Patents by Inventor Steven Sargent

Steven Sargent 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 CONDITIONALLY GIFTING FUNDS
    Publication number: 20240086894
    Abstract: Described herein are examples of gift card management systems that provide gift cards that must be activated prior to being used in a transaction. In some examples, a purchaser may be refunded some or all of a purchase price for the gift card when the gift card is not activated. In some examples, the activation may additionally include certain safeguards to prevent fraud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jacob James Nicks, David Steven Sargent
  • Systems and methods for conditionally gifting funds
    Patent number: 11847634
    Abstract: Described herein are examples of gift card management systems that provide gift cards that must be activated prior to being used in a transaction. In some examples, a purchaser may be refunded some or all of a purchase price for the gift card when the gift card is not activated. In some examples, the activation may additionally include certain safeguards to prevent fraud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jacob James Nicks, David Steven Sargent
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDITIONALLY GIFTING FUNDS
    Publication number: 20210241260
    Abstract: Described herein are examples of gift card management systems that provide gift cards that must be activated prior to being used in a transaction. In some examples, a purchaser may be refunded some or all of a purchase price for the gift card when the gift card is not activated. In some examples, the activation may additionally include certain safeguards to prevent fraud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Jacob James Nicks, David Steven Sargent
  • Thermally responsive polymer materials and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6812314
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to branched polyolefin materials that exhibit temperature-sensitive permeability. The subject invention also concerns a package including a polymer material that exhibits temperature-sensitive permeability and separates a respiring article from the surrounding atmosphere. Methods of the subject invention involve placing a respiring article within a container comprising a polymer material exhibiting temperature-sensitive permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: Gilberto Joao Lunardi, Christopher D. Batich, Jorge Jardim Zacca, Kenneth Ray Berger, Steven Sargent
  • Thermally responsive polymer materials and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20030072849
    Abstract: The subject invention pertains to branched polyolefin materials that exhibit temperature-sensitive permeability. The subject invention also concerns a package including a polymer material that exhibits temperature-sensitive permeability and separates a respiring article from the surrounding atmosphere. Methods of the subject invention involve placing a respiring article within a container comprising a polymer material exhibiting temperature-sensitive permeability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Gilberto Joao Lunardi, Christopher D. Batich, Jorge Jardim Zacca, Kenneth Ray Berger, Steven Sargent