Patents by Inventor Grace McAlpine KANE

Grace McAlpine KANE 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: 20230115251
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a front panel that can be opaque, and a body that includes a sidewall extending from a rear wall. Further, the front panel is coupled to the body and an interior cavity is formed therebetween. The sidewall includes an illuminating portion and a viewing portion. The illuminating portion is translucent and the viewing portion is transparent. The viewing portion is located between the front panel and the rear wall and the viewing portion and the illuminating portion indicate a refill status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher James Lang, Dean Philip Limbert, James John May, Martin Crofton, Richard Brian Clough, Robert Butler, Grace McAlpine Kane
  • Publication number: 20200065327
    Abstract: There is provided a transmitting device (100), receiving device (200) and methods of operating the devices. The transmitting and receiving devices (100, 200) each comprise a local database (102, 202) configured to store a plurality of images received in from a central database (302), each with an associated unique identifier code. A control unit (104) of the transmitting device (100) is configured to receive a request for retrieval of a unique identifier code associated with an image stored in its local database (102), retrieve from the local database (102) the unique identifier code associated with the image, and transmit the retrieved unique identifier code to the receiving device (200). A control unit (204) of the receiving device (200) is configured to receive the transmitted unique identifier code and retrieve from its local database (202) a corresponding image associated with a stored unique identifier code that matches the received unique identifier code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Grace McAlpine KANE, Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus VAN HERPEN
  • Patent number: D982929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher James Lang, Dean Philip Limbert, James John May, Martin Crofton, Richard Brian Clough, Grace McAlpine Kane