Stephen C Green

US Patent:

6475106, Nov 5, 2002

Filed:

Oct 31, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/702227

Inventors:

Stephen M. Green - Syracuse NY
Gary Tavares - Banks OR

Assignee:

Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc. - Chicopee MA

International Classification:

A63B 3712

US Classification:

473383, 473378

Abstract:

A new configuration for dimples on the surface of a golf ball is characterized by a plurality of grooves in the concave surface of the dimple. The grooves are concentrically arranged relative to the geometric configuration defined at the intersection with the spherical surface. The depth of the grooves increases from an outermost groove to an innermost groove. The grooves within at least some of the dimples on the surface of the ball improve the aerodynamic efficiency of the dimples to reduce drag and increase the distance the ball will travel.

US Patent:

6960232, Nov 1, 2005

Filed:

Apr 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/423414

Inventors:

Matthew Lyons - Wilberham MA, US
Stephen M. Green - Syracuse NY, US
Matthew A. Keary - Etna NY, US

Assignee:

Blackstone Medical, Inc. - Springfield MA

International Classification:

A61F002/44

US Classification:

623 1716, 623 1711, 623 1715

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to the field of prosthetic devices. More particularly, one embodiment of the present invention is directed to an artificial disc that can be used as a replacement for an intervertebral disc (e. g. , a human intervertebral lumbar disc).

US Patent:

7048651, May 23, 2006

Filed:

Sep 22, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/666437

Inventors:

Robert Phelps - Granby MA, US
Stephen M. Green - Syracuse NY, US

Assignee:

Callaway Golf Company - Carlsbad CA

International Classification:

A63B 37/12

US Classification:

473378

Abstract:

A golf ball having an indicia produced by ink jet printing is disclosed. An ink composition containing a coloring agent and a resin is dispensed on a transfer medium, using an ink jet printer, to form an indicia. The indicia is transferred from the transfer medium to the dimpled surface of a golf ball. In another form of the invention, an indicia is applied directly to a golf ball, without a transfer medium. In this method, an indicia receiving layer is applied on at least a portion of the golf ball surface, then the indicia is printed directly on the indicia receiving layer using an ink jet printer. The indicia on the golf ball has an impact resistance suitable for use in competitive play.

US Patent:

7448323, Nov 11, 2008

Filed:

May 19, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/419432

Inventors:

Robert Phelps - Granby MA, US
Stephen M. Green - Syracuse NY, US

Assignee:

Callaway Golf Company - Carlsbad CA

International Classification:

B41F 17/34

US Classification:

101491, 101 35, 101DIG 40

Abstract:

A golf ball having an indicia produced by ink jet printing is disclosed. An ink composition containing a coloring agent and a resin is dispensed on a transfer medium, using an ink jet printer, to form an indicia. The indicia is transferred from the transfer medium to the dimpled surface of a golf ball. In another form of the invention, an indicia is applied directly to a golf ball, without a transfer medium. In this method, an indicia receiving layer is applied on at least a portion of the golf ball surface, then the indicia is printed directly on the indicia receiving layer using an ink jet printer. The indicia on the golf ball has an impact resistance suitable for use in competitive play.

US Patent:

7627605, Dec 1, 2009

Filed:

Jul 15, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/182539

Inventors:

Paul B. Lamere - Nashua NH, US
Stephen J. Green - Wakefield MA, US

Assignee:

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

7071041, 707 2

Abstract:

A media playlist is generated from a set of two or more seed media selections as well as the desired number of selections in the playlist. The seed selections represent waypoints in “media space”. A playlist is generated by finding a path of “stepping stone” selections between the waypoints, with the constraints that no selection is presented more than once and the maximum distance between stepping stones is minimized. In one embodiment, an “endless” playlist by adding a final path from the last playlist selection back to a selection that is nearest the first selection, but has not been presented yet. In still another embodiment, a separate set of “avoid” selections is maintained. When generating the playlist, given a set of paths that meet the aforementioned path generation constraints, paths will be selected that maximize the distance from the set of “avoid” selections.

US Patent:

7765931, Aug 3, 2010

Filed:

Nov 10, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/268115

Inventors:

Robert Phelps - Granby MA, US
Stephen M. Green - Syracuse NY, US

Assignee:

Callaway Golf Company - Carlsbad CA

International Classification:

B41F 17/34

US Classification:

101491, 101492, 101 35, 101 41, 101DIG 40

Abstract:

A golf ball having an indicia produced by ink jet printing is disclosed. An ink composition containing a coloring agent and a resin is dispensed on a transfer medium, using an ink jet printer, to form an indicia. The indicia is transferred from the transfer medium to the dimpled surface of a golf ball. In another form of the invention, an indicia is applied directly to a golf ball, without a transfer medium. In this method, an indicia receiving layer is applied on at least a portion of the golf ball surface, then the indicia is printed directly on the indicia receiving layer using an ink jet printer. The indicia on the golf ball has an impact resistance suitable for use in competitive play.

US Patent:

7823272, Nov 2, 2010

Filed:

Nov 14, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/598877

Inventors:

Matthew J. Guay - North Attleboro MA, US
Robert Genovisi - Rehoboth MA, US
Stephen A. Green - Franklin MA, US
Norbert Binkowski - Franklin MA, US
Craig Stephen Vickery - Reading MA, US
Jon Fraser Ewing - Reading MA, US
Ingomar JK Summerauer - Arbon, CH

Assignee:

The Gillette Company - Boston MA

International Classification:

B23P 19/00

US Classification:

29820, 298966, 295641, 72 71, 72293, 30 401

Abstract:

This invention relates to methods and systems for attaching components to strips of material to form assemblies, e. g. , a system for fastening pre-sharpened razor blades to individual support strips on a continuous band of material, such as a metal, to form discrete blade assemblies.

US Patent:

7877393, Jan 25, 2011

Filed:

Jul 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/780135

Inventors:

Stephen J. Green - Burlington MA, US
Jeffrey L. Alexander - Arlington MA, US
Paul B. Lamere - Nashua NH, US

Assignee:

Oracle America, Inc. - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707749, 707750

Abstract:

A method for accessing a file system that includes creating a document index for an active document, identifying a similarity score for each of a plurality of stored documents to generate a list of similar documents, wherein the similarity score is computed by comparing the document index for the active document with a search index for the plurality of stored documents, and displaying the list of similar documents in a file system interface.