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Benjamin F. Gaeth, Pearland, TX US
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| 20090084668 | Toluene production - A method for optimizing the production of nitration grade toluene from a solvent extraction process that produces an aromatic rich extract and a saturate rich raffinate, comprising adding an effective amount of the raffinate back to the extract. | 04-02-2009 |
Benjamin F. Geldhof, East Hartford, CT US
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| 20100022866 | TORSIONAL SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CRANIOCAUDAL ROTATION OF ANIMALS - A torsional support apparatus is disclosed for craniocaudal rotation of test animals to enable multiple-view imaging. The animal is supported in a U-shaped loop of optically transparent material and the loop is moved to apply torsion to the animal to rotate it about its craniocaudal axis. Methods of imaging also are disclosed that use the torsional support technique. | 01-28-2010 |
Benjamin F. Harbin, Iii, Athens, AL US
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| 20100004790 | Water Heater Demand Side Management System - A system for shifting energy demand from on-peak time windows to off-peak time windows by using hot water heater load shifting, while providing the end user with the level of service (i.e., availability of hot water) according to the user's customary use described by service quality criteria. The shift is accomplished by a controller located at the end user establishment and in communication with a central control server. The controller monitors local water heater upper and/or lower temperature and controls upper and/or lower water heater heating elements in accordance with a demand shift process commanded by the central control server. The controller may determine usage and remaining capacity for reporting back to the central control server. A volumetric capacity and usage determination is disclosed. The control server may select water heaters according to use patterns and/or measured capacity. One embodiment is adapted for use with existing water heaters without disrupting safety features of the existing water heater. | 01-07-2010 |
Benjamin F. Mcgraw, Iv, Woburn, MA US
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| 20090254804 | Method and system for managing bipolar disoder in a patient - A method and system for managing bipolar disorder in a patient, by providing an electronic journal for the patient and a plurality of electronic stations for participants in communication with the journal and with selected other electronic stations, wherein there can be recorded and communicated by the patient, and by the participants, pertinent data, patient events, and patient responses to events, selected ones of the data, events and responses being unavailable to the patient, and unavailable to selected ones of the stations, the journal including a calendaring and timing facility to identify, report, and record dates and times of events, medical tests results, and information relative to medical and related matters, persons to be contacted under specified conditions, medicines prescribed, and medicines and other consumables deemed helpful or harmful, wherein the journal and stations are adapted to build a history of events and data overtime. | 10-08-2009 |
Benjamin F. Pierce, Iii, Fort Wayne, IN US
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| 20110142105 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPATH MITIGATION - Methods and apparatus for mitigating multipath signal interference comprising transmitting a first signal and second signal that is a copy of the first signal, transmitting the first signal centered at a first frequency, transmitting the second signal centered at a second frequency separated from the first frequency by a selected distance, receiving at a receiving node the first and second signals, estimating a signal quality of the received first and second signals, and decoding a first one of the received first and second signals based upon the estimated signal qualities of the received first and second signals. | 06-16-2011 |
Benjamin F. Polito, Gorham, ME US
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| 20120038031 | DISPENSING LIQUID CONTAINING MATERIAL TO PATTERNED SURFACES USING A DISPENSING TUBE - Materials that contain liquid are deposited into grooves upon a surface of a work piece, such as a silicon wafer to form a solar cell. Liquid can be dispensed into work piece paths, such as grooves under pressure through a dispensing tube. The tube mechanically tracks in the groove. The tube may be small and rest at the groove bottom, with the sidewalls providing restraint. Or it may be larger and ride on the top edges of the groove. A tracking feature, such as a protrusion, Non-circular cross-sections, molded-on protrusions and lobes also enhance tracking. The tube may be forced against the groove by spring or magnetic loading. Alignment guides, such as lead-in features may guide the tube into the groove. Restoring features along the path may restore a wayward tube. Many tubes may be used. Many work pieces can be treated in a line or on a drum. | 02-16-2012 |
Benjamin F. Polito, Cambridge, MA US
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| 20110129956 | WEDGE IMPRINT PATTERNING OF IRREGULAR SURFACE - Patterned substrates for photovoltaic and other uses are made by pressing a flexible stamp upon a thin layer of resist material, which covers a substrate, such as a wafer. The resist changes phase or becomes flowable, flowing away from locations of impression, revealing the substrate, which is subjected to some shaping process, typically etching. Portions exposed by the stamp being are removed, moved, and portions that protected by the resist, remain. A typical substrate is silicon, and a typical resist is a wax. Workpiece textures include extended grooves, discrete, spaced apart pits, and combinations and intermediates thereof. Platen or rotary patterning apparatus may be used. Rough and irregular workpiece substrates may be accommodated by extended stamp elements. Resist may be applied first to the workpiece, the stamp, or substantially simultaneously, in discrete locations, or over the entire surface of either. The resist dewets the substrate completely where desired. | 06-02-2011 |
Benjamin F. Polito, Lebanon, NH US
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| 20090030404 | CONTAINMENT DEVICE WITH MULTI-LAYER RESERVOIR CAP STRUCTURE - Devices and methods are provided for the controlled release or exposure of reservoir contents. The device includes a substrate, a plurality of reservoirs in the substrate, reservoir contents disposed in the reservoirs, discrete reservoir caps covering each reservoir to seal the reservoir contents in the reservoirs, and control circuitry for selectively disintegrating the reservoir caps to release or expose the reservoir contents in vivo. At least one of the reservoir caps comprises a first electrically conductive layer coated with one or more protective layers. In one embodiment, the control circuitry comprises an electrical input lead and an electrical output lead connected to and directly contacting each of said reservoir caps and a source of electric power for applying an electrical current through each reservoir cap in an amount effective to rupture each of the reservoir caps. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090130706 | PHOTOBIOREACTOR SYSTEMS POSITIONED ON BODIES OF WATER - Certain embodiments and aspects of the present invention relate to a photobioreactor including photobioreactor units through which a liquid medium stream and a gas stream flow. The photobioreactor units are floated on a body of water such as a pond or a lake. The liquid medium comprises at least one species of phototrophic organism therein. Certain methods of using the photobioreactor system as part of fuel generation system and/or a gas-treatment process or system at least partially remove certain undesirable pollutants from a gas stream. In certain embodiments, the photobioreactor units are formed of flexible, deformable material and are configured to provide a substantially constant thickness of liquid medium. In certain embodiments, a barrier between the photobioreactor unit and the body of water upon which the unit is floated facilitates thermal communication between the liquid medium and the body of water. | 05-21-2009 |
Benjamin F. Polito US
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| 20110287544 | Photobioreactor Systems Positioned on Bodies of Water - Certain embodiments and aspects of the present invention relate to a photobioreactor including photobioreactor units through which a liquid medium stream and a gas stream flow. The photobioreactor units are floated on a body of water such as a pond or a lake. The liquid medium comprises at least one species of phototrophic organism therein. Certain methods of using the photobioreactor system as part of fuel generation system and/or a gas-treatment process or system at least partially remove certain undesirable pollutants from a gas stream. In certain embodiments, the photobioreactor units are formed of flexible, deformable material and are configured to provide a substantially constant thickness of liquid medium. In certain embodiments, a barrier between the photobioreactor unit and the body of water upon which the unit is floated facilitates thermal communication between the liquid medium and the body of water. | 11-24-2011 |