Villanueva, US
Alexis A. Villanueva, Blacksburg, VA US
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20120174571 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY (SMA) ACTUATORS AND DEVICES INCLUDING BIO-INSPIRED SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY COMPOSITE (BISMAC) ACTUATORS - An actuator comprising a flexible spring affixed at a separation distance from a shape memory alloy or artificial muscle element amplifies strain developed by the shape memory alloy or artificial muscle element while maintaining a substantial fraction of the force developed during activation of the shape memory alloy or artificial memory element. A plurality of such actuators positioned relative to each other by encapsulation or attachment to a body of material such as a terminal hub can emulate a wide variety of biological movements such as for providing gripping in the manner of an opposed human thumb or propulsion in the manner of a jellyfish. | 07-12-2012 |
Axel R. Villanueva, Pelham, NH US
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20100066592 | PARALLEL PROCESSING TO GENERATE RADAR SIGNATURES FOR MULTIPLE OBJECTS - In one aspect, a system to generate a radar signature of an object includes electromagnetic processing modules that include a first module including at least one processing unit to perform a shooting and bouncing (SBR) technique to solve for physical optics and multi-bounce characteristics of the object, a second module including a processing unit to perform a physical theory (PTD) technique to solve for material edges of the object and a third module including a processing unit to perform an incremental length diffraction coefficient (ILDC) to solve for material boss/channel. Results from the first, second and third modules are coherently integrated by frequency to generate radar cross section (RCS) values of the object in real-time. Performance of the system is scalable by adding processing units to at least one of the first, second or third modules. | 03-18-2010 |
20100066595 | ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) SOLVER USING A SHOOTING BOUNCING RAY (SBR) TECHNIQUE - In one aspect, a system to generate radar signatures for multiple objects in real-time includes a first module including at least one processor to perform a shooting and bouncing (SBR) technique to solve for physical optics and multi-bounce characteristics of the objects. The at least one processor includes a central processing unit to perform dynamic ray tracing and a graphics processing unit (GPU) to perform far field calculations. The GPU includes a hit point database to store entries associated with rays that intersect an object. | 03-18-2010 |
Carlos Javier Villanueva, Aguadilla, PR US
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20110215929 | SYSTEM FOR TESTING REUSABLE ELECTRONIC ARTICLE SURVEILLANCE TAGS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A system and method for automatically sorting, cleaning, testing and counting reusable visible source tags (VSTs) and for detecting and rejecting tags that are not functioning within predetermined parameters. The system includes a first sub-system that stores and feeds the VSTs to a vibratory bowl where they are initialized. A second sub-system transfers the tags from the vibratory bowl and sorts the tags assuring the tags are reusable rather than disposable tags. A third sub-system tests the reusable tags to assure compliance with select parameters such as frequency and amplitude. If the reusable tags comply with the parameters then they are deemed activatable. The system may also automatically sort and count the accepted and rejected tags. The system disclosed herein is capable of testing VSTs at a high speeds, e.g., up to 150 units per minute, with the required quality level and reliability. | 09-08-2011 |
Charles J. Villanueva, Albuquerque, NM US
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20150093509 | SUBSTRATE STAIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF APPLICATION - Compositions and methods for changing the color of non-wood substrates. A one step method uses a solution of a water soluble pigment or dye and a metal salt. The non-toxic solution can be sprayed on a primed or unprimed substrate without wiping. The method can produce an even color on a smooth substrate, or a simulated woodgrain pattern or color on a textured substrate. The composition and method can be used on substrates as varied as fiberboard, fiberglass, steel, vinyl, plastics, metals, concrete, brick, stone, and stucco. The composition can include a resin which is emulsified when added and subsequently demulsifies. A two step method includes the additional step of applying a gall ink to the substrate. The compositions can be distributed as kits containing multiple packages of dry or concentrated ingredients, which make the final composition(s) when hydrated. Simply changing one of the packages can change the composition's application method, application effect, or intended substrate, thus enabling the creation of a system with simplified inventory and shipping requirements. | 04-02-2015 |
Edgar Villanueva, Rockaway, NJ US
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20090030792 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SERVICE - A method and system for content recommendation make such recommendations possible, even if users are in different geographic locations, use different network service providers and different services, user different types of device, etc. A method for communicating a content recommendation comprises receiving a recommendation for content, the content recommendation originating from a first client device communicating using a first network and destined for a second client device communicating using a second network, determining access information for the second client device to access the content using the second network, and transmitting the determined access information. | 01-29-2009 |
20090030931 | MULTI-SOURCE MULTI-NETWORK ELECTRONIC SERVICE GUIDE - A method and system by which a client device can gather ESG data from disparate sources and present them to a user in a unified manner via a single user interface provides improved usability of the ESG. A method for providing an electronic service guide comprises acquiring a plurality of electronic service guides, translating each of the plurality of electronic service guides that was not acquired in a specified representation to the specified representation, combining the plurality of electronic service guides in the specified representation to form a unified electronic service guide, and providing the unified electronic service guide for display. | 01-29-2009 |
20120122490 | LOCATION SPECIFIC EVENT BROADCASTING - Applications in a broadcast environment distribute events in real-time to a large number of receivers within specified geographic locations while efficiently sharing bandwidth resources with other applications using the same broadcast network. Applications need not be aware of the other applications sharing the resources, nor of the methods, protocols, and other mechanisms used to actually broadcast the data over the broadcast medium. Server-side applications that serve data, send notifications, or distribute events to specific locations within the network use a broadcast location manager. Client applications that receive such data, notifications, or events use a client location filter to obtain events that are relevant based on the location of the device. The broadcast location manager and client location filter work together to reliably and efficiently transmit data, notifications, and events to specific locations over the broadcast network for all applications involved. | 05-17-2012 |
20120230195 | RELIABLE EVENT BROADCASTER WITH MULTIPLEXING AND BANDWIDTH CONTROL FUNCTIONS - Data may be transmitted in a broadcast mode to multiple devices operating in a network. Efficient utilization of bandwidth while providing a desired level of quality of service is enabled for the applications executing on the devices that utilize the broadcasted data. A set of bandwidth constraints may be utilized in combination with a set of heuristics and rules for the allocation and re-allocation of bandwidth among multiple applications in a manner that minimizes the impact on the quality of service metrics of importance to the affected applications when contention exists for the network resources. Quality of service provided to each application may be degraded smoothly, with certain priorities and guarantees being maintained. Event segmentation and reassembly functions for applications may be provided, as well as reliability mechanisms to increase the ability to provide data to client devices that have not been actively receiving for significant periods of time. | 09-13-2012 |
20130166735 | LOCATION SPECIFIC EVENT BROADCASTING - Applications in a broadcast environment distribute events in real-time to a large number of receivers within specified geographic locations while efficiently sharing bandwidth resources with other applications using the same broadcast network. Applications need not be aware of the other applications sharing the resources, nor of the methods, protocols, and other mechanisms used to actually broadcast the data over the broadcast medium. Server-side applications that serve data, send notifications, or distribute events to specific locations within the network use a broadcast location manager. Client applications that receive such data, notifications, or events use a client location filter to obtain events that are relevant based on the location of the device. The broadcast location manager and client location filter work together to reliably and efficiently transmit data, notifications, and events to specific locations over the broadcast network for all applications involved. | 06-27-2013 |
Erwin Villanueva, Sayreville, NJ US
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20120126595 | GLIDING ROCKING CHAIR AND OTTOMAN - A furniture system includes a chair and an ottoman. The chair, includes a seat, a seatback, first and second armrests, first and second base structures, and at least one chair linkage system. The seat moves relative to the first and second base structures according to the at least one linkage system. The chair includes a recess that stores the ottoman. The ottoman includes a top structure and at least one base structure. The top structure transitions between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the top structure is positioned at a first angle relative to the at least one base structure and moves relative to the at least one base structure. In the second mode, the top structure is positioned at a second angle relative to the at least one base structure and remains fixed relative to the at least one base structure. | 05-24-2012 |
Flordeliza Villanueva, Pittsburgh, PA US
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20100158815 | Biological Cell Tracking With Ultrasound - This invention addresses the clinical problem of how to optimize biological cell based therapies, such as stem cell therapy. Currently, cell therapies administered by intravenous, intra-arterial, and/or direct tissue injection are limited by the lack of clinically available imaging methods to detect the in vivo fate of the administered cells. There are many efforts underway to develop imaging strategies for stem cells in vivo, including radionuclide and MRI-based approaches. However, these approaches are limited by potential safety issues (e.g. radioactive exposure of stem cells, toxicity of iron particles used for MRI) and difficulty in serial tracking due to complex instrumentation and/or the requirement for repetitive radiation exposure. | 06-24-2010 |
20110208113 | Directed Cell-Based Therapy Using Microbubble Tagged Cells - The disclosed technology describes compositions and methods useful for providing cell based therapy. For example, one embodiment of cell based therapy involves the regeneration of injured tissue and/or promoting wound healing. Certain embodiments provide improved therapeutic compositions using microbubbles by delivering biological progenitor cells to the injured tissues. The administration of the microbubbles is directed by acoustic radiation forces that interact with embodiments of microbubbles comprising an acoustically active gas. As such, a high efficiency of progenitor cell delivery to injured tissue is realized. One advantage of this technique over targeted delivery of pharmaceutical compounds, is that the delivered progenitors cells may be derived from the patient (i.e., personalized therapy), thereby avoiding side effects, allergic reactions, and overall problems associated with refractive drug responses. | 08-25-2011 |
Flordeliza S. Villanueva, Pittsburgh, PA US
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20140236005 | CONTRAST ASSISTED INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING - A method of imaging a blood vessel includes delivering a bubble-based contrast agent within the vessel and positioning at least one ultrasound device in the vicinity of the bubble-based contrast agent within the vessel. A first burst of low-frequency ultrasound energy can be delivered to excite the bubble-based contrast agent into oscillation within the vessel, and a second burst of high-frequency ultrasound energy can be delivered at the excited bubble-based contrast agent. A return signal from the burst of high-frequency ultrasound energy can be received and processed to obtain one or more images. | 08-21-2014 |
Florideliza Villanueva, Pittsburgh, PA US
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20130204166 | CUSTOM DESIGNED MICROBUBBLE CONTRAST AGENTS AND TECHNIQUES OF ULTRASOUND DELIVERY OPTIMIZED FOR GENE THERAPY - The invention pertains to a lipid-based microbubble stably binding a plurality of nucleic acids, and a method of delivering the microbubble and nucleic acids to a specific target site using ultrasound. The delivered nucleic acids create transgenic cells (i.e., for example, a transgenic tumor cell), wherein the transgenic cell expresses the proteins encoded by the delivered nucleic acids. This technology provides a significant improvement for microbubble-drug delivery platforms as known microbubble do not efficiently bind nucleic acids. The improvements described herein include but are not limited to identifying proper lipid proportionality ratios and/or cationic surfactant layers that provide an optimum mechanical index compatible with ultrasonics. Microbubble perfusion and/or nucleic acid delivery may be performed by a combination of imaging and ultrasound/microbubble targeted delivery to simultaneously perform low power two-dimensional imaging and high power microbubble destruction. Such systems are useful in therapeutics and/or diagnostics. For example, the data disclosed herein shows proof of principle in conjunction with the delivery of therapeutic siRNA molecules to slow tumor growth. | 08-08-2013 |
Idalis Villanueva, Bethesda, MD US
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20100144007 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR LOADING SOFT MATERIALS - The present invention provides an apparatus for loading soft materials and methods for using the same. In some embodiments, the apparatus is a gearless mechanical loading apparatus which converts a rotational movement of one end of a first element into an arc of a circle movement of the other end of the first element; and converts the arc of a circle movement of the other end of the first element into a precision two-dimensional lateral movement of a second element. | 06-10-2010 |
Jair Cazarin Villanueva, Seattle, WA US
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20120151315 | USING TEXT MESSAGES TO INTERACT WITH SPREADSHEETS - Text messages are used to interact with objects in a spreadsheet. For example, text messages may be used to enter/receive data in the spreadsheet. One or more text messages may be associated with a spreadsheet. Text messages may be associated with cells, tables, charts and other objects of the spreadsheet. When the spreadsheet receives a text message, the text message is parsed and information that is contained within the text message is used to interact with one or more objects within the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet may also generate and send text messages that provide information about the spreadsheet and/or request information to be entered within the spreadsheet. For example, the spreadsheet may send out an update of one or more values/objects within a spreadsheet and/or send a request within a text message requesting information to update a table. | 06-14-2012 |
Jorge L. Villanueva, Dexter, MI US
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20100233761 | ALGAE BIOMASS FRACTIONATION - A method of fractionating biomass, by permeability conditioning biomass suspended in a pH adjusted solution of at least one water-based polar solvent to form a conditioned biomass, intimately contacting the pH adjusted solution with at least one non-polar solvent, partitioning to obtain an non-polar solvent solution and a polar biomass solution, and recovering cell and cell derived products from the non-polar solvent solution and polar biomass solution. Products recovered from the above method. A method of operating a renewable and sustainable plant for growing and processing algae. | 09-16-2010 |
20110086386 | ALGAE BIOMASS FRACTIONATION - A method of fractionating biomass, by permeability conditioning biomass suspended in a pH adjusted solution of at least one water-based polar solvent to form a conditioned biomass, intimately contacting the pH adjusted solution with at least one non-polar solvent, partitioning to obtain an non-polar solvent solution and a polar biomass solution, and recovering cell and cell derived products from the non-polar solvent solution and polar biomass solution. Products recovered from the above method. A method of operating a renewable and sustainable plant for growing and processing algae. | 04-14-2011 |
Josep Villanueva, New York, NY US
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20090208921 | METHODS OF DETECTION OF CANCER USING PEPTIDE PROFILES - The disclosed methods address the identification and monitoring of cancer in a subject using serum peptide profiles. Such profiles allow the detection of the differential presence of certain serum peptide markers in comparison with controls. The profiles can be determined employing mass spectrometry. | 08-20-2009 |
Julie M. Villanueva, Decatur, GA US
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20090203772 | Vaginal Health Products - The invention provides compositions and methods for increasing cell growth, stimulating cell turnover and promoting the secretion of mucus within the reproductive tract of a female mammal. | 08-13-2009 |
Patricia A. Villanueva, San Antonio, TX US
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20090142799 | METHOD FOR QUANTITATION OF COLLAGEN IN TISSUE - For successful wound healing to occur, the newly formed skin must generate tensile strength through collagen deposition. Measurement of collagen in the granulating wound bed may be predictive of successful wound healing. Existing methods for collagen measurement either require specialized equipment, or do not allow for discrimination of potential interfering molecules. Herein described is an accurate, specific and reliable method to extract and quantify collagen from tissue utilizing high pressure liquid chromatography techniques. The method is sensitive enough to measure the small amounts of collagen found in newly healing wounds. | 06-04-2009 |
Rafael Villanueva, Clifton Park, NY US
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20110072306 | Method and System for Automated Test of End-User Devices - A test system, for example for set top boxes or game consoles, includes logic to reformat media signals output by a device under test, logic to receive the reformatted media signals and to analyze them for errors, and a pluggable interface coupling the device under test to the logic to reformat the media signals. | 03-24-2011 |
20110096170 | System and Method for Video Quality Parametric Tests - A method and system for automatically evaluating the quality of a signal transmitted by an imaging device. The amount of noise in the video signal is analyzed using an algorithm that does not require comparison to a template signal. The results of the algorithm determine whether the signal meets a pre-determined threshold value for signal quality. | 04-28-2011 |
20130141592 | System and Method for Video Quality Parametric Tests - A method and system for automatically evaluating the quality of a signal transmitted by an imaging device. The amount of noise in the video signal is analyzed using an algorithm that does not require comparison to a template signal. The results of the algorithm determine whether the signal meets a pre-determined threshold value for signal quality. | 06-06-2013 |
Roel Domingo Villanueva, Brecksville, OH US
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20120125511 | PNEUMATIC TIRE CARCASS WITH NON-CONTINUOUS PLY IN THE BEAD AREAS - A carcass for a pneumatic tire may include a continuous ply and a non-continuous ply having first and second portions. The first and second portions may be positioned in the bead areas of the tire. Each end of the continuous ply may be positioned between the respective first and second portions of the non-continuous ply. | 05-24-2012 |
Roel Domingo Villanueva, Hudson, OH US
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20090151843 | PNEUMATIC TIRE WITH INCREASED LOWER SIDEWALL DURABILITY - A pneumatic tire may use a combination of high modulus and low modulus plies to provide increased fatigue compression durability without significantly increasing the weight of the tire. | 06-18-2009 |
20100051162 | MODULAR TWO-PLY TIRE WITH DIRECTIONAL SIDE PLIES - A tire carcass is disclosed herein which includes a first radial ply with shoulder portions and lateral edge portions, each of the lateral edge portions being wrapped around a bead core, a center line perpendicular to the bead core, a carcass crown portion, the carcass crown portion having a first edge and a second edge, and a non-continuous second radial ply, the second radial ply having a right side extending from approximately the first edge of the carcass crown portion, and extending approximately around the first bead core and a left side extending from approximately the second edge of the carcass crown portion, and extending approximately around the second bead core, wherein at least one side of the second radial ply is at an angle of less than approximately 75° with respect to the center line. | 03-04-2010 |
Vincent Mark Villanueva, Garland, TX US
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20100062879 | Football holder for place kicking and method for making and using football holder for place kicking - The present invention is an inexpensive football holder for kicking a football that replaces the need for another person to hold the football for placekicking while simulating to the place kicker a place holder. | 03-11-2010 |