Patents by Inventor Charles Le Pere

Charles Le Pere 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).

  • BEVERAGE DISPENSING MACHINE AND POUCH FOR USE WITH BEVERAGE DISPENSING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20220274822
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing device comprising a beverage reservoir, a receptacle that receives a beverage container including a beverage and discharges the beverage from the beverage container into the beverage reservoir, a cutting mechanism that opens the beverage container to release the beverage, a cooling system comprising one or more thermoelectric coolers including one or more plate-like surfaces along the flow path wherein the cooling system performs at least one of chilling or warming the beverage that flows over at least part of the plate-like surface. The beverage dispensing device further comprising a pump that transfers the beverage from the beverage reservoir to the cooling system, an aeration component that receives and aerates the beverage from the cooling system, and a discharge nozzle coupled to the aeration component that dispenses the beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Marshal Chang, Jeremy M. Fallis, JR., Brian Orme, Derrick Du, Charles Le Pere, Courtney Cavanaugh, Simon Gatrall, Jonathan Downing, Jon-William Murphy
  • Systems and methods for in vitro and in vivo imaging of cells on a substrate
    Patent number: 10247719
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are generally to methods and systems that facilitate imaging of cells on a substrate and more particularly to pre-implantation (in vitro) and post-implantation (in vivo) imaging of cell-seeded substrates implanted in target tissues in the context of stem cell therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Mark Humayun, Ashish Ahuja, Charles Le Pere
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN VITRO AND IN VIVO IMAGING OF CELLS ON A SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20160370343
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are generally to methods and systems that facilitate imaging of cells on a substrate and more particularly to pre-implantation (in vitro) and post-implantation (in vivo) imaging of cell-seeded substrates implanted in target tissues in the context of stem cell therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Humayun, Anhish Ahuja, Charles Le Pere
  • Systems and methods for in vitro and in vivo imaging of cells on a substrate
    Patent number: 9274095
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are generally to methods and systems that facilitate imaging of cells on a substrate and more particularly to pre-implantation (in vitro) and post-implantation (in vivo) imaging of cell-seeded substrates implanted in target tissues in the context of stem cell therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignees: University of Southern California, Doheny Eye Institute
    Inventors: Mark Humayun, Ashish Ahuja, Charles Le Pere
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN VITRO AND IN VIVO IMAGING OF CELLS ON A SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20150309009
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are generally to methods and systems that facilitate imaging of cells on a substrate and more particularly to pre-implantation (in vitro) and post-implantation (in vivo) imaging of cell-seeded substrates implanted in target tissues in the context of stem cell therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Humayun, Ashish Ahuja, Charles Le Pere
  • Systems and methods for in vitro and in vivo imaging of cells on a substrate
    Patent number: 9089600
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are generally to methods and systems that facilitate imaging of cells on a substrate and more particularly to pre-implantation (in vitro) and post-implantation (in vivo) imaging of cell-seeded substrates implanted in target tissues in the context of stem cell therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: University of Southern California, Doheny Eye Institute
    Inventors: Mark Humayun, Ashish Ahuja, Charles Le Pere
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN VITRO AND IN VIVO IMAGING OF CELLS ON A SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20140050386
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are generally to methods and systems that facilitate imaging of cells on a substrate and more particularly to pre-implantation (in vitro) and post-implantation (in vivo) imaging of cell-seeded substrates implanted in target tissues in the context of stem cell therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Mark Humayun, Ashish Ahuja, Charles Le Pere