Patents by Inventor Jase Sitton

Jase Sitton 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).

  • Publication number: 20240337567
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for determining a soil classification comprising: obtaining a soil sample; conducting two or more of the following tests in the field, wherein the tests are selected from wash test, a feel test, a test tube particle graduation, or a jar test, to obtain raw data for each test; and calculating the soil classification from the raw data obtained in the field by applying a previously obtained validation dataset obtained from a training and validation soil classification calculation using known samples. The invention also includes compressed earth blocks made using the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Brett Story, Jase Sitton, Adam De Jong
  • Patent number: 12007313
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for determining a soil classification comprising: obtaining a soil sample; conducting two or more field tests on the soil sample to obtain raw data for each field test; and calculating the soil classification from the raw data by applying a previously obtained validation dataset obtained from a training and validation soil classification calculation using samples of known soil classification, wherein the validation dataset is obtained using a feed-forward backpropagation neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Brett Story, Jase Sitton, Adam De Jong
  • Publication number: 20180333894
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method for determining a soil classification comprising: obtaining a soil sample; conducting two or more of the following tests in the field, wherein the tests are selected from wash test, a feel test, a test tube particle graduation, or a jar test, to obtain raw data for each test; and calculating the soil classification from the raw data obtained in the field by applying a previously obtained validation dataset obtained from a training and validation soil classification calculation using known samples. The invention also includes compressed earth blocks made using the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Brett Story, Jase Sitton, Adam De Jong