Patents by Inventor Melissa Grace

Melissa Grace 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).

  • Publication number: 20260226662
    Abstract: A woven silt fence fabric is configured to have: a tensile strength greater than 140 pounds per ASTM D-4632 in the machine direction (MD); a tensile strength greater than 140 pounds per ASTM D-4632 in the cross machine direction (CMD) per ASTM D-4632; and a calculated balanced strength of 10% or less between the MD and CMD ASTM D-4632 (grab) tensile strengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2026
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Kevin William Ray, Melissa Grace, Eric Lee Booth
  • Publication number: 20260218468
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of sediment/erosion/perimeter control devices (e.g., erosion control blankets, nets, meshes, geowebs, geonets, wattles, other geotextiles, etc.) made from fibrillated and/or perforated materials. Also disclosed herein are exemplary methods and systems for producing sediment/erosion/perimeter control devices (e.g., erosion control blankets, nets, meshes, geowebs, geonets, wattles, other geotextiles, etc.) by fibrillating and/or perforating materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Kevin William RAY, Melissa GRACE, Eric Lee BOOTH
  • Publication number: 20260210067
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of woven silt fences including integrally woven pockets for support posts. In exemplary embodiments, a woven silt fence fabric includes one or more integrated pockets integrally woven within the woven silt fence fabric. The one or more integrated pockets are configured for receiving one or more support posts therein. In exemplary embodiments, a woven silt fence comprises the woven silt fence fabric and one or more support posts configured to be received within corresponding ones of the one or more integrated pockets integrally woven within the woven silt fence fabric. The one or more support posts may be configured to be positioned within corresponding ones of the one or more integrated pockets and driven into the ground for supporting the woven silt fence without requiring any fasteners for attachment of the one or more support posts to the woven silt fence fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2026
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: Kevin William RAY, Melissa Grace, Eric Lee Booth
  • Publication number: 20260152909
    Abstract: Disclosed are geotextiles configured for moisture management. In exemplary embodiments, a geotextile comprises a plurality of structural elements including one or more yarns, cords, or filament bundles arranged to form a fabric or grid. At least a portion of the structural elements include capillary-active surfaces and/or are configured to promote capillary wicking of moisture along at least one direction of the geotextile. At least a portion of the structural elements include internal void regions configured to maintain hydraulic conductivity under compaction. The geotextile is operable for providing dual-mode moisture transport through both capillary wicking and hydraulic flow thereby allowing for removal and redistribution of water from pavement layers and subgrade soils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2025
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Kevin William RAY, Eric Lee Booth, Melissa Grace
  • Publication number: 20260132552
    Abstract: A woven silt fence fabric includes two or more different warp yarns having different cross-sectional shapes in the machine direction and/or two or more different fill yarns having different cross-sectional shapes in the cross-machine/transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2026
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Eric Lee Booth, Melissa GRACE, Kevin William RAY
  • Patent number: 12624514
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of woven silt fences including integrally woven pockets for support posts. In exemplary embodiments, a woven silt fence fabric includes one or more integrated pockets integrally woven within the woven silt fence fabric. The one or more integrated pockets are configured for receiving one or more support posts therein. In exemplary embodiments, a woven silt fence comprises the woven silt fence fabric and one or more support posts configured to be received within corresponding ones of the one or more integrated pockets integrally woven within the woven silt fence fabric. The one or more support posts may be configured to be positioned within corresponding ones of the one or more integrated pockets and driven into the ground for supporting the woven silt fence without requiring any fasteners for attachment of the one or more support posts to the woven silt fence fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin William Ray, Eric Lee Booth, Melissa Grace
  • Patent number: 12565721
    Abstract: A woven silt fence fabric is configured to have: a tensile strength greater than 140 pounds per ASTM D-4632 in the machine direction (MD); a tensile strength greater than 140 pounds per ASTM D-4632 in the cross machine direction (CMD) per ASTM D-4632; and one or more parameter(s) (per an ASTM test method) in the machine direction (MD) equal or approximately equal to the one or more parameter(s) (per the ASTM test method) in the cross machine direction (CMD). The woven silt fence fabric includes one or more marker yarns having a different color than adjacent yarn(s) to thereby identify one or more of a grade line, an install line, a monitor line, and/or a high visibility line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin William Ray, Melissa Grace, Eric Lee Booth
  • Patent number: 12522959
    Abstract: A woven silt fence fabric includes two or more different warp yarns having different cross-sectional shapes in the machine direction and/or two or more different fill yarns having different cross-sectional shapes in the cross-machine/transverse direction. The woven silt fence fabric includes one or more marker yarns having a different color than adjacent yarn(s) to thereby identify one or more of a grade line, install line, monitor line, and/or high visibility line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2025
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lee Booth, Melissa Grace, Kevin William Ray
  • Publication number: 20250389061
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of woven silt fence fabrics. In exemplary embodiments, the woven silt fence fabric may comprise a high-strength high-modulus monofilament woven silt fence fabric. In exemplary embodiments, the woven silt fence fabric may include two or more different warp yarns having different cross-sectional shapes in the machine direction and/or two or more different fill yarns having different cross-sectional shapes in the cross-machine/transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Eric Lee BOOTH, Melissa GRACE, Kevin William RAY
  • Publication number: 20250389062
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of woven silt fence fabrics. In exemplary embodiments, the woven silt fence fabric may include two or more different warp yarns having different cross-sectional shapes in the machine direction and/or two or more different fill yarns having different cross-sectional shapes in the cross-machine/transverse direction. In exemplary embodiments, the woven silt fence fabric may comprise a high-strength high-modulus monofilament woven silt fence fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Eric Lee BOOTH, Melissa GRACE, Kevin William RAY
  • Patent number: 12410543
    Abstract: A woven silt fence fabric includes two or more distinctly different colors of warp yarns in the machine direction. The woven silt fence fabric includes a first woven fabric portion to be installed in the ground having a first color that is distinctly different from a second color of a second woven fabric portion to be installed and remain exposed above the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Willacoochee Industrial Fabrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lee Booth, Melissa Grace, Kevin William Ray
  • Publication number: 20250075459
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of sediment/erosion/perimeter control devices and methods of making and using the same. In exemplary embodiments, a sediment/erosion/perimeter control device (e.g., a wattle, etc.) comprises a material configured such that the sediment/erosion/perimeter control device is reconfigurable between at least a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the sediment/erosion/perimeter control device has a first size, shape, volume, and/or weight. In the second configuration, the sediment/erosion/perimeter control device has a second size, shape, volume, and/or weight substantially larger than the corresponding first size, shape, volume, and/or weight that the sediment/erosion/perimeter control device has in the first configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin William RAY, Melissa Grace, Eric Lee Booth
  • Publication number: 20250075458
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of sediment/erosion/perimeter control devices and methods of making and using the same. In exemplary embodiments, a system comprises a convertible silt fence/scour pad and a wattle. The wattle is integrated with the convertible silt fence/scour pad such that the convertible silt fence/scour pad and the wattle are an integrated, singular, or unitary product. The convertible silt fence/scour pad is deployable in at least a first orientation and a second orientation. In the first orientation, the convertible silt fence/scour pad is generally vertical and/or generally perpendicular relative to the ground or other surface supporting the wattle, whereby the convertible silt fence/scour pad is operable primarily as a silt fence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin William Ray, Melissa Grace, Eric Lee Booth
  • Publication number: 20230304249
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of woven silt fences including integrally woven pockets for support posts. In exemplary embodiments, a woven silt fence fabric includes one or more integrated pockets integrally woven within the woven silt fence fabric. The one or more integrated pockets are configured for receiving one or more support posts therein. In exemplary embodiments, a woven silt fence comprises the woven silt fence fabric and one or more support posts configured to be received within corresponding ones of the one or more integrated pockets integrally woven within the woven silt fence fabric. The one or more support posts may be configured to be positioned within corresponding ones of the one or more integrated pockets and driven into the ground for supporting the woven silt fence without requiring any fasteners for attachment of the one or more support posts to the woven silt fence fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin William RAY, Eric Lee BOOTH, Melissa GRACE
  • Patent number: 8895540
    Abstract: This invention relates to local administration of a bone-forming agent and at least one anti-resorptive agent to treat osteoporosis and related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Melissa Grace, Michael Slivka, Thomas G. Ferro, Vivek N. Shenoy, Alonzo D. Cook, Scott Bruder
  • Patent number: 8361467
    Abstract: The present invention relates to trans-capsularly administering into a diseased joint a high specificity antagonist selected from the group consisting of: i) an inhibitor of a pro-inflammatory interleukin; ii) an inhibitor of TNF-? synthesis; iii) an inhibitor of membrane-bound TNF-?; iv) an inhibitor of a natural receptor of TNF-?; v) an inhibitor of NO synthase, vi) an inhibitor of PLA2 enzyme; vii) an anti-proliferative agent; viii) an anti-oxidant; ix) an apoptosis inhibitor selected from the group consisting of EPO mimetic peptides, EPO mimetibodies, IGF-I, IGF-II, and caspase inhibitors, and x) an inhibitor of MMPs; and xi) an inhibitor of p38 kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Martin A. Reynolds, Melissa Grace, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder, Gregory Collins, Laura J. Brown, Jeff Geesin, Pamela L. Plouhar, Catherine Smith, John Siekierka
  • Patent number: 8333960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to administering autologous uncultured cells into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Thomas M. DiMauro, Melissa Grace, David Urbahns
  • Patent number: 8273347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to administering autologous uncultured cells into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Thomas M. DiMauro, Melissa Grace, David Urbahns
  • Publication number: 20090068270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to administering autologous uncultured cells into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Thomas M. DiMauro, Melissa Grace, David Urbahns
  • Patent number: RE49219
    Abstract: This invention relates to local administration of a bone-forming agent and at least one anti-resorptive agent to treat osteoporosis and related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Melissa Grace, Michael Slivka, Thomas G. Ferro, Vivek N. Shenoy, Alonzo D. Cook, Scott Bruder