Patents by Inventor Neil Preston

Neil Preston 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: 20090276301
    Abstract: A system and method for associating value with ideas. Unit of value indicators are issued to users. Ideas are identified by the users and submitted to the system. The users make requests to associate the unit of value indicators with the submitted ideas. As a result of an award event, an award winner is issued additional unit of value indicators. The award winner further associates such unit of value indicators with the ideas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Barclays Capital Inc.
    Inventors: John Andrew Harvey, Geraint Neil Preston, Hood Qa'lm-Maqami
  • Patent number: 4533144
    Abstract: An electronic game in which the game participant fires a hand held target weapon at targets and must evade simulated return fire directed at the person of the participant from hazard weapons. The targets include lamps which are momentarily energized one at a time by timing circuitry. The target weapon includes a trigger switch and a photosensor for detecting when the target weapon is accurately aimed at an energized target. Digital displays indicate the number of shots remaining and the number of target hits that have been recorded by the participant. The hazard weapons emit infrared beams at the body of the game participant and are activated one at a time by timing circuitry. The game is terminated when the participant has expended all of the allotted shots at the targets or when the beam from an activated hazard weapon is intercepted by the person of the game participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: Manuel Juarez
    Inventors: Manuel Juarez, Neil Preston