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Celeste Brown, Moscow, ID US
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| 20100226899 | Categorization of Microbial Communities - The present disclosure provides embodiments of a method for characterizing microbial populations. Exemplified by methods for characterizing microbiota in vaginal samples, the methods provided herein are widely applicable to the characterization of microbial communities. Also provided are probiotic regimens and methods for selecting appropriate probiotic regimens based on the normal vaginal microbiota of a subject. Reagents and kits for detecting normal vaginal microbiota and diagnosing pathogenic microorganisms in the vagina are also provided. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110053802 | CATEGORIZATION OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES - The present disclosure provides embodiments of a method for characterizing microbial populations. Exemplified by methods for characterizing microbiota in vaginal samples, the methods provided herein are widely applicable to the characterization of microbial communities. Also provided are probiotic regimens and methods for selecting appropriate probiotic regimens based on the normal vaginal microbiota of a subject. Reagents and kits for detecting normal vaginal microbiota and diagnosing pathogenic microorganisms in the vagina are also provided. | 03-03-2011 |
Comer Brown, Eagle, ID US
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| 20080302037 | INSULATED BLOCKING PANELS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR I-JOIST INSTALLATION IN FLOORS AND CEILINGS AND METHODS OF INSTALLING SAME - Apparatus and methods for spacing, securing, and stabilizing I-joists at their ends, and insulating and structural enhancing I-joist assemblies, are provided around the perimeter, or in the interior, of a floor or ceiling where ends of I-joists are located. Insulated blocking panels may comprise an insulating portion that provides a high-R-value and a structural portion which may comprise vertical panel(s) and optional integral support blocks that provide a profiled end surface for extending to the web of the I-joists. Alternatively, insulated blocking panels with flat, vertical end surfaces may be used with field-installed support blocks, or insulated blocking panels with profiled end surfaces may be used without any support blocks. The support blocks or profiled end surfaces of the insulated blocking panels extend to the web of each I-joist, to fill in the space between the I-joists near the I-joist ends, including a substantial amount of the space immediately adjacent the web of each I-joist. The preferred insulated blocking panels, therefore, insulated the outer perimeter of a floor or ceiling and also contribute vertical load carrying capability, and lateral shear and roll-over resistance. | 12-11-2008 |
Eric Brown, Boise, ID US
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| 20100062538 | IDENTIFYING AND COUNTING PROTEINS IN A SAMPLE - The proteins in a cell are preferably proteolytically cleaved and chemically attached to another peptide of unique and known sequence. In one embodiment of the invention, peptide-linker-peptide triplets are synthesized with linker molecules such as polyhistidine. In a more preferred embodiment of the invention, peptide-mass differentiated group (MDG) constructs are synthesized. The MDG's may be obtained from a library of oligo-N(K)-peptides synthesized on resin beads, wherein N is the length of the peptides (with a default value of 4) and K is the number of alternative amino acids (with a default value of 10) at each position. Coupling between given peptides and linkers or MDG's creates recombinants with different overall masses that migrate separately in chromatographic separations. The peptides-linker/MGD's recombinants may be purified and sequenced by MS/MS analysis. The resulting purified and sequenced peptides are then counted, and the ratios of the different peptides within and/or between samples obtained. | 03-11-2010 |
Jeff Brown, Boise, ID US
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| 20100017234 | AUTOMATED INSURANCE ENROLLMENT, UNDERWRITING, AND CLAIMS ADJUSTING - An insurance enrollment and underwriting method includes providing a first user interface with one or more controls for enabling a user to specify one or more health conditions in an enrollment application for pet health insurance. Data representing one or more health conditions specified through the first user interface is received. That data is electronically processed. Each condition is electronically flagged as a condition that is acceptable, precluded, or for manual review. A dollar limit of coverage for each of a plurality of diagnoses in lieu of one or more exclusions is calculated. The plurality of diagnoses include one or more diagnoses related to one or more of the health conditions. Where all conditions are and flagged as acceptable or determined to be acceptable following a manual review, an active policy is packaged to include coverage for each of the plurality of diagnoses up to each diagnosis' corresponding dollar limit of coverage. | 01-21-2010 |
Keren Brown, Nampa, ID US
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| 20080215028 | HIGHLY-ADJUSTABLE, FITTED CLOTH DIAPER - A cloth diaper is fitted, washable and reusable, and highly effective in reducing or preventing leaks. The diaper comprises fabric preferably on both the outermost surface and the inner most surface that is stretchable, soft, and has hydrophilic and wicking properties. The diaper comprises an inner absorbent layer(s) between said hydrophilic and wicking fabric layers. A preferred continuously-adjustable fastening system may be used to adapt the diaper to fit a wide range of sizes of infants and toddlers, for example, from birth up to four years old. The fastening system allows a large amount of the front side of the diaper to be folded inside the diaper, significantly changing the overall size of the diaper to accommodate small infants. Even with the large folded-in flap, soft, wicking fabric is maintained against the child's skin, and the fastener system portion that is also folded inward does not interfere with absorbency. The preferred “V-shaped” fastener extends far down on the front side of the diaper, most of the way to the “crotch” area of the diaper, and also has wings/extensions from the top ends of the arms of the “V”, thus, allowing fastening of the diaper all along the length of each of the arms of the “V” and also out along the transverse length of the wing/extensions. | 09-04-2008 |
Kris K. Brown, Garden City, ID US
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| 20080227255 | Methods of Forming Vertical Transistors - A vertical transistor forming method includes forming a first pillar above a first source/drain and between second and third pillars, providing a first recess between the first and second pillars and a wider second recess between the first and third pillars, forming a gate insulator over the first pillar, forming a front gate and back gate over opposing sidewalls of the first pillar by depositing a gate conductor material within the first and second recesses and etching the gate conductor material to substantially fill the first recess, forming the back gate, and only partially fill the second recess, forming the front gate, forming a second source/drain elevationally above the first source/drain, and providing a transistor channel in the first pillar. The channel is operationally associated with the first and second sources/drains and with the front and back gates to form a vertical transistor configured to exhibit a floating body effect. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20110012182 | Semiconductor Constructions and Transistors, and Methods of Forming Semiconductor Constructions and Transistors - The invention includes a transistor device having a semiconductor substrate with an upper surface. A pair of source/drain regions are formed within the semiconductor substrate and a channel region is formed within the semiconductor substrate and extends generally perpendicularly relative to the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate. A gate is formed within the semiconductor substrate between the pair of the source/drain regions. | 01-20-2011 |
Lawrence Brown, Boise, ID US
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| 20080302037 | INSULATED BLOCKING PANELS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR I-JOIST INSTALLATION IN FLOORS AND CEILINGS AND METHODS OF INSTALLING SAME - Apparatus and methods for spacing, securing, and stabilizing I-joists at their ends, and insulating and structural enhancing I-joist assemblies, are provided around the perimeter, or in the interior, of a floor or ceiling where ends of I-joists are located. Insulated blocking panels may comprise an insulating portion that provides a high-R-value and a structural portion which may comprise vertical panel(s) and optional integral support blocks that provide a profiled end surface for extending to the web of the I-joists. Alternatively, insulated blocking panels with flat, vertical end surfaces may be used with field-installed support blocks, or insulated blocking panels with profiled end surfaces may be used without any support blocks. The support blocks or profiled end surfaces of the insulated blocking panels extend to the web of each I-joist, to fill in the space between the I-joists near the I-joist ends, including a substantial amount of the space immediately adjacent the web of each I-joist. The preferred insulated blocking panels, therefore, insulated the outer perimeter of a floor or ceiling and also contribute vertical load carrying capability, and lateral shear and roll-over resistance. | 12-11-2008 |
Sean Brown, Boise, ID US
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| 20080308380 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC CENTRIFUGAL ENGAGEMENT OF A PRESSURE PLATE - An apparatus and system are disclosed for automatic centrifugal engagement of a pressure plate. The apparatus includes a center clutch coupled rotationally with a transmission input shaft, a clutch basket coupled rotationally with an engine output shaft, and a clutch pack disposed between the center clutch and the clutch basked. The clutch pack includes a plurality of drive plates rotationally coupled to the center clutch and a plurality of friction plates rotationally coupled with the clutch basket. The apparatus also includes a pressure plate assembly that is spring-loaded and disposed between the center clutch and the clutch basket. The pressure plate assembly comprises a pressure plate, a spring plate, and a spring disposed between the pressure plate and the spring plate. The system includes the apparatus and a manual override capable of use with cable actuated and hydraulic actuated clutch levers. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090211872 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR A TORQUE RESPONSIVE CLUTCH - An improved apparatus for varying the pressure applied to a clutch system that can be used to couple a rotational input with a rotational output. Depending on the load and direction of torque in the clutch system, the improved apparatus will engage a spring with more force or less force to affect the amount of torque transferred by the clutch system and the force required by an operator to manually disengage the clutch system. | 08-27-2009 |
Sean Gabriel Brown, Boise, ID US
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| 20090242351 | Automatic Clutch Employing Expanding Friction Disk and an Adjustable Pressure Plate - An apparatus and system are disclosed for automatic centrifugal engagement of a clutch incorporating a friction disk that expands when rotated above a threshold speed. The apparatus may include a clutch basket, a clutch pack capable of coupling the clutch basket with a center clutch, a pressure plate that may be easily adjusted to create a gap between the pressure plate and the clutch pack and an expanding friction disk assembly that may take the place of one or more friction disks. The assembly expands under centrifugal force to provide automatic engagement of the clutch. A mechanism is provided to manually override the automatic engagement of the clutch with a clutch lever and with improved operational performance of the clutch lever versus previous automatic clutch systems. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100307886 | Clutch Apparatus Employing Dual Concentric Clutches - A clutch apparatus is disclosed having concentrically spaced inner and outer clutches. The inner and outer clutches are coupled for rotation via a coupling ring. The present invention is well suited to a configuration wherein one of the clutches is dynamically actuated and one of the clutches is manually disengageable by the operator using a clutch lever. In this configuration, the operation of the clutch lever by the operator is unaffected by the dynamically actuated clutch. The concentric configuration of the clutches is beneficial in allowing the improved clutch to occupy a similar space compared to a traditional clutch mechanism. | 12-09-2010 |
Tony L. Brown, Middleton, ID US
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| 20080226250 | FIBER OPTIC CATEGORIZATION AND MANAGEMENT TRAY - A fiber optic splice organizer stores optical fiber splices and sufficient slack to permit the fibers to be readily separated, such as for reorganization or to remake a splice. Multiple hinges connect a plurality of fiber trays side by side to provide pivotable connections between trays. A flat orientation of the trays enables splicing and coiling of fibers as they are loaded into a tray. The trays then pivot into a fiber storage position. Special features of the hinges provide support for fibers and splices as they are loaded into the trays. The hinges protect the fibers as the trays are pivoted as well as when the trays are in their folded position for storage without requiring buffer tubes. Multiple architectures for the organization of fibers are enabled without violating minimal bend radii, and while providing for ease of separation of individual fibers or groups of fibers. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080310811 | Hinge for Fiber Optic Categorization and Management Tray - A fiber optic splice organizer stores optical fiber splices and sufficient slack to permit the fibers to be readily separated, such as for reorganization or to remake a splice. Multiple hinges connect a plurality of fiber trays side by side to provide pivotable connections between trays. A flat orientation of the trays enables splicing and coiling of fibers as they are loaded into a tray. The trays then pivot into a fiber storage position. Special features of the hinges provide support for fibers and splices as they are loaded into the trays. The hinges protect the fibers as the trays are pivoted as well as when the trays are in their folded position for storage without requiring buffer tubes. Multiple architectures for the organization of fibers are enabled without violating minimal bend radii, and while providing for ease of separation of individual fibers or groups of fibers. | 12-18-2008 |
William R. Brown, Boise, ID US
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| 20110117719 | METHODS OF PROCESSING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES IN FORMING SCRIBE LINE ALIGNMENT MARKS - A method of processing a semiconductor substrate in forming scribe line alignment marks includes forming pitch multiplied non-circuitry features within scribe line area of a semiconductor substrate. Individual of the features, in cross-section, have a maximum width which is less than a minimum photolithographic feature dimension used in lithographically patterning the substrate. Photoresist is deposited over the features. Such is patterned to form photoresist blocks that are individually received between a respective pair of the features in the cross-section. Individual of the features of the respective pairs have a laterally innermost sidewall in the cross-section. Individual of the photoresist blocks have an opposing pair of first pattern edges in the cross-section that are spaced laterally inward of the laterally innermost sidewalls of the respective pair of the features. Individual of the photoresist blocks have an opposing pair of second pattern edges in the cross-section that self-align laterally outward of the first pattern edges to the laterally innermost sidewalls of the features during the patterning. | 05-19-2011 |