Patents by Inventor Steven Lees

Steven Lees 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: 20230000718
    Abstract: A vibration appliance includes a vibration-isolation structure which substantially reduces vibration felt by the user at the handle. The vibration motor is mounted to a vibration plate which carries the massage node. The vibration plate floats within the vibration appliance housing, being suspended by a flexible, elastomer membrane having contours such as curves or folds in it that provide freedom of movement of the vibration plate relative to the housing to which the flexible membrane is mounted. This arrangement can be thought of as the motor and vibration node being mounted on a flexible diaphragm that can move freely as if mounted to the housing by a bellows-like arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Pado, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Lee, Alejandro Garfio, Travis Frye
  • Patent number: 11544653
    Abstract: A computing system includes: processor(s), memory(s), storage device(s), and network interface(s) configured to communicate with data source(s) and remotely located computing device(s). The network interface(s) receives data regarding a digital product catalog representation of products from the data source(s). The processor(s): generates a respective score for the digital product catalog representation for each respective product, the score indicative of adherence of the digital product catalog representation for each respective product to at least one criterion; stores the respective score for the digital product catalog representation for each respective product using the at least one storage device; and identifies which products provide the greatest opportunity for sales improvement by improving adherence of the digital product catalog representation to the at least one criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Overstock.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Douglas Nelson, Jacob William Harms, Martha Marie Tinker, Paul J. Kersey, Steven Lee Trousdale, Steven Brad Jeppesen, Mark Alan Baker, Cory Richard Hash, Anil Waddi
  • Patent number: 11542249
    Abstract: The invention provides BTK Inhibitor compounds of the formula pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using these compounds, salts, or compositions to treat autoimmune diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth James Henry, Jr., Albert Khilevich, Steven Lee Kuklish, Katherine Marie Partridge, Steven James Quimby
  • Publication number: 20220409549
    Abstract: The disclosure provides products configured for oral use, and methods of making the products. The products include a plurality of granules, the granules including at least one filler; at least one sugar alcohol; a cellulose ether, polyvinylpyrrolidone, or a combination thereof; and at least one active ingredient, at least one flavorant, or a combination thereof. The products may be in a granular form, or in the form of a tablet or pellet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald K. HUTCHENS, Darrell Eugene HOLTON, JR., John Paul MUA, Luis MONSALUD, Frank Kelley ST. CHARLES, Steven Lee ALDERMAN, Jerry Wayne MARSHALL, Matthew LAMPE, Samuel Mark DEBUSK
  • Patent number: 11534373
    Abstract: A wet wipe that exhibits a novel combination of properties and methods for making such wet wipes are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas James Klofta, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Christopher Scott Cameron, Mario Castillo, Randall Glenn Marsh, Pamela Marie Morison, Wendy Qin, Jeffrey David Turner
  • Patent number: 11529088
    Abstract: Methods and systems for use of the Q-wave to R-wave interval to guide placement of a leadless cardiac pacemaker are disclosed. An implant delivery device is equipped with sensing electrodes to sense R-wave onset in a ventricle of a patient's heart to allow placement at a location of last or latest onset of the R-wave. Guidance tools are provided to assist in determination of the Q-wave to R-wave interval during implantation. For a chronic system, a cooperative approach is disclosed in which an implantable medical device and a leadless cardiac pacemaker exchange data to determine Q-wave to R-wave intervals and enhance cardiac resynchronization therapy delivery by the leadless cardiac pacemaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Lee Eddy, Brendan Early Koop, Yinghong Yu
  • Patent number: 11522043
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) includes forming a dielectric layer on a substrate having a plurality of the IC. A thin-film resistor (TFR) layer is deposited on the dielectric layer, and an underlayer (UL) including carbon is formed on the TFR layer. A hard mask layer including silicon is formed on the UL. Masked etching of the hard mask layer transfers a pattern of a photoresist layer onto the hard mask layer to form a hard mask layer pattern. Masked etching of the UL transfers the hard mask layer pattern onto the UL to form a UL pattern. Masked etching of the TFR layer transfers the UL pattern onto the TFR layer to form a TFR layer pattern including a matched pair of TFRs. The matched pair of TFRs are generally included in circuitry configured together for implementing at least one function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott William Jessen, Tae Seung Kim, Steven Lee Prins, Can Duan, Abbas Ali, Erich Wesley Kinder
  • Patent number: 11512269
    Abstract: Pre-moistened fibrous structures containing filaments and solid additives, wherein the fibrous structures exhibit capacity values that are superior to known pre-moistened fibrous structures as measured according to the Capacity Test Method described herein and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hailing Bao, Cunming Song, Antonius Lambertus DeBeer, David John Pung, Fei Wang, Michael Donald Suer, John Daniel Algers, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Paul Thomas Weisman, Douglas Jay Barkey, Christopher Michael Young, Alexander P. King
  • Publication number: 20220364285
    Abstract: Fibrous structures containing a mixture of three or more different fibrous elements (filaments and/or fibers) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: David William Cabell, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Steven Lee Barnholtz
  • Publication number: 20220364308
    Abstract: Fast-wetting (hydrophilic) coform fibrous structures, more particularly fast-wetting composite fibrous structures, for example dry fast-wetting composite fibrous structures, employing a wet-laid fibrous structure such as a paper web, and a coform fibrous structure, multi-ply fibrous structures, for example multi-ply sanitary tissue products such as multi-ply absorbent products for example multi-ply paper towel products, employing one or more fast-wetting composite fibrous structures, and methods for making same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Todd Leon Mansfield, Michael Gomer Stelljes
  • Publication number: 20220354785
    Abstract: Products configured for oral use and methods for preparing such products are provided. In particular, such products may be provided in the form of a lozenge. In some embodiments, oral products described herein may include a first sugar substitute in an amount of at least about 80 weight percent, a basic amine, and an organic acid, an alkali metal salt of an organic acid, or a combination thereof. In one or more embodiments, at least a portion of the basic amine is associated with at least a portion of the organic acid or the alkali metal salt thereof, the association in the form of a basic amine-organic acid salt, an ion pair between the basic amine and a conjugate base of the organic acid, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: James D. Sievert, Nicholas Von Cosmos, Matthew Lampe, Steven Lee Alderman, Thomas H. Poole, Michael Andrew Zawadzki, Charlotte Smith
  • Publication number: 20220347165
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a multi-layered tablet configured for oral use, the tablet including a first layer including an effervescent composition and a second layer including a non-effervescent composition. The effervescent composition includes an effervescent material; one or more fillers in a total amount of at least about 30% by weight, the one or more fillers including at least one sugar alcohol; and at least one active ingredient. The non-effervescent composition includes one or more fillers in a total amount of at least about 30% by weight, the one or more fillers including at least one sugar alcohol; a binder; and a second active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: MICHAEL S. DANIEL, STEVEN LEE ALDERMAN, ROSS JAY ODEN
  • Publication number: 20220346434
    Abstract: An oral product configured for oral use is provided herein, the oral product including: at least one sugar substitute in an amount from about 25% to about 45% by weight, based on the total weight of the oral product; a gum in an amount from about 35% to about 55% by weight, based on the total weight of the oral product; a basic amine; and an organic acid, an alkali metal salt of an organic acid, or a combination thereof; wherein the organic acid has a log P value of from about 1.0 to about 12.0; wherein at least a portion of the basic amine is associated with at least a portion of the organic acid or the alkali metal salt thereof, the association in the form of a basic amine-organic acid salt, an ion pair between the basic amine and a conjugate base of the organic acid, or both; and wherein the oral product is in the form of a pastille.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: James Sievert, Nicolas Von Cosmos, Matthew E. Lampe, Steven Lee Alderman, Thomas H. Poole
  • Publication number: 20220347049
    Abstract: A vibration appliance includes a vibration-isolation structure which substantially reduces vibration felt by the user at the handle. The vibration motor is mounted to a vibration plate which carries the massage node. The vibration plate floats within the vibration appliance housing, being suspended by a flexible, elastomer membrane having contours such as curves or folds in it that provide freedom of movement of the vibration plate relative to the housing to which the flexible membrane is mounted. This arrangement can be thought of as the motor and vibration node being mounted on a flexible diaphragm that can move freely as if mounted to the housing by a bellows-like arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Pado, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Lee, Alejandro Garfio, Travis Frye
  • Publication number: 20220346436
    Abstract: An oral product in the form of an edible film is provided herein. The edible film can include a binder in an amount of at least about 30 percent by weight; a plasticizer in an amount of at least about 5 percent by weight; and an active agent, wherein the edible film is orally dissolvable. The edible film can also be used as a component of another oral product, e.g., a fleece-based pouched product. The edible film can form a coating on a portion of an interior or exterior surface of a fleece-based pouched product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Zawadzki, Steven Lee Alderman, Thomas H. Poole, Michael Joyce, Wesley Steven Jones, Matthew Lampe
  • Patent number: 11485653
    Abstract: Described is a method for treating water with sodium hydroxide. The method can increase the accuracy of the volume of a stock sodium hydroxide solution that is delivered to the water being treated. The method can include pumping a concentrated aqueous sodium hydroxide stock solution with a diaphragm pumping system that has a two-part diaphragm assembly with a polymeric diaphragm overmolded onto a rigid insert. The polymeric diaphragm can be made of a fully-vulcanized ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber that is injection molded over the rigid insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Blue-White Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert E. Gledhill, III, John T. Nguyen, Steven Lee Smith
  • Patent number: 11471719
    Abstract: A sprinkler assembly include a connection fitting and a fire protection sprinkler. The connection fitting includes a tubular member with a first insertion end and a second insertion end with an internal conduit extending along a longitudinal axis, the tubular member including an exterior surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a sealing surface between the first and second insertion ends circumscribed about the longitudinal axis, the inner surface including a gripping portion spaced from the sealing surface. The fire protection sprinkler has a body defining an inlet and an outlet with a passageway between the inlet and the outlet, a deflector spaced from the outlet, the body having an outer encasing surface surrounding the longitudinal axis and including a leading portion and a trailing portion engaged with the gripping portion, having a first retention section and a second retention section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventors: Manuel R. Silva, Jr., Steven Lee Shields, Gary J. Luiz
  • Publication number: 20220327589
    Abstract: A system and a method are provided for directly communicating merchandise requests with vendors. The system and method enable customers to directly communicate with desired vendors to submit merchandise order requests with the necessary product information for the vendor to clearly identify. The user account enters a part order request for a specific vendor account. Once the part order request has been submitted by the user account, the part order request is relayed from the user account to the specific vendor account. Then, the specific vendor account accepts or declines the part order. Afterwards, the user account accepts or declines an order quote for the part order request, if the part order request is accepted by the specific vendor account. Then, a financial transaction for the part order request is executed between the user account and the specific vendor account, if the order quote is accepted by the user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Steven Lee Davis
  • Patent number: D966781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Sterno Products, LLC.
    Inventors: David Amirault, Steven Lee Cox, Paul Thomas Zink, Andrew Brent Mendenhall, Dennis Matthew Turner
  • Patent number: D969336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Pado, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Lee, Alejandro Garfio