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20110011839 | Method and apparatus for laser micromachining a conical surface - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for micromachining a conical surface. In one embodiment, such a system may include a rotating platform for receiving a long line of laser illumination, a mask having a predetermined pattern comprising a sector of a planar ring, the mask being positioned on the rotating platform, a workpiece stage having a rotational axis for rotating a removably-affixed workpiece comprising a conical surface, wherein the sector comprises the planar image of the conical surface, an excimer laser for producing a laser beam, a homogenizer for homogenizing the laser beam in at least a single direction, at least one condenser lens, a turning mirror and at least one projection lens. | 01-20-2011 |
20120000893 | Precision Laser Ablation - Methods and systems for precisely removing selected layers of materials from a multi-layer work piece using laser ablation are disclosed. Precise removal of one or more selected layers of materials of a work piece may be performed by irradiating at least one location on a multi-layer work piece with a laser beam, ablating material at the at least one location, detecting one or more characteristics of the material ablated at the at least one location and analyzing the one or more characteristics to identify a change in at least one of the one or more characteristics that indicates a change in the type of material being ablated. Related systems are also described. | 01-05-2012 |
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20080206857 | Device and method for reducing bubble formation in cell culture - A device for minimizing the formation of bubbles or foam in cell culture is disclosed. The device has a manifold which directs the inflow of cells and cell culture media into a cell culture vessel so as to allow for displaced air or gas to vent from the cell culture vessel without mixing with the incoming cell culture media, thereby preventing the mixing of air and cell culture media and minimizing the formation of bubbles or foam inside the cell culture vessel. | 08-28-2008 |
20090298163 | MULTILAYER CELL CULTURE VESSELS - A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the culturing of cells is disclosed. The cell culture apparatus includes a unitary flask body including a rigid upper and lower surface, connected by side walls. The cell growth apparatus comprises multiple cell growth chambers stacked in vertical alignment and orientation within the unitary flask body. The stacked chambers are held in position by unitary connecting columns that run through each cell growth chamber and terminate at the rigid upper and lower surfaces of the apparatus. The cell growth chambers are separated by tracheal spaces that allow air from the external environment to contact the cell growth surface of each individual cell growth chamber. | 12-03-2009 |
20100112698 | Device for Trapping Extraneous Gas - A device for trapping extraneous gas or bubbles is disclosed. The device is defined as having a gas collection area in a tapered neck portion such that when used as a cell culturing apparatus, extraneous gas or bubbles are trapped and isolated from the cell growth areas where cells or media reside. | 05-06-2010 |
20100216229 | CELL CULTURE SYSTEM WITH MANIFOLD - A cell culture apparatus includes cell culture units having cell culture chambers, each with at least one manifold. The manifold connects the cell culture unit to a fluid flow channel. The manifold has a dam which allows liquid to pool in the manifold and allows for the creation of an airspace in the manifold, which reduces hydrostatic pressure inside the apparatus and enables the stacking of multiple cell culture units. Embodiments include cascading manifolds, manifolds having reservoirs, and manifolds having valves. | 08-26-2010 |
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20090083101 | Computer method and apparatus for indicating performance of assets and revisions held in a repository - Computer method and apparatus managing engineering product revisions. A repository holds one or more assets. For each asset, the repository holds respective revisions of the asset. A revision manager tracks changes of state of assets of the repository. Each change of state of a given asset results in a respective revision of the given asset. The revision manager provides a project view illustrating changes of state of assets and including performance indicators corresponding to respective changes of state of assets held in the repository. The performance indicators may be color coded and may be based on a changeable metric. The revision manager provides in the project view an indication of each change in metric. Plural performance indicators for a set of assets may be presented in the project view as a graphical series. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083102 | Computer method and apparatus for engineered product management using a project view and a visual grammar - Computer method and apparatus managing software configuration revisions. A repository holds one or more assets. For each asset, the repository holds respective revisions of the asset. A revision manager tracks changes of state of assets of the repository. Each change of state of a given asset results in a respective revision of the given asset. The revision manager provides a project view illustrating for a set of assets (i) changes of state of assets of the set, (ii) resulting revisions of the assets and (iii) any relationships between the resulting revisions. In this way, i.e., via the project view, the present invention revision manager enables users to manage assets and revisions. The revision manager renders the project view in one mode illustrating changes made to the assets (state changes) in order of time, and in another mode illustrating changes made to the assets (state changes) in order of sequence of revisions. The revision manager may render the project view effectively overlaid or otherwise combined with project planning and scheduling information. The revision manager employs a visual grammar in providing and generating the project view. The visual grammar employs: lines to indicate branches, a certain polygon to represent tags, a shaded or filled circles to represent commit points, and dashed lines to show where assets are copied from one state to another, merging of changes from one branch to another, and deletion/creation of branches and assets. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083165 | Computer method and apparatus for engineered product management including simultaneous indication of working copy status and repository status - A computer method and apparatus for managing revisions to engineered products includes a repository, a local data store (working copy) and a revision manager. Each engineered product is formed of one or more assets. The repository holds the plurality of assets and tracks changes of the assets. For a given asset, the revision manager provides, together in a certain screen view, display of (a) indications of changes made to a working copy of the given asset relative to the given asset as held in the repository, and (b) indications of changes made to the given asset in the repository relative to the working copy of the given asset. The certain screen view in one embodiment employs a tabular format with sortable columns, color coded symbols, textual summaries of changes made to assets and textual description of changes made to assets in the repository. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083308 | Computer method and apparatus for per asset time-line display in engineering product revision management - Computer method and apparatus managing engineering product revisions. A repository holds one or more assets. For each asset, the repository holds respective revisions of the asset. A revision manager tracks changes of state of assets of the repository. Each change of state of a given asset results in a respective revision of the given asset. The revision manager provides a repository per asset timeline view illustrating for a subject asset (i) a timeline sequence of changes of state of the subject asset and (ii) contents of the subject asset. The timeline sequence represents the revision history of the asset. Each of the graphical elements in the timeline sequence implements a handle to the respective revision or state of the subject asset as held in the repository. The invention repository view with timeline sequence enhances users ability to navigate among assets and revisions in the repository. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083343 | Computer method and apparatus for accessing assets in an engineering product management system repository - Computer method and apparatus managing engineering product revisions. A repository holds one or more assets. For each asset, the repository holds respective revisions of the asset. A revision manager tracks changes of state of assets of the repository. Each change of state of a given asset results in a respective revision of the given asset. The revision manager provides a project view having at least one element (i) corresponding to one or more assets and (ii) being an access handle to the one or more assets as held in the repository. Screen view elements that effectively serve as handles include the trunk, branches, tags, commit points and performance indicators. Through these elements, the present invention revision manager enables users to access, copy and move repository-based assets and revisions. The revision manager renders a repository view that has head elements of branches from the project view. The head elements in either or both views serve as handles to working copies of respective assets. | 03-26-2009 |
20090099907 | PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT - A computer method and apparatus address the problem of objectively measuring the performance of a system composed of many different components. The present invention method/apparatus defines quantitative requirements representing the desired behavior of the components. Next, the method/apparatus determines acceptability levels by comparing the defined quantitative results to the actual measurements from the subject system to produce acceptability scores of the components. The present invention aggregates the acceptability scores to form a performance hierarchy of the components, where the hierarchy indicates the functional relationship between the overall system performance and the performance of the individual components. | 04-16-2009 |
20130290931 | COMPUTER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENGINEERED PRODUCT MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SIMULTANEOUS INDICATION OF WORKING COPY STATUS AND REPOSITORY STATUS - A computer method and apparatus for managing revisions to engineered products includes a repository, a local data store (working copy) and a revision manager. Each engineered product is formed of one or more assets. The repository holds the plurality of assets and tracks changes of the assets. For a given asset, the revision manager provides, together in a certain screen view, display of (a) indications of changes made to a working copy of the given asset relative to the given asset as held in the repository, and (b) indications of changes made to the given asset in the repository relative to the working copy of the given asset. The certain screen view in one embodiment employs a tabular format with sortable columns, color coded symbols, textual summaries of changes made to assets and textual description of changes made to assets in the repository. | 10-31-2013 |
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20090083101 | Computer method and apparatus for indicating performance of assets and revisions held in a repository - Computer method and apparatus managing engineering product revisions. A repository holds one or more assets. For each asset, the repository holds respective revisions of the asset. A revision manager tracks changes of state of assets of the repository. Each change of state of a given asset results in a respective revision of the given asset. The revision manager provides a project view illustrating changes of state of assets and including performance indicators corresponding to respective changes of state of assets held in the repository. The performance indicators may be color coded and may be based on a changeable metric. The revision manager provides in the project view an indication of each change in metric. Plural performance indicators for a set of assets may be presented in the project view as a graphical series. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083102 | Computer method and apparatus for engineered product management using a project view and a visual grammar - Computer method and apparatus managing software configuration revisions. A repository holds one or more assets. For each asset, the repository holds respective revisions of the asset. A revision manager tracks changes of state of assets of the repository. Each change of state of a given asset results in a respective revision of the given asset. The revision manager provides a project view illustrating for a set of assets (i) changes of state of assets of the set, (ii) resulting revisions of the assets and (iii) any relationships between the resulting revisions. In this way, i.e., via the project view, the present invention revision manager enables users to manage assets and revisions. The revision manager renders the project view in one mode illustrating changes made to the assets (state changes) in order of time, and in another mode illustrating changes made to the assets (state changes) in order of sequence of revisions. The revision manager may render the project view effectively overlaid or otherwise combined with project planning and scheduling information. The revision manager employs a visual grammar in providing and generating the project view. The visual grammar employs: lines to indicate branches, a certain polygon to represent tags, a shaded or filled circles to represent commit points, and dashed lines to show where assets are copied from one state to another, merging of changes from one branch to another, and deletion/creation of branches and assets. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083165 | Computer method and apparatus for engineered product management including simultaneous indication of working copy status and repository status - A computer method and apparatus for managing revisions to engineered products includes a repository, a local data store (working copy) and a revision manager. Each engineered product is formed of one or more assets. The repository holds the plurality of assets and tracks changes of the assets. For a given asset, the revision manager provides, together in a certain screen view, display of (a) indications of changes made to a working copy of the given asset relative to the given asset as held in the repository, and (b) indications of changes made to the given asset in the repository relative to the working copy of the given asset. The certain screen view in one embodiment employs a tabular format with sortable columns, color coded symbols, textual summaries of changes made to assets and textual description of changes made to assets in the repository. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083343 | Computer method and apparatus for accessing assets in an engineering product management system repository - Computer method and apparatus managing engineering product revisions. A repository holds one or more assets. For each asset, the repository holds respective revisions of the asset. A revision manager tracks changes of state of assets of the repository. Each change of state of a given asset results in a respective revision of the given asset. The revision manager provides a project view having at least one element (i) corresponding to one or more assets and (ii) being an access handle to the one or more assets as held in the repository. Screen view elements that effectively serve as handles include the trunk, branches, tags, commit points and performance indicators. Through these elements, the present invention revision manager enables users to access, copy and move repository-based assets and revisions. The revision manager renders a repository view that has head elements of branches from the project view. The head elements in either or both views serve as handles to working copies of respective assets. | 03-26-2009 |
20090319571 | Video indexing - The present invention addresses the problem of marking up subject data streams and associating objects with locations in the data streams via the resulting markups. In particular, the present invention renders the subject data stream in a user interface capable of overlaying predefined markups on top of the data stream and recording user-defined markups. Indications of each markup and indications of the markup's respective location in the data stream are stored in a data store. By associating markups with objects, the objects are associated with locations in the data stream. | 12-24-2009 |
20130290931 | COMPUTER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENGINEERED PRODUCT MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SIMULTANEOUS INDICATION OF WORKING COPY STATUS AND REPOSITORY STATUS - A computer method and apparatus for managing revisions to engineered products includes a repository, a local data store (working copy) and a revision manager. Each engineered product is formed of one or more assets. The repository holds the plurality of assets and tracks changes of the assets. For a given asset, the revision manager provides, together in a certain screen view, display of (a) indications of changes made to a working copy of the given asset relative to the given asset as held in the repository, and (b) indications of changes made to the given asset in the repository relative to the working copy of the given asset. The certain screen view in one embodiment employs a tabular format with sortable columns, color coded symbols, textual summaries of changes made to assets and textual description of changes made to assets in the repository. | 10-31-2013 |