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Alan M. Ezrin, Miami, FL US
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20090041841 | CONTROLLED RELEASE TABLET FORMULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF ARRHYTHMIAS - Methods, formulations, dosing regimes, and routes of administration for the treatment or prevention of arrhythmias, including the treatment or prevention of atrial fibrillation are disclosed. Controlled release tablet formulations comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an ion channel modulating compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients suitable for controlled release formulations are disclosed. In these methods, the disease or condition is treated or prevented by administering one or more ion channel modulating compounds to a subject, where the ion channel modulating compound or compounds produce specific plasma levels in the subject. The ion channel modulating compounds may be cycloalkylamine ether compounds, particularly cyclohexylamine ether compounds. | 02-12-2009 |
20090175821 | Modified therapeutic peptides with extended half-lives in vivo - A method for protecting a peptide from peptidase activity in vivo, the peptide being composed of between 2 and 50 amino acids and having a C-terminus and an N-terminus and a C-terminus amino acid and an N-terminus amino acid is described. In the first step of the method, the peptide is modified by attaching a reactive group to the C-terminus amino acid, to the N-terminus amino acid, or to an amino acid located between the N-terminus and the C-terminus, such that the modified peptide is capable of forming a covalent bond in vivo with a reactive functionality on a blood component. In the next step, a covalent bond is formed between the reactive group and a reactive functionality on a blood component to form a peptide-blood component conjugate, thereby protecting said peptide from peptidase activity. The final step of the method involves the analyzing of the stability of the peptide-blood component conjugate to assess the protection of the peptide from peptidase activity. | 07-09-2009 |
20090270478 | ION CHANNEL MODULATING ACTIVITY II - Methods, compositions, dosing regimes, and routes of administration for the treatment or prevention of arrhythmias. In these methods, arrythmias (e.g., atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, early afterdepolarizations and prolongation of QT interval) may be reduced or eliminated by administering ion channel modulating compounds to a subject in need thereof. The ion channel modulating compounds may be cycloalkylamine ether compounds, particularly cyclohexylamine ether compounds. Also described are compositions of ion channel modulating compounds and drugs which induce early afterdepolarizations, prolongation of QT interval and/or Torsades de Pointes. | 10-29-2009 |
20100273724 | PEGYLATED ION CHANNEL MODULATING COMPOUNDS - This invention is directed to PEGlyated derivatives, drug conjugates and isotopic derivatives of certain ion channel modulating compounds. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use of also disclosed | 10-28-2010 |
20110118329 | USES OF ION CHANNEL MODULATING COMPOUNDS - Methods, formulations, dosing regimes, and routes of administration for the treatment or prevention of arrhythmias, including the treatment or prevention of atrial fibrillation. In these methods, the disease or condition is treated or prevented by administering one or more ion channel modulating compounds to a subject, where the ion channel modulating compound or compounds produce specific plasma levels in the subject. The ion channel modulating compounds may be cycloalkylamine ether compounds, particularly cyclohexylamine ether compounds. | 05-19-2011 |
20120095073 | ION CHANNEL MODULATING ACTIVITY II - Methods, compositions, dosing regimes, and routes of administration for the treatment or prevention of arrhythmias. In these methods, arrythmias (e.g. atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, early afterdepolarizations and prolongation of QT interval) may be reduced or eliminated by administering ion channel modulating compounds to a subject in need thereof. The ion channel modulating compounds may be cycloalkylamine ether compounds, particularly cyclohexylamine ether compounds. Also described are compositions of ion channel modulating compounds and drugs which induce early afterdepolarizations, prolongation of QT interval and/or Torsades de Pointes. | 04-19-2012 |
20130330753 | 5-ALA FOR DETECTION OF BRAIN TUMORS - The present disclosure relates to methods for detecting brain tumors and assessing the recurrence of such tumors by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and detecting the conversion of 5-ALA to protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) associated with brain-derived microparticles. | 12-12-2013 |
20140186332 | BIOMARKERS OF PRETERM BIRTH - The present disclosure relates to biomarkers of preterm birth, biomarkers of term birth, and methods of use thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods of determining whether a pregnant woman is at an increased risk for premature delivery. The present disclosure further provides methods for decreasing a pregnant woman's risk for premature delivery. | 07-03-2014 |
20150355188 | BIOMARKERS OF PRETERM BIRTH - The present disclosure relates to biomarkers of preterm birth, biomarkers of term birth, and methods of use thereof. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods of determining whether a pregnant woman is at an increased risk for premature delivery. The present disclosure further provides methods for decreasing a pregnant woman's risk for premature delivery. | 12-10-2015 |
Alan M. Ezrin, Vancouver CA
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20100120890 | ION CHANNEL MODULATING ACTIVITY I - Methods, compositions, dosing regimes, and routes of administration for the treatment or prevention of arrhythmias. In these methods, early afterdepolarizations and prolongation of QT interval may be reduced or eliminated by administering ion channel modulating compounds to a subject in need thereof. The ion channel modulating compounds may be cycloalkylamine ether compounds, particularly cyclohexylamine ether compounds. Also described are compositions of ion channel modulating compounds and drugs which induce early afterdepolarizations, prolongation of QT interval and/or Torsades de Pointes. | 05-13-2010 |
Alan M. Figgatt, Sterling, VA US
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20140163407 | METHOD OF PROCESSING CARDIOVASCULAR SOUND SIGNALS - Each spectral slice array of a plurality is generated for each time segment of a plurality of time segments of a cardiovascular sound signal is convolved with a local spectral averaging window to generate a local spectral average array that is searched for bruit candidates responsive to associated time power or energy values, power levels, and skew values, so as to provide an indication of cardiovascular disease, that may also be responsive to skew-responsive and power-level-responsive probability terms and to a composite thereof. A probability indicator of cardiovascular disease is responsive to a second product of second terms, each second term responsive to a first product of first terms, each first term representative of a probability of no bruits for all time segments for each frequency segment of a two dimensional bruit candidate probability array, each second term representative of a probability of no repetitive bruits within each frequency segment. | 06-12-2014 |
20150238147 | METHOD OF PROCESSING CARDIOVASCULAR SOUND SIGNALS - A math model envelope of a single heartbeat between primary and secondary peaks of an autocorrelation of a received cardiovascular sound signal comprises an S | 08-27-2015 |
Alan M. Grossmeier, Colfax, WI US
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20100324854 | MEMORY-DAUGHTER-CARD-TESTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A memory daughter card (MDC) is described, having a very high-speed serial interface and an on-card MDC test engine that allows one MDC to be directly connected to another MDC for testing purposes. In some embodiments, a control interface allows the test engine to be programmed and controlled by a test controller on a test fixture that allows simultaneous testing of a single MDC or one or more pairs of MDCs, one MDC in a pair (e.g., the “golden” MDC) testing the other MDC of that pair. Other methods are also described, wherein one MDC executes a series of reads and writes and other commands to another MDC to test at least some of the other card's functions, or wherein one port executes a series of test commands to another port on the same MDC to test at least some of the card's functions. | 12-23-2010 |
Alan M. Hirahara, Gold River, CA US
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20150032157 | SUTURE ANCHOR AND METHODS OF KNOTLESS TISSUE FIXATION - Systems and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs, without knot tying. The soft tissue repair systems include self-cinching constructs with splices and loops having attached flexible materials that are pre-loaded onto modified knotless anchors (for example, swivel and/or screw-in suture anchors and/or push-in suture anchors with a distal eyelet) to position the self-locking, adjustable construct at the repair site. The systems allow for knotless tensioning of the tissue after the knotless anchors have been implanted. | 01-29-2015 |
Alan M. Horsager, Los Angeles, CA US
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20080294223 | Fitting a Neural Prosthesis Using Impedance and Electrode Height - The invention is a method of automatically adjusting an electrode array to the neural characteristics of an individual subject. The response to electrical neural stimulation varies from subject to subject. Measure of impedance may be used to predict the electrode height from the neural tissue and, thereby, predict the threshold of perception. Alternatively, electrode height may be measured directly to predict the threshold of perception. Also, impedance measurement may be used to quickly identify defective electrodes and proper electrode placement. | 11-27-2008 |
20090312818 | Visual Prosthesis for Control of Spatiotemporal Interactions - In a visual prosthesis or other neural stimulator it is advantageous to provide non-overlapping pulses in order to provide independent control of brightness from different electrodes. Non-overlapping pulses on geographically close electrodes avoid electric-field interaction which leads to brightness summation or changes in the shape and area of percepts. It is advantageous to apply pulses to nearby electrodes in a way that the currents do not overlap in time at all. The new finding is that even a small amount of separation results in a significant improvement as small as (ie. 0.225 msec). ‘Nearby’ is defined as within a few millimeters of each other. Another new finding is that there is some additional benefit of separating the pulses in time even further. In particular, some experiments showed a benefit of separating them more than 1.8 msec. Another experiment showed a benefit of separating them greater than 3 msec. But, there is probably no benefit to separating them more than 5 msec. The same parameters that provide independent control of brightness also produce spatial patterns that the subjects' report as being similar to the sum of individual electrode phosphenes. Simultaneous stimulation of multiple electrodes can sometimes produce physical sensation or discomfort in the eye. Time-shifting the pulses cab also be used to reduce the physical sensations felt by the patient. | 12-17-2009 |
20120203293 | Locating a Neural Prosthesis using Impedance and Electrode Height - The invention is a method of identifying a preferred location for an electrode array to the neural characteristics of an individual subject. The response to electrical neural stimulation varies from subject to subject and array location to array location. Measure of impedance may be used to predict the electrode height from the neural tissue and, thereby, predict the preferred location. Alternatively, electrode height may be measured directly to predict the preferred location. | 08-09-2012 |
20140107748 | Visual Prosthesis for Control of Spatiotemporal Interactions - In a visual prosthesis or other neural stimulator it is advantageous to provide non-overlapping pulses in order to provide independent control of brightness from different electrodes. Non-overlapping pulses on geographically close electrodes avoid electric-field interaction which leads to brightness summation or changes in the shape and area of percepts. It is advantageous to apply pulses to nearby electrodes in a way that the currents do not overlap in time at all. The new finding is that even a small amount of separation results in a significant improvement as small as (ie. 0.225 msec). ‘Nearby’ is defined as within a few millimeters of each other. Another new finding is that there is some additional benefit of separating the pulses in time even further. In particular, some experiments showed a benefit of separating them more than 1.8 msec. Another experiment showed a benefit of separating them greater than 3 msec. But, there is probably no benefit to separating them more than 5 msec. The same parameters that provide independent control of brightness also produce spatial patterns that the subjects' report as being similar to the sum of individual electrode phosphenes. Simultaneous stimulation of multiple electrodes can sometimes produce physical sensation or discomfort in the eye. Time-shifting the pulses can also be used to reduce the physical sensations felt by the patient. | 04-17-2014 |
Alan M. Kadin, Princeton Junction, NJ US
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20120184445 | Superconducting Devices with Ferromagnetic Barrier Junctions - A superconducting memory cell includes a magnetic Josephson junction (MJJ) with a ferromagnetic material, having at least two switchable states of magnetization. The binary state of the MJJ manifests itself as a pulse appearing, or not appearing, on the output. A superconducting memory includes an array of memory cells. Each memory cell includes a comparator with at least one MJJ. Selected X and Y-directional write lines in their combination are capable of switching the magnetization of the MJJ. A superconducting device includes a first and a second junction in a stacked configuration. The first junction has an insulating layer barrier, and the second junction has an insulating layer sandwiched in-between two ferromagnetic layers as barrier. An electrical signal inputted across the first junction is amplified across the second junction. | 07-19-2012 |
Alan M. Kagen, Pooler, GA US
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20080217195 | Stand Golf Bag with Mechanism to Secure Clubs - A mechanism cooperable with the stand mechanism in a stand golf bag secures the clubs in position when the bag is not on the ground and releases the clubs when the bag is set on the ground. | 09-11-2008 |
20100252466 | Stand Golf Bag with Mechanism to Secure Clubs - A mechanism cooperable with the stand mechanism in a stand golf bag secures the clubs in position when the bag is not on the ground and releases the clubs when the bag is set on the ground. | 10-07-2010 |
20120211381 | Stand Golf Bag with Mechanism to Secure Clubs - A mechanism cooperable with the stand mechanism in a stand golf bag secures the clubs in position when the bag is not on the ground and releases the clubs when the bag is set on the ground. | 08-23-2012 |
Alan M. Kinnersley, Baltimore, MD US
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20120222148 | METHODS FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF TAURINE OR HYPOTAURINE IN CELLS - The present invention describes an approach to increase taurine or hypotaurine production in prokaryotes or eukaryotes. More particularly, the invention relates to genetic transformation of organisms with genes that encode proteins that catalyze the conversion of cysteine to taurine, methionine to taurine, cysteamine to taurine, or alanine to taurine. The invention describes methods for the use of polynucleotides that encode functional cysteine dioxygenase (CDO), cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) and sulfinoalanine decarboxylase (SAD) or glutamate decarboxylase (GAD), cysteamine dioxygenase (ADO), taurine-pyruvate aminotransferase (TPAT), TPAT and sulfoacetaldehyde acetyltransferase (SA), taurine dioxygenase (TDO) or the small (ssTDeHase) and large subunits of taurine dehydrogenase (lsTDeHase) polypeptides in plants to increase taurine, hypotaurine or taurine precursor production. The preferred embodiment of the invention is in plants but other organisms may be used. Increased taurine production in plants will enhance plant growth and development, yield, or tolerance to biotic and/or abiotic stresses and could be used as nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, or therapeutic compounds or as a supplement in animal feed. | 08-30-2012 |
Alan M. Krensky, Chicago, IL US
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20150023910 | GRANULYSIN IN IMMUNOTHERAPY - Methods of stimulating or enhancing an immune response in a host are disclosed. The methods include contacting a monocyte with 15 kD granulysin thereby producing a monocyte-derived dendritic cell. In one example, the method further includes contacting the monocyte or monocyte-derived dendritic cell with a target antigen, such as a tumor antigen or an autoimmune antigen. In another embodiment, the method includes contacting the monocyte with an additional agent that enhances maturation of dendritic cells or induces immunological tolerance. The methods are of use in vivo, in vitro and ex vivo. In another aspect, the disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of tumors. | 01-22-2015 |
Alan M. Krensky, Bethesda, MD US
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20120195854 | GRANULYSIN IN IMMUNOTHERAPY - Methods of stimulating or enhancing an immune response in a host are disclosed. The methods include contacting a monocyte with 15 kD granulysin thereby producing a monocyte-derived dendritic cell. In one example, the method further includes contacting the monocyte or monocyte-derived dendritic cell with a target antigen, such as a tumor antigen or an autoimmune antigen. In another embodiment, the method includes contacting the monocyte with an additional agent that enhances maturation of dendritic cells or induces immunological tolerance. The methods are of use in vivo, in vitro and ex vivo. In another aspect, the disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of tumors. | 08-02-2012 |
Alan M. Lambowitz, Austin, TX US
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20120009630 | STABILIZED REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE FUSION PROTEINS - Stabilized reverse transcriptase fusion proteins including a thermostable reverse transcriptase connected to a stabilizer protein are described. Attaching the stabilizer protein to the thermostable reverse transcriptase stabilizes the fusion protein and can aid in its purification, provide increased solubility, allow for longer storage, or allow the fusion protein to be used under more rigorous conditions such as higher temperature. The stabilized reverse transcriptase fusion protein can also include a linker between the stabilizer protein and the thermostable reverse transcriptase. The stabilized reverse transcriptase fusion proteins are suitable for use in nucleic acid amplification methods such as the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and other applications involving cDNA synthesis. | 01-12-2012 |
20140004569 | USE OF TEMPLATE SWITCHING FOR DNA SYNTHESIS | 01-02-2014 |
Alan M. Laties, Philadelphia, PA US
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20090036479 | METHOD OF INHIBITING CHOROIDAL NEOVASCUARIZATION - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting unwanted angiogenesis, particularly those of ocular tissues. The treatment, inhibition, and/or prevention of choroidal neovasculature (CNV) is provided, along with an animal model for CNV and imaging techniques that permit the screening of potential agents as anti-angiogenesis and anti-CNV agents. | 02-05-2009 |
20120190705 | METHODS OF INHIBITING CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting unwanted angiogenesis, particularly those of ocular tissues. The treatment, inhibition, and/or prevention of choroidal neovasculature (CNV) is provided, along with an animal model for CNV and imaging techniques that permit the screening of potential agents as anti-angiogenesis and anti-CNV agents. | 07-26-2012 |
20130338145 | Method for Mediating Dopamine Receptor-Driven Reacidification of Lysosomal pH - Provided is a method of treating or preventing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or Stargardt's disease in a patient subject to, or symptomatic of the disease, whereby normal lysosomal pH (pH | 12-19-2013 |
Alan M. Lefcourt, Elkridge, MD US
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20090185182 | Simultaneous Acquisition of Fluorescence and Reflectance Imaging Techniques with a Single Imaging Device for Multitask Inspection - A hyperspectral reflectance and fluorescence line-scan imaging system is used for on-line quality and safety inspection of agricultural commodities. The system simultaneously acquires hyperspectral/multispectral combinations of both fluorescence and reflectance images of the agricultural commodities. | 07-23-2009 |
20090309967 | Hand-held inspection tool and method - The hand-held inspection tool enhances the ability of an on-site inspector to detect and communicate the presence of contamination on an object or in an area. An on-site inspector directs an excitation light in the sensing head of the tool into an area of interest. If the targeted contamination is present, the excitation light causes the contamination to emit fluorescence. The emitted fluorescent light passes through a narrow spectral band-pass video camera filter and is detected by a video camera mounted in the tool sensing head. The video camera transmits the image to a display visible to the on-site inspector. The invention also includes a means of recording, documenting, and wirelessly communicating the inspection process so that remotely located personnel can view the inspection, and respond to the inspection findings in real time. | 12-17-2009 |
Alan M. Letzt, Purcellville, VA US
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20120046798 | Systems and Methods for Power Demand Management - A system and method for shifting power load on a power distribution network with multiple power loads, each of which draws power from the power distribution network. The system includes a controller communicatively coupled to an energy storage system and power load on the power distribution network. The controller is configured to receive a load-shifting signal, determine a load-shifting procedure, and switch one or more of the communicatively coupled power loads from drawing power from the power distribution network to drawing power from the energy storage system according to a load-shifting algorithm. | 02-23-2012 |
20140178846 | System and Method for Interactive Education and Management - A method and system for interactive education and management that includes storing, by a server including a processor, a plurality of different items of media content. The server receives first user input from at least one first user, associates at least one item of media content of the plurality of different items of media content with at least one second user of a plurality of different second users based at least partly on the first user input, associates at least one other item of media content of the plurality of different items of media content with at least one other second user of the plurality of different second users based at least partly on the first user input, and provides the at least one item of media content to reproduction equipment of the at least one second user for reproducing the at least one item of media content. | 06-26-2014 |
20150270743 | System and Methods for Controlling a Supply of Electric Energy - A system and methods for controlling the supply and distribution of backup electrical power determine when backup power is needed and allocates available backup power among connected devices in a power outage. Batteries may be used as an energy storage subsystem, and may backup a home heating plant and other devices based on a dual set of user-established priorities that may change during power blackouts and brownouts as the amount of stored energy decreases. | 09-24-2015 |
Alan M. Litke, Ferney-Voltaire FR
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20130204341 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY ACTIVATING CELLS BY APPLYING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS IN A SPATIAL PATTERN - A method and apparatus for applying electrical signals in specific spatial patterns to selectively activate sensory cells. The method comprises interfacing a population of cells with two or more electrodes, identifying target cells within the population to activate by electrical signals; and applying electrical signals in a spatial pattern to the population via the electrodes, such that the target cells are selectively activated in the desired spatial pattern. | 08-08-2013 |
Alan M. Malakoff, Houston, TX US
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20090156764 | Ethylene-Based Polymers and Articles Made Therefrom - Provided are ethylene-based polymer compositions, articles made therefrom, and methods of making the same. Ethylene-based polymer compositions include linear low density polyethylene prepared with metallocene catalyst, which may optionally have about 5 mole percent or less of monomer units derived from an alpha-olefin comonomer. Ethylene-based polymer compositions include blends of linear low density polyethylene and one or more very low density polyethylene compositions, one or more low density polyethylene compositions, one or more medium density polyethylene compositions, one or more high density polyethylene compositions, one or more differentiated polyethylene compositions, or other conventional polymers. Articles composed of such ethylene-based polymer compositions are prepared according to a process window, e.g., at a specific extrusion rates, which provides favorable physical properties, including tear resistance and dart drop properties. Films prepared according to these techniques exhibit physical properties equivalent to, or superior than, conventional linear low density polyethylenes prepared with Ziegler-Natta catalyst. | 06-18-2009 |
20090192270 | Ethylene-Based Polymers And Articles Made Therefrom - Provided are ethylene-based polymer compositions, articles made therefrom, and methods of making the same. Ethylene-based polymer compositions include blends of a linear low density polyethylene prepared with metallocene catalyst and a low density polyethylene. The linear low density polyethylene may optionally have about five mole percent or less of monomer units derived from an alpha-olefin comonomer. Articles composed of such ethylene-based polymer compositions, such as blown films, exhibit favorable physical properties, including excellent optical properties and retained strength i.e., mitigation of expected decline in physical strength due to LDPE addition. | 07-30-2009 |
20130266786 | Polymers, Polymer Blends, and Articles Made Therefrom - Polymer compositions including an ethylene-based polymer having a melt index of from about 0.1 g/10 min to about 5.0 g/10 min; a melt index ratio of from about 15 to about 30; a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from about 20,000 to about 200,000; a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from about 2.0 to about 4.5; and a density of from 0.900 to 0.920 g/cm | 10-10-2013 |
Alan M. Malakoff, Boynton Beach, FL US
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20150291748 | Films Comprising Ethylene-Based Polymers and Methods of Making Same - Films including a Layer A comprising 50.0 to 100.0 wt. %, based on the weight of the Layer A, of an ethylene-based polymer composition having therein a hafnium:zirconium (ppm/ppm) ratio>1.0, a CDBI less than 50%, and a g′ | 10-15-2015 |
Alan M. Robbins, North East, MD US
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20160022080 | PHOTOGRAPHIC ORNAMENT - A Christmas tree ornament consisting of a plastic foam shape to which is attached a photograph and decorations consisting of sequins and beads. The intent of the present art is to disclose how, by the application of photographs of an end user's family members, ancestors, etc. to the Photographic Ornament, the end user can transform his/her Christmas tree into a visual representation of his/her Family Tree. What is also disclosed herein is the method and materials used to hand manufacture a Photographic Ornament, and to show a sampling of the unlimited design variations that are possible. | 01-28-2016 |
Alan M. Schilowitz, Highland Park, NJ US
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20080228424 | On-line absolute viscosity measurement system - The present invention provides systems and methods for determining the viscosity of a lubricating fluid in a process on line. The method of the present invention obviates the need to accurately control the temperature of the lubricating fluid in the system when taking fluid viscosity measurements. | 09-18-2008 |
20100324852 | DETERMINING THE RESONANCE PARAMETERS FOR MECHANICAL OSCILLATORS - The prior art describes the application of mechanical oscillators for the measurement of corrosion and/or deposition. Mechanical oscillators employ the use of resonance parameters, frequency and the quality factor Q, for the measurement of corrosion or deposition. However, the prior art does not consider the required precision for measuring frequency or Q in the presence of noise to make these measurements. In particular, the ability of the mechanical oscillator to measure small amounts of metal loss or deposition is not only dependent upon the mechanical design but is limited by the precision in determining the resonance frequency and Q. The present invention discloses methods for measuring these resonance parameters with a high precision in the presence of noise. This degree of precision is required to maximize the utility of these devices as sensitive probes for corrosion and deposition (fouling) measurement. All of the embodiments described herein employ curve fitting consistent with modeling the mechanical oscillator as a simple harmonic oscillator. This curve fitting procedure, combined with averaging and utilizing signal processing parameters to mitigate noise effects, adds considerable precision in measuring resonance parameters. | 12-23-2010 |
20140134743 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING LAYERS PROVIDING CORROSION PROTECTION IN CRUDE OIL FRACTIONS - A method for determining and identifying corrosion protective layers that provide corrosion protection against crude oils and crude oil fractions is disclosed. The method identifies naturally occurring constituents in crude oils that indirectly provide corrosion protection. A method assessing the potential of these constituents is also disclosed. The method includes exposing metal coupons with the crude oil or crude fraction of interest at the expected operating temperature of concern. The corrosion potential assessment further analyzes the exposed coupons with transmission electron microscopy and an additional high temperature exposure that challenges the tenacity of the protection offered by the corrosion protective layer. | 05-15-2014 |
Alan M. Schliowitz, Highland Park, NJ US
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20130186168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING CORROSION RATE DETERMINATION IN PROCESS EQUIPMENT USING A TELESCOPING/ROTATING SENSOR - A system and method for optimizing the response of a metal loss sensor which is configured in a way that its insertion depth and orientation in the process fluid are adjustable. These adjustments affect local turbulence and thereby enable achieving a desired corrosion rate at the metal loss sensor. Corrosion rate comparison between the metal loss sensor and pressure containment boundary can be measured directly or indirectly by computing wall shear stresses at the sensor and the pressure containment boundary. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191038 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING CORROSION AT A PRESSURE CONTAINING BOUNDARY - A method for determining the amount and rate of corrosion which has occurred on the surface of a process unit by measuring corrosion with a corrosion sensor and measuring at least one parameter inside the process unit. Corrosion on the internal surfaces of a process unit can then be determined. | 07-25-2013 |
Alan M. Smith, Beavercreek, OH US
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20150148970 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH A MOTOR CONTROLLER - A motor controller coupled to a motor is described. The motor controller includes a wireless communication device and a computing device coupled to the wireless communication device. The computing device is configured to communicatively couple with a client computing device using the wireless communication device, wirelessly receive at least one setting from the client computing device, and operate the motor pursuant to the at least one setting, to move liquid in an aquatic environment. | 05-28-2015 |
Alan M. Thompson, West Markham GB
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20100078608 | Actuator - An actuator comprises a gear arrangement operatively connected to a rotatable input of a linearly extendable actuator device, wherein the gear arrangement comprises a pinion gear and a face gear in meshing engagement with one another. | 04-01-2010 |
Alan M. Weiss US
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20120261337 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT - The present invention is directed to a system and method which recycles waste so that the effluent coming out of the system actually equals a potable water standard with essentially no contaminated sludge. In one embodiment, the solids in wastewater are subjected to aeration and enzymes in a digester for a period of time. The cleanest portion of the water from the digester is then clarified. Sludge, as well as scum, from the clarifier is vacuumed back to the digester. Clear water from the clarifier is delivered to a Recycling stage for filtering to remove suspended solids down to 5-microns. When the recycling process housing reaches saturation, a back-flushing process with clean water sends all of the captured suspended solids back into the Digester. The effluent, other than during back-flushing, from the Recycler is then passed through: | 10-18-2012 |