Patents by Inventor Jay Robert Spoto

Jay Robert Spoto 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: 20250141085
    Abstract: An antenna mountable to a window to provide non-destructive installation and removal therefrom. The antenna has a substrate of dielectric material having a first surface with patterned conductive material providing a main radiator and ground plane, and a back surface of patterned conductive material providing a feeding circuit, which capacitively conveys and receives, via the substrate, RF signals with the main radiator and ground plane. The main radiator and ground plane, and preferably the feeding circuit, are each radiating structures to achieve different frequency ranges, such as over VHF, UHF, and cellular bands, with wideband performance. The antenna is configured to resemble a semitransparent sunshade by the antenna body being perforated, through the front and back thereof, with holes enabling a majority of the antenna body to appear semitransparent for screening sunlight. One or more fixtures are utilized for detachably mounting the antenna along a surface of a window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: STI-CO Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Vasyl Leo, Christopher John Goetz, Jay Robert Spoto, Andrew David Trank
  • Patent number: 9544406
    Abstract: In some aspects, a portable electronic device having a slidable upper housing and rear housing movable between an open position and a closed position, and a gain adjustment module. The gain adjustment module reduces the RF energy produced by the portable electronic device when the device is in the open position to ensure that the portable electronic device complies with Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Roberto Gautier, Jay Robert Spoto, Randall Scott Fraser
  • Patent number: 8965465
    Abstract: In some aspects, a portable electronic device, having a rear housing, an upper housing coupled to the rear housing and slideable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position, an antenna, and at least one element coupled to the antenna and configured to perform at least one of inhibiting low frequency shift and increasing high frequency sensitivity of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jay Robert Spoto, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Paul Brian Koch, Marko Antonio Escalante
  • Patent number: 8417301
    Abstract: In some aspects, a portable electronic device, having a rear housing, an upper housing coupled to the rear housing and slideable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position, an antenna, and at least one element coupled to the antenna and configured to perform at least one of inhibiting low frequency shift and increasing high frequency sensitivity of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jay Robert Spoto, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Paul Brian Koch, Marko Antonio Escalante
  • Publication number: 20110201392
    Abstract: In some aspects, a portable electronic device, having a rear housing, an upper housing coupled to the rear housing and slideable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position, an antenna, and at least one element coupled to the antenna and configured to perform at least one of inhibiting low frequency shift and increasing high frequency sensitivity of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jay Robert Spoto, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Paul Brian Koch, Marko Antonio Escalante
  • Publication number: 20110201393
    Abstract: In some aspects, a portable electronic device having a slidable upper housing and rear housing movable between an open position and a closed position, and a gain adjustment module. The gain adjustment module reduces the RF energy produced by the portable electronic device when the device is in the open position to ensure that the portable electronic device complies with Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Roberto Gautier, Jay Robert Spoto, Randall Scott Fraser