Centurion Patentors as of July 29, 2025

Kevin M Higgins

Senior Director Casino Architecture at IGT.

Patent №:  12374192 – Individualized outcomes on wagers placed on a streamed game in a streaming environment.

Systems and methods allow different users to experience unique outcomes from the same game streamed on a live platform. Each viewer interacts independently, enabling personalized results within a shared game stream.

Fumitaka Arai

Since 1995, he has worked at Toshiba on high-density EEPROM development. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from Tohoku University.

Patent №: 12376308 – Semiconductor memory device.

A semiconductor memory device includes a memory array and peripheral circuit. The circuit charges or discharges nodes based on address signals, connects nodes through transistors, and uses amplifiers to drive via electrodes.

Brandon T Mock

Design Manager at KitchenAid.

Patent №: 12372995 – Appliance knob assembly.

An appliance includes a base with a shaft running through its sidewall. A knob is attached outside the base, and a weighted member inside rotates with the shaft. The weight increases the knob’s rotational inertia for smoother operation.

Patent №:  12369754 – Mixing bowl assembly. A mixing bowl assembly includes a bowl and a removable lid with an outer frame and inner lip. The lid has a recessed surface that holds a flat wooden trivet. A dome attaches to the trivet’s rim near the lid’s outer frame.

Hing C Wong

Founder & CEO at HCW Biologics.

Patent №:  12371472 – Multimeric IL-15 soluble fusion molecules and methods of making and using same.

This invention uses ALT-803, an IL-15 superagonist complex, to enhance immune responses against cancers and viral infections like HIV.

Tetsuo Endoh

Dr. Endoh earned his B.S. in Physics from the University of Tokyo (1987) and Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from Tohoku University (1995).

Starting his career at Toshiba, he worked on NAND flash memory. Today, he’s a Professor at Tohoku University, Director of the Center for Innovative Integrated Electronic Systems, and Deputy Director of the Center for Science and Innovation in Spintronics.

Recipient of Japan’s Prime Minister’s Award (2016) and National Invention Award for the invention of 3D NAND memory (2017).

Patent №: 12371813 – Silicon wafer and method for producing silicon wafer. A Czochralski silicon wafer includes a bulk layer with oxygen concentration ≥ 0.5×10/cm³ and a surface layer (up to 300 nm deep) with oxygen concentration ≥ 2×10/cm³.