Patents by Inventor Michael R. Wilkinson

Michael R. Wilkinson 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: 8602574
    Abstract: A self-inspection apparatus comprising a mirror support member having a hinge proximate an end thereof and configured to couple to a toilet bowl rim or a toilet seat, and a mirror coupled to the mirror support member at the hinge and configured to be positionable for self-inspection. A method of manufacturing a self-inspection apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: NIH Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Haroon I. Alvi, Nancy L. Cozzie, Michael R. Wilkinson, Arnold Ochoa, Brian Eaton
  • Publication number: 20120285180
    Abstract: A portable medicine cooler is provided herein. In one embodiment, the portable medicine cooler includes: (1) a self-cooling and receiving structure including a thermoelectric cooler, a vial receiver and a heat sink, wherein the thermoelectric cooler thermally couples the vial receiver to the heat sink, (2) a battery configured to provide power to the thermoelectric cooler and (3) a thermoelectric cooler controller configured to employ the battery to control moving heat between the vial receiver and the heat sink based on an external temperature representing a temperature outside of the portable medicine cooler and an internal temperature representing a temperature of the vial receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Kewl Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Wilkinson, H. Michael Willey
  • Patent number: 8225616
    Abstract: A portable medicine cooler and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the portable medicine cooler includes: (1) a shell having a grille and further having a door configured to provide access to a cavity within the shell for containing a medicine to be cooled, (2) a cooling and receiver structure coupled to the shell and including a thermoelectric cooler interposing a heat sink and a vial receiver and (3) electronic cooling control and medicine efficacy indication circuitry coupled to the cooling and receiving structure and including a processor, at least one temperature sensor configured to provide a signal to the processor indicating a temperature associated with the portable medicine cooler, a battery configured to provide power to the processor and an indicator selected from the group consisting of at least one light-emitting diode and a liquid-crystal display and configured to provide an indication of an operation of the portable medicine cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: KEWL Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Wilkinson, H. Michael Willey
  • Publication number: 20090100843
    Abstract: A portable medicine cooler and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the portable medicine cooler includes: (1) a shell having a grille and further having a door configured to provide access to a cavity within the shell for containing a medicine to be cooled, (2) a cooling and receiver structure coupled to the shell and including a thermoelectric cooler interposing a heat sink and a vial receiver and (3) electronic cooling control and medicine efficacy indication circuitry coupled to the cooling and receiving structure and including a processor, at least one temperature sensor configured to provide a signal to the processor indicating a temperature associated with the portable medicine cooler, a battery configured to provide power to the processor and an indicator selected from the group consisting of at least one light-emitting diode and a liquid-crystal display and configured to provide an indication of an operation of the portable medicine cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Kewl Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Wilkinson, H. Michael Willey
  • Patent number: 4562226
    Abstract: Aqueous compositions suitable for forming on a substrate a temporary protective coating, which can subsequently be removed by treatment with an aqueous alkaline solution, comprise a sterically stabilized dispersion in an aqueous medium of particles of size range 0.1-10 .mu.m of a polymer derived from monomers including at least one acrylic monomer and from 5% to 40%, based on the total weight of monomers, of an ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acid, or an equivalent proportion of an unsaturated polycarboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Norman A. Coombes, Michael R. Wilkinson, Charles W. A. Bromley