Patents by Inventor Kieran T. SMITH

Kieran T. SMITH 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: 20230025400
    Abstract: A system includes a placement head with at least one printing nozzle configured to pick up and detachably hold at least one biological organism; an image acquisition system including a visual inspection system configured to identify at least one target biological organism to be picked up by the printing nozzle of the placement head in a first location, and identify at least one second location for deposit of the at least one target biological organism, wherein the first location is different from the at least one second location; and a robotic motion system that moves the placement head, based on input from the visual inspection system and a distance identification system, from the first location to the at least one second location, such that the placement head deposits the target biological organism at the at least one second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Michael C. McAlpine, Guebum Han, John C. Bischof, Kanav Khosla, Kieran T. Smith
  • Publication number: 20130139428
    Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for using materials with dissimilar galvanic potentials for altering the behavior of electro-sensitive organisms. This includes devices for mitigating elasmobranch bycatch in commercial and recreational fisheries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Kieran T. SMITH, Stephen M. KAJIURA