Bernasconi
Andrea Bernasconi, Milano IT
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20100282701 | ARM MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND RELATIVE PRODUCTION METHOD - An arm made of composite material, and relative production method, consisting of a plurality of articulated segments with a longitudinal main axis (x), pivoted to each other, each of the articulated segments comprising a box-like structure and at least a joint element attached thereto by means of gluing, the box-like structure having an end cooperating with an end of the joint element on the inside of the surface of the joint element. The ends define a substantially conical reciprocally overlapping area and have profiles concordantly inclined by an angle (α) with respect to the longitudinal axis (x). | 11-11-2010 |
Attilio Bernasconi, Caltignaga (no) IT
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20110067438 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FROZEN CARBON DIOXIDE PELLETS - A system and a process are described for the production of frozen carbon dioxide pellets in the solid form, in which a heat exchanger device is provided for the formation of pellets made from a container which houses a bundle of tubes, each having an inlet opening, in which carbon dioxide enters in the liquid state and each having an output opening from which the carbon dioxide comes out in the solid state in the form of pellets. The container includes at least one inlet connection and at least one outlet connection for the circulation of a cooling fluid in the device and is divided into at least three sections separated and connected in series forming at least three zones with different temperatures. | 03-24-2011 |
Brunello Bernasconi, Cadro CH
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20120035282 | PROCESS FOR THE CONTINUOUS CYCLE RECYCLING OF MATERIALS CONTAINED IN PRODUCTS COUPLED TO OTHER MATERIALS BY DISINTEGRATION THROUGH WATER JETS AT HIGH/ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE AND PRODUCTS OBTAINED IN THIS WAY - A process and a plant, even mobile, for the continuous cycle recycling of materials ( | 02-09-2012 |
Charles E. Bernasconi, Mulkilteo, WA US
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20110202381 | NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES VIA PASS CODE ACCESSED WEB PAGES - Disclosed is an Internet-based database system and method (ASP), that enables school districts and temporary employment agencies to automate the dispatching (24/7) of pre-qualified substitute/temporary personnel to specified school/work site locations for specific absent employees/job openings. The system includes a profile database of permanent and substitute (temporary) employees, positions, skills, working dates/shifts, rates of pay, work sites, lesson plans/comments, reasons for absence and corresponding budget codes. Approved substitute/temporary employees may access the database using a multi-level access and secure logon code through their Internet-based browser device. The software filters job/position information to match specific job openings to the skills, qualifications (certification), preferences and availability of the substitute/temporary employee/s. As job openings (absences) are entered into the system by employees, the school district or employment agency, job details are immediately available through Internet “distributed technology” to all appropriate substitute/temporary employees through their web browser device. | 08-18-2011 |
Corrado Bernasconi, Zuerich CH
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20150098988 | COMBINATION THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF OVARIAN CANCER - This invention concerns methods of treating a patient diagnosed with a platinum-resistant ovarian cancer comprising administering to said patient an effective amount of an anti-VEGF antibody and a chemotherapeutic. | 04-09-2015 |
Danilo Bernasconi, Gallarate-Varese IT
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20090132068 | Configuration Method for Device with Virtual Configurators - A configuration method for an SCS system, comprising a two-wire SCS bus ( | 05-21-2009 |
Eric Bernasconi, Vence FR
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20090201049 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH INPUT AND/OR OUTPUT BOLTON PADS WITH INTEGRATED LOGIC - An input and/or output pad (P) is dedicated to an integrated circuit comprising a core with input and/or output pins. This pad (P) comprises a pad cell (PC) comprising a pad block (PB) connected to an input buffer (IB | 08-13-2009 |
Giancarlo Bernasconi, Malnate IT
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20150331007 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE CONTINUOUS REMOTE TRACKING OF A PIG DEVICE AND DETECTION OF ANOMALIES INSIDE A PRESSURIZED PIPELINE - A method and system are described for the continuous remote monitoring of the position and advance speed of a pig device inside a pipeline suitable for transporting a pressurized fluid, wherein the pipeline consists of a plurality of pipe sections joined to each other by welding. The method comprising the following steps: continuous acquisition and registration, by a plurality of measurement stations equipped with vibroacoustic sensors discretely located along the pipeline, of vibroacoustic signals due to hydraulic pressure transients, and/or to the vibrations generated by the pig device in movement in the contact/friction phases on the welding seams, and/or to other physical variations of the pipeline; analysis and processing, by a centralized control unit, of the vibroacoustic signals registered by the measurement stations to reveal, identify and reference the hydraulic/acoustic transients produced by the pig device during contact/friction with the weldings and/or with other variations in the internal section of the pipeline; continuous calculation of the linear position and advance speed of the pig device in relation to the time lapse between the vibroacoustic signals registered by at least two measurement stations installed along the pipeline. | 11-19-2015 |
Giancarlo Bernasconi, Malnate (va) IT
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20090254320 | JOINT INVERSION OF TIME DOMAIN CONTROLLED SOURCE ELECTROMAGNETIC (TD-CSEM) DATA AND FURTHER DATA - To perform inversion based on electromagnetic (EM) data acquired in a subterranean survey, time domain controlled source EM (TD-CSEM) data is acquired by at least one EM receiver in response to EM signals from a controlled EM source. Further data is received, where the further data is selected from among magnetotelluric (MT) data and DC data acquired by the at least one receiver. A probabilistic joint inversion is applied on the TD-CSEM data and the further data to produce a model representing a subterranean structure that is a target of the subterranean survey. | 10-08-2009 |
20150300907 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS REMOTE MONITORING OF THE INTEGRITY OF PRESSURIZED PIPELINES AND PROPERTIES OF THE FLUIDS TRANSPORTED - A method and system for continuous remote monitoring of integrity of pressurized pipelines and properties of fluids transported, the method including: installing plural measurement stations along the pipeline, connected to vibroacoustic sensors configured to simultaneously and continuously measure elastic signals propagating in walls of the pipeline, and acoustic signals propagating in the transported fluid; synchronizing the signals measured from different measurement stations, with absolute time reference; continuously transmitting the measured and synchronized signals to a central unit configured to process them in a multichannel mode; calculating, by the central unit, plural transfer functions that can define vibroacoustic propagation in sections of pipeline between consecutive measurement stations; filtering relevant acoustic and elastic signals from the different measurement stations subtracting the contribution relating to the passive sources; creating an equivalent descriptive model of the system including the fluid transported, pipeline and external medium surrounding the pipeline, using the transfer functions. | 10-22-2015 |
20150323119 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE REMOTE DETECTION OF THE POSITION OF A PIG DEVICE INSIDE A PRESSURIZED PIPELINE - A method and a system remotely detect the position of a pig device inside a pipeline for transporting pressurised fluids, like for example long distance oil and gas pipelines having a strategic international value. The method foresees equipping the pipeline with pressure sensors in contact with the fluid, located at at least one of the two terminals of the pipeline, and the sending and processing of signals by a control unit. The operation of the system is that of identifying and locating, in real time and continuously, a pig device that moves intermittently inside the pipeline, for example during cleaning, monitoring, measurement and non-destructive control operations. | 11-12-2015 |
Giovanni Bernasconi, Verona IT
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20100286152 | N-PHENYL HYDRAZIDES AS MODULATORS OF THE GHRELIN RECEPTOR - The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, | 11-11-2010 |
20110172255 | Condensed N-Heterocyclic Compounds and their Use as CRF Receptor Antagonists - The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of conditions mediated by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). | 07-14-2011 |
Jean Bernasconi, Asnieres FR
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20090074736 | IMPLANTABLE PREPARATIONS COMPRISING GLOBIN, PROCESS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION, AND USES - Preparations comprising, especially, globin that is insoluble at neutral pH, and therefore at physiological pH, in which the globin has been obtained from whole blood by depigmentation in a medium that extracts or dissolves the haem but leaves the globin and the other constituents of proteinic nature in a substantially undissolved state, a process for the production of those preparations, and uses, especially for the filling, healing or regeneration of tissues, especially for chronic wounds and osseous healing or regeneration. | 03-19-2009 |
Lilia Bernasconi, Perly CH
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20080213234 | USE OF OSTEOPONTIN FOR THE TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF NEUROLOGIC DISEASES - The invention relates to the use of osteopontin, or of an agonist of osteopontin activity, for treatment or prevention of a neurologic diseases. | 09-04-2008 |
Luca Bernasconi, Zurich CH
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20120094286 | GENE DOSAGE ANALYSIS - The present invention relates to methods of detecting the presence of a genetic polymorphism within two or more closely linked, homologous genes, for example α-thalassemia, in a sample using RT-PCR by subjecting the sample to separate amplification reactions using (a) a pair of forward and reverse primers specific for the head region of each of said two or more closely linked, homologous genes and (b) a pair of forward and reverse primers specific for the tail region of each of said two or more closely linked, homologous genes; and detecting and quantitating the amplification products relative to a control product. | 04-19-2012 |
Matthew Bernasconi, Norwood, MA US
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20130309166 | Injection Molding of Poly-4-Hydroxybutyrate - Compositions of P4HB and processes to injection mold these compositions have been developed. These compositions are prepared from P4HB polymers and blends having intrinsic viscosities less than 3.2 dl/g but greater than 0.8 dl/g, moisture contents of less than 0.5% by weight, and more preferably less than 0.05% by weight, and using a polymer melt temperature during molding of at least 150° C. A preferred embodiment comprises a P4HB molding with an intrinsic viscosity of less than 3.2 dl/g that degrades rapidly in vivo. | 11-21-2013 |
20150018878 | SOFT SUTURE ANCHOR - Compositions and materials for making soft suture anchors comprising materials that improve osteointegration have been developed. These compositions and materials comprise bioceramics, resorbable materials, and combinations thereof. A preferred embodiment comprises a soft suture anchor comprising a resorbable ceramic and a resorbable suture. | 01-15-2015 |
20150056131 | THERMOFORMED POLY-4-HYDROXYBUTYRATE MEDICAL IMPLANTS - Methods to produce thermoforms from P4HB homopolymer and blends thereof have been developed. These thermoforms are produced from films and sheets including P4HB, wherein the intrinsic viscosity of the P4HB is less than 3.5 dl/g, but greater than 0.35 dl/g, and the thermoforms are produced at a temperature equal to or greater than the softening point of P4HB, and more preferably at a temperature higher than the melting point of P4HB. A preferred embodiment includes a P4HB thermoform wherein a film or sheet including a P4HB polymer is thermoformed at a temperature between its melting point and 150° C. In a particularly preferred embodiment the thermoform is a laminate made from a P4HB film and a P4HB mesh. | 02-26-2015 |
20150182670 | Medical Implants Including Laminates of Poly-4-Hydroxybutyrate and Copolymers Thereof - Methods to produce laminates including layers of constructs made from P4HB and copolymers thereof have been developed. These laminates may be used as medical implants, or further processed to make medical implants. The laminates are produced at a temperature equal to or greater than the softening points of the P4HB or copolymers thereof. The layers may include oriented forms of the constructs. Orientation can be preserved during lamination so that the laminate is also oriented, when the laminates are formed at temperatures less than the de-orientation temperatures of the layers. The laminate layers may include, for example, films, textiles, including woven, knitted, braided and non-woven textiles, foams, thermoforms, and fibers. The laminates preferably include one or more oriented P4HB films. | 07-02-2015 |
Paul Bernasconi, Chapel Hill, NC US
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20110263585 | Screening Assay for Insecticides - The present invention relates to polypeptides, preferably from | 10-27-2011 |
20150196031 | Screening Assay for Insecticides - The present invention relates to polypeptides, preferably from | 07-16-2015 |
Pietro Bernasconi, Eatontown, NJ US
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20080242062 | FABRICATION OF DIVERSE STRUCTURES ON A COMMON SUBSTRATE THROUGH THE USE OF NON-SELECTIVE AREA GROWTH TECHNIQUES - Diverse semiconductor structures are fabricated on a single substrate or wafer by using a non-selective area growth technique involving deposition of material over the entire substrate. The fabricated structures are obtained by selective removal of portions of the deposited material layers. Single level and multi-level structures are possible. | 10-02-2008 |
Pietro Bernasconi, Holmdel, NJ US
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20100303463 | System and method for demultiplexing optical multi-wavelength signals - A demultiplexer and a method of demultiplexing a multiplex of spatially separable multiple wavelength streams, where an incoming multiplex of multiple wavelength streams is separated into a first stream of wavelengths and a second stream of wavelengths according to at least one predetermined separation criterion. The first stream and the second stream are respectively input into a first and a second input port of a multi-input port, multi-output port frequency demultiplexer where the first stream and the second stream are separated into a first group of single wavelengths and a second group of single wavelengths respectively. The first group of single wavelengths is coupled to respective output ports and the second group of single wavelengths are coupled to respective output ports. | 12-02-2010 |
Pietro Bernasconi, Aberdeen, NJ US
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20100329672 | Multi-channel optical arrayed time buffer - In communications where synchronization of optical signals containing data is required, a multi-channel optical arrayed time buffer may be used. The time buffer includes multiple delay paths comprising delay elements, some of which can be shared to dispense different delays. In an embodiment, an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) is illustratively used to route an optical signal to a first delay path, which is returnable to the AWG through the first delay path to be rerouted to a second delay path. The total delay affordable to the optical signal is a function of at least a first delay afforded by a delay element in the first delay path, and a second delay afforded by a delay element in the second delay path. In addition, without returning to the AWG, another optical signal may be routed through the second delay path alone to be afforded the second delay only. | 12-30-2010 |
20110085802 | Polarization-multiplexed optical transmission - In optical signal transmission, multiple sets of optical signals which contain data and are associated with at least two polarization states are multiplexed using a single arrayed waveguide grating (AWG). The resulting multiplexed signals are then polarization-multiplexed for transmission. In one embodiment, the AWG is provisioned in a unidirectional mode to multiplex the multiple sets of optical signals. In another embodiment, the AWG is provisioned in a bidirectional mode to multiplex the multiple sets of optical signals. | 04-14-2011 |
20130156364 | ELECTRONIC/PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A device includes a passive photonic layer located over a substrate and including at least one passive photonic element configured to propagate an optical signal therein. An electronic layer located between said substrate and said passive photonic layer includes at least one electronic device configured to propagate an electrical signal therein. An active photonic layer located over said passive photonic layer includes an active photonic device optically coupled to said passive photonic element and configured to convert between said electrical signal and said optical signal. | 06-20-2013 |
Pietro Bernasconi, Genestrerio CH
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20130230320 | FLEXIBLE OPTICAL MODULATOR FOR ADVANCED MODULATION FORMATS FEATURING ASYMMETRIC POWER SPLITTING - An apparatus comprising a first optical input coupler, having first and second input ports and first and second output ports. The optical input coupler can be configured to receive an optical input signal to the first input port. An optical power level ratio of a second optical output to first optical output transmitted from the second and the first output ports, respectively, equals about 2:1. | 09-05-2013 |
20130251302 | FLEXIBLE OPTICAL MODULATOR FOR ADVANCED MODULATION FORMATS - An apparatus comprising a cascaded set of deinterleavers. A first optical deinterleaver is configured to receive a first optical signal and a second optical signal. A second optical deinterleaver is configured to receive the second optical signal and a first optical output of the first optical deinterleaver. A third optical deinterleaver is configured to receive a second optical output of the first optical deinterleaver. The apparatus comprises an optical power splitter configured to provide the second optical signal received by the first optical deinterleaver and by the second optical deinterleaver. | 09-26-2013 |
20140003760 | RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL NETWORKS | 01-02-2014 |
20140003810 | RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL NETWORKS | 01-02-2014 |
Pietro A.g. Bernasconi, Aberdeen, NJ US
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20110052114 | VERTICAL OPTICALLY EMITTING PHOTONIC DEVICES WITH ELECTRONIC STEERING CAPABILITY - An optical photonic device comprising a planar semiconductor substrate having a light-guiding layer thereon, a primary laser light source in said light-guiding layer and a vertical coupler optically coupled to the primary laser light source by waveguide portions of the light-guiding layer. The vertical coupler is configured to receive a light beam from the primary laser light source and redirect the light beam in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a surface of the planar substrate. | 03-03-2011 |
20120195593 | SPECTRAL ALIGNMENT OF A WDM DEVICE TO A SPECIFIED FREQUENCY GRID - A WDM device having a controller that individually controls the operating parameters of tunable lasers and the temperatures of an optical multiplexer and etalon. The device employs a spectral analyzer to measure the spectral composition of the optical output signal produced by the device. Based on the analyses of the measured spectral composition, the controller sets the temperatures of the tunable lasers, optical multiplexer, and optical etalon to values that cause: (i) middle frequencies of transmission bands of the optical multiplexer to be spectrally aligned with the corresponding frequencies of the specified frequency grid, (ii) each laser line to be properly positioned within the corresponding transmission band, and (iii) transmission resonances of the optical etalon to be properly positioned with respect to the laser lines. | 08-02-2012 |
20130121695 | WAVELENGTH ROUTER FOR A PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - A passive arrayed-waveguide-grating (AWG) router that can be used to implement the dual functionality of a wavelength router and a 3-dB power splitter for one of its wavelength channels while functioning as a conventional wavelength router for the other wavelength channels. The passive AWG router can advantageously be used, e.g., in a WDM-PON system to reduce the insertion-loss disparity between the various wavelength channels that are being used to broadcast optical signals from an optical line terminal located at the service provider's central office, through the passive AWG router, to a plurality of optical network units located near the end users. | 05-16-2013 |
Pietro Arturo Bernasconi, Aberdeen, NJ US
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20090129779 | MULTIPLEX DELAY UNIT - According to one embodiment, a multiplex delay unit comprises an optical all-pass filter (OAPF) adapted to apply continuously tunable group delay to a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signal so that all of its WDM components are delayed by substantially the same delay time. The OAPF has a free spectral range (FSR) that matches spectral separation between carrier wavelengths of the WDM signal. Advantageously, an optical multiplex synchronizer suitable for feeding a synchronous optical switch fabric can be implemented as an integrated waveguide circuit using a plurality of such multiplex delay units. | 05-21-2009 |
20090129780 | OPTICAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZER - One embodiment of the invention provides an optical signal synchronizer having a plurality of optical channel synchronizers. Each optical channel synchronizer receives a respective input wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signal and processes it to produce a corresponding output WDM signal, in which optical data packets corresponding to different carrier wavelengths are synchronized to each other regardless of the presence or absence of such synchronization in the input WDM signal. The optical signal synchronizer further has an optical multiplex synchronizer that receives the output WDM signals from the optical channel synchronizers and synchronizes them to each other and to an external reference clock without demultiplexing any of them into individual WDM components. | 05-21-2009 |
20120087655 | Direct Laser Modulation - An apparatus includes an array of lasers, an array of electrical drivers, and optical filter. Each laser is configured to produce light in a corresponding wavelength-channel, wherein the wavelength-channels of different ones of the lasers are different. The electrical drivers are connected to directly modulate the lasers. Each driver produces a first driving current or voltage to cause a corresponding one of the lasers to be in a first lasing state and produces a different second driving current or voltage to cause the corresponding one of the lasers to be in a different second lasing state. The optical filter is connected to receive light output by the lasers. The optical filter selectively attenuates light from each of the lasers in the first lasing states thereof and to selectively pass light from each of the lasers in second lasing states thereof. | 04-12-2012 |
20140050471 | Apparatus And Method For Providing Protection In A Passive Optical Network - A manner of protecting communications in a PON (passive optical network). A switch array is provided in a CO (central office) and placed in communication with a number of primary OLTs, which each can thereby communicate with a respective feeder fiber when the associated switch of the switch array is in a first state. When the switch is placed in a second state, the feeder fiber instead communicates with a protection OLT. In some embodiments each switch communicates with the OLT more or less directly, while in others the protection OLT is in communication with a first switch of the switch array and the others communicate with the OLT via the first switch and possibly other intervening switches. The switches of the switch array may also be connected to redundant feeder fibers for additional protection. A system controller may be used to detect the need for protection and to control switch states accordingly to provide it. | 02-20-2014 |
Valerio Bernasconi, Torino IT
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20090075669 | METHOD OF OPERATING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method of operating a wireless communications network is adapted to provide services to users exploiting a first and a second different radio communications technologies, for example, an enhanced general packet radio service network. The method includes: providing, in a user profile available at the network, a subscription indication adapted to indicate that the user has subscribed for being provisioned with the network services through the first radio communication technology, upon reception by the network of a capability indication from the user adapted to indicate to the network that the user supports the first radio communications technology, looking up the user profile for the presence of the subscription indication; and in case the subscription indication is not found, handling the user as if supporting the second radio communications technology but not the first radio communications technology. | 03-19-2009 |
Xavier Bernasconi, Shanghai CN
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20160093112 | DEEP IMAGE IDENTIFIERS - A method may include receiving a plurality of objects from a 3-D virtual scene. The plurality of objects may be arranged in a hierarchy. The method may also include generating a plurality of identifiers for the plurality of objects. The plurality of identifiers may include a first identifier for a first object in the plurality of objects, and the identifier may be generated based on a position of the first object in the hierarchy. The method may additionally include performing a rendering operation on the plurality of objects to generate a deep image. The deep image may include a plurality of samples that correspond to the first object. The method may further include propagating the plurality of identifiers through the rendering operation such that each of the plurality of samples in the deep image that correspond to the first object are associated with the identifier. | 03-31-2016 |