Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Allen Smith
Jeffrey Allen 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).
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Publication number: 20210374777Abstract: An instrument for measuring and presenting customer impressions of a vendor uses response values of survey questions to develop a consumer loyalty score, vendor attribute score, and/or a consumer experience score. The scores may be presented with other score sets for other vendors to provide a simple and consistent comparison of vendors. Vendor characteristics and/or categories are modeled to more accurately reflect the importance of specified characteristics and/or categories that affect consumer loyalty.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Michael James Schwerin, David Albert Ritter, Samuel Carl Karpen, Jeffrey Allen Smith, Joshua Thomas Rohlfs, Andrew Lee Salmonson
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Patent number: 9987105Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Dupray, Nam Trinh, Jeffrey Allen Smith
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Publication number: 20150173858Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Dennis J. Dupray, Nam Trinh, Jeffrey Allen Smith
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Patent number: 8979528Abstract: An orthodontic bracket is disclosed having three archwire retention channels in the mesial-distal directions, a central channel and two side channels. The two side channels each include a pair of spaced apart inverted archwire retaining regions having a recess that opens generally towards the bracket base. Each such recess is for grasping or holding an archwire therein. Other aspects are directed to a self ligating orthodontic bracket system that includes a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of a bracket; embodiments that include an orthodontic appliance and method of producing and using the same, and preferably employed in a lingual orthodontic system, that includes friction reducing features between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire placed within the archwire slot.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Aldo Macchi, Jeffrey Allen Smith, Nam Trinh, Dennis Dupray, Christophe Gualano, Leon W. Laub
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Patent number: 8961172Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Dupray, Nam Trinh, Jeffrey Allen Smith
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Publication number: 20140205961Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Dupray, Nam Trinh, Jeffrey Allen Smith
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Patent number: 8678818Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Dupray, Nam Trinh, Jeffrey Allen Smith
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Publication number: 20130309624Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket system that includes a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of a bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket system disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Smith, Nam Trinh, Dennis Dupray, Christophe Gualano, Leon W. Laub, Aldo Macchi
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Publication number: 20130309625Abstract: An orthodontic bracket is disclosed having three archwire retention channels in the mesial-distal directions, a central channel and two side channels. The two side channels each include a pair of spaced apart inverted archwire retaining regions having a recess that opens generally towards the bracket base. Each such recess is for grasping or holding an archwire therein. Other aspects are directed to a self ligating orthodontic bracket system that includes a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of a bracket; embodiments that include an orthodontic appliance and method of producing and using the same, and preferably employed in a lingual orthodontic system, that includes friction reducing features between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire placed within the archwire slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Aldo Macchi, Jeffrey Allen Smith, Nam Trinh, Dennis Dupray, Christophe Gualano, Leon W. Laub
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Patent number: 8376739Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Dupray, Nam Trinh, Jeffrey Allen Smith
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Publication number: 20120288816Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: RMO, INC.Inventors: Dennis J. Dupray, Nam Trinh, Jeffrey Allen Smith
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Publication number: 20110287378Abstract: The present disclosure is directed, at least in part, to a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. The rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Dennis J. Dupray, Jeffrey Allen Smith, Nam Trinh, Tony Zakhem, Daphne Upchurch
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Patent number: 7959437Abstract: An improved orthodontic appliance is disclosed having information encoded or formed in the base of the appliance, wherein the encoded information increases the total base surface area by an amount that is effective for increasing the adhesion of the appliance to a patient's tooth. In one embodiment, the total base surface area may increase to 140% of what such surface would be without the encoded information. The encoded information may identify: a manufacturer or supplier of the appliance, a part/model number, a location and/or date of manufacturer, a composition of material, a patent number, a logo, etc.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Tony Zakhem, Jeffrey Allen Smith, Daphne Upchurch
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Patent number: D660435Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Smith, Nam Trinh
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Patent number: D660968Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Smith, Nam Trinh
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Patent number: D721811Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: RMO, Inc.Inventors: Antoun Halim Zakhem, Leon W. Laub, Martin Randolph, Jeffrey Allen Smith, Nam Trinh
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Patent number: D1022129Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: R.W. Beckett CorporationInventors: Christopher Allen Fildes, Jeffrey Robert Traczek, Duane Lee Wilson, Wilbert Edward Meibuhr, Brian Paul Smith