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Albert Ahn, Short Hills, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110144166HIGH CONCENTRATION TOPICAL INSECTICIDES CONTAINING PYRETHROIDS - A topical insecticide preparation is provided which can be safe to use and avoids many common deleterious side effects of conventional topical insecticides. The topical insecticide contains a combination of a first pyrethroid insecticide effective for killing fleas, a second pyrethroid insecticide effective for killing ticks, and an insect growth regulator (IGR). The topical insecticide preparation can be packaged together or packaged so that the first and second pyrethroid insecticides are stored separately prior to administration of the insecticide preparation to the animal. The combination of the first and second pyrethroid insecticides with an insect growth regulator results in an insecticide preparation formulated to have enhanced insecticidal activity against fleas and ticks compared to the effectiveness of the first and second insecticides used alone. Further, the combination of the first and second pyrethroid insecticides with an insect growth regulator produces an insecticide preparation having enhanced insecticidal activity against fleas and ticks while advantageously minimizing the total amount of insecticide needed for its effectiveness.06-16-2011

Bok Yeop Ahn, Champaign, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100084599METAL NANOPARTICLE INKS - Stabilized silver particles comprise particles comprising silver, a short-chain capping agent adsorbed on the particles, and a long-chain capping agent adsorbed on the particles. The short-chain capping agent is a first anionic polyelectrolyte having a molecular weight (Mw) of at most 10,000, and the long-chain capping agent is a second anionic polyelectrolyte having a molecular weight (Mw) of at least 25,000. The stabilized silver particles have a solid loading of metallic silver of at least 50 wt %.04-08-2010

Byoungha Ahn, Hamden, CT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100170154Stable flowerpot system - A stable flowerpot system for holding at least one plant comprising a pot supporter (07-08-2010
20100192285Nonconstricting pantyhose and corresponding pantyhose-holding undergarment - A norconstricting pantyhose and a corresponding pantyhose-holding undergarment. Nonconstricting pantyhose of the present invention is any type of hose that has a hip and waist portion with nonconstricting upper portion so that the upper portion of the nonconstricting pantyhose comfortably or snuggly stays on the corresponding portion of the body of the wearer by means of hose-holding devices on the corresponding pantyhose-holding undergarment. The pantyhose-holding undergarment of the present invention is a bra, camisole, slip, or the like plus a plurality of pantyhose-holding devices thereon.08-05-2010
20100205721Hose-holding undergarment and corresponding hose - An improved hose-holding undergarment and corresponding hose equipped with hook-and-loop type of hose-holding devices. The improved hose-holding undergarment is a garter belt, girdle, bustier, or the like with a plurality of hose-holding garter straps (08-19-2010

Chang H. Ahn, Potomac, MD US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090030021Quinazoline Derivatives and Therapeutic Use Thereof - Quinazoline derivatives represented by the general formula01-29-2009
20090270358PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION OF CLAVULANIC ACID - The present invention generally relates to stable pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of making and administering such compositions. In one aspect, the invention features stabilized pharmaceutical compositions that include pharmaceutically active ingredients such as potassium clavulanate or Clavitesse™, preferably in an immediate-release solid dosage form or an extended-release solid dosage form. Also provided are methods for making and using such immediate-release and stabilized compositions or extended-release and stabilized compositions.10-29-2009
20100099644HPMA - DOCETAXEL OR GEMCITABINE CONJUGATES AND USES THEREFORE - Disclosed are water-soluble compositions of gemcitabine and docetaxel formed by conjugating the gemcitabine or docetaxel to a water-soluble polymer such as N-2-hydroxypropyl methacrylamide (HPMA). Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions of the invention for the treatment of cancer.04-22-2010
20100255099CLAVULANATE FORMULATION FOR NEUROPROTECTION AND TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS - The present invention generally relates to use of a stable solid pharmaceutical compositions that includes a clavulanate as the pharmaceutically active ingredients in an immediate-release or an extended-release solid dosage form. The composition can be used in a method of treating a neurodegenerative disease, providing neuroprotection, or preventing neuronal cell loss or death. Exemplary neurodegenerative diseases include Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis.10-07-2010
201200290125, 6, or 7-SUBSTITUTED -3-(HETERO) ARYLISOQUINOLINAMINE DERIVATIVES AND THERAPEUTIC USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to 5, 6, or 7-substituted-3-(hetero)arylisoquinolinamine derivatives represented by general formula D, their pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions containing such compounds. Methods for treating hyperproliferative disorders by administering the compounds are also included.02-02-2012

Patent applications by Chang H. Ahn, Potomac, MD US

Chang H. Ahn, Rockville, MD US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110086111POLYMERIC SYSTEMS FOR THE DELIVERY OF ANTICANCER DRUGS - The present invention relates to compositions for the treatment of cancerous tissues in warm-blooded animals containing one or two anticancer agents attached to polymeric carriers having monomer units derived from one or more of N-(2-carboxypropyl)methacrylamide (2-CPMA), N-(3-carboxypropyl)methacrylamide (3-CPMA), N-(2-aminopropyl)methacrylamide (2-APMA) and/or N-(3-aminopropyl)methacrylamide (3-APMA) are also included. Anticancer agents in compositions can be attached to said polymeric carrier by side-chains which can be susceptible to hydrolysis by lysosomal enzymes intracellularly. Compositions can also include a targeting ligand attached to the polymeric carrier, optionally through a second linker.04-14-2011

Chang-Ho Ahn, Rockville, MD US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
200803189631-[6,7-Substituted Alkoxyquinoxalinyl) Aminocarbonyl]-4-(Hetero) Arylpiperazine Derivatives - The present invention relates to novel quinoxaline-piperazine compounds, 1-[(6,7-substituted alkoxyquinoxalinyl)aminocarbonyl]-4-(hetero)arylpiperazine derivatives and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, a process for their preparation thereof, and compositions containing such compounds. Therapeutic methods for the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders, including cancers, by administering quinoxalin-piperazine compounds are also included.12-25-2008

Chong H. Ahn, Cincinnati, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090152215ON-CHIP SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR WHOLE BLOOD ANALYSIS - A novel filter-less separation technique for separating suspended particles from a solution is disclosed. More specifically, an on-chip bioparticle separator is disclosed, which relies on the differential force exerted by application of a series of high magnitude, short duration pressure pulses on bioparticles in suspension within microchannels, resulting in separation of suspended bioparticles. The filter-less separation technique is inherently suited to μTAS (Micro Total Analysis System) since it exploits uniquely microscale phenomena to achieve separation. The on-chip bioparticle separator can be easily integrated with a disposable biochip, can be fabricated using low-cost, rapid manufacturing techniques, and can provide high performance for separation of bioparticles without the use of specialized or expensive equipment. Embodiments of the present invention address a significant challenge in the development of disposable microfluidic biochips, specifically, providing a reliable solution for separating bioparticles in a microfluidic system that may be immediately applied for a variety of microfluidic biochip applications.06-18-2009
20090297574FLEXABLE SPIRALLY-ROLLED POLYMER TUBE FOR MONITORING AND TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURIES - A flexible spirally-rolled polymer microtube for in vivo monitoring and treatment of brain injuries; the tube integrally comprising one or more microsensors and one or more microchannels, wherein the microsensors monitor one or more parameters and the microchannels are capable of delivering substances to the brain, removing substances from the brain, or both.12-03-2009

Patent applications by Chong H. Ahn, Cincinnati, OH US

Daniel Ahn, Yorktown Heights, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110219191READER SET ENCODING FOR DIRECTORY OF SHARED CACHE MEMORY IN MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM - In a parallel processing system with speculative execution, conflict checking occurs in a directory lookup of a cache memory that is shared by all processors. In each case, the same physical memory address will map to the same set of that cache, no matter which processor originated that access. The directory includes a dynamic reader set encoding, indicating what speculative threads have read a particular line. This reader set encoding is used in conflict checking. A bitset encoding is used to specify particular threads that have read the line.09-08-2011
20110219381MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE CONCURRENT MODES OF EXECUTION - A multiprocessor system supports multiple concurrent modes of speculative execution. Speculation identification numbers (IDs) are allocated to speculative threads from a pool of available numbers. The pool is divided into domains, with each domain being assigned to a mode of speculation. Modes of speculation include TM, TLS, and rollback. Allocation of the IDs is carried out with respect to a central state table and using hardware pointers. The IDs are used for writing different versions of speculative results in different ways of a set in a cache memory.09-08-2011

David K. Ahn, Winston-Salem, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100265251Virtual Endoscopy with Improved Image Segmentation and Lesion Detection - A system, and computer implemented method are provided for interactively displaying three-dimensional structures. Three-dimensional volume data (10-21-2010
20110055916METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR ADAPTIVE PACKET FILTERING - The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for adaptive packet filtering. One method includes identifying at least one subset of rules and an ordered set of firewall packet filtering rules that defines a firewall policy such that the subset contains disjoint rules. Disjoint rules are defined as rules whose order can be changed without changing integrity of the firewall policy. Rules in the subset are sorted to statistically decrease the number of comparisons that will be applied to each packet that a firewall encounters. Packets are filtered at the firewall using the sorted rules in the subset by comparing each packet to each of the sorted rules in the subset until the packet is allowed or denied and ceasing the comparing for the packet in response to the packet being allowed or denied and thereby achieving sub-linear searching for packets filtered using the sorted rules in the subset.03-03-2011
20110135174IMAGE REPORTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system are provided to report the findings of an expert's analysis of image data. The method and system are based on a reporting system that forms the basis of an image management system that can efficiently and systematically generate image reports, facilitate data entry into searchable databases for data mining, and expedite billing and collections for the expert's services. The expert identifies a significant finding on an image and attaches a location:description code to the location of that finding in order to create a significant finding and an entry into a database. Further descriptions of that finding, such as dimensional measurements, may be automatically appended to the finding as secondary attributes. After the evaluation, the system sorts the findings in the database and presents the findings by prioritized categories. The expert edits and approves a multimedia report which may be delivered by electronic means to an end-user.06-09-2011
20120033871IMAGE REPORTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system are provided to report the findings of an expert's analysis of image data. The method and system are based on a reporting system that forms the basis of an image management system that can efficiently and systematically generate image reports, facilitate data entry into searchable databases for data mining, and expedite billing and collections for the expert's services. The expert identifies a significant finding on an image and attaches a location:description code to the location of that finding in order to create a significant finding and an entry into a database. Further descriptions of that finding, such as dimensional measurements, may be automatically appended to the finding as secondary attributes. After the evaluation, the system sorts the findings in the database and presents the findings by prioritized categories. The expert edits and approves a multimedia report which may be delivered by electronic means to an end-user.02-09-2012

Patent applications by David K. Ahn, Winston-Salem, NC US

David K. Ahn, Winston-Selem, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110118596AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS IN VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY - A computer system and a computer-implemented method are provided for interactively displaying a three-dimensional rendering of a structure having a lumen and for indicating regions of abnormal wall structure. A three-dimensional volume of data is formed from a series of two-dimensional images representing at least one physical property associated with the three-dimensional structure. An isosurface of a selected region of interest is created by a computer from the volume of data based on a selected value or values of a physical property representing the selected region of interest. A wireframe model of the isosurface is generated by the computer wherein the wireframe model includes a plurality of vertices. The vertices are then grouped into populations of contiguous vertices having a characteristic indicating abnormal wall structure by the computer. The wireframe model is then rendered by the computer in an interactive three-dimensional display to indicate the populations of abnormal wall structure.05-19-2011

Dongchan Ahn, Midland, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090111701METHOD OF PREPARING A SUBSTRATE WITH A COMPOSITION INCLUDING AN ORGANOBORANE INITIATOR - A method of preparing a substrate with a composition comprising (i) an organoborane initiator and (ii) a radical curable component disposed thereon includes the step of depositing the composition onto the substrate wherein at least one of (i) the organoborane initiator and (ii) the radical curable component is deposited onto the substrate in the form of a gradient pattern. An article comprises the substrate and the gradient pattern formed on the substrate. The gradient pattern is formed from a developed composition comprising the reaction product of (i) the organoborane initiator and (ii) the radical curable component. By forming the gradient pattern on the substrate, combinatorial and high-throughput methods of generating and testing the developed composition are possible, which enable characterization of the developed composition for various physical and chemical properties.04-30-2009
20090306307Curable Organosilicon Composition - A curable organosilicon composition includes a radical curable organosilicon compound, an organoborane amine complex, a condensation curable organosilicon compound, a condensation cure catalyst, and a condensation-reactive cross-linking compound. The curable organosilicon composition may further include an amine-reactive compound. A method of forming the curable organosilicon composition introduces the organoborane-amine complex and the amine-reactive compound into separate reaction vessels. The curable organosilicon composition is used to form various articles.12-10-2009
20100221429Ambient Lithographic Method Using Organoborane Amine Complexes - A pattern is formed and developed on a surface with an ink system comprising (i) a free radical polymerizable monomer, oligomer or polymer, (ii) an organoborane amine complex, (iii) an amine reactive compound, and (iv) oxygen. Components (i)-(iv) are distributed between an ink and a developing medium. The ink formed on the surface in a pattern is developed by exposure of the ink to the developing medium. Component (iv) may be present as naturally occurring in the air. The method has the advantage of developing polymeric and polymer composite patterns rapidly in ambient air, without heating or irradiation. The ink system can be applied to inorganic and organic surfaces, and is particularly useful for polymeric surfaces such as low energy plastics. The composition can be applied to inorganic and organic surfaces, and is particularly useful for polymeric surfaces such as low energy plastics.09-02-2010
20110060092COMPOSITION HAVING IMPROVED ADHERENCE WITH AN ADDITION-CURABLE MATERIAL AND COMPOSITE ARTICLE INCORPORATING THE COMPOSITION - A composition and composite article have improved adherence with an addition-curable material. The composition and therefore the composite article, which includes at least one substrate formed from the composition, include a resin and an additive that is incorporated into the resin. The resin is organic and polymeric and free of ethylenically unsaturated and silicon hydride functional groups. The additive is selected from the group of a fluorine-substituted organopolysiloxane, an amino-functional organopolysiloxane, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt, and combinations thereof. Further, the additive includes a hydrosilylation reactive group present at a surface of the substrate for reaction with the addition-curable material. This improves adherence of the substrate with the addition-curable material. The substrate and the addition-curable material bond together to make the composition article.03-10-2011
20110060099COMPOSITION HAVING IMPROVED ADHERENCE WITH AN ADDITION-CURABLE MATERIAL AND COMPOSITE ARTICLE INCORPORATING THE COMPOSITION - A composition and composite article have improved adherence with an addition-curable material. The composition and therefore the composite article, which includes at least one substrate formed from the composition, include a resin and an additive that is incorporated into the resin. The resin is organic and polymeric and free of ethylenically unsaturated and silicon hydride functional groups. The additive is selected from the group of a fluorine-substituted organopolysiloxane, an amino-functional organopolysiloxane, an unsaturated carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid salt, and combinations thereof. Further, the additive includes a hydrosilylation reactive group present at a surface of the substrate for reaction with the addition-curable material. This improves adherence of the substrate with the addition-curable material. The substrate and the addition-curable material bond together to make the composition article.03-10-2011
20110129683Radical Polymerizable Composition - A radical polymerizable composition includes a radical polymerizable compound and an organoborane-azole complex. The organoborane-azole complex includes an azole having at least two nitrogen atoms wherein at least one nitrogen atom is an sp06-02-2011
20110135923Composite Article - A composite article includes a substrate and a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) disposed on the substrate. The PSA includes a polymer formed from at least one radical curable organic compound polymerized in the presence of an organoborane initiator. The polymer has a polydispersity index of less than or equal to 5.0 and a temperature of softening less than a temperature of use. The composite article is formed by a method including the steps of polymerizing the at least one radical curable organic compound to form the polymer and applying the PSA to the substrate to form the composite article. The polymer is formed by a method including the steps of combining the at least one radical curable organic compound and the organoborane initiator and polymerizing the at least one radical curable organic compound.06-09-2011
20110294958Method Of Forming A Non-Random Copolymer - A non-random copolymer is formed, and its structure controlled, using a method including the step of combining a mixture of a first radical polymerizable compound and an organoborane initiator, a second radical polymerizable compound, and an organoborane decomplexing agent, at a rate sufficient to form the non-random copolymer. The non-random copolymer may be a silicon gradient polymer. To form the silicon gradient copolymer, the first and second radical polymerizable compounds are polymerized in the presence of the organoborane initiator and the organoborane decomplexing agent. The silicon gradient copolymer has a polymer backbone consisting of organic moieties and has at least one silicon containing pendent group.12-01-2011

Patent applications by Dongchan Ahn, Midland, MI US

Dongjoon Ahn, Boulder, CO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100291438ELECTRODE MATERIAL, LITHIUM-ION BATTERY AND METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides an anode comprising a nanocomposite of graphene-oxide and a silicon-based polymer matrix. The anode exhibits a high energy density such as ˜800 mAhg11-18-2010

Edward S. Ahn, Dover, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090270527CEMENT PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Disclosed are cement products, methods of forming cement using the cement product, and methods of using the cement product in orthopedic and dental applications. Generally, the disclosed cement product includes a first component and a second component. The first component comprises a polymerizable resin comprising ethylenic unsaturated double bond, a suitable glycidyl group and/or a suitable isocyanate group. The second component includes a compound comprising more than one type of amine selected from the group consisting of primary amine, secondary amines, tertiary amines and quaternary amines. Alternatively, the second component includes a compound comprising a suitable mercapto (SH—) group, a hindered amine or a dimethylthiotoluenediamine (DMTDA). Optionally, the cement product includes a filler and/or a bioactive component to promote bone formation.10-29-2009
20110004307FUSION DEVICE, SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - The spinal fusion device (01-06-2011
20110097420CEMENT PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Disclosed are cement products, methods of forming cement using the cement product, and methods of using the cement product in orthopedic and dental applications. Generally, the disclosed cement product includes a first component comprising a polymerizable resin comprising ethylenic unsaturated double bond, a second component comprising a compound comprising more than one type of amine selected from the group consisting of primary amines, secondary amines, tertiary amines and quaternary amines, and, optionally, the cement product includes a bioactive component to promote bone formation.04-28-2011
20110318402TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATES, THEIR COMPOSITES, IMPLANTS INCORPORATING THEM, AND METHODS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION - Methods for the synthesis of tricalcium phosphates are presented, as well as a series of specific reaction parameters that can be adjusted to tailor, in specific ways, properties in the tricalcium phosphate precursor precipitate. Particulate tricalcium phosphate compositions having an average crystal size of about 250 nm or less are provided. Compositions of the invention can be used as prosthetic implants and coatings for prosthetic implants.12-29-2011

Patent applications by Edward S. Ahn, Dover, MA US

Gahng Seop Ahn, New York, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100278156DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD USING BODY AREA NETWORK SUPERFRAME - There is provided a data communication method using a body area network superframe including an advertisement period, a contention medium access period, a beacon period, and a data transmit period, the data communication method including: broadcasting, by a coordinator node, predetermined information during the advertisement period; transmitting, by nodes, which wish to transmit data, the data only when carrier is not in use as a result of sensing the carrier after the contention medium access period is initiated and a predetermined backoff time elapses; broadcasting, by each of the nodes, periodic beacon signals during the beacon period; and transmitting, by each of the nodes, continuous data and periodic data during the data transmit period11-04-2010
20100284334ASYNCHRONOUS MULTI-CHANNEL ADAPTATION METHOD FOR WIRELESS AD-HOC NETWORK - There is provided an asynchronous multi-channel adaptation method. An asynchronous multi-channel adaptation method according to an aspect of the invention may include: a channel scanning operation in which a new node, participating in a wireless ad-hoc network, scans channels and selects a receiving channel thereof; and a receiving channel information transmission operation in which the new node transmits information on the selected receiving channel thereof to a neighboring node.11-11-2010

Gail-Joon Ahn, Phoenix, AZ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090300512PREFERENCE EDITOR TO FACILITATE PRIVACY CONTROLS OVER USER IDENTITIES - A privacy preference editor enables a user to institute privacy preferences relative to user identity information on a card-based and category-based basis. An identity selector furnishes information cards representative of user identities. The editor allows the user to set a privacy preference for each information card. Any proposed disclosure of an information card invokes its corresponding privacy preference. In turn, an agent engine evaluates the invoked privacy preference against the privacy policy of a relying party seeking the card information. The editor also permits the user to create information categories, populate the categories with a group of relevant user identity attributes, and set a privacy preference to the category. In this way, a category-specific privacy preference can be invoked by using the attribute required by the security policy as an index to the appropriate categorized group where the required attribute resides.12-03-2009
20090300714PRIVACY ENGINE AND METHOD OF USE IN A USER-CENTRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A privacy enforcement engine conducts a process that evaluates user privacy preferences against the privacy policy of a service provider. The engine works in conjunction with an identity selector. The identity selector filters user identity information cards to determine which ones satisfy the requirements of a security policy. The engine identifies privacy preferences that are relevant to the user identity information specified by the successfully filtered cards. The engine evaluates these privacy preferences against the privacy policy, to provide its own filtering operation relative to the exercise of privacy controls. The cards that pass the filtering operation conducted by the engine are deemed available for disclosure.12-03-2009
20090300715USER-DIRECTED PRIVACY CONTROL IN A USER-CENTRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An identity management system incorporates privacy management processes that enable the user to exercise privacy controls over the disclosure of user identity information within the context of an authentication process. A combination includes an identity selector, a privacy engine, and a ruleset. The identity selector directs the release of a user identity in the form of a security token to satisfy the requirements dictated by a security policy. Prior to release of the user identity, the engine conducts a privacy enforcement process that examines the privacy policy of the service provider and determines if it is acceptable. The engine evaluates a ruleset against the privacy policy. A preference editor enables the user to construct, in advance, the ruleset, which embodies the user's privacy preferences regarding the disclosure of identity information. Based on the evaluation results, the user can either approve or disapprove the privacy policy, and so decide whether to proceed with disclosure of the user identity.12-03-2009
20090300716USER AGENT TO EXERCISE PRIVACY CONTROL MANAGEMENT IN A USER-CENTRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A client-side user agent operates in conjunction with an identity selector to institute and exercise privacy control management over user identities managed by the identity selector. The user agent includes the combination of a privacy enforcement engine, a storage of rulesets expressing user privacy preferences, and a preference editor. The editor enables the user to direct the composition of privacy preferences relative to user identities. The preferences can be applied to individual cards and to categorized groups of attributes. The engine evaluates the proper rulesets against the privacy policy of a service provider. The privacy preferences used by the engine are determined on the basis of specifications in a security policy indicating the attribute requirements for claims that purport to satisfy the security policy.12-03-2009
20090300742IDENTITY SELECTOR FOR USE WITH A USER-PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE IN A USER-CENTRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An identity selector manages the identity requirements of an online interaction between a user and a service provider environment. The identity selector is adapted for interoperable use with a user-portable computing device. The user device enables a user to carry identification information and to generate security tokens for use in authenticating the user to a service provider. The identity selector includes an agent module that facilitates communication with the user device. The identity selector imports the user identities from the user device and determines which user identities satisfy a security policy of a relying party. After the user selects one of the eligible user identities, the identity selector generates a token request based on the selected identity and forwards it to the user device, which in response issues a security token. The security token is returned to the identity selector and used to facilitate the authentication process.12-03-2009
20090300746SYSTEM INTEGRATING AN IDENTITY SELECTOR AND USER-PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE IN A USER-CENTRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A combination includes a user-portable computing device, and an identity selector adapted for interoperable use with the user device. The user computing device includes a security token service that issues security tokens in reference to a portfolio of user identities stored as information cards on the user device. The issuance of security tokens employs user attribute information that is stored onboard the user device. The identity selector exports the information cards from the user device and determines which user identity satisfies a security policy promulgated by a relying party as part of an authentication process within the context of an online interaction. The identity selector generates a token request based on one of the eligible user identities, and forwards the token request to the user device to invoke the token issuance operation. The identity selector presents the issued security token to the relying party to comply with the security policy.12-03-2009
20090300747USER-PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE IN A USER-CENTRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A user-portable computing device configured as a smart card enables a user to carry identification information and to generate security tokens for use in authenticating the user to a service provider. The device includes memory for storing user identities as information cards that are exported to a host computer, presented to a user in visual form, and then selected for use in the authentication process. A security token service installed on the device issues a security token in response to a token request sent from the host computer that references the selected user identity. The security token service uses user attribute information stored on the user device to compose the claim assertions needed to issue the security token. The token is returned to the host computer and used to facilitate the authentication process.12-03-2009

Hyungil Ahn, Cambridge, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090319459Physically-animated Visual Display - A physically animated visual display is a robotic device, capable of multiple degree-of-freedom motion, that is adapted to improve a user's emotional state, cognitive performance, and comfort level through reactive and goal-directed manipulation of the position of the display. The affective-cognitive system comprises a feature extraction subsystem for deriving physical information about a user from data obtained from sensors, a perception subsystem for processing the data in order to determine the user's current emotional state, affective-cognitive state, or posture, an action selection subsystem for determining an action to be taken in response, and a motor system for physically animating the robotic device in accordance with the determined action. The system may include feedback modeling based on a reaction of the user to the movement of the apparatus increasing or decreasing the probability of choosing the current behavior based on the user's reaction.12-24-2009
20110077996Multimodal Affective-Cognitive Product Evaluation - Repeated random-outcome trials together with affective, cognitive, and behavioral measures of liking and wanting may be used to assess consumer preferences. In an exemplary implementation of this invention, in each trial, a participant selects one of two sources (e.g., one of two beverage dispensers) of a product (e.g., a beverage). Each source dispenses the product randomly, with a probability initially unknown to the participant, but which he or she may guess while trying to select the most desired product. Affective measures of a participant's facial valence and sympathetic nervous system activation are taken while deciding on, anticipating the arrival of, receiving, using, evaluating, and reflecting on the product. The affective measures are combined with cognitive self-report questionnaire items and with behavioral measures to infer wanting and liking of a product.03-31-2011

In Soo Ahn, Peoria, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100308974WIRELESS SENSOR READER - A wireless sensor reader is provided to interface with a wireless sensor. The wireless sensor reader transmits a narrowband, fixed frequency excitation pulse to cause the wireless sensor to generate a ring signal. The ring signal corresponds to the value of the physical parameter being sensed. The wireless sensor reader receives and amplifies the ring signal and sends the signal to a phase-locked loop. A voltage-controlled oscillator in the phase-locked loop locks onto the ring signal frequency and generates a count signal at a frequency related to the ring signal frequency. The voltage-controlled oscillator is placed into a hold mode where the control voltage is maintained constant to allow the count signal frequency to be determined. The low power, simple circuitry required to generate the excitation pulse allows the reader to be a small, battery operated unit. Alternative methods of frequency determination are also disclosed.12-09-2010

Jong-Woo Ahn, Auburn, AL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090126902Air and coolant circuit configurations and control of fuel cell systems as power source in automotive, stationary, and portable applications - An air and coolant control system comprising: a heat source configured to receive air, generate heat, receive coolant, conduct the received coolant to a coolant outlet, and transfer the generated heat to the received coolant, thereby removing the generated heat from the heat source as the coolant is conducted out of the heat source; an air supply source configured to supply the air to the heat source; an air supply control system configured to adjust the supply of air from the air supply source to the heat source based on a dynamic feedback temperature characteristic from the heat source; a coolant supply source configured to supply the coolant to the heat source; and a coolant control system configured to adjust the flow rate of the coolant based on an estimated feed-forward heat source characteristic and to adjust the temperature of the coolant based on the dynamic feedback temperature characteristic.05-21-2009

Joon Ho Ahn, New York, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100233777Systems and Methods for Achieving Partial Nitrification in a Biological Nitrogen Removal Reactor - Methods of controlling a nitrification reaction in a biological nitrogen removal reactor to favor partial nitrification of ammonia to nitrite instead of complete oxidation of ammonia to nitrate are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include the following: maintaining a pH in the reactor within a range that promotes growth of ammonia oxidizing bacteria; maintaining a concentration of dissolved oxygen in the reactor within a range that limits the ammonia oxidizing bacteria from completing nitrification; selecting an operational solids retention time within a range suitable for maintaining increasing concentrations of the ammonia oxidizing bacteria in the reactor while reducing concentrations of nitrite oxidizing bacteria in the reactor; and increasing a concentration of free ammonia in the reactor thereby inhibiting growth of the nitrite oxidizing bacteria in the reactor.09-16-2010

Joon Kui Ahn US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110268076METHOD FOR RECEIVING ACK/NACK SIGNAL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods for receiving ACK/NACK signals in a mobile communication system are disclosed. One of the methods including receiving reference signal information and a resource block index corresponding to resource block allocated for transmission of data; identifying ACK/NACK resource information through the reference signal information and the resource block index; and receiving an ACK/NACK signal of the data using the ACK/NACK resource information.11-03-2011

Joseph Hyungkook Ahn, Parsippany, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110127179DENTAL APPLIANCE CLEANSER - This disclosure relates to a dental appliance cleanser which is a non-effervescent formulation containing a water insoluble polymeric disintegrant.06-02-2011

Jun H. Ahn, Manalapan, NJ US

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20100057870METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEVERAGING IDENTIFIED CHANGES TO A MAIL SERVER - A method and system for identifying changes to a data set, such as data within a mailbox, and performing actions based on the identified changes is discussed. In some examples, the system receives an indication of a change to a mailbox, creates a change journal entry for the change, and identifies data to be copied via the change journal entry. In some examples, the system leverages the change journal to associate messages with changes to a mailbox.03-04-2010
20110093470METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OFFLINE INDEXING OF CONTENT AND CLASSIFYING STORED DATA - A method and system for creating an index of content without interfering with the source of the content includes an offline content indexing system that creates an index of content from an offline copy of data. The system may associate additional properties or tags with data that are not part of traditional indexing of content, such as the time the content was last available or user attributes associated with the content. Users can search the created index to locate content that is no longer available or based on the associate attributes.04-21-2011

Keunho Ahn, Boston, MA US

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20090005254Compartmentalized Screening by Microfluidic Control - The invention describes a method for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a bio-chemical system or modulate the activity of the target, comprising the steps of: a) compartmentalising the compounds into micro-capsules together with the target, such that only a subset of the repertoire is represented in multiple copies in any one microcapsule; and b) identifying the compound which binds to or modulates the activity of the target; wherein at least one step is performed under microfluidic control. The invention enables the screening of large repertoires of molecules which can serve as leads for drug development.01-01-2009

Patent applications by Keunho Ahn, Boston, MA US

Kie Y. Ahn US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110127598FLASH MEMORY DEVICE HAVING A GRADED COMPOSITION, HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANT GATE INSULATOR - A graded composition, high dielectric constant gate insulator is formed between a substrate and floating gate in a flash memory cell transistor. The gate insulator comprises amorphous germanium or a graded composition of germanium carbide and silicon carbide. If the composition of the gate insulator is closer to silicon carbide near the substrate, the electron barrier for hot electron injection will be lower. If the gate insulator is closer to the silicon carbide near the floating gate, the tunnel barrier can be lower at the floating gate.06-02-2011

Kyoungeun Ahn, New York, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090049626POWERED TOOTHBRUSH - A powered toothbrush refill head combines a typical round oscillating or primary tuft block which oscillates in a rotational manner with a secondary tuft block. The secondary tuft block may be oscillated in a rotational manner or may oscillate linearly back and forth in the same direction as the handle of the toothbrush. The secondary tuft block could be in the form of a pair of side by side plates mounted on the head adjacent to the round oscillating block. The invention could also be practice where the secondary tuft block is in the form of a plurality of sets of rows of bristles mounted for back and forth movement in a direction perpendicular to the handle.02-26-2009

Minsik Ahn, Atlanta, GA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090073078Systems, Methods and Apparatuses for High Power Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Antenna Switches Using Body Switching and External Component in Multi-Stacking Structure - Embodiments of the invention may provide for a CMOS antenna switch, which may be referred to as a CMOS SPDT switch. The CMOS antenna switch may operate at a plurality of frequencies, perhaps around 900 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 2.1 GHz according to an embodiment of the invention. The CMOS antenna switch may include both a receiver switch and a transmit switch. The receiver switch may utilize a multi-stack transistor with body substrate switching and attachment of external capacitor between drain and gate to block high power signals from the transmit path as well as to maintain low insertion loss at the receiver path. Exemplary embodiments of the CMOS antenna switch may provide for 38 dBm P 0.1 dB at multi bands (e.g., 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, and 2.1 GHz). In addition, −60 dBc second and third harmonic performance up to 30 dBm input, may be obtained according to example embodiments of the invention.03-19-2009
20110068636SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SPDT SWITCH OR SPMT SWITCH WITH TRANSFORMER - A SPDT or SPMT switch may include a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, where a first end of the secondary winding is connected to a single pole port, where a first end of the primary winding is connected to a first throw port; a first switch having a first end and a second end, where the first end is connected to ground; and a second switch, where a second end of the secondary winding is connected to both a second end of the first switch and a first end of the second switch, where a second end of the second switch is connected to a second throw port, where the first switch controls a first communication path between the single pole port and the first throw port, and where the second switch controls a second communication path between the second throw port and the single pole port.03-24-2011
20110127849 HIGH-POWER TUNABLE CAPACITOR - A tunable capacitor device may be provided in accordance with example embodiments of the invention. The tunable capacitor device may include a first capacitor; a second capacitor; a third capacitor, where the first, second, and third capacitors are connected in series, wherein the second capacitor is positioned between the first capacitor and the second capacitor; and at least one switch transistor, where the at least one switch transistor is connected in parallel with the second capacitor.06-02-2011
20110273355SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) DIFFERENTIAL ANTENNA SWITCHES USING MULTI-SECTION IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMATIONS - Example embodiments of the invention are directed to CMOS differential antenna switches with multi-section impedance transformation. The differential architecture can provide relief from large voltage swings of the power amplifiers by distributing the voltage stress over the receiver switch with two of the identical or substantially similar single-ended switches. In order to reduce the voltage stress further, multi-section impedance transformations can be used. Degraded insertion loss due to the impedance transformation technique can be compensated by selecting an optimal impedance for the antenna switch operation. Accordingly, the use of the multi-section impedance transformations with the differential antenna switch architecture enables high power handling capability for the antenna switch with acceptable efficiency for the transmitter module.11-10-2011

Patent applications by Minsik Ahn, Atlanta, GA US

Nicholas Ahn, Shaker Heights, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120130281ORIFICE PROBE APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF USE THEREOF - An orifice probe, particularly for detecting if a patient has or has a risk of having cauda equina syndrome and a method for using same, the probe having a body for insertion into the anus of a patient, a sensing device for measuring at least one of the rectal tone and perianal or rectal sensation, and an output device for yielding at least one of the measurement of the rectal tone of the patient and whether the patient has perianal or rectal sensation.05-24-2012

Se Hyun Ahn, Ann Arbor, MI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090046362ROLL TO ROLL NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY - Apparatus and methods for a nano-patterning process to fabricate nanostructures. A roller type mold is used to continuously imprint nanostructures onto a flexible web or a rigid substrate. The process includes a coating and an imprinting module, which rotate the web synchronously. Liquid resist materials are used for imprinting and the patterns are set by thermal or UV curing. The process is used to produce bilayer metal wire-grid polarizers, organic solar cells, and organic light emitting diodes.02-19-2009
20120038085DYNAMIC NANO-INSCRIBING FOR CONTINUOUS AND SEAMLESS METAL AND POLYMER NANOGRATINGS - Nanoscale grating structure can be utilized in many practical applications in optics, flat-panel displays and bio-sensors. A Dynamic Nano-Inscribing (Dynamic Nano-Inscribing) technique is disclosed for directly creating large-area, truly continuous nano-grating patterns in a variety of metal or polymer materials with feature size down to sub-50 nm and at very high speed (10 cm/sec). Dynamic Nano-Inscribing is carried out under either ambient temperature or with a brief heating time on the order of ten microseconds, which minimizes damage on UV or thermo-sensitive functional materials.02-16-2012

Sung Eun Ahn, Painted Post, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090032873Ultra thin single crystalline semiconductor TFT and process for making same - Methods and apparatus for producing a semiconductor on glass (SiOG) structure include: subjecting an implantation surface of a donor single crystal semiconductor wafer to an ion implantation process to create an exfoliation layer of the donor semiconductor wafer; bonding the implantation surface of the exfoliation layer to a glass substrate using electrolysis; separating the exfoliation layer from the donor semiconductor wafer, thereby exposing a cleaved surface of the exfoliation layer; subjecting the cleaved surface of the exfoliation layer to a dry etching process to produce a single crystal semiconductor layer of about 5-20 nm thickness; and forming a thin film transistor in the thin semiconductor layer.02-05-2009

Sunjoo Ahn, Columbus, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090142832Indoles, Derivatives, and Analogs Thereof and Uses Therefor - Indole derivatives and analog compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are provided. Also provided are methods of using these compounds to inhibit tubulin polymerization in a cell associated with a proliferative disease or to treat a cancer.06-04-2009

Sunjoo Ahn, Memphis, TN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110257196COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER - The present invention relates to novel compounds having anti-cancer activity, methods of making these compounds, and their use for treating cancer and drug-resistant tumors, e.g. melanoma, metastatic melanoma, drug resistant melanoma, prostate cancer and drug resistant prostate cancer.10-20-2011
20120022121INDOLES, DERIVATIVES AND ANALOGS THEREOF AND USES THEREFOR - Indole derivatives and analogous compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are provided. Also provided are methods of using these compounds to inhibit tubulin polymerization in a cell associated with a proliferative disease or to treat cancer, metastatic cancer, resistant cancer or multidrug resistant cancer, including inter-alia: prostate cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, colon cancer and bladder cancer.01-26-2012
20120071524COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER - The present invention relates to novel compounds having anti-cancer activity, methods of making these compounds, and their use for treating cancer and drug-resistant tumors, e.g. melanoma, metastatic melanoma, drug resistant melanoma, prostate cancer and drug resistant prostate cancer.03-22-2012

Sunny K. Ahn, Newburyport, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080319823Communication connectivity via context association, advertising sponsorship, and multiple contact databases - Communication connectivity via context association is provided by associating targeted subscriber contact information with a key at a subscriber database. At a data center, the keys are associated with unique characteristics or aliases (contexts) of the subscribers, thereby facilitating context searching. A caller initiates a connection to a subscriber by providing a subscriber's context. The context is located and associated key identified. The key is resolved in the subscriber database, and the call routed. Use of the key allows subscriber connectivity without revealing, to the caller or to the data center, sensitive contact information. Through a caller database, call initiation occurs by subscriber alias identification in a caller's communication device; thereby foregoing inclusion of sensitive contact information within the caller's communication device. Communication connectivity can be advertiser sponsored, with advertisements accompanying messages selected by matching profile information of targeted subscribers with participating advertiser provided profile information of desired targeted subscribers.12-25-2008

Tai Ahn, Lakeland, TN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090088480SOLID FORMS OF SELECTIVE ANDROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS - The present invention relates to solid forms of (S)—N-(4-cyano-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-3-(4-cyanophenoxy)-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamide and process for producing the same.04-02-2009
20100022641SOLID FORMS OF SELECTIVE ANDROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS - The present invention relates to solid forms of (S)—N-(4-cyano-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-3-(4-cyanophenoxy)-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamide and process for producing the same.01-28-2010
20110263703SOLID FORMS OF SELECTIVE ANDROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS - The present invention relates to solid forms of (S)-N-(4-cyano-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-3-(4-cyanophenoxy)-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanamide and process for producing the same.10-27-2011

Patent applications by Tai Ahn, Lakeland, TN US

Uri Ahn, Bedford, NH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090306779Modular anterior locking interbody cage - Apparatus and method if using a modular spinal implant system for use between adjacent vertebrae near vascular anatomy. The system includes an implant configured the fit between adjacent vertebrae, the implant having annular side walls with upper and lower surfaces configured to enclose a hollow interior, and an attachment plate rotatably coupled to the implant and configured to rotate to variable orientations relative to the implant to avoid the vascular anatomy, the attachment plate having a superior portion that is narrower than an inferior portion, the attachment plate having at least one vertebra attachment hole configured for attaching to at least one adjacent vertebrae using one or more bone screws.12-10-2009

Wonmi Ahn, Salt Lake City, UT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090213368TUNABLE SPECTROSCOPIC ENHANCEMENT VIA TRANSFORMATION OF ELECTROLESS PLATING INTO METAL FILMS WITH PREDICTABLY ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL FEATURES - A plurality of gold nanoparticles disposed on a surface of a substrate includes nanoparticles having an average particle density greater than 1.8×1008-27-2009

Wonmi Ahn, Fayetteville, AR US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100163533INCREASING HEAD TRANSDUCTION VIA SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE BY MODULATING RESONANT CONTINUOUS-WAVE IRRADIATION - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for increasing the conversion efficiency of irradiation incident on metal particles to an ambient environment. More specifically the invention relates to methods and apparatus for increasing the heat conversion efficiency from irradiation incident on metal particles to an ambient environment through modulating radiation incident upon the metal particles.07-01-2010

Yoo Jung Ahn, Chicago, IL US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110102175Communication Devices and Methods for Devices Including Generic Indicators Configurable for Real-Time Announcement of Received Communication Signals - Disclosed are communication devices and methods of communication devices including generic indicators and a user interface to configure the generic indicators so that a user can privately determine, in real-time, from whom a communication signal has been received and the type of communication signal received. A user may select contacts having communication addresses stored in a memory, particular types of communication signals and correlate them to generic indicators. When communication signals are received by the device that correspond to a selected communication address and a particular type of communication signal an announcement can be made by configured generic indicators. Once configured, when the device is in an indicator state, a device's ringer and/or vibrator may be disabled, particularly where such disturbances are unacceptable and a user nevertheless may be able to determine, according to the configured generic indicators from which contact a particular type of communication has been received.05-05-2011
20110199718Electronic Device Housing with Pivoting and Sliding Portions - An electronic handset device includes a panel pivotally coupled to a base housing portion wherein the panel is pivotal between closed and opened configurations relative to the base housing portion. A movable housing portion is slidably coupled to the panel and is pivotal in unison with the panel. A user interface on the panel is concealed by the movable housing portion when the movable housing portion slides to a closed configuration relative to the panel, and the user interface is exposed when the movable housing portion slides to an opened configuration relative to the panel.08-18-2011

Young-Hoon Ahn, New York, NY US