Patents by Inventor Todd Hoff

Todd Hoff 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: 10736440
    Abstract: The present application provides a refrigerated merchandising case. The refrigerated merchandising case may include a refrigerated product area, a rear panel with a roller channel and a number of support apertures, and a number of shelves with a roller and a number of attachment prongs. The shelves may maneuver along the rear panel via the roller within roller channel and attach via the attachment prongs and the support apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: KYSOR WARREN EPTA US CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ajay Iyengar, Robert Paul DelVentura, Oivind Brockmeier, Todd A. Hoff, James Kenneth Knudsen, Richard Henry Kon, Timothy Proulx, William C. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20100128467
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are backlit devices comprising multiwall sheets (120,220). In one embodiment, a backlit device comprises: a multiwall sheet (120,220) and a light source (106). The multiwall sheet (120,220), that has a viewing side (114), comprises polymer walls and a rib that intersects at least two of the walls. The rib comprises a non-linear geometry. The light source (106) is located on a side of the multiwall sheet (120,220) opposite the viewing side (114), wherein the light source (106) is configured to direct light (104) at the multiwall sheet (120,220).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS IP B.V.
    Inventors: David L. Hartter, Todd A. Hoff, Victor Chiang, Joseph Riello, John F. Graf
  • Publication number: 20080130286
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are backlit devices comprising multiwall sheets. In one embodiment, a backlit device comprises: a multiwall sheet and a light source. The multiwall sheet, that has a viewing side, comprises polymer walls and a rib that intersects at least two of the walls. The rib comprises a non-linear geometry. The light source is located on a side of the multiwall sheet opposite the viewing side, wherein the light source is configured to direct light at the multiwall sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: David L. Hartter, Todd A. Hoff, Victor Chiang, Joseph Riello, John F. Graf
  • Publication number: 20070150281
    Abstract: Emotions are utilized as the basis for categorizing and searching content, including creating reviews, characterizing existing Internet items through automated and manual analysis, creating user profiles for behavioral targeting applications, matching consumers to items, searching for items, and recommending items. Content is first classified or characterized by emotion. A person's emotional needs are then determined. These emotional needs are then utilized to search for and provide content to that person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventor: Todd Hoff
  • Patent number: 7110406
    Abstract: An improved inter-module communication facilitation mechanism (CFM) is disclosed, which provides improved scalability, improved efficiency, and enhanced functionality and performance. In one aspect, the CFM enables a subscriber to subscribe to multiple events using a single namespace specification and a single subscription request. In another aspect, the CFM enables publishers to broadcast, rather than unicast, events to multiple subscribers concurrently. In yet another aspect, the CFM enables message exchange between senders and recipients to be conducted reliably, while at the same time ensuring that a message will be delivered to a recipient at most once. These and other aspects give rise to the many benefits offered by the CFM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: CIENA Corporation
    Inventors: Damon John Ennis, Mark Allen Dowdy, Todd Hoff, Keith Erhart Rasmussen