Patents by Inventor Frank H. Spoto

Frank H. Spoto 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: 20080192582
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the indication of the seconds is in an inner portion of the face of the clock, the indication of the hours is on an outer portion of the face of the clock, and the indication of the minutes is between the hours and the seconds. In an embodiment, the indication of the seconds is performed by placing a leading time indicator of a group of time indicators in a current time state, followed by a tail of time indicators that may have a constant or have a range of mixed states that may range in appearance that is closest to the current time state to a an appearance that is closest to a non-current time state in an order such that the closer in appearance to the current time state the time indicator is, the closer the time indicator is to the current time state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Frank H. Spoto, Robert M. Carangelo, Wayne M. Antonson