Centurion Patentors as of September 23, 2025

Keith D Foote

Vice President Global Engineering at Magna Mechatronics, Mirrors & Lighting.

Patent №: 12420712 – Vehicular exterior mirror system with light module.

A vehicular rearview mirror system integrates a forward-facing LED array in the mirror head, which lights up in response to the vehicle’s turn signal.

Juan A Lorenzo

Senior VP Product Development at Orchestra BioMed, Inc..

Patent №: 12419646 – Medical device delivery member with flexible stretch resistant mechanical release.

A delivery system for implantable devices features a flexible distal portion with a proximal hypotube, coil, compressible distal hypotube, sleeve, and loop wire to control coil elongation and expansion.

Patent №: 12419645 – Pull wire detachment for intravascular devices.

An intravascular delivery system assembly lets the pull wire’s proximal end move independently of the delivery tube, reducing stress in tortuous paths while preventing premature or inadvertent manipulation.

John Hurd

Product Innovation Director at Nike.

Patent №: 12419391 – Ground-engaging structures for articles of footwear.

Footwear ground-engaging components feature a boundary rim with open spaces at the forefoot, filled by a matrix structure forming open-cell construction for support and flexibility.

Dennis James Dolan

Senior Research Manager at Corteva Agriscience.

Patent №: 12419246 – Maize inbred 1PLUB62. A novel maize variety, 1PLUB62, along with its seeds, plants, and parts, is disclosed, including methods for trait introgression, backcrossing, transformation, and hybrid production.

Jiancong Luo

Dr. Luo received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA, in 2005.

Jiancong is currently with Apple Inc. His current research interests include high-efficiency compression and deep image/video processing technology.

Patent №: 12425576 – Methods for constructing a merge candidate list.

A video processing method builds a merge candidate list for a coding block by inserting available top, left, and above-left neighboring blocks as spatial merge candidates.