Patents by Inventor Jerry E. Pierce

Jerry E. Pierce 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).

  • Patent number: 7139727
    Abstract: A method for marketing a plurality of products or services includes the steps of selecting an arbitrary word and appending the arbitrary word to a first and a second product- or service-related word to create a first and a second site name. Each of the first and the second words is descriptive of a product or a service desired to be offered. The method also includes the step of establishing a first and a second electronic site. Each site is accessible via an electronic communications network, and each site offers at least one product or service describable by one of the first and second words. Next a linkage is created between the respective site names and the electronic sites. This linkage permits a user to access an electronic site with the use of the respective site name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Woodbine Leasing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry E. Pierce, Bradley E. Pierce
  • Patent number: 4452050
    Abstract: A thermal energy savings hot water heater is described as having a steel storage tank around which is spirally wrapped, a plurality of separate groups of copper coils that are formed of hollow copper tubing that has a rectangular cross-section for optimum surface contact or confrontation with the storage tank. A separate refrigeration system is connected to each group of copper coils, so that refrigerant vapor, from the compressors, is circulated through the coils for heating water within the tank instead of circulating the vapor to the condensers where the heating energy of the refrigerant is wasted into the ambient atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignee: Heat Transfer Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry E. Pierce