Patents by Inventor Stephen Houghton

Stephen Houghton 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: 9994340
    Abstract: The present application provides an automated beverage dispenser for dispensing a beverage and ice into a cup. The automated beverage dispenser may include an ice dispensing station with an ice auger and a weight sensor, a beverage dispensing station, and a control device. The control device instructs the ice auger to fill the cup with a predetermined amount of ice and instructs the beverage dispensing station to fill the cup with a predetermined amount of the beverage in response to a weight of the cup as determined by the weight sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Andrew Mark Angus, Kenneth Andrew Nicoll, Mark David Rob, Sean Pickett, Mark Brian Dockrill, Ravisha Sellahewa, Stephen Houghton, Scott Alexander Anderson
  • Patent number: D812327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D816926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Graeme Crawley, Stephen Houghton, Martin Harnett, Ryan Hargett, Paul Ringer
  • Patent number: D827956
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Gary Spratt, Neil Walmsley, Graeme Crawley, Christopher Hussey, Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D834773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Graeme Crawley, Stephen Houghton, Martin Harnett, Ryan Hargett, Paul Ringer
  • Patent number: D834776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventor: Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D844914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D856273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D862817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Baxter, Stephen Houghton, Martin Harnett, Robert P. Welsh
  • Patent number: D865469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D865470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D866189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Baxter, Stephen Houghton, Graeme Crawley, Martin Harnett, Robert P. Welsh, Lea Kobeli, Edward Wilson Licitra, Jonathan Patrick Summers, Germain Verbrackel
  • Patent number: D866897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Baxter, Stephen Houghton, Martin Harnett, Robert P. Welsh, Lea Kobeli, Edward Wilson Licitra, Jonathan Patrick Summers, Germain Verbrackel
  • Patent number: D867703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Baxter, Stephen Houghton, Martin Harnett, Robert P. Welsh, Lea Kobeli, Edward Wilson Licitra, Jonathan Patrick Summers, Germain Verbrackel
  • Patent number: D873107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Houghton, Gary Spratt
  • Patent number: D882191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Baxter, Gary Spratt, Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D921368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Muir, Stephen Houghton, Sean Liu
  • Patent number: D928082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D937511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: James Standaloft, Carl Malia, Graeme Crawley, Gary Spratt, Stephen Houghton
  • Patent number: D937512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: James Standaloft, Carl Malia, Graeme Crawley, Gary Spratt, Stephen Houghton