Patents by Inventor Jay Harford

Jay Harford 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).

  • Autonomous device with biofouling control and method for monitoring aquatic environment
    Patent number: 8038937
    Abstract: The device with biofouling control for monitoring aquatic (or gaseous) environment encloses an environmental sensor instrument in a sensor chamber which programmably opens for allowing direct communication between the sensors and the water of interest for sampling and which is closed after the sampling sequence is completed to create an anti-fouling environment in the sensor chamber by adding a biocide into the chamber and exposing the sensors to the anti-fouling environment for a predetermined period of time. The monitoring device includes a microprocessor which is preprogrammed prior to deployment of the device (and which may be re-programmed from a remote host computer during the deployment) into the aquatic environment and which controls the operation of the entire device for a long deployment (up to several months).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
    Inventors: Vincent M. Kelly, Louis A. Codispoti, Jay Harford
  • AUTONOMOUS DEVICE WITH BIOFOULING CONTROL AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20090041621
    Abstract: The device with biofouling control for monitoring aquatic (or gaseous) environment encloses an environmental sensor instrument in a sensor chamber which programmably opens for allowing direct communication between the sensors and the water of interest for sampling and which is closed after the sampling sequence is completed to create an anti-fouling environment in the sensor chamber by adding a biocide into the chamber and exposing the sensors to the anti-fouling environment for a predetermined period of time. The monitoring device includes a microprocessor which is preprogrammed prior to deployment of the device (and which may be re-programmed from a remote host computer during the deployment) into the aquatic environment and which controls the operation of the entire device for a long deployment (up to several months).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
    Inventors: Vincent M. Kelly, Louis A. Codispoti, Jay Harford