Patents by Inventor Jared M. Smith

Jared M. Smith 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: 12642389
    Abstract: A system, device and method including a griddle. The griddle extends to define a flat cooking surface and an oppositely facing underside surface. The underside surface extends to define a front end, a rear end, a first end, and a second end, the front end extending parallel with the rear end, the first end extending parallel with the second end. The underside surface includes a reinforcement structure directly secured thereto. The reinforcement structure extends with diagonal reinforcement portions such that the diagonal reinforcement portions are elongated and longitudinally extend transverse along the underside surface relative to each of the front end, the rear end, the first end and the second end of the underside surface of the griddle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLC
    Inventors: Gary E. Graham, Jared M. Smith, Adam S. Dexter, James C. Bush, III, Scott W. M. Stevenson
  • Patent number: 12631338
    Abstract: A heating system configured to employ pellets as a fuel source for cooking and configured to be initially ignited with a gas fuel. The heating system including a gas line configured to feed gas to a fire pot. The fire pot being located in a main body. The fire pot includes one or more screens to define a region within the fire pot such that the one or more screens are sized and configured to block pellets from entering the region. Further, the gas line is associated with a mixing structure configured to mix the gas fuel and oxygen together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLC
    Inventors: Jared M. Smith, Tyler J. Fullmer
  • Patent number: 12622545
    Abstract: An oven member that may be positioned over a cooking station base with gas flame burners. The oven member includes an inner shell, an outer shell, and lower and upper stones. The inner shell includes a ridge and a ledge and positioned over the cooking station base. The lower stone is configured to be positioned adjacent the ridge of the inner shell and the upper stone is configured to be positioned adjacent the ledge of the inner shell so that the lower stone is positioned parallel relative to the upper stone to at least partially define a baking chamber between the lower and upper stones. The outer shell is sized to be positioned over the inner shell with a gap defined between the inner and outer shells, the outer shell including an oven door positionable over an access opening defined in the outer shell. The access opening is sized and configured to facilitate accessing food product in the baking chamber such that the access opening is accessed along a front side of the oven member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLC
    Inventors: Jared M. Smith, Gary E. Graham, Christopher L. Hanks
  • Publication number: 20260076508
    Abstract: A cooking system configured to minimize cross-winds while cooking a food product. The cooking system includes a cooking station, a griddle and a wind guard. The wind guard extends to define a barrier portion and an engaging portion, the engaging portion coupled to legs of the griddle so that, upon the griddle being placed onto the cooking station, the barrier portion blocks a gap between the griddle and a top side of the cooking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Gary E. Graham, James C. Bush, III, Jared M. Smith, Alexander J. Christensen
  • Publication number: 20260060260
    Abstract: A smoker cooking station configured to disperse heat and smoke evenly with a heat baffle. The smoker cooking station including a main body and a pellet feeder system, the pellet feeder system configured to feed pellets to a fire pot. The heat baffle may be positioned in the main body and over the fire pot such that the heat baffle includes a dome structure configured to hold heated smoke along an underside of the dome structure. The heat baffle includes multiple openings defined therein configured to disperse the heated smoke along a length of the heat baffle via the openings to, thereby, disperse the heated smoke within a cooking chamber in a more consistent and even manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventor: Jared M. Smith
  • Patent number: 12419461
    Abstract: A cooking system configured to minimize cross-winds while cooking a food product. The cooking system includes a cooking station, a griddle and a wind guard. The wind guard extends to define a barrier portion and an engaging portion, the engaging portion coupled to legs of the griddle so that, upon the griddle being placed onto the cooking station, the barrier portion blocks a gap between the griddle and a top side of the cooking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLC
    Inventors: Gary E. Graham, James C. Bush, III, Jared M. Smith, Alexander J. Christensen
  • Publication number: 20240374082
    Abstract: A system, device and method of a griddle with structure configured to minimize the effects of thermal stress and strain. The griddle extends to define a flat cooking surface and an oppositely facing underside surface. The underside surface extends to define a front end, a rear end, a first end, and a second end, the front end extending parallel with the rear end, the first end extending parallel with the second end. The underside surface includes diagonal reinforcement portions secured thereto such that the diagonal reinforcement portions are elongated and longitudinally extend transverse along the underside surface relative to each of the front end, the rear end, the first end and the second end of the underside surface of the griddle. Further, the reinforcement portions may include a central plate positioned over a seam or intersection of the reinforcement portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Gary E. Graham, Jared M. Smith, Adam S. Dexter, James C. Bush, III, Scott W.M. Stevenson, Karrie P. Kunz
  • Publication number: 20240219032
    Abstract: A portable cooking stove configured to be compactable is provided. In one embodiment, the cooking stove includes a main body, a lid, a griddle, and an elongated structure. The lid is hingeably coupled to the main body. The main body includes burners positioned therein. The griddle is removably secured to the main body with the elongated structure. The elongated structure includes a handle at one end thereof to be positioned through one or more panels of the main body with the handle exposed along an exterior side of the main body and with the elongated structure configured to engage a griddle opening defined in an underside of the griddle. The griddle is further removably secured to the main body with at least one tab of the griddle configured to engage structure associated with the one or more panels of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher L. Hanks, Gary E. Graham, Jared M. Smith, Christian S. Elkins, Dillon S. McGrew
  • Patent number: 12019746
    Abstract: An adaptive malware writing system includes a targeting engine that classifies malware candidates as a malicious candidate or a benign candidate through a surrogate model. The surrogate model assigns a weight to each byte of the malware candidates through a saliency vector. The sum of the weights render a malware classification score. An alteration engine alters a binary form of the malware candidates classified as malware by executing a functional analysis that traces application program interface calls and memory. The alteration engine alters the binary form of the malware candidates classified as malware to render a synthesized malware. The malware analysis determines if the synthesized malware is operational by comparing an image of the synthesized malware to an image of at least one of the plurality of malware candidates. A target classifier engine identifies the vulnerabilities of a targeted computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Jared M. Smith, Luke Koch
  • Publication number: 20240138618
    Abstract: A cooking system for minimizing heat therein. The cooking system includes a main body extending to define a fire box with gas flame burners coupled thereto. The main body sized to support a griddle thereon so as to be positioned over the gas flame burners. The fire box including a heat shield positioned therein to define a gap between the heat shield and a rear panel and left and right panels. The gap also defined with a floor panel with lower panel openings defined therein. With this arrangement, upon the griddle being heated, air is drawn through the lower panel openings and into the gap and then through outer vents defined in the rear, left and right panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jared M. Smith, Adam S. Dexter
  • Publication number: 20240074612
    Abstract: Embodiments of a cooking station having a main body with a hood pivotably coupled relative to the main body. In some embodiments, the main body may be sized to support a griddle with the hood pivotably coupled to a splash guard of the griddle. The hood includes a brace structure sized and configured to substantially support the hood and substantially prevent warping of the hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Tyler J. Fullmer, Jared M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20240030711
    Abstract: Embodiments of a solar powered portable power station configured to be powered by a solar element and/or alternate energy source and method thereof are provided. The solar powered portable power station includes a portable cart structure with an upper support structure configured to support and position components being powered by the portable power station. The upper support structure of the portable cart structure configured to support and position an electric device, such as a portable cooking station or other appliance or a power tool, each of which may be powered by the portable power station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Roger Dahle, Jared M. Smith
  • Publication number: 20230284830
    Abstract: A cooking system with modifiable portability that includes an outdoor oven and a stand. The outdoor oven extends with an upper oven portion and a lower oven portion. The upper oven portion includes a cooking chamber having a lower stone positioned on a tray. The lower oven portion includes oven legs extending therefrom. The stand includes a frame structure extending between an upper side and a lower side, the frame structure sized and configured to receive the oven legs of the outdoor oven so that the outdoor oven is positionable over the stand. The stand includes wheels positioned adjacent the lower side of the stand. The outdoor oven being removable from the frame structure of the stand to separate the outdoor oven from the stand so that the outdoor oven is useable in a countertop configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jared M. Smith, John C. Dunker
  • Patent number: 11671320
    Abstract: One or more virtual supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) controllers are provided. The virtual SCADA controller(s) may be deployed upon a detection of a failure of a physical SCADA controller. An on-site module may detect failure including a security breach which causes the physical SCADA controller to be disconnected from a network and the virtual SCADA controller(s) to take over control. The virtual SCADA controller(s) may be on-site or off-site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Jared M. Smith, Jordan A. Johnson, Brian Weber, Christopher R. Hathhorn, Benjamin T. McDaniel
  • Patent number: 11620384
    Abstract: A system and method (referred to as the system) detect malware by training a rule-based model, a functional based model, and a deep learning-based model from a memory snapshot of a malware free operating state of a monitored device. The system extracts a feature set from a second memory snapshot captured from an operating state of the monitored device and processes the feature set by the rule-based model, the functional-based model, and the deep learning-based model. The system identifies identifying instances of malware on the monitored device without processing data identifying an operating system of the monitored device, data associated with a prior identification of the malware, data identifying a source of the malware, data identifying a location of the malware on the monitored device, or any operating system specific data contained within the monitored device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Jared M. Smith, Rachel L. Petrik, Berat E. Arik
  • Publication number: 20230095611
    Abstract: A heating system configured to employ pellets as a fuel source for cooking and configured to be initially ignited with a gas fuel. The heating system including a gas line configured to feed gas to a fire pot. The fire pot being located in a main body. The fire pot includes one or more screens to define a region within the fire pot such that the one or more screens are sized and configured to block pellets from entering the region. Further, the gas line is associated with a mixing structure configured to mix the gas fuel and oxygen together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jared M. Smith, Tyler J. Fullmer
  • Publication number: 20230000284
    Abstract: An oven member that may be positioned over a cooking station base with gas flame burners. The oven member includes an inner shell, an outer shell, and lower and upper stones. The inner shell includes a ridge and a ledge and positioned over the cooking station base. The lower stone is configured to be positioned adjacent the ridge of the inner shell and the upper stone is configured to be positioned adjacent the ledge of the inner shell so that the lower stone is positioned parallel relative to the upper stone to at least partially define a baking chamber between the lower and upper stones. The outer shell is sized to be positioned over the inner shell with a gap defined between the inner and outer shells, the outer shell including an oven door positionable over an access opening defined in the outer shell. The access opening is sized and configured to facilitate accessing food product in the baking chamber such that the access opening is accessed along a front side of the oven member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jared M. Smith, Gary E. Graham, Christopher L. Hanks
  • Publication number: 20220386813
    Abstract: A cooking system configured to minimize cross-winds while cooking a food product. The cooking system includes a cooking station, a griddle and a wind guard. The wind guard extends to define a barrier portion and an engaging portion, the engaging portion coupled to legs of the griddle so that, upon the griddle being placed onto the cooking station, the barrier portion blocks a gap between the griddle and a top side of the cooking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Gary E. Graham, James C. Bush, III, Jared M. Smith, Alexander J. Christensen
  • Publication number: 20220338673
    Abstract: A system, device and method of a griddle with structure configured to minimize the effects of thermal stress and strain. The griddle extends to define a flat cooking surface and an oppositely facing underside surface. The underside surface extends to define a front end, a rear end, a first end, and a second end, the front end extending parallel with the rear end, the first end extending parallel with the second end. The underside surface includes a reinforcement structure directly secured thereto. The reinforcement structure extends with diagonal reinforcement portions such that the diagonal reinforcement portions are elongated and longitudinally extend transverse along the underside surface relative to each of the front end, the rear end, the first end and the second end of the underside surface of the griddle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Gary E. Graham, Jared M. Smith, Adam S. Dexter, James C. Bush, III, Scott W. M. Stevenson
  • Publication number: 20220131748
    Abstract: One or more virtual supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) controllers are provided. The virtual SCADA controller(s) may be deployed upon a detection of a failure of a physical SCADA controller. An on-site module may detect failure including a security breach which causes the physical SCADA controller to be disconnected from a network and the virtual SCADA controller(s) to take over control. The virtual SCADA controller(s) may be on-site or off-site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Jared M. Smith, Jordan A. Johnson, Brian Weber, Christopher R. Hathhorn, Benjamin T. McDaniel