Patents by Inventor Steven Ringo

Steven Ringo 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTANCE IN LAYAWAY SHOPPING
    Publication number: 20170221040
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for a customer to purchase an item or items on “layaway,” that is, by purchasing a product by placing a deposit on the item. The disclosed invention provides for a cell phone application, or “app,” that would assist a shopper in making such a layaway purchase. The disclosed app allows the user, as a physical customer inside a retail store, to scan an item that the user is interested in purchasing, and then purchase the item via stored merchandise data if so desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Ringo
  • Structured packing
    Publication number: 20040140577
    Abstract: A structured packing element comprising layers of corrugated and planar sheets is formed by winding at least one corrugated sheet and at least one planar sheet together in a spiral fashion. The resulting structured packing element may be used in a distillation column for air separation applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Steven Ringo, Kevin McKeigue
  • Structured packing
    Publication number: 20030116871
    Abstract: A structured packing element comprising layers of corrugated and planar sheets is formed by winding at least one corrugated sheet and at least one planar sheet together in a spiral fashion. The resulting structured packing element may be used in a distillation column for air separation applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Steven Ringo, Kevin McKeigue