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Bernie J. Pafford, Houston, TX US
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20140311976 | Extraction Processes - A process for treating a water-acid mixture includes contacting the water-acid mixture with a hydrocarbon solvent to remove at least a portion of the acid from the mixture to produce a treated liquid. The ratio of the hydrocarbon solvent to water-acid mixture is between 2:1 and 5:1. | 10-23-2014 |
20140323665 | Polyalphaolefins by Oligomerization and Isomerization - A feedstock of one or more C | 10-30-2014 |
Bernie J. Pafford, Berkeley Heights, NJ US
John Pafford, Germantown, TN US
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20120310348 | BONE GRAFTS - Spinal spacers | 12-06-2012 |
John Pafford, Eads, TN US
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20090254123 | Dynamic Spinal Stabilization System - A dynamic stabilization system includes a stabilization element, such as a spinal rod, a plurality of bone anchors, such as bone bolts, and a like plurality of connectors for connecting the bolts to the spinal rod. At least some of the connectors include a flexible element between the bone anchor and the rod and an adjustment element for adjusting the flexibility of the flexible element, to thereby adjust the dynamic flexibility between the rod and the bone anchor. In one embodiment, the flexible element is a flexible bearing element of a rod end bearing. | 10-08-2009 |
20100318190 | Methods for Injecting a Curable Biomaterial into an Intervertebral Space - A method for treating a diseased or damaged spinal disc comprises the steps of: (a) providing access to the nucleus pulposus through the annulus; (b) removing at least a portion of the nucleus pulposus to create an intradiscal space; (c) determining the size of the intradiscal space; and (d) sealably introducing under pressure a curable biomaterial through the annulus directly into the intradiscal space. The step of determining the size of the intradiscal space may be accomplished by expanding a compliant balloon within the intradiscal space using a contrast medium capable of visualization under fluoroscopy. The curable material is sealably introduced through a vented needle inserted through the opening. The curable biomaterial is introduced until a quantity of the material flows into the vent. | 12-16-2010 |
20110288593 | Method for Stabilizing a Motion Segment of the Spine of a Patient - A dynamic stabilization device includes end caps that define a bore for receiving a corresponding bone screw therethrough. A spacer is engaged between each end cap and a cable passes through each of the components and is placed in tension to couple the spacer between the two end caps. The spacer is formed of a material that allows some flexible movement after implantation. An alternative stabilization device includes a spacer over-molded about two bushings defining the bores. According to a method of use, a stabilization device is passed along guide wires through a small incision. Once the device is in contact with the vertebrae, the bone screws are advanced along the guide wires and driven into the bone. One fastener bore may include a camming surface that causes distraction of the vertebrae as the bone screw is threaded into the vertebral bone. | 11-24-2011 |
John A. Pafford, Germantown, TN US
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20100217396 | Open intervertebral spacer - Open chambered spacers, implanting tools and methods are provided. The spacers | 08-26-2010 |
Randolph Pafford, Homestead, FL US
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20140261375 | APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT PACKAGING OF CHARCOAL BRIQUETTES - A handheld, packaged charcoal briquette assembly or apparatus for igniting within a charcoal grill is disclosed. The apparatus includes a shell having a base, a pair of trapezoidal sidewalls extending upward from a first pair of parallel perimeter edges of the base, and a pair of triangular sidewalls extending upward from a second pair of parallel perimeter edges the base. The sidewalls converge away from the base and toward a top surface or edge. The base, sidewalls, and top surface or edge combine to define an enclosed compartment. Charcoal briquettes are housed within the enclosed compartment. Igniting any outer surface of the assembly slowly burns the shell, and heat is transferred from the shell to the charcoal briquettes. | 09-18-2014 |
Randy Pafford, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20140181377 | CONCURRENT CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND WEAR OPTIMIZATION FOR A NON-VOLATILE SOLID-STATE CACHE - Described is a technique for managing the content of a nonvolatile solid-state memory data cache to improve cache performance while at the same time, and in a complementary manner, providing for automatic wear leveling. A modified circular first-in first-out (FIFO) log/algorithm is generally used to determine cache content replacement. The algorithm is used as the default mechanism for determining cache content to be replaced when the cache is full but is subject to modification in some instances. In particular, data are categorized according to different data classes prior to being written to the cache, based on usage. Once cached, data belonging to certain classes are treated differently than the circular FIFO replacement algorithm would dictate. Further, data belonging to each class are localized to designated regions within the cache. | 06-26-2014 |
William Randall Pafford, Durham, NC US
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20160094390 | DYNAMIC DATA ACCESS CONFIGURATION - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for dynamic data access configuration. For example, a mapping may be maintained for compute nodes of a distributed processing system. The mapping may comprise access permission assignments of at least some compute nodes to shared data segments (e.g., read access and/or write access permissions). The mapping may be updated based upon configuration changes for the distributed processing system (e.g., addition of a new compute node, failure of a compute node, granting or removal of access to a shared data segment for an existing compute node, etc.). The updated mapping may be applied to the distributed processing system during operation of the distributed processing system (e.g., access may be granted to original instances of shared data segments based upon the configuration change; compute nodes and/or the distributed processing system may be kept online and operational while applying the configuration change; etc.). | 03-31-2016 |