Patents by Inventor Troy M. Bryan

Troy M. Bryan 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).

  • Identification method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7309010
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of the inventive technology focuses on new methods and apparatus relative to generation of a custody and control form that finds application in drug use or clinical testing, among other fields. At least one embodiment of another aspect of the inventive technology focuses on methods and apparatus relative to an encrypted, character-based identifier usable to adequately identify an event (a purchase, e.g.), an object (a product purchased, e.g.) or substance (a specimen collected from an individual for drug testing or clinical testing); in a preferred embodiment, this identifier is based on a time and entity associated with the event, object or substance to be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Western Pathology Consultants, Inc.
    Inventors: William I. Stopperan, Troy M. Bryan
  • Novel identification method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20040117060
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of the inventive technology focuses on new methods and apparatus relative to generation of a custody and control form that finds application in drug use or clinical testing, among other fields. At least one embodiment of another aspect of the inventive technology focuses on methods and apparatus relative to an encrypted, character-based identifier usable to adequately identify an event (a purchase, e.g.), an object (a product purchased, e.g.) or substance (a specimen collected from an individual for drug testing or clinical testing); in a preferred embodiment, this identifier is based on a time and entity associated with the event, object or substance to be identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Western Pathology Consultants, Inc.
    Inventors: William I. Stopperan, Troy M. Bryan