Patents by Inventor Lee Snyder
Lee Snyder 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).
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Patent number: 11326213Abstract: The invention features methods, systems, and panels for rapid detection of tick-borne pathogens in a sample (including Borrelia spp. such as B. burgdorferi, B. afzelii, and B. garinii) and for diagnosis and monitoring of tick-transmitted diseases, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Q-fever, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, tularemia, and anaplasmosis.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: T2 Biosystems, Inc.Inventors: Ulrich Hans Thomann, Lori Anne Neely, Rahul Krishan Dhanda, Frédéric Sweeney, Thomas Jay Lowery, Jr., Jessica Ann Townsend, Jessica Lee Snyder, Heidi Susanne Giese, Cheryl Ann Bandoski-Gralinski, Daniella Lynn Logan
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Publication number: 20210320871Abstract: Mobile management method and system. The method includes receiving from an application on a client a DNS query for a host name; retrieving reputation data associated with the host name from a local cache on the client; determining whether a policy associated with the host name and the reputation data associated with the host name exists; and one of: sending network flows one of: through a VPN tunnel to a server or out a local proxy on the client to a private or public network; or blocking the network flow based on the determined policy for the host name.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: NETMOTION SOFTWARE, INC.Inventors: Joseph T. SAVARESE, Steven HECKT, Michael E. BRYANT, Eric C. MCNEILL, Carter SMITH, Elizabeth KIHSLINGER, Thomas Gunther HELMS, Camilla KEENAN-KOCH, Joseph G. SOUZA, Paul HOOVER, Scott A. STAVENS, Christian E. HOFSTAEDTER, Jonathan SCOTT, Erik OLSON, James Scott SIMPKINS, Stephen Gregory FALLIN, John Harvey HILLOCK, Eivind NAESS, Michael Lee SNYDER, David Michael MIRLY, Marius LEE, Glenn Patrick ARANAS, Norman C. HAMER, Tridib DUTTA, Andrew James HOOVER, Thomas A. SWEET, Mark ANACKER, An PHAN
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Publication number: 20210002715Abstract: The invention features methods, systems, and cartridges for amplification of target nucleic acids in complex samples, for example, whole blood. The invention also features diagnostic and therapeutic methods based on amplification of target nucleic acids characteristic of pathogens present in complex samples containing cells and/or cell debris, for example, whole blood.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Ulrich Hans THOMANN, Jessica Lee SNYDER, Thomas Jay LOWERY, Jr.
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Publication number: 20200291488Abstract: The invention features methods, systems, and panels for rapid detection of Candida species (e.g., Candida auris, Candida lusitaniae, Candida haemulonii, Candida duobushaemulonii, and Candida pseudohaemulonii) in biological samples (e.g., whole blood) and environmental samples (e.g., environmental swabs, e.g., surface swabs), and for diagnosis and monitoring of diseases, including Candidiasis and sepsis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Brendan John MANNING, Jessica Lee SNYDER, Benjamin Nguyen CHANG, Trissha Ritsue HIGA, Robert Patrick SHIVERS, Yin Shan Cathy WONG, Thomas Jay LOWERY, Jr., Urvi VED, Daniel GAMERO
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Patent number: 10167692Abstract: A well casing security device and method. The security device includes a cover including a sidewall, a top, one or more stabilizers, and a means for attaching the cover to a well casing or to its concrete slab to render it vandal-resistant. A locking support ring is provided for attachment to either the well casing or to the concrete slab surrounding the casing. The locking support ring includes a ring body with a plurality of braces. Each of the braces includes an arm defining a slot between the arm and the ring body. The cover includes a plurality of brackets enabling rotational engagement cover with the locking support ring. Locking means are provided on the cover to lock the cover to the locking support ring. The locking means includes a key operated lock that is tamper resistant and insures that the well casing cannot be accessed easily by an intruder.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: WELL SAFE, LLCInventors: Gerald T. Whitmer, B. Lee Snyder
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Publication number: 20180171388Abstract: The invention features methods, systems, and panels for rapid detection of tick-borne pathogens in a sample (including Borrelia spp. such as B. burgdorferi, B. afzelii, and B. garinii) and for diagnosis and monitoring of tick-transmitted diseases, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Q-fever, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, tularemia, and anaplasmosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Ulrich Hans THOMANN, Lori Anne NEELY, Rahul Krishan DHANDA, Frédéric SWEENEY, Thomas Jay LOWERY, JR., Jessica Ann TOWNSEND, Jessica Lee SNYDER, Heidi Susanne GIESE, Cheryl Ann BANDOSKI-GRALINSKI, Daniella Lynn LOGAN
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Publication number: 20170314356Abstract: A well casing security device and method. The security device includes a cover including a sidewall, a top, one or more stabilizers, and a means for attaching the cover to a well casing or to its concrete slab to render it vandal-resistant. A locking support ring is provided for attachment to either the well casing or to the concrete slab surrounding the casing. The locking support ring includes a ring body with a plurality of braces. Each of the braces includes an arm defining a slot between the arm and the ring body. The cover includes a plurality of brackets enabling rotational engagement cover with the locking support ring. Locking means are provided on the cover to lock the cover to the locking support ring. The locking means includes a key operated lock that is tamper resistant and insures that the well casing cannot be accessed easily by an intruder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2016Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Gerald T. Whitmer, B. Lee Snyder
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Patent number: 9792838Abstract: Methods and devices for determining device usability, e.g., for point of care assay devices. In one embodiment, the invention is to a method of determining device usability in a sensing device, including the steps of: providing a device comprising a first electrical pad; a second electrical pad; and a first polymer layer contacting at least a portion of the first and the second electrical pads and a second polymer layer contacting the first polymer layer and not the first and second electrical pads; applying a potential across the first and the second electrical pads; measuring an electrical property associated with the first and the second polymer layers; and determining whether the measured electrical property associated with the first and the second polymer layers has exceeded a threshold level associated with the device usability.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Abbott Point of Care Inc.Inventors: Glenn Martin, Tian-Xian Zhao, Stephen Lee Snyder
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Patent number: 9234374Abstract: An integrated lock and latch device for use in sliding sash windows includes a lock assembly including a sweep cam that has a pinion portion adjacent and extending downwardly from it. The pinion portion presents gear teeth extending outwardly. A tilt latch assembly including a sliding bolt is biased toward an extended position where a terminal portion of the sliding bolt extends outwardly. The sliding bolt has at least one track portion. The sweep cam is rotatably shiftable between a locked position where the sweep cam is engaged to the keeper, an intermediate unlocked position where the sweep cam is disengaged from the keeper and a tilt position where the sweep cam is disengaged from the keeper and the first gear teeth are engaged to the second gear teeth and the sliding bolt is withdrawn inwardly from the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Truth Hardware CorporationInventors: Glen M. Wolf, Edward J. Subliskey, David Lee Snyder
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Patent number: 9224312Abstract: Methods and devices for determining sensing device usability, e.g., for point of care immunoassay devices. In one embodiment, the invention is to a method of determining device usability, comprising the steps of providing a device comprising a first electrical pad; a second electrical pad; and a continuous polymer layer contacting at least a portion of the first and second electrical pads; applying a potential across the first and second electrical pads; measuring an electrical property associated with the continuous polymer layer; and determining whether the measured electrical property associated with the continuous polymer layer has exceeded a threshold level associated with the device usability.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Abbott Point of Care Inc.Inventors: Glenn Martin, Tian-Xian Zhao, Steven Breeze, Craig Jeffrey, Stephen Lee Snyder
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Patent number: 9089887Abstract: An improved method for processing coiled metal sheet is provided, wherein a line threading device is inserted between the metal sheet and the process line surface at the leading edge of the metal sheet. The device is rigid and adapted to glide easily along the process line surface when propelled in a forward direction. The device has an upper surface that includes a plurality of grooves that run perpendicular to the forward direction, and the leading edge of the sheet, when it curves toward the process line surface, does not come into contact with a recess of the process line surface, but instead becomes lodged in a groove of the device, which guides the sheet along the process line surface, and does not impede forward progress.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Samuel Steel Pickling CompanyInventors: Rick Lee Snyder, Richard David Ganiere, Victor DeVon Gardener, George Wayne Hartman, Jr.
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Publication number: 20140157849Abstract: An improved method for processing coiled metal sheet is provided, wherein a line threading device is inserted between the metal sheet and the process line surface at the leading edge of the metal sheet. The device is rigid and adapted to glide easily along the process line surface when propelled in a forward direction. The device has an upper surface that includes a plurality of grooves that run perpendicular to the forward direction, and the leading edge of the sheet, when it curves toward the process line surface, does not come into contact with a recess of the process line surface, but instead becomes lodged in a groove of the device, which guides the sheet along the process line surface, and does not impede forward progress.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: SAMUEL STEEL PICKLING COMPANYInventors: Rick Lee Snyder, Richard David Ganiere, Victor DeVon Gardener, George Wayne Hartman, JR.
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Publication number: 20130099649Abstract: A storage system for single serve beverage devices is provided. The storage system includes a slidable rack, capable of being positioned or mounted within a variety of known or preexisting features and having a plurality of apertures for selectively storing the devices. Beverage devices include, for example, pods or K-Cups® for providing single-serve coffee, espresso, hot chocolate, or tea drinks.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventor: Timothy Lee Snyder
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Publication number: 20130000378Abstract: Methods and devices for correcting sensing device signals, e.g., for point of care immunoassay devices. In one embodiment, the invention is to a method of correcting a signal in a sensing device, comprising the steps of: providing a sensing device comprising a sensor, a first electrical pad, a second electrical pad, and a continuous polymer layer contacting at least a portion of the first and second electrical pads; applying a potential across the first and second electrical pads; measuring an electrical property associated with the continuous polymer layer; determining a correction factor associated with the measured electrical property; and applying the correction factor to a signal generated by the sensor to produce a corrected signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: ABBOTT POINT OF CARE INC.Inventors: Glenn Martin, Tian-Xian Zhao, Steven Breeze, Craig Jeffrey, Stephen Lee Snyder
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Publication number: 20130002265Abstract: Methods and devices for determining device usability, e.g., for point of care assay devices. In one embodiment, the invention is to a method of determining device usability in a sensing device, including the steps of: providing a device comprising a first electrical pad; a second electrical pad; and a first polymer layer contacting at least a portion of the first and the second electrical pads and a second polymer layer contacting the first polymer layer and not the first and second electrical pads; applying a potential across the first and the second electrical pads; measuring an electrical property associated with the first and the second polymer layers; and determining whether the measured electrical property associated with the first and the second polymer layers has exceeded a threshold level associated with the device usability.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: ABBOTT POINT OF CARE INC.Inventors: Glenn Martin, Tian-Xian Zhao, Stephen Lee Snyder
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Publication number: 20130002279Abstract: Methods and devices for determining sensing device usability, e.g., for point of care immunoassay devices. In one embodiment, the invention is to a method of determining device usability, comprising the steps of providing a device comprising a first electrical pad; a second electrical pad; and a continuous polymer layer contacting at least a portion of the first and second electrical pads; applying a potential across the first and second electrical pads; measuring an electrical property associated with the continuous polymer layer; and determining whether the measured electrical property associated with the continuous polymer layer has exceeded a threshold level associated with the device usability.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: ABBOTT POINT OF CARE INC.Inventors: Glenn Martin, Tian-Xian Zhao, Steven Breeze, Craig Jeffrey, Stephen Lee Snyder
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Patent number: 8345006Abstract: A deformable computer mouse for easy storage and portability. The mouse housing includes a flat top layer having at least two splitable pieces and an intermediate layer sliding mounted underneath. By pulling the two splitable pieces upward, the intermediate layer slides out and forms an arced surface together with the two splitable pieces, thus forming a full sized computer mouse.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Inventor: Bradley Lee Snyder
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Publication number: 20120235911Abstract: A deformable computer mouse for easy storage and portability. The mouse housing includes a flat top layer having at least two splittable pieces and an intermediate layer sliding mounted underneath. By pulling the two splittable pieces upward, the intermediate layer slides out and forms an arced surface together with the two splittable pieces, thus forming a full sized computer mouse.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventor: Bradley Lee Snyder
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Patent number: 8133210Abstract: A delivery device and method for the delivery of a substance to the eye or other bodily site of a user. The device delivers the substance to the eye in the form of a non-aerosol spray or mist. The delivery device is particularly suitable for the delivery of artificial tear compositions to the ocular surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2003Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Inventors: Nael A. Al-Abdulla, Lee A. Snyder
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Patent number: D709718Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Inventor: Timothy Lee Snyder