Client Patents & Published Patent Applications
Experienced Stamford, Connecticut Patent Lawyer
Clients' Patents and Published Patent Applications
Attorney Robert J. Hess has been helping people acquire and protect their patents for more than 25 years. He has a thorough understanding of the patent process and knows what it takes to secure the necessary legal protection and clearance for his clients' innovative ideas.
Get the thorough intellectual property representation you need. Call <!--203-930-6940 or--> 203-356-0727 today to speak with experienced attorney Robert J. Hess.
Common Pitfalls of the Inventor
As you continue working to invent solutions to everyday problems, it is important to avoid some of the common pitfalls inventors run into:
- An invention is more complex than the problem merits
- Information about the invention leaks before filing for a patent
- The invention is not really a new invention
- An inventor fails to fully consider the problem he wants to remedy
- There is no demand for the invention
- An inventor overvalues his invention
Patents Secured for Clients of Hess Patent Law Firm and/or for Clients of Robert J. Hess at Other Firms
Hess Patent Law Firm in Stamford, Connecticut, has helped innovators and entrepreneurs get patents for their innovative ideas and inventions. Contact the firm today to discuss your ideas with intellectual property lawyer Robert J. Hess.
To view some of the patents Robert J. Hess has been able to secure for his clients, click on the links below:
Consumer products
| D417,362 | Barbeque grill | ||
| D414,374 | Barbeque grill | ||
| D403,576 | Battery dispenser box opening | ||
| 5,836,478 | Battery dispenser | ||
| 5,833,118 | Battery dispenser box | ||
| D376,510 | Barbeque | ||
| D602,913 | Holder for MP3 player | ||
| D586,113 | Sidewall of a ribbon-shaped pill box |
Displays
| 6,413,839 | Semiconductor device separation using a patterned laser projection |
| 6,206,493 | Display structure for collectibles |
| 5,806,679 | Display package |
| 7,780,000 | Anti-theft display container |
Novelty items
| 7,551,061 | Sound generator: a piezoelectric buzzer on a flexible, tensioned surface of an inflatable object |
| 6,482,065 | Inflatable object that contains a module that is inaccessible from the outside but which becomes powered in response to inflation of the object |
| 6,000,063 | Novelty sports hat with three-dimensional team insignia |
| 5,936,521 | Piezo film sensor switch responsive to blowing forces |
Laser ablation
| 6,673,064 | Excimer laser catheter |
| 6,440,125 | Excimer laser catheter |
| 5,836,938 | Hair removal with a laser system and waveguide for radial transmission of laser energy |
| 5,817,090 | Laser dermal implants for the treatment of facial skin depressions |
| 5,814,042 | Apparatus for applying laser beam to living tissue to cause uniform ablation of living tissue while not causing thermal damage below a predetermined depth to the surrounding tissue |
| 5,807,386 | Laser facial rejuvenation |
| 5,800,249 | Fiber shaper |
| 5,798,498 | Method and apparatus for applying laser beams to a working surface, particularly for ablating tissue |
| 5,733,279 | Device for treating the interior of body cavities with laser energy |
| 5,709,677 | Apparatus and method as preparation for performing a myringotomy in a child's ear without the need for anaesthesia |
| 5,586,132 | Method and apparatus for generating bright light sources |
5,582,752 Method and apparatus for applying laser beams to a working surface, particularly for ablating tissue
Software
| 7,340,468 | Directory information system for providing toll free telephone numbers |
| 6,498,984 | Locating positions on maps |
| 6,349,147 | Chinese electronic dictionary |
| 6,341,171 | Method and apparatus for scanning and storing a low resolution optical representation of a finger's image |
| 6,304,819 | Locating positions on maps |
| 6,219,448 | Three-stroke Chinese dictionary |
| 6,075,469 | Three-stroke Chinese character word processing techniques and apparatus |
Telecommunications
| 6,542,746 | Frequency reuse scheme for point to multipoint radio communication |
| 6,522,641 | Integrated data centric network (IDCN) |
| 6,490,249 | Adaptive connection admission control scheme for packet networks |
| 6,442,728 | Methods and apparatus for turbo code |
| 6,427,214 | Interleaver using co-set partitioning |
| 6,421,542 | Frequency reuse in millimeter-wave point-to-multipoint radio systems |
| 6,381,232 | Handoff procedures based on broadband networks |
| 6,370,183 | Predictive rake receiver for CDMA mobile radio systems |
| 6,347,385 | Interleavers for turbo code |
| 6,330,456 | System and method to combine power control commands during soft handoff in DS/CDMA cellular systems |
| 6,330,316 | Alternate routing schemes using quality of service information for calls involving unreliable networks |
| 6,269,239 | System and method to combine power control commands during soft handoff in DS/CDMA cellular systems |
6,154,512 Digital phase lock loop with control for enabling and disabling synchronization
| 6,249,552 | Audio frequency recovery--DC restorer circuit for cordless phone applications |
| 6,018,662 | Method for performing progressive soft handoff in CDMA systems |
Electric/Hydraulic
| 6,379,119 | Hybrid electric and hydraulic actuation system |
| 6,216,729 | Bidirectional check valve for hydraulic system |
| 7,743,610 | Fuel efficient hydraulic power steering |
Instrumentation
| 6,389,879 | Method, device and apparatus to detect changes of state in a capillary and to optimize injection conditions of a sample into gas-chromatography apparatuses |
| 6,361,204 | Device for measuring the thermal conductivity of a fluid |
| 6,357,277 |
Method and equipment for the realignment of peaks in gas chromatographic analyses 6,257,047 Method and device for the injection of liquid samples in a gas chromatograph |
| 5,759,234 | Method and device for the injection of liquid samples in a gas chromatograph |
| 7,615,953> | Apparatus and process for controlling and adjusting the operating of electric motor actuated devices |
Timepiece
| 6,366,540 | Open-faced watch display |
Print Blades
| 7,037,054 | Apparatus for forming groove used in cutting blade |
| 6,632,301 | Method and apparatus for bainite blades |
| 6,629,442 | Cutting blade bending apparatus capable of precisely forming acute angle |
| 6,422,052 | Device for forming cutting blade for prints |
| 6,367,302 | Method for bending and cutting metal strip material |
| 6,324,953 | Device for forming cutting blade for prints |
| 6,308,551 | Apparatus for bending cutting blade |
Dispensers
| 6,457,470 | Dispensing device |
| 6,318,640 | Dispensing device |
| 6,252,129 | Dispensing device and method for forming material |
| 6,135,985 | Dispenser arrangement for dispensing eyedrops |
| 6,105,877 | Dispensing device |
| 6,105,571 | Dispensing device |
| 6,068,199 | Dispensing device |
Vehicles
| 6,309,499 | Process and an apparatus for production of multilayer trim elements for vehicles |
Mechanical/Energy
| 6,808,062 | Plant and method for orderly aligning products in rows along a packaging line |
| 6,648,531 | Simultaneous keyboard key press |
| 6,591,462 | Magnetic jewelry clasp with safety catch |
| 6,541,721 | Electrical switch for gas cocks |
| 6,309,136 | Device for locking a mechanical member onto a shaft |
| 6,035,846 | Gas burner |
| 6,030,207 | Gas burner for domestic appliance |
| 5,986,526 | RF microwave bellows tuning post |
| 5,983,818 | Sewing machine with thread tensioning and take up levers |
| 5,651,212 | Stripping thorns from rose stems |
| 5,628,905 | Biological aquarium filter with means to keep the siphon tubes primed |
| 5,127,460 | Environmental strip curtain system |
Remote tracking
| 6,262,666 | Method of and apparatus for individuals to maintain a trail of their well being and whereabouts |
Radiopharmaceutical pig
| 7,019,317 | Radiopharmaceutical shipping pig with encapsulated lead shielding |
| 6,963,073 | Radiopharmaceutical pig of two sections that enables one section to turn relative to the other section without the need to manually grasp the other section |
| 6,822,253 | Radiopharmaceutical shipping pig with encapsulated lead shielding |
| 6,586,758 | Radiopharmaceutical pig and transportation apparatus |
Medicinal
| 6,812,363 | Racemization of optically active 2-substituted phenyl glycine esters |
| 6,565,851 | Relieving symptoms of erectile dysfunction with proanthocyanidins |
| 6,464,988 | Glipizide-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes and their pharmaceutical composition |
| 6,270,797 | Sustained release pharmaceutical composition containing glipizide and method for producing same |
Eye care/surgery/diagnostics
| 7,351,219 | Method and instrumentation for cooling a surgical incision |
| 7,172,578 | Sterile tubing sheath |
| 7,014,629 | Tapered infusion sleeve portal |
| 6,875,194 | Reduction or elimination of the introduction of air within fluid introduced into a surgical field |
| 6,258,053 | Phacoemulsification instrument having a gap between a needle and a sleeve of the instrument that is at least the same size as an inside area of an infusion line |
| 6,183,480 | Intraocular device for stabilizing of a lens capsule |
6,113,542 Diagnostic apparatus and method to provide effective intraocular pressure based on measured thickness of the cornea |
| 6,109,572 | Apparatus and method to elevate an infusion source |
| 6,107,911 | Self-contained, programmable, time interval alarm reminder device for eyedrop medication administration and a means for affixing such to an eyedrop/medication container |
| 6,039,715 | Angulated phacoemulsification needle whose outer surface converges and inner channel narrows |
| 5,876,016 | Apparatus and method to elevate an infusion source |
| 5,728,117 | Retractable capsulorrehexis instrument |
| 5,724,021 | Self-contained, programmable, time interval alarm reminder device for eyedrop medication administration and a means for affixing such to eyedrop/medication container |
| 5,685,841 | Support for fluid infusion tube for use during eye surgery |
| 7,762,978 | Method and instrumentation for cooling a surgical incision |
Heart monitor
| 7,020,514 | Method of and apparatus for detecting atrial fibrillation |
| 6,519,490 | Method of and apparatus for detecting arrhythmia and fibrillation |
Physical aids/Exercise/Sports
| 7,103,932 | Echocardiography table swing out patient support cushion |
| 6,942,630 | Inflatable suspension harness/body jacket |
| 6,742,982 | Golf ball stacking and dispensing apparatus and method |
| 6,659,920 | Rhythmic motion driver |
| 6,652,425 | Cyclocentric ergometer |
| 6,648,138 | Golf ball stacking and dispensing tray |
| 6,645,126 | Patient rehabilitation aid that varies treadmill belt speed to match a user's own step cycle based on leg length or step length |
| 6,609,995 | Rhythmic motion driver |
| 6,585,610 | Portable stoopball playing device |
| 6,565,492 | Rhythmic motion driver |
| 6,302,828 | Weight offloading apparatus |
| 6,129,320 | Motor driven stand-up urinal |
| 6,116,551 | Portable urine bottle holder with standing pole and height adjustable bottle support |
| 6,113,508 | Adjusting stiffness and flexibility in sports equipment |
| 6,065,726 | Portable urine bottle holder connectable to a walker |
| 5,820,531 | Sand filled exercise stick |
| 5,792,035 | Exercise device for doing crunches |
| 5,722,096 | Portable urinal |
| D470,702 | Golf ball stacking tray portion |
| 5,695,312 | Method and apparatus for stacking golf balls |
Fabrics
| 7,309,236 | Apparel with meridian pathway markings |
| 5,863,633 | Flocked fabric with water resistant film |
| 5,773,118 | Decorative fabric and method for making the same |
| 5,756,180 | Flocked fabric suitable as outerwear |
| 5,543,195 | Flocked woven fabric with flattened flock fibers |
| 5,059,452 | Flocked foam fabric with flattened fibers which are color printed |
| 4,895,748 | Flocked foam fabric with flattened fibers which are color printed |
Recycling/Conservation/Biofuel
| 7,320,348 | Forest rejuvenation and preservation |
| 7,241,321 | Organically clean biomass fuel |
| 6,818,027 | Organically clean biomass fuel |
| 6,821,595 | Composite material paneling and method of making the same |
| 5,834,083 | Used tire recycling including sorting tires, shredding sidewalls, stacking tread strips, and uniformly dimensioning and bonding the tread strips together |
| 6,357,653 | Wood charcoal container |
Eyewear
| 7,328,048 | Wireless telephone headset built into eyeglasses |
| 5,699,140 | Jewelry eyeglass holder |
6,399,128 Injection of foodstuff to fill bagels and breads
Shelves/Desks
| D588,850 | Shop desk with hutch |
| D550,994 | Portions of a left side shelf and cabinet incline |
| D550,006 | Side shelf |
| D549,498 | Portions of a left side shelf and cabinet drawer |
| D549,497 | Portions of side shelves and cabinet incline |
| D547,576 | Portions of side shelves and cabinet drawer |
| D546,600 | Portions of a right side shelf and cabinet incline |
| D546,599 | Portions of a right side shelf and cabinet drawer |
| 7,059,484 | Adjustable modular shelf |
| 6,929,096 | Stringer/shelf frame construction |
| 6,905,037 | Wire shelf for adjustable shelf system |
| 6,752,477 | Portable work station for a laptop computer |
Drum
| 7,528,312 | Drum for striking upwardly and method therefor |
Fingerprint
| 6,766,040 | System and method for capturing, enrolling and verifying a fingerprint |
Metalworking
| 7,815,847 |
Mass production of tridimensional articles made of intermetallic compounds |
Flame retardant
| 7,619,022 | Flame retardant polymeric compositions |
