Posts Tagged ‘Scranton’

Patent Grant / Marcus Howard & Donna Harvey, Philadelphia, PA

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

U.S. Patent No. 7,753,280 for Personal Bank Card Storage Device and Method of Use.

Patent Drawing

Patent Drawing

Riddle Patent Law Acts as Local Counsel for Jack Thorpe in Thorpe V. Borough of Jim Thorpe, Pending Before the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Find the NPR story here. . . .

NPR News Story – Jim Thorpe

Patent Grant / Liquid Precision

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

U.S. Patent No. 7,556,056 for single point battery watering system with pivot float and ball valve.

The present invention relates to single point fluid supply systems for replenishing a liquid electrolyte in a plurality of battery cells simultaneously and in particular to a series of cell fill valves interconnected by a series of hoses and T-connections, one to each cell, each cell fill valve controlled by a ball in a seat in a single fill opening, the ball controlled by a float on a pivotable lever arm with an end finger which holds the ball up to admit water with the float down and allows the ball to lower onto the seat as the cell fills causing the float to rise to a shutoff level when the cell is filled to a desired level.

Patent Grant / University of Scranton

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

U.S. Patent No. 7,584,807 for Multiple Pulsejet Boring Device for rapidly boring through the ground having directional boring capabilities.

ABSTRACT:

A method and device for boring a hole through a material along a desired path includes an umbilical subsystem [2000] connected to a boring subsystem [3000] having a plurality of pulsejets [3100]. These pulsejets [3100] repeatedly receive and ignite a combustible fluid [7] in a combustion chamber [3230] causing a portion of the fluid [7] to be forced out of a nozzle [3260] at high speeds as a fluid slug [10] that impacts materials ahead of the pulsejet [3100].

The Business Incubator at the Scranton Enterprise Center

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

The Scranton Business Incubator provides assistance to new businesses.  Here is a piece from their site:

Q.  What is the advantage of locating within the business incubator?

A.  There are many ways that a small business can benefit from locating within a business incubator. First, by sharing common costs associated with a running a business, the Business Incubator reduces the occupancy expenses for the business and therefore, the business has additional capital to utilize for development purposes. Secondly, the business will have access to several business development tools such as networking opportunities, mentoring programs and financial assistance. The business environment created by a business incubator is one that is conducive to the growth of businesses and the entrepreneurs who run them.

For more information visit Scranton Enterprise Center – The Business Incubator.

Attorney Charles L. Riddle ‘97 to Guest Lecture at Wilkes University

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Charles Riddle will be speaking to the undergraduate Feasibility Analysis class on March 30, 2009 – providing insight into his practice as an intellectual property attorney.

He will briefly discuss the legal theory of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets and how they translate into a competitive advantage asset in business.

He will also discuss his experiences with individual inventors, businesses and universities of the Northeast Pennsylvania, Scranton / Wilkes Barre region.

For more information, and inquire about attending the lecture contact:
Ellen Raineri, Ph.D.
The Jay Sidhu School of Business and Leadership
Wilkes University

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