Patents by Inventor Steve Muth

Steve Muth 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).

  • Publication number: 20080295397
    Abstract: A diesel fuel additive for use in association with bio-diesel fuel and/or petroleum derived diesel fuel having one or more solvent(s) and one or more pour-point depressant(s), wherein the pour-point depressant(s) include a polyglycerol ester, such as polyglycerol polyricinoleate and/or polyglycerol esters of mixed fatty acids. Augmentive agents may include ethylene vinyl acetate and/or polyethylene vinyl acetate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: THE PENRAY COMPANIES, INC.
    Inventor: Steve A. Muth
  • Publication number: 20070271331
    Abstract: System and method for creating a database of user media and associated user comments wherein the user's comments are collected, collated, stored, and made available to users through a Commenting Theater that allows for the simultaneous representation of and access to the entirety of an archived complex group conversation without reliance upon text. The present invention provides a method for creating electronic collections of media with associated user comments contained and collated into a single entity “VoiceThread Media Player” that has an integral capacity to host a complex electronic conversation and allows content owners to manage a group conversation wherein all of the comments and referenced media remain separate and repurposable data entities and yet both the media content and the resulting conversation are presented in a unified, coherent and casually accessible manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventor: Steve Muth
  • Patent number: 5536429
    Abstract: A method and composition for control of in-transit and residual dust, erosion, and wetting of coal or coke feeds is provided. The method involves spraying the coal or coke with a solution comprising a fluid, preferably water, containing a sufficient amount of an additive comprising (a) approximately 90-99 wt % of a binder, preferably a lignosulfonate, a polyether, a polyol, or a byproduct produced during the refining of a natural sugar, and (b) 1-10 wt % of a polyacrylate, a polyvinylalcohol, or a polyacrylamide. The additive also preferably contains a surfactant. The amount of solution/additive that is necessary will vary according to the desired result and the conditions to which the coke or coal will be subjected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Benetech, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Bennett, Steve Muth