Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Fields

Stephen C. Fields 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: 6042264
    Abstract: A time-temperature indicator label for measuring the length of time to which a product has been exposed to a temperature above a pre-determined temperature is provided. The period of time of exposure is integrated with the temperature to which the indicator is exposed. The label is a composite of a plurality of layers adapted to be adhered at its underside to a product container. The label includes a printable surface layer, a longitudinal wicking strip that is adhered underneath the surface layer substantially at the opposite extremities only of the wicking strip and a lower substrate layer forming an envelope with said surface layer. A heat-fusible substance, which melts and flows above a pre-determined temperature, is applied on the surface of the wicking strip contiguous to at least one of the ends of the wicking member. When the heat-fusible substance is exposed to a temperature above the pre-determined temperature, the heat-fusible substance flows along the length of the wicking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Lifelines Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus Prusik, Raymond M. Arnold, Stephen C. Fields
  • Patent number: 5709472
    Abstract: A time-temperature indicator label for measuring the length of time to which a product has been exposed to a temperature above a pre-determined temperature is provided. The period of time of exposure is integrated with the temperature to which the indicator is exposed. The label is a composite of a plurality of layers adapted to be adhered at its underside to a product container. The label includes a printable surface layer, a longitudinal wicking strip that is adhered underneath the surface layer substantially at the opposite extremities only of the wicking strip and a lower substrate layer forming an envelope with said surface layer. A heat-fusible substance, which melts and flows above a pre-determined temperature, is applied on the surface of the wicking strip contiguous to at least one of the ends of the wicking member. When the heat-fusible substance is exposed to a temperature above the pre-determined temperature, the heat fusible substance flows along the length of the wicking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: LifeLines Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thaddeus Prusik, Raymond M. Arnold, Stephen C. Fields
  • Patent number: 5424278
    Abstract: Hydroxycornexistin (1), the free dibasic acid thereof (2) ##STR1## agronomically acceptable bis-ester, monoester, monoamide, and monothioesters thereof, and agronomically acceptable salts thereof are selective herbicides for broad spectrum broadleaf and grass weed control in corn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: DowElanco
    Inventors: Stephen C. Fields, B. Clifford Gerwick, III, Linda C. Mireles-Lo