Patents by Inventor Patrick H. Brown

Patrick H. Brown 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).

  • Precision harvesting and analysis techniques for crops
    Patent number: 7211745
    Abstract: A method for weighing a crop is disclosed. The method includes (a) loading a crop into a container using a crop transport apparatus, (b) temporarily stopping the crop transport apparatus from loading the crop into the container, (c) weighing the crop using the container, (d) unloading the weighed crop from the container by automatically manipulating the container, and (e) repeating steps (a)–(d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Patrick H. Brown, Uriel A. Rosa, Shrini Upadhyaya
  • Drywall cutting tool
    Patent number: 6612035
    Abstract: A drywall cutting tool provides cuts in drywall material either parallel or perpendicular to a reference edge of the sheet, without repositioning the tool from the reference edge. The tool comprises a T square, with the head and stem portions immovably affixed to one another. The stem of the tool carries a slidably adjustable cutting body thereon, with the cutting body being secured through an elongate slot formed in the center of the stem portion of the device. The cutting body carries a pair of spaced apart cutting rollers or discs, and may be turned so the cutting axes of the two discs define a line either parallel or perpendicular to the reference edge of the sheet, and thus perpendicular or parallel to the stem of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventors: Patrick H. Brown, William D. Good
  • Drywall cutting tool
    Publication number: 20010029673
    Abstract: A drywall cutting tool provides cuts in drywall material either parallel or perpendicular to a reference edge of the sheet, without repositioning the tool from the reference edge. The tool comprises a T square, with the head and stem portions immovably affixed to one another. The stem of the tool carries a slidably adjustable cutting body thereon, with the cutting body being secured through an elongate slot formed in the center of the stem portion of the device. The cutting body carries a pair of spaced apart cutting rollers or discs, and may be turned so the cutting axes of the two discs define a line either parallel or perpendicular to the reference edge of the sheet, and thus perpendicular or parallel to the stem of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Patrick H. Brown, William D. Good