Patents by Inventor Ronald O. Zink

Ronald O. Zink 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: 20240125756
    Abstract: A method of selecting a treatment recommendation for nitrogen loss in a field includes measuring a first characteristic of a soil sample that is related to biologic nitrogen loss to produce a measured value. A second characteristic of the soil sample is measured and is used to select a sample group for the soil sample. The measured value is scaled based on the soil sample group the soil sample is placed into to form a scaled measure and the scaled measure is used to select a treatment recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ronald O. Zink, Maria Mooshammer, Poornima Parameswaran, Sheng-Yang Matthew Goh, Tyler Barnum
  • Publication number: 20240122090
    Abstract: A method of selecting a treatment recommendation to improve sustainable farming of a field includes obtaining soil from the field and measuring biologic content in the soil. The biologic content is used to determine an ability of the soil to sequester a greenhouse gas and the ability of the soil to sequester the greenhouse gas is used to select a treatment recommendation to increase the ability of the soil to sequester the greenhouse gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ronald O. Zink, Maria Mooshammer, Poornima Parameswaran
  • Publication number: 20240125758
    Abstract: A method of indicating a characteristic of a soil sample of a field includes measuring a co-factor in the soil sample and using the co-factor to place the soil sample in a soil sample group. The characteristic of the soil sample is measured and then is scaled based on the soil sample group. The scaled measure is displayed to better represent the characteristic of the soil sample relative to soil samples of the sample group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Maria Mooshammer, Sheng-Yang Matthew Goh, David C. Stone, Tyler Barnum, Patrick L. Dumstorff, Ronald O. Zink, Poornima Parameswaran
  • Patent number: 11899006
    Abstract: A method of indicating a characteristic of a soil sample of a field includes measuring a co-factor in the soil sample and using the co-factor to place the soil sample in a soil sample group. The characteristic of the soil sample is measured and then is scaled based on the soil sample group. The scaled measure is displayed to better represent the characteristic of the soil sample relative to soil samples of the sample group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Trace Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Mooshammer, Sheng-Yang Matthew Goh, David C. Stone, Tyler Barnum, Patrick L. Dumstorff, Ronald O. Zink, Poornima Paramesara
  • Patent number: 7716273
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that enable an alternate display device to wirelessly receive content from a computing device, freeing users from the burden of physically connecting the computing device via a cable. The content sent to the display device can also be simultaneously or separately viewed on the computing devices of other nearby computing devices. Generic mechanism(s) and corresponding user interfaces are provided for computing devices to engage in discovery of devices to which content may be delivered, for accepting delivery and for initiating transmission of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ravipal S. Soin, Andrew J. Fuller, Todd R. Manion, Ronald O. Zink