Patents by Inventor Robert A. Scott

Robert A. Scott 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).

  • Push-buttons for gaming machines
    Patent number: 11276268
    Abstract: Push-button switches and components thereof, including push-button switch button covers, as well as methods of making the same and gaming machines having such push-button switches, are provided. The push-button switches are low profile and configured for aperture-free mounting, and the button covers are configured to convey information and have improved characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventors: Rachel Calhoun Lewis, Mark Robert Brandau, Karl Frederick Zedell, Jr., Sigmund Hyunjai Lee, Ian Robert Scott, James Ely Tillery
  • Endonuclase-assisted isothermal amplification using contamination-free reagents
    Patent number: 11268116
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and kits for endonuclease-assisted DNA amplification reaction using decontaminated primer solutions that are pre-treated with a nuclease. Nucleic acid amplification assays that employ nuclease-resistant, inosine-containing primers, endonuclease V enzymes to introduce a nick into a target DNA comprising at least one inosine, and a DNA polymerase to generate amplicons of a target DNA are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS OPERATIONS UK LTD
    Inventors: Robert Scott Duthie, John Richard Nelson, Anuradha Sekher
  • Cargo Securing Assembly
    Publication number: 20220055520
    Abstract: A cargo securing assembly includes a bracket is mountable to a cargo trailer. A rod is provided and the rod is rotatably coupled to the bracket. The rod has a slot therein and a cargo strap can be extended therethrough. The rod is rotatable in a first direction to wrap the cargo strap around the rod and a second direction to unwrap the cargo strap from the rod. A nut is coupled to the rod and the nut has a plurality of rectilinear apertures extending therethrough. A pole is provided that has a squared end which is insertable into a respective one of the apertures. Thus, the pole is inhibited from rotating in the respective aperture to inhibit a user from being injured by the pole rotating when the user is tightening the cargo strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Scott, Rasharrd Scott
  • Gas oven with electric and gas heating elements
    Patent number: 11242995
    Abstract: An oven has a housing defining a cooking cavity. A door is configured to open and close to provide access to the cooking cavity. At least one gas heating element is provided at a lower portion of the cooking cavity, and an electric heating element is provided at an upper portion of the cooking cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Scott Donarski
  • Expanding plunger rods for syringes
    Patent number: 11229747
    Abstract: An expanding plunger rod (100) for a syringe (50). The expanding plunger rod is configured to transition from a packaged configuration for packaging to an expanded configuration for operation. The expanding plunger rod comprises a substantially cylindrical outer sleeve (110) having a closed-off bottom end (108) and an open upper end (111). The expanding plunger includes an inner rod (114) having a lower end (138) and an upper end (140). The inner rod is slidably disposed coaxially within the outer sleeve. In the packaged configuration, the inner rod is nested within the outer sleeve. In the expanded configuration, the inner rod is disposed substantially axially above the outer sleeve, and the inner rod is configured to lock axially in place so as to prevent transition from the expanded configuration to the packaged configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: UNL Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Daniel A. Heinsbergen, Bryan Frederick Bell, Jr., Robert Scott Russo, Dinesh Panneerselvam, Brandon J. McKee
  • Ventilation system for cooking appliance
    Patent number: 11226106
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a heating cavity defined therein, wherein a heat source is in thermal communication with the heating cavity. A cooling channel is disposed proximate a sidewall of the housing. A blower selectively operates to move at least cooling air through the cooling channel and to an air outlet. A vent aperture extends through the sidewall between the heating cavity and a ventilation channel. The ventilation channel includes a narrowed portion proximate the vent aperture, wherein during operation of the blower, the narrowed portion defines a low static pressure region of the ventilation channel that draws cavity air from the heating cavity and directs the cavity air into the ventilation channel to be combined with the cooling air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary J. Bruin-Slot, Massimiliano Daniele, Robert Scott Donarski, Emilio Fagundes, Gregory Tadeu Gargioni, Vando Sestrem, Yasmim Silvano
  • Method of improving tolerance of plants to herbicides using seed insecticide treatments
    Patent number: 11219216
    Abstract: Methods of increasing the tolerance of a plant to an herbicide and seeds for carrying out these methods are provided herein. The methods include treating the seeds of the plant with an insecticide prior to planting. The insecticide treatment makes the resulting plant more resistant to herbicides and in particular to post-emergence herbicides as compared to untreated seeds. The plants suitably do not have complete natural or complete engineered resistance to the herbicide. The treated seeds are then planted in a field and the herbicide is applied to the field. The resulting plants growing from the treated seeds have increased tolerance to the herbicide as compared to plants grown from seeds not treated with the insecticide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Gus Lorenz, Robert Scott, Jarrod Hardke, Jason Norsworthy
  • Acrylic acid purification via dividing wall columns
    Patent number: 11214534
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for producing high-purity acrylic acid using a dividing wall distillation column and in some instances using water as an entrainer and azeotroping agent. This disclosure provides a process for separating acrylic acid from recovered feed streams which comprise saturated organic acids including propionic acid. The resulting acrylic acid product is of sufficient purity to produce acrylate esters and high molecular weight acrylic acid polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Craig Alan Hoyme, Robert Scott Huss, Joseph Jerome Puhr
  • Support base for a child safety seat
    Patent number: 11208014
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell, a belt clamp, a latching mechanism and a belt retaining structure. The shell is adapted to receive a child seat thereon, and has a panel at an end thereof. The belt clamp is pivotally connected with the shell and is disposed adjacent to the panel, the panel rising above the belt clamp, the belt clamp being operable to clamp a lap belt portion of a vehicle safety belt adjacent to a surface of the shell. The latching mechanism is operable to lock the belt clamp in a clamping state. The belt retaining structure is provided on the panel, and is configured to hold a shoulder belt portion of a vehicle safety belt adjacent to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert Scott Anderson, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Patrick J. G. Bowers
  • SUPPORT BASE FOR A CHILD SAFETY SEAT
    Publication number: 20210380025
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell, a belt clamp and a latching mechanism. The shell is adapted to receive a child seat thereon, and has a panel at an end thereof and a belt anchoring region adjacent to the panel, the belt anchoring region including a first and a second surface, the second surface being supported by the panel and connected with the first surface. The belt clamp is pivotally connected with the shell, and is operable to clamp a first and a second belt portion respectively adjacent to the first and second surface. The latching mechanism is operable to lock the belt clamp in a clamping state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert Scott ANDERSON, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE, Patrick J.G. BOWERS
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MENU DIRECTED INSPECTION
    Publication number: 20210366104
    Abstract: A non-destructive testing (NDT) system can provide a tree model of an inspection on a display of an NDT device and on a web page configured in a web browser on a computing device coupled to the NDT device. Inspection data acquired using the NDT device can be provided in real-time as the inspection data is associated with a node configured in the tree model. The NDT system can generate an inspection tree model based on an inspection template including a template tree model. Defect properties, inspection instructions, and/or image transforms can be applied to nodes of the template tree model such that the generated inspection tree model includes the applied defect properties, inspection instructions, and/or image transforms, which can then be applied to the inspection data acquired at the inspection point location corresponding to each node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ritwick Jana, Bryan David Maule, Michael Christopher Domke, Thomas Durkee Britton, Robert Scott Lockhart
  • Methods for treating anemia in a subject in need thereof
    Patent number: 11168311
    Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: ACCELERON PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Jasbir Seehra, Robert Scott Pearsall, Ravindra Kumar
  • HUMAN MEDICAL PROPHYLAXIS OF CORONAVIRIDAE PATHOGENIC INFECTION BY TOPICAL APPLICATION OF IMMUNE CORONAVIRIDAE IMMUNOGLOBULIN A
    Publication number: 20210340226
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting or treating infection by Coronaviridae virus of a susceptible host is provided that includes the administration of immune anti-Coronaviridae secretory IgA having a recombinant secretory component to at least one of tissue of the susceptible host. The administration being prior to, or after the susceptible host is exposed to the Coronaviridae virus. A composition for such administration is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Scott Olson, Michael R. Simon
  • INHALER WITH ORIENTATION SENSOR
    Publication number: 20210338947
    Abstract: A method of oral delivery of a medication to a user's lungs with an inhaler that includes the steps of (a) receiving an actuation signal in response to release of the medication from the inhaler, (b) receiving a first accelerometer measurement indicating an orientation of the inhaler, (c) storing the actuation signal and the first accelerometer measurement in a memory, (d) determining whether the orientation of the inhaler exceeds a predetermined proper orientation threshold, and (d) determining a quality of use of the inhaler based on the actuation signal and the first accelerometer measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Scott Ballam, Robert Bruce Ganton
  • Methods for treating anemia in a subject in need thereof
    Patent number: 11162085
    Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ACCELERON PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Jasbir Seehra, Robert Scott Pearsall, Ravindra Kumar
  • Methods for treating anemia in a subject in need thereof
    Patent number: 11155791
    Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: ACCELERON PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Jasbir Seehra, Robert Scott Pearsall, Ravindra Kumar
  • ELECTRONIC GAMING DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL LIGHTING FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20210327204
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a gaming device including a memory, a processor, a display, a plurality of display areas located on the display, and a plurality of external lights located at an outer area of a front surface of the electronic gaming device. The plurality of external lights forming au-shape with a left side, a right side, and a bottom where each of the left side, the right side, and the bottom includes a first light column, a second light column, and a third light column. The gaming device including a processor that initiates a base game via the plurality of display areas located on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Sigmund Hyunjai Lee, Karl Frederick Zedell, JR., Rachel Calhoun Lewis, Ian Robert Scott, Wei Gu, Daniel Kendall Harden, Ariel David Turgel
  • RETAIL SYSTEM AND METHODS WITH VISUAL OBJECT TRACKING
    Publication number: 20210319420
    Abstract: This disclosure includes technologies for object tracking in general. The disclosed system can detect the event type based on one or more tracked objects. Further, appropriate responses may be invoked based on the event type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Yuechen YU, Yilei XIONG, Weilin HUANG, Matthew Robert SCOTT
  • Frontal cooling towers for a ventilation system of a cooking appliance
    Patent number: 11137145
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a housing having a sidewall and a front panel, wherein a heating cavity is defined within the housing. An operable door panel is rotationally coupled proximate the front panel and operable to provide selective access to the heating cavity via an aperture defined within the front panel. A heat source is in thermal communication with the heating cavity and the front panel. A blower is disposed within an interstitial space at least partially defined by an outer surface of the housing. A ventilation tower is attached to the sidewall and positioned proximate the front panel. Selective operation of the blower draws ventilation air from an external region proximate the front panel and into the interstitial space via the ventilation tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary J. Bruin-Slot, Massimiliano Daniele, Robert Scott Donarski, Emilio Fagundes, Gregory Tadeu Gargioni, Vando Sestrem, Yasmim Silvano
  • Support base for a child safety seat
    Patent number: 11130427
    Abstract: A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell, a belt clamp, a latching mechanism and a belt retaining structure. The shell is adapted to receive a child seat thereon, and has a panel at an end thereof. The belt clamp is pivotally connected with the shell and is disposed adjacent to the panel, the panel rising above the belt clamp, the belt clamp being operable to clamp a lap belt portion of a vehicle safety belt adjacent to a surface of the shell. The latching mechanism is operable to lock the belt clamp in a clamping state. The belt retaining structure is provided on the panel, and is configured to hold a shoulder belt portion of a vehicle safety belt adjacent to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Robert Scott Anderson, Curtis M. Hartenstine, Patrick J. G. Bowers