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Ahmed Abdelal, North Andover, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100180033	Hybrid Server Overload Control Scheme for Maximizing Server Throughput - Described are methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for controlling server resources. An occupancy value of a buffer and a first utilization value of a first processor are measured. The buffer is configured to store one or more requests for service from at least a first client. The first processor is configured to receive and process the one or more requests from the buffer. A buffer size value is determined based on a processor throughput calculation, and a first service request limit for the first client is determined based on the occupancy value, the first utilization value, and the buffer size value.	07-15-2010
20100271947	ADAPTIVE RATE CONTROL BASED ON OVERLOAD SIGNALS - Described are methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for limiting server overload via client control. A first set of a plurality of requests are transmitted to a server at a first transmission rate during a first period of time. The first transmission rate is limited to be less than or equal to a first transmission limit rate. An overload value is determined based on whether at least two or more requests of the first set of requests for service satisfy an overload criterion. A second transmission limit rate is determined based on the overload value and the first transmission limit rate. A second set of a plurality of requests is transmitted to the server at a second transmission rate during a second period of time. The second transmission rate is limited to be less than or equal to the second transmission limit rate.	10-28-2010
20100274893	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND LIMITING FOCUSED SERVER OVERLOAD IN A NETWORK - Computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, are described for detecting and limiting focused server overload in a network. A feedback message is received from a downstream server, wherein the feedback message includes a communication protocol statistic. The methods and apparatuses determine which of one or more counters that store a number of feedback messages received that include the statistic, from an array of counters, are associated with the downstream server using one or more hash functions based on information included in the feedback message. The one or more counters are incremented in response to the feedback message including the statistic. Using the one or more hash functions, a value of the number stored in the one or more counters is determined. The value is determined to be indicative of an overload episode in the network for the downstream server based on whether the value satisfies a predetermined criteria.	10-28-2010

Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Lexington, KY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090110668	SUBPOPULATIONS OF BONE MARROW-DERIVED ADHERENT STEM CELLS AND METHODS OF USE THEREFOR - The presently disclosed subject matter provides an isolated subpopulation of bone marrow-derived adherent stem cells that are purified from bone marrow-derived adherent cells. Also provided are methods for isolating the subpopulation of bone marrow-derived adherent stem cells from bone marrow-derived adherent cells and for using the isolated subpopulation of bone marrow-derived adherent stem cells for treating tissue and/or organ damage in a subject.	04-30-2009

Ahmed Abdelsamie, Ottawa CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100103579	MULTI-BATTERY SYSTEM FOR HIGH VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS WITH PROPORTIONAL POWER SHARING - A multi-battery system for high-voltage applications with proportional power sharing comprises a circuit having a circuit positive and a circuit negative terminal. At least two batteries are provided to combine to deliver required system power. The batteries are connected to a protection circuit, energy storage means, system output voltage sensing means and a logic gate. Protection means generates a protection signal and the voltage sensing means generates an enabling signal that are fed into the logic gate as true signals to generate a true control signal. The true control signal causes the energy storage means to discharge. The digital enabling signal for each of the circuits is time-shifted by a time “t” so that at any time one of the circuits is discharging and one of the at least two circuits is charging during said time “t”.	04-29-2010

Ahmed Abdelwahab, Grand Island, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090241771	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAS SEPARATION USING HIGH-SPEED PERMANENT MAGNET MOTORS WITH CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS - Systems and processes are provided for gas separation using high-speed permanent magnet variable-speed motors to accelerate and decelerate centrifugal compressors suitable for use in pressure swing adsorption (PSA) or vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) processes.	10-01-2009

Ahmed Abdulquadeer, North Karachi PK

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100246730	Cyclic prefix-based enhanced data recovery method - The cyclic prefix-based enhanced data recovery method retains the cyclic prefix (CP) upon reception and routes the CP to a data detection module to enhance the operation of the orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) receiver whether operating in the blind, semi-blind, training, or perfectly known channel modes. Processing of the OFDM symbol and the CP is performed in the data detector and obtains data recovery by computing a maximum likelihood estimation based on the CP and the OFDM symbols.	09-30-2010

Ahmed Abdulwahab, Berlin DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090144654	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING CONTENT CONSUMPTION - Methods and apparatus for the online consumption of content. The use of a markup language to implement unique identifiers in content allows for the measurement and analysis of users' interaction with that content. Online reading aids such as visual masks and density indicators facilitate the users' interaction with that content.	06-04-2009

Ahmed Abubaker, Dearborn, MI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100250044	VEHICLE DATA INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A method of controlling data input to a vehicle data input system determines a speed of a vehicle, determines an occupancy state of a non-driver position of the vehicle based on a presence of a non-driver in the non-driver position, determines a behavior of a driver based on input from a driver behavior system, and adjusts an input functionality of a vehicle data input system based on the vehicle speed, the occupancy state of the passenger, and the behavior of the driver.	09-30-2010

Ahmed Al-Ghoul, Calgary, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080281341	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY DONOR TISSUE TRANSPORT AND DELIVERY - A method for endothelial keratoplasty donor tissue transport and delivery to a recipient's eye, such as in DLEK, DSEK and DSAEK procedures, comprises the steps of: attaching endothelial keratoplasty donor tissue to a tissue holder, wherein the attachment between the tissue holder and the donor tissue is not on the endothelial layer of the endothelial keratoplasty donor tissue; placing the tissue holder and the attached donor tissue within a surrounding insertion tip; transporting the insertion tip to a position adjacent an access opening in the recipient's eye; inserting the tissue holder with the attached donor tissue through the opening and extending the tissue holder from within the insertion tip to position the donor tissue within the recipient's eye; and separating the attached donor tissue from the tissue holder with the tissue holder within the recipient's eye. An associated apparatus is disclosed.	11-13-2008

Ahmed Al-Jama'An, Kuwait City KW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100236430	Can crusher - The can crusher is a device capable of crushing aluminum and steel cans. The device incorporates a wheeled base that supports thereon an assembly that includes a container for housing the cans and mechanisms for crushing the cans. The crushing mechanisms include a hydraulic jack, a sliding crank system, extension springs, a single-phase, geared motor, a movable plate and a pressure gauge.	09-23-2010

Ahmed Alnega, Thaon Les Vosges FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090246003	TURBOCHARGER WITH SLIDING PISTON, AND HAVING VANES AND LEAKAGE DAMS - A turbocharger having a sliding piston for regulating exhaust gas flow into the turbine wheel includes a set of first vanes mounted on a fixed first wall of the turbine nozzle and projecting axially toward an opposite second wall of the nozzle, and/or a set of second vanes mounted on the end of the piston and projecting in an opposite axial direction toward the first wall of the nozzle. For the/each set of vanes, there are leakage dams formed on the wall that is adjacent the vane tips when the piston is closed. The leakage dams are closely adjacent the vane tips and discourage exhaust gas from leaking in a generally radial direction past the vane tips as the piston just begins to open from its fully closed position.	10-01-2009

Ahmed Al-Sayegh, Kuwait City KW

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090051514	Car Collision Global Positioning System - The present invention relates to a device and system to inform people and relevant authorities about the place of a traffic accident at the time they occur in order for required assistance to get there as soon as possible. The device transmits messages in frequencies to relevant authorities for emergencies when a road traffic accident has occurred. Sometime this happens in a remote or uninhabited area where the driver may lose his conscience or is seriously injured and he cannot inform the authorities about it and there is nobody to inform about him. This device is very useful in traveled road and prairies. The device is operated by an accurate micro switches. Which are distributed accurately throughout the vehicle. These are not operated unless the accident is very strong or the vehicle is overturned.	02-26-2009

Ahmed Al-Thawadi, Al-Jubail Industrial City SA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090202395	Pressure control system - The present invention relates to a pressure control system for maintaining the pressure differential between a reactor (	08-13-2009

Ahmed Aoude, Pointe-Claire CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100076306	OPTICAL CAMERA CALIBRATION FOR CAS NAVIGATION - A navigation system for tracking an object during surgery, comprises markers adapted to be connected to an object in a known relation. An optical camera detects a light signal from the at least one marker, the optical camera generating tracking data associated with a position of the markers from the light signal. A transparent shield is positioned between the optical camera and the markers during surgery to allow the optical camera to be within the sterile field. Calibration data is associated with an effect of the shield on the light signal passing therethrough to be detected by the optical camera. A position and orientation calculator calculates a position and/or orientation of the object as a function of the tracking data, of the calibration data, and of the known relation between the object and the markers. A method is provided for tracking an object in computer-assisted surgery.	03-25-2010
20100192961	TRACKABLE REFERENCE DEVICE FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY - A surgical reference device for use with a computer-assisted surgery system comprises an engaging member adapted to engage directly on soft tissue of a body part such that substantially no relative movement is possible between the engaging member and a bone element of the body part. A trackable member is attached to the engaging member and comprises a detectable element for being located and tracked in three-dimensional space by the computer-assisted surgery system to measure a position and an orientation of the trackable member in time, whereby the bone element is tracked as a function of the position and orientation of the trackable member. A method for tracking a position and an orientation of a bone element using a computer-assisted surgery system is also provided.	08-05-2010
20110004224	TRACKING CAS SYSTEM - A computer-assisted surgery system for tracking an object during surgery comprises a first tracker device and a second tracker device secured to different parts of the object. The first and the second tracker device are secured to the object separately in such a way that a geometrical pattern is defined with trackable elements from the first tracker device and from the second tracker device. A tracking system has a sensor unit tracking the trackable members. A calibration unit defines a geometrical pattern from the trackable members. A pattern identifier identifies the geometrical pattern. A position and orientation calculator calculates a position and orientation of the geometrical pattern The tracking system calculates position and orientation of the object as a function of the position and orientation of the geometrical pattern and of object/geometrical pattern relation data gathered during surgery.	01-06-2011
20110116601	X-RAY DETECTION DEVICE FOR C-ARM TRACKER AND METHOD - A detection device for detecting X rays and signaling the detection to a computer-assisted surgery processor system comprises an X ray detector unit having an X ray detector adapted to be positioned within a radiation field. The X ray detector emits a detection signal upon being excited by an X ray of a given intensity. A transmitter outputs the detection signal in radio frequency. A receiver receives the detection signal in radio frequency and forwards the detection signal to a computer-assisted surgery processor system to signal the detection of the X ray. A method is provided as well.	05-19-2011

Ahmed Aoude, Montreal CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100286547	BREATHING DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ASYNCHRONOUS OR ARRESTED BREATHING - The present invention in one aspect is a breathing detection device with a signal source and receiver. A card between the source and receiver alternates between a first state of signal reception and a second state of signal interference, on card movement. A cord moves the card in one direction on pulling, and in reverse on retraction. The card can be a disc, belt, or any configuration conforming to a principle of card movement to affect a difference in signal receiving state. Another aspect the invention is an asynchronous breathing detection method providing a first and a second detection device as described, both in communication. In various configurations, one or more processors is provided to receive and process data to determine magnitude and direction of cord and card movement.	11-11-2010

Ahmed Aouidef, Saint Maurice Sur Fessard FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100126159	VALVE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUST SILENCER, AND SILENCER COMPRISING A VALVE OF THIS TYPE - A valve suitable for closing an orifice (	05-27-2010

Ahmed Arkis, Lyon FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100209987	Method for isolating proteins or protein and nucleic acid associations, or particle and protein complexes, reagent and uses - The magnetic colloidal particles comprise a core and an envelope in which the core is magnetic and is coated with at least one polymer comprising functional groups X chosen from amine, hydroxyl, thiol, aldehyde, ester, anhydride, acid chloride, carbonate, carbamate, isocyanate and isothiocyanate groups, or mixtures thereof, at least one fraction of which has reacted with other functional groups of the envelope, and the envelope comprises a polymer bearing ionizable functional groups, Z and Z′, which may be identical or different, chosen from amine, carboxylic acid, ester, anhydride, aldehyde, thiol, disulfide, α-halocarbonyl, sulfonic acid, maleimide, isocyanate and isothiocyanate groups, which have partially reacted with the functional groups X of the core. These magnetic colloidal particles can be used to isolate biological material.	08-19-2010

Ahmed Barnawi, Manchester GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090040985	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AD-HOC NETWORKING OVER UMTS PROTOCOL - A method and apparatus are provided for ad hoc networking over a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS). In the method, if user equipment (	02-12-2009

Ahmed Belghazi, Brignais FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110064625	METHOD FOR THE ANTI-EROSION COATING OF A WALL, ANTI-EROSION COATING AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for the anti-erosion coating of the wall of a cyclone for separating and recovering solid particles driven in a fluid, in which a composite material is deposited in a mould comprising the wall of the cyclone (	03-17-2011

Ahmed Bencheikh, Fairfax Station, VA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090013078	Optimized Signaling Protocol, Including Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), in a Communications Environment - A redacted version of a signaling protocol, such as Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), is used to optimize call session communications between a communications terminal and a proxy server. During a session registration process, the proxy server captures and stores session context data by leveraging the content of the registration messages. With the session context data stored at the proxy server, the messages between the proxy server and the communications terminal may omit some or all of the session context data. For outgoing messages, a proxy server receives a redacted signaling message from the communications terminal, reconstructs a standard signaling message from the redacted signaling message, and forwards the reconstructed message to a recipient. For incoming messages, the proxy server receives a standard signaling message, redacts the standard message to remove some or all of the session context data, and forwards the redacted message to the communications terminal.	01-08-2009
20090137227	Federated Virtual Network of Communications Services - A federated virtual network enables the creation of a logical network from multiple physical communications networks that each provide one or more communications services. The communications networks register their service capabilities with a network resources register. Users may then request from their networks a particular type, capability, and/or capacity of a network service using their communication devices. If the service requests are authorized, the network resources register maps the requestor's communication device to one or more network services offered by another network. Verifying the authorization may be performed by consulting an independent entity, which thus acts as a gatekeeper for the services. In this way, communications networks can expand their services and coverage by dynamically tapping into other networks' assets, on the fly and on an ad hoc basis (e.g., in case of emergencies, traffic peaks, or whenever additional services are needed).	05-28-2009

Ahmed Birafane, Montreal CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090117863	High efficiency rf transmitter system using non-linear amplifiers - An RF transmitter with improved efficiency and good linearity decomposes an input AM signal into two signal envelopes with phased modulation at a phase angle θ. The transmitter has three principal embodiments. A first solution uses at least one added RF amplifier for each decomposed signal envelope with one or more amplifiers having a low gain compared to that of a high gain amplifier in another branch for the same signal envelope. A phase angle θ	05-07-2009

Ahmed Bouzid, Lincoln, NE US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090080194	FLUORESCENCE FILTERING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOLECULAR IMAGING - An optical system is disclosed that can be used for fluorescence filtering for molecular imaging. In one preferred embodiment, a source subsystem is disclosed comprising a light source and a first set of filters designed to pass wavelengths of light in an absorption band of a fluorescent material. A detector subsystem is also disclosed comprising a light detector, imaging optics, a second set of filters designed to pass wavelengths of light in an emission band of the fluorescent material, and an aperture located at a front focal plane of the imaging optics. A telecentric space is created between the light detector and the imaging optics, such that axial rays from a plurality of field points emerge from the imaging optics parallel to each other and perpendicular to the second set of filters.	03-26-2009
20100007958	PROCESS OF FORMING A LIGHT BEAM PATH IN A DIELECTRIC MIRROR - An optical mirror element includes an optically transmissive element having a first surface and a second surface, and a reflective coating layer on the first surface that defines a mirror surface. A first portion of the first surface does not include the reflective coating layer such that the first portion defines an optically transmissive window in the mirror surface. Q method of forming an optical mirror element having a window portion includes providing an optical element, masking a first portion of a first surface of the optical element, and thereafter applying a reflective coating to the first surface so as to define a reflective surface, wherein the masked portion defines a transmissive region in the reflective surface. The exposed portion of the first surface may be coated with an anti-reflective coating, either before or after the reflective coating is applied.	01-14-2010

Ahmed Busnaina, Needham, MA US

Ahmed Busnaina, Ashland, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090087622	Directed Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanoparticles Using Nanotemplates With Nanotrenches - The present invention provides methods and tools for directed assembly of nanoelements across a large area using a nanosubstrate. The nanosubstrate has a substrate layer, an adhesive layer, a conductive layer, and an insulating layer that is interrupted by one or more nanotrenches or nanowells having a width of at least 20 nm. The nanosubstrate allows the rapid assembly of linear assemblies and arrays of single walled carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles by DC electrophoresis. The density of nanoelements assembled can be controlled by varying the voltage and trench size. Functionalized nanoparticles can be assembled into arrays useful, e.g., as biosensors.	04-02-2009
20090134033	Directed assembly of a conducting polymer - The present invention provides a method for directed assembly of a conducting polymer. A method of the invention comprises providing a template such as an insulated template and electrophorectically assembling a conducting polymer thereon. Preferably, the template comprises a patterned electrode on which the conducting polymer is assembled. Moreover, the invention provides a method for transferring an assembled conducting polymer. For example, a method of the invention comprises providing a substrate such as a polymeric substrate and contacting a surface thereof with an assembled conducting polymer. The assembled conducting polymer can be disposed on a patterned electrode of a template, hi one embodiment, a method comprises removing the substrate. By removing the substrate, the assembled conducting polymer is transferred from the patterned electrode of the template to the substrate. The invention also provides a device with a template or substrate comprising an assembled conducting polymer.	05-28-2009
20100038794	THREE DIMENSIONAL NANOSCALE CIRCUIT INTERCONNECT AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY BY DIELECTROPHORESIS - An assembly of nanoelements forms a three-dimensional nanoscale circuit interconnect for use in microelectronic devices. A process for producing the circuit interconnect includes using dielectrophoresis by applying an electrical field across a gap between vertically displaced non-coplanar microelectrodes in the presence of a liquid suspension of nanoelements such as nanoparticles or single-walled carbon nanotubes to form a nanoelement bridge connecting the microelectrodes. The assembly process can be carried out at room temperature, is compatible with conventional semiconductor fabrication, and has a high yield. The current-voltage curves obtained from the nanoelement bridge demonstrate that the assembly is functional with a resistance of −40 ohms for gold nanoparticles. The method is suitable for making high density three-dimensional circuit interconnects, vertically integrated nanosensors, and for in-line testing of manufactured conductive nanoelements.	02-18-2010
20100116631	BISTABLE NANOSWITCH - A non-volatile bistable nano-electromechanical switch is provided for use in memory devices and microprocessors. The switch employs carbon nanotubes as the actuation element. A method has been developed for fabricating nanoswitches having one single-walled carbon nanotube as the actuator. The actuation of two different states can be achieved using the same low voltage for each state.	05-13-2010
20100183844	HIGHLY ORGANIZED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORKS AND METHOD OF MAKING USING TEMPLATE GUIDED FLUIDIC ASSEMBLY - Methods for fabricating templates for nanoelement assembly and methods for fluid-guided assembly of nanoelements are provided. Templates are fabricated by plasma modification of surface hydrophilicity and production of a network of hydrophobic trenches having a hydrophilic bottom surface. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) can be assembled into stable films, ribbons, and wires of nanoscale thickness and nanoscale or microscale width and length. The nanofilm assemblies prepared according to the invention are highly conductive and can be used in the fabrication of a wide variety of microscale and nanoscale electronic devices.	07-22-2010
20110117582	MULTI-BIOMARKER BIOSENSOR - Nanosubstrates as biosensors, methods of making such nanosubstrates, and methods of using such nanosubstrates to detect biomarkers are described.	05-19-2011

Ahmed Elasser, Latham, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080305582	POWER SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING METHOD AND STRUCTURE - A semiconductor chip packaging structure is fabricated by using a dielectric film with two surfaces, and a power semiconductor chip with an active surface having contact pads. An adhesive layer is used to connect the first surface of the dielectric film and the active surface of the power semiconductor chip. A patterned electrically conductive layer is formed adjacent to the second surface of the film, extending through holes in the film to the contact pads.	12-11-2008
20090031733	THERMOTUNNELING REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - A refrigeration system is provided. The refrigeration system includes at least one thermal blocking thermotunneling device. The thermal blocking thermotunneling device comprises a first and a second surface separated by a nanoscale gap of less than about 20 nm, such that tunneling of electrons causes a unidirectional transfer of heat from the first surface to the second surface. Further, the at least one thermal blocking thermotunneling device has a thermal back path of less than about 70 percent.	02-05-2009

Ahmed El-Banbi, Abu Dhabi AE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100238763	SINGLE WELL RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION APPARATUS AND METHODS - An apparatus and a method for characterizing parts of a reservoir surrounding a borehole are provided including using at least one transmitter to emit a probing signal into the borehole and at least one receiver to receive a signal representing a response of the formation to the probing signal, with the distance separating the transmitter and the receiver being variable while suspended in the borehole using for example an apparatus which can be decoupled in the borehole into a stationary and a mobile section, carrying transmitter and receiver.	09-23-2010

Ahmed Elbetanony, North Andover, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080234768	Systems for monitoring and applying electrical currents in an organ perfusion system - Electrode systems have been developed for use in perfusion systems to measure the electrical activity of an explanted heart and to provide defibrillation energy as necessary. The perfusion systems maintain the heart in a beating state at, or near, normal physiological conditions; circulating oxygenated, nutrient enriched perfusion fluid to the heart at or near physiological temperature, pressure and flow rate. These systems include a pair of electrodes that are placed epicardially on the right atrium and left ventricle of the explanted heart, as well as an electrode placed in the aortic blood path.	09-25-2008

Ahmed Elgayyar, Senoia, GA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110093094	In-Wall Occupancy Sensor with RF Control - An electrical control system including a master device and a slave device wirelessly coupled to the master device. The master device includes an occupancy detection sensor that senses motion within a monitored area. The master device controls operation of the slave device when occupancy is detected within the area. The master device can be coupled to a first load while the slave device can be coupled to a second load. In one exemplary embodiment, the slave device can be controlled to activate the second load when occupancy is detected within the area. In one exemplary embodiment, the slave device can be controlled to deactivate the second load when occupancy is detected within the area. In one exemplary embodiment, the slave device can be controlled to activate the second load when the first load is activated by the master device based upon occupancy is detected within the area.	04-21-2011

Ahmed El Gedaily, Zurich CH

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090081345	Identification of Prion Proteins in Milk - The present invention relates to the use of milk or a derivative thereof for identifying prion proteins, preferably PrP	03-26-2009
20090258419	METHOD FOR REMOVING PRION PROTEIN - The present invention relates to a method for removing prion PrP	10-15-2009
20110009604	Method for Concentrating, Purifying and Removing Prion Protein - The present invention relates to a method for concentrating and/or purifying prion PrP	01-13-2011

Ahmed Elkashef, Dunn Loring, VA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090215840	METHODS FOR TREATING SCHIZOPHRENIA - Treatment of schizophrenia or humans suffering from conditions associated with high dopamine levels in ventral striatum or caudate nucleus administers the compound (2S)-2-{3-[3-({[(2R,4R)-4-tert-Butoxycarbonyl-2-(2-fluorophenyl)]-3-thiazolidinyl}carbonylmethyl) ureido]phenyl} propionic acid and its physiological acceptable salts.	08-27-2009

Ahmed El-Nakhily, Giza EG

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100281241	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING INCLUSIVE DECISION BRANCHES - A method and system for reconstructing an original process model that includes an inclusive decision into a reconstructed process model that includes synchronized branches. The inclusive decision is replaced with a fork. Each original path of the inclusive decision is reconstructed into a corresponding reconstructed path. Each reconstructed path includes a decision, an activity included in the corresponding original path, and a merge. The decision includes a first output connected to the activity, whose output is connected to a first input of the merge. The decision further includes a second output connected to a second input of the merge. A join is created to recombine output branches from the merge node and other merge nodes included in reconstructed paths. The output branches are synchronized so that all activated reconstructed paths must finish processing before a modeling element connected to an output of the join is executed.	11-04-2010

Ahmed El-Nakhily, Cairo EG

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090031256	METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING IN A FLOW DIAGRAM - A method of navigating in a flow diagram is disclosed. The flow diagram is displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) and the flow diagram comprises a set of task elements and a set of connectors. A set of navigation commands is provided. The set of navigation commands comprises a first navigation command and a second navigation command. A selector is moved from a first task element of the set of task elements to a first connector of the set of connectors in response to the reception of the first navigation command, wherein the first connector immediately succeeds the first task element in the flow diagram. Furthermore, the selector is moved from the first connector to the first task element in response to the reception of the second navigation command.	01-29-2009
20100205237	CORRELATOR SYSTEM FOR WEB SERVICES - A web service is correlated. One implementation involves correlating requests for Web services in an information technology network by automatically correlating a request to a Web service by: searching in said network for Web services that can satisfy the request, selecting among the Web services a Web service satisfying the request and providing the selected Web service in response to the request.	08-12-2010

Ahmed Eltawil, Irvine, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090221255	DIGITAL APPROACH FOR IMAGE REJECTION CORRECTION IN LOW INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY CONVERSION TUNER - A method of processing an in-phase signal component and a quadrature signal component of a low intermediate frequency (LIF) signal includes estimating and correcting an amplitude imbalance between a digitized in-phase signal component and a digitized quadrature signal component at a first point in time, and estimating and correcting a phase imbalance between the digitized in-phase signal component and the digitized quadrature signal component at a second point in time in response to the correcting process. The digitized in-phase signal component corresponds to the in-phase signal component at the first point in time and the digitized quadrature signal component corresponds to the quadrature signal component at the first point in time. The second point in the time is subsequent to the first point in time.	09-03-2009

Ahmed El-Zayat, St. Laurent CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110032050	DUPLEXER FOR INTEGRATION IN COMMUNICATION TERMINALS - There is described a duplexer comprising: a dielectric substrate having a circuit-receiving surface and an opposite surface; a ground structure deposited on the circuit-receiving surface or the opposite surface; a first filter connectable to a first terminal and having a first frequency bandpass; a second filter connectable to a second terminal and having a second frequency bandpass different from the first frequency bandpass, the first filter and the second filter each having at least one filter section deposited on the circuit-receiving surface; and an uncovered coupling circuit connectable to a third terminal and deposited on the circuit-receiving surface between the first filter and the second filter, the coupling circuit being spaced apart from the first and second filter by a coupling gap and configured for electromagnetically coupling the first filter and the second filter together.	02-10-2011

Ahmed Ennaoui, Berlin DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080274577	Method of the Application of a Zinc Sulfide Buffer Layer on a Semiconductor Substrate - A chemical bath deposition method of depositing on a semiconductor substrate a layer of zinc sulfide by dipping the semiconductor substrate into an aqueous solution of zinc sulfate and thiourea and ammonia.	11-06-2008

Ahmed Fadiel-Metwaly, New Haven, CT US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090297523	Erm family binding agents and their use in diagnosis and treatment of proliferative conditions - The methods and compositions of the invention provide new diagnostic markers for cancers (e.g., ovarian cancer, PPC, etc.) and other proliferative diseases or conditions such as psoriasis and endometriosis. The methods and compositions of the invention further provide new treatments for such proliferative diseases or conditions.	12-03-2009

Ahmed Ghouri, San Diego, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100198616	Computerized system and method for rapid data entry of past medical diagnoses - The present invention relates to a system and method for electronic and algorithmic data mining of an individual physician's prescribing history to determine the approximate distribution of diseases within their practice population for optimizing pharmaceutical sales and marketing. Rapid and large-scale determination of specific clinical safety and efficacy attributes of a marketed drug which are most pertinent and relevant to a given physician, when compared to a competitor's drug, are defined and tabularized. Major clinical characteristics taken into account include a drug's safety, efficacy, cost, dosing convenience, formulary insurance coverage, side effect profiles, and FDA approval for the intended use. A symbolic representation of knowledge is employed in which the marketed drug and each competitor's drug are compared algorithmically against each other with a scoring system that is based upon machine analysis of each major clinical characteristic. The score is further refined according to the number and severity of safety interactions which are relevant to the comparison, and also based upon predicted prevalence of such interactions within a specific physician's practice.	08-05-2010

Ahmed Hashi, Waterloo CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100156865	AUTOMATIC SCREEN AND KEYPAD BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT ON A MOBILE HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method is set forth for automatically adjusting screen and keypad brightness on a mobile electronic device having a light sensor, display screen and keypad, for optimum legibility under varying lighting conditions, with minimal eye strain and distraction. The method includes obtaining light level samples from the light sensor, and independently adjusting backlight intensity of the display screen and keypad responsive to the light level samples. Preferably, correct screen and keypad adjustments are made responsive to pulling the handheld device out of its holster notwithstanding non-optimal ambient light detection while the device is being removed from the holster. According to another aspect, the described method allows for ambient light detection in a handheld device where the light sensor and a message notification indicator share a common light pipe.	06-24-2010

Ahmed Ketfi-Cherif, Elancourt FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110060489	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A POWER UNIT WITH POWER BYPASS - A method for controlling a hybrid power unit with power bypass for an automobile including at least two driving wheels, wherein the power unit includes a thermal engine, at least two electric machines, and an infinitely variable transmission mechanically connecting the thermal engine, the two electric machines, and the driving wheels. In the method, an initially stopped thermal engine is brought, in an independent manner and in plural operation phases, to a rotation speed that is sufficient for participating in propulsion of the vehicle, the vehicle moving under action of the electric machines.	03-10-2011
20110115457	METHOD OF CONTROLLING OF A SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY AND CORRESPONDING POWER SUPPLY - A method of controlling a switched-mode power supply and corresponding power supply including a switching cell including two series-connected configurable on/off switches; in which the switching cell is configured cyclically: for a duration T1, in an on state, in which a first on/off switch is closed and the second on/off switch is open; and, for a duration T2, in an off state, in which the second on/off switch is closed and the first on/off switch is open. The switching cell is also configured in a transition state, in which the first on/off switch and the second on/off switch are open: for a duration Tm1 between the off state and the on state; and for a duration Tm2 between the on state and the off state; and the durations T1 and/or T2 of the on and off states are determined according to the durations Tm1 and/or Tm2, respectively, of the transition states.	05-19-2011
20110125355	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CHANGE IN MODE OF AN INFINITELY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION IN PURELY ELECTRIC MODE - A system for controlling change in mode of an infinitely variable transmission including a first operation mode at high torque at high speed and a second operation mode at high torque at low speed, fitted to a motor vehicle that includes at least two electric machines, with at least one internal combustion engine. The infinitely variable transmission connected mechanically to the electric machines and to the internal combustion engine determines the internal combustion engine rotation speed setpoint; calculates the difference between the internal combustion engine rotation speed setpoint and the internal combustion engine rotation speed measurement; determines torque of the first electric machine to determine a torque setpoint for the first electric machine as a function of the difference between the rotation speed setpoint of the internal combustion engine and the measured rotation speed of the internal combustion engine; determines a torque setpoint for the second electric machine as a function of the torque setpoint of the first electric machine and the driver's demand for torque. The control system can control the second electric machine so that the change in mode can be performed while the vehicle is being propelled, before and after the change in mode, under sole action of at least one electric machine.	05-26-2011

Ahmed Khacef, Orleans FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110018444	TRANSIENT PLASMA BALL GENERATION SYSTEM AT LONG DISTANCE - The invention concerns a new device based on very short pulsed discharges, generating plasmas balls and plumes over very long distances (up to several meters). These plasma balls are travelling in dielectric guide at the end of which there is generation of an apparent plasma plume like zone (which shape and intensity depend on the discharge repetition rate) wherein secondary mixture plasma can be produced close to a given surface by adding other gas fluxes in the main gas stream. The plasmas balls can be generated in gases at a repetition rate in the range from single shot to multi-kilohertz.	01-27-2011

Ahmed Khattab, Houston, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090304096	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANDOMIZED ANTENNA ALLOCATION IN ASYNCHRONOUS MIMO MULTI-HOP NETWORKS - A system and method for simultaneous and asynchronous transmissions in multi-antenna multi-hop networks. The system and method employ randomized and non-greedy resource allocation to counter starvation. The system and method define a class of asynchronous random access protocols subsuming MIMO systems via two components. Residual Capacity Estimation and Randomized Resource Allocation. The system and method realize the first asynchronous MIMO MAC protocol that counters flow starvation in multi-hop networks. Randomized and non-greedy antenna allocation coupled with local residual capacity estimation results in previously-starving nodes capturing a fair share of system resources while simultaneously exploiting throughput gains available to multi-antenna systems.	12-10-2009

Ahmed Koubaa, Quebec CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100143737	PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE HEAT TREATMENT OF A WOOD PRODUCT AND TREATED WOOD PRODUCT - A process and apparatus for treatment of wood, typically moist wood, using a heated bioester derived from vegetable oil or animal fat. The bioester exhibits a decreased viscosity versus other methods of heated oil treatment thereby providing for deep penetration of the heated bioester into the wood.	06-10-2010

Ahmed Lacevic, Woodside, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090158185	Adaptive map layer visibility control - The instant application provides a method and related system that adaptively turns layers on and off based upon a visibility value extracted from a respective layer or related database. Map data is first portioned by a grid and the visibility value for a layer is computed for each grid element. For a given map view, the visibility value of all grid elements within the view is used to compute an overall average visibility value for the layer in the current map view. The layer is then activated based upon the average visibility value as compared to a table of optimal scales.	06-18-2009

Ahmed Louri, Tucson, AZ US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100002581	Method for Inter-Router Dual-Function Energy- and Area-Efficient Links for Network-on-Chips - The present invention provides methods for connecting routers and transmitting data along inter-router links within Nework-on-Chip (NoC) architectures.	01-07-2010

Ahmed Mamai, Raleigh, NC US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090306033	NOVEL CYCLIC PEPTIDES - Compounds are disclosed of general formula (I):	12-10-2009
20090312300	NOVEL MACROCYCLIC PEPTIDES - Disclosed are cyclosporine derivatives in which the 3-Sarcosine carbon and 5-Valine nitrogen are each substituted by a non-hydrogen substituent, and their use as pharmaceuticals, in particular for the treatment of hepatitis C virus.	12-17-2009
20100113439	Antifungal agents - Novel derivatives of enfumafungin are disclosed herein, along with their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs. Also disclosed are compositions comprising such compounds, methods of preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds as antifungal agents and/or inhibitors of (1,3)-β-D-glucan synthase. The disclosed compounds, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and prodrugs, as well as compositions comprising such compounds, salts, hydrates and prodrugs, are useful for treating and/or preventing fungal infections and associated diseases and conditions.	05-06-2010

Ahmed Marouf, Cavaillon FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100083645	METHOD FOR OBTAINING A POROUS STRUCTURE BASED ON SILICON CARBIDE - The invention relates to a process for obtaining a structure made from a porous ceramic material comprising at least 95% of silicon carbide SiC, said process being characterized in that said structure is obtained from a mixture of SiC grains comprising at least:	04-08-2010
20100158774	TEXTURED PARTICULATE FILTER FOR CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS - Catalytic filter comprising a porous matrix consisting of an inorganic material, in the form of grains that are interconnected so as to provide cavities between them, such that the open porosity is between 30 and 60% and the median pore diameter is between 5 and 40 μm, said filter being characterized in that the grains and possibly the grain boundaries of the inorganic material are covered over at least part of their surface with a texturizing material, said texturizing consisting of irregularities having dimensions of between 10 nm and 5 microns and in that a catalytic coating at least partially coats the texturizing material and optionally, at least partially, the grains of the inorganic material.	06-24-2010
20100287916	PURIFICATION STRUCTURE INCORPORATING A BIASED ELECTROCHEMICAL CATALYST SYSTEM - A device for the purification of a polluted gas, for example an exhaust gas from a diesel or gasoline engine, comprising, in combination: A honeycomb structure, comprising at least one porous electron-conductive material forming the walls (	11-18-2010

Ahmed Mashra, Dearborn, MI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080225562	ELECTRICAL POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL APPLICATIONS - A power conversion circuit includes main terminals that receive a first electrical energy from a main power source. An electric motor has input terminals that are coupled to the main terminals. The electric motor receives a second electrical energy as a current input based on the first electrical energy and converts the electrical energy into mechanical energy to generate a mechanical output. An electric generator generates a current output, which is greater than or equal to the current input, based on the mechanical output. Distribution terminals are coupled to a distribution circuit of a building and receive the current output. Voltage across the input terminals is approximately equal to voltage across the distribution terminals.	09-18-2008

Ahmed Masmoudi US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090028532	CONTROL DEVICE FOR DRIVING A BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR - A delta type inverter is used in conjunction with a closed-loop motor controller to provide a control device for driving a three phase brushless direct current motor. The delta inverter has one-half of the solid state switching devices and diodes required by conventional bridge type inventers, thereby improved reliability, and enabling the motor control device to have reduced size, cost and weight. The closed-loop motor controller may include a torque loop for reducing torque ripple during operation of the motor.	01-29-2009

Ahmed Merzouk, Richmond CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090098091	Cyclic peptides for modulating growth of neo-vessels and their use in therapeutic angiogenesis - The present disclosure teaches analogs of human chemokines and methods of using them in the prevention, treatment, and ameliorization of diseases that can benefit from therapeutic angiogenesis. The teachings are generally directed to compositions comprising SDF-1 mimetics, as well as methods that include the use of SDF-1 mimetics to induce neo-vessel formation. The disclosure also teaches articles of manufacture that can be useful in practicing the methods taught herein.	04-16-2009
20090192082	CXCR4 ANTAGONIST TREATMENT OF HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS - Compositions comprising a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from a P2G-substituted SDF-1 protein are taught. The amino acid sequence consists of a first sequence consisting of 8 to 17 amino acids from the N-terminal portion of the SDF-1 protein and having a conserved KGVS motif. The amino acid sequences may also consist of one or more optional components selected from the group consisting of a second sequence consisting of 8 to 17 amino acids from the N-terminal portion of the SDF-1 protein and having a conserved KGVS motif, wherein the second sequence is covalently joined to the first sequence with or without a linker; and, a third sequence consisting of LKWIQEYLEKALN, or conservative substitutions thereof, wherein the third sequence is covalently joined to the first sequence with the linker. Methods of increasing multiplication of hematopoietic cells and enhancing proliferation of hematopoietic cells during engraftment are also taught.	07-30-2009
20110118193	TREATMENT OF LIQUID CANCERS - A use of a composition comprising an SDF-1 peptide having the sequence KGVSLSYR is taught. The composition can be used in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a blood cancer in a mammal by administering the medicament in a therapeutically effective amount.	05-19-2011

Ahmed Morsy, Bothell, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090083026	Summarizing document with marked points - A summary of a text document may be presented in the form of a list of points. A summary of text can be created by choosing words or groups of words from the original text, by modifying words in the original text, etc. Collections of the chosen words can be presented in a list form together with a mark that indicates that the text is a list of words that might not form complete sentences. Presentation of a summary in list form may lower a reader's expectation as to readability issues such as sentence flow, word flow, etc., and thus the reader may be more accepting of a machine-generated summary presented in list form than of a machine generated summary presented as sentences or paragraphs.	03-26-2009
20090083677	Method for making digital documents browseable - A method for making one or more digital documents browseable. In one implementation, the digital documents may be automatically, topically segmented into one or more topical segments. A topical segment may be selected from the topical segments. One or more topical segments that are substantially similar to the selected topical segment may be identified. One or more links between the selected topical segment and the identified topical segment may be established. The established links may be displayed.	03-26-2009

Ahmed Mousaad, Giza EG

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110106524	SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING TEXT TYPE AND TEXT ORIENTATION OF A BIDIRECTIONAL (BIDI) TEXT - A method for processing a bidirectional text is described. The method includes: dividing the text into a set of words; determining a first parameter representing a number of non-bidirectional words in the text, a second parameter representing a number of bidirectional words in the text, a third parameter representing a number of non-bidirectional words in reverse letter order in the text, and a fourth parameter representing a number of bidirectional words in reverse letter order in the text; and determining a text type attribute and/or a text orientation attribute of the bi-directional text from the values of the first parameter, of the second parameter, of the third parameter and the fourth parameters.	05-05-2011

Ahmed Noemaun, Troy, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090080217	Encapsulant shapes for light emitting devices lacking rotational symmetry designed to enhance extraction of light with a particular linear polarization - The light-emitting device includes a light source and a transparent encapsulating material that is shaped to modify the polarization anisotropy of light emitted by the light source in at least one direction.	03-26-2009

Ahmed Ould Elhacen, Aix En Provence FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100224684	SMART CARD READER - A card reader receives an indication that a device has been plugged into a socket of the card reader. Power is provided to the socket in accordance with a first type of device. An attempt to communicate with the device is made in accordance with a first type of device protocol. If the communication attempt is not successful, power is provided to the socket in accordance with a second type of device, and communications commence with the device in accordance with a second type of device protocol.	09-09-2010

Ahmed Phuly, Andover, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110061321	FATIGUE REISTANT FOUNDATION SYSTEM - A fatigue resistant gravity based spread footing under heavy multi-axial cyclical loading of a wind tower having a central vertical pedestal, a substantially horizontal continuous bottom support slab with a stiffened perimeter, a plurality of radial reinforcing ribs extending radially outwardly from the pedestal and a three-dimensional network	03-17-2011

Ahmed Ragheb, Cairo EG

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090019356	Intelligent Text Annotation - Text is intelligently annotated by first creating a topic map summarizing topics of interest of the user. A data structure is created. The topic map is used to create two linked user dictionaries, a topic dictionary reflecting topic names and a traversal dictionary reflecting the knowledge structure of a topic. Actions may be linked with topic types. When the text to be annotated is being read, the topic data structure of the topics found in the text are automatically instantiated using the dictionaries and any actions previously linked to topic types. Instantiated topic data structures are automatically attached to the text being annotated. A user GUI may be created to allow the user to access and interact with the text annotations.	01-15-2009

Ahmed Saadani, Issy Les Moulineaux FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100216393	METHOD FOR DATA COMMUNICATION IN A CO-OPERATIVE CELLULAR NETWORK, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method is provided for communication between at least one source entity and one destination entity, in a cooperative network that includes a plurality of entities. The method includes a step of determining, for a given entity of the network, a temporal variation of an impulse response of a transmission channel established between the given entity and another entity. The method further includes: a step of determining a temporal variation of an impulse response of at least one global transmission channel intended to be established between the source entity and the destination entity and passing through at least one relay entity, on the basis of the temporal variations of the impulse responses of the transmission channels; and a step of selecting a global transmission channel from among the set of global transmission channels determined.	08-26-2010

Ahmed Sabaouni, Armentieres FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100137446	NAPHTHALENE COMPOUNDS, A PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM - Compounds of formula (I):	06-03-2010
20100168244	NAPHTHALENE COMPOUNDS, A PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM - Compounds of formula (I):	07-01-2010

Ahmed Sayhoun, Weilheim DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080223688	MOTORCYCLE CLUTCH - A motorcycle clutch for a drive connection between an engine and a transmission of a motorcycle is provided, and is some embodiments includes a manually operable clutch lever, engaging inner and outer disks, and disengaging means operable by means of the clutch lever for a pressure body which is spring-loaded by at least one clutch spring assembly for pressurization of the inner and outer disks, wherein a servo mechanism for reducing the operating force of the clutch lever is provided, the servo mechanism being effectively connected to the intake section of the engine and utilizing the negative intake pressure in the intake section to build up a servo force acting against the direction of the spring load of the clutch spring assembly.	09-18-2008
20090026036	DISC CARRIER OF A FRICTION CLUTCH - The present invention according to some embodiments relates to a disc carrier of a friction clutch, characterized by a subassembly of a modular structure which is composed of interconnectable component parts including a holding ring, at least one web, and a base plate, as well as a hub which is connected to the base plate.	01-29-2009

Ahmed Sefo, Frankfurt DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100163350	Disk Brake - A disk brake having a brake disk, a brake caliper including a bracket, a caliper housing and a brake lining. The bracket and the caliper housing engage axially around the brake disk, with the caliper housing and the brake lining movable in an axial direction. The caliper housing has outer housing limb comprising two housing fingers which run substantially in a radial direction and which span a limb window situated between them and which is open in the direction of the rotational axis, with the housing fingers having one end section facing the rotational axis. A protective screen covers end sections of the housing fingers and conceals a section of the limb window that faces the rotational axis, with an outer dimension of the protective screen in a circumferential direction such that a transition between the protective screen and the housing fingers is substantially stepless in an axial projection.	07-01-2010

Ahmed Shaher, South Windsor, CT US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090204441	System and method for administering dynamic security benefits and payments - Disclosed is a novel security benefits product that provides customizable benefits to the purchaser for a variety of different triggering conditions. The product of the present invention may be sold to an individual or a group. The product contains a feature that allows a purchaser to modify and/or vary his or her coverage related to one or more serious health events, such as disability, accident, illness, or death. Additionally, a conversion feature is provided, which allows the insured individual who purchased the product through a third party to maintain the product of the present invention even after the individual is no longer affiliated with the third party.	08-13-2009

Ahmed Shalaby, Winnipeg CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090116697	Method and Tool for Surface Texture Evaluation - Texture of a surface, for example concrete, is evaluated by capturing images of the surface facing the surface in a direction of an orthogonal axis extending perpendicularly from the surface while sequentially projecting light onto the surface from each of four light source positions spaced circumferentially about the orthogonal axis. A specularity condition is determined to exist in one of the four images by comparing intensities of the images directly with one another. If a specularity condition exists, three images of the four images which are least affected by specularity are used to determining a surface gradient of the surface.	05-07-2009

Ahmed Shibly, San Jose, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080268630	METHOD TO OBTAIN MULTIPLE GATE THICKNESSES USING IN-SITU GATE ETCH MASK APPROACH - Making gates having multiple thicknesses on the same substrate in a given process flow is provided. For example, a method of making a semiconductor structure having at least two gates of different thickness involves forming a first gate layer having a first thickness; patterning a first hard mask over a portion of the first gate layer to define a first gate underneath the first hard mask having a first gate thickness; forming a second gate layer having a second thickness over the first gate layer and the first hard mask; patterning a second hard mask over a portion of the second gate layer to define a second gate underneath the second hard mask having a second gate thickness; removing portions of the first gate layer and the second gate layer that are not under the first hard mask and the second hard mask; and removing the first hard mask and the second hard mask to provide two gates of different thicknesses.	10-30-2008

Ahmed Shishegar, Woodland Hills, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100095447	TOILET OVERFLOW PREVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for preventing overflow of a toilet includes a sensor, a processor and an actuator. The sensor senses a parameter caused by fluid dynamics within the toilet during a flush cycle. The parameter may involve vibration, sound, pressure, fluid flow rate or other detectible characteristics of the toilet. The processor uses information regarding the parameter that is gathered by the sensor to evaluate the condition of the flush cycle to determine if an impeded flush condition exists. In the event of an impeded flush condition, the processor directs the actuator to close a valve, which may be the toilet flapper valve in some embodiments. Also disclosed are methods for preventing toilet overflow, detecting an impeded flush condition and calibrating the system.	04-22-2010

Ahmed Shuja, Richmond, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100038660	TWO-PHASE COOLING FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES - System, method, and apparatus for two phase cooling in light-emitting devices are disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus includes a light-emitting device and a two-phase cooling apparatus coupled to the light-emitting device. The coupling of the two-phase cooling apparatus and the light-emitting device is operatively configured such that thermal coupling between the light-emitting device and the two-phase cooling apparatus enables, when, in operation, heat generated from the light-emitting device to be absorbed by a substance of a first phase in the two-phase cooling apparatus to convert the substance to a second phase.	02-18-2010
20100132404	BONDS AND METHOD FOR FORMING BONDS FOR A TWO-PHASE COOLING APPARATUS - Bonds and method for forming bonds for a two-phase cooling apparatus are disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, the two-phase cooling apparatus includes an evaporator. One embodiment of the evaporator includes, a first layer having porous regions and non-porous regions, the porous regions having a plurality of through-holes extending through the first layer, a cap structure formed such that when disposed over the first layer, at least a portion of the plurality of through-holes are unobstructed to liquid or vapor flow, a bonding layer formed between the first layer and the cap structure, the bonding layer in contact with at least a portion of the non-porous regions of the first layer, the bonding layer comprising a bond. The bonding layer is typically compatible with liquid and forms a hermetic seal between the first layer and the cap structure	06-03-2010

Ahmed Shuja, San Francisco, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110043092	LED BULB FOR HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE BULB REPLACEMENT - The disclosed system includes a two-phase cooling apparatus configured for cooling an array of LED dies.	02-24-2011

Ahmed Tariq, Port Coquitlam CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090135797	Mobile telecommunications architecture - A mobile telecommunications architecture is disclosed. A downlink mobile telecommunications signaling message is received via a first communication interface associated with a single shared network controller connection to a mobile switching center (MSC) server. The downlink mobile telecommunications signaling message is mapped to one of a plurality of small scale base stations each of which is configured to perform at least some network controller functions.	05-28-2009

Ahmed Thabit, Minneapolis, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110019360	LAPTOP ACCESSORY HOLDER - An accessory system for a laptop computer is disclosed which includes a framework adapted to be attached to a top display system of a laptop computer. The accessory system includes an extendable device-carrying arrangement having laterally adjustable holders that retract into the framework when not in use and can be extended beyond the framework to hold items when desired. An auxiliary electronic power port connection provides an auxiliary power source for lighting and battery charging device. The system includes an attachment arrangement capable of attaching the system to the display screen section of a laptop computer.	01-27-2011

Ahmed Vahed, Oakville CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090208405	PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING PREFLUXED METAL OXIDE FROM METAL HYDROXIDE AND METAL CARBONATE PRECURSORS - A method for producing prefluxed metal oxide from a metal salt selected from nickel hydroxide, cobalt hydroxide, mixed nickel-cobalt hydroxide, nickel carbonate, cobalt carbonate, mixed nickel-cobalt carbonate and combinations thereof includes providing a mixture of at least one slag making oxide and a metal salt selected from the group consisting of nickel hydroxide, cobalt hydroxide, mixed nickel-cobalt hydroxide, nickel carbonate, cobalt carbonate, mixed nickel-cobalt carbonate and combinations thereof, blending with a binder, blending in a flux additive to form a slag-making mixture, forming the slag-making mixture into prefluxed agglomerates, and calcining the prefluxed agglomerates to produce a prefluxed metal oxide. An agglomerate is provided which includes a metal salt selected from nickel hydroxide, cobalt hydroxide, mixed nickel-cobalt hydroxide, nickel carbonate, cobalt carbonate, mixed nickel-cobalt carbonate and combinations thereof, a slag making oxide, and a flux additive. An agglomerate is provide which includes a metal oxide selected from nickel oxide and cobalt oxide, and slag, wherein the metal oxide is encapsulated in the slag.	08-20-2009
20090241731	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING BASE METAL VALUES FROM OXIDE ORES - A method for recovering base metal values from oxide ore is provided by the present disclosure. The ore includes a first metal selected from the group consisting at least one of iron and aluminum and a second metal selected from the group consisting of at least one of nickel, cobalt and copper. The method includes the steps of: contacting the oxide ore with hydrogen chloride gas to obtain chlorides of the first and second metals and subjecting at least the first and second metals to pyrohydrolysis at a predetermined temperature to decompose the chlorides of the first metal into oxides. The method also includes the step of mixing the oxides of the first metal and the chlorides of the second metal in an aqueous solution to dissolve the chlorides of the second metal and recovering the dissolved ions of the second metal from the aqueous solution.	10-01-2009
20090249921	PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF NICKEL AND COBALT USING METAL HYDROXIDE, METAL OXIDE AND/OR METAL CARBONATE - A method for producing metal oxide from a metal salt selected from nickel hydroxide, cobalt hydroxide, mixed nickel-cobalt hydroxide, nickel carbonate, cobalt carbonate, mixed nickel-cobalt carbonate and combinations thereof includes providing a mixture of the metal salt, mixing the metal salt with a binder selected from the group consisting of inorganic binder, organic binder and combinations thereof, forming the mixture into agglomerates, and calcining the agglomerates to produce metal oxide. A method for making metallic nickel or cobalt includes providing a metal salt selected from the group consisting of nickel hydroxide, cobalt hydroxide, mixed nickel-cobalt hydroxide, nickel carbonate, cobalt carbonate and combinations thereof, mixing the metal salt with a binder selected from the group consisting of inorganic binder, organic binder and combinations thereof to form a mixture, optionally adding water, forming the mixture into agglomerates, drying the agglomerates, adding an effective reducing amount of coke and/or coal and directly reducing the dried agglomerates with an effective amount of heat to produce metallic nickel and/or cobalt. Coke particles may be added to the mixture prior to agglomeration. An agglomerate includes a metal salt selected from the group consisting of nickel hydroxide, cobalt hydroxide, mixed nickel-cobalt hydroxide, nickel carbonate, cobalt carbonate, mixed nickel-cobalt carbonate and combinations thereof; and a binder selected from the group consisting of inorganic binder, organic binder and combinations thereof.	10-08-2009

Ahmed Zaghlol, Cambridge CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090178796	BASE PLATE FOR A DUAL BASE PLATE HEATSINK - A dual base plate heatsink for use in dissipating heat for electronic devices with thermal contact between fins and the base plates and manufactured without welding. Separately extruded fins are connected to both base plates by placing the fins side by side in channels in both base plates. In order to couple the base plates and finds, the base plates are maintained at a constant relative distance and a swaging tool is passed adjacent the fins and between the base plates in a direction parallel to the surface of the base plates. The swaging tool applies pressure to the base plates to thereby swage the base plates against the ends of the fins.	07-16-2009

Ahmed Zeddam, Perros-Guirec FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080291943	Method of Modifying the Power Spectral Density of a Telecommunications Line and an Adjustment Method Using That Method - The invention relates in particular to a method of modifying the spectral power density of a telecommunications line sending data from a sender terminal to a receiver terminal, the spectral power density being divided between a plurality of sub-bands of data transmission frequencies of the line. This method includes the following steps: an activation message is sent from the sender terminal to the receiver terminal and the reception of that activation message by the receiver terminal causes the sending of a message requesting modification of the spectral power density transmitted in a selected sub-band from the receiver terminal to the sender terminal.	11-27-2008
20090010421	Device and a Method for Adjusting Power Spectral Densities of a Plurality of Telecommunications Lines - The invention relates in particular to a method of adjusting power spectral densities of a plurality of telecommunications lines sending data in a plurality of frequency sub-bands, a power spectral density being assigned to each sub band sending data. The method comprises the following steps: selecting at least one line, called the donor line, whose capacity for sending data is higher than a predetermined reference capacity, selecting at least one sub band of said donor line, and reducing the power spectral density assigned to the selected sub band to a predefined minimum power level in said sub band.	01-08-2009
20090128250	POWER LINE TRANSMISSION - A device including an element for receiving an electrical signal comprising a high-frequency data signal component and a low-frequency power supply component. The electrical signal is conveyed in an electrical cable of an electrical installation. The device further includes impedance matching operative in a band of frequencies of the high-frequency signal component, the impedance matching being determined as a function of one or more characteristics of the electrical cable. Such a device can be integrated into a socket outlet or an electrical device or take the form of a socket adaptor.	05-21-2009

Ahmed Zekri, Oyonnax FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100091239	ASSEMBLY FORMING A PAIR OF SPECTACLES ESPECIALLY FOR AN INFANT OR VERY YOUNG CHILD - The present invention relates to an assembly forming a pair of spectacles especially for an infant or very young child having a connection piece, which is joined, or can be joined, to a pair of spectacles. In addition, the assembly is joined, or can be joined, to a pacifier.	04-15-2010

Ahmed Zewail, San Marino, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090236521	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ULTRAFAST PHOTOELECTRON MICROSCOPE - An ultrafast system (and methods) for characterizing one or more samples. The system includes a stage assembly, which has a sample to be characterized. The system has a laser source that is capable of emitting an optical pulse of less than 1 ps in duration. The system has a cathode coupled to the laser source. In a specific embodiment, the cathode is capable of emitting an electron pulse less than 1 ps in duration. The system has an electron lens assembly adapted to focus the electron pulse onto the sample disposed on the stage. The system has a detector adapted to capture one or more electrons passing through the sample. The one or more electrons passing through the sample is representative of the structure of the sample. The detector provides a signal (e.g., data signal) associated with the one or more electrons passing through the sample that represents the structure of the sample. The system has a processor coupled to the detector. The processor is adapted to process the data signal associated with the one or more electrons passing through the sample to output information associated with the structure of the sample. The system has an output device coupled to the processor. The output device is adapted to output the information associated with the structure of the sample.	09-24-2009