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Bradley Bloomquist, Wilmington, NC US
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| 20100266083 | Method and system for simultaneous irradiation and elution capsule - A capsule for holding, irradiating, and eluting a material is provided. Methods of fabricating and using the capsule are also provided. The capsule may include a multidiameter tube with a first end region, a second end region, and a middle region. Washers and filters are provided in the end regions and the end regions may be sealed using various methods and materials with the end caps press fit into the end regions. The middle region is designed to store a material to be irradiated by a neutron flux source. The capsule components may be made from materials having a low nuclear cross section so that the capsule may be handled safely after an irradiation step is performed. The capsule is also designed to have a symmetric configuration as an elution and irradiation column so that the same capsule may be used to elute the material within the middle region of the capsule after an irradiation step is performed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110051872 | IRRADIATION TARGETS FOR ISOTOPE DELIVERY SYSTEMS - Example embodiments are directed to methods of producing desired isotopes in commercial nuclear reactors and associated apparatuses using instrumentation tubes conventionally found in nuclear reactor vessels to expose irradiation targets to neutron flux found in the operating nuclear reactor. Example embodiments include irradiation targets for producing radioisotopes in nuclear reactors and instrumentation tubes thereof. Example embodiments include one or more irradiation targets useable with example delivery systems that permit delivery into instrumentation tubes. Example embodiments may be sized, shaped, fabricated, and otherwise configured to successfully move through example delivery systems and conventional instrumentation tubes while producing desired isotopes. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051875 | CABLE DRIVEN ISOTOPE DELIVERY SYSTEM - Provided is an isotope delivery system and a method for irradiating a target and delivering the target to an extraction point. The isotope delivery system may include a cable including at least one target for irradiation, a drive system configured for moving the cable, and a first guide configured to guide the cable for insertion and extraction from a nuclear reactor. The method for irradiating a target and delivering a target may include pushing a cable with an attached target through a first guide and into a nuclear reactor using a drive system, irradiating the target in the nuclear reactor, pulling the cable with the attached irradiated target towards the drive system, pushing the cable with the irradiated target towards a loading/unloading area using the drive system, and placing the irradiated target into a transfer cask, wherein the cable is pulled and pushed by the drive system. | 03-03-2011 |
Bradley D. Bloomquist, Wilmington, NC US
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| 20100246742 | SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLING OR DISASSEMBLING A SEGMENTED ROD - An embodiment of the present invention takes the form of a system that allows for simultaneously assembling or disassembling multiple segmented nuclear fuel rods (hereinafter “segmented rods”). An embodiment of the present invention, may receive, secure, and move the segmented rods into a position that allows for performing the tasks of either assembly or disassembly, allowing for an operator to use a tool to complete the aforementioned tasks. | 09-30-2010 |
Brett Bloomquist, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20100164983 | LEVERAGING GRAPHICS PROCESSORS TO OPTIMIZE RENDERING 2-D OBJECTS - Methods and computer-readable media for displaying two-dimensional objects on a display device are disclosed. Rendering requests are received from an application to render two-dimensionally modeled graphics to a display device. Primitive geometries of drawing calls of the rendering requests are tessellated into sequences of triangles. The vertices of the triangles are mapped to a vertex buffer along with an index to identify associated constant data. Batching operations store and communicate calls and mapped data to a graphics processing unit by way of a three-dimensional rendering application program interface. Constant data associated with the mapped data are indexed and appended together in a constant buffer, thereby allowing drawing calls to be coalesced. A staging buffer and a staging texture are provided for batching text anti-aliasing operations. Shader fragments are precompiled and organized by way of a predetermined lookup table. | 07-01-2010 |
Darrel R. Bloomquist, Meridian, ID US
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| 20080299680 | METHODS OF FORMING MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICES - Methods for creating a memory device can include depositing a sense layer, patterning the sense layer to form a plurality of magnetic data cells, depositing a separation layer over the plurality of data cells, depositing a reference layer over the separation layer, and patterning the reference layer to form an elongated magnetic reference cell wherein the elongated magnetic reference cell extends uninterrupted along more than one of the plurality of magnetic data cells. | 12-04-2008 |
David Bloomquist, Gainesville, FL US
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| 20090214300 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND CONTROLLING COMPACTIVE EFFORT DELIVERED TO A SOIL BY A COMPACTION UNIT - According to various embodiments, devices, systems, and methods are provided for controlling a compactive effort delivered to a soil by a compaction unit. A device, according to one embodiment, includes a compaction unit ( | 08-27-2009 |
David G. Bloomquist, Gainesville, FL US
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| 20090000361 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING THE RATE OF EROSION AND METHODS USING THE SAME - Various embodiments of the invention comprise devices, systems, and methods for estimating the rate at which rock, soil or any self-supporting material erode. Particular embodiments of the invention relate to devices and systems that subject a stationary soil or rock sample to shear stresses by rotating fluid about the soil or rock sample to simulate the effects of flowing fluids on the soil or rock sample. In various embodiments, the devices and systems include a torque cell unit and clutch assembly. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20100178115 | Systems and Methods for Securing Foundation Members in a Substrate - Systems and methods are provided for establishing and securing a foundation in a substrate. For example, in one embodiment, a pump conveys a first fluid (e.g., water) through a pile member to produce an elongate opening in a substrate, which allows the pile member to be advanced into the substrate. After the pile member has been advanced into the elongate opening in the substrate, a second fluid (e.g., fluidized concrete) is conveyed out of openings on the side (and the bottom) of the pile member to substantially secure the pile member in the elongate opening defined in the substrate. | 07-15-2010 |
Jeffrey Bloomquist, Blacksburg, VA US
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| 20090068242 | INSECTICIDAL CARBAMATES EXHIBITING SPECIES-SELECTIVE INHIBITION OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE (AChE) - The present invention includes insecticidal carbamates that are useful, for example, for the control of insects, such as mosquitoes, which can be used in applications where exposure to and/or contact with humans is likely. The insecticides of the present invention include phenyl N-methyl carbamates and compositions comprising them that exhibit species-selective inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and are preferably toxic to mosquitoes but not humans. Of particular interest are compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II): | 03-12-2009 |
Joe Bloomquist, Austin, TX US
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| 20080299733 | METHOD OF FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE COMPRISING AN IMPLANTATION OF IONS IN A MATERIAL LAYER TO BE ETCHED - A method of forming a semiconductor structure comprises providing a semiconductor substrate. A feature having a side surface and a top surface is formed over the substrate. A material layer is formed over the substrate. The material layer covers at least the side surface of the feature. An ion implantation process is performed to create an ion-implanted portion in the material layer. An etch process adapted to remove the ion-implanted portion at a greater etch rate than other portions of the material layer is performed. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090236667 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING ISOLATION TRENCHES INDUCING DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRAIN - By forming isolation trenches of different types of intrinsic stress on the basis of separate process sequences, the strain characteristics of adjacent active semiconductor regions may be adjusted so as to obtain overall device performance. For example, highly stressed dielectric fill material including compressive and tensile stress may be appropriately provided in the respective isolation trenches in order to correspondingly adapt the charge carrier mobility of respective channel regions. | 09-24-2009 |
Judy Bloomquist, Meridian, ID US
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| 20080299680 | METHODS OF FORMING MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICES - Methods for creating a memory device can include depositing a sense layer, patterning the sense layer to form a plurality of magnetic data cells, depositing a separation layer over the plurality of data cells, depositing a reference layer over the separation layer, and patterning the reference layer to form an elongated magnetic reference cell wherein the elongated magnetic reference cell extends uninterrupted along more than one of the plurality of magnetic data cells. | 12-04-2008 |
Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN US
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| 20100234005 | System for Selectively Limiting the Function of a Communication Device - Described is a system and method for limiting the function of a subservient communication device using a dominant communication device. More specifically, the dominant communication device is capable of limiting the function of the subservient communication device when the user of the subservient communication device does not respond to an attempted communication from the dominant communication device. The function of the subservient communication device remains limited until it establishes communication with the dominant communication device or, in certain embodiments, a secondary communication device. | 09-16-2010 |
Timothy A. Bloomquist, Shoreview, MN US
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| 20110223336 | PHOTOACTIVATABLE CROSSLINKER COMPOSITIONS FOR SURFACE MODIFICATION - The invention describes novel compositions of crosslinkers that include at least two pendent photoactivatable groups, such as benzophenone moieties, and an initiator, such as acetophenone. | 09-15-2011 |