Patents by Inventor Michael Sprauve

Michael Sprauve 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: 20260182541
    Abstract: A smart cat scratcher system including advanced interaction detection, behavioral analysis, and adaptive reward control to provide an intelligent feline enrichment and training platform. The system includes a scratching surface, one or more sensors configured to detect an interaction by a cat and capture characteristics of the interaction, a reward dispenser, and a controller configured to determine whether the interaction meets a reward condition and to automatically dispense a reward in response. The one or more sensors may include accelerometers, capacitive sensors, load cells, vibration sensors, optical sensors, acoustic sensors, and cameras, enabling detection of parameters such as intensity, duration, frequency, direction, and spatial distribution. The controller may implement a multi-level automated reward protocol with configurable reinforcement modes, and the system may be modular, networked, and coupled to a companion application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: Busy Kitty, LLC
    Inventors: Andrea Wandrey, William G.M. Fischer, Michael Sprauve
  • Publication number: 20250340357
    Abstract: Portable and reconfigurable containers for delivering food products from a central location to a remote location are disclosed. More specifically, the disclosure relates to portable containers for delivering food products operable to maintain an environment for the food product during the delivery process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Applicant: PAVEL & SPRAUVE LLC
    Inventors: Steven S. ESCOBAR, Michael SPRAUVE, Michael PAVEL, Guoqiang LI
  • Publication number: 20250335862
    Abstract: Disclosed are portable containers for delivering food products from a central location to a remote location. More specifically. the disclosure relates to portable containers for delivering food products operable to maintain an environment for the food product during the delivery process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Applicant: PAVEL & SPRAUVE LLC
    Inventors: Steven S. ESCOBAR, Michael SPRAUVE, Michael PAVEL
  • Patent number: 12223461
    Abstract: Disclosed are portable containers for delivering food products from a central location to a remote location. More specifically, the disclosure relates to portable containers for delivering food products operable to maintain an environment for the food product during the delivery process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: PAVEL & SPRAUVE LLC
    Inventors: Steven S. Escobar, Michael Sprauve, Michael Pavel
  • Publication number: 20240086822
    Abstract: Disclosed are portable containers for delivering food products from a central location to a remote location. More specifically, the disclosure relates to portable containers for delivering food products operable to maintain an environment for the food product during the delivery process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: PAVEL & SPRAUVE LLC
    Inventors: Steven S. ESCOBAR, Michael SPRAUVE, Michael PAVEL
  • Patent number: 11810046
    Abstract: Disclosed are portable containers for delivering food products from a central location to a remote location. More specifically, the disclosure relates to portable containers for delivering food products operable to maintain an environment for the food product during the delivery process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PAVEL & SPRAUVE LLC
    Inventors: Steven S. Escobar, Michael Sprauve, Michael Pavel
  • Publication number: 20220405696
    Abstract: Disclosed are portable containers for delivering food products from a central location to a remote location. More specifically, the disclosure relates to portable containers for delivering food products operable to maintain an environment for the food product during the delivery process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: PAVEL & SPRAUVE LLC
    Inventors: Steven S. ESCOBAR, Michael SPRAUVE, Michael PAVEL
  • Patent number: 11449818
    Abstract: Disclosed are portable containers for delivering food products from a central location to a remote location. More specifically, the disclosure relates to portable containers for delivering food products operable to maintain an environment for the food product during the delivery process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: PAVEL & SPRAUVE LLC
    Inventors: Steven S. Escobar, Michael Sprauve, Michael Pavel
  • Publication number: 20220044188
    Abstract: Disclosed are portable containers for delivering food products from a central location to a remote location. More specifically, the disclosure relates to portable containers for delivering food products operable to maintain an environment for the food product during the delivery process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: PAVEL & SPRAUVE LLC
    Inventors: Steven S. ESCOBAR, Michael SPRAUVE, Michael Pavel
  • Publication number: 20160103434
    Abstract: A health and fitness device comprises a body configured to be worn on a body part such as a neck of a user. In some embodiments, the body is circular. The health and fitness device comprises one or more stimulus modules for providing a stimulus to the user and a control device for controlling the one or more modules. The health and fitness device is controllable through a smart phone and/or smart device and an application stored on the smart phone and/or smart device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jeoff Drobot, Jeff Katz, Michael Sprauve, Steven Simas Escobar, Adrian Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 7234115
    Abstract: An entertainment system and method including controllable components dispersed among a plurality of locations and each having attributes associated therewith, a plurality of interconnections between the controllable components, a plurality of user interface devices, and a controller that generates graphical user interfaces for the user interface devices for controlling the plurality of controllable components. The graphical user interfaces include commands for operating the controllable components that vary among the graphical user interfaces based on the locations of the user interface devices, and the controllable component attributes, locations and interconnections. The controller also automatically creates schematic diagrams, lists, views and test plans for the controlled components and/or the interconnections therebetween based upon the identification of the controlled components, and their attributes, locations and interconnections, to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Home Director, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sprauve, Manish Thakur, Ravi Verma, Brent Bilger