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Aaron M. Barton, Erie, CO US
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| 20110074398 | METHODS AND SYTEMS TO DETECT VOLTAGE CHANGES WITHIN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - Methods and systems to detect droop events on-chip, which may include a sensor circuit located adjacent to a voltage node to convert a corresponding voltage to a digital count or value indicative of the voltage. The sensor circuit may include an n-stage ring oscillator and an asynchronous counter. The sensor circuit may include circuitry to capture and convert a phase associated with a count to a binary fractional value to increase voltage resolution. Multiple counts associated with the node may be evaluated at the node to identify minimum and maximum counts and corresponding time stamps. More complex evaluation and control circuitry may be shared amongst a plurality of sensor circuits and may include circuitry to generate and compare counts to one or more variable thresholds, circuitry to average counts over time, and memory to store state values associated with the sensors. | 03-31-2011 |
Alan Barton US
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| 20110194184 | CAMERA VISOR - The embodiments of the Camera Visor comprise a top surface and a rear surface. The rear surface forms a plurality of attachment slots. Through the attachment slots the user can insert a strap, belt or rope to secure the Camera Visor to a support structure. The Camera Visor is placed over a wildlife camera or other type of outdoor surveillance camera or other electronic equipment to shield the camera or electronic equipment from the sun, rain and other elements. In another embodiment, the Camera Visor is also comprised of two side flaps and a front rim and a back rim. The front rim and back rim serve to channel water through the side water channels so as to direct the water down the side flaps and away from the camera. | 08-11-2011 |
Betsy Barton, Miami, FL US
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| 20120083842 | Pacifier Retaining Teething Strap that Attaches to a Child's Clothing - Pacifier retaining straps that attach to a child's clothing and teething devices that attach to pacifiers are common as separate devices. Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide a combination pacifier retaining strap and teething device that attaches to a child's clothing wherein the strap itself is, and functions as, the teething device. The present invention is comprised of two parts including a strap constructed of a non-toxic, flexible material that purposefully and intentionally functions as a teething device with an integrated attachment system to retain a pacifier at the top end, and a clip to secure the pacifier retaining teething strap to a child's clothing on the opposing end. | 04-05-2012 |
Beverly E. Barton, West Orange, NJ US
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| 20100137187 | Glutamate-Enhanced Cell-Penetrating Peptides and Methods of Using Same - Disclosed herein are novel glutamate-enhanced cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) for use as delivery vehicles to mediate intracellular uptake of therapeutic payloads and methods of using the same. | 06-03-2010 |
Blain Barton, Hernando Beach, FL US
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| 20090150286 | POINT OF SALE AUTOMATIC SAVINGS PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION SYSTEM USING BIOMETRICS PAYMENT AND AUTHENTICATION WITH SMART CARDS, ELECTRONIC PAYMENT, AND WIRELESS MECHANISMS - The present invention relates to integrated financial network systems and more particularly pertains to a biometrics automatic method of automatically contributing monies by means of actual cash or electronic cash equivalents into an investment, savings, purchasing, payment, charity, loan, mortgage, insurance premium, or loyalty program upon making a purchase using biometrics for identification of the purchaser, identification of contribution preferences, and authentication. The invention includes a computer implemented method of processing a financial transaction executed by first person including identifying the person via biometric identification and verification methods, using biometric identification and financial transaction information to access user payment accounts, preferences for contribution, determining an automatic savings amount from the financial transaction by applying a contribution calculation, and contributing the calculated amount to an investment, savings, purchasing, payment, charity, loan, mortgage, insurance premium, or loyalty account. transactions, applying a pre-specified fixed dollar amount for each occurrence of a completed transaction, applying a pre-specified fixed dollar amount and total number of occurrences of a plurality of completed transactions, applying a percentage of a purchase amount of an individual pending transaction in the hands of a payment clearinghouse or payment instrument issuer, applying a pre-specified fixed dollar amount for each individual occurrence of a pending transaction in the hands of a payment clearinghouse or payment instrument issuer, applying a specified dollar amount for the transaction event, rounding up transactions to a higher amount increment, or rounding up plurality of completed transactions. | 06-11-2009 |
Bradley John Barton, Albuquerque, NM US
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| 20100082197 | INTERMITTENT FAULT DETECTION AND REASONING - A method for diagnostic reasoning of faults appearing in a vehicle health monitoring system (VHM) is provided. One of alternatively a signal mode or a failure mode state is identified based on an input. If a signal is identified, the signal is queried to determine if the signal indicts a failure mode. If the signal indicts the failure mode, an intermittent watch flag is set for the failure mode. A count representing a number of occurrences of the signal as an intermittent fault is incremented. It is determined if the count exceeds a predetermined threshold. If the count exceeds the predetermined threshold, the intermittent fault is determined to be a permanent fault. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100088538 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTATION OF PROBABILISTIC LOSS OF FUNCTION FROM FAILURE MODE - A method for determining a probabilistic loss of function of a system includes the steps of determining a plurality of failure mode probabilities, ranking a plurality of functions pertaining to the failure mode probabilities, and identifying a likely function at least substantially lost by the system based at least in part on the plurality of failure mode probabilities and the ranking. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100198610 | FAULT SPLITTING ALGORITHM - The present application relates to a method of splitting a fault condition including receiving evidence observations of a monitored system from monitors connected in a many-to-many relationship to the failure modes, generating a fault condition, computing a relative probability of failure for each failure mode in the fault condition. When there is more than one failure mode in the fault condition, the method includes computing a relative probability of each pair of failure modes in the fault condition, ranking the computed relative probabilities of the individual failure modes and the computed relative probabilities of the pairs of failure modes. If the highest ranked failure mode is a pair of failure modes, the fault condition is split based on the failure modes in the highest ranked pair of failure modes are split. If the highest ranked failure mode is an individual failure mode, a failure is isolated based on the ranking. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198771 | METHOD FOR COMPUTING THE RELATIVE LIKELIHOOD OF FAILURES - A method for determining relative likelihood of a failure mode is provided. The method comprises receiving evidence observations of a monitored system from monitors connected in a many-to-many relationship to the failure modes, generating a fault condition including states of all failure modes that are connected to the monitors, and computing a relative probability of failure for each failure mode. The fault condition is generated for a reference model of the monitored system and is based on the received evidence observations. The relative probability of failure for each failure mode is based on a false alarm probability, a detection probability, and a ratio of prior probabilities of a candidate hypothesis to a null hypothesis of no active failure mode. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110010130 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PREDICTED DIAGNOSTIC INDICATORS - A system for monitoring the health of a component includes a memory configured to store a health management system for evaluating the health of the component. The health management system includes a first prognostic module, a first diagnostic module, a first failure mode module, and a first functional module. A processor is coupled to the memory and configured to retrieve the health management system from the memory; receive a first prognostic indicator associated with the health of the component; determine a first predicted diagnostic indicator based on the prognostic indicator with the prognostic module; determine a first failure mode probability based on the first predicted diagnostic indicator with the diagnostic module; determine a first failure mode vector based on the first failure mode probability with the failure mode module; and generate a first functional output based on the first failure mode vector with the first functional mode module. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110103383 | TWO DIMENSIONAL LOCATION TRANSPARENCY OF SOFTWARE SERVICES - Provided are methods and systems distributing a data message to an unknown destination device across at least one spatial boundary and at least one administrative domain boundary from an originating device. The system includes at least one distributor module that exists within each administrative domain of a network through which the data message may originate, may terminate or may traverses in route from the originating device to the unknown destination device. Each administrative domain within each of a plurality of equipment platforms has at least one distributor module. The system also includes a domain bridge spanning the at least one administrative domain boundary within an equipment platform of the plurality through which the data message traverses in route to the unknown destination device. The system operates using a network discovery service whereby an advertisement is published for a specific type of data by the unknown destination device. The advertisement is promulgated throughout the network. Each distributor module in the network acts a surrogate for the unknown destination device by accepting the data and relaying it to another surrogate until it arrives at the destination device. The system allows the data to pass through both spatial and administrative barriers automatically. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110191635 | NOISY MONITOR DETECTION AND INTERMITTENT FAULT ISOLATION - A method of detecting and diagnosing system faults, includes detecting the noisy status of a monitor during operations and incorporating a quantified monitor uncertainty level to support fault isolation reasoning. A sequential probability ratio test is used to statistically test the noisy status of a monitor and Shannon's entropy theory is used to quantify the uncertainty levels of the monitor to support the use of the monitor values in fault isolation. | 08-04-2011 |
Brent Barton, Highland, UT US
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| 20080199586 | Nutritional herb and fruit beverage - Fruit drinks, concentrates, and methods for providing positive health benefits to an individual are disclosed and described. In one embodiment, a fruit-based drink or drink concentrate can comprise longan; a berry selected from the group consisting of lycium berry, hawthorne berry schisandra berry, seabuckthorn berry, and mixtures thereof; and an herb selected from the group consisting of astragalus, jujube date, coriolus versicolor, rhodiola rosea, and mixtures thereof. In another embodiment, the fruit-based drink or concentrate can comprise apple juice; a secondary fruit juice selected from the group consisting of pineapple, white grape, pear, and mixtures thereof; a fruit or herb selected from the group consisting of euphoria longan, lyceum berry, astragalus, jujube date, gac, cili, seabuckthorn berry, coriolus versicolor, durian, and mixtures thereof. Such fruit-based drinks can be used to provide added nutrition to the diet, aid in the prevention of certain diseases, offset the consequences of poor health choices, and reduce or slow down some of the effects of aging on the body. | 08-21-2008 |
Bruce Edward Barton, Germantown, TN US
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| 20080256692 | Novel Toilet Air Treatment Device - The invention comprises a novel device for circulating and treating odorous air inside a toilet bowl without the need for external venting of the treated air. The invention comprises a toilet air treatment device that has an air treatment member. The air treatment member has an inlet port leading from the toilet bowl to an air pathway and an outlet port leading from the air pathway to the toilet bowl. A means for treating air is located along the air pathway of the air treatment member. A means for moving air, located inside the air treatment member, causes air to be moved under pressure from the toilet bowl, through the inlet port, along the air pathway, into contact with the means for treating air, and through the outlet port into the toilet bowl. | 10-23-2008 |
Carlos L. Barton, Brooklyn, CT US
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| 20080200084 | COMPOSITIONS FOR THIN CIRCUIT MATERIALS, CIRCUITS, MULTI-LAYER CIRCUITS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A composition for the manufacture of a circuit material comprises a solvent composition having a boiling point below 160° C.; an epoxy compound having an average epoxy functionality of greater than one, an epoxy equivalent weight of less than about 6,000 Daltons, a softening point of less than about 160° C., and solubility in the solvent composition; an aromatic polymer co-curable with the epoxy compound, and soluble in the solvent composition; and, optionally, a catalyst for the polymerization of epoxy groups. The composition for the manufacture of a circuit material can further comprise a filler additive and/or a flame retardant additive. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20110214906 | DIELECTRIC BOND PLIES FOR CIRCUITS AND MULTILAYER CIRCUITS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A bond ply, comprising a first outer layer comprising a thermosetting composition and a filler composition; a second outer layer comprising a thermosetting composition and a filler composition that is of the same type as that of the first outer layer; and an intermediate layer disposed between the first and the second outer layers, and comprising a thermosetting composition and a filler composition that is of the same type as the first and second outer layers, wherein the thermosetting composition of the intermediate layer has a degree of cure that is greater than a degree of cure for each of the thermosetting compositions of the first and the second outer layers. | 09-08-2011 |
Christopher B. Barton, Seneca, SC US
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| 20100187775 | LOCKING CHUCK - A chuck for use with a manual or powered driver having a housing and a rotatable drive shaft extending therefrom is provided. The chuck includes a generally cylindrical body member having a nose section and a tail section. Each of a plurality of jaws is slidably positioned in one of a plurality of angularly disposed passageways in the body. Each jaw has a jaw face formed on one side thereof and threads formed on the opposite side thereof. A nut is rotatably mounted on the body in engagement with the jaw threads so that rotation of the nut moves the jaws axially within the passageways. A locking member, in a first axial position, is rotatable with respect to the driver housing. In a second axial position, it operatively engages the housing and the nut so that the locking member is rotationally held to the housing and the nut so that the nut is rotationally held to the housing. The locking member is axially reciprocal between the first axial position and the second axial position. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110266757 | LOCKING CHUCK - A chuck including a body having a tail section defining an annular shoulder and a nose section having an axial bore and angularly disposed passageways intersecting the axial bore. An O-ring is disposed in the annular shoulder and a plurality of jaws is slidably positioned in the passageways. A nut is rotatably mounted on the body in engagement with threads on the jaws. A first sleeve and a second sleeve each define a gripping surface thereon and one of the first and second sleeves is axially reciprocal on the body. The one of the first and second sleeves defines an annular groove on an inner surface thereof having a first shoulder and a second shoulder. The O-ring is received in the groove such that axial motion of the one of the first and the second sleeve is limited by abutment of the O-ring with said first and second shoulders. | 11-03-2011 |
Christopher B. Barton, Clemson, SC US
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| 20080289736 | Tire including an electronic member, and a method of fabricating such a tire - A tire is disclosed that includes at least one annular bead wire forming a body of revolution about a reference axis. A carcass ply of generally toroidal shape about the same axis as the bead wire has a portion that is folded around the wire. A materials interface is defined at least in part by the junction between a rubber first mass and a second mass that includes an electronic member. By way of example, the electronic member is a passive radiofrequency identification transponder. The interface extends from a free edge of the folded portion of the carcass ply radially away from the reference axis to a circumferential junction line between the interface and the carcass ply. | 11-27-2008 |
Christopher D. Barton, Henderson, NV US
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| 20090104960 | TOURNAMENT GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods for presenting tournament games. According to one method, a player tracking card is received at a gaming device. Tournament entry points are incremented as the base game is played. In one embodiment, tournament entry points are based on a predetermined percentage of a player's wager for base game play. The player is presented with one or more tournament games for play when the player has accumulated a sufficient number of tournament entry points. A tournament game selected by the player is initiated on a secondary display of the gaming device. In one embodiment, the secondary device has an embedded processor that is separate and distinct from a main processor of the gaming device. Once the tournament game is initiated, the player is presented with the option to have the tournament game automatically played. Accordingly, a player is able to play the base game while the tournament game is automatically played on the secondary display. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090104987 | TOURNAMENT GAMING SYSTEMS, GAMING DEVICES AND METHODS - Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods for presenting tournament games. According to one embodiment, a gaming device provides a base game in a normal, non-tournament mode, and the player's eligibility to play a tournament game is also determined. An eligible player is prompted to select a desired tournament game from a list of available tournaments while base game is in the normal, non-tournament mode. In response to the player's selection of a tournament game, the gaming device is reconfigured from the normal mode to a tournament mode. The gaming device processes game play in the tournament mode and creates a final tournament score for the player. At the conclusion of the tournament game on the gaming device, the gaming device is reconfigured into the normal, non-tournament mode. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090131175 | TOURNAMENT GAMING SYSTEMS - Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems, gaming devices, and methods for presenting tournament games. According to one embodiment, a gaming system for presenting tournament games includes a plurality of gaming devices in communication with a tournament server as well as a plurality of tournament displays positioned throughout a gaming establishment. Each gaming device is configured to enable concurrent play of a base game and an on-demand tournament game in which the on-demand tournament game is player initiated. The tournament server manages play of the on-demand tournament game, and the tournament server determines a location of active and eligible players for the on-demand tournament game. The plurality of tournament displays are positioned throughout a gaming establishment, and the tournament displays are also in communication with the tournament server. The tournament server sends tournament information to the tournament displays near the location of active and eligible players of the tournament game. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090280906 | SERVER CLIENT NETWORK THROTTLING METHOD FOR DOWNLOAD CONTENT - A server-client download throttling method is disclosed in which the download speed is varied when transferring a download package from a gaming server to a gaming machine in a background process, while the gaming machine is still playable by a player. The server-client download throttling method enables the downloading of software (or other data) to gaming machine on the network without affecting game play and casino revenue. In this manner, the server-client download throttling method prevents game play interruption while maximizing throughput for download transfers. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090280907 | SERVER CLIENT NETWORK THROTTLING SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOAD CONTENT - A server-client download throttling system is disclosed in which the download speed is varied when transferring a download package from a gaming server to a gaming machine in a background process, while the gaming machine is still playable by a player. The server-client download throttling system enables the downloading of software (or other data) to gaming machine on the network without affecting game play and casino revenue. In this manner, the server-client download throttling system prevents game play interruption while maximizing throughput for download transfers. | 11-12-2009 |
Christopher S. Barton, Parkland, FL US
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| 20090125409 | END-TO-END MANAGEMENT OF CARRIER SERVICES FOR ENTERPRISES AND RESELLERS - The present invention provides a software based system for end-to-end handling of communication services that includes a set of Web based interfaces. The set of Web interfaces can permit a user to view, search and select a set of communication services of different providers, each service being presented with a real-time price for the service. Contracts can be automatically generated for selected ones of the communication services. The contracts can specify the real-time price for each service. An order status of the communication services can be monitored using the set of Web based interfaces. Invoices can be generated for the communication services. When different providers provide the communication services, a single integrated bill can be provided for services of the different providers. Usages of the communication services can be viewed online by selectable user categories, which decompose into per-user usage entries. | 05-14-2009 |
Darryl William Barton, White Mtn. Lake, AZ US
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| 20100275735 | E-Z Lid Lifter - The E-Z Lid Lifter is a device that screws on to, both regular and wide mouthed mason jars that have gone through the canning process and have vacuum-sealed dome lids on them. | 11-04-2010 |
David Barton, Twinsburg, OH US
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| 20090014579 | WELDING WIRE GUIDE RING - A wire guiding device includes a base and a guide portion for streamlining the flow of coiled wire from a storage container. Side walls may be included to bridge the distance between the device and the storage container to prevent wire from rising upward around the outside of the wire guiding device. As the amount of wire in the bin decreases, the wire guiding device will float downward maintaining constant downward pressure on the coil of wire. Wire in the storage container will therefore be drawn out in a smooth manner limiting or substantially preventing tangles. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090261196 | WELDING WIRE GUIDE RING - A wire guiding device includes a base and a guide portion for streamlining the flow of coiled wire from a storage container. Side walls may be included to bridge the distance between the device and the storage container to prevent wire from rising upward around the outside of the wire guiding device. As the amount of wire in the bin decreases, the wire guiding device will float downward maintaining constant downward pressure on the coil of wire. Wire in the storage container will therefore be drawn out in a smooth manner limiting or substantially preventing tangles. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100155523 | WELDING WIRE GUIDE RING - A wire guiding device includes a base and a guide portion for streamlining the flow of coiled wire from a storage container. Side walls may be included to bridge the distance between the device and the storage container to prevent wire from rising upward around the outside of the wire guiding device. As the amount of wire in the bin decreases, the wire guiding device will float downward maintaining constant downward pressure on the coil of wire. Wire in the storage container will therefore be drawn out in a smooth manner limiting or substantially preventing tangles. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20110108527 | METHOD OF ARC WELDING ROOT PASS - A method for root pass welding steel plate and pipe is provided that uses pulse arc welding having a current pulse waveform exhibiting a low constant background current and fixed frequency. The welding process may be performed without a backer or backing material. | 05-12-2011 |
David C. Barton, Vancouver, WA US
David C. Barton, Camas, WA US
David F. Barton, Longmont, CO US
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| 20090154459 | MANIPULATING DATA STREAMS IN DATA STREAM PROCESSORS - Techniques for performing user-configurable traffic management functions on streams of packets. The functions include multicasting, discard, scheduling, including shaping, and segmentation and reassembly. In the techniques, the functions are not performed directly on the packets of the stream, but instead on descriptors that represent stored packets. A packet's descriptor includes at least an identifier for the packet and a specifier for a set of traffic management functions to be performed on the descriptor. The user configures a set of traffic management functions for a traffic queue of descriptors. The specifier in the descriptor specifies a set of traffic management functions by specifying a descriptor queue. In multicasting, a descriptor is copied and placed on more than one traffic queue; with regard to discard, when the discard function associated with a traffic queue determines that a packet is to be discarded, the descriptor is placed in a discard traffic queue. Packets represented by descriptors in a discard traffic queue are discarded from the buffer. Output of descriptors from all traffic queues, including discard traffic queues, is scheduled. Scheduling is done using a hierarchy of schedulers. The form of the hierarchy and the scheduling algorithms used by the schedulers in the hierarchy are both user configurable. As disclosed, the techniques are implemented in a traffic management coprocessor integrated circuit. The traffic manager coprocessor is used with a digital communications processor integrated circuit that performs switching functions. The buffers for the packets are in the digital communications processor. Also disclosed are a modified partial packet discard algorithm and a frame based deficit round robin scheduling algorithm. | 06-18-2009 |
David G. Barton, Madison, WI US
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| 20100172136 | Compact non-lethal optical disruption device - The current invention provides an optical disruptor having a laser system, a rangefinder, where the rangefinder provides a real-time distance to a target, control electronics; and dynamically-controlled output optics. The dynamically-controlled output optics are actuated by the control electronics to provide a divergence in real-time of an output of the laser system, where the real-time divergence is according to the real-time distance to the target. | 07-08-2010 |
David J. Barton, Twinsburg, OH US
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| 20080210585 | Welding wire package - A package for containing and dispensing wire from a coil of welding wire. The package having an outer layer with a bottom and an outer side wall having an upper edge defining a box opening for removing the wire from the package. The package further including an inner core positioned within the inner cylindrical opening of the wire coil wherein the inner core has a base supported by the package bottom and an oppositely facing core top. The core base being generally maintained relatively to the package bottom to prevent the core from “walking-up” the wire coil and the core top being allowed to tilt as the wire exits the package. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100213089 | WELDING WIRE PACKAGE - A package for containing and dispensing wire from a coil of welding wire. The package having an outer layer with a bottom and an outer side wall having an upper edge defining a box opening for removing the wire from the package. The package further including an inner core positioned within the inner cylindrical opening of the wire coil wherein the inner core has a base supported by the package bottom and an oppositely facing core top. The core base being generally maintained relatively to the package bottom to prevent the core from “walking-up” the wire coil and the core top being allowed to tilt as the wire exits the package. | 08-26-2010 |
Dawn J. Barton, Evanston, IL US
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| 20090047386 | Cultured Dairy Products and Methods of Manufacture - The present invention is directed to cultured dairy products and more particularly to cultured cream cheese compositions which are prepared without a whey-separation step and which have reduced levels of cultured dairy materials. The present invention also relates to methods of making such cultured dairy or cream cheese products. The cultured dairy or cream cheese products contain a considerable quantity of non-cultured dairy material (generally greater than about 60 percent, and preferably about 70 to about 80 percent, of the total dairy protein). | 02-19-2009 |
Donna K. Barton, Bend, OR US
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| 20080319354 | System and Method for Monitoring Information Related to Sleep - A system configured to monitor ambient illumination experienced by a subject. In one embodiment, the system comprises an illumination sensor, a timer, and a storage module. The illumination sensor is configured to monitor an intensity of ambient illumination within two or more wavelength ranges by generating one or more output signals that convey information related to the intensity of ambient illumination within the two or more wavelength ranges. The timer is configured to indicate the passage of periods of time. The storage module is configured to store information related to the intensity of ambient illumination within the two or more wavelength ranges, as conveyed by the one or more output signals, for individual periods of time. The system is portable to be carried by the subject. | 12-25-2008 |
Eric Aubrey Barton, Wilmington, NC US
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| 20120076918 | LATENT FINGERPRINT POWDER APPLICATOR AND RELATED METHOD OF USE - A latent fingerprint applicator apparatus is defined by a sleeve or mitt that is sized to retain the entire hand of a user, the sleeve including a flexible conformable powder application surface that enabling the applicator to be wiped onto a surface of interest to apply powder in order to detect or otherwise identify the presence of latent fingerprints. | 03-29-2012 |
Gary Lee Barton, Boca Roca, FL US
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| 20100118330 | Systems and Methods for Managing Printer Settings in a Networked Computing Environment - Systems and methods for remotely managing printer settings that are associated with a remote printer connected to a client machine. A virtual printer driver, executing on a server, is used to generate and manage generate virtual printer queues associated with remote printers connected to the client machine. Each virtual printer queue intercepts print requests generated by one or more applications executing on the server, these print requests cause the virtual printer driver to either retrieve printer setting information from cache memory, or interrogate the remote printer for printer setting information. The virtual printer driver retrieves printer setting information and associates virtual printer queues with remote printers using the retrieved printer setting information. The virtual printer driver then responds to the print request by generating a graphical interface that incorporates the retrieved printer settings and user-defined printer settings. | 05-13-2010 |
James D. Barton, Centerville, OH US
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| 20100161343 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OBTAINING DIAGNOSTIC DATA FROM A DEVICE AT A REMOTE LOCATION - A system and method of obtaining diagnostic data from a device at a remote location in one embodiment includes establishing a communications link between a service location and a customer location remote from the service location, transmitting first diagnostic data from a device at the customer location over the communications link, receiving the first diagnostic data at the service location, generating an action request at the service location in response to the received first diagnostic data, transmitting the action request to the customer location, receiving the action request at the customer location, authorizing the received action request, obtaining second diagnostic data associated with the action request from the device, and transmitting the second diagnostic data to the service location. | 06-24-2010 |
James David Barton, Suffolk, VA US
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| 20080216145 | System and Method for Media Transmission - System and method for transmitting and protecting media data set in a data communication medium. The invention provides encryption of media data and authorization prior to the media data being accessible on the end-user device. A Set Top Box provides for storage of media data downloaded through an access point, with security structures built in to the downloaded media data. The Set Top Box sends media data through a network to end-user devices that are recognized as authorized end-user devices. The system may further include limitations on the availability of the media data at the end-user device based upon wired, wireless, physics-based and location based security. | 09-04-2008 |
Jason Shawn Barton, Chesapeake, VA US
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| 20080216145 | System and Method for Media Transmission - System and method for transmitting and protecting media data set in a data communication medium. The invention provides encryption of media data and authorization prior to the media data being accessible on the end-user device. A Set Top Box provides for storage of media data downloaded through an access point, with security structures built in to the downloaded media data. The Set Top Box sends media data through a network to end-user devices that are recognized as authorized end-user devices. The system may further include limitations on the availability of the media data at the end-user device based upon wired, wireless, physics-based and location based security. | 09-04-2008 |
Jennifer K. Barton, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20080228033 | Optical Coherence Tomography Probe Device - Optical coherence tomograph (OCT) probe device ( | 09-18-2008 |
Jeremy Scott Barton, Bothell, WA US
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| 20100306668 | ASYNCHRONOUS IDENTITY ESTABLISHMENT THROUGH A WEB-BASED APPLICATION - A determination is made as to whether a user has been logged off from the web-based application accessed through a web browser on a computer. If it is determined that the user has been logged off from the web-based application, then a new user interface is provided through the web browser. The new user interface may enable the user to enter user credentials. The user credentials are received through the new user interface. A request to validate the user based on the user credentials is transmitted. Upon transmitting the request to validate the user, an instruction to remove the new user interface is received when the user is validated. Upon receiving the instruction, a display of the web-based application is transformed by removing the new user interface. | 12-02-2010 |
J. Ken Barton, Sandy, UT US
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| 20110076649 | System, Method and Apparatus for Adaptive Driver Training - An application for an adaptive training system includes a computer interfaced to one or more graphics displays, one of more input/output devices and having access to a plurality of training segments. The input/output devices are in communication with a trainee. Software of the computer selects a first segment of the training segments and operates on the current segment by presenting the current segment on the graphics displays and input/output devices, thereby simulating an operation of the target vehicle. The software collects data from the one or more input/output devices and analyzes the data to determine a level of competency of the trainee. The software adaptively determines one or more next segments from the training segments based upon the level of competency. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110076650 | System, Method and Apparatus for Driver Training - An application for a system for driver training is includes a computer with at least two graphics displays. A first graphics display simulates a windshield of a target vehicle and a second graphics display simulates a dashboard of the target vehicle. The computer generates images that simulate the dashboard of the target vehicle on the second graphics display. A touch screen interface is connected to the second graphics display and is operatively coupled to the computer thereby signaling the computer with positions of which the second graphics display is touched by a trainee. The trainee is prompted to touch an item on the dashboard (second graphic display) and the touch screen interface is read to determine if the trainee touched the appropriate item (e.g. gauge). | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110076651 | System, Method and Apparatus for Driver Training of Shifting - An application for a shifter simulator for driver training includes a shaft with a handle covering an upper end of the shaft. An upper plate is coupled to the shaft and is slideably interfaced to a lower plate by a plurality of linear bearings, allowing the upper plate to slide in a Y direction with respect to the lower plate. There are spring loaded Y ball detents attached to the lower plate which interface to Y detent grooves attached to the upper plate. The spring loaded Y ball detents and Y detent grooves provide a plurality of natural stopping locations similar to those of a transmission of the target vehicle. A shift arm guide is affixed to the shaft and interfaces to an H-gate. The H-gate is affixed to the lower plate and has detents such that the H-gate and shift arm guide simulate gear shifting positions. | 03-31-2011 |
Joanne E. Barton, Wilmington, DE US
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| 20080216191 | Doubling of Chromosomes in Haploid Embryos - Methods for producing doubled haploid corn ( | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080216201 | Gene Expression Modulating Element - The present invention provides a method of screening for the purpose of obtaining gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements. The invention includes a method of identifying gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements through use of the following steps: a) locating intergenic regions of a plant genome that are flanked by a gene on each side that have differing gene expressions b) taking that intergenic region or a portion of that intergenic region and adding it to a cassette comprising an isolated gene c) introducing the cassette into a plant cell d) analyzing expression of the isolated gene. The present invention also includes identified sequences that act as gene expression modulating elements. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100077514 | Gene Expression Modulating Element - The present invention provides a method of screening for the purpose of obtaining gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements. The invention includes a method of identifying gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements through use of the following steps: a) locating intergenic regions of a plant genome that are flanked by a gene on each side that have differing gene expressions b) taking that intergenic region or a portion of that intergenic region and adding it to a cassette comprising an isolated gene c) introducing the cassette into a plant cell d) analyzing expression of the isolated gene. The present invention also includes identified sequences that act as gene expression modulating elements. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100083408 | Gene Expression Modulating Element - The present invention provides a method of screening for the purpose of obtaining gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements. The invention includes a method of identifying gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements through use of the following steps: a) locating intergenic regions of a plant genome that are flanked by a gene on each side that have differing gene expressions b) taking that intergenic region or a portion of that intergenic region and adding it to a cassette comprising an isolated gene c) introducing the cassette into a plant cell d) analyzing expression of the isolated gene. The present invention also includes identified sequences that act as gene expression modulating elements. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100083409 | Gene Expression Modulating Element - The present invention provides a method of screening for the purpose of obtaining gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements. The invention includes a method of identifying gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements through use of the following steps: a) locating intergenic regions of a plant genome that are flanked by a gene on each side that have differing gene expressions b) taking that intergenic region or a portion of that intergenic region and adding it to a cassette comprising an isolated gene c) introducing the cassette into a plant cell d) analyzing expression of the isolated gene. The present invention also includes identified sequences that act as gene expression modulating elements. | 04-01-2010 |
Jody Barton, Cornelius, NC US
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| 20090173153 | BOTTOMLESS MEASURING CUP - A bottomless measuring cup system having a tubular container with a hollow interior and opposite open ends and a plunger having a base adapted to slidingly fit within the hollow interior of the container. | 07-09-2009 |
Johnny A. Barton, Marlow, OK US
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| 20100132943 | Resin Compositions and Methods of Using Resin Compositions to Control Proppant Flow-Back - The present invention includes methods and compositions that include a resin composition comprising from about | 06-03-2010 |
Jupiter Macleod Barton, Seattle, WA US
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| 20110296351 | User Interface with Z-axis Interaction and Multiple Stacks - A user interface presents a plurality of items configured as a stack in a display of a device. The stack is scrollable in a direction oblique to a plane of the display for successively viewing the items in the stack. Some implementations provide multiple stacks of items laterally navigable into a viewable area of the display. | 12-01-2011 |
Kathleen P. Barton, Lake Forest, IL US
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| 20090149431 | Eplerenone Drug Substance Having High Phase Purity - A novel crystalline form (Form L) of the aldosterone receptor antagonist drug eplerenone is provided having relatively high physical stability at normal temperatures of storage and use. Pharmaceutical compositions are also provided comprising Form L eplerenone, optionally accompanied by one or more other solid state forms of eplerenone, in a total unit dosage amount of eplerenone of about 10 to about 1000 mg, and further comprising one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. Processes are provided for preparing Form L eplerenone and for preparing compositions comprising Form L eplerenone. A method for prophylaxis and/or treatment of an aldosterone-mediated condition or disorder is also provided, comprising administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of eplerenone, wherein at least a fraction of the eplerenone present is Form L eplerenone. | 06-11-2009 |
Kelly S. Barton, Lexington, KY US
Ken Barton, Willoughby, OH US
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| 20100314458 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEAT PUMP ORIENTED ZONE CONTROL - A system and method to control environmental parameters of pre-defined zones within an environment using an electronic controller. An electronic controller monitors a loop temperature of a loop field of a geo-thermal heat pump as detected by a temperature sensor connected to the loop field. The electronic controller selects a staging combination of the geo-thermal heat pump and an auxiliary HVAC equipment based on at least the loop temperature. The electronic controller activates the selected staging combination, to modify at least a portion of the environmental parameters, using non-proprietary activating signals provided by the electronic controller. | 12-16-2010 |
Kira Barton, Urbana, IL US
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| 20120105528 | High Resolution Sensing and Control of Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing - Provided are various methods and devices for electrohydrodynamic (E-jet) printing. The methods relate to sensing of an output current during printing to provide control of a process parameter during printing. The sensing and control provides E-jet printing having improved print resolution and precision compared to conventional open-loop methods. Also provided are various pulsing schemes to provide high frequency E-jet printing, thereby reducing build times by two to three orders of magnitude. A desk-top sized E-jet printer having a sensor for real-time sensing of an electrical parameter and feedback control of the printing is provided. | 05-03-2012 |
Leticia Barton, Raleigh, NC US
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| 20110159534 | METHOD AND CULTURE MEDIUM FOR ENHANCED DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM - The present invention relates to an improved culture medium and method for the enhanced growth and detection of | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110160125 | METHOD AND CULTURE MEDIUM FOR ENHANCED DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM - The present invention relates to an improved culture medium and method for the enhanced growth and detection of | 06-30-2011 |
Marlies Barton, Park Ridge, IL US
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| 20110220675 | Bowzer buddy - a green, all-in-one dog walking solution. With 100% bio-degradable self closing waste pick-up bags - A green, all-in-one dog walking solution, with 100% bio-degradable drawstring waste pick-up bags in the form of a compact pouch for carrying and dispensing waste bags, having a compartment that can be filled with folded waste bags, which are easily accessible through an opening with overlapping covers across the pouch, by reaching into the opening with one hand and pulling on the first folded waste bag. | 09-15-2011 |
Matthew Erling Barton, Chapel Hill, NC US
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| 20100153539 | ALGORITHM FOR CLASSIFICATION OF BROWSER LINKS - A method or algorithm for classifying downloaded links or URL's based on the reason behind the download. Downloads are classified into categories, for example, a “visited” URL or an “embedded” URL. Categorizing these downloads allows other applications to collect information for storage, upload, or other action. This algorithm uses information from the browser history and packet streams to obtain and categorize the links or URL's for classification. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100159948 | Adaptive Networking For Power Savings - An adaptive networking system for power savings which applies to distributed computing systems includes a computing device which runs Adaptive Networking Component software which analyzes, obtains and maintains reliable network connection(s) to one or more mobile device(s) containing cooperating similar software. An Adaptive Networking Component provides power optimized, reliable network connection between a Computing device and a Mobile device. Enabled Software (for example, a communications application) uses the Adaptive Networking Component to reduce system power consumption while maintaining reliable network connections and best available user experience, compared to the power consumption, reliability and user experience when no Adaptive Networking Component(s) are available. The Adaptive Networking Component chooses between different communications transport mechanisms and communicates between connected devices to provide this service. | 06-24-2010 |
Michael A. Barton, Orting, WA US
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| 20100327612 | SLIDING DOOR HANDLE AND LATCH - The present invention relates to a sliding door latch having a locked and unlocked position for a sliding door having an open and closed position. The sliding door latch includes a handle assembly with a handle and a locking mechanism. The handle is a first position, wherein the locking mechanism is engaged and the sliding door latch is locked, to a second position, wherein the locking mechanism is disengaged and the sliding door latch is unlocked The locking mechanism may prevent the handle from moving from the second position to the first position when the sliding door is open. The handle is pivotable between the first position and the second position only when the door is closed. Resistance forces may prevent the handle from moving from the second position to the first position when the sliding door is closed without an application of force by a user. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110192089 | WINDOW TILT LATCH SYSTEM - A tilt latch system that comprises an actuator movable from a first position to a second position; a lock-out member movable from a retracted position to an extended position upon movement of the actuator from the first position to the second position; and an engagement member movable from an engaged position to a disengaged position upon movement of the actuator from the first position to the second position is provided. The actuator and the engagement member are maintained in the second and disengaged positions, respectively, when the lock-out member is in the extended position. The actuator and the engagement member are automatically biased to the first position and the engaged position, respectively, upon movement of the lock-out member from the extended to the retracted position. The tilt latch system may further comprise a lock-out device and/or be optionally utilized in a modular configuration. | 08-11-2011 |
Michael A. Barton, Springs, FL US
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| 20100287588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE WITH PERSONALIZED SELECTION OF BROADCAST CONTENT USING AFFINITIES DATA AND USER PREFERENCES - An apparatus and method are provided to inform a user of a broadcast stream, which has multiple, concurrently received channels of program content, about recommendations of a subset of the content currently playing across the available channels or to be played within a selected future time period. The subset of content is selected based on user preferences and system data (e.g., program topic and channel affinities among the broadcast content and channels) to recommend a more diverse subset of content than would be discovered if only user preferences were employed to make the selection of recommended content. | 11-11-2010 |
Michael J. Barton, Apex, NC US
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| 20090213149 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DISPLAY INFORMATION USING AN INFORMATION LAYER LAMINATE - A method to display information using an information layer laminate comprising at least three color layers each comprising a different color by selectively removing one or more portions of a first color layer to display portions of a second color layer, and selectively removing one or more portions of a first color layer and one or more portions of a second color layer to display portions of a third color layer. | 08-27-2009 |
Michael T. Barton, Phoenix, AZ US
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| 20100111688 | AXIAL-CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR WITH PORTED SHROUD - A compressor includes a housing, a rotor, an impeller, and a ported shroud. The rotor is mounted within the housing, and has a first leading edge and a first trailing edge. The rotor is operable, upon rotation thereof, to compress air and to discharge the air in an approximately axial direction. The impeller is mounted within the housing, and has a second leading edge and a second trailing edge. The impeller is operable, upon rotation thereof, to receive the air discharged from the rotor, to further compress the air, and to discharge the air in an approximately radial direction. The shroud at least partially surrounds the impeller. The shroud has an opening therein to at least facilitate allowing the air to travel upstream of the opening. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100229562 | REDUCED EXHAUST EMISSIONS GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTOR - A gas turbine engine combustor includes a plurality of main fuel injector assemblies, and a plurality of pilot fuel injector assemblies, that are arranged and configured to reduce exhaust gas emissions during engine operation. The plurality of main fuel injector assemblies are arranged in a substantially circular pattern of a first radius, and each includes an outlet port having a first divergence angle. The plurality of pilot fuel injector assemblies are arranged in a substantially circular pattern of a second radius. Each pilot fuel injector assembly is disposed between at least two main fuel injector assemblies, and each includes an outlet port having a second divergence angle. | 09-16-2010 |
Natalie Ann Barton, Mandeville, LA US
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| 20100220059 | Personal Recordation Device - A personal recordation device includes a housing having first and second portions movable relative to one another. A keyboard coupled to the housing first portion and a display is coupled to the housing second portion. A processor is positioned in one of the housing portions and is in data communication with the keyboard and display. The device includes a memory device in at least one of the housing portions and is in data communication with the processor. The processor includes programming to cause data input through the keyboard to be stored in the memory device, and for the input data to be selectively organized in general pad, notepad, report, and engineering modes. In the general pad mode, input data is organized by date within a single file whereas in the notepad mode the input data is stored by date in a plurality of files. | 09-02-2010 |
Norman W. Barton, Phoenix, MD US
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| 20080200399 | Compounds for Treating Neurologic Diseases, Otologic Diseases, or Ophthalmologic Diseases and Methods of Use Thereof - Described herein are compounds and methods for treating or preventing a neurologie, otologic, or ophthalmologic disease in a subject. Also described herein are compounds that can be used as therapeutics. | 08-21-2008 |
Peter Barton US
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| 20090024237 | Method and assembly for determining and/or producing a drive or parts for a drive and interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor SB - An interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor S | 01-22-2009 |
| 20110196526 | Method and Assembly for Determining and/or Producing a Drive or Parts for a Drive and Interface and Method for Determining an Operational Reliability Factor Sb - An interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor S | 08-11-2011 |
Peter A. Barton, Burien, WA US
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| 20080197222 | Flexible and sealed apparatus for disposing of fluorescent lamp tubes and other mercury containing bulbs - A reclamation system for breaking, consolidating, and shipping used fluorescent lamp tubes comprising a breaking chamber consisting of a flexible portion or tube where multiple lamp tubes are broken by being struck with a mallet. The breaking chamber is then ready to be packed and sent to a recycling depot. In another embodiment, the broken tubes are dumped directly from the breaking chamber into a receiving drum. When the drum is full, the breaking chamber is folded back and forth on itself and stored on the lid of the receiving drum. This seals the drum, without being opened in the field. A protective cap is then attached and the filled drum along with the breaking chamber is shipped to a recycling depot where it is emptied, cleaned, re-furbished, and returned to the field ready to receive another load of fluorescent tubes. | 08-21-2008 |
Rachel Barton, Wildwood, MO US
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| 20120067748 | Prophylaxis Paste Holder Dispenser with Multiple Prophylaxis Pastes - A dental prophylaxis paste holder dispenser comprises a first prophylaxis paste and a second prophylaxis paste. The first prophylaxis paste has a first material. The second prophylaxis paste has a second material. The first material has a first material property and the second material has a second material property. The first material property differs from the second material property. | 03-22-2012 |
Randall W. Barton, Farmington, CT US
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| 20100136550 | Methods and Compounds for the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Disease and Identification of Pharmacological Agents Useful in the Treatment of Inflammatory Disease - Methods for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel diseases and the identification of agents useful in the treatment of such diseases based upon the agent's effect on reducing Pim-2 expression. | 06-03-2010 |
Randall Wilber Barton, Farmington, CT US
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| 20090110669 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING CELL LINE ACTIVITY IN IMMUNOISOLATION DEVICES - Methods for maintaining and improving the secretory activity of cells housed in immunoisolation devices. | 04-30-2009 |
Randy L. Barton, St. Mary, MO US
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| 20110253834 | Flexible Mounting Assembly for an Air Frame Structure - A flexible mounting assembly allows relative movement between a top and a bottom structural member of an air frame, for instance, a helicopter. The flexible mounting assembly comprises a vertical frame member and an isolation frame member where one of the vertical frame member and the isolation frame member has a pin and the other of the vertical frame member and the frame isolation member has an aperture adapted to slidingly receive the pin in a way to accommodate relative vertical motion therebetween while substantially restraining lateral movement therebetween. The flexible mounting assembly may also include a horizontal shear wall assembly extending between adjacent vertical frame members that accommodates relative vertical motion between top and bottom structural members while substantially restraining lateral movement therebetween. | 10-20-2011 |
Richard J. Barton, Vail, AZ US
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| 20110079661 | SELF-RETAINING NOZZLE - An irrigation sprinkler is provided having a nozzle and a turret for the distribution of irrigation water that includes a latching portion so that the nozzle may be detachably inserted into a nozzle socket of the turret. The nozzle may include radially flexible extensions with radial protrusions that interengage with corresponding lock seats of the nozzle socket to form a latching connection therewith. The latching connection restricts the nozzle from becoming unintentionally discharged from the nozzle socket. The nozzle may further be configured so that increased water pressure acting on the nozzle causes the radial protrusions to more tightly engage the nozzle socket to prevent unintentional discharge of the nozzle. | 04-07-2011 |
Sally Louise Barton, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100293056 | Tile Space User Interface For Mobile Devices - The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for providing an improved user interface for mobile devices. Data and services available through the mobile device can be represented as a set of tiles maintained in a display space. The tiles provide a snapshot of the current state of content available through the mobile device without requiring any interaction by the user. The tiles and display space are customizable and can be dynamically updated to display content to a user. In addition, tiles can provide functionality, including simple tasks to a user without requiring the user to navigate away from the tile display space. Tiles can also provide quick access to start software applications. Tiles can be organized in the display space by the user or the tiles can be automatically grouped based upon associated metadata. | 11-18-2010 |
Samuel G. Barton, Washington, DC US
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| 20110035414 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPILING A MULTI-SOURCE DATABASE OF COMPOSITE INVESTOR-SPECIFIC DATA RECORDS WITH NO DISCLOSURE OF INVESTOR IDENTITY - A system and method are disclosed for compiling a database of investor-related data by gathering and linking customer-specific data records from multiple unaffiliated financial institutions, where such data records are coded in such a manner that the database compiler is enabled to link, across data providers and/or time periods, data records that pertain to the same investor without being provided any information that reveals the identity of any investor. | 02-10-2011 |
Scott Barton, Lone Tree, CO US
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| 20110107383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CELEBRITY DISPLAY OF WEB FEED CONTENT - A system displays web feed content on television. A web feed content aggregation system retrieves syndicated web feed content on a web subscription basis, wherein the web feed content aggregation system includes a library that is organized in a web genre tree format including a root node branching to at least one website node, and cataloged by website classes, feed categories and topics. A television content broadcast system broadcasts television content on a television subscription basis. The web feed content aggregation system and the television content broadcast system are interfaced as a function of an account association between a web feed content aggregation subscription account and a television content broadcast subscription account. The system makes additional content available to the user based on content they are watching, have saved for later viewing, have scheduled for future recording, or have searched for. | 05-05-2011 |
Sean A. Barton, Quincy, FL US
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| 20090260620 | Inflatable solar energy collector apparatus - An inflatable solar energy collector. The device uses two elongated and pressure-stabilized air chambers with a trough-shaped reflecting surface in between. The curvature of the reflecting surface is adjusted by adjusting the differential pressure between the two air chambers. The device can be configured to provide a focal point outside the air chambers or inside the air chambers. For the version using the external focal point an external energy receiver is appropriately positioned. For the version using the internal focal point, the receiver is mounted inside one of the air chambers. | 10-22-2009 |
Steven Barton, Bella Vista, AR US
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| 20090056255 | Rigid wall panel system - The invention is a prefabricated rigid wall panel assembly constructed of a plurality of C-shaped studs inserted into kerfs in a foam block. The closed ends of the C-shaped studs and the foam block form substantially planar longitudinal edges of the panel assembly capable of abutting an adjacent panel assembly. Optionally, a header and/or footer plate inserted is into a transverse kerf such that the plate overlaps the ends of the studs, and the header and/or footer plate and the foam block form a substantially planar transverse edge of the panel assembly. Adjacent panel assemblies are preferably secured to one another using a clip, the shape of which depends on the angle at which the panel assemblies abut. Each panel assembly may also have a wire chase. | 03-05-2009 |
Steven Kent Barton, Penrose, CO US
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| 20090044736 | Portable Safe For Temporary Non-Marring Attachment - A lockable storage box and mounting system for attachment to an object has an adjustable clamp bar having a flat surface and preferably an angle of diagonal orientation, apparatus for adjustably securing the clamp bar to the box forming a space between a first and a second flat, parallel, surface for engagement around the object. | 02-19-2009 |
Tyler M. Barton, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090164663 | SECURITY MODES FOR A DISTRIBUTED ROUTING TABLE - A mesh is joined by a node, wherein the mesh includes a Distributed Routing Table (DRT) for determining addresses of nodes in the mesh. A DRT message is processed in accordance with a security mode of the DRT. | 06-25-2009 |