Collins, CA
Catherine Collins, Dorval CA
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20110236309 | ANTAGONISTS OF LIGANDS AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides hetero-multivalent ligand binging agents (traps) for members of the TGF-β superfamily, as well as methods for making and using such constructs. In an embodiment of the invention there is provided a hetero-multivalent binding agent with affinity for a member of the TGF-β superfamily, said agent comprising the general structure (I): ( | 09-29-2011 |
20130251712 | COVALENTLY DIMERIZED BIVALENT BINDING AGENTS - The present invention addresses limitations of prior art receptor-based traps through a methodology called the clamp/click/cleave (CCC) approach. Two fusion proteins each comprising a binding domain fused to a coiled-coil are non-covalently dimerized through the coiled-coil (clamp), and the dimer so formed is stabilized by a covalent disulphide bond (click) between cysteine residues located on the fusion proteins between the binding domains and coiled-coils. Once the disulphide bond has formed, the coiled-coils are subsequently removed (cleave) by cleaving the fusions proteins at cleavage sites located between the cysteine residues and the coiled-coils to provide the covalently dimerized bivalent binding agent of the present invention. Such binding agents are useful in the treatment and diagnosis of disease states characterized by production and/or overexpression of a ligand to which the binding domains bind. The invention is particularly useful for covalently dimerized receptor-based ligand traps where the binding domains are receptor ligand-binding domains, such as those of TGF-β receptors. | 09-26-2013 |
Cora Lynne Collins, Dunrobin CA
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20140213233 | MOBILE EQUIPMENT CUSTOMIZATION USING A SINGLE MANUFACTURING CONFIGURATION - Personalization of a mobile device, including receiving at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of personalization policies stored on the mobile device a personalization policy that corresponds to the unique code; and storing the selected personalization policy in a persistent protected storage element of the mobile device. Customizing a mobile device, including determining at the mobile device a unique code; selecting, from a plurality of customized data sets stored on the mobile device a data set that corresponds to the unique code; and activating the selected data set on the mobile device. | 07-31-2014 |
Dennis Vivian Collins, Roberval CA
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20080223045 | Combustor Configurations - The present specification generally relates to improvements to combustors such as burners and engines. In one aspect, the specification presents an acoustically enhanced ejector system which can be used as part of an intake system for a combustor. In another aspect, the specification teaches the use of a combustor combustion chamber as an oscillator to magnify a harmonic frequency of a pulsating frequency of the combustor. In still other aspects, the specification presents a combustion chamber having an inlet with a plurality of tangentially spaced apertures, and an in-line intake system connected to the apertures. | 09-18-2008 |
20120100495 | COMBUSTOR CONFIGURATIONS - The present specification generally relates to improvements to combustors such as burners and engines. In one aspect, the specification presents an acoustically enhanced ejector system which can be used as part of an intake system for a combustor. In another aspect, the specification teaches the use of a combustor combustion chamber as an oscillator to magnify a harmonic frequency of a pulsating frequency of the combustor. In still other aspects, the specification presents a combustion chamber having an inlet with a plurality of tangentially spaced apertures, and an in-line intake system connected to the apertures. | 04-26-2012 |
20120107754 | COMBUSTOR CONFIGURATIONS - The present specification generally relates to improvements to combustors such as burners and engines. In one aspect, the specification presents an acoustically enhanced ejector system which can be used as part of an intake system for a combustor. In another aspect, the specification teaches the use of a combustor combustion chamber as an oscillator to magnify a harmonic frequency of a pulsating frequency of the combustor. In still other aspects, the specification presents a combustion chamber having an inlet with a plurality of tangentially spaced apertures, and an in-line intake system connected to the apertures. | 05-03-2012 |
Francis Xavier Collins, Lincoln CA
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20080289494 | DECOMPOSITION OF NATURAL GAS OR METHANE USING COLD ARC DISCHARGE - The invention provides methods and apparatus for a cold arc discharge used to decompose natural gas or methane into its gaseous constituents and carbon in the form of solid particles. The gaseous constituents obtained are mainly hydrogen and acetylene and they are produced in admixture with unreacted natural gas or methane. | 11-27-2008 |
20090038933 | Decomposition of Natural Gas or Methane Using Cold Arc Discharge - A cold arc discharge is used to decompose natural gas or methane into its gaseous constituents and carbon in the form of solid particles. The gaseous constituents obtained are mainly hydrogen and acetylene and they are produced in admixture with unreacted natural gas or methane. The cold arc discharge is generated by a pulsating high voltage discharge imparted through a capacitor to a high voltage electrode or a plurality of high voltage electrodes or through a high voltage electrode to a plurality of capacitor—connected electrodes placed in a reaction zone. The apparatus for performing this process may have a tubular reactor with a cylindrical ground electrode in the middle and a cylindrical outer wall through which the high voltage electrode or electrodes extend into the reaction zone. The apparatus may also have a cylindrical shaft in the middle made of dielectric material in which a plurality of electrodes are embedded, this shaft being surrounded by a high voltage tubular electrode. Natural gas or methane is passed through the reaction zone where it is subjected to the cold arc discharge or discharges and the resulting products flow out of the reactor and solid carbon particles are separated from the remaining gases that are then analysed. | 02-12-2009 |
Frank Collins, Lincoln CA
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20110190186 | SKIN CLEANSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cleansing composition for cleansing skin, especially for removing grease from skin. A cleaning composition of the present invention may also be used in ready-to-use (or in-use) kits, such as two component kits, suitable for cleansing skin. | 08-04-2011 |
20120231988 | SKIN CLEANSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cleansing composition for cleansing skin, especially for removing grease from skin. A cleaning composition of the present invention may also be used in ready-to-use (or in-use) kits, such as two component kits, suitable for cleansing skin. | 09-13-2012 |
Frank William Collins, Ottawa CA
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20120082740 | METHOD FOR INCREASING CONCENTRATION OF AVENANTHRAMIDES IN OATS - Methods for increasing the levels of avenanthramides in oats through false malting is disclosed. Oats are first subject to induction or enhancement of a secondary dormancy, and then malted for up to 5 days at an elevated temperature. The malted but not germinated oats are then dried and used as is, or further processed or milled to produce food, feed, nutraceutical or personal care products and ingredients. Methods are also provided for rendering non-dormant oats dormant and thus suitable for false malting. | 04-05-2012 |
Greg Collins, Loretto CA
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20140202814 | Duffle Bag with Flexible Frame - An article of luggage includes a resiliently-bendable reinforcing member extending substantially along the length of a top panel, being attached to the interior of a back panel, and being indirectly attached to the sling strap; resiliently-bendable reinforcing members extending substantially along the length of end panels and being attached to the end panels; and divider panels secured to a base, the divider panels being structured and arranged to provide rigidity to the base. The resiliently-bendable reinforcing member attached to the back panel is structured and arranged to disperse the weight of a load on the article of luggage when loaded with the load; to retain a rectangular parallelepiped shape of the article of luggage; and to minimize strain on an operator selecting mechanism defining an openable and closable access opening to the interior of the article of luggage. | 07-24-2014 |
Gregory Collins, Loretto CA
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20110162931 | COLLAPSIBLE BAG FOR CARRYING ARTICLES - A collapsible bag for carrying articles that includes a folding seat mounted on an exterior surface of the bag. The bag includes side frame members and a bottom plate that are individually pivotable relative to a base frame assembly to change the volume of the interior compartment of the bag. The bag is provided with various article retainers on its exterior surface to provide easy access to articles retained therein. | 07-07-2011 |
Gregory James Collins, Loretto CA
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20140202897 | FLEXIBLE SPORTS BAG - The present invention replaces the traditional steel and plastic construction primarily used in sports equipment bags to provide a novel sports equipment bag with flexibility, durability, strength, and a net weight reduction. The sports bag of the present invention integrates optionally removable composite rods into the frame structure of a sports bag to allow for significant flexibility and compression thereof for general transport, storage, shipping and handling purposes, and yet the sports bag is also capable of holding a semi-rigid exterior to a given volume and shape when in regular use. The present invention also discloses a sports equipment bag with a novel folding floor to assist with the flexible and collapsible nature of a sports equipment bag. | 07-24-2014 |
Jason Collins, Richmond Hill CA
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20120325828 | Container And Method Of Manufacture Thereof - A container including a sidewall having a top and bottom ends, a base attached to or proximate the bottom end defining a cavity bounded by the sidewall and by the base, and the base including at least a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness, such that the second thickness is less than the first thickness. A method for controlling deformation in a container including the steps of manufacturing the container as described above, filling the container with a substance, sealing the container at a top end thereof, inverting the container such that the container rests on its top end, allowing the substance to undergo a volume reduction resulting in a vacuum pressure within the container, wherein when subjected to the vacuum pressure, the base deforms at the second portion due to the second thickness being less than the first thickness. | 12-27-2012 |
Jeffrey Collins, Bellfountain CA
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20110268338 | Method and System of Computer-Aided Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Medical Images - A system and method of computer aided analysis of medical images and detection of malignant lesions is described. Medical images obtained from multiple modalities are analyzed. Morphological features as well as temporal, i.e., kinetics features, are combined to compute a consolidated assessment of a possible lesion detected in the medical images. The system includes at least one kinetics module, which is capable of extracting kinetics features from a time sequence of MRI images or MRS data taken after administering a contrast enhancement agent to a patient. The consolidated assessment is presented to a user for confirmation or modification. | 11-03-2011 |
Jeffrey B. Collins, Caledon CA
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20130016092 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GENERATING A 3D VISUALIZATION FROM 2D IMAGES - The invention relates to the field of computerized generation of a visualization from a plurality of images. In particular, the invention relates to generating a three-dimensional (3D) visualization from a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) medical images. The images may be obtained from an ultrasound device. Regions of interest are segmented in at least two images and the region of interest is then tracked and segmented among the remaining images. | 01-17-2013 |
John Paul Collins, Ottawa CA
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20100188285 | DECOUPLED CLOCK MODEL WITH AMBIGUITY DATUM FIXING - The present invention relates to a method of processing Global Positioning System (GPS) carrier phase and pseudorange information. Dual-frequency carrier phase and pseudorange measurements from GPS receivers are processed by specifying separate oscillator parameters for the carrier phase and pseudorange measurements. Carrier phase estimates of errors of the oscillator are arbitrarily biased with respect to the pseudorange estimates, and ambiguity parameters are constrained to be integer-valued. Isolating the ambiguities as integer valued parameters provides extra information that can be exploited to maximize the use of GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems. | 07-29-2010 |
Karen Collins, Waterloo CA
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20110283865 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF SOUND - A system and method for visual representation of sound, wherein the system and method obtain sound information from a multimedia content; generate an icon based on the sound information obtained; generate a directional indicator based on the sound information; and then display the icon and the directional indicator on a display screen. The sound information typically includes various attributes that can be mapped to various properties of the display elements (icon and directional indicator) to provide details relating to the sound via a visual display. | 11-24-2011 |
Michael Joseph Collins, Fort Saskatchewan CA
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20110058998 | Recovering Metal Values from a Metalliferrous Material - There is provided a method of treating a metalliferrous material, comprising providing a metalliferrous material including at least one target metallic element, solubilising the metalliferrous material so as to effect production of an intermediate product including an operative solution. The operative solution includes a solvent component and a solute component. The solute component includes at least one solute component-based target metallic element and each one of the at least one solute component-based target metallic element corresponds to a one of the at least one target metallic element of the metalliferrous material such that the operative solution includes at least one target metallic element. The operative solution is contacted with an operative reagent in an operative reaction zone so as to effect production of a product mixture including an operative reaction product and hydronium ion, wherein the operative reaction product includes at least one operative reaction product-based target metallic element and each one of the at least one operative reaction product-based target metallic element corresponds to a one of the at least one solute component-based target metallic element of the operative solution. At least one hydronium ion depletion agent is provided in the operative reaction zone such that contacting between any one of the at least one hydronium ion depletion agent and the hydronium ion in the operative reaction zone effects a reactive process which consumes the hydronium ion. Each one of the at least one hydronium ion depletion agent include s at least one dissolved aluminium complex material. | 03-10-2011 |
Michael P. Collins, Oakville CA
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20080307722 | Fork Configuration Dampers and Method of Using Same - A new configuration damper, for interconnecting two elements of a structure that undergo relative movements and deformations, that increase the level of damping when the overall structure is subjected to a loading condition is disclosed. The new configuration damper aides in controlling displacements, velocities and accelerations under dynamic loading in structural systems. | 12-18-2008 |
20110283653 | Fork Configuration Dampers and Method of Using Same - A damping system including a first set of plates having one end thereof attached to a first vertically extending structural element, a second set of plates having one end thereof attached to a second vertically extending structural element spaced in a horizontal direction from the first vertically extending structural element, and arranged such that the first set of plates has a second end portion extending towards and overlapping with a second end portion of the second set of plates at an overlapping region, and further including an energy dissipating material provided in the overlapping region for connecting the first set of plates and the second set of plates. | 11-24-2011 |
Perry S. Collins, Gambo CA
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20120170979 | ROAD CONSTRUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed is a method for constructing an asphalt-paved gutter, the gutter being of the type having a trough-shaped base and an asphalt layer defining the gutter which overlies the base. The method comprises screeding a surface with a shaping screed having the shaping profile of said trough-shaped base to form said trough-shaped base. The gutter is formed with an asphalt laydown machine, of the type used in road construction to spread asphalt over a base course and which screeds and compacts the asphalt using a floating screed, by providing a protuberance underneath the floating screed which protuberance is shaped and dimensioned to screed and compact the asphalt layer in use. | 07-05-2012 |
Roderick Collins, Pierrefonds CA
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20080302496 | Latex-treated filler slurries for use in papermaking - A continuous filler treatment process has been developed to enhance the fixation of anionic latex on filler in a short time. In this process anionic polymer dispersions (latex) are added to common papermaking filler slurries at ambient temperature and then mixed with water of temperature higher than the glass transition temperature (T | 12-11-2008 |
20110308753 | LATEX-TREATED FILLER SLURRIES FOR USE IN PAPERMAKING - A continuous filler treatment process has been developed to enhance the fixation of anionic latex on filler in a short time. In this process anionic polymer dispersions (latex) are added to common papermaking filler slurries at ambient temperature and then mixed with water of temperature higher than the glass transition temperature (T | 12-22-2011 |
Stephanie Louise Collins, Mississauga CA
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20100038953 | INFANT CHAIR HARNESS - A portable infant restraint system is disclosed. The portable infant restraint system may include a flexible and foldable fabric body, a backing including an enclosure for removable attachment over a chair back support, and a five-point harness connected to the fabric body configured to secure an infant seated in a substantially upright posture. | 02-18-2010 |
Stephen Michael Collins, Dundas CA
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20120244125 | BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM ATCC BAA-999 (BL999) AND WEIGHT CONTROL - The present invention generally relates to the field of weight management. The present invention relates for example to the use of | 09-27-2012 |
Stephen Michael Collins, Ontario CA
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20120230956 | BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM AND FUNCTIONAL GI DISORDERS - The present invention generally relates to the field of probiotic bacteria. In particular it relates to | 09-13-2012 |
Thomas Collins, Calgary CA
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20140050876 | Adhesive Patch and Method of Using the Same - The disclosure provides, in part, adhesive patches for repairing damaged surfaces of health care devices. In one of its aspects the disclosure provides a method of repairing the surface of health care device by applying an adhesive patch over a damaged portion of the surface, the patch comprising a film layer and an adhesive layer. In another one of its aspects, the disclosure provides an adhesive patch for repairing the surface of a health care device comprising a film layer and an adhesive layer. | 02-20-2014 |
Tim O. Collins, Kitchener CA
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20100193293 | Under-ground raise, manhole, vault, or man-way safe entry/exit system - A safety system, attached to the underside of an access (lid, cover, grill, grate, or hatch) that allows the user to mount and dismount an access ladder below in an ergonomic and safe manner. The system comprises of a locking device and two handrails attached to the underside of the access cover. The handrails are attached in line with the access ladder handrails. When the access cover is in a vertical open position the locking device slides down into a hollow receiver sleeve that is in a fixed position below the surface of the access cover. This secures the access cover in a vertical open position, allowing the user to utilize the handrails on the underside of the access cover as an extension of the ladder handrails that are affixed below the surface of the access cover. | 08-05-2010 |
Timothy James Prior Collins, Mississauga CA
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20100038953 | INFANT CHAIR HARNESS - A portable infant restraint system is disclosed. The portable infant restraint system may include a flexible and foldable fabric body, a backing including an enclosure for removable attachment over a chair back support, and a five-point harness connected to the fabric body configured to secure an infant seated in a substantially upright posture. | 02-18-2010 |
Tony Collins, Hamilton CA
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20130065887 | Treatment of Cancer with Dopamine Receptor Antagonists - Described are methods of treating a cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a dopamine receptor (DR) antagonist. The DR antagonist may be a phenothiazine derivative, such as thioridazine or chlorpromazine. Optionally, the cancer is acute myeloid leukemia. Also described are methods for identifying subjects with cancer, methods for providing a prognosis for a subjects with cancer and methods for identifying subjects likely to be responsive to therapy with DR receptor antagonists. Methods for identifying cancer stem cells and chemotherapeutic compounds that are DR receptor antagonists as also provided. Also described are methods for the identification and validation of agents that target cancer stem cells. | 03-14-2013 |
William Curtis Collins, Nepean CA
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20140257929 | VISUAL QUESTION SELECTION - A system for an online survey comprising a server, said server coupled to at least one user device by a network; said server operative to select a first query for a user, and one or more options to respond to the first query; transmit a first set of signals to the at least one user device, wherein said first set of signals comprise the first query and one or more options to respond to the first query; receive, from the user device, a first response based on the one or more options to respond; select a second response and one or more options to respond to the second query based on said first response; and transmit a second set of signals to the at least one user device, wherein said second set of signals comprise the selected second response and one or more options to respond to the second query. | 09-11-2014 |