Patents by Inventor Jared Stephens

Jared Stephens 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).

  • Digital conversations
    Patent number: 11153244
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a digital conversation is described. One of the methods includes guiding a user through a directed conversation having a plurality of flows, each flow including at least one statement to be made by a digital advisor. The method includes receiving user input as part of the directed conversation. The method includes selecting one of the flows based on the received user input. The method also includes storing at least some of the information provided by the user in a data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Vanessa Jupe, Jared Stephens, Macdonald Etugbo, Christopher Genzardi, Jeffrey Kissner, Anoop Shridhar Warrier
  • Apparatus and method for micromanipulation of microscale objects using laser light delivered through a single optical fiber and axicon lens
    Patent number: 8571365
    Abstract: A single optical fiber having a distal end is optically coupled to the laser and distilling terminated with an axicon lens optically coupled to the single optical fiber to form a microscopic distal tip to provide a spatially shaped elongated laser focused spot for microprocessing and/or microdissection of a microscale object. A pulsed or continuous laser beam or superposition of pulsed and continuous laser beams is generated, controllably spatially shaped, selectively oriented, selectively moved via movement of a single optical fiber terminated with the axicon lens, and the oriented, spatially shaped laser beam applied via the single optical fiber terminated with the axicon lens to a living or nonliving microscopic object for manipulation, micro-dissection, alteration/ablation, and excitation of the living or nonliving microscopic object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Samarendra K. Mohanty, Jared Stephens, Michael W. Berns
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MICROMANIPULATION OF MICROSCALE OBJECTS USING LASER LIGHT DELIVERED THROUGH A SINGLE OPTICAL FIBER AND AXICON LENS
    Publication number: 20100120113
    Abstract: A single optical fiber having a distal end is optically coupled to the laser and distilling terminated with an axicon lens optically coupled to the single optical fiber to form a microscopic distal tip to provide a spatially shaped elongated laser focused spot for microprocessing and/or microdissection of a microscale object. A pulsed or continuous laser beam or superposition of pulsed and continuous laser beams is generated, controllably spatially shaped, selectively oriented, selectively moved via movement of a single optical fiber terminated with the axicon lens, and the oriented, spatially shaped laser beam applied via the single optical fiber terminated with the axicon lens to a living or nonliving microscopic object for manipulation, micro-dissection, alteration/ablation, and excitation of the living or nonliving microscopic object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Samarendra K. Mohanty, Jared Stephens, Suzanne Genc, Michael W. Berns