Patents by Inventor Nicholas Kaufmann

Nicholas Kaufmann 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: 12005032
    Abstract: An electronic device, method of use, and system for improving medication compliance are disclosed. The device may comprise an upper cover configured to adhere to a pill bottle cap; a printed circuit board (PCB); a battery communicatively linked to the PCB; a sensor communicatively linked to the PCB; and a lower cover through which the sensor is configured to transmit and receive signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Helios Center of Engineering Excellence, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Kaufmann, Benjamin Kaufmann, Nicholas Kaufmann, Doug Conyers
  • Patent number: 11348131
    Abstract: A method and system of allocating an interest in mineral rights. The method comprises receiving, in a memory of the server computing device, a set of land tract boundary data and a set of spacing unit boundary data from a plurality of data sources; defining, in a processor of the server computing device, based on standardizing the sets of land tract boundary data and spacing unit boundary data, a land tract polygon and a spacing unit polygon, the land tract and spacing unit polygons representing geo-located areas bounding a land tract and a spacing unit respectively; determining, in the processor, an intersection area defined in common between the land tract polygon and the spacing unit polygon; and allocating the interest in mineral rights based at least partly on the intersection area, an expected royalty rate, and an allocation factor attributable to at least one of a plurality of contributing sources associated with the mineral right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Vento Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Kaufmann, Charles Rice, Ed Turpin
  • Publication number: 20210209630
    Abstract: A method and system of allocating an interest in mineral rights. The method comprises receiving, in a memory of the server computing device, a set of land tract boundary data and a set of spacing unit boundary data from a plurality of data sources; defining, in a processor of the server computing device, based on standardizing the sets of land tract boundary data and spacing unit boundary data, a land tract polygon and a spacing unit polygon, the land tract and spacing unit polygons representing geo-located areas bounding a land tract and a spacing unit respectively; determining, in the processor, an intersection area defined in common between the land tract polygon and the spacing unit polygon; and allocating the interest in mineral rights based at least partly on the intersection area, an expected royalty rate, and an allocation factor attributable to at least one of a plurality of contributing sources associated with the mineral right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas Kaufmann, Charles Rice, Ed Turpin
  • Publication number: 20210154103
    Abstract: An electronic device, method of use, and system for improving medication compliance are disclosed. The device may comprise an upper cover configured to adhere to a pill bottle cap; a printed circuit board (PCB); a battery communicatively linked to the PCB; a sensor communicatively linked to the PCB; and a lower cover through which the sensor is configured to transmit and receive signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Kaufmann, Benjamin Kaufmann, Nicholas Kaufmann, Doug Conyers