Patents by Inventor John Crowson

John Crowson 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: 20250283298
    Abstract: Marine pump vessels and wing fluidizer support vessels, and methods of using same. Wing fluidizer support vessels are configured to deploy a wing fluidizer including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location. Pump vessels include one or more pumps deployable from a separate vessel and stowable thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: WING MARINE LLC
    Inventors: JOHN CROWSON, MEL FRIEDMAN, DOUGLAS W. THOMPSON, PETER C. CROSSLAND
  • Patent number: 12410583
    Abstract: Marine pump vessels and wing fluidizer support vessels, and methods of using same. Wing fluidizer support vessels are configured to deploy a wing fluidizer including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location. Pump vessels include one or more pumps deployable from a separate vessel and stowable thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: WING MARINE LLC
    Inventors: John Crowson, Mel Friedman, Douglas W. Thompson, Peter C. Crossland
  • Patent number: 12398532
    Abstract: Marine pump vessels and wing fluidizer support vessels, and methods of using same. Wing fluidizer support vessels are configured to deploy a wing fluidizer including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location. Pump vessels include one or more pumps deployable from a separate vessel and stowable thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: WING MARINE LLC
    Inventors: John Crowson, Mel Friedman, Douglas W. Thompson, Peter C. Crossland
  • Publication number: 20250237036
    Abstract: Marine pump vessels and wing fluidizer support vessels, and methods of using same. Wing fluidizer support vessels are configured to deploy a wing fluidizer including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location. Pump vessels include one or more pumps deployable from a separate vessel and stowable thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Applicant: WING MARINE LLC
    Inventors: JOHN CROWSON, MEL FRIEDMAN, DOUGLAS W. THOMPSON, PETER C. CROSSLAND
  • Publication number: 20240354723
    Abstract: Systems for helping a user manage external party-activity software objects by using machine-readable indicia. In one embodiment, an exemplary computer-implemented method may comprise receiving a first request to link a digital profile of the application end user associated with the entity with a third-party entity. In response to receiving the first request, the second request is sent to a second server associated with the third-party entity, and a third request is received from the application end user for accessing at least one user-related external party-activity software object via the first server by using machine-readable indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: John Crowson, Rocky Gray, Margaret Crouse, Asawari Kanitkar
  • Patent number: 12077935
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a wing tool configured to be operable from work vessel(s), the wing tool including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location, the second seabed location including a trench or differently shaped collection sump previously made by the wing tool and/or an extraction pump. The extraction pump operates from a second work vessel having sufficient capacity to pump fluidized sediments from the trench. Certain systems include a separation unit that separates sand from silts and clays and water from collected sediment. Systems and methods for reclamation of reservoirs, moving sand waves, for pre-trenching and/or recovering marine pipelines and cables, for removing cover from marine archaeological sites and for disposing of contaminated bottom materials in an environmentally acceptable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: WING MARINE LLC
    Inventors: John Crowson, Mel Friedman, Douglas W. Thompson, Peter Crossland
  • Patent number: 12026687
    Abstract: Systems for helping a user manage external party-activity software objects by using machine-readable indicia. In one embodiment, an exemplary computer-implemented method may comprise receiving a first request to link a digital profile of the application end user associated with the entity with a third-party entity. In response to receiving the first request, the second request is sent to a second server associated with the third-party entity, and a third request is received from the application end user for accessing at least one user-related external party-activity software object via the first server by using machine-readable indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: John Crowson, Rocky Gray, Margaret Crouse, Asawari Kanitkar
  • Publication number: 20240084549
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a wing tool configured to be operable from work vessel(s), the wing tool including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location, the second seabed location including a trench or differently shaped collection sump previously made by the wing tool and/or an extraction pump. The extraction pump operates from a second work vessel having sufficient capacity to pump fluidized sediments from the trench. Certain systems include a separation unit that separates sand from silts and clays and water from collected sediment. Systems and methods for reclamation of reservoirs, moving sand waves, for pre-trenching and/or recovering marine pipelines and cables, for removing cover from marine archaeological sites and for disposing of contaminated bottom materials in an environmentally acceptable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: WING MARINE LLC
    Inventors: JOHN CROWSON, MEL FRIEDMAN, DOUGLAS W. THOMPSON, PETER CROSSLAND
  • Patent number: 11828042
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a wing tool configured to be operable from work vessel(s), the wing tool including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location, the second seabed location including a trench or differently shaped collection sump previously made by the wing tool and/or an extraction pump. The extraction pump operates from a second work vessel having sufficient capacity to pump fluidized sediments from the trench. Certain systems include a separation unit that separates sand from silts and clays and water from collected sediment. Systems and methods for reclamation of reservoirs, moving sand waves, for pre-trenching and/or recovering marine pipelines and cables, for removing cover from marine archaeological sites and for disposing of contaminated bottom materials in an environmentally acceptable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WING MARINE LLC
    Inventors: John Crowson, Mel Friedman, Douglas W. Thompson, Peter Crossland
  • Publication number: 20230193589
    Abstract: Systems and methods include a wing tool configured to be operable from work vessel(s), the wing tool including thrusters capable of fluidizing sediments from a first seabed location and moving it to a second seabed location, the second seabed location including a trench or differently shaped collection sump previously made by the wing tool and/or an extraction pump. The extraction pump operates from a second work vessel having sufficient capacity to pump fluidized sediments from the trench. Certain systems include a separation unit that separates sand from silts and clays and water from collected sediment. Systems and methods for reclamation of reservoirs, moving sand waves, for pre-trenching and/or recovering marine pipelines and cables, for removing cover from marine archaeological sites and for disposing of contaminated bottom materials in an environmentally acceptable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: WING MARINE LLC
    Inventors: JOHN CROWSON, MEL FRIEDMAN, DOUGLAS W. THOMPSON, PETER CROSSLAND
  • Publication number: 20210390521
    Abstract: Systems for helping a user manage external party-activity software objects by using machine-readable indicia. In one embodiment, an exemplary computer-implemented method may comprise receiving a first request to link a digital profile of the application end user associated with the entity with a third-party entity. In response to receiving the first request, the second request is sent to a second server associated with the third-party entity, and a third request is received from the application end user for accessing at least one user-related external party-activity software object via the first server by using machine-readable indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: John Crowson, Rocky Gray, Margaret Crouse, Asawari Kanitkar
  • Patent number: 11113678
    Abstract: Systems for helping a user manage external party-activity software objects by using machine-readable indicia. In one embodiment, an exemplary computer-implemented method may comprise receiving a first request to link a digital profile of the application end user associated with the entity with a third-party entity. In response to receiving the first request, the second request is sent to a second server associated with the third-party entity, and a third request is received from the application end user for accessing at least one user-related external party-activity software object via the first server by using machine-readable indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: John Crowson, Rocky Gray, Margaret Crouse, Asawari Kanitkar
  • Publication number: 20210184853
    Abstract: Systems for helping a user manage external party-activity software objects by using machine-readable indicia. In one embodiment, an exemplary computer-implemented method may comprise receiving a first request to link a digital profile of the application end user associated with the entity with a third-party entity. In response to receiving the first request, the second request is sent to a second server associated with the third-party entity, and a third request is received from the application end user for accessing at least one user-related external party-activity software object via the first server by using machine-readable indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: John Crowson, Rocky Gray, Margaret Crouse, Asawari Kanitkar