Patents by Inventor Edward P. Roberts

Edward P. Roberts 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: 12251051
    Abstract: A container (32) includes a sealable body including a chamber (42), at least one opening formed in the sealable body, and a vacuum sealing assembly (52) mounted to the sealable body adjacent at least one opening. The vacuum sealing assembly (52) includes a valve (60) and a mechanism (70) moveable between a first position that maintains the valve (60) in a sealing engagement with at least one opening and a second position that removes the valve (60) from the sealing engagement or exposes the valve (60) for removal from the sealing engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Yaoming Deng, Kevin Pei, Kai Zhou, Gang Chen, Edward Lockyer, Sam Bannister, Matthew P. Roberts, Nicholas Michael O'Loughlin
  • Publication number: 20160361270
    Abstract: Described herein are devices, compositions and methods relating to the production of high basis weight, non-woven nanofiber polymer fabrics. In certain embodiments, described herein are modifications to free-surface, needle-less or nozzle-less electrospinning devices that permit the production of such high basis weight, non-woven nanofiber polymer fabrics. Also described are the fabrics themselves and the fabrics including one or more biologically active agents to be released upon contact with a biological tissue. Such fabrics can incorporate biologically active agents in various combinations that permit, for example, burst and/or sustained release kinetics of one or more, preferably two or more biologically active agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: University of Washington
    Inventors: Ryan Stoddard, Richard Alan Edmark, Edward P. Roberts, Joseph-Tin Chan Phan, Kim Woodrow