Beckman, US
Aaron Travis Beckman, Olathe, KS US
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20110208771 | Collaborative online search tool - The invention is a computerized process for the collaborative finding and understanding of information on the World Wide Web through the end user input of queries in the form of text and images, which in turn filter interchangeable localized and third party databases resulting in the output of a specific set of search results. This computerized process is embodied by online software that enables end users to first input text or images and secondly manually drag and drop that input into an arrangement within a spatial environment. Communication features then make it possible for communication to occur between users in order to facilitate the understanding of a given input. The arrangement of text and images, as well as the selection of local and third party databases, may be saved so that one or multiple users may return for further input and communication at a later date and time. | 08-25-2011 |
Barbara S. Beckman, New Orleans, LA US
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20120027844 | COMPOUNDS, THEIR SYNTHESES, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS TO TREAT CANCER - Compounds and their syntheses are disclosed herein. Compositions and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound are also described, and include compositions also comprising liposomes. Methods for the treatment of cancer in animals comprising administering a compound or a composition comprising a compound are also described. | 02-02-2012 |
Brian Beckman, Necastle, WA US
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20130345960 | PLUGGABLE ROUTE-PLANNING MODULE - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for configuring a route-planning module using one or more configuration plug-ins. The route-planning module may be configured to create a driving route, an internet packet route, a social event route, and/or a variety of other routes. A graph used by the route-planning module to create a route may be modified by a graph configuration plug-in, which may add, remove, and/or modify nodes and/or edges within the graph. Attributes associated with edges and/or nodes within the graph may be added, removed, and/or modified by an attribute configuration plug-in. Costs associated with edges and/or turns from a first edge to a second edge at a node may be modified by a cost configuration plug-in. In this way, the route-planning module may be customized using one or more configuration plug-ins (e.g., to accommodate user preferences). | 12-26-2013 |
Brian Beckman, Newcastle, WA US
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20090199159 | DECLARATIVE EXECUTION CONTEXT SPLITTING - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for enabling code to be executed on one or more execution contexts based upon declarative annotations contained in the code or other locations. An annotation associated with a region of code is located. The annotation specifies information about an execution context where the region of code should be executed. A caller proxy is generated that is responsible for calling a callee adapter to execute the region of code. The callee adapter is generated that is responsible for receiving a call from the caller proxy and for dispatching a call to the region of code at the execution context. At runtime, the caller proxy receives a request to call the region of code and sends an execution request to the callee adapter. The callee adapter receives the execution request and dispatches a call to an executable version of the region of code. | 08-06-2009 |
20090249489 | SECURITY BY CONSTRUCTION FOR WEB APPLICATIONS - Secure distributed Web applications are produced by default upon construction. Mechanisms are provided to address distributed application vulnerabilities (e.g., cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery, replay attacks . . . automatically. These mechanisms are provided in conjunction with a tier-splitting component that breaks up an application for execution across multiple contexts or tiers. As a result, any application that is tier split is protected from security vulnerabilities by default without any intervention on the part of a developer. | 10-01-2009 |
20110173620 | Execution Context Control - A system and method for controlling the execution of notifications in a computer system with multiple notification contexts. A RunOn operator enables context hopping between notification contexts. Push-based stream operators optionally perform error checking to determine if notifications combined into a push-based stream share a common notification context. Context boxes group together notification creators and associate their notifications with a common scheduler and notification context. Operators employ a composition architecture, in which they receive one or more push-based streams and produce a transformed push-based stream that may be further operated upon. Components may be used in combinations to implement various policies, including a strict policy in which all notifications are scheduled in a common execution context, a permissive policy that provides programming flexibility, and a hybrid policy that combines flexibility with error checking. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173621 | PUSH-BASED OPERATORS FOR PROCESSING OF PUSH-BASED NOTIFICATIONS - A library of operators is provided for performing operations on push-based streams. The library may be implemented in a computing device. The library may be stored on a tangible machine-readable medium and may include instructions to be executed by one or more processors of a computing device. The library of operators may include groups of operators for performing various types of operations regarding push-based streams. The groups of operators may include, but not be limited to, standard sequence operators, other sequence operators, time operators, push-based operators, asynchronous operators, exception operators, functional operators, context operators, and event-specific operators. | 07-14-2011 |
20120239584 | NAVIGATION TO DYNAMIC ENDPOINT - Turn-by-turn directions can guide a user to a dynamic destination, such as a person or a rendezvous location. The turn-by-turn directions enable one user to follow another or, alternatively, multiple people to rendezvous with each other. The selection can be via identifiers used in network contexts, such as social networking Individuals can select the circumstances under which their location can be revealed. Turn-by-turn directions enabling following utilize anticipated locations or predictions of likely destinations based on historical and contextual information. Turn-by-turn directions enabling rendezvous reference a rendezvous location, which is either the same for all users, or which differs among them. Also, the directions can reference intermediate, “staging”, locations from which further intermediate, or ultimate, destinations can be routed to. | 09-20-2012 |
20120315992 | GEOGRAPHIC DATA ACQUISITION BY USER MOTIVATION - Architecture that motivates and utilizes users as the means for capturing geographical data of a desired location. The architecture incentivizes users (e.g., large numbers of mobile-phone and mobile-computer users) to provide the data in the form of geolocation information trails and images captured by user devices. Thus, users take multiple pictures, for example, and can validate existing coverage of specific points of interest based on variable needs of the requestor. One motivational technique is by using augmented reality (AR) games, which include shooting targets associated with the point of interest (e.g., a street). Thus, the game can be designed for the data accumulation, which includes visual data. Additionally, the architecture can determine the areas or points of interest for validation and/or additional coverage by comparing live video data to an image database to decide of the need for update. | 12-13-2012 |
20120322458 | DEPERSONALIZING LOCATION TRACES - Positional information is provided while minimizing the possibility that personally identifiable information can be derived therefrom. Positional information is received in the form of trails that can be aggregated. Individual cells of a grid reflect a quantity of aggregated trails through those cells, an average intensity and direction of movement through those cells, or a more detailed distribution thereof. Alternatively, individual trails are aggregated to an aggregated trail in the form of a line. Further obfuscation of personally identifiable information occurs by resampling aggregated positional information, by introducing false positional information, or by falsely modifying existing positional information, in a manner that does not impact the overall aggregations, and by pruning, or deleting, positional information, especially around sensitive locations, such as a user's home, place of business, or other location that users typically would seek to keep private. Provision of positional information is delayed until a sufficient amount is received. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323984 | LANGUAGE INTEGRATED QUERY OVER VECTOR SPACES - Language-integrated query (LINQ) operators can be extended to a set of vectors associated with a digital signal processing (DSP) environment. A language-integrated query (LINQ) operator can be created to execute a change of basis for a set of vectors. LINQ operators can be further be utilized with specifically generated parameters to perform a change of basis for the set of vectors. Additionally, the standard LINQ operators can be extended to enable querying with LINQ against the set of vectors. | 12-20-2012 |
20130006517 | PROVIDING ROUTES THROUGH INFORMATION COLLECTION AND RETRIEVAL - Providing directions from point A to point B may be treated as an information retrieval problem. In one example, actual routes that are traveled by people are received, and are stored in a database. When a person requests directions from point A to point B, a system searches the database to determine whether a route from A to B exists. If the route does exist, then the route may be provided as directions in response to the request. If no such route exists, then the system looks in the database for routes that have some amount of overlap with each other, and attempts to construct a route from A to B by joining known routes that overlap with each other. Rules may govern the degree of overlap that routes are to have before they can be joined. | 01-03-2013 |
20130103715 | MONADIC EVALUATION OF INJECTED QUERY COMPOSITIONS - Embodiments enable the evaluation of injected queries within a monad. One or more operators with closures are received from a first process. The operators with closures represent one or more functions to be applied by a second process. The second process evaluates the received operators with closures to apply the functions within the monad. During evaluation, the second process converts the closures to simply typed closures. Further, the second process binds the converted closures within the monad to restrict execution of the functions. In some embodiments, the queries (e.g., sequences of one or more operators with closures) are composed using a set of query operators from the language integrated query (LINQ) framework encoded in uniform resource locators (URLs) in the representational state transfer (REST) style. | 04-25-2013 |
20130117288 | DYNAMICALLY TYPED QUERY EXPRESSIONS - A dynamic call on dynamic data can be transformed into a dynamic call on a structure representing dynamic data. Specifically, a dynamic query with a code object representation that includes an untyped parameter can be transformed into a dynamic query with a function call with a dynamic meta-object. The function call with the dynamic meta-object tracks operation(s) that correspond to the code object representation that includes an untyped parameter in order to build a structure representing such code object representation. At runtime, the dynamic query is built and the structure representing the code object representation is rebuilt so as to enable a dynamic query with a code object representation that references untyped data. | 05-09-2013 |
20130159969 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING WITH LANGUAGE INTEGRATED MONADS - Digital signal processing is facilitated utilizing monads. In other words, a digital signal can be processed as a function of at least one monadic operation over the digital signal. Monadic operations can also be integrated into a general-purpose programming language optionally in a declarative syntax to further facilitate programming with respect to digital signals. | 06-20-2013 |
20130173653 | PATH COMPOSITION FOR PLANNING - A sequence of events may be planned by drawing on knowledge of existing sequences of events, and combining those events in accordance with a set of constraints. In one example, the sequences of events are events in a social agenda, such as dinner, drinks, movie, etc. Actual social agendas that users have carried out are monitored (with the users' permission), and these events are stored in a database. A sequence of events may be referred to as an existing path. Using the database, a system can respond to a query such as “plan an evening in Seattle,” or “plan an evening in that includes a movie” by querying the database to determine what sequences have already happened, and either retrieving an existing sequence or synthesizing a new one from existing sequences. | 07-04-2013 |
20130212138 | CURVE REPRESENTATIONS - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for creating a hierarchical multi-resolution representation of a curve. That is, a first-level curve (e.g., a relatively lower resolution of the curve) may be represented as a set of points within a first-level curve representation. A non-first-level curve (e.g., a second-level curve associated with a relatively higher resolution of the curve) may be represented as a set of offsets from the first-level curve (e.g., distances along offsets vectors starting from the first-level curve to the second-level curve), which is more efficient than storing complete data sets for different resolutions of the curve. In this way, various resolutions of the curve may be efficiently represented within the hierarchical multi-resolution representation. The various resolutions (e.g., levels) of the curve may also be acted upon or manipulated independently of one another. | 08-15-2013 |
20140032678 | PUSH-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for pushing a recommendation to a user. That is, a recommendation may be pushed to a device of the user based upon a triggering event associated with the user. The recommendation may be provided, for example, without user solicitation for the recommendation. In one example, a recommendation component may observe that the user frequently stops for ice cream on Fridays after work (e.g., based upon prior social network check-ins). Accordingly, on the following Friday, the recommendation component may push a recommendation to the user's device to visit a particular grocery store on the way home from work that is within 10 minutes of the user's home so that the user can avoid melting ice cream (e.g., a location constraint may be applied to choose a grocery store that is relatively close to the user's home). | 01-30-2014 |
20140143184 | TURN RESTRICTION INFERENCING - Architecture that extracts turn restrictions from geolocation traces both offline and online (in realtime). By identifying from the location traces which specific turns a driver takes and at which points in time, turn restrictions and associated time-dependence can be mined (inferred). Turn restrictions can be inferred based on the nature of drivers who tend to take the shortest route. The architecture can infer allowed turns and turn restrictions by mining user location traces, infer turn restrictions and associated confidence scores by comparing the routes followed by users with the routes that are shortest when applying the set of known turn restrictions, and infer turn restrictions based on the accessibility criterion such as each road section (between two adjacent intersections) is accessible in at least one way. A scoring method is provided for calculating the probability for a turn restriction to exist by fusing the scores described above with statistical information. | 05-22-2014 |
20140165037 | REUSABLE APPLICATION USER EXPERIENCE - Reusable user experience is provided by way of styleable applications. An application can be segmented into a content portion and a style portion, if not originally designed that way. Subsequently, alternate style code can be injected to provide a style to an application lacking style or replace a style with a different style. Styles can be extracted from other applications or acquired from an online marketplace, for instance. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172848 | CONTENT REACTION ANNOTATIONS - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for annotating content based upon user reaction data and/or for maintaining a searchable content repository. That is, a user may request and/or opt-in for user reaction data to be detected while a user is experiencing content (e.g., watching a movie, walking through a park, interacting with a website, participating on a phone conversation, etc.). Metadata associated with the content may be used to determine when and/or what sensors to use to detect the user reaction data (e.g., metadata specifying an emotional part of a movie). The content may be annotated with a reaction annotation corresponding to the user reaction data, which may be used to organize, search, and/or interact with the content. A search interface may allow users to search for content based upon annotation data and/or aggregated annotation data of one or more users who experienced the content. | 06-19-2014 |
20140180695 | GENERATION OF CONVERSATION TO ACHIEVE A GOAL - Conversation to reach a goal may be created by stitching together pieces of past conversations. Conversations are stored and indexed. A user specifies a goal that the user would like to achieve through conversation. Pieces of conversation that could achieve that goal are retrieved and/or stitched together from smaller conversation fragments, and the resulting conversation pieces are evaluated for merit. The merit evaluator is pluggable so that different merit calculations may be used for various different situations. The conversation may be displayed or spoken to the user as a prompt, so that the user can engage in a real conversation with a real person based on the guidance received. The system can react to the current state of the conversation, and may change conversational strategies or even conversational goals during the course of the conversation. | 06-26-2014 |
20140266800 | CROWD-SOURCED PARKING ADVISORY - Architecture that employs crowd-sourced parking-related information to compute the probability of finding parking spots at specific road segments, parking lots, and/or in larger geographic areas. The crowd-sourced parking-related information can be obtained from geolocation (geographical location) traces. This approach utilizes a method of mining location traces to compute the probability of finding parking spots at specific road segments, parking lots, and/or in larger geographic areas. The location traces can be mined to classify parking areas as public, private, and semi-private (e.g., only for company employees in certain area that also include public parking areas). The location traces can be mined to infer the times and dates (e.g., hours of the day and the days of the week) during which a vehicle is allowed to park at a given location. | 09-18-2014 |
20150112805 | PUSH-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for pushing a recommendation to a user. That is, a recommendation may be pushed to a device of the user based upon a triggering event associated with the user. The recommendation may be provided, for example, without user solicitation for the recommendation. In one example, a recommendation component may observe that the user frequently stops for ice cream on Fridays after work (e.g., based upon prior social network check-ins). Accordingly, on the following Friday, the recommendation component may push a recommendation to the user's device to visit a particular grocery store on the way home from work that is within 10 minutes of the user's home so that the user can avoid melting ice cream (e.g., a location constraint may be applied to choose a grocery store that is relatively close to the user's home). | 04-23-2015 |
20150247731 | PLUGGABLE ROUTE-PLANNING MODULE - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for configuring a route-planning module using one or more configuration plug-ins. The route-planning module may be configured to create a driving route, an internet packet route, a social event route, and/or a variety of other routes. A graph used by the route-planning module to create a route may be modified by a graph configuration plug-in, which may add, remove, and/or modify nodes and/or edges within the graph. Attributes associated with edges and/or nodes within the graph may be added, removed, and/or modified by an attribute configuration plug-in. Costs associated with edges and/or turns from a first edge to a second edge at a node may be modified by a cost configuration plug-in. In this way, the route-planning module may be customized using one or more configuration plug-ins (e.g., to accommodate user preferences). | 09-03-2015 |
20150253858 | PROXIMITY SENSOR-BASED INTERACTIONS - An application programming interface is provided that allows applications to request and receive distance measurements from multiple proximity sensors arranged on a computing device such as a smart phone or tablet. Users can input ranges of values to the applications by moving objects such as hands and fingers towards and away one or more of the multiple proximity sensors. Applications can use the ranges of values provided by the proximity sensors to allow for more nuanced and precise user interfaces than what is typically available using the binary output associated with a capacitive display. The values provided by the proximity sensors can be combined with values from one or more other sensors such as accelerometers to provide additional user interface options. | 09-10-2015 |
20150295990 | MONADIC EVALUATION OF INJECTED QUERY COMPOSITIONS - Embodiments enable the evaluation of injected queries within a monad. One or more operators with closures are received from a first process. The operators with closures represent one or more functions to be applied by a second process. The second process evaluates the received operators with closures to apply the functions within the monad. During evaluation, the second process converts the closures to simply typed closures. Further, the second process binds the converted closures within the monad to restrict execution of the functions. In some embodiments, the queries (e.g., sequences of one or more operators with closures) are composed using a set of query operators from the language integrated query (LINQ) framework encoded in uniform resource locators (URLs) in the representational state transfer (REST) style. | 10-15-2015 |
Brian C. Beckman, New Castle, WA US
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20100131255 | HYBRID SOLVER FOR DATA-DRIVEN ANALYTICS - A complex solver that is able to solve a diverse variety of model analytics. Upon identifying the various input variable(s) and output variable(s) of the model variables, if a straight forward solve is not to be performed, it is determined whether the model analytics is to be inverted such that a forward solve can be performed. For instance, it might not be known generally, or at least to the solver, how to invert a particular equation of other model analytics. If the model analytics is to be inverted, the model analytics is inverted, and the forward solve is performed. On the other hand, if the inversion of the model analytics is not to be performed, then a numerical analysis solve is performed. | 05-27-2010 |
Bryan A. Beckman, Wendell, MN US
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20090071554 | ROTATABLE SHAFT POSITION INDICATOR - In some embodiments, a rotary shaft position indicating and display apparatus for use with a device having a rotatable shaft may include one or more of the following features: (a) a housing having a base with a cover secured to said base and defining a hollow sealed chamber, (b) an actuator shaft journaled for rotation in said base and extending through said base into said sealed chamber, (c) at least one electromechanical actuating element mounted on said actuator shaft, (d) a frusto-conical member having graphics information representative of said actuator shaft position viewable through a window area, (e) said cover having a frusto-conical base, (f) female threads on the interior of the frusto-conical base, and (g) male threads on the base housing to accept the female threads on the interior of the frusto-conical base. | 03-19-2009 |
Carl L. Beckman, Fresno, CA US
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20140021698 | Collapsible Cart for Transporting Bags - A cart for supportably transporting a plurality of bags by the handles of the bags when the bags have one or more items therein. The cart allows the user to easily transport full bags and, relative to standard carts, reduces the likelihood that the bags will spill. The cart has a collapsible frame assembly with a first frame member and a second frame member, a bag support assembly for receiving and retaining the bags, a handle for pushing the cart and a pair of wheel assemblies to allow the cart to move across a surface. The frame assembly is in a generally X-shaped configuration with one of the frame members configured to shorten or lengthen to place the cart in an upright position or a collapsed position. A pull pin is used to automatically fix the position of the cart and allow the user to raise or collapse the cart. | 01-23-2014 |
Chris Beckman, San Diego, CA US
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20140368168 | Techniques for Optimizing Power Supply Output - New power output control systems are provided that maintain optimal voltage, current, and other electrical characteristics. In some aspects of the invention, a lagging or deteriorated power supply aspect is at least partially replaced to avoid limitations while the output of a specialized, stronger aspect is altered and addressed to supply the resulting power, voltage, current charge or other gap. | 12-18-2014 |
20150077826 | GLARE ELIMINATION AND IMAGE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM IMPROVING LENSES, WINDOWS AND DISPLAYS - New optic control systems are provided that manage camera, user or environmental movement and other factors impacting optical and resulting image quality. In some aspects of the invention, a variably, directionally shadable screen and actuating system is provided, which prevents and limits problematic glare for an observation point. In other aspects of the invention, a matrix of specialized pixels creates variably-directed light from a plurality of angle-directable, shiftable sources, which aids in creating virtual, 3-D objects of greater realism than conventional 3-D imaging methods and aid in reducing the appearance of distracting interceding objects (e.g., finger blocking a touch screen). In these aspects, existing images and objects viewed through a screen may be enhanced and overlaid with effects and demonstrative information related to the overlaid images and objects and an environment. In still other aspects of the invention, electromagnetically actuated optical control techniques, including rotational lenses and sensors, are provided. | 03-19-2015 |
20150084438 | Techniques for Optimizing Wireless Power Transmission - New wireless power transmission techniques are disclosed. In some aspects of the invention, an ambient wave or field is used as a scaffold for building new, superposed waveforms, using an additional, intermediate transmitter or resonator. In other aspects of the invention, devices incorporating such intermediate transmitters or resonators are awarded monetary credit and offsets by a management system, according to their contribution to power transmission to a power-receiving device. | 03-26-2015 |
20150146856 | Radiation Therapy Techniques Using Targeted Wave Superposition, Magnetic Field Direction and Real-Time Sensory Feedback - New techniques for radiotherapy and radiosurgery are provided. In some aspects of the invention, multiple sources of radiation with characteristics that are projected to constructively interfere at a treatment target are provided. In other aspects, hardware directs multiple radiation sources from the same side of a treatment target, and focuses the initiation of substantial interference on a leading structure in the target. In other aspects, refractive models updated by live feedback are used to improve dosage distribution by, among other things, optimizing the number, length, superposition, overlap, angle and nature of radiation beams. In additional aspects, interstitial beacons and radiation path diversion structures are inserted to improve dosage distribution to a target and avoid critical neighboring structures. In particle therapy, regionally actuable external magnetic fields are also provided, to improve dosage accuracy and avoid collateral damage. | 05-28-2015 |
Christopher J. Beckman, Forsyth, IL US
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20080309040 | Two-piece expandable thrust washer and machine using same - A machine includes a clevis joint connecting a first frame structure to a second frame structure. The clevis joint includes two plates configured to receive a rotatable element of the first frame structure. An expandable thrust washer is positioned on at least one side of the rotatable element. A pin extends through the two plates, the rotatable element, and the expandable thrust washer. The expandable thrust washer has a variably selected length and includes an outer ring configured to receive at least a portion of an inner ring. Expanding the expandable thrust washer to an expanded length reduces clearance along an axis of the clevis joint. | 12-18-2008 |
Christopher John Beckman, Forsyth, IL US
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20120101863 | MACHINE-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method is disclosed for using information related to the service history of a power-train component. The method may include using a machine-management system with at least one information processor to acquire information related to loads experienced by the power-train component during a first period, the first period occurring before a disassembly procedure involving disassembly of the power-train component from a power train. The method may also include employing the machine-management system and the acquired information related to loads experienced by the power-train component during the first period to perform one or more tasks in connection with use of the power-train component after the disassembly procedure. | 04-26-2012 |
Christopher V. Beckman, San Diego, CA US
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20130175880 | ELECTRONIC LEAKAGE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES - Electronic leakage reduction techniques are provided, whereby a device is configured to detect characteristics of an appliance and its power supply when the appliance is off or otherwise placed in a mode for reduced power use by said appliance, and whereby voltage and power provided to the appliance are then substantially reduced. In other aspects of the disclosed technology, user behavior may also manually control power delivered to the appliance, for example, with a switch. In still other aspects of the disclosed technology, a device is configured to detect characteristics of an appliance and its power supply when the appliance is on or otherwise placed in a mode for higher power use by said appliance, and increases power to the appliance. | 07-11-2013 |
20140109451 | Firearm Loading Techniques Eliminating Firing Pause and Enabling Rapid Partial Source Replacement and Load Supplementation Prior to Empty - The present invention involves techniques for rapid, flexible, partial and supplemental reloading of firearms using specialized actions, intermediate storage devices/feeds and multiple magazines, which may, in some embodiments, be simultaneously engaged with a firearm. The techniques disclosed include a feeding system, which may be a multiple-magazine feeding system, that allows a firearm to remain loaded and firing-ready with multiple loaded cartridges at all times, even during reloading operations. The invention also includes other techniques for flexible, non-wasteful, partially-empty reloading, to eliminate reloading paralysis, and allow the soldier or other user, not the size of a magazine, to determine when firing should continue and when and if it should pause. | 04-24-2014 |
20140162855 | ClipWeights - New weight-actuated clips and other fastening and tightening techniques are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, plate-style weights include a self-contained clipping system that, preferably, is reversibly weight-actuated, and therefore requires no additional clipping step to use—a user need only load a weight-actuated, self-clipping weight. In other aspects of the invention, a lateral tightening mechanism in the direction of loading is also provided, eliminating lateral play. In still other aspects, a user may rapidly and selectively shed weight from a weight-loading member. The weight-actuated tightening aspects are also applied in the context of sporting garments, such as running shoes, allowing a user to put on well-fitted shoes quickly, with easy entry, and no need for separate lacing or binding steps. | 06-12-2014 |
20140205554 | Bodily Cooling Fluid Techniques - New bodily cooling techniques are provided. In some aspects of the present invention, a new rapidly-evaporating cooling gel or fluid is sprayed or doused over or about an athlete's body and/or worn garments in thermal-reduction-optimized gravitational, diffusion and movement-induced patterns, to maximize cooling during exercise. In some aspects, a worn garment may serve as the matrix or platform for this distribution of the fluid. In other aspects, tuned, heat-absorbing port-controlling devices cause the release of the cooling gel or fluid from distribution tubes or other channels (e.g., integral to the flexible fabric itself) upon local underlying body heat exceeding a threshold, and resealing (halting release) upon body or regional heat dropping below a threshold. | 07-24-2014 |
20140245529 | Exotect - New spine-protecting motoring and sports equipment and apparel are provided. In some aspects of the invention, variably-joined pivoting and sliding members with both overall and local pivoting-speed and/or range-limits pivot about central points, lines and/or curves, which approximates the rotational center line of a user's spine, spinal cord or points of optimal flex reduction for a wearer's safety. Aiding in creating pivot-points and/or pivot lines are external body-holding extensions, connected to at least some of the pivoting and sliding members (a.k.a., “brace sections”). In one preferred embodiment, a torso-gripping jacket implements the above-described aspects, and a top-most member, linked with the other members, rotates more greatly and variably interlocks with rigid slot in the rear base of a specialized protective helmet, protecting the user's neck from breaking in a crash. | 09-04-2014 |
20140245798 | Add-Lock - New non-damaging, yet installed portable door lock techniques are provided. Embodiments include both external and internal locking controls, with and without the use of keys and safety releases. | 09-04-2014 |
20140261763 | Water and heat waste reduction techniques - A hardware system that performs new energy- and water-saving, restorative tasks upon use is provided. In some aspects of the invention, energy-saving hot water recapturing techniques are provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system may push hot water back to a water tank, and halt such pushing after capturing all such hot water. In other aspects, specialized energy-saving pipes further assist the system, and a user's behavior may also assist the system in implementing additional energy and water-saving options and settings, including, but not limited to, a “Final Rinse” option and the timing of ending water service. | 09-18-2014 |
20140265577 | ELECTRICAL POWER SWITCHING TECHNIQUES - New techniques improving the efficiency of electrical power distribution are provided. In some aspects of the invention, a control unit, with additional switching hardware (in addition to any main circuit switch) switches power from an electrical outlet. In some embodiments, specialized sensory hardware may be included, and may comprise appliance control actuation devices and touch or power control actuation sensors installed on or about a main power control, and may further comprise a near field or other wireless communication tag(s). In other embodiments, such sensory hardware may comprise a power status light or other indicator sensor, proxy control and appliance control actuator. | 09-18-2014 |
20140266630 | Object condition analysis and control techniques - New consumption and inventory recording, tracking, analysis and control techniques are provided. In some aspects of the invention, multiple master tags and signal control elements manage the communication of unique signals indicating and managing inventory status and consumption activity. A master tag may bridge communication from a computer hardware and software control system to smaller, more shielded inventory tags, to assess unique identifying information and control actuation of various functions. In other aspects, drugs and other agents may be variably released and/or applied by a new form of actuable, consumable tag with multiple signal elements. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272521 | Rapid Battery Replacement and Recharging Techniques (CellGel) - New electrochemical battery recharging, refurbishment and replacement techniques are provided. In some aspects of the invention, small, fungible battery elements may be immersed in a fluid and delivered via a bifurcated pump interface that simultaneously unloads discharged cells and loads new, charged cells, to accomplish rapid cell replacement and recharging. The cells may be magnetically aligned to bring cathode and anode elements together, in series, and bridge contacts within a container (powering an appliance). Density differentials between charged and discharged elements may aid in placing them in series (with similar charge states and capacities) and in removing them during replacement. | 09-18-2014 |
20140275821 | Specialized Sensors and Techniques for Monitoring Personal Activity - New activity recognition, recording, analysis and control techniques, systems and sensors are provided. In some aspects of the invention, multiple sensory tags with unique identification and data transfer attributes create positional, movement, orientation and acceleration data and supply it to a control system. The tags may be placed at location(s) on the user's body, clothing, personal effects, exercise equipment and other activity-relevant locations to enhance activity recognition and mapping. For example, a specialized PDA may comprise part of the control system, and may provide, reflect and/or receive modified data signals to and from such tags. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281093 | Peripheral Device and Connection Techniques - New techniques for establishing communications connections for computer peripheral devices are provided. In some aspects, new forms of audio-jack-connecting peripheral devices are disclosed, which permit the continued use of the phone jack of a PDA for purposes other than communication with the peripheral device. In other aspects, a new technique for rapidly establishing a uniform, secure wireless peripheral device network is provided. In some embodiments of the invention, the secure peripheral device network is activated by physical docking and/or interlocking, without any use of a wired network connection, based on precise proximity and location information. In other embodiments, a secure, encrypted peripheral device network is established by a system in response to terminating a wired network connection, easing the transition from wired to wireless connection status, and easing the creation of a wireless network, generally. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281684 | Data Storage Devices Based on Supplementation - New data storage devices and techniques are provided. In some aspects of the invention, a new remote supplementation based media and system are provided. A local file and control system comprises a data density distribution that varies depending on Media Depth. A remote supplementation source and control system are also provided in a common network with the local control system. The local control system reports local file attributes, authorization and factors impacting media depth in real time, and the supplementation control system delivers permanent and streaming data corrections, supplementation and format updates to the local control system. In additional aspects of the invention, a patterned reference media device aids in building the local data density distribution. In some embodiments, the 3D arrangement, or other attributes, of structural storage device elements may serve as the patterned reference device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140283340 | Selectable-Length Zip Tie and Tape - New fastening devices and techniques are provided. In some aspects of the invention, a new self-ratcheting cord is provided, with unlimited possible divisions and insertion points for self-threading and -ratcheting along its length. In some embodiments, the insertion points comprise ports through which an end of the cord can be threaded. Ridges perpendicular to the length of the cord line the exterior and comprise an appropriate size, shape and material permitting the cord to move in the direction of insertion through the ports, but limiting reversal. In some embodiments, ridges also line the inside of each port, parallel to the port, and perpendicular to a length of cord at points threaded through the port. In some embodiments, the ports themselves have an exterior shape to lock the cord. Some embodiments also comprise periodic scoring and other built-in devices to permit snapping the cord by hand at any desired length. | 09-25-2014 |
20140311371 | Missile with Mid-Flight Oxidizer Charging - New missile systems are provided, implementing reduced pre-deployment weight, higher impact and greater deployment flexibility, among other advantages. In some embodiments, mid-flight oxygen filtration from atmospheric air, followed by concentration, compression and/or storage in ideal oxidizer deployment locations, leads to enriched, greatly increased oxidizer load and/or far greater missile weight just prior to impact. Among additional benefits, missiles implementing the system may be far less volatile, and therefore safer, prior to deployment and the concentration of oxidizer may be more concentrated than with ambient oxygen, overcoming the limitations of current fuel/air and other thermobaric explosives. | 10-23-2014 |
20140343488 | Nanotechnology and Other Small Scale Injectable Machines with MultiStage External Magnetic and Electrostatic Actuation - New nanotechnology and other small-scale devices for performing intravenous medical procedures are provided. In some aspect of the invention, a group of encapsulated injectable machines is delivered intravenously into a bloodstream via a syringe. A treatment area within a patient's body is specified and targeted for action by an external control system, which also monitors blood flow and other environmental. Externally applied magnetic and/or electrostatic signaling and direction devices controlled by the control system then trigger the release of encapsulation layers surrounding the injectable machines upon reaching the treatment area. The externally applied magnetic signaling and direction devices then drive the machines into treatment targets within the treatment area, exploiting an overall charge and polarity of the machines distinct from their condition during encapsulation. Pulsed magnetic fields then cause polarized moving parts within the machines to move counter to one another, with opposing angled edges breaking up the treatment target. In some embodiments, the machines may also or alternatively deliver a magnetically- or electrostatically-released medication or device to the treatment target. In still other embodiments, a local control unit within the devices may direct additional, more sophisticated actions, which actions may be directed or triggered by external signaling from the externally-applied magnetic signaling and direction devices, or other aspects of the external control system. | 11-20-2014 |
20150219425 | Projectile Interceptor Mountable on a Firearm - Ballistic projectile protection devices, and methods for their use, are provided. In a preferred embodiment, a gun-mounted ballistic protection device is provided, comprising multiple interception media launchers that cover and protect a user's vital organs from incoming projectiles. In some aspects of the invention, a control system using a microphone or other sensors, with multiple sampling points in a forward location, determine the location and trajectory of an incoming projectile, and deploy interception media to intercept the incoming projectile. In a preferred embodiment, a user may activate the projectile protection device with a partial trigger pull, or a button placed within reach of a user's trigger finger. | 08-06-2015 |
20150235397 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING VIDEO AND OTHER MEDIA PLAYBACK - Techniques for efficiently capturing, generating and distributing more realistic images and video are provided. Among other aspects of the invention, a system is provided that includes tags that display dynamic image elements on a display with the aid of a physics model. In other aspects, the system selects among available physics models and virtual objects that serve as potential subjects for rendering dynamic image elements, based on system resource costs and resolution standards. In still other aspects, a new image file format contains embedded physical model and virtual object data for rendering images and video. | 08-20-2015 |
20150242008 | Techniques Improving Displays - A new form of 3-dimensional display is provided, employing ultrasonic emitters and receivers that share hardware. The illusion of user interface elements are simulated within an Actuation Area by overlapping ultrasound emitted from different emitters at areas coinciding with modeled elements' surfaces. In some embodiments, the period and phase of the ultrasonic waves are varied relative to one another to create a more compelling simulation of object surfaces. Resistance to movement and haptic feedback are also provided in some techniques, more accurately simulating the actuation of objects. In other embodiments, also applicable to touch screens, the ultrasound hardware provides such haptic feedback in addition to finger or stylus location when actuating a touch screen display. A new method for determining the location and direction of finger or stylus actuation pressure is also provided. | 08-27-2015 |
20150259968 | Beach Safe - New techniques for safeguarding valuables in a recreational, public setting are provided. In some aspects of the invention, a specialized portable safe is configured for insertion and securing into sand or other loose ground particles, with at least one removal-resisting edge or anchor. The edge or anchor may be shaped to facilitate insertion into the ground, but resists removal until switched for release by an authorized user. In further aspects, the invention comprises a tamper-detecting alarm. In other aspects, a compartment access door permits the placement and removal of valuables from a compartment of the safe, even when the safe is installed in the ground. In still other aspects of the invention, new wireless locking, unlocking and alerting techniques are provided. In some embodiments, computer hardware and tracking tags and beacons are provided, and trigger locking, unlocking and location alerts to aid a user in locating the safe. | 09-17-2015 |
20160033245 | Missile for Implanting Actuator in a Room or Building - A new form of missile, for implantation of an actuator within a wall or building, is provided. In some aspects of the invention, the missile comprises an enclosed actuator, deployed upon successful implantation of the missile in a target wall. Preferably, the missile comprises stops and piercing grips to secure the missile within the target wall, and encourage the proper degree of penetration and a mounting position enabling the deployment of the actuator(s) comprised within the missile. In some embodiments, the actuator can be remotely actuated by control system and user commands. | 02-04-2016 |
20160109206 | Suppressive Gunfire Generator - New forms of suppressive gunfire decoys are provided. In some aspects, a pin-pull device may be used to program and adjust several settings of the decoy devices, activating such devices immediately before deployment. In some aspects, the pin-pull device may serve as a remote control unit. In a preferred method of deployment, the devices are thrown to a location different from that occupied by the user(s), simulating another source of gunfire, distracting and misleading an enemy, and providing the effects of suppressive fire. In some embodiments, a networked computer system(s) may be used as a remote control unit, and the decoy device may include cameras and other sensors for tactical surveillance. In still other aspects, the gunfire decoy device may be capable of locomotion, and may be self-relocating in response to certain commands, or in reaction to stimuli, to confuse the enemy regarding sources of gunfire and troop locations. | 04-21-2016 |
Christopher V. Beckman, Newyork, NY US
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20130156318 | Techniques for Capturing and Generating lmages and Reports with lmage Elements and Live Data - Techniques for efficiently capturing, generating and distributing realistic images and dynamic reports with live sources are provided. Among other aspects, the system includes a user interface with identifier tags to create and manipulate dynamic and fixed representational image elements to create high resolution, seamless composite images or image streams with low processing and storage requirements, from databases or other sources. The identifier tags may be provided with Relational Aspects, including physical models governing image elements and their 3-D subjects. Image output may be in digital, analog or direct representational formats, and a new format combining features of each. Element Seeding or Borrowing may be implemented to further enhance elements of the image or report composites. | 06-20-2013 |
Christopher V. Beckman, New York, NY US
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20110298303 | Electronic Leakage Reduction Techniques - Electronic leakage reduction techniques are provided, whereby a device is configured to detect characteristics of an appliance and its power supply when the appliance is off or otherwise placed in a mode for reduced power use by said appliance, and whereby voltage and power provided to the appliance are then substantially reduced. In other aspects of the invention, user behavior may also manually control power delivered to the appliance, for example, with a switch. In still other aspects of the invention, a device is configured to detect characteristics of an appliance and its power supply when the appliance is on or otherwise placed in a mode for higher power use by said appliance, and increases power to the appliance. | 12-08-2011 |
20130158965 | Physics Engine Systems Using "Force Shadowing" For Forces At A Distance - New physics engine systems and related media and products implementing a “Force Shadowing” effect from ambient, uniformly distributed background energy, to describe or simulate forces at a distance are provided. | 06-20-2013 |
20130208867 | Radiation Therapy Techniques Using Targeted Wave Superposition, Magnetic Field Direction and Real-Time Sensory Feedback - New techniques for radiotherapy and radiosurgery are provided. In one aspect of the invention, multiple sources of radiation are provided in a planned frequency and in the same superposable period and polarization, from the same side of a treatment target, focused on a leading structure in the target. In another aspect, refractive models, updated by live feedback, are used to improve dosage distribution by, among other things, optimizing the number, angle and nature of radiation beams. Interstitial beacons and radiation path diversion structures are inserted to improve dosage distribution to a target and avoid critical neighboring structures. In particle therapy, regionally actuable external magnetic fields are used as well, to improve dosage accuracy and avoid collateral damage. | 08-15-2013 |
20130264084 | NON-DAMAGING CONNECTION TECHNIQUES - Improved techniques for avoiding and remediating connector-related stripping and other material damage are provided. In some aspects, specialized drive heads and systems are provided in conjunction with sensors for detecting proper distance characteristics and contact orientations (a.k.a., “seating”) with connectors, which, upon sensing improper seating, reduce, reverse-pulse or otherwise alter or remove power. The specialized driver heads may include reverse-grip members that pull the driver-head into the seated position. In other aspects, multiple-section connector sets are included, which may be self-tightening, and create detectable conditions of potential tightening energy being expended and/or loosening occurring, allowing an external sensor to sense such a condition and identify a connector that has loosened, slipped, or may be in need of recharging or tightening. A specialized connector head may selectively break away before stripping and thereby expose a stronger, secondary driver head. Associated driver refinements are also provided, which may further avoid damage. | 10-10-2013 |
20130300911 | OPTICAL CONTROL TECHNIQUES - New optic control systems are provided that manage camera, user or environmental movement and other factors impacting optical and resulting image quality. In some aspects of the invention, a variably, directionally shadable semi-transparent matrix and actuating system is provided, which limits problematic glare for an observation point. In other aspects of the invention, a matrix creates directional light from a plurality of shiftable and angle-directable sources, which may aid in creating virtual, 3-D objects of greater realism than conventional 3-D imaging methods and aid in reducing the appearance of distracting interceding objects (e.g., finger blocking a touch screen). In still other aspects of the invention, electromagnetically actuated optical control techniques, including rotational lenses and sensors, are provided. | 11-14-2013 |
20140045135 | CleanChew.TM. - New chewing-actuated teeth cleaning techniques are provided. In some aspects of the invention, a CleanChew™ is provided, which may comprise bite-actuated tooth- and gum-brushing protrusions and other features, tooth-guiding channels and variable openings with spacers, which openings and spacers may enable the variable bite-actuated release and application of a dentifrice for bite-actuated scrubbing. In further aspects, internal springs and the tension of surrounding material drive bite actuation of protrusions. In other aspects, movable bite-actuated and/or motor-actuated members conform an elastomeric/flexible outer layer with additional sub-features and aid in teeth and oral cleaning | 02-13-2014 |
20140053111 | System for Managing Computer Interface Input and Output - New techniques improving display output and computer system input response are provided. | 02-20-2014 |
20150233674 | Targeting Adjustments to Control the Impact of Breathing, Tremor, Heartbeat and other Accuracy-Reducing Factors - New targeting systems, hardware and techniques are provided. In a preferred embodiment, a system enables a sniper to, in effect, take a projected, trial shot at a subject within an environment, evaluate its effectiveness, and execute it if satisfied. A user may create, set, adjust and execute Impact Point indicators, corresponding with projected points of impact of a projectile on a target subject within a target environment. The system may counteract and otherwise adjust for certain ballistic and environmental factors in a firing mechanism to maintain such an Impact Point fire ready, in real time. Yet the system allows the user to continue to move the sight to engage in further targeting activity. | 08-20-2015 |
Christopher Vance Beckman, New York, NY US
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20110012580 | Electronic Leakage Reduction Techniques - Electronic leakage reduction techniques are provided, whereby an electrical outlet with a programmable computing unit is programmed to detect the current, resistance, power or pattern of current, resistance or power of an attached appliance in the on position and/or off position. Among other aspects, the electrical outlet with a programmable computing unit delivers a selected voltage below the original operational voltage and/or delivers voltage at particular durations for particular intervals to the appliance in the off position and compares detected current, resistance, power or pattern of current, resistance or power to programmed levels associated with the appliance in the on position and/or off position. If any or some of those characteristics match those programmed associated with the appliance in the on position, or fail to match those programmed associated with the off position by a set confidence interval, original operational voltage is provided to the appliance. | 01-20-2011 |
Craig Andrew Beckman, Albuquerque, NM US
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20130248375 | Waste to Product On Site Generator - Method and apparatus for adjusting the salinity and/or hardness of a process waste stream so that the stream may be electrolyzed to form an oxidant or disinfectant. Also an electrolytic cell having certain features such as widely spaced electrodes, flushing capabilities, and insulating dividers that can accommodate waste streams that have varying salinity, hardness, and dissolved solids content. | 09-26-2013 |
Daniel J. Beckman, Chula Vista, CA US
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20090316727 | Real-Time Optimization of TX FIR Filter for High-Speed Data Communication - A feedback module is defined to receive as input a set of data sample signals and a set of reference sample signals. Each of the data and reference sample signals is generated by sampling a differential signal having been transmitted through a FIR filter. The feedback module is defined to operate a respective post cursor counter for each post cursor of the FIR filter and update the post cursor counters based on the received sets of data and reference sample signals. Also, the feedback module is defined to generate a tap weight adjustment signal for a given tap weight of the FIR filter when a magnitude of a post cursor counter corresponding to the given tap weight is greater than or equal to a threshold value. An adaptation module is defined to adapt a reference voltage used to generate the reference sample signals to a condition of the differential signal. | 12-24-2009 |
David Beckman, Loveland, OH US
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20090065248 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND/OR METHODS FOR ELECTRICALLY COUPLING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a terminal box adapted to be releasably and/or operatively attached to a selected electric motor of a plurality of electric motors. The terminal box can be adapted to receive a plurality of electrical wires. The plurality of electrical wires can be adapted to convey electrical energy to the selected electric motor. | 03-12-2009 |
20090066270 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND/OR METHODS FOR ELECTRICALLY COUPLING A HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRIC MOTOR - Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a terminal box adapted to be releasably and/or operatively attached to a selected electric motor of a plurality of electric motors. The terminal box can be adapted to receive a plurality of electrical wires. The plurality of electrical wires can be adapted to convey electrical energy to the selected electric motor. | 03-12-2009 |
Dennis M. Beckman, Lacrosse, WI US
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20130145787 | SCREW COMPRESSOR DRIVE CONTROL - An embodiment of method used to control operation of a screw compressor of a refrigeration system may include receiving status signals regarding operation of the screw compressor of the refrigeration system. The method may further include determining an operating point of the screw compressor based upon the received status signals, and selecting a torque profile for the screw compressor based upon the operating point. The method may also include driving the screw compressor per the selected torque profile. Refrigeration systems and compressor systems suitable for implementing the method are also presented. | 06-13-2013 |
Dennis V. Beckman, Marshalltown, IA US
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20090114867 | ROTARY VALVE LEVER APPARATUS HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE SHAFT ADAPTOR INSERTS - Rotary valve lever apparatus having removable shaft adaptor inserts are described. An example lever apparatus includes a lever arm to rotatably mount to a stem of an actuator. The lever apparatus also includes a first opening having a first splined inner surface to receive a splined shaft, and a second opening adjacent the first opening and having a second splined inner surface to receive at least a portion of an insert member having a splined outer surface. | 05-07-2009 |
Edward Beckman, San Jose, CA US
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20160132294 | ADDER DECODER - The present disclosure relates to an add and decode hardware logic circuit for adding two n bit inputs, A and B. A series of n logic stages are each configured to perform a first operation of propagating a result of a preceding stage on the condition that the sum of A[m] and B[m] is equal to 0, wherein 0<=m05-12-2016 | |
Eric Beckman, Aspinwall, PA US
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20090028812 | HYDROPHILIC BIODEGRADABLE ADHESIVES - A moisture-curable and biodegradable adhesive that includes the reaction product of: (a) an isocyanate component having an average functionality of at least 2; (b) an active hydrogen component having an average functionality greater than 2.1; and (c) an ionic salt component having an average hydroxyl or amino functionality, or combination thereof, of at least 1. | 01-29-2009 |
20100292072 | REGENERABLE SOLID IMINE SORBENTS - Two new classes of amine-based sorbents are disclosed. The first class comprises new polymer-immobilized tertiary amine sorbents; the second class new polymer-bound amine sorbents. Both classes are tailored to facilitate removal of acid anhydrides, especially carbon dioxide (CO | 11-18-2010 |
20120197293 | HYDROPHILIC BIODEGRADABLE ADHESIVES - A moisture-curable and biodegradable adhesive that includes the reaction product of: (a) an isocyanate component having an average functionality of at least 2; (b) an active hydrogen component having an average functionality greater than 2.1; and (c) an ionic salt component having an average hydroxyl or amino functionality, or combination thereof, of at least 1. | 08-02-2012 |
Eric J. Beckman, Aspinwall, PA US
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20080264590 | COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING CELLULOSIC PRODUCT STRENGTH AND METHOD OF INCREASING CELLULOSIC PRODUCT STRENGTH - A composition includes water; at least one hydrophilic polymer containing at least two groups which are independently the same or different a primary amine group or a secondary amine group and at least one saccharide containing a reducible function as described above. The hydrophilic polymer and the saccharide are mixed to form a reaction mixture and reacted to increase the viscosity of the reaction mixture. The reaction is then substantially terminated by reducing the pH of the composition. | 10-30-2008 |
20090246164 | TISSUE ADHESION - A method of adhering biological tissue that includes applying a bio-degradable adhesive to the tissue. The adhesive includes a moisture-curable, isocyanate-functional component prepared by reacting (a) a multi-functional isocyanate component and (b) a multi-functional active hydrogen component that includes at least 30% by weight, based upon the total weight of the multi-functional active hydrogen component, of a multi-functional active hydrogen reactant having an equivalent weight less than 100. The ratio R of active hydrogen groups to isocyanate groups can be less than 1.0. | 10-01-2009 |
20110301639 | One-Part Moisture-Curable Tissue Sealant - A tissue sealant is described that includes the reaction product of (a) a polyol having at least two groups capable of reacting with an alkoxy silane and (b) an alkoxy silane having the formula: (R | 12-08-2011 |
20120121686 | BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITIONS HAVING PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE PROPERTIES - A composition comprising the reaction product of (a) an isocyanate group-containing component having an average functionality of at least 2; and (b) an active hydrogen group-containing component having an average functionality of at least 2. The composition is biodegradable, a solid at 22° C. and below, and has pressure sensitive adhesive properties at a temperature of 37° C. and relative humidity of 100%. The composition may be used to adhere polymer meshes or films to biological tissue. | 05-17-2012 |
20150079151 | BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITIONS HAVING PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE PROPERTIES - A composition comprising the reaction product of (a) an isocyanate group-containing component having an average functionality of at least 2; and (b) an active hydrogen group-containing component having an average functionality of at least 2. The composition is biodegradable, a solid at 22° C. and below, and has pressure sensitive adhesive properties at a temperature of 37° C. and relative humidity of 100%. The composition may be used to adhere polymer meshes or films to biological tissue. | 03-19-2015 |
20150093821 | BIODEGRADABLE POLYURETHANES AND USE THEREOF - A biodegradable and biocompatible polyurethane composition synthesized by reacting isocyanate groups of at least one multifunctional isocyanate compound with at least one bioactive agent having at least one reactive group —X which is a hydroxyl group (—OH) or an amine group (—NH | 04-02-2015 |
Evan Beckman, Newton, MA US
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20100111952 | TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS - Methods of treating disease with soluble inhibitors of the lymphotoxin pathway having improved properties. Improved LTBR-Ig fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, are also described. | 05-06-2010 |
Evan Beckman, Waban, MA US
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20130259861 | TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS - This invention relates to methods of treating disease with soluble inhibitors of the lymphotoxin pathway having improved properties. This invention also relates to improved LTBR-Ig fusion proteins, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. | 10-03-2013 |
Frances Beckman, Irvine, CA US
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20150112411 | HIGH POWERED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PHOTOBIOLOGY COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Devices with high-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for use in human and/or animal phototherapy applications are disclosed. The phototherapy device includes a number of select LEDs for emitting a desired range or ranges of wavelengths of high intensity light for use in treatment. Additionally, the phototherapy treatment includes one or more methods for providing a treatment appropriate to the condition desired to be treated. The phototherapy device provides a diversity of high power light settings, intensity levels, and selectable time intervals. | 04-23-2015 |
Frances A. Beckman, San Diego, CA US
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20120022618 | High Powered Light Emitting Diode Photobiology Device - A high-powered light emitting diode (LED) photobiology (phototherapy) device is disclosed in the accompanying specification. The contemplated photobiology (phototherapy) device may be used in the treatment of various aesthetic and medical or other conditions. The phototherapy device may include a number of select LEDs for emitting a desired range or ranges of wavelengths of high intensity light for use in treatment. Additionally, the phototherapy treatment includes one or more methods for providing a treatment appropriate to the condition desired to be treated. The phototherapy device provides for a variety of high power light settings, intensity levels, and selectable time intervals for providing treatment. | 01-26-2012 |
Hope Beckman, Concord, MA US
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20110166897 | PARKING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EMPLOYING SAME - The present invention is directed to a system and method for pairing lessors and lessees of parking spaces and generating a profit from each transaction. The system and method are employed over computing means and includes an option for charging a municipality an administrative fee for establishing the system within the municipality. | 07-07-2011 |
Hugh Beckman, Boca Raton, FL US
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20090281536 | Medical Device For Diagnosing and Treating Anomalous Tissue and Method for Doing the Same - Disclosed herein are medical devices for diagnosing and treating anomalous tissue and methods of use. One embodiment of the medical device can comprise an energy source configured to emit at least an excitation beam and a therapeutic beam, a probe coupled to the energy source and configured to propagate the excitation and therapeutic beams with the beams capable of contact with the tissue, a sensor coupled to the probe that detects at least one predefined attribute of radiation emanating from the tissue when the tissue is subjected to the excitation beam and a controller coupled to the energy source and the sensor and programmed to selectively alternatively actuate the energy source to emit the excitation beam and the therapeutic beam in response to the detection of the at least one predefined attribute by the sensor. | 11-12-2009 |
James Beckman, Springdale, AR US
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20130337069 | SILICON NANOPARTICLEFOR PHOTODYNAMIC CANCER TREATMENT UTILIZING QUANTUM DOT OPTICAL PROPERTIES - Quantum active sized silicon nanoparticles with a silicon core covered by a thin 0.5-1.5 nm oxide/nitride shell are described for light exposure in the 300-600 nm range for transforming atmospheric oxygen to singlet oxygen for causing cell apoptosis as a type of photodynamic cancer therapy. A method of use of the nanoparticle in a non-hydrophobic cream is also taught along with a blocking scheme for controlled reaction of the nanoparticle. | 12-19-2013 |
20140037702 | ULTRA-VIOLET RADIATION ABSORBING SILICON PARTICLE NANOCLUSTERS - Silicon particle nano-clusters formed with crystalline cores and amorphous shells are used for absorbing ultraviolet wavelength radiation. Silicon nano-particles are synthesized by plasma-chemical sputtering of bulk silicon crystal to form particles which are then quenched in an atmosphere of oxygen or oxygen and nitrogen. Analysis of these particles is presented for their scattering and absorption properties for use as ultraviolet protection elements. | 02-06-2014 |
20160038446 | METHOD FOR IMPEDING SKIN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO AN ENERGY INJURY - A method for treating skin that is subject to an energy injury including the application of concentrated l-lactic acid to the injury area during the inflammatory response of the skin. Reapplication is shown to further reduce the inflammatory symptoms and improve healing time. The concentration of approximately ten percent by weight with around 2.34 pH is proven to be ideal to impede the skin's inflammatory response for sunburn and elevated temperature thermal burns and prevent associated cellular damage compared to untreated sunburns. | 02-11-2016 |
James E. Beckman, San Diego, CA US
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20120069937 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS - Wireless receiver circuits and methods include algorithms for switching between a least-squares/minimum mean-square error method of channel estimation known as the CE algorithm, and a continuous plot method of channel estimation known as the CPCE algorithm based upon channel characteristics to improve reception of wireless communications in different reception conditions. In an embodiment, the CPCE algorithm may be selected by a processor for use in channel estimation when a calculated number of candidate paths is less than or equal to a first threshold value, a calculated power ratio of the L strongest paths to the total of all paths is greater than or equal to a second threshold value, and the maximum Automatic Gain Control variation is greater than or equal to a third threshold value. Threshold values may be based on field testing, and set to values at which the CE or CPCE algorithm exhibits better performance. | 03-22-2012 |
James E. Beckman, La Jolla, CA US
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20140064416 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DEMODULATION CANDIDATES USING VECTOR CANDIDATE SAMPLING (VCS) - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for generating likely demodulation candidates using Vector Candidate Sampling (VCS). VCS is used to generate high likelihood candidates for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) demodulation that approaches optimal maximum a posteriori (MAP) performance with reasonable complexity. A receive data vector is recorded corresponding to a signal received at a MIMO receiver. A plurality of likely candidates are determined for MIMO demodulation via VCS, based at least on the receive data vector. Determining the likely candidates may include perturbing the receive data vector for each candidate based on a pre-determined perturb vector, and estimating a corresponding transmit data vector based at least on the perturbed receive data vector for the candidate and an estimator matrix, wherein the likely candidate comprises the estimated data vector. | 03-06-2014 |
James Edward Beckman, La Jolla, CA US
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20140301512 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR JOINT DEMODULATION WITH MAX-LOG MAP (MLM) - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques and apparatus for performing joint demodulation using a Max-Log MAP algorithm in wireless communications systems. An exemplary method generally comprises receiving a signal comprising one or more serving streams and one or more interfering streams; and processing the signal by performing joint demodulation using a max log map (MLM) algorithm for at least one of the one or more serving streams or at least one of the one or more interfering streams. | 10-09-2014 |
20150358089 | JOINT SPATIAL PROCESSING FOR SPACE FREQUENCY BLOCK CODING AND/OR NON SPACE FREQUENCY BLOCK CODING CHANNELS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus that may be used to perform joint spatial processing for space frequency block coding and/or non-space frequency block coding channels in a wireless communications system. In aspects, apparatus and methods are provided for wireless communications, comprising receiving a signal from a serving cell and zero or more interfering cells, and processing the received signal, wherein the processing includes joint processing of at least two Resource Elements (REs), selected to conform to a Space Frequency Block Coding (SFBC) scheme in which transmitted data is modulated across two REs, to detect an interfering cell signal and canceling of the detected interfering cell signal from the received signal. | 12-10-2015 |
Jennifer Gray Beckman, Falls Church, VA US
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20090075268 | Antigenic Targets Of Autoimmune Sensorineural Hearing Loss (AISNHL) And Development Of Tests For Diagnosis And Management Of AISNHL - This invention relates generally to antigens reactive with autoantibodies associated with autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss (AISNHL), and in particular relates to a novel antigen, Inner Ear Supporting Cell Antigen (IESCA) reactive with autoantibodies associated with autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss (AISNHL), and to methods for the detecting therapeutic outcomes in treatment of AISNHL patients, and to methods of detecting genetic lesions in genes encoding for such antigens. | 03-19-2009 |
Joseph S. Beckman, Corvallis, OR US
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20100183645 | ACTIVE OR PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION AGAINST PROAPOPTOTIC NEUROTROPHINS FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES - The present invention relates to novel methods for combating cell degeneration or dysfunction resulting from neuroinflammatory conditions. The invention especially relates to the use, in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease associated with neuroinflammation, of an immunogenic compound which is capable of inducing an immune response against a proapoptotic neurotrophin, or an effective amount of a hapten combined with appropriate carriers and/or adjuvants to render the resulting combination capable of inducing an immune response against a proapoptotic neurotrophin. Also disclosed are compositions for the active or passive immunization against neuronal or glial cell apoptosis caused by neuroinflammation as well as methods and means useful for said active or passive immunization. | 07-22-2010 |
20110233397 | RADIO-FREQUENCY-FREE HYBRID ELECTROSTATIC/MAGNETOSTATIC CELL FOR TRANSPORTING, TRAPPING, AND DISSOCIATING IONS IN MASS SPECTROMETERS - Mass spectrometry cells include one or more interleaved magnetostatic and electrostatic lenses. In some examples, the electrostatic lenses are based on electrical potentials applied to magnetostatic lens pole pieces. In other alternatives, the electrostatic lenses can include conductive apertures. Applied voltages can be selected to trap or transport charged particles, and photon sources, gas sources, ion sources, and electron sources can be provided for various dissociation processes. | 09-29-2011 |
20140217282 | RADIO-FREQUENCY-FREE HYBRID ELECTROSTATIC/MAGNETOSTATIC CELL FOR TRANSPORTING, TRAPPING, AND DISSOCIATING IONS IN MASS SPECTROMETERS - Mass spectrometry cells include one or more interleaved magnetostatic and electrostatic lenses. In some examples, the electrostatic lenses are based on electrical potentials applied to magnetostatic lens pole pieces. In other alternatives, the electrostatic lenses can include conductive apertures. Applied voltages can be selected to trap or transport charged particles, and photon sources, gas sources, ion sources, and electron sources can be provided for various dissociation processes. | 08-07-2014 |
Kenneth Bruce Beckman, Saint Paul, MN US
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20140206748 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO PROSTATE CANCER - This disclosure describes markers that can identify patients at risk of developing castration-resistant prostate cancer. The markers, and analyses that use the markers, can be used by health professionals to guide treatment decisions by, for example, helping to evaluate the likelihood that a patient will respond to or develop resistance to prostate cancer therapies targeted to the androgen receptor. Thus, in some cases, methods described herein may be used to identify subjects under treatment for prostate cancer as at risk for developing castration-resistant prostate cancer. Such an evaluation may indicate that a change in prescribed therapy is appropriate. In some of these instances, the change may involve modifying the subject's treatment regimen to include administration of a pharmaceutical composition effective for treating castration-resistant prostate cancer before resistance to androgen receptor-based treatments develops. | 07-24-2014 |
Kent Beckman, Paducah, KY US
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20140140905 | SEPARATION AND RECOVERY OF MOLYBDENUM VALUES FROM URANIUM PROCESS DISTILLATE - A method for treating process distillate heavies produced during uranium fluoride purification is described. The heavies contain primarily uranium hexafluoride, UF | 05-22-2014 |
Kent C. Beckman, Paducah, KY US
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20090246603 | PROCESS FOR RECLAIMING A CONTAMINATED ELECTROLYTE FROM AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF GASEOUS FLUORINE - A process for reclaiming a contaminated electrolyte in an electrolytic cell used in the production of gaseous fluorine. The contaminated electrolyte is a mixture of potassium bifluoride and hydrofluoric acid having metal ions therein. The process has the following steps: a) removing the contaminated electrolyte from the cell to a treatment tank; b) adding a lithium compound to the contaminated electrolyte in the treatment tank to induce settlement of at least part of the metal ions; c) allowing the metal ions to settle to the bottom of the treatment tank; d) removing the settled metal ions from the bottom of the treatment tank to form a reclaimed electrolyte; and e) returning the reclaimed electrolyte to the cell. | 10-01-2009 |
Kristy J. Beckman, Dellwood, MN US
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20160067116 | DISPOSABLE GARMENT - This invention claims disposable garments comprising a stretchy laminate and methods of making the same. | 03-10-2016 |
20160067117 | DISPOSABLE ARTICLE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE ELASTIC BONDED REGION - This invention claims a disposable article including at least two bonded regions, one of the regions has elastic properties; the other region is different from the first. | 03-10-2016 |
20160068721 | ELASTIC HOT MELT ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND AN ELASTIC COMPOSITE MADE WITH THE SAME - This invention claims hot melt adhesive compositions that can be used to form elastic composites that are useful in disposable absorbent articles. The compositions have good elastic recovery and high peel adhesion at a viscosity of less than about 15,000 cps at 177° C. (350° F.). The low viscosity makes it possible to apply the hot melt adhesive at a high line speed and target application to only those areas requiring elastic performance. | 03-10-2016 |
Kristy Jo Beckman, Houston, TX US
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20100056696 | Low emission, high scrub VAE latex Paints - A water-based, low-emission latex paint formulation includes a vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) latex including a VAE resin with from 80 to 95 weight % vinyl acetate residue and from 5 to 20 weight % ethylene residue, optionally including additional monomers as well as a pigment composition including inorganic solids selected from inorganic pigments, inorganic fillers and mixtures thereof present in an amount such that the paint formulation has a pigment volume concentration (PVC) of from 25% to 85%. The formulations are suitable for eggshell and flat latex paints and exhibit surprising durability. | 03-04-2010 |
Kurt Richard Beckman, Springfield, MN US
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20110005621 | REMOVABLE MANIFOLD FOR AN AIR COMPRESSOR - A removable manifold for use with an air compressor unit having a main feed hose for dispensing compressed air, the manifold including a body, a hub disposed on the body defining a hub chamber, an inlet disposed on the body, the inlet defining an inlet chamber in fluid communication with the hub chamber, and the inlet being configured to engage the main feed hose, thereby providing fluid communication between the air compressor unit and the hub chamber, and an outlet disposed on the body, and defining an outlet chamber in fluid communication with the hub. | 01-13-2011 |
Lu Ann Beckman, Neenah, WI US
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20090149828 | Stretched, Necked, Unitary Garment and a Method of Manufacturing Same - An absorbent article can utilize a chassis design comprising a unitary inner layer and an expandable absorbent assembly attached to the inner layer, with the inner layer including elasticized portions so that the absorbent article conforms to the body of a person wearing the article. The expandable absorbent assembly can be minimally attached to the garment side of the inner layer and, in some embodiments at an aperture or opening in the inner layer that allows exudates to pass into the absorbent assembly. The article can further comprise an extensible outer layer attached to the garment side of the inner layer so that the outer layer covers the absorbent assembly and elastics, with the outer layer attached at the perimeter of at least portions of the article. | 06-11-2009 |
Mark Edward Beckman, Simpsonville, SC US
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20130006408 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR DIGITIZED PRODUCT MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods associated with digitized and automated product management provide for a holistic representation of a product throughout its lifecycle, including physical and non-physical components thereof. More particular features include generation of unit bills of material and application of non-physical components, eg., control parameters, to product units. Features for managing bills of material involve providing a pre-established mapping of technical feature rules that relate commercial feature options for a product to different combinations of technical functions and parts for potential use in a product. Pre-established manufacturing templates are also provided and combined with the mapping to generate an order-specific bill-of-materials, after which point a unit bill-of-materials can be created. Features for digitizing and applying non-physical components, e.g. control parameters, involve establishing a plurality of non-physical components, e.g. control parameter definitions, and database relationships between control parameters and products within a network accessible database. Interfaces may be provided for changing selected aspects of the control parameters, and the parameters are ultimately provided as direct input to a product. | 01-03-2013 |
Mark S. Beckman, Houston, TX US
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20110198086 | Hydrate Control In A Cyclic Solvent-Dominated Hydrocarbon Recovery Process - The present invention relates generally to in situ hydrate control during hydrocarbon production when applying a recovery method utilizing cyclic injection of light hydrocarbon solvents. Hydrate formation is limited by creating an energy reserve within a hydrocarbon reservoir adjacent to the wellbore. A heated solvent is injected during an injection phase of a cyclic solvent dominated recovery process to form a heated region adjacent to the wellbore at the end of an injection cycle. The energy reserve is used to act against the evaporative cooling effect caused by subsequent production and associated depressurization to maintain reservoir conditions outside of hydrate formation conditions. In situ conditions are estimated and injected energy amounts are controlled. | 08-18-2011 |
Marvin Beckman, Mineral Wells, TX US
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20150323697 | CALIPER TOOL WITH IN-SITU TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION - A tool for evaluating the internal surfaces of tubular is provided, wherein one or more arms extend outwardly from the tool into contact with an inner wall of the tubular, and changes in the dimensions or condition of the inner wall result in changes in the position of the ends of the arms relative to the tool. This motion is converted, through an electromagnetic transducer, into an electrical signal, the accuracy of which deteriorates as the temperature of the tool changes. Calibration transducers are provided on the tool to provide correction factors to convert the electromagnetic transducer output into an accurate reading of the distance of the end of the arms from the tool thereby increasing the accuracy of the assessment of the inner wall of the tubular. | 11-12-2015 |
Micah Beckman, Middletown, CT US
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20140273757 | Drag Finishing System, Method and Fixture for Gas Turbine Engine Airfoils - A system, fixture and method for media finishing a cluster of airfoils are provided. The fixture may include a base having a first end and a second end, a receptacle disposed on the base and configured to receive the stator cluster, and at least one mock airfoil disposed at each of the first and second ends of the base in alignment with the airfoils of the cluster. | 09-18-2014 |
20150183078 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ROUGH GRINDING - A system and methods are provided for grinding a workpiece. In one embodiment, a method includes controlling rotation of a workpiece, wherein the workpiece is rotated relative to a first axis, and controlling grinding of the workpiece by a first grinding tool to shape the workpiece, wherein the first grinding tool is rotated relative to a second axis. The method may also include controlling grinding of the workpiece by the grinding tool and rotation of the workpiece to provide grinding of the workpiece with a generally constant surface footage. | 07-02-2015 |
20150190893 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRFOIL ASSEMBLY - A method for assembling an airfoil includes pressing a blade body together with at least one of a blade sheath and a blade cover between a plunger and a die base to join the blade body to the blade sheath and/or the blade cover. The method can include transferring heat from the plunger and/or the die base to at least one of the blade body, the blade sheath and the blade cover to cure an adhesive. | 07-09-2015 |
20150375360 | Tool for Abrasive Flow Machining of Airfoil Clusters - A tool for use during the abrasive flow polishing of an airfoil cluster in an abrasive flow machine is described. The tool may comprise a body and prongs extending from the body. Each prong of the tool may be configured to insert between an adjacent pair of airfoils of the airfoil cluster to create at least one channel therebetween. The channel may allow the flow of an abrasive media therethrough. | 12-31-2015 |
20160107279 | AIRFOIL MATERIAL REMOVAL - A method of removing material from an airfoil includes engaging a root of the airfoil within a root-securing fixture, engaging a tip of the airfoil within a tip-securing fixture, and removing material from the airfoil. The method further includes disengaging the tip of the airfoil from the tip-securing fixture to allow movement of the tip from a clamped state position to a free-state position. The method further includes reengaging the tip of the airfoil within the tip-securing fixture in the free-state position, and removing additional material from the airfoil. | 04-21-2016 |
Michael Beckman, Redwood City, CA US
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20120058045 | GAS FROM LANDFILL FOR USE IN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION - Methane collected from a landfill is used as a feedstock for the production of hydrogen in a steam methane reformer. This invention provides a green energy feed stock for the hydrogen production that benefits the environment. | 03-08-2012 |
Michael Carl Beckman, Seattle, WA US
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20140103033 | FOOD CONTAINER - A container including a lower portion and lid. The lower portion has a sidewall and a base portion that define a hollow interior having an opening defined by a distal portion of the sidewall. The sidewall has a keyway. The lid has a body portion with a peripheral portion. A flap is attached to the peripheral portion. A key member is positioned on the flap. The key member is receivable inside the keyway of the lower portion. The body portion is configured to be pivoted relative to the flap when the key member is received inside the keyway to position the body portion adjacent the distal portion of the sidewall to close the opening of the hollow interior. The lid may include additional flaps with tabs configured to be received inside recesses formed in the lower portion. A tray and/or freezer pack may be positioned inside the hollow interior. | 04-17-2014 |
20160029831 | PORTABLE NESTED COOK-SET - A portable nested cook-set includes a cook pot having a pot sidewall with a retention projection and defining an upwardly opening pot interior chamber, a press-pot piston having a piston sidewall and a lower end portion defining an upwardly opening piston interior chamber, and a storage container having an exterior portion and a selectively sealable interior storage chamber. The piston sidewall has a sidewall opening and a retention notch positioned to removably receive the retention projection therein. The press-pot piston sidewall is dimensioned to be selectively storable at least partially within the cook pot. The storage container having an exterior portion with a lower portion dimensioned to be selectively storable at least partially within the piston interior chamber. The storage container and the press-pot piston being releasably threaded together. | 02-04-2016 |
Nancy E. Beckman, Fresno, CA US
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20140021698 | Collapsible Cart for Transporting Bags - A cart for supportably transporting a plurality of bags by the handles of the bags when the bags have one or more items therein. The cart allows the user to easily transport full bags and, relative to standard carts, reduces the likelihood that the bags will spill. The cart has a collapsible frame assembly with a first frame member and a second frame member, a bag support assembly for receiving and retaining the bags, a handle for pushing the cart and a pair of wheel assemblies to allow the cart to move across a surface. The frame assembly is in a generally X-shaped configuration with one of the frame members configured to shorten or lengthen to place the cart in an upright position or a collapsed position. A pull pin is used to automatically fix the position of the cart and allow the user to raise or collapse the cart. | 01-23-2014 |
Nels Beckman, Pittsburgh, PA US
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20090282289 | GENERATION AND EVALUATION OF TEST CASES FOR SOFTWARE VALIDATION AND PROOFS - A “property checker” uses light-weight symbolic execution to prove that software programs satisfy safety properties by simultaneously performing program testing and program abstraction. A simple example of safety properties includes conditions that must be satisfied for proper program execution, such as whether an application properly interfaces with API methods or functions. Program tests are an “under-approximation” of program behavior, and abstractions are an “over-approximation” of the program. This simultaneous testing either finds a test-case that reaches an error state, or finds an abstraction showing that no path in the state space of the program can reach any error state. If a test-case reaches an error state, the property checker has discovered a violation of the safety property. Conversely, if no path in the state space can reach any error state, the property checker has proved that the program satisfies the desired safety property. | 11-12-2009 |
Orhan E. Beckman, Hood River, OR US
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20080266584 | CONFIGURABLE SINGLE SUBMISSION EVENT PRINTER - A method for configuring a printer to automatically print multiple proof prints includes configuring a printer with an adjustable process parameter to a first value, configuring the adjustable process parameter to a second value; generating a single submission event that expresses the first value and the second value of the adjustable process parameter, and configuring the printer with the single submission event such that the printer automatically prints a first proof print with the first value and a second proof print with the second value. | 10-30-2008 |
Orhan E. Beckman, Vancouver, WA US
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20080259363 | Selective extended gamut printing system and method - Various embodiments of a system and method for selectively printing with an extended color gamut are disclosed. | 10-23-2008 |
Paul Beckman, Pleasanton, CA US
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20110033582 | PRE-LOADED SLICED FOOD COOKING PRODUCT - This invention relates to a pre-loaded sliced food cooking product for use in cooking by microwave energy. The invention comprises two containment members that enclose two absorbent layers between which food items are pre-loaded into prior to purchase by the end-consumer. | 02-10-2011 |
Paul Eric Beckman, Southborough, MA US
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20150142148 | INTERACTIVE SOUND REPRODUCING - An audio system attachable to a computer includes a sound reproduction device for producing audible sound from audio signals. The sound reproduction device includes a radio tuner and a powered speaker. The audio system further includes a connector for connecting the sound reproduction device with a computer. The computer provides audio signals from a plurality of sources, the sources including a computer CD player, digitally encoded computer files stored on the computer, and a computer network connected to the computer. The sound reproduction device further includes control buttons for controlling at least one of the computer CD player, the digitally encoded computer files and the computer network. | 05-21-2015 |
Peter M. Beckman, Santa Cruz, CA US
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20120073014 | Zantedeschia Variety 110167-55633 | 03-22-2012 |
20120090046 | Zantedeschia Variety 110067-52451 | 04-12-2012 |
20120096579 | Zantedeschia Variety 110066-21104 | 04-19-2012 |
20120096580 | Zantedeschia Variety 110224-64275 | 04-19-2012 |
20140157467 | Eucomis plant named 'GSALMAKA' | 06-05-2014 |
20140157468 | Eucomis plant named 'Gsalkele' | 06-05-2014 |
20140157469 | Eucomis plant named 'GSALIPOL' | 06-05-2014 |
20140157470 | Eucomis plant named 'GSALKIAN' | 06-05-2014 |
20150366151 | Zantedeschia Variety GSCCCAFI - variety designated GSCCCAFI is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of | 12-24-2015 |
Ralph Beckman, Providence, RI US
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20090318887 | ENTERAL FEEDING PUMP SYSTEM - An enteral pump system for delivering medical fluids unidirectionally includes a disposable fluid delivery set having a repeatable compression portion and an enteral feeding pump. The repeatable compression portion is helically coiled around a central axis to define a cylindrical shape. The compression portion is configured to pump a large volume of medical fluids per stroke. The compressing portion includes at least two adjacent tubing walls joined around the central axis for repeatable compression. The enteral feeding pump is configured to repeatedly and reliably compress the compression portion of the fluid delivery set along the central axis. In operation, the compression portion is repeatably compressed without distortion along the central axis by the enteral feeding pump to flow unidirectionally through the fluid delivery set. | 12-24-2009 |
20130178833 | ENTERAL FEEDING PUMP SYSTEM - An enteral pump system for delivering medical fluids unidirectionally includes a disposable fluid delivery set having a repeatable compression portion and an enteral feeding pump. The repeatable compression portion is helically coiled around a central axis to define a cylindrical shape. The compression portion is configured to pump a large volume of medical fluids per stroke. The compressing portion includes at least two adjacent tubing walls joined around the central axis for repeatable compression. The enteral feeding pump is configured to repeatedly and reliably compress the compression portion of the fluid delivery set along the central axis. In operation, the compression portion is repeatably compressed without distortion along the central axis by the enteral feeding pump to flow unidirectionally through the fluid delivery set. | 07-11-2013 |
Richard Beckman, New York, NY US
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20080200923 | Insertion tool for ocular implant and method for using same - An insertion tool and method are provided for implanting an ophthalmic shunt having a foot, a head and a body connecting the foot and head. The insertion tool has a first arm having a proximal end and a distal end and a second arm having a proximal end and a distal end. The second arm is movable with respect to the first arm between an open position and a closed position. A means to grip a shunt is disposed on the distal ends of the first and second arms. In use, the insertion tool is employed to selectively grip the shunt for placement in the tissue of the eye and, as desired, to orient the shunt after placement. | 08-21-2008 |
Richard J. Beckman, Blacksburg, VA US
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20100293123 | COMPLEX SITUATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A system for generating a representation of a situation is disclosed. The system comprises one or more computer-readable media including computer-executable instructions that are executable by one or more processors to implement a method of generating a representation of a situation. The method comprises receiving input data regarding a target population. The method further comprises constructing a synthetic data set including a synthetic population based on the input data. The synthetic population includes a plurality of synthetic entities. Each synthetic entity has a one-to-one correspondence with an entity in the target population. Each synthetic entity is assigned one or more attributes based on information included in the input data. The method further comprises receiving activity data for a plurality of entities in the target population. The method further comprises generating activity schedules for each synthetic entity in the synthetic population. Each synthetic entity is assigned at least one activity schedule based on the attributes assigned to the synthetic entity and information included in the activity data. An activity schedule describes the activities of the synthetic entity and includes a location associated with each activity. The method further comprises receiving additional data relevant to the situation being represented. The additional data is received from at least two distinct information sources. The method further comprises modifying the synthetic data set based on the additional data. Modifying the synthetic data set includes integrating at least a portion of the additional data received from each of the at least two distinct information sources into the synthetic data set based on one or more behavioral theories related to the synthetic population. The method further comprises generating a social contact network based on the synthetic data set. The social contact network is used to generate the representation of the situation. | 11-18-2010 |
20130191312 | COMPLEX SITUATION ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for generating a data set are provided. One method includes generating a data set based on input data using a plurality of brokers. The method further includes receiving a request from a user and determining whether the request can be fulfilled using data currently in the data set. When the request can be fulfilled using data currently in the data set, the data is accessed using broker(s) configured to provide access to data within the data set. When the request cannot be fulfilled using data currently in the data set, at least one new broker is spawned using existing broker(s) and additional data needed to fulfill the request is added to the data set using the new broker. The method further includes generating a response to the request using one or more of the plurality of brokers. | 07-25-2013 |
Richard L. Beckman, New York, NY US
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20090281536 | Medical Device For Diagnosing and Treating Anomalous Tissue and Method for Doing the Same - Disclosed herein are medical devices for diagnosing and treating anomalous tissue and methods of use. One embodiment of the medical device can comprise an energy source configured to emit at least an excitation beam and a therapeutic beam, a probe coupled to the energy source and configured to propagate the excitation and therapeutic beams with the beams capable of contact with the tissue, a sensor coupled to the probe that detects at least one predefined attribute of radiation emanating from the tissue when the tissue is subjected to the excitation beam and a controller coupled to the energy source and the sensor and programmed to selectively alternatively actuate the energy source to emit the excitation beam and the therapeutic beam in response to the detection of the at least one predefined attribute by the sensor. | 11-12-2009 |
Robert Beckman, Cross Plains, WI US
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20080281550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING BALANCE FUNCTION - The present invention relates to systems and methods for characterizing balance function. In particular, the present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring balance function (e.g., in a single individual and/or plurality of individuals), generating one or more databases comprising balance function data, processing and/or analyzing databases comprising balance function data, and characterizing balance function (e.g., in a single individual and/or plurality of individuals (e.g., utilizing databases comprising balance function data)). Systems and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, research, diagnostic and therapeutic applications. | 11-13-2008 |
Robert Beckman, Blue Bell, PA US
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20130124163 | PERSONALIZED STRATEGIC CANCER TREATMENT - An approach to determining a specific treatment plan for a subject uses of a prediction of time evolution of sub-populations of cells with different types of resistance to a set of therapeutic agents based at least in part on a measurement (e.g., tissue sample, bodily fluid sample, or molecular imaging) of a subject's tumor and determines a therapeutic schedule for administration of selected ones of the agents according to a criterion that is based at least in part on a factor that depend on evolution of one or more sub-populations. | 05-16-2013 |
20150142330 | DYNAMIC PERSONALIZED CANCER TREATMENT - An approach to personalized cancer treatment uses a selection of a sequence of treatments, which are selected, for example, using a global optimization and/or decision tree approach. For each selected treatment in the sequence, data characterizing expected growth and transition between different cell states (e.g., different phenotypes) is used to predict evolution of cell populations during application of the selected treatment. | 05-21-2015 |
Robert Allen Beckman, Blue Bell, PA US
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20150147326 | PROTEIN BIOMARKER AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to methods of identifying and treating a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and administering a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as high. The present invention is also directed to methods of identifying a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and withholding a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as low. The invention is also directed to methods of performing an ELISA, including sequential steps of contacting a solid surface with a plurality of solutions each comprising in turn a capture antibody, a blocking agent, a sample suspected of containing an analyte, a detection antibody and an enzyme conjugate, in which the solid surface is subjected to a wash process after each sequential step. | 05-28-2015 |
20150152508 | NUCLEIC ACID BIOMARKER AND USE THEREOF - The present invention is directed to methods of identifying and treating a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at an mRNA level in the human subject and administering a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at an mRNA level is assessed as high. The present invention is also directed to methods of identifying a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at an mRNA level in the human subject and withholding a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at an mRNA level is assessed as low. | 06-04-2015 |
Robert Charles Beckman, Vale, NC US
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20110300275 | WATER PURIFYING AND FLAVOR INFUSION DEVICE - A water purifying and flavor infusion device that includes a lower reservoir for storing filtered water, and a pitcher top removably affixed to the lower reservoir. The pitcher top includes a lid, an upper reservoir, and a filter housing affixed to and extending below the upper reservoir. The filter housing is adapted to contain a filter cartridge wherein the upper reservoir and the filter housing are in liquid communication. The device also includes an infusion tube for infusing filtered water with an additive. | 12-08-2011 |
20120148707 | WATER FILTRATION AND FLAVOR ADDITIVE DEVICE - The present invention provides methods and systems for a water filtration and flavor additive device that includes a lower reservoir for storing filtered water having a base and a top portion, an upper reservoir, a filter housing affixed to and extending below the upper reservoir. The filter housing is adapted to contain a filter cartridge wherein the upper reservoir and the filter housing are in liquid communication. The device further includes a mixing chamber for receiving a flavor additive and allowing for the mixture of the flavor additive and filtered water. | 06-14-2012 |
20130177483 | SCENT DISPENSER DEVICE - The present invention provides methods and systems for a scent dispenser device that includes a bottom portion having first and second pairs of spaced-apart, opposed sidewalls projecting that collectively form a cavity to define an upper edge of the device, a top portion that is selectively secured to the bottom portion, and at least one opening in the top portion that allows air to flow through the device. | 07-11-2013 |
Samuel J. Beckman, Thousand Oaks, CA US
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20090138925 | Content distribution system - The present invention is directed to systems and methods for distributing and managing media assets arranged as a collection of media content. In one preferred embodiment, the collection of media content is distributed to a storage location where it is accessible for viewing over a communications network by consumers for a selected interval of time. In another preferred embodiment, media content is downloaded to a client content database and made accessible for a selected interval of time by client software at the consumer's location. | 05-28-2009 |
20090138964 | Subscriber management system - The present invention is directed to a system and methods for creating and maintaining subscriber accounts to access digital media content. In one preferred embodiment, accounts and sub-accounts are created with access restrictions being selectively imposed among the accounts and sub-accounts. When the accounts are used to gain access to digital media content (e.g., video on demand), such restrictions may take the form of spending limits, viewing content, and viewing times. In another preferred embodiment, the spending of each account is tracked and a debit posted upon the first occurrence of either the account attaining a selected spending limit, or a selected interval of time elapsing. In another embodiment, account holders are grouped based on a shared characteristic. Targeted marketing is then presented to the group based on the shared characteristic. | 05-28-2009 |
20090150219 | Systems and methods for delivering media content - The present invention is directed to a system and method for offering media content to consumers for a selected interval of time. In one or more embodiments, the present invention uses a content management system for preparing the media content for distribution, a subscriber management system for managing consumer accounts, a content distribution system for distributing the media content to the consumers, and a licensing server for issuing licenses restricting the use of media content. | 06-11-2009 |
William Beckman, Holland, MI US
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20090051257 | REFRIGERATOR SHELF ASSEMBLY - A shelf assembly for use in a refrigerator includes a shelf panel and a pair of opposite support rails. The shelf panel has upwardly angled perimeter regions and may comprise a strengthened glass material, such as a transparent strengthened glass material, such as tempered glass. Each of the support rails includes a base portion and an angled portion that extends at an angle from the base portion. The angled portions of the support rails are bonded along the lower surface of the upwardly angled side perimeter regions of the shelf panel. | 02-26-2009 |
20130002117 | REFRIGERATOR SHELF ASSEMBLY - A shelf assembly for use in a refrigerator includes a glass panel having a central region and a perimeter region, with the perimeter region having an upwardly turned spill prevention lip. The upwardly turned spill prevention lip is upwardly turned relative to the central region via a glass forming process. The upwardly turned spill prevention lip includes upwardly turned lip portions at the front, rear, left and right sides of the glass panel. The central region of the glass panel includes a storage portion. The upwardly turned spill prevention lip circumscribes the periphery of the central region to limit spillage of liquid over the sides of the glass panel. The shelf assembly may include a pair of support rails bonded at lower surfaces of the left and right sides of the glass panel and having attachment elements configured to mount the shelf assembly at the refrigerator. | 01-03-2013 |