Patents by Inventor Michael Towle

Michael Towle 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: 20230410104
    Abstract: A system managing software program transactions and use has an Internet platform with a server and a processor coupled to a data repository, executing software providing interactive interfaces to users, stored profiles for registered users of the system, and an inventory of the software programs for sale or rent, each software program defined by a Smart Contract (SC) in a Blockchain. The system is characterized in that a registered user selects a software program, and the system interacts with the registered user to agree to a price and terms of use, the agreed price and terms of use are instantiated by the system in a non-fungible token (NFT) minted by the SC, the NFT is populated with critical properties, the NFT is associated with a profile for the registered user, recorded in a Software Title Ledger, and the software program is provided to the registered user ready to execute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Towles
  • Patent number: 4549315
    Abstract: A heat-resistant bib overall for use by a fireman includes a lower trouser portion and an upper bib portion, the lower trouser portion providing right and left outer (side) seams, the bib portion including separate right front and left front and rear bib sections, said bib sections being continuously sewn along their bottom edges to a high waistband formed by a hem along the upper edge of the trouser portion, the rear bib portion extending forwardly to the respective right and left outer (side) seams and the right and left front bib sections extending rearwardly past the respective right and left outer (side) seams, such that the respective front bib sections will overlap the rear bib section along the opposite sides of the bib overall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1985
    Assignee: Globe Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Raymond English, Michael Towle