Patents by Inventor Patrick Richard Byrne

Patrick Richard Byrne 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).

  • Architectural building block
    Patent number: 9809971
    Abstract: An architectural building block including a generally triangular block having an outer wall, an inner wall disposed in substantially parallel configuration with respect to the outer wall and three side walls, each adjoining the outer wall and the inner wall. One of the side walls includes dual inverse mirror planes and each of the other two of which includes a single inverse mirror plane. At least one the side walls is configured to be positionable so as to mate with a side wall of an abuttingly disposed block, whereby curved structures may be constructed from a plurality of such blocks to form a dihedral angle between each set of two blocks. In one embodiment, the inner wall further includes at least one depression disposed on the inner wall of the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Spherical Block LLC
    Inventors: Peter Andrew Roberts, Wanrui He, Nolan Andrew Jessop, Sanket T. Patel, Alexander Karl Wessner, Nicholas Stephen Roberts, Patrick Richard Byrne, Pavel Boyuk, Martin Monk
  • ARCHITECTURAL BUILDING BLOCK
    Publication number: 20170247874
    Abstract: An architectural building block including a generally triangular block having an outer wall, an inner wall disposed in substantially parallel configuration with respect to the outer wall and three side walls, each adjoining the outer wall and the inner wall. One of the side walls includes dual inverse mirror planes and each of the other two of which includes a single inverse mirror plane. At least one the side walls is configured to be positionable so as to mate with a side wall of an abuttingly disposed block, whereby curved structures may be constructed from a plurality of such blocks to form a dihedral angle between each set of two blocks. In one embodiment, the inner wall further includes at least one depression disposed on the inner wall of the block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Andrew Roberts, Wanrui He, Nolan Andrew Jessop, Sanket T. Patel, Alexander Karl Wessner, Nicholas Stephen Roberts, Patrick Richard Byrne, Pavel Boyuk, Martin Monk