Patents by Inventor Grant Edwards

Grant Edwards 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: 12290053
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated pet food dispensing are described. One apparatus includes a receptacle configured to hold a sealed container containing wet pet food. The apparatus may include an electrically-operated plunger configured to interface with the receptacle. A processing system may be connected to the electrically-operated plunger. In one aspect, the processing system is configured to initiate a pet feeding event by actuating the plunger to interface with the receptacle, puncture the sealed container, and dispense the wet pet food into the food bowl. The processing system may maintain a time history to determine one or more future pet feeding events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Mythos Pet Foods Inc.
    Inventor: Grant Edward Barnekow
  • Publication number: 20250105932
    Abstract: Techniques for determining calibration data associated with a radio frequency (RF) testing environment are discussed herein. For example, an RF signal can be input to the RF enclosure and selectively applied to discrete attenuators. The attenuators can attenuate a strength of the signal and a signal strength can be measured by various user equipment (UEs) that are located within an RF enclosure. In some examples, a plurality of measured reference signal received power (RSRP) values can be determined by a plurality of UEs associated with a particular attenuation level. Different attenuation levels can be measured, and an average attenuation can be determined for attenuation steps. Measured attenuation steps can be extrapolated to other attenuation levels to expedite the calibration process. Then, a testing plan can be applied to the RF enclosure and the calibration data can be used to ensure accurate signals for testing UEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Johnson Chau, Andrew Nelson, Ryan Christopher Lindstrom, Grant Edward Taylor
  • Publication number: 20240358558
    Abstract: A durable absorbent pant (for example, underwear brief) to be worn for containing and absorbing discharges resulting from menstruation, where the pants include a visual signal to indicate the presence of a discharge or bodily exudate in one or more portions of the pant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Jill Marlene ORR, Jodi Lee BROWN, John Lee HAMMONS, Grant Edward Anders STRIEMER, J Michael BILLS, Paul Thomas WEISMAN, Scott Kendyl STANLEY, Cassandra Ann SEPELLO
  • Patent number: 11850144
    Abstract: Provided herein are ligament docking implants and methods for making and using the same. In at least one embodiment, the implants include at least one docking recess configured to receive a tissue structure such as a ligament and connect said tissue to the implant via suitable surgical techniques. In at least one embodiment, the docking recesses of the implant include a gyroid architecture that provides for improved mechanical performance and tissue integration. In various embodiments, the present methods of using the ligament docking implants include the use of sutures to connect tissue to the implant via the docking recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: RESTOR3D, INC.
    Inventor: Grant Edward Garrigues
  • Patent number: 11762002
    Abstract: The inventive wrist-band voltage detector provides a wearable device for detecting the presence of AC voltage without interference with work activities. Embodiments of the inventive wrist-band voltage detector include monopole aerials positioned in each side of the wrist band. A thin flexible dielectric layer may sit between the aerials and inside of the wrist band, acting as an electrical barrier between the aerials and the user's wrist. The aerials are connected to conventional voltage detector circuitry on a circuit board located on the top side of the wrist band. The circuit board is grounded to the user's wrist, which enhances the circuitry's ability to detect the presence of nearby AC voltage at a safe distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Grant Edward Staples
  • Patent number: 11712076
    Abstract: The inventive glove provides a work glove that detects the presence of AC voltage without compromising its usability as a work glove. Embodiments of the inventive glove include monopole aerials extending into the fingers of the glove. A thin flexible dielectric layer sits between the aerials and inside of the glove, acting as an electrical barrier between the aerials and the user's hand. The aerials are connected to conventional voltage detector circuitry on a circuit board located on the back of the glove. The circuit board is grounded to the user's wrist, which enhances the circuitry's ability to detect the presence of nearby AC voltage at a safe distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Grant Edward Staples
  • Patent number: 11660084
    Abstract: The present invention provides fastener anchoring devices with protruding fasteners releasably attached to graspers for insertion into a target site such as soft tissue. The devices include a retaining mechanism that can be actuated to release the fasteners from the grasper. The devices can include support material preloaded onto the fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AEVUMED, INC.
    Inventors: Saif Khalil, Miles Curtis, Eric Black, Grant Edward Garrigues, Robert James Gillespie, Anand Murugan Murthi, Surena Namdari, Eric Jason Strauss
  • Patent number: 11602182
    Abstract: The inventive glove provides a work glove that detects the presence of AC voltage without compromising its usability as a work glove. Embodiments of the inventive glove include monopole aerials extending into the fingers of the glove. A thin flexible dielectric layer sits between the aerials and inside of the glove, acting as an electrical barrier between the aerials and the user's hand. The aerials are connected to conventional voltage detector circuitry on a circuit board located on the back of the glove. The circuit board is grounded to the user's wrist, which enhances the circuitry's ability to detect the presence of nearby AC voltage at a safe distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Inventor: Grant Edward Staples
  • Patent number: 11590782
    Abstract: Included are embodiments for providing a service station routine. Some embodiments of a system include a service station for receiving a handheld jet dispensing apparatus and a memory component that stores logic. When the logic is executed by a processor, the logic may cause the system to, in response to the service station receiving the handheld jet dispensing apparatus, identify the handheld jet dispensing apparatus, where identifying the handheld jet dispensing apparatus includes determining a time of a previous maintenance to the handheld jet dispensing apparatus. In some embodiments, the logic causes the system to determine whether the time of the previous maintenance meets a predetermined threshold, in response to determining that the time of the previous maintenance meets a predetermined threshold, determine a desired maintenance routine to execute and execute the desired maintenance routine, and record a current time as the time of the previous maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Elliot Rabe, Paul John Edward Vernon, Grant Edward Anders Striemer, Janette Marie Villalobos
  • Publication number: 20220394954
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated pet food dispensing are described. One apparatus includes a receptacle configured to hold a sealed container containing wet pet food. The apparatus may include an electrically-operated plunger configured to interface with the receptacle. A processing system may be connected to the electrically-operated plunger. In one aspect, the processing system is configured to initiate a pet feeding event by actuating the plunger to interface with the receptacle, puncture the sealed container, and dispense the wet pet food into the food bowl. The processing system may maintain a time history to determine one or more future pet feeding events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Grant Edward Barnekow
  • Publication number: 20220341980
    Abstract: The inventive wrist-band voltage detector provides a wearable device for detecting the presence of AC voltage without interference with work activities. Embodiments of the inventive wrist-band voltage detector include monopole aerials positioned in each side of the wrist band. A thin flexible dielectric layer may sit between the aerials and inside of the wrist band, acting as an electrical barrier between the aerials and the user's wrist. The aerials are connected to conventional voltage detector circuitry on a circuit board located on the top side of the wrist band. The circuit board is grounded to the user's wrist, which enhances the circuitry's ability to detect the presence of nearby AC voltage at a safe distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventor: Grant Edward Staples
  • Publication number: 20220322771
    Abstract: The inventive glove provides a work glove that detects the presence of AC voltage without compromising its usability as a work glove. Embodiments of the inventive glove include monopole aerials extending into the fingers of the glove. A thin flexible dielectric layer sits between the aerials and inside of the glove, acting as an electrical barrier between the aerials and the user's hand. The aerials are connected to conventional voltage detector circuitry on a circuit board located on the back of the glove. The circuit board is grounded to the user's wrist, which enhances the circuitry's ability to detect the presence of nearby AC voltage at a safe distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Grant Edward Staples
  • Patent number: 11464680
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an absorbent article for personal hygiene. More particularly, in one embodiment, the absorbent article absorbent article includes at least one property changing indicator. A detector device is also provided that includes at least one sensor. The sensor is adapted to detect the property change of the property change indicator in the absorbent article. In one particular embodiment, for example, the property changing indicator may include an optical property indicator such as a color change indicator and the sensor may include an optical sensor such as a color sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Blanca Arizti, Erik John Hasenoehrl, Jonathan Livingston Joyce, Mattias Schmidt, Faiz Feisal Sherman, Steven Jeffrey Specht, Grant Edward Anders Striemer
  • Publication number: 20220287707
    Abstract: The present invention provides scaffold and suture anchoring devices for anchoring scaffolds and sutures into a target site such as soft tissue. The devices include a retainer mechanism that holds the scaffolds in a grasper and can be actuated to release the scaffolds from the grasper. The devices include retractable needles that can be actuated to pass suture threads through the grasper to anchor scaffolds to a target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Saif Khalil, Miles Curtis, Eric Black, Grant Edward Garrigues, Robert James Gillespie, Anand Murugan Murthi, Surena Namdari, Eric Jason Strauss
  • Publication number: 20220256954
    Abstract: The inventive glove provides a work glove that detects the presence of AC voltage without compromising its usability as a work glove. Embodiments of the inventive glove include monopole aerials extending into the fingers of the glove. A thin flexible dielectric layer sits between the aerials and inside of the glove, acting as an electrical barrier between the aerials and the user's hand. The aerials are connected to conventional voltage detector circuitry on a circuit board located on the back of the glove. The circuit board is grounded to the user's wrist, which enhances the circuitry's ability to detect the presence of nearby AC voltage at a safe distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: Grant EDWARD STAPLES
  • Publication number: 20220180678
    Abstract: Examples include a consumer product comprising a detergent product and a container, the container comprising a data processing apparatus. The container comprises a first chamber defining a first volume, the first chamber containing the detergent product, the first chamber being accessible through an opening. A lock permits opening or closing of the first chamber. A data processing apparatus comprises a processor, a power source connected to the processor, a sensor connected to the processor and a memory connected to the processor, the sensor being configured to sense the opening or closing of the first chamber by the lock to produce output lock data, the processor being configured to receive the lock data from the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew Stephen BAUER, Joost DEBONTH, Cody Dylan LEWIS, Clara Sophie Lea NG PAK LEUNG, Patrick RONCATO, Grant Edward Anders STRIEMER
  • Patent number: 11231430
    Abstract: An instrument for processing a biological sample includes a chassis. Connected to the chassis is a tape path along which a tape with a matrix of wells can be automatically advanced through the instrument, a dispensing assembly for dispensing the biological sample and a reagent into the matrix of wells of the tape to form a biological sample and reagent mixture, a sealing assembly for sealing the biological sample and reagent mixture in the tape, and an amplification and detection assembly for detecting a signal from the biological sample and reagent mixture in the matrix of wells in the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Douglas Scientific, LLC
    Inventors: Darren Lynn Cook, Eric Guy Johnson, Nathan Luther Westad, Andrew Richard Haug, James Henry Konynenbelt, Grant Edward Maasjo, Jared Whittier Patterson, Brent Conrad Urke, Ryan John Zitzmann, Chad Steven Smith
  • Patent number: D940746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Hung-Hsiang Chen, Grant Edward Liddall
  • Patent number: D963661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Hung-Hsiang Chen, Grant Edward Liddall
  • Patent number: D963662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Hung-Hsiang Chen, Grant Edward Liddall