Patents by Inventor Lara Beth Mitchell

Lara Beth Mitchell 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: 20260080594
    Abstract: A method includes executing a design generating program configured to display on a screen a graphical user interface having a virtual canvas window configured to present selected content objects to be incorporated into a unique design, and a content object selection window including available content objects to select from for presentation in the virtual canvas window. The program is configured to: receive, in the content object selection window, selection inputs indicating selection of first and second content objects and display the first and second content objects in the virtual canvas window. The program is further configured to receive, in the virtual canvas window, manipulation inputs to move the first content object to a target position relative to the second content object, and based on the first and second content objects overlapping, generate, for display in the virtual canvas window, the unique design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: Cricut, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Ward, Gitta Salomon, Lara Beth Mitchell, Micah Wilson, Braden Scothern, Matt Stoker
  • Patent number: 12494003
    Abstract: A method includes executing a design generating program configured to display on a screen a graphical user interface having a virtual canvas window configured to present selected content objects to be incorporated into a unique design, and a content object selection window including available content objects to select from for presentation in the virtual canvas window. The program is configured to: receive, in the content object selection window, selection inputs indicating selection of first and second content objects and display the first and second content objects in the virtual canvas window. The program is further configured to receive, in the virtual canvas window, manipulation inputs to move the first content object to a target position relative to the second content object, and based on the first and second content objects overlapping, generate, for display in the virtual canvas window, the unique design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Cricut, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Ward, Gitta Salomon, Lara Beth Mitchell, Micah Wilson, Braden Scothern, Matt Stoker
  • Publication number: 20250173479
    Abstract: A method (800) includes receiving a unique graphical design (202) corresponding to a path (204) to be cut from a material as a stencil (206). Here, the path is represented by one or more contours (205) each including a respective sequence of one or more curves (207) connected to one another. The method also includes executing a path validity classification process (201) to determine whether the path is valid to be cut from the material as the stencil, and, based on the path validity classification process determining the path is not valid to be cut from the material as the stencil, outputting a path invalidity notification (216).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: Cricut, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Lewis Cobb, Stephen Raymond Otulea Henderson, Lara Beth Mitchell, Matthew Lund Stoker
  • Publication number: 20230215064
    Abstract: A method includes executing a design generating program configured to display on a screen a graphical user interface having a virtual canvas window configured to present selected content objects to be incorporated into a unique design, and a content object selection window including available content objects to select from for presentation in the virtual canvas window. The program is configured to: receive, in the content object selection window, selection inputs indicating selection of first and second content objects and display the first and second content objects in the virtual canvas window. The program is further configured to receive, in the virtual canvas window, manipulation inputs to move the first content object to a target position relative to the second content object, and based on the first and second content objects overlapping, generate, for display in the virtual canvas window, the unique design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Cricut, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Ward, Gitta Salomon, Lara Beth Mitchell, Micah Wilson, Braden Scothern, Matt Stoker