Patents by Inventor Steven P. Rhines

Steven P. Rhines 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).

  • Systems and methods for trapping animals
    Patent number: 9668467
    Abstract: A system and methods for trapping animals including an enclosure adapted to be suspended above a trap area. The enclosure may be movable from the suspended position to a lowered position to enclose a trap area. The system further includes a user-directed control system to remotely control the position of the enclosure in order to trap animals within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Gaskamp, Kenneth L. Gee, Steven P. Rhines
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAPPING ANIMALS
    Publication number: 20160050903
    Abstract: A system and methods for trapping animals including an enclosure adapted to be suspended above a trap area. The enclosure may be movable from the suspended position to a lowered position to enclose a trap area. The system further includes a user-directed control system to remotely control the position of the enclosure in order to trap animals within the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Joshua Gaskamp, Kenneth L. Gee, Steven P. Rhines
  • Systems and methods for trapping animals
    Patent number: 9237743
    Abstract: A system and methods for trapping animals including an enclosure adapted to be suspended above a trap area. The enclosure may be movable from the suspended position to a lowered position to enclose a trap area. The system further includes a user-directed control system to remotely control the position of the enclosure in order to trap animals within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Gaskamp, Kenneth L. Gee, Steven P. Rhines
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAPPING ANIMALS
    Publication number: 20150296766
    Abstract: A system and methods for trapping animals including an enclosure adapted to be suspended above a trap area. The enclosure may be movable from the suspended position to a lowered position to enclose a trap area. The system further includes a user-directed control system to remotely control the position of the enclosure in order to trap animals within the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Joshua Gaskamp, Kenneth L. Gee, Steven P. Rhines
  • Apparatus and method for positioning spinal cord stimulation leads
    Patent number: 6027456
    Abstract: An apparatus for assisting in the placement of a spinal cord stimulation lead with respect to the dorsal column of a patient. The apparatus detects evoked potentials which result from the controlled stimulation of spinal nerves and provides information to an operator to allow a stimulation lead to be positioned relative to a physiological midline and/or positioned along the dorsal column in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Claudio A. Feler, John H. Erickson, Steven P. Rhines