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Amy J. Devitt, San Carlos, CA US
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20100050742 | INTEGRATED AIRBORNE SUBSTANCE COLLECTION AND DETECTION SYSTEM - A collection and detection system is directed to a combined system in which a detect to warn system is integrated with a detect to treat system. Such a combined system provides multi-levels of detection to determine the presence and identity of one or more different types of specific particles. In some applications, the combined system is configured to detect and identify one or more different types of specific biological particles such as toxins and pathogens. The combined system includes a first level detection device, in which the presence of one or more toxins and/or pathogens are detected, and a second level detection device. Upon detection by the first level detection device, the second level detection device performs a second level of detection in which the one or more toxins and/or pathogens are identified. | 03-04-2010 |
Andrew Devitt, Media, PA US
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20130188895 | AIR BEARING FOR USE AS SEAL - In order to effect a seal; a porous material which comprises one side of two opposing surfaces is used to restrict and evenly distribute externally pressurized gas, liquid, steam, etc. between the two surfaces, exerting a force which is opposite the forces from pressure differences or springs trying to close the two faces together and so may create a non contact seal that is more stable and reliable than hydrodynamic seals currently in use. | 07-25-2013 |
20140286599 | AIR BEARING FOR USE AS SEAL - In order to effect a seal a porous material which comprises one side of two opposing surfaces is used to restrict and evenly distribute externally pressurized gas, liquid, steam, etc. between the two surfaces, exerting a force which is opposite the forces from pressure differences or springs trying to close the two faces together and so may create a non-contact seal that is more stable and reliable than hydrodynamic seals currently in use. A non-contact bearing is also disclosed having opposing surfaces with relative motion and one surface issuing higher than ambient pressure through a porous restriction, wherein the porous restriction is part of a monolithic porous body, or a porous layer, attached to lands containing a labyrinth, the porous restriction and lands configured to not distort more than 10% of a gap created from differential pressure between each side of the porous restriction. | 09-25-2014 |
20140294329 | AIR BEARING FOR USE AS SEAL - In order to effect a seal; a porous material which comprises one side of two opposing surfaces is used to restrict and evenly distribute externally pressurized gas, liquid, steam, etc. between the two surfaces, exerting a force which is opposite the forces from pressure differences or springs trying to close the two faces together and so may create a non contact seal that is more stable and reliable than hydrodynamic seals currently in use. | 10-02-2014 |
Andrew Devitt, Birmingham GB
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20080305043 | Assay Method - Described is a method of detecting non-viable cells in a sample of cells, the method comprising contacting a sample of the cells with a detectable reagent and detecting binding of said reagent to cells of said sample. The detectable reagent is milk, a milk product or component thereof. A component which may be used is a lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, for example lactoferrin. The method may be performed in low Ca | 12-11-2008 |
20130195940 | METHOD TO INHIBIT RECRUITMENT OF MONOCYTES AND MACROPHAGES BY AN ICAM-3 INHIBITOR - The present disclosure relates generally to methods and materials for modulating the recruitment of macrophages or monocytes to sites at which they may contribute to disease initiation or progression. Embodiments of the disclosure comprise providing a modulator of the activity of ICAM-3 or proximal to the site. | 08-01-2013 |
Andrew J. Devitt, Media, PA US
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20100133851 | GEARLESS VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE WITH BEARING SUPPORT AND POWER GENERATION AT PERIMETER - Using radial air bearings to support the rotor at the perimeter, vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are less expensive and faster to build. With just one moving part, the rotor, direct-drive generation may be employed to eliminate the drive line, gear box, and bearings at the generator. The bearings and generator are the lowest turbine components, allowing ground-level service. This low center-of-gravity and broad base conveniently allow for flotation. Such turbines can be manufactured onshore, towed out 30 or more miles into class 6 winds, tethered into a mooring field and plugged in. No foundation on the seafloor or assembly at sea is required. Additionally, power can be transmitted to land lines through current and retired power plants for “grid recycling”. These advantages dramatically improve the return on investment, the reliability of the energy stream and the ability to usefully locate the turbine. | 06-03-2010 |
20100277020 | HYDROSTATIC BEARING MADE OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL WHICH IS ALSO USED AS A MOTOR MAGNET - A permanent magnet motor is provided with a housing, a rotating shaft supported within the housing, and magnetic coils arranged within the housing. A hydrostatic bearing is disposed on the rotating shaft, the hydrostatic bearing having a permanent magnet incorporated therewith that restricts movement of the rotating shaft in a radial direction. | 11-04-2010 |
20100282271 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN-LINE PROCESSING AND IMMEDIATELY SEQUENTIAL OR SIMULTANEOUS PROCESSING OF FLAT AND FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES THROUGH VISCOUS SHEAR IN THIN CROSS SECTION GAPS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MICRO-ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS OR DISPLAYS - A method and apparatus for cleaning, drying, coating, baking etching and deposition of surfaces on glass substrate as it transitions thru and between small gaps between hydro-static porous media bearings. Due to the non-contact nature of the device extremely high pressures can be induced upon the work piece through various fluids without damage to the substrate, allowing the system to utilize the viscous nature of fluids to accomplish the desired cleaning, drying, coating, etching or baking. The process also allows for simultaneous and immediately sequential ordering of processes. | 11-11-2010 |
20120272509 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LARGE STEEL RINGS - A vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) is disclosed having air or water bearing supports. The VAWT may be configured to float. The VAWT may include a 360° rotor, having a precision machined noncorrosive bearing surface at its perimeter, with a system of wind capturing devices configured to collect kinetic energy of wind. The rotor may be supported by at least three air or water bearing supports positioned substantially at a perimeter of the rotor. Electrical generation components may be located substantially at the perimeter of the rotor. | 11-01-2012 |
20150037514 | Method And A Device For Depositing A Film Of Material Or Otherwise Processing Or Inspecting, A Substrate As It Passes Through A Vacuum Environment Guided By A Plurality Of Opposing And Balanced Air Bearing Lands And Sealed By Differentially Pumped Grooves And Sealing Lands In A Non-Contact Manner - A method and apparatus for coating and baking and deposition of surfaces on glass substrate or flexible substrate, such as films and thin glass sheets or other similar work pieces as it transitions thru and between small gaps of aero-static or hydro-static porous media bearings and differentially pumped vacuum grooves, in a non-contact manner, in order to process within a vacuum environment. The process is also intended to incorporate simultaneous and immediately sequential ordering of various processes. | 02-05-2015 |
Andrew Maurice Devitt, London GB
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20120014663 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC SELL-THROUGH OF INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT AUTHORED FOR DISTRIBUTION VIA PHYSICAL MEDIA - Systems and methods for electronic sell-through (EST) of multimedia content authored for distribution via physical media in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes building an object model of interactive multimedia content authored for distribution via a physical medium using a content authoring system, automatically authoring a user interface based upon the object model using the content authoring system, packing the multimedia content into at least one container file, and electronically distributing at least a portion of the authored user interface and the at least one container file via a network connection. | 01-19-2012 |
20120014674 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA CONTENT AUTHORED FOR DISTRIBUTION VIA A PHYSICAL MEDIUM FOR ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION - Systems and methods for converting interactive multimedia content authored for distribution via a physical medium for electronic distribution are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes building an object model of interactive multimedia content authored for distribution via a physical medium using a content authoring system, automatically authoring a user interface based upon the object model using the content authoring system, and packing the transcoded multimedia content into at least one container file. | 01-19-2012 |
Ann Devitt, Dublin IE
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20090006903 | Network Alarm Management - In a fault management system, a method and a converting unit for converting correlated sequences of network alarms into a high level language format are disclosed. The method comprises receiving episodic alarm sequence for the correlated sequences obtaining a high level language scheme, and converting the episodic alarm sequence using the accessed high level language scheme into a high level language format, to enable more efficient and reliable fault management using the converted episodic alarm sequence in high level language format. | 01-01-2009 |
20090205015 | Method for Forecasting Unstable Policy Enforcements - Method for forecasting instable policy enforcement, is described, wherein a behavior dynamic Bayesian network (DBN) model and a policy finite state transducers extended with tautness functions and identities (TFFST) model is analytically composed to derive predictions of the consequences of enforcing a given policy, in particular to detect flip-flop configuration changes in a system. The method comprises the steps of—translating ( | 08-13-2009 |
20100049676 | Arrangement and Method for Network Management - The present invention relates to an arrangement for network management and adapted to be provided in or associated with a network node to be managed. It comprises, or is in communication with, modeling means adapted to, using substantially non-formal descriptions, model network domain and behavior using formal ontologies comprising inference capabilities by means of an inference engine, thus providing a formal ontology model describing domain and behavior. It also comprises annotating means adapted to add semantic information to the formal domain and behavior ontology model, generating means adapted to, using said formal ontology model and said inference engine, elaborate an algorithm adapted to generate and update a probabilistic causal network graph structure representing the domain and its behavior. | 02-25-2010 |
20100077077 | Arrangement and a Method Relating to Performance Monitoring - The present invention relates to an arrangement for monitoring performance in a network comprising a number of network devices or nodes, services and users, in real-time. The arrangement comprising information collecting means, generating means for generating performance KPI indicators depending on a number of definition performance parameters for one or more of said network nodes. The generating means comprise or communicate with decision graph generating means adapted to generate decision graph structures representing respective KPI values and combination probabilities in dependence of KPI definition performance parameters and in dependence of additional or correlation parameters. The generating means comprise decision graph content updating means adapted to update the decision graph structure or structures using said collected information to enable prediction of KPI status/behavior and message sending means are provided which are adapted to send out messages or notifications relating to one or more prediction results. | 03-25-2010 |
Catherine Devitt, Western Australia AU
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20100003241 | Agents for treatment or prevention of an allergic disorder - The present invention relates to agents capable of treating or preventing an allergic disorder in an animal and a method of screening for these agents. In particular, the present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising (a) an isolated nucleic acid molecule whose expression is modulated in a mammal suffering from or at elevated risk of developing an allergic condition, such that the level of expression of the nucleic acid differs from that in a mammal which is not suffering from or at elevated risk of developing the allergic condition, in which the nucleic acid comprises a sequence selected from the group consisting of sequences identified by probes 243610 at on human chromosome 9q21.13 at locus 138255, 1556097 at on human chromosome 15q25.2 and 242743 at on human chromosome 16p12.1 respectively, or (b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule which is the complement of the nucleic acid of (a), or (c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule which hybridizes under stringent conditions to the nucleic acid of (a) or (b). | 01-07-2010 |
Catherine Devitt, Como Wa AU
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20080227089 | Method of Diagnosing and/or Predicting the Development of an Allergic Disorder - The present invention relates to methods for diagnosing an allergic disorder, predicting the development of an allergic disorder in an animal, monitoring the progress of therapy targeted at an allergic disorder, classification of the allergic disorder into one or more clinical/immunological phenotypes, and/or determining the potentional responsiveness of individual animals suffering from or at risk of an allergic disorder to particular forms of therapy. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of diagnosing and/or predicting the development of an allergic disorder in an animal, comprising the step of analysing a biological sample from the animal to determine the level of activation of one or more allergy-associated genes, in which the level of activation is diagnostic of the allergic disorder or predicative of the relative risk for the development of an allergic disorder in the animal. | 09-18-2008 |
Daniela Paone Devitt, Doylestown, PA US
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20110114526 | FOOD STORAGE BOX WITH COMPARTMENTALIZED TRAY FOR MEALS ON-THE-GO WITH BUILT IN NUTRITIONAL GUIDE AND PORTION CONTROL - The current invention is a food storage box for meals on-the-go and consists of a plastic clam shell box which houses a food tray. The food tray has a plurality of compartments or food wells to receive a variety of foods. The tray provides a visual nutritional guide using graphics and/or labels on the surface of the bottom of each food well to assist the user in packing a nutritionally balanced meal. Each food well is specifically sized to accommodate the appropriate portion sizes for specific age groups or special diets. The interior lid is fitted with a rubber over-mold which, when closed, fits snugly around each food well and around the perimeter of the tray to prevent food from mingling or leaking out of the box and therefore seals the contents of all food wells with a singular lid. | 05-19-2011 |
John Devitt, Maineville, OH US
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20100194901 | Multi-Channel Imaging Devices - A multi-channel imaging device is provided. The multi-channel imaging device includes a focal plane array having an array of pixels configured to detect radiation in a predetermined wavelength band. Subsets of the array of pixels are arranged to define a plurality of unit cell image areas. The multi-channel imaging device also includes a lens array having a plurality of lens elements configured to image a scene onto the plurality of unit cell image areas. The lens elements and the unit cell image areas define a plurality of unit cells having at least one lens element and at least one unit cell image area. Each of the plurality of unit cells is configured to create a complete image of the scene. Additionally, a plurality of unit cell filters corresponding to the plurality of unit cells is configured to filter radiation such that each unit cell is dedicated to an image channel is also provided. | 08-05-2010 |
20130016254 | Multi-Channel Imaging Devices - A multi-channel imaging device is provided. The multi-channel imaging device comprises a focal plane array comprising an array of pixels configured to detect radiation in a predetermined wavelength band. Subsets of the array of pixels are arranged to define a plurality of unit cell image areas. The multi-channel imaging device also comprises a lens array comprising a plurality of lens elements configured to image a scene onto the plurality of unit cell image areas. The lens elements and the unit cell image areas define a plurality of unit cells comprising at least one lens element and at least one unit cell image area. Each of the plurality of unit cells is configured to create a complete image of the scene. Additionally, a plurality of unit cell filters corresponding to the plurality of unit cells is configured to filter radiation such that each unit cell is dedicated to an image channel is also provided. | 01-17-2013 |
Jon W. Devitt, Ida Grove, IA US
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20140147208 | HYDRAULIC BOAT HOIST - A hydraulic boat lift uses two hydraulic cylinders to pull/release cables attached to a boat cradle. The hydraulic cylinders are operated by attachment to a tandem pump to cause them to operate in a synchronized fashion. Furthermore a switch assembly has a switch associated with each respective hydraulic cylinder, the pair of switches being wired in parallel so that if one side of the boat cradle reaches its fully raised position before the other side, the one side will stop and the other side will continue to move up until it is also disposed in a fully raised position before stopping by turning off the electricity to the tandem pump. | 05-29-2014 |
Laura Devitt, Albuquerque, NM US
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20100319277 | MODULAR STRUCTURAL FRAMING SYSTEM - The present invention generally relates to a modular, structural framing system. | 12-23-2010 |
20130036685 | Modular Structural Framing System - The present invention generally relates to a modular, structural framing system. | 02-14-2013 |
Susan Devitt, Asheville, NC US
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20110262590 | Pizza Kit and Method for Making Pizza - There is a provided a pizza kit and a method for making a pizza from a kit. A package of powdered dough mix from the kit is opened. The powdered dough mix is poured into a bowl. The dough mix is mixed with an amount of liquid in the bowl. A dough ball is formed. The dough ball is pressed on a non-stick paper from the kit into the shape of a pizza crust. An amount of pizza sauce from the kit is added to the top of the pizza crust and the pizza is cooked. | 10-27-2011 |
20140087032 | Pizza Kit and Method for Making Pizza - There is a provided a pizza kit and a method for making a pizza from a kit. A package of powdered dough mix from the kit is opened. The powdered dough mix is poured into a bowl. The dough mix is mixed with an amount of liquid in the bowl. A dough ball is formed. The dough ball is pressed on a non-stick paper from the kit into the shape of a pizza crust. An amount of pizza sauce from the kit is added to the top of the pizza crust and the pizza is cooked. | 03-27-2014 |