Patents by Inventor Howard L. Paulk

Howard L. Paulk 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).

  • Follicular dissection device and method
    Patent number: 9421030
    Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein relates to surgical instruments and methods for extracting hair follicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Cole Isolation Technique, LLC
    Inventors: John P. Cole, Tesfaye H. Gutema, Howard L. Paulk
  • FOLLICULAR DISSECTION DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20100125287
    Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein relates to surgical instruments and methods for extracting hair follicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: John P. Cole, Tesfaye H. Gutema, Howard L. Paulk
  • Flexible, configurable, hierarchical system for distributing programming
    Patent number: 5892535
    Abstract: A flexible and configurable system for distributing media (or programming) to one or more distribution networks. The system includes a media server, at least one server interface unit, a first communications path coupling the media server and a server interface unit, distribution network interface unit(s), and a second communications path coupling a server interface unit and the distribution network interface unit(s). The media server stores files of encoded (e.g., compressed) media data and files of scheduling information. Each of the distribution network interface unit(s) conditions received media data for transmission over the distribution network(s) which may be analog and/or digital distribution networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Digital Video Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip M. Allen, Joseph W. Davis, Michael J. Maslaney, Khanh Mai, Howard L. Paulk, Ken Thompson