Patents by Inventor Stephen Meehan

Stephen Meehan 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: 12082741
    Abstract: Grills and charcoal-containing fuel blocks are disclosed. A grill may include a housing at least partially defining a cooking chamber, a combustion chamber having a support surface configured to support a charcoal-containing fuel block, the combustion chamber may be fluidically and thermally connected to the cooking chamber, an igniter configured to heat a charcoal-containing fuel block positioned on the support surface, a stoke chamber positioned under and fluidically connected to the combustion chamber, stoke ducting having a first end fluidically connected to the stoke chamber and a second end fluidically connected to a stoke fan, the stoke fan configured to flow air from outside the housing and into the stoke chamber through the stoke ducting, cooling ducting fluidically connecting the cooking chamber to a cooling fan, and the cooling fan configured to flow air from outside the housing and into the cooking chamber through the cooling ducting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Char-Broil, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin West, Miguel Christophy, Craig Jacobson, Stephen Hibbs, Michael Chiasson, Neville DeWitt Pierrat, Jon Oxford, Diego Horna, Maggie Venable, Sean Meehan, Lukas Railson, Michael Garver, Dennis Mess, Rylan Miller, Kyle Jones, Jeff Wallingford, Jeremy Woolman, Tyler Edens, Lindsey Smith
  • Publication number: 20200231754
    Abstract: A process for preparing a thermoplastic copolyester which comprises repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and the monomer of formula (I): wherein n=2, 3 or 4, and wherein comonomer (I) constitutes a proportion of the glycol fraction of the copolyester, wherein the process comprises the steps of: (i) reacting said aliphatic glycol with said aromatic dicarboxylic acid to form a bis(hydroxyalkyl)-ester of said aromatic dicarboxylic acid; and (ii) reacting said bis(hydroxyalkyl)-ester of said aromatic dicarboxylic acid with the monomer (I) under conditions of elevated temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the monomer (I) is present in a range of from 5% to about 20 mol % of the glycol fraction of the copolyester, wherein the aromatic dicarboxylic acid is selected from naphthalene dicarboxylic acid and terephthalic acid, and wherein the aliphatic glycol is ethylene glycol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, David Turner, Howard Colquhoun, Stephen Meehan
  • Patent number: 9455864
    Abstract: A method and system for creating, distributing, and managing of shared compression dictionaries. The system comprises a compressor configured to generate at least one shared compression dictionary based on a context of data streams flow between a client web browser and an origin server; an origin accelerator communicatively connected to the origin server and configured to encode an encountered data stream to a compressed form based on the least one shared compression dictionary; and an edge accelerator communicatively connected to the client web browser and configured to decode the compressed form of the data stream to an uncompressed form using the least one shared compression dictionary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Radware, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kent Alstad, Shawn Bissell, Stephen Meehan, Michael R. Benna
  • Publication number: 20160122475
    Abstract: A polyester film comprising a copolyester which comprises repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and the monomer of formula (I): wherein n=2, 3 or 4, and wherein comonomer (I) constitutes a proportion of the glycol fraction of the copolyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: STEPHEN WILLIAM SANKEY, DAVID TURNER, HOWARD COLQUHOUN, STEPHEN MEEHAN
  • Patent number: 9096724
    Abstract: A copolyester comprising repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, naphthalene-dicarboxylic acid, and the monomer of formula (I) wherein n=2, 3 or 4, and films, fibres, moulding compositions and moulded articles made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, William A. Macdonald, David Turner, Howard Colquhoun, Stephen Meehan
  • Patent number: 9074052
    Abstract: A copolyester comprising repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, terephthalic acid, and the monomer of formula (I): wherein n=2, 3 or 4, and films, fibres, moulding compositions and moulded articles made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, William A. MacDonald, David Turner, Howard Colquhoun, Stephen Meehan
  • Publication number: 20140364582
    Abstract: A copolyester comprising repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, terephthalic acid, and the monomer of formula (I): wherein n=2, 3 or 4, and films, fibres, moulding compositions and moulded articles made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, William A. MacDonald, David Turner, Howard Colquhoun, Stephen Meehan
  • Publication number: 20140350210
    Abstract: A copolyester comprising repeating units derived from an aliphatic glycol, naphthalene-dicarboxylic acid, and the monomer of formula (I) wherein n=2, 3 or 4, and films, fibres, moulding compositions and moulded articles made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, William A. Macdonald, David Turner, Howard Colquhoun, Stephen Meehan
  • Patent number: 8731844
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for selecting an optimal multimarker reagent combination for the identification and/or quantification of molecules in or on cells with or without reference to fluorescence or other properties of at least one fluorescent dye or other instrument-measurable atom or molecule associated directly or indirectly with the reagent combination. The method includes specifying, using a computer, a plurality of markers to be detected by a plurality of reagents, generating, using a computer, a plurality of reagent combinations comprising the plurality of reagents to detect the plurality of markers, wherein the reagent combinations are ranked according to at least one user-defined or system-defined criterion, and selecting the optimal reagent combination or providing a rank-ordered list of combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventors: Leonore A. Herzenberg, David Rhodes Parks, Stephen Meehan, Wayne A. Moore
  • Publication number: 20130346483
    Abstract: A method and system for creating, distributing, and managing of shared compression dictionaries. The system comprises a compressor configured to generate at least one shared compression dictionary based on a context of data streams flow between a client web browser and an origin server; an origin accelerator communicatively connected to the origin server and configured to encode an encountered data stream to a compressed form based on the least one shared compression dictionary; and an edge accelerator communicatively connected to the client web browser and configured to decode the compressed form of the data stream to an uncompressed form using the least one shared compression dictionary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Kent Alstad, Shawn Bissell, Stephen Meehan, Michael R. Benna
  • Publication number: 20110282870
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for selecting an optimal multimarker reagent combination for the identification and/or quantification of molecules in or on cells with or without reference to fluorescence or other properties of at least one fluorescent dye or other instrument-measurable atom or molecule associated directly or indirectly with the reagent combination. The method includes specifying, using a computer, a plurality of markers to be detected by a plurality of reagents, generating, using a computer, a plurality of reagent combinations comprising the plurality of reagents to detect the plurality of markers, wherein the reagent combinations are ranked according to at least one user-defined or system-defined criterion, and selecting the optimal reagent combination or providing a rank-ordered list of combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Leonore A. Herzenberg, David Rhodes Parks, Stephen Meehan, Wayne A. Moore
  • Patent number: 7932503
    Abstract: This invention relates to the field of flow cytometry. It provides methods for identifying important dye-detector spectral overlaps for use in designing flow cytometry experiments. It further provides methods for quantifying the impact of spectral overlaps on dye selection and detector selection, the methods including the steps of: a) obtaining spectra of a dye; b) obtaining a laser configuration and an optical filter configuration of a detector; c) obtaining a spectrum yield value; and d) ranking the spectrum yield value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Inventors: David R. Parks, Wayne Moore, Stephen Meehan
  • Publication number: 20100012853
    Abstract: This invention relates to the field of flow cytometry. It provides methods for identifying important dye-detector spectral overlaps for use in designing flow cytometry experiments. It further provides methods for quantifying the impact of spectral overlaps on dye selection and detector selection, the methods including the steps of: a) obtaining spectra of a dye; b) obtaining a laser configuration and an optical filter configuration of a detector; c) obtaining a spectrum yield value; and d) ranking the spectrum yield value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: David R. Parks, Wayne Moore, Stephen Meehan
  • Patent number: 7555492
    Abstract: The present invention is related to databases and the exchange of scientific information. Specifically the invention discloses a laboratory data management system including a knowledge base that stores characteristics of laboratory reagents, experiment subjects, tissues and cells. The invention also includes an experiment input module that accepts input of parameters of an experiment and data from a knowledge base module. Further, the invention includes a protocol creator connected to the knowledge base module and the experiment input module that creates a laboratory protocol for an experiment based on data supplied from the knowledge base module and the experiment input module. The invention also includes methods to use the described system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees at the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Leonore Herzenberg, Stephen Meehan, Wayne Moore, David Parks, James Tung, Mark Musen
  • Publication number: 20070299799
    Abstract: The present invention provides computer program products, systems, and related methods of coordinating a knowledge base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Stephen Meehan, Noah Zimmerman, Leonore Herzenberg
  • Publication number: 20050044110
    Abstract: The present invention is related to databases and the exchange of scientific information. Specifically the invention discloses a laboratory data management system including a knowledge base that stores characteristics of laboratory reagents, experiment subjects, tissues and cells. The invention also includes an experiment input module that accepts input of parameters of an experiment and data from a knowledge base module. Further, the invention includes a protocol creator connected to the knowledge base module and the experiment input module that creates a laboratory protocol for an experiment based on data supplied from the knowledge base module and the experiment input module. The invention also includes methods to use the described system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Leonore Herzenberg, Stephen Meehan, Wayne Moore, David Parks, James Tung, Mark Musen