Patents by Inventor Christopher Kitchin

Christopher Kitchin 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: 20250036235
    Abstract: Techniques for providing multi-user multi-touch projected capacitive touch sensors are disclosed herein. Some embodiments may include a method that includes receiving a first sense signal from a first sensing array, the first sensing array configured to provide the first sense signal indicating a first touch on a first touch surface of a touch substrate as well as receiving a second sense signal from a second sensing array, the second sensing array configured to provide the second sense signal indicating a second touch on a second touch surface of a second touch substrate occurring concurrently to the first touch. The method may further include determining whether the first touch and the second touch share at least one anti-ghost. The method may also include associating the first touch and the second touch with a common touch entity in response to determining that the first touch and the second touch share the at least one anti-ghost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Damien BERGET, Kenneth Andrew FEEHAN, Paul Leonard FUTTER, David Samuel HECHT, Joel Christopher KENT, Robert William KITCHIN, Kenneth John NORTH, James RONEY, Kyu-Tak SON, Jung VERHEIDEN, Forrest Kim WUNDERLICH
  • Patent number: 4988340
    Abstract: Drainage device for dental or medical or veterinary purposes. The preferred device, for dental purposes, comprises an elongated tube and a flange near one end (the drainage end) thereof. The flange has suture holes to facilitate suturing to the patient's gum. Representative dimensions for dental purposes are: overall length, 0.25-2 inch; outside diameter of tube, 0.04-0.2 inch; inside diameter of tube, 0.02-0.1 inch; tube wall thickness, 0.01-0.05 inch; diameter of flange, not more than 0.5 inch. The device is made of a biocompatible resilient elastomer. To use, the dentist cuts a hole through the patient's gum to the abscess site in the usual manner, inserts the insertion end of the tube (the end remote from the flange) so that it is at the abscess site and sutures the flange to the patient's gum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Inventor: Christopher Kitchin