List of patents


Notice of Availability of Government-Owned Inventions and Software Available for Licensing, Pursuant to 37 CFR 404.4 and Section 801 of Public Law 113-66 (2014 National Defense Authorization Act)

The inventions and software listed below are assigned to the United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, and are available for licensing by the Department of the Navy.

The following are available for licensing by contacting the KIPTM licensing services:

Pat/Pub/Inv. No.

Title

Category

Date Issued

Inventors

211677

TiDALTM firmware and software for Miniature Low Power Data Acquisition System

Firmware/software loaded onto a microprocessor within the data acquisition unit for acoustic vector sensors

trade secret

Mark Paulus
Daniel Gentile

2024-0171416

Systems and Methods For Acquisition Of Data From Sensors

acoustic vector sensors

pending

Mark Paulus
Daniel Gentile
Kevin Jones
Kyler Callahan
Paul Leary
Vlad Dobrokhodov
Kevin Smith

WO/2024/167545

Systems and Methods For Acquisition Of Sensors Data

acoustic vector sensors

pending

Mark Paulus
Daniel Gentile
Kevin Jones
Kyler Callahan
Paul Leary
Vlad Dobrokhodov
Kevin Smith

WO/2024/118669

Systems and Methods For Refurbishment Of Motor Generators

robotics

 

pending

Nicholas Bankus
Joel Galles
Alex R.N. Read
Derek Mikesell

 

12,126,295

Systems For Controlling A Rotating Device With Notched Rotating Wheel

electromechanics

10/22/2024

Jonathan Wheless





12,129,002

Systems And Methods For Joining Modules Having Integrated Capillaries

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow




12,129,001

Systems And Methods For Joining Propulsion Modules

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow




12,129,000

Systems And Methods For Joining Movably Coupled Modules

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow




12,128,999

Systems And Methods For Joining Ferry Modules

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow




12,128,998

Systems And Methods For Mounting Mechanisms

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow




12,128,997

Systems And Methods For Joining Magnetically Coupled Modules

UUVs

10/29/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow




12,122,494

Module Joining Systems And Methods Of Use

UUVs

10/22/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow




12,122,493

Systems And Methods For Joining Modules Of Surface Vehicles

UUVs

10/22/2024

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow




12,097,939

A Field Configurable Vehicle Having An Integral Bladder

UUVs

9/24/2024

Eric Seeley





12,059,767

Precision Positioning And Handling System For Large Vehicles

UUVs

8/13/2024

Tyler Paine
Christopher Walther
Nicholas Johnson
Scott Larson


11,947,006

Systems and Methods For The Localization Of Objects Buried In The Seabed

sonar

4/2/2024

Wendy Snyder
Forrest French
Stephen Leahu



11,919,116

Methods Of Aligning Components For Vehicle Assembly

UUVs

3/5/2024

Tyler Paine
Christopher Walther
Nicholas Johnson
Scott Larson


11,904,993

Supplemental Techniques for Vehicle and Module Thermal Management

UUVs

2/20/2024

Eric Seeley
Wade Kempf
Andrew Roth
Mark Sorna


11,858,597

Methods for Coupling and Positioning Elements on a Configurable Vehicle

UUVs

1/2/2024

Eric Seeley





11,846,742

Systems and Methods For The Localization Of Objects Buried In The Seabed

sonar

12/19/2023

Wendy Snyder
Forrest French
Stephen Leahu



11,843,421

Helical wave encoding

underwater communications

12/12/2023

Grant Eastland





11,801,925

Vehicle Propulsion Systems

UUVs

10/31/2023

Eric Seeley





11,764,708

Systems, Circuits and Methods For Controlling A Rotating Device Via Electromechanical Rotation Limiters

electromechanics

9/19/2023

Jonathan Wheless





11,760,454

Methods Of Forming Field Configurable Underwater Vehicles

UUVs

9/19/2023

Eric Seeley





11,745,841

Methods For Vehicle Propulsion

UUVs

9/5/2023

Eric Seeley





11,745,840

Apparatus And Method For Joining Modules In A Field Configurable Autonomous Vehicle

UUVs

9/5/2023

Eric Seeley
Jacob Snow




11,738,839

Magnetically Configurable Spherical Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

UUVs

8/29/2023

Eric E. Seeley
Tyler Paine
Jacob Snow
Logan Harris
Jose Ruiz
Wade Kempf
Andrew Roth
Jennifer Guild

11,726,021

Methods Of Conducting An Environmental Test

environmental research

8/15/2023

Kraig Frederickson





11,724,785

Configurable Spherical Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

UUVs

8/15/2023

Eric E. Seeley
Tyler Paine
Jacob Snow
Logan Harris
Jose Ruiz
Wade Kempf
Andrew Roth
Jennifer Guild

2022-0390960

Systems and Methods For The Modular Attachment Of Additively Manufactured Components On Vehicles

UUVs

pending

Eric Seeley
Nathan Schulyer
Jacob Yates
Destany Burke
Shawn Stainsby
Stephen Leahu
Colin Gillespie

2021-0379420

Filtering face mask and respirator

respiratory protection

pending

Mark Sorna
Jacob Yates
Nathan Schuyler
Jose Ruiz

11,639,994

Methods For Locating Underwater Objects By Sensing Pressure Waves

acoustic vector sensors

5/2/2023

Mark Paulus





11,624,696

Environmental Sampling Chamber

environmental research

4/11/2023

Kraig Frederickson





11,608,149

Buoyancy control module for field configurable autonomous vehicle

UUVs

3/21/2023

Eric E. Seeley





11,603,170

Method For Parasitic Transport Of An Autonomous Vehicle

UUVs

3/14/2023

Jennifer A. Guild





11,596,194

Helmet Face Shield

face protection

3/7/2023

Jacob Snow
Jacob Yates
Nathan Schuyler



11,558,124

Methods for helical wave encoding

underwater communications

1/17/2023

Grant Eastland





11,541,801

Method and apparatus for positioning the center of mass on a configurable device

UUVs

1/3/2023

Eric E. Seeley





D973,969

Helmet face shield (Design)

face protection

12/27/2022

Jacob Snow
Jacob Yates




11,530,017

Propulsion system for field configurable vehicle

UUVs

12/20/2022

Eric E. Seeley





11,530,019

Scuttle Module for Field Configurable Vehicle

UUVs

12/20/2022

Eric E. Seeley
Logan Harris




11,524,757

 System and apparatus for attaching and transporting an autonomous vehicle

UUVs

12/13/2022

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild




11,511,836

Field Configurable Spherical Underwater Vehicle

UUVs

11/29/2022

Eric E. Seeley
Tyler Paine
Jacob Snow
Logan Harris
Jose Ruiz
Wade Kempf
Andrew Roth
Jennifer Guild

11,505,296

Method and apparatus for transporting ballast and cargo in an autonomous vehicle

UUVs

11/22/2022

Eric E. Seeley





11,505,283

Apparatus for Coupling and Positioning Elements on a Configurable Vehicle

UUVs

11/22/2022

Eric E. Seeley





11,388,945

Helmet face shield

face protection

7/19/2022

Jacob Snow
Jacob Yates
Nathan Schuyler



11,340,255

Method for Reducing Bias Drift in a Microelectromechanical Systems Sensor

accelerometers and sonar

5/24/2022

Christopher C. Moll
John G. Miskimins
Ahmed S. Zaki
William H. Slater
Michael J. Kroger

11,319,042

System and apparatus for attaching and transporting an autonomous vehicle

UUVs

5/3/2022

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild




D946,746

Filtered Face Mask Respirator

respiratory protection

3/22/2022

Mark Sorna
Jacob Yates




D946,743

Filtered Face Mask

respiratory protection

3/22/2022

Mark Sorna
Jacob Yates




D946,745

Filtered Face Mask With Cap

respiratory protection

3/22/2022

Mark Sorna
Jacob Yates




D946,744

Filtered Face Mask Respirator With Cap

respiratory protection

3/22/2022

Mark Sorna
Jacob Yates




11,243,368

Fiber optic cable clamp

fiber optic cables

2/8/2022

Brandon Rottle
Mitch Van Epps
Steven Kyle Denton
Robert Lutes


D937,179

Marine Vehicle with Shroud and Continuous Lens

UUVs

11/30/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz
Logan Harris
Joel R. Gies

D933,577

Marine Vehicle with Shroud and Lens

UUVs

10/19/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz
Logan Harris
Joel R. Gies

D928,690

Marine Vehicle with Continuous Top Lens

UUVs

8/24/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz
Logan Harris
Joel R. Gies

D928,691

Marine Vehicle with Shroud and Top Continuous Lens

UUVs

8/24/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz



D928,689

Marine Vehicle

UUVs

8/24/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz



D928,070

Marine Vehicle with Shroud and Top Lens

UUVs

8/17/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz
Logan Harris
Joel R. Gies

D928,069

Marine Vehicle with Top Lens

UUVs

8/17/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz



D928,068

Marine Vehicle with Continuous Front Lens

UUVs

8/17/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz



D927,398

Marine Vehicle with Shroud

UUVs

8/10/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz
Logan Harris
Joel R. Gies

D926,662

Marine Vehicle with Lens

UUVs

8/3/2021

Eric E. Seeley
Jennifer A. Guild
Jose M. Ruiz



 

The above list was updated on October 11, 2024.

For further information, please contact:

 

Mr. Stephen J. Leahu

Intellectual Property Law Counsel

Department of Navy, Office of General Counsel

NAVSEA, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Div. Keyport

610 Dowell Road, Building 1003

Keyport, WA  98345

360-396-7362 (office)

stephen.j.leahu.civ@us.navy.mil

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404.4, Section 801 of Public Law 113-66.  

For further information, please contact:

 

Mr. Stephen J. Leahu

Intellectual Property Law Counsel

Department of Navy, Office of General Counsel

NAVSEA, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Div. Keyport

610 Dowell Road, Building 1003

Keyport, WA  98345

360-396-7362 (office)

stephen.j.leahu.civ@us.navy.mil

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 20737 CFR part 404.4