Patents by Inventor Martin A. Kenner

Martin A. Kenner 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: 8072626
    Abstract: A system for reading and authenticating a composite image in a sheeting. A exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a system for reading and authenticating a sheeting including a composite image that appears to the unaided eye to be floating above or below the sheeting or both. The present invention also relates to methods of reading and authenticating a composite image that appears to the unaided eye to be floating above or below the sheeting or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Martin A. Kenner
  • Patent number: 7774479
    Abstract: First program code is executed at a content recipient so as to identify a content provider having posted content of interest to the content recipient. Second program code is executed at the content recipient so as to automatically access the content provider and initiate receipt by the content recipient of the posted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Martin A. Kenner, Brian Westover, Peter M. Eisenberg
  • Publication number: 20090310824
    Abstract: A system for reading and authenticating a composite image in a sheeting. A exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a system for reading and authenticating a sheeting including a composite image that appears to the unaided eye to be floating above or below the sheeting or both. The present invention also relates to methods of reading and authenticating a composite image that appears to the unaided eye to be floating above or below the sheeting or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventor: Martin A. Kenner
  • Patent number: 7616332
    Abstract: A system for reading and authenticating a composite image in a sheeting. A exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a system for reading and authenticating a sheeting including a composite image that appears to the unaided eye to be floating above or below the sheeting or both. The present invention also relates to methods of reading and authenticating a composite image that appears to the unaided eye to be floating above or below the sheeting or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Martin A. Kenner
  • Patent number: 7503008
    Abstract: The present invention implements, in a data processing environment, many of the attributes of paper Post-it® notes. The note program of the present invention need not be resident in an application program, and the notes of the present invention may be moved directly between windows or between regions without being saved in an intermediate memory, may be easily dispensed either from a note dispenser of a window or on a desktop, may overlap the boundary of a window, may be automatically saved, may be attached to a document within a window so that the note moves with the document, may overlap a boundary of a window, may be resized with the constraint that the note may not be resized off of a window, may be moved across a window boundary, and may be attached to an object, such as a character, a word, a sentence, or paragraph of a document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David T. Berquist, Peter M. Eisenberg, Mitchell B. Grunes, Martin A. Kenner, John M. Kruse, Timothy A. Mertens, Cindy L. Munson
  • Publication number: 20080120551
    Abstract: First program code is executed at a content recipient so as to identify a content provider having posted content of interest to the content recipient. Second program code is executed at the content recipient so as to automatically access the content provider and initiate receipt by the content recipient of the posted content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Martin KENNER, Brian Westover, Peter Eisenberg
  • Patent number: 7343415
    Abstract: First program code is executed at a content recipient so as to identify a content provider having posted content of interest to the content recipient. Second program code is executed at the content recipient so as to automatically access the content provider and initiate receipt by the content recipient of the posted content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Martin A. Kenner, Brian Westover, Peter M. Eisenberg
  • Publication number: 20070131702
    Abstract: A sheet dispenser for a stack of removable sheet has a transparent or translucent upper housing member. The dispenser provide visual feedback to a user upon removing a sheet from the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: David Windorski, Stephen Gamradt, Martin Kenner, Michael Hamerly
  • Patent number: 7182217
    Abstract: Sheet dispensers, which provide feedback to a user or provide a unique function to a user, are disclosed. Visual, audio, aromatic, or other types of feedback may be provided to a user by the sheet dispenser. Sheet dispensers suitable for use as a switch, a room deodorizer, a flame-generating device, or a combination thereof are disclosed. A method of activating a switch-controlled object is also disclosed. Further, a method of making sheet dispensers is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David C. Windorski, Stephen L. Gamradt, Martin A. Kenner, Michael E. Hamerly
  • Publication number: 20060129944
    Abstract: In a data processing system, a note can be displayed and an image can be displayed in the note. The image may be acquired by a camera such as photographic camera, a digital camera, or other camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: David Berquist, Peter Eisenberg, Mitchell Grunes, Martin Kenner, John Kruse, Timothy Mertens, Cindy Munson, David Hering, Gregory Anderson, Gary Uebel, Brian Westover
  • Publication number: 20060119876
    Abstract: A system for reading and authenticating a composite image in a sheeting. A exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a system for reading and authenticating a sheeting including a composite image that appears to the unaided eye to be floating above or below the sheeting or both. The present invention also relates to methods of reading and authenticating a composite image that appears to the unaided eye to be floating above or below the sheeting or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventor: Martin Kenner
  • Publication number: 20050072790
    Abstract: Sheet dispensers, which provide feedback to a user or provide a unique function to a user, are disclosed. Visual, audio, aromatic, or other types of feedback may be provided to a user by the sheet dispenser. Sheet dispensers suitable for use as a switch, a room deodorizer, a flame-generating device, or a combination thereof are disclosed. A method of activating a switch-controlled object is also disclosed. Further, a method of making sheet dispensers is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: David Windorski, Stephen Gamradt, Martin Kenner, Michael Hamerly
  • Patent number: 6837395
    Abstract: Sheet dispensers, which provide feedback to a user or provide a unique function to a user, are disclosed. Visual, audio, aromatic, or other types of feedback may be provided to a user by the sheet dispenser. Sheet dispensers suitable for use as a switch, a room deodorizer, a flame-generating device, or a combination thereof are disclosed. A method of activating a switch-controlled object is also disclosed. Further, a method of making sheet dispensers is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David C. Windorski, Stephen L. Gamradt, Martin A. Kenner, Michael E. Hamerly
  • Publication number: 20040099678
    Abstract: Sheet dispensers, which provide feedback to a user or provide a unique function to a user, are disclosed. Visual, audio, aromatic, or other types of feedback may be provided to a user by the sheet dispenser. Sheet dispensers suitable for use as a switch, a room deodorizer, a flame-generating device, or a combination thereof are disclosed. A method of activating a switch-controlled object is also disclosed. Further, a method of making sheet dispensers is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David C. Windorski, Stephen L. Gamradt, Martin A. Kenner, Michael E. Hamerly
  • Publication number: 20020196284
    Abstract: The present invention implements, in a data processing environment, many of the attributes of paper Post-it® notes. The note program of the present invention need not be resident in an application program, and the notes of the present invention may be moved directly between windows or between regions without being saved in an intermediate memory, may be easily dispensed either from a note dispenser of a window or on a desktop, may overlap the boundary of a window, may be automatically saved, may be attached to a document within a window so that the note moves with the document, may overlap a boundary of a window, may be resized with the constraint that the note may not be resized off of a window, may be moved across a window boundary, and may be attached to an object, such as a character, a word, a sentence, or paragraph of a document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: David T. Berquist, Peter M. Eisenberg, Mitchell B. Grunes, Martin A. Kenner, John M. Kruse
  • Publication number: 20020143950
    Abstract: First program code is executed at a content recipient so as to identify a content provider having posted content of interest to the content recipient. Second program code is executed at the content recipient so as to automatically access the content provider and initiate receipt by the content recipient of the posted content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Martin A. Kenner, Brian Westover, Peter M. Eisenberg
  • Publication number: 20020143900
    Abstract: First program code is executed at a content recipient so as to identify a content provider having posted content of interest to the content recipient. Second program code is executed at the content recipient so as to automatically access the content provider and initiate receipt by the content recipient of the posted content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Martin A. Kenner, Brian Westover, Herbert Kam-wah Yeung, Althea M. Rupert
  • Publication number: 20020143618
    Abstract: In an arrangement of first, second, and third sites, the first site is a content provider site coupled to a network, the second site is a content recipient site coupled to the network, and the third site operated by a third party. The first site executes first program code for the posting of a note thereat, and the first site is operated by a content provider. The second site executes second program code, and the second program code is compliant with the note posted at the first site. The third site receives payment based upon the note posted at the first site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Martin A. Kenner, Susan M. Kantor, Michael H. Hansberry, Kerry S. Nelson
  • Patent number: 6437807
    Abstract: The present invention implements, in a data processing environment, many of the attributes of paper Post-it® notes. The note program of the present invention need not be resident in an application program, and the notes of the present invention may be moved directly between windows or between regions without being saved in an intermediate memory, may be easily dispensed either from a note dispenser of a window or on a desktop, may overlap the boundary of a window, may be automatically saved, may be attached to a document within a window so that the note moves with the document, may overlap a boundary of a window, may be resized with the constraint that the note may not be resized off of a window, may be moved across a window boundary, and may be attached to an object, such as a character, a word, a sentence, or paragraph of a document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David T. Berquist, Peter M. Eisenberg, Mitchell B. Grunes, Timothy A. Mertens, Cindy L. Munson, Martin A. Kenner, John M. Kruse
  • Patent number: 6411310
    Abstract: The present invention implements in a data processing environment, many of the attributes of paper Post-it® notes. The note program of the present invention need not be resident in an application program, and the notes of the present invention may be moved directly between windows or between regions without being saved in an intermediate memory, may be easily dispensed either from a note dispenser of a window or on a desktop, may overlap the boundary of a window, may be automatically saved, may be attached to a document within a window so that the note moves with the document, may overlap a boundary of a window, may be resized with the constraint that the note may not be resized off of a window, may be moved across a window boundary, and may be attached to an object, such as a character, a word, a sentence, or paragraph of a document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: David T. Berquist, Peter M. Eisenberg, Mitchell B. Grunes, Martin A. Kenner, John M. Kruse, Timothy A. Mertens, Cindy L. Munson