Patents by Inventor Jacob E. Kupp

Jacob E. Kupp 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).

  • Method and apparatus for drawing a mole through a composition
    Patent number: 7156585
    Abstract: A method of advancing a mole to define a passageway through a composition between first and second locations spaced from each other a substantial first distance. The method includes the steps of: attaching the mole to a cable; providing a support; providing a cable pulling assembly on the support; and operating the cable pulling assembly to cause a pulling force on the cable to be continuously applied through the cable pulling assembly to the cable and therethrough to the mole to thereby cause the mole to be advanced in a path a substantial second distance at least partially over the first distance between the first and second locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Pettibone, LLC
    Inventors: Yong Wang, Jacob E. Kupp