Patents by Inventor Robert C. Ross, Jr.
Robert C. Ross, Jr. 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).
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Publication number: 20200306400Abstract: An anti-microbial covering for use with electronic devices used in a healthcare environment is disclosed. The covering is impregnated during manufacturing with nano-sized silver particles and wrapped around the electronic device to stop the spread of nosocomial infections. The silver particles vary in shape and size to maximize the anti-microbial effects of each sheet, and each particle is sized to be less than 60 nanometers in diameter. The covering may be used in a process to disrupt nosocomial infections in a healthcare facility by having employees use the covering to cover electronic devices in the facility. The process includes a method for tailoring the anti-microbial covering to target specific pathogens present in the facility or, alternatively, tailor the covering to target pandemic level threats, such as for example the Covid-19 virus or seasonal influenza viruses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Infection Sciences, LLCInventors: Sumit Arora, Om Prakash Jha, Robert C. Ross, JR., J. Mark Swanzy
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Publication number: 20180236118Abstract: An anti-microbial covering for use with electronic devices used in a hospital environment is disclosed. A flexible thermoplastic sheet is impregnated during manufacturing with nano-sized sliver particles and wrapped around the electronic device to stop the spread of nosocomial infections. The silver particles vary in shape and size to maximize the anti-microbial effects of each sheet, and each particle is sized to be less than 60 nanometers in diameter. The present invention includes a process for producing each sheet by combining low density polyethylene, linear low density polyethylene, polyphthalamide and other additives with sliver nanoparticles, and then extruding the thermoplastic mixture under heat to form thin impregnated sheets. The liner sheets may then be die-cut to form shaped perforations to facilitate the shaping of each sheet around a targeted electronic device, and cut into convenient sizes for dispensing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Infection Sciences, LLCInventors: Sumit Arora, Om Prakash Jha, Robert C. Ross, JR., J. Mark Swanzy
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Patent number: 10040654Abstract: The system is the combination of an envelope feeder and a laser printer, with some additional control mechanisms. An envelope conveyor system is positioned adjacent to a media input slot on a laser printer and envelopes are fed into a pickup assembly positioned within the media input slot in a controlled manner. By controlling the conveyor speed, a stack of envelopes having a limited and known number of envelopes is accumulated within the pickup assembly such that the pickup roller in the assembly can feed envelopes into the printer at a rate equal to or greater than the speed at which the printer can apply an image to each envelope. A control circuit provides a feedback signal to the conveyor to control conveyor motor actuation. The result is a smaller, less expensive and simpler feed system for an envelope printer.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Xante CorporationInventors: Robert C. Ross, Jr., Kenneth Orin Parker, Joseph Martin deVeer
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Publication number: 20180170696Abstract: The system is the combination of an envelope feeder and a laser printer, with some additional control mechanisms. An envelope conveyor system is positioned adjacent to a media input slot on a laser printer and envelopes are fed into a pickup assembly positioned within the media input slot in a controlled manner. By controlling the conveyor speed, a stack of envelopes having a limited and known number of envelopes is accumulated within the pickup assembly such that the pickup roller in the assembly can feed envelopes into the printer at a rate equal to or greater than the speed at which the printer can apply an image to each envelope. A control circuit provides a feedback signal to the conveyor to control conveyor motor actuation. The result is a smaller, less expensive and simpler feed system for an envelope printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: Xante CorporationInventors: Robert C. Ross, JR., Kenneth Orin Parker, Joseph Martin deVeer
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Patent number: 8939274Abstract: An envelope feeder for a printer having two aligned conveyors moving at different speeds is disclosed. An upstream conveyor moves a backwards slanted procession of envelopes having aligned upper edges onto an inline downstream conveyor that accelerates the envelopes along a curved upper edge so that by the time any single envelope arrives at the printer ingestion or feed slot, the envelope is almost completely flat yet supported upwards slightly so that the pickup roller of the printer can easily and reliably ingest the envelope for processing. Due to the speed of the downstream conveyor, envelopes are continually and reliably presented to the printer to avoid printer stalls. The configuration reduces the amount of skill and operating labor required to establish a high-speed envelope feed source for high-speed printing.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Xante CorporationInventors: Robert C. Ross, Jr., Kenneth Orin Parker, Joseph Martin deVeer
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Patent number: 7421472Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for providing a multi-user shared e-mail system on a single computer is described. The system enables multiple users to use a single computer to provide for each user, one at a time, access to a personal secure e-mail account environment for that user. The e-mail account environment can include an inbox, an outbox and one or more folders to store received e-mail. The multiple e-mail account environments are all stored on the single computer. The single computer can be standalone, or can include an interface to a network, such as the Internet, for delivery of e-mail to users whose e-mail accounts do not reside on the single computer. The multi-user e-mail account system on a shared single computer provides cost efficient access for a large number of users which do not each need their own computer. The e-mail system includes a prioritization indicator to determine which of the multiple users of the shared e-mail system can get access first. Priority can reflect, e.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2000Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Inventor: Robert C. Ross, Jr.
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Patent number: 7174368Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for providing a encrypted email reader and responder is described.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2002Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Xante CorporationInventor: Robert C. Ross, Jr.
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Patent number: 5815187Abstract: A method that changes the image length and width produced by a laser printer to bring the printer's printed output into exact dimensional accuracy with the data input. This is accomplished by first a measuring sample page produced by the printer in response to a known input. Errors, if any, are measured and fed back into the printer through a host computer, and the graphics controller uses this information to change the printed graphics in the vertical and horizontal dimensions. In one embodiment of the invention, the graphic depiction is scaled as it is converted from the display list to the dot image in the printers RAM. In another embodiment, the resolution of the controller is changed to compensate for errors.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1996Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Assignee: Xante CorporationInventor: Robert C. Ross, Jr.
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Patent number: 5812671Abstract: In this system parties have network access to a network secure communications gateway which stores the current encryption/decryption algorithms and keys for parties registered with the network secure communications gateway. For party A to send an encrypted message to party B, party A encrypts the message using party A's secret key and encryption algorithm, copies of which are stored at the network gateway Party A sends the encrypted message, addressed to party B, initially to the gateway. The gateway decrypts the message, using party A's secret key and algorithm, and then encrypts the decrypted message using party B's secret key and algorithm. Finally, the gateway forwards the re-encrypted message to party B, where B decodes it using B's secret key and algorithm. The secure communications gateway periodically changes client keys (or algorithms and keys) to provide additional system security.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 1996Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Xante CorporationInventor: Robert C. Ross, Jr.