U.S. Pat. 8,931,898
Jan 13, 2015OUTCOME: Issued patent; licensed.
Patent for multi-focal (non-progressive) ophthalmic lens with smooth transitions between visual zones, no line or image jump. Distinguished from prior art dating back to 1920s.
Milford, CT
Business Lawyer at Milford, CT
Practice Areas: Business, Intellectual Property
OUTCOME: Issued patent; licensed.
Patent for multi-focal (non-progressive) ophthalmic lens with smooth transitions between visual zones, no line or image jump. Distinguished from prior art dating back to 1920s.
OUTCOME: Issued patent
An electronic access control and recording system includes a lock, a card reader, a key card configured to communicate with the lock and with the card reader, a database, and an administrator microproc ... essor configured to provide a user interface and to communicate with the database and with the card reader. At least one of the lock and the card contain a microprocessor and a non-volatile memory storing encrypted information. In use, the key card provides access to the lock and transfers the encrypted information between the lock and the database via the card reader and the administrator microprocessor. The administrator microprocessor provides a user interface for reviewing and administering the database. The user interface also provides account and password qualification for users.
OUTCOME: issued patent
A three-stroke internal combustion engine completes a complete combustion cycle of exhaust, intake, compression, ignition, and expansion within a single revolution of a crankshaft by a single stroke of ... a first piston and a single stroke of a second piston within a single cylinder.
OUTCOME: Settlement
76 Fed. Reg. 35469 (June 17, 2011) - I provided infringement analysis, reviewed expert testimony, and helped defend deposition of inventor.
OUTCOME: issued patent
A tractor has a log splitter installed on two loader arms pivoted at a front end of the tractor. The log splitter includes a frame for attachment to the loader arms. The frame includes a surface, to wh ... ich a ram and a wedge are coupled. An actuator mounted to the frame moves the ram and/or the wedge to split a log received between the ram and the wedge. The wedge includes a main blade and a cross blade perpendicular to the main blade. An edge of the cross blade is offset from an edge of the main blade so as to reduce the force required to achieve a four-way split of the log. The wedge and the frame are designed to enable inverting the log splitter to grasp a log, then raising the inverted log splitter to split the log directly into a truck bed. The uniquely designed hydraulic tank-ballast box combination provides an owner an external high volume hydraulic system without impeding the capability of the tractor hydraulic system. The tank and ballast box hitch assembly can also integrate the pump mounted to the hitch frame allows one to remove all components together.
OUTCOME: Issued patent
A tractor has a log splitter installed on two loader arms pivoted at a front end of the tractor. The log splitter includes a frame for attachment to the loader arms. The frame includes a surface, to wh ... ich a ram and a wedge are coupled. An actuator mounted to the frame moves the ram and/or the wedge to split a log received between the ram and the wedge. The wedge includes a main blade and a cross blade perpendicular to the main blade. An edge of the cross blade is offset from an edge of the main blade so as to reduce the force required to achieve a four-way split of the log. The wedge and the frame are designed to enable inverting the log splitter to grasp a log, then raising the inverted log splitter to split the log directly into a truck bed. The uniquely designed hydraulic tank-ballast box combination provides an owner an external high volume hydraulic system without impeding the capability of the tractor hydraulic system. The tank and ballast box hitch assembly can also integrate the pump mounted to the hitch frame allows one to remove all components together.
OUTCOME: Request for re-examination granted
Request for re-examination of all claims in Seiko's patent for freeform progressive spectacle lenses, in view of art newly cited in the request.