Mark D Scott

US Patent:

7213594, May 8, 2007

Filed:

May 20, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/850496

Inventors:

Alonzo C. Aylsworth - Wildwood MO, US
Lawrence C. Spector - Austin TX, US
Mark E. Scott - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

Acoba, L.L.C. - Chesterfield MO

International Classification:

A61M 16/00
A62B 7/00

US Classification:

12820423, 12820523

Abstract:

A method and related system to determine nasal resistance to airflow. Some of the exemplary embodiments may be a method comprising measuring an attribute of airflow through a first naris of a patient without blocking a second naris of the patient, measuring an attribute of airflow through the second naris of the patient without blocking the first naris, and determining a value indicative of nasal resistance to airflow based on the attributes measured.

US Patent:

61024023, Aug 15, 2000

Filed:

Sep 30, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/163805

Inventors:

Mark Scott - Las Vegas NV
Bruce Henderson - Carefree AZ

International Classification:

A63F 100

US Classification:

273292

Abstract:

Each player makes an initial ante wager and then each player and the dealer receive five cards face down. The player makes a "first" wager to see a sixth card and a "second" wager to see a seventh card. The sixth and seventh cards are each community cards used by each player and the dealer. Each player's hand is analyzed to see if the player has a qualifying hand of at least a pair of Deuces or better. If the player does not qualify, all wagers are lost by the player. If the player's hand does qualify, all cards of the dealer's hand are turned face up and each player's hand is compared to the dealer's hand using conventional poker hand ranking to determined whether the player's hand has a higher ranking five card poker hand than the dealer's hand. Each player also optionally may make a side bet wager to be eligible for special payouts, including a "bad beat" payout. The special payout can take either of two forms: 1) the player wins preselected payout amounts for poker hand rankings of at least a Four-of-a-Kind if the player's hand beats or ties the dealer's hand, or 2) the player wins other preselected and much higher amounts for poker hand rankings of at least a Straight or higher that the player achieves but the player's hand loses to the dealer's hand.

US Patent:

42614716, Apr 14, 1981

Filed:

Dec 11, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/968323

Inventors:

James R. Reinhardt - Houston TX
Mark P. Scott - Houston TX

Assignee:

ACF Industries, Incorporated - New York NY

International Classification:

B61G 922

US Classification:

213 10

Abstract:

A fabricated backstop for an end-of car cushioning unit in a railway car. The backstop is composed of two plate members or pieces which are welded separately to the inside of a center sill. One backstop piece is a generally U-shaped vertical plate member which is welded about its entire outer circumference to the inside of the center sill and provides an over-solid stop. The second backstop piece is a horizontal plate member positioned in contact with the rear face of the vertical plate member and having a cutout portion to receive an end collar of an end-of-car cushioning device. The horizontal plate member is welded at its front face to the vertical plate member and at its outer sides to the center sill to provide a rear buff stop and a rear draft stop.

US Patent:

61024007, Aug 15, 2000

Filed:

Oct 14, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/173484

Inventors:

Mark Scott - Las Vegas NV
Bruce Henderson - Carefree AZ

Assignee:

Bad Beat Gaming, LLC - Carefree AZ

International Classification:

A63F 306

US Classification:

273269

Abstract:

In connection with the play of conventional keno games, both live keno games and mechanical or electronic keno gaming machines, the player is provided with the opportunity to win a "bad beat" bonus payout. The player uses a single keno ticket, and may be required to make an optional side bet wager to be eligible for the "bad beat" bonus payout or the player may be eligible simply by participating in the conventional keno game. If the player is "jackpot qualified" and the player plays at least five consecutive games of keno using the same keno ticket, the player wins a special payout.

US Patent:

41131134, Sep 12, 1978

Filed:

Sep 16, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/833947

Inventors:

James R. Reinhardt - Houston TX
Mark P. Scott - Houston TX

Assignee:

ACF Industries, Incorporated - New York NY

International Classification:

B61G 902

US Classification:

213 43

Abstract:

An end-of-car railway car cushioning unit has a cylinder and a cylindrical piston mounted in the cylinder with the piston rod secured to the piston extending through an opening in the rear end of the cylinder with the piston forming a high pressure fluid chamber on the front face thereof and a low pressure fluid chamber on the rear face thereof. The piston has a plurality of openings therethrough and a metering valve is mounted in each of the openings to meter fluid flow between the low pressure chamber and the high pressure chamber. Each metering valve has a buff flow passage and a restricted draft flow passage. At least one selected metering valve has a cylindrical extension thereon projecting from the front face of the piston and adapted to engage an end wall of the high pressure chamber as the piston approaches the end of its buff stroke to block the flow of fluid from the high pressure chamber to the associated metering valve adjacent the end of the buff stroke. The extension is mounted for a limited inward movement upon contact with the end wall forming the cylinder to permit movement of the piston after such contact. The metering valves having the closure extension thereon are set to open at a lower force level than the remaining metering valves and a high force level is thus required for additional buff travel after the closure extension contacts the cylinder end wall.

US Patent:

20190213674, Jul 11, 2019

Filed:

Aug 31, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/692680

Inventors:

- San Antonio TX, US
Mark Wilson Scott - Sugar Land TX, US

Assignee:

ILENDX LLC - San Antonio TX

International Classification:

G06Q 40/02
G06Q 30/06

Abstract:

Disclosed is an approach for dynamic loan origination that separates objectively easy-to-approve loan applicants suitable for automated, streamlined, and fast-tracked loan origination for real-time loan approval (which comprise the majority of loan applications) from applicants that may be declined or may require special consideration for approval or decline (for which traditional non-real-time loan origination processes are better suited). In operation, the separation of the objectively easy approvals from the possible disapproval may be performed by a third-party non-lending pre-origination provider that is distinct and separate from a lender.