Mark Francis
Mark Francis Barrilleaux, Houston, TX US
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20130118757 | CONTROL LINE PROTECTION - A control line protector for use with a tubing string, e.g. production tubing having at least one control line on an outer surface thereof is disclosed. The control line protector comprises a sleeve having a cylindrical rigid outer wall, the sleeve being locatable around the tubing string and the at least one control line, and a polymeric scaling element disposed, in use, between an inner surface of the outer wall of the sleeve and the tubing string, operable to substantially seal the space between the outer wall of the sleeve and the tubing string. | 05-16-2013 |
20130180711 | Wellbore Pressure Actuation of Downhole Valves - Methods and systems for operating a valve control system to control a valve in a wellbore include identifying a differential pressure arrangement of a plurality of differential pressure arrangements for actuating the valve to a desired state based on a differential pressure of at least two pressure sources of the wellbore and a present state of the valve. Once identified, the differential pressure arrangement of the at least two pressure sources are utilized to initiate actuation of the valve from the present state to the desired state. | 07-18-2013 |
20130192823 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING WELLBORE CONDITIONS - A method includes releasing a flow device into a wellbore to travel towards a target device that is positioned in the wellbore and that is actuated by the flow device, monitoring for communications transmitted by the flow device. The method further includes identifying a condition of the wellbore from the communications. | 08-01-2013 |
Mark Francis Hulber, New York, NY US
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20080235705 | Methods and Apparatus for Global Systems Management - Techniques for globally managing systems are provided. One or more measurable effects of at least one hypothetical action to achieve a management goal are determined at a first system manager. The one or more measurable effects are sent from the first system manager to a second system manager. At the second system manager, one or more procedural actions to achieve the management goal are determined in response to the one or more received measurable effects. The one or more procedural actions are executed to achieve the management goal. | 09-25-2008 |
20100211555 | EFFICIENT INTEGRATION BETWEEN AN EXTERNAL WORKLOAD MANAGER AND AN RDBMS - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system, method and computer program product is provided for integrating an external workload manager with a database system. The method according to one embodiment includes a method comprises: receiving a request in a database component, the request including a cross component token; starting a new unit of work in workload management software in the database component, in response to the request; determining, from a cross component workload management unit, a transaction class and a synchronization code using the database component; finding an internal workload in the workload management software that matches the transaction class and the synchronization code of the cross component workload management unit; and using the matching internal workload for the new unit of work. | 08-19-2010 |
Mark Francis Kavlick, King George, VA US
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20150322525 | Quantification of Human Mitochondrial DNA Using Synthesized DNA Standards - A real-time quantitative PCR assay that utilizes a duplex, synthetic DNA standard to ensure optimal quality assurance and quality control. One embodiment of the invention facilitates amplification of mtDNA by focusing on a 105-base pair target sequence that is minimally homologous to non-human mtDNA. The present invention can also be used to identify the presence of PCR inhibitors and thus indicate the need for sample repurification. | 11-12-2015 |
Mark Francis Rumreich, Marion, IN US
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20120299672 | MULTIPLEXED RFAGC FOR FREQUENCY DIVERSITY RECEIVERS - The present invention concerns a system for controlling gain when time-sharing a tuner in a frequency diversity receiver. Two radio-frequency automatic gain control (RFAGC) filter capacitors are used, each capacitor corresponding to one of the currently utilized frequencies in the frequency diversity scheme. The capacitors are switched in tandem with the tuner frequency selection. This allows the capacitor associated with a tuned frequency to retain the RFAGC voltage until the tuner returns to that frequency. | 11-29-2012 |
Mark Francis Spire, Manhattan, KS US
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20100130960 | Method for intranasal administration of a pharmaceutical composition - Please insert the attached Abstract provided herewith on a separate sheet after the claims. The present invention pertains to a method for administering a predetermined amount of a pharmaceutical composition to an animal comprising the steps of taking a cannula suitable for insertion into a nasal cavity of the animal, slidably connecting the cannula to a delivery device which is suitable for holding the pharmaceutical composition, inserting the cannula via a nostril into the nasal cavity such that a peripheral line of the cannula is contiguous with a circumferential line of the nostril, actuating the delivery device to force the said amount of the pharmaceutical composition through the cannula into the nasal cavity, retracting the cannula from the nasal cavity and removing the cannula from the device. The invention also pertains to an apparatus for performing this method, a cannula for use with the apparatus and a kit containing the required components to perform the method. | 05-27-2010 |
Mark Francis Van Delft, Camlachie CA
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20110110861 | Methods of Detecting Cells with a Disrupted Cell Membrane, Cells Infected with A Pathogen, Dying Cells or Dead Cells - The present invention relates to methods of modulating the uptake and/or clearance of cells with a disrupted cell membrane, cells infected with a pathogen, dying cells or dead cells, or a portion thereof, which can be used to treat and/or prevent diseases such as cancer, autoimmunity and infections. The present invention also relates to methods of modulating antigen recognition, processing and/or presentation, as well as immune responses to material derived from cells with a disrupted cell membrane, cells infected with a pathogen, dying cells or dead cells, or a portion thereof. The present invention further relates to methods of detecting cells with a disrupted cell membrane, cells infected with a pathogen, dying cells or dead cells, or a portion thereof. | 05-12-2011 |
20140335104 | Methods of Detecting Cells with a Disrupted Cell Membrane, Cells Infected with A Pathogen, Dying Cells or Dead Cells - The present invention relates to methods of modulating the uptake and/or clearance of cells with a disrupted cell membrane, cells infected with a pathogen, dying cells or dead cells, or a portion thereof, which can be used to treat and/or prevent diseases such as cancer, autoimmunity and infections. The present invention also relates to methods of modulating antigen recognition, processing and/or presentation, as well as immune responses to material derived from cells with a disrupted cell membrane, cells infected with a pathogen, dying cells or dead cells, or a portion thereof. The present invention further relates to methods of detecting cells with a disrupted cell membrane, cells infected with a pathogen, dying cells or dead cells, or a portion thereof. | 11-13-2014 |
20150265721 | Compounds and Methods for Modulating an Immune Response - The present invention relates to the identification of proteins which bind the dendritic cell marker known as Clec9A. The present invention provides new compounds for targeting therapeutic agents such as antigens to dendritic cells. Also provided are methods of modulating a humoral and/or T cell mediated immune response to the antigen, methods of delivery of a cytotoxic agent to dendritic cells thereof involved in diseased states, methods of modulating the uptake and/or clearance of cells with a disrupted cell membrane, cells infected with a pathogen, dying cells or dead cells, or a portion thereof, and methods of modulating antigen recognition, processing and/or presentation, as well as immune responses to material derived from cells with a disrupted cell membrane, cells infected with a pathogen, dying cells or dead cells, or a portion thereof. | 09-24-2015 |
Mark Francis Witinski, Cambridge, MA US
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20120300209 | Heterodyne Off-Axis Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy - An absorption spectroscopy instrument with a light source for providing a beam of light, a modulator to produce a modulated beam of light, a high finesse optical cavity, means for injecting the modulated beam of light off-axis into the high finesse optical cavity and a detector positioned to receive and measure light exiting through said optical cavity. The detector may be a highly sensitive and high bandwidth detector. The modulator may be a one or two-tone modulator having means, such as a plurality of RF synthesizers, for modulating the light source by one or two tones. If one tone of applied modulation is used, the frequency is larger than the absorption bandwidth of the target chemical. In the case where two tones are used, the first frequency is larger than the absorption bandwidth of the target chemical and the second frequency is small relative to the first frequency. | 11-29-2012 |
20140027708 | PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS BASED ON QUANTUM CASCADE STRUCTURES - Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are based on quantum cascade (QC) structures. In embodiment methods and corresponding devices, a QC layer in a wave confinement region of an integrated multi-layer semiconductor structure capable of producing optical gain is depleted of free charge carriers to create a low-loss optical wave confinement region in a portion of the structure. Ion implantation may be used to create energetically deep trap levels to trap free charge carriers. Other embodiments include modifying a region of a passive, depleted QC structure to produce an active region capable of optical gain. Gain or loss may also be modified by partially depleting or enhancing free charge carrier density. QC lasers and amplifiers may be integrated monolithically with each other or with passive waveguides and other passive devices in a self-aligned manner. Embodiments overcome challenges of high cost, complex fabrication, and coupling loss involved with material re-growth methods. | 01-30-2014 |
Mark Francis Yerse, Hope Mills, NC US
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20150296639 | MOTOR CONTROL CENTER UNITS INCLUDING AUXILIARY POWER INTERLOCK CIRCUITS AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME - A motor control center (MCC) unit for installation in a compartment of an MCC includes a frame, a bus contact assembly supported by the frame and comprising at least one moveable bus contact configured to releasably engage at least one power bus of the MCC, an auxiliary power input supported by the frame and configured to be connected to an external power source, and a control circuit supported by the frame. The MCC unit further includes an interlock circuit configured to selectively couple the control circuit to the at least one bus contact and the auxiliary power input responsive to positioning of the at least one bus contact. The interlock circuit may be configured to prevent power flow between the control circuit and the auxiliary power input when the at least one bus contact is engaged with the power bus. | 10-15-2015 |