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Adam Goetz, Olathe, KS US
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20150362364 | Apparatus and Method for Detection of Electromagnetic Radiation Using Optical Switches in an RF Network - Apparatuses and methods for identifying and characterizing an impingement by electromagnetic radiation on a structure's surface. An array of input and output radiofrequency transmission lines are connected by photoconductive switches that conduct only when exposed to incident electromagnetic radiation. Each input line is assigned a unique input RF frequency. If a switch is exposed to radiation, the connection between the corresponding input and output lines closes, and an RF signal is output from the output port connected to the closed switch, while if the switch is not exposed to the incident radiation, the connection remains open and no RF signal is output. By analyzing the frequencies of the signals output at a port, the location of the radiation incident on the structure can be determined. | 12-17-2015 |
Alexander F. H. Goetz, Boulder, CO US
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20100157293 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING A DISPENSED PHARMACEUTICAL - An apparatus for verifying the identity of a dispensed pharmaceutical comprises an analysis unit adapted to determine a property of the dispensed pharmaceutical, an input device adapted to receive predetermined identifying information corresponding to the dispensed pharmaceutical, and a comparison unit adapted to compare the determined property of the dispensed pharmaceutical with the predetermined identifying information. In addition, a method of verifying a prescription is disclosed, wherein the prescription comprises a pharmaceutical compound and the method includes associating the prescription with identifying information, determining a property of the pharmaceutical, counting tablets of the pharmaceutical and utilizing the determined property in connection with the identifying information to verify the prescription. | 06-24-2010 |
20120242991 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING MONOCHROMATOR AND DIODE ARRAY SPECTROMETER INSTRUMENTATION - A system and method for determining bias in a spectrometer is described. One embodiment includes a method for determining bias in a spectrometer system, the method comprising over-scanning a grating in a near-zero-response wavelength range; and determining a bias based on the over-scanning. This methodology allows for over-scanning a grating in a near-zero-response wavelength range as a substitute for using shutters or other mechanisms to block light from entering a detector in the system. | 09-27-2012 |
Alisa Goetz, Bellaire, TX US
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20090094051 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MINIMIZING COSTS OF DRUG PURCHASES - Drug purchases are evaluated according to available offers from drug manufacturers, based on the equivalent dosage regimens for similar drugs. Equivalent doses among drugs are calculated. Purchasing amounts of equivalent doses of drugs are reviewed. The costs of the equivalent doses of the drugs are compared, taking into account contractual price adjustments, such as discounts and rebates. Subsequent purchasing amounts of the drugs are determined, using results from the comparisons. The new purchasing amounts of the equivalent doses of the drugs are produced. | 04-09-2009 |
20100235179 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STORING MEDICAL SUPPLIES - Storing of medical supplies is performed according to rules promoting safety and ergonomics. The physical arrangement of medical supplies within a storage unit is analyzed. An inventory of medical supplies to be stored in the storage unit is established. A new physical arrangement of medical supplies within the storage unit is determined based on the rules for storing medical supplies and the inventory. The storage unit is configured according to the new physical arrangement. The physical locations within the storage unit where each of the medical supplies is to be stored are indicated. The medical supplies are stored in the indicated locations. | 09-16-2010 |
Anne Goetz, St. Paul, MN US
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20150359390 | Foot Support - The foot support includes a sloped draining surface, a non-skid base, and a number of sides connecting the sloped draining surface to the non-skid base. | 12-17-2015 |
Antje K. Goetz, Gainesville, FL US
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20100323444 | CULTURING AND DIFFERENTIATING NEURAL PRECURSOR CELLS - Systems and methods have been developed for large-scale propagation and differentiation of populations of neurons and glia from neural precursor cells derived from postnatal brain. Under culture conditions containing pituitary extract and mitogenic factors, cells derived from neural stem cells can be attached to a substrate, maintained and serially passaged in culture. Upon removal of mitogenic factors, clusters of neural progenitor cells can be induced that co-express markers of neural stem cells and immature neurons. Unlimited numbers of cells at characterized stages of neurogenesis can be produced. Upon maturation, neuronal cells extend processes and differentiate into mature neuronal phenotypes capable of generating action potentials. | 12-23-2010 |
Brad Goetz, Loveland, OH US
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20080229921 | BRAIDED REINFORCEMENT FOR AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE FRAMES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A machine and method for applying braid by means of a braiding machine to a mandrel, where the mandrel has a shape that approximates a wheel but has an irregularly varying radius of curvature. The machine includes drive/positioning wheel assemblies that are used to continuously reposition a cross-section of the mandrel relative to the braiding machine such that a center point of cross-section of the mandrel is maintained to be coaxial with a braiding point of the braiding machine as the mandrel | 09-25-2008 |
Brad Goetz, Cincinnati, OH US
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20110283870 | BRAIDED REINFORCEMENT FOR AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE FRAMES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for applying a braided fabric over a mandrel using a braiding apparatus having a central axis and providing braiding yarns drawn toward a braiding point where a braid is formed on the mandrel, the method comprising the steps of advancing the mandrel through the braiding point of the braiding apparatus, determining a current position of the mandrel; and controlling the position of the mandrel transversely to the central axis of the braiding apparatus responsive to the current position such that a center point of a mandrel cross-section passing through the braiding apparatus is coincident with the braiding point. | 11-24-2011 |
Brian Goetz, Williston, VT US
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20100228796 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT OF SOFT REFERENCES - A garbage collector determines a target amount of heap space to deallocate, estimates an amount of heap space reachable by a plurality of soft references by determining a cumulative size of no more than an exploration bound N number of objects reachable from each soft reference, and deallocates heap space based on the target amount and the estimate of the heap space reachable from the soft references. Deallocating heap space may include clearing at least one soft reference. If the estimate is inaccurate, it may be utilized regardless or modified to account for inaccuracy. The least-recently-used or the largest soft reference may be cleared until the total cleared space reachable exceeds the target amount. By performing a bounded analysis, the garbage collector may be able to make a more informed decision about whether to clear a soft reference without consuming the full amount of resources consumed by an exhaustive analysis. | 09-09-2010 |
20120005660 | Type Inference of Partially-Specified Parameterized Types - A compiler receives source code for a program and determines that the code includes a declaration expression and an initialization expression in an assignment context. The declaration expression introduces a variable and specifies part of a parameterized type for the variable but not another part of the parameterized type. A parameterized type may include a ground type part and one or more type arguments; in a declaration expression, the specified part of the parameterized type may include a ground type and the unspecified part may include one or more of the type arguments. The initialization expression specifies an initial value for the variable, where the value has a parameterized type. The assignment context associates the declared variable with the initial value. The compiler infers the type for the variable based at least on the part specified in the declaration expression and on the type specified by the initialization expression. | 01-05-2012 |
20120072905 | JAVA STORE - A computer readable medium including computer readable code for causing a computer system to perform a method. The method includes receiving an application, receiving application information for the application, and determining an access privilege for the application based, in part, on the application information. The method also includes generating a deployment package for the application using the application and the access privilege, and publishing the application. | 03-22-2012 |
20120096264 | JAVA STORE TELEVISION - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including computer readable code that, when executed by a processor, is configured to receive, from a user network device, a first request to execute an application on the user network device. The first request includes a user identification, routing information, and requested application information, encrypted using a public key. The user network device is configured to display the application on a television display device. The code is further configured to decrypt the routing information and requested application information using a private key, send a second request for subscription information to a service provider, receive the subscription information from the service provider, and determine that a license corresponding to the application is associated with the user. The code is further configured to generate and send an application package configured to deploy the application using a Java Runtime Environment on the user network device. | 04-19-2012 |
20120210308 | BINDING-BASED CHARACTERIZATION OF CLOSURES IN SOFTWARE PROGRAMS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the compilation and execution of a software program. During operation, the system obtains a closure from source code for the software program. Next, the system characterizes a type of the closure based on a mutability of one or more variables captured by the closure. Finally, the system encodes the type into a compiled form of the closure to facilitate subsequent execution of the closure in a multithreaded environment. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210320 | PREVENTING UNSAFE SHARING THROUGH CONFINEMENT OF MUTABLE CAPTURED VARIABLES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the development and execution of a software program. During operation, the system provides a mechanism for restricting a variable to a runtime context in the software program. Next, the system identifies the runtime context during execution of the software program. Finally, the system uses the mechanism to prevent incorrect execution of the software program by ensuring that a closure capturing the variable executes within the identified runtime context. | 08-16-2012 |
20120272214 | INTERFACE METHOD RESOLUTION FOR VIRTUAL EXTENSION METHODS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the development and execution of a software program. During operation, the system obtains, from the software program, a method call associated with one or more interfaces containing a virtual extension method. Next, the system resolves the method call by obtaining a method implementation corresponding to the method call from at least one of an inheritance hierarchy associated with the method call and the virtual extension method. | 10-25-2012 |
20130174133 | ADAPTIVE SELECTION OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE VERSIONS FOR COMPILATION OF SOFTWARE PROGRAMS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the development and compilation of a software program. During operation, the system obtains a set of compilation units to be used in the software program and a version order associated with a programming language of the compilation units. Next, for each compilation unit from the set of compilation units, the system uses the version order to select a version of the programming language that is compatible with the compilation unit. The system then uses the version to compile the compilation unit. | 07-04-2013 |
20140019947 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING COMPATIBILITY CHECKING FOR LAMBDA EXPRESSION - A system and method can support compatibility checking in a programming language environment. The programming language environment can check whether a target type associated with an expression in the programming language environment is functional, wherein the target type is functional when it has exactly one method meeting one or more criteria that define that method as relevant in a counting system. Then, the programming language environment can derive a function descriptor from the target type, which is context-dependent. Furthermore, the programming language environment can type-check the expression with the function descriptor associated with the target type. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPILING LAMBDA EXPRESSION IN A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method can support context-dependent expression compilation in a programming language environment. A compiler in the programming language environment can provide one or more context objects that operate to compile various context-dependent expressions in different programming contexts. Then, the compiler can use a said context object to derive a target type associated with a context-dependent expression, and use the context object to perform compatibility check for the context-dependent expression in the programming language environment. | 01-16-2014 |
20140040666 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FEEDBACK DRIVEN REGRESSION TESTING - Systems and methods for automatically testing one or more versions of a compiler of are disclosed. A compiler is instrumented to generated data exposing various internal decisions and/or actions made by the compiler. Subsequently, multiple distinct versions of the compiler are executed to compile a code corpus associated with a particular programming language. Output (including instrumentation output) from the compilation of the code corpus for each version of the compiler is obtained and compared to identify behavioral changes that may exist between the various versions of the compiler. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040872 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING A COMPILER THROUGH COMPILE-TIME DECISION FEEDBACK - Systems and methods for automatic generation of one or more test programs to be used in conjunction with a test framework for testing a compiler are disclosed. A compiler is instrumented to generated data exposing various internal decisions and/or actions made by the compiler. A test program is generated by test framework and compiled by the compiler and the output is validated by the test framework to ensure that the compiler is behaving according to its compiler specification. | 02-06-2014 |
20140123109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING COMPILER IMPLEMENTATION USING DYNAMIC COMBINATORIAL TEST GENERATION - A system and method can support compiler testing in a programming language environment. The programming language environment can include a testing framework that can provide a program template based on a programming language that is targeted by a compiler implementation to be tested. Furthermore, the testing framework can generate a plurality of sub-tests that contains different variations in the test space based on the program template, and can use the compiler implementation to be tested to compile the generated sub-tests. Finally, the testing framework can check the output of the compiler implementation to be tested against the expected output for the generated sub-tests. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123118 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFERRING IMMUTABILITY OF PROGRAM VARIABLES - In accordance with various embodiments, systems and methods are provided which facilitate inferring immutability of variables. A compiler analyzes local variables within source code to determine whether they are immutable. In particular embodiments the compiler examines locations where each variable is assigned to determine whether the variable was definitely unassigned before the assignment. Because the compiler can infer whether a local variable is immutable, it is possible for the programmer to avoid using a keyword to expressly declare the local variable as immutable. Inferring immutability of variables, thus, maintains correctness of the compiled code while reducing the burden on the programmer. | 05-01-2014 |
20140137087 | Target Typing of Overloaded Method and Constructor Arguments - Methods and apparatus for target typing of overloaded method and constructor arguments are described. A method comprises determining whether source code of a program includes, as an argument to an overloaded operation invocation, an expression whose type is context-dependent. The method further comprises, if the source code includes such an argument, providing the expression as an input to an overload resolver, and determining at the overload resolver whether (a) each argument of the invocation is compatible with types of corresponding parameters in one or more declarations and (b) whether a particular declaration among such a set of declarations can be identified as the most specific. If both conditions are met, the method comprises generating executable instructions for the invocation. | 05-15-2014 |
20140208323 | PREVENTING UNSAFE SHARING THROUGH CONFINEMENT OF MUTABLE CAPTURED VARIABLES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the development and execution of a software program. During operation, the system provides a mechanism for restricting a variable to a runtime context in the software program. Next, the system identifies the runtime context during execution of the software program. Finally, the system uses the mechanism to prevent incorrect execution of the software program by ensuring that a closure capturing the variable executes within the identified runtime context. | 07-24-2014 |
20150301807 | Partial Specialization of Generic Classes - Generic classes may have more than one specializable type parameter and it may be desirable to specialize one or more of the type variables while not specializing others. The result of partial specialization may be one or more additional generic classes that are further specializable on the remaining type parameters. A runtime specializer may partially specialize a generic class to produce a partially specialized class and may subsequently further specialize the partially specialized class to generate a fully specialized class. Thus, rather than performing the specialization of a generic class all at once, such as by specializing Map | 10-22-2015 |
20150301808 | Manual Refinement of Specialized Classes - While a runtime specializer may always be able to generate an automated specialized version of a generic class, in some cases an alternate form of user control over specialization may allow the use of automated specialization while also adding (or overriding) specialization-specific method implementations. In general, the set of members of a generic class may not change when the class is specialized. In other words, the same members may exist in the auto-specialized version as in the generic version. However, manual refinement of specialized classes may allow a developer to hand specialize a particular (possibly a better) representation and/or implementation of one or more methods of the specialized class. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301809 | Wholesale Replacement of Specialized Classes - Wholesale replacement of specialized classes may involve the ability to replace the auto specialization of a generic class may not be used at all and instead, a completely different, hand-written, class when the class is specialized for particular type parameterizations, according to some embodiments. The replacement class may have the same interface as the generic or auto specialized version, but it may have a completely different representation and/or implementation. A runtime environment may load the alternate version of the class, based on information identifying the alternate version, whenever the particular specialization is instantiated. The runtime may not have to load the generic or auto specialized version of the class when using the alternate version of the class. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301812 | Metadata-driven Dynamic Specialization - Metadata-driven dynamic specialization may include applying a type erasure operation to a set of instruction in a generic class or to a method declaration that includes typed variables using an encoded form of an instruction or an argument to an instruction. The instruction may operate on values of the reference types and the argument may be a signature that indicates the reference types. The encoded form may be annotated to include metadata indicating which type variables have been erased and which reference types are the erasures of type variables. Additionally, the metadata may indicate that the instruction operates on values of, and that the argument indicates reference types that are erasures of, the type variables of the class (or method) declaration. Moreover, the encoded form of the instruction or argument may be used directly without specialization or transformation. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301825 | Decomposing a Generic Class into Layers - The domain of genericity of an existing generic class may be expanded to include not just reference types, but also primitive and value types even though some members of the existing class do not support the expanded genericity. A subdivided version of the class may be created that includes a generic layer including abstract versions of class members and a reference-specific layer that including non-abstract versions of class members that are abstract in the generic layer. The subdivided version of the class may also include information that indicates to which layer a class member belongs. Problematic methods (e.g., methods that have built-in assumptions regarding the domain of genericity) may be moved into the second, reference-specific, layer, thereby retaining compatibility with classes that currently instantiate or reference those methods, while still allowing use within the expanded domain of genericity. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301837 | Structural Identification of Dynamically Generated, Pattern-Instantiation, Generated Classes - Structural identification of dynamically generated, pattern-instantiation classes may be utilized using structural descriptions. Instead of describing classes only by name, and using that name to locate that class, a class may be referred to by a generator function and arguments to the generator function. A structural description may specify the generator function and the parameters. In addition, a structural description of a class may be used as a parameter to a generator function specified by another structural description. A structural description may be used similarly to a class name for virtually any situation in which a class name may be used. Classes may be compared using their structural descriptions. For example, two structural descriptions may be considered to be the same class if they specify the same generator function and parameters. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301840 | Dependency-driven Co-Specialization of Specialized Classes - The loading or operation of a specialized class may trigger the specialization of other classes. A compiler may be configured to recognize dependency relationships between generic classes and to describe the classes in terms of the type variables of the triggering types (e.g., the types and/or type parameterizations) that trigger the specialization of classes based on the specialization of a first class. A compiler may include information, such as structural references, indicating dependency relationships between classes when generating class files. Thus, the class file may include information indicating that a class extends a class resulting from applying a specialization code generator to an argument. Loading a first class may trigger the loading of a second class described by a structural description such that a specializer (and/or class loader) may apply the structural description to generate and load the second class for the particular parameterization. | 10-22-2015 |
20150331681 | HANDLING VALUE TYPES - In one approach, a method comprises receiving one or more higher-level instructions specifying to assign a value of a particular value type to a particular container of a plurality of containers, wherein the plurality of containers represent a data structure for maintaining one or more variables during execution of a block of code, wherein at least two containers of the plurality of containers are different sizes; generating one or more lower-level instructions that assign the value to the particular container based on applying one or more assignment rules to the one or more higher-level instructions based on the particular value type and executing the one or more lower-level instructions. | 11-19-2015 |
20150363174 | COMPLEX CONSTANTS - In an approach, a virtual machine identifies, within a set of instructions, an instruction to load a constant; identifies, based on the instruction to load the constant, a first entry in a data structure that identifies a particular constant type of the one or more constant types, wherein the first entry specifies at least constant data and a first set of instructions for assembling a value or partial value from the constant data; executes the first set of instructions to assemble the value or the partial value from the constant data; and stores a particular value or a reference to the particular value onto a run-time data structure used to pass values or references between sets of instructions executing in a run-time environment, wherein the particular value is based on the value or the particular value assembled from the constant data. | 12-17-2015 |
Dale A. Goetz, Park, KS US
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20150250142 | Downed livestock animal carriage assembly - An assembly for forklift tine carriage of a downed livestock animal, the forklift including a lateral tine and an oppositely lateral tine, the assembly incorporating a durable flexible sheet having longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal edges; longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal pairs of “D” loops respectively fixedly attached to the durable flexible sheet at its longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal edges; longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal stays respectively extending through the longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal pairs “D” loops; and lateral and oppositely lateral pairs of durable flexible loops engaging the longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal stays, the lateral and oppositely lateral pairs of durable flexible loops being slidably positionable along the longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal stays for, upon longitudinal movements of the lateral and oppositely lateral forklift tines over the durable flexible sheet, respectively engaging the lateral and oppositely lateral forklift tines. | 09-10-2015 |
David Goetz, New Orleans, LA US
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20160037947 | BEVERAGE COOLING DEVICE - A beverage cooling device for the rapid cooling of the content of canned or bottle beverages is provided. The beverage cooling device is a handheld device that easily engages the top of a can or beverage. The beverage cooling device includes a housing with side walls for mounting a motor. A container engagement member is attached to the motor along the bottom side of the housing such that it is able to freely rotate within the side walls of the housing. The container engagement member is attached to the drive shaft of the motor such that it is able to rotate when the motor is actuated. The container engagement member includes, at its center, a central gripping member for gripping the top of containers with long narrow necks. The container engagement member further includes peripheral gripping members for engaging containers having tops of larger circumferences, such aluminum beverage containers of varying sizes. The motor is actuated by an on/off switch. The motor rotates the container engagement member when actuated thus enabling the rotation of bottles or containers when engaged by the container engagement member of the beverage cooling device. Rapid rotation of the beverage container in contact with a chilling substance such as ice or ice water results in a very rapid chilling of the contents of the beverage container. | 02-11-2016 |
David Goetz, San Antonio, TX US
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20130091241 | Distributed Rate Limiting Of Handling Requests - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for performing rate limiting in a horizontally distributed and scalable manner. The method includes receiving a request in a rate limiter. In turn, a sleep time can be obtained for the request based at least in part on a time value and an allotted time per request, and the request can be delayed according to the sleep time. The time value can be obtained from a distributed key value store using a key generated from the request. After this sleep time, the request can be forwarded from the rate limiter to the handling server. | 04-11-2013 |
David Patrick Goetz, San Antonio, TX US
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20120233117 | Higher Efficiency Storage Replication Using Compression - An improved scalable object storage system includes methods and systems allowing multiple clusters to work together. In one embodiment, there is a multi-cluster synchronization system between two or more clusters. The multi-cluster synchronization system uses variable compression to optimize the transfer of information between the clusters. Compression is used not only to minimize the total number of bytes sent between the two clusters, but to dynamically vary the size of the objects sent across the wire to optimize for higher throughput after considering packet loss, TCP windows, and block sizes. This includes both the packaging of multiple small files together into one larger compressed file, saving on TCP and header overhead, but also the chunking of large files into multiple smaller files that are less likely to have difficulties due to intermittent network congestion or errors. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233118 | Multi-Cluster Container Replication - An improved scalable object storage system allows multiple clusters to work together. In one embodiment, a multi-cluster synchronization system synchronizes data between two or more clusters. Each cluster has a cluster-internal network, with object storage services and container services. The container services track and replicate metadata associated with the object storage service. An intercluster network connects the two clusters and performs a one-way synchronization of the objects and metadata associated with a particular container. In a further embodiment, multiple synchronization relationships can be set up, either in a cycle (with two or more participants), in a line, or in a tree. For example, the multi-cluster replication could be used to transparently synchronize objects in a CDN network. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233251 | Virtual Multi-Cluster Clouds - An improved scalable object storage system allows multiple clusters to work together. Users working with a first cluster, or with a multi-cluster gateway, can ask for services and have the request or data transparently proxied to a second cluster. This gives transparent cross-cluster replication, as well as multi-cluster compute or storage farms based upon spot availability or various provisioning policies. Vendors providing a cloud storage “frontend” can provide multiple backends simultaneously. In one embodiment, a multi-cluster gateway can have a two, three, or higher-level ring that transparently matches an incoming request with the correct cluster. In the ring, a request is first mapped to an abstract “partition” based on a consistent hash function, and then one or more constrained mappings map the partition number to an actual resource. In another embodiment, the multi-cluster gateway is a dumb gateway, and the rings are located only at the cluster level. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233463 | Cluster Federation and Trust - An improved scalable object storage system allows multiple clusters to work together. In one embodiment, a trust and federation relationship is established between a first cluster and a second cluster. This is done by designating a first cluster as a trust root. The trust root receives contact from another cluster, and the two clusters exchange cryptographic credentials. The two clusters mutually authenticate each other based upon the credentials, and optionally relative to a third information service, and establish a service connection. Services from the remote cluster are registered as being available to the cluster designated as the trust root. Multi-cluster gateways can also be designated as the trust root, and joined clusters can be mutually untrusting. Two one-way trust and federation relationships can be set up to form a trusted bidirectional channel. | 09-13-2012 |
20140304334 | VIRTUAL MULTI-CLUSTER CLOUDS - An improved scalable object storage system includes methods and systems allowing multiple clusters to work together. Users working with a first cluster, or with a multi-cluster gateway, can ask for services and have the request or data transparently proxied to a second cluster. This gives transparent cross-cluster replication, as well as multi-cluster compute or storage farms based upon spot availability or various provisioning policies. Vendors providing a cloud storage “frontend” can provide multiple backends simultaneously. In one embodiment, a multi-cluster gateway can have a two, three, or higher-level ring that transparently matches an incoming request with the correct cluster. In the ring, a request is first mapped to an abstract “partition” based on a consistent hash function, and then one or more constrained mappings map the partition number to an actual resource. In another embodiment, the multi-cluster gateway is a dumb gateway, and the rings are located only at the cluster level. | 10-09-2014 |
20150156136 | CLUSTER FEDERATION AND TRUST - An improved scalable object storage system allows multiple clusters to work together. In one embodiment, a trust and federation relationship is established between a first cluster and a second cluster. This is done by designating a first cluster as a trust root. The trust root receives contact from another cluster, and the two clusters exchange cryptographic credentials. The two clusters mutually authenticate each other based upon the credentials, and optionally relative to a third information service, and establish a service connection. Services from the remote cluster are registered as being available to the cluster designated as the trust root. Multi-cluster gateways can also be designated as the trust root, and joined clusters can be mutually untrusting. Two one-way trust and federation relationships can be set up to form a trusted bidirectional channel. | 06-04-2015 |
20150220561 | System and Method for Exposing Cloud Stored Data to a Content Delivery Network - A system for exposing data stored in a cloud computing system to a content delivery network provider includes a database configured to receive and store metadata about the data, the database being implemented in the cloud computing system to store configuration metadata for the data related to the content delivery network, and an origin server configured to receive requests for the data from the content delivery network provider, and configured to provide the data to the content delivery network provider based on the metadata. | 08-06-2015 |
Dennis R. Goetz, Research Triangle Park, NC US
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20100274877 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATION OF OPERATING SYSTEM PARTITION TABLE - A system and method for automatically selecting and configuring storage devices according to an abstract partition table definition as part of a scripted operating system installation. The system has a deployment server in data communication with the one or more computers via the communication network. The deployment server has a deployment server storage device and a central processing unit. The deployment server storage device stores an inventory of the computers to which an operating system is to be deployed and a set of partition table requirements defined by one or more qualitative attributes associated with one or more computer storage device partitions. The central processing unit is in communication with the deployment server storage device and executes functions to map the inventory with the set of partition table requirements to create a partition table for each computer to which the operating system is to be deployed. | 10-28-2010 |
Derek Goetz, Surfside, FL US
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20090080760 | ANTI-COUNTERFEITING MARK AND METHODS - An anti-counterfeiting mark is formed on a surface of an object, preferably by engraving with a laser at the point of manufacture. The mark includes a padlock symbol visible to a person without magnification for informing the person that anti-counterfeiting techniques are in use. The mark also includes a microscopic pattern. Preferably, the microscopic pattern is varied from object to object for uniqueness. The microscopic pattern must be magnified to properly discern its intricacies. The mark further includes a bar code containing data relating to the microscopic pattern. The microscopic pattern may be compared against the data stored by the bar code to verify authenticity. | 03-26-2009 |
Doug Goetz, Athens, OH US
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20140186824 | DYNAMIC BIOCHEMICAL TISSUE ANALYSIS ASSAYS AND COMPOSITIONS - Described herein is a method, and compositions useful with the method, of analyzing a tissue from a subject. The method includes contacting a probe conjugate ( | 07-03-2014 |
Douglas J. Goetz, Athens, OH US
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20100004304 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA, BREAST, PROSTATE, COLON, PAPILLARY THYROID AND PANCREATIC CANCER - It is now recognized that chronic inflammation is an important risk factor for the development of cancer. The proinflammatory cytokine IL-6 is implicated in cancer because it is important for the activation of STAT, a key regulator of cancer growth, survival, metastasis, immune evasion and angiogenesis. Increased IL-6 and Stat-3 exists in vitro in pancreatic cancer, malignant melanoma, papillary thyroid cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer cells with high basal expression of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) and Wnt5a. IL6/STAT3 activation, mediated by overexpressed TLR3 signaling, appears important in the tumor growth process, it may increase Wnt5a signaling, and be associated with increased cellular growth and migration. Using a novel inhibitor of pathologic TLR3 signaling (5-phenylmethimazole [C10]) we have demonstrated decreases in these markers plus suppression of cell growth and migration in human pancreatic cancer, malignant melanoma, papillary thyroid cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer cells. | 01-07-2010 |
20120238610 | Use of phenylmethimazoles, methimazole derivatives, and tautomeric cyclic thiones for the treatment of autoimmune/inflammatory diseases associated with toll-like receptor overexpression - Treatment of autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases associated with overexpression of Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) as well as Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and/or TLR3/TLR4 signaling in nonimmune cells, monocytes, macrophages, and/or dendritic cells in association with related pathologies. The use of phenylmethimazoles, methimazole derivatives, and tautomeric cyclic thiones for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases associated with TLR3 as well as TLR4 and/or TLR3/TLR4 cellular signaling in association with related pathologies is disclosed. Methods of treating a subject having a disease or condition associated with abnormal TLR-3 as well as TLR-4 and/or TLR3/TLR4 cellular signaling in association with related pathologies are also disclosed. The present disclosure also relates to the treatment of autoimmune-inflammatory pathologies and chemokine and cytokine-mediated diseases associated with TLR overexpression and signaling. The disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical formulations capable of inhibiting the IRF-3/Type 1 IFN/STAT/ISRE/IRF-1 pathway associated with Toll-like receptor overexpression or signaling. | 09-20-2012 |
Douglas P. Goetz, St. Paul, MN US
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20110097212 | TOUGHENED CURABLE COMPOSITIONS - Toughened curable compositions are described. The curable compositions include a curable resin, surface-modified nanoparticles, and rubber nano-domains. Both core-shell rubber nano-domains, and nano-rubber domains arising from self-assembled block co-polymers are disclosed. Toughened, cured resin compositions, and articles comprising such cured compositions are also discussed. | 04-28-2011 |
20110245376 | NANOCALCITE COMPOSITES - Compositions comprising surface-modified nanocalcite particles dispersed in a curable resin, and to coatings and fibrous composites incorporating such compositions are described. The surface-modifying agents include a binding group ionically associated with the calcite and a compatiblizing segment, compatible with the curable resin. The surface-modifying agent may also include a reactive group capable of reacting with the curable resin. Methods of preparing nanocalcite composites and coating a fibrous composites prepared from such nanocalcite composites are also described. | 10-06-2011 |
20120245253 | HIGH MAGNESIUM SURFACE CONCENTRATION NANOCALCITE COMPOSITES - Compositions comprising surface-modified calcite nanoparticles dispersed in a curable resin and to coatings and fibrous composites incorporating such compositions are described. The nanocalcite particles have a high magnesium to calcium surface concentration ratio. The surface-modifying agents include a binding group ionically associated with the nanoparticles, and a compatiblizing segment compatible with the curable resin. The surface-modifying agent may also include a reactive group capable of reacting with the curable resin. Methods of preparing nanocalcite composites, and coatings and fibrous composites prepared from such nanocalcite composites are also described. | 09-27-2012 |
Duane Goetz, Gillette, WY US
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20140262343 | ROTATABLE TUBING ANCHOR - A rotatable tubing anchor for anchoring a tubing string to a casing in a well, wherein a lock pin extending radially inward from a cylindrical drag body interacts with a lazy T portion of a lock slot in a peripheral surface of a mandrel positioned in the cylindrical drag body limits vertical and rotational movement of the mandrel in relation to the cylindrical drag body in a manner that enables retaining, controlling, setting, and releasing anchor slips on the rotatable tubing anchor for lowering a tubing string equipped with the rotatable tubing anchor and a down hole pump into a well, anchoring the tubing string to casing in the well against upward tension on the tubing string while allowing rotation of the tubing string, and releasing the rotatable tubing anchor from the casing to enable pulling the tubing string, rotatable tubing anchor, and pump out of the well. | 09-18-2014 |
Frederick J. Goetz, Wilmington, DE US
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20090005561 | Heterocyclical Chromophore Architectures - NLO chromophores of the form of Formula (I) and the acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof, wherein Z, X | 01-01-2009 |
20110112295 | TRICYCLIC SPACER SYSTEMS FOR NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES - A compound for spacing nonlinear optical chromophores of the Formula I | 05-12-2011 |
20110178301 | HETEROCYCLICAL CHROMOPHORE ARCHITECTURES - NLO chromophores of the form of Formula I: | 07-21-2011 |
20140121376 | TRICYCLIC SPACER SYSTEMS FOR NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES - A compound for spacing nonlinear optical chromophores of the Formula I | 05-01-2014 |
Frederick J. Goetz, Newark, DE US
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20130345425 | HETEROCYCLICAL CHROMOPHORE ARCHITECTURES - NLO chromophores of the form of Formula I: | 12-26-2013 |
Frederick W. Goetz, Shorewood, WI US
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20140086961 | USE OF CYCLODEXTRINS IN DIETS, WATER OR VACCINE ADJUVANTS TO BOOST THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF FISH - The present disclosure describes compositions containing cyclodextrin and methods of using cyclodextrins to stimulate or enhance the immune system and response in fish. Methods of enhancing the efficacy of a fish vaccine by administering cyclodextrin to the fish are also described. | 03-27-2014 |
Gene Goetz, Waukesha, WI US
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20090137201 | Self-Aligning Telescoping Downdraft Ventilator Assembly - A telescoping downdraft ventilator with a system for self-aligning a vent within a housing is provided. The telescoping downdraft ventilator of the present invention comprises a housing with a track, a vent sized to fit within the housing, a drive assembly that moves the vent along the track, and a guide attached to the vent for engaging the track, wherein the guide is operably coupled with a biasing element. In one embodiment, a pair of guides is respectively coupled with pair of compression springs and is positioned on opposite sides of the vent along a line that is substantially perpendicular to a pair of tracks. | 05-28-2009 |
George Goetz, Fountain Hills, AZ US
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20100170684 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SODIUM AZIDE BASED SUPPRESSION OF FIRES - A fire suppressing gas generator includes a cylindrical housing comprising an array of discharge ports distributed generally uniformly therearound; a cylindrical filter disposed within the housing and spaced from the interior wall of the housing; a plurality of azide-based propellant grains inside the cylindrical filter; and at least one ignition device associated with the propellant grains. The propellant grains when ignited by the ignition device generate a fire suppressing gas which passes through the filter and out of the discharge ports of the cylindrical housing for delivery into a space. | 07-08-2010 |
20130180739 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SODIUM AZIDE BASED SUPPRESSION OF FIRES - A fire suppressing gas generator includes a cylindrical housing comprising an array of discharge ports distributed generally uniformly therearound; a cylindrical filter disposed within the housing and spaced from the interior wall of the housing; a plurality of azide-based propellant grains inside the cylindrical filter; and at least one ignition device associated with the propellant grains. The propellant grains when ignited by the ignition device generate a fire suppressing gas which passes through the filter and out of the discharge ports of the cylindrical housing for delivery into a space. | 07-18-2013 |
20130333902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SODIUM AZIDE BASED SUPPRESSION OF FIRES - A fire suppressing gas generator includes a cylindrical housing comprising an array of discharge ports distributed generally uniformly therearound; a cylindrical filter disposed within the housing and spaced from the interior wall of the housing; a plurality of azide-based propellant grains inside the cylindrical filter; and at least one ignition device associated with the propellant grains. The propellant grains when ignited by the ignition device generate a fire suppressing gas which passes through the filter and out of the discharge ports of the cylindrical housing for delivery into a space. | 12-19-2013 |
George H. Goetz, Joppa, MD US
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20110049237 | ARCHITECTURE FOR A LAUNCH CONTROLLER - A scalable and distributable software architecture for use in conjunction with various different weapons control system and launch systems is disclosed. The architecture discards the proprietary and non-open protocols and services that characterize in favor of open source adaptive and middleware components. In the illustrative embodiment of the invention, the inventive architecture is implemented as a Launch Control Module that separates different layers of responsibility within a launch controller (e.g., LCU) and exposes its variation points. | 03-03-2011 |
Glenn E. Goetz, East Amana, IA US
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20100293984 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING ICE FROM A BOTTOM MOUNT REFRIGERATOR - A bottom mount household refrigerator is provided with an apparatus to permit the dispensing of ice. According to one embodiment, a sealed ice making compartment is provided within the fresh food compartment. The sealed ice making compartment may be located at the bottom, at the top, or along a side wall within the fresh food compartment. According to another embodiment, ice is made in the ice compartment, and lifted upward to a dispensing location through the door of the fresh food compartment. | 11-25-2010 |
20120000234 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING ICE FROM A BOTTOM MOUNT REFRIGERATOR - A bottom mount household refrigerator is provided with an apparatus to permit the dispensing of ice. According to one embodiment, a sealed ice making compartment is provided within the fresh food compartment. The sealed ice making compartment may be located at the bottom, at the top, or along a side wall within the fresh food compartment. According to another embodiment, ice is made in the ice compartment, and lifted upward to a dispensing location through the door of the fresh food compartment. | 01-05-2012 |
20120324937 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING ICE FROM A BOTTOM MOUNT REFRIGERATOR - A bottom mount household refrigerator is provided with an apparatus to permit the dispensing of ice. According to one embodiment, a sealed ice making compartment is provided within the fresh food compartment. The sealed ice making compartment may be located at the bottom, at the top, or along a side wall within the fresh food compartment. According to another embodiment, ice is made in the ice compartment, and lifted upward to a dispensing location through the door of the fresh food compartment. | 12-27-2012 |
Graefe Goetz, Madison, WI US
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20110145516 | USING BUFFERED STORES OR MONITORING TO FILTER REDUNDANT TRANSACTIONAL ACCESSES AND MECHANISMS FOR MAPPING DATA TO BUFFERED METADATA - A method and apparatus for accelerating a Software Transactional Memory (STM) system is herein described. A data object and metadata for the data object may each be associated with a filter, such as a hardware monitor or ephemerally held filter information. The filter is in a first, default state when no access, such as a read, from the data object has occurred during a pendancy of a transaction. Upon encountering a first access to the metadata, such as a first read, access barrier operations, such as logging of the metadata; setting a read monitor; or updating ephemeral filter information with an ephemeral/buffered store operation, are performed. Upon a subsequent/redundant access to the metadata, such as a second read, access barrier operations are elided to accelerate the subsequent access based on the filter being set to the second state to indicate a previous access occurred. Additionally, mapping of data objects to ephemeral information may be provided by software, such as through a pointer to the ephemeral information associated with the data object; an offset from a base address of the data object to the ephemeral information included associated with the data object; an index into a segment containing the ephemeral information associated with the data object; mapping the data object to the ephemeral information utilizing address arithmetic; and a hash that maps the data object to ephemeral information. | 06-16-2011 |
Helmut Goetz, Fair Lawn, NJ US
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20120074271 | Electronic book, tablet computer and smart phone stand - A stand which holds an electronic device such as the electronic book such as the “Kindle” manufactured and sold by Amazon, a tablet computer such as the “iPad” manufactured and sold by Apple or a smart phone such as the “iPhone” manufactured and sold by Apple, and maintains said device in a comfortable and convenient viewing position is disclosed. Said stand consists of a lightweight material such as steel, stainless steel or plastic which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and sell and is also simple to use. One embodiment of said stand is manufactured to be collapsible and easily portable, manufactured in two parts to fold flat. | 03-29-2012 |
Herbert Goetz, Neenah, WI US
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20100212099 | Surface Cleaner - A surface cleaner and a method for using the surface cleaner are disclosed. The surface cleaner comprises a cleaner body with a lid, a hand gripping post and a thumb rest. The cleaning may be performed by a pad attached to the bottom of the cleaner body. Alternatively a sheet, such as a cloth or a paper towel, folded into the inside of the surface cleaner may be used. To hold the surface cleaner, the hand gripping post is inserted between the middle and ring fingers and the thumb is rested on the thumb rest. | 08-26-2010 |
20120198645 | SURFACE CLEANER - A surface cleaner and a method for using the surface cleaner are disclosed. The surface cleaner comprises a cleaner body with a lid, a hand gripping post and a thumb rest, The cleaning may be performed by a pad attached to the bottom of the cleaner body. Alternatively a sheet, such as a cloth or a paper towel, folded into the inside of the surface cleaner may be used. To hold the surface cleaner, the hand gripping post is inserted between the middle and ring fingers and the thumb is rested on the thumb rest. | 08-09-2012 |
Herbert John Peter Goetz, Neenah, WI US
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20110203094 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING A SEWAGE LINE CAP - A device and method for securely removing a sewer cap from a sewer line that may be under pressure is disclosed. The device comprises a tube adapted to tightly fit onto the end tee of the sewer line that contains the cap and a piston containing a handle configured to fit and for movement inside the tube. A discharge port on the tube is adapted to discharge fluids into a container. The piston has a recess adapted to tightly fit over the square protrusion typically present on sewer line caps. To remove the sewer cap, the recess in the piston is threaded onto the protrusion on sewer line cap. The tube is then threaded over the piston and tightened over the end tee of the sewer line. Turning the handle to loosen the handle allows any discharge to safely drain through the discharge port. | 08-25-2011 |
20130019487 | LINE MARKING ASSEMBLY - A line marking assembly for applying a marking a straight line with a marking powder onto a surface is disclosed. The line marking assembly comprises two chambers configured to mount one on each side of a level. Each chamber contains a cord wound on a spool, marking powder and a tensioning assembly that exerts a constant and continuous pull on the cord. The cords from each of the chambers may be combined with a coupler. Moving the coupler back and forth between the chambers coats the cords with marking powder. Placing the assembly onto a surface and snapping the cord marks a straight line on the surface. | 01-24-2013 |
Herbert Jp Goetz, Neenah, WI US
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20110079259 | COVERING APPARATUS OR TENT FOR A PLATFORM SWING - A covering apparatus or play tent is designed to sit disposed around a suspended platform swing. The tent is attached to a platform swing. The swing which is suspended by a rope from the ceiling has the ability to move forward, backward, laterally, and to rotate in both directions. Thus, the occupants have the ability to experience all of these movements while remaining inside the tent that is attached to the swing. The tent can be made of light weight canvas and has four isosceles trapezoidal sides with one side acting as a door. The door has a small inset window made of mesh with a material flap for closure. The tent may have both a ceiling and a floor. The outside of the tent has three small panels of felt which are attached to the tent for use with stories and literacy concepts. | 04-07-2011 |
Hilary J. Goetz, Grand Blanc, MI US
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20160114525 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLES HAVING INTERIOR PASSAGES - A method of manufacturing an article having one or more interior passages. The method comprises constructing a plurality of individual segments of the article using a molding compound and aligning each of the plurality of individual segments with at least one other of the plurality of segments such that portions of one or more interior passages disposed in adjacent segments are aligned with each other. The method further comprises bonding each of the plurality of individual segments of the article to one or more adjacent segments to form an assembled article, and curing the assembled article by applying energy thereto to produce a completed article. | 04-28-2016 |
Howard V. Goetz, Tigard, OR US
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20080239458 | Transmissive, Optically Addressed, Photosensitive Spatial Light Modulators and Color Display Systems Incorporating Same - An optically addressed, photoconductive spatial light modulator (SLM) operates in a transmissive mode and is capable of modulating a wide spectrum of visible light. There is no pixel structure or native pixel resolution in the SLM. The SLM has no photodiodes and does not rectify. A light projection system ( | 10-02-2008 |
20090015530 | Optically addressed gray scale electric charge-accumulating spatial light modulator - A technique for modulating light by an optically addressed, electric charge accumulating spatial light modulator achieves substantially monotonic gray scale response. Embodiments digitally modulate the voltage across a photoreceptive material included in the spatial light modulator. The digital modulation scheme entails illuminating the photoreceptor with a series of light pulses propagating from an LCoS, in which the durations of the light pulses and their positions in time combine to produce binary-weighted equivalent rms voltages on the photoreceptor. The light pulses originate from a light-emitting diode or other switchable light source, and the timing of the light pulses is controlled such that they are emitted only when the associated LCoS is in a stable state. Emitting light pulses while the LCoS is in a stable state avoids non-monotonic behavior. | 01-15-2009 |
20130222443 | Optically Addressed Gray Scale Electric Charge-Accumulating Spatial Light Modulator - A technique for modulating light by an optically addressed, electric charge accumulating spatial light modulator achieves substantially monotonic gray scale response. Embodiments digitally modulate the voltage across a photoreceptive material included in the spatial light modulator. The digital modulation scheme entails illuminating the photoreceptor with a series of light pulses propagating from an LCoS, in which the durations of the light pulses and their positions in time combine to produce binary-weighted equivalent rms voltages on the photoreceptor. The light pulses originate from a light-emitting diode or other switchable light source, and the timing of the light pulses is controlled such that they are emitted only when the associated LCoS is in a stable state. Emitting light pulses while the LCoS is in a stable state avoids non-monotonic behavior. | 08-29-2013 |
Jarrett Goetz, Boston, MA US
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20150242223 | In-Process Trapping for Service Substitution in Hosted Applications Executing on Mobile Devices with Multi-Operating System Environment - The invention provides in some aspects a computing device that includes a central processing unit that executes a native operating system including one or more native runtime environments within which native software applications are executing, where each such native software application has instructions for execution under the native operating system. One or more hosted runtime environments execute within the one or more native runtime environments, each of which hosted runtime environments executes hosted software applications that have instructions for execution under a hosted operating system that differs from the native operating system. A first hosted software application executing as a first process of the hosted runtime environments includes an instruction that references a member (hereinafter, “referenced member”) of an object defined by an object-oriented programming (OOP) class (“referenced class”). The process executes that instruction utilizing data and/or code (hereinafter, “substitute member”) other than that specified by the referenced class as the referenced member. As used here, a “member” of an object is any of a method member and a data member. | 08-27-2015 |
Jay R. Goetz, Deephaven, MN US
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20100013496 | Branch circuit black box - A branch circuit black box for use in a building electrical system having service entrance, current protection switches (circuit breakers or fuses), and a power distribution system includes a plurality of sensors positioned adjacent to the distribution wires, wherein the sensor data is collected, analyzed and stored by a robust non volatile memory for the purpose of recovering state and operational characteristics of branch circuits after the incident has occurred in a building. | 01-21-2010 |
Jeffrey Paul Goetz, Houston, TX US
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20120328373 | Subsea Hydrocarbon Containment Apparatus - A subsea hydrocarbon containment apparatus comprises a containment housing. In addition, the containment apparatus comprises a diverter plate mounted to the containment housing. The containment housing is configured to receive direct hydrocarbon fluids from a subsea hydrocarbon source and direct the hydrocarbon fluids to the diverter plate. | 12-27-2012 |
Jeromey Russell Goetz, Kent, WA US
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20100061539 | CONFERENCE CALL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods are described for improving connection to and management of conference calls. An inference/rules engine and human backed speech interpretation subsystem enable the system to efficiently use knowledge about the call to identify the caller and determine to which conference he or she should be connected. During the conference, a virtual assistant is available to interpret and execute system commands spoken by a caller, such as in a side conference accessed via DTMF tones. | 03-11-2010 |
20100063815 | REAL-TIME TRANSCRIPTION - A computing system accepts audio from one or more sources, parses the audio into chunks, and transcribes the chunks in substantially real time. Some transcription is performed automatically, while other transcription is performed by humans who listen to the audio and enter the words spoken and/or the intent of the caller (such as directions given to the system). The system provides for participants a user interface that is updated in substantially real time with the transcribed text from the audio stream(s). A single audio line can be used for simple transcription, and multiple audio lines are used to provide a real-time transcript of a conference call, deposition, or the like. A pool of analysts creates, checks, and/or corrects transcription, and callers/observers can even assist in the correction process through their respective user interfaces. Ads derived from the transcript are displayed together with the text in substantially real time. | 03-11-2010 |
Jeromey Russell Goetz, Seattle, WA US
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20150220637 | DETERMINING IMPORTANCE OF SCENES BASED UPON CLOSED CAPTIONING DATA - Disclosed are various embodiments for identifying importance of scenes or moments in video content relative to one another. Closed captioning data is extracted from a video content feature. A textual analysis of the closed captioning data is performed. The importance level of scenes can be ranked with respect to one another. | 08-06-2015 |
20160065891 | DETERMINING IMPORTANCE OF SCENES BASED UPON CLOSED CAPTIONING DATA - Disclosed are various embodiments for identifying importance of scenes or moments in video content relative to one another. Closed captioning data is extracted from a video content feature. A textual analysis of the closed captioning data is performed. The importance level of scenes can be ranked with respect to one another. | 03-03-2016 |
John A. Goetz, Bloomington, IN US
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20110143386 | METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF O-LINKED OLIOSACHARIDES - A method of analyzing O-linked oligosaccharides in a sample is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of digesting a glycoprotein with a proteolytic enzyme, performing solid-phase permethylation of the oligosaccharide, then analyzing the permethylated and non-reduced O-linked oligosaccharides using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. | 06-16-2011 |
John A. Goetz, Countryside Lane, IN US
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20100029580 | Method for Diagnosing Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma - The present invention relates to the constitutive activity of the Hedgehog pathway in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). A method for diagnosing NSCLC by detecting the level of a component of the Hedgehog pathway is provided, as is a method for identifying subjects that will respond positively to treatment with a Hedgehog pathway antagonist. Methods for treating subjects with cancer or cancers resistant to Hedgehog pathway antagonists are also provided. | 02-04-2010 |
Joshua K. Goetz, Boulder, CO US
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20140236144 | INTRAVERTEBRAL TISSUE ABLATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A tissue ablation device is provided for use in soft tissue and/or in bone. It is configured to include an inner probe with a first electrode and a second electrode and an outer needle through which the inner probe extends. After the inner probe is directed therewithin to a target, the outer needle can be withdrawn to expose space between the first and second electrodes to form an RF or other energy field for tissue ablation therebetween upon actuation of an energy source. Such embodiments may include methods for tissue ablation and placement of stabilizing materials. | 08-21-2014 |
Martin P. Goetz, Raleigh, NC US
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20110048795 | Electronic Package and Process - An electronic package has a cover or lid mounted onto a substrate to enclose an electronic device, and a liquid thermal interface material is subsequently inserted (through dispensing, injection molding or printing through apertures in the cover or lid) between the surface of the electronic device and the cover, and cured to a solid state. | 03-03-2011 |
Martin P. Goetz, Dallas, TX US
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20080222864 | Method for forming a multi-frequency surface acoustic wave device - Provided is a method of manufacturing a multi-frequency surface acoustic wave (SAW) device on a common piezoelectric substrate. The method features varying the resonant frequency of waveguide elements of the SAW device using a single etch step. The etch step removes a sub-portion of multiple layers of conductive film disposed on the substrate. | 09-18-2008 |
Martin P. Goetz, Cary, NC US
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20100110651 | Integrated Circuit Coating For Improved Thermal Isolation - During manufacture of an electronic device, an aerogel coating is applied to a first side of an IC substrate of a first IC. A bonding procedure is initiated, during which IC interconnects are either placed on the coated side of the substrate or on the opposite side of the substrate. The first IC is connected on a carrier to a second IC with the coated side of the first IC facing the second IC to reduce heat transmission to the second IC during operation of the first IC. The aerogel coating reduces thermal stress to the circuit board and surrounding components, reduces the risk of overheating of critical circuit components, provides chemical and mechanical insulation from contamination during subsequent wafer handling operations, and provides a thermal isolator between IC regions of dissimilar power dissipation, which isolator facilitates efficient thermal extraction from localized hotspots. | 05-06-2010 |
20120223442 | Method for Manufacturing an Electronic Device - During manufacture of an electronic device, an aerogel coating is applied to a first side of an IC substrate of a first IC. A bonding procedure is initiated, during which IC interconnects are either placed on the coated side of the substrate or on the opposite side of the substrate. The first IC is connected on a carrier to a second IC with the coated side of the first IC facing the second IC to reduce heat transmission to the second IC during operation of the first IC. The aerogel coating reduces thermal stress to the circuit board and surrounding components, reduces the risk of overheating of critical circuit components, provides chemical and mechanical insulation from contamination during subsequent wafer handling operations, and provides a thermal isolator between IC regions of dissimilar power dissipation, which isolator facilitates efficient thermal extraction from localized hotspots. | 09-06-2012 |
Matthew P. Goetz, Rochester, MN US
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20090208944 | ASSESSING OUTCOMES FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS TREATED WITH TAMOXIFEN - This document provides methods and materials related to assessing the likely outcome for mammals (e.g., humans) with cancer (e.g., breast cancer). For example, methods and materials that involve assessing a breast cancer patient's cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily D, polypeptide 6 (CYP2D6) genotype to determine the likelihood of the beast cancer patient to experience breast cancer relapse or death are provided. Methods and materials that involve assessing the likelihood that a breast cancer patient being treated with tamoxifen will experience side effects such as hot flashes also are provided. | 08-20-2009 |
20090326333 | ASSESSING OUTCOMES FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS - This document provides methods and materials related to assessing the likely outcome for mammals (e.g., humans) with cancer (e.g., breast cancer). For example, methods and materials for using the ratio of HOXB13 polypeptide expression to IL-17BR polypeptide expression to determine the likelihood of a breast cancer patient to experience breast cancer relapse or death are provided. | 12-31-2009 |
20100248223 | ASSESSING OUTCOMES FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS - This document provides methods and materials related to assessing the likely outcome for mammals (e.g., humans) with cancer (e.g., breast cancer). For example, methods and materials for using the ratio of HOXB13 polypeptide expression to IL-17BR polypeptide expression, CYP2D6 genotype, medication history, or combinations thereof to determine the likelihood of a breast cancer patient to experience breast cancer relapse or death are provided. | 09-30-2010 |
20110136913 | ASSESSING AND TREATING BREAST CANCER PATIENTS - This document provides methods and materials related to assessing and treating breast cancer patients. For example, methods and materials that involve assessing a breast cancer patient to determine whether the patient has (1) cancer cells that over express HER-2 polypeptides or comprise a HER-2 amplification and (2) at least an intermediate CYP2D6 metabolizer status are provided. | 06-09-2011 |
Michael Goetz, Scotch Plains, NJ US
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20130005673 | Extracts From Kibdelos Porangium As Antibacterial Agents - The present invention relates to novel compounds of formulae (I) and (II) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of human and animal bacterial infections and associated diseases and conditions; compositions containing such compounds; derivation of such compounds by fermentation and isolation, partial synthesis and total synthesis; methods of inhibiting bacterial growth; methods of treating, preventing or controlling bacterial infection; biologically pure cultures of bacterial strains from which such compounds may be produced; and processes for preparing compositions containing such compounds. | 01-03-2013 |
Michael C. Goetz, Fort Wayne, IN US
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20120042003 | COMMAND AND CONTROL TASK MANAGER - A task manager for use in a multi-user, multi-organizational environment is presented. Generally, the task manager enables users of devices or networked devices or systems, e.g., client/server arrangements, in different organizations to task and be tasked across organizational boundaries. The task manager provides a user interface through which users can generate, monitor and close tasks, as well as delegate tasks, decompose tasks generating subtasks and provide status updates for tasks and subtasks. The user interface allows a task-centric view in which an originator of a task can monitor the status of the task (including any and all related subtasks). It also allows a user-centric view in which tasks assigned by and to the same user can be viewed. In the task manager a task has a format that associates it with task attributes such as task identifier and user-provided attributes including name of task originator, name of task assignee, status, title and task description. The task description may be unstructured text or a structured data representation. | 02-16-2012 |
20120042075 | ADAPTIVE SERVICES COMMAND AND CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE - A software component that adapts resource utilization to match the needs of operational events in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) environment such as the military tactical edge is presented. The resources can include network resources and grid computing resources. | 02-16-2012 |
Michael H. Goetz, Berlin, PA US
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20100078501 | WATER SPRINKLER WITH SPRAY COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A sprinkler apparatus comprises a spray tube configured to move between a first side position and a second side position. The sprinkler apparatus also comprises a first side adjustment mechanism and a second side adjustment mechanism. Each adjustment mechanism comprises markings indicating lesser to greater degrees of sprinkling coverage area. The sprinkler apparatus further comprises a coverage indicator component attached to the spray tube. The coverage indicator component includes at least one window defined therein. The first side adjustment mechanism and the second side adjustment mechanism are independently moveable in relation to the coverage indicator such that the markings on the first side adjustment mechanism and the second side adjustment mechanism are selectively viewable to the user through the window. The positioning of one of the markings within the window results in a related degree of sprinkling coverage area by the sprinkler apparatus. | 04-01-2010 |
20100078502 | WATER SPRINKLER WITH TUBE ADAPTER MEMBER - A sprinkler apparatus comprises a sprinkler motor configured to rotate an output gear and a sprinkler tube configured to move in a repeating pattern in response to rotation of the output gear. The sprinkler apparatus further comprises a tube adapter interposed between the output gear and the sprinkler tube. The tube adapter is fixed in relation to the sprinkler tube. The tube adapter includes a first set of teeth and the output gear has a plurality of extending flexible fingers defining a second set of teeth which engage the first set of teeth. The output gear and the tube adaptor include water passages through which water advances from the sprinkler motor to the sprinkler tube. The flexible fingers on the output gear allow the second set of teeth to slide over the first set of teeth and provide a torque limiting relationship between the output gear and the tube adaptor. | 04-01-2010 |
20100163690 | Hose Hanger Assembly having Car Wheel Rim Configuration with Removable Cover Structure - A hose hanger assembly includes a tubular support, at least one mount, a flange structure, and a cover structure. The tubular support defines a first end, a second end, and a storage compartment located therebetween, the first end of the tubular support defining an access opening aligned with the storage compartment. The at least one mount is attached to the second end of the tubular support. The flange structure includes (i) an inner ring member attached in fixed relation to the first end of the tubular support, (ii) an outer ring member spaced apart from the inner ring member, and (iii) and a plurality of links interconnecting the outer ring member and the inner ring member so as to define a plurality of windows, the flange structure being configured to resemble a wheel rim flange. The cover structure is movable between (i) a first position in which the cover structure is located to cover the access opening, and (ii) a second position in which the cover structure is located to expose the access opening. The cover structure possesses a facade structure that includes (i) a first portion configured to resemble a hub cap, and (ii) a second portion configured to have a plurality of protrusions each being configured to resemble a drive portion of a lug nut. The plurality of protrusions is positioned to surround the first portion. | 07-01-2010 |
20100270440 | Hose Hanger Device - A hose hanger device for use in combination with a water timer comprises a housing defining a hose support surface for supporting a hose coiled thereon, and a receptacle sized to receive the base assembly of the water timer therein with receptacle openings corresponding to the inlet and outlet of the base assembly. An opening is defined in the front face of the housing to permit passage of the base assembly therethrough for placement within the receptacle. The receptacle is configured to support the base assembly so that an input and display module may be removably mounted on the base assembly with the module substantially flush with the front face of the housing. The receptacle supports the base assembly with its outlet fitting accessible for engaging a water hose. An angled water conduit situated within the housing is coupled between the inlet fitting of the base assembly and a conduit segment connected to a hose bib. | 10-28-2010 |
Michael Henry Goetz, Berlin, PA US
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20110162213 | Lopping Shears - A lopper includes a first metal plate including a first gear structure and a first elongate extension, a second metal plate including a second gear structure in meshing engagement with said first gear structure and a second elongate extension, a first handle coupled to said first elongate extension, a second handle coupled to said second elongate extension, a link to which each of said first body and said second body is pivotably connected so that said first gear structure and said second gear structure are retained in meshing engagement, a first metal blade member having a first arm portion, a first cutting portion, and a first intermediate portion interposed between said first arm portion and said first cutting portion, and a second metal blade member having a second arm portion, a second cutting portion, and a second intermediate portion interposed between said second arm portion and said second cutting portion. | 07-07-2011 |
Paul Goetz, Maple Grove, MN US
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20130042586 | VACUUM SWEEPER APPARATUS INCLUDING A FILTER BAG AND A METHOD OF INSTALLATION - A filter bag and an apparatus for attaching a filter bag to a vacuum sweeper are provided. The filter bag includes a top plate and a bag portion. The top plate has a key formed thereon. The apparatus includes a sled configured to receive a portion of a filter bag having a key formed thereon. The apparatus also includes a sweeper housing. The sweeper housing is adjacent the sled. The housing has a cavity for receiving a portion of the filter bag and a lock that interconnects with the key. A method for installing the filter bag in a vacuum sweeper is also provided. | 02-21-2013 |
20130341149 | CLUTCH FOR A VACUUM SWEEPER - A clutch for a vacuum sweeper includes a driver member and a clutch disk engaged with the driver member. The clutch disk has a drive portion. An axially biasing member is disposed between the driver member and the clutch disk. A shaft extends past the axial biasing member and through the driver member and clutch disk. A plurality of balls are positioned about the shaft. Each ball is disposed in a radially extending groove in the drive portion. The clutch also includes a driven member having a driven disk. The driven disk is positioned adjacent the plurality of balls and engaged with the drive portion. | 12-26-2013 |
Paul Robert Goetz, Maple Grove, MN US
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20150208849 | Infusers and Infusion Devices - An infuser for containing an infusion item includes an a first hollow body, a filter permeable to an infusion component derived from the infusion item, and a first internal volume at least partially defined by the first hollow body and the filter. The first internal volume is dimensioned to receive the infusion item therein. The first hollow body includes an elastomeric material deformable upon application of a deformation force to compress the first internal volume. | 07-30-2015 |
Peter G. Goetz, Springfield, VA US
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20090073536 | High performance chirped electrode design for large area optoelectronic devices - An electro-optic device with a doped semiconductor base and a plurality of pixels on the semiconductor base, each pixel including: a multiple quantum well formed on the semiconductor base, an oppositely doped semiconductor layer on the multiple quantum well, and a top electrode on the semiconductor layer, the top electrode shaped to produce an approximately uniform lateral resistance in the pixel. An embodiment is a large area modulator for modulating retro-reflector systems, which typically use large area surface-normal modulators with large lateral current flow. Uniform resistance to each part of the modulator decreases location dependence of frequency response. A chirped grid electrode balances semiconductor sheet resistance and metal line resistance components of the series resistance. | 03-19-2009 |
20100188725 | High Performance Chirped Electrode Design for Large Area Optoelectronic Devices - An electro-optic device with a doped semiconductor base and a plurality of pixels on the semiconductor base. Pixels include oppositely doped semiconductor layer and a top electrode formed on the oppositely doped semiconductor layer. The top electrode has a grid pattern with at least one busbar and a plurality of fingers extending from the busbar, and spacing between the fingers decreases with distance from the bondpad along the busbar. Each pixel can also include a multiple quantum well formed on the semiconductor base. The top electrode shape produces an approximately uniform lateral resistance in the pixel. An embodiment is a large area modulator for modulating retro-reflector systems, which typically use large area surface-normal modulators with large lateral current flow. Uniform resistance to each part of the modulator decreases location dependence of frequency response. A chirped grid electrode balances semiconductor sheet resistance and metal line resistance components of the series resistance. | 07-29-2010 |
20110051217 | High Performance Chirped Electrode Design for Large Area Optoelectronic Devices - An electro-optic device with a doped semiconductor base and a plurality of pixels on the semiconductor base. Pixels include oppositely doped semiconductor layer and a top electrode formed on the oppositely doped semiconductor layer. The top electrode has a grid pattern with at least one busbar and a plurality of fingers extending from the busbar, and spacing between the fingers decreases with distance from the bondpad along the busbar. Each pixel can also include a multiple quantum well formed on the semiconductor base. The top electrode shape produces an approximately uniform lateral resistance in the pixel. An embodiment is a large area modulator for modulating retro-reflector systems, which typically use large area surface-normal modulators with large lateral current flow. Uniform resistance to each part of the modulator decreases location dependence of frequency response. A chirped grid electrode balances semiconductor sheet resistance and metal line resistance components of the series resistance. | 03-03-2011 |
20110292485 | Integrated Angle of Arrival Sensing and Duplex Communication with Cats-Eye Multiple Quantum Well Modulating Retroreflector - A modulating retroreflector system includes a modulating retroreflector having a plurality of multiple quantum well modulator pixels and at least one transimpedance amplifier. The transimpedance amplifier receives a photocurrent generated by at least one of the plurality of modulator pixels. Each pixel is capacitively coupled to a current driver, which applies a high frequency digital electrical signal to the pixel when the voltage at the output of the transimpedance amplifier exceeds a threshold value. The modulated output of the retroreflector is reflected toward the source of the received optical beam. The system activates high frequency current drivers for only the illuminated pixels, eliminating the need for a separate angle of incidence sensor and reducing power requirements. A low frequency FSK signal can be superimposed on the DC optical interrogation beam and recovered as the unfiltered output of the transimpedance amplifier, to provide simultaneous bidirectional communication without a half-duplex communication protocol. | 12-01-2011 |
Robert Louis Goetz, Indianapolis, IN US
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20140230972 | WALL MEMBER USEFUL IN QUENCHING - In some examples, an apparatus includes a pallet supporting a plurality of workpieces, the pallet including through-holes structured to pass a quenching fluid. In some examples, the apparatus further includes a reservoir of quenching fluid configured to provide the quenching fluid, and a plurality of upturned wall portions extending from the pallet and substantially surrounding the exteriors of the plurality of workpieces. The plurality of upturned wall portions may be located in relative orientation to the plurality of workpieces to regulate heat transfer coefficients of the plurality of workpieces during a quenching operation. | 08-21-2014 |
Ryan Goetz, Austin, TX US
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20150262085 | INTEGRATED USE OF INFORMATION GENERATED IN ASSOCIATION WITH SERVICING PATRONS WITHIN A VENUE - The disclosures made herein are directed to systems and methodologies that assist in the management and operations of a venue, such as a movie theater or arena. Such assistance is provided by integrating data/information from distinct systems and/or sources into a single system. Advantages of such a system include, but are not limited to, sensing the presence of patrons at designated locations within the venue (e.g., patrons, visitors and the like), determining unauthorized seating, allowing patrons to request service at the venue and provide an overall improved patron experience in the interest of improving revenue through repeat visits, and increasing patron spending during each visit to the venue. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262086 | MANAGING PATRON SERVICING RESOURCES WITHIN A VENUE - The disclosures made herein are directed to systems and methodologies that assist in the management and operations of a venue, such as a movie theater or arena. Such assistance is provided by integrating data/information from distinct systems and/or sources into a single system. Advantages of such a system include, but are not limited to, sensing the presence of patrons at designated locations within the venue (e.g., patrons, visitors and the like), determining unauthorized seating, allowing patrons to request service at the venue and provide an overall improved patron experience in the interest of improving revenue through repeat visits, and increasing patron spending during each visit to the venue. | 09-17-2015 |
Stefan Goetz, Durham, NC US
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20150104821 | Device and Method for Sorting and Labeling of Biological Systems based on the Ionic-Electric Dynamics - The present invention relates to a method and a device for creating digital copies of the ionic-electric dynamics of cells or cell compartments, such as organisms, or an at least partly identifying dataset that allows sorting decisions in vitro and in vivo. Sorting of cells and cell compartments based on electrical cell behavior can be applied, for instance, to transgenic compartments, in order to, e.g., detect the successful expression of certain channel proteins in an industrial process, to screen for (side) effects of certain agents or substances on the ionic-electrical cell behavior and involved proteins. In that context, the invention can be used as an alternative to complex and/or time consuming patch-clamp screenings as well as for general quality control reasons. | 04-16-2015 |
Stefan M. Goetz, Durham, NC US
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20150367141 | Magnetic Neurostimulation with Reduced Acoustic Emission - The invention relates to a device and a method for the stimulation of neurons and muscle cells according to the principle of magnetic stimulation, wherein the invention generates substantially less acoustic sound emission for the same activation strength compared to the state of the art. This invention reduces the acoustic sound emission, usually a clicking sound, which is a safety risk in magnetic stimulation and causes undesired uncontrollable sensory-auditory brain stimulation, by increasing the frequency of a substantial portion of the spectrum of the pulse, preferably to or above the human hearing range. | 12-24-2015 |
Steven Goetz, North Oaks, MN US
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20110172562 | AUTOMATED CALIBRATION OF POSTURE STATE CLASSIFICATION FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE - Techniques relate to operating a medical device by classifying a detected posture state of a patient. This classification may be performed by comparing the detected posture state of the patient to posture state definitions available within the system. Each definition may be described in terms of a parameter (e.g., vector) indicative of a direction in three-dimensional space. The posture state definitions may be calibrated by automatically estimating values for these parameters, thereby eliminating the need for the patient to assume each posture state during the calibration process to capture actual parameter values. According to another aspect, the estimated parameter values may be updated as the patient assumes various postures during a daily routine. For instance, estimated vectors initially used to calibrate the posture state definitions may be changed over time to more closely represent posture states the patient actually assumes, and to further adapt to changes in a patient's condition. | 07-14-2011 |
20110172927 | AUTOMATED ADJUSTMENT OF POSTURE STATE DEFINITIONS FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE - Techniques relate to operating a medical device by classifying a detected posture state of a patient. This classification may be performed by comparing the detected posture state of the patient to posture state definitions available within the system. Each definition may be described in terms of a parameter (e.g., vector) indicative of a direction in three-dimensional space. The posture state definitions may be calibrated by automatically estimating values for these parameters, thereby eliminating the need for the patient to assume each posture state during the calibration process to capture actual parameter values. According to another aspect, the estimated parameter values may be updated as the patient assumes various postures during a daily routine. For instance, estimated vectors initially used to calibrate the posture state definitions may be changed over time to more closely represent posture states the patient actually assumes, and to further adapt to changes in a patient's condition. | 07-14-2011 |
Vernon N. Goetz, Villa Hills, KY US
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20110163135 | Multi-piece closure with hinged lid - A closure for a fluid containing vessel comprises a base and a one-piece lid. The base has a sidewall and a shoulder formed at a top surface of the sidewall. A spout extends upward from the shoulder and has an opening formed in a top surface of the spout. The one-piece lid has a ring portion and a cover portion. A hinge portion connects the cover portion to the ring portion and allows the cover portion to move from a closed position to an open position. The hinge portion is disposed completely within an outer periphery of the ring portion with the cover portion in the closed position. The cover portion covers the opening in the top surface of the spout in the closed position to form a fluid tight seal between the base and the one-piece lid. | 07-07-2011 |
20120261291 | STABLE STACKED MULTIPACK ASSEMBLY INCLUDING STACKABLE PACKING UNITS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAME - A stackable packaging unit includes a pack having a length and a width. The pack also includes a plurality of individual use containers positioned in the pack. The individual use containers include a base having a base center axis, a body and an offset top load support surface having an offset center axis. The base center axis and the offset center axis are spaced apart and extend substantially parallel to each other. The offset top load support surfaces of the containers adjacent to an outside periphery of the pack along the length and width of the pack are positioned in the pack such that the offset center axis is closer in proximity to the outside periphery of the pack than the base center axis. The configuration of containers in the packs provides an increased stability of the pack when placed in a stacked configuration. | 10-18-2012 |
William J. Goetz, Flint, MI US
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20160114525 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLES HAVING INTERIOR PASSAGES - A method of manufacturing an article having one or more interior passages. The method comprises constructing a plurality of individual segments of the article using a molding compound and aligning each of the plurality of individual segments with at least one other of the plurality of segments such that portions of one or more interior passages disposed in adjacent segments are aligned with each other. The method further comprises bonding each of the plurality of individual segments of the article to one or more adjacent segments to form an assembled article, and curing the assembled article by applying energy thereto to produce a completed article. | 04-28-2016 |