Patents by Inventor John Patrick Cockrell

John Patrick Cockrell 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).

  • Modified spoon to reduce the dripping of liquids
    Patent number: 10736447
    Abstract: Improvements in a spoon that reduces the dripping of liquids is disclosed. The spoon is used for the preparing, serving and eating food. The spoon has a structure that reduces or prevents dripping from a bottom surface of the spoon. The spoon has a bowl with an interior and a back surface. A neck is attached to the bowl. A handle extends from the neck. The bowl has a divot that extends from the back surface of the bowl inward into the interior of the bowl. The divot provides an annular or elliptical enlarged surface to eliminate the radius bottom of a spoon to reduce the potential for drops forming and dropping from the bottom of the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventors: John Patrick Cockrell, Jessica Sweet Ipina
  • Modified Spoon to Reduce the Dripping of Liquids
    Publication number: 20180344065
    Abstract: Improvements in a spoon that reduces the dripping of liquids is disclosed. The spoon is used for the preparing, serving and eating food. The spoon has a structure that reduces or prevents dripping from a bottom surface of the spoon. The spoon has a bowl with an interior and a back surface. A neck is attached to the bowl. A handle extends from the neck. The bowl has a divot that extends from the back surface of the bowl inward into the interior of the bowl. The divot provides an annular or elliptical enlarged surface to eliminate the radius bottom of a spoon to reduce the potential for drops forming and dropping from the bottom of the bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: John Patrick Cockrell, Jessica Sweet Ipina