Patents by Inventor Robert Bearden

Robert Bearden 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: 20260256568
    Abstract: Medical implants are disclosed. A medical implant includes a first base material having a first end region, a second end region and a feltable material adjacent to the first base material. Further, the feltable material includes a plurality of feltable fibers configured to attach the implant to a target tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2026
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Applicants: Smith & Nephew, Inc., Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Young, Dennis P. Colleran, Nehal N. Patel, Collin W. Shale, Marc J. Balboa, William Middleton, Helawe Betre, Mark E. Housman, Robert Bearden, Hadi El Heneidi, Jon-Paul Rogers, Benjamin M. Hall, Rick Fu, Christopher D. MacCready, Matthew D. Cunningham, Ali Hosseini, Kieran Lenehan, David A. Yeung, Brendan Jablonski, Nicholas J. Cotton, Haley Schierwagen
  • Publication number: 20250262347
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and kits useful for bone repair and reconstruction of bone defects such as bone voids and fractures. The compositions can include two reactive components that when mixed together form a polythiourethane that cures to a hard solid. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Aleksa JOVANOVIC, Robert BEARDEN, John ROSE, Kirsten MILLER
  • Patent number: 4381558
    Abstract: A talking greeting card has a front display panel and overlapping rear panels adapted to lie substantially flat in one configuration. The front panel may be bowed in convex shape and held in such second configuration by tabs which secure the rear panels together in tension. A flexible sound record strip extends through a slot in the bowed front panel and has a surface prepared to produce sounds when a sliding element, such as the thumb nail of a user, moves along the surface. The sound is amplified by the bowed front wall and overlapping rear walls which act as a sound amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1983
    Inventor: Robert Bearden