Patents by Inventor Christopher Schultz

Christopher Schultz 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: 20260140611
    Abstract: A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. Input to the tool includes fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. The tool allows adding of tinting and adjusting of intensity and bright point. The user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2026
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell, Christopher Schultz, Jennifer Schultz, Debdulal Mahanty
  • Publication number: 20260134138
    Abstract: Systems and methods generate requests for encrypted (e.g., secured) credentials and data using one of a plurality of API plugins that are selected based on an access protocol for a network partition at which requested data is determined to be stored. Through the use of the dynamically-selected API plugins, the systems and methods may provide the aforementioned functions while being compatible with the different access protocols that may be encountered when providing central management across a diverse spectrum of user accounts, networks, and/or cloud platforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jinlian Wang, Peter Zeller, Christopher Schultz
  • Patent number: 12596468
    Abstract: A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. Input to the tool includes fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. The tool allows adding of tinting and adjusting of intensity and bright point. The user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell, Christopher Schultz, Jennifer Schultz, Debdulal Mahanty
  • Patent number: 12524562
    Abstract: Systems and methods generate requests for encrypted (e.g., secured) credentials and data using one of a plurality of API plugins that are selected based on an access protocol for a network partition at which requested data is determined to be stored. Through the use of the dynamically-selected API plugins, the systems and methods may provide the aforementioned functions while being compatible with the different access protocols that may be encountered when providing central management across a diverse spectrum of user accounts, networks, and/or cloud platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jinlian Wang, Peter Zeller, Christopher Schultz
  • Patent number: 12517642
    Abstract: A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. Input to the tool includes fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. The tool allows adding of tinting and adjusting of intensity and bright point. The user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Debdulal Mahanty, Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell, Christopher Schultz, Jennifer Schultz
  • Publication number: 20250344792
    Abstract: A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. Input to the tool includes fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. The tool allows adding of tinting and adjusting of intensity and bright point. The user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Debdulal Mahanty, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell, Jennifer Schultz, Christopher Schultz
  • Patent number: 12364301
    Abstract: A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. Input to the tool includes fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. The tool allows adding of tinting and adjusting of intensity and bright point. The user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Christopher Schultz, Debdulal Mahanty, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell, Jennifer Schultz
  • Patent number: 12344979
    Abstract: Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. A technique includes using machine learning to create or extract a laser input file for wear pattern from an existing garment. Machine learning can be by a generative adversarial network, having generative and discriminative neural nets. The generative adversarial network is trained and then used to create a model. This model is used generate the laser input file from an image of the existing garment with the finishing pattern. With this laser input file, a laser can re-create the wear pattern from the existing garment onto a new garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Debdulal Mahanty, Christopher Schultz, Jennifer Schultz, Benjamin Bell
  • Publication number: 20250207312
    Abstract: A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. The tool can be accessed or executes via a Web browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Schultz, Debdulal Mahanty, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell, Jennifer Schultz
  • Publication number: 20250179726
    Abstract: An on-demand manufacturing of apparel system includes online customization and ordering of garments, previewing of the garments, manufacturing including laser finishing of garments, and delivery to the customer. Laser finishing of apparel products reduces finishing cost, lowers carrying costs, increases productivity, shortens time to market, be more reactive to trends, reduces product constraints, reduces lost sales and dilution, and more. Fabric templates can be used to produce a multitude of laser finishes. Operational efficiency is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Debdulal Mahanty, Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu, Christopher Schultz, James Barton Sights, Jennifer Schultz, Benjamin Bell
  • Patent number: 12287887
    Abstract: Systems and methods generate requests for encrypted (e.g., secured) credentials and data using one of a plurality of API plugins that are selected based on an access protocol for a network partition at which requested data is determined to be stored. Through the use of the dynamically-selected API plugins, the systems and methods may provide the aforementioned functions while being compatible with the different access protocols that may be encountered when providing centralized management across a diverse spectrum of user accounts, networks, and/or cloud platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jinlian Wang, Peter Zeller, Christopher Schultz
  • Publication number: 20250122666
    Abstract: An on-demand manufacturing of apparel system includes online customization and ordering of garments, previewing of the garments, manufacturing including laser finishing of garments, and delivery to the customer. Laser finishing of apparel products reduces finishing cost, lowers carrying costs, increases productivity, shortens time to market, be more reactive to trends, reduces product constraints, reduces lost sales and dilution, and more. Fabric templates can be used to produce a multitude of laser finishes. Operational efficiency is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Debdulal Mahanty, Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu, Christopher Schultz, James Barton Sights, Jennifer Schultz, Benjamin Bell
  • Publication number: 20250122659
    Abstract: A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. The tool can be accessed or executes via a Web browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Schultz, Debdulal Mahanty, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell, Jennifer Schultz
  • Patent number: 12247337
    Abstract: A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. The tool can be accessed in a client-server environment, such as executing via a Web browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Jennifer Schultz, Christopher Schultz, Debdulal Mahanty, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell
  • Patent number: 12215457
    Abstract: An on-demand manufacturing of apparel system includes online customization and ordering of garments, previewing of the garments, manufacturing including laser finishing of garments, and delivery to the customer. Laser finishing of apparel products reduces finishing cost, lowers carrying costs, increases productivity, shortens time to market, be more reactive to trends, reduces product constraints, reduces lost sales and dilution, and more. Fabric templates can be used to produce a multitude of laser finishes. Operational efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bell, Debdulal Mahanty, Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu, Christopher Schultz, James Barton Sights, Jennifer Schultz
  • Publication number: 20250004624
    Abstract: A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. Input to the tool includes fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. The tool allows adding of tinting and adjusting of intensity and bright point. The user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Debdulal Mahanty, Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell, Christopher Schultz, Jennifer Schultz
  • Patent number: 12180648
    Abstract: An on-demand manufacturing of apparel system includes online customization and ordering of garments, previewing of the garments, manufacturing including laser finishing of garments, and delivery to the customer. Laser finishing of apparel products reduces finishing cost, lowers carrying costs, increases productivity, shortens time to market, be more reactive to trends, reduces product constraints, reduces lost sales and dilution, and more. Fabric templates can be used to produce a multitude of laser finishes. Operational efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bell, Debdulal Mahanty, Ozgur Taylan Kuzucu, Christopher Schultz, James Barton Sights, Jennifer Schultz
  • Patent number: 12180633
    Abstract: A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. The tool can be accessed or executes via a Web browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Jennifer Schultz, Christopher Schultz, Debdulal Mahanty, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell
  • Patent number: 12152341
    Abstract: A system allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. As the user designs the garment, the system provides the user insight in their design process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Debdulal Mahanty, Christopher Schultz, Benjamin Bell, James Barton Sights, Jennifer Schultz
  • Publication number: 20240365902
    Abstract: A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. Input to the tool includes fabric template images, laser input files, and damage input. The tool allows adding of tinting and adjusting of intensity and bright point. The user can also move, rotate, scale, and warp the image input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Schultz, Debdulal Mahanty, James Barton Sights, Benjamin Bell, Jennifer Schultz