Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Nelson, Jr.

Thomas A. Nelson, Jr. 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).

  • ERASER FOR DRY ERASE BOARDS
    Publication number: 20190118573
    Abstract: A whiteboard eraser includes a first side defining a grip surface, and a second side defining an eraser surface. The eraser surface comprises a reticulated scrubbing portion. The eraser surface may also include a textile wiping portion less abrasive than the reticulated scrubbing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas A. Nelson, JR., Jason B. Magid, Richard A. McCallion, Bryan J. Poteracki
  • System for latency reduction in high frequency trading networks
    Patent number: 9275415
    Abstract: A system includes an optical splitter that may receive an optical signal containing trading information from over an exchange network. The optical splitter may split the optical signal at a physical layer into a plurality of signals and transmit the plurality of signals toward a plurality of hosts at a customer end, which may execute transactions using the trading information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Vogler, Mark Thomas Nelson, Jr., Patrick Wade, Michael S. O'Neill
  • SYSTEM FOR LATENCY REDUCTION IN HIGH FREQUENCY TRADING NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20130325684
    Abstract: A system includes an optical splitter that may receive an optical signal containing trading information from over an exchange network. The optical splitter may split the optical signal at a physical layer into a plurality of signals and transmit the plurality of signals toward a plurality of hosts at a customer end, which may execute transactions using the trading information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Vogler, Mark Thomas Nelson, JR., Patrick Wade, Michael S. O'Neil
  • Signature machine
    Patent number: 5014979
    Abstract: Cyclically operable signature machine having a one-way drive to incrementally advance a signature infeeding conveyor synchronously to the action of an oscillating suction finger for withdrawing a signature from a stack in a hopper; in a cycle where a signature is not to be fed, the suction finger is latched and simultaneously the one-way drive is disabled to prevent the stack from being compacted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: McCain Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: George D. Higgins, Thomas A. Nelson, Jr.