Patents by Inventor Richard STEC

Richard STEC 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).

  • Publication number: 20250390862
    Abstract: Securing digital assets in a vault that interfaces with multiple different third-party wallets to store keys/mnemonics. The vault interface accepts input from multiple different party wallets to combine multiple encryptions and secure storage techniques. Numerous cryptographic mechanisms are employed to securely pull a mnemonic phrase from a third-party wallet and into an institution's vault. A customer's mnemonic phrase is securely transported from a personal wallet into a secured institution's encrypted vault using the power of HSM to encrypt and decrypt a customer's mnemonic phrase securely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Todd Steven Biggs, Phillip H. Griffin, Upul D. Hanwella, Mabel Oza, Luiz Silva, Jeff J. Stapleton, Richard Stec, Kurt Paul Stevens, Luis A. Suarez, Sean Xiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12423679
    Abstract: Securing digital assets in a vault that interfaces with multiple different third-party wallets to store keys/mnemonics. The vault interface accepts input from multiple different party wallets to combine multiple encryptions and secure storage techniques. Numerous cryptographic mechanisms are employed to securely pull a mnemonic phrase from a third-party wallet and into an institution's vault. A customer's mnemonic phrase is securely transported from a personal wallet into a secured institution's encrypted vault using the power of HSM to encrypt and decrypt a customer's mnemonic phrase securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Todd Steven Biggs, Phillip H. Griffin, Upul D. Hanwella, Mabel Oza, Luiz Silva, Jeff J. Stapleton, Richard Stec, Kurt Paul Stevens, Luis A. Suarez, Sean Xiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240330904
    Abstract: Securing digital assets in a vault that interfaces with multiple different third-party wallets to store keys/mnemonics. The vault interface accepts input from multiple different party wallets to combine multiple encryptions and secure storage techniques. Numerous cryptographic mechanisms are employed to securely pull a mnemonic phrase from a third-party wallet and into an institution's vault. A customer's mnemonic phrase is securely transported from a personal wallet into a secured institution's encrypted vault using the power of HSM to encrypt and decrypt a customer's mnemonic phrase securely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Todd Steven Biggs, Phillip H. Griffin, Upul D. Hanwella, Mabel Oza, Luiz Silva, Jeff J. Stapleton, Richard Stec, Kurt Paul Stevens, Luis A. Suarez, Sean Xiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12073386
    Abstract: Securing digital assets in a vault that interfaces with multiple different third-party wallets to store keys/mnemonics. The vault interface accepts input from multiple different party wallets to combine multiple encryptions and secure storage techniques. Numerous cryptographic mechanisms are employed to securely pull a mnemonic phrase from a third-party wallet and into an institution's vault. A customer's mnemonic phrase is securely transported from a personal wallet into a secured institution's encrypted vault using the power of HSM to encrypt and decrypt a customer's mnemonic phrase securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
    Inventors: Todd Steven Biggs, Phillip H. Griffin, Upul D. Hanwella, Mabel Oza, Luiz Silva, Jeff J. Stapleton, Richard Stec, Kurt Paul Stevens, Luis A. Suarez, Sean Xiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240083477
    Abstract: A rail sensor unit (10) for attachment to a rail (12) of a rail track, and for sensing by attachment to the rail, acoustic signals and vibrations in the rail. The sensor unit (10) comprises a housing body (20) made in one piece, having a contoured sensing wall portion (22), and an interior compartment (24). The contour is tailored for fitting against a head, web or foot of a rail. At least one piezo-electric transducer (42) within the housing body (20) is coupled to the sensing wall portion (22) for sensing acoustic signals. The housing body (20) efficiently provides substantially all of the contact surfaces form-fitting to the rail. Electronic circuitry (52) in the housing has a controllable dynamic range configuration for both weak signal detection and strong signal detection. The electronic circuitry and electromagnetic shielding protection (48a, 50a) are mounted on a rigid-flex printed circuit substrate (46) folded in the interior compartment (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: DSRailTech, a.s.
    Inventors: José Arturo LOZANO ANGULO, Ladislav SMATANA, Richard STEC, Samuel KUPKA, Jaroslav GALLO, Pavol AMRICH