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Andrew M. Bloom, Broomfield, CO US
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| 20100161370 | PASS THROUGH FOR IMPROVED RESPONSE TIME - Method and systems of improving the response of public safety personnel to or evacuation from a desired location are provided. In addition to path information obtained through traditional sources, information is used to determine the optimal route for emergency personnel to an emergency situation and for aiding emergency personnel to route people from the situation. The information may also be used to automatically prioritize vehicles and personnel to optimize response time. Further, the information may also be used to in situations in which it is advantageous for the vehicle or personnel to be tactically positioned in nearby locations rather than at the incident scene. Although the descriptions below will primarily focus on routes to a particular location, similar methods can be used for evacuations from the location. The optimal route may use historical information stored in a database local or remote to the dispatcher and/or real-time information updated during the emergency situation. | 06-24-2010 |
Catherine Bloom, Waukee, IA US
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| 20090106163 | ELECTRONIC FORUM BASED ON GRAIN QUALITY - A method for providing an electronic forum for facilitating commercial transactions for grain includes collecting a grower profile for each of a plurality of growers, collecting grain bin data for the grain associated with each of the plurality of growers, determining a representation of grain quality using data comprising grain bin data, providing to a plurality of buyers access to the representation of grain quality through the electronic forum, and facilitating purchase of the grain from one or more of the plurality of growers by one or more of the plurality of buyers. | 04-23-2009 |
Corey J. Bloom, Bend, OR US
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| 20100297237 | NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING A NON-IONIZABLE POLYMER AND AN AMINE-FUNCTIONALIZED METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER - A pharmaceutical composition comprises nanoparticles comprising a poorly water soluble drug, a poorly aqueous soluble non-ionizable polymer, and an amine-functionalized methacrylate copolymer. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20120003282 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF DEXTRAN POLYMER DERIVATIVES - Pharmaceutical compositions are provided comprising an active agent and a dextran polymer derivative. The compositions include from 0.01 to 99 wt % of an active agent and from 1 to 99.99 wt % of a dextran polymer derivative. The dextran polymer derivative is selected from dextran acetate, dextran propionate, dextran succinate, dextran acetate propionate, dextran acetate succinate, dextran propionate succinate, dextran acetate propionate succinate, and mixtures thereof. | 01-05-2012 |
Corey Jay Bloom, Bend, OR US
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| 20100062073 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING ENTERIC POLYMERS CASEIN - A pharmaceutical composition comprises nanoparticles comprising a poorly water-soluble drug and an enteric polymer, and casein. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100129447 | NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING A CHOLESTERYL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN INHIBITOR AND ANON-IONIZABLE POLYMER - A pharmaceutical composition comprises nanoparticles comprising a cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor and a poorly aqueous soluble non-ionizable polymer. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100215747 | NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING IONIZABLE, POORLY WATER SOLUBLE CELLULOSIC POLYMERS - A pharmaceutical composition comprises nanoparticles comprising ionizable, poorly water soluble cellulosic polymers. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100266692 | NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING A NON-IONIZABLE POLYMER AND AN ANIONIC CELLULOSIC POLYMER - A pharmaceutical composition comprises nanoparticles comprising a poorly water soluble drug, a poorly aqueous soluble non-ionizable polymer, and an anionic cellulosic polymer. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100323014 | NANOPARTICLES COMPRISING A NON-IONIZABLE CELLULOSIC POLYMER AND AN AMPHIPHILIC NON-IONIZABLE BLOCK COPOLYMER - A pharmaceutical composition comprises nanoparticles comprising a poorly water-soluble drug, a poorly aqueous soluble non-ionizable cellulosic polymer, and a poorly aqueous soluble polymeric amphiphilic non-ionizable block copolymer. | 12-23-2010 |
Cynthia Bloom, Aventura, FL US
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| 20090266391 | SAFETY UMBRELLA WITH WATER COLLECTING AND DRAINAGE MECHANISM - A safety umbrella comprising fluorescent fabric panels, of which, at least one panel is transparent, a skeleton, a shaft assembly, and a cover assembly. Interconnecting the skeleton to the shaft assembly is a runner, which allows a user to open and close the umbrella and elongated sleeves upon stretchers to prevent pinching or trapping the fingers of the users thereof. A telescopic cover assembly collects water when the umbrella is closed, and the telescopic cylindrical are in the extended position engaged contiguously to each other's cooperating upper and lower flanges resulting in a substantially water-tight disposition. A removable cap mounted to a sleeve member that includes a thorough passage allows for the ready drainage of the water collected by the canopy, reducing the probability of water damage or accidents to the user or others, resulting from slippage upon water. | 10-29-2009 |
Daniel Bloom, Loveland, CO US
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| 20080259196 | GENERATING AN INSTANT REVIEW IMAGE USING FRACTIONAL READOUTS - A method for creating an instant review image is disclosed. The method starts by creating image data by exposing an image sensor to a scene. A first sub-set of the image data is transferred from the image sensor and used to create an instant review image. The rest of the data is transferred from the image sensor and essentially all of the data from the image sensor is used to create a second image. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100008549 | Increasing Face Detection Speed - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with increasing face detection speed are described. One example method includes determining whether to control a face detection process to selectively perform a face detection in a patch in a digital image. The face detection may be based, at least in part, on determining whether the patch overlaps a face previously identified by the face detection process. The example method may also include providing a signal to control the face detection process to perform the face detection upon determining that a patch overlap does not exceed an overlap factor. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20110044545 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO INCREASE SPEED OF OBJECT DETECTION IN A DIGITAL IMAGE - Systems and methods are disclosed that determine a largest patch size to traverse a digital image, analyze the digital image to detect one or more first objects of a size approximately the same as the largest patch size, and discontinue analyzing the digital image when the digital image includes the first object(s) of a size approximately the same as the largest patch size. The patch size is decremented to progressively smaller patch sizes if the first object(s) of a size approximately the same as the largest patch size is not detected and the digital image is further analyzed to detect one or more first objects of a size approximately the same as the smaller patch size until the first object(s) are detected or the patch size is decremented below a predetermined smallest size. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110097000 | Face-detection Processing Methods, Image Processing Devices, And Articles Of Manufacture - Face-detection processing methods, image processing devices, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one arrangement, a face-detection processing method includes accessing image data of a plurality of images to be processed for detection of human faces in the images, determining whether or not to use skin-detection processing for face-detection processing of individual ones of the images, and in accordance with the determining, performing the face-detection processing of one of the images using the skin-detection processing to detect human faces in the one of the images and performing the face-detection processing of another of the images without using the skin-detection processing to detect human faces in the another of the images. | 04-28-2011 |
Daniel A. Bloom, Hartford, VT US
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| 20090301273 | On-Vehicle Brake Lathe with Indirect Drive - An on-vehicle disk brake lathe has a motor connected to a right-angle gearbox mounted to a body of the lathe, the gearbox in turn driving a spindle shaft through a flexible drive linkage such as a belt or chain. The spindle shaft extends parallel to a gearbox output shaft, and both are normal to an axis of rotation of the motor. The flexible drive linkage can be tensioned by adjustably mounting the gearbox to the lathe body or by use of an adjustably positioned tensioning element. A cover can enclose the flexible drive linkage. The separate gearbox allows the use of durable bearings for the spindle shaft, and allows these bearings to be spaced apart to provide a high degree of stability. The modular structure of the resulting lathe simplifies fabrication and repair, and allows use of a modular body for the lathe. | 12-10-2009 |
David C. Bloom, Gainesville, FL US
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| 20090131644 | HERPESVIRUS RIBOZYMES AND VECTORS - Hammerhead ribozymes that target components critical to HSV replication (ICP4, U | 05-21-2009 |
Douglas A. Bloom, Seaford, DE US
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| 20090019624 | KNIT FABRICS AND BASE LAYER GARMENTS MADE THEREFROM WITH IMPROVED THERMAL PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES - Knit fabrics and military apparel such as T-shirts made therefrom are disclosed. The fabrics are constructed from blended yarns made from an intimate combination of nylon and cotton staple fibers. Such fabrics comprise a weight ratio of cotton to nylon which ranges from about 55:45 to about 85:15, and these fabrics also have a weight ranging from about 3 to about 8 oz/yd | 01-22-2009 |
| 20110177737 | NYLON STAPLE FIBER SUITABLE FOR USE IN ABRASION RESISTANT, HIGH STRENGTH NYLON BLENDED YARNS AND FABRICS - Included is the preparation of high strength nylon staple fibers having a denier per filament of about 1.0 to 3.0, a tenacity T at break of at least about 6.0, and a load-bearing capacity, T7, of greater than about 2.5, including greater than 3.2. Such nylon staple fibers are produced by preparing tows of relatively high molecular weight nylon filaments (RV of 65 to 100), drawing and annealing such tows via a two-stage drawing and annealing operation and then cutting or otherwise converting the drawn and annealed tows into the desired high strength nylon staple fibers. The nylon staple fibers so prepared can be blended with a companion fiber such as cotton staple fibers to produce nylon/cotton (NYCO) yarns. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110177738 | HIGH LOAD BEARING CAPACITY NYLON STAPLE FIBER AND NYLON BLENDED YARNS AND FABRICS MADE THEREFROM - Disclosed is the preparation of improved high strength nylon staple fibers having a denier per filament of 1.0 to 3.0, a tenacity T at break of at least about 6.0, and a load-bearing capacity, T7, of greater than 3.2. Such nylon staple fibers are produced by preparing tows of relatively uniformly spun and quenched nylon filaments, drawing and annealing such tows via a two-stage drawing and annealing operation using relatively high draw ratios and then cutting or otherwise converting the drawn and annealed tows into the desired high strength nylon staple fibers. The nylon staple fibers so prepared can be blended with other fibers such as cotton staple fibers to produce nylon/cotton (NYCO) yarns which are also of desirably high strength. | 07-21-2011 |
Eliot Bloom, Hopkinton, NH US
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| 20090192585 | Delivery Systems and Methods of Implantation for Prosthetic Heart Valves - A delivery system for delivering a stented prosthetic heart valve to a lumen of a patient, the delivery system including a tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of wires extending from the distal end of the tubular body, wherein each of the wires has a distal end that is coiled for engagement with a stent of a stented prosthetic heart valve. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090192586 | Delivery Systems for Prosthetic Heart Valves - A delivery system for delivery of an implantable stented device to a body lumen, the device having a plurality of structures at its proximal end, wherein the delivery system comprises a first body portion removably attached to a second body portion and wherein the second body portion includes a plurality of attachment components at its distal end for attachment to the plurality of structures at the proximal end of the device. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090198316 | Delivery Systems and Methods of Implantation for Prosthetic Heart Valves - A method of deploying an implantable stented device in an anatomical location of a patient, including the steps of providing a delivery system with first and second stent engagement structures at its distal end, attaching a first structural element of the stented device to the first stent engagement structure and attaching a second structural element of the stented device to the second stent engagement structure, advancing the stented device to an implantation site, and sequentially disengaging the first structural element of the stented device from the first stent engagement structure of the delivery system and then disengaging the second structural element of the stented device from the second stent engagement structure. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090248132 | Double-Walled Stent System - A double walled stent system particularly suited for treating abnormalities of the right ventricular outflow tract is disclosed having an exterior stent component and an interior stent component. The exterior stent component includes a plurality of longitudinally-extending connectors such as straight or sinusoidal bands. The interior stent component has a generally tubular cylindrical body and is centered within the exterior stent component. The stent system has a contracted delivery configuration and a radially expanded configuration for contacting the vessel wall. When deployed, the longitudinally-extending connectors of the exterior stent component come in contact with the vessel wall and fix the stent system to the treatment site. The interior stent component also radially expands but remains centered inside the exterior component and makes little to no contact with the vessel wall. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090248133 | Double-Walled Stent System - A double walled stent system particularly suited for treating abnormalities of the right ventricular outflow tract is disclosed having an exterior stent component and an interior stent component. The exterior stent component is secured to the interior stent component in a non-fixed, sliding relationship. The exterior stent component includes a plurality of longitudinally-extending connectors such as straight or sinusoidal bands. The interior stent component has a generally tubular cylindrical body and is centered within the exterior stent component. The stent system has a contracted delivery configuration and a radially expanded configuration for contacting the vessel wall. When deployed, the longitudinally-extending connectors of the exterior stent component come in contact with the vessel wall and fix the stent system to the treatment site. The interior stent component also radially expands but remains centered inside the exterior component and makes little to no contact with the vessel wall. | 10-01-2009 |
Eliot Bloom, Hopkington, NH US
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| 20100152845 | Annuloplasty Device Having Shape-Adjusting Tension Filaments - A system for treating mitral valve regurgitation includes a tensioning device having a flexible annuloplasty ring, a plurality of anchoring members and a tensioning filament attached to the flexible ring. One embodiment of the invention includes a method for attaching a flexible annuloplasty ring to the annulus of a mitral valve, and adjusting the lengths of segments of the tension filament attached to the flexible ring in order to exert force vectors on the annulus, thereby reshaping the mitral valve annulus so that the anterior and posterior leaflets of the mitral valve close completely during ventricular contraction. | 06-17-2010 |
Eliot F. Bloom, Hopkinton, NH US
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| 20110178515 | Electrosurgical Devices, Electrosurgical Unit and Methods of Use Thereof - A cartridge assembly to couple an electrosurgical device to treat tissue with an electrosurgical unit includes a cartridge member to operate with a power delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit and a fluid delivery apparatus of the electrosurgical unit. An electrosurgical unit includes a power delivery apparatus and a fluid delivery apparatus arranged to operate with a cartridge member to be located in a cartridge receptacle of the electrosurgical unit. An electrosurgical device includes a first electrode spaced alongside the second electrode, with each electrode having a blade shaped member. Each blade shaped member has opposing sides bounded by edges, with the edges having a medial edge and a lateral edge. At least one fluid outlet is adjacent each blade shaped member, and each fluid outlet is in fluid communication with a fluid passage. The device can be operated as either a bipolar device or a monopolar device and includes a switch to inhibit capacitive coupling to one of the electrodes when the other electrode is used in monopolar fashion. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110295249 | Fluid-Assisted Electrosurgical Devices, and Methods of Manufacture Thereof - This invention provides a fluid-assisted electrosurgical device to treat tissue in a presence of radio frequency energy and a fluid provided from the device. The device comprises a handle, a rigid shaft member distal to the handle, and at least one electrode distal to the shaft member. The shaft member comprises a shaft member first body and a shaft member second body joined together along a length of the shaft member. The shaft member further comprises a plurality of longitudinally oriented shaft member passages, with each of the passages having a length defined by the shaft member first body and the shaft member second body. | 12-01-2011 |
Eliot Frank Bloom, Hopkinton, NH US
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| 20090264863 | Articulating Tip Tetherless Catheter System - A catheter system includes a concentrically arranged proximal catheter and an inner catheter; a conical tip attached to a distal end of the inner catheter; and at least one articulating assembly disposed on the catheter. The articulating assembly includes a distal ring attached to the inner catheter adjacent a proximal end of the conical tip and a proximal ring having a wedge shaped cross section attached to the distal end of the proximal catheter. A method for navigating a vascular system includes providing a catheter system, navigating the distal end of the catheter through the vascular system; determining a change in direction of the distal end of the catheter; and manipulating the at least one articulating assembly so that a distal ring and a proximal ring are rotated relative to each other and the angle of the distal tip relative to a long axis of the catheter has been altered | 10-22-2009 |
Frederic R. Bloom, Germantown, MD US
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| 20110151511 | RAPID GROWING MICROORGANISMS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS - The present invention provides novel rapidly growing microorganisms and methods for their use in cloning or subcloning nucleic acid molecules. The rapid growing microorganisms of the present invention form colonies more rapidly than microorganisms typically used in molecular biology and thus provide a significant improvement in in vitro cloning methods used extensively in molecular biology. The invention also relates to kits and compositions used in the methods of the invention. | 06-23-2011 |
Fredric R. Bloom, Germantown, MD US
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| 20100081171 | METHOD FOR LYOPHILIZING COMPETENT CELLS - This invention relates to a method for producing cells which are competent for transformation and which may be stably stored for extended periods of time at various temperatures. The method involves growing cells in a growth conducive medium, rendering said cells competent, and lyophilizing said competent cells. The invention further relates to competent cells produced by such a method, to methods of transforming said cells with a DNA molecule, and to a method of producing a desired protein or polypeptide from said transformed cells. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100167379 | BACTERIA FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY CLONING - Disclosed are novel bacterial hosts that are capable of high efficiency transformation with methylated and/or unmethylated nucleic acids, and that are bacteriophage resistant. Such bacteria contain: (1) an F′ episome that confers high efficiency transformability; (2) one or more mutations that allow transformation of methylated nucleic acids; (3) one or more mutations that allow transformation with unmethylated nucleic acids; and/or (4) one or more mutations that confer resistance to bacteriophage infection. Also disclosed are methods for transforming such bacteria, and kits that contain such bacteria (e.g., that have been made competent for transformation). | 07-01-2010 |
| 20120015426 | BACTERIA FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY CLONING - Disclosed are novel bacterial hosts that are capable of high efficiency transformation with methylated and/or unmethylated nucleic acids, and that are bacteriophage resistant. Such bacteria contain: (1) an F′ episome that confers high efficiency transformability; (2) one or more mutations that allow transformation of methylated nucleic acids; (3) one or more mutations that allow transformation with unmethylated nucleic acids; and/or (4) one or more mutations that confer resistance to bacteriophage infection. Also disclosed are methods for transforming such bacteria, and kits that contain such bacteria (e.g., that have been made competent for transformation). | 01-19-2012 |
George S. Bloom, Charlottesville, VA US
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| 20090280110 | Cell Model for Alzheimer's Disease Pathology - The present invention encompasses compositions and methods for studying in cell culture the pathologic changes associated with Alzheimer's disease. The present invention further relates to methods for studying and detecting early events in the conversion of healthy neurons to Alzheimer's disease neurons. | 11-12-2009 |
Greg Bloom, Tampa, FL US
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| 20110106740 | TISSUE CLASSIFICATION METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TUMORS - The present invention discloses an informational computation method for classifying objects Specifically, the invention is a system, method, and computer-readable media for classifying tumors using a nonparametric statistical classifier in conjunction with an artificial neural network. The invention classifies unknown tumor types based on the correlation of unknown tumor's genetic expression compared to the genetic expression of know tumor types by first performing a nonparametric statistical analysis on the know data, training a artificial neural network with the known data, and then inputting the unknown tumor data into the neural network to calculate the probability that the sample tumor is a member of a class of tumors. By using a statistical classifier in conjunction with a neural network, the invention classifies unknown tumors more accurately then conventionally possible. Advantageously, by using a variety of tumor genetic expression data sets, including both published data sets and generated data sets, a tumor classifier, robust and accurate enough for clinical application, is provided. | 05-05-2011 |
Gregory M. Bloom, Lake Elmo, MN US
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| 20090302496 | CNC Instructions For Solidification Fixturing Of Parts - A customer transmits their 3D CAD file for a part to be total profile machined. Computer analysis of the transmitted CAD file produces CNC machining instructions, which are transmitted back to an address defined by the customer. The customer can then use the transmitted CNC machining instructions to total profile machine their own part using their own CNC mill at the location where the part is likely needed. The transmitted instructions include not only the tool paths for CNC machining of the total profile of the part, but also for additional features formed into the encircling portion of a material block from which the part is to be total profile machined. For instance, the CNC machining instructions transmitted back to the customer can define a registration recess and/or channels or undercuts for fluid support material on an A-side of a material block. After the A-side of the block is machined, the customer adds and solidifies fluid support material into the machined recess. The CNC mill is then used to machine a support surface into a portion of the solidified support material surface. A registration fixture is applied into contact with the support surface CNC machining on the B-side of the material block is then performed while the part is supported by the solidified support material, substantially separating the part from the encircling block of material. The support material is then removed, such as by dissolving, freeing the part from the encircling block of material. | 12-10-2009 |
Heather L. Bloom, Atlanta, GA US
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| 20100233727 | MARKER FOR ARRHYTHMIA RISK - The present invention relates to markers and methods for determining risk of ventricular arrhythmia in an African American or woman patient. By using the markers of the present invention, individual with high risk of ventricular arrhythmia can properly be detected and treated. The present inventors have discovered that, in African American and women, IL-6 and/or DROMs and/or CRP have strongly positive correlation with the risk of ventricular arrhythmia. | 09-16-2010 |
Jeffrey A. Bloom, Silver Spring, MD US
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| 20110181721 | OPTICAL PATH PROTECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A RAILROAD TRACK INSPECTION SYSTEM - A railroad track inspection system and method for facilitating inspection of a rail component while traveling on the railroad track. The railroad track inspection system includes an optical path protection device for a protective window for optical sensors of an optical inspection system when it becomes contaminated with dirt, dust, mud, grease, and other contaminants that block or obscure an optical path of the sensors. The optical path protection device eliminates the need for a human operator to perform the periodic cleaning of the protective window by using a clear film with an automated advancement mechanism for providing clean film, as needed, for keeping the optical path of the optical sensors unobstructed and clear. | 07-28-2011 |
Jennifer L. Bloom, Yarmouthport, MA US
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| 20090193403 | DYNAMIC CREATION OF CLIENT-SIDE ENVIRONMENT FOR PROBLEM ANALYSIS - The dynamic creation of a client-side environment for problem analysis includes the delivery and installation of a cohesive file structure to a client-side machine, the cohesive file structure including a data structure containing data files and an analyzer tool. | 07-30-2009 |
Jerrold C. Bloom, Windsor, CT US
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| 20100025161 | Elevator Cross-Dispatching System with Inter Group Relative System Response (IRSR) Dispatching - During elevator modernization, a cross-dispatching system receives hall calls and assigns each hall call to either a group of existing elevator car controllers or a group of new elevator car controllers. The cross-dispatching system creates an inter group relative system response (iRSR) value for the hall call for both the existing group of elevators and the new group of elevators, based upon information from each group such as car location, in-service status, load, and direction. If the group assigned the hall call does not answer the call within a redispatch time period, the cross-dispatching system again calculates the iRSR for each group and reassigns the hall call. | 02-04-2010 |
John Bloom, Tarpon Springs, FL US
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| 20100092619 | PORTION CONTROL CHEESE DISC FOR TOTAL PRODUCT UTILIZATION - A pizza pie and its associated method of making the pizza pie wherein the pizza pie includes a cheese topping in the form of a cheese disc which has a generally uniform predetermined thickness and size, is placed on the pizza pie. The cheese disc is dimensioned so as to as to be located within an inside boundary of a formed perimeter crust of the pizza pie. | 04-15-2010 |
John R. Bloom, Seattle, WA US
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| 20120043909 | LED Luminaires Power Supply - An LED luminaires power supply that isolates dangerous line power from the LED luminaires. The power supply's footprint may enable retrofitting in existing lighting fixtures (e.g., replace ballast in florescent tube troffer). The power supply may individually power a plurality of LED luminaires based on power requirements of the individual LED luminaires. The power supply may receive and interpret TRIAC dimmer signals and/or other lighting protocol commands and provide dimming and/or other lighting scenarios to the LED luminaires. The power supply may include identification readers to read identification and/or power requirements for the LED luminaires being powered thereby (stored in luminaires or in adapters connected to luminaires). The LED luminaires driven by the power supply may include individual lighting fixtures (e.g., LED tubes, LED bulbs), a plurality of LED light arrays in a single light fixture (e.g., LED street lights, LED high hats), or some combination thereof. | 02-23-2012 |
Joshua Bloom, Clemson, SC US
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| 20100081975 | Compression Device with Removable Portion - A device for applying compression treatment to a part of a wearer's body comprises first and second inflatable bladders spaced apart from one another along an axis of the device. A line of weakness in a connecting section between the first and second bladders extends generally transverse to the axis of the device for selectively separating the inflatable bladders from one another. The device includes an overlying layer in generally opposing relationship to one of the first and second bladder layers. The overlying layer is discontinuous generally adjacent to the line of weakness to define terminal edge margins of the overlying layer extending generally along the line of weakness. Each of the terminal edge margins are connected to at least one of the first and second bladder layers on an opposite side of the line of weakness from the other terminal edge margin. | 04-01-2010 |
Joy Sawyer Bloom, Wilmington, DE US
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| 20090312486 | Increased Loose Bulk Density Powders and Polymers Containing Them - The invention provides a treated powder having improved loose bulk density comprising a silanized inorganic powder treated with a long chain fatty acid or salts thereof, wherein the amount of the long chain fatty acid is about 0.25% to about 2 wt %, based on the total weight of the treated powder. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090326119 | INCREASED BULK DENSITY POWDERS AND POLYMERS CONTAINING THEM - The invention provides a treated powder having improved loose bulk density comprising a silanized inorganic powder treated with a long chain fatty acid or salts thereof, wherein the amount of the long chain fatty acid is about 0.25% to about 2 wt %, based on the total weight of the treated powder. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20110151163 | POLYMER-BASED PRODUCTS HAVING IMPROVED SOLAR REFLECTIVITY AND UV PROTECTION - The disclosure provides a polymer-based product for outdoor applications having improved solar reflectivity and UV protection comprising: (a) a polymer; (b) a colorant; and (c) an ultrafine TiO | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110151244 | COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING IMPROVED SOLAR REFLECTIVITY AND UV PROTECTION - The disclosure provides a coating composition for outdoor applications having improved solar reflectivity and UV protection comprising a coating base, wherein the coating base comprises: (a) a colorant; and (b) an ultrafine-TiO | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110313087 | INCREASED BULK DENSITY POWDERS AND POLYMERS CONTAINING THEM - The invention provides a treated powder having improved loose bulk density comprising a silanized inorganic powder treated with a long chain fatty acid or salts thereof, wherein the amount of the long chain fatty acid is about 0.25% to about 2 wt %, based on the total weight of the treated powder. | 12-22-2011 |
Kenneth S. Bloom, Bloomdale, OH US
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| 20080210657 | Closure and package for high-temperature applications - A plastic closure includes a plastic closure shell having a base wall with a central opening and a skirt for securing the closure to a container neck finish. A plastic disk includes angularly spaced fingers extending into the central opening of the shell base wall and external beads on the fingers for engaging an inner periphery of the central opening to retain the disk within the shell. The beads have flat undersurfaces and the inner periphery of the central opening has a ledge with a conical surface engaged by the beads. Any doming that occurs in the disk and/or the closure shell base wall increases the surface contact between the finger beads and the opposing surface of the ledge so that removal of the shell from a container neck finish will simultaneously lift and remove the disk from the neck finish without having the beads snap through the central opening in the shell so that the shell is removed while the disk is retained on the neck finish. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080223813 | Tamper-indicating closure and container - A tamper-indicating package includes a container having a neck finish with at least one external thread segment, at least two angularly spaced sets of external ratchet teeth spaced from the thread segment and a circumferentially extending radial enlargement between the two sets of ratchet teeth. A closure includes a skirt with at least one internal thread segment engaging the external thread segment on the container neck finish, a tamper band frangibly connected to the skirt, and a circumferential array of internal engagement elements on the tamper band for engaging the ratchet teeth on the neck finish to prevent rotation of the tamper band with respect to the ratchet teeth and thereby sever the tamper band from the closure skirt upon first unthreading of the closure from the container neck finish. The circumferentially extending radial enlargement between the sets of ratchet teeth is slidably engaged by the engagement elements on the tamper band to prevent ovalization of the tamper band between the sets of ratchet teeth. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080237238 | Closure and package with flexible base wall panel - A closure includes a plastic shell having a generally flat base wall, a peripheral skirt for mounting the closure on a container neck finish and an annular portion integrally connecting the skirt to the periphery of the base wall. A flexible resilient sealing liner is disposed on at least an inner surface of the annular portion. The annular portion has an inverted V-shape with an outer leg integrally connected to the skirt and an inner leg integrally connected to the periphery of the base wall such that the base wall is disposed axially beneath the annular connection between the inner and outer legs. The inner leg is resiliently flexible with respect to the outer leg upon engagement with an end of a container neck finish so as to flex the inner leg and the base wall outwardly with respect to the skirt and thereby draw the outer leg into engagement with an outer surface of the container neck finish. The inner leg of the annular V-shaped portion preferably is conical, and in exemplary embodiments of the disclosure the outer leg preferably either is cylindrical or is conical preferably at an angle equal and opposite to the conical inner leg. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20100072231 | Baffled Dispensing Closure - A dispensing closure assembly includes a deck having an outlet orifice, and an outlet conduit extending through the deck generally coaxially with respect to the outlet orifice. An inner wall extends generally coaxially with respect to the outlet conduit, wherein a fluid chamber is at least partially defined radially inwardly of the inner wall. A baffle wall is carried radially inwardly of the inner wall, wherein one or more fluid flow passages are defined between the inner wall and the baffle wall. The baffle wall includes a central portion opposed to the outlet conduit and a raised peripheral portion extending axially and radially outwardly from the central portion. Fluid flowing through the fluid flow passages enters the fluid chamber through the fluid flow passages, is directed toward the inner wall by the baffle wall, and then flows into the outlet conduit and out the outlet orifice. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110163134 | DISPENSING VALVE - A dispensing valve includes a resiliently flexible mounting portion, a resiliently flexible opening portion disposed radially inwardly of the mounting portion, and a resiliently flexible isolating portion disposed radially between and coupled to the mounting and opening portions. The isolating portion extends both radially outwardly and axially to form a first radial space between the opening and isolating portions, and is spaced radially inwardly of the mounting portion to form a second radial space between the mounting and isolating portions. The opening portion may include one or more slits. | 07-07-2011 |
Laird Bloom, Needham, MA US
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| 20090298081 | METHODS OF TREATMENT UTILIZING BINDING PROTEINS OF THE INTERLEUKIN-21 RECEPTOR - The present invention provides binding proteins and antigen-binding fragments thereof, including human antibodies, that specifically bind to the human interleukin-21 receptor (IL-21R), and methods of using them. The binding proteins can act as, e.g., antagonists of IL-21R activity, thereby modulating immune responses in general, and those mediated by IL-21R in particular. The disclosed compositions and methods may be used, e.g., in diagnosing, treating, and/or preventing IL-21R-associated disorders, e.g., inflammatory disorders, autoimmune diseases, allergies, transplant rejection, and other immune system disorders. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090298167 | INTERLEUKIN-21 RECEPTOR BINDING PROTEINS - The present invention provides binding proteins and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to the human interleukin-21 receptor (IL-21R). The binding proteins can act as, e.g., antagonists of IL-21R activity, thereby modulating immune responses in general, and those mediated by IL-21R in particular. The disclosed compositions and methods may be used, e.g., in diagnosing and/or treating IL-21R-associated disorders, e.g., inflammatory disorders, autoimmune diseases, allergies, transplant rejection, cancer, and other immune system disorders. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090304590 | Therapeutic compositions and methods - The present application provides novel binding proteins, including human binding proteins that specifically bind to the human ErbB2. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100075329 | METHODS FOR PREDICTING PRODUCTION OF ACTIVATING SIGNALS BY CROSS-LINKED BINDING PROTEINS - The present invention provides human binding proteins and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to the human interleukin-21 receptor (IL21R), and uses therefore. The invention further provides methods to predict whether the binding proteins of the invention may take on agonistic activities in vivo and produce a cytokine storm. In addition, the invention provides methods for determining whether an anti-IL21R binding protein is a neutralizing anti-IL21R binding protein, based on the identification of several IL21-responsive genes. The binding proteins can act as, e.g., antagonists of IL21R activity, thereby modulating immune responses in general, and those mediated by IL21R in particular. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100124764 | SINGLE CHAIN ANTIBODY LIBRARY DESIGN - The invention provides polynucleotide vectors and linkers and methods for designing and making single chain variable fragment (“ScFv”) libraries. The invention also provides polynucleotide vectors and linkers and methods for reformatting the ScFv library into Fab and IgG formats for high throughput production and screening. | 05-20-2010 |
Larry Bloom, Atlanta, GA US
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| 20100054634 | TWO-HANDLED BAG - A novel bag for holding, transporting, and pouring a bulk product is provided. The bag comprises two handles, with one handle being primarily configured for carrying (but also useful for pouring), and the other being primarily configured for pouring. The handles are positioned on adjacent sides of the bag, with the pouring handle being positioned near the bottom half of the bag to facilitate a controlled tilting of the bag. In one embodiment, the bag also includes a third handle on the same side of the bag as the pouring handle. The bag is typically formed of plastic, and can be used for salt, animal food, and other pourable products. The bag has a very high strength, with the second handle being particularly strong as a result of a longitudinal seam positioned adjacent that handle. | 03-04-2010 |
Lawrence E. Bloom, Scottsdale, AZ US
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| 20080238023 | WHEELCHAIR DRIVE ASSEMBLY - A wheelchair includes a seat carried by a frame including at least one front wheel and opposed rear wheels. A circular handrim is coupled to one of the rear wheels with spaced-apart connecting pins. A framework is secured to the handrim, and a ratchet operatively couples an inner end of a lever to the framework. The lever extends upwardly from the ratchet to the outer end allowing a user seated in the seat of the wheelchair to grasp the outer end of the lever and move the lever between a first position and a second position. The ratchet acts on the framework to impart rotation to the one of the rear wheels in response to movement of the lever between the first and second positions. | 10-02-2008 |
Martin Bloom, Aventura, FL US
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| 20090266391 | SAFETY UMBRELLA WITH WATER COLLECTING AND DRAINAGE MECHANISM - A safety umbrella comprising fluorescent fabric panels, of which, at least one panel is transparent, a skeleton, a shaft assembly, and a cover assembly. Interconnecting the skeleton to the shaft assembly is a runner, which allows a user to open and close the umbrella and elongated sleeves upon stretchers to prevent pinching or trapping the fingers of the users thereof. A telescopic cover assembly collects water when the umbrella is closed, and the telescopic cylindrical are in the extended position engaged contiguously to each other's cooperating upper and lower flanges resulting in a substantially water-tight disposition. A removable cap mounted to a sleeve member that includes a thorough passage allows for the ready drainage of the water collected by the canopy, reducing the probability of water damage or accidents to the user or others, resulting from slippage upon water. | 10-29-2009 |
Michael E. Bloom, Oak Greve, MN US
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| 20080213105 | Reciprocating Piston Pump with Air Valve, Detent and Poppets - An air valving system for a reciprocating piston pump ( | 09-04-2008 |
Michael E. Bloom, Oak Grove, MN US
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| 20080251606 | Air Spray Gun Improvements in Nozzle and Aircap - The feeder passages ( | 10-16-2008 |
Michael R. Bloom, Kasota, MN US
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| 20100005763 | AERODYNAMIC SEPARATION NOZZLE - Multiple designs and methods for aerodynamic separation nozzles and systems for integrating multiple aerodynamic separation nozzles into a single system are disclosed herein. These aerodynamic separation nozzles utilize a combination of aerodynamic forces and separation nozzle structure to induce large centrifugal forces on the gases that in combination with the structure of the nozzle are used to separate heavier constituents of the process gas from lighter constituents. In some embodiments a number of separation nozzles are combined into a single system suitable for dynamic processing of a process gas. In other embodiments the separation nozzles are temperature controlled to condition the incoming gas to a temperature in order to encourage a phase change in certain constituents of the gas to occur within the nozzle to further enhance separation. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20110120303 | Device and Method For Particle Separation - A separation device with a gas inlet port that accepts an inlet gas. The inlet gas is composed of a mixture of at least two separable particle components with each component having a different mass. A rotating separation rotor accepts the inlet gas and uses a separator to substantially separate the gas according to mass into two fractions, a heavier and a lighter fraction. One of the fractions is passed to a second separator that further separates that fraction into another two fractions consisting of heavier and lighter fractions. The desired fractions are collected and exhausted from the separation device for use. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110314776 | AERODYNAMIC SEPARATION NOZZLE - Multiple designs and methods for aerodynamic separation nozzles and systems for integrating multiple aerodynamic separation nozzles into a single system are disclosed herein. These aerodynamic separation nozzles utilize a combination of aerodynamic forces and separation nozzle structure to induce large centrifugal forces on the gases that in combination with the structure of the nozzle are used to separate heavier constituents of the process gas from lighter constituents. In some embodiments a number of separation nozzles are combined into a single system suitable for dynamic processing of a process gas. In other embodiments the separation nozzles are temperature controlled to condition the incoming gas to a temperature in order to encourage a phase change in certain constituents of the gas to occur within the nozzle to further enhance separation. | 12-29-2011 |
Robert Bloom, Gainesville, TX US
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| 20090188675 | DRILLING RIGS WITH APPARATUS IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A rig for wellbore operations which has a rig floor, at least one mat on the rig floor, and energizing apparatus in or on the at least one mat for energizing wave-energizable apparatus on an item movable with respect to the rig. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 07-30-2009 |
Robert Lewis Bloom, Gainsville, TX US
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| 20100127229 | Drawworks - A drawworks ( | 05-27-2010 |
Robert Lewis Bloom, Gainesville, TX US
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| 20090084558 | Electrically powered well servicing rigs - A mobile land rig for use in wellbore operations. The mobile land rig, in certain aspects, has a vehicle; an erectable mast; winch apparatus (e.g., one or two winches); and electric motor apparatus for powering the winch apparatus. In one aspect there are two winches and one electric motor powers both winches. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 CFR 1.72(b). | 04-02-2009 |
Ryan L. Bloom, Seattle, WA US
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| 20110022386 | SPEECH RECOGNITION TUNING TOOL - Systems and methods for tuning a dictionary of a speech recognition system includes accessing a voice mail record of a user, accessing a recorded audio file of a name of the user in the voice mail record spoken by the user, providing the audio file to a speech recognition system, processing the audio file in the speech recognition system and obtaining a text result, determining whether a confidence score of the text result is below a predetermined threshold, and adding, at least, the name of the user to a list of low confidence names. Alternate spellings for the low confidence names can then be added to the dictionary. | 01-27-2011 |
Stuart Bloom, Indianapolis, IN US
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| 20100101230 | Flow splitter for gas turbine engine - A splitter is disclosed that can be coupled with a splitter support and used within a diffuser of a gas turbine engine. The splitter includes apertures for receiving a portion of the splitter support. The splitter support includes support arms that are adapted to be slidingly received within the apertures of the splitter. | 04-29-2010 |
Ted E. Bloom, Warren, OH US
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| 20110173769 | EDGE APPARATUS ATTACHABLE TO RECEPTACLE - System(s), method(s), and device(s) that facilitate using an edge component to facilitate waste disposal are presented. An edge component having a top portion and bottom portion formed so as to be in a C-like shape such that the edge component can be attached to a top edge of a side portion of container. The edge component can have an edge portion at the opposite end having a substantially fine edge to facilitate transferring waste from a surface into the container via the edge component when the container is placed on its side portion. In embodiments, the edge component can have side walls that can extend up to a desired height to minimize waste dropping off the side of the edge component; or an attachable portion of the edge component can be flexible such that it can conform to a non-straight shape of a side portion of the container. | 07-21-2011 |
Terry R. Bloom, Middlebury, IN US
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| 20100139561 | Counter sunk screen - A printing screen which, in one embodiment, is adapted to print resistors on a substrate including conductors. An emulsion material covers at least a first area of the screen and at least a second area of the screen defines a region of the screen through which a thick film paste material passes and is deposited onto the substrate to form the resistors. A pattern of recesses, defined in the bottom surface of the layer of emulsion material, matches the pattern of conductors on the substrate. When the screen is lowered onto or near the substrate, the conductors are fitted into the respective recesses to assure that during printing the screen lays flat against the substrate irrespective of the number, size, or location of the conductors on the substrate for forming resistors of uniform thickness and thus uniform resistance. | 06-10-2010 |
Thomas Bloom, Raleigh, NC US
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| 20080240409 | CROSSBAR CABLE - A crossbar cable to connect a crossbar switch with a plurality of outputs comprises a switch connector, a plurality of cables, a plurality of device connectors, and an encasing wrap. The switch connector comprises a plurality of sockets. Each cable has wires connected at a first end to a subset of the sockets in the switch connector. Each device connector is connected to a second end of the wires of one of the plurality of cables. Each of the device connectors is communicatively coupled over the wires to the subset of sockets at the first end of its respective one of the plurality of cables. An encasing wrap bundles the plurality of cables at least at the first ends of the plurality of cables. | 10-02-2008 |
Toby Bloom, Belmont, MA US
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| 20110016030 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATION AND ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION - The invention provides a system and method for automated data analysis in which data agents are located and operate at each member site or data source (i.e., locally). These agents access stored data at the data source or member sites, process the data and also aggregate the results. The aggregated results from each of the member sites are then forwarded to and further aggregated at a central analytic hub. The central analytic hub contains a centralized application which can further aggregate each of the aggregated results and perform a final analysis. These results are then delivered to the requestor without any ability to identify individual data sources, or records from those sources. | 01-20-2011 |
Vincent L. Bloom, Beallsville, PA US
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| 20080303276 | Sealing Mechanism for Ductwork - This invention relates to sealing HVAC ductwork along its joints in order to reduce air leakage. The ductwork can be sealed by the combination of a gasket and mechanical locking mechanism. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20110042945 | Dual Purpose Dimple for HVAC Circular Ductwork - This invention relates to sealing HVAC ductwork along its joints in order to reduce air leakage. The ductwork can be sealed by the combination of a gasket and mechanical locking mechanism. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110258852 | Process for manufacturing sealed round metal ductwork - This invention relates to sealing HVAC ductwork along its joints in order to reduce air leakage. The ductwork can be sealed by the combination of a gasket and mechanical locking mechanism. | 10-27-2011 |
Walter M. Bloom, Warminster, PA US
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| 20120043909 | LED Luminaires Power Supply - An LED luminaires power supply that isolates dangerous line power from the LED luminaires. The power supply's footprint may enable retrofitting in existing lighting fixtures (e.g., replace ballast in florescent tube troffer). The power supply may individually power a plurality of LED luminaires based on power requirements of the individual LED luminaires. The power supply may receive and interpret TRIAC dimmer signals and/or other lighting protocol commands and provide dimming and/or other lighting scenarios to the LED luminaires. The power supply may include identification readers to read identification and/or power requirements for the LED luminaires being powered thereby (stored in luminaires or in adapters connected to luminaires). The LED luminaires driven by the power supply may include individual lighting fixtures (e.g., LED tubes, LED bulbs), a plurality of LED light arrays in a single light fixture (e.g., LED street lights, LED high hats), or some combination thereof. | 02-23-2012 |