Patents by Inventor Kenneth Becker

Kenneth Becker 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: 7431472
    Abstract: A flexible light assembly is provided. The flexible tight assembly is mountable with respect to the underside of the brim of the hat. The light assembly can be made of a flexible resilient material and be conformed to correspond to any configuration of brim. The light assembly 10 includes at least one light emitter, means for powering the light emitter, and means for controlling the emission of light. The light assembly can be completely positional under the brim of a hat. The light assembly can be removably associated with respect to a hat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Angel Lighting LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Becker
  • Publication number: 20070112947
    Abstract: The “Multiple Problem Ticket Creation Tool” (MPTCT) creates problem tickets on a network connected by an enterprise services bus having servers on the network with different problem ticketing systems. The MPTCT receives an original problem ticket, converts the original problem ticket to an XML or other format, determines which problem ticketing system is responsible for fixing the problem, determines which problem ticketing system are affected by the problem, creates an authoritative ticket on the responsible problem ticketing system, creates an informational ticket on every ticketing system affected by the problem, maps a tracking number between the original problem ticket and the related problem tickets created on other problem ticketing systems, tracks callbacks from each problem ticketing system, updates each related problem ticket with the callback information, and closes each related informational problem ticket and the original problem ticket when the authoritative problem ticket is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Anderson, Kenneth Becker, Rhonda Childress, James Riosa, Sandra Schlosser
  • Publication number: 20060157569
    Abstract: A flexible light assembly is provided. The flexible tight assembly is mountable with respect to the underside of the brim of the hat. The light assembly can be made of a flexible resilient material and be conformed to correspond to any configuration of brim. The light assembly 10 includes at least one light emitter, means for powering the light emitter, and means for controlling the emission of light. The light assembly can be completely positional under the brim of a hat. The light assembly can be removably associated with respect to a hat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventor: Kenneth Becker
  • Patent number: 7000841
    Abstract: A flexible light assembly is provided. The flexible light assembly is mountable with respect to the underside of the brim of the hat. The light assembly can be made of a flexible resilient material and be conformed to correspond to any configuration of brim. The light assembly 10 includes at least one light emitter, means for powering the light emitter, and means for controlling the emission of light. The light assembly can be completely positional under the brim of a hat. The light assembly can be removably associated with respect to a hat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Angel Lighting LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Becker
  • Publication number: 20060015608
    Abstract: Disclosed are a tool, a method, and a computer program for suppressing events. The tool comprises a database having a resource table, a batch loader interface for creating or updating said resource table, and a web based user interface to said database. The event suppression tool further comprises a batch interface to receive data about planned activities and affected resources; and code for creating suppression activity windows from said data and said resource table, and for suppressing from said user interface, new events that fall within said activity windows. The preferred embodiment of the invention allows temporarily suppressing various actions for events received for certain resources during specified times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth Becker, Rhonda Childress, Brent Lamm, Thomas Newton, Michael Oliver, Ravirajan Rajan, Sara Waggoner
  • Publication number: 20050009031
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid molecules containing polymorphisms in genes involved in neurodegenerative diseases are provided. Probes, primers, kits and methods for detection of polymorphisms in genes involved in neurodegenerative disease are provided. Methods based on detecting such polymorphisms for prognosticating, determining the occurrence, profiling drug response and drug discovery are also provided. Methods of screening for agents that modulate expression and/or activity of genes involved in neurodegenerative diseases, and of screening for agents that modulate a biological event characteristic of a neurodegenerative disease are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Kenneth Becker, Gonul Velicelebi, Kathryn Elliott, Xin Wang, Rudolph Tanzi, Lars Bertram, Aleister Saunders, Kristina Mullin, Andrew Sampson
  • Publication number: 20040228119
    Abstract: A flexible light assembly is provided. The flexible light assembly is mountable with respect to the underside of the brim of the hat. The light assembly can be made of a flexible resilient material and be conformed to correspond to any configuration of brim. The light assembly 10 includes at least one light emitter, means for powering the light emitter, and means for controlling the emission of light. The light assembly can be completely positional under the brim of a hat. The light assembly can be removably associated with respect to a hat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventor: Kenneth Becker
  • Patent number: 5408393
    Abstract: An improved head lamp assembly adapted for use on protective helmets and other headgear, comprises a "U"-shaped housing, multiple head lamps supported by the housing and arranged to project multiple overlapping cone shaped light beams in a direction generally parallel to the plane of the "U", each head lamp including a light bulb and a reflector for shaping the individual cones of illumination, wherein the head lamps are spaced apart along a front face of the "U"-shaped housing so as to project overlapping cones of illumination in a direction parallel to the plane of the "U" and having a total included lateral angle of illumination approaching that of human peripheral vision. The assembly contains batteries for powering the multiple head lamps, an interconnecting circuit, on/off switch and power supply and charger connections. The U-Shaped housing is substantially rigid, desirably of rectangular cross-section and conveniently snaps into place on the protective helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Inventor: Kenneth Becker