Centurion+ Patent Holders as of August 13, 2024
William Thomas Bigbee, Jr
Vice President of Operations.
Before Joining Encore in 1997, W.T. worked at General Cable for 10 years where he started his career in the wire and cable industry and worked his way into a Process Engineering position.
Mr. Bigbee currently holds memberships and serves in key positions within the Aluminum Association, the Copper Development Association, the National Armored Cable Manufacturers Association, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and the National Fire Protection Association.
In addition, W.T. was elected to serve as the 2019 President of the Wire Association International
Patent №: 12060243 (August 13, 2024) – Apparatus and method for spooling wire. A reel apparatus includes an inner flange assembly, an outer flange assembly, and a bearing assembly connecting them. The inner flange assembly can rotate freely relative to the outer flange assembly. Another embodiment involves spooling wire from a reel with these inner and outer flange assemblies.
Cody A Friesen
Founder and CEO at SOURCE Global, PBC.
Dr. Cody Friesen is an Entrepreneur, Materials Scientist and Physical Electrochemist. He is the Founder of Fluidic Energy, an advanced battery company and the Founder and CEO of Zero Mass Water, a water technology company.
He earned a BSE in Materials Science and Engineering from Arizona State University, and a Ph.D. in the same discipline from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Patent №: 12060813 (August 13, 2024) – Systems for generating water with waste heat and related methods therefor. The system includes a water-generating unit with a desiccation device and condenser, and a waste-heat-generating system. The water-generating unit uses the waste heat produced by the system to generate water.
Yaroslav Volovich
AI/ML at Apple.
Track record of engineering leadership and building teams from the ground up contributing to key Google and YouTube products: predictive search GoogleNow & GoogleAssistant, Google Ads (effectiveness, measurement, offline Ads), YouTube Ads (cross-media advertisement, calibration panels, audience segmentation), YouTube (cross-team tech leadership, data compliance, metrics, user interaction).
Patent №: 12063419 (August 13, 2024) – Methods, systems, and media for presenting supplemental information corresponding to on-demand media content. A web browser extension detects when media is playing on a content provider’s website, identifies the media, and checks for available supplemental content. If available, an indicator is shown. When the indicator is selected, the supplemental content, timed to the media, is presented concurrently with the media.
Chung-Hui Chen
Chung-Hui Chen received an M.S. degree from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., and a Ph.D. in electronics engineering from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, in 2002.
He is currently with the VLSI Laboratory, Institute of Microelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, NCKU.
Patent №: 12062652
(August 13, 2024) – Zero mask high density capacitor.
The process involves forming a first interconnect layer, adding a resistive layer on top, followed by a dielectric layer, and then a second resistive layer on top of the dielectric layer.
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Angelina Kushnarova
Angelina Kushnarova (Sverediuk) was born in Ukraine. She graduated from Ternopil Medical University with a specialization in Medicine and completed an internship in Radiology at Lviv University. She worked as a Radiologist, while also working as a web developer.