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Alexandre Branco, Schwebheim DE
Anthony Branco, Naples, FL US
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| 20080315592 | Parabolic bi-directional wind turbine assembly and omni-directional power array - An omni-direction array | 12-25-2008 |
Anthony J. Branco, Naples, FL US
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| 20090115193 | Water turbine for generating electricity | 05-07-2009 |
Luis Branco, Rockville, MD US
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| 20100028940 | Compositions and Methods for Metabolic Selection of Transfected Cells - The present invention relates to novel selection marker vectors, and methods for using these vectors to generate stable gene expression systems in eukaryotic cells utilizing any enzyme useful in the eukaryotic sterol/cholesterol biosynthetic pathway, such as a 3-ketosteroid reductase, as a metabolic selection marker to select transfected cells. In one embodiment, the method comprises transfecting cells that are auxotrophic for cholesterol with a vector encoding 3-ketosteroid reductase and at least one heterologous protein, and selecting cells that have the ability to survive in medium lacking cholesterol and/or producing the heterologous protein in these cells in chemically defined and/or serum-free media. | 02-04-2010 |
Luis M. Branco, New Orleans, LA US
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| 20100261640 | SOLUBLE AND MEMBRANE ANCHORED FORMS OF LASSA VIRUS SUBUNIT PROTEINS - The invention discloses compositions comprising soluble and membrane-anchored forms of Lassa virus (LASV) glycoprotein 1 (GP1), glycoprotein 2 (GP2), the glycoprotein precursor (GPC), the nucleocapsid protein (NP), and the nucleic acids encoding these proteins. This invention further relates to diagnostic and preventative methods using these compositions. Preventative methods include preparation of vaccines, as well as factors (e.g. small molecules) that inhibit LASV infectivity. Further, the invention relates to diagnostic and therapeutic antibodies including neutralizing antibodies for the prevention and treatment of infection by LASV and other arenaviruses. | 10-14-2010 |
Luiz Maltar Catello Branco, Maracana BR
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| 20090149206 | Method for Building Spontaneous Virtual Communities Based on Common Interests Using Wireless Equipments - The present invention refers to a method for establishing a communication network that connects a group or community of users using wireless equipments according to their defined interests. These equipments are preferentially portable, low cost, and user-friendly, where each equipment must be configurable using its user's profile, which contains a small amount of the user's personal data, namely the miniprofile. The method uses a collection of such miniprofiles to transparently set a communication network among the associate users to establish a virtual community. In addition, each profile will contain further information on user's interests, which the method will propagate across the communication network to the established virtual community in a way that their members will be able to form groups based on common interests while allowing for interaction among their members. The user profile can be set identifiable or anonymous, may or not be shareable in relation to the other members of a group. The method is distributed, and supports spontaneous and volatile communication networks, preferentially. | 06-11-2009 |
Manuel Lopes Branco, Mississauga CA
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| 20090080337 | Method and Systems For Verifying a Connection From a Gateway to a Network - There are disclosed methods and systems for verifying a connection between a subscriber station and a network wherein a gateway resides intermediate the subscriber station and the network. A method may include receiving instructions from a remote verification host. In response to the instructions, a tester may be introduced into the connection. The tester may receive an IP address of the subscriber station. The tester may use the IP address to perform at least one connectivity test between the gateway and the network. The tester may generate an output reporting a result of the at least one connectivity test. | 03-26-2009 |
Manuel Lopes Branco, Oakville CA
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| 20080276305 | Systems, Methods and Computer-Readable Media for Regulating Remote Access to a Data Network - A system, which comprises an authorization controller operable for regulating establishment of user sessions over a data network; a processing subsystem operable for monitoring the user sessions and applying a walled garden policy, wherein application of the walled garden policy respectively associates each user in a certain subset of users with a respective walled garden selected from a common plurality of walled gardens; and a database for storing, in association with each said user in the certain subset of users, a respective identifier corresponding to the respectively associated walled garden. The authorization controller is further operable for responding to receipt of an access request identifying a particular user in the certain subset of users and received from a communication endpoint by (I) consulting the database to identify the walled garden respectively associated with said particular user and (II) directing the communication endpoint to said walled garden respectively associated with said particular user. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090003221 | Method and System for Testing a Connection - According to embodiments of the present invention an apparatus suitable for testing a connection defined between a customer entity and a network entity, the connection traversing at least a first portion of a packet-enabled network between said apparatus and the network entity is provided. The apparatus comprises a first interface adapted to exchange with the network entity data associated with the connection over a first traffic VLAN and a second interface adapted to exchange with the customer entity data associated with the connection over a second traffic VLAN bridged to the first traffic VLAN by a bridging entity. The apparatus further comprises a third interface adapted to exchange with a management entity data associated with a management connection over a management VLAN. A control module coupled to the first, second and third interfaces, the control module is provided and the control module is operable to respond to an instruction received from the management entity to cause the switching entity to perform selective bridging of the management VLAN to at least one of the first traffic VLAN and the second traffic VLAN. | 01-01-2009 |
Monica C. Branco, Union, NJ US
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| 20100034881 | MACROMOLECULAR DIFFUSION AND RELEASE FROM SELF-ASSEMBLED BETA-HAIRPIN PEPTIDE HYDROGELS - A hydrogel for delayed release of an anionic macromolecule, wherein the hydrogel comprises the anionic macromolecule, 150 mM NaCl, and a peptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 through SEQ ID NO:33 in an aqueous medium at a pH of 7.4; wherein the anionic macromolecule has an isoelectric point of at most 6.8; and wherein the hydrogel is capable of retaining at least 25% of the anionic macromolecule after 28-day extraction at 37° C. with a pH=7.4 BTP buffer containing 150 mM NaCl. | 02-11-2010 |
Nuno M. Branco, Hermosa Beach, CA US
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| 20090194531 | WASHING-FACILITATING CONTAINER - A container is disclosed comprising a lower container that is open at a top end thereof, the top end terminating with a first attachment means. An upper container is open at a bottom end thereof and at a top end thereof. The bottom end of the upper container terminates with a second attachment means that is adapted to cooperate with the first attachment means of the lower container. The top end of the upper container terminates with a third attachment means. A closure is adapted to selectively seal the open top end of the upper container, the closure means further including a fourth attachment means adapted to cooperate with the third attachment means of the top end of the upper container. In use, the upper and lower containers may be selectively mutually attached to form the container. The upper and lower containers may be mutually detached at the first and second attachment means to facilitate washing thereof. | 08-06-2009 |
Richard Gerald Branco, Columbus, NJ US
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| 20100064199 | Efficient, programmable and scalable low density parity check decoder - In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, methods and apparatus allowing for an efficient design of an LDPC decoder suitable for a range of code-block sizes and bit-rates, which is also suitable for both ASIC and FPGA implementations, are provided. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the overhead associated with correction data sent along the transmission channel can be minimized. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, an LDPC decoder is suitable for both ASIC and FPGA implementations. Method and apparatus allowing for an efficient design of an LDPC decoder suitable for a range of code-block sizes and bit-rates are presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, such an LDPC decoder can be implemented in both ASIC and FPGA implementations. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention such an LDPC decoder can be optimized for either eIRA based H matrices or for general H matrices, as may be desirable. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, an H parity matrix can be constructed and/or manipulated to arrange the bit-node message “columns” to facilitate mapping to MPB “columns” and corresponding access via LUT pointer tables to minimize processing cycles so as to, for example: (i) minimize address conflicts within the same MPB that will take multiple access cycles to resolve; (ii) minimize splitting of bit-node messages across MPB “columns” that will take multiple access cycles to resolve; and (iii) balance the bit-node computations across all the MPB/LUT “columns” so that they will complete their computations at nearly the same time. | 03-11-2010 |