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Brown, San Diego
Daniel Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20100098120 | VERY HIGH POWER LASER CHAMBER OPTICAL IMPROVEMENTS - An aspect of the disclosed subject matter includes a method of reducing the laser absorption of a beam reverser prism consisting of at least one of the following: increasing a first distance between a first incident point and a chamfered corner, wherein the first incident point is on a first reflective surface of the prism and the chamfered corner is formed between the first reflective surface and a second reflective surface of the prism, wherein the chamfered corner has a chamfered surface; increasing a second distance between a second incident point and the chamfered corner, wherein the second incident point is on the second reflective surface of the prism; and increasing a reflectivity of the chamfered surface of the chamfered corner of the prism. A method of determining a prime cut for an optical component is also disclosed. A laser including at least one prime cut optical component is also disclosed. | 04-22-2010 |
Daniel J. W. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090116530 | High power seed/amplifier laser system with beam shaping intermediate the seed and amplifier - An apparatus and method of operation for a high power broad band elongated thin beam laser annealing light source, which may comprise a gas discharge seed laser oscillator having a resonance cavity, providing a seed laser output pulse; a gas discharge amplifier laser amplifying the seed laser output pulse to provide an amplified seed laser pulse output; a divergence correcting multi-optical element optical assembly intermediate the seed laser and the amplifier laser. The divergence correcting optical assembly may adjust the size and/or shape of the seed laser output pulse within a discharge region of the amplifier laser in order to adjust an output parameter of the amplified seed laser pulse output. The divergence correcting optical assembly may comprise a telescope with an adjustable focus. The adjustable telescope may comprise an active feedback-controlled actuator based upon a sensed parameter of the amplified seed laser output from the amplifier laser. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090296755 | Laser system - A method and apparatus may comprise a laser light source system which may comprise a solid state laser seed beam source providing a seed laser output; a frequency conversion stage converting the seed laser output to a wavelength suitable for seeding an excimer or molecular fluorine gas discharge laser; an excimer or molecular fluorine gas discharge laser gain medium amplifying the converted seed laser output to produce a gas discharge laser output at approximately the converted wavelength. The excimer or molecular fluorine laser may be selected from a group comprising XeCl, XeF, KrF, ArF and F | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100108913 | Laser system - A method and apparatus may comprise a line narrowed pulsed excimer or molecular fluorine gas discharge laser system which may comprise a seed laser oscillator producing an output comprising a laser output light beam of pulses which may comprise a first gas discharge excimer or molecular fluorine laser chamber; a line narrowing module within a first oscillator cavity; a laser amplification stage containing an amplifying gain medium in a second gas discharge excimer or molecular fluorine laser chamber receiving the output of the seed laser oscillator and amplifying the output of the seed laser oscillator to form a laser system output comprising a laser output light beam of pulses, which may comprise a ring power amplification stage. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100142582 | GAS DISCHARGE LASER CHAMBER - One aspect of the disclosed subject matter describes a gas discharge laser chamber. The gas discharge laser chamber includes a discharge region formed between a first electrode and a second electrode, a tangential fan for circulating gas through the discharge region, wherein the fan is proximate to an input side of the discharge region, an input side acoustic baffle proximate to the input side of the discharge region. The input side acoustic baffle includes a vanishing point leading edge, a vanishing point trailing edge, a gas flow smoothing offset surface aligning a gas flow from a surface of the input side acoustic baffle to an input side of a cathode support in the discharge region, a plurality of ridges separated by a plurality of trenches, wherein the plurality of ridges and the plurality of trenches are aligned with a direction of gas flow through the discharge region and wherein the plurality of ridges have a random pitch between about 0.3 and about 0.7 inch. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100309939 | Multi-chamber gas discharge laser bandwidth control through discharge timing - A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling bandwidth in a multi-portion laser system comprising a first line narrowed oscillator laser system portion providing a line narrowed seed pulse to an amplifier laser system portion, may comprise utilizing a timing difference curve defining a relationship between a first laser system operating parameter other than bandwidth and the timing difference and also a desired point on the curve defining a desired timing difference, wherein each unique operating point on the curve corresponds to a respective bandwidth value; determining an actual offset from the timing difference at the desired point on the curve to an actual operating point on the curve; determining an error between the actual offset and a desired offset corresponding to a desired bandwidth; modifying the firing differential timing to remove the error between the actual offset and the desired offset. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110102759 | Laser System - A method and apparatus may comprise a line narrowed pulsed excimer or molecular fluorine gas discharge laser system which may comprise a seed laser oscillator producing an output comprising a laser output light beam of pulses which may comprise a first gas discharge excimer or molecular fluorine laser chamber; a line narrowing module within a first oscillator cavity; a laser amplification stage containing an amplifying gain medium in a second gas discharge excimer or molecular fluorine laser chamber receiving the output of the seed laser oscillator and amplifying the output of the seed laser oscillator to form a laser system output comprising a laser output light beam of pulses, which may comprise a ring power amplification stage. | 05-05-2011 |
Frank K. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20110246501 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENTITY REGISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT - The disclosed embodiments contemplate an electronic storage system able to be rapidly deployed and subsequently used to receive and organize data entries. The system comprises a knowledge schema able to organize entries into a coherent form facilitating revision and review. The system may be implemented across a computer network such that users from a variety of locations may asynchronously review and update the database. | 10-06-2011 |
Gary L. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20120001666 | PARALLEL PATH FREQUENCY DIVIDER CIRCUIT - A parallel path frequency divider (PPFD) includes a low power frequency divider and a high speed latch. A first portion of an oscillating input signal present on an input node of the PPFD is communicated to the divider and a second portion is communicated to the latch. The divider generates a frequency divided enable signal that is communicated to the latch. The latch generates a divided down output signal based on the oscillating input signal and the enable signal. The output signal is insensitive to phase noise present on the enable signal as long as the phase noise on the enable signal is less than one-half of the period of oscillation of the oscillating input signal. Because the noise generated by the low power frequency divider is not propagated to the output signal generated by the PPFD, the PPFD generates low noise, frequency divided signals with relatively low power consumption. | 01-05-2012 |
Gerald Maurice Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090323086 | IMAGE RENDERING PRIOR TO MEDIA TYPE DETECTION - A method for selectively sequencing the rendering of an image for a print system includes determining a status field indicator for media type used in the print system; and pre-rendering an image according to the status field indicator, when the status field indicator includes a recognized media type. Additionally, the method identifies media type of a sheet of recording media that the image will be printed upon before rendering the image, when the status field indicator is absent of any recognized media type. | 12-31-2009 |
Horace Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20080305880 | GOLF SWING AND PUTTING STROKE TRAINING DEVICE AND METHOD - A golf training device that is equally useful in developing a putting stroke and a swing stroke. A club head is severed in the middle and a ball is rotatably secured between the head segments. A circumferential line is applied at the ball's equator defining a plane perpendicular to a line about which the ball rotates. Rotation of the ball is employed for training certain strokes or segments of strokes, and the circumferential line is employed for training certain strokes or segments of strokes. | 12-11-2008 |
Houston Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20120004624 | ENHANCED ANTI-FLOW PROTECTION FOR AN INTRAVENOUS SET - A device for holding an IV tube in a pumping apparatus and for selectively occluding the tube when the door of the pumping apparatus is opened, to prevent free flow of fluid in the tube. A flange provided on a sliding clamp is designed to prevent inadvertent finger slippage causing pushing of a tab positioned in the sliding direction from the flange, resulting in undesirable fluid leakage. The flange is made slip-resistant using a textured surface, having a concave shape, or having an angled top portion to prevent finger slippage or having a concave setback to guide a finger when pushing the sliding clamp. | 01-05-2012 |
James M Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20080313380 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN MULTI-PROCESSOR SYSTEM - Resource management techniques in multi-processor systems are described. Embodiments include a multi-processor system having a primary processor for communication with pipelined secondary processors. The secondary processors include registers containing status information for tasks executed by the respective secondary processors. The primary processor is provided with direct access to contents of the registers and manages computational and memory resources of the multi-processor system based on the acquired status information. | 12-18-2008 |
Jason W. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090156557 | KINASE INHIBITORS - Compounds are provided for use with kinases that comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of: | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090312288 | KINASE INHIBITORS - Compounds are provided for use with kinases that comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of: | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100120717 | KINASE INHIBITORS - Compounds are provided for use with kinases that comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of formula (I) wherein the variables are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture in comprising such compounds; methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds; and methods of using said compounds. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100160633 | KINASE INHIBITORS - Compounds are provided for use with kinases that comprise a compound selected from the group consisting of: | 06-24-2010 |
Kyle A. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090079974 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS CONTROL - Methods and systems for evaluating and controlling a lithography process are provided. For example, a method for reducing within wafer variation of a critical metric of a lithography process may include measuring at least one property of a resist disposed upon a wafer during the lithography process. A critical metric of a lithography process may include, but may not be limited to, a critical dimension of a feature formed during the lithography process. The method may also include altering at least one parameter of a process module configured to perform a step of the lithography process to reduce within wafer variation of the critical metric. The parameter of the process module may be altered in response to at least the one measured property of the resist. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100271621 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A CRITICAL DIMENSION AND OVERLAY OF A SPECIMEN - Methods and systems for monitoring semiconductor fabrication processes are provided. A system may include a stage configured to support a specimen and coupled to a measurement device. The measurement device may include an illumination system and a detection system. The illumination system and the detection system may be configured such that the system may be configured to determine multiple properties of the specimen. For example, the system may be configured to determine multiple properties of a specimen including: but not limited to, critical dimension and overlay misregistration; defects and thin film characteristics; critical dimension and defects; critical dimension and thin film characteristics; critical dimension, thin film characteristics and defects; macro defects and micro defects; flatness, thin film characteristics and defects; overlay misregistration and flatness; an implant characteristic and defects; and adhesion and thickness. In this manner, a measurement device may perform multiple optical and/or non-optical metrology and/or inspection techniques. | 10-28-2010 |
Larry Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20110192940 | PIPE LOCATOR AND SUPPORT - An plumbing pipe locator and support is provided for fixing plumbing pipes in position relative to studs in a building. The pipe locator and support comprises an elongated supporting strap having upper and lower sides extending along opposing sides of a longitudinal axis. A first plurality of longitudinally aligned, larger pipe openings are interspersed with a second plurality of smaller, aligned fastener openings that extend into ends of the strap. The upper and lower sides undulate to provide a substantially uniform width between first holes and the adjacent sides and the second holes and the adjacent sides. This undulating surface can provide a strap using less material, with reduced manufacturing time, and a strap that can bend without forming creases or stress fractures. | 08-11-2011 |
Larry D. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20080265571 | ANTI-ROTATION PIPE LOCATOR AND HOLDER - A plumbing strap is fastened to a building. A tubular insert is placed through a hole in a strap with posts on the tubular insert aligning with cut-outs in the strap to restrict rotation of the tubular insert relative to the strap. A flange on one end of the tubular insert abuts the strap to restrict longitudinal motion of the tubular insert. Latches on the tubular insert extend through the hole in the strap to engage the side of the strap opposite the flange and further restrict longitudinal movement of the tubular insert. A collar is placed over the tubular insert and a pipe extends through the tubular insert and collar. The tubular insert has a base adjacent the flange and a skirt distal from the flange. Longitudinal slits in the base and skirt define resilient members in the base and in the skirt that extend in opposing directions, but that can move inward. The collar screws onto the tubular insert causing abutting surfaces on the collar and on the resilient members to force the resilient members inward to grip the pipe and restrain longitudinal and rotational movement of the pipe relative to the tubular insert and strap. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100037681 | PIPE PRESSURE TESTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A pipeline pressure testing assembly has a fitting defining a flow path and having a port on a wall of the fitting into which a pressure testing device is removably inserted along a central axis of the port for pressure testing. The port is circular, larger than the interior diameter of the pipeline and located at or above the tube forming the flow path through the fitting. The fitting has a recess encircling at least part of the flow path and opening to the port to receive the testing and sealing devices. The recess is formed by two opposing walls inclined relative to the central axis of the recess. The recess walls at the top of the flow path by the port are spaced apart a distance as large as the pipe diameter for cleanout and inspection. A tubular valve stem screws into the testing device and has a rotary valve blocking flow through the tubular valve stem. Flow through the fitting is blocked with the rotary valve closed and the tubular valve stem in a first position. Flow through the testing device is allowed with the rotary valve closed and the tubular valve stem in an open position. With the rotary valve open, flow through the tubular valve stem is permitted when the tubular valve stem is in either the first or second position to provide multiple drain and fill options. | 02-18-2010 |
Lloyd C. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20110305309 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE GASEOUS EXTRACTION OF MOLYBDENUM-99 AND OTHER FISSION PRODUCT RADIOISOTOPES - Methods and apparatus are provided for producing and extracting Mo-99 and other radioisotopes from fission products that overcome the drawbacks of previously-known systems, especially the excessive generation of radioactive wastes, by providing gas-phase extraction of fission product radioisotopes from a nuclear fuel target using a mixture including halide and an oxygen-containing species with heat to convert the fission product radioisotopes to gas (e.g., Mo-99 to MoO | 12-15-2011 |
Matt Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090214371 | MULTIPLE ROTOR FLUID TRANSFER ENGINE - A fluid transfer engine employs a case with a cylindrical inner wall having an operating radius extending from a case axis. A main rotor is carried within the case and incorporates a lobe with a major radius equal to and concentric with the operating radius of the case, the main rotor having a minor radius defining a body. Two peripheral rotors are diametrically opposed with respect to the case axis and rotate within rotor chambers extending from the case. Each peripheral rotor has a radius equal to the minor radius and a center of rotation located at twice the minor radius from the case axis. Each of the peripheral rotors rotates in uniform circular motion with the main rotor in sealing contact with the body and incorporates a sculpted recess for receiving the lobe of the main rotor. | 08-27-2009 |
Matthew B. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20110037275 | UTILITY SCALE ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - A potential energy storage system incorporating multiple track mounted shuttle units having motor/generator drive bogies and structure with an integral transfer mechanism for removably carrying energy storage masses from a first lower elevation storage yard to a second higher elevation storage yard employing excess energy from the electrical grid driving the motors, removing the masses in the second storage yard for energy storage, retrieving the masses and returning the masses from the second storage yard to the first storage yard recovering electrical energy through the generators. | 02-17-2011 |
Moses B. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20100145869 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE MATCHING PROCESS IN AN ONLINE DATING SYSTEM - A method for controlling the matching process in an online dating system is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method, performed by a computer for operating a matching service, the method including receiving information identifying preferences for a mate from at least one user, receiving demographic information of the at least one user, the demographic information including a gender of the at least one user, providing first services, when the at least one user is male, for matching the at least one user with a mate, and providing second services, when the at least one user is female, for matching the at least one user with a mate, where the first services are not identical to the second services. | 06-10-2010 |
Neal A. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090173269 | FLOATING PLATFORM METHOD AND APPARATUS - A floating platform is provided. The floating platform includes a top surface ( | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100237623 | OFFSHORE FLOATING OCEAN ENERGY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the general art of energy storage and power generation, and in particular to systems for capturing and storing energy, for instance, offshore floating ocean energy systems. In various embodiments, such systems may include a pneumatically stabilized platform base coupled to a power generator and a potential energy storage device. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100288505 | DRILLING RISER ELASTIC SWIVEL FOR BOUNDARY LAYER CONTROL - The present invention relates to the marine drilling risers and other submerged hulls, and methods and apparatuses for reducing vibration and drag in the drilling risers when they are beset by ocean currents, for instance elastic swivel devices for use in orienting a riser in a desired direction for boundary layer control applications. | 11-18-2010 |
Patrick M. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20100153963 | Workload management in a parallel database system - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a workload management service component of a parallel database-management system that monitors usage of computational resources in the parallel database-management system and that provides a query-processing-task-management interface and a query-execution engine that receives query-processing requests associated with one of a number of services from host computers and accesses the workload-management-services component to determine whether to immediately launch execution of query-processing tasks corresponding to the received query-processing requests or to place the query-processing requests on wait queues for subsequent execution based on the current usage of computational resources within the parallel database-management system. | 06-17-2010 |
Randall Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20120036281 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PACKET BASED STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for data processing and virtualization. The method and apparatus are configured to receive communications, separate a command communication from a data communication, parallel process the command communication and the data communication, generate at least one virtual command based on the command communication, and generate virtual data according to the at least one virtual command. The apparatus can comprise a parallel virtualization subsystem configured to separate data communications from command communications and to parallel process the command communications and the data communications, to generate virtual commands and to generate virtual data according to a virtual command, and a physical volume driver coupled with the parallel virtualization subsystem, wherein the physical volume driver receives the virtual data and configures the virtual data. | 02-09-2012 |
Robert C. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20080317731 | Phospholipases, Nucleic Acids Encoding Them and Methods for Making and Using Them - The invention provides novel polypeptides having phospholipase activity, including, e.g., phospholipase A, B, C and D activity, patatin activity, phosphatidic acid phosphatases (PAP)) and/or lipid acyl hydrolase (LAH) activity, nucleic acids encoding them and antibodies that bind to them. Industrial methods, e.g., oil degumming, and products comprising use of these phospholipases are also provided. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090053191 | PHOSPHOLIPASES, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - The invention provides novel polypeptides having phospholipase activity, including, e.g., phospholipase A, B, C and D activity, patatin activity, lipid acyl hydrolase (LAH) activity, nucleic acids encoding them and antibodies that bind to them. Industrial methods, e.g., oil degumming, and products comprising use of these phospholipases are also provided. | 02-26-2009 |
Robert Christopher Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090288337 | METHYLBUTANOL AS AN ADVANCED BIOFUEL - This invention describes genes, metabolic pathways, microbial strains and methods to produce methyl butanol and other compounds of interest from renewable feedstocks. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100041035 | IDENTIFICATION OF CENTROMERE SEQUENCES AND USES THEREFOR - Provided herein are methods for identifying centromeres and centromeres identified by such methods. Centromeres of organisms such as algae, fungi, and protists can be used, for example, for constructing artificial chromosomes and cells containing such artificial chromosomes. | 02-18-2010 |
Steven J. Brown, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090253717 | Inhibitors of p97 - One aspect of the invention relates to compounds that inhibit the activity of p97, such as by binding covalently to a cysteine residue in the active site. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to the treatment of disease, such as cancer, comprising administering a compound of the invention. | 10-08-2009 |