Patents by Inventor Stephen Crosby

Stephen Crosby 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: 11542673
    Abstract: An apparatus including a collapsible body, a base, and a cap. The body including a spring element coupled to the body to apply an extension force. The spring element having a helical geometry. The collapsible body has a high visibility characteristic. The base is coupled to a first end of the body and has a shape to secure the body and the spring element relative to the base and to receive the body in a collapsed state. The base includes a base coupling element to secure the body in the collapsed state. The cap is coupled to a second end of the body opposite the first end, the cap to, at least partially, close the second end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DCSS LLC
    Inventors: Steven G. Stokes, Stephen Crosby
  • Publication number: 20200318299
    Abstract: An apparatus including a collapsible body, a base, and a cap. The body including a spring element coupled to the body to apply an extension force. The spring element having a helical geometry. The collapsible body has a high visibility characteristic. The base is coupled to a first end of the body and has a shape to secure the body and the spring element relative to the base and to receive the body in a collapsed state. The base includes a base coupling element to secure the body in the collapsed state. The cap is coupled to a second end of the body opposite the first end, the cap to, at least partially, close the second end of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Steven G. Stokes, Stephen Crosby
  • Patent number: 8321981
    Abstract: A stapler capable of dispensing staples therefrom and comprising a head and a handle. The head comprises a staple dispenser configured to dispense a staple from the stapler when a compressive force is applied to the staple dispenser, and a blade carriage that carries a blade and is configured such that the blade is extendable from the head of the stapler and is retractable into the head of the stapler. The handle is attached to the head, and permits the stapler to be swung like a hammer to drive staples dispensed from the staple dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: John Delneo, Robert Jennings, Stephen Crosby, Thomas Pelletier, Robert St. John
  • Patent number: 7954151
    Abstract: Monitored content is classified to determine partial matches with fragments of documents. A set of redundant keys, or sliding sectional fingerprints, are computed for every possible alignment of the documents with respect to the monitored content. The keys are stored in repositories according to the classification of the corresponding documents. Sectional fingerprints are computed for the monitored content, and the repositories are searched. If a match is found in a repository corresponding to public content, then the monitored data section is classified as public. If a match is found only in a repository corresponding to private content, then the data section is classified as private. Otherwise, the data section is classified as unknown. In a related aspect, a set of policies are searched for a first match in part according to the classifications of the monitored data sections, and a designated action taken if the first match is found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: James Donald Nisbet, James Christopher Wiese, David Alexander Reizes, Stephen Crosby Hoyt
  • Patent number: 7523301
    Abstract: Monitored content is analyzed to determine full and partial matches to previously classified content. Monitored content matching previously classified public content is classified as public, even if the monitored content is also found to match previously classified private content. In other words, public classification “overrides” potentially private classification. Monitored content matching only previously classified private content is classified as private. All remaining otherwise unclassified monitored content is classified as unknown. Monitored content is analyzed with respect to a session. If any content in a session is private, then the session is classified as private. If all content in a session is public, then the session is classified as public. Otherwise, the session is classified as unknown. In a related aspect, a set of policies are searched for a first match in part according to the classification, and a designated action taken if the first match is found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: RSA Security
    Inventors: James Donald Nisbet, James Christopher Wiese, David Alexander Reizes, Stephen Crosby Hoyt
  • Patent number: 7516492
    Abstract: In one embodiment, documents accessible via a designated public account are classified as public. In another embodiment, documents accessible according to a designated public access control list are classified as public. In some embodiments, all documents not classified as public are classified as private. Content in the public documents is linguistically analyzed, resulting in a set of keys for use in subsequent full and partial content matching. The keys and associated file names are stored in a public-content identification repository. Similarly, content in the private documents is linguistically analyzed, and the results are stored in a private-content identification repository. Subsequently, full and partial content matching is performed on monitored content according to information in the public and private repositories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: RSA Security Inc.
    Inventors: James Donald Nisbet, James Christopher Wiese, David Alexander Reizes, Stephen Crosby Hoyt
  • Publication number: 20080000031
    Abstract: A stapler capable of dispensing staples therefrom and comprising a head and a handle. The head comprises a staple dispenser configured to dispense a staple from the stapler when a compressive force is applied to the staple dispenser, and a blade carriage that carries a blade and is configured such that the blade is extendable from the head of the stapler and is retractable into the head of the stapler. The handle is attached to the head, and permits the stapler to be swung like a hammer to drive staples dispensed from the staple dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: THE STANLEY WORKS
    Inventors: John Delneo, Robert Jennings, Stephen Crosby, Thomas Pelletier, Robert St. John
  • Publication number: 20070050036
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for repairing a damaged intervertebral disc nucleus in a minimally invasive manner utilizes a modular disc prosthesis. The modular disc prosthesis preferably comprises at least three modular segments. In one embodiment, each modular segment includes an inner core and an outer shell. The modular segments are selectively interlockable in situ with each other. The modular segments form an implanted unitary device that closely mimics the geometry of the disc nucleus cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Jeffrey Felt, Mark Rydell, Stephen Crosbie
  • Publication number: 20060029477
    Abstract: A metal cutting drill bit has a shank portion, a flute portion defining a helix angle and a tip. The tip has a primary cutting edge extending to an outer periphery of the drill bit. The primary cutting edge has a rake face defining a rake angle. The rake angle is different from the helix angle at the tip of the drill bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Muniswamappa Anjanappa, Li Xu, Stephen Crosby, Gerald Rescigno, Russell Timmons, Rickey Thomas
  • Patent number: 4092666
    Abstract: This invention relates to the display, in monochrome, of color television component decoded signals red, green and especially blue, and particularly to a method of displaying transmission and recording system produced defects of color television signals which gives improved visual perception of the defects in the chrominance signal thereof in National Television System Committee and Phase Alternation Line color television systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Wesley Rhodes, Philip Stephen Crosby
  • Patent number: 4051440
    Abstract: A phase detector provides a voltage output which depends upon the phase difference between a limited input signal and a reference signal. The phase detector increases the dynamic range of the resultant phase locked loop. An embodiment which illustrates the capability of the design is a SECAM color difference signal demodulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry A. Nelson, Philip Stephen Crosby
  • Patent number: 3949317
    Abstract: An amplifier comprising a paraphase amplifier and a differential amplifier for converting a signal voltage to a signal current that is linearly related to an input voltage between two well-defined output current limits and further having a dynamic range that is an appreciable fraction of the supply voltage and having low input and output impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1976
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip Stephen Crosby
  • Patent number: 3939434
    Abstract: A wideband DC current amplifier comprising a pair of transducers, the collector of the input transistor being connected to it's base through a compensating resistance and directly to the base of a second transistor is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip Stephen Crosby