Patents by Inventor Michael D. Ferguson

Michael D. Ferguson 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: 11047658
    Abstract: An apparatus for adding weight to an arrow and a system and method of correcting the trajectory of the arrow with the added weight is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator designed to fit as a sleeve on a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Pro-Tracker IP Holding, LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Ferguson, Gary A. Christensen
  • Patent number: 10969210
    Abstract: A system and method of correcting the trajectory of a hunting arrow is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator coupled to a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Michael D. Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20210080239
    Abstract: An apparatus for adding weight to an arrow and a system and method of correcting the trajectory of the arrow with the added weight is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator designed to fit as a sleeve on a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Michael D. Ferguson, Gary A. Christensen
  • Patent number: 10871356
    Abstract: A system and method of correcting the trajectory of a hunting arrow is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator coupled to a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Pro-Tracker IP Holding, LLC
    Inventor: Michael D. Ferguson
  • Patent number: 10871357
    Abstract: A system and method of correcting the trajectory of a hunting arrow is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator coupled to a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Pro-Tracker IP Holding, LLC
    Inventor: Michael D. Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20200263964
    Abstract: A system and method of correcting the trajectory of a hunting arrow is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator coupled to a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Michael D. Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20200173762
    Abstract: An apparatus for adding weight to an arrow and a system and method of correcting the trajectory of the arrow with the added weight is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator designed to fit as a sleeve on a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Michael D. Ferguson, Gary A. Christensen
  • Publication number: 20200041241
    Abstract: A system and method of correcting the trajectory of a hunting arrow is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator coupled to a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Michael D. Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20200022294
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawSixtyTwo’, particularly characterized by its yield potential, fruit size and flavor, and shelf-life, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Omar Carrillo Mendoza, Luis Miguel Rodriguez, Michael D. Ferguson, Philip J. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20190331469
    Abstract: A system and method of correcting the trajectory of a hunting arrow is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator coupled to a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Michael D. Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20180238666
    Abstract: A system and method of correcting the trajectory of a hunting arrow is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator coupled to a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Michael D. Ferguson
  • Patent number: 10018454
    Abstract: A hunting arrow for tracking target animals is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a chamber. The arrow may also include a transmitter housing that is installable into the chamber. A pair of bores extending through the transmitter housing and chamber may be configured and adapted for receiving a pair of shear pins. The shear pins may secure the housing in the chamber. The transmitter housing may comprise an animal engagement member, such as a hook. The transmitter housing is ejected from the chamber when the arrow strikes a target animal and the hook stops the forward momentum of the transmitter housing with sufficient force to shear the shear pins, thereby ejecting and embedding the transmitter housing in the hide of the animal. The transmitter within the housing may broadcast the location of the animal to the hunter to enable easy tracking of the animal, if wounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Inventor: Michael D. Ferguson
  • Publication number: 20170131077
    Abstract: A hunting arrow for tracking target animals is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a chamber. The arrow may also include a transmitter housing that is installable into the chamber. A pair of bores extending through the transmitter housing and chamber may be configured and adapted for receiving a pair of shear pins. The shear pins may secure the housing in the chamber. The transmitter housing may comprise an animal engagement member, such as a hook. The transmitter housing is ejected from the chamber when the arrow strikes a target animal and the hook stops the forward momentum of the transmitter housing with sufficient force to shear the shear pins, thereby ejecting and embedding the transmitter housing in the hide of the animal. The transmitter within the housing may broadcast the location of the animal to the hunter to enable easy tracking of the animal, if wounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Michael D. Ferguson
  • Patent number: PP27813
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawFortySeven’ particularly characterized by having large, dark red, sweet fruit, a globose—semi-upright plant habit, and resistance to Tetranychus urticae, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Ferguson, Terrance C. Moran, Josefa Lagunas
  • Patent number: PP29731
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawFiftySix’, particularly characterized by having a high proportion of marketable fruit of the overall yield and flavor, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Driscoll's Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Ferguson, Renae R. Robertson, Philip J. Stewart
  • Patent number: PP30789
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawSixty’, particularly characterized by its yield potential, post-harvest quality of fruit, eating quality of fruit, plant size, and everbearing habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Ferguson, Josefa Lagunas
  • Patent number: PP31527
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawSixtyTwo’, particularly characterized by its yield potential, fruit size and flavor, and shelf-life, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Omar Carrillo Mendoza, Luis Miguel Rodriguez, Michael D. Ferguson, Philip J. Stewart
  • Patent number: PP31827
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawSeventySix’, selected for its fruit flavor, fruit size, and yield, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Ferguson, Penny Nguyen
  • Patent number: PP32080
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawSeventyFive’, selected for its large conical fruits, open canopy, and long trusses, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Ferguson, Penny Nguyen
  • Patent number: PP32271
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawSeventySeven’, selected for its fruit size, yield, flavor, plant architecture, and open canopy, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Driscoll's, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Ferguson, Penny Nguyen