Patents by Inventor Michael Straka

Michael Straka 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: 12712753
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving from a keyless account service, in response to an authentication request, a keyless account service signature including a cryptographic signature over a user identifier, a managing application identifier of a managing application, a nonce and to-be-revealed data, where the managing application manages activities by the user on a blockchain, and where the nonce is populated with a public key associated with the authentication request. An activity signature is generated for a particular activity based on the keyless account service signature and at least one to-be-revealed data field associated with the to-be-revealed data of the authentication request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: APTOS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Michael Straka, Ioan Alin Tomescu Nicolescu
  • Publication number: 20050199304
    Abstract: A multi-position micro-fluidic valve system that includes an actuator assembly with a housing and a drive shaft rotatably disposed in the housing for rotational displacement about a drive axis thereof. One end of the drive shaft is configured to couple to a drive motor for selective rotation of the drive shaft about the drive axis. One of at least two different multi-position fluid valve devices can be removably mated to the actuator assembly. Each valve device is configured for rotational movement of a corresponding valve shaft about a valve rotational axis thereof between a plurality of discrete fluid distribution positions. A coupling device selectively and removably mounts the valve shaft of the respective valve device to the drive shaft of the actuator assembly. This enables selective positioning of the multi-position fluid valve device at a discrete one of the plurality for discrete distribution positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Rheodyne, LLC
    Inventors: Carl Poppe, Carl Servin, Jon Nichols, Michael Straka
  • Publication number: 20050127097
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing system is provided for automated dispensing of a plurality of liquid reagents into a recreational body of water. The liquid dispensing system includes a cartridge apparatus defining a cavity, and a cartridge front wall. A plurality of liquid reagent containers are included, each containing a respective liquid reagent and each being disposed in the cavity in a manner permitting access to each respective liquid reagent through the front wall. A docking assembly is provided having a dock manifold device, and is releasably coupled to the cartridge apparatus between a first condition and a second condition. In a first condition, the cartridge apparatus can be removably coupled to the docking assembly, while in the second condition, the cartridge apparatus is lockably mounted to the docking assembly in a manner permitting fluid communication through the cartridge front wall from the respective reagent container to respective fluid passages of the manifold device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Rheodyne, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Straka, Carl Poppe, Carl Servin, Caba Calic