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Mani Alikhani, New York, NY US
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20100092916 | METHOD AND DEVICES TO INCREASE CRANIOFACIAL BONE DENSITY - The present invention relates to a method for increasing bone growth in teeth and/or other craniofacial regions of a subject. This method includes administering to the jaw and/or teeth of the subject a mechanical vibration having a frequency of 10 to 1000 Hz with an acceleration peak of 0.1 to 2.00 g and that can produce a low magnitude strain of 1 to 50 microstrain in the jaw and/or teeth. The present invention also relates to devices that deliver high frequency, low magnitude force to the teeth. | 04-15-2010 |
20110065060 | Orthodontic methods and devices - The present invention provides methods for moving a tooth to a desired position within a patient's mouth using orthodontics including perforating tissue in the oral cavity sufficient to induce an inflammatory response. The perforations may be made in any area of the maxilla or mandible, and any number of perforations may be made that are preferably 0.5 to 1.5 mm diameter, and preferably 1 to 3 mm deep. The invention also provides a device that may be used in conjunction with slow-speed rotary instruments or with manual drivers for providing the perforations. The device has a drill that makes the perforations and a stop that prevents the drill from penetrating the jaw bone beyond a predetermined depth. The invention also provides a kit that supplies the professional with the necessary components in a sealed container to carry out the osteoperforations. The kit may include hand held and rotatory perforating devices, anesthetic, and a soft tissue punch. | 03-17-2011 |
20150320523 | TEMPORARY ANCHORAGE DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL PLATE - A temporary anchor device includes at least one screw mechanism and an external plate. The at least one screw mechanism includes a skeletal screw having a threaded portion configured to drill into jaw bone of a patient, a smooth portion configured to sit within gums of the patient, and a proximal portion configured to extend external to the gums. The at least one screw mechanism further includes an attachment mechanism configured to attach to the proximal portion of the skeletal screw. The external plate is configured to be locked between the skeletal screw and the attachment mechanism to anchor the external plate external to the gums. | 11-12-2015 |
Mani Ayyar, Cupertino, CA US
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20090019267 | Method, System, and Apparatus for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Resources - A dynamic reconfiguration to include on-line addition, deletion, and replacement of individual modules of to support dynamic partitioning of a system, interconnect (link) reconfiguration, memory RAS to allow migration and mirroring without OS intervention, dynamic memory reinterleaving, CPU and socket migration, and support for global shared memory across partitions is described. To facilitate the on-line addition or deletion, the firmware is able to quiesce and de-quiesce the domain of interest so that many system resources, such as routing tables and address decoders, can be updated in what essentially appears to be an atomic operation to the software layer above the firmware. | 01-15-2009 |
20090024715 | Method, System, and Apparatus for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Resources - A dynamic reconfiguration to include on-line addition, deletion, and replacement of individual modules of to support dynamic partitioning of a system, interconnect (link) reconfiguration, memory RAS to allow migration and mirroring without OS intervention, dynamic memory reinterleaving, CPU and socket migration, and support for global shared memory across partitions is described. To facilitate the on-line addition or deletion, the firmware is able to quiesce and de-quiesce the domain of interest so that many system resources, such as routing tables and address decoders, can be updated in what essentially appears to be an atomic operation to the software layer above the firmware. | 01-22-2009 |
20090055600 | Method, System, and Apparatus for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Resources - A dynamic reconfiguration to include on-line addition, deletion, and replacement of individual modules of to support dynamic partitioning of a system, interconnect (link) reconfiguration, memory RAS to allow migration and mirroring without OS intervention, dynamic memory reinterleaving, CPU and socket migration, and support for global shared memory across partitions is described. To facilitate the on-line addition or deletion, the firmware is able to quiesce and de-quiesce the domain of interest so that many system resources, such as routing tables and address decoders, can be updated in what essentially appears to be an atomic operation to the software layer above the firmware. | 02-26-2009 |
20090265472 | Method, System, and Apparatus for System Level Initialization - Multiple initialization techniques for system and component in a point-to-point architecture are discussed. Consequently, the techniques allow for flexible system/socket layer parameters to be tailored to the needs of the platform, such as, desktop, mobile, small server, large server, etc., as well as the component types such as IA32/IPF processors, memory controllers, IO Hubs, etc. Furthermore, the techniques facilitate powering up with the correct set of POC values, hence, it avoids multiple warm resets and improves boot time. In one embodiment, registers to hold new values, such as, Configuration Values Driven during Reset (CVDR), and Configuration Values Captured during Reset (CVCR) may be eliminated. | 10-22-2009 |
20130304957 | Method, System, and Apparatus for Dynamic Reconfiguration of Resources - A dynamic reconfiguration to include on-line addition, deletion, and replacement of individual modules of to support dynamic partitioning of a system, interconnect (link) reconfiguration, memory RAS to allow migration and mirroring without OS intervention, dynamic memory reinterleaving, CPU and socket migration, and support for global shared memory across partitions is described. To facilitate the on-line addition or deletion, the firmware is able to quiesce and de-quiesce the domain of interest so that many system resources, such as routing tables and address decoders, can be updated in what essentially appears to be an atomic operation to the software layer above the firmware. | 11-14-2013 |
Mani Badvela, West Des Moines, IA US
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20150250194 | Antimicrobial Compositions for Meat Products - A vinegar based-antimicrobial was developed for controlling food pathogens in meat products. The antimicrobial is prepared using liquid blending (buffering process), dehydration and standardization. The buffering process refers to partial neutralization of white distilled vinegar (300 grain) with mild bases to produce a solution containing acetic acid and its salt. The dehydration step involved the removal of water from the buffered vinegar using a dryer. The standardization step involved a plating (spraying) process wherein white distilled vinegar (300 grain) was applied to the dried, buffered vinegar to meet the target active component as well as other physical and chemical product specifications. | 09-10-2015 |
Mani Erfan, Friendswood, TX US
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20140274679 | Spherical Catalyst Supports - There is presented a catalyst support that has a substantially spherical body, penetrated with a plurality of tunnels extending from a first end on a surface location of the catalyst body to another end on another surface location of the body. The support is made of alumina or like composition. The catalyst body has a total surface that includes the outer surface and surfaces within the tunnels. This total surface is adapted to receive catalyst composition. The catalyst support is adapted to being packed in a reactor and provides lower packed bed pressure drop. | 09-18-2014 |
Mani Fischer, Haita IL
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20120121179 | UNIFIED SPATIAL IMAGE PROCESSING - A method for enhancing an input image to produce an enhanced output image is provided. The method includes constructing a photographic-mask intermediate image without low-contrast details and a temporary-image intermediate image with enhanced mid-contrast details, retained high-contrast details, and reduced low-contrast details, and employing values for the photographic-mask intermediate image and temporary-image intermediate image to produce the enhanced output image that is globally and locally contrast-enhanced, sharpened, and denoised. | 05-17-2012 |
Mani Golparvar-Fard, Champaign, IL US
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20130155058 | FOUR-DIMENSIONAL AUGMENTED REALITY MODELS FOR INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION AND AUTOMATED CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS MONITORING - A method for monitoring construction progress may include storing in memory multiple unordered images obtained from photographs taken at a site; melding the multiple images to reconstruct a dense three-dimensional (3D) as-built point cloud model including merged pixels from the multiple images in 3D space of the site; rectifying and transforming the 3D as-built model to a site coordinate system existing within a 3D as-planned building information model (“as-planned model”); and overlaying the 3D as-built model with the 3D as-planned model for joint visualization thereof to display progress towards completion of a structure shown in the 3D as-planned model. The processor may further link a project schedule to the 3D as-planned model to generate a 4D chronological as-planned model that, when visualized with the 3D as-built point cloud, provides clash detection and schedule quality control during construction. | 06-20-2013 |
20150310135 | 4D VIZUALIZATION OF BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MODELING WITH PHOTOGRAPHS - A system and method are disclosed for, using structure-from-motion techniques, projecting a building information model (BIM) into images from photographs taken of a construction site, to generate a 3D point cloud model using the BIM and, when combined with scheduling constraints, facilitates 4D visualizations and progress monitoring. One of the images acts as an anchor image. Indications are received of first points in the anchor image that correspond to second points in the BIM. Calibration information for an anchor camera is calculated based on the indications and on metadata extracted from the anchor image, to register the anchor image in relation to the BIM. A homography transformation is determined between the images and the anchor camera using the calibration information, to register the rest of the images with the BIM, where some of those images are taken from different cameras and from different angles to the construction site. | 10-29-2015 |
Mani Hossein-Zadeh, Pasadena, CA US
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20080203052 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A MICRORESONATOR - A method of fabricating a microresonator is disclosed. Initially, silica is deposited on a substrate, and the substrate is etched to form a pillar, the top portion of which supports the silica. The microresonator is then formed from the silica. Next, the pillar is etched to reduce the overall diameter of the top portion of the pillar so that the microresonator can be disengaged from the pillar. | 08-28-2008 |
Mani Hossein-Zadeh, Albuquerque, NM US
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20090263137 | PHOTONIC RF DOWN-CONVERTER BASED ON OPTOMECHANICAL OSCILLATION - An all optical radio frequency converter. The invention relates to a microtoroid optomechanical oscillator that can provide a local oscillation frequency and a mixing functionality. The microtoroid optomechanical oscillator can be fabricated from a silica-on-silicon wafer. When an input optical signal having an optical carrier frequency carrying a modulated RF signal representing information is applied to the microtoroid optomechanical oscillator, a signal including the baseband information modulated on the optical carrier is provided as output. The output signal can be detected with a photodetector. Information carried by the optical signal can be recorded and/or displayed to a user. Injection locking of the microtoroid optomechanical oscillator can be accomplished by providing a signal of suitable frequency. The frequency and the phase of operation of the microtoroid optomechanical oscillator can be locked to the respective frequency and phase of the injected locking signal. | 10-22-2009 |
20140290311 | HIGH-Q OPTICAL RESONATORS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An optical resonator made from an elongated fiber having a proximal and distal end. A sphere is created on the distal end by locating the distal end in cylindrically symmetrical heating zone along a centerline. For some embodiments, the distal end is rapidly cooled by allowing it to retract away from the heating zone along the centerline during the formation and solidification of the molten microsphere. The resulting optical resonator has an intrinsic quality factor greater than 10 | 10-02-2014 |
20140290370 | Sensors Using Optical RF Oscillators - An optical microresonator based RF oscillator sensor for measuring mass, temperature, and particle/molecule concentration. An optical energy source is coupled to the optical microresonator to generate optical power oscillations at Rf frequencies. A stable or reference RF oscillation frequency is established which allows for measuring oscillation frequency variations induced by the interaction of the substance with the optical microresonator. | 10-02-2014 |
20150024507 | BIOMARKER SENSING BASED ON NANOFLUIDIC AMPLIFICATION AND RESONANT OPTICAL DETECTION - Provided is a sensor platform that includes a substrate, a plurality of nanochannels disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of electrodes, a waveguide disposed on the substrate and an analysis chamber and a reference chamber disposed on the substrate. Each electrode extends substantially across a width of the plurality of nanochannels. At least one analysis optical resonator is disposed in the analysis chamber and is optically coupled to at least a portion of the waveguide. The at least one analysis optical resonator is in fluid communication with at least one of the plurality of nanochannels. At least one reference optical resonator is disposed in the reference chamber and is optically coupled to at least a portion of the waveguide. The at least one reference optical resonator is in fluid communication with at least one other of the plurality of nanochannels. | 01-22-2015 |
Mani Kamarai, Tamil Nadu IN
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20100152188 | Novel Heterocyclic Compounds - The present invention relates to novel compounds of the general formula (I), their derivatives, their analogs, their stereoisomers, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions. The present invention more particularly provides novel heterocyclic compounds of the general formula (I). | 06-17-2010 |
Mani Kamaraj, Tamilnadu IN
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20090170872 | Compounds and Their Pharmaceutical Use - The present invention relates to novel compounds of the general formula (I), their analogs, their stereoisomers, their polymorphs, their hydrates, their solvates, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions. The present invention more particularly provides novel compounds of the general formula (I). | 07-02-2009 |
Mani Kancheria, Milpitas, CA US
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20130103881 | Multi-Processor Architecture Implementing A Serial Switch And Method Of Operating Same - A multi-processor architecture for a network device that includes a plurality of barrel cards, each including: a plurality of processors, a PCIe switch coupled to each of the plurality of processors, and packet processing logic coupled to the PCIe switch. The PCIe switch on each barrel card provides high speed flexible data paths for the transmission of incoming/outgoing packets to/from the processors on the barrel card. An external PCIe switch is commonly coupled to the PCIe switches on the barrel cards, as well as to a management processor, thereby providing high speed connections between processors on separate barrel cards, and between the management processor and the processors on the barrel cards. | 04-25-2013 |
Mani Kulasooriya, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20090192932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING INTERNATIONAL MONEY EXCHANGES - Disclosed are systems and methods for effecting international online financial transactions between individuals or between individuals and entities such as banks, merchants and other companies. In one embodiment, requests for international currency exchanges are processed in batch form. A currency accumulator may be used to keep track of currency exchange requests, where each currency is assigned a notional “bucket,” which is a symbolic representation of a database entry for the monetary amount which has been requested to be exchanged for a given currency. When the contents of a particular currency's “bucket” reaches a given level, the monetary amount in the bucket may be exchanged for an equivalent amount of a second currency. | 07-30-2009 |
Mani Kumar, Dhampur IN
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20100114946 | ADAPTIVE WEIGHTED CRAWLING OF USER ACTIVITY FEEDS - Embodiments are directed towards determining frequencies for adaptively crawling user activity feeds, by taking into account user activity patterns, as well as a type or nature of a service to be crawled. A statistical model of activity patterns is generated for each user and user activity source based on various parameters. The activity patterns may be weighted to account for variation in relevancy of user content. Various measures are generated that are adaptive by being updated at a rate determined sufficient to detect user activity pattern changes. The statistical model produces clusters of users for each service. A crawling frequency may be assigned to the various clusters such that different users for a given service may have content crawled at different frequencies. | 05-06-2010 |
20100145939 | DETERMINING RELATED KEYWORDS BASED ON LIFESTREAM FEEDS - Embodiments are directed towards providing related keywords determined to be relevant to a search term using life-streaming data to identify the related keywords. Relevancy is determined by performing the related keyword analysis when life-stream services have been updated. Related keywords may be identified for a given search term using a combination of an aggregated life-stream analysis, a user profile based analysis, and/or a community based life-stream analysis. Each of these mechanisms identify a subset of updated life-streams or profiles to be analyzed to identify keywords that co-occur within each life-steam along with the given search term. The resulting co-occurring keywords may then be ordered based on a frequency of occurrence for the subset of life-streams. A weighted combination of the identified related keywords may be used to display related keywords to a user for use in modifying a search query. | 06-10-2010 |
20120102058 | DETERMINING RELATED KEYWORDS BASED ON LIFESTREAM FEEDS - Embodiments are directed towards providing related keywords determined to be relevant to a search term using life-streaming data to identify the related keywords. Relevancy is determined by performing the related keyword analysis when life-stream services have been updated. Related keywords may be identified for a given search term using a combination of an aggregated life-stream analysis, a user profile based analysis, and/or a community based life-stream analysis. Each of these mechanisms identify a subset of updated life-streams or profiles to be analyzed to identify keywords that co-occur within each life-steam along with the given search term. The resulting co-occurring keywords may then be ordered based on a frequency of occurrence for the subset of life-streams. A weighted combination of the identified related keywords may be used to display related keywords to a user for use in modifying a search query. | 04-26-2012 |
Mani Muthalagi, Hockessin, DE US
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20110054007 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO CONTROL INSECT PESTS - Methods and compositions are provided which employ a silencing element that, when ingested by a pest, such as a Coleopteran plant pest or a | 03-03-2011 |
20130177539 | Compositions and methods to control insect pests - Methods and compositions are provided which employ a silencing element that, when ingested by a pest, such as a Coleopteran plant pest or a | 07-11-2013 |
20140250552 | Compositions and methods to control insect pests - Methods and compositions are provided which employ a silencing element that, when ingested by a pest, such as a Coleopteran plant pest or a | 09-04-2014 |
20150305341 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO CONTROL INSECT PESTS - Methods and compositions are provided which employ a silencing element that, when ingested by a pest, such as a Coleopteran plant pest or a Diabrotica plant pest, decrease the expression of a target sequence in the pest. In specific embodiments, the decrease in expression of the target sequence controls the pest and thereby the methods and compositions are capable of limiting damage to a plant. The present invention provides various target polynucleotides set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: 1-236 or active variants and fragments thereof, wherein a decrease in expression of one or more the sequences in the target pest controls the pest (i.e., has insecticidal activity). Further provided are silencing elements which when ingested by the pest decrease the level of the target polypeptide and thereby control the pest. In specific embodiment, the pest is | 10-29-2015 |
Mani Partheesh, Santa Clara, CA US
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20120172027 | Use of geofences for location-based activation and control of services - Disclosed herein is a geofence service that enables various remote control and automatic operations based a user's current geographic position as determined by the user's mobile device's current geographic location. The geofence service enables the user to define one or more geofences based on specific geographic locations. Such geofences may be applied against several geofence applications for remote and automatic control of devices. In one embodiment, the mobile device's volume or power control settings are adjusted based on the user's location inside or outside a geofence. In one embodiment, temperature setting of a building or house is controlled based on user's proximity to a geofence. In one embodiment, electrical appliances within a home are activated and controlled automatically based on user's current geographic location. | 07-05-2012 |
20150140994 | USE OF GEOFENCES FOR LOCATION-BASED ACTIVATION AND CONTROL OF SERVICES - Disclosed herein is a geofence service that enables various remote control and automatic operations based a user's current geographic position as determined by the user's mobile device's current geographic location. The geofence service enables the user to define one or more geofences based on specific geographic locations. Such geofences may be applied against several geofence applications for remote and automatic control of devices. In one embodiment, the mobile device's volume or power control settings are adjusted based on the user's location inside or outside a geofence. In one embodiment, temperature setting of a building or house is controlled based on user's proximity to a geofence. In one embodiment, electrical appliances within a home are activated and controlled automatically based on user's current geographic location. | 05-21-2015 |
Mani Ranjbar, Burnaby CA
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20140187427 | QUANTUM PROCESSOR BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT MINIMIZE AN OBJECTIVE FUNCTION - Quantum processor based techniques minimize an objective function for example by operating the quantum processor as a sample generator providing low-energy samples from a probability distribution with high probability. The probability distribution is shaped to assign relative probabilities to samples based on their corresponding objective function values until the samples converge on a minimum for the objective function. Problems having a number of variables and/or a connectivity between variables that does not match that of the quantum processor may be solved. Interaction with the quantum processor may be via a digital computer. The digital computer stores a hierarchical stack of software modules to facilitate interacting with the quantum processor via various levels of programming environment, from a machine language level up to an end-use applications level. | 07-03-2014 |
20140344322 | QUANTUM PROCESSOR BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT MINIMIZE A CONTINUOUS VARIABLE OBJECTIVE FUNCTION - Computational techniques for mapping a continuous variable objective function into a discrete variable objective function problem that facilitate determining a solution of the problem via a quantum processor are described. The modified objective function is solved by minimizing the cost of the mapping via an iterative search algorithm. | 11-20-2014 |
20150205759 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FINDING QUANTUM BINARY OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS - Methods and systems represent constraint as an Ising model penalty function and a penalty gap associated therewith, the penalty gap separating a set of feasible solutions to the constraint from a set of infeasible solutions to the constraint; and determines the Ising model penalty function subject to the bounds on the programmable parameters imposed by the hardware limitations of the second processor, where the penalty gap exceeds a predetermined threshold greater than zero. Such may be employed to find quantum binary optimization problems and associated gap values employing a variety of techniques. | 07-23-2015 |
20160042294 | QUANTUM PROCESSOR BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT MINIMIZE AN OBJECTIVE FUNCTION - Quantum processor based techniques minimize an objective function for example by operating the quantum processor as a sample generator providing low-energy samples from a probability distribution with high probability. The probability distribution is shaped to assign relative probabilities to samples based on their corresponding objective function values until the samples converge on a minimum for the objective function. Problems having a number of variables and/or a connectivity between variables that does not match that of the quantum processor may be solved. Interaction with the quantum processor may be via a digital computer. The digital computer stores a hierarchical stack of software modules to facilitate interacting with the quantum processor via various levels of programming environment, from a machine language level up to an end-use applications level. | 02-11-2016 |
Mani Saikumar, Pearland, TX US
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20150041126 | BYPASS STEAM INJECTION AND PRODUCTION COMPLETION SYSTEM - A completion for steam injection and production includes a production tubing connected to a stinger, the production tubing having a continuous conduit extending from a Y-tool to an inverted Y-tool, a downhole steam generator (DSG) having a discharge conduit extending from the DSG to the inverted Y-tool, a bypass conduit extending from the Y-tool to the DSG, and a fuel supply tubing connected to the DSG. An artificial lift device may be incorporated into the completion. | 02-12-2015 |
Mani Seethapathy, Derby GB
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20160139087 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE MAGNITUDE OF A FIELD VARIABLE OF AN ENERGY WAVE - Determining magnitude of a field variable of an energy wave through domain of interest, including steps of: defining plurality of master-particles spaced within domain, master-particles being representative of field variables of energy wave at location of respective master-particle, and defining supporting domain Ω | 05-19-2016 |
20160140270 | METHOD OF DETERMINING WAVE PROPAGATION IN A MEDIUM - A method including the steps of: defining an original parent polygon representative domain of interest, an origin corresponding to a wavesource position within the parent, a wavesource wavefront geometry, and a maximum wavefront extent; determining one or more valid parent polygon sides; defining cutting lines from the vertices of each valid parent side to the extent; reflecting the parent about the respective valid side defining a child polygon; discarding portions of each child polygon lying beyond a cutting line from the respective parent side; redefining each child as a parent, and repeating the second to fifth steps for each parent filling the area within the extent; projecting onto the polygons within the extent, a wavefront having the wavefront geometry spaced from the origin by a specified distance; and reflecting the child polygons along the respective sides of their respective parents projecting the child polygons and wavefront onto the original parent. | 05-19-2016 |
Mani Sobhian, Chelsmford, MA US
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20150047674 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVAL OF PHOTORESIST USING IMPROVED CHEMISTRY - Techniques disclosed herein include a method and apparatus for stripping resist from a substrate without using high concentrations of toxic chemicals and without needing frequent bath replacement. Techniques include using a chemistry that lifts-off the resist, without substantially dissolving the resist, coupled with mechanically breaking removed resist into small particles using mechanical agitation and high fluid flow. Resist particles can then be removed from the vicinity of the wafer by a high-flow circulation out of a processing tank. Circulating flow can then be filtered to remove the resist particles from the circulating fluid and reintroduced into the processing tank. A filtering system can also remove particles from filters either during circulation or with circulation stopped. | 02-19-2015 |
Mani Subramanian, Sugar Lane, TX US
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20150134132 | Method and Apparatus for Security Constrained Economic Dispatch in Hybrid Power Systems - The teachings herein disclose an advantageous method and apparatus for performing Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) for a hybrid power system that includes one or more AC grids interconnected with one or more multi-terminal High Voltage DC (HVDC) grids. The teachings include optimizing a non-linear objective function, subject to a set of constraints that include AC and DC grid constraints, for determining the SCED solution using successive linear approximation. The linear programming model used in the linear approximations is advantageously augmented with a DC grid portion in a manner that accounts for the effects of the DC grid on the AC grid, but which does not require exposing proprietary DC grid modeling details, and which conforms the resultant SCED solution to all applicable AC and DC grid constraints, including AC grid line flow constraints, AC grid power balance constraints, DC grid line flow constraints, and DC grid power balance constraints. | 05-14-2015 |
Mani Thothadri, Mountain View, CA US
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20140053557 | MAXIMIZING VALUE FROM A CONCENTRATING SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and apparatus by which solar energy may be collected to provide electricity, heat, and/or cold are disclosed herein. | 02-27-2014 |
Mani Vembar, Twinsburg, OH US
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20130211245 | DYNAMIC ACQUISITION SAMPLING RATE FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PERFUSION (CTP) IMAGING - A method includes dynamically varying a data acquisition sample rate between at least two data acquisition sample rates during a contrast enhanced perfusion scan based on a level of contrast in image data generated during the scan. A system includes a computed tomography scanner and a console that controls the scanner based on a scan protocol, wherein the console dynamically varies a data acquisition sample rate of scanner during a contrast enhanced perfusion scan based on a level of contrast in the image data generated during the scan. A method for optimizing dose of a scan includes reducing a data acquisition sampling rate during at least a sub-portion of the scan in which a state of interest is not being scanned. | 08-15-2013 |