Patents by Inventor Christopher R. Hoffman

Christopher R. Hoffman 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: 11964192
    Abstract: Described herein is a golf club head that includes a body with a sole portion, a crown portion, a skirt portion, a forward region, and a rearward region. The golf club head also includes a face portion including a striking face with a maximum height from the ground plane of at least about 50 mm. A volume of the golf club head is at least about 370 cm3. The golf club head has a total club head mass between 190 grams and 210 grams, and the mass of the club head located above half of the peak crown height is less than or equal to 77 grams, and the percentage of the mass above half of the peak crown height is less than or equal to 39% of the total mass of the golf club head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Henry Hoffman, Joseph R. Nielson, Nathan T. Sargent, Christopher J. Harbert, Christian R. Wester
  • Publication number: 20240111260
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for determining a plan to optimize key performance indicators (KPIs) of an industrial process. Such a plan is determined based on generating a query for information associated with the KPIs and based on receiving user-provided object information corresponding to the KPIs. The method includes receiving, at a user interface, one or more KPIs associated with an industrial process. The method includes generating, based on the one or more KPIs, at least one query for information associated with the KPI. The method includes receiving, at the user interface, a response to the at least one query. The method includes determining, by an artificial intelligence agent, a plan for optimizing the KPI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Phaidra Inc.
    Inventors: Jim Jingyue Gao, Vedavyas Panneershelvam, Katherine Elizabeth Hoffman, Paritosh Mohan, Christopher R. Vause
  • Patent number: 6497941
    Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receptive layer capable of accepting an ink jet image comprising an open-pore membrane of a mixture of a water-insoluble polymer and a water-absorbent polymer, the mixture containing at least about 25% by weight of the water-absorbent polymer, the image-receiving layer being made by dissolving the mixture of polymers in a solvent mixture, the solvent mixture comprising at least one solvent which is a good solvent for the water-insoluble polymer and at least one poor solvent for the water-insoluble polymer, the poor solvent having a higher boiling point than the good solvent, coating the dissolved mixture on the support, and then drying to remove approximately all of the solvents to obtain the open-pore membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Christine Landry-Coltrain, David M. Teegarden, Linda M. Franklin, Christopher R. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 6464351
    Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receptive layer capable of accepting an ink jet image comprising an open-pore membrane of a mixture of a water-insoluble polymer and a water-absorbent polymer, the mixture containing at least about 25% by weight of the water-absorbent polymer, the image-receiving layer being made by dissolving the mixture of polymers in a solvent mixture, the solvent mixture comprising at least one solvent which is a good solvent for the water-insoluble polymer and at least one poor solvent for the water-insoluble polymer, the poor solvent having a higher boiling point than the good solvent, coating the dissolved mixture on the support, and then drying to remove approximately all of the solvents to obtain the open-pore membrane; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) prin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Christine Landry-Coltrain, David M. Teegarden, Christopher R. Hoffman, Linda M. Franklin