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Adam Knotts, Indianapolis, IN US
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20150310760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMOKING CESSATION - A system and method for smoking cessation is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of smoking events and cravings from a user through an electronic device, transmitting to the electronic device one or more queries for each of the plurality of smoking events, each of the one or more queries prompting the user to enter information related to each smoking event, receiving the information related to each smoking event from the electronic device, generating a user smoking event metrics based at least in part on the information, and evaluating the user smoking event metrics against a plurality of smoking cessation badge conditions, each smoking cessation badge condition identifying a smoking cessation badge. | 10-29-2015 |
Brook Hugh Knotts, Springville, UT US
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20110248549 | WELD-ON COMPOSITE TOOTH FOR ROLL CRUSHERS HAVING A CHROME CARBIDE BODY VACUUM BRAZED TO A MILD STEEL BACKING PLATE - A durable, weld-on chrome carbide tooth is provided for roll crushers. The tooth includes a chrome carbide body that is vacuum brazed to a mild steel backing plate. An upper portion of the tooth is preferably cast from chrome carbide alloy having 25 percent high-chrome-molybdenum content and a Brinell Hardness Number of about 700. The mating surfaces of the chrome carbide body and the mild steel backing plate are surface ground, then brazed together in a heat-treating furnace that has been evacuated to a pressure of less than 1×10 | 10-13-2011 |
20110248550 | WELD-ON CAST CARBON STEEL ROLL CRUSHER TOOTH HAVING SILVER-BRAZED TUNGSTEN CARBIDE INSERTS ON WEAR SURFACES - A durable, weld-on tooth for roll crushers is provided. The tooth includes a cast high-carbon steel body having multiple transverse grooves for receiving tungsten carbide inserts, which are silver brazed into the grooves. The tungsten inserts are located on the surfaces of the tooth that are most susceptible to wear from abrasive action of the coal as the roll crusher operates. The cast carbon steel body can be directly welded to the exterior cylindrical surface of a rotary roll crusher. For a preferred embodiment of the tooth, the front and side faces of the cast high-carbon steel body have bevels that enable weldments that secure it to the roll crusher drum to be somewhat recessed beneath the cast high-carbon steel body on three sides thereof. | 10-13-2011 |
Chris Knotts, Annapolis, MD US
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20110136520 | Inter-carrier messaging service providing phone number only experience - A phone number only messaging experience is provided in an Inter-Carrier Messaging System service. Subscriber to subscriber digital messages containing user data are routed between carrier's networks using an Inter-Carrier messaging module with appropriate MIN/carrier/carrier routing look-up capabilities. Digital messages containing user data (e.g., short messages, email, digital messages in general, etc.) may be sent to a subscriber in another carrier's network addressed only with a phone number. If the recipient is outside of the sender's carrier network, the Inter-Carrier messaging module of the Inter-Carrier service provider (ICSP) determines the appropriate carrier for the recipient, appends the appropriate syntax to the digital message containing user data to allow internet protocol (IP) or other standardized communication techniques between message service centers of the two carriers, and routes the digital message containing user data to the destination carrier. The recipient in the other carrier's network may reply back to the ICSP's sender using only the subscriber's directory number. | 06-09-2011 |
20120320828 | Inter-Carrier Messaging Service Providing Phone Number Only Experience - A phone number only messaging experience provided in an Inter-Carrier Messaging System service. Subscriber to subscriber digital messages containing user data are routed between carrier's networks using an Inter-Carrier messaging module with appropriate MIN/carrier/carrier routing look-up capabilities. Digital messages containing user data (e.g., short messages, email, etc.) may be sent to a subscriber in another carrier's network addressed only with a phone number. If the recipient is outside of the sender's carrier network, the Inter-Carrier messaging module of the Inter-Carrier service provider (ICSP) determines the appropriate carrier for the recipient, appends appropriate syntax to the digital message containing user data to allow internet protocol (IP) or other standardized communication techniques between message service centers of the two carriers, and routes the digital message containing user data to the destination carrier. The recipient in the other carrier's network may reply back to the ICSP's sender using only the subscriber's directory number. | 12-20-2012 |
Christopher Knotts, Glasgow GB
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20130095734 | GRINDING APPARATUS WITH A SLOT NOZZLE - Apparatus for high speed grinding comprises a grinding wheel having a circumferential grinding surface, a machine for mounting and rotating the grinding wheel about the axis, a coolant supply system including a slot nozzle arranged to direct coolant fluid secantly to the grinding surface, the slot nozzle having an exit with an elongate axis and a short axis wherein the elongate axis is tilted relative to the axis of the grinding wheel. | 04-18-2013 |
Claudia Knotts, Milford, OH US
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20120301645 | COATING COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED ADHESION TO CONTAINERS - A coating composition comprising a resinous binder and up to 10 percent by weight of the reaction product of (i) a phosphorus acid, and (ii) a polyglycidyl ether of cyclohexane dimethanol. The compositions are useful for coating containers of all sorts, such as food and beverage containers, and the reaction product provides enhanced adhesion of the coating to the substrate. The compositions can be formulated to be substantially free of bisphenol A (BPA) and derivatives thereof such as bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE). | 11-29-2012 |
20120301646 | COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTAINERS - A coating composition comprising a polyether polyol having a hydroxyl functionality of 3 to 8 and the reaction product of: | 11-29-2012 |
20120301647 | PHOSPHATIZED POLYESTERS AND COATING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME - A coating composition comprising a resinous binder and up to 10 percent by weight of a phosphatized polyester. The compositions are useful for coating containers of all sorts such as food and beverage containers, and the phosphatized polyester provides enhanced adhesion of the coating to the container substrate. The compositions can be formulated to be substantially free of bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE). | 11-29-2012 |
Claudia Knotts, Cincinnati, OH US
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20130280453 | CONTAINER COATING COMPOSITIONS - A coating composition comprising a polyester resin binder and a phosphatized polyester. The compositions are useful for coating containers such as food and beverage containers. The compositions have excellent hydrolytic stability upon storage at high temperature. The compositions are formulated to be substantially free of bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE). | 10-24-2013 |
20140131353 | COATED CONTAINERS - A coated container and a method for coating a container are disclosed. The coating on the container is derived from a composition comprising: | 05-15-2014 |
David Joseph Knotts, Canton, GA US
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20140142596 | MULTIPLE BAND ENDOSCOPIC LIGATION DEVICE - A multiple band endoscopic ligation device comprises a single pull string and a plurality of beads positioned on said pull string and between each successive band. The device is configured to be coupled to the distal end of an endoscope and is used to deploy multiple elastic bands around target tissues to be ligated. The device includes a tapered cylindrical body about which a plurality of elastic bands are stretched and positioned. The pull string includes multiple sets of two beads fixed to the string wherein one bead is placed directly behind and in contact with the other. The string is wrapped around the device's body and under each band such that at least one pair of beads is positioned between the elastic bands and one pair of beads is positioned proximally to the most proximal band. As the string is pulled, the beads push the bands sequentially off the distal end of the device and around a tissue to be ligated. The use of two adjacent beads on the string to push off each band ensures that the bands will not slip over the beads, thereby preventing a misfire. | 05-22-2014 |
James D. Knotts, Glen Allen, VA US
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20110210035 | PACKET DISPENSER - Dispensing containers are taught which are strengthened by applying tape at certain locations of the containers. A dispensing container for housing and sequentially dispensing packets is taught. Also taught are the carton blanks for erecting the respective containers. A length of packets created by severably attaching sequential packets along respective tear lines is rolled or folded then positioned within the container for later dispensing. Child-resistance features that impede removal of each packet include routing the length of packets between opposing panels or between opposing panels and an edge of folded panels that exert a lateral pressure on the packets. In some embodiments the panels include apertures that catch or otherwise engage a feature of a packet, such as a blister, to further impede removal of each packet. To further impede removal of a packet, access notches that allow the user to grasp the packet are narrowly constructed. Also taught are dispensing containers with sleeves adapted to receive slidable trays therein. Reinforcing tape may be applied to the containers. | 09-01-2011 |
John Knotts, Landenberg, PA US
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20130104736 | Filtration Module | 05-02-2013 |
Larry E. Knotts, Aberdeen, MS US
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20120209619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE TRACKING AND DISPENSING OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION - A system is provided for tracking and dispensing of prescription medication. A secure website is provided and a data communication link to a computer at each healthcare facility and pharmacy. Prescriptions are ordered from the healthcare facility computer, after which labels with machine readable code are generated by the pharmacy computer for each prescription container. A verification table is generated of all ordered prescriptions over a predetermined time to each respective healthcare facility, a reader scans the machine readable code of each prescription container, and the pharmacy computer verifies that all ordered prescriptions are sorted for delivery. The verification table of the verified prescriptions sorted for delivery is uploaded to a database. Upon delivery at the healthcare facility, the verification table is downloaded from the database, a reader scans the machine readable code of each prescription container, and the healthcare facility computer verifies that all ordered prescriptions were received. | 08-16-2012 |
Louis H. Knotts, North Tonawanda, NY US
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20090012657 | AUTONOMOUS OUTER LOOP CONTROL OF MAN-RATED FLY-BY-WIRE AIRCRAFT - The present invention is directed to a control system for use on a fly-by-wire (FBW) aircraft. The system includes a controller coupled to the FBW aircraft. The controller is configured to generate a plurality of simulated pilot control signals from at least one aircraft maneuver command. The plurality of simulated pilot control signals are generated in accordance with a predetermined control law. The at least one aircraft maneuver command is derived from at least one command telemetry signal received from a remote control system not disposed on the FBW aircraft. The plurality of simulated pilot control signals are configured to direct the FBW aircraft to perform an aircraft maneuver in accordance with the at least one aircraft maneuver command. | 01-08-2009 |
20090222148 | Autonomous Outer Loop Control of Man-Rated Fly-By-Wire Aircraft - The present invention is directed to a system for converting a man-rated fly-by-wire (FBW) aircraft into a remote controlled unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV). The FBW aircraft includes a FBW flight control system (FBW-FCS) configured to control aircraft control surfaces disposed on the aircraft. The system includes a controller coupled to the FBW aircraft. The controller is configured to generate substantially real-time pilot control data from at least one aircraft maneuver command. The real-time pilot control data is generated in accordance with a predetermined control law. The at least one aircraft maneuver command is derived from at least one command telemetry signal received from a remote control system not disposed on the FBW aircraft or from a pre-programmed trajectory. An FBW-FCS interface system is coupled to the controller. The FBW-FCS interface system is configured to convert the substantially real-time pilot control data into substantially real-time simulated FBW-FCS pilot control signals. The substantially real-time simulated FBW-FCS pilot control signals are configured to direct the FBW-FCS such that the FBW aircraft performs in accordance with the at least one aircraft maneuver command. | 09-03-2009 |
Michael Knotts, Roswell, GA US
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20090314946 | Membrane-Based Assay Devices that Utilize Time-Resolved Fluorescence - A membrane-based assay device for detecting the presence or quantity of an analyte residing in a test sample is provided. The device utilizes time-resolved fluorescence to detect the signals generated by excited fluorescent labels. Because the labels can have relatively long emission lifetime, short-lived background interference can be practically eliminated through delayed fluorescence detection. In addition, the resulting fluorescent reader can have a simple and inexpensive design. For instance, in one embodiment, the reader can utilize a silicon photodiode and a pulsed light-emitting diode (LED) to accurately excite labels and detect fluorescence on a membrane-based assay device without requiring the use of expensive components, such as monochromators or narrow emission band width optical filters. | 12-24-2009 |
Michael E. Knotts, Roswell, GA US
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20110299150 | LIGHT CONTROL MATERIAL FOR DISPLAYING COLOR, INFORMATION, AND IMAGES - A light control material for displaying a color image. The light control material includes a material body including a plurality of microstructures. The microstructures are designed to produce an additive color perception of one or more colors and designed to reveal an image when the intensity of light reflected from a selected number of the microstructures is modulated. The selected microstructures can be modulated by one or more of modifying, obliterating, obscuring or covering up the selected microstructures. In one embodiment, the microstructures, prior to modulation of the selected number of microstructures, produce a uniform white additive color perception. | 12-08-2011 |
Monica Shen Knotts, San Jose, CA US
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20120127257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OPTICS IN A VIDEO ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus is provided in one example and includes a camera configured to receive image data associated with an end user involved in a video session. The apparatus further includes a display configured to interface with the camera. The camera and the display cooperate such that the apparatus can initiate the video session involving the end user, and activate a retracting mechanism configured to move the camera such that the camera is retracted from a view of the display and the camera moves to an inactive state. | 05-24-2012 |
Nathan Knotts, San Mateo, CA US
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20120129745 | LUBRICANT FOR PERCUSSION EQUIPMENT - This invention discloses a lubricant suitable for use in percussion equipment. The lubricant comprises a base oil selected from the group consisting of Group I or Group II, blended in a synergistic amount with a gear oil package and a friction modifier. The lubricant exhibits superior wear and superior extreme pressure properties due to the synergistic effect of the gear oil package and the friction modifier. In a preferred embodiment, the gear oil package comprises a polyalkyl methacrylate polymer, and the friction modifier comprises a synthetic ester. | 05-24-2012 |
Nathan Todd Knotts, Pacifica, CA US
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20120028863 | APPLICATION-SPECIFIC FINISHED LUBRICANT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A BIO-DERIVED ESTER COMPONENT AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - The present invention is generally directed to methods of making application-specific finished lubricant compositions comprising bio-derived diester species. In some embodiments, bio-derived fatty acid moieties are reacted with Fischer-Tropsch/gas-to-liquids reaction products and/or by-products (e.g., gas-to-liquids-produced α-olefins) to yield bio-derived diester species that can then be selectively blended with base oil and one or more additive species to yield an application-specific finished lubricant product having a biomass-derived component. | 02-02-2012 |
Peter Knotts, Christchurch NZ
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20110087372 | ROBOT MILKING ARM AND A METHOD OF ATTACHING MILKING CUPS - A robotic milking system suitable for use with conventional milking clusters. Clusters are withdrawn to a generally known position upon release from a cow with the cups hanging down below the bowl. The cups are then located in a confined region from where they are picked up by a robotic arm and attached to teats of a cow. The cups may be located into recesses or slots or be drawn through a guide. The arrangement allows a single robotic arm to service multiple bales of a rotary milking parlour. The application of a vacuum to milking cups may be controlled by applying sufficient pressure to the pulsation line of a cup to collapse the cup liner when that cup is not attached to a teat or by bending a feed line to a cup to close the flow path. | 04-14-2011 |
Ronald Brennan Knotts, Provo, UT US
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20150081498 | CREATING AN INTUITIVE VISUAL PLAN FOR ACHIEVING FINANCIAL GOALS - The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for producing financial goal planning having two dimensional and three dimensional graphical representations for financial goals. | 03-19-2015 |
Ryan Knotts, Los Altos, CA US
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20150112927 | DESKTOP APPLICATION FOR ACCESSING A CLOUD COLLABORATION PLATFORM - Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods of a desktop application for accessing a cloud collaboration platform. The disclosed application utilizes a native desktop environment to provide a better cloud collaboration experience by making the cloud-based platform accessible for file editing, file opening/closing/previewing, moving files between the local desktop environment and a web application (e.g., native to the cloud-based platform), syncing folders or marking any folders or parents/children of any folders to sync and/or utilizing any of the collaborative features (e.g., emailing links or inviting collaborators to collaborate on a file directly via the desktop environment using native contacts or contacts in the web app environment). | 04-23-2015 |
Ryan Knotts, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20080231687 | Minimizing fast video update requests in a video conferencing system - In one embodiment, a method includes dropping an initial series of video frames received by a video conferencing system from a first endpoint that has entered a video conference session as a first participant. One or more fast video update (FVU) messages received by the video conferencing system from the first endpoint during an enabling time period are then discarded. A single FVU message is then to the first endpoint after the video conferencing system has become enabled with respect to the first endpoint. An I-frame received from the first endpoint in response to the single FVU message is then sent back to the first endpoint. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. | 09-25-2008 |
Thomas A. Knotts, Loveland, CO US
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20140353483 | ION PROCESSING UTILIZING SEGMENTED VACUUM MANIFOLD - An ion processing device includes electrically conductive vacuum manifold segments serially positioned and enclosing a volume along an axis. The segments are electrically isolated from each other and independently addressable by a voltage source. An ion optics device is positioned in the volume. A voltage differential between each manifold segment and the ion optics device is maintained below a maximum value by applying different voltages to respective manifold segments. The voltage differential may be controlled to avoid voltage breakdown in a low-pressure, high-voltage gas environment. The ion optics device may in some cases be an ion mobility drift cell. | 12-04-2014 |
20140353493 | ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY-MASS SPECTROMETRY (IMS-MS) WITH IMPROVED ION TRANSMISSION AND IMS RESOLUTION - An interface for an ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (IMS-MS) system includes a first ion guide for receiving ions from an IMS drift cell, and a second ion guide for receiving ions from the first ion guide, and positioned in a chamber separate from the first ion guide. Electrodes of the second ion guide subject the ions to an axial DC electric field while the second ion guide is held at a lower pressure than the first ion guide. In some embodiments, the first ion guide may be an ion funnel and the second ion guide may be a linear multipole device. | 12-04-2014 |
Thomas Allen Knotts, Mountain View, CA US
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20100259202 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CONTINUOUS WAVEFORMS WITH PROGRAMMABLE SHAPES - Devices and methods are provided for boosting a battery voltage and driving an actuator with programmable voltage shapes. In one embodiment, there is provided a device (e.g., an actuator driver) that includes: a boost circuit coupled to the actuator and a battery; a switch driver coupled to the boost circuit; at least one current source coupled to the actuator; a switch-driver amplifier coupled to the switch driver and the at least one current source; and a microcontroller or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) coupled to and controlling the at least one current source to apply a shaped voltage to the actuator. | 10-14-2010 |
20100259402 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY DRIVING A PIEZO TRANSDUCER - Devices and methods are provided for selectively driving a piezo transducer to operate as a pressure pattern detector or an alarm generator. In one embodiment, there is provided a device that includes: a piezo transducer; a comparator coupled to the transducer and a reference voltage; and a pressure pattern recognition circuit coupled to a comparator output of the comparator. The pressure pattern recognition circuit may be configured to: (i) determine whether the pressure pattern satisfies a predetermined condition; and (ii) in response to the pressure pattern satisfying the predetermined condition, generate an output signal. | 10-14-2010 |
20100331826 | APPARATUS FOR INFUSING LIQUID TO A BODY - An infusion device having a housing with a reusable control portion and an expendable reservoir portion includes a precise drive for an infusion pump. The drive includes a piezoelectric bender assembly, a limiter and at least one contact stop. The piezoelectric bender assembly includes a cantilevered piezoelectric bender having an member of predetermined thickness fixed to move with the second end. A limiter of dimensionally stable material including a gap and at least a first mounting hole extending to the gap. The member of predetermined thickness extends into the gap. A first contact stop is positioned in the gap to define a critical gap distance limiting movement of the member of predetermined thickness in the gap. A base has a mounting surface, a port through the base and extending to the mounting surface. The port includes a first length having a smaller diameter at the mounting surface and a second length displaced from the mounting surface and having a larger diameter. A rigid cannula extends from the base through the port. The rigid cannula has a diameter smaller than the smaller diameter of the port, and the first length of the port has an annular open gap for lateral or pivotal movement of the rigid cannula. A mount of elastomeric material in the length having the larger diameter mounts the rigid cannula. The cannula includes hydrogel material in a desiccated state coating the surface of the cannula, including the beveled end, which rehydrates upon placement in the patient. | 12-30-2010 |
Wesley A. Knotts, Weirton, WV US
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20130081786 | VARIABLE THERMAL INSULATION - A device for selectively controlling the passage of thermal energy therethrough by selectively varying the overall thermal conductivity of the device comprises a structure having at least one component movable from a first position to a second position. When the at least one component is positioned in the first position the device exhibits a first thermal conductivity and when the at least one component is positioned in the second position the device exhibits a second thermal conductivity different than the first thermal conductivity. | 04-04-2013 |