Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Harlan

Thomas A. Harlan 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: 20100254581
    Abstract: Compositions, methods, and systems for the imaging and analysis of skin, hair and associated health conditions are described herein. The system includes a method and apparatus for analyzing skin and hair samples by taking a sample, identifying desired components of the sample, obtaining an image electronically using a mobile consumer device, storing and transmitting the image, analyzing the image using an analysis software on a remote server, and optionally sending the results of the analysis back to the consumer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: REVEAL SCIENCES, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Neeser, Michael Rasoulian, Damon V. Borich, Robert Eugene Hanes, Thomas A. Harlan
  • Patent number: 5845354
    Abstract: A multipurpose tool useable to open container caps, to hammer nails, to pull nails, to act as a screw driver, to loosen and tighten a nut, to open bottle caps, to pry off lids, to act as s vice grip tool and to act as a C clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Inventors: Joseph F. Long, Thomas A. Harlan
  • Patent number: 5806670
    Abstract: A pocket size portable pill box with dual rounded bottom compartments with said compartments subdivideable by the user and with said compartments closed by snap action of a lid to form individual small compartments; said pill box further equipped with a removable filling means and means to changeably label the desired contents of each compartment. Some embodiments of the invention further having a make-up kit, a computer, or an audible alarm mounted on one surface of the boxlike unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Inventors: Thomas A. Harlan, Joseph F. Long
  • Patent number: 5584605
    Abstract: The invention encompasses a process and equipment for an aggressive approach to remediation of specific hydrocarbon contaminated soil and groundwater using horizontal sparging pipes in or below the contamination with a matrix of vertical pipes that act to conduct sparger gas with associated hydrocarbons to the surface for hydrocarbon removal before recycle and also to collect and strip hydrocarbons washed horizontally into the collector pipes by injection of a washing fluid through a matrix of vertical wash pipes spaced between the collector pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Inventors: Barry C. Beard, Jerry R. Gips, Stewart Haynes, Jr., Joseph F. Long, Thomas A. Harlan
  • Patent number: 5289835
    Abstract: A tool set comprising modified combs to selectively lift portions of hair; calibrated manually operated color mixing tubes to measure each component of the hair coloring composition and mix and dispense; and a hair coloring brush, with a brush head attached to a calibrated battery activated dispensing handle with a switch located close to the brush head depressable to eject hair coloring mixture through the brush head to the base of bristles in the brush head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Inventors: Thomas A. Harlan, Marg L. Bridges, Joseph F. Long
  • Patent number: 5154427
    Abstract: This repeatable golf swing teaching device tracks real time movement of a golf club head during a swing using a light gun attached to or inside the club head interacting with light sensors on a base and an upright panels to indicate path of movement. When a desired swing path is achieved the paths may be locked in a computer and the desired swing path thereafter compared with subsequent swings with an alarm activated as a subsequent swing deviates from the desired swing path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Inventors: Thomas A. Harlan, Joseph F. Long
  • Patent number: 5067717
    Abstract: This repeatable golf swing teaching device tracks real time movement of the forearm, the upper part of the leg and the head of a golfer during a swing using a light gun fixedly attached to each member with light sensors on a base and also an upright panel to indicate path of movement. When a desired swing path is achieved the paths may be locked in a computer and the desired swing path thereafter compared with subsequent swings with an alarm activated as a subsequent swing deviates from the desired swing path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Inventors: Thomas A. Harlan, Joseph F. Long
  • Patent number: D571042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas Harlan Moore