Patents by Inventor Patrick Y. De Le fevre

Patrick Y. De Le fevre 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: 6393417
    Abstract: A method is provided for rapid Internet searching through the creation of a “fingerprint” of information associated with a search request made by an individual. This fingerprint is forwarded to a library that locates information related to the fingerprint from information submitted by entrants who enter their data in accordance with a specialized master plan and format. In one embodiment the master plan has such universal parameters as description, location, price, consumer and consultant feedback, payment, shipment and time, insurance/warranty, and maintenance. A request is encoded in terms of a particular coordinate number reflecting master plan parameters as the fingerprint that is transmitted to the library. The fingerprint, in one embodiment includes the result of a series of branching operations to arrive at a decision or a coordinate number corresponding to a prescribed priority choices of parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventor: Patrick Y. De Le fevre
  • Patent number: 5930970
    Abstract: In a universal, reusable system for molding concrete or other settable fluids for use in building construction, an apertured composite plastic panel is provided for use in the framing system in which the plastic panel, rather than being of a honeycomb structure, includes a single face sheet which serves as a pour side surface, with an array of truncated pyramids having central apertures extending rearwardly from the back side of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Inventor: Patrick Y. De Le fevre
  • Patent number: 5833872
    Abstract: A universal reusable system is provided for molding concrete or other settable fluids for use in building construction. In the subject system, apertured composite plastic panels and frames, prestressed by the presence of an array of removable and interchangeable oversized plastic plugs, are positioned and held in place by a framing system which utilizes a combination of apertured strips used as base guides and both vertical and horizontal channels, as well as dowels and plugs. The use of apertured panels and framing system provides for a reusable assembly whose dimensions can be readily set on site for each application and whose rectilinearity is maintained either by the dowel-aperture combination or by a combination of oversized plugs in adjacent members to be joined and connectors therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Inventor: Patrick Y. De Le fevre