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Aimee Richcreek Baxter, St. Paul, MN US
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| 20090151826 | Handbag, a system a method for interchanging storage containers - A handbag, a system and a method interchange storage containers which hold personal items and/or professional items. The handbag may have an outer shell that may have walls defining a cavity. The handbag has an insert with portions defining three or more containers. The handbag has a purse insert with sides defining an inner volume of the purse insert. The handbag has a purse shell with sections defining a chamber. The purse insert fits within the insert, and the insert fits within the outer shell. The purse insert may be transferred into an alternate insert, placed in a purse shell or carried independently. The insert is transferrable between the outer shell and an alternate outer shell. Moreover, the purse insert fits within the purse shell and is transferrable from the insert to the purse shell. | 06-18-2009 |
Alexander V. Baxter, Redmond, WA US
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| 20080319779 | Activation system architecture - Techniques are described for generating a license for software installed on a device. An entitlement certificate is generated including one or more entitlements describing license characteristics of the software. The one or more entitlements are determined in accordance with first information about the software. The first information includes at least one of a purchase token and package information. A binding certificate in accordance with a binding type for the software is generated. A license in accordance with said binding certificate and said entitlement certificate is generated. The binding certificate identifies an entity to which the license is bound. | 12-25-2008 |
Amy Lynn Baxter, Atlanta, GA US
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| 20090151737 | FOCUSED ATTENTION AND PAIN REDUCTION - A focus card evokes a neurological response in a user to dampen the user's response to a negative stimulus. A focus card has a first face comprising visual graphics such as lenticular graphics, and a second face comprising indicia pertaining to the visual graphics. Indicia are configured for a target population, and can include novel questions, tasks or directions. A parent or other untrained individual can direct a patient as indicated by the indicia. A single focus card can have indicia for several target populations. A focus card can be used in combination with an analgesia means to further reduce a patient's pain response. By focusing the patient's attention with a focus card, behavior of the patient's anterior cingulate gyrus can be modified to reduce the patient's response to a pain-causing stimulus. It can also be used to reduce agitation, anxiety or distress outside of a medical environment. | 06-18-2009 |
Anthony Baxter, Upper Montclair, NJ US
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| 20100263217 | Food mincer with retractable blade cover - A food mincer assembly comprises a handle assembly, a retractable blade cover, and a plurality of blades. The handle assembly has a first side and a second side. The first side has a first through hole and the second side has a second through hole. The retractable blade cover has a cover portion, a lock, and a connecting arm. The connecting arm attaches the blade cover to the handle assembly. The lock secures the blade cover in a first position or a second position. The plurality of blades attach to the handle assembly. The first position of the retractable blade cover covers the plurality of blades. The second position of the retractable blade cover exposes the plurality of blades. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110100164 | Self-Pulling Corkscrew - A self-pulling corkscrew is provided. The corkscrew includes a body comprised of a first arm extending downwardly from a central portion and a second arm extending downwardly from the central portion. The first and second arms each having an inner surface and an outer surface wherein the inner surfaces of the first arm and the second arm cooperatively define a bottle receiving cavity. The corkscrew further includes a first groove traversing at least a portion of the outer surface of the first arm and a second groove traversing at least a portion of the outer surface of the second arm. One of either the first and second grooves has a first depth at a proximate end of the groove and a second depth at a distal end of the groove. The corkscrew is further comprised of a sleeve, a handgrip and a screw. The sleeve is slidably engaged with the first and second arms and has a first inwardly projecting protrusion and a second inwardly projecting protrusion. The first protrusion cooperatively engages the first groove and the second protrusion cooperatively engages the second groove. The handgrip is attached to the body proximate the central portion, and the screw is coupled to the handgrip. The screw extends into the bottle receiving cavity between the inner surfaces of the first and second arms. | 05-05-2011 |
Anthony J. Baxter, Hoboken, NJ US
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| 20100089151 | STACKABLE MEASURING CONTAINERS WITH REMOVABLE HANDLES - A measuring container is provided. The measuring container has a removable handle having a proximal end and a distal end and a vessel portion having a predetermined volume. A first magnet is disposed on either the proximal end of the removable handle or the vessel portion. The first magnet removably couples the removable handle to the vessel portion. | 04-15-2010 |
Anthony John Baxter, Upper Montclair, NJ US
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| 20120116277 | WRIST SUPPORT DEVICE - An apparatus for supporting a patient's hand, wrist, and at least a portion of the forearm in order to expose the radial artery to receive an arterial line. The apparatus including a substantially flexible, unitary body adapted to underlie the posterior of the patient's hand, wrist and forearm. The unitary body including a forward portion having an upturned cutout portion for receiving finger portions of a patient's hand. The forward portion configured for mating engagement with the posterior surface of the hand. The unitary body further including a rear portion sloping downward from the forward portion and having an upturned cutout portion for receiving a forearm portion of a patient. | 05-10-2012 |
Barrett Baxter, Austin, TX US
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| 20090165136 | Detection of Window Replacement by a Malicious Software Program - Various embodiments of a system and method for providing protection against malicious software programs are disclosed. The system and method may be operable to detect that a first window of a legitimate software program has been replaced by a second window of a malicious software program, e.g., where the second window includes features to mimic the first window in an effort to fool the user into inputting sensitive information into the second window. The method may operate to alert the user when the window replacement is detected. | 06-25-2009 |
Blaise Baxter, Signal Mountain, TN US
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| 20100204634 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERFUSION THERAPY - Devices, methods, and assemblies for perfusion therapy including cerebral perfusion therapy such as those for use in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The treatment includes delivery of blood to or about the vicinity of a thrombus site. | 08-12-2010 |
Bob G. Baxter, Warrenton, MO US
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| 20080315570 | Reduced Cost Master/Slave Trailer Landing Gear Apparatus - A landing gear assembly that supports the front end of a truck trailer when the trailer is not being pulled by a truck has a gearing mechanism that provides a two-speed operation for raising and lowering the legs of the landing gear assembly, where the gearing mechanism is entirely contained inside the leg housings of the landing gear assembly and has a simplified, two shaft, five gear construction that reduces the manufacturing cost of the assembly. | 12-25-2008 |
Bonnie K. Baxter, Fairport, NY US
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| 20120122872 | Treatment or Prevention of Fungal Infections with PDK1 Inhibitors - Provided are methods of treating or preventing a fungal infection in a subject. The methods comprise identifying a subject with or at risk of developing a fungal infection and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor or a fungal phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK-1) or a homolog thereof. Inhibition of the fungal PDK-1 or homolog thereof results in the treatment or prevention of a fungal infection in the subject. Also provided are compositions comprising an inhibitor of a fungal phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK-1) or a homolog thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. | 05-17-2012 |
Brian Baxter, Greensboro, NC US
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| 20120034893 | ENVELOPE POWER SUPPLY CALIBRATION OF A MULTI-MODE RADIO FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER - The present disclosure relates to envelope power supply calibration of a multi-mode RF power amplifier (PA) to ensure adequate headroom when operating using one of multiple communications modes. The communications modes may include multiple modulation modes, a half-duplex mode, a full-duplex mode, or any combination thereof. As such, each communications mode may have specific peak-to-average power and linearity requirements for the multi-mode RF PA. As a result, each communications mode may have corresponding envelope power supply headroom requirements. The calibration may include determining a saturation operating constraint based on calibration data obtained during saturated operation of the multi-mode RF PA. During operation of the multi-mode RF PA, the envelope power supply may be restricted to provide a minimum allowable magnitude based on an RF signal level of the multi-mode RF PA, the communications mode, and the saturation operating constraint to provide adequate headroom. | 02-09-2012 |
Brooke Baxter, Sherman, CT US
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| 20110017846 | Sprayer with remotely pivotable and selectively lockable nozzle - A fluid sprayer includes a rigid fluid conduit with a conduit side wall extending along a conduit axis between open first and second conduit ends. The conduit side wall defines a fluid passage extending between the open first and second ends. A spray nozzle with a fluid-expulsion bore is connected to the second conduit end such that it can pivot about a nozzle-pivot axis that extends orthogonally to the conduit axis and such that fluid introduced into the first conduit end is expelled through the fluid-expulsion bore. A nozzle actuator is attached to the conduit for bi-directional rotation about an actuator-rotation axis having a component of spatial extension perpendicular to the conduit axis. The nozzle actuator and nozzle are mechanically linked so that rotation of the actuator causes the nozzle to pivot with respect to the conduit axis. A spray-angle selector rotates in tandem with the nozzle actuator and includes an angle-selection surface. A selector stop, with a base portion fixed relative to the fluid conduit, cooperatively engages the angle-selection surface to define a plurality of angular nozzle positions and provide resistance opposing pivotal movement out of each angular nozzle position. | 01-27-2011 |
C. Edward Baxter, League City, TX US
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| 20080263939 | Lubricity improver compositions and methods for improving lubricity of hydrocarbon fuels - Fuel additive compositions for enhancing the lubricity of hydrocarbon fuels in which the natural lubricity has been diminished due to treatment of the fuel to reduce sulfur and aromatic components for improved emissions are disclosed. Preferably, the fuel additive compositions include (1) a polyalkenylsuccinimide having a high molecular weight; (2) a low aromatic paraffinic base oil; and (3) a low aromatic petroleum distillate to impart improved lubricity to hydrocarbon fuels. | 10-30-2008 |
Charles A. Baxter, Rochester, NY US
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| 20100075290 | Automatic Educational Assessment Service - A method and system for automatically helping a teacher/educator evaluate assessments administered to students for determining student's attributes. The teacher/educator reviews stored assessment forms at a digital user interface (DUI) at a multifunction device (MFD) and selects the desired forms and creates an Assessment Batch which includes a List of Students to be given the forms for marking. The system automatically codes each form with personalized student information and prints the individualized assessment forms. The teacher/educator administers the assessment and assessment forms are manually marked, collected and scanned at the MFD, entered into storage and the marked images automatically analyzed and the assessments automatically evaluated from stored rubrics and the teacher/educator is automatically notified by email that the evaluation has been performed. The system enables the teacher/educator to review the evaluations remotely and validate/annotate the evaluation and update the records in storage The Assessment Batch may be created for a list of students in a group, a class, a grade level, a school, a plurality of schools and students in a geographical area. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100075291 | AUTOMATIC EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT SERVICE - A method and system for automatically helping a teacher/educator evaluate assessments administered to students for determining student's attributes. The teacher/educator reviews stored assessment forms at a digital user interface (DUI) at a multifunction device (MFD) and selects the desired forms and creates an Assessment Batch which includes a List of Students to be given the forms for marking. The system automatically codes each form with personalized student information and prints the individualized assessment forms. The system may include an assessment repository for storing assessment definitions, rubrics, and administered assessments (e.g., results sheets), an may additionally or alternatively include an assessment analyzer for interpreting scanned imaged of administered assessments. The teacher/educator administers the assessment and assessment forms are manually marked, collected and scanned at the MFD, entered into storage and the marked images automatically analyzed and the assessments automatically evaluated from stored rubrics and the teacher/educator is automatically notified by email that the evaluation has been performed. The system enables the teacher/educator to review the evaluations remotely and validate/annotate the evaluation and update the records in storage. The Assessment Batch may be created for a list of students in a group, a class, a grade level, a school, a plurality of schools and students in a geographical area. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100075292 | AUTOMATIC EDUCATION ASSESSMENT SERVICE - A method and system for automatically helping a teacher/educator evaluate assessments administered to students for determining student's attributes. The teacher/educator reviews stored assessment forms at a digital user interface (DUI) at a multifunction device (MFD) and selects the desired forms and creates an Assessment Batch which includes a List of Students to be given the forms for marking. The system automatically codes each form with personalized student information and prints the individualized assessment forms. The system may include an assessment repository for storing assessment definitions, rubrics, and administered assessments (e.g., results sheets), an may additionally or alternatively include an assessment analyzer for interpreting scanned imaged of administered assessments. The teacher/educator administers the assessment and assessment forms are manually marked, collected and scanned at the MFD, entered into storage and the marked images automatically analyzed and the assessments automatically evaluated from stored rubrics and the teacher/educator is automatically notified by email that the evaluation has been performed. The system enables the teacher/educator to review the evaluations remotely and validate/annotate the evaluation and update the records in storage. The Assessment Batch may be created for a list of students in a group, a class, a grade level, a school, a plurality of schools and students in a geographical area. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100157345 | SYSTEM FOR AUTHORING EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS - An assessment authoring system implemented by an operative set of processor executable instructions configured for execution by at least one processor includes a user interface and an assessment generation component. The user interface communicates user input and the assessment generation component receives the user input from the user interface. The assessment generation component generates an assessment data structure for printing on a multifunction device. The printed assessment includes a marking region adapted to receive a human marking. The system may utilize a model or rubric that can be used to score the human marks when are processed by image processing. | 06-24-2010 |
Daniel Baxter, Tomball, TX US
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| 20090260491 | MULTI-PINION GEAR DIGITAL BEAM TORQUE WRENCH - A digital torque wrench includes a position sensor assembly which measures the movement of a load beam with respect to an indicator beam to determine the torque being applied to a working element by the torque wrench. The position sensor assembly includes a first position sensor portion having multiple rotatable pinion gears coupled to a potentiometer, and includes a second position sensor portion having a rack gear that engages one of the pinion gears of the first position sensor portion. The first and second position sensor portions are attached to different ones of the load beam and the indicator beam so that at least one of the pinion gears rotates along the rack gear in response to force (torque) being applied through the load beam to the working element. Rotation of the pinion gears causes rotation of a potentiometer element, which produces a signal indicative of the relative displacement of the load beam with respect to the indicator beam. This displacement is then converted to a torque measurement and is displayed to a user via a display. The use of multiple pinion gears enables a high degree of resolution with respect to the torque measurements, while reducing the width profile of the torque wrench. | 10-22-2009 |
Garry E. Baxter, Ankeny, IA US
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| 20100264636 | FLEXIBLE UNDER-FRAME SHIELD - An under-frame shield, particularly useful with crop sprayers and other implements which traverse fields of plants, includes one or more flexible sheet material shields connected to axle structure and to a central rigid shield by resilient connectors to facilitate suspension system movement in all directions without sacrificing ground clearance. The connection structure and sheet material shields maintain a smooth, seamless protective surface on the under side of the machine to reduce vehicle and crop damage. | 10-21-2010 |
Garry Eugene Baxter, Ankeny, IA US
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| 20100133763 | HIGH-CLEARANCE VEHICLE SUSPENSION WITH SPACER ARRANGEMENT MOUNTABLE BETWEEN SPINDLE AND WHEEL HUB MOUNTING BRACKET FOR ADJUSTING WORKING CLEARANCE - The working clearance height of a high-clearance vehicle is normally established by four main suspension spindles that are respectively received for reciprocating within upright journals provided at the opposite ends of front and rear axle assemblies of the vehicle main frame, with the bottom end each of the main spindles being received in a bore at the top of an associated wheel motor housing that serves also as a wheel hub mounting bracket. In order to increase the working clearance height of the vehicle, an optional elongate spacer assembly is mounted between the bottom of each elongate main suspension spindle and the associated wheel motor housing. Each main suspension spindle is inclined slightly outwardly relative to a vertical plane extending in the direction of travel of the vehicle and, in order for the spacing between tires at opposite sides of the vehicle to remain the same, with or without the usage of the spacer assemblies, each spacer assembly includes a coupler spindle extending parallel to, and offset inwardly from, a pivot axis of the associated main suspension spindle by a distance calculated to result in the desired tire spacing, this coupler spindle being received in the bore at the top of the associated wheel motor housing. | 06-03-2010 |
Iain Kenneth Baxter US
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| 20100186824 | Gas-to-Liquid Plant Using Parallel Units - A plant is provided for processing natural gas. The plant comprises two or more modules connected in parallel. The plant is configured to convert the associated gas into a material with a higher density. In addition, a method of processing gas associated with one or more oil wells. The method comprises the steps of: providing a modular plant comprising two or more modules in parallel wherein at least one of the modules is a robust module and at least one of the modules is an economical module; turning down one or more of the modules when productivity drops; switching off one or more of the modules at least when productivity drops beyond the turndown limit. The natural gas is treated in a Fischer-Tropsch unit. | 07-29-2010 |
James K. Baxter, St. Paul, MN US
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| 20120045293 | REPLACEABLE THREAD LOCKING ELEMENT - Systems and methods for replaceable thread locking elements are provided. In one embodiment, a threaded fastener device comprises: a first member having a threaded region; a cutout within the ring shaped member that cuts across the threaded region; and a replaceable thread locking element removeably coupled to the ring shaped member within the cutout, the replaceable thread locking element comprising a displacement member coupled to a nipple via an extending member. The nipple is inserted into and orifice within the cutout, the nipple shaped to apply a force against the first member that holds the displacement member within the cutout. | 02-23-2012 |
Jeffrey Ray Baxter, Columbia, TN US
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| 20090126652 | WATER HEATER AND METHOD OF CUSTOMIZING THE WATER HEATER - A water heater including a vessel, a heating fixture (e.g., an electric-resistance heating element, a gas burner) having a rated maximum heating output, and a controller. The controller includes an interface and a temperature sensor. The controller can control the heating output of the heating element based on a sensed temperature of the temperature sensors. The heating output is a defined maximum heating output for the heating fixture. Also disclosed are methods of defining the capabilities of a water hater heater and methods of operating a water heater. | 05-21-2009 |
Jeffrey T. Baxter, Carleton, MI US
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| 20080272622 | MULTI-SEGMENTED HEADLINER HAVING LONGITUDINAL JOINT - The multi-segmented headliner for a vehicle includes an elongated intermediate segment, an elongated first side segment, and an elongated second side segment. In one configuration the segments are separate and form the complete headliner on assembly inside the roof of the vehicle. In another configuration the segments are joined together in a single piece, with the side segments being movable relative to the intermediate segment. Both configurations permit the replacement of the headliner of a van or sport utility by moving the headliner either in separate segments, or folded if a single piece, through the opening defined by the rear door or liftgate of the vehicle. | 11-06-2008 |
Jennifer Baxter, Morris Plains, NJ US
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| 20120010262 | CRYSTALLINE POLYMORPHIC FORMS OF AN ANTIDIABETIC COMPOUND - The present invention relates to polymorphic forms of a compound of formula A: This compound is useful as a glucagon receptor antagonist and serves as a pharmaceutically active ingredient for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and related conditions, such as hyperglycemia, obesity, dyslipidemia, and the metabolic syndrome. Hydrates, hemihydrates, anhydrates and similar polymorphic forms are included. | 01-12-2012 |
Jonathan Baxter, Herndon, VA US
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| 20080281764 | Machine Learning System - A method for training a classifier to classify elements of a data set according to a characteristic is described. The data set includes N elements with the elements each characterized by at least one feature. The method includes the steps of forming a first labeled subset of elements from the data set with the elements of the first labeled subset each labeled according to whether the element includes the characteristic, training an algorithmic classifier to classify for the characteristic according to the first labeled subset thereby determining which at least one feature is relevant to classifying for the characteristic; and then querying with the classifier an inverted index, with this inverted index formed over the at least one feature and generated from the data set, thereby generating a ranked set of elements from the data set. | 11-13-2008 |
Jonathan Baxter, Ashburn, VA US
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| 20080256065 | Information Extraction System - A method for determining link feature weights from a data set of linked elements is described. These link feature weights are indicative of whether a link travels to a subset of the data set, which has a predetermined characteristic. The link features weights also correspond to link features associated with links between the linked elements of the data set. The method comprises the steps of first choosing the link features in accordance with the predetermined characteristic of the subset and then determining the link feature weights based on evaluating a measure that the link travels towards the subset. In one embodiment, the link feature weights are utilized in a web crawler for crawling web pages to extract information such as biography pages and the like. | 10-16-2008 |
Keith Baxter, Brookfield, WI US
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| 20100100319 | Mobile Navigation System with Graphic Crime-Risk Display - A navigation system for mobile use includes street map data used for creating a dynamic map display tracking movement of the vehicle and includes crime data used to provide an overlay on the dynamic display indicating a risk of crime to the vehicle's occupants from the surrounding area. Crime data may be harvested from police websites and/or generated using statistical correlation techniques from other proxy information. Presented crime data indicate crime risk, type of crime, crime date or time of occurrence, and linkage to environmental conditions such as type of weather, temperature, and moonlight. | 04-22-2010 |
Kevin W. Baxter, Seymour, CT US
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| 20100312376 | METHOD FOR COMMITTING MATERIAL TO A MODULE OF AN INSERTING SYSTEM - A method for maximizing the overall efficiency of an insertion system by running the system with the optimal balance between system throughput and potential for system stoppages. In other words, the system is capable of running at less than maximum throughput if running at such throughput is causing excessive amounts of system stoppages and thus, negatively impacting overall system efficiency. The foregoing is accomplished by an algorithm that controls the flow of material being processed by a particular section of the machine, or “module”. This algorithm is capable of reducing the flow rate of material to, or within, that module if a problem arises downstream that may lead to a paper jam. | 12-09-2010 |
Larry L. Baxter, Orem, UT US
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| 20110056373 | METHODS FOR STABLE SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN AN AQUIFER - The methods disclosed herein relate to sequestering carbon dioxide in an aquifer by trapping the CO | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110226010 | CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE FROM FLUE GAS - A method for capturing carbon dioxide from a flue gas includes (i) removing moisture from a flue gas to yield a dried flue gas; (ii) compressing the dried flue gas to yield a compressed gas stream; (iii) reducing the temperature of the compressed gas stream to a temperature T | 09-22-2011 |
Larry L. Baxter, Provo, UT US
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| 20110061385 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING POWER FROM A TURBINE USING PRESSURIZED NITROGEN - An air separation unit is integrated with a power generating plant to improve the efficiency of power generation. The methods and systems improve the efficiency of power generation by utilizing liquid nitrogen from the air separation unit as the working fluid in a turbine. The liquid nitrogen is pressurized while in the liquid state. After warming the pressurized nitrogen stream by cooling the air for the air separator unit, the compressed nitrogen is expanded in a turbine to perform work. After expansion, the nitrogen is vented to ambient air. The nitrogen in its pressurized state can be used for energy storage and/or for smoothing out power demand on a power grid. | 03-17-2011 |
Lincoln Baxter, Charlotte, NC US
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| 20100306072 | INSTANT FINANCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM - Systems, apparatus, and computer program products are provided that allow for a credit partner, such as a retailer, to process a customer credit card application at multiple point-of-sale/point-of-contact channels, such as a manned or self-service cash register, a manned or unmanned kiosk, partner web site, a call center or the like and, if the customer is approved, allow for the customer to transact using the approved credit account at the credit partner location/site. The systems, methods and computer program provide for integration of the credit application system within multiple point-of-sale channels without requiring a large degree of customization and/or configuration at the credit partner level. In addition, embodiments support both active and passive instant credit decision processing. | 12-02-2010 |
Lincoln A. Baxter, Charlotte, NC US
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| 20100076895 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMER INTERACTION MANAGEMENT - Apparatus and methods for selecting an offer for presentation to a customer of a bank are provided. The methods may include optimizing historical customer data; selecting an offer based on the historical customer data; and, based at least in part on recent customer data, determining whether to present the offer to the customer. Optimizing the historical data may involve performing batch processing on the historical data. The recent customer data may be updated in real time. Offers may be generated and selected for presentation to the customer based on the historical data, the recent data and rules. One or more offers that are generated may be removed from consideration based on the recent customer data, which may provide real-time information about the customer and/or the customer's needs. | 03-25-2010 |
Megan K. Baxter, Denver, NC US
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| 20090013451 | Abrasive Resistant Garment - A protective undergarment having reinforced areas in particular locations, such as the knees and seat. The garment is made of an abrasive resistant fabric, such as aramid fibers, in particular, Kevlar, and is preferably made in a woven or knitted pattern so as to be soft to the touch and breathable so that the garment is comfortable to wear under clothing. The undergarment may include stirrups attached at the bottom of each leg to prevent movement of the reinforced areas in the event of a fall. | 01-15-2009 |
Nelson L. Baxter, Mooresville, IN US
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| 20090015196 | Power Supply for Sensors and Other Electronic Devices - A power supply comprises at least one transformer that is placed around an active power line and is connected through at least one power conditioning system to provide a conditioned power source for at least one electronic device. Power is generated by scavenging power from the power being supplied on the power line. An asset-monitoring apparatus comprises a sensor package in communication with a monitoring system and a power supply that generates power for the sensor package, the power supply including a transformer placed close to the power line powering the asset being monitored and a power conditioning system that conditions the power supply for use by the sensor package. An optional energy storage device may receive power from the power conditioning system and provide primary or backup power for the sensor package or other electronic device. | 01-15-2009 |
Paul S. Baxter, Conyers, GA US
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| 20100171233 | WOOD COMPOSITES BONDED WITH PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE BY STEAM INJECTION PRESSING - The present invention relates to a method for preparing a wood composite, and the related wood composite itself formed by steam injection pressing using a phenol-formaldehyde resin binder composition capable of rapidly curing in a saturated or superheated steam atmosphere. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100273917 | BONDING WOOD COMPOSITES WITH A CALCIUM-MODIFIED PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN - The present invention relates to an aqueous phenol-formaldehyde resole resin prepared by reacting phenol and formaldehyde in the presence of a source of calcium ions, to a curable powdered (particulate) resole resin made by spray drying the aqueous phenol-formaldehyde resole resin, to a method of preparing a wood composite using the curable, powdered resin, and the related wood composite bonded with the curable, powdered resin. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110136947 | METHOD OF SPRAY DRYING PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN - Methods for producing spray-dried phenol-formaldehyde resole resins and products made therefrom. The method can include spray-drying an aerated liquid phenol-formaldehyde resole resin containing about 0.02 wt % or more of a surfactant, based on a combined weight of the liquid phenol-formaldehyde resole resin and the surfactant, to produce a spray-dried phenol-formaldehyde resole resin powder. | 06-09-2011 |
Peter R. Baxter, Ormond Beach, FL US
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| 20090080837 | HARSH ENVIRONMENT CONNECTOR - First and second connector units each have a contact chamber with a front wall having an opening closed by a stopper. Seals in the respective openings surround and seal the stoppers prior to mating. The stopper in the first connector unit is retracted into the housing during mating while the front wall of second connector unit is retracted into its housing during mating, pushed back by the front wall of the first connector unit, separating the stoppers from the end wall openings and allowing communication between the contact chambers through a passageway defined by the aligned openings. The seals in the end walls seal the passageway during and after mating. A contact assembly in the first connector unit is mounted on a movable arm and moves transversely into alignment with the passageway for contact with a corresponding fixed contact assembly in the second connector unit as the units move into mating engagement. | 03-26-2009 |
Peter Richard Baxter, Ormond Beach, FL US
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| 20080296426 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FLEXIBLE LINES - An apparatus for managing flexible lines has first and second spool members secured together by a hinge which allows the spool members to be folded between an open condition in which the spool members are in co-planar, side-by-side positions and a folded, closed condition in which the spool members are folded towards one another until they are aligned and substantially face-to-face. Each spool member has a groove extending in an at least substantially continuous loop which receives successive windings of a line or strip as it is wound in a figure eight pattern between the two spool members in an open condition. When winding is complete, the spool members can be folded together into the folded, closed condition. | 12-04-2008 |
Preston S. Baxter, Friendsville, TN US
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| 20080236252 | Micronaire Measurement - A method of determining a testing volume for a micronaire measurement by containing a fiber sample within a micronaire chamber having a length and at least one movable end wall. A flow is initiated along the length of the micronaire chamber. The fiber sample is compressed within the micronaire chamber by advancing the movable end wall, and the advancement of the movable end wall is stopped when at least one property of the flow attains a set point. The position of the movable end wall defines the testing volume. In this manner, there is provided a convenient method of setting a testing volume and acquiring the information needed to take a micronaire measurement. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20100050763 | Micronaire Measurement - A method of determining a testing volume for a micronaire measurement by containing a fiber sample within a micronaire chamber having a length and at least one movable end wall. A flow is initiated along the length of the micronaire chamber. The fiber sample is compressed within the micronaire chamber by advancing the movable end wall, and the advancement of the movable end wall is stopped when at least one property of the flow attains a set point. The position of the movable end wall defines the testing volume. In this manner, there is provided a convenient method of setting a testing volume and acquiring the information needed to take a micronaire measurement. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100328650 | Fiber Property Measurement - A fiber instrument for measuring properties of a fiber sample, the fiber instrument having a surface for receiving the fiber sample, a hand for pressing the fiber sample against the surface, an illumination source for selectively illuminating the fiber sample with more than one peak wavelength, where each of the peak wavelengths is independently controllable as to an applied intensity of the peak wavelength, a sensor for capturing images of the fiber sample while it is illuminated, and a controller for controlling at least the sensor and the illumination source. By providing multiple peak wavelengths of illumination that are each independently controllable as to illumination intensity, the fiber instrument as described herein is better able to detect both foreign material within the fiber sample, and color gradations of the fiber sample. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110276298 | Visual Weight Compensation - A method for determining a corrected weight of a mixed volume, by gravimetrically measuring a total weight of the mixed volume, creating an image of the mixed volume, detecting at least one selected component within the image of the mixed volume, estimating a component weight of the at least one selected component from the image of the mixed volume, and subtracting the component weight from the total weight to yield the corrected weight. | 11-10-2011 |
Randy C. Baxter, Taylors, SC US
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| 20110131947 | TRIM VALVES FOR MODULATING FLUID FLOW - A trim valve includes a valve housing having an inlet section and an outlet section. A valve shaft is mounted to the valve housing to be stationary with respect thereto. The valve shaft includes an internal flow passage in fluid communication with the outlet section of the valve housing. A valve rotor is disposed inboard of the valve housing and outboard of the valve shaft for modulating flow through the valve housing. The valve rotor is mounted for rotational movement within the valve housing between a fully open position in which a flow path is defined between the inlet and outlet sections of the valve housing, and a reduced flow position in which the valve rotor at least partially blocks the flow path. An actuator is operatively connected to the valve housing to actuate the valve rotor between the fully open and reduced flow positions. | 06-09-2011 |
Randy D. Baxter, Mesa, AZ US
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| 20090259482 | Intelligent Business Object Document System - A method, system and computer program product for providing an integrated environment for processing business object documents (BODs). The integrated environment utilizes an IntelliBod system to employ standard business semantics while adapting modified business terms. Applications requesting integration, or mapping, map to common business semantics of the BODs, and the IntelliBOD system manages the business semantic (and technical) integration of the applications. IntelliBOD systems utilize JAVA environments to process requests, thereby reducing cost and space required to maintain general purpose middleware. | 10-15-2009 |
Robert Baxter, Chapel Hill, NC US
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| 20090122856 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING DATA - A method and apparatus for reducing the number of DQ pins and current used to access data in a memory system or data transfer device, wherein an additional bit is temporally encoded on a data word during a singular access cycle. During an access cycle, the pulse level or levels of encoded bits may determine one or more bits values in a data word being expressed, while the pulse/pulses position in time within a data access cycle determines the remaining bits. | 05-14-2009 |
Robert C. Baxter, Warwick, RI US
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| 20120126069 | Bracket With Improved Cable Management - A system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a base for attachment to, for example, the right side of a rack. The system further comprises at least one swing arm hingedly attached to the base. A cable support may be attached to the swing arm. The swing arm has a free end which is releasably attached to a latch plate. The latch plate is attached to the rack opposite the side of the base. In this way, the swing arm spans a part of the width of the rack from base to latch plate. The latch plate may move to enable access by a person to a fan tray of a network device installed in the rack. | 05-24-2012 |
Scott Baxter, Carmel, IN US
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| 20110122222 | ACTIVE DISPLAY STANDBY MODE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exemplary electronic device comprises a display subsystem that is adapted to display an image and at least one additional subsystem. The exemplary electronic device additionally comprises a low power control logic that is adapted to place the electronic device in either a low power operating mode in which power is removed from the display subsystem and the at least one additional subsystem or an active-display standby mode in which the display subsystem remains powered and power is removed from the at least one additional subsystem. | 05-26-2011 |
Scott Charles Baxter, Carmel, IN US
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| 20110006690 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE POWER OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device comprising a sensor adapted to sense ambient light and an indicator adapted to display a power consumption status. The electronic device may additionally comprise a processor adapted to vary the luminosity of the device based on the ambient light sensed. A method may comprise sensing ambient light, illuminating a display at a luminosity based on the ambient light, and displaying a power consumption status on the device. | 01-13-2011 |
Stuart Robertson Baxter, Eden Prairie, MN US
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| 20090239689 | LACROSSE STICK SHAFT HAVING A PLURALITY OF CAVITIES THEREIN - A shaft for sporting equipment comprises an elongate outer wall with a longitudinal bore extending between its first and second ends. An X-shaped web is disposed within the bore and extends along the entire length thereof. The web has four legs that radiate outwardly from a central core and connect to the outer wall. At least one longitudinal opening is defined in the outer wall. The outer wall and web define at least one closed cavity in the shaft. The outer wall, web and opening further define at least one open cavity in the shaft. | 09-24-2009 |
Thomas R. Baxter, Marysville, WA US
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| 20090206202 | Energy absorbing structure for aircraft - Energy absorbing structure disposed beneath the cargo area of an aircraft provides maximum energy absorption and structural strength using carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composites. The energy absorbing structure uses laminated stanchions having ply drop-offs to produce stable, progressive crushing of the stanchions during a wheels-up crash landing. Integrally formed flanges on the stanchions allow direct mounting of the stanchions on the structural members of the aircraft, without the need for specialized fittings. | 08-20-2009 |
Tony Baxter, Hoboken, NJ US
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| 20090236241 | Powered Toothbrush Package - An oral care implement demonstration assembly includes a powered oral care implement, a package housing and a plurality of demonstration elements. The oral care implement demonstration assembly is configured to produce a visual demonstration effect when relative movement is provided between a first demonstration element and a second demonstration element. Among the visual effects that may be utilized is a Moiré effect. Additionally, an associated method for demonstrating features of an oral care implement though one or more visual effects is described herein. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090313801 | Oral Care Implement and Method of Decorating - An oral care implement comprises a head and a body provided with a three-dimensional surface feature on the body that is generally undecorated. A cover is applied to the body and includes a decoration that is associated with the three-dimensional surface feature, such that the body, with the cover applied, appears to have a decorated three-dimensional surface feature. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20110192752 | POWERED TOOTHBRUSH PACKAGE - An oral care implement demonstration assembly includes a powered oral care implement, a package housing and a plurality of demonstration elements. The oral care implement demonstration assembly is configured to produce a visual demonstration effect when relative movement is provided between a first demonstration element and a second demonstration element. Among the visual effects that may be utilized is a Moiré effect. Additionally, an associated method for demonstrating features of an oral care implement though one or more visual effects is described herein. | 08-11-2011 |
William Baxter, Raleigh, NC US
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| 20110257265 | UV Absorbers for Reducing the E/Z Isomerization of Pesticides - The present invention provides the use of a UV absorber for reducing the E/Z isomerization of pesticides comprising a double bond. It furthermore relates to a composition comprising an E and/or a Z isomer of a pesticide comprising a double bond and a UV absorber. | 10-20-2011 |
Winston Kirk Baxter, Alice, TX US
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| 20120063936 | MODULAR FLUID END FOR A MULTIPLEX PLUNGER PUMP - A modular fluid end for a multiplex plunger pump, each module machined from a single-piece steel forging with a plunger bore intersected by a linear suction/discharge bore and pumped fluid is discharged straight out through a top of the module into a discharge manifold made up using 1502 frac iron components. A compression clamp applies a crush load to opposed sides of the modules to extend service life. | 03-15-2012 |