Patents by Inventor ERIC HUNGATE

ERIC HUNGATE 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).

  • INSTRUMENT CASE
    Publication number: 20160189696
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for the protection and transportation of musical instruments can include cases constructed of a semi-rigid and lightweight material to enable convenient transportation of the instrument and instrumental accessories, such as in internal and compartmentalized storage areas. Extendable/collapsible legs can enable the case to be placed in a standing position and to enable instruments to be retrieved and/or inserted whilst the case is in the standing position. The lid may be foldable over the front of the case or removed entirely from the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Eric Hungate
  • Instrument case
    Patent number: 9251772
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for the protection and transportation of musical instruments can include cases constructed of a semi-rigid and lightweight material to enable convenient transportation of the instrument and instrumental accessories, such as in internal and compartmentalized storage areas. Extendable/collapsible legs can enable the case to be placed in a standing position and to enable instruments to be retrieved and/or inserted while the case is in the standing position. The lid may be foldable over the front of the case or removed entirely from the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Inventor: Eric Hungate
  • INSTRUMENT CASE
    Publication number: 20150294657
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for the protection and transportation of musical instruments can include cases constructed of a semi-rigid and lightweight material to enable convenient transportation of the instrument and instrumental accessories, such as in internal and compartmentalized storage areas. Extendable/collapsible legs can enable the case to be placed in a standing position and to enable instruments to be retrieved and/or inserted whilst the case is in the standing position. The lid may be foldable over the front of the case or removed entirely from the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventor: ERIC HUNGATE
  • Fluorescence polarization detection of nucleic acids
    Publication number: 20030219754
    Abstract: The apparatus and method described herein detect fluorescence polarization (FP) during a nucleic acid reaction such as PCR amplification or isothermal amplification. Fluorescence polarization can be concurrently detected in multiple samples. In addition, multiple different fluorophores can be used for detect different sequences within a sample during the same reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Jerome E. Oleksy, Faye A. Boeckman, Eric A. Hungate, Erik V. Rencs
  • Instrument case
    Patent number: D746047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Inventor: Eric Hungate