Patents by Inventor Richard Brock

Richard Brock 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: 11944347
    Abstract: A trocar assembly can include a cannula, a seal cartridge, and an obturator. The seal cartridge is configured to be releasably coupled to the cannula and to be disposed at least partially within the cannula in a coupled configuration of the seal cartridge. The obturator is configured to directly latch to the cannula and to extends through the cannula and the seal cartridge in a coupled configuration of the obturator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Joseph Mozloom, Jr., Christopher Brock Stone, Andrew S. Berkowitz, Steven G. Hall, Jeffrey P. Wiley, Richard Patrick Chesnes, Jeffery T. Kirk, Aren Calder Hill
  • Patent number: 11778948
    Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hotspot AG, Inc.
    Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
  • Publication number: 20230077506
    Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
  • Patent number: 11510366
    Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Hotspot AG, Inc.
    Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
  • Publication number: 20210267122
    Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
  • Patent number: 10952376
    Abstract: An orchard sanitation implement disposes of unharvested nuts which may otherwise be utilized as habitat and food for navel orangeworms. Unharvested nuts are lifted from the orchard floor and delivered to a storage bin of the implement. Once received within the storage bin, the unharvested nuts are separated from other orchard debris by a looping belt which allows unharvested nuts to fall through, but other orchard debris is conveyed outside of the storage bin for deposit either into a container or back to the orchard floor. The unharvested nuts fall through openings in the looping belt, through an outlet at the bottom of the storage bin and into a shredding unit attached to the outlet. The shredding unit shreds and pulverizes the unharvested nuts into a composition which is too small to be utilized by navel orangeworms for habitat or a source of food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hotspot AG, Inc.
    Inventors: James Nichols, Richard Brock, Terry Kwast
  • Publication number: 20130212712
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed, which allows registered visitors the opportunity to create bounded packets (QYouBs) containing a range of personally-identifiable information (PII) selected by the subscriber to meet a specific need, which can then be quickly transferred to a receiving party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventor: KEVIN Richard BROCK
  • Patent number: D648035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: BioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley M. Philipak, Frederic Paulhet, Mark Joseph Fanning, Richard Brock, Mark W. Segrist, Thomas Gentles
  • Patent number: D652947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: bioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley M. Philipak, Frederic Paulhet, Mark Joseph Fanning, Richard Brock, Mark W. Segrist, Thomas Gentles