James Kendall

Research and publications

Selected publications

“Vision Needed”
Innovation, IDSA Quarterly Journal, Winter 2017

Metropolitan State University at Denver – “Utility Patent Overview” continuing lecture to business students

ALYX component collection system, manufactured by Baxter Healthcare Corp.
Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry Magazine
2005 Medical Design Excellence Awards

“Product Development Baseball”
Innovation, IDSA Quarterly Journal, Winter 2001

“Seeing Opportunities in Product Development” - Northwestern Engineering/Kellogg School Graduate School
of Management Guest Lecture, Spring 2001

“Tailoring Innovation” - Hong Kong Productivity Council & Design Innovation Executive Forum Lecture at
Illinois Institute of Technology, March 2001

“Product Development Strategies in a Networked Economy” - Northwestern Kellogg Graduate School of
Management Guest Lecturer/Course Collaborator, Winter 2000

“Industrial Designers as Product Developers”
Innovation, IDSA Quarterly Journal, Winter 2000

“How Business Executives and Designers Work Together” - Consumer Electronics Show Lecture
Las Vegas, NV, January 2000

“ID & Quality/A Vital Link to Customer Satisfaction”
Innovation, IDSA Quarterly Journal, Fall 1998

"Risk Management: Industrial Design Methodology for Medical Product Development,"
Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry, February 1995

"Vision Considerations for the Anesthesia Machine Operator,"
Official Publication of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, June 1986

Patents

10,053,807 Laundry system
10,041,201 Modular laundry system
D824,606 Laundry washing module
9,939,193 Apparatus, system, and method for storage in a refrigerated appliance
9,874,394 Method of making a folded vacuum insulated structure
9,611,578 Modular laundry system
9,795,010 Sensor system for refrigerator
9,759,438 Air conditioner with selective filtering for air purification
9,731,234 Liquid pitcher including divided fluid for inlet and outlet filtering
9,714,779 Air conditioner with selective filtering for air purification
9,702,619 Controlled, dynamic lighting of interior of appliance
9,599,353 Split air conditioning system with single outdoor unit
9,539,526 Filter assembly and system/methods of dispensing from and storing the filter assembly
9,347,701 Refrigerator module mounting system
9,310,123 Method of making an appliance door
9,252,570 Countertop module utilities enabled connection
9,071,907 Vacuum insulated structure tubular cabinet construction
9,003,825 Refrigerator with module receiving conduits
8,944,541 Vacuum panel cabinet structure for a refrigerator
8,739,568 Appliance feature module enabled by energy or materials sourced from the host appliance
8,522,563 Method of forming conduit receiving passageways in a refrigerator
8,459,067 Modular laundry system with vertical laundry module
8,456,040 Refrigerator module utilities enabled via connection
8,453,476 Refrigerator module mounting system
8,413,470 Modular laundry system with vertical laundry module
8,381,552 Modular laundry system with vertical laundry module
8,375,750 Modular laundry system with vertical laundry module
8,336,975 Plenum on front of refrigerator/freezer door
8,322,169 Modular laundry system with vertical laundry module
8,299,656 Feature module connection system
8,286,452 Modular laundry system with segmented work surface
8,187,124 Batting swing trainer and method
8,154,857 Appliance host with multiple service interfaces for coupling multiple consumer electronic devices
8,128,184 Double-sided door module
8,117,865 Refrigerator with module receiving conduits
8,072,738 Writing surface with removable portable electronic device
8,035,958 Functional unit of a consumer electronic device and writing surface
7,934,958 System for mounting a device to a host
7,931,114 Adapter or appliance with a user interface window
7,871,300 Host with multiple sequential adapters for multiple consumer electronic devices
7,870,753 Appliance door with a service interface
7,810,343 Dispenser with a service interface for a consumer electronic device
7,748,494 Acoustic chamber as part of adapter
7,713,090 System for slidably coupling consumer electronic devices to an appliance
7,686,127 Acoustic chamber as part of adapter or appliance
7,651,368 Appliance with an adapter to simultaneously couple multiple consumer electronic devices
7,625,246 System for supplying service from an appliance to multiple consumer electronic devices
7,296,695 Workroom storage system
7,228,977 Workroom storage system
D520,148 Slot track
6,949,036 Batting swing trainer and method
6,786,054 Systems and methods for freezing, storing and thawing biopharmaceutical material
6,684,646 Systems and methods for freezing, storing and thawing biopharmaceutical material
D480,122 Batting swing trainer
D457,929 Batting swing trainer with movable slide
6,325,775 Self-contained, transportable blood processing device
5,758,655 Needle device with improved handle
D387,065 Teleconferencing device
D385,281 Conference pro remote microphone
D379,229 Bone marrow biopsy needle
D356,302 Cartridge library system