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Managing Partner | IP Licensing (U.S. Pat. 11,845,645 B2) at Tela-Flo, LLC.
The Digital Chemical Dispensing System (DCDS), protected under U.S. Patent No. 11,845,645 B2 ("Chemical Mixture Dispensing Assembly"), is a patented, solid-state "computer for chemicals." Conceived as an architectural platform, DCDS replaces conventional elastomeric squeeze tubes, wearing peristaltic rollers, and passive Venturi siphons with active, digital positive-displacement fluid control.
Presented as a diamond in the rough, DCDS establishes the core patented design, mathematical timing framework, and functional specifications for enterprise commercialization:
Discrete Micro-Metering Architecture: Engineered around software-timed positive displacement designed to meter micro-pulses down to 0.02 mL, providing the structural foundation for point-of-use dilution of up to 1,000:1 super-concentrates ("Truck in a Bag") to eliminate water freight and packaging waste.
Active Bi-Directional Line Clearance: Patented reverse drawback sequencing that clears chemistry behind the manifold gate to prevent nozzle drying, encrustation, drips, and cross-contamination without auxiliary flush lines.
Dynamic Inline Thermal Gating (Claim 8): Closed-loop carrier fluid monitoring that dynamically coordinates chemical injection strictly within programmed water temperature thresholds.
Broad Viscosity Delivery: Designed to positively meter high-viscosity formulations (conditioners, soaps, heavy chemical concentrates) without fluid slip, shear loss, or cavitation.
Closed-Loop Flow Governance (Claims 3–5): Digital coordination of electronic sensors and metering valves to feed real-time mass-flow telemetry directly into IoT fleet management software.
Autonomous Low-Voltage Integration: 12V DC cordless power logic engineered to support extended operational cycles without requiring high-voltage drops.
Cryptographic Consumable Platform: Hardware-level consumable authentication designed into the receiver interface to lock dispensers securely to authorized refill lines.
Operating strictly under an intellectual property licensing model. Tela-Flo, LLC licenses the patented architecture, functional designs, and operational claims to enterprise partners, who engineer, tool, and scale production hardware to their own proprietary manufacturing specifications.
Tela-Flo, LLC.
December 2023 - Present
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Directing corporate intellectual property licensing, commercial joint development partnerships, and technology transfer for Tela-Flo, LLC.
Co-inventor of U.S. Patent No. 11,845,645 B2 ("Chemical Mixture Dispensing Assembly"), the proprietary foundation for the Digital Chemical Dispensing System (DCDS). Responsible for leading enterprise outreach, structuring field-of-use licensing agreements, and interfacing with corporate R&D teams seeking solid-state, positive-displacement micro-metering architectures.
Tela-Flo, LLC operates strictly as an intellectual property licensing company, licensing the patented DCDS architecture, functional timing frameworks, and operational claims to corporate manufacturing partners who engineer, tool, and scale production hardware to their own proprietary manufacturing specifications.
Sacramento State University
August 1988 - May 1991
Finance and Management
Bachelors of Science Finance
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
December 2023
Granted 14 utility claims covering the Chemical Mixture Dispensing Assembly. The patent establishes proprietary intellectual property protection for solid-state positive displacement fluid control, software-timed discrete micro-metering (down to 0.02 mL), and dynamic inline carrier fluid thermal gating (Claim 8).
