Patents by Inventor Stephen Granger

Stephen Granger 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).

  • Underwater seagrass seeding apparatus
    Patent number: 6718890
    Abstract: An underwater seeding apparatus which comprises a first longitudinal member, a second longitudinal member and a cross member. The first longitudinal member is positioned in a parallel relationship to the second longitudinal member and the cross member is attached to the first and second longitudinal members to define a substantially U-shaped frame. At least one thine is attached to the cross-member. The tine opens a furrow in an underwater sediment flow when the apparatus travels along the floor. Means for distributing a seed matrix in the furrow and means for closing the furrow are attached to the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
    Inventors: Michael Traber, Scott Nixon, Stephen Granger
  • Fabric conditioning compositions
    Publication number: 20030064904
    Abstract: A fabric conditioning composition comprises (a) less than 7.5% by weight of a ester-linked quaternary ammonium fabric softening material comprising at least one mono-ester linked component and at least one tri-ester linked component, and (b) a fatty complexing agent wherein the weight ratio of the mono-ester linked component of compound (a) to fatty complexing agent (b) is from 5:1 to 1:5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: David Stephen Granger, Andrew David Green, John Francis Hubbard, Mansur Sultan Mohammadi