Patents by Inventor Sameer A. KUMAR

Sameer A. KUMAR 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).

  • Wearable repetitive behavior awareness device and method
    Patent number: 9721450
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an awareness enhancement apparatus and method for undesirable repeated behaviors, including but not limited to obsessive compulsive and related disorders, and most relevant to trichotillomania (hair pulling), onychophagia (nail biting), dermatillomania (skin picking) and thumb sucking, among others. More particularly, the invention relates to a sensing and feedback device and associated methods of use which indicates a behavior based on the user's physical gestures and positioning of the hands, these gestures and positions being related to these undesirable behaviors typical of such disorders and alerting the user so that he or she can reduce the behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: Sameer A. Kumar
  • WEARABLE REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR AWARENESS DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160247380
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an awareness enhancement apparatus and method for undesirable repeated behaviors, including but not limited to obsessive compulsive and related disorders, and most relevant to trichotillomania (hair pulling), onychophagia (nail biting), dermatillomania (skin picking) and thumb sucking, among others. More particularly, the invention relates to a sensing and feedback device and associated methods of use which indicates a behavior based on the user's physical gestures and positioning of the hands, these gestures and positions being related to these undesirable behaviors typical of such disorders and alerting the user so that he or she can reduce the behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Sameer A. KUMAR