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Andrew T. Abalos, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20110117553 | Methods for PCR and HLA typing using raw blood - Provided are methods for amplifying a gene or RNA or sets thereof of interest using a tandem PCR process. The primers in the first PCR or set of PCR reactions are locus-specific. The primers in the second PCR or set of PCR reactions are specific for a sub-sequence of the locus-specific primers and completely consumed during the secondary PCR amplification. For RNA amplification, the first PCR is reverse transcription and the resulting cDNA(s) provide a template for cRNA synthesis, endpoint PCR or real time PCR. Also provided is a method of allelotyping a gene or set thereof by amplifying the gene(s) using tandem PCR on DNA or RNA comprising the sample, hybridizing the resulting amplicon or sets thereof to probes with sequences of gene-associated allele variations. A detectable signal indicating hybridization corresponds to an allelotype of the gene or a set of allelotypes for the set of genes. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20120122719 | Methods for PCR and HLA typing using unpurified samples - Provided are methods for amplifying a gene or RNA or sets thereof of interest using a tandem PCR process. The primers in the first PCR or set of PCR reactions are locus-specific. The primers in the second PCR or set of PCR reactions are specific for a sub-sequence of the locus-specific primers and completely consumed during the second PCR amplification. For RNA amplification, the first PCR is reverse transcription and the resulting cDNA(s) provide a template for cRNA synthesis, endpoint PCR or real time PCR. Also provided is a tandem PCR method which accepts raw, completely unpurified mouthwash, cheek swabs and ORAGENE™-stabilized saliva as the sample input, the resulting amplicons serving as the substrate for complex, microarray-based genetic testing. Also provided is a method of allelotyping a gene or set thereof by amplifying the gene(s) using tandem PCR on DNA or RNA comprising the sample. | 05-17-2012 |
Andrew T. Acciardo, Jr., West Columbia, SC US
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| 20090106963 | Kingpin bushing installation tool - The kingpin bushing installation tool is a dual-headed insertion tool for installing kingpin bushings within the cylinder cavities of a steering knuckle. The kingpin bushing installation tool includes a rod having opposed upper and lower ends. An upper bushing-engaging member is mounted on the upper end of the rod and includes an upper portion, an intermediate portion and a lower portion. The intermediate portion has a diameter greater than a diameter of the lower portion, and the upper portion has a diameter greater than the diameter of the intermediate portion. A lower bushing-engaging member is adjustably and removably mounted on the lower end of the rod and includes an upper portion, an intermediate portion and a lower portion. The intermediate portion thereof has a diameter greater than a diameter of the upper portion, and the lower portion has a diameter greater than the diameter of the intermediate portion. | 04-30-2009 |
Andrew T. Backler, Derby GB
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| 20120073373 | VIBRATION TEST ARRANGEMENT - Testing of components for fatigue under vibration conditions is important. Typically an isolation device is utilised in order to isolate a mode of vibration of interest. Isolation is through engaging a node line utilising isolation elements. By presenting the isolation elements in arms a component can be isolated by engaging the component to one side. The isolation elements are suspended upon springs and allowed to move axially in the direction of the springs as well as laterally through mountings in the arms. The isolation elements are less acceptable to wear and test set up time is reduced by the engaging of component to one side only of the component. | 03-29-2012 |
Andrew T. Cenko, Waterloo CA
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| 20110299075 | OPTICAL SLICER FOR IMPROVING THE SPECTRAL RESOLUTION OF A DISPERSIVE SPECTROGRAPH - An optical slicer for generating an output spot comprising an image compressor which receives a substantially collimated input beam and compresses the beam, wherein the input beam, if passed through a focusing lens, produces an input spot; an image reformatter which receives the compressed beam to reformat the beam into a plurality of sliced portions of the compressed beam and vertically stacks the portions substantially parallel to each other; and an image expander which expands the reformatted beam to produce a collimated output beam which, if passed through the focusing lens, produces the output spot that is expanded in a first dimension and compressed in a second dimension relative to the input spot. | 12-08-2011 |
Andrew T. Divicino, Durham, CT US
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| 20100141243 | RESISTIVE POSITION-SENSING SYSTEM INCLUDING A STACKED SWITCH ARRAY, AND COMPONENTS THEREOF - The position-monitoring system consists of cooperating arrays in the form of an assembly of switch/resistance element units, serving as a sensor component, and an assembly of magnet units, serving as an actuator component, each switch unit including a switching device that is magnetically operated for connecting or disconnecting an associated resistance element to or from a common circuit through the switch stack. The resultant change of resistance in the common circuit is detected and utilized for determining the position of a movable member, to which one of the stacks is operatively attached, relative to another member to which the other stack is attached. | 06-10-2010 |
Andrew T. Fausak, San Jose, CA US
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| 20090287432 | TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL STRENGTH OF POWERLINE NETWORKS - A powerline signal test apparatus has a housing, a pair of prongs protruding from the housing, a powerline module coupled to the pair of prongs within an interior region of the housing. The powerline module is configured to process a first data signal in a first format. The apparatus further has a processor coupled to the powerline module. The processor is configured to initiate transfer of first test data characterized by a first data rate from the pair of prongs through a portion of a powerline network to a target node and initiate receipt of second test data characterized by a second data rate. Moreover, the apparatus has a signal strength indication for the portion of the powerline network associated with the second test data characterized by the second data rate. Furthermore, the apparatus has an output device coupled to the housing and configured to output the signal strength indication. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100100253 | Systems and Methods for Controlling Energy Consumption - In particular embodiments, an energy gateway is described that is configured to receive power usage information from one or more power meters, transmit the power usage information to an energy management server, receive control signals from the energy management server, transmit the control signals to the one or more power switches and execute localized pre-programmed rules. | 04-22-2010 |
Andrew T. Fausak, Foster City, CA US
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| 20120123711 | System and Method for Measuring Power Usage - A system and method for monitoring energy usage through a power line network is disclosed. According to an embodiment, the present system for monitoring power usage comprises a power line having one or more phases and metering device. The metering device comprises an A/D converter configured to receive an electrical signal and convert the electrical signal to a digital signal, a processor configured to calculate power usage information using the digital signal, and a network interface module configured to transmit the power usage information to a server via the power line network. | 05-17-2012 |
Andrew T. Gewitz, Smyrna, GA US
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| 20110206699 | Methods for the Treatment of Graft-Versus-Host Disease - Methods are disclosed for treating or preventing graft versus host disease in a subject. The methods include selecting a subject in need of treatment for graft versus host disease; and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a TLR5 agonist such as a flagellin polypeptide, or a polynucleotide encoding the flagellin, thereby treating or preventing graft versus host disease in the subject. Methods are also disclosed for reducing susceptibility to an opportunistic infection in a subject who is a bone marrow transplant recipient. The methods include selecting a subject who has had a bone marrow or hematopoietic stem cell transplant; and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a TLR5 agonist such as a flagellin polypeptide or a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, and administering to the subject an effective amount antigen of the opportunistic infection, thereby reducing the susceptibility to the opportunistic infection in the subject. | 08-25-2011 |
Andrew T. Goeppner, Plain City, OH US
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| 20100138690 | System and Method for Managing an On-Board Entertainment System - A system and method for managing an on board entertainment system is disclosed. The system and method can wirelessly receive music files from a computer and store those music files on an on board unit associated with a motor vehicle. The system and method can also include provisions to associate music information with a received music file and can include provisions to manage the music collection on board a motor vehicle. | 06-03-2010 |
Andrew T. Hosford, Stanford, CA US
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| 20120123515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING AN IMPLANTED OBJECT IN A PASSAGEWAY IN A PATIENT - A system for removing an implanted stent or other object from a passageway in a patient includes a housing, an expansion element that operates between an enlarged mode in which the expansion element may radially expand to a diameter larger than the object diameter and a collapsed mode in which the expansion element radially contracts, and a plurality of radially contractible members configured to circumferentially engage the implanted object. A method for moving an implanted stent or other object from an initial location in a passageway includes positioning an expansion element proximate to the stent, expanding the expansion element thereby creating a tapered annular space between the stent and the passageway, advancing a plurality of members towards the tapered annular space, engaging the stent with the members, radially contracting the members to radially compress the stent, and moving the compressed stent from the initial location. | 05-17-2012 |
Andrew T. Koppisch, Flagstaff, AZ US
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| 20080220441 | Advanced drug development and manufacturing - X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry has been used for detecting binding events and measuring binding selectivities between chemicals and receptors. XRF may also be used for estimating the therapeutic index of a chemical, for estimating the binding selectivity of a chemical versus chemical analogs, for measuring post-translational modifications of proteins, and for drug manufacturing. | 09-11-2008 |
Andrew T. Lupo, Jr., Emerson, NJ US
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| 20110217245 | Substituted Butanol Derivatives And Their Use As Fragrance And Flavor Materials - The present invention is related to substituted butanol derivatives of the formula: | 09-08-2011 |
Andrew T. Maioli, Warwick, RI US
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| 20080287498 | Optically active isomers of ketotifen and therapeutically active metabolites thereof - Racemic norketotifen, racemic 10-hydroxy-ketotifen, racemic 10-hydroxy-nor-ketotifen and optically active isomers of ketotifen, norketotifen, 10-hydroxy-ketotifen and 10-hydroxy-norketotifen were found to have antiallergic and anti-inflammatory effects while being devoid of the severe dose-limiting sedative side effects of Ketotifen. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090149502 | Optically active isomers of ketotifen and therapeutically active metabolites thereof - Racemic norketotifen, racemic 10-hydroxy-ketotifen, racemic 10-hydroxy-nor-ketotifen and optically active isomers of ketotifen, norketotifen, 10-hydroxy-ketotifen and 10-hydroxy-norketotifen were found to have antiallergic and anti-inflammatory effects while being devoid of the severe dose-limiting sedative side effects of Ketotifen. | 06-11-2009 |
Andrew T. Miklic, Akron, OH US
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| 20090084478 | IRRIGATION TIRE - A non directional pneumatic tire is provided for an agricultural irrigation system. The tire includes first and second side walls and a radially outer wall defining an internal inflation chamber. A non directional tread pattern is defined on the tire and includes a plurality of longitudinal protrusions positioned substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the tire. The longitudinal protrusions are arranged in first and second rows extending from the first and second side walls toward and across the equatorial plane of the tire. The longitudinal protrusions of the first and second rows circumferentially alternate with each other and there is a circumferential spacing between adjacent longitudinal protrusions at the equatorial plane so that no portion of one longitudinal protrusion circumferentially coincides with or overlaps another. | 04-02-2009 |
Andrew T. Otwell, Douglasville, GA US
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| 20110208663 | EXTRACTION OF TRANSACTION DATA FOR COMPLIANCE MONITORING - A knowledge base and methods for use in connection with a policy compliance monitoring system operative to determine exceptions to policies expressed by computer-executable policy statements. The system allows establishment, codification, and maintenance of enterprise policies, monitors electronic transactions of the enterprise from various and possibly heterogeneous data sources, detects exceptions to established policies, reports exceptions to authorized users such as managers and auditors, and/or provides a case management system for tracking exceptions and their underlying transactions. The knowledge base comprises extractor files that are utilized for extracting information from data sources for utilization in policy compliance monitoring, a mapper for normalizing data from the data sources against a system ontology and storing normalized data in a monitoring database, and computer-executable compliance policy statements used by a transaction analysis engine. The policy statements represent predetermined policies of the enterprise that apply to data stored in the monitoring database. | 08-25-2011 |
Andrew T. Pomerene, Leesburg, VA US
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| 20100055906 | TWO-STEP HARDMASK FABRICATION METHODOLOGY FOR SILICON WAVEGUIDES - Techniques are disclosed for efficiently fabricating semiconductors including waveguide structures. In particular, a two-step hardmask technology is provided that enables a stable etch base within semiconductor processing environments, such as the CMOS fabrication environment. The process is two-step in that there is deposition of a two-layer hardmask, followed by a first photolithographic pattern, followed by a first silicon etch, then a second photolithographic pattern, and then a second silicon etch. The process can be used, for example, to form a waveguide structure having both ridge and channel configurations, or a waveguide (ridge and/or channel) and a salicide heater structure, all achieved using the same hardmask. The second photolithographic pattern allows for the formation of the lower electrical contacts to the waveguides (or other structures) without a complicated rework of the hardmask. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100140708 | Multi-Thickness Semiconductor with Fully Depleted Devices and Photonic Integration - Techniques are disclosed that facilitate fabrication of semiconductors including structures and devices of varying thickness. One embodiment provides a method for semiconductor device fabrication that includes thinning a region of a semiconductor wafer upon which the device is to be formed thereby defining a thin region and a thick region of the wafer. The method continues with forming on the thick region one or more photonic devices and/or partially depleted electronic devices, and forming on the thin region one or more fully depleted electronic devices. Another embodiment provides a semiconductor device that includes a semiconductor wafer defining a thin region and a thick region. The device further includes one or more photonic devices and/or partially depleted electronic devices formed on the thick region, and one or more fully depleted electronic devices formed on the thin region. An isolation area can be formed between the thin region and the thick region. | 06-10-2010 |
Andrew T. Schiebler, Bethesda, MD US
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| 20090276724 | Interface Including Graphic Representation of Relationships Between Search Results - A multi-dimensional graphic user interface displays selected types of information regarding items included in one or more databases or returned by a search in accordance with locations on a two-dimensional display area or projection of a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional area and provides for selective display of information about respective items in a database (e.g. metadata) as additional dimensions of the display which may be suppressed and/or selectively introduced to avoid user distraction or obscuring information or for comparison between screens which may indicate to a user the degree to which a particular item may or may not be germane to an issue or particular subject matter of interest. The graphic user interface thus provides an effective tool for evaluating search results and organizing detailed review thereof. | 11-05-2009 |
Andrew T. Serbinski, Annandale, NJ US
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| 20080282447 | Draw type sun shield cap - A draw type sun shield cap includes: a) a visor component being an elongated member in the general shape of a cap visor with a central area and opposing back segments; and, b) a crown component having a shape adapted to cover the central portion of a human head with a front, a back and opposing sides, the crown component being connected to the visor component at its front; c) a draw line connecting the back of the crown component to each of the opposing back segments of the visor component; wherein the sun shield cap has a first position wherein the draw line is undrawn and loose and wherein the sun shield cap is flat and the sun shield cap has a second position wherein the draw line is drawn tightly so as to bring the back of the crown component and each of the opposing back segments of the visor component to one another to create a three dimensional cap with side cross ventilation. Preferably, both the visor component and the crown component are created from a single piece of material. | 11-20-2008 |
Andrew T. Sornborger, Athens, GA US
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| 20090060266 | Methods and Systems for Analyzing Ratiometric Data - Systems and methods for analyzing ratiometric data, e.g., ratiometric image data such as fluorescent image data. | 03-05-2009 |
Andrew T. Tauferner, Rochester, MN US
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| 20090204789 | DISTRIBUTING PARALLEL ALGORITHMS OF A PARALLEL APPLICATION AMONG COMPUTE NODES OF AN OPERATIONAL GROUP IN A PARALLEL COMPUTER - Methods, apparatus, and products for distributing parallel algorithms of a parallel application among compute nodes of an operational group in a parallel computer are disclosed that include establishing a hardware profile, the hardware profile describing thermal characteristics of each compute node in the operational group; establishing a hardware independent application profile, the application profile describing thermal characteristics of each parallel algorithm of the parallel application; and mapping, in dependence upon the hardware profile and application profile, each parallel algorithm of the parallel application to a compute node in the operational group. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090271608 | Temperature Threshold Application Signal Trigger for Real-Time Relocation of Process - A method of managing a process relocation operation in a computing system is provided and includes determining respective operating temperatures of first, second and additional nodes of the system, where the first node has an elevated operating temperature and the second node has a normal operating temperature, notifying first and second kernels respectively associated with the first and second nodes, of a swapping condition, initially managing the first and second kernels to swap an application between the first and the second nodes while the swapping condition is in effect, and secondarily managing the first and second kernels to perform a barrier operation to end the swapping condition. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090287712 | Configurable Persistent Storage on a Computer System Using a Database - A method for persistent data storage on a computer system with a kernel by retrieving configuration information regarding a system operation request and then deciding based on the configuration information whether to execute it with special persistent storage or to not do so. The configuration information may be stored on a central node or may be encoded onto any of the nodes. The special persistent storage may be a database. The method may further be implemented by a computer program product. It also may be implemented on a computer system. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100306296 | ADDING ENTROPY FOR IMPROVED RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM - A parallel computer system adds entropy to improve the quality of random number generation by using parity errors as a source of entropy because parity errors are influenced by external forces such as cosmic ray bombardment, alpha particle emission, and other random or near-random events. By using parity errors and associated information to generate entropy, the quality of random number generation in a parallel computer system is increased. | 12-02-2010 |
Andrew T. Teconchuk, Warren, PA US
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| 20110183036 | TREATS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Treats have a water activity of less than 0.5 and good organoleptic properties. A method for obtaining such treats having low water activity involves injection molding a dough made from a polyol and at least one of a source of casein and a source of starch. | 07-28-2011 |
Andrew T. Twigger, Reading GB
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| 20090077362 | CONFIGURABLE ACCESS KERNAL - A highly configurable kernel supports a wide variety of content protection systems. The kernel may reside in a host that interacts with a secure processor maintaining content protection clients. After establishing communication with the secure processor, the host receives messages from content protection clients requesting rules for message handling operations to support client operations. This flexible configuration allows for dynamic reconfiguration of host and secure processor operation. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20110191572 | Configurable Access Kernel - A highly configurable kernel supports a wide variety of content protection systems. The kernel may reside in a host that interacts with a secure processor maintaining content protection clients. After establishing communication with the secure processor, the host receives messages from content protection clients requesting rules for message handling operations to support client operations. This flexible configuration allows for dynamic reconfiguration of host and secure processor operation. | 08-04-2011 |
Andrew T. Ulijasz, Madison, WI US
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| 20090061444 | PHYTOCHROME-BASED FLUOROPHORES - Genetically-engineered fluorophore molecules with increased fluorescence are provided. These fluorophores are derived from the domains of phytochromes, and in particular bacterial phytochromes. Methods for generating these fluorophores and various applications of these fluorophores are also provided. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100303729 | CYANOCHROME FLUOROPHORES - Genetically-engineered cyanochrome fluorophore molecules (fluorophores) with increased fluorescence and with absorbing fluorescence in the blue and green (blue/green) portion of the light spectrum are provided. These fluorophores are derived from the domains of phytochromes, and in particular cyanobacterial phytochromes. Methods for generating these fluorophores and various applications of these fluorophores are also provided. | 12-02-2010 |
Andrew T. Yardley, Lee-On-The-Solent GB
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| 20090127134 | Gas Sample Analysis - A method of determining information about a gas sample includes: | 05-21-2009 |