Patents by Inventor Mary E. Williams

Mary E. Williams 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).

  • Optical coherence microscope and methods of use for rapid in vivo three-dimensional visualization of biological function
    Patent number: 6608717
    Abstract: A high resolution optical coherence microscope system for visualizing structures below a surface of a biological sample is provided. The system includes a light source emitting light in a wavelength of between 700 and 1500 nm, the light being directed along a sample path and a reference path. The length of at least one of the paths is a modulated path having a selected amplitude of modulation that is equal to or less than about 3 fringes of the wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: June I. Medford, Richard C. Haskell, Barbara M. Hoeling, Daniel C. Petersen, Ruye Wang, Mary E. Williams
  • Portable shampoo seat adapter with liquid run-off attachment
    Patent number: 4167048
    Abstract: A portable shampoo seat adapter for children that is disposed on the seat of a conventional barber or beautician chair with the back thereof adjacent to and below a conventional shampoo wash bowl. A headrest on the back rest of the seat adapter is disposed in front of and above the shampoo wash bowl on which rests the neck of a child. A water run-off guide extends from the neck rest and has a configuration to surround the neck of the child and to provide a path over which water dripping from the child's hair is returned to the shampoo wash bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1979
    Inventor: Mary E. Williams
  • Supply caddy
    Patent number: D604047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Inventor: Mary E Williams