Patents by Inventor Robert Combs

Robert Combs 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: 20240365746
    Abstract: A circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock. The circular grazing system including a center pivot structure installed at a field. The center pivot structure may have a center pivot axis. The field may be a poultry and/or livestock grazing field. The circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock may include an enclosure for containing poultry and/or livestock. The enclosure may extend generally radially from the center pivot structure to a circumference of the field. The enclosure may be rotably coupled to the center pivot structure such that the enclosure rotates around the center pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: PERDUE FOODS LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Paul Greive, Jeffrey Lane McDaniel, Mitchell Robert Combs, Cory Michael Combs
  • Patent number: 12024841
    Abstract: The absorption device includes a hydrophilic powder and a casing which is permeable to a liquid, the casing being composed of an upper layer which is superimposed on a lower layer, the lower and upper layers being connected to each other by strong connections which delimit a confinement zone for the hydrophilic powder in the casing. Advantageously, the lower and upper layers are connected to each other by first weak connections. The first weak connections delimit a plurality of adjacent cells in the confinement zone, each cell enclosing a quantity of hydrophilic powder sufficient to bring about the breakage of the first weak connections which delimit the cell when the hydrophilic powder absorbs a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: CERA ENGINEERING, APROTEK
    Inventors: Robert Combe, Stéphane Delheur
  • Patent number: 11968958
    Abstract: A circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock. The circular grazing system including a center pivot structure installed at a field. The center pivot structure may have a center pivot axis. The field may be a poultry and/or livestock grazing field. The circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock may include an enclosure for containing poultry and/or livestock. The enclosure may extend generally radially from the center pivot structure to a circumference of the field. The enclosure may be rotably coupled to the center pivot structure such that the enclosure rotates around the center pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Perdue Foods LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Paul Greive, Jeffrey Lane McDaniel, Mitchell Robert Combs, Cory Michael Combs
  • Publication number: 20220030827
    Abstract: A circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock. The circular grazing system including a center pivot structure installed at a field. The center pivot structure may have a center pivot axis. The field may be a poultry and/or livestock grazing field. The circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock may include an enclosure for containing poultry and/or livestock. The enclosure may extend generally radially from the center pivot structure to a circumference of the field. The enclosure may be rotably coupled to the center pivot structure such that the enclosure rotates around the center pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Perdue Farms, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Paul Greive, Jeffrey Lane McDaniel, Mitchell Robert Combs, Cory Michael Combs
  • Patent number: 11147238
    Abstract: A circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock. The circular grazing system including a center pivot structure installed at a field. The center pivot structure may have a center pivot axis. The field may be a poultry and/or livestock grazing field. The circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock may include an enclosure for containing poultry and/or livestock. The enclosure may extend generally radially from the center pivot structure to a circumference of the field. The enclosure may be rotably coupled to the center pivot structure such that the enclosure rotates around the center pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Perdue Farms, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Paul Greive, Jeffrey Lane McDaniel, Mitchell Robert Combs, Cory Michael Combs
  • Publication number: 20200113151
    Abstract: A circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock. The circular grazing system including a center pivot structure installed at a field. The center pivot structure may have a center pivot axis. The field may be a poultry and/or livestock grazing field. The circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock may include an enclosure for containing poultry and/or livestock. The enclosure may extend generally radially from the center pivot structure to a circumference of the field. The enclosure may be rotably coupled to the center pivot structure such that the enclosure rotates around the center pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Raymond Paul Greive, Jeffrey Lane McDaniel, Mitchell Robert Combs, Cory Michael Combs
  • Patent number: 10477834
    Abstract: A circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock. The circular grazing system including a center pivot structure installed at a field. The center pivot structure may have a center pivot axis. The field may be a poultry and/or livestock grazing field. The circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock may include an enclosure for containing poultry and/or livestock. The enclosure may extend generally radially from the center pivot structure to a circumference of the field. The enclosure may be rotably coupled to the center pivot structure such that the enclosure rotates around the center pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Pasturebird, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Paul Greive, Jeffrey Lane McDaniel, Mitchell Robert Combs, Cory Michael Combs
  • Patent number: 10440935
    Abstract: A circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock. The circular grazing system including a center pivot structure installed at a field. The center pivot structure may have a center pivot axis. The field may be a poultry and/or livestock grazing field. The circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock may include an enclosure for containing poultry and/or livestock. The enclosure may extend generally radially from the center pivot structure to a circumference of the field. The enclosure may be rotably coupled to the center pivot structure such that the enclosure rotates around the center pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Pasturebird, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Paul Greive, Jeffrey Lane McDaniel, Mitchell Robert Combs, Cory Michael Combs
  • Publication number: 20190235087
    Abstract: A circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock. The circular grazing system including a center pivot structure installed at a field. The center pivot structure may have a center pivot axis. The field may be a poultry and/or livestock grazing field. The circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock may include an enclosure for containing poultry and/or livestock. The enclosure may extend generally radially from the center pivot structure to a circumference of the field. The enclosure may be rotably coupled to the center pivot structure such that the enclosure rotates around the center pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Raymond Paul Greive, Jeffrey Lane McDaniel, Mitchell Robert Combs, Cory Michael Combs
  • Publication number: 20190230899
    Abstract: A circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock. The circular grazing system including a center pivot structure installed at a field. The center pivot structure may have a center pivot axis. The field may be a poultry and/or livestock grazing field. The circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock may include an enclosure for containing poultry and/or livestock. The enclosure may extend generally radially from the center pivot structure to a circumference of the field. The enclosure may be ratably coupled to the center pivot structure such that the enclosure rotates around the center pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Raymond Paul Greive, Jeffrey Lane McDaniel, Mitchell Robert Combs, Cory Michael Combs
  • Patent number: 8313880
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magenta toner formulation that may be used in a toner printer cartridge for an electrophotographic printer. The magenta toner may include polymer resin binder containing three polymer resins with different number average molecular weight values. The concentration of such polymer resins may be selected to provide a desired temperature versus viscosity behavior for the magenta toner that may be configured to conform to the viscosity versus temperature provide for yellow, cyan and black toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Danielle Renee Ashley, James Robert Combes, John Joseph Earley, Lale Gokbudak Lovell, George Pharris Marshall, Walter Mychajlowskij
  • Publication number: 20110039198
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a magenta toner formulation that may be used in a toner printer cartridge for an electrophotographic printer. The magenta toner may include polymer resin binder containing three polymer resins with different number average molecular weight values. The concentration of such polymer resins may be selected to provide a desired temperature versus viscosity behavior for the magenta toner that may be configured to conform to the viscosity versus temperature provide for yellow, cyan and black toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Danielle Renee Ashley, James Robert Combes, John Joseph Earley, Lale Gokbudak Lovell, George Pharris Marshall, Walter Mychajlowskij
  • Publication number: 20090148786
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to chemically prepared toner (CPT) that employs a regulated cooling process subsequent to coalescence and fusing. The cooling process may influence the distribution of domain morphology of the components within a toner particle such as controlling release agent domain formation and accompanying migration to the toner particle surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Danielle Renee Ashley, James Robert Combes, Donna Marie Erk, Lale Gokbudak Lovell, James Michael Piffarerio, William Albert Spalding
  • Publication number: 20080299476
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a toner composition, and to a toner composition, that has a controlled particle size distribution, wherein the particle size distribution may be controlled by adjusting the concentration of a charge control additive in a chemical process of toner manufacture. The toner may therefore have a controlled amount of toner particles having diameters of less than or equal to about 4.0 microns. The toner may therefore provide improved resistance to filming on a given printer component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Danielle Renee Ashley, James Robert Combes, John Joseph Earley, Lale Gokbudak Lovell, George Pharris Marshall, Walter Mychajlowskij, Tao Yu
  • Publication number: 20070156783
    Abstract: Systems that provide users with a model for designing, implementing, complying with, and proving compliance with, message life cycle management policies are disclosed. Such a model may be based on the notion of folders upon which policies are defined, new restrictions on such folders, mechanisms to assure that users have such folders, and mechanisms to establish how well users are complying with the policies by determining how they are filing items into the folders. The concept can be extended to other mutually exclusive grouping mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Julian Zbogar-Smith, Jaya Matthew, Robert Combs, Jason Mayans
  • Publication number: 20070150503
    Abstract: Time-related properties may be modeled independent of a base object. Rather than storing time properties with the object, they may be stored independently. A given object may be stored once, even if it has a recurrent time property. The description of a “meeting,” for example, may be stored once. Each occurrence of that object over time may be stored in a “timeslot” (object <foo>occurs at time ‘t’ on day ‘d’). If it is a recurring property, recurrence information may be stored independently. “Exception” information may be stored independently as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Simison, Remi Lemarchand, Robert Combs
  • Publication number: 20060101776
    Abstract: DAP-IT is a new innovative method to achieve what has not been able to be accomplished in the concrete construction industry. The usual procedure to obtain what is commonly called a “dap out”, or step down in a newly placed concrete slab was to use any available material that in the majority of cases resulted in a poorly formed dap out that was unacceptable by the owner and architects. Using DAP-IT will without fail provide a clean, true recess in the concrete slab that will be a relief to, not only the owner/architects, but to the concrete finisher, who is ultimately responsible for producing a workmen like product. There is no other product in today's market that even comes close to achieving what my invention, DAP-OUT will accomplish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventor: Robert Combs
  • Patent number: 6966969
    Abstract: A rotary sonotrode enabling welding to be carried out continuously over a large width. A sonotrode (S) more particularly of revolution, made of a first material for propagation of ultrasonic waves, more particularly metal, comprising a axial bar (2) and an active part (4) connected to the axial part (2), the bar extending uninterruptedly over the entire axial extent of the sonotrode, and a chamber (8), made of a second material which does not allow the transmission of ultrasonic waves from the first material to the second, the second material being more particularly air or avoid, is interposed between the bar (2) and the active part (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Aplix
    Inventors: Serge Moulin, Robert Combe
  • Publication number: 20050138002
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, computer program products, and data structures for presenting different types of electronic messages at a common interface. Electronic message items are stored in an item database along with other types of items, such as, for example, contact items, folder items, document items, etc. Electronic message items have some common defined data fields and possibly other differently defined data fields that represent protocol and/or application specific properties. Computer systems can query the item database for message related data (e.g., from commonly defined data fields) and display links to message related data at a common messaging interface. Links to different types of electronic messages (as represented by protocol and/or application specific properties) may be displayed simultaneously at the common messaging interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Gail Giacobbe, Bryan Starbuck, Randy Winjum, John Lueders, Alexander Vaschillo, Stephen Wells, Robert Combs, Sridhar Sundararaman, Raghavendra Rachamadugu, Hubert Van Hoof
  • Patent number: RE46542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kathryn Chambers, Matthew King, Julie Colon, Courtney Cloninger, Robert Combs