Patents by Inventor Mark Griffith
Mark Griffith 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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Publication number: 20180107210Abstract: Many different types of systems are utilized or tasks are performed in a marine environment. The present invention provides various configurations of unmanned vehicles, or drones, that can be operated and/or controlled for such systems or tasks. One or more unmanned vehicles can be integrated with a dedicated marine electronic device of a marine vessel for autonomous control and operation. Additionally or alternatively, the unmanned vehicle can be manually remote operated during use in the marine environment. Such unmanned vehicles can be utilized in many different marine environment systems or tasks, including, for example, navigation, sonar, radar, search and rescue, video streaming, alert functionality, among many others. However, as contemplated by the present invention, the marine environment provides many unique challenges that may be accounted for with operation and control of an unmanned vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Mark N. Harnett, Geoffrey Morrish, Paul Butterworth, Alan Peter Davis, Thomas E.H. Isaacson, Jake Hawkins, Mark Griffith, David M. Simons
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Publication number: 20170109908Abstract: Various implementations are directed to using chlorophyll data for a marine environment. In one implementation, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may have stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to receive chlorophyll data from one or more chlorophyll sensors disposed on a vessel in real-time or substantially near real-time, where the chlorophyll data corresponds to a marine environment proximate to the vessel. The computer-executable instructions may also cause the computer to analyze the received chlorophyll data to determine one or more real-time or substantially near real-time chlorophyll concentrations of the marine environment. The computer-executable instructions may further cause the computer to generate a display based on the real-time or substantially near real-time chlorophyll concentrations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventor: Mark Griffith
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Publication number: 20160081244Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Vitex plant named ‘PIIVAC-II’, characterized by its compact, rounded growth habit, dark green foliage, dark bluish purple flowers, short internodes, and flowers on every terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee, Mark Griffith, Jeff Beasley, Michael A. Dirr
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Publication number: 20160081246Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘PIIL-I’, characterized by its low growing, layered and spreading growth habit; leathery, scabrous, lustrous dark green foliage; continuous flowering; and dark yellow flower buds that open to dark yellow and age to orange and eventually to orange-red. There are no other cultivars of Lantana with this combination of characteristics known to the inventor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee, Mark Griffith, Jeff Beasley, Michael A. Dirr
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Publication number: 20160081249Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Gardenia jasminoides plant named ‘PIIGA-II’, characterized by fragrant, double white flowers, abundant large flowers in spring with reblooming to fall, lustrous, dark green foliage, compact upright growth habit, cold hardy to USDA Hardiness Zone 7, and resistance to root rot diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda HELVICK, Oren McBEE, Mark GRIFFITH, Jeff BEASLEY, Michael A. DIRR
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Publication number: 20160081247Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia plant named ‘PIILAG-VII’, characterized by its compact, upright, intermediate growth habit, reddish new growth, and lustrous dark green foliage in summer, red flowers where the petals cover the stamens, superior resistance to powdery mildew and Cercospora leaf spot, and increased cold hardiness compared to standard red flowered cultivars, ‘Whit II’ and ‘Whit IV’.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda HELVICK, Oren MCBEE, Mark GRIFFITH, Jeff BEASLEY, Michael A. DIRR
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Publication number: 20160081248Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia plant named ‘PIILAG-VIII’, characterized by its compact, upright, intermediate growth habit, dark burgundy foliage that is planar, numerous large pink inflorescenes, resistance to powdery mildew and Cercospora leaf spot, and increase cold hardiness.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee, Mark Griffith, Jeff Beasley, Michael A. Dirr
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Publication number: 20160081245Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Distylium plant named ‘PIIDIST-V’, characterized by its compact, layered, and mounding growth habit, reddish new growth, blue-green mature foliage, and cold tolerance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee, Mark Griffith, Jeff Beasley, Michael A. Dirr
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Patent number: 8577740Abstract: Combining fulfillment of customer orders from merchants in computer-facilitated marketplaces. An order management system may include a virtual shopping cart interface that may be used with a number of merchants. Each merchant may be registered to receive fulfillment services from a fulfillment services provider for inventory items the merchant offers in commerce. The virtual shopping cart interface may be configured to receive requests to indicate various items within a virtual shopping cart corresponding to a customer. Different inventory items offered by different merchants may be placed within the virtual shopping cart. In response to the customer's request to finalize an order, the order management system may instruct the fulfillment services provider to ship the items in the virtual shopping cart to the customer. A single shipment may include items offered by several different merchants, and each of the merchants may be the merchant of record for its respective inventory item.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jason Murray, Joel Shepherd, Mark Griffith
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Patent number: 8536306Abstract: The invention provides the structure of human A2A adenosine receptor protein bound to an antagonist. Methods of using one or more binding sites and other features of this G-protein coupled receptor to develop new therapeutics are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: The Scripps Research InstituteInventors: Raymond C. Stevens, Michael A. Hanson, Vadim Cherezov, Mark Griffith, Veli-Pekka Jaakola
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Patent number: 8204799Abstract: Combining fulfillment of customer orders from merchants in computer-facilitated marketplaces. An order management system may include a virtual shopping cart interface that may be used with a number of merchants. Each merchant may be registered to receive fulfillment services from a fulfillment services provider for inventory items the merchant offers in commerce. The virtual shopping cart interface may be configured to receive requests to indicate various items within a virtual shopping cart corresponding to a customer. Different inventory items offered by different merchants may be placed within the virtual shopping cart. In response to the customer's request to finalize an order, the order management system may instruct the fulfillment services provider to ship the items in the virtual shopping cart to the customer. A single shipment may include items offered by several different merchants, and each of the merchants may be the merchant of record for its respective inventory item.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jason Murray, Joel Shepherd, Mark Griffith
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Publication number: 20120123092Abstract: The invention provides the structure of human A2A adenosine receptor protein bound to an antagonist. Methods of using one or more binding sites and other features of this G-protein coupled receptor to develop new therapeutics are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Raymond C. Stevens, Michael A. Hanson, Vadim Cherezov, Mark Griffith, Veli-Pekka Jaakola
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Patent number: 8142121Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is generally related to automotive accessories. Specifically, it is a device adapted to covering the bed of a pick-up truck, or similar vehicle, including comparable utility trailers. In addition to covering the bed, the device covers the area of an open tailgate and is adapted to cover loads of varying heights by deploying attached side panels. The disclosed device further includes a strap system that connects to the cover and secures the load; in addition it serves as an aid in pulling loads from the bed. Finally the invention describes three systems to anchor the cover to the vehicle, each of which accommodates deployment of the side panels and each of which provides a degree of flexibility to cover loads of varying height.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Inventor: Matthew Mark Griffith
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Patent number: PP26775Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Vitex plant named ‘PIIVAC-II’, characterized by its compact, rounded growth habit, dark green foliage, dark bluish purple flowers, short internodes, and flowers on every terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee, Mark Griffith, Jeff Beasley, Michael A. Dirr
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Patent number: PP27194Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia plant named ‘PIILAG-VIII’, characterized by its compact, upright, intermediate growth habit, dark burgundy foliage that is planar, numerous large pink inflorescenes, resistance to powdery mildew and Cercospora leaf spot, and increase cold hardiness.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee, Mark Griffith, Jeff Beasley, Michael A. Dirr
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Patent number: PP27252Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘PIIL-I’, characterized by its low growing, layered and spreading growth habit; leathery, scabrous, lustrous dark green foliage; continuous flowering; and dark yellow flower buds that open to dark yellow and age to orange and eventually to orange-red. There are no other cultivars of Lantana with this combination of characteristics known to the inventor.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee, Mark Griffith, Jeff Beasley, Michael A. Dirr
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Patent number: PP27258Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Gardenia jasminoides plant named ‘PIIGA-II’, characterized by fragrant, double white flowers, abundant large flowers in spring with reblooming to fall, lustrous, dark green foliage, compact upright growth habit, and cold hardy to USDA Hardiness Zone 7.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee, Mark Griffith, Jeff Beasley, Michael A. Dirr
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Patent number: PP27303Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia plant named ‘PIILAG-VII’, characterized by its compact, upright, intermediate growth habit, reddish new growth, and lustrous dark green foliage in summer, red flowers where the petals cover the stamens, superior resistance to powdery mildew and Cercospora leaf spot, and increased cold hardiness.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee, Mark Griffith, Jeff Beasley, Michael A. Dirr
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Patent number: PP27631Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Distylium plant named ‘PIIDIST-V’, characterized by its compact, layered, and mounding growth habit, reddish new growth, blue-green mature foliage, and cold tolerance.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Plant Introductions, Inc.Inventors: Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee, Mark Griffith, Jeff Beasley, Michael A. Dirr
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Patent number: PP28958Abstract: A new cultivar of Viburnum plicata plant named ‘PIIVIB-II’ that is characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit, its stems with new growth that is red in color, its floriferous blooming habit, even on young plants, its flowers that are white in color and tinted with light green and its foliage that is ovate in shape, with impressed veins, and deep green in color turning red-purple in fall and winter.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: BAILEY NURSERIES INC.Inventors: Michael Dirr, Jeff Beasley, Mark Griffith, Rhonda Helvick, Oren McBee