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Angela Marie Lyon, Sandy, UT US
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20130289438 | Weight Loss Method and Apparatus - Home-use apparatuses for removing heat from body-fat rich tissues and related devices, systems, and methods. One embodiment of the disclosed technology includes a belt which can be worn around a part of the user's body were the user desires to lose body fat. The belt has a pocket which holds a cold pack. The cold pack cools the user's skin and reduces body-fat rich cells in the area where cooling in applied. Because the belt is made of light, flexible material and has no burdensome mechanical or electric parts, the user retains flexibility and mobility while wearing the belt. | 10-31-2013 |
Bradley T. Lyon, Winston-Salem, NC US
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20080256736 | FLAT MOP FOR USE WITH WIPERS FOR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS - A flat mop is used with a disposable wiper. The mop includes a base member having an upper surface and a lower surface. The base member has a projecting securing elements disposed on opposing sides of the upper surface. At least one resilient clip is associated with securing element. A pivot joint has a first receiving portion for mounting to the base member to define a first pivot axis. The pivot joint has a second receiving portion distinct from the first receiving portion and includes an engagement member received in the second receiving portion to defining a second pivot axis spaced from and perpendicular to the first pivot axis. The engagement member includes a coupling portion to mount to a handle. The pivot joint is mounted to the base member for pivoting the base member relative to the pivot joint about two axes. The associated wiper is secured to the base member, positioned on the lower surface of the base member, wrapped around the base member and over the securing elements. The clips are positioned over the associated wiper, on a respective one of the securing elements to secure the wiper to the base member. | 10-23-2008 |
20090044836 | HYDROGEN PEROXIDE POINT-OF-USE WIPERS - A hydrogen peroxide point of use wetted wiper system comprises a packaging with a first, a second, and a third compartment, wherein the separate compartments are mergable. Wipers are disposed in the third compartment. Disposed in the second compartment is dry urea hydrogen peroxide, and the urea hydrogen peroxide is isolated from the wipers. Disposed in the first compartment is a solvent, wherein the solvent is isolated from the wipers and the urea hydrogen peroxide. The first and second compartments can merge to form a unified compartment such that the solvent is combined with the urea hydrogen peroxide at a point of use to form liquid hydrogen peroxide. The unified compartment then merges with the third compartment such that the liquid hydrogen peroxide wets the wipers, the liquid hydrogen peroxide concentration and amount proportional to the wiper absorptive capacity, number, size, and degree of desired saturation. | 02-19-2009 |
20130185879 | CROSS-CONTAMINATION PREVENTION WIPE - The present invention provides a cross-contamination prevention wipe, comprising a cleaning layer having fibers which collect and trap contaminants and a barrier layer which prevents transmission of the contaminants from the cleaning layer and through the barrier layer, wherein the barrier layer is directly bonded to the cleaning layer. | 07-25-2013 |
20140202894 | WIPE DISPENSERS - Wipe dispensers are provided. In one aspect, a wipe dispenser includes a housing and a handle coupled to the housing. The housing defines a cavity that includes a liquid cavity portion adapted to receive liquid therein and a wipe cavity portion adapted to receive wipes therein. In another aspect, a wipe dispenser includes a housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion with the first housing portion movable relative to the second housing portion. The housing defines a cavity therein. The wipe dispenser also includes a wall and a biasing member. The wall is positioned in the cavity and adapted to separate the cavity into a liquid cavity portion and a wipe cavity portion, and the biasing member is positioned between the first housing portion and the second housing portion. The biasing member is adapted to bias the first housing portion away from the second housing portion. | 07-24-2014 |
Charleen Catt Lyon, Cincinnati, OH US
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20110024341 | Rainwater Catchment System - A rainwater catchment system uses a basket-like strainer removably received within an opening formed in a lid of a conventional container, such as a 55-gallon plastic drum. The strainer includes an upper flange or rim, a side wall, and a bottom with a reinforcing web and a mesh. When the container is placed so that a downspout from a roof is directed toward the strainer, the water that flows out of the downspout flows into the strainer, through the mesh, and into the container where it is collected for future use. The removability of the strainer facilitates cleaning of the mesh. The reinforcing web, preferably with radially directed spokes, which may be curved to define a fan blade shape, helps to support the mesh so to better accommodate high volume water flow while also filtering out unwanted debris. This catchment system can be easy made out of a conventional container, such as a 55-gallon plastic drum, or a 35-gallon garbage can, by forming the hole within the conventional lid. Alternatively, a replacement lid, essentially an adapter, can be supplied in combination with the strainer to fit on the top of a conventional container, thereby to further facilitate home use. | 02-03-2011 |
20130193047 | Filter For Rainwater Harvesting - A strainer for a rainwater catchment system includes a container having a top end and a lid sized to cover the top end. The lid has an opening formed therein defined by an edge. The strainer further comprises an upper flange extending outwardly, a vertical side wall extending downwardly from the upper flange, and a bottom rim connected to the side wall, with the bottom rim extending inwardly. A filter removably connects to the bottom rim, with the filter including a lower reinforcing web, an upper retainer, and a mesh held between the lower reinforcing web and the upper retainer, so that the filter is adapted to allow rainwater to pass therethrough while filtering debris therefrom. | 08-01-2013 |
Charles C. Lyon, Tucson, AZ US
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20140164114 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SPEND MAPPING TOOL - A spend mapping tool provides a system, method, and computer program product for analyzing transactions between merchants and cardmembers. The tool groups a merchant by industry in a merchant industry group. The tool also groups a cardmember by industry in a cardmember industry group. Further, the tool analyzes transaction data from a transaction between at least one merchant in said merchant industry group and at least one cardmember in said cardmember industry group. | 06-12-2014 |
Charles Christopher Lyon, Phoenix, AZ US
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20100274739 | Using Commercial Share of Wallet To Rate Investments - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. A mutual fund rating company can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to predict the performance of funds that invest in a particular industry or sector. In addition, since mutual funds often provide guidelines for selecting stocks, rating companies can use this modeling approach to predict the performance of companies in a fund's portfolio. | 10-28-2010 |
20100312717 | Using Commercial Share of Wallet in Private Equity Investments - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Private equity firms and other investors of small businesses can use the CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to more accurately evaluate small and privately held companies, both during investment and for evaluating prospective investments. Over-the-counter securities trading systems can also use this modeling approach to provide more accurate information and/or rankings of listed companies to their customers. | 12-09-2010 |
20110035333 | Using Commercial Share of Wallet To Rate Investments - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. A mutual fund rating company can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to predict the performance of funds that invest in a particular industry or sector. In addition, since mutual funds often provide guidelines for selecting stocks, rating companies can use this modeling approach to predict the performance of companies in a fund's portfolio. | 02-10-2011 |
20110258142 | Using Commercial Share of Wallet To Rate Investments - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. A mutual fund rating company can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to predict the performance of funds that invest in a particular industry or sector. In addition, since mutual funds often provide guidelines for selecting stocks, rating companies can use this modeling approach to predict the performance of companies in a fund's portfolio. | 10-20-2011 |
20110295768 | Using Commercial Share of Wallet in Private Equity Investments - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Private equity firms and other investors of small businesses can use the CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to more accurately evaluate small and privately held companies, both during investment and for evaluating prospective investments. Over-the-counter securities trading systems can also use this modeling approach to provide more accurate information and/or rankings of listed companies to their customers. | 12-01-2011 |
20120035980 | Using Commercial Share of Wallet to Compile Marketing Company Lists - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Marketing companies that sell lists compile those lists by searching one or more databases for names and/or businesses that match certain criteria. Those marketing companies can use the CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to show predicted spend and/or revenues for each company on a list. This makes the list more valuable to list buyers. | 02-09-2012 |
20120046979 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO RATE BUSINESS PROSPECTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Research analysts can use CSoW/CSoSW to provide a comprehensive and robust indication of the business prospects of a rated company. | 02-23-2012 |
20120066108 | DETERMINING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET - Commercial size of spending wallet (“SoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“SoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. Commercial SoW is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new account evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. Company financial statements are utilized to identify and calculate total business spend of a company that could be transacted using a commercial credit card. A spend-like regression model may then be developed to estimate annual commercial SoSW value for customers and prospects within a credit network. | 03-15-2012 |
20120123810 | Using Commercial Share of Wallet to Manage Vendors - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Government agencies, procurement departments, and others that patronize small businesses can use CSoW/CSoSW to determine businesses that should be awarded contracts and businesses that should be denied. CSoW/CSoSW may also be used to manage approved vendor lists. | 05-17-2012 |
20120185296 | Using Commercial Share of Wallet to Compile Marketing Company Lists - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Marketing companies that sell lists compile those lists by searching one or more databases for names and/or businesses that match certain criteria. Those marketing companies can use the CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to show predicted spend and/or revenues for each company on a list. This makes the list more valuable to list buyers. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185297 | Using Commercial Share of Wallet to Rate Business Prospects - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Research analysts can use CSoW/CSoSW to provide a comprehensive and robust indication of the business prospects of a rated company. | 07-19-2012 |
20120221452 | DETERMINING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET - Commercial size of spending wallet (“SoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“SoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. Commercial Soft is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new account evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. Company financial statements are utilized to identify and calculate total business spend of a company that could be transacted using a commercial credit card. A spend-like regression model may then be developed to estimate annual commercial SoSW value for customers and prospects within a credit network. | 08-30-2012 |
20130036033 | DETERMINING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET - Commercial size of spending wallet (“SoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items, Commercial share of wallet (“SoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. Commercial SoW is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new account evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. Company financial statements are utilized to identify and calculate total business spend of a company that could be transacted using a commercial credit card. A spend-like regression model may then be developed to estimate annual commercial SoSW value for customers and prospects within a credit network. | 02-07-2013 |
20130060716 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO RATE INVESTMENTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. A mutual fund rating company can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to predict the performance of funds that invest in a particular industry or sector. In addition, since mutual funds often provide guidelines for selecting stocks, rating companies can use this modeling approach to predict the performance of companies in a fund's portfolio. | 03-07-2013 |
20130197969 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO RATE BUSINESS PROSPECTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Research analysts can use CSoW/CSoSW to provide a comprehensive and robust indication of the business prospects of a rated company. | 08-01-2013 |
20130254135 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO RATE INVESTMENTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. A mutual fund rating company can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to predict the performance of funds that invest in a particular industry or sector. In addition, since mutual funds often provide guidelines for selecting stocks, rating companies can use this modeling approach to predict the performance of companies in a fund's portfolio. | 09-26-2013 |
20130262342 | Using Commercial Share of Wallet in Private Equity Investments - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Private equity firms and other investors of small businesses can use the CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to more accurately evaluate small and privately held companies, both during investment and for evaluating prospective investments. Over-the-counter securities trading systems can also use this modeling approach to provide more accurate information and/or rankings of listed companies to their customers. | 10-03-2013 |
20140058926 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO MAKE LENDING DECISIONS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Banks and lenders can use CSoW/CSoSW to determine who to lend to and who to deny credit to, as well as for pricing loans and other products in a dynamic way. Banks and lenders can also determine which customers should be retained, as well as identify loans which are likely to default. | 02-27-2014 |
20140149179 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET IN PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Private equity firms and other investors of small businesses can use the CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to more accurately evaluate small and privately held companies, both during investment and for evaluating prospective investments. Over-the-counter securities trading systems can also use this modeling approach to provide more accurate information and/or rankings of listed companies to their customers. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149317 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO RATE INVESTMENTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. A mutual fund rating company can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to predict the performance of funds that invest in a particular industry or sector. In addition, since mutual funds often provide guidelines for selecting stocks, rating companies can use this modeling approach to predict the performance of companies in a fund's portfolio. | 05-29-2014 |
20140172686 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO MAKE LENDING DECISIONS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Banks and lenders can use CSoW/CSoSW to determine who to lend to and who to deny credit to, as well as for pricing loans and other products in a dynamic way. Banks and lenders can also determine which customers should be retained, as well as identify loans which are likely to default. | 06-19-2014 |
20140316852 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO RATE BUSINESS PROSPECTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. Research analysts can use CSoW/CSoSW to provide a comprehensive and robust indication of the business prospects of a rated company. | 10-23-2014 |
20140316855 | DETERMINING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET - Commercial size of spending wallet (“SoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“SoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. Commercial SoW is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new account evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. Company financial statements are utilized to identify and calculate total business spend of a company that could be transacted using a commercial credit card. A spend-like regression model may then be developed to estimate annual commercial SoSW value for customers and prospects within a credit network. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317022 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO RATE INVESTMENTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. A mutual fund rating company can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to predict the performance of funds that invest in a particular industry or sector. In addition, since mutual funds often provide guidelines for selecting stocks, rating companies can use this modeling approach to predict the performance of companies in a fund's portfolio. | 10-23-2014 |
Charles E. Lyon, Lake Jackson, TX US
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20140352734 | METHOD FOR CLEANING CHLORINE MEMBRANE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - The present disclosure provides a method for cleaning a chlorine membrane electrochemical cell. | 12-04-2014 |
Clifford Lyon, Melrose, MA US
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20110161153 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING ASSETS BASED ON RECENTLY VIEWED ASSETS BASKET - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for recommending assets for a user include receiving the user's recently viewed assets list for a web domain that includes a plurality of assets; calculating a score for each asset in the web domain having an overlap of user interest based on mutual information; generating a set of neighbors for each item in the recently viewed assets list using the score; calculating a strength for each set of neighbors using the sum of the score for each neighbor in the set; generating an asset recommendation using the neighbor set with the highest score; and transmitting the asset recommendation. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161318 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING TAGS TO DIGITAL CONTENT - A method and apparatus for assigning topical tags to content on a page stored within a searchable digital document environment is provided. An activity log is created for a document including data indicating search queries resulting in the location of the document by a search engine. Keywords are determined from the activity log, and the document is tagged with a tag associated with the keywords. | 06-30-2011 |
20110225162 | Assigning Tags to Digital Content - Assigning tags to content on a page stored within a digital document environment is described. An activity log is received for a document including data indicating search queries resulting in the location of the document by a search engine. One or more keywords are determined from the activity log, and the document is tagged with a tag associated with the keywords. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225163 | Assigning Tags to Digital Content - Assigning tags to content on a page stored within a digital document environment is described. An activity log is received for a document including data indicating search queries resulting in the location of the document by a search engine. One or more keywords are determined from the activity log, and the document is tagged with a tag associated with the keywords. | 09-15-2011 |
20130013428 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING OFFERS - At a computing device, an offer for an inventory item directing a user to at least one advertiser site is received. At least one attribute associated with the offer is determined. At least one tag is assigned to the offer based on the determined at least one attribute. At least one matching publisher site is selected based on at least one factor, wherein the at least one factor includes the at least one tag. | 01-10-2013 |
20130030907 | CLUSTERING OFFERS FOR CLICK-RATE OPTIMIZATION - A computerized method is provided for receiving data for a plurality of offers, wherein the data includes a number of impressions and a number of clicks associated with each offer in the plurality of offers. The method comprises determining a click-through rate for each offer in the plurality of offers using the received data for the plurality of offers and partitioning offers into a first offer group and a second offer group based on a value of performance data associated with each offer. A predetermined number of offers with highest values are assigned to the first offer group, and the rest of the offers are assigned to the second offer group. The method comprises serving offers from both groups, calculating a response rate and confidence level for the first group, calculating a response rate and confidence level for the second group and determining that the performance data of the first and second groups has diverged by a predetermined threshold. The method further comprises serving the offers based at least in part on the determining. | 01-31-2013 |
20130054364 | OFFER SELECTION SYSTEM - A computer system for generating a message for a user has a memory configured to store a tree structure of product categories representing products presented on a web site, the tree structure having a plurality of nodes, each node representing a product category. The system is configured to select a message to be sent to the user, identify a product category for the message, determine weighting data for a plurality of the nodes based on distance of the nodes to the identified product category, select an offer from a database based at least in part on the weighting data, and generate the message using offer data associated with the selected offer. | 02-28-2013 |
20130326037 | CONSISTENT ASSOCIATION OF A USER ID WITH A USER - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for consistently associating a user ID with a user. In one aspect, a method may comprise receiving a data request at a transceiver accessible by a server computing device, wherein, in response to receiving the data request, the server computing device is configured to: access, by one or more processors coupled to the transceiver, a first value embedded in a first cookie associated with a first expiration time; set a second cookie embedded with a second value; and reset the first cookie responsive to receiving an indication that the first cookie is expiring, wherein to reset the first cookie comprises replacing the first cookie with a third cookie set with a value equal to the first value and a third expiration time later than the first expiration time. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 12-05-2013 |
20140250127 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLUSTERING CONTENT ACCORDING TO SIMILARITY - Systems and methods for clustering content according to similarity are provided that identify and group similar content using a set of tags associated with the content. A topic model of a group of content is built, producing a probability distribution of topic membership for the content. Individual items of content are then clustered using a clustering algorithm, and a distance matrix from the probability distribution is built. Based on the distance matrix, individual items of content are labeled as “must-link” or “cannot-link” pairs with the group of content. The topic model is then embedded into successively smaller dimensions using a kernel method, until the clustering is stable with respect to both the behavioral and content domains. | 09-04-2014 |
Clifford Lyon, Somerville, MA US
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20140278198 | AUTOMATED EXPERIMENT SCHEDULING - Various embodiments are generally directed to an automated A/B testing system using a combination of classical and alternative statistical analysis to control the performance A/B tests. An apparatus includes a processor circuit; and logic to commence collection of a specified number of samples of user responses to multiple versions of a user interface in a test, employ an alternative statistical analysis to analyze the samples as they are collected, determine whether a proposed version elicits a statistically significant improvement in user response over a control version, terminate the test before the specified number of samples are collected in response to a statistically significant improvement over the control version elicited by the proposed version, and complete collection of the specified number of samples and employ a classical statistical analysis to analyze the samples in response to the proposed version not eliciting the statistically significant improvement. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282049 | A/B TEST CONFIGURATION ENVIRONMENT - Various embodiments are generally directed to a visual configuration environment for configuring A/B tests of variations of aspects of content presentation in a user interface of a portal of a server to support remotely accessing services that it provides. A method includes identifying multiple visual areas of a visible portion of a user interface in a first data script; visually presenting on a display the multiple visual areas in at least one menu in a first table to enable selection of first and second visual areas of the multiple visual areas for inclusion in an A/B test of multiple versions of the user interface; and visually presenting a list of all possible combinations of variations in content presentation selected in response to the visual presentation of the first table for the first and second visual areas in the form of a second table. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein. | 09-18-2014 |
Clifford Patrick Lyon, Melrose, MA US
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20130030868 | Scheduled Split Testing - A set of enrollment buckets are allocated to a business unit and are subdivided such that a portion of the enrollment buckets are allocated to at least one test. A user ID can be hashed using a first hash function to map the user to one of the enrollment buckets. A set of test buckets are also subdivided such that a portion of the buckets are allocated to one or more test groups and a portion of the test buckets are allocated to the control group. If the user was mapped to a bucket that is allocated to test in the set of enrollment buckets, the user ID will again be hashed using a second hash function to map the user to one of the test buckets. | 01-31-2013 |
20130031228 | SCHEDULED SPLIT TESTING - A set of enrollment hash slots are allocated to a business unit and are subdivided such that a portion of the enrollment hash slots are allocated to at least one test group. A user ID associated with a user can be hashed using a first hash function to map the user to one of the enrollment hash slots. A set of test hash slots are also subdivided such that a portion of the hash slots are allocated to a test version and a portion of the test hash slots are allocated to a control group. If the user was mapped to a hash slot that is allocated to test in the set of enrollment hash slots, the user ID will again be hashed using a second hash function to map the user to one of the test hash slots. | 01-31-2013 |
Craig Lyon, West Jordan, UT US
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20120140784 | SPECKLE REDUCTION FOR LASER PROJECTION DISPLAYS - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a laser driver, and more particularly, to systems, devices and methods of applying low current pulses to a laser modulation current to reduce the speckling noise on the projected images. | 06-07-2012 |
Daniel Lyon, Ridgefield, CT US
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20090200745 | SANITARY, LIVE LOADED, PASS THROUGH FITTING APPARATUS - A sanitary, live loaded, pass-through fitting apparatus which allows for variable depth insertion of a pass-through object is disclosed. The apparatus is useful for sanitary introduction of a thermowell probe, dip tube, or other objects into a process stream or vessel. The pass-through object is sealed to the fitting at the point of fluid insertion with the seal material under a live load. | 08-13-2009 |
Daniel P. Lyon, Richardson, TX US
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20120230674 | Triggers to Fault Information Insertion in Optical Transport Network - Systems and methods for triggering fault information insertion in an optical network are disclosed. In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include detecting, by a network element, occurrence of an event. The network element may also determine whether the event comprises a triggering fault condition in which fault information is to be communicated. The network element may additionally insert fault information into a data packet. The network element may further communicate the data packet to at least one neighboring network element. | 09-13-2012 |
Daniel Paul Lyon, Richardson, TX US
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20110280567 | IDENTIFYING FAULT LOCATIONS IN A NETWORK - Systems and methods for identifying a fault location in an optical network are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for identifying a fault location in an optical network comprises monitoring, by a network element, an eastward optical path and a westward optical path for faults. The method further comprises transmitting, by the network element, a first data packet along the eastward path and a second data packet along the westward path. The first and second data packets comprise an eastward fault indicator and a westward fault indicator comprising information associated with any eastward or westward faults occurring on the eastward or westward paths. The fault indicators indicate the existence of an eastward or westward fault and the network element that detected the fault. | 11-17-2011 |
David Lyon, Street, MD US
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20100281745 | RIFLE LAUNCHER FOR SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS) - A launcher system and method for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the launcher system comprises a barrel comprising a prepackaged internal pusher cup configured behind the UAV housed within the barrel; an expansion chamber operatively connected around the barrel, wherein the barrel extends out of a first end of the expansion chamber; a muzzle adapter operatively connected to a second end of the expansion chamber, wherein the first end of the expansion chamber is positioned opposite to the second end of the expansion chamber; a rifle slip-fitted to the muzzle adapter; and a stand operatively connected to the expansion chamber, wherein a triggering of the rifle causes the internal pusher cup to push the UAV out of the barrel at a predetermined launch velocity in order to attain a predetermined self-propelled flight trajectory. | 11-11-2010 |
David K. Lyon, Bend, OR US
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20080199527 | Enteric Coated Azithromycin Multiparticulates - A pharmaceutical composition is disclosed which comprises multiparticulates wherein said multiparticulates further comprise an azithromycin core and an enteric coating disposed upon said azithromycin core. | 08-21-2008 |
20120003282 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF DEXTRAN POLYMER DERIVATIVES - Pharmaceutical compositions are provided comprising an active agent and a dextran polymer derivative. The compositions include from 0.01 to 99 wt % of an active agent and from 1 to 99.99 wt % of a dextran polymer derivative. The dextran polymer derivative is selected from dextran acetate, dextran propionate, dextran succinate, dextran acetate propionate, dextran acetate succinate, dextran propionate succinate, dextran acetate propionate succinate, and mixtures thereof. | 01-05-2012 |
20130102691 | HYDROXYPROPYL METHYL CELLULOSE ACETATE SUCCINATE WITH ENHANCED ACETATE AND SUCCINATE SUBSTITUTION - Disclosed are polymers of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS) with unique degrees of substitution of hydroxypropoxy, methoxy, acetyl, and succinoyl groups. When used in making compositions comprising a low-solubility active agent and such polymers, the polymers provide increased aqueous concentrations and/or improved physical stability of the active agent. | 04-25-2013 |
20140161895 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF DEXTRAN POLYMER DERIVATIVES - Pharmaceutical compositions are provided comprising an active agent and a dextran polymer derivative. The compositions include from 0.01 to 99 wt % of an active agent and from 1 to 99.99 wt % of a dextran polymer derivative. The dextran polymer derivative is selected from dextran acetate, dextran propionate, dextran succinate, dextran acetate propionate, dextran acetate succinate, dextran propionate succinate, dextran acetate propionate succinate, and mixtures thereof. | 06-12-2014 |
Daxton Bernard Lyon, Honolulu, HI US
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20140100928 | UPLOADABLE ADVERTISEMENT OBSERVATION AND RESPONSE GAME - An uploadable advertisement rating and response game which utilizes an onsite tournament structure wherein advertisers upload advertisements into a hardware and software platform. Users access the advertisements through a portal (such as website, desktop application, or mobile application) and review and respond to the advertisements in exchange for prizes. | 04-10-2014 |
Dennis Bower Lyon US
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20090138953 | USER CONTROLLED IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION - A system, method for user controlled identity authentication comprising: a) At least one central computer having at least one user within a user database having user data and at least one service provider within a service provider database with service provider data; b) At least one service provider having electronic communication with the central computer; c) At least one user having electronic devices capable of communications with the central computer and service provider; e) Providing a user with a set of controls within the central computer to customize privacy, security and authentication of the user data; f) Providing a set of access rights within the service provider data of the central computer having a set of transaction rules for the service provider. | 05-28-2009 |
20100122316 | User Controlled Identity Authentication - A system, method for user controlled identity authentication comprising: a) At least one central computer having at least one user within a user database having user data and at least one service provider within a service provider database with service provider data; b) At least one service provider having electronic communication with the central computer; c) At least one user having electronic devices capable of communications with the central computer and service provider; e) Providing a user with a set of controls within the central computer to customize privacy, security and authentication of the user data; f) Providing a set of access rights within the service provider data of the central computer having a set of transaction rules for the service provider. | 05-13-2010 |
20120221470 | USER AUTHENTICATION AND SECURE TRANSACTION SYSTEM - A system, method, and apparatus to minimize fraud at the user, merchant, and/or financial institution level. A control computer provides authentication and/or transaction processing. The control computer has access to databases comprising user, merchant, enrollment, transaction, duplicate, and fraudulent activity data. Parties may enroll in the system via an enrollment computer and conduct transactions through the system via a merchant computer. Users are issued hardware identification keys containing an encrypted user code. Access keys can be required in addition to an authorized user key to conduct certain actions. Keys are copy protected and can comprise a computer operating system. The hardware profile of client devices can be recorded. Parties may specify minimum and/or maximum security levels and restrict transactions. Transactions with parties can be authenticated without sending user personal data to the parties. Users can control transfer of information from their personal communication device to other devices. | 08-30-2012 |
Gregory Lyon, Winston-Salem, NC US
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20130294623 | High Performance Transducer - Systems and methods for a high performance transducer are disclosed. For example, one described transducer includes: a pressure locking chamber with at least one orifice; a two-state solenoid configured to be controlled by a control circuit and a capacitor, the two-state solenoid comprising a solenoid housing; and a permanent magnet assembly configured to be actuated by the two-state solenoid to move between an open and a closed position, the permanent magnet assembly comprising a stopper configured to seal the at least one orifice in the closed position. | 11-07-2013 |
Gregory A. Lyon, Indianapolis, IN US
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20100064980 | DISPENSER HAVING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A dispenser is provided. The dispenser has a reservoir for storing a liquid or solid material. The dispenser may have a piezoelectric valve or pump located in an opening of the reservoir for regulating dispensing of the material. Alternatively, the dispenser may have a piezoelectric inchworm that directly or indirectly propels the material against or out of the opening. The opening may deposit the material directly or indirectly on the surface of an animal, or under the animal's skin. The dispenser also has means for being attached to the surface of the animal. Alternatively, the dispenser may be placed inside the animal. | 03-18-2010 |
20110092922 | TRANSDERMAL DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS - An applicator for dispensing a therapeutic agent to an animal comprising a housing including first and second sections coupled together, the first and second sections defining a channel therebetween that includes at least one outlet; a hub integral with the first section and extending therefrom, the hub defining a conduit; and a bent path connecting the conduit to the channel. In accordance with this embodiment, the conduit, the bent path and the channel are fluidly connected. | 04-21-2011 |
20130228136 | LIQUID DISPENSER - A method of dispensing liquid from a dispenser onto an animal. The method includes placing a tip of the dispenser on or near the skin of the animal and depressing a plunger which is movably disposed in a body of the dispenser. Depressing the plunger causes a membrane in the body to be pierced such that an opening is formed in the membrane. At least some of the liquid is dispensed through an opening of the dispenser onto the skin of the animal. In another embodiment, a dispenser is provided for dispensing liquid onto the skin of an animal. The dispenser can include a cap and a replaceable cartridge. | 09-05-2013 |
James Gabriel Lyon, Lehi, UT US
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20130031208 | Management and Provision of Interactive Content - Various implementations for managing and providing interactive content are described. One example implementation includes a system having one or more processors, a communication unit, a content management engine, an interactivity module, and a reporting module. The communication unit sends and receives data over a network. The content management engine transmits a first instance of an interactive content dataset via the communication unit to a first client device of a first user for presentation. The interactivity module receives event data describing an interaction with the interactive content dataset from the first client device via the communication unit. The reporting module generates a report describing the interaction by the first user with the interactive content dataset and transmits the report via the communication unit to one or more of the first client device and a second client device of a second user for presentation. | 01-31-2013 |
James R. Lyon, Etters, PA US
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20140065747 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SOLAR CELL STRINGS - A method and an apparatus for producing solar cell strings by connecting at least two solar cells by a least one conductor ribbon of a first length, wherein the solar cells are respectively spaced from one another at a string cell spacing(s), until a desired number of solar cells for producing a first solar cell string is connected together, connecting a further solar cell with a last solar cell of the first solar string by at least another conductor ribbon which is longer than the at least one conductor ribbon, wherein the second solar cell is spaced from the last solar cell at a greater spacing than the string cell spacing(s) and wherein the second solar cell forms the first solar cell for a second solar string, and separating the at least another conductor ribbon for decoupling the first solar cell string. | 03-06-2014 |
Jayme Lerae Lyon, San Antonio, TX US
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20080306349 | Visual Working Memory Assessment Using Abstract Symbols and Associated Methods - A neuropsychological assessment of visual working memory includes a first display having a first set of distinct abstract elements positioned in a first order. A second display includes a second set of distinct abstract symbols positioned in a second order. The second set includes all the abstract elements of the first set plus at least one additional distinct abstract element not present in the first set. The first display is shown to an examinee. The examinee is asked to view the first display and to note the abstract elements in the first set and the first order thereof. The examinee is instructed to view the second display and to indicate, with reference to the second set, a location of each of the abstract elements present in the first set, in the first order. | 12-11-2008 |
Jeffrey A. Lyon, Norfolk, VA US
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20130291107 | System and Method for Mitigating Application Layer Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Using Human Behavior Analysis - A method of mitigating an application distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on a network includes receiving at an application DDoS mitigation appliance application layer logs, parsing the application layer logs into an application layer forensic file, comparing an entry of the application layer forensic file with a human behavior profile to determine a malicious qualifier associated with an application DDoS attack on the network, parsing the application layer log into a per-source forensic file, comparing an entry of the per-source forensic files with the malicious qualifier to determine a malicious Internet protocol (IP) addresses associated with the application DDoS attack, and providing the malicious IP address to a network device, wherein the network device drops network traffic associated with the application DDoS attack based upon the malicious IP address. | 10-31-2013 |
Jeffrey A. Lyon, Silver Spring, MD US
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20100028386 | RECOMBINANT P. FALCIPARUM MEROZOITE PROTEIN-142 VACCINE - In this application is described the expression and purification of a recombinant | 02-04-2010 |
20100239614 | Isolation and Purification of P. Falciparum Merozoite Protein-142 Vaccine - In this application is the expression and purification of a recombinant | 09-23-2010 |
Jeffrey A. Lyon, Accident, MD US
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20100040640 | Expression, purification and uses of a plasmodium falciparum liver stage antigen 1 polypeptide - In this application is described the expression and purification of a recombinant | 02-18-2010 |
Jennifer L. Lyon, Austin, TX US
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20090065369 | CATALYTIC NANOCARBON ELECTRODES FOR BIOSENSORS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for detecting a composition comprising (a) providing a first composition which reacts with an oxidase to generate a second composition; (b) providing nitrogen-doped nanocarbons; and (c) detecting the first composition with the nanocarbons. Devices and systems containing such nitrogen-doped nanocarbons are also provided. | 03-12-2009 |
20100075393 | Aqueous microfabrication of functional bioelectronic architectures - The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for forming nanoscale architectures having nanoparticles bound thereto. The present invention provides a photon beam crosslinked polymer matrix, wherein the crosslinked matrix includes one or more polymers crosslinked to one or more crosslinking agents and one or more protein-coated metal nanoparticles. | 03-25-2010 |
Joe Lyon, Fortville, IN US
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20130335222 | DOOR LOCK SENSOR AND ALARM - A door lock mechanism is disclosed that includes door lock and alarm features. The mechanism includes a controller and a sensor useful to detect motions that are representative of attempted access through a door to which the door lock mechanism is attached. The controller can set an alarm condition if a measured motion, such as a measured acceleration, meet and/or exceeds a threshold. If an appropriate access control credential is provided through a user device then the alarm condition may not be set by the controller. The door lock mechanism can be coupled to a remote station via a communications link if needed, such as a radio frequency link. The remote station can additionally be in communication with the door lock mechanism via a network. The remote station can be used to send and receive messages regarding door lock mechanism status, configuration, etc. | 12-19-2013 |
Joseph E. Lyon, Carthage, MO US
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20150026893 | Mattress Topper Comprising Pocketed Spring Assembly With At Least One Cushioning Layer - A topper for use with a bedding or seating product, such as a mattress, comprises a casing surrounding a pocketed spring assembly and at least one cushioning layer. The topper has a skirt which may fit around the mattress. The skirt may have a drawstring or an elastic band which helps keep the removable topper on top of the bedding or seating product. The height of the springs in the pocketed spring assembly is typically less than the height of the bedding or seating product. | 01-29-2015 |
Keith R. Lyon, Hudson, WI US
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20140141214 | GRAPHIC ARTICLE - The present application is directed to articles useful as graphic films. Specifically, the present application is directed to an article comprising a film layer, the film layer comprising a polymer blend comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane and a cellulose ester, and an ink layer adjacent to at least one surface of the film. In some embodiments, the cellulose ester is a cellulose acetate butyrate. In some embodiments, the cellulose ester is a cellulose acetate propionate. | 05-22-2014 |
20140154505 | GRAPHIC ARTICLE - The present application is directed to articles useful as graphic films. Specifically, the present application is directed to a multilayer film, at least one layer of the multilayer film comprising a polymer blend comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane and a cellulose ester. In some embodiments, a second layer of the multilayer film comprises thermoplastic polyurethane and the cellulose ester. In some embodiments, a second layer of the multilayer film comprises a material different from the polymer blend. | 06-05-2014 |
20140158278 | GRAPHIC ARTICLE - The present application is directed to methods of using articles useful as graphic films. Specifically, the present application is directed to a method of displaying an image comprising providing a substrate with an irregular surface and applying an adhesive article to the substrate. The adhesive article comprises a film layer, and an adhesive layer. The film layer comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane and a cellulose ester. The adhesive layer adheres the adhesive article to the substrate. | 06-12-2014 |
20140162010 | GRAPHIC ARTICLE - The present application is directed to articles useful as graphic films. Specifically, the present application is directed to an article comprising a film layer, the film layer comprising a polymer blend comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane and a cellulose ester, and an adhesive layer adjacent the film layer. | 06-12-2014 |
Kent Lyon, Cypress, TX US
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20110315019 | HVAC RETURN AIR SYSTEM ACTUATOR DEVICE - A heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) return air system actuator device which could, among other things, be employed to notify a user of a clogged air filter and/or disperse a fragrance into a forced air HVAC system is disclosed. In one embodiment the actuator device has a movable actuator mounted within a housing. The movable actuator moves in response to a user pre-set pressure differential. When the pre-set pressure differential is reached, the movable actuator impacts a lever which activates a switch. The switch could be connected to a host of items such as a light emitting device to notify the user to a clogged air filter condition and/or to activate a pump to release a fragrance into the HVAC system. | 12-29-2011 |
Kent David Lyon, Cypress, TX US
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20120056743 | HVAC AIR FILTER CHECK REMINDER REFRIGERATOR MAGNET - An HVAC air filter check reminder refrigerator magnet easily attaches to top of mind locations within the home which visually and/or audibly alerts the user to check or change the HVAC air filter at the United States Department of Energy recommended lapse of time with a push of a single button. | 03-08-2012 |
Kristen A. Lyon, West Deptford, NJ US
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20130005622 | LOW VISCOSITY ENGINE OIL WITH SUPERIOR ENGINE WEAR PROTECTION - An engine oil lubricant composition comprising a major amount of base oil and an effective amount of a zinc dialkyl dithio phosphate, a polymeric viscosity index improver and a mixture of alkaline earth metal detergents provides improved fuel efficiency while providing excellent wear in an engine. | 01-03-2013 |
Kristen Amanda Lyon, Lorton, VA US
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20140274827 | LUBRICANT BASE STOCKS WITH IMPROVED FILTERABILITY - Provided for are lubricant base stocks with improved filterability. The lubricant base stock includes a bright stock and an effective amount of a heavy neutral. The filterability of the base stock as measured by the Membrane Filtration Method is less than or equal to 400 seconds. Also provided for are lubricating oils with improved filterability and methods of improving the filterability of lubricant base stocks. | 09-18-2014 |
Kristen Amanda Lyon, West Deptford, NJ US
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20130137617 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING ENGINE FUEL EFFICIENCY - A method for improving fuel efficiency, while maintaining or improving wear protection, in an engine lubricated with a lubricating oil by using as the lubricating oil a formulated oil having a HTHS viscosity of less than 2.6 cP at 150° C. In one form, the formulated oil has a composition that includes a lubricating oil base stock as a major component, and zinc dialkyl dithio phosphate, a mixture of (i) at least two alkali metal detergents, (ii) at least two alkaline earth metal detergents, or (iii) one or more alkali metal detergents and one or more alkaline earth metal detergents; and a viscosity index improver, as minor components. The lubricating oil has a HTHS viscosity of less than 2.6 cP at 150° C. The composition contains less than 2 weight percent of the viscosity index improver, based on the total weight of the formulated oil or lubricating engine oil. | 05-30-2013 |
20130143782 | LUBRICANTS WITH IMPROVED LOW-TEMPERATURE FUEL ECONOMY - Lubricating oil compositions, formulated to a preselected viscosity grade that demonstrate stay-in-grade capability in a diesel injector shear stability test, are provided. The compositions comprise a major amount of a base oil of lubricating viscosity and a minor amount of (i) a viscosity modifier (VM) or mixtures thereof having a low shear stability index (SSI) and (ii) a VM or mixtures thereof having an SSI greater than that of the VM from (i). | 06-06-2013 |
20130190544 | LUBRICANT BASE STOCKS FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES WITH IMPROVED LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES - Provided are lube base stocks produced from renewable biological sources with improved low temperature properties. In one form, the lube base stock includes from 10 to 35 wt. % paraffins, 40 to 70 wt. % 1-ring naphthenes, and 0 to 40 wt. % combined 2-ring naphthenes and aromatics, and has a ratio of 1-ring naphthenes to paraffins from 1.8 to 5.0, and a Viscosity Index of from 100 to 160. The lube base stock has a | 07-25-2013 |
20130217606 | LUBRICANT COMPOSITIONS FROM RENEWABLE BASE STOCKS WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES - Provided are lubricant compositions from renewable biological sources with improved properties and methods of making and using such compositions. In one form, the lubricant composition includes from 20 to 99.8 wt. % of a lube base stock produced from a renewable biological source and an effective amount of one or more lubricant additives. The lube base stock includes 10 to 35 wt. % paraffins, 40 to 70 wt. % 1-ring naphthenes, and 0 to 40 wt. % combined 2-ring naphthenes and aromatics, and has a ratio of 1-ring naphthenes to paraffins from 1.8 to 5.0, and a Viscosity Index of from 100 to 160. The lube base stock has a | 08-22-2013 |
20140274845 | LUBRICANT BASE STOCKS WITH IMPROVED FILTERABILITY - Provided for are lubricant base stocks with improved filterability. The lubricant base stock includes a bright stock or a heavy neutral and an effective amount of a pour point depressant. The filterability of the base stock as measured by the Membrane Filtration Method is less than or equal to 400 seconds. Also provided for are lubricating oils with improved filterability and methods of improving the filterability of lubricant base stocks. | 09-18-2014 |
Leland H. Lyon, Roanoke, VA US
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20090308661 | Exhaust valve and bit assembly for down-hole percussive drills - A bit assembly is for a percussive drill that includes a casing with an interior chamber and includes a bit connectable with the casing and having a longitudinal bore and an axis through the bore. The bore has a retainer portion with one or more generally. conical inner surfaces extending circumferentially about and facing generally toward the axis. A generally cylindrical valve has a longitudinal passage with an inlet fluidly connectable with the casing chamber and an outlet fluidly connectable with the bit central bore and an axis through the passage. An engagement portion with at least one generally conical outer surface extends circumferentially about and faces generally away from the valve axis. The valve engagement portion is disposable within the bit bore retainer portion such that the valve conical outer surface is disposed within and against the bit conical inner surface to retain the valve coupled with the bit. | 12-17-2009 |
20090321143 | Self-Indexing Down-The-Hole Drill - A down-the-hole drill (DHD) hammer having a casing, a drill bit proximate a distal end of the casing, a piston mounted within the casing and a self-indexing drive transmission is provided. The piston includes a plurality of helical and axial splines. The drive transmission includes a driver sleeve, a driven sleeve and a wrap spring clutch assembly. The driver sleeve and driven sleeve are housed within the casing and circumscribes the piston. The driver sleeve includes a plurality of openings for receiving a plurality of bearings. The driver sleeve bearings are configured to operatively engage the helical splines on the piston. The wrap spring clutch assembly includes a wrap spring circumscribing the driver sleeve and driven sleeve. The driven sleeve operatively engages the drill bit to rotationally index the drill bit. | 12-31-2009 |
20100059284 | DOWN-THE-HOLE DRILL HAMMER HAVING A REVERSE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND SEGMENTED CHUCK ASSEMBLY - A down-the-hole drill hammer is provided that includes a housing, a solid core piston mounted within the housing, a seal located between the solid core piston and the housing, and a backhead configured to exhaust working fluid volumes about a proximal end of the DHD hammer. The backhead includes a check valve assembly having a plug seal that can be moved to a closed seal position by gravity. A DHD hammer having a segmented chuck assembly is also provided. The segmented chuck assembly includes a plurality of chuck segments forming a cylindrical chuck assembly. | 03-11-2010 |
20100187017 | Down-the-hole Drill Reverse Exhaust System - A DHD hammer that can exhaust working air volumes partially through a proximal end of the DHD hammer's actuator assembly includes a drive chamber, a return chamber, and a backhead that includes exhaust ports. Working air volumes from the drive chamber are exhausted through the backhead while working air volumes from the drive chamber are exhausted primarily through a drill bit. | 07-29-2010 |
20100200301 | DOWN HOLE HAMMER HAVING ELEVATED EXHAUST - A percussive assisted rotary drill includes a top sub for connection with a drill pipe. The drill pipe imparts torque to the drill and also supplies motive fluid to the drill. The drill includes a shank adapter to facilitate affixing a rotary drill bit to the drill. The motive fluid is divided between a bit flow which flows through the bit to clear debris at the bottom of the drill, and an actuator flow. An actuator, which may be in the form of a reciprocating piston, moves within the drill under the influence of the actuator flow to impart cyclical blows to the shank adapter. The blows are transferred to the drill bit through the shank adapter to provide a relatively high frequency low amplitude percussive force on the rotating drill bit to assist in the drilling operation. At least a portion of the actuator flow portion of the motive fluid is exhausted through the top end of the drill. The relative flow rates and volumes of the bit and actuator flows can be adjusted with a check valve in the actuator flow exhaust path. | 08-12-2010 |
20110036636 | DOWN-THE-HOLE DRILL DRIVE COUPLING - A down-the-hole drill hammer is provided that includes a housing, a piston mounted within the housing, a drill bit mounted below the housing, and a drive coupling operatively engaged with the housing and drill bit. The drive coupling can be configured with a plurality of lugs circumferentially disposed about the drill bit and coupled with the casing for providing rotation thereof. Alternatively, the drive coupling can be configured with segmented lugs configured to circumscribe the drill bit, or as a cylindrical chuck formed out of arch-shaped chuck segments which radially assemble onto the shank of the drill bit. | 02-17-2011 |
20110240373 | DOWN-THE-HOLE DRILL HAMMER HAVING AN EXTENDABLE DRILL BIT ASSEMBLY - A down-the-hole drill hammer assembly includes a casing, a drill stem, a drilling lug segment and a pilot drill bit is provided. The drill stem is housed within the casing and includes an abutment surface. The drilling lug segment is slidably engaged with a distal end of the drill stem and movable between an initial configuration and an extended configuration. The drilling lug segment includes a proximal end engageable with the abutment surface of the drilling lug segment. The drill stem is movable between first and second positions within the pilot drill bit. In moving to the second position, the drill stem slidingly engages the drilling lug segment and moves the drilling lug segment to the extended configuration. | 10-06-2011 |
20110266067 | DOWN HOLE HAMMER HAVING ELEVATED EXHAUST - A percussive assisted rotary drill includes a top sub for connection with a drill pipe. The drill pipe imparts torque to the drill and also supplies motive fluid to the drill. The drill includes a shank adapter to facilitate affixing a rotary drill bit to the drill. The motive fluid is divided between a bit flow which flows through the bit to clear debris at the bottom of the drill, and an actuator flow. An actuator, which may be in the form of a reciprocating piston, moves within the drill under the influence of the actuator flow to impart cyclical blows to the shank adapter. The blows are transferred to the drill bit through the shank adapter to provide a relatively high frequency low amplitude percussive force on the rotating drill bit to assist in the drilling operation. At least a portion of the actuator flow portion of the motive fluid is exhausted through the top end of the drill. The relative flow rates and volumes of the bit and actuator flows can be adjusted with a check valve in the actuator flow exhaust path. | 11-03-2011 |
20110297447 | Pressure Reversing Valve Assembly For a Down-the-Hole Percussive Drilling Apparatus - A pressure reversing valve for a down-the-hole percussive drilling (“DHD”) apparatus has a first valve pressure surface, a second valve pressure surface and a third valve pressure surface. The first valve pressure surface engages an internal surface of a housing of the DHD hammer. The second valve pressure surface is in communication with a high pressure port of the DHD hammer. The third valve pressure surface is in communication with a passageway that extends through a distributor within the DHD hammer. The valve also includes a valve passageway that extends through the valve and which is in communication with a first volume of the DHD hammer. The first volume is formed by surfaces of the distributor and the third valve pressure surface. | 12-08-2011 |
20120006598 | Down-the-Hole Drill Hammer Having a Sliding Exhaust Check Valve - A down-the-hole drill hammer having a housing, a backhead and a tubular sliding check valve assembly that includes a distal end, a threaded male proximal end, a supply inlet and an exhaust port. The exhaust port communicates between an interior of the backhead and an exterior of the backhead. The tubular sliding check valve assembly includes a distributor, a sliding valve, and a biasing member. The distributor has a central opening extending through the distributor, an aperture extending through the distributor, and an exhaust gallery. The sliding valve is slidable along the central opening. The biasing member biases the sliding valve to a closed position. | 01-12-2012 |
20140131116 | NON-ROTATING DRILL BIT FOR A DOWN-THE-HOLE DRILL HAMMER - A non-rotational drill bit for a down-the-hole drill hammer is provided that includes a head and a shank extending from the head. The head includes a plurality of axisymmetric cutting members about its working face. The drill bit also includes a porting system that includes a central through hole, an air inlet port, an exhaust outlet port and a central exhaust port for exhausting air from an interior of the drill hammer and for clearing drilling debris from the face of the drill bit. | 05-15-2014 |
20140360783 | PRESSURE CONTROL CHECK VALVE FOR A DOWN-THE-HOLE DRILL HAMMER - A down-the-hole drill hammer for optimizing air consumption. The down-the-hole drill hammer includes a housing, a backhead connected to the housing, and a pressure control check valve assembly mounted within the housing. The pressure control check valve assembly includes a first check valve and a second check valve. The first check valve controls a flow of working fluid through the backhead. The second check valve is mounted to the first check valve and controls a flow of working fluid through the first check valve. | 12-11-2014 |
Louis A. Lyon, Mariettta, GA US
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20120258540 | METHODS FOR MODIFYING VIRUS SURFACES - Nucleic acid delivery vehicles and methods of their use are provided. One embodiment provides a virus having a lipid-polymer conjugate intercalated into the virus's membrane. The lipid-polymer conjugate includes a biocompatible polymer having first and second ends, a lipid conjugated to the first end, and a targeting moiety conjugated to the second end. The lipid is preferably a multi-chain lipid. The virus encodes one or more polypeptides that can help reduce or mitigate one or more symptoms of a disease or pathology. The lipid-polymer conjugate advantageously reduces non-specific binding of the virus while the targeting moiety enhances binding to specific cells or tissues. | 10-11-2012 |
Louis Andrew Lyon, Marietta, GA US
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20080206894 | Bioresponsive Hydrogels - The invention is a structure capable of detecting a target molecule, the invention including a functionalized polymer matrix having chemically reactive groups and at least one biomolecule attached to the chemically reactive groups to form a surface-modified bioresponsive polymer matrix. | 08-28-2008 |
20110008404 | Modification Of Biomaterials With Microgel Films - The various embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to the modification of biomaterials with microgel films. More particularly, the various embodiments of the present invention are directed to the modification of biomaterials and medical devices with microgel thin films to alter a host's response to an implanted biomaterial or medical device. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a coated biomaterial comprising a non-fouling polymer film attached to at least a portion of a surface of the biomaterial, the non-fouling polymer film comprising a plurality of a cross-linked polymer microparticles, wherein at least a portion of the cross-linked polymer microparticles are covalently bonded to at least a portion of the surface of the biomaterial. | 01-13-2011 |
20110091562 | NANOGELS FOR CELLULAR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS - The various embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to nanogels for the cellular delivery of therapeutics and methods of using the same. More particularly, the various embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for the targeted treatment of neoplastic using nanogel-based technologies. In an embodiment of the present invention, a nanogel-based delivery system comprises: a nanogel comprising a crosslinked polymer particle; and an active agent contained substantially within the nanogel, wherein the active agent is non-covalently associated with the nanogel. | 04-21-2011 |
Mark Lyon, Whitesboro, TX US
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20150008060 | Single-Axle Tractor - A single-axle tractor for moving trailers and wheeled cargo. The single-axle tractor of the present disclosure provides a compact, efficient, reliable, cost-effective means of moving cargo from one place to another using torque generated by an on-board motor. The tractor includes a structure to provide rigidity to a tractor-trailer combination while providing reasonable roll compliance. | 01-08-2015 |
Matthew Lyon, North Augusta, SC US
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20090192426 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING SHOULDER DISLOCATIONS - The present invention is directed to apparatus, systems, and methods for reducing anterior shoulder dislocations in a patient. In one embodiment, the apparatus of the present invention comprises a humeral cuff, an inflatable bladder, a source of pressurized gas in select fluid communication with the inflatable bladder, and at least one elongated belt attached to the humeral cuff. In another embodiment, the system of the present invention comprises the apparatus of the present invention and at least one weight configured to selectively couple to at least a portion of the at least one elongated belt. In a further embodiment, the methods of the present invention comprise positioning the patient in a substantially prone position, providing the system of the present invention, selectively positioning the humeral cuff in an operative position, and attaching at least one weight to at least one elongated belt such that downward graviational force is applied to the patient's arm to effect the desired reduction. | 07-30-2009 |
Michael A. Lyon, Superior, CO US
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20090155209 | NOVEL MACROCYCLIC INHIBITORS OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS REPLICATION - The embodiments provide compounds of the general Formula I, as well as compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a subject compound. The embodiments further provide treatment methods, including methods of treating a hepatitis C virus infection and methods of treating liver fibrosis, the methods generally involving administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of a subject compound or composition. | 06-18-2009 |
20090297476 | NOVEL PEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS REPLICATION - The embodiments provide compounds of the general Formula I, as well as compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a subject compound. The embodiments provide compounds of the general Formula II, as well as compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a subject compound. The embodiments further provide treatment methods, including methods of treating a hepatitis C virus infection and methods of treating liver fibrosis, the methods generally involving administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of a subject compound or composition. | 12-03-2009 |
Michael K. Lyon, Houston, TX US
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20090312458 | Process for Preparing Dynamically Vulcanized Alloys - This invention relates to processes for the preparation of a dynamically vulcanized alloy comprising at least one isobutylene-containing elastomer and at least one thermoplastic resin. More specifically, the processes produce dynamically vulcanized alloys with unique morphological features which have good impermeability and low temperature flexibility. | 12-17-2009 |
Michael Kenneth Lyon, Houston, TX US
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20100331452 | EFFICIENT MIXING PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION - A durable, flexible, impermeable thermoplastic elastomer composition is produced using a dynamic vulcanization process conducted in a high shear mixer at elevated temperature. The composition comprises cured particles of a first halogenated isobutylene-containing elastomer and particles of a second elastomer having at least one functional group capable of reacting with and grafting to a polyamide, the particles of the first and second elastomers dispersed in a continuous thermoplastic polyamide matrix, said process comprising: (1) dispersing a curative in the halogenated elastomer and forming a pre-compounded, preferably pelletized composition; (2) introducing polyamide resin and optional stabilizers into the mixer and shearing and heating to melt the polyamide and form a mixture; (3) introducing a nylon plasticizer to reduce the viscosity of the polyamide mixture to substantially match that of the pre-compounded elastomer under mixing conditions; (4) introducing pellets of the pre-compounded elastomer into the mixer and initiating dynamic vulcanization of the elastomer and polyamide components; (5) introducing the second elastomer and continuing heating and shearing to disperse the second elastomer and substantially complete dynamic vulcanization; and delivering the thermoplastic elastomer composition from the mixer. Such compositions are particularly useful in applications such as tire innerliners and barrier films or layers. | 12-30-2010 |
Paul E. Lyon, Slidell, LA US
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20120101795 | TOOL FOR RAPID CONFIGURATION OF A RIVER MODEL USING IMAGERY-BASED INFORMATION - System and method for extraction and processing of river bank coordinates from imagery, generation of an unstructured mesh of the river using river bank positions and available or synthetic bathymetry, application of upstream and downstream boundary forcing data, contingencies for handling missing data, and configuration of multiple realizations of the developed river model. | 04-26-2012 |
20140032191 | TOOL FOR RAPID CONFIGURATION OF A RIVER MODEL USING IMAGERY-BASED INFORMATION - System and method for extraction and processing of river bank coordinates from imagery, generation of an unstructured mesh of the river using river bank positions and available or synthetic bathymetry, application of upstream and downstream boundary forcing data, contingencies for handling missing data, and configuration of multiple realizations of the developed river model. | 01-30-2014 |
Richard G. Lyon, Marriottsville, MD US
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20100053634 | DIRECT SOLVE IMAGE BASED WAVE-FRONT SENSING - A method of aligning an array of mirrors and computer program product therefor. The method may be used to align mirrors in a sparse aperture telescope system, e.g., a spaced based imaging interferometer. An image projected onto mirrors in an array of mirrors is reflected onto a sensor, where a point spread function (PSF) is collected from a pair of mirrors. A spatial image is extracted from PSF sidebands and a difference (e.g., piston difference) is determined for the pair of mirrors from the spatial image. Tip and tilt are determined for the pair of mirrors from spatial image characteristics. | 03-04-2010 |
20100053635 | DIRECT SOLVE IMAGE BASED WAVE-FRONT SENSING - A method of aligning an array of mirrors and computer program product therefor. The method may be used to align mirrors in a sparse aperture telescope system, e.g., a spaced based imaging interferometer. An image projected onto mirrors in an array of mirrors is reflected onto a sensor, where a point spread function (PSF) is collected from a pair of mirrors. A spatial image is extracted from PSF sidebands and a difference (e.g., piston difference) is determined for the pair of mirrors from the spatial image. Tip and tilt are determined for the pair of mirrors from spatial image characteristics. | 03-04-2010 |
20100321699 | SYSTEMS, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND TANGIBLE COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR WIDE-FIELD INTERFEROMETRY - Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable storage media for wide field imaging interferometry. The method includes for each point in a two dimensional detector array over a field of view of an image: gathering a first interferogram from a first detector and a second interferogram from a second detector, modulating a path-length for a signal from an image associated with the first interferogram in the first detector, overlaying first data from the modulated first detector and second data from the second detector, and tracking the modulating at every point in a two dimensional detector array comprising the first detector and the second detector over a field of view for the image. The method then generates a widefield data cube based on the overlaid first data and second data for each point. The method can generate an image from the widefield data cube. | 12-23-2010 |
20110157600 | OPTICAL WAVE-FRONT RECOVERY FOR ACTIVE AND ADAPTIVE IMAGING CONTROL - An optical telescope system, method of actively, adaptively providing optical control to an array of articulated mirrors in a sparse aperture in the optical telescope system and a computer program product therefor. Array apertures are selected sequentially for imaging. Each aperture is temporally modulating at a unique/different frequency and, simultaneously, focal plane images are detected for each array aperture with known and separable temporal dependencies. The images are processed for the current set of said focal plane images to detect an image wavefront. The feeding back wavefront errors are fed back to aperture actuators for controlling the array. | 06-30-2011 |
Richard H. Lyon, Belmont, MA US
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20080298604 | In-room acoustic magnitude response smoothing via summation of correction signals - A system and method are provided for smoothing the in-room acoustic magnitude response of an audio reproduction system. An in-room acoustic magnitude response analysis is performed to determine a room resonance induced peak associated with an audio signal. A replica of the audio signal is filtered at the room resonance induced peak. The filtered replica signal is added with the audio signal. Through this, smoothing of the room resonance induced peak may be achieved, such that a subjective impression of transient response and dynamics of the audio signal are preserved. | 12-04-2008 |
20090154715 | Apparati and methods for sound transduction with minimal interference from background noise and minimal local acoustic radiation - A transducer senses sounds produced by a talker or other source and measures acceleration of air. Enhancement of acceleration is accompanied by reduction of the portion of the sound energy that escapes from the regions around the transducer. The result is a high sensitivity transducer, with increased privacy for use in communication systems, especially cell phones and in a multi-person environment. A pressure sensor array with a weighted output is sensitive to sound from a source talker only, and not to acoustic background noise, and not to a local loudspeaker. The weighted signal is a source sum pressure signal. The array produces a signal (using a different weighting) that corresponds to an estimate of a derivative of pressure. The derivative signal is proportional to the volume velocity fluctuations produced by the source. This signal is enhanced, rather than reduced. A local loudspeaker is driven to make the source sum pressure signal as small as desired. The loudspeaker is driven to produce volume velocity fluctuations approximately equal and opposite to those produced by the source. No compression of air arises due to the talker, and no sound is radiated into the far field. All happens because the system is driven to reduce the source pressure sum signal to below a desired threshold. It is not necessary to directly measure the volume velocity fluctuations of the talker source. | 06-18-2009 |
20130044902 | TRANSDUCERS EMPLOYING BOWED LAMINA - A new type of sound transducer, with high output capability and compact size employs a motor in combination with a displacement amplification system using curved lamina. The motor may be electrostatic, such as piezoelectric, or electrodynamic, such as magnetostrictive, or balanced armature. Newer forms of driver materials such as PMN-PT and layered PZT or Galfenol or Terfenol-D are examples. The design exhibits high source levels, smooth frequency response and uniform directivity. Although the application described herein relates to a low frequency sound source for underwater use, the design is not restricted to low frequencies or to an underwater sound source. Both sound production and reception may be conducted. Further, diaphragmatic displacement pumps and sensors may be equipped with curved lamina, which experience a change of curvature upon excitation of their edges, and which may generate displacement of their edges due to changes of their curvature. | 02-21-2013 |
Robert Arthur Lyon, Brownington, VT US
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20110214653 | Bow apparatus and method for playing archery golf - The present invention is directed to a bow apparatus comprising a bow having first and second tips, a string which is attached between the first and second tips and a shaft having a first shaft end and a second shaft end. The first shaft end is secured proximate the midpoint of the string. The shaft passes through a shaft stabilizer located proximate the midpoint of the bow. The second shaft end has a projectile holder. The bow apparatus is used to play a new modified version of archery golf by holding the ball with the projectile holder. The user pulls the shaft to tension the string, aims the shaft towards the cup target, and then releases the shaft to project the ball towards the cup target. The bow apparatus further comprises a putter block for hitting the ball into the cup target once the ball is close to the cup target and on the green. | 09-08-2011 |
Robert G. Lyon, Bluffdale, UT US
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20130062160 | ARTICLE TRAY AND HANDLING OF ARTICLES WITH THE TRAY - An article-handling system and method of handling articles with article trays having a support surface and a plurality of generally parallel grooves in said support surface includes loading articles on trays with an article-traying subsystem and unloading articles from trays with an article-detraying subsystem. The article-traying subsystem has a tray conveyor and a loading article conveyor. The loading article conveyor has a plurality of fingers adapted to fit within the grooves of a tray traveling on the tray conveyor at the article conveyor. An article is transferred to the tray support surface with the loading article conveyor. The article-detraying subsystem has a trayed article conveyor and an unloading article conveyor. The unloading article conveyor has a plurality of fingers adapted to fit within the grooves of the tray of a trayed article traveling on the trayed article conveyor at the unloading article conveyor. An article is removed from the tray support surface with the unloading article conveyor. | 03-14-2013 |
Robert Glen Lyon, Bluffdale, UT US
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20130211977 | WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A warehouse management system can include pick platforms, each having an identifier associated therewith. A mobile computing device can be associated with a pick platform based on the identifier and may be associated with one of the pick platforms at a time. A director computing device can be in communication with the mobile computing device and can transmit pick instructions to the mobile computing device based on a currently associated pick platform. | 08-15-2013 |
20140291112 | Warehouse Conveyor - A warehouse conveyor system can include an input conveyor path for conveying a parcel toward an inventory picking area. An input conveyor switch can divert the parcel from the input conveyor path to a predetermined pick zone for fulfillment. An output conveyor path can convey the parcel from the pick zone after fulfillment. | 10-02-2014 |
20150081088 | Warehouse Management System - A warehouse management method using a pick platform may include associating a mobile computing device with a pick platform based on an identifier associated with the pick platform. A platform profile for the pick platform may be identified based on the identifier. Portions of the platform profile may be displayed using a platform profile map of the pick platform on the mobile computing device representing locations on the pick platform to which an item included in a plurality of orders is to be put. | 03-19-2015 |
Ronald W. Lyon, Noblesville, IN US
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20100064980 | DISPENSER HAVING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A dispenser is provided. The dispenser has a reservoir for storing a liquid or solid material. The dispenser may have a piezoelectric valve or pump located in an opening of the reservoir for regulating dispensing of the material. Alternatively, the dispenser may have a piezoelectric inchworm that directly or indirectly propels the material against or out of the opening. The opening may deposit the material directly or indirectly on the surface of an animal, or under the animal's skin. The dispenser also has means for being attached to the surface of the animal. Alternatively, the dispenser may be placed inside the animal. | 03-18-2010 |
20130228136 | LIQUID DISPENSER - A method of dispensing liquid from a dispenser onto an animal. The method includes placing a tip of the dispenser on or near the skin of the animal and depressing a plunger which is movably disposed in a body of the dispenser. Depressing the plunger causes a membrane in the body to be pierced such that an opening is formed in the membrane. At least some of the liquid is dispensed through an opening of the dispenser onto the skin of the animal. In another embodiment, a dispenser is provided for dispensing liquid onto the skin of an animal. The dispenser can include a cap and a replaceable cartridge. | 09-05-2013 |
Russell Roy Lyon, Days Creek, OR US
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20100204613 | Method and apparatus for manipulating a surgical guidewire - A method and apparatus for manipulating a surgical guidewire. The apparatus comprises a chuck for selectively coupling motive force to a surgical guidewire and an actuator, coupled to the chuck, for imparting an axial motive force to the chuck. Embodiments of the invention further comprise a method of using the apparatus. | 08-12-2010 |
Scott P. Lyon, Eagan, MN US
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20090276239 | VALIDATED HEALTHCARE CLEANING AND SANITIZING PRACTICES - A validated healthcare facility cleaning and sanitizing system provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to cleaning and sanitizing practices at a hospital or other healthcare facility. The validated hospital cleaning system identifies hospital vectors of contamination; that is, sources through which hospital acquired infections (HAIs) may be spread. The validated system defines a plurality of modules within a healthcare facility, each having an associated cleaning process map designed to meet the particular cleaning and/or sanitizing needs and challenges faced by that module. Various stages of the cleaning process map include validation points, at which certain parameters designed to ensure proper cleaning and/or sanitizing of the module are verified. | 11-05-2009 |
20110160117 | BINDING AGENT FOR SOLIDIFICATION MATRIX - Material, composition, and manufacturing method alternatives for a solidification matrix that may be used, for example, in solid cleaning compositions, or other technologies. In at least some embodiments, the solidification matrix includes a binding agent that is formed by the use of MGDA, or a salt or derivative thereof, and water to produce a solid binding agent. In some embodiments, the MGDA and water combines and can solidify to act as a binder material or binding agent dispersed throughout a solid composition that may contain other functional ingredients that provide the desired properties and/or functionality to the solid composition. | 06-30-2011 |
Scott P. Lyon, Blaine, MN US
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20090018049 | BINDING AGENT FOR SOLIDIFICATION MATRIX - Material, composition, and manufacturing method alternatives for a solidification matrix that may be used, for example, in solid cleaning compositions, or other technologies. In at least some embodiments, the solidification matrix includes a binding agent that is formed by the use of MGDA, or a salt or derivative thereof, and water to produce a solid binding agent. In some embodiments, the MGDA and water combines and can solidify to act as a binder material or binding agent dispersed throughout a solid composition that may contain other functional ingredients that provide the desired properties and/or functionality to the solid composition. | 01-15-2009 |
20090318327 | Binding agent for solidification matrix - Material, composition, and manufacturing method alternatives for a solidification matrix that may be used, for example, in solid cleaning compositions, or other technologies. In at least some embodiments, the solidification matrix includes a binding agent that is formed by the use of MGDA, or a salt or derivative thereof, and water to produce a solid binding agent. In some embodiments, the MGDA and water combines and can solidify to act as a binder material or binding agent dispersed throughout a solid composition that may contain other functional ingredients that provide the desired properties and/or functionality to the solid composition. | 12-24-2009 |
Stephen Lyon, Cranbury, NJ US
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20130087766 | SCALABLE QUANTUM COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE WITH COUPLED DONOR-QUANTUM DOT QUBITS - A quantum bit computing architecture includes a plurality of single spin memory donor atoms embedded in a semiconductor layer, a plurality of quantum dots arranged with the semiconductor layer and aligned with the donor atoms, wherein a first voltage applied across at least one pair of the aligned quantum dot and donor atom controls a donor-quantum dot coupling. A method of performing quantum computing in a scalable architecture quantum computing apparatus includes arranging a pattern of single spin memory donor atoms in a semiconductor layer, forming a plurality of quantum dots arranged with the semiconductor layer and aligned with the donor atoms, applying a first voltage across at least one aligned pair of a quantum dot and donor atom to control a donor-quantum dot coupling, and applying a second voltage between one or more quantum dots to control a Heisenberg exchange J coupling between quantum dots and to cause transport of a single spin polarized electron between quantum dots. | 04-11-2013 |
Stephen Lyon, Racine, WI US
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20120219480 | COMPOSITIONS FOR WET AIR SCRUBBERS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AND CLEANING WET AIR SCRUBBERS USING THE SAME - A composition for use in air scrubbers, and particularly, cleaning air scrubbers is provided, along with methods for cleaning air scrubbers using the same. The composition includes at least one of components A, B, C, and D. Component A includes at least one surfactant and at least one enzyme. Component B includes at least one surfactant. Component C includes at least one pH control agent. Component D includes at least one defoamer. The compositions may be used to remove volatile organic compounds from air. | 08-30-2012 |
Stephen Crowell Lyon, Minnetonka, MN US
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20120315361 | Dual Use Food Container - A Dual use food container has two sets of holding surfaces, one positions food items such as taco shells for storage and transport and the other set of surfaces position the taco shell in a position for assembly so the cook can add ingredients like meat, cheese and sauce to the shell without it tipping over. The formed surfaces that enable one position exist substantially without interference with the surfaces that enable the alternative position. A thin film can be applied to the top of the container to seal the food within when positioned for storage and transport and can be adopted to fit snugly in a box further protecting the food. Thin formable materials can be used in making the container. Versions of this material can allow food to be safely warmed in an oven within the container. Methods for preparing food within the container are also disclosed. | 12-13-2012 |
Susan Lyon, Bonita Springs, FL US
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20140196915 | HOOF COVER - Described in this application for patent is a cover for treating the hoof or leg of a hooved animal. The cover includes a hoof shoe and a sock joined at a seam. The hoof shoe includes a pocket for receiving the hoof of the animal and provides a continuous outer surface for enclosing the hoof and a cushioned bottom portion allowing for treatment to the underside of the hoof. The sock includes a liner, such as silicone or thermoplastic polyurethane, which adheres to the skin or hair of the animal and prevents the cover from being displaced during wear. | 07-17-2014 |
Ted Lyon, Shenandoah, PA US
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20090120530 | Container Handling System - A system for processing a simplified plastic container (C) that is to be filled with a hot product includes the step of blow-molding parison to form a container body, where the container body has a neck, a base, a side surface relatively free of structural geometry that surrounds an interior of the container body and, prior to being filled with the hot product, a projection ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090126323 | Container Handling System - A system for processing a simplified plastic container (C) that is to be filled with a hot product includes the step of blow-molding parison to form a container body, where the container body has a neck, a base, a side surface relatively free of structural geometry that surrounds an interior of the container body and, prior to being filled with the hot product, a projection ( | 05-21-2009 |
20120152964 | CONTAINER HANDLING SYSTEM - A system for processing a simplified plastic container (C) that is to be filled with a hot product includes the step of blow-molding parison to form a container body, where the container body has a neck, a base, a side surface relatively free of structural geometry that surrounds an interior of the container body and, prior to being filled with the hot product, a projection ( | 06-21-2012 |
Terry L. Lyon, Rochester, MN US
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20090213541 | Cooling Plate Assembly with Fixed and Articulated Interfaces, and Method for Producing Same - A cooling plate assembly for transferring heat from electronic components mounted on a circuit board includes both fixed and articulated interfaces. A fixed-gap coldplate is positioned over and in thermal contact with (e.g., through an elastomerically compressive pad thermal interface material) electronic components mounted on the circuit board's top surface. An articulated coldplate is positioned over and in thermal contact with at least one electronic component mounted on the circuit board's top surface. In the preferred embodiments, the articulated coldplate is spring-loaded against one or more high power processor components having power dissipation greater than that of the electronic components under the fixed-gap cooling plate. Thermal dissipation channels in the coldplates are interconnected by flexible tubing, such as copper tubing with a free-expansion loop. In the preferred embodiments, the coldplates and the flexible tubing are connected to define a portion of a single flow loop used to circulate cooling fluid through the coldplates. | 08-27-2009 |
20090268638 | Cross Coupled Unidirectional Data Ring - In a data communication system for communicating data between a plurality of data communicating entities, data is transmitted simultaneously from at least a first data communicating entity and a second data communicating entity onto a serial data ring. A first portion of the serial data ring is cross coupled to a second portion of the serial data ring so that data from the first data communicating entity avoids conflict with data from the second data communicating entity, thereby emulating a forward and reverse transmission on a single unidirectional serial ring. | 10-29-2009 |
Torsten M. Lyon, Golden, CO US
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20100174178 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE GUIDED ACCURACY VERIFICATION - A method includes receiving during a first time interval image data associated with an image of a dynamic body. The image data includes an indication of the positions of a first marker and a second marker on a garment coupled to the dynamic body. The first marker and second marker are each coupled to the garment at a first and second locations, respectively. A distance is determined between the position of the first marker and the second marker. During a second time interval after the first time interval, data associated with a position of a first and second localization element that are each coupled to the garment is received. A distance between the first and second localization elements is determined. A difference is calculated between the distance between the first marker and the second marker and the distance between the first localization element and the second localization element. | 07-08-2010 |
20110184276 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC IMAGE GUIDED ACCURACY VERIFICATION - A method includes receiving during a first time interval associated with a path of motion of a dynamic body, image data associated with a plurality of images of the dynamic body. The plurality of images include an indication of a position of a first marker coupled to a garment at a first location, and a position of a second marker coupled to the garment at a second location. The garment is coupled to the dynamic body. During a second time interval, an image from the plurality of images is automatically identified that includes a position of the first marker that is substantially the same as a position of a first localization element relative to the dynamic body and a position of the second marker that is substantially the same as a position of the second localization element relative to the dynamic body. | 07-28-2011 |
20110208044 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE GUIDED ACCURACY VERIFICATION - A method includes receiving during a first time interval image data associated with an image of a dynamic body. The image data includes an indication of the positions of a first marker and a second marker on a garment coupled to the dynamic body. The first marker and second marker are each coupled to the garment at a first and second locations, respectively. A distance is determined between the position of the first marker and the second marker. During a second time interval after the first time interval, data associated with a position of a first and second localization element that are each coupled to the garment is received. A distance between the first and second localization elements is determined. A difference is calculated between the distance between the first marker and the second marker and the distance between the first localization element and the second localization element. | 08-25-2011 |
Torsten M. Lyon, St. Louis, MO US
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20090281566 | BODILY SEALANTS AND METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE-GUIDED DELIVERY OF SAME - Generally, systems, methods, and apparatus related to the use of a dynamic imaging modality in an image guided intervention are disclosed herein. More specifically, the use of such modalities in sealing a bodily opening, such as those that may be formed during an invasive medical procedure are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method includes viewing a representation of an instrument within a body of a patient, adjusting a position of the instrument based on the viewing such that a portion of the instrument is at a location within the body of the patient, and delivering a sealant via the instrument to the location within the body of the patient. The sealant is configured to seal an opening in the body part. | 11-12-2009 |
20120158047 | BODILY SEALANTS AND METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE-GUIDED DELIVERY OF SAME - Generally, systems, methods, and apparatus related to the use of a dynamic imaging modality in an image guided intervention are disclosed herein. More specifically, the use of such modalities in sealing a bodily opening, such as those that may be formed during an invasive medical procedure are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method includes viewing a representation of an instrument within a body of a patient, adjusting a position of the instrument based on the viewing such that a portion of the instrument is at a location within the body of the patient, and delivering a sealant via the instrument to the location within the body of the patient. The sealant is configured to seal an opening in the body part. | 06-21-2012 |
Zach Lyon, Reno, NV US
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20110082824 | Method for selecting an optimal classification protocol for classifying one or more targets - A framework for comparison and optimization of classifiers and features for classification of targets includes preparing training and testing sets, applying a classifier to the training set to achieve a distinctly trained classifier for each classifier applied, applying each resulting trained classifier to the testing data set, selecting an optimal classifier, and applying the optimal classifier to the target. The framework is used to optimally classify a physical representation of a target, such as a document, news article, or advertisement. The framework allows for targeted advertisements to be directed to consumers based on user preferences learned from user activities across a network. | 04-07-2011 |