Patents by Inventor Steven M. Costello

Steven M. Costello 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).

  • Detection device
    Patent number: 8622191
    Abstract: A device for sensing predetermined characteristics of an object such as a coin or a token in order to determine its validity or genuineness and in some cases its denomination, the device including a combination of optical and electromagnetic sensors which operate together along a coin path and capable to analyze the coin or token in different positions so that if there are multiple holes or rings of transparent material they can be sensed and used to determine the coin or token's validity and denomination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Coin Acceptors, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark H. Leibu, Ronald A. Hoormann, Ronald E. Lovall, Steven M. Costello
  • DETECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120138420
    Abstract: A device for sensing predetermined characteristics of an object such as a coin or a token in order to determine its validity or genuineness and in some cases its denomination, the device including a combination of optical and electromagnetic sensors which operate together along a coin path and capable to analyze the coin or token in different positions so that if there are multiple holes or rings of transparent material they can be sensed and used to determine the coin or token's validity and denomination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: COIN ACCEPTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark H. Leibu, Ronald A. Hoormann, Ronald E. Lovall, Steven M. Costello