Patents by Inventor Reece W. Hopkins

Reece W. Hopkins 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).

  • Chemistry/instrument parameter color maintenance
    Patent number: 11953496
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for selecting a color for a chemistry or instrument based upon a parameter of a test, the method including: identifying a color corresponding to a parameter of a test for the parameter; selecting, if the color corresponding to the parameter has not previously been used for another parameter, the color for designating a chemistry or an instrument as corresponding to the parameter; selecting, if the color corresponding to the parameter has previously been used for another parameter, a different color other than the color for designating a chemistry or an instrument as corresponding to the parameter, wherein the selecting a color other than the color comprises identifying a color having a measure of change in visual perception of the different color against other previously selected colors a predetermined value from the other previously selected colors; and utilizing the selected colors for parameters across both chemistries (102, 104, 105) and instruments (101, 103) that are util
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HACH COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Jonathan Tschampl, Peter Michalski, Reece W. Hopkins, Frederik Nordahl
  • CHEMISTRY/INSTRUMENT PARAMETER COLOR MAINTENANCE
    Publication number: 20220334098
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for selecting a color for a chemistry or instrument based upon a parameter of a test, the method including: identifying a color corresponding to a parameter of a test for the parameter; selecting, if the color corresponding to the parameter has not previously been used for another parameter, the color for designating a chemistry or an instrument as corresponding to the parameter; selecting, if the color corresponding to the parameter has previously been used for another parameter, a different color other than the color for designating a chemistry or an instrument as corresponding to the parameter, wherein the selecting a color other than the color comprises identifying a color having a measure of change in visual perception of the different color against other previously selected colors a predetermined value from the other previously selected colors; and utilizing the selected colors for parameters across both chemistries (102, 104, 105) and instruments (101, 103) that are util
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Jonathan Tschampl, Peter Michalski, Reece W. Hopkins, Frederik Nordahl
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D936083
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HACH COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Jonathan Tschampl, Reece W. Hopkins, Jennifer Kotch, Heather Nicole Goodrich, Victor Ray Williams
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D936084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HACH COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Jonathan Tschampl, Reece W. Hopkins, Jennifer Kotch, Heather Nicole Goodrich, Victor Ray Williams
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D936085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HACH COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Jonathan Tschampl, Reece W. Hopkins, Jennifer Kotch, Heather Nicole Goodrich, Victor Ray Williams
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D936086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HACH COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Jonathan Tschampl, Reece W. Hopkins, Jennifer Kotch, Heather Nicole Goodrich, Victor Ray Williams
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D1019672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HACH COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Jonathan Tschampl, Reece W. Hopkins, Jennifer Kotch, Heather Nicole Goodrich, Victor Ray Williams