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20140366577 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING ALKANE GASES WITH APPLICATIONS TO RAW NATURAL GAS PROCESSING AND FLARE GAS CAPTURE - The present invention is a field-deployable system for separating methane and natural gas liquids (NGLs) from a raw gas stream comprising a compressor; a dehydrator; a refrigerator having one or more stages; and a separation subsystem adapted to separate the raw gas stream into three product streams including a methane stream that is at least 80% methane, an ethane-rich stream, and a NGLs stream having a vapor pressure of no more than 250 psia at 38° C. The methane stream is sufficiently lean to be useable in existing natural gas engines without modification. The NGLs stream has a sufficiently low vapor pressure to be transportable in standard propane containers. The ethane-rich stream may be utilized within the system itself to power its own operations. The system can be utilized to reduce flaring from liquids-rich gas production sites to an absolute minimum, produce natural gas liquids for transport, and provide dry methane gas suitable for use in portable field generators. | 12-18-2014 |
20150233634 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING CNG AND NGLS FROM RAW NATURAL GAS, FLARE GAS, STRANDED GAS, AND/OR ASSOCIATED GAS - The present invention is a field-deployable system for producing compressed natural gas (CNG) and natural gas liquids (NGLs) from a raw gas stream comprising a compressor; a dehydrator; a refrigerator having one or more stages; and a separation subsystem adapted to separate the raw gas stream into three useable product streams: a methane stream that is at least 70% methane, an ethane-rich stream, and a NGLs stream having a vapor pressure of no more than 17 bar (250 psi) at 38° C. (100° F.). The methane stream is sufficiently lean to be useable in existing natural gas engines without modification, and is compressed to produce CNG. The system can be utilized to capture and provide value to stranded or flared gas from liquids-rich gas production sites, by producing natural gas liquids for transport, and CNG which can be transported and is suitable for use in existing gas generators, vehicles, and/or trucks. | 08-20-2015 |
20150368566 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING, MONITORING, AND OPERATING REMOTE OIL AND GAS FIELD EQUIPMENT OVER A DATA NETWORK WITH APPLICATIONS TO RAW NATURAL GAS PROCESSING AND FLARE GAS CAPTURE - An intelligent controls system for a field-deployable system for producing dry natural gas (NG) and natural gas liquids (NGLs) from a raw gas stream is disclosed. The control system is used to ensure correct specifications of both dry NG (above a desired minimum methane number) and NGLs (below a desired maximum vapor pressure) from any supplied raw natural gas source by controlling three system parameters: inlet gas flow rate, system operating pressure, and separator-reboiler temperature set point. The input parameters include: heat content of the input gas stream, volume of the input gas stream, desired methane number of the NG, and desired vapor pressure of the NGLs. The controls system allows any piece of remote field equipment for performing complex chemical processing to be monitored, controlled, and operated remotely. A large array of distributed field equipment situated around the world can all be controlled primarily through a single interface provided in a central control center. | 12-24-2015 |
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20110256889 | MOBILE PHONE AGGREGATION SYSTEM - An aggregation machine including: a smart phone including a display, and networking hardware connecting the smart phone to the Internet, the smart phone programmed so that the aggregation machine connects to a plurality of servers via the Internet, and then authenticates itself with each of the plurality of servers, and then retrieves information from each of the plurality of servers, and then parses the information from each of the plurality of servers so as to produce an aggregation of the parsed information, and then renders the aggregation as output via the display. | 10-20-2011 |
20110289132 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM - Machine, method for use and method for making, and corresponding products produced thereby, as well as data structures, computer-readable media tangibly embodying program instructions, manufactures, and necessary intermediates of the foregoing, each pertaining to digital aspects of a computerized aggregation system. The system can include a user computer system interposed between a segment of a network allowing communication between the user computer system and at least one server system, and other segments allowing communication between the user computer system and a plurality of third party server systems. The one server system enables the user computer system to access the plurality of other servers. The access permits forming an aggregation of information obtained from the third party server systems. | 11-24-2011 |
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20090327281 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RANKING WEB PAGES IN A SEARCH ENGINE BASED ON DIRECT EVIDENCE OF INTEREST TO END USERS - A method and system for ranking Web pages in a Web search engine is described. One illustrative embodiment receives a Web search query from a particular user, the query including at least one keyword; identifies one or more Web pages that contain the at least one keyword; determines, for each of the one or more Web pages, a raw page ranking; adjusts the raw page ranking of each of at least one Web page among the one or more Web pages based on direct evidence of how interesting that Web page is to users to produce an adjusted page ranking, the direct evidence being derived from clickstream data collected from the users; and presents, as search results, the at least one Web page to the particular user in accordance with the adjusted page rankings. | 12-31-2009 |
20110087647 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WEB SEARCH RESULTS TO A PARTICULAR COMPUTER USER BASED ON THE POPULARITY OF THE SEARCH RESULTS WITH OTHER COMPUTER USERS - A system and method for providing Web search results to a particular computer user based on the popularity of the search results with other computer users is described. One embodiment monitors, using one or more servers, at least one Web service for new actions of sharing of Web content by computer users; identifies, from the new actions of sharing of Web content by computer users, a data item that satisfies predetermined interestingness criteria; parses the data item to obtain at least one Uniform Resource Locator (URL); crawls at least one Web page corresponding to the at least one URL to obtain the content of the at least one Web page; analyzes the content of the at least one Web page; and updates an index based on the content of the at least one Web page, the index being usable in processing a Web search query from a particular user. | 04-14-2011 |
20120084648 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED END-USER SUPPORT - A system and method for displaying content in a browser window associated with an end-user is described. In one implementation, data that includes links is received from a content provider, each of the links is identified and encoded, and the received data along with the links are displayed in the end-user's browser window. | 04-05-2012 |
20130290288 | Method And System For Ranking Web Pages In A Search Engine Based On Direct Evidence Of Interest To End Users - A method and system for ranking Web pages in a Web search engine is described. One illustrative embodiment receives a Web search query from a particular user, the query including at least one keyword; identifies one or more Web pages that contain the at least one keyword; determines, for each of the one or more Web pages, a raw page ranking; adjusts the raw page ranking of each of at least one Web page among the one or more Web pages based on direct evidence of how interesting that Web page is to users to produce an adjusted page ranking, the direct evidence being derived from clickstream data collected from the users; and presents, as search results, the at least one Web page to the particular user in accordance with the adjusted page rankings | 10-31-2013 |
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20130309848 | HIGH THROUGHPUT SEMICONDUCTOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM - A reactor for growing or depositing semiconductor films or devices. The reactor may be designed for inline production of III-V materials grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE). The operating principles of the HVPE reactor can be used to provide a completely or partially inline reactor for many different materials. An exemplary design of the reactor is shown in the attached drawings. In some instances, all or many of the pieces of the reactor formed of quartz, such as welded quartz tubing, while other reactors are made from metal with appropriate corrosion resistant coatings such as quartz or other materials, e.g., corrosion resistant material, or stainless steel tubing or pipes may be used with a corrosion resistant material useful with HVPE-type reactants and gases. Using HVPE in the reactor allows use of lower-cost precursors at higher deposition rates such as in the range of 1 to 5 μm/minute. | 11-21-2013 |
20150325430 | HIGH THROUGHPUT SEMICONDUCTOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM - A reactor for growing or depositing semiconductor films or devices. The reactor may be designed for inline production of III-V materials grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE). The operating principles of the HVPE reactor can be used to provide a completely or partially inline reactor for many different materials. An exemplary design of the reactor is shown in the attached drawings. In some instances, all or many of the pieces of the reactor formed of quartz, such as welded quartz tubing, while other reactors are made from metal with appropriate corrosion resistant coatings such as quartz or other materials, e.g., corrosion resistant material, or stainless steel tubing or pipes may be used with a corrosion resistant material useful with HVPE-type reactants and gases. Using HVPE in the reactor allows use of lower-cost precursors at higher deposition rates such as in the range of 1 to 5 μm/minute. | 11-12-2015 |
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20120005479 | GROUP BASED COMPLETE AND INCREMENTAL COMPUTER FILE BACKUP SYSTEM, PROCESS AND APPARATUS - The present invention is capable of determining the rights to a file based on providing a descriptor. The descriptor can be calculated using an algorithm, which may be cryptographic and/or non-cryptographic. The descriptor may further be based on the file contents, metadata of the file, other file data, or any combination thereof to uniquely identify the file in a shared file repository. Since the descriptor is generated based on file data it will be the same regardless of which user generates it. Accordingly, only one copy of the file needs to be maintained in the shared file repository, thereby reducing the amount of network bandwidth required to assure the file is backed up and further reducing the amount of storage required to backup the files. This results in a vastly more efficient method of backup in terms of processing time, network bandwidth, and storage requirements. | 01-05-2012 |
20150220747 | GROUP BASED COMPLETE AND INCREMENTAL COMPUTER FILE BACKUP SYSTEM, PROCESS AND APPARATUS - The present invention is capable of determining the rights to a file based on providing a descriptor. The descriptor can be calculated using an algorithm, which may be cryptographic and/or non-cryptographic. The descriptor may further be based on the file contents, metadata of the file, other file data, or any combination thereof to uniquely identify the file in a shared file repository. Since the descriptor is generated based on file data it will be the same regardless of which user generates it. Accordingly, only one copy of the file needs to be maintained in the shared file repository, thereby reducing the amount of network bandwidth required to assure the file is backed up and further reducing the amount of storage required to backup the files. This results in a vastly more efficient method of backup in terms of processing time, network bandwidth, and storage requirements. | 08-06-2015 |
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20140287459 | TEMPERATURE SHIFT FOR HIGH YIELD EXPRESSION OF POLYPEPTIDES IN YEAST AND OTHER TRANSFORMED CELLS - Methods for producing heterologous proteins are disclosed. In particular, the present disclosure provides improved methods of producing desired proteins, including multi-subunit proteins such as antibodies, with a higher yield and improved purity. In exemplary embodiments, the transformed cells are a yeast, e.g., methylotrophic yeast such as | 09-25-2014 |
20140288272 | ANTIBODY PURIFICATION AND PURITY MONITORING - Processes for producing and purifying recombinant proteins are disclosed. In particular, the present disclosure provides processes of producing and purifying multi-subunit proteins expressed in yeast or filamentous fungal cells. The production and/or purification of such proteins are monitored for impurities, preferably using lectin binding assays, such that one or more process parameters may be adjusted to maximize the amount of desired recombinant protein and minimize the amount of glycosylated impurities. The processes can also be monitored for other undesired product-associated impurities, such as aggregates and nucleic acids. In exemplary embodiments, the recombinant proteins are multi-subunit proteins, such as antibodies, the host cell is a yeast, such as | 09-25-2014 |
20160031970 | FERMENTATION PROCESS FOR ANTIBODY PRODUCTION - A feedback control mechanism for a fermentation of yeast cells to make recombinant proteins uses a respiratory quotient measurement which adjusts the levels of oxygenation and/or fermentable sugar feed. The feedback control mechanism permits well controlled cultures that produce good amounts of product while avoiding toxic accumulation of ethanol. Additionally, recombinant proteins so produced have excellent qualitative properties, such as excellent homogeneity and proper inter-subunit assembly. | 02-04-2016 |
20160039911 | TEMPERATURE SHIFT FOR HIGH YIELD EXPRESSION OF POLYPEPTIDES IN YEAST AND OTHER TRANSFORMED CELLS - Methods for producing heterologous proteins are disclosed. In particular, the present disclosure provides improved methods of producing desired proteins, including multi-subunit proteins such as antibodies, with a higher yield and improved purity. In exemplary embodiments, the transformed cells are a yeast, e.g., methylotrophic yeast such as | 02-11-2016 |
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20120295396 | SYNTHESIZING PHOTOVOLTAIC THIN FILMS OF HIGH QUALITY COPPER-ZINC-TIN ALLOY WITH AT LEAST ONE CHALCOGEN SPECIES - A method for synthesizing a thin film of copper, zinc, tin, and a chalcogen species (“CZTCh” or “CZTSS”) with well-controlled properties. The method includes depositing a thin film of precursor materials, e.g., approximately stoichiometric amounts of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), and a chalcogen species (Ch). The method then involves re-crystallizing and grain growth at higher temperatures, e.g., between about 725 and 925 degrees K, and annealing the precursor film at relatively lower temperatures, e.g., between 600 and 650 degrees K. The processing of the precursor film takes place in the presence of a quasi-equilibrium vapor, e.g., Sn and chalcogen species. The quasi-equilibrium vapor is used to maintain the precursor film in a quasi-equilibrium condition to reduce and even prevent decomposition of the CZTCh and is provided at a rate to balance desorption fluxes of Sn and chalcogens. | 11-22-2012 |
20120318361 | MANUFACTURING THIN FILMS WITH CHALCOGEN SPECIES WITH INDEPENDENT CONTROL OVER DOPING AND BANDGAPS - A method for synthesizing a thin film of CZTS such as for use as an absorber in a photovoltaic device. The method includes providing a substrate in a chamber, and, then, depositing a film of CZTS material on the substrate, the CZTS material comprising copper, zinc, tin, and at least on chalcogen species. The depositing includes tuning an optical bandgap of the film with heterovalent alloying. The depositing is performed at low temperatures with the substrate provided in the chamber free of direct/active heating. For example, the substrate may be maintained at a temperature below about 150° C. during the depositing of the film. The heterovalent alloying involves controlling deposition rates for the copper and the zinc to define a copper to zinc ratio set the optical bandgap such as a value between about 1.0 eV and about 2.75 eV. | 12-20-2012 |
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20090032396 | UNITARY IONIC PROBE - A unitary ionic probe is provided. The unitary ionic probe includes a substantially elongate body including a central axis (AA), a proximal end, and a distal end. The unitary ionic probe further includes an active ion sensitive region that is located on and bonded into an exterior of the elongate body in a region of the proximal end and an active electrode in ionic communication with the active ion sensitive region. The unitary ionic probe further includes a reference ion sensitive region that is located on and bonded into the exterior of the elongate body and is spaced-apart from the active ion sensitive region and a reference electrode in ionic communication with the reference ion sensitive region. | 02-05-2009 |
20090101524 | IONIC PROBE - An ionic probe is provided according to the invention. The ionic probe includes an active electrode configured to generate a measurement signal for an external test fluid, a first reference electrode configured to generate a first reference signal, and an at least second reference electrode configured to generate at least a second reference signal. The measurement signal is compared to the first reference signal and the at least second reference signal in order to determine an ionic measurement of the external test fluid. | 04-23-2009 |
20100224490 | MULTIPLE-ELECTRODE IONIC PROBE - A multiple-electrode ion meter ( | 09-09-2010 |
20110125412 | REMOTE MONITORING OF CARBON NANOTUBE SENSOR - The present invention provides a remote monitoring system for monitoring the operation of a fluid treatment system and/or the qualities, characteristics, properties, etc., of the fluid being processed or treated by the fluid treatment system. The present invention also relates to carbon nanotube sensors. | 05-26-2011 |
20120125771 | CARBON NANOTUBE SENSOR - The present invention provides a remote monitoring system for monitoring the operation of a fluid treatment system and/or the qualities, characteristics, properties, etc., of the fluid being processed or treated by the fluid treatment system. The present invention also relates to carbon nanotube sensors. | 05-24-2012 |
20140034516 | IONIC PROBE - An ionic probe is provided according to the invention. The ionic probe includes an active electrode configured to generate a measurement signal for an external test fluid, a first reference electrode configured to generate a first reference signal, and an at least second reference electrode configured to generate at least a second reference signal. The measurement signal is compared to the first reference signal and the at least second reference signal in order to determine an ionic measurement of the external test fluid. | 02-06-2014 |
20150068900 | CARBON NANTUBE SENSOR - The present invention provides a remote monitoring system for monitoring the operation of a fluid treatment system and/or the qualities, characteristics, properties, etc., of the fluid being processed or treated by the fluid treatment system. The present invention also relates to carbon nanotube sensors. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090121737 | CHARACTERIZING CIRCUIT PERFORMANCE BY SEPARATING DEVICE AND INTERCONNECT IMPACT ON SIGNAL DELAY - An integrated circuit (IC) includes multiple embedded test circuits that all include a ring oscillator coupled to a test load. The test load either is a direct short in the ring oscillator or else is a interconnect load that is representative of one of the interconnect layers in the IC. A model equation is defined for each embedded test circuit, with each model equation specifying the output delay of its associated embedded test circuit as a function of Front End OF the Line (FEOL) and Back End Of the Line (BEOL) parameters. The model equations are then solved for the various FEOL and BEOL parameters as functions of the test circuit output delays. Finally, measured output delay values are substituted in to these parameter equations to generate actual values for the various FEOL and BEOL parameters, thereby allowing any areas of concern to be quickly and accurately identified. | 05-14-2009 |
20090160482 | Formation of a hybrid integrated circuit device - Formation of a hybrid integrated circuit device ( | 06-25-2009 |
20110147949 | HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - An embodiment of a method to form a hybrid integrated circuit device is described. This embodiment of the method comprises: forming a first die using a first lithography, where the first die is on a substrate; and forming a second die using a second lithography, where the second die is on the first die. The first lithography used to form the first die is a larger lithography than the second lithography used to form the second die. The first die is an IO die. | 06-23-2011 |
20110215834 | PROGRAMMABLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH MIRRORED INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE - A programmable integrated circuit (IC) with mirrored interconnect structure. The IC includes a plurality of arrangements, which are horizontally arranged. Each arrangement includes a first logic column, an interconnect column, and a second logic column. Each interconnect column includes programmable interconnect blocks ( | 09-08-2011 |
20120019292 | CONFIGURATION OF A MULTI-DIE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An embodiment of an integrated circuit (IC) is described. This embodiment of the IC includes an interposer; a first die on an interposer, where the first die generates a global signal propagated through the interposer; and a second die on the surface of the interposer and coupled to the global signal. The first die and the second die each is configured to implement a same operating state concurrently in response to the global signal. | 01-26-2012 |
20140132305 | CLOCK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE - An apparatus includes an integrated circuit with a clock network in an array of circuit blocks. The clock network includes routing tracks, distribution spines, and clock leaves. The routing tracks and the distribution spines are bidirectional. | 05-15-2014 |