Patents by Inventor Stephen T. Ross

Stephen T. Ross 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: 8052541
    Abstract: A golf club that positions a golfer to establish a desired viewpoint of a golf ball when preparing to strike the golf ball with the golf club. The golf club includes an elongated shaft, a grip provided adjacent to a proximate end of the shaft that the golfer grips to hold the golf club while striking the golf ball during a golf swing, and a club head coupled adjacent to a distal end of the shaft and including a face exposed at a surface of the head for contacting the golf ball during the golf swing. A visual indicator is provided to the club head, wherein the visual indicator is observable by the golfer to indicate that the golfer is positioned in at least one of a predetermined longitudinal direction relative to the club head and a predetermined lateral direction relative to the club head to afford the golfer the desired viewpoint of the golf ball before striking the golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Inventor: Stephen T. Ross
  • Publication number: 20110212792
    Abstract: A golf club that positions a golfer to establish a desired viewpoint of a golf ball when preparing to strike the golf ball with the golf club. The golf club includes an elongated shaft, a grip provided adjacent to a proximate end of the shaft that the golfer grips to hold the golf club while striking the golf ball during a golf swing, and a club head coupled adjacent to a distal end of the shaft and including a face exposed at a surface of the head for contacting the golf ball during the golf swing. A visual indicator is provided to the club head, wherein the visual indicator is observable by the golfer to indicate that the golfer is positioned in at least one of a predetermined longitudinal direction relative to the club head and a predetermined lateral direction relative to the club head to afford the golfer the desired viewpoint of the golf ball before striking the golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 7905794
    Abstract: A golf club that positions a golfer to establish a desired viewpoint of a golf ball when preparing to strike the golf ball with the golf club. The golf club includes an elongated shaft, a grip provided adjacent to a proximate end of the shaft that the golfer grips to hold the golf club while striking the golf ball during a golf swing, and a club head coupled adjacent to a distal end of the shaft and including a face exposed at a surface of the head for contacting the golf ball during the golf swing. A visual indicator is provided to the club head, wherein the visual indicator is observable by the golfer to indicate that the golfer is positioned in at least one of a predetermined longitudinal direction relative to the club head and a predetermined lateral direction relative to the club head to afford the golfer the desired viewpoint of the golf ball before striking the golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Inventor: Stephen T. Ross
  • Publication number: 20090186718
    Abstract: A golf club that positions a golfer to establish a desired viewpoint of a golf ball when preparing to strike the golf ball with the golf club. The golf club includes an elongated shaft, a grip provided adjacent to a proximate end of the shaft that the golfer grips to hold the golf club while striking the golf ball during a golf swing, and a club head coupled adjacent to a distal end of the shaft and including a face exposed at a surface of the head for contacting the golf ball during the golf swing. A visual indicator is provided to the club head, wherein the visual indicator is observable by the golfer to indicate that the golfer is positioned in at least one of a predetermined longitudinal direction relative to the club head and a predetermined lateral direction relative to the club head to afford the golfer the desired viewpoint of the golf ball before striking the golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventor: Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 4935438
    Abstract: Potent dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase inhibitors having the Formula ##STR1## that are useful to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity, pharmaceutical compositions including these inhibitors, and methods of using these inhibitors to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: SmithKline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence I. Kruse, Stephen T. Ross, Eliot H. Ohlstein
  • Patent number: 4912226
    Abstract: Potent dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase inhibitors having the Formula ##STR1## that are useful to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity, pharmaceutical compositions including these inhibitors, and methods of using these inhibitors to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity in mammals. Also disclosed are novel intermediates useful in preparing the presently invented inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: SmithKline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence I. Kruse, Stephen T. Ross, Eliot H. Ohlstein
  • Patent number: 4882348
    Abstract: Potent dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase inhibitors having the Formula ##STR1## that are useful to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity, pharmaceutical compositions including these inhibitors, and methods of using these inhibitors to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity in mannals. Also disclosed are novel intermediates useful in preparing the presently invented inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: SmithKline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence I. Kruse, Stephen T. Ross, Eliot H. Ohlstein
  • Patent number: 4876266
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel substituted 3-aralkylimidazolines of the structure. ##STR1## processes for their preparation, intermediates useful in their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy in particular as dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: SmithKline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence I. Kruse, Thomas B. Leonard, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 4873357
    Abstract: Potent dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase inhibitors having the Formula: ##STR1## which are useful to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity, pharmaceutical compositions including these inhibitors, and methods of using these inhibitors to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity in mammals. Also disclosed are novel intermediates useful in preparing the presently invented inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: SmithKline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Kaiser, Lawrence I. Kruse, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 4839371
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel substituted 3-aralkyl-2-mercaptopyridines of the structure: ##STR1## processes for their preparation, intermediates useful in their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy in particular as dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: SmithKline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence I. Kruse, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 4761480
    Abstract: Potent dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase inhibitors having the Formula: ##STR1## which are useful to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity, pharmaceutical compositions including these inhibitors, and methods of using these inhibitors to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity in mammals. Also disclosed are novel intermediates useful in preparing the presently invented inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: SmithKline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Kaiser, Lawrence I. Kruse, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 4743613
    Abstract: Compounds having the formula: ##STR1## which are ester prodrugs of potent dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase inhibitors and thus are useful to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity, pharmeceutical compositions including these compounds, and methods of using these compounds to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: SmithKline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: James S. Frazee, Carl Kaiser, Lawrence I. Kruse, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 4719223
    Abstract: Potent dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase inhibitors having the Formula: ##STR1## which are useful to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity, pharmaceutical compositions including these inhibitors, and methods of using these inhibitors to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity in mammals. Also disclosed are novel intermediates useful in preparing the presently invented inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: SmithKline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Kaiser, Lawrence I. Kruse, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 4634711
    Abstract: Potent dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase inhibitors having the formula: ##STR1## which are useful to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity, pharmaceutical compositions including these inhibitors, and methods of using these inhibitors to inhibit dopamine-.beta.-hydroxylase activity in mammals. Also disclosed are novel intermediates useful in preparing the presently invented inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Smithkline Beckman Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Kaiser, Lawrence I. Kruse, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 4024273
    Abstract: The compounds of this invention are substituted benzofurans and benzothiophenes having pharmacological activity. In particular, these compounds have coronary vasodilator activity and are useful in the treatment of angina pectoris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: SmithKline Corporation
    Inventors: L. Martin Brenner, John M. Petta, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 3983245
    Abstract: The compounds of this invention are substituted benzofurans and benzothiophenes having pharmacological activity. In particular, these compounds have coronary vasodilator activity and are useful in the treatment of angina pectoris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Assignee: SmithKline Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Ladd, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 3976694
    Abstract: .alpha.-Aminoalkyl-4-hydroxy-3-alkylsulfonylmethylbenzyl alcohols having .beta.-adrenergic stimulant activity, particularly as selected bronchodilators, are prepared from 4-hydroxyphenones by conversion to a 3-alkylsulfonylmethylphenone, bromination of these phenones and treatment of the resulting .alpha.-bromo derivatives with an N-benzyl secondary amine, followed by catalytic hydrogenation to remove the benzyl groups and reduce the ketone moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Assignee: SmithKline Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Kaiser, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 3966770
    Abstract: 4-Hydroxy-.alpha.-[(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)isopropylaminomethyl]-3-(methy lsulfonylmethyl)benzyl alcohol having .beta.-adrenergic stimulant activity, particularly as a selective bronchodilator, is prepared from 4-hydroxyacetophenone by conversion to 3-methylsulfonylmethylacetophenone, bromination and conversion of this phenone to the phenylglyoxal and treatment of the resulting glyoxal derivative with 3,4-methylenedioxyphenylisopropylamine followed by simultaneous reduction of the imine and ketone moieties and catalytic hydrogenation to remove the benzyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: SmithKline Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Kaiser, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: 3961076
    Abstract: .alpha.-Aminoalkyl-4-hydroxy-3-alkylsulfonylmethylbenzyl alcohols having .beta.-adrenergic stimulant activity, particularly as selected bronchodilators, are prepared from 4-hydroxyphenones by conversion to a 3-alkylsulfonylmethylphenone, bromination of these phenones and treatment of the resulting .alpha.-bromo derivatives with an N-benzyl secondary amine, followed by catalytic hydrogenation to remove the benzyl groups and reduce the ketone moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Assignee: SmithKline Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Kaiser, Stephen T. Ross
  • Patent number: D636828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Inventor: Stephen T. Ross