Patents by Inventor Jonathan D. Hood

Jonathan D. Hood 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).

  • Custom decorating configure-to-order system and custom decorating process
    Patent number: 8680008
    Abstract: A system for customizing a notebook computer cover is provided. A user station provides a user interface to select at least one image and to transmit the at least one image. A server receives the at least one image from the user station and formats the at least one selected image to fit a shape of the notebook computer cover. A printer prints the at least one image onto a predetermined fabric. A heat chamber heats the notebook computer cover in response to the predetermined fabric being placed on the notebook computer cover to vaporize the image from the predetermined fabric into a clear layer of the notebook computer cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Russo, Jerry J. Kim, Jonathan D. Hood
  • CUSTOM DECORATING CONFIGURE-TO-ORDER SYSTEM AND CUSTOM DECORATING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20080030937
    Abstract: A system for customizing a notebook computer cover is provided. A user station provides a user interface to select at least one image and to transmit the at least one image. A server receives the at least one image from the user station and formats the at least one selected image to fit a shape of the notebook computer cover. A printer prints the at least one image onto a predetermined fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Russo, Jerry J. Kim, Jonathan D. Hood