Patents by Inventor Scott Kelley

Scott Kelley 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).

  • Patent number: 12213558
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a heel counter support situated on the upper and above the sole structure. The heel counter support may have at least two hollow receptacles with backward angles, a compressible component having two ends, and each one of the two hollow receptacles receives one end of the compressible component. The compressible component may have a first configuration and may be capable of distorting into a second configuration under a load of a user's foot when the user is donning the footwear. The compressible component may be capable of automatically returning to the first configuration after the user's foot in fully inserted into the footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Skechers U.S.A., Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Patent number: 12214217
    Abstract: The device can be used in a method to protect tissue in the gastrointestinal tract of a patient during radiation therapy, the method comprising positioning a biodegradable device to cover a perforation at a perforation site on a tissue of a patient prior to applying radiation therapy, closing the perforation through surgery, and securing the biodegradable device to cover the perforation site, so that the biodegradable device protects the tissue adjacent to the perforation site during radiation therapy. Wherein the biodegradable device is a biodegradable tubular straw or surgical patch. The surgical patch is a medical device made of tissue engineered materials designed to cover, repair, or augment damaged or weakened tissue or organs during surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Inventors: Jill Kelley, Scott T. Kelley
  • Publication number: 20240415233
    Abstract: The shoe includes a sole and an upper including at least one layer of elastic material positioned to stretch and create tension that enhances securement of a foot inserted into the shoe. The shoe includes a heel cup with thermoplastic elastomer material. The heel cup is affixed to the sole and upper and includes an upper portion, a midportion, and a lower portion. The heel cup includes enhanced flexibility regions oriented vertically along its rearmost portion. The shoe includes an interior foam layer with EVA and/or polyurethane foam and that is bonded to an interior wall of the upper portion of the heel cup. The interior foam layer is compressible and extends into the shoe opening, providing securement of the foot once inserted. The interior foam layer is covered by an elastic textile having wicking properties, the elastic textile form fitted to the shape of the interior foam layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SKECHERS U.S.A., Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Publication number: 20240415234
    Abstract: The shoe includes a sole and an upper including at least one layer of elastic material positioned to stretch and create tension that enhances securement of a foot inserted into the shoe. The shoe includes a heel cup with polymer material, the heel cup affixed to the sole and upper, and the heel cup includes an upper portion, a midportion, and a lower portion. The shoe includes an interior foam layer adjacent to at least an interior wall of the upper portion of the heel cup, the interior foam layer being compressible, and the interior foam layer extends into the shoe opening, providing securement of the foot once inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SKECHERS U.S.A., Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Publication number: 20240415232
    Abstract: The shoe includes a sole and an upper including a layer of elastic material positioned to stretch and create tension that enhances securement of a foot inserted into the shoe. The shoe includes a heel cup having polymer material, affixed to the sole and upper, and having an upper portion, a midportion, and a lower portion. In a first configuration, the upper portion has a downward incline with a first angle relative to a vertical line, and the upper portion is capable of distorting into a second configuration under a load of the foot when donning the shoe. In the second configuration, the upper portion has a downward incline with a second angle relative to the vertical line, the second angle being greater than the first angle. An interior foam layer is adjacent to an interior wall of the upper portion, is compressible, and extends into the shoe opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SKECHERS U.S.A., Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Publication number: 20240398066
    Abstract: The article of footwear further includes a heel cup attached to the upper and extending from the sole structure to at least a portion of the rear heel collar of upper. Additionally, the heel cup is uniformly molded with an upper portion, midportion, and lower portion and the upper portion has a smaller mediolateral length than the midportion, and the midportion and lower portion form a concave structure configured to receive the heel. The midportion includes a peripheral portion having a first thickness and a central portion having a second thickness, and the second thickness is less than the first thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: SKECHERS U.S.A. Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank F. Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Publication number: 20240381977
    Abstract: A shoe includes a heel counter with a heel cup. The heel cup may be uniformly molded with an upper portion, midportion, and a lower portion. The upper portion has a smaller mediolateral length than the midportion, and a thickness of the heel cup decreases from a peripheral portion of the heel cup toward a central region of the midportion. The central region of the midportion provides flexibility of the heel cup, and the rearmost portion of the heel cup has an overall vertical S wave cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: SKECHERS U.S.A. Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank F. Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Patent number: 12135961
    Abstract: Various examples are described for operating system update management. In some examples, an OS update schedule is generated. The OS update schedule specifies an OS update for a plurality of client devices. A command to deploy the OS update is transmitted to a subset of the client devices. Behavior data is received from the client devices that have applied the OS update. An update incompatibility identified using the behavior data. Instructions to fix the update incompatibility are transmitted to certain client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Omnissa, LLC
    Inventors: Varun Murthy, Jason Roszak, Saransh Bhatnagar, Kalyan Regula, Shravan Shantharam, Blake Ryan Watts, Scott Kelley
  • Publication number: 20240324726
    Abstract: The article of footwear further includes a heel cup attached to the upper and extending from the sole structure to at least a portion of the rear heel collar of upper. Additionally, the heel cup is uniformly molded with an upper portion, midportion, and lower portion and the upper portion has a smaller mediolateral length than the midportion, and the midportion and lower portion form a concave structure configured to receive the heel. The midportion includes a peripheral portion having a first thickness and a central portion having a second thickness, and the second thickness is less than the first thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: SKECHERS U.S.A. Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank F Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Publication number: 20240277114
    Abstract: A shoe includes a sole and an upper having a heel counter with a heel cup. The upper includes a foot receiving shoe opening. The heel cup is uniformly molded with an upper portion, midportion, and lower portion. On a vertical cross-section, the heel cup has a S wave shape and a thickness of the heel cup decreases gradually from a peripheral portion of the heel cup toward a central region of the heel cup. The heel cup is attached to an interior compressible layer, and the compressible layer extends into the shoe opening. The compressible layer may be compressed by a user's foot during insertion or removal of the user's foot, and may at least partially expand to hold an ankle of the user's foot once the foot is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: SKECHERS U.S.A. Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank F. Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Publication number: 20240260718
    Abstract: A shoe has an upper with a foot receiving shoe opening. A heel counter is located at a rear portion of the upper and includes a rigid heel cup. The heel cup has a lower portion, a midportion, and an upper portion having a curvature extending from a top edge of the heel cup and that is curved downward towards the shoe opening. On a vertical cross-section, the heel cup has a S wave shape. A compressible layer is located along an inner wall of the heel cup and is configured to curve around a portion of a user's ankle above the user's heel once donned. The compressible layer may be compressed during donning of the shoe and may at least partially expand to secure the foot within the shoe once donned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: SKECHERS U.S.A. Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank F. Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Patent number: 12025625
    Abstract: Described is an interface module for robotic loading and unloading of a liquid chromatography sample manager. The module includes a transfer drawer receiving apparatus having a device track and a drawer drive system configured to transport a transfer drawer along the device track into and out from a sample tray of a sample manager. The transfer drawer receives a sample-vial carrier that holds samples to be analyzed. The module further includes a window apparatus that has a window controllable to be in an open state or a closed state. When in the open state, transport of the transfer drawer through the window into or out from the sample manager permits loading of the sample-vial carrier into the sample tray and unloading of the sample-vial carrier from the sample tray. In the closed state, the window apparatus substantially seals the internal environment of the sample manager from the ambient environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Musacchio, Scott Kelley
  • Patent number: 12011064
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a heel cup that is attached to the upper and extends from the sole structure to at least a portion of the rear heel collar of the upper. The heel cup may be uniformly molded with an upper portion, midportion, and lower portion and the upper portion has a smaller mediolateral length than the midportion, and the midportion and lower portion form a concave structure that receives the heel. The upper portion has a first configuration and is capable of distorting into a second configuration under a load of a user's foot when the user is donning the footwear. In the second configuration, at least part of the upper portion is lowered and is capable of returning to the first configuration after the load of the user's foot is removed. The midportion includes a peripheral portion that may be thicker than a central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Skechers U.S.A., Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank F Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Publication number: 20240148648
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising a thermosensitive hydrogel formulation of anesthetic drugs and a triblock copolymer component, and methods of use and manufacture of the compositions for management of acute pain or pain associated with surgical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Scott Kelley, Ujjwal Joshi, Ami Jo, John Derek Jackson, Rebecca Senter
  • Publication number: 20230284747
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a heel cup that is attached to the upper and extends from the sole structure to at least a portion of the rear heel collar of the upper. The heel cup may be uniformly molded with an upper portion, midportion, and lower portion and the upper portion has a smaller mediolateral length than the midportion, and the midportion and lower portion form a concave structure that receives the heel. The upper portion has a first configuration and is capable of distorting into a second configuration under a load of a user's foot when the user is donning the footwear. In the second configuration, at least part of the upper portion is lowered and is capable of returning to the first configuration after the load of the user's foot is removed. The midportion includes a peripheral portion that may be thicker than a central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: SKECHERS U.S.A. Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank F Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Publication number: 20230284748
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a U-shaped foamed ankle collar. The ankle collar may form the topmost region of the foot receiving shoe opening and the foamed ankle collar may extend at least partially around and over a foot receiving shoe opening. The ankle collar is capable of being compressed by the user's heel during foot insertion and the ankle collar may exert pressure on the user's ankle once the foot is inserted. The ankle collar may have a flattened region along its length forming a downward angle from the topmost region toward the front of the article of footwear. The ankle collar may be located along at least a portion of an inner surface of a heel cup and the heel cup may have a shoe-horn like configuration. The ankle collar may reduce the dimensions of the shoe opening when not compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: SKECHERS U.S.A. Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Publication number: 20230284745
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a heel counter support situated on the upper and above the sole structure. The heel counter support may have at least two hollow receptacles with backward angles, a compressible component having two ends, and each one of the two hollow receptacles receives one end of the compressible component. The compressible component may have a first configuration and may be capable of distorting into a second configuration under a load of a user's foot when the user is donning the footwear. The compressible component may be capable of automatically returning to the first configuration after the user's foot in fully inserted into the footwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: SKECHERS U.S.A. Inc. II
    Inventors: John Maxwell Weeks, Scott Kelley, Frank Chuang, Pei-Chun Liao, Johnson Tja, Hui Xie, Kurt Stockbridge
  • Patent number: 11701227
    Abstract: A gimbal handle assembly including: an inner gimbal and an outer gimbal that are concentrically linked and have pivot axes that are orthogonal relative to each other, a spool coupled to and rotatable around the outer gimbal, and a plurality of draw lines attached to the spool in a circumferential configuration, wherein rotation of the spool and/or rotation of the spool and the outer and inner gimbals increases or reduces tension in the draw lines. Also disclosed are a transcatheter valve delivery assembly that includes the gimbal handle assembly, a multi-lumen catheter, a sleeve attached to a distal end of the multi-lumen catheter, and a transcatheter heart valve including an expandable valve frame. Methods of delivering the transcatheter valve to a subject are described, wherein pitch and yaw orientations of the transcatheter valve can be precisely controlled with enhanced degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Arash Kheradvar, Gregory Scott Kelley
  • Patent number: 11554331
    Abstract: The technology generally relates to tailoring a back pressure regulator in a chromatographic system to reduce unswept volume within the back pressure regulator to achieve better sample detection and a reduction in chromatographic band distortion effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Waters Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael O. Fogwill, Joseph D. Michienzi, Joshua A. Shreve, Scott Kelley, Emily J. Berg
  • Publication number: 20220403415
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using pharmaceutical compositions comprising effective dosages of an adenoviral-based biological delivery and expression system for use in the treatment or prevention of osteoarthritis in human or mammalian joints by long-term inducible gene expression of human or mammalian interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) in synovial cells, comprising a helper-dependent adenoviral vector containing a nucleic acid sequence encoding for human or mammalian interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), left and right inverted terminal repeats (L ITR and R ITR), the adenoviral packaging signal and non-viral, non-coding stuffer nucleic acid sequences, wherein the expression of the human or mammalian interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) gene within synovial cells is regulated by an inflammation-sensitive promoter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Scott KELLEY, Rebecca SENTER, Monika CHABICOVSKY, Emily Walsh MARTIN, Neil BODICK, Won HONG, Kris WANG, Mark DOUGLAS, John Derek JACKSON