Patents by Inventor Lisa Phan

Lisa Phan 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: 11659944
    Abstract: Devices and methods that allow for rapid and efficient changing of duvet covers, comprising an upper section and a lower section of washable material that are sized to be significantly larger than a duvet that will be covered and isolated. The upper and lower sections are secured together along a single edge only, and that edge is positioned at the head of the bed. The duvet is placed between the upper and lower sections, isolating and enclosing the duvet, thereby preventing the duvet from becoming exposed while the bed is in use, and simultaneously allowing for easy and rapid changing of the duvet cover after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Lisa Phan
  • Patent number: 11529007
    Abstract: Devices and methods that allow for rapid and efficient changing of duvet covers, comprising an upper section and a lower section of washable material that are sized to be larger than a duvet that will be covered and isolated. The upper and lower sections are secured together along a single edge only, and that edge is positioned at the head of the bed. The duvet is placed between the upper and lower sections, isolating and enclosing the duvet, thereby preventing the duvet from becoming exposed while the bed is in use, and simultaneously allowing for easy and rapid changing of the duvet cover after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Lisa Phan
  • Publication number: 20210169248
    Abstract: Devices and methods that allow for rapid and efficient changing of duvet covers, comprising an upper section and a lower section of washable material that are sized to be significantly larger than a duvet that will be covered and isolated. The upper and lower sections are secured together along a single edge only, and that edge is positioned at the head of the bed. The duvet is placed between the upper and lower sections, isolating and enclosing the duvet, thereby preventing the duvet from becoming exposed while the bed is in use, and simultaneously allowing for easy and rapid changing of the duvet cover after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Lisa Phan
  • Publication number: 20210127864
    Abstract: Devices and methods that allow for rapid and efficient changing of duvet covers, comprising an upper section and a lower section of washable material that are sized to be larger than a duvet that will be covered and isolated. The upper and lower sections are secured together along a single edge only, and that edge is positioned at the head of the bed. The duvet is placed between the upper and lower sections, isolating and enclosing the duvet, thereby preventing the duvet from becoming exposed while the bed is in use, and simultaneously allowing for easy and rapid changing of the duvet cover after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Lisa Phan
  • Patent number: 10932596
    Abstract: Devices and methods that allow for rapid and efficient changing of duvet covers, comprising an upper section and a lower section of washable material that are sized to be significantly larger than a duvet that will be covered and isolated. The upper and lower sections are secured together along a single edge only, and that edge is positioned at the head of the bed. The duvet is placed between the upper and lower sections, isolating and enclosing the duvet, thereby preventing the duvet from becoming exposed while the bed is in use, and simultaneously allowing for easy and rapid changing of the duvet cover after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventor: Lisa Phan
  • Publication number: 20190223630
    Abstract: Devices and methods that allow for rapid and efficient changing of duvet covers, comprising an upper section and a lower section of washable material that are sized to be significantly larger than a duvet that will be covered and isolated. The upper and lower sections are secured together along a single edge only, and that edge is positioned at the head of the bed. The duvet is placed between the upper and lower sections, isolating and enclosing the duvet, thereby preventing the duvet from becoming exposed while the bed is in use, and simultaneously allowing for easy and rapid changing of the duvet cover after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Lisa Phan
  • Patent number: 6131113
    Abstract: A data processing system provides a method and apparatus for managing a shared resource between multiple processors. The data processing system includes a first processor for producing, or supplying, available sections of the shared resource, and a second processor for consuming, or allocating, the available sections within the system. The first and second processor share a memory containing a circular queue, a resource queue, for referencing available shared resource sections. The resource queue is initialized by storing a pointer to an available shared resource section in each entry of the resource queue. The second processor consumes an available section of shared resource by removing a resource pointer from a resource queue entry and sending a message signal to a mailbox message subsystem of the first processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Earle Ellsworth, Laura Hepner Evans, Sangram Singh Ghoman, Thomas Charles Jarvis, Matthew Joseph Kalos, Ralph O'Neill, Lisa Phan, David Brent Schreiber, Brian Dewayne Watson
  • Patent number: 5737240
    Abstract: A mailbox message system is coupled between a processor having a mailbox and one or more peripheral devices or circuits communicating information to the processor. The mailbox message system in the present invention reports events which occur in the peripheral devices or circuits to the mailbox within the processor to be serviced by the processor. The mailbox message system receives inputs from the processor indicating which events are allowed to be currently serviced by the processor and stores these inputs in a first memory. The mailbox message system further receives unique signals representing distinct events from the peripheral devices and stores these signals in a second memory. The generated events which are pending service in the second memory are then compared with the allowed events in the first memory. When a match exists, a message is encoded and transmitted to the mailbox of the processor indicating that the processor has an event to be serviced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Earle Ellsworth, Laura Hepner Evans, Sangram Singh Ghoman, Enrique Quique Garcia, Thomas Charles Jarvis, Matthew Joseph Kalos, Ralph O'Neill, Lisa Phan, David Brent Schreiber