Centurion+ Patent Holders as of July 23, 2024
Ralph F Osterhout
CEO of Osterhout Design Group (ODG).
During his career, he has developed a range of products spanning toys, consumer electronics, dive equipment, furniture to devices for the Department of Defense.
Since 2009, Osterhout has been highly focused on developing products and technologies in the head-worn computing field. Ralph has over three decades of developing head-worn technology (starting with the PVS-7 Night Vision Goggles in 1984) and has created nine different generations of smartglasses.
Osterhout has been referred to as the “real-life Q”, in reference to the fictional character Q that equips James Bond with secret spy gadgets, after Osterhout designed and developed several gadgets for James Bond films.
Patent №: 12045401 (July 23, 2024) – External user interface for head worn computing. Aspects of the present invention relate to external user interfaces used in connection with head worn computers (HWC).
Peter Wesley Bristol
VP of Industrial Design at Meta.
Patent №: D1036438 (July 23, 2024) – Head-mounted display.
Patent №: D1036273 (July 23, 2024) – Watch.
John Patrick Keady
Dr. Keady has focused the last 20 years with hands-on experience in technology development, prototyping, patent protection and licensing. Uniquely educated with several Ph.Ds (a Ph.D in Physics (Experimental and Theoretical Plasma Physics), a Ph.D in Computational Sciences (Acoustics)) a JD, MBA, and a BS degree in Aersopace and Ocean Engineering.
He is a member of both the Virginia Bar and is a registered Patent Attorney. Dr. Keady left a Visting Physics Professorship to take control of and add to Staton Techiya’s LLC legacy technology.
Patent №: 12047731 (July 23, 2024) – Acoustic device and methods. An exemplary communication device includes a microphone detecting acoustic signals and a processor detecting acoustical dampening. The processor applies a compensation filter to the signal, forming a compensated acoustic signal for reproduction. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
Patent №: 12045542 (July 23, 2024) – Earphone software and hardware. An exemplary embodiment involves controlling earphone features via a graphic user interface on a linked device.
Scott William Huffer
Scott Huffer, Principle Engineer with Sonoco Flexible Packaging, is a 35-year veteran of the flexible packaging industry with extensive knowledge in advanced printing technologies and innovative solutions Scott is a Chemical Engineer by training from Purdue University.
Prior to his 21 years at Sonoco, Scott held various roles at other packaging companies including Avery Dennison and Rexam.
Patent №: 12043466 (July 23, 2024) – Easy-open media wrapper. A described structure for forming a wrapper, such as for print media, includes lines of weakness to facilitate tearing and accessing the contents. These include a first line along a fold line, a second line perpendicular to the fold lines, and a third line between them at a non-zero angle. A tear initiated at the first line can propagate along the others to create an opening.
Inventor Recognitions with Centurion Plus Utility Patents as of July 4, 2023
Centurion+ Patent Holders as of February 13, 2024
Inventor Recognitions with Centurion Plus Utility Patents as of August 1, 2023
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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.