Patents by Inventor Douglas Jeffrey Dickman

Douglas Jeffrey Dickman 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).

  • Agricultural information gathering system
    Patent number: 7916022
    Abstract: An agricultural portal system for use along a transportation route upon which agricultural containers having a responding device are transported, the agricultural portal system including at least one movable support, at least one identification system connected to the movable support and a communications system. The at least one identification system is directed toward the transportation route. The at least one identification system receives a signal from the responding device thereby obtaining information about the agricultural containers. The communications system communicates the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Timothy Amos Wilcox, Douglas Jeffrey Dickman
  • Agricultural information gathering system
    Publication number: 20080117023
    Abstract: An agricultural portal system for use along a transportation route upon which agricultural containers having a responding device are transported, the agricultural portal system including at least one movable support, at least one identification system connected to the movable support and a communications system. The at least one identification system is directed toward the transportation route. The at least one identification system receives a signal from the responding device thereby obtaining information about the agricultural containers. The communications system communicates the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy Amos Wilcox, Douglas Jeffrey Dickman
  • Agricultural lift with data gathering capability
    Publication number: 20080030320
    Abstract: An agricultural data system including a vehicle, a lift mechanism associated with the vehicle, an RFID reader and a weight sensor system. The RFID reader is associated with the vehicle and/or the lift mechanism and provides for the reading of an RFID tag on an agricultural produce container. The weight sensor system is associated with the vehicle and/or the lift mechanism and it determines a weight of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy Amos Wilcox, Douglas Jeffrey Dickman, Noel Wayne Anderson