Patents by Inventor Steven C.

Steven C. 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).

  • SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF ONLINE CONTENT AFFILIATE PROGRAM FOR OFFLINE RETAIL BUSINESS
    Publication number: 20160283996
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for an online affiliate program for offline retail businesses. An online content retailer that sells content items (e.g., music, movies, books, etc.) can provide an affiliate program to offline retail businesses (e.g., brick and mortar businesses) whereby, upon entering into a contractual relationship to be an affiliate of the online content retailer, an offline retail business can receive a commission fee for business driven to the online content retailer by the offline retail business (e.g., purchases of content items from the online content retailer driven by the affiliate).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Amir Bakhshaie, Michael Froimowitz Greenzeiger, Steven C. Bredenberg
  • Expandable slide and lock stent
    Patent number: 9452068
    Abstract: An expandable slide and lock stent comprises a tubular member that can be expanded from a collapsed state to an expanded state. The tubular member can comprise a reversing helical backbone and at least one rail member extending from the helical backbone in a circumferential direction. The backbone can have at least one engagement element that can be configured to receive a rail member to form the tubular member. In some embodiments, the reversing helical backbone can comprise a plurality of discrete segments having a variable profile and/or wave form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: REVA Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Schmid, Keith Weier, Keith A. Esser, Steven C. Howard, John Hobson, Craig Bonsignore
  • System and methods for managing and tracking controlled material movement
    Patent number: 9452854
    Abstract: Computer-based systems and method for managing and tracking controlled material movements receive significant movement information items at a controlled material movement control server and allow a plurality of users to readily access all or portions of the information items. The systems and methods apply predetermined rules to the movement information items to flag features of interest and facilitate the employment of limited real-world time and resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Intellifuel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. Godfrey, Richard B. Evans
  • Two stage contact cooler
    Patent number: 9452382
    Abstract: An apparatus and process is disclosed for the cooling of a reactor effluent gas stream. The apparatus includes a two stage contact cooling system with a first stage wash zone and second stage wash zone. Each wash zone has a packed bed, or other type of mechanical system for contacting the gas stream with the cooling liquid. The liquid in the first stage will remove heavy components, allowing for a cleaner second stage that can be reduced in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Steven C. Kozup, Paul C. Steacy
  • Chip select (‘CS’) multiplication in a serial peripheral interface (‘SPI’) system
    Patent number: 9454505
    Abstract: Chip select (‘CS’) multiplication in an SPI system that includes an SPI master, a CS multiplier, a plurality of SPI slaves, and a fall time detection circuit, where the SPI master is coupled to the CS multiplier and the fall time detection circuit by a CS signal line, the CS multiplier includes a plurality of CS outputs with each CS output coupled to an SPI slave, and CS multiplication includes: receiving, from the SPI master, the CS signal on the CS signal line; detecting fall time of the CS signal; and, if the fall time of the CS signal is less than a predefined threshold, configuring, by the fall-time detection circuit, the CS multiplier to vary from providing a CS signal on a first CS output to providing a CS signal on a second CS output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Decesaris, Steven C. Jacobson, Luke D. Remis, Gregory D. Sellman
  • Cryopump Arrangement For Improved Pump Speed
    Publication number: 20160273526
    Abstract: An apparatus including a movable cryopump that may be disposed in a first operational position and a second regeneration position is disclosed. In the first operational position, the front surface of the cryopump may be disposed in the same plane as the wall of the processing chamber, effectively serving as a part of a chamber wall. In certain embodiments, the front surface of the cryopump may extend into the processing chamber. In the second regeneration position, the cryopump is retracted into a cavity, which is isolated from the processing chamber by a movable gate. The first operational position serves to enhance the pumping speed of the cryopump, while the second regeneration position ensures that previously trapped molecules are not released back into the processing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Steven C. Borichevsky, Eric D. Hermanson
  • Electrochemical Biosensor
    Publication number: 20160274052
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, an electrochemical sensor (10) for detecting the concentration of analyte in a fluid test sample is disclosed. The sensor (10) includes a counter electrode having a high-resistance portion for use in detecting whether a predetermined amount of sample has been received by the test sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Dijia Huang, Steven C. Charlton, Suny J. George, Andrew J. Edelbrock
  • DEVICES INCLUDING AN OVERCOAT LAYER
    Publication number: 20160275974
    Abstract: Devices having an air bearing surface (ABS), the devices include a write pole; a near field transducer (NFT) including a peg and a disc, wherein the peg is at the ABS of the device; an overcoat, the overcoat including a low surface energy layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Yuhang Cheng, Michael Seigler, Scott Franzen, Tong Zhao, Xiaoyue Huang, Steven C. Riemer, Robert Anthony Fernandez, Douglas H. Cole
  • Method of minimally invasive shoulder replacement surgery
    Patent number: 9445910
    Abstract: A method of shoulder replacement surgery is described in which an implant is placed on a surface of a glenohumeral joint while keeping the joint located. The method includes creating a first non-bony passage to the joint, inserting the implant through the passage into the joint, and replacing a surface of the joint with the implant without dislocation of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Inventor: Steven C. Chudik
  • On-site, custom fitted hearing equalizer
    Patent number: 9451367
    Abstract: A modular, cost effective customizable sound processing unit can provide enhanced audio from a displaced source to a user. The source can be wirelessly coupled to the unit via a short range transceiver. The processing unit can include circuitry and software to process incoming audio and to compensate for the loss of hearing due to the device been coupled to the user ear canal, making it acoustically transparent for sound sources picked by the on the unit microphone(s) and provide an enhanced audio experience for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: CONVERSION SOUND INC.
    Inventors: Stavros Basseas, Steven C. Hannibal
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATED TO GATE BOUNDARIES WITHIN A DATA SPACE
    Publication number: 20160267113
    Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more processor-readable media storing code representing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to receive a set of parameter values defining a boundary within a data space associated with a dataset. The dataset can represent signaling related to a test substance. A first metric can be defined based on a first portion of the dataset associated with a first region defined by the boundary. A second metric can be defined based on a second portion of the dataset associated with a second region defined by the boundary after the boundary is modified. The second region can be different than the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Nodality, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven C. BANVILLE, Santosh Krishna PUTTA, David C. SPELLMEYER, Nikil WALE, Erik EVENSEN, Norman Baylis PURVIS, JR., Gregory Daniel FRIEDLAND
  • PROTEIN-SPECIFIC FORMULATIONS
    Publication number: 20160263217
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to supplement formulations comprising amino acids in ratios that are protein-specific. Described herein is a protein-specific supplement formulation comprising amino acids in the ratio present in the protein's polypeptide sequence. Further described herein is a protein-specific supplement formulation comprising: a base protein and essential amino acids; wherein the relative amounts of amino acids in the formulation match the relative amounts of amino acids naturally occurring in the protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Tara MARTIN-CHEN, Shu-Chih CHEN, Steven C. QUAY
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE REMOVAL
    Publication number: 20160262794
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preventing the seeding of cancerous cells during morcellation of a tissue specimen inside a patient's body and removal of the tissue specimen from inside the patient through a minimally-invasive body opening to outside the patient are provided. One system includes a cut-resistant tissue guard removably insertable into a containment bag. The tissue specimen is isolated and contained within the containment bag and the guard is configured to protect the containment bag and surrounding tissue from incidental contact with sharp instrumentation used during morcellation and extraction of the tissue specimen. The guard is adjustable for easy insertion and removal and configured to securely anchor to the body opening. Protection-focused and containment-based systems for tissue removal are provided that enable minimally invasive procedures to be performed safely and efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Serene Wachli, Tracy Breslin, Steven C. Kessler, Nikolai Poulsen, Nathan Collins, Alexandra Do, Eduardo Bolanos, Boun Pravong, Patrick Elliott, Matthew A. Wixey, Wayne Young, Jacob Filek, Kevin B. Castelo, Adam Hoke, Gregory K. Hofstetter, Jacqueline DeMarchi, Amy Garces, Heidi Holmes, Alexander Sheehan
  • System and method for inspecting railroad ties
    Patent number: 9441956
    Abstract: A system for inspecting railroad ties in a railroad track includes a light generator, an optical receiver and a processor. The light generator is oriented to project a beam of light across the railroad track while moving along the railroad track in a travel direction. The optical receiver is oriented to receive at least a portion of the beam of light reflected from the railroad track and configured to generate image data representative of a profile of at least a portion of the railroad track. The processor is configured to analyze the image data by applying one or more algorithms configured to find boundaries of a railroad tie and determine one or more condition metrics associated with the railroad tie.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: GEORGETOWN RAIL EQUIPMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: John J. Kainer, Charles W. Aaron, Gregory T. Grissom, Antonio R. Mauricio, Jeb E. Belcher, David M. Pagliuco, Wilson T. Wamani, John A. Nagel, II, Christopher M. Villar, Steven C. Orrel, Zechariah Bertilson
  • Low-profile swing gate to support service element interface hardware
    Patent number: 9442513
    Abstract: An apparatus for positioning service element interface devices is provided. A gate is affixed to a computing rack by a gate hinge that rotates on a first axis. A tray is affixed to the gate. The tray has a first side and a second side that are opposite exterior surfaces of the tray. A first display and a first keyboard are affixed to the first side. A second display and a second keyboard are affixed to the second side. The first keyboard and the first display provide a first interface that is redundant with a second interface provided by the second keyboard and the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard M. Ecker, Steven C. McIntosh, Robert K. Mullady, John G. Torok
  • Multi-channel gas-delivery system
    Patent number: 9441295
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a gas-delivery system for delivering reaction gas to a reactor chamber. The gas-delivery system includes a main gas-inlet port for receiving reaction gases and a gas-delivery plate that includes a plurality of gas channels. A gas channel includes a plurality of gas holes for allowing the reaction gases to enter the reactor chamber from the gas channel. The gas-delivery system further includes a plurality of sub-gas lines coupling together the main gas-inlet port and the gas-delivery plate, and a respective sub-gas line is configured to deliver a portion of the received reaction gases to a corresponding gas channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SolarCity Corporation
    Inventors: Yan Rozenzon, Robert T. Trujillo, Steven C. Beese
  • Test structures for measuring near field transducer disc length
    Patent number: 9441938
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using NFT disc test structures for controlling NFT disc length during manufacture of an HAMR writer are disclosed. An NFT is manufactured concurrently with one or more pairs of pin-disc and disc-less test structures. The NFT disc and pin dimensions may be substantially similar to the pin and disc dimensions of the pin-disc test structure. The disc length of the pin-disc test structure is measured as a function of the difference in resistance between the two test structures and other parameters. Capturing the disc length variation subsequently enables adjustment of the NFT electronic lapping guide stripe height to reduce length variation in the NFT pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Western Digital (Fremont), LLC
    Inventors: Steven C. Rudy, Nurul Amin, Luc Ving Chung, Neil D. Knutson
  • EARTH-BORING TOOLS INCLUDING FORMATION-ENGAGING STRUCTURES HAVING RETENTION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20160258224
    Abstract: An earth-boring tool includes a formation-engaging structure with a formation-engaging surface at a distal end and a side surface between a proximal end and the distal end along a central axis of the formation-engaging structure. A generally linear recess may be formed in the side surface along an axis oriented at a non-parallel angle relative to the central axis of the formation-engaging structure. A generally helical recess may be formed in the side surface, and the generally helical recess may intersect the generally linear recess. Earth-boring tools may include such formation-engaging structures. Methods may be used to form such formation-engaging structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Do Van Do, Juan Miguel Bilen, Steven C. Russell, Kenneth R. Evans, Jason E. Hoines, Oliver Matthews, R. Keith Glasgow, Chaitanya K. Vempati
  • Corkscrew
    Patent number: D766688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven C. Cozzolino, John Roscoe Swartz
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D767067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Philip G. Foster, Matthew S. Hoffmeyer, Joel B. Erickson, Steven C. Sutton