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20080282776 | UNIVERSAL PUMP PLATFORM - The present invention is directed to a Universal Pumping Platform (UPP) that comprises a platform containing an electric motor that drives a hydraulic pump for producing high pressure hydraulic fluid and one or more pumps powered by the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump. The pump is selected for the desired commissioning method to be carried out, such as filling, chemical treating, pigging, hydrostatic testing or dewatering the pipeline. The UPP is suspended from a vessel by an umbilical that provides the electric current for the electric motor supported by the UPP. | 11-20-2008 |
20080282777 | GEOMETRIC UNIVERSAL PUMP PLATFORM - The present invention is directed to a Geometric Universal Pumping Platform (GUPP) that comprises a platform containing an electric motor that drives a hydraulic pump for producing high pressure hydraulic fluid and one or more pumps powered by the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump. The pump is selected for the desired commissioning method to be carried out, such as flooding, chemical treating, pigging, hydrostatic testing or dewatering the pipeline. The GUPP is suspended from a vessel by an umbilical that provides the electric current for the electric motor supported by the GUPP. | 11-20-2008 |
20100085064 | UNIVERSAL POWER AND TESTING PLATFORM - The present invention is directed to a Universal Power Platform (UPP) that powers the pump or pumps that may not be on the platform but that are in a skid subsea near the pipeline for a desired pre-commissioning method to be carried out, such as cleaning, filling, chemical treating, pigging, hydrostatic testing or dewatering the pipeline. The UPP is suspended from a vessel by an umbilical that provides the electric power for running the selected pump(s). The Power Platform also is used as a testing system for control umbilicals that usually are near the pipelines. | 04-08-2010 |
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20120246092 | Credibility Scoring and Reporting - Some embodiments provide methods, systems, and computer software products for producing a tangible asset in the form of a standardized score that quantifiably measures business credibility based on a variety of data sources and credibility data that includes quantitative data and qualitative data. Some embodiments produce a separate tangible asset in the form of a report from which each business can identify practices that have been successful, practices that have inhibited the success of the business, desired improvements by customers, where future growth opportunities lie, and changes that can be made to improve the future growth and success of the business and thereby improve on the credibility score of the business. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246093 | Credibility Score and Reporting - Some embodiments provide methods, systems, and computer software products for producing a tangible asset in the form of a standardized score that quantifiably measures business credibility based on a variety of data sources and credibility data that includes quantitative data and qualitative data. Some embodiments produce a separate tangible asset in the form of a report from which each business can identify practices that have been successful, practices that have inhibited the success of the business, desired improvements by customers, where future growth opportunities lie, and changes that can be made to improve the future growth and success of the business and thereby improve on the credibility score of the business. | 09-27-2012 |
20120278767 | Indices for Credibility Trending, Monitoring, and Lead Generation - Some embodiments provide a credibility system that computes credibility scores to quantify the credibility of different businesses and to coalesce the generated credibility scores into various indices. The indices comparatively present the credibility of a particular business relative to other businesses along one or more dimensions. Based on the indices, the system identifies trends in the credibility of a particular business. The system derives preliminary credibility for a new business for which credibility data has not yet been obtained based on credibility that has been previously established for other businesses in an index associated with the new business. The system provides automated services for monitoring credibility of a business and for generating alerts to notify the business that its credibility has reached various thresholds. The system identifies business practices that improve upon or adversely affect the credibility of a particular business. | 11-01-2012 |
20120296804 | System and Methods for Producing a Credit Feedback Loop - Some embodiments provide a credit feedback loop system that directly identifies credit that is available to a credit seeker based on recent credit that others with similar qualifications (e.g., credit scores) as the credit seeker have obtained. The credit feedback loop system establishes a reciprocal system to benefit credit providers and credit seekers. The credit providers participate by providing information about the credit they have recently extended to credit seekers. In return, the credit feedback loop system acts as a lead generation platform for the credit providers by identifying potential new credit seekers. A credit seeker benefits by obtaining a direct and accurate measure of its available credit without having to divulge confidential information. In so doing, the credit feedback loop system allows a credit seeker to accurately identify its available credit and be quasi-preapproved for credit without having to apply for credit from any single credit provider. | 11-22-2012 |
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20110143356 | THERMOSTABLE POLYMERASES HAVING ALTERED FIDELITY AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND USING SAME - The present invention provides a method for identifying a thermostable polymerase having altered fidelity. The method consists of generating a random population of polymerase mutants by mutating at least one amino acid residue of a thermostable polymerase and screening the population for one or more active polymerase mutants by genetic selection. For example, the invention provides a method for identifying a thermostable polymerase having altered fidelity by mutating at least one amino acid residue in an active site O-helix of a thermostable polymerase. The invention also provides thermostable polymerases and nucleic acids encoding thermostable polymerases having altered fidelity, for example, high fidelity polymerases and low fidelity polymerases. The invention additionally provides a method for identifying one or more mutations in a gene by amplifying the gene with a high fidelity polymerase. The invention further provides a method for accurately copying repetitive nucleotide sequences using a high fidelity polymerase mutant. The invention also provides a method for diagnosing a genetic disease using a high fidelity polymerase mutant. The invention further provides a method for randomly mutagenizing a gene by amplifying the gene using a low fidelity polymerase mutant. | 06-16-2011 |
20110230433 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER - Described herein are novel methods and compositions for treatment of cancer by increasing the mutation rate of cancer cells beyond an error threshold, over which the cancer cells are no longer viable. In particular, mutagenic compounds such as nucleoside analogs for treatment of cancer are also described herein. | 09-22-2011 |
20140051072 | THERMOSTABLE POLYMERASES HAVING ALTERED FIDELITY AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND USING SAME - The present invention provides a method for identifying a thermostable polymerase having altered fidelity. The method consists of generating a random population of polymerase mutants by mutating at least one amino acid residue of a thermostable polymerase and screening the population for one or more active polymerase mutants by genetic selection. For example, the invention provides a method for identifying a thermostable polymerase having altered fidelity by mutating at least one amino acid residue in an active site O-helix of a thermostable polymerase. The invention also provides thermostable polymerases and nucleic acids encoding thermostable polymerases having altered fidelity, for example, high fidelity polymerases and low fidelity polymerases. The invention additionally provides a method for identifying one or more mutations in a gene by amplifying the gene with a high fidelity polymerase. The invention further provides a method for accurately copying repetitive nucleotide sequences using a high fidelity polymerase mutant. The invention also provides a method for diagnosing a genetic disease using a high fidelity polymerase mutant. The invention further provides a method for randomly mutagenizing a gene by amplifying the gene using a low fidelity polymerase mutant. | 02-20-2014 |
20150044687 | METHODS OF LOWERING THE ERROR RATE OF MASSIVELY PARALLEL DNA SEQUENCING USING DUPLEX CONSENSUS SEQUENCING - Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand. | 02-12-2015 |
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20090247809 | External counter pulsation treatment - A method for treating patients suffering from left ventricular dysfunction is disclosed. The method involves applying, during diastole, for a time period of about one hour, at least five days each week for at least about six weeks, an incrementally increasing external therapeutic pressure sequentially to the patients' lower extremities from first the calves, then the thighs and last the buttocks. The initial hourly treatments are carried out at a peak diastolic/systolic pressure ratio (D/S Ratio) in the range of about 0.4:1 up to about 0.9:1, depending on the patient's left ventricular ejection fraction. The D/S Ratio is increased slightly during the next set of hourly treatments, the D/S Ratio is again increased slightly during the next following set of hourly treatments, the D/S Ratio is again increased slightly during the next set of hourly treatments, and finally the D/S Ratio is increased slightly and maintained during the remaining set of hourly treatments. The patient's cardiopulmonary functions preferably are monitored to determine if additional external therapeutic pressure treatments are needed. | 10-01-2009 |
20110144630 | Fiber optic device with controlled reuse - A fiber optic device includes an optical fiber passing through a handpiece that defines an internal passageway with an apertured endwall at a distal end of the passageway. A portion of the optical fiber is disposed within the passageway, and a stop member, such as a rigid sheath, within the passageway is attached to the optical fiber. An indexing member releasably engages the rigid sheath to maintain the rigid sheath at a predetermined position within the passageway. The rigid sheath preferably contains a series of index positions for incrementally adjusting the position of the sheath within the passageway. The rigid sheath is slidably mounted in the passageway and is configured to interfere with the endwall when the rigid sheath is released for movement within the internal cavity to its final position within the passageway. | 06-16-2011 |
20140088488 | METHOD FOR EFFECTIVE AND UNIFORM FAT CELL LYSING AND MELTING OF THE RELEASED FAT - Lysing of fat cells in adipose tissue beneath the skin and liquefying the released fat is achieved by introducing a side-firing thermal energy device into the tissue to be irradiated, while thermal energy, such as laser energy, is emitted at a selected level for a selected period of time, depending on the volume to tissue to be irradiated. The side firing device is advanced into tissue and withdrawn and, while energy is emitted, is aimed separately at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock and, is repetitively rotated through an arc of about 120°, producing a bowtie-shaped irradiation pattern. The side firing device may be centered and sealingly held in position in a liposuction cannula by ribs extending inwardly from the interior of the liposuction cannula. At least one of the ribs has a channel for infusion of an irrigating liquid. The use of laser energy during lysis of fat cell membranes and the liquefaction of the released fat also produces photomechanical cross-linking of collagen, which shrinks and tightens the skin, reducing sagging of the skin after removal or absorption of the liquefied fat. Nucleus pulposus tissue can be vaporized in a similar manner. | 03-27-2014 |
20140088571 | NOVEL DEVICES FOR EFFECTIVE AND UNIFORM SHRINKAGE OF TISSUES AND THEIR UNIQUE METHODS OF USE - A fiber optical device suitable for treating a wide variety of medical conditions that involve shrinking or tightening of cartilaginous tissue, connective tissue, or muscle tissue comprises an optical fiber capable of laser energy delivery to a predetermined tissue site along with a biocompatible cooling fluid. Illustrative treatable medical conditions are female and male unitary incontinence, female stress urinary incontinence, gastro esophageal reflux disease, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, fecal incontinence, and the like. A preferred laser energy source is a CTH:YAG laser. | 03-27-2014 |
20140088575 | DEVICES FOR EFFECTIVE AND UNIFORM DENERVATION OF NERVES AND UNIQUE METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Apparatus for delivering laser energy suitable for denervation, such as renal denervation and the like, comprises an optical fiber inside a cannula and defining a channel therebetween for delivery of a liquid to cool and clean the tip of the optical fiber and to cool tissue subjected to laser irradiation, while the apparatus is Stationed, Moved, Rotated and or Swept during the emission of laser energy. | 03-27-2014 |
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20110015969 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING CONSUMER INFORMATION PREFERENCES AND USAGE BEHAVIORS IN WELL-DEFINED LIFE CONTEXTS - A system and method for collecting consumer information includes a data storage device included in a computer system. A data interface for use by a user offers services from a service provider. The services are selectable by the user. Event data of the user's activity is collected using the data interface. Timeline data is collected during the user's activity from the service provider. Also, personal user data is collected and the personal user data is anonymized. The event data, the timeline data, and the anonymized personal user data are correlated. A model of the user's preferences is prepared and displayed. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016161 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SELECTION OF CONTEXT SENSITIVE USER PROFILE FRAGMENTS - A method and system for collecting and generating context sensitive data for consumer profiles and presenting a contemporaneous context sensitive model of consumer preferences to a user. An interpreter module obtains event data of a user's activity and obtains personal user data. The interpreter module associates the event data with context information using predetermined context parameters and selects profile fragments corresponding to the context information. An assembly module generates a composite profile from the profile fragments, and a personalization module prepares a model of the user's composite profile which can be displayed. | 01-20-2011 |
20120036360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD ESTABLISHING TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS TO ENABLE SECURE EXCHANGE OF PRIVATE INFORMATION - The invention disclosed here is aimed at enabling a trusted third party to manage user opt-ins which would enable growth of personalized information services, that is, enabling trusted business relationships between three types of entities—an end-user, an information source/provider, and an application service provider/developer—so that they can have a controlled, secure and private exchange of sensitive and/or confidential information. The inventive system has modes of operation recommended based on various conditions, enabling a secure exchange of private information between personal information repository owners and application services providers to enable deliver of personalized services. One mode is Durable Subscription Management, which is used when per transaction approval is not needed, that is, when an end-user has given permission to access data for a given or predefined period of time. A second mode is Per-Transaction Subscription Management Without Logs and a third mode is Per-Transaction Subscription Management With Logs. | 02-09-2012 |
20120209796 | ATTENTION FOCUSING MODEL FOR NEXTING BASED ON LEARNING AND REASONING - A system and method for nexting is presented. The method comprises computing an expected event, observing a new event, when the expected event matches the new event, processing the new event and performing action in accordance with given concepts, when the expected event does not match the new event and the new event can be explained based on the given concepts, processing the new event and performing action in accordance with the given concepts, and when the expected event does not match the new event and the new event cannot be explained based on the given concepts, employing learning mechanism and performing action decided on by the learning mechanism. In one aspect, the method comprises generating new concepts using reasoning or learning. In one aspect, the method comprises converting sensed numerical data into events of interest via the application of learned functions operating on the numerical data. | 08-16-2012 |
20130124452 | MODEL-THEORETIC APPROACH TO DATA ANONYMITY AND INFERENCE CONTROL - A system and method for secure data management is presented. The method comprises receiving a query, performing the query and obtaining answers to it, creating certain formulas representing the answers; and determining whether there is a minimum number of distinct models of these formulas conjoined with the relevant anonymity predicates along with previous answers and general background knowledge, and when that number of models does not exist, suppressing the answers. In one aspect, the method further comprises creating formulas encoding the information conveyed by the answer; and combining the formulas encoding the information with prior information. | 05-16-2013 |
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20110116208 | Ground Shield Capacitor - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first reference voltage coupled to a first metal layer and a second reference voltage coupled to a second metal layer. A first finger type in the plurality of fingers is coupled to the first metal layer at a first area and coupled to the first metal layer and the second metal layer at a second area. A second finger type in the plurality of fingers is coupled to the second metal layer at the first area and coupled to the first metal layer and the second metal layer at the second area. Also, the first finger type and the second finger type alternately positioned next to each other. | 05-19-2011 |
20110273261 | Magnetically Shielded Inductor Structure - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an inductor and an electrically conductive structure surrounding the inductor. The electrically conductive structure conducts a current when a first magnetic field passes through the electrically conductive structure. The current creates a second magnetic field opposing the first magnetic field. | 11-10-2011 |
20120146730 | Cancelation of Gain Change Due to Amplifier Self-Heating - A system includes a power amplifier, a preamplifier, a first temperature sensor, and a bias generator. The power amplifier has a first gain, which is a function of a temperature of the power amplifier. The preamplifier has a second gain, amplifies an input signal, and outputs an amplified signal to the power amplifier. The first temperature sensor senses the temperature and generates a first signal. The bias generator generates a first biasing signal to bias the power amplifier, generates a second biasing signal to bias the preamplifier, and adjusts the second gain by adjusting the second biasing signal based on the first signal. The adjusted second gain compensates a change in the first gain due to the change in the temperature. | 06-14-2012 |
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20130249636 | CANCELATION OF GAIN CHANGE DUE TO AMPLIFIER SELF-HEATING - A system including a power amplifier having a first gain, a preamplifier having a second gain, a first temperature sensor configured to sense the temperature of the power amplifier, and a bias generator. The first gain is a function of a temperature of the power amplifier. The preamplifier receives an input signal, amplifies the input signal according to the second gain, and outputs an amplified signal to the power amplifier. The bias generator generates a biasing signal to bias the preamplifier and adjusts the second gain of the preamplifier by adjusting the biasing signal based on the temperature of the power amplifier and an ambient temperature. The adjusted second gain of the preamplifier compensates a change in the first gain of the power amplifier due to a change in the temperature of the power amplifier. | 09-26-2013 |