Pollak, US
Alan Pollak, Newtown, PA US
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20120029980 | Method and Apparatus for Collecting Recyclable Materials - The invention provides an apparatus in which recyclable materials are collected, analyzed, crushed, sorted and stored; interactive media content is displayed and coupons are printed, wherein the content is selected based upon location, material collected, user information, user responses, and other variables; information about the user, user responses, materials received and other variables are stored in memory; and rewards for providing recyclable materials are given to the user in the form of points, coupons, and/or cash. | 02-02-2012 |
Dale Pollak, Burr Ridge, IL US
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20090006118 | System and method for providing competitive pricing for automobiles - A preferred embodiment of the invention includes a method and system to provide a competitive pricing tool so that automobile dealers can more efficiently and effectively price their used vehicles. The system achieves the optimal sales price by obtaining the relevant pricing and mileage of vehicles for sale that are similarly situated to the focus vehicle. Once the information is obtained, the system creates a value ranking for each of the vehicles for sale and for the focus vehicle. The user is then able to revise the focus vehicle pricing to determine the optimal sales price. | 01-01-2009 |
Dale Pollak, Oak Brook, IL US
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20150058152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING AUCTION DATA - The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for searching auction data. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, a method is provided. The method may include by a server comprising one or more processors, one or more vehicle purchasing parameters input by a dealer. In addition, the method may include accessing auction data from a plurality of vehicle auctions, the auction data associated with one or more vehicles being auctioned at one or more of the plurality of vehicle auctions. Furthermore, the method may include determining from the auction data, based at least in part on the one or more vehicle purchasing parameters, at least one potential vehicle, of the one or more vehicles, to purchase. | 02-26-2015 |
Dale Pollak, Hinsdale, IL US
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20120284087 | System and Method for Providing Competitive Pricing for Automobiles - The invention includes a method and system to provide a competitive pricing tool so that automobile dealers can more efficiently and effectively price their used vehicles. The system achieves the optimal sales price by obtaining the relevant pricing and mileage of vehicles for sale that are similarly situated to the focus vehicle. Once the information is obtained, the system creates a value ranking for each of the vehicles for sale and for the focus vehicle. The user is then able to revise the focus vehicle pricing to determine the optimal sales price. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284113 | System and Method for Providing Competitive Pricing for Automobiles - The invention provides information to the potential customer about the vehicle for sale, including information relating to other similar vehicles for sale in a particular geographical area that can be accessed at the point of sale, or by the customer at a later time and place. The party offering the product for sale is informed each time the customer accesses the information, thereby indicating the level of interest by the customer. | 11-08-2012 |
20130030864 | Vehicle Desirability and Stocking Based on Live Markets - Systems and methods for determining one or more vehicles that are desirable for stocking an inventory of a dealer may include receiving one or more vehicle purchasing parameters from a dealer; receiving one or more behavior metrics associated with one or more consumers of at least one of the dealer, a vehicle wholesaler, or a vehicle retailer; determining, based at least in part on the vehicle purchasing parameters and the behavior metrics, one or more vehicles; determining, based at least in part on the vehicle purchasing parameters and the behavior metrics, a justifiable purchase price for the vehicles; determining a location of the vehicles; and determining, based at least in part on the justifiable purchase price and the location of the vehicles, at least a portion of the vehicles for restocking an inventory of the dealer. | 01-31-2013 |
Dana Michelle Walters Pollak, Media, PA US
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20130230892 | VARIANT SUCROSE TRANSPORTER POLYPEPTIDES - Variant sucrose transporter polypeptides that enable bacterial growth over a wide range of gene expression levels and sucrose concentrations are described. Additionally, recombinant bacteria comprising these variant sucrose transporter polypeptides, and methods of utilizing the bacteria to produce products such as glycerol and glycerol-derived products are provided | 09-05-2013 |
20140147899 | VARIANT SUCROSE TRANSPORTER POLYPEPTIDES - Variant sucrose transporter polypeptides that enable bacterial growth over a wide range of gene expression levels and sucrose concentrations are described. Additionally, recombinant bacteria comprising these variant sucrose transporter polypeptides, and methods of utilizing the bacteria to produce products such as glycerol and glycerol-derived products are provided | 05-29-2014 |
20140155578 | VARIANT SUCROSE TRANSPORTER POLYPEPTIDES - Variant sucrose transporter polypeptides that enable bacterial growth over a wide range of gene expression levels and sucrose concentrations are described. Additionally, recombinant bacteria comprising these variant sucrose transporter polypeptides, and methods of utilizing the bacteria to produce products such as glycerol and glycerol-derived products are provided | 06-05-2014 |
Dana M. Walters Pollak, West Chester, PA US
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20100022647 | HIGH ARACHIDONIC ACID PRODUCING STRAINS OF YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA - Engineered strains of the oleaginous yeast | 01-28-2010 |
20100075386 | MUTANT DELTA-5 DESATURASES AND THEIR USE IN MAKING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS - The present invention relates to mutant Δ5 desaturases, which have the ability to convert dihomo-γ-linolenic acid [DGLA; 20:3 ω-6] to arachidonic acid [ARA; 20:4 ω-6] and/or eicosatetraenoic acid [ETA; 20:4 ω-3] to eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA; 20:5 ω-3] and which possess at least one mutation within the HPGG motif of the cytochrome b | 03-25-2010 |
20110086919 | HIGH EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID PRODUCING STRAINS OF YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA - Engineered strains of the oleaginous yeast | 04-14-2011 |
Dana M. Walters Pollak, Media, PA US
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20120309064 | MUTANT DELTA-5 DESATURASES MUTATED IN THE HEME-BINDING MOTIF (HPGG) AND THEIR USE IN MAKING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS - The present invention relates to mutant Δ5 desaturases, which have the ability to convert dihomo-γ-linolenic acid [DGLA; 20:3 ω-6] to arachidonic acid [ARA; 20:4 ω-6] and/or eicosatetraenoic acid [ETA; 20:4 ω-3] to eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA; 20:5 ω-3] and which possess at least one mutation within the HPGG motif of the cytochome b | 12-06-2012 |
20130122558 | MUTANT DELTA-5 DESATURASES AND THEIR USE IN MAKING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS - The present invention relates to mutant Δ5 desaturases, which have the ability to convert dihomo-γ-linolenic acid [DGLA; 20:3 ω-6] to arachidonic acid [ARA; 20:4 ω-6] and/or eicosatetraenoic acid [ETA; 20:4 ω-3] to eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA; 20:5 ω-3] and which possess at least one mutation within the HPGG motif of the cytochrome b | 05-16-2013 |
20130123361 | HIGH ARACHIDONIC ACID PRODUCING STRAINS OF YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA - Engineered strains of the oleaginous yeast | 05-16-2013 |
20140030772 | HIGH EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID PRODUCING STRAINS OF YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA - Engineered strains of the oleaginous yeast | 01-30-2014 |
Eli Pollak, San Francisco, CA US
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20160073573 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES - A computer-implemented method for recommending agricultural activities is implemented by an agricultural intelligence computer system in communication with a memory. The method includes receiving a plurality of field definition data, retrieving a plurality of input data from a plurality of data networks, determining a field region based on the field definition data, identifying a subset of the plurality of input data associated with the field region, determining a plurality of field condition data based on the subset of the plurality of input data, identifying a plurality of field activity options, determining a recommendation score for each of the plurality of field activity options based at least in part on the plurality of field condition data, and providing a recommended field activity option from the plurality of field activity options based on the plurality of recommendation scores. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078375 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOMMENDING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES - A computer-implemented method for recommending agricultural activities is implemented by an agricultural intelligence computer system in communication with a memory. The method includes receiving a plurality of field definition data, retrieving a plurality of input data from a plurality of data networks, determining a field region based on the field definition data, identifying a subset of the plurality of input data associated with the field region, determining a plurality of field condition data based on the subset of the plurality of input data, identifying a plurality of field activity options, determining a recommendation score for each of the plurality of field activity options based at least in part on the plurality of field condition data, and providing a recommended field activity option from the plurality of field activity options based on the plurality of recommendation scores. | 03-17-2016 |
Eytan Pollak, Oviedo, FL US
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20090099824 | Distributed Physics Based Training System and Methods - A distributed simulation system is composed of simulator stations linked over a network that each renders real-time video imagery for its user from scene data stored in its data storage. The simulation stations are each connected with a physics farm that manages the virtual objects in the shared virtual environment based on their physical attribute data using physics engines, including an engine at each simulation station. The physics engines of the physics farm are assigned virtual objects so as to reduce the effects of latency, to ensure fair fight requirements of the system, and, where the simulation is of a vehicle, to accurately model the ownship of the user at the station. A synchronizer system is also provided that allows for action of simulated entities relying on localized closed loop controls to cause the entities to meet specific goal points at specified system time points. | 04-16-2009 |
20120007869 | Distributed physics based training system and methods - A distributed simulation system is composed of simulator stations linked over a network that each renders real-time video imagery for its user from scene data stored in its data storage. The simulation stations are each connected with a physics farm that manages the virtual objects in the shared virtual environment based on their physical attribute data using physics engines, including an engine at each simulation station. The physics engines of the physics farm are assigned virtual objects so as to reduce the effects of latency, to ensure fair fight requirements of the system, and, where the simulation is of a vehicle, to accurately model the ownship of the user at the station. A synchronizer system is also provided that allows for action of simulated entities relying on localized closed loop controls to cause the entities to meet specific goal points at specified system time points. | 01-12-2012 |
20130137066 | PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATION OF WARHEAD AND DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS - A network connects stations in a distributed physics based simulation system. When the simulation detects that a weapon, especially a missile or directed energy beam, is engaging a target vehicle, one physics station determines damage status of the target vehicle. The detonation or strike of the weapon is applied to a model of the vehicle composed of pieces each made up of a number of parts. Where the damage to a piece of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold, the piece is removed from the vehicle, and where a predetermined maximum damage is reached for the vehicle, the vehicle is considered destroyed. The damage assessment from the weapon is made using raytracing in a physics engine that is also used to control movement of virtual objects in the simulation according to rules of physics of the physics engine. | 05-30-2013 |
20140186810 | ADAPTIVE TRAINING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS - A system and method for training a student employ a simulation station that displays output to the student and receives input. The computer system has a rules engine operating on it and computer accessible data storage storing (i) learning object data including learning objects configured to provide interaction with the student at the simulation system and (ii) rule data defining a plurality of rules accessed by the rules engine. The rules data includes, for each rule, respective (a) if-portion data defining a condition of data and (b) then-portion data defining an action to be performed at the simulation station. The rules engine causes the computer system to perform the action when the condition of data is present in the data storage. For at least some of the rules, the action comprises output of one of the learning objects so as to interact with the student. | 07-03-2014 |
20150050623 | ADAPTIVE TRAINING SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS - A system and method for training a student employ a simulation station that displays output to the student and receives input. The computer system has a rules engine operating on it and computer accessible data storage storing (i) learning object data including learning objects configured to provide interaction with the student at the simulation system and (ii) rule data defining a plurality of rules accessed by the rules engine. The rules data includes, for each rule, respective (a) if-portion data defining a condition of data and (o) then-portion data defining an action to be performed at the simulation station. The rules engine causes the computer system to perform the action when the condition of data is present in the data storage. For at least some of the rules, the action comprises output of one of the learning objects so as to interact with the student. The system may be networked with middleware and adapters that map data received over the network to rules engine memory. | 02-19-2015 |
20150243182 | PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATION OF WARHEAD AND DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS - A system and method are provided for distributed physics based simulation wherein a number of stations are connected via a network. When the simulation detects that a weapon, especially a missile or directed energy beam, is engaging a target vehicle, a single physics station is assigned the determination of the damage status of a target vehicle in the vicinity of the weapon. The detonation or strike of the weapon is applied to a model of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is composed of pieces each made up of a number of parts, and damage is assessed. Where the damage to a piece of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold, the piece is removed from the vehicle, and where a predetermined maximum damage is reached for the vehicle, the vehicle is destroyed in the simulation. The damage assessment from the weapon is made using raytracking component of a physics engine that is also used to control movement of virtual objects in the simulation according to rules of physics of the physics engine. | 08-27-2015 |
Frederick J. Pollak, Miami, FL US
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20140250132 | AUTOMATED HIGHEST PRIORITY ORDERING OF CONTENT ITEMS STORED ON A DEVICE - A method and device relate to prioritizing content items stored on a device and, more particularly, relate to automatically ordering highest priority content items stored on a device according to multiple criteria. The method and device enabling presentation, on a display of the device, the high priority content items in order of their total priority. | 09-04-2014 |
20150142792 | AUTOMATED HIGHEST PRIORITY ORDERING OF CONTENT ITEMS STORED ON A DEVICE - A method and device relate to prioritizing content items stored on a device and, more particularly, relate to automatically ordering highest priority content items stored on a device according to multiple criteria. The method and device enabling presentation, on a display of the device, the high priority content items in order of their total priority. | 05-21-2015 |
John Greg Pollak, Mountain Top, PA US
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20090249076 | INFORMATION SERVER AND MOBILE DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A user is provided with access to his or her account information using a client. The account information is stored on a server which receives the information from a feed source and transmits the information to the client. A method for downloading and installing specialized software for viewing the account information on the client is also provided. The information can be received from different feed sources in different formats and converted to a format that is compatible with the intended receiving client. Encryption can be used to protect the privacy of the users of the system and the account information therein. Additionally, a special access password and a privileged access routine can be used to provide access to an authorized third party user on a temporary basis. | 10-01-2009 |
Keith William Pollak, Lewiston, NY US
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20090043031 | Compatibilized multipolymer composition containing particulate filler - A precursor composition to formation of a solid composite contains a glassy polymer, a step-growth polymer, a polymer or oligomer which is miscible with the glassy polymer and particulate filler. | 02-12-2009 |
Martin Pollak, Brookline, MA US
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20130109630 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND ASSESSING RISK OF DEVELOPING GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS | 05-02-2013 |
Martin R. Pollak, Boston, MA US
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20120195902 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING RENAL DISEASE - Compositions and methods are disclosed herein for treating or reducing the symptoms of a renal disease, such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), hypertensive end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), and HIV-associated nephropathy (a distinct form of FSGS, also termed collapsing glomerulopathy). The compositions include the common variant of APOL1 and fragments thereof, as well as antibodies and fragments thereof that bind and neutralize pathogenic APOL1, nucleic acid molecules that encode the common variant of APOL1 and fragments thereof, and other compounds that bind and neutralize pathogenic APOL1. The methods of the invention include administering one or more of the compositions of the invention to a subject having or at risk of developing renal disease. | 08-02-2012 |
20130079244 | METHODS OF PREDICTING PREDISPOSITION TO OR RISK OF KIDNEY DISEASE - Methods are disclosed herein for detecting a genetic predisposition to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) or hypertensive end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) or both in a human subject, e.g., by detecting the presence of at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in an APOL1 gene, such as the C-terminal exon of an APOL1 gene. In a further embodiment, methods are disclosed for detecting resistance of a subject to a disease associated with | 03-28-2013 |
20150297598 | METHODS FOR TREATING RENAL DISEASE - The invention features methods for treating or reducing the likelihood of developing a renal disease by administering to a subject in need thereof an agent that decreases expression of a pathogenic APOL1. The agents of the method target various signaling pathways and decrease the level of the pathogenic APOL1 polypeptide. | 10-22-2015 |
Peter Pollak, Charlotttesville, VA US
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20120123461 | ACCESS TROCAR AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - System and method that is directed to medical treatments of organs having anatomical spaces, such as (but not limited to) the heart and the pericardial space. Specifically, an apparatus and method is provided for safely accessing anatomical spaces with surfaces to deliver medical devices or media into such spaces, or to remove fluids from such spaces. The methods and apparatus may include a first elongated member with a sharp tip used to penetrate the surface surrounding the anatomical space with a second elongated member with a helical tine used to engage the surface and lift the surface away from the underlying anatomical space. Once the first elongated member has incised the surface, it is removed, and the incision may be used as a point of entry for delivering media or medical devices into the anatomical space, or for carrying out further medical procedures. | 05-17-2012 |
Peter Pollak, Charlottesville, VA US
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20150182253 | ACCESS TROCAR AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - System and method that is directed to medical treatments of organs having anatomical spaces, such as (but not limited to) the heart and the pericardial space. Specifically, an apparatus and method is provided for safely accessing anatomical spaces with surfaces to deliver medical devices or media into such spaces, or to remove fluids from such spaces. The methods and apparatus may include a first elongated member with a sharp tip used to penetrate the surface surrounding the anatomical space with a second elongated member with a helical tine used to engage the surface and lift the surface away from the underlying anatomical space. Once the first elongated member has incised the surface, it is removed, and the incision may be used as a point of entry for delivering media or medical devices into the anatomical space, or for carrying out further medical procedures. | 07-02-2015 |
Peter M. Pollak, Rochester, MN US
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20150360009 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL OCCLUSION CROSSOVER DEVICE - Multifunctional occlusion crossover devices include features to improve the crossover balloon occlusion technique used during transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures, for example. The devices include a compliant balloon incorporated with a highly flexible and lubricous sheath system. The balloon is capable of safely occluding from the common iliac artery and down to an access site in the femoral artery. The devices can simplify the CBOT technique and replace multiple devices currently used for the procedure. | 12-17-2015 |
Roger Alan Pollak, Pleasantville, NY US
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20090100352 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BRIDGING REAL-WORLD WEB APPLICATIONS AND 3D VIRTUAL WORLDS - A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for automating information sharing and propagation of control commands and events between software objects created in Web applications and 3D virtual world objects created in virtual world applications. A relationship is created to link a Web object with one or more virtual world objects, or to link a virtual world object with one or more Web objects. A Web application may retrieve the meta-data of one or more virtual world objects or send commands or events to manipulate one or more virtual world objects to which a Web object within the Web application is linked. A virtual world system may retrieve the meta-data of one or more Web objects or send commands or events to manipulate one or more Web objects to which a virtual world object within the virtual world system is linked. | 04-16-2009 |
20090216546 | Rating Virtual World Merchandise by Avatar Visits - A computer implemented method and apparatus to generate popularity ratings for virtual world artifacts based on how often and in what manner avatars access the artifacts. The popularity ratings for virtual world artifacts may be used to determine what virtual world artifacts are selected to have a prominent presence in a virtual world. When an event caused by an avatar accessing a virtual world artifact in a virtual world is detected, the illustrative embodiments receive information about the event, such as the event type, the avatar identifier (ID), and the time the event occurred. The illustrative embodiments generate a rating score for the virtual world artifact based on the information received about the event. The illustrative embodiments update a rendering of the virtual world artifact in the virtual world based on the rating score. | 08-27-2009 |
Val J. Pollak, Clarence, NY US
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20130176175 | Apparatus For Arrow Locating And Game Tracking - A signal-transmitting arrow operable to transmit an encoded RF signal, an arrow locating and game tracking receiver system for use with the signal-transmitting arrow, and a transmitter-nock unit for installation on an arrow to construct a signal-transmitting arrow. The arrow includes an arrow shaft, an arrow head disposed at an arrow shaft forward end, and a nock disposed at an arrow shaft rearward end. A transmitter unit includes a transmitter housing that is removably mounted in interior chamber at the rearward end of the arrow shaft, and is rigidly connected to the nock to provide the transmitter-nock unit. The transmitter unit has an RF transmitter with a rigid antenna that extends rearwardly into the nock. The receiver system includes omnidirectional and directional antennas and RF receivers, a processor for generating direction indicating signal, and a user interface that indicates arrow location. | 07-11-2013 |