Patents by Inventor Thomas James Smith

Thomas James Smith 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).

  • Patent number: 12233562
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a locking folding knife having a handle lock and a safety switch arranged around and rotatable around a pivot axis of the knife. In an engaged position the switch overlaps at least a portion of the handle lock and prevents it from moving into an unlocked position. A spring, such as a wire form spring, can be arranged within a pocket of the switch, and when the switch is moved between engaged and disengaged positions the spring can be compressed generating a rotational bias on the switch urging the switch toward either the engaged or disengaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Michael T. Mayberry, Danny R. Smith, Thomas Ward, Deniece Hopkins, Timothy Eric Roberts, Timothy James Galyean
  • Patent number: 12225894
    Abstract: An insert for an arthropod trapping device. The insert comprising a substrate and a frame for supporting the substrate, where a surface of the substrate has an adhesive disposed thereon, an optional mounting bracket spaced apart from the adhesive surface of the insert and located at a first end of the insert, and an optional graspable tab extending from the frame at a second end of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence Smith, Benjamin Patrick Hale, Adam James Burt, Erik John Hasenoehrl, Danilo Rossi, Andrea Pedrotti, Walter Sordo, Alessio Giovanelli, Brian Lee Floyd, Hirotaka Uchiyama, Thomas Bernard Walker, III, Anthony Xavier Jean-Yves Clerc
  • Publication number: 20250049018
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of trapping arthropods by providing a substantially planar, flexible insert having a LED-facing surface having an adhesive for trapping the arthropods disposed thereon. Then, bending the insert into a curved configuration and inserting the insert into an arthropod trapping device. The device includes a housing having a base and a curved shade. The curved shade is configured to receive the insert and comprises a LED-facing surface. A first LED having a peak wavelength of from about 400 nm to about 500 nm is mounted on the base and is configured to emit light in a direction substantially perpendicular to the LED-facing surface of the shade. A second LED having a peak wavelength of from about 350 nm to about 400 nm is mounted on the base and is configured to emit light in a direction substantially parallel to the LED-facing surface of the shade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence SMITH, Benjamin Patrick HALE, Adam James BURT, Erik John HASENOEHRL, Danilo ROSSI, Andrea PEDROTTI, Walter SORDO, Alessio GIOVANELLI, Brian Lee FLOYD, Hirotaka UCHIYAMA, Thomas Bernard WALKER, III, Anthony Xavier Jean-Yves CLERC
  • Patent number: 12207640
    Abstract: An arthropod trapping device comprising a housing and an insert. The housing comprises a base and a shade coupled to the base, where the base comprises a light source (e.g., LED) and where the shade is configured to receive an insert that comprises a light source-facing surface with an adhesive disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence Smith, Benjamin Patrick Hale, Adam James Burt, Erik John Hasenoehrl, Danilo Rossi, Andrea Pedrotti, Walter Sordo, Alessio Giovanelli, Brian Lee Floyd, Hirotaka Uchiyama, Thomas Bernard Walker, III, Anthony Xavier Jean-Yves Clerc
  • Publication number: 20240054794
    Abstract: Described is a task for an automobile interior having at least one subject that creates a video input, an audio input, and a context descriptor input. The video input relates to the at least one subject and is processed by a face detection module and a facial point registration module to produce a first output. The first output is further processed by at least one of: a facial point tracking module, a head orientation tracking module, a body tracking module, a social gaze tracking module, and an action unit intensity tracking module. The audio input relating to the at least one subject is processed by a valence and arousal affect states tracking module to produce a second output and to produce a valence and arousal scores output. A temporal behavior primitives buffer produce a temporal behavior output. Based on the foregoing, a mental state prediction module predicts the mental state of at least one subject in the automobile interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Michel François Valstar, Anthony Brown, Timur Almaev, Steven Cliffe, Thomas James Smith, Tze Ee Yong, Mani Kumar Tellamekala
  • Publication number: 20150373995
    Abstract: Provided are transgenic plants expressing KP6 antifungal protein and/or KP6 ? and ? polypeptides, exhibiting high levels of fungal resistance. Such transgenic plants contain a recombinant DNA construct comprising a heterologous signal peptide sequence operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence encoding these molecules. Also provided are methods of producing such plants, methods of protecting plants against fungal infection and damage, as well as compositions that can be applied to the locus of plants, comprising microorganisms expressing these molecules, or these molecules themselves, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing these molecules. Human and veterinary therapeutic use of KP6 antifungal protein and/or KP6 ? and ? polypeptides are also encompassed by the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas James Smith, Dilip Maganial Shah
  • Publication number: 20130117880
    Abstract: Transgenic plants expressing the KP4 antifungal protein are provided which exhibit high levels of antifungal resistance. Such transgenic plants contain a recombinant DNA construct comprising a heterologous signal peptide sequence that is oper ably linked to a non-native nucleic acid sequence encoding a mature KP4 antifungal protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER
    Inventors: Thomas James Smith, Dilip Shah