Patents by Inventor William Hess

William Hess 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: 11625793
    Abstract: A process for estimating a value of a crop of walnuts prior to harvest includes the following steps which are not necessarily in order. First, arranging an unmanned aerial vehicle with a digital single-lens reflex high speed multi spectral camera fitted with a near-infrared filter. Then, taking normalized difference vegetation index images of a field of walnuts every second at a clarity of two centimeters in detail from an altitude of four hundred feet. Next, forming a map of the field from the normalized difference vegetation index images. After that, determining a ratio of the field which possesses a high near-infrared profile. Following that, calculating a meat yield as a product of the ratio and the maximum walnut grade in the field. Finally, calculating the value of the crop from the meat yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventors: Meyer Colpien Hesse, Travis William Hesse
  • Publication number: 20210369917
    Abstract: System and method of bioprinting used to enable automated fabrication of various constructs with high reproducibility and scalability, while reducing costs and production timelines. The bioprinting applications provides a critical component to the further enrichment the overall biomanufacturing paradigm. The biofabrication of sheet-like implantable constructs and other construct types with cells deposited on both sides—a process that may be both scaffold and cell type agnostic, and furthermore, is amenable to many additional tissue engineering applications beyond skeletal muscle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: George Christ, Poonam Sharma, William Hess, Rachel Bour
  • Publication number: 20170221333
    Abstract: There is no known device which sounds an alarm and rolls down the windows in a car with a child left inside in a designed safety seat, when the temperature inside reaches an unsafe degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: David Gilbert Jackson, George William Hess
  • Patent number: 9669995
    Abstract: A waste receptacle for collecting waste with a carrier that allows for easy transport. The receptacle uses a closing system to manage odor, and an actuator system to open and close the closing system. The closing system has a clamping mechanism housed inside a body that can clamp a bag placed inside the body with the opening of the bag disposed about the clamping mechanism. The receptacle may also have a lid in which actuation of the actuator system causes the clamping mechanism to open and close simultaneously with the lid. The actuation system may utilize pedals that can be replaced with a hand actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: 1908 BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: William Hess, Kristen Hess
  • Publication number: 20160367057
    Abstract: A handle and lid combination for a drinking receptacle has at least one upper ring adapted to retain sides of the receptacle, a coaster base for supporting a drinking receptacle, a handle having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper ring extends from the upper portion, and the coaster base extends from the lower portion, a lid adapted to extend over the top of the drinking vessel, and a hinge pivotally connecting the lid to the upper ring. The coaster base may grip the bottom of the drinking receptacle and provide support to the drinking receptacle. In an embodiment, the upper ring and coaster base have an interior lining of rubber or plastic with a high coefficient of friction. In an embodiment, the lid, the ring and the coaster base are each generally coaxial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventor: William Hess
  • Publication number: 20160221753
    Abstract: A waste receptacle for collecting waste with a carrier that allows for easy transport. The receptacle uses a closing system to manage odor, and an actuator system to open and close the closing system. The closing system has a clamping mechanism housed inside a body that can clamp a bag placed inside the body with the opening of the bag disposed about the clamping mechanism. The receptacle may also have a lid in which actuation of the actuator system causes the clamping mechanism to open and close simultaneously with the lid. The actuation system may utilize pedals that can be replaced with a hand actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: William Hess, Kristen Hess
  • Patent number: 9309049
    Abstract: A waste receptacle for collecting waste with a carrier that allows for easy transport. The receptacle uses a closing system to manage odor, and an actuator system to open and close the closing system. The closing system has a clamping mechanism housed inside a body that can clamp a bag placed inside the body with the opening of the bag disposed about the clamping mechanism. The receptacle may also have a lid in which actuation of the actuator system causes the clamping mechanism to open and close simultaneously with the lid. The actuation system utilizes pedals that can be replaced with a handle actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: 1908 BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: William Hess, Kristen Hess
  • Publication number: 20150136775
    Abstract: A waste receptacle for collecting waste with a carrier that allows for easy transport. The receptacle uses a closing system to manage odor, and an actuator system to open and close the closing system. The closing system has a clamping mechanism housed inside a body that can clamp a bag placed inside the body with the opening of the bag disposed about the clamping mechanism. The receptacle may also have a lid in which actuation of the actuator system causes the clamping mechanism to open and close simultaneously with the lid. The actuation system utilizes pedals that can be replaced with a handle actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: William Hess, Kristen Hess
  • Patent number: 8978917
    Abstract: A waste receptacle for collecting waste with a carrier that allows for easy transport. The receptacle uses a closing system to manage odor, and an actuator system to open and close the closing system. The closing system has a clamping mechanism housed inside a body that can clamp a bag placed inside the body with the opening of the bag disposed about the clamping mechanism. The receptacle may also have a lid in which actuation of the actuator system causes the clamping mechanism to open and close simultaneously with the lid. The actuation system utilizes pedals that can be replaced with a handle actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: 1908 Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hess, Kristen Hess
  • Publication number: 20150001219
    Abstract: A waste receptacle for collecting waste with a carrier that allows for easy transport. The receptacle uses a closing system to manage odor, and an actuator system to open and close the closing system. The closing system has a clamping mechanism housed inside a body that can clamp a bag placed inside the body with the opening of the bag disposed about the clamping mechanism. The receptacle may also have a lid in which actuation of the actuator system causes the clamping mechanism to open and close simultaneously with the lid. The actuation system utilizes pedals that can be replaced with a handle actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: National Eco Wholesale, Inc.
    Inventors: William Hess, Kristen Hess
  • Publication number: 20140057285
    Abstract: In some aspects, the invention provides chimeric kinesin proteins. In other aspects the invention provides nucleic acids encoding chimeric kinesin proteins. Compositions and kits are provided that comprise chimeric kinesin proteins and nucleic acids encoding the same. Antibodies and antigen binding fragments that selectively bind kinesin proteins are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew J. Lang, William Hesse, Wonmuk Hwang, Martin Karplus
  • Patent number: 7517579
    Abstract: A bonded structure including one or more substrates bonded together with a tackified amorphous poly-alpha-olefin adhesive composition. One method of making such a bonded structure is carried out by applying a tackified amorphous poly-alpha-olefin adhesive composition to one or more substrates at a temperature of about 170 degrees Celsius or lower, and joining the substrates to themselves or to one another. The bonded structure has a dynamic peel strength between about 400 and about 1000 grams per 25 millimeters. The bonding efficiency of the bonded structure renders the bonded structure suitable for incorporation into a variety of articles, including personal care products, health/medical products, and household/industrial product, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Campbell, Daniel William Hesse, Richard D. Schultz, Mark J. Jung, Richard M. Hansen, Cristian M. Neculescu, Sandra Marie Rogers, Violet May Grube, Rhiannon L. Thoresen, Thomas Michael Killian, Jonathan K. Rice, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Courtney Eileen Shea, Jason Sybren Fairbanks, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Randall J. Palmer
  • Publication number: 20080142366
    Abstract: A method of incorporating biomolecules in a thin film mounted on a substrate, with the film having a thickness of not more than about 10 microns, includes providing a metal structure on the substrate between the thin film and the substrate, positioning a medium containing biomolecules in contact with a side of the film remote from the metal substrate, and applying a predetermined electrical voltage between the metal substrate and the medium to cause biomolecules to migrate in an electrophoretic manner from the medium into the thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Prabhakar Apparao Tamirisa, Sang Hun Lee, William D. Hunt, Dennis William Hess, Peter J. Edmonson
  • Patent number: 7270889
    Abstract: A bonded structure including one or more substrates bonded together with a tackified amorphous poly-alpha-olefin adhesive composition. One method of making such a bonded structure is carried out by applying a tackified amorphous poly-alpha-olefin adhesive composition to one or more substrates at a temperature of about 170 degrees Celsius or lower, and joining the substrates to themselves or to one another. The bonded structure has a dynamic peel strength between about 400 and about 1000 grams per 25 millimeters. The bonding efficiency of the bonded structure renders the bonded structure suitable for incorporation into a variety of articles, including personal care products, health/medical products, and household/industrial product, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Campbell, Daniel William Hesse, Richard D. Schultz, Mark J. Jung, Richard M. Hansen, Cristian M. Neculescu, Sandra Marie Rogers, Violet May Grube, Rhiannon L. Thoresen, Thomas Michael Killian, Jonathan K. Rice, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Courtney Eileen Shea, Jason Sybren Fairbanks, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Randall J. Palmer
  • Patent number: 4115142
    Abstract: A pigmentary, bright primrose yellow monoclinic bismuth vanadate and processes for the preparation thereof by reacting bismuth nitrate with an alkali vanadate under controlled conditions to obtain a bismuth vanadate gel followed by aqueous digestion or calcination to produce pigmentary, bright primrose yellow monoclinic bismuth vanadate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Richard William Hess
  • Patent number: 4026722
    Abstract: A composition containing BiVO.sub.4, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and SiO.sub.2, which is useful as a yellow pigment, and a process for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Richard William Hess