Patents by Inventor Carl Cepress

Carl Cepress 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: 12086670
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments generally relate to transaction card constructions, and particularly, to a two-piece transaction card construction. Disclosed embodiments include a generally planar first card component including a first surface and a generally planar second card component including a second surface wherein the first card component is separate from the second card component. In disclosed embodiments, for example, the generally planar first card component and the generally planar second card component may be configured such that one forms a cavity and the other forms an inlay component configured to be seated within the cavity. In other embodiments the generally planar first card component and the generally planar second card component may be configured such that one forms a container and the other forms a lid configured to close the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Stern, Makiko Taniguchi, Dan Makoski, Lin Yang, Carl Cepress, Austin Anderson, Jason Deperro, Elwin Ching Yee Ong
  • Publication number: 20240248516
    Abstract: Various arrangements of an electronic device case are presented herein. The case can include a housing shaped to allow an electronic device to be removably installed within the housing. The case can include magnets, the magnets being arranged to magnetically couple with magnets of a dock. The case can include a kickstand assembly attached with the housing. A kickstand body of the kickstand assembly can be extended for propping up the electronic device case when the electronic device case is not docked with the dock. The kickstand body can be collapsed for when the electronic device case is magnetically docked with the dock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Gillett, Bengt Brummer, Eugene Fox, Carl Cepress, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Nicholas Sanders, Jose Madrid
  • Publication number: 20240192734
    Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The speaker is concealed inside the base and configured to project sound substantially towards the front view of the display assistant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Castro, Marc Davidson, Chih-Min Chien, Daniel Corbalan, Carl Cepress, Liang Ching Tseng
  • Patent number: 11874707
    Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The speaker is concealed inside the base and configured to project sound substantially towards the front view of the display assistant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Castro, Marc Davidson, Chih-Min Chien, Daniel Corbalan, Carl Cepress, Liang Ching Tseng
  • Publication number: 20230274120
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments generally relate to transaction card constructions, and particularly, to a two-piece transaction card construction. Disclosed embodiments include a generally planar first card component including a first surface and a generally planar second card component including a second surface wherein the first card component is separate from the second card component. In disclosed embodiments, for example, the generally planar first card component and the generally planar second card component may be configured such that one forms a cavity and the other forms an inlay component configured to be seated within the cavity. In other embodiments the generally planar first card component and the generally planar second card component may be configured such that one forms a container and the other forms a lid configured to close the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew STERN, Makiko TANIGUCHI, Dan MAKOSKI, Lin YANG, Carl CEPRESS, Austin ANDERSON, Jason DEPERRO, Elwin Ching Yee ONG
  • Publication number: 20230221771
    Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The speaker is concealed inside the base and configured to project sound substantially towards the front view of the display assistant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Castro, Marc Davidson, Chih-Min Chien, Daniel Corbalan, Carl Cepress, Liang Ching Tseng
  • Patent number: 11687758
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments generally relate to transaction card constructions, and particularly, to a two-piece transaction card construction. Disclosed embodiments include a generally planar first card component including a first surface and a generally planar second card component including a second surface wherein the first card component is separate from the second card component. In disclosed embodiments, for example, the generally planar first card component and the generally planar second card component may be configured such that one forms a cavity and the other forms an inlay component configured to be seated within the cavity. In other embodiments the generally planar first card component and the generally planar second card component may be configured such that one forms a container and the other forms a lid configured to close the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Stern, Makiko Taniguchi, Dan Makoski, Lin Yang, Carl Cepress, Austin Anderson, Jason Deperro, Elwin Ching Yee Ong
  • Patent number: 11604493
    Abstract: This application is directed to a display assistant device that acts as a voice-activated user interface device. The display assistant device includes a base, a screen and a speaker. The base is configured for sitting on a surface. The screen has a rear surface and is supported by the base at the rear surface. A bottom edge of the screen is configured to be held above the surface by a predefined height, and the base is substantially hidden behind the screen from a front view of the display assistant device. The speaker is concealed inside the base and configured to project sound substantially towards the front view of the display assistant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Castro, Marc Davidson, Chih-min Chien, Daniel Corbalan, Carl Cepress, Liang Ching Tseng
  • Patent number: D971209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Seflic, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Carl Cepress, Katherine Morgenroth
  • Patent number: D979536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Maj Isabelle Olsson, Willy Carteau, Diana Chang, Katherine Morgenroth, Carl Cepress, Vicki Huichi Chuang
  • Patent number: D980193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Reichert, Henry A. Beyer, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Katherine Morgenroth, Carl Cepress, Diana Chang
  • Patent number: D980211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Seflic, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Carl Cepress, Katherine Morgenroth
  • Patent number: D983165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Maj Isabelle Olsson, Willy Carteau, Diana Chang, Katherine Morgenroth, Carl Cepress
  • Patent number: D991210
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Matarese, David Chenell, Jung Geun Tak, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Katherine Morgenroth, Livius Dumitru Chebeleu, Kristen Mangum, Carl Cepress, Anna Knutson
  • Patent number: D998585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Matarese, David Chenell, Jung Geun Tak, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Katherine Morgenroth, Livius Dumitru Chebeleu, Kristen Mangum, Carl Cepress, Anna Knutson
  • Patent number: D1038122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Carl Cepress, Matthew Seflic, Maj Isabelle Olsson, James Castro, Katherine Morgenroth
  • Patent number: D1057724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Bengt Gunnar Brümmer, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Carl Cepress, Vicki Huichi Chuang, Ethan Alexander Graves, Casey Gardner Peterson, Wenson Chern, Andrew Zee
  • Patent number: D1066333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jason Stanley Pi, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Carl Cepress, Bengt Gunnar Brümmer, Fred Simon, Ethan Alexander Graves, Vivek Saini
  • Patent number: D1069750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Maj Isabelle Olsson, Willy Carteau, Diana Chang, Katherine Morgenroth, Carl Cepress
  • Patent number: D1086142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Bengt Gunnar Brümmer, Maj Isabelle Olsson, Carl Cepress, Fred Simon, Nick Gillett