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Aaron Blank, Elgin, TX US
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20100109970 | Folded antenna structures for portable devices - Methods and systems are disclosed for folded antenna structures that allow for receive and/or transmit antennas to be used for portable or other devices. The folded antennas described herein can be configured, for example, to fit the design constraints and considerations for portable devices. The folded antenna structures can be implemented using relatively flat flexible printed circuits (e.g., flex circuits) and can be placed in available spaces within the portable device, such as above or behind a battery, while still providing good performance characteristics. Still further, the folded antenna structures can be implemented on a printed circuit board and/or as part of plastic materials and pieces included as part of a portable device. | 05-06-2010 |
Adrian Blank, San Jose, CA US
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20090320875 | DUAL CHAMBER MEGASONIC CLEANER - Embodiments described herein relate to semiconductor device manufacturing, and more particularly to a vertically oriented dual megasonic module for simultaneously cleaning multiple substrates. In one embodiment, an apparatus for cleaning multiple substrates is provided. The apparatus comprises an outer tank for collecting overflow processing fluid comprising at least one sidewall and a bottom. A first inner module adapted to contain a processing fluid is positioned partially within the outer tank. The first inner module comprises one or more roller assemblies to hold a substrate in a substantially vertical orientation. A second inner module adapted to contain a processing fluid is positioned partially within the outer tank. The second inner module comprises one or more roller assemblies adapted to hold a substrate in a substantially vertical orientation. Each inner module contains a transducer adapted to direct vibrational energy through the processing fluid toward the substrates. | 12-31-2009 |
Adrian Blank, Gilroy, CA US
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20110265816 | DISK-BRUSH CLEANER MODULE WITH FLUID JET - Embodiments of the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for cleaning a substrate using a disk brush. One embodiment provides a substrate cleaner comprising a substrate chuck disposed in the processing volume, and a brush assembly disposed in the processing volume, wherein the brush assembly comprises a disk brush movably disposed opposing the substrate chuck, and a processing surface of the disk brush contacts a surface of the substrate on the substrate chuck. | 11-03-2011 |
Andrew Blank, Cadillac, MI US
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20100097040 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL FOR A HYDRAULICALLY DRIVEN AUXILIARY POWER SOURCE - A hydraulic system includes a variable displacement hydraulic pump connectable to a power source, a hydraulic motor, a fluid circuit, a pump displacement control, and a controller. The pump has an inlet for receiving fluid, an outlet for discharging pressurized fluid, and a pump displacement input. The motor has an inlet for receiving pressurized fluid and an outlet for discharging spent fluid. The fluid circuit includes a supply conduit for conducting fluid discharged by the pump to the motor and a return conduit for returning fluid discharged by the motor to the pump. The pump displacement control cooperates with the pump displacement input to vary pump displacement. The controller communicates with the pump displacement control to control the pump output such that the motor is driven at a constant speed to thereby drive a generator connected to the motor at a constant speed despite speed fluctuations of the power source. | 04-22-2010 |
Andrew Blank, Miami, FL US
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20090106155 | System and Method for Archival of Electronic and Tangible Records - Systems and methods for record management are provided. The record management system may be used to track the location and ultimate disposition of tangible records and electronic record. | 04-23-2009 |
Andrew E. Blank, Cadillac, MI US
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20110057773 | Keyless Entry Assembly Having Capacitance Sensor Operative for Detecting Objects - A keyless entry assembly includes a carrier with an electrical conductor thereon, a light pipe having an indicator, and a controller. The light pipe is connected to the carrier such that the indicator and conductor are in alignment. The light pipe is operable for receiving light to illuminate the indicator. The carrier with the light pipe connected thereto is mountable to a user accessible portion of a vehicle. The conductor capacitively couples to an electrically conductive object proximal to the conductor while the conductor is driven with an electrical charge such that capacitance of the conductor changes due to the conductor capacitively coupling with the object. The controller is operable for driving the conductor with the electrical charge, measuring the conductor capacitance to determine whether an electrically conductive object is proximal to the conductor, and controlling a vehicle operation as a function of the object being proximal to the conductor. | 03-10-2011 |
20110187492 | Fascia Panel Assembly Having Capacitance Sensor Operative for Detecting Objects - A fascia panel assembly includes an electrically non-conductive fascia panel, an electrically non-conductive isolator, and a capacitance sensor. The sensor capacitively couples to an electrically conductive object proximal to the sensor while the sensor is driven with an electrical charge such that capacitance of the sensor changes due to the sensor capacitively coupling with the object. The isolator is sandwiched between the fascia panel and the isolator. | 08-04-2011 |
20110313619 | Vehicle Keyless Entry Assembly Having Capacitance Sensor Operative for Detecting Objects - A keyless entry assembly for a vehicle includes a sensor carrier, a sensor in the form of an electrically conductive pad, and a controller. The sensor is mounted to the sensor carrier and the sensor carrier is positioned adjacent a panel such that the sensor is adjacent the panel. The sensor capacitively couples to an electrically conductive object proximal to the panel while the sensor is driven with electrical charge such that capacitance of the sensor changes due to the sensor capacitively coupling with the object. The controller is operable for driving the sensor with the electrical charge and controlling a vehicle operation as a function of the capacitance of the sensor. | 12-22-2011 |
20130311039 | VEHICLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A CAPACITIVE SENSOR - An illustrative assembly includes a panel and a capacitive sensor. The panel is movable between an opened position and a closed position relative to a closure of a vehicle body. The sensor is positioned on the panel such that at least a portion of the sensor is perpendicular to the closure of the vehicle body as the panel moves between the opened and closed positions. The sensor capacitively couples to an electrically conductive object proximal to the closure of the vehicle body such that capacitance of the sensor changes. | 11-21-2013 |
Basil Eric Blank, Ithaca, NY US
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20100090470 | Stationary wind or fluid scoop which captures and redirects wind or fluid for generating power - Stationary wind or fluid scoop which captures and redirects wind or fluid and forces the wind or fluid into a duct or chamber which feeds one or more air or fluid powered generators to convert wind or fluid energy into electrical or mechanical energy. The wind or fluid scoop can be mounted at any angle on existing structures or can stand alone. The wind or fluid scoop can have dynamic louvers which allow wind or fluid to enter the wind or fluid scoop duct or chamber, but can also prevent wind or fluid from exiting the chamber. If used for wind the scoop can utilize turbulent wind around buildings by capturing the wind and redirecting it into an air duct which supplies air to convert wind energy into electrical or mechanical energy. Similar applications for other fluids. | 04-15-2010 |
20140260153 | Mower Head with Continuous Cutting Blade Loop - A mower having a mowing head with a stationary horizontal comb and a continuous cutting blade loop slidingly positioned against the bottom surface of the comb, both having teeth arranged to accept and then shear off plant material between them at a user defined height above the ground. The teeth in the continuous cutting blade loop move past the teeth in the comb, powered by one or more drive guide pulleys transferring motive power to the blade from an external source, are mounted. | 09-18-2014 |
Bennett Blank, San Diego, CA US
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20110113314 | Multimedia Communication System And Method - Systems and methods are disclosed for creating, editing, sharing and distributing high-quality, media-rich web-based communications. The communications are created in a layered fashion that integrates user-selected text, colors, background patterns, images, sound, music, video, or other media. The systems and methods are used to generate, edit, broadcast, and track electronic presentations, brochures, advertisements (such as banner advertisements on highly trafficked media websites), announcements, and interactive web pages, without the need for the user to understand complex programming languages. | 05-12-2011 |
20130132849 | Multimedia Communication System And Method - Systems and methods are disclosed for creating, editing, sharing and distributing high-quality, media-rich web-based communications. The communications are created in a layered fashion that integrates user-selected text, colors, background patterns, images, sound, music, video, or other media. The systems and methods are used to generate, edit, broadcast, and track electronic presentations, brochures, advertisements (such as banner advertisements on highly trafficked media websites), announcements, and interactive web pages, without the need for the user to understand complex programming languages. | 05-23-2013 |
Bennett Blank, La Jolla, CA US
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20150127458 | MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods are disclosed for creating, editing, sharing and distributing high-quality, media-rich web-based communications. The communications are created in a layered fashion that integrates user-selected text, colors, background patterns, images, sound, music, video, or other media. The systems and methods are used to generate, edit, broadcast, and track electronic presentations, brochures, advertisements (such as banner advertisements on highly trafficked media websites), announcements, and interactive web pages, without the need for the user to understand complex programming languages. | 05-07-2015 |
Bennett R. Blank, San Diego, CA US
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20120191565 | SYSTEMS METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DIRECTING CONSUMER FROM DIGITAL RECEIPT TO SOURCE OF SPECIFIC ITEM FOR REPEAT ITEM PURCHASE - Systems, computer-implemented methods and computer program products for directing a consumer to a source offering for sale a specific item previously purchased by the consumer. Electronic receipt data generated for a consumer purchase of a specifically identified item is generated by a merchant transaction processing device, and an electronic representation of a receipt is generated based on that data. The electronic representation identifies the specific item and includes an input element or button that can be selected, clicked on, executed or activated by a consumer to allow the consumer to be directed to a website of a merchant who offers the same item for sale and from which the consumer can buy the same item again. | 07-26-2012 |
20120211561 | SYSTEMS METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING TRANSACTION DATA - Tax data, e.g., Form W2 data, is encoded as a two-dimensional machine readable representation, such as a QR CODE. Certain tax data is encoded as segments of a QR CODE, and a tax form generated by an employer or payroll processing service and provided to an employee or user includes the QR CODE representing certain W-2 or other tax data. An image of the QR CODE is acquired using a camera of a mobile communication device or computer or other image capture device. When using a Smartphone, a tax preparation application executing on the Smartphone decodes the QR CODE image to determine the tax data, and populates fields of an electronic tax return with decoded data, thus allowing a consumer to prepare an electronic tax return using a mobile communication device. | 08-23-2012 |
20120290376 | PROCESSING ELECTRONIC PAYMENT INVOLVING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Mobile payments and processing data related to electronic transactions. A near field communication connection is established between a mobile communication device of a consumer that serves as a mobile wallet and an electronic payment device of a merchant. Authorization data is shared between the mobile communication device and the electronic payment device without providing electronic payment instrument (e.g. credit card) data to the merchant. Authorization data is transmitted from the mobile communication device to a cloud computer or resource that serves as a cloud wallet and hosts respective data of respective electronic payment instruments of respective consumers, and from the electronic payment device a payment processor computer. The payment processor computer presents the authorization data to the cloud wallet, and in response, the cloud wallet transmits the credit card data to the payment processor computer, which processes the transaction. | 11-15-2012 |
20130212003 | MOBILE MONEY ORDER - A method to track a money order transaction, including receiving, from a mobile device, a request to send the money order to a recipient, initiating, by a computer server in response to the request, a first transaction to transfer a money order amount from a funding account of the payer to a third party account held at a bank, initiating, in response to completing the first transaction, a second transaction to generate the money order by the bank, receiving, from the bank, an indication that the money order amount is paid out by the bank as a result of the recipient cashing the money order, and sending, in response to the indication, a message alerting the payer that the recipient has cashed the money order. | 08-15-2013 |
20140027509 | SYSTEMS METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING TRANSACTION DATA - Transaction or receipt data, e.g., data of a receipt document, is encoded as a two-dimensional machine readable representation, such as a QR CODE. Certain receipt data is encoded as segments of a QR CODE. An image of the QR CODE is acquired using a camera of a mobile communication device or computer or other image capture device. The QR CODE image is decoded to determine the receipt data, and fields of an electronic receipt summary can be populated with decoded data. | 01-30-2014 |
Boris Blank, Medford Lakes, NJ US
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20140124053 | Reservoir Accessory Assembly - A reservoir accessory assembly comprises a flooring structure being configured to support a fluid processing accessory for the reservoir. The flooring structure comprises a cutout being configured to enable entrance of plumbing from the reservoir for connection to the fluid processing accessory. Side panels are joined to the flooring structure. The side panels comprise screened vents. A back panel is joined to the flooring structure. The back panel comprises a ventilation portion being configured to enable airflow with the vents. A front door is pivotally joined to one side panel to enable access to the fluid processing accessory. A top is configured to cover an interior formed by the flooring structure, the side panels, the back panel and the front door in which the fluid processing accessory is enclosed and accessible via the front door. | 05-08-2014 |
Brian Blank, Manalapan, NJ US
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20120011081 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method for managing collateral risk associated with financial instrument trading and a data processing system includes a processor and memory/database configured to store user-definable rulesets relating to a desired trade. A search module identifies and stores accounts that could accept potentially eligible security positions based upon user-selectable search criteria, and identifies potentially eligible security positions for consideration as collateral for the trade. A user configurable collateral analysis module determines eligibility of security positions as collateral for the trade by applying one or more user-definable rulesets in an algorithm that operates in a processor to determine collateral position eligibility of security positions for the trade by testing eligibility along one or more logical paths defined by user-definable rulesets. The processor outputs either a collateral eligibility or ineligibility indication via a user interface for various security positions based upon the collateral position eligibility analysis, including all reasons for ineligibility. | 01-12-2012 |
20120136808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT - A data processing system manages collateral risk associated with a trade of a financial instrument includes a processor and a memory that contains a database configured to store a ruleset relating to determining eligibility of collateral to be considered for a desired trade. A search module searches for accounts that could potentially accept a security position based upon established search criteria. Search results are stored in the memory, and are used to identify one or more security positions eligible for use as collateral for the trade. A collateral analysis module determines a collateral preference ranking by at least applying the ruleset via an algorithm executed by the processor so as to confirm an eligibility of security positions eligible for use as collateral for the trade by testing in accordance with the ruleset. The processor outputs a relative collateral preference indication via a user interface. | 05-31-2012 |
20120259796 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented system and method for managing collateral allocations associated with Tri-Party repurchasing agreements and a collateral allocation system includes one or more processors and memory/database configured to store user-definable rulesets and collateral characteristics relating to the Tri-Party repurchasing agreements. A collateral allocation module recalls collateral from the Tri-Party repurchasing agreements to a common Dealer Box, and reallocates the collateral to the Tri-Party repurchasing agreements utilizing a self organizing map, so as to minimize margins to reduce over-collateralization and/or undercollateralization. Other considerations, such as basket identifiers and cost of carry considerations may be weighed in the reallocation as well. | 10-11-2012 |
20130097066 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT - A data processing system manages collateral risk associated with a trade of a financial instrument includes memory coupled to a processor, the memory containing a database configured to store a ruleset relating to determining eligibility of collateral to be considered for a desired trade. A collateral analysis module determines a collateral preference ranking of one or more security positions eligible for use as collateral for the trade by applying the ruleset via an algorithm executed by the processor so as to confirm an eligibility of security positions eligible for use as collateral for the trade by testing in accordance with the ruleset. | 04-18-2013 |
20130318006 | ROLLING SETTLEMENT FOR TRI PARTY TRANSACTIONS - A system for settling trades in Tri-Party repurchasing agreements includes one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program modules. The computer program modules are configured to obtain, on electronic storage media accessible to the one or more processors, security information associated with a plurality of securities securitizing a Tri-Party repurchasing agreement between a dealer and an investor. The computer program modules are also configured to execute one or more computer program modules configured to receive a cash amount from the dealer, the cash amount being less than required to repurchase an entirety of the plurality of securities. The computer program modules are further configured to execute one or more computer program modules configured to release a subset of the entirety of securities to the dealer, the subset of the entirety of securities being repurchased by the cash amount received from the dealer. | 11-28-2013 |
20140180907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT - A system for managing collateral allocations in Tri-Party repurchasing agreement(s) includes memory element(s) coupled to processor(s) and configured to store deal attributes including rule sets associated with a lender l, and collateral characteristic(s) for collateral provided by the borrower b that are associated with each of the Tri-Party repurchasing agreements. The system includes at least one collateral allocation module, configured through the processor(s) to optimize auto cash, an amount short, a cost of carry index, and optimize a collateralization index, associated with the Tri-Party repurchasing agreement(s). A similar system includes at least one collateral allocation module, configured through the processor(s) to optimize a settlement index, a collateralization index, and a cost of carry index, associated with the Tri-Party repurchasing agreement(s). Associated methods are also disclosed. | 06-26-2014 |
20140188691 | AUTOMATIC COLLATERAL EXCHANGE FOR REHYPOTHECATED COLLATERAL - A system for managing rehypothecated collateral allocations in financial transactions includes processors coupled to memory configured to store deal attributes. The processors may execute a collateral allocation module that is operable to receive a request to release a collateral allocation, identify the collateral allocation in one or more deals at a first level, and identify a rehypothecated portion of the collateral allocation in deals at subsequent levels. Where an entirety of the collateral allocation is identified at each subsequent level, the collateral allocation module may credit the one or more deals at each subsequent level with net free equity equal to an amount of cash to be exchanged at a prior level of the subsequent levels. When a total of the net free equity credit is equal to an amount of cash to be exchanged at the first level, the collateral allocation module may release the collateral allocation. | 07-03-2014 |
20140279697 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented system and method for managing collateral allocations associated with Tri-Party repurchasing agreements and a collateral allocation system includes one or more processors and memory/database configured to store user-definable rulesets and collateral characteristics relating to the Tri-Party repurchasing agreements. A collateral allocation module recalls collateral from the Tri-Party repurchasing agreements to a common Dealer Box, and reallocates the collateral to the Tri-Party repurchasing agreements utilizing a self organizing map, so as to minimize margins to reduce over-collateralization and/or undercollateralization. Other considerations, such as basket identifiers and cost of carry considerations may be weighed in the reallocation as well. | 09-18-2014 |
Brian Blank, Monona, WI US
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20140051872 | CATALYSTS FOR HYDRODEOXYGENATION OF OXYGENATED HYDROCARBONS - The present invention provides catalysts, methods, and reactor systems for converting oxygenated hydrocarbons to oxygenated compounds. The invention includes methods for producing cyclic ethers, monooxygenates, dioxygenates, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, and alcohols from oxygenated hydrocarbons, such as carbohydrates, sugars, sugar alcohols, sugar degradation products, and the like, using catalysts containing palladium, molybdenum, tin, and tungsten. The oxygenated compounds produced are useful in the production of liquid fuels, chemicals, and other products. | 02-20-2014 |
20140275571 | Production of Aromatics from Di- and Polyoxygenates - Methods, catalysts, and reactor systems for producing in high yield aromatic chemicals and liquid fuels from a mixture of oxygenates comprising di- and polyoxygenates are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods, catalysts, and reactor systems for producing aromatic chemicals and liquid fuels from oxygenated hydrocarbons such as carbohydrates, sugars, sugar alcohols, sugar degradation products, and the like; and methods, catalysts, and reactor systems for producing the mixture of oxygenates from oxygenated hydrocarbons such as carbohydrates, sugars, sugar alcohols, sugar degradation products, and the like. The disclosed catalysts for preparing the mixture of oxygenates comprise a Group VIII metal and a crystalline alumina support. | 09-18-2014 |
20140275584 | PRODUCTION OF AROMATICS FROM DI- AND POLYOXYGENATES - Methods, catalysts, and reactor systems for producing in high yield aromatic chemicals and liquid fuels from a mixture of oxygenates comprising di- and polyoxygenates are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods, catalysts, and reactor systems for producing aromatic chemicals and liquid fuels from oxygenated hydrocarbons such as carbohydrates, sugars, sugar alcohols, sugar degradation products, and the like; and methods, catalysts, and reactor systems for producing the mixture of oxygenates from oxygenated hydrocarbons such as carbohydrates, sugars, sugar alcohols, sugar degradation products, and the like. The disclosed catalysts for preparing the mixture of oxygenates comprise a Ni | 09-18-2014 |
20150141667 | CATALYSTS FOR HYDRODEOXYGENATION OF OXYGENATED HYDROCARBONS - The present invention provides catalysts, methods, and reactor systems for converting oxygenated hydrocarbons to oxygenated compounds. The invention includes methods for producing cyclic ethers, monooxygenates, dioxygenates, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, and alcohols from oxygenated hydrocarbons, such as carbohydrates, sugars, sugar alcohols, sugar degradation products, and the like, using catalysts containing palladium, molybdenum, tin, and tungsten. The oxygenated compounds produced are useful in the production of liquid fuels, chemicals, and other products. | 05-21-2015 |
20150183701 | CATALYSTS FOR HYDRODEOXYGENATION OF OXYGENATED HYDROCARBONS - The present invention provides catalysts, methods, and reactor systems for converting oxygenated hydrocarbons to oxygenated compounds. The invention includes methods for producing cyclic ethers, monooxygenates, dioxygenates, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, and alcohols from oxygenated hydrocarbons, such as carbohydrates, sugars, sugar alcohols, sugar degradation products, and the like, using catalysts containing Group VIII metals. The oxygenated compounds produced are useful in the production of liquid fuels, chemicals, and other products. | 07-02-2015 |
Bruce Blank, Mission Viejo, CA US
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20140221110 | COMPOSITE TUBE FOR TORQUE AND/OR LOAD TRANSMISSIONS AND RELATED METHODS - A composite tube made from a combination fiber and epoxy is disclosed. The tube may be made by filament winding although other materials and processes are suitable. In one example, the tube laminate is a mix of axial and helical fibers tailored to meet the stiffness and strength requirements of the particular application. Fibers having a different modulus may also be mixed to meet axial and torsional stiffness requirements. For example, high modulus fibers may be used in a helical pattern to handle high torque loads while lower modulus fibers may be used for the remaining portion of the tube laminate. The composite tube may be used for load and/or torque bearing applications and can include a support tube pressed fit into an end of the tube. | 08-07-2014 |
Carrine Blank, Missoula, MT US
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20140197098 | Production of Cyanobacterial or Algal Biomass Using Chitin as a Nitrogen Source - A process of growing a culture of cyanobacteria or algae using chitin or chitosan as a source of nitrogen for photosynthetic growth is described. This process can be used to remove pollutants from nitrogen-deficient natural waters or wastewaters. Biomass that results from photosynthetic growth on chitin can be used, either as whole cells or the isolated components of the cells, for a large variety of commercial purposes. | 07-17-2014 |
Carrine E. Blank, Missoula, MT US
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20120244603 | Production of Cyanobacterial or Algal Biomass Using Chitin as a Nitrogen Source - A process of growing a culture of cyanobacteria or algae using chitin or chitosan as a source of nitrogen for photosynthetic growth is described. This process can be used to remove pollutants from nitrogen-deficient natural waters or wastewaters. Biomass that results from photosynthetic growth on chitin can be used, either as whole cells or the isolated components of the cells, for a large variety of commercial purposes. | 09-27-2012 |
David A. Blank, Arnold, MD US
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20110232589 | COMBUSTION CONTROL VIA HOMOGENEOUS COMBUSTION RADICAL IGNITION (HCRI) OR PARTIAL HCRI IN CYCLIC IC ENGINES - A process is provided for improving combustion control and fuel efficiency in rotary and reciprocating IC engines by enabling leaner combustion at higher compression ratios using less heat for ignition. Embodiments employ secondary chambers of minimal total volume within a cylinder periphery. These chambers communicate with a main chamber via conduits and enable a radical ignition (“RI”) species generation and supply process that starts in earlier cycles to be augmented and used in later cycles. Measures regulate the RI species generated and provided to the main chamber. These species alter dominant chain-initiation reactions of the combustion ignition mechanism. Also employed when preferable are fluids of higher heat of vaporization and volatility but lower ignitability than the fuel. This process improves combustion in radical ignition engines and radical augmented spark and compression ignition engines. | 09-29-2011 |
20130306045 | Combustion Control via Homogeneous Combustion Radical Ignition (HCRI) or Partial HCRI in Cyclic IC Engines - A process for enhancement of combustion control in rotary and reciprocating IC engines for improving fuel efficiency by enabling leaner combustion at higher compression ratios. Embodiments supporting this process employ a fluid of higher heat of vaporization and higher volatility but lower ignitability than the fuel to increase the compression ratio required for self ignition. These have secondary chambers in a cylinder periphery for radical ignition (“RI”) species generation in an earlier cycle for use in a later cycle. These chambers communicate with a main chamber via conduits. Measures regulate the RI species generated and provided to the main chamber. These species then alter the dominant chain-initiation reactions of the main combustion ignition mechanism by lowering the heat and the fuel ratios required for combustion. This improves combustion in radical ignition engines and radical augmented spark and compression ignition engines. | 11-21-2013 |
Gary Laird Blank, Appeton, WI US
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20140052335 | WIRELESS SNOW PLOW CONTROL - Wireless snow plow control methods and systems may include at least three units in mutual wireless communicative connection: a plow control module (PCM), a vehicle control module (VCM), and a remote controller. Each unit may be capable of operating with any one of a plurality of units of another type, with any one of multiple types of vehicles, and with any one of multiple types of snow plows. Three specific units of different types may automatically synchronize for operating a particular snow plow in response to commands from the remote. The VCM may be capable of automatically detecting a connection status of a snow plow, enabling/disabling snow plow lights and vehicle lights based on the connection status, controlling enabled vehicle lights, and wirelessly controlling enabled snow plow lights. The remote may wirelessly transmit commands either directly to the PCM, or to the VCM for forwarding to the PCM. | 02-20-2014 |
Gary Laird Blank, Appleton, WI US
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20140049381 | SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR WIRELESS CONTROL FOR SNOW PLOWS - A safety system for a wireless snowplow controller makes the wireless controller safer and more effective. The system includes a vehicle, a snowplow, a wireless controller and a tether. The controller wirelessly sends one or more control signs to one or more control modules coupled to the vehicle and/or the snowplow. The control signals may be used to control operation of the snowplow. The controller may be configured such that it is only able to send control signals when it is connected, via the tether, to a power supply coupled to the vehicle. | 02-20-2014 |
Greg S. Blank, Menlo Park, CA US
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20090220492 | PROTEIN PURIFICATION - A method for purifying a polypeptide by ion exchange chromatography is described which involves changing the conductivity and/or pH of buffers in order to resolve a polypeptide of interest from one or more contaminants. | 09-03-2009 |
20140018523 | PROTEIN PURIFICATION - A method for purifying a polypeptide by ion exchange chromatography is described which involves changing the conductivity and/or pH of buffers in order to resolve a polypeptide of interest from one or more contaminants. | 01-16-2014 |
Izrail Blank, San Francisco, CA US
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20140173566 | WEBSITE UPDATE METHOD AND SYSTEM - Websites, including supporting databases, are updated with little or no downtime. In one aspect, a database is replicated prior to updating, so that updates can be performed on one copy while the other remains operational. In another aspect, the data remains in one location while an application programming interface for interacting with the data using new software code is introduced. Another application programming interface remains operational while the update is taking place. Public and private synonyms are used to direct web traffic to the appropriate application programming interface during the update process. | 06-19-2014 |
James D. Blank, Batavia, OH US
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20130014447 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BASEMENT LEAKAGE AND HUMIDITY - A system for controlling water leakage and excess humidity in a basement, including a water leakage vacuum apparatus that includes a water vacuuming apparatus to collect a water leakage through a basement wall, an air dehumidifying apparatus, and a perimeter channel system having a plurality of flow channels, disposed along the perimeter of the basement wall. The perimeter channel system includes a water channel for conducting the water leakage away from a basement wall to the water vacuuming apparatus, a humid air channel for communicating humid air from the air space proximate to the outer wall of the basement to a dehumidifying apparatus, and a dehumidified air channel for communicating the dehumidified air discharged from the dehumidifying apparatus to the air space proximate to the outer wall of the basement. | 01-17-2013 |
Jeff Blank, Mountain View, CA US
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20130006415 | MEDICATION DISPENSING CABINET SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A medication dispensing cabinet provides controlled access to medications and supplies stored in it. The cabinet may include at least one lockable storage compartment, and a controller that controls access to the at least one lockable storage compartment. The cabinet may include multiple printers integrated into the cabinet. The cabinet may include a camera operably coupled to the controller. The cabinet may include a set of cabinet electronics, and a power distribution and communications circuit board. The cabinet may include a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, wherein the controller conditions access to the at least one lockable storage compartment on receipt of information from the RFID reader. Data may be stored in the controller according to an implementation of RAID technology. The controller may include multiple electronic communications network interfaces, and may include an out of band network communication channel. A dispensing cabinet may facilitate printing of labels for medications. | 01-03-2013 |
20140222194 | MEDICATION DISPENSING CABINET SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A medication dispensing cabinet provides controlled access to medications and supplies stored in it. The cabinet may include at least one lockable storage compartment, and a controller that controls access to the at least one lockable storage compartment. The cabinet may include multiple printers integrated into the cabinet. The cabinet may include a camera operably coupled to the controller. The cabinet may include a set of cabinet electronics, and a power distribution and communications circuit board. The cabinet may include a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, wherein the controller conditions access to the at least one lockable storage compartment on receipt of information from the RFID reader. Data may be stored in the controller according to an implementation of RAID technology. The controller may include multiple electronic communications network interfaces, and may include an out of band network communication channel. A dispensing cabinet may facilitate printing of labels for medications. | 08-07-2014 |
Jonathan Blank, Los Angeles, CA US
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20130084549 | LITERACY EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD) - A literacy system provides teaching for reading and writing skills particularly adapted to students with autistic spectrum disorders (ADS). In one embodiment, the literacy system may include exercises for teaching visual sequencing, motor skills, phonology, semantics, syntax, and text. The literacy system may have a pre-reading section, which includes exercises for developing visual sequencing skills and motor skills prior to teaching the skills of reading and writing words. | 04-04-2013 |
Jonathan L. Blank, Westborough, MA US
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20150119410 | BIOMARKERS OF RESPONSE TO NAE INHIBITORS - Disclosed herein are markers whose mutational status is associated with sensitivity to treatment with NAE inhibitors. Mutational status is determined by measurement of characteristics of markers associated with the marker genes. Compositions and methods are provided to assess markers of marker genes to predict response to NAE inhibition treatment. | 04-30-2015 |
Jonathan Paul Blank, Mason, OH US
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20100147925 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FRICTION SURFACING USING A CONSUMABLE PIN TOOL - A friction surfacing apparatus and method for depositing one or more metals, metal alloys, or other materials is disclosed. The friction surfacing apparatus includes a pin tool holder, a non-consumable shoulder having an inside diameter and an outside diameter, the inside diameter terminating at an end wall and includes an angled side wall that forms a substantially frustoconical opening at one end, and a consumable pin tool coupled to the pin tool holder and at least partially protruding from the end wall of the shoulder. The shoulder is maintained at a predetermined distance from a surface of a workpiece such that the consumable pin tool deposits pin tool material onto the surface of the workpiece during a friction surfacing operation. | 06-17-2010 |
Jordan L. Blank, Lake Worth, FL US
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20140202357 | ASPHALT CUTBACK FORMULATIONS - There is disclosed embodiments of a composition comprising asphalt and an organic solvent and an additive, wherein the composition has at least one of increased viscosity, increased adhesion to a surface, decreased curing time, and improved maintenance of gel structure as compared to a control composition lacking said additive. | 07-24-2014 |
Joshua D. Blank, Portland, OR US
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20110306027 | OPEN AND INTERACTIVE E-LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method are described that provide nearly universal and simple access by learners everywhere to content developed by authors everywhere to produce an e-learning marketplace. Content is stored and updated centrally and current content is distributed to local content servers via a content delivery network (CDN). A proprietary server enables interfaces and a loadable seed to a user server connected with one or more learning management systems (LMSs). Training managers subscribe to content, the author obtains payment, and the learners ‘attend’ one or more courses, the completion status and grade of which are reportable to the one or more LMSs. Security is provided as is interaction among various users of the invented e-learning system and method. | 12-15-2011 |
20140237027 | OPEN AND INTERACTIVE E-LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method are described that provide nearly universal and simple access by learners everywhere to content developed by authors everywhere to produce an e-learning marketplace. Content is stored and updated centrally and current content is distributed to local content servers via a content delivery network (CDN). A proprietary server enables interfaces and a loadable seed to a user server connected with one or more learning management systems (LMSs). Training managers subscribe to content, the author obtains payment, and the learners ‘attend’ one or more courses, the completion status and grade of which are reportable to the one or more LMSs. Security is provided as is interaction among various users of the invented e-learning system and method. | 08-21-2014 |
Kenneth Blank, Philadelphia, PA US
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20100006419 | DEVICE FOR GENERATION OF PULSED CORONA DISCHARGE - The invention is a method and system for the generation of high voltage, pulsed, periodic corona discharges capable of being used in the presence of conductive liquid droplets. The method and system can be used, for example, in different devices for cleaning of gaseous or liquid media using pulsed corona discharge. Specially designed electrodes and an inductor increase the efficiency of the system, permit the plasma chemical oxidation of detrimental impurities, and increase the range of stable discharge operations in the presence of droplets of water or other conductive liquids in the discharge chamber. | 01-14-2010 |
20100168499 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AIR DISINFECTION AND STERILIZATION - A method for decontaminating bioaerosol with high concentrations of bacterial, viral, spore and other airborne microorganisms or biologic contaminants, in flight at high flow rates. A plasma screen created across the flow of air contaminated with airborne biologic agents renders contaminants non-culturable within millisecond. The technology may cooperate with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. It may be particularly beneficial in preventing bioterrorism and the spread of toxic or infectious agents, containing airborne pandemic threats such as avian flu, sterilizing spaces such as hospitals, pharmaceutical plants and manufacturing facilities, treating exhaust ventilation streams, minimizing biological environmental pollutants in industrial settings, improving general air quality, and preventing sick building syndrome. | 07-01-2010 |
20120141332 | VORTEX REACTOR AND METHOD OF USING IT - A vortex reactor is provided. The vortex reactor includes a substantially cylindrical shaped portion forming a reaction chamber therein, wherein said substantially cylindrical shaped portion forms a first charged electrode; a circumferential flow apparatus fluidly connected to the reaction chamber for creating a circumferential fluid flow; a second charged electrode; and an outlet for releasing said circumferential fluid flow. Also provided are methods of processing particulate solids using the vortex reactor of the invention. | 06-07-2012 |
Marion Blank, Malvern, PA US
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20090156418 | MARKERS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING AND TREATING CROHN'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS - A method for assessment of the suitability of and/or effectiveness of a target therapy for a gastrointestinal-related disorder, such as Crohn's disease, in a subject evaluates the presence, absence, and/or magnitude of expression of one or more genes in a 10-member gene panel in a sample. The method enables identification of the effectiveness of target therapies prior to or after starting a patient on such therapies. | 06-18-2009 |
Marion Blank, Horsham, PA US
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20140011704 | Markers and Methods for Assessing and Treating Crohn's Disease and Related Disorders - A method for assessment of the suitability of and/or effectiveness of a target therapy for a gastrointestinal-related disorder, such as Crohn's disease, in a subject evaluates the presence, absence, and/or magnitude of expression of one or more genes in a 10-member gene panel in a sample. The method enables identification of the effectiveness of target therapies prior to or after starting a patient on such therapies. | 01-09-2014 |
Mary Blank, Creve Coeur, IL US
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20110092342 | Therapeutic Device and Method of Using - A therapeutic device includes a weight distributing portion and a weight attaching portion. The weight distributing portion includes a relief area. The weight attaching portion is adapted to attach weights to the weight distributing portion. | 04-21-2011 |
Michael A. Blank, Tacoma, WA US
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20130071189 | Bridge System and Method Including Four Sided Concrete Bridge Units Adapted for Promoting Sedimentation - A method of providing an environmentally appealing region for water flow along an surrounded pathway tunnel involves providing a plurality of four-sided concrete bridge units in abutting relationship to create a surrounded pathway tunnel, one end of the tunnel located upstream along a water path and an opposite end of the tunnel located downstream along the water path; allowing water to flow through the surrounded pathway tunnel during a rain or other flow event; and providing a multiplicity of the four-sided bridge units with a corresponding bottom wall structure that interacts with the flowing water and earthen material in the flowing water such that capture and settling of the earthen material at locations along the tunnel occurs to produce a more natural water flow pathway along the tunnel. | 03-21-2013 |
Michael H. Blank, Chesterfield, MO US
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20140075806 | BREECH BOLT FOR FIREARM - A firearm including a receiver, a barrel, a breech bolt assembly, and a trigger assembly. The bolt assembly has a bolt including a body portion, a lug portion, and a firing pin bore. The lug portion includes outward extending lugs, a cartridge recess, and an off-center hole. The bolt assembly also includes an extractor and an ejector pin. At least some of the lugs on the lug portion of the bolt have a tapering outer face so that a rearward face of the respective lug is taller than a forward face of the respective lug. In another aspect, at least some of the lugs on the lug portion of the bolt have tapering side faces so that a rearward face of the respective lug is wider than a forward face of the respective lug. | 03-20-2014 |
Michael R. Blank, Tacoma, WA US
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20140314488 | BRIDGE SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING FOUR SIDED CONCRETE BRIDGE UNITS ADAPTED FOR PROMOTING SEDIMENTATION - A system providing environmentally friendly pathway tunnel utilizes bridge units having a bottom configuration with multiple elongated beams and slots. One or more of the beams includes upstanding sedimentation members that are spaced apart along a span of the tunnel. The system interacts with the flowing water and earthen material in the flowing water such that capture and settling of the earthen material at locations along the tunnel occurs to produce a more natural water flow pathway along the tunnel. | 10-23-2014 |
Mikel A. Blank, Ooltewah, TN US
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20090001195 | Elevated sprinkler system for a building - A sprinkler system is for projecting a liquid from a source onto ground adjacent to a building, the ground having an upper surface. The sprinkler system includes a fluid line coupled with the liquid source and having a flow passage and a nozzle coupled with the fluid line. The nozzle has a discharge port and is fluidly connected with the flow passage such that liquid in the passage flows through the discharge port. The nozzle and/or the fluid line are/is configured to couple with the building such that the nozzle discharge port is spaced generally vertically above the ground upper surface. Preferably, at least one coupler configured to connect the pipe and/or the nozzle with the building such that the nozzle is spaced a substantial vertical distance above the ground upper surface. Further, the nozzle is configured to direct liquid discharged from the flow line generally onto the ground. | 01-01-2009 |
Miri Blank US
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20100260760 | HUMAN ANTI-VEGF POLYCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - This invention relates to IVIG and fragments thereof and their use, specifically, provided herein are compositions and methods of inhibiting VEGF or VEGF receptor using polyclonal antibodies (pAb), or fragments thereof derived from human immunoglobulins. | 10-14-2010 |
Mitchell Neuman Blank, San Francisco, CA US
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20140136488 | System and Method for Fast File Tracking and Change Monitoring - Embodiments are directed towards a dynamic change evaluation mechanism, whereby items having a detected possible change are scheduled for re-evaluation for possible changes at a higher frequency than items detected to not have previously changed, while those items detected as not to have changed are dynamically scheduled for re-evaluation based on an evaluation backlog that may be in turn based, in part, on a time from when an item is assigned an expiration time to when the item is evaluated. In one embodiment, a possibly changed item may be assigned a new expiration time independent of the evaluation backlog. In another embodiment, if no change is detected, then the item may be assigned a new expiration time as a function of a previous expiration time and on the evaluation backlog. | 05-15-2014 |
20150154217 | File Update Tracking - Embodiments are directed towards managing and tracking item identification of a plurality of items to determine if an item is a new or existing item, where an existing item has been previously processed. In some embodiments, two or more item identifiers may be generated. In one embodiment, generating the two or more item identifiers may include analyzing the item using a small item size characteristic, a compressed item, or for an identifier collision. The two or more item identifiers may be employed to determine if the item is a new or existing item. In one embodiment, the two or more item identifiers may be compared to a record about an existing item to determine if the item is a new or existing item. If the item is an existing item, then the item may be further processed to determine if the existing item has actually changed. | 06-04-2015 |
Molly Annalise Buckley Blank, Bellevue, WA US
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20130341315 | Heat Flux Balanced Thermometer for Measuring Human Core Temperature - Different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus comprising one or more heating elements, a plurality of sensors, insulation, and a processor. The plurality of sensors includes at least a skin temperature sensor and an oven temperature sensor. The insulation is configured to thermally isolate the skin temperature sensor form the oven temperature sensor. The processor is configured to receive temperature data from the plurality of sensors and to control the one or more heating elements using the temperature data received. | 12-26-2013 |
Neil Blank, Eldorado Springs, CO US
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20100171886 | PRESENTATION OF READING SERVICE CHANNELS TO THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED - Systems and methods are disclosed to automatically provide an audio sub-channel for a reading service to a visually impaired user. An audio service system includes a control module and a transmit module. The control module is operable to identify an audio sub-channel for a reading service available for reception within a broadcast area of a television content provider. The control module is further operable to identify a set of commands for a television tuner instructing the television tuner to tune to the audio sub-channel. The transmit module is operable to transmit the set of commands to the television tuner so the visually impaired user can listen to the audio sub-channel for the reading service. | 07-08-2010 |
20140078038 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESSORY DISPLAYS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Systems and methods herein provide for an accessorizeable display of features for a processing device, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, or other processing devices. The display may be configured as a case on the “backside” or cover of the processing device that interfaces through a communication port of the processing device. In one embodiment, a system includes a display data module operable on the processing device to provide a graphical user interface via a first display device to a user of the processing device, and to interface with a second display device coupled to the processing device to display an image on the second display device. The system also includes a remote data center operable to retrieve the image and to communicate with the display data module through a network to provide the image to the second display device via the display data module. | 03-20-2014 |
Neil D. Blank, Eldorado Springs, CO US
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20120229270 | Wearable biofeedback system - A wearable biofeedback device is provided. The device preferably includes a glove structure and external display device. The glove has at least one sheath for receiving a digit. The glove and sheath include dorsal and palmer surfaces. The palmer surfaces include at least one sensor for acquiring a bio-signal. The dorsal surface includes a compartment for containing an electronics control module. The electronics module is contained in the compartment, and is in communication with the sensor. A circuit system, accommodated in the electronics module, includes an analog to digital converter, a processor for performing an analysis and translation of the digitized bio-signals into a biometric measurement data, a battery, and a wirelessly transmission module for performing wirelessly transmission to the external device. The external device is wirelessly communicated with the glove through the wireless transmission module, and is adapted to display the biometric measurement data in an audio or visual display. | 09-13-2012 |
Paul C. Blank, La Crosse, WI US
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20090199527 | FANFOLD MEDIA DUST INHIBITOR - Fanfold and/or perforated media comprising a substrate including one or more friable coatings and an overcoat covering at least a portion of the one or more friable coatings proximate to one or more associated fanfolds and/or perforations is provided, wherein the overcoat mitigates spallation of the one or more friable coatings. Methods and apparatus for making the same are also disclosed. | 08-13-2009 |
Paul C. Blank, Lacrosse, WI US
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20090015647 | TWO-SIDE THERMAL PRINTER - Methods of, and apparatus for, two-sided thermal printing comprising direct and/or thermal transfer print means are provided. In one embodiment, a combined direct thermal and thermal transfer printer and related media are disclosed wherein direct thermal printing is provided for on a first media side, and thermal transfer printing is provided on a second media side. In other embodiments, various two-sided thermal transfer printers and media are disclosed wherein thermal transfer printing is provided for on first and second media sides through use of, inter alia, a one- and/or a two-sided thermal transfer ribbon. | 01-15-2009 |
20090017236 | TWO-SIDED THERMAL MEDIA - Two-sided thermal media comprising thermal transfer receptive and/or direct thermal thermally sensitive coatings on one or both of a first and a second side thereof are provided. In one embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and a first and a second thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the respective first and second substrate sides is provided. In another embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a thermal transfer receptive coating on a first side thereof, and a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating on a second side thereof, is provided. In some embodiments, a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating provided on one or both sides of two-sided thermal media is adapted to image at a temperature different than a temperature at which thermal transfer printing has or can occur. | 01-15-2009 |
20100160159 | THERMAL LABELS - A direct thermal label and methods of making thereof are provided. In one embodiment, a direct thermal label comprising a first substrate and a thermal barrier coating is provided, wherein the first substrate has a thermally sensitive coating situated over the thermal barrier coating on at least a first side thereof. | 06-24-2010 |
Paul S. Blank, Gettysburg, PA US
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20130186173 | DEVICE FOR SIMULATING EXPLOSIVE BLAST AND IMAGING BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN - A device and method for simulating a blast shock wave of the type produced by explosive devices such as bombs. A pneumatic charge releases a blast shock wave along a conduit which terminates in a first outlet that communicates with the atmosphere and a second outlet that is sealed to a specimen chamber. The first outlet has a quick release valve that prevents venting of the pneumatic charge to the atmosphere until the pressure at the valve reaches a predetermined level that opens the valve. The pneumatic charge therefore initially flows through the second outlet to direct the blast into the specimen chamber, until subsequent opening of the quick release valve redirects the gas flow out of the first outlet and rapidly reduces pressure in the chamber. The blast wave closely simulates the Friedlander curve, and its effects are viewed during instead of only after the blast is completed. | 07-25-2013 |
Rich Blank, San Jose, CA US
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20090142163 | Wafer position correction with a dual, side-by-side wafer transfer robot - Methods and systems for positioning wafers using a dual side-by-side end effector robot are provided. The methods involve performing place moves using dual side-by-side end effector robots with active wafer position correction. According to various embodiments, the methods may be used for placement into a process module, loadlock or other destination by a dual wafer transfer robot. The methods provide nearly double the throughput of a single wafer transfer schemes by transferring two wafers with the same number of moves. | 06-04-2009 |
20100278623 | MAGNETIC ROTATIONAL HARDSTOP FOR ROBOT - Rotational hardstop assemblies that provide greater than 360 degrees of non-continuous rotation for rotating mechanisms are provided. In certain embodiments, an assembly is used to provide 630 or more degrees of rotation for the shoulder axis of a robot, such as a wafer transfer robot. The rotational hardstop assemblies include opposing magnets as springs. According to various embodiments, the opposing magnets provide non-contact engagement and produce no contact noise nor have any wear over time. The rotational hardstop assemblies provide the ability to location from either direction of rotation of a robot cylindrical coordinate system. | 11-04-2010 |
Richard Blank, San Jose, CA US
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20120251271 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING OXIDE GROWTH IN SUBSTRATE HANDLER VACUUM CHAMBERS - A substrate handling robot includes an arm section and a wrist portion connected to the arm section. An end effector is connected to the wrist portion and is configured to support a substrate. A housing is arranged adjacent to the end effector and includes a gas outlet that directs gas onto an exposed surface of the substrate during transport. | 10-04-2012 |
20140154033 | DUAL ARM VACUUM ROBOT - A dual arm robot for a substrate processing system includes a base and a first arm having extended and retracted positions. Each of the first and second arms includes a first arm portion having one end rotatably connected to the base, a second arm portion having one end rotatably connected to another end of the first arm portion, and an end effector having one end rotatably connected to another end of the second arm portion and another end configured to support first and second substrates, respectively. When the first and second arms are arranged in the retracted position, connections between the second arm portions and the end effectors are located over or under the second and first substrates, respectively, and the first substrate is not located over or under the second substrate. | 06-05-2014 |
Richard M. Blank, San Jose, CA US
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20130183131 | DUAL ARM VACUUM ROBOT - A robot for use in semiconductor vacuum chambers is disclosed. The robot may include two independently-driven arms configured for wafer handling. The robot may include three motors or drive systems and a tri-axial seal to realize independent extension/retraction of each arm and overall simultaneous rotation of the arm assembly. The robot may provide enhanced throughput efficiency over other robot designs. | 07-18-2013 |
20130213169 | MASS DAMPER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER HANDLING END EFFECTOR - A calibrated mass damper for use with end effectors for semiconductor wafer handling robots is described. The calibrated mass damper reduces vibrational response in an end effector carrying a semiconductor wafer without requiring modification of the end effector structure. | 08-22-2013 |
20140017042 | END EFFECTOR HAVING MULTIPLE-POSITION CONTACT POINTS - An apparatus is provided for lifting a substrate. The apparatus comprises a first piece and a second piece. The apparatus further comprises a set of first contact points in a plane and a set of second contact points, where at least one contact point from each set is present on the first piece and the second piece. The apparatus also comprises an actuator that translates the first piece, substantially parallel to the plane, between a first position and a second position relative to the second piece. Additionally, the first position arranges the set of first contact points so that all of the contact points of the set of first contact points are able to engage the substrate, and the second position arranges the set of second contact points so that all of the contact points of the second set of contact points are able to engage the substrate. | 01-16-2014 |
20140348618 | VACUUM ROBOT WITH LINEAR TRANSLATION CARRIAGE - A robot for use in vacuum chambers is disclosed. The robot may be mounted within an oblong transfer chamber and may be translated within the transfer chamber by an umbilical arm operating in conjunction with a linear motion guide and carriage. Motors or drive systems for the robot may be housed in atmospheric conditions, and the transfer chamber may be kept at a vacuum. The robot may include one or more arms configured for wafer handling. The robot may include one or more motors or drive systems and a multi-axial seal to realize independent extension/retraction of each arm and overall simultaneous rotation of the arm assembly. | 11-27-2014 |
20150179488 | ROBOT WITH INTEGRATED ALIGNER - A robot with an integrated aligner is provided that allows for the alignment of a semiconductor wafer while the semiconductor wafer transits between multiple stations. The robot with an integrated aligner may contain a rotational wafer support configured to rotate and/or translate, one or multiple robotic arms, and a sensor. The robot may pick and place the semiconductor wafer with the robotic arm from or into a station and from or onto the rotational wafer support. The robot may be configured to rotate the semiconductor wafer into a desired orientation when the semiconductor wafer is on the rotational wafer support. The rotation of the semiconductor wafer into a desired orientation may be aided the sensor. The robot may have a positioning mechanism which moves it between different positions in a semiconductor tool. | 06-25-2015 |
Robert Norman Blank, Richmond, TX US
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20100155073 | RETRIEVABLE HYDRAULIC SUBSEA BOP CONTROL POD - Systems and methods for improved hydraulic control systems for actuation of subsea equipment in deep water are disclosed. The hydraulic control system relies on smaller fluid flow associated with a hydraulic pressure pulse to actuate the small volume actuation control valve. In one embodiment, the system includes small diameter control umbilical hoses and pilot-operated valves with low actuation volumes. Particularly, a hydraulic control system for reducing the signal time to a subsea blowout preventer in water depth up to and greater than about 5000 feet. Some embodiments comprise a valve arrangement which hydraulically actuate one side of a hydraulic control function, while simultaneously evacuating the opposing circuit both at the seabed and at the surface. Some embodiments comprise an umbilical hose located proximate the center of an umbilical bundle. Preferably, the umbilical hose has a plurality of layers of reinforcing fibers which increase with the diameter of the reinforcement layer. | 06-24-2010 |
Robin M. Blank, Hopkins, MN US
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20100190676 | COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCED REMOVAL OF BLOOD SOILS - A composition for blood-containing soils is provided. The composition is useful in warewashing, hard surface cleaning, laundry, and in cleaning medical, dental, and animal care instruments and implements. A composition of the invention comprises an iron chelant, a reducing agent, and lysing agent. Compositions of the invention may be provided in concentrated form or as ready-to-use solutions and may be provided in liquid, powder, solid, or granulated forms. Optional additional ingredients include but are not limited to surfactants, pH modifiers, viscosity modifiers, water, builders, corrosion inhibitors, threshhold agents, anti-redeposition agents, aesthetic aids, antimicrobial agents, solidification agents, and processing aids. A desirable feature of the invention lies in its ability to clean blood-containing soils at low active concentrations. The invention further provides a method of removing blood-containing soils from a surface including applying a composition to a soil, the composition including an iron sequestrant, a reducing agent, and a lytic agent. | 07-29-2010 |
Rodney L. Blank, Zeeland, MI US
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20140022390 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror reflective element and a video display device operable to display video information that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle through said mirror reflective element and at a display region of said mirror reflective element. The video display device may be operable to display a directional heading at a compass display portion of the display region, and means may be provided to adjust the directional heading display to limit image sticking of the displayed directional heading. The mirror assembly may have a touch zone having at least one touch pad established at a perimeter border band of the reflective element, and may have another touch sensor to detect a touch of a user away from the touch zone to determine when a detected touch at the touch zone is an unintentional touch. | 01-23-2014 |
Roy Blank, Spring Valley, NY US
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20120034287 | Quaternary Ammonium Glycol Ether Disinfectant Wipes - A nonwoven absorbent wipe is impregnated with an antibacterial and antimicrobial composition comprising quaternary ammonium salts, glycol ethers, a surfactant and water. A method of preparation and a process for disinfecting hard surfaces with the wipe are provided. | 02-09-2012 |
20120039974 | Quaternary Ammonium Caprylyl Glycol Disinfectant Wipes - A disinfectant wipe and disinfectant composition which exhibits exceptional antimicrobial activities as a result of the synergistic combination of a quaternary ammonium salts and 1,2-alkandiol is provided. The wipe is pre-impregnated with a disinfectant composition which comprises a quaternary ammonium salt, a 1,2-alkanediol with 5-10 carbon atoms, a glycol ether, a surfactant, a pH regulating agent, and water, and optionally alcohol. A method of preparation and a process for disinfecting a surface with the wipe composition are also provided. | 02-16-2012 |
Seth Blank, San Francisco, CA US
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20090182707 | DATABASE CHANGESET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of database changeset management for automated information enhancement and control over changesets using a computational device. The steps include: analyzing and processing a query; journaling the query into a changeset-journaling module; recording a blocking journal entry based on a blocking characteristic of the query into a journal blocker module; sending a database mutation statement to a database. Undo requests are checked against the blocking journal before execution. Further steps include: triggering an interest protocol on a match of a query with an interest set; returning a response to a query based solely on information from a changeset-journaling module; comparing an actual return from the database to an expected return and generating a difference statement therebetween; providing a collaboration module; and providing a second changeset-journal module configured to journal an alternate database state; and returning a query result based on the alternate database state. | 07-16-2009 |
Tamara K. Blank, Kew Gardens, NY US
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20130219334 | TRIP AND TRAVEL TOOL - A server transmits a first page to be displayed. The first page includes a location entry representing a location to visit on a trip and at least two map elements, the two map elements and location entry being organized as a list in a first order on the first page. A request to move a selected map element of the two map elements within the list is received. Parameters of the selected map element are changed to form changed parameters that change the position of the selected map element within the list. The server transmits a second page to be displayed based on the changed parameters, the second page comprising the location entry and the two map elements organized as a second list in a second order. | 08-22-2013 |
Thomas B. Blank, Chandler, AZ US
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20080200783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF SKIN PERFUSION FOR INDIRECT GLUCOSE MEASUREMENT - A method and apparatus for noninvasive glucose measurement measures glucose indirectly from the natural response of tissue to variations in analyte concentration. The indirect measurement method utilizes factors affected by or correlated with the concentration of glucose, such as refractive index, electrolyte distribution or tissue scattering. Measurement reliability is greatly improved by stabilizing optical properties of the tissue at the measurement site, thus blood perfusion rates at the sample site are regulated. Perfusion is monitored and stabilized by spectroscopically measuring a control parameter, such as skin temperature, that directly affects perfusion. The control parameter is maintained in a range about a set point, thus stabilizing perfusion. Skin temperature is controlled using a variety of means, including the use of active heating and cooling elements, passive devices, such as thermal wraps, and through the use of a heated coupling medium having favorable heat transfer properties. | 08-21-2008 |
20090098587 | METHOD OF SCREENING FOR DISORDERS OF GLUCOSE METABOLISM - A method of screening for disorders of glucose metabolism such as impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes allows prevention, or early detection and treatment of diabetic complications such as cardiovascular disease, retinopathy, and other disorders of the major organs and systems. A mathematical algorithm evaluates the shape of a subject's glucose profile and classifies the profile into one of several predefined clusters, each cluster corresponding either to a normal condition or one of several abnormal conditions. The series of blood glucose values making up the glucose tolerance curve may be measured using any glucose analyzer including: invasive, minimally invasive and noninvasive types. The method is executed on a processing device programmed to perform the steps of the method. Depending on the outcome of the screening, a subject may be provided with additional information concerning their condition and/or counseled to consult further with their health care provider. | 04-16-2009 |
Thomas B. Blank, Gilbert, AZ US
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20080319299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING POSITIONING OF A NONINVASIVE ANALYZER SAMPLE PROBE - The invention relates generally to a probe interface method and apparatus for use in conjunction with an optical based noninvasive analyzer. More particularly, an algorithm controls a sample probe position and attitude relative to a skin sample site before and/or during sampling. For example, a sample probe head of a sample module is controlled by an algorithm along the normal-to-skin-axis. Preferably, the sample probe head is positioned in terms of 3-D location in the x-, y-, and z-axes and is attitude orientated in terms of pitch, yaw, and roll. Further, attitude of the probe head is preferably orientated prior to contact of the sample probe head with the tissue sample using indicators, such as non-contact distance feedback from capacitance sensor, contacting or non-contacting optical sensors, and/or contact electrical sensors. | 12-25-2008 |
20080319382 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A CHANNELED SAMPLE PROBE TO TISSUE - Sampling is controlled in order to enhance analyte concentration estimation derived from noninvasive sampling. More particularly, sampling is controlled using controlled fluid delivery to a region between a tip of a sample probe and a tissue measurement site. The controlled fluid delivery enhances coverage of a skin sample site with the thin layer of fluid. Delivery of contact fluid is controlled in terms of spatial delivery, volume, thickness, distribution, temperature, and/or pressure. | 12-25-2008 |
20090247840 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A SAMPLE PROBE WITH A SAMPLE SITE - The invention comprises method and apparatus for fluid delivery between a sample probe and a sample. The fluid delivery system includes: a fluid reservoir, a delivery channel, a manifold or plenum, a channel or moat, a groove, and/or a dendritic pathway to deliver a thin and distributed layer of a fluid to a sample probe head and/or to a sample site. The fluid delivery system reduces sampling errors due to mechanical tissue distortion, specular reflectance, probe placement, and/or mechanically induced sample site stress/strain associated with optical sampling of the sample. | 10-01-2009 |
20090318786 | CHANNELED TISSUE SAMPLE PROBE METHOD AND APPARATUS - Sampling is controlled in order to enhance analyte concentration estimation derived from noninvasive sampling. More particularly, sampling is controlled using controlled fluid delivery to a region between a tip of a sample probe and a tissue measurement site. The controlled fluid delivery enhances coverage of a skin sample site with the thin layer of fluid. Delivery of contact fluid is controlled in terms of spatial delivery, volume, thickness, distribution, temperature, and/or pressure. | 12-24-2009 |
Thomas B. Blank, Laguna Beach, CA US
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20140316228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING A SAMPLE PROBE WITH A SAMPLE SITE - The invention comprises method and apparatus for fluid delivery between a sample probe and a sample. The fluid delivery system includes: a fluid reservoir, a delivery channel, a manifold or plenum, a channel or moat, a groove, and/or a dendritic pathway to deliver a thin and distributed layer of a fluid to a sample probe head and/or to a sample site. The fluid delivery system reduces sampling errors due to mechanical tissue distortion, specular reflectance, probe placement, and/or mechanically induced sample site stress/strain associated with optical sampling of the sample. | 10-23-2014 |
Timothy A. Blank, Plymouth, FL US
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20140000162 | AEROPONIC GROWING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
Vadim Blank, Campbell, CA US
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20150141175 | TENNIS GAME ANALYSIS USING INERTIAL SENSORS - A method for analyzing a tennis session for game improvement using a portable device and a tennis analysis system, includes collecting information from the tennis session using the portable device attached to a racket used in a game for a plurality of strokes, transferring the collected information from the portable device to the tennis analysis system using a communication interface; analyzing information relating to the plurality of strokes; analyzing information relating to collections of strokes from said plurality of strokes to identify rallies, games, sets and matches played during the session, by said tennis analysis system; and generating a plurality of game statistics. | 05-21-2015 |
William Blank, Bellevue, WA US
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20140247822 | DYNAMIC RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS POINT - The claimed subject matter provides for systems and/or methods for a dynamic range wireless access point to initiate deliberate and/or selective communications with one or more wireless devices over a short range radio path. One embodiment of an access point system comprises a processor that transfers one or more wireless devices to a long range radio path once a transition condition has been met. In another embodiment, an access point system may affect transactions between user/customer's smart devices and a commercial place of business where the access point system and the smart devices initiate communications when the smart devices are deliberately placed within the proximity of the access point antenna and/or the smart devices are brought within the vicinity of the access point antenna such as by passing through the entrance or exit to the place of business. | 09-04-2014 |
William T. Blank, Bellevue, WA US
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20150193102 | MULTI-MODE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Embodiments relating to a wearable multi-mode display system actuatable by a wrist or hand are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment a first compact image is displayed in a first display mode via a display device, with the first compact image having a display resolution corresponding to a first application. While in the first display mode, a principal user input is received from the user's wrist or hand. In response, a second, different compact image is displayed. When the device is less than a predetermined distance from the user, an application image is displayed in a second display mode, with the application image having a greater display resolution. While in the second display mode, a secondary user input is received from the user's wrist or hand. In response, a graphical user interface element is controlled within the application image. | 07-09-2015 |
William Thomas Blank, Bellevue, WA US
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20120320157 | COMBINED LIGHTING, PROJECTION, AND IMAGE CAPTURE WITHOUT VIDEO FEEDBACK - A “Concurrent Projector-Camera” uses an image projection device in combination with one or more cameras to enable various techniques that provide visually flicker-free projection of images or video, while real-time image or video capture is occurring in that same space. The Concurrent Projector-Camera provides this projection in a manner that eliminates video feedback into the real-time image or video capture. More specifically, the Concurrent Projector-Camera dynamically synchronizes a combination of projector lighting (or light-control points) on-state temporal compression in combination with on-state temporal shifting during each image frame projection to open a “capture time slot” for image capture during which no image is being projected. This capture time slot represents a tradeoff between image capture time and decreased brightness of the projected image. Examples of image projection devices include LED-LCD based projection devices, DLP-based projection devices using LED or laser illumination in combination with micromirror arrays, etc. | 12-20-2012 |
20120320158 | INTERACTIVE AND SHARED SURFACES - The interactive and shared surface technique described herein employs hardware that can project on any surface, capture color video of that surface, and get depth information of and above the surface while preventing visual feedback (also known as video feedback, video echo, or visual echo). The technique provides N-way sharing of a surface using video compositing. It also provides for automatic calibration of hardware components, including calibration of any projector, RGB camera, depth camera and any microphones employed by the technique. The technique provides object manipulation with physical, visual, audio, and hover gestures and interaction between digital objects displayed on the surface and physical objects placed on or above the surface. It can capture and scan the surface in a manner that captures or scans exactly what the user sees, which includes both local and remote objects, drawings, annotations, hands, and so forth. | 12-20-2012 |
20130090064 | DYNAMIC RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS POINT - The claimed subject matter provides for systems and/or methods for a dynamic range wireless access point to initiate deliberate and/or selective communications with one or more wireless devices over a short range radio path. One embodiment of an access point system comprises a processor that transfers one or more wireless devices to a long range radio path once a transition condition has been met. In another embodiment, an access point system may affect transactions between user/customer's smart devices and a commercial place of business where the access point system and the smart devices initiate communications when the smart devices are deliberately placed within the proximity of the access point antenna and/or the smart devices are brought within the vicinity of the access point antenna such as by passing through the entrance or exit to the place of business. | 04-11-2013 |
20130341315 | Heat Flux Balanced Thermometer for Measuring Human Core Temperature - Different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus comprising one or more heating elements, a plurality of sensors, insulation, and a processor. The plurality of sensors includes at least a skin temperature sensor and an oven temperature sensor. The insulation is configured to thermally isolate the skin temperature sensor form the oven temperature sensor. The processor is configured to receive temperature data from the plurality of sensors and to control the one or more heating elements using the temperature data received. | 12-26-2013 |
20150097928 | INTRA-FRAME CONTROL OF PROJECTOR ON-OFF STATES - A “Concurrent Projector-Camera” uses an image projection device in combination with one or more cameras to enable various techniques that provide visually flicker-free projection of images or video, while real-time image or video capture is occurring in that same space. The Concurrent Projector-Camera provides this projection in a manner that eliminates video feedback into the real-time image or video capture. More specifically, the Concurrent Projector-Camera dynamically synchronizes a combination of projector lighting (or light-control points) on-state temporal compression in combination with on-state temporal shifting during each image frame projection to open a “capture time slot” for image capture during which no image is being projected. This capture time slot represents a tradeoff between image capture time and decreased brightness of the projected image. Examples of image projection devices include LED-LCD based projection devices, DLP-based projection devices using LED or laser illumination in combination with micromirror arrays, etc. | 04-09-2015 |