezra Johnson, Chad Cariano, Chad Dize
  • Patent number: 10023312
    Abstract: A helicopter-hoist system is described. The system may include: hoist equipment, illumination systems, range-measuring equipment, camera(s), communication systems, display devices, processing/control systems including image-processing systems, and power-management systems. The system may also include a smart-hook for measuring a load on the hook. Based on the measured load on the cable, the lighting may be illuminated in different manners. In another aspect, the system may communicate with display devices, which render images of a mission to helicopter crew members or other observers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Breeze-Eastern LLC
    Inventors: Brad Repp, Brad Pedersen, Ezra Johnson, Chad Cariano, Chad Dize
  • Patent number: 9904292
    Abstract: A homeostatic flying hovercraft preferably utilizes at least two pairs of counter-rotating ducted fans to generate lift like a hovercraft and utilizes a homeostatic hover control system to create a flying craft that is easily controlled. The homeostatic hover control system provides true homeostasis of the craft with a true fly-by-wire flight control and control-by-wire system control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: QFO Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Peter Spirov
  • Publication number: 20170240293
    Abstract: A helicopter-hoist system is described. The system may include: hoist equipment, illumination systems, range-measuring equipment, camera(s), communication systems, display devices, processing/control systems including image-processing systems, and power-management systems. The system may also include a smart-hook for measuring a load on the hook. Based on the measured load on the cable, the lighting may be illuminated in different manners. In another aspect, the system may communicate with display devices, which render images of a mission to helicopter crew members or other observers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Brad Repp, Brad Pedersen, Ezra Johnson, Chad Cariano, Chad Dize
  • Patent number: 9645580
    Abstract: A homeostatic flying hovercraft preferably utilizes at least two pairs of counter-rotating ducted fans to generate lift like a hovercraft and utilizes a homeostatic hover control system to create a flying craft that is easily controlled. The homeostatic hover control system provides true homeostasis of the craft with a true fly-by-wire flight control and control-by-wire system control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: QFO Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Peter Spirov
  • Publication number: 20170046393
    Abstract: A computerized reference analysis tool utilizes a prior art reference collection process to create a relatively smaller set of relevant references, together with a computerized reference ranking engine that ranks the set of harvested references for relevance with respect to the entirety of a claim set for a patent or patent application. The results of the computerized reference analysis tool harvesting and ranking this smaller set of prior art references can be presented to a user as an aggregated relevance listing, together with a visually or graphically displayed representation of the relevance ranking of the prior art references relative to individual claims and/or to individual claim elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Christian Girtz
  • Publication number: 20170010622
    Abstract: A homeostatic flying hovercraft preferably utilizes at least two pairs of counter-rotating ducted fans to generate lift like a hovercraft and utilizes a homeostatic hover control system to create a flying craft that is easily controlled. The homeostatic hover control system provides true homeostasis of the craft with a true fly-by-wire flight control and control-by-wire system control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Peter Spirov
  • Patent number: 9418083
    Abstract: A computerized reference analysis tool utilizes a prior art reference collection process to create a relatively smaller set of relevant references, together with a computerized reference ranking engine that ranks the set of harvested references for relevance with respect to the entirety of a claim set for a patent or patent application. The results of the computerized reference analysis tool harvesting and ranking this smaller set of prior art references can be presented to a user as an aggregated relevance listing, together with a visually or graphically displayed representation of the relevance ranking of the prior art references relative to individual claims and/or to individual claim elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A.
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Christian J. Girtz
  • Patent number: 9418081
    Abstract: A system for accessing, by a resource, a setting in a virtualized user profile includes an isolation environment, a resource, and a filter driver. The resource executes outside an isolation environment on a local machine and requests access to a setting in a user profile. The filter driver intercepts the request for access and identifies one of the isolation environment and a remote machine, responsive to an application of a rule to the request. The filter driver redirects the request to the one of the isolation environment and the remote machine. A method includes intercepting an instruction from a resource to modify a setting on a local machine, the resource provided by a local machine and executing outside of an isolation environment. The method includes identifying the isolation environment, responsive to an application of a rule to the instruction. The method includes redirecting the instruction to the isolation environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Rick G. Braddy, William T. Hardwood, Christopher Fleck
  • Publication number: 20160009393
    Abstract: A helicopter-hoist system is described. The system may include: hoist equipment, illumination systems, range-measuring equipment, camera(s), communication systems, display devices, processing/control systems including image-processing systems, and power-management systems. The system may also include a smart-hook for measuring a load on the hook. Based on the measured load on the cable, the lighting may be illuminated in different manners. In another aspect, the system may communicate with display devices, which render images of a mission to helicopter crew members or other observers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Brad Repp, Brad Pedersen, Ezra Johnson, Chad Cariano, Chad Dize
  • Publication number: 20160001882
    Abstract: A homeostatic flying hovercraft preferably utilizes at least two pairs of counter-rotating ducted fans to generate lift like a hovercraft and utilizes a homeostatic hover control system to create a flying craft that is easily controlled. The homeostatic hover control system provides true homeostasis of the craft with a true fly-by-wire flight control and control-by-wire system control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Peter Spirov
  • Patent number: 9073532
    Abstract: A homeostatic flying hovercraft preferably utilizes at least two pairs of counter-rotating ducted fans to generate lift like a hovercraft and utilizes a homeostatic hover control system to create a flying craft that is easily controlled. The homeostatic hover control system provides true homeostasis of the craft with a true fly-by-wire flight control and control-by-wire system control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: QFO Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Peter Spirov
  • Publication number: 20130282735
    Abstract: A computerized reference analysis tool utilizes a prior art reference collection process to create a relatively smaller set of relevant references, together with a computerized reference ranking engine that ranks the set of harvested references for relevance with respect to the entirety of a claim set for a patent or patent application. The results of the computerized reference analysis tool harvesting and ranking this smaller set of prior art references can be presented to a user as an aggregated relevance listing, together with a visually or graphically displayed representation of the relevance ranking of the prior art references relative to individual claims and/or to individual claim elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A.
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Christian J. Girtz
  • Publication number: 20130246473
    Abstract: A system for accessing, by a resource, a setting in a virtualized user profile includes an isolation environment, a resource, and a filter driver. The resource executes outside an isolation environment on a local machine and requests access to a setting in a user profile. The filter driver intercepts the request for access and identifies one of the isolation environment and a remote machine, responsive to an application of a rule to the request. The filter driver redirects the request to the one of the isolation environment and the remote machine. A method includes intercepting an instruction from a resource to modify a setting on a local machine, the resource provided by a local machine and executing outside of an isolation environment. The method includes identifying the isolation environment, responsive to an application of a rule to the instruction. The method includes redirecting the instruction to the isolation environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Rick G. Braddy, William T. Hardwood, Christopher Fleck
  • Patent number: 8452812
    Abstract: A system for accessing, by a resource, a setting in a virtualized user profile includes an isolation environment, a resource, and a filter driver. The resource executes outside an isolation environment on a local machine and requests access to a setting in a user profile. The filter driver intercepts the request for access and identifies one of the isolation environment and a remote machine, responsive to an application of a rule to the request. The filter driver redirects the request to the one of the isolation environment and the remote machine. A method includes intercepting an instruction from a resource to modify a setting on a local machine, the resource provided by a local machine and executing outside of an isolation environment. The method includes identifying the isolation environment, responsive to an application of a rule to the instruction. The method includes redirecting the instruction to the isolation environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Pedersen, Rick G. Braddy, William T. Harwood, Christopher Fleck
  • Publication number: 20120284200
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the computerized management of patent information. Various computer-implemented methods and apparatuses provide a more intuitive and meaningful visual representation of key aspects relating to the patent prosecution normally encountered with respect to the management of the prosecution of multiple patent cases. In an embodiment, the system provides a visual representation of each individual patent family within the viewed set or subset of families. In an embodiment, the system provides a visual representation of the relative timeline of the progress of a particular patent case. In an embodiment, the system provides a visual representation of the budget and cost information associated with at least some of the events on the timeline representation of a given case. In an embodiment, the system provides a visual representation of the relative status of any one application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: Brad Pedersen
  • Patent number: D771346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Breeze-Eastern Corporation
    Inventors: Brad Repp, Brad Pedersen, Ezra Johnson, Chad Cariano, Chad Dize