Patents by Inventor Christopher E. Smith

Christopher E. Smith 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: 20240101553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit KRas G12C. In particular, the present invention relates to compounds that irreversibly inhibit the activity of KRas G12C, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of use therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Arnold MARX, James Gail CHRISTENSEN, Christopher Ronald SMITH, James F. BLAKE, Laurence E. BURGESS, Mark Joseph CHICARELLI, Adam COOK, Jay Bradford FELL, John P. FISCHER, Macedonio J. MEJIA, Martha E. RODRIGUEZ, Pavel SAVECHENKOV, Tony P. TANG, Guy P.A. VIGERS
  • Publication number: 20220358575
    Abstract: Image quality metrics are applied to the entire image within the field of view of a camera associated with a mobile device and are combined with non-image metrics applied to the device to provide a hybrid approach to capturing a quality image that is not dependent upon the check image satisfying a monitoring criterion. When the composite image passes image monitoring criteria and the device passes a non-image criterion, an image may be captured by the camera either manually or automatically. The process may be applied to capture images of both the front and the back of the check, and may be applied to multiple checks. The images may then be submitted for processing for deposit of the check or checks into the user's bank account without the requirement that the user review and approve the image or images of the back of the check or checks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Vertifi Software, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher E. Smith
  • Patent number: 9778027
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining contours of a patient's foot ankle and lower leg. The apparatus includes an alignment structure that orientates the foot for imaging. The alignment structure includes at least one support member that engages the plantar surface of the foot substantially only in the immediate area of the lateral metatarsal heads of the foot, preferably the fifth metatarsal head. The support generates a dorsally-directed force that locks the midtarsal joint. The alignment structure further includes a saddle that engages the rearfoot and a laser beam for aligning the second metatarsal head with the distal one-third of the lower leg to place the subtalar joint in a neutral condition. The foot is thus suspended in space such that imaging is able to produce an accurate measurement of the subject areas of the foot, ankle and lower leg without distortion of the soft tissues or bone structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Northwest Podiatric Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher E. Smith
  • Patent number: 9259050
    Abstract: Footwear is provided having a midsole platform, a full length insole and a orthotic midsole in the form of an orthotic shell received between the midsole platform and the insole. The orthotic shell has a heel portion to support a heel of a foot of a wearer and a forefoot portion to support a forefoot of the wearer at least in a region behind and near metatarsal heads of the foot. The orthotic shell is shaped to partially cup the heel and support the forefoot in one of a plurality of determined orientations. The footwear may further include a plurality of support plugs to support the orthotic shell in one of the determined orientations and a shank coupled to the midsole platform to increase torsional rigidity of the footwear with respect to a longitudinal length thereof. Methods of making footwear are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Superfeet Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Jeff Gray, Edward Collins, II, Peter Daley
  • Patent number: 8615706
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that improves data entry for a form with one or more fields. During operation, the system displays both a printed representation of the form as well as an enhanced representation of the form that displays an enhanced view of the form's fields. When the system detects a user action related to a field displayed in one of the representations, the system adjusts the display of the field in the other representation (or in both representations) to indicate that the two fields are related. By indicating this relationship, the system facilitates entering and/or updating data for the form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Heidi J. Strazdus, Brian E. Morearty
  • Patent number: 8567081
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining contours of a patient's foot. The apparatus includes an alignment section that orientates the foot relative to an optical imaging section. The alignment section includes at least one support member located proximate a focal length of the imaging section, that engages the plantar surface substantially only in the immediate area of the fifth metatarsal head of the foot. The support generates a dorsally-directed load that locks the midtarsal joint. The alignment section further includes a heel stirrup and a laser beam or other reference line for aligning the second metatarsal head with the distal one-third of the lower leg, to place the subtalar joint in a neutral condition. The foot is thus suspended in space such that the imaging section is able to obtain an accurate measurement of the plantar surface without distortion of the soft tissues or bone structure of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Northwest Podiatric Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher E. Smith
  • Patent number: 8341856
    Abstract: Footwear is provided having a midsole platform, a full length insole and a orthotic midsole in the form of an orthotic shell received between the midsole platform and the insole. The orthotic shell has a heel portion to support a heel of a foot of a wearer and a forefoot portion to support a forefoot of the wearer at least in a region behind and near metatarsal heads of the foot. The orthotic shell is shaped to partially cup the heel and support the forefoot in one of a plurality of determined orientations. The footwear may further include a plurality of support plugs to support the orthotic shell in one of the determined orientations and a shank coupled to the midsole platform to increase torsional rigidity of the footwear with respect to a longitudinal length thereof. Methods of making footwear are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Superfeet Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Jeff Gray, Edward Collins, Peter Daley
  • Publication number: 20120159814
    Abstract: Footwear is provided having a midsole platform, a full length insole and a orthotic midsole in the form of an orthotic shell received between the midsole platform and the insole. The orthotic shell has a heel portion to support a heel of a foot of a wearer and a forefoot portion to support a forefoot of the wearer at least in a region behind and near metatarsal heads of the foot. The orthotic shell is shaped to partially cup the heel and support the forefoot in one of a plurality of determined orientations. The footwear may further include a plurality of support plugs to support the orthotic shell in one of the determined orientations and a shank coupled to the midsole platform to increase torsional rigidity of the footwear with respect to a longitudinal length thereof. Methods of making footwear are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Jeff Gray, Edward Collins, Peter Daley
  • Publication number: 20120053490
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining contours of a patient's foot. The apparatus includes an alignment section that orientates the foot relative to an optical imaging section. The alignment section includes at least one support member located proximate a focal length of the imaging section, that engages the plantar surface substantially only in the immediate area of the fifth metatarsal head of the foot. The support generates a dorsally-directed load that locks the midtarsal joint. The alignment section further includes a heel stirrup and a laser beam or other reference line for aligning the second metatarsal head with the distal one-third of the lower leg, to place the subtalar joint in a neutral condition. The foot is thus suspended in space such that the imaging section is able to obtain an accurate measurement of the plantar surface without distortion of the soft tissues or bone structure of the foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventor: Christopher E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20100128570
    Abstract: The present invention is a more user-friendly wristwatch remote that is programmable to different security systems. The present invention has a wristwatch remote that incorporates a user-friendly means for operating a vehicle security system, manipulating the wristwatch functions, checking the status of the vehicle and/or the security system and lastly, syncing and communicating with other corresponding devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Samuel K. Giles
  • Publication number: 20090109455
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that improves data entry for a form with one or more fields. During operation, the system displays both a printed representation of the form as well as an enhanced representation of the form that displays an enhanced view of the form's fields. When the system detects a user action related to a field displayed in one of the representations, the system adjusts the display of the field in the other representation (or in both representations) to indicate that the two fields are related. By indicating this relationship, the system facilitates entering and/or updating data for the form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Heidi J. Strazdus, Brian E. Morearty
  • Patent number: 7068151
    Abstract: A remote watch (FIG. 7) design for a car security system, comprising of a display screen and base 706 with keypad 704. A user of the remote watch will not only be able to keep track of the time but also will be able to arm/lock, disarm/unlock and remotely start their vehicle by pushing specific buttons on the watch. It is common for people to lose or misplace their keys along with the keyless remote that is attached to the keys. Since the watch is placed on the users wrist, the user never has to worry about damage due to dropping it on a hard surface, in liquids (ex. water), or even losing their keyless remote as you would by having a keyless remote attached to keys or a key chain. If the user ever loses their keys, the remote watch will now allow the user to still have access to their vehicle without their keys, thus giving the user the freedom to store an extra set of keys in their vehicle in case they lose the original ones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Inventors: Samuel K. Giles, Christopher E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20040227642
    Abstract: A remote watch (FIGS. 7) design for a car security system, comprising of a display screen and base 706 with keypad 704. A user of the remote watch will not only be able to keep track of the time but also will be able to arm/lock, disarm/unlock and remotely start their vehicle by pushing specific buttons on the watch. It is common for people to lose or misplace their keys along with the keyless remote that is attached to the keys. Since the watch is placed on the users wrist, the user never has to worry about damage due to dropping it on a hard surface, in liquids (ex. water), or even losing their keyless remote as you would by having a keyless remote attached to keys or a key chain. If the user ever loses their keys, the remote watch will now allow the user to still have access to their vehicle without their keys, thus giving the user the freedom to store an extra set of keys in their vehicle in case they lose the original ones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Samuel K. Giles, Christopher E. Smith
  • Patent number: 5880451
    Abstract: A system for using OCR processing to read human readable characters that correspond to an unsuccessfully decoded code word in a bar code symbol. An imaging system captures an image of a label that includes a bar code symbol and corresponding human readable characters. The system attempts to decode the bar code symbol by decoding each of the constituent bar code characters. If a bar code characters is not successfully decoded, the system locates the associated human readable text and segments the text into individual character images. The unsuccessfully decoded bar code character is mapped to one or more of the alphanumeric character images, which are converted into text characters. The resulting ASCII data is used to create a substitute bar code character in the bar code symbology. After the bar code symbol is decoded using the substitute bar code character, the symbol is validated through check summing or other means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Ming Lei
  • Patent number: 5545887
    Abstract: A bar code reader decodes a bar code symbol in a pixel image by transforming the data corresponding to the symbol along a first scan line, where the transformation comprises rotation and stretching. The reader generates a composite vector and a count vector from the transformed data. The reader then transforms (by rotating and stretching) another set of data corresponding to the symbol along a second scan line. The reader updates the composite and count vectors using the second set of transformed data. The reader then generates a one-dimensional composite signal from the composite and count vectors. The reader decodes the symbol by decoding the composite signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Earle Timothy
  • Patent number: 5509131
    Abstract: A method and system for updating the logical address of pointers used by a processor in a paged memory organization. A logical address associative memory provides a cache holding data about a paged segment of data words eliminating the need to fetch the data from main memory. Update index logic and insertion logic operate to update the logical address of an original pointer to indicate the logical next address of new data sought from main memory. The system is specifically designed to expedite the situation where the page referenced by the next address is different from that referenced by the original pointer's address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Howard J. Keller, Robert L. Noble
  • Patent number: 5428759
    Abstract: An associative memory system for logical addressing of memory segments using paged memory. The physical address of a targeted data word can be generated in one machine cycle if the segment logical base address and page index of the targeted word resides in an associated set of CAMs and RAMs. If the targeted word's logical base address and page index is not in the set of associated CAMs and RAMs, this information can be acquired at the most optimum rate for enabling data access. This rate may require several clock cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Howard J. Keller, Robert L. Noble
  • Patent number: D378516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Neware Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Brian A. Nehila
  • Patent number: D665156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Northwest Podiatric Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher E. Smith
  • Patent number: RE48771
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining contours of a patient's foot ankle and lower leg. The apparatus includes an alignment structure that orientates the foot for imaging. The alignment structure includes at least one support member that engages the plantar surface of the foot substantially only in the immediate area of the lateral metatarsal heads of the foot, preferably the fifth metatarsal head. The support generates a dorsally-directed force that locks the midtarsal joint. The alignment structure further includes a saddle that engages the rearfoot and a laser beam for aligning the second metatarsal head with the distal one-third of the lower leg to place the subtalar joint in a neutral condition. The foot is thus suspended in space such that imaging is able to produce an accurate measurement of the subject areas of the foot, ankle and lower leg without distortion of the soft tissues or bone structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Northwest Podiatrie Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher E. Smith