Patents by Inventor Steven E. Mills

Steven E. Mills 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).

  • Lo impedance dual coil bifilar magnetic pickup
    Patent number: 9524710
    Abstract: A bifilar pickup for an electrical stringed musical instrument is provided. The bifilar pickup comprises a dual coil wherein at least one coil is formed with two closely spaced bifilar parallel wound wires. A guitar in combination with the pickup unit is additionally provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Gibson Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven E. Mills
  • System and method for automatic response piece information retrieval
    Patent number: 8688463
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system, method, and medium for automatically analyzing response pieces. The system may scan the response piece, identify the response piece, and generate an image from the response piece. The system also processes the image. Processing the image may include determining response piece identification information and sending the response piece identification information to an accounting system to update an account associated with the response piece identification information. Processing the image may also include reading information from the response piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: The United States Postal Service
    Inventor: Steven E. Mills
  • Low Impedance Dual Coil Bifilar Magnetic Pickup
    Publication number: 20130327202
    Abstract: A bifilar pickup for an electrical stringed musical instrument is provided. The bifilar pickup comprises a dual coil wherein at least one coil is formed with two closely spaced bifilar parallel wound wires. A guitar in combination with the pickup unit is additionally provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Gibson Guitar Corp.
    Inventor: Steven E. Mills
  • Variable Resonant Bifilar Single Coil Magnetic Pickup
    Publication number: 20130312591
    Abstract: A bifilar pickup for an electrical stringed musical instrument is provided. The bifilar pickup comprises a single coil wherein the coil is formed with two closely spaced but electrically isolated parallel wound wires. A guitar in combination with the bifilar pickup is additionally provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Gibson Guitar Corp.
    Inventor: Steven E. Mills