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Christopher B. Bilderback, Olathe, KS US
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| 20080201074 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND SHARING NAVIGATION ROUTES WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A device which converts geographic coordinates such as track logs to navigational routes matched to known road networks includes a GPS receiver; a display; and a processing system. The GPS receiver determines a series of geographic coordinates corresponding to points along a path traveled by a user of the device. The processing system accesses the series of geographic coordinates; compares them to a database of known paths to find a match; and displays at least a portion of the matching path along with navigational information which permits the user to generally follow the series of geographic coordinates while traveling on the path. | 08-21-2008 |
Christopher B. Davis, Live Oak, TX US
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| 20100036795 | Classification of Fabrics by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy - A method for classifying textile samples and unknown fabrics into known categories using spectroscopy, chemometric modeling, and soft independent modeling of class analogies (“SIMCA”). The method involves collecting spectral data, preferably diffuse near infrared reflectance data, for a library of known fabric samples, creating a database of principal component analyses for each type of fabric, and using SIMCA to classify an unknown fabric sample according to the database. | 02-11-2010 |
Christopher B. Jelks, East Hartford, CT US
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| 20110186550 | METHOD OF CREATING AN AIRFOIL TRENCH AND A PLURALITY OF COOLING HOLES WITHIN THE TRENCH - A tool for forming a trench and a plurality of cooling holes within the trench includes a body, the body including a ridge portion extending along a first side of the tool. The ridge portion is operable to mate with a workpiece to form a trench on the workpiece. A plurality of electrodes extend from the ridge portion and are oriented to form a plurality of cooling holes within the trench on the workpiece. | 08-04-2011 |
Christopher B. Jungers, Tulsa, OK US
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| 20090308051 | HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE AND AIR-TO-AIR INTERCOOLER - An improved heat exchanger tube which can be used in an air-to-air intercooler or other air-to-air heat exchangers. The cooling tube has a first tube with an inner and outer surface and a second tube with an inner and outer surface. The second tube is located inside the first tube. There are one or more walls extending from the inner surface of the first tube to the outer surface of the second tube. A plurality of fins are located on the outer surface of the first tube. The fins can take the form of individual circular fins or one or more helical fins. | 12-17-2009 |
Christopher B. Kettering, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20120044092 | AIRCRAFT SAFETY AND CONFIGURATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An aircraft safety and configuration monitoring system includes a plurality of RFID equipped items, a plurality of RFID interrogators communicating with the plurality of RFID equipped items, a processor communicating with the plurality of RFID interrogators and adapted to determine an issue with respect to any of the plurality of RFID equipped items and an indicating mechanism communicating with the processor and adapted to indicate the issue. | 02-23-2012 |
Christopher B. Maks, Yardley, PA US
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| 20110066407 | Systems and methods for determining volume of activation for spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation - This document discloses, among other things, systems and methods for determining volume of activation for spinal cord stimulation (“SCS”) using a finite element model (FEM) circuit to determine a FEM of an implanted electrode and a spinal cord in which the electrode is implanted, a Fourier FEM solver circuit to calculate a potential distribution in the spinal cord using information from the FEM circuit and a capacitive component of at least one of the implanted electrode and the spinal cord, and a volume of activation (VOA) circuit to predict a VOA using the potential distribution and a neuron model. | 03-17-2011 |
Christopher B. Mushenski, Mt. Clemens, MI US
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| 20090250015 | ANIMAL BEHAVIORAL CONTROL APPARATUS - According to an exemplary embodiment, an animal behavioral control apparatus includes a cartridge, a housing, a head, and a horn. The cartridge contains pressurized gas. The housing surrounds at least a part of the cartridge. The head is connected to the housing and includes an actuator and a valve. The valve engages the cartridge when the actuator is actuated in order to release gas out of the cartridge. The horn is removably connected to the head. When the horn is not connected to the head, the animal behavioral control apparatus ejects a blast of gas when the actuator is actuated. And when the horn is connected to the head, the animal behavioral control apparatus emits a sound when the actuator is actuated. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20110017149 | ANIMAL BEHAVIORAL CONTROL APPARATUS - According to an illustrated embodiment, an animal behavioral control apparatus includes a cartridge, a housing, a head, and an extension assembly. The cartridge contains pressurized gas. The housing surrounds a part or more of the cartridge. The head is connected to the housing and includes an actuator and a valve. The valve engages the cartridge when the actuator is actuated in order to release gas out of the cartridge. The extension assembly is connected to the head to receive gas from the head. Upon actuation of the head, gas flows through the extension assembly and the animal behavioral control apparatus ejects a blast of gas which can be directed at an animal. | 01-27-2011 |
Christopher B. Newgard, Chapel Hill, NC US
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| 20080206232 | Compositions and Methods For Modulating Pgc-1Beta to Treat Lipid-Related Diseases and Disorders - The present invention provides methods for treating lipid-related diseases and disorders, e.g., hyperlipidemia, hyper-triglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and type II diabetes, and for modulating lipid biosynthesis, lipid transport, plasma triglyceride levels and/or plasma cholesterol levels, by modulating the expression or activity of PGC-1β. Methods for identifying compounds which are capable of treating or preventing a lipid-related disease or disorder are also described. | 08-28-2008 |
Christopher B. Newgard, Durham, NC US
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| 20100331247 | PEPTIDE THERAPY FOR HYPERGLYCEMIA - Methods of modulating blood glucose levels treating hyperglycemia and related complications and conditions by administration of a VGF biomolecule to a patient in need of such treatment are provided. Methods of enhancing insulin secretion from islet beta cells in a mammal exhibiting reduced insulin secretion by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a VGF biomolecule are also provided. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110318726 | PREDICTING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE AND RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS - Methods of assessing the risk of cardiovascular disease in a subject by detecting the level of at least one metabolite in a sample from the subject are disclosed herein. The level of the metabolite is indicative of the risk of cardiovascular disease in the subject. The metabolites may be acylcarnitines, amino acids, ketones, free fatty acids or hydroxybutyrate. The cardiovascular disease may be risk of a cardiovascular event, presence of coronary artery disease or risk of development of coronary artery disease. | 12-29-2011 |
Christopher B. Pietruczynik, Norristown, PA US
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| 20100032861 | Exterior Building Material Having a Hollow Thin Wall Profile and an Embossed Low Gloss Surface - A building product which includes a hollow extrudate, unitary reinforcing ribs resisting collapse of the hollow extrudate and, in an embodiment, an exterior surface comprises a low gloss, textured pattern having a gloss level of less than about 50 on a 60° glossmeter, in which the textured pattern extends for about 2-20 feet. Methods and an apparatus for manufacturing such products are also provided by this invention. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100107530 | Exterior Building Material Having a Hollow Thin Wall Profile and an Embossed Low Gloss Surface - A building product which includes a hollow extrudate, unitary reinforcing ribs resisting collapse of the hollow extrudate and, in an embodiment, an exterior surface comprises a low gloss, textured pattern having a gloss level of less than about 50 on a 60° glossmeter, in which the textured pattern extends for about 2-20 feet. Methods and an apparatus for manufacturing such products are also provided by this invention. | 05-06-2010 |
Christopher B. Reld, Los Angeles, CA US
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| 20110217274 | METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USES OF MULTIPOTENT ,PLURIPOTENT, DIFFERENTIATED AND DISEASE-RESISTANT CELL POPULATIONS - The claimed invention is directed towards the generation of pluripotent, multipotent, and/or self-renewing cells which are capable of beginning to differentiate in culture into a variety of cell types and capable of further differentiation in vivo. The claimed invention is also directed towards the generation of desirable, differentiating cell populations transplantable to patients, genetic modification of endogenous cells, and the treatment of patients suffering from diseases that may be ameliorated by these methods. This invention also provides methods for preventing, treating, or retarding disease related to immunodeficiency virus (e.g. HIV-1, HIV-2, SIV, FIV, etc.) infection. | 09-08-2011 |
Christopher B. Schmidt, Oakland, CA US
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| 20120087145 | Light Emitting Decorative Panels - Light emitting decorative panels using a light source at the edge thereof that may have a desired uniformity of light emission from a pattern thereon, and which are not subject to local shadows (shading) in a pattern part from patterns or pattern parts between the respective pattern or pattern part and the light source. The elimination of shading is achieved by the depressions of a given geometry disposed in an arc having a center at the light source, and sizes each depression or arc segment of a depression in being chosen accordance with 1), the distance of the respective depression or depression segment from the source of light, and 2), the number of depressions between the respective depression and the source of light, with a second order correction for the position of depressions between the respective depression and the source of light. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087147 | Light Emitting Decorative Panels - Light emitting decorative panels using a light source at the edge thereof that may have a desired uniformity of light emission from a pattern thereon, and which are not subject to local shadows (shading) in a pattern part from patterns or pattern parts between the respective pattern or pattern part and the light source. The elimination of shading is achieved by the depressions of a given geometry disposed in an arc having a center at the light source, and sizes each depression or arc segment of a depression in being chosen accordance with 1), the distance of the respective depression or depression segment from the source of light, and 2), the number of depressions between the respective depression and the source of light, with a second order correction for the position of depressions between the respective depression and the source of light. | 04-12-2012 |
Christopher B. Shogbon, Corning, NY US
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| 20090191632 | SWELLABLE (METH)ACRYLATE SURFACES FOR CULTURING CELLS IN CHEMICALLY DEFINED MEDIA - Synthetic surfaces capable of supporting culture of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells in a chemically defined medium include a swellable (meth)acrylate layer and a peptide conjugated to the swellable (meth)acrylate layer. The swellable (meth)acrylate layer may be formed by polymerizing monomers in a composition that includes hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 2-carboxyehylacrylate, and tetra(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate. The conjugated peptide may include an amino acid sequence of Xaa | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090191634 | (METH)ACRYLATE SURFACES FOR CELL CULTURE, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SURFACES - A synthetic cell culture surface, prepared from a polymerized blend of at least two (meth)acrylate monomers is provided, which supports the growth of undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells in defined media augmented with fetal bovine serum. The cell culture surface forms a uniform layer over the growth area of a typical cell culture vessel. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090203065 | CELL CULTURE ARTICLE AND SCREENING - A method for producing a cell culture article having a synthetic polymer layer for incubating with cells includes diluting one or more (meth)acrylate monomers in a solvent and dispersing the diluted monomers on a surface of the cell culture article. Some or substantially all of the solvent is removed and the monomers are then polymerized on the surface of the article to form the synthetic polymer layer attached to the surface of the article. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20110275154 | DERIVATIZED PEPTIDE-CONJUGATED (METH) ACRYLATE CELL CULTURE SURFACE AND METHODS OF MAKING - A synthetic cell culture surface, prepared from a mixture of at least three (meth)acrylate monomers where one of the monomers has an N-hydroxysuccinimide moiety is provided, which supports the growth of cells including undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells in defined media. Methods for preparing the cell culture surface is also provided. | 11-10-2011 |
Christopher B. Spater, Portsmouth, NH US
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| 20090315357 | TIRE COVER WITH ADJUSTING MEANS - The present invention relates to a tire cover or casing that includes two flexible sides and a central member. The flexible sides have a width sufficient to essentially cover a sidewall of a tire, while allowing, when mounted on the tire, access to the inner opening of the tire; and a securing device for securing the side over the sidewall of the tire. The central member has sufficient length to essentially cover a tire tread; and an adjusting device for adjusting the size of the tire cover or casing to fit the tire. The present invention further includes methods for changing a flat tire, for storing a seasonal tire, and for covering tires for use in a show room or the ground. Additionally, the present invention relates to wheel assemblies and emergency roadside kits, both including the tire cover. | 12-24-2009 |
Christopher B. Tumblin, Broomfield, CO US
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| 20100241770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT SYNCHRONIZATION REQUEST RESPONSE - A data writing apparatus includes a tape drive, a buffer and non-volatile memory. When a synchronization request is received from a device sending data to be written to a tape, the apparatus is operable to copy data corresponding to the synchronization request from the buffer to the non-volatile memory. The data may be stored in the non-volatile memory until at least the time when the data which it is a copy of is written to the tape from the buffer. | 09-23-2010 |
Christopher B. White, San Jose, CA US
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| 20110021926 | CATHETER-BASED OFF-AXIS OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING SYSTEM - Catheter-based Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems utilizing an optical fiber that is positioned off-axis of the central longitudinal axis of the catheter have many advantage over catheter-based OCT systems, particularly those having centrally-positioned optical fibers or fibers that rotate independently of the elongate body of the catheter. An OCT system having an off-axis optical fiber for visualizing the inside of a body lumen may be rotated with the body of the elongate catheter, relative to a handle portion. The handle may include a fiber management pathway for the optical fiber that permits the off-axis optical fiber to rotate with the catheter body relative to the handle. The system may also include optical processing elements adapted to prepare and process the OCT image collected by the off-axis catheter systems described herein. | 01-27-2011 |
Christopher B. Wright, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20080286025 | Mobile messaging micro-printer - A mobile micro-printer delivers and prints incoming messages and text instantly and privately in hard copy on paper or pre-treated plastic and is compatible with cell phones and smart phones. It provides for instant or text messaging from computers, laptops, PDAs, cell or smart phones and other platforms to a user's cell or smart phone to the micro-printer. The mobile micro-printer incorporates a variety of wireless technologies. It can be fully automatic and wireless and can be clipped to a belt, clipped to a strap, or tucked away within each reach. It can produce hard copy messages in viewable text, in Braille, or in a combination of both. | 11-20-2008 |