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Athanasios Arsenlis, Livermore, CA US
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| 20110091004 | TRISO FUEL FOR HIGH BURN-UP NUCLEAR ENGINE - A fuel particle for use in a fusion-fission nuclear engine includes a fuel kernel and a buffer layer surrounding the fuel kernel. The fuel particle also includes a pyrolytic carbon layer surrounding the buffer layer and a silicon carbide layer surrounding the buffer layer. The silicon carbide is characterized by a stress less than 450 MPa at 95% burn-up. The fuel particle further includes a second pyrolytic carbon layer surrounding the silicon carbide layer. | 04-21-2011 |
Athanasios Arsenlis, Hayward, CA US
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| 20090080592 | Swelling-resistant nuclear fuel - A nuclear fuel according to one embodiment includes an assembly of nuclear fuel particles; and continuous open channels defined between at least some of the nuclear fuel particles, wherein the channels are characterized as allowing fission gasses produced in an interior of the assembly to escape from the interior of the assembly to an exterior thereof without causing significant swelling of the assembly. Additional embodiments, including methods, are also presented. | 03-26-2009 |
Athanasios Athanasiou, Giengen DE
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| 20110271705 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, IN PARTICULAR REFRIGERATION DEVICE - A household appliance, in particular a refrigeration device, in which ice bodies can be made of supplied water, includes a hose and/or tube assembly for supply of water to a receiving container, and a valve connected to the hose and/or tube assembly and constructed to release or suppress the water supply to the receiving container. The hose and/or tube assembly has zones in which a physical condition changes, wherein the valve is disposed in the hose and/or tube assembly in a region which has not yet encountered a change in the physical condition after water has been supplied into the hose and/or tube assembly. | 11-10-2011 |
Athanasios Bismpigiannis, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20110087626 | PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION IN PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS - Various embodiments provide solutions to assist in the classification of products in a procurement system. The tools provided by various embodiments include, without limitation, methods, systems, and/or software products. Merely by way of example, a method might comprise one or more procedures, any or all of which are executed by a computer system. Correspondingly, an embodiment might provide a computer system configured with instructions to perform one or more procedures in accordance with methods provided by various other embodiments. Similarly, a computer program might comprise a set of instructions that are executable by a computer system (and/or a processor therein) to perform such operations. In many cases, such software programs are encoded on physical and/or tangible computer readable media (such as, to name but a few examples, optical media, magnetic media, and/or the like). | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110252463 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ENTERPRISE PROCUREMENT NETWORK - According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a computer system. The computer system includes one or more processors and a computer-readable medium in communication with the one or more processors. The computer system also includes an enterprise social network system, implemented by an enterprise application stored on the computer-readable storage medium, for retrieving and providing procurement information from a plurality of social network entities associated with the enterprise social network system, the enterprise social network system comprising a set of instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform one or more operations. The set of instructions includes instructions for providing, at a computer system, a user interface for receiving input from a user. The set of instructions includes instructions for providing a user profile for a user, the user profile being stored at the enterprise social network system, the user being associated with a plurality of network entities, the user profile including a first plurality of user attributes. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110302102 | COMMUNITY RATING AND RANKING IN ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS - The present invention is directed to methods and systems which provide a comprehensive rating and ranking of products and services. Furthermore, aspects of the present invention provides a complete review of products and services, as well as rankings of semantic and non-semantic reviews, which provides a “true” reflection of a product and/or service. As such, a calculation of a product/supplier rating based on all of its social entity contexts, is performed. This takes into account factors like, author (of social entity context) credibility, non-semantic (direct) rating, semantic rating calculated from the textual content of the social entity context, the community based credibility of the social entity context, and the like. Then, the community based credibility of a given social entity context is in turn calculated. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120030160 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DECISION MAKING BASED ON SENSE AND RESPOND - According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for providing automated decision in response to one or more responses. The method includes providing, at a computer system, a user interface for receiving input from a user. The method also includes detecting a first event. The method further includes receiving a first set of attributes associated with the first event. Also, the method includes processing the first set of attributes. The method additionally includes analyzing the first set of attributes using at least pattern recognition. The method includes determining a first context for the first event based at least on the first set of attributes. | 02-02-2012 |
Athanasios Bourlinos, Acharnon GR
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| 20100125038 | Carbon Material For Hydrogen Storage - The present invention relates to carbon based materials that are employed for hydrogen storage applications. The material may be described as the pyrolysis product of a molecular precursor such as a cyclic quinone compound. The pyrolysis product may then be combined with selected transition metal atoms which may be in nanoparticulate form, where the metals may be dispersed on the material surface. Such product may then provide for the reversible storage of hydrogen. The metallic nanoparticles may also be combined with a second metal as an alloy to further improve hydrogen storage performance. | 05-20-2010 |
Athanasios Diakomis, Seymour, CT US
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| 20110286840 | LIQUID RING PUMP WITH LINER - A liquid ring pump is provided that includes an annular housing having an inner surface forming a housing cavity. The annular housing is filled with an operating fluid during operation of the pump. The operating fluid forms an eccentric liquid ring in the annular housing during operation of the pump. A rotor is disposed in the housing cavity and includes a plurality of rotor blades. A shaft extends into the annular housing into the housing cavity. The plurality of rotor blades extend radially outward from the shaft toward the inner surface of the annular housing. A liner formed from a corrosion resistant material is disposed substantially flush with at least a portion of the annular housing inner surface opposite a plurality of rotor blade ends. | 11-24-2011 |
Athanasios Diakomis, New Haven, CT US
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| 20110194950 | EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS FOR LIQUID RING PUMPS - The present invention is directed to a textured surface that provides for drag reduction, and therefore efficiency improvements in a liquid ring pump. At least a portion of the surfaces of the pump that contact fluid therein the pump are textured to control boundary layer separation. The texture can be a plurality of dimples are defined therein the surface. The dimples have a predetermined shape, size, density and pattern. | 08-11-2011 |
Athanasios Georgakopoulos, Piraeus GR
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| 20110000314 | DEVICE MEASURING THE WIND SPEED AND THE WIND DIRECTION - A device measuring the speed or the direction of the wind, characterized in that it consists of the main body ( | 01-06-2011 |
Athanasios Gkourlias, Rochester, NY US
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| 20110156497 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AN ISOLATED DEVICE - Disclosed is a system and method for controlling the activation of isolated circuitry, and more particularly complete discharge devices for batteries, and similar circuits that are enclosed within sealed housings. | 06-30-2011 |
Athanasios Karagiannis, Peristeri GR
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| 20120124846 | Molded Product Incorporating a Label, and Razor Handle Comprising Such a Molded Product - A molded product that includes a first molded part, a second molded part, and a label having a rear side provided on the first molded part, a front side opposite to the rear side, the front side having a peripheral border. The second molded part has an overlapping portion which overlaps the front side of the label only on the peripheral border. | 05-24-2012 |
Athanasios Koropoulis, Athens GR
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| 20100000511 | BARBECUE GRILLING GRATE ASSEMBLY - A barbecue grilling grate assembly for use in a barbecue grilling system is disclosed. The barbecue grilling grate assembly includes a grilling grate having a plurality of grilling bars and a bordering bar. The grilling grate includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface is configured to allow food to be cooked atop. The bottom surface includes an inlet port defined thereon and is configured to evacuate smoke from a heat source via the inlet port. The grilling bars are fluidly connected to the bordering bar, which both define hollow channels therewithin to allow smoke from a heat source to pass therethrough and out to an outlet port. The grilling grate assembly further includes a tubular structure and a smoke evacuation device, which are selectively attached to the outlet port. | 01-07-2010 |
Athanasios Koulousakis, Koeln DE
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| 20100280570 | APPARATUS FOR THE STIMULATION OF THE SPINAL CHORD - An apparatus ( | 11-04-2010 |
Athanasios Kyriazopoulos, Roscoe, IL US
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| 20100326089 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR BLEED AIR SUPPLY - A method and system for an integrated ejector valve assembly is provided. The integrated ejector valve assembly includes a first valve assembly configured to control a flow of relatively lower pressure fluid from a first inlet port, a second valve assembly configured to control a flow of relatively higher pressure fluid from a second inlet port, a first actuation chamber configured to close the first valve assembly, a second actuation chamber configured to close the second valve assembly, and a third actuation chamber configured to open the second valve assembly. | 12-30-2010 |
Athanasios Leontaris, Burbank, CA US
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| 20090086814 | TREATING VIDEO INFORMATION - Systems, methods, and techniques for treating video information are described. In one implementation, a method includes receiving video information, classifying one or more frames in the received video information as a scene, adjusting one or more coding parameters based on the classification of the frames, and coding the video information in accordance with the adjusted coding parameters. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086816 | Video Compression and Transmission Techniques - Embodiments feature families of rate allocation and rate control methods that utilize advanced processing of past and future frame/field picture statistics and are designed to operate with one or more coding passes. At least two method families include: a family of methods for a rate allocation with picture look-ahead; and a family of methods for average bit rate (ABR) control methods. At least two other methods for each method family are described. For the first family of methods, some methods may involve intra rate control. For the second family of methods, some methods may involve high complexity ABR control and/or low complexity ABR control. These and other embodiments can involve any of the following: spatial coding parameter adaptation, coding prediction, complexity processing, complexity estimation, complexity filtering, bit rate considerations, quality considerations, coding parameter allocation, and/or hierarchical prediction structures, among others. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090087110 | MULTIMEDIA CODING AND DECODING WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAPABILITY - A multimedia coding and decoding system and method is presented that uses the specific prediction mode to signal supplemental information, e.g., metadata, while considering and providing trade offs between coding performance and metadata capacity. The prediction mode can be encoded according to a mode table that relates mode to bits and by considering coding impact. Start and stop codes can be used to signal the message, while various techniques of how to properly design the mode to bits tables are presented. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20110090960 | Rate Control Model Adaptation Based on Slice Dependencies for Video Coding - Statistics for estimating quantization factors of a coding-unit type (e.g., B-coded or I-coded) pictures are determined from other, possibly different (e.g., P-coded) pictures, or previously coded coding-units. Bit rate and quality relationships between such coding-unit types may be used with the quantization parameters. Estimating bit rate and quality relationships between coding-unit types enables accurate rate control for pictures regardless of their coding-unit type. Bit rate and quality relationships between coding-unit types can be used with multiple rate control models to increase compression. Rate control parameters may be adjusted with statistics generated by a motion estimation and compensation framework. Rate control performance may be controlled in transcoding compressed bit streams. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110135005 | Encoder Optimization of Stereoscopic Video Delivery Systems - Controlling a feature of an encoding process for regions of an image pattern representing more than one image when the regions include an amount of disparity in the represented images that would result in cross-contamination between the represented images if encoded with the feature. The control may be, for example, any of turning the encoding feature off, using the encoding feature less often than when encoding an image pattern representing a single image, negatively biasing the encoding feature, and enabling the encoding feature for regions determined to have zero or near zero disparity and disabling the feature for all other regions. The represented images comprise, for example, any of a stereoscopic view, multiple stereoscopic views, multiple views of a same scene, and multiple unrelated views. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110142132 | Overlapped Block Disparity Estimation and Compensation Architecture - Overlapped block disparity estimation and compensation is described. Compensating for images with overlapped block disparity compensation (OBDC) involves determining if OBDC is enabled in a video bit stream, and determining if OBDC is enabled for one or more macroblocks that neighbor a first macroblock within the video bit stream. The neighboring macroblocks may be transform coded. If OBDC is enabled in the video bit stream and for the one or more neighboring macroblocks, predictions may be made for a region of the first macroblock that has an edge adjacent with the neighboring macroblocks. OBDC can be causally applied. Disparity compensation parameters or modes may be shared amongst views or layers. A variety of predictions may be used with causally-applied OBDC. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110164112 | Compatible Stereoscopic Video Delivery - Stereoscopic images are subsampled and placed in a “checkerboard” pattern in an image. The image is encoded in a monoscopic video format. The monoscopic video is transmitted to a device where the “checkerboard” is decoded. Portions of the checkerboard (e.g., “black” portions) are used to reconstruct one of the stereoscopic images and the other portion of the checkerboard (e.g., “white” portions) are used to reconstruct the other image. The subsamples are, for example, taken from the image in a location coincident to the checkerboard position in which the subsamples are encoded. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110170792 | Encoding and Decoding Architecture of Checkerboard Multiplexed Image Data - A device includes a coder or a codec configured for interleaved image data utilizing diamond shaped blocks for motion estimation and/or motion compensation and utilizing square or orthogonal transforms of residual data. In various embodiments, the decoder may be configured, among others, to perform de-blocking on edges of the diamond shaped blocks and/or data padding at boundaries of the image data. Additionally a method is proposed in which at least one of a transform and quantization process to be applied to de-multiplexed data is modified. One application is to combine left and right stereoscopic images, interleaved in a checkerboard manner. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110280300 | Methods and Devices for Sub-Sampling and Interleaving Multiple Images, EG Stereoscopic - Sampled data is packaged in checkerboard format for encoding and decoding. The sampled data may be quincunx sampled multi-image video data (e.g., 3D video or a multi-program stream), and the data may also be divided into sub-images of each image which are then multiplexed, or interleaved, in frames of a video stream to be encoded and then decoded using a standardized video encoder. A system for viewing may utilize a standard video decoder and a formatting device that de-interleaves the decoded sub-images of each frame reformats the images for a display device. A 3D video may be encoded using a most advantageous interleaving format such that a preferred quality and compression ratio is reached. In one embodiment, the invention includes a display device that accepts data in multiple formats. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120033040 | Filter Selection for Video Pre-Processing in Video Applications - Filter selection methods and filter selectors for video pre-processing in video applications are described. A region of an input image is pre-processed by multiple pre-processing filters and the selection of the pre-processing filter for subsequent coding is based on the evaluated metric of the region. | 02-09-2012 |
Athanasios Leontaris, Burbank CA
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| 20120026288 | Directed Interpolation and Data Post-Processing - An encoding device evaluates a plurality of processing and/or post-processing algorithms and/or methods to be applied to a video stream, and signals a selected method, algorithm, class or category of methods/algorithms either in an encoded bit-stream or as side information related to the encoded bitstream. A decoding device or post-processor utilizes the signaled algorithm or selects an algorithm/method based on the signaled method or algorithm. The selection is based, for example, on availability of the algorithm/method at the decoder/post-processor and/or cost of implementation. The video stream may comprise, for example, downsampled multiplexed stereoscopic images and the selected algorithm may include any of upconversion and/or error correction techniques that contribute to a restoration of the downsampled images. | 02-02-2012 |
Athanasios Leontaris, Mountain View, CA US
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| 20120092452 | Encoding and Decoding Architectures for Format Compatible 3D Video Delivery - Encoding and decoding architectures for 3D video delivery are described, such as 2D compatible 3D video delivery and frame compatible 3D video delivery. The architectures include pre-processing stages to pre-process the output of a base layer video encoder and/or decoder and input the pre-processed output into an enhancement layer video encoder and/or decoder of one or more enhancement layers. Multiplexing methods of how to combine the base and enhancement layer videos are also described. | 04-19-2012 |
Athanasios Lioumpas, Thessaloniki GR
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| 20100232555 | Method and apparatus for combining signals at wireless receivers in the absence of channel gain estimation - Signals transmitting symbols through a multi-paths channel are received by a diversity receiver using at least two branches. The signals are combined after their processing in individual branches, minimizing combining loss of EGC receivers, minimizing BER and optimizing the performance. Processing in individual branches includes estimation of the phase changes induced by the channel at each received signal, with reference to the transmitted signal, and weighting of each signal by a co-phasing coefficient based on said estimation, so that all received signals are co-phased. An optimization step includes estimation of mean value and variance of signal to noise ratio (SNR) in each branch, using sampling techniques, and weighting the received signals by an optimization coefficient calculated from the mean value and variance. The process avoids expensive hardware for continuous estimation of instantaneous channel gains at each branch. | 09-16-2010 |
Athanasios Lourbopoulos, Thessaloniki GR
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| 20110142866 | PEPTIDE ANALOGUES AND CONJUGATES THEREOF - One aspect of the invention relates to a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of formula (I), | 06-16-2011 |
Athanasios Mantalaris, London GB
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| 20110021701 | MATERIAL COMPRISING MICROBIALLY SYNTHESIZED CELLULOSE ASSOCIATED WITH A SUPPORT LIKE A POLYMER AND/OR FIBRE - The invention relates to a material comprising cellulose in association with a support selected from a polymer and/or a fibre, wherein said cellulose is produced by a micro-organism. The cellulose-reinforced material is provided for incorporation into a composite. | 01-27-2011 |
Athanasios Mitrelias, Athens GR
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| 20090212768 | Magnetic Tagging Techniques - This invention relates to microfluidic apparatus for reading, writing and sorting magnetic tags attached to chemical and biological molecules and other entities. We describe apparatus for separating chemical or biological molecules or moieties each individually attached to a MBM tag miniature multi-bit magnetic tag capable of adopting a plurality of remanent magnetic configurations corresponding to binary information, the apparatus comprising: at least one input for said tagged molecules or moieties; at least two outputs for said tagged molecules or moieties; a microfluidic flow channel incorporating: magnetic readers to read said binary information; magnetic writers to write said binary information; and a switch to direct said tagged molecules or moieties to a selected said output responsive to said binary information. The invention also relates to planar multibit magnetic tags suitable for use with such apparatus. | 08-27-2009 |
Athanasios Polyzos, Toronto CA
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| 20100154279 | Firearm - A firearm includes a barrel, a frame providing support for the barrel, and a hand grip. The hand grip may include a hand-grip main body and a first back-strap extension detachably engaged to a rear portion of the hand-grip main body. The firearm may also include a light system, which may include a light and an ancillary light-system component disposed at least partially in the hand grip between the hand-grip main body and a rear outer surface of the first back-strap extension. | 06-24-2010 |
Athanasios Sotiriadis, Bicester GB
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| 20100021980 | HYBRID PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOFUEL - A method of producing a biofuel from biomass is provided. In one embodiment, the biofuel production process is an ethanol production process. Various embodiments of the invention include features such as application of a shock wave to biomass, variations in composition of biomass feed stock, continuous fermentation, and anaerobic digestion of stillage to produce a methane based fuel. | 01-28-2010 |
Athanasios Stubos, Neo Psychiko GR
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| 20100125038 | Carbon Material For Hydrogen Storage - The present invention relates to carbon based materials that are employed for hydrogen storage applications. The material may be described as the pyrolysis product of a molecular precursor such as a cyclic quinone compound. The pyrolysis product may then be combined with selected transition metal atoms which may be in nanoparticulate form, where the metals may be dispersed on the material surface. Such product may then provide for the reversible storage of hydrogen. The metallic nanoparticles may also be combined with a second metal as an alloy to further improve hydrogen storage performance. | 05-20-2010 |
Athanasios Tsakonas, Thessalonikl GR
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| 20090036992 | Total Knee Arthroplasty Endoprothesis with Third Condyle and Rotating Polyethylene Insert - The invention presents a total knee arthroplasty endoprosthesis having: a) a femoral component with a lower-radius lateral condyle, a larger-radius medial condyle and between them, a third condyle located posteriorly, superiorly and nearest the medial side, b) a tibial component with a central protruding spigot for the rotating polyethylene insert, and c) a rotating polyethylene insert, with three cavities for articulation of the femoral condyles. For initial and moderate flexion the joint functions with load bearing onto the lateral and medial articular cavities, and in advanced and final flexion with load bearing on the third articular cavity. The advantages of this endoprosthesis are enhanced maximum flexion, improved femoral axis alignment, significant posterior stabilization, favourable accommodation of tibial rotation with consequent relief of materials and fixations, and preservation of more articular fluid for lubrication and reduction of polyethylene wear. | 02-05-2009 |
Athanasios Tsolakis, Bromsgrove GB
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| 20100205935 | REDUCING COOKING OVER Ag/Al2O3 HC-SCR CATALYST - The present invention relates to a method of reducing coking over a AgZAl | 08-19-2010 |
Athanasios Vatistas, Peiraeus GR
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| 20090152197 | System for Energy Recovery and Reduction of Deposits on the Membrane Surfaces in (Variable Power and Variable Production) Reverse Osmosis Desalination Systems - A method and a device for desalination, that operates with reverse osmosis membranes ( | 06-18-2009 |