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20120023006 | Credit Risk Mining - Systems and techniques for developing and implementing a credit risk model using various sources of data, including price data, financial accounting ratios, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) data, and textual data are disclosed. Each source of data provides unique and distinct information about the health of an entity, such as a firm or company. The systems and techniques combine information from disparate sources to create a uniquely powerful signal. The systems and techniques can be used to predict a number of events including, but not limited to, probability of default or bankruptcy, loss given default, probability of rating agency rating change, and probability of equity price moves. | 01-26-2012 |
20120143782 | Private Company Valuation - Systems and techniques are disclosed to value privately-held companies, at least in part, on publicly traded companies. A value is computed for a primary private company using a weighted average valuation multiple and a weighted average total return value associated with publicly traded companies. A confidence rating of the computed valuation is also provided. | 06-07-2012 |
20130097059 | PREDICTIVE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING ANALYTICS - Systems and techniques are disclosed for identifying a marketing opportunity by associating a set of prediction scores with a set of privately-held entities. Each of the set of prediction scores is based on a likelihood of a privately-held entity initiating an IPO over a set period of time. To derive the set of prediction scores, systems and techniques are disclosed that utilize one or more private company data, investor data, deals data, and market data associated with a privately-held entity. An accompanying confidence rating may also be provided for each of the set of prediction scores. | 04-18-2013 |
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20140017296 | Adhesive Patch - A patch for covering a portion of the anatomical surface of a living being, said patch being able to adhere to the skin or mucosa, and/or a wound, said patch comprising a backing layer and a layer of a skin-friendly adhesive for adhering to the skin or mucosa, wherein said adhesive comprises hydrocolloid particles and zinc sulphate particles, wherein the ratio between the hydrocolloid particles and the zinc sulphate particles is from 4 to 22 w/w. | 01-16-2014 |
20140213955 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION - A pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes 4-15 w/w % styrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer, 20-35 w/w % styrene-isoprene diblock copolymer, 4-15 w/w % tackifier, 6-18 w/w % paraffin oil, and 30-45 w/w % hydrocolloid. The size of the hydrocolloid is below 40 μm. | 07-31-2014 |
20160045376 | An Adhesive Dressing - An adhesive dressing for application to the skin or a wound, the dressing comprising a backing layer having a skin facing surface and a non-skin facing surface, the skin facing surface being provided with substantially parallel adhesive lanes arranged with a distance in between such that the adhesive lanes are spaced from each other's by a portion of uncoated backing layer. The configuration of the dressing provides improved flexibility and permeability of the dressing. | 02-18-2016 |
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20080282765 | Self-calibrating sensor - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a gas sensor comprising a flow channel, a concentration modulator positioned in the flow channel, a gas generator in contact with the flow channel, one or more gas detectors positioned downstream of the concentration modulator and gas generator and a pump. | 11-20-2008 |
20080311663 | Gas Analyzer Apparatus and Method of Analyzing Gases - A gas analyzer apparatus includes a device or platform for supporting a predetermined quantity of a reagent capable of reacting with a predetermined gas to cause a detectable change in a characteristic of the reagent, a reservoir adapted to retain the reagent, a dispenser for dispensing a controlled quantity of the reagent from the reservoir to a predetermined position on the device for supporting the predetermined quantity of the reagent, and a detector that detects the presence of the predetermined gas upon the predetermined gas and the controlled quantity of reagent reacting to cause a detectable change in a characteristic of the reagent detectable by the detector, the detector adapted to detect a change in the controlled quantity of the reagent by detecting the change in the characteristic through the predetermined quantity of the reagent. | 12-18-2008 |
20090100906 | PHASED MICRO ANALYZER VIII - A micro fluid analyzer that may be highly sensitive, fast and very compact. The analyzer may use sufficiently low power per analysis to be easily implemented with an equivalently small battery pack or other portable power source. There may be energy conservation features in the analyzer, such as optimal adsorber film thicknesses in the pre-concentrator, concentrator and chromatographic separators. There may be special timing of the phased heating elements in the concentrators and separators to further reduce energy consumption. Various kinds of detectors and sensors may be incorporated in the analyzer for achieving low probability for false positives and detection versatility. There may be a controller that provides data acquisition and analyses, drive signals for control, management of wireless signal transmission and reception, processing, and other operational uses of the micro analyzer. | 04-23-2009 |
20090111191 | GAS ANALYZER CASSETTE SYSTEM - A highly sensitive fluid composition analyzer where a fluid may be placed in contact with a very small area on a material sensitized to change color in the presence of a specific type of compound, to be impinged with light. The light reflected, transmitted and/or scattered by the material may serve as input for the analyzer electronics. The fluid may be pre-concentrated prior to being brought in contact with the material. The area on the material may be a spot having an outside dimension of less than one millimeter. | 04-30-2009 |
20090184724 | CHEMICAL IMPEDANCE DETECTORS FOR FLUID ANALYZERS - A chemical impedance detector having several electrodes situated on or across a dielectric layer of a substrate. The electrodes may be across or covered with a thin film polymer. Each electrode may have a set of finger-like electrodes. Each set of finger-like electrodes may be intermeshed, but not in contact, with another set of finger-like electrodes. The thin-film polymer may have a low dielectric constant and a high porous surface area. The chemical impedance detector may be incorporated in a micro fluid analyzer system. | 07-23-2009 |
20100239436 | A THERMAL PUMP - A thermal pump for moving a sample fluid to and through an analyzer. The pump may have a lack of moving mechanical parts when pumping except for check valves. The thermal pump may have in lieu of each mechanical check valve a thermal or fluid mechanism that effectively operates as a valve without mechanical parts. The present thermal pump may be fabricated with MEMS technology. The pump may be integrated into a concentrator and/or separator of a fluid analyzer chip. | 09-23-2010 |
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20090287368 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A motor vehicle has a driver assistance system for outputting a warning message and/or for engaging in a driving operation, an activity of the driver assistance system occurring if a variable triggering threshold is exceeded. To increase the active and passive traffic safety, further external circumstances, in particular influencing variables which have an influence on the driving behavior, the braking distance, and the skid resistance of the motor vehicle, for example, may be taken into consideration during the driving operation. | 11-19-2009 |
20100288567 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A TOUCHPAD IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND METHOD FOR ACTUATING THE TOUCHPAD - A motor vehicle is equipped with a steering wheel to which is allocated a touchpad for controlling various functions of the motor vehicle. A touchpad can be automatically deactivated when the steering wheel exceeds a prescribed angle of lock. Also indicated is a corresponding method for actuating the touchpad. | 11-18-2010 |
20100289660 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AN ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR - A motor vehicle is equipped with an environmental sensor, which emits signals and receives reflected signals. In order to reduce influences on the environment, a transmission power of the environmental sensor can be regulated as a function of velocity. Furthermore, a corresponding method for activating the environmental sensor is disclosed. | 11-18-2010 |
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20110216913 | COMMUNICATION IMPROVEMENT IN VEHICLES - A device for improving the communication in a motor vehicle with front and back seats includes, but is not limited to at least one first loudspeaker directed and the front seats, at least one second loudspeaker directed at the back seats, at least one first microphone directed at the front seats and an audio signal processor that can be activated in order to output speech recorded by the first microphone on the second loudspeaker. A first control element for activating the audio signal processor can be actuated from the back seats and a signal generator for displaying the activated state of the audio signal processor is visible from the front seats. | 09-08-2011 |
20110261199 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A DANGER SITUATION FOR A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a device for detecting a danger situation for a vehicle with a scanning device, which scans the vehicle vicinity and from this detects possible danger situations, with a signaling device which upon scanning of a danger situation emits a warning signal perceptible to the driver, and with a driver monitoring device which scans the reaction of the driver to the warning signal, wherein the driver monitoring device detects if the reaction of the driver represents a danger-recognizing reaction and in this case verifies the danger situation. | 10-27-2011 |
20120161980 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A driver assistance system includes, but is not limited to at least one environment sensor, an evaluation unit for identifying a potential hazardous traffic situation, and at least one actuator that can be activated by said evaluation unit for executing a warning intervention or a hazard-mitigating intervention according to the degree of hazard of the traffic situation identified by the evaluation unit. The evaluation unit is set up to distinguish at least three degrees of hazard of a potentially hazardous traffic situation and upon determining a degree of hazard that goes beyond that of the hazard-mitigating intervention, to trigger an emergency intervention of the actuator. | 06-28-2012 |
20120239269 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A TURN-OFF MANEUVER - A driver assistance system of an observing vehicle uses a method that includes, but is not limited to recognizing a turn-off maneuver of a vehicle preceding the observing vehicle and further includes, but is not limited to identifying at least one first and one second reference point on the preceding vehicle in pictures of the preceding vehicle taken successively by a camera, where the reference points, in transverse direction of the preceding vehicle, are spaced apart, determining the distance from the images of the reference points in the pictures. and recognizing a turn-off maneuver if it is determined that there is a reduction in distance. | 09-20-2012 |
20130032421 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH DRIVING ALONG NARROW ROADWAYS - A driving assistance apparatus for a motor vehicle for assistance with driving along narrow roadways is provided. The apparatus includes a data acquisition unit for acquiring route data while driving on a route obtained from wheel and steering angle sensors, a trajectory storage unit for recording the route data, and a triggering unit for triggering the vehicle based on the route data. The apparatus is coupled to a satellite navigation receiver for determining boundary value position data at the time of commencement and/or end of the route. A storage unit stores the boundary value position data for the route data. An approach checking unit checks whether the vehicle is approaching the commencement or end of the route based on the boundary value position data and generates a position approach signal if the motor vehicle is approaching the commencement or end of the route. | 02-07-2013 |
20130035821 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH DRIVING ALONG NARROW ROADWAYS - A driving assistance apparatus for a motor vehicle for assistance with driving along narrow roadways is provided. The apparatus includes a data acquisition unit for acquiring route data on the route to be obtained from wheel and steering angle sensors, a trajectory storage unit for recording the route data of the data acquisition unit, and a triggering unit for triggering the motor vehicle on a basis of the data recorded route data recorded by the trajectory storage unit. A satellite navigation unit determines an absolute position of the motor vehicle and digital map data with position attribute data for checking whether the motor vehicle is located in a vicinity of road areas with restricted scope for navigation and in such a case suggests recording of a trajectory to a driver of the motor vehicle or executes the recording of the trajectory in an automated manner. | 02-07-2013 |