Patents by Inventor Michael E Graves
Michael E Graves 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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Patent number: 10092067Abstract: A walking stick can include a handle (50) including a head (52). The head (52) can include at least one internal reinforcement member (90). The at least one internal reinforcement member (90) can have a shape that is substantially the same as a shape of the head (52). The bathing wand can include a neck (54) and a shaft (20). The bathing wand can also include a foot (150, 180) for engaging the ground. The foot (150, 180) can be coupled to the shaft (20). In some aspects, the foot (180) can include at least two arms (186) extending from a top portion (190) towards a bottom portion (194) of the foot (180). Each of the at least two arms (186) can be coupled together through a base (188) of the of the bottom portion (194). In some aspects, at least one arm (186) can form a loop (193).Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Michael Graves Design Group, Inc.Inventors: Robert B. Van Varick, Donald S. Strum, Michael E. Graves, William R. Parcells, Jennifer A. Tuetken, Vladimir Anokhin, Daniel C. Sosa, Michael A. Daley, Bryan J. Semkuley, Clarice M. Theisen, Lynn R. Healey, Elizabeth W. Clubb, Richmond A. Hornby, Adam I. Lehman, Leland R. Adams, Jeffrey Randsen
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Publication number: 20170238769Abstract: A bathing wand (10) can include a handle (24) including a grasp (20). The grasp (20) can include a first section (34) and a second section (36). The first section (34) and the second section (36) can form a loop hole (38) configured to receive a user's hand. The bathing wand (10) can also include a wand head (12) and a bathing implement (16). The bathing implement (16) can be coupled to the wand head (12). In some configurations, the bathing wand (10) can include a vertebrae system (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Michael Graves Design Group, Inc.Inventors: Robert B. Van Varick, Donald S. Strum, Michael E. Graves, Vladimir I. Anokhin, Jessica L. Hurwit, Elizabeth W. Clubb, Michael A. Daley, Bryan J. Semkuley, Clarice M. Theisen, Lynn R. Healey, Melissa Dennis, Eric E. Butt, Adam I. Lehman, Jeffrey Randsen, James A. Walter, James D. McManus, Randal D. Olson, Aidan J. Petrie, Luke D. Hagan, Benoit Devinat, Daniel J. Nelsen, Peiguang Zhou, Davis Dang H. Nhan
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Publication number: 20170224072Abstract: A walking stick can include a handle (50) including a head (52). The head (52) can include at least one internal reinforcement member (90). The at least one internal reinforcement member (90) can have a shape that is substantially the same as a shape of the head (52). The bathing wand can include a neck (54) and a shaft (20). The bathing wand can also include a foot (150, 180) for engaging the ground. The foot (150, 180) can be coupled to the shaft (20). In some aspects, the foot (180) can include at least two arms (186) extending from a top portion (190) towards a bottom portion (194) of the foot (180). Each of the at least two arms (186) can be coupled together through a base (188) of the of the bottom portion (194). In some aspects, at least one arm (186) can form a loop (193).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Michael Graves Design Group, Inc.Inventors: Robert B. Van Varick, Donald S. Strum, Michael E. Graves, William R. Parcells, Jennifer A. Tuetken, Vladimir Anokhin, Daniel C. Sosa, Michael A. Daley, Bryan J. Semkuley, Clarice M. Theisen, Lynn R. Healey, Elizabeth W. Clubb, Richmond A. Hornby, Adam I. Lehman, Leland R. Adams, Jeffrey Randsen
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Patent number: 9033349Abstract: A wheeled medical device—such as a cot, stretcher, bed, wheeled chair, or other medical device—includes a pole on which is mounted a removable topper. The topper may include a plurality of IV hooks used to support an IV bag. The hooks may be defined in an endless ribbon that is circular, or that is another closed shape. No prongs, hooks, or other projections extend outwardly from the topper, thereby reducing the potential dangerousness of accidental impacts with the topper. Whether the topper includes hooks or not, it may also be used as an information communication medium, such as through the use of colors, shapes, or other structures that signify certain information. The information may identify characteristics of the patient associated with the medical device or characteristics of the medical device itself, or still other information.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Michael E. Graves, Donald S. Strum, Robert B. Van Varick, Joseph A. McCarry, William Dwight Childs, Anish Paul, Steven Lee Birman
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Publication number: 20110276492Abstract: A buyer (110) wishes to use a payment instrument as part of an online commerce transaction with a seller (120) and it is desired to authenticate that the buyer (110) has authority to use the payment instrument. A separate authentication service (130) determines whether the buyer (110) has access to certain secret information without revealing the secret information to the seller (120). Access to the secret information would verify that the buyer (110) has authority to use the payment instrument. The authentication service (130) informs the seller (120) whether the buyer (110) is authorized to use the payment instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Michael E. Graves, Peter E. Frank, Thane Plambeck, Gregory R. Whitehead
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Patent number: 7983993Abstract: A buyer (110) wishes to use a payment instrument as part of an online commerce transaction with a seller (120) and it is desired to authenticate that the buyer (110) has authority to use the payment instrument. A separate authentication service (130) determines whether the buyer (110) has access to certain secret information without revealing the secret information to the seller (120). Access to the secret information would verify that the buyer (110) has authority to use the payment instrument. The authentication service (130) informs the seller (120) whether the buyer (110) is authorized to use the payment instrument.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: VeriSign, Inc.Inventors: Michael E. Graves, Peter E. Frank, Thane Plambeck, Gregory R. Whitehead
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Publication number: 20100293100Abstract: A buyer (110) wishes to use a payment instrument as part of an online commerce transaction with a seller (120) and it is desired to authenticate that the buyer (110) has authority to use the payment instrument. A separate authentication service (130) determines whether the buyer (110) has access to certain secret information without revealing the secret information to the seller (120). Access to the secret information would verify that the buyer (110) has authority to use the payment instrument. The authentication service (130) informs the seller (120) whether the buyer (110) is authorized to use the payment instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: VeriSign, Inc.Inventors: Michael E. Graves, Peter E. Frank, Thane Plambeck, Gregory R. Whitehead
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Patent number: 7778934Abstract: A buyer (110) wishes to use a payment instrument as part of an online commerce transaction with a seller (120) and it is desired to authenticate that the buyer (110) has authority to use the payment instrument. A separate authentication service (130) determines whether the buyer (110) has access to certain secret information without revealing the secret information to the seller (120). Access to the secret information would verify that the buyer (110) has authority to use the payment instrument. The authentication service (130) informs the seller (120) whether the buyer (110) is authorized to use the payment instrument.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2001Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: VeriSign, Inc.Inventors: Michael E Graves, Peter E Frank, Thane Plambeck, Gregory R Whitehead
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Publication number: 20040177047Abstract: A buyer (110) wishes to use a payment instrument as part of an online commerce transaction with a seller (120) and it is desired to authenticate that the buyer (110) has authority to use the payment instrument. A separate authentication service (130) determines whether the buyer (110) has access to certain secret information without revealing the secret information to the seller (120). Access to the secret information would verify that the buyer (110) has authority to use the payment instrument. The authentication service (130) informs the seller (120) whether the buyer (110) is authorized to use the payment instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2001Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Michael E. Graves, Peter E. Frank, Thane Plambeck, Gregory R. Whitehead
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Patent number: D635837Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Slice, IncInventors: Gregory P. Allison, Donald S. Strum, Yuka Midorikawa-Haelters, Michael E. Graves
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Patent number: D636127Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Slice, Inc.Inventors: Gregory P. Allison, Donald S. Strum, Yuka Midorikawa-Haelters, Michael E. Graves
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Patent number: D637647Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Slice, Inc.Inventors: Gregory P. Allison, Donald S. Strum, Yuka Midorikawa-Haelters, Michael E. Graves
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Patent number: D705134Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: William Dwight Childs, Anish Paul, Steven Lee Birman, Michael E. Graves, Donald S. Strum, Robert B. Van Varick, Joseph A. McCarry
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Patent number: D732439Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: William Dwight Childs, Anish Paul, Steven Lee Birman, Michael E. Graves, Donald S. Strum, Robert B. Van Varick, Joseph A. McCarry
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Patent number: D742286Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: William Dwight Childs, Anish Paul, Steven Lee Birman, Michael E. Graves, Donald S. Strum, Robert B. Van Varick, Joseph A. McCarry
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Patent number: D743305Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: William Dwight Childs, Anish Paul, Steven Lee Birman, Michael E. Graves, Donald S. Strum, Robert B. Van Varick, Joseph A. McCarry