Patents by Inventor Steven C. Hall

Steven C. Hall 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: 20240108332
    Abstract: A method of operating an articulatable surgical instrument. The method includes providing a rotary drive motion to a rotary drive member of a surgical end effector and converting the rotary drive motion to an upper axial motion and a lower axial motion at locations that are distal to the articulation joint. The method further includes applying the upper axial motion to an upper portion of a firing member and applying the lower axial motion to a lower portion of the firing member such that the upper axial motion and lower axial motion drives the firing member distally through the surgical end effector from a starting position to an ending position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory J. Bakos, Darryl A. Parks, Benjamin D. Dickerson, Steven G. Hall, Robert J. Simms, Spencer J. Witte, Taylor W. Aronhalt, Paul Moubarak, William C. Ryle
  • Patent number: 11814213
    Abstract: A storage apparatus has first and second bins with configurations that match. The bins have movable supports that enable the bins to be stacked on each other and attached to each other when employing the bins to store items in the bins and move the items from one area to another by moving the attached bins. The first and second bins are also nestable together to store the bins in a minimum of storage space when the bins are not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Buddeez, Inc
    Inventors: Charles E Hall, William A Hall, Steven C Hall, Matthew W Hall
  • Publication number: 20230202712
    Abstract: A storage apparatus has first and second bins with configurations that match. The bins have movable supports that enable the bins to be stacked on each other and attached to each other when employing the bins to store items in the bins and move the items from one area to another by moving the attached bins. The first and second bins are also nestable together to store the bins in a minimum of storage space when the bins are not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Charles E HALL, William A HALL, Steven C HALL, Matthew W HALL
  • Patent number: 8235246
    Abstract: A universal box top lid is adapted to be attached to the opened top of a variety of different sizes of food packaging boxes. The lid is designed to fit over the opened box top with an opened bag containing the food product inside the box being held open by an apron formed on an inner wall of the lid. The lid is provided with a cap closure that can be opened when it is desired to dispense the food product contained in the packaging box and bag, and can be closed to preserve the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Buddeez, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Hall, William A. Hall, Steven C. Hall, Michael J. Reddy
  • Patent number: 8132690
    Abstract: A universal box top lid is adapted to be attached to the opened top of a variety of different sizes of food packaging boxes. The lid is designed to fit over the opened box top with an opened bag containing the food product inside the box being held open by an apron formed on an inner wall of the lid. The lid is provided with a cap closure that can be opened when it is desired to dispense the food product contained in the packaging box and bag, and can be closed to preserve the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Buddeez, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Hall, William A. Hall, Steven C. Hall, Michael J. Reddy
  • Publication number: 20090277904
    Abstract: A universal box top lid is adapted to be attached to the opened top of a variety of different sizes of food packaging boxes. The lid is designed to fit over the opened box top with an opened bag containing the food product inside the box being held open by an apron formed on an inner wall of the lid. The lid is provided with a cap closure that can be opened when it is desired to dispense the food product contained in the packaging box and bag, and can be closed to preserve the food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Buddeez, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Hall, William A. Hall, Steven C. Hall, Michael J. Reddy
  • Publication number: 20040206757
    Abstract: A universal box top lid is adapted to be attached to the opened top of a variety of different sizes of food packaging boxes. The lid is designed to fit over the opened box top with an opened bag containing the food product inside the box being held open by an apron formed on an inner wall of the lid. The lid is provided with a cap closure that can be opened when it is desired to dispense the food product contained in the packaging box and bag, and can be closed to preserve the food product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Charles E. Hall, William A. Hall, Steven C. Hall, Michael J. Reddy
  • Patent number: 5350492
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for removing oxide from the surface of a semiconductor body having a thick oxide and an adjoining nitride-covered thin oxide, without subjecting the surface to significant over-etching and thus avoiding degredation of the surface of the semiconductor body. The thick oxide is first etched for a period of time so that a portion of the thick oxide remains, and has a thickness comparable to that of the thin oxide. The nitride covering the thin oxide is next removed without appreciably etching either the remaining portion of the thick oxide or the thin oxide. Finally, the thin oxide and the remaining portion of the thick oxide are removed, without appreciably over-etching the surface of the semiconductor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Hall, Mark I. Gardner, Henry J. Fulford, Jr.