Patents by Inventor Kevin Scott

Kevin Scott 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: 20250252619
    Abstract: A system and method includes acquisition of nuclear imaging data, reconstruction of a three-dimensional image based on nuclear imaging data, input of the three-dimensional image to a trained convolutional network to either generate a linear attenuation correction map and a simulated computed tomography image based on the linear attenuation correction map or generate simulated computer tomography images directly, application of a segmentation algorithm to the simulated computed tomography image to generate a segmentation map, and display of the segmentation map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Xinhong Ding, Kevin Scott Hakl
  • Patent number: 12378703
    Abstract: A compressed growing medium or mulch fiber opener comprising at least one set of adjacent rotating members, the rotating members having a surface and including at least one wire wound around at least a portion of the surface, wherein the wire includes a plurality of projections engaging compressed or partially opened growing medium or mulch fiber, and wherein a distance between the adjacent rotating members is sufficiently small to create at least one pinch point between the adjacent rotating members, the adjacent rotating members separating the fibers as the fibers pass through the at least one pinch point so that the density of the fiber is lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kevin Scott Spittle, Gary Lane Bowers
  • Patent number: 12371392
    Abstract: A method for making a growing medium includes a step of combining tree bark and/or wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition to a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks to obtain the fibrous growing medium, the refiner separating fibers from each other; wherein the growing medium has total porosity of 88 volume % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: PROFILE PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Scott Spittle, Gary Lane Bowers
  • Publication number: 20250223891
    Abstract: A perforating gun system for tubing conveyed perforation is provided. The perforating gun system includes a gun carrier, at least one free rotation device, a charge tube suspended on the at least one free rotation device, a stationary emitter coupled to the charge tube, and a sensor coupled to an interior surface of the gun carrier. The sensor can be configured to intermittently align with the stationary emitter when the charge tube is orienting independently of the rotation of the gun carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Scott Harive, Thomas Burky, Federico Rios Osorio
  • Publication number: 20250175093
    Abstract: A rectifier circuit (10) for a passive RFID circuit (1), including: a first rectifier stage (11) having a positive stage input (14) connectable to a first antenna port (6) and a negative stage input (15) connectable to a second antenna port (7); a first rectifying unit (12) connected to the positive stage input (14) and to a positive stage output (16); a second rectifying unit (18) connected to the negative stage input (15) and to a negative stage output (17); and a trimming capacitor (30) connected to the positive stage input (14) and to the negative stage input (15). The trimming capacitor (30) is electronically switchable to a first capacitance and to a second capacitance, and a voltage dependent variable capacitor (50) is connected to the positive stage input (14) and to the negative stage input (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: EM Microelectronic-Marin SA
    Inventor: Kevin Scott BUESCHER
  • Publication number: 20250151679
    Abstract: A compressed horticultural slab includes a substrate including a plurality of fibers compressed in a volume ratio of initial to compressed fiber of 1:4 to 1:60, the plurality of fibers having a shape of the slab, a first set of dimensions when the substrate has a moisture content of up to about 20 to 25 wt. % and a second set of dimensions when the moisture content increases above about 20 to 25 wt. %, based on the total weight of the substrate, the second set of dimensions having greater values than the first set of dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.
    Inventors: Daniel Scott NORDEN, Ryan Michael KNAUER, Gary Lane BOWERS, Kevin Scott SPITTLE
  • Publication number: 20250154078
    Abstract: A method for making a growing medium includes a step of combining tree bark and/or wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition to a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks to obtain the fibrous growing medium, the refiner separating fibers from each other; wherein the growing medium has total porosity of 88 volume % or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Scott SPITTLE, Gary Lane BOWERS
  • Publication number: 20250151678
    Abstract: A hydroponic growing medium (39) comprising a three-dimensional self-supporting substrate (39) having a dry bulk density of about 1.8 lb/ft3 (28.83 kg/m3) to 10 lb/ft3 (160.185 kg/m3) and including at least about 2 to 10 weight % of a man-made fiber portion (24) and at least about 90 to 98 weight % of a natural fiber portion (22) having wood fiber, based on the total weight of the hydroponic growing medium (39).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Scott SPITTLE, Gary Lane BOWERS
  • Patent number: 12280278
    Abstract: Systems for improving fire safety in agricultural machinery are configured for detecting, at least partially controlling, and/or suppressing adverse fire-related conditions. The adverse fire-related conditions can include sparks, embers, and/or flames in the agricultural machinery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Suppression Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Duncan, Kevin Scott Smith, Terry A. Spencer
  • Publication number: 20250113785
    Abstract: A method for making a dyed mulch composition or a dyed growing medium, the method comprising combining tree bark including one or more pigments and/or pigment precursors and wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition at a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks, the refiner separating the tree bark and wood components into fibers and separating the fibers from each other; and dyeing the wood components by the one or more pigments and/or pigment precursors while the tree bark and the wood components are being separated into fibers in the refiner to obtain dyed fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin Scott SPITTLE, Gary Lane BOWERS
  • Patent number: 12239056
    Abstract: A method for making a dyed mulch composition or a dyed growing medium, the method comprising combining tree bark including one or more pigments and/or pigment precursors and wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition at a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks, the refiner separating the tree bark and wood components into fibers and separating the fibers from each other; and dyeing the wood components by the one or more pigments and/or pigment precursors while the tree bark and the wood components are being separated into fibers in the refiner to obtain dyed fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: PROFILE PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Scott Spittle, Gary Lane Bowers
  • Patent number: 12233910
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for indoor localization. A self-driving vehicle may detect a first fiducial marker located at a first location within a building, wherein the first fiducial marker comprises first fiducial marker information associated with the first location. The self-driving vehicle may retrieve the first fiducial marker information from the first fiducial marker. The self-driving vehicle may generate localization information of the self-driving vehicle based on the first fiducial marker information. The self-driving vehicle may utilize the localization information to transition to a second location within the building, wherein the second location comprises a second fiducial marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Volkswagen Group of America Investments, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin David Ballard, Matthew Puchalski, Dale Humbert Lord, Jason Paul Ziglar, John Martin Seminatore, Adela Hsien-Neng Wee, Kevin Scott Swanson
  • Publication number: 20250008885
    Abstract: A fiber mat includes natural wood fibers formed into an elongated strip having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface having a first plurality of channels extending into the elongated strip, each of the first plurality of channels having a channel depth being different in a central portion of the mat than in an edge portion of the mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.
    Inventors: Daniel Scott NORDEN, Ryan Michael KNAUER, Nathan Albert CARNEY, Stanton Reid SMITH, Gary Lane BOWERS, Kevin Scott SPITTLE
  • Patent number: 12163786
    Abstract: A system includes a measurement device having an electronic distance measurement (EDM) instrument, and at least one processor coupled to the EDM instrument. The at least one processor is configured to localize the measurement device relative to a design model, the measurement device being physically located at a measurement location, automatically generate, for at least one design element in the design model, a plurality of sample directions, control the EDM instrument to automatically perform measurements in the plurality of sample directions, and generate and output a verification result indicating a relation between the at least one design element and at least one object corresponding to the at least one design element, based on a shape of the at least one design element and measurement data of the measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: CLEAREDGE3D, INC.
    Inventors: James Norris, Michael Burenkov, John Howard Sloan, IV, George Kelly Cone, Kevin Scott Williams
  • Patent number: 12161067
    Abstract: A fiber mat includes natural wood fibers formed into an elongated strip having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface having a first plurality of channels extending into the elongated strip, each of the first plurality of channels having a channel depth being different in a central portion of the mat than in an edge portion of the mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C.
    Inventors: Daniel Scott Norden, Ryan Michael Knauer, Nathan Albert Carney, Stanton Reid Smith, Gary Lane Bowers, Kevin Scott Spittle
  • Publication number: 20240403591
    Abstract: A system (10) including an energy harvesting circuit (12) connectable to an antenna (14) and configured to execute an autonomous matching procedure to match the antenna (14) to an electric load (15), a buffer capacitor (16) connected to the energy harvesting circuit (14) and chargeable by the energy harvesting circuit (14), and a control circuit (20) connected to the energy harvesting circuit (14) and to the buffer capacitor (16) and connectable to the electric load (15), wherein the control circuit (20) is configured to control a supply voltage of the electric load (15), and wherein the control circuit (20) comprises an auxiliary capacitor (22) chargeable during execution of the autonomous matching procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: EM Microelectronic-Marin SA
    Inventor: Kevin Scott BUESCHER
  • Patent number: D1053148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Robert Y. Cao, James M. Cuseo, Daniele De Iuliis, Markus Diebel, Kevin Scott Fetterman, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Dinesh Mathew, Sabrina Paseman, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Joe Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D1053849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Laube, Rashid Skaf, Sean E. Pettiford, Mark Gilson, Kevin Scott Hodge
  • Patent number: D1059307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Laube, Rashid Skaf, Sean E. Pettiford, Mark Gilson, Kevin Scott Hodge
  • Patent number: D1086889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alissa Anderson, Jonathan Berk, Margaret Madigan Burke, Jack Wanderman, Kevin Scott Fetterman