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Alan Coleman, Co. Dublin IE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110184863SMART ON-LINE FILING SYSTEM - An approach is provided for enabling the assembly and delivery of documents for facilitating electronic bill payment and online document management. Collection of document information associated with a user account is performed, e.g., via a browser application. For example, the document information can include a digital scan of a physical document or an image. The collected document information is stored in a cloud-based filing system, which is configured to store a multitude of document information for respective user accounts. One or more actions are selectively initiated based on the collected document information for the particular user account.07-28-2011

Anthony W. Coleman, Caluire FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120123088ADDITIVE FOR THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF PROTEINS, USE AND PROCESS - The present invention relates to the use and to a process involving at least one calix[n]arene derivative substituted by at least one acid functional group on the upper face and at least one aliphatic chain of variable length on the other face, as an additive for crystallization of a polar and/or positively charged molecule. The use and the process of the present invention have the advantage of enabling, facilitating and/or accelerating the crystallization of polar and/or positively charged molecules, especially of membrane proteins that are in solution or soluble, which had previously proved to be very difficult.05-17-2012

Anthony William Coleman, Calluire FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110144314METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY EXTRACTING MEMBRANE PROTEINS USING CALIXARENES - The present invention relates to a method for selectively extracting membrane proteins using at least one calixarene of formula (I). The use of calixarenes in the method according to the invention enables the selective solubilization of the membrane proteins while preserving the three-dimensional structure that is essential to the enzymatic activity thereof.06-16-2011

Anthony William Coleman, Caluire FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100062540Method for Detecting Aggregate-Forming Circulating Protein Forms Using an Agent for Aggregating Said Forms and an Agent for Capturing Formed Aggregates - The present invention concerns a method for detecting aggregate-forming circulating protein forms in a biological sample of human origin that may contain said aggregate-forming circulating protein forms, characterized in that it uses a non-protein agent I producing aggregation of the circulating forms of the noninfectious proteins involved in pathological aggregation processes of the central nervous system and/or a non-protein agent II for capturing the natural aggregrates of aggregate-forming circulating protein forms or the aggregates induced by said agents I.03-11-2010
20100292272SUPRAMOLECULAR CO-COLLOIDS PRODUCED USING MACROCYCLIC POLYANIONIC SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a method preparing co-colloidal dispersions of active hydrophobic substances, such as pharmaceutical products, products having cosmetic properties or any other chemical product. The co-colloidal dispersions thus obtained are characterized in that they are formed by amphiphilic complexes resulting from combinations by non-covalent bonds between a hydrophobic active substance and a suitable hydrophilic molecule.11-18-2010

Anthony William Coleman, Caluire Et Cuire FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090286269Method for detecting PrP using at least one positive charge and/or at least one glycosidic bond and a ligand other than a protein ligand - A method for detecting PrP in a biological human or animal sample that may contain said PrP. The method is characterized in that it uses a molecule containing at least one positive charge and/or at least one glycosidic bond and a ligand other than a protein ligand selected from macrocyclic ligands and glycosaminoglycans.11-19-2009

Ben Coleman, New South Wales AU

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110093512SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING BUSINESS OBJECTS - Described herein are systems and methods for managing business objects. In overview, various embodiments provide software, hardware and methodologies underlying a data driven application including a data driven business layer, optionally in combination with a data driven user interface and presentation layer. In overview, an object-oriented computer program includes a presentation layer, a business layer, and a database. The business layer provides business objects, which effectively interpose the presentation layer with the database. Substantive business object data is defined within the database, and loaded to the business layer following the receipt of a page call-up request at the presentation layer.04-21-2011

Brady W. Coleman, Harrisonburg, LA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120026008Personnel monitoring system - A system for monitoring evacuation of personnel from an offshore platform or ship uses personal identification transmitters worn by the crew and passengers, where each of the transmitters has been assigned unique identification parameters. The personal identification transmitters transit a signal that is picked up by a lifeboat-mounted transducer, which acknowledges presence of the wearer of the personal identification transmitter once the persons enters the lifeboat. The signal from the transducer is transmitted, via satellite to a computing machine, which generates a report acknowledging presence of each person on board the lifeboat and comparing the report to a list of persons who had been listed in the personnel-on-board master report. The remote management control centers allow management to issue commands to abandon ship once all persons have been accounted for.02-02-2012

Christopher Coleman, Germantown, TN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110306330SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANONYMOUS RECEPTION OF TELEPHONE CALLS - A disclosed wireless phone includes a user interface having at least one button, a processor coupled to the user interface to detect a user's activation of the button, and software stored in a memory including: an acquisition process to obtain a secondary phone number in response to the user's activation of the button, and a display process to display the secondary phone number to the user. A described telecommunications server provides the secondary phone number to the wireless phone, and includes a forwarding process that forwards incoming phone calls directed to the secondary phone number to the wireless phone with modified caller-id information. A described method of enabling anonymous reception of phone calls includes automatically determining a programmed phone number of a wireless phone, and providing a button that causes the wireless phone to automatically obtain a secondary phone number.12-15-2011

Christopher Gordon Coleman, Queensland AU

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110199854FLASH TANKS - A method and an apparatus for supplying a slurry at high temperature and pressure, such as a process slurry from Bayer process digestion units, to a tank is disclosed. The process and the apparatus at least substantially eliminates bottom settling of solid particulate material and side wall scale by supplying the process slurry from Bayer process digestion units with a swirling motion into flash tanks.08-18-2011

Claire Coleman, Pelham, NH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110269690WATER-MEDIATED CONTROL OF DEPOLYMERIZATION STEP OF GLATIRAMER ACETATE SYNTHESIS - Methods of making copolymers are described.11-03-2011

David H. Coleman, Vancouver CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100304983METHOD FOR PROTEIN STRUCTURE DETERMINATION, GENE IDENTIFICATION, MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS, AND PROTEIN DESIGN - An efficient computational method and system for predicting the folding regions and associated secondary and tertiary structures of a protein is disclosed. Methods and systems for sorting amino acid sequences based on predicted structures, as well as methods and systems for determining the presence or absence of genes in nucleic acid sequences or structural mutations in amino acid sequences are also disclosed. A method and system for the design of a protein is also disclosed.12-02-2010

Geoffrey Benger Coleman, Voorhees, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120030102FACILITATING A NETWORK COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR A SUBSCRIBER LINKED TO A PLURALITY OF ACCOUNTS - There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving a notification of an event concerning a network communication service involving a subscriber, in which the subscriber is linked to a first account having first account terms, and a second account having second account terms, (b) making a decision of whether to handle the network communication service in accordance with the subscriber being linked to the first account or in accordance with the subscriber being linked to the second account, and (c) issuing a communication to a device to facilitate the network communication service, pursuant to the decision. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a storage medium that contains instructions for controlling a processor to perform the method.02-02-2012
20120041853FACILITATION OF A NETWORK COMMUNICATION SERVICE FOR WHICH PAYMENT MAY BE MADE BY ANY OF A PLURALITY OF PAYMENT MODES - There is provided a method that includes (i) receiving a notification of an event concerning a network communication service, (ii) querying a database, in response to the notification, to obtain a payment mode for the service, in which the payment mode is selectable from a set that includes (a) pre-payment and (b) post-payment, (iii) determining, in accordance with the payment mode, whether a balance to fund the service satisfies a balance criterion, and (iv) issuing, in accordance with whether the balance to fund the service satisfies the balance criterion, a communication to a device to affect a provision of the service. There is also provided a system that employs the method, and a storage medium that contains instructions for controlling a processor to perform the method.02-16-2012

James E. Coleman, Terenure IE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090105733ANASTOMOSIS DEVICES AND METHODS - Methods and devices are provided for anastomosing tissue in the body. In one exemplary embodiment, an anastomotic device is provided having an elongate tubular body that is disposable through a body lumen and that includes proximal and distal portions. The proximal and distal portions can each include a plurality of asymmetrical s-shaped slits and can each be adapted to expand upon rotation to form proximal and distal wings. The proximal and distal wings can extend toward one another to engage tissue therebetween and thereby form a passageway through the tissue.04-23-2009
20100004681WOUND CLOSURE METHODS - Methods and devices are provided for closing a puncture wound. In one exemplary embodiment, a puncture closure device is provided having an elongate tubular body that is disposable through a puncture in tissue and that includes proximal and distal portions. The proximal portion can be adapted to expand to form proximal wings upon rotation of the elongate tubular body, preferably in a first direction. The distal portion can be adapted to expand to form distal wings upon rotation of the elongate tubular body, preferably in a second, opposite direction. The proximal and distal portions can also be adapted to be moved toward one another as they expand upon rotation. As a result, the proximal and distal wings can engage tissue therebetween.01-07-2010
20100114128GASTRIC BYPASS DEVICES AND PROCEDURES - Methods and devices for treating obesity are provided, and more particularly, methods and devices for performing gastric bypasses are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment a gastric bypass procedure is provided that includes forming a gastro-entero anastomosis between a stomach and an intestine and forming an entero-entero anastomosis between a portion of the intestine distal to the gastro-entero anastomosis and a portion of the intestine proximal to the gastro-entero anastomosis. A surrogate path is formed between the esophagus and the gastro-entero anastomosis to at least partially direct fluid from the esophagus to the intestine by way of the gastro-entero anastomosis, thereby bypassing the stomach. A variety of devices that are particularly useful in gastric bypass procedures are also disclosed. The devices include anastomotic devices that can be coupled to or integrally formed with a shunt. The devices can include a plurality of tubular bodies that are configured to have an adjustable length. Still further, methods for repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm and leaking heart valve are also disclosed.05-06-2010

Patent applications by James E. Coleman, Terenure IE

Jody Rustyn Coleman, Aiken, SC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120043471POSITION AN ORIENTATION DETERMINATION SYSTEM FOR A RADIATION DETECTOR - Devices and methods for the characterization of areas of radiation in contaminated rooms are provided. One such device is a collimator with a collimator shield for reducing noise when measuring radiation. A position determination system is provided that may be used for obtaining position and orientation information of the detector in the contaminated room. A radiation analysis method is included that is capable of determining the amount of radiation intensity present at known locations within the contaminated room. Also, a visual illustration system is provided that may project images onto the physical objects, which may be walls, of the contaminated room in order to identify the location of radioactive materials for decontamination.02-23-2012
20120112099SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF RADIATION IN CONTAMINATED ROOMS - Devices and methods for the characterization of areas of radiation in contaminated rooms are provided. One such device is a collimator with a collimator shield for reducing noise when measuring radiation. The determination system uses a radiation detector comprising a plurality of overlapping layers of radiation sensitive film interspersed with adjacent layers of an attenuator material. The resulting sandwich of the stacked film layers and attenuator layers provides a useful detector. The detector can be used within a radiation detector apparatus having a collimator to enable a 360 degree field of view of radiation sources within a room or enclosed environment.05-10-2012

Jonathan Coleman, Dublin IE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100304136Product - Composite materials comprise nanotubes and a polymer. The nanotubes and polymer interact in an ordered fashion at an interfacial region. The interface is crystalline or semi crystalline.12-02-2010

Jonathan Nesbit Coleman, County Dublin IE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090039308Nanocomposite polymers - Modified polymers are prepared by providing a nanotube or nanoparticle suspension, adding a preformed polymer, swelling the preformed polymer in the suspension, and isolating the modified polymer from the suspension. The polymer may be a swellable polymer in the form of polymeric yarns, fibres, fabrics, ribbons or films. The swelling may be carried out using ultrasonic treatment.02-12-2009

Kenneth Coleman, Romainville FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100092443NOVEL COMBINATIONS OF NITROGENATED HETEROCYCLIC ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOUNDS WITH OTHER ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOUNDS AND THE USE OF SAME AS DRUGS - The invention relates to the combination of nitrogenated heterocyclic antibacterial compounds of formula (I) with other antibacterial compounds and the use of same as drugs.04-15-2010

Michael E. Coleman, Hauts-De-Seine FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090209630GENE DELIVERY FORMULATIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIC CONDITIONS - The present inventors have developed a novel approach for efficient delivery of angiogenic factors to the cardiac and peripheral vasculature that avoids problems with toxicity inherent to existing delivery technologies. Vectors carrying coding sequences for angiogenic agents including Del-1 or VEGF, or both, can be formulated with poloxamers or other polymers for delivery into ischemic tissue and delivered to areas of peripheral ischemia in a flow to no-flow pattern and to the heart by retrograde venous perfusion.08-20-2009

Michael Patrick Coleman, Louisville, CO US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120070474POLYMER COMPOUND FOR BIOMEDICAL USE AND BIOCHIP SUBSTRATE USING SUCH A POLYMER COMPOUND - A biochip substrate capable of realizing the high detection accuracy by restricting a nonspecific adsorption or bonding of a substance to be detected, when used for a detection or analysis of protein, nucleic acids and the like. The biochip substrate is for fixing a biologically active substance on a surface of a solid substrate, and characterized in that it has a layer comprising a polymer compound obtained by copolymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having an alkylene glycol residue, an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a functional group for fixing a biologically active substance and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer having a cross-linkable functional group, on the surface of the substrate.03-22-2012

Ralph Coleman, Fleurier CH

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110271785Parallel Robot of the Scara Type - A parallel robot of the SCARA type includes a base or a body to which two articulated elements are attached, each including an arm and a forearm that are connected by a joint and are mounted in a manner allowing rotation about one and the same geometrical axis. The two articulated elements are attached to two annular segments, respectively, that form two movable parts of a circular motor whose stator at least partially forms the body, these two movable parts being assigned to one and the same circular path of the stator. Preferably, the two movable parts are guided through one and the same guideway in order to ensure that these two movable parts rotate very precisely about the same geometrical axis.11-10-2011

Ralph Coleman, Fleurler CH

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090152961Linear guide with an integrated linear motor - A linear guide with an integrated linear motor, the linear guide having a stationary support extending in a guide direction, a table movable in the guide direction and a linear motor. The linear motor includes 1) a movable element connected with the table, 2) a stationary element connected with the stationary support and contactless bearings between the stationary support and the table and 3) an electromagnetic positioner based on electromagnetic interaction for positioning the table transversely in relation to the guide direction. The linear guide includes an integrated position-measuring system having a scale and scanning heads which detect a position of the table in the guide direction and a deviation direction, which lies transversely in relation to the guide direction and parallel in relation to a plane of an air gap of the linear motor. The electromagnetic positioner acts in such a way so that the table is positioned in the deviation direction.06-18-2009

Ralph Coleman, Rue Du Pont 7 CH

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100066298POSITIONING DEVICE IN GANTRY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION - In a positioning device in gantry type of construction, due to a special arrangement of the position-measuring devices used for the positioning, errors due to thermal expansion of the positioning device may be avoided to a great extent. In particular, attention is given to the advantageous placement of fixed point of a scale relative to a straightness track of a further scale.03-18-2010

Raymond Coleman, D.n. Menashe IL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110144078TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES OF CORROLES FOR PREVENTING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES OR DISORDERS - Transition metal complexes of amphiphilic/bipolar corroles, optically active isomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful for prevention of a cardiovascular disease or disorder in a subject susceptible to develop such a cardiovascular disease or disorder.06-16-2011

Robert Alexander Coleman, Mulvane, KS US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110308711METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING A COMPLEX MONOLITHIC THERMOSET PART - A system and method for forming a hollow, complex, monolithic composite part. Composite material may be placed around the mandrel, then an internal impermeable membrane may be placed into and/or through tunnels formed in the mandrel. Next, an external impermeable membrane may be placed around the composite material and sealed against itself and the internal impermeable membrane such that the mandrel and the composite material are both contained in an airtight manner between the internal and external impermeable membranes. Air may then be removed from within the sealed impermeable membranes, compressing the impermeable membranes against the mandrel and/or the composite material. The consolidated composite material may be hardened to form the composite part. Finally, the impermeable membrane may be removed from around the hollow composite part and from within the mandrel, followed by removal of the mandrel from within the composite part by breaking it up into smaller pieces.12-22-2011

R. Scott Coleman, Ogden, UT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110269107SKI OR SNOWBOARD TEACHING APPARATUS - In one example, an apparatus for teaching a student how to snow ski includes a removably attachable instructor component, a removably attachable student component, and means for temporarily securing the instructor component and student component together. The instructor component has a first end defining a cavity configured to receive a bottom end of an instructor's ski pole and a second end disposed opposite the first end. The student component has a first end configured to attach to a portion of a student's ski equipment and a second end disposed opposite the first end.11-03-2011
20110269108SKI OR SNOWBOARD TEACHING APPARATUS - In one example, an apparatus for teaching a student to ski or snowboard includes a removably attachable instructor component and a removably attachable student component. The instructor component has a first end and a second end. The first end defines a cavity configured to receive a bottom end of an instructor's ski pole. The first end is configured to be removably secured to the bottom end of the instructor's ski pole. The second end is disposed opposite the first end. The student component is configured to be removably secured to a student's ski or snowboard equipment and is also configured to be removably secured to the second end of the instructor component.11-03-2011

Tom Coleman, North Fitzroy AU

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100011282ANNOTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A variety of technologies can be used to annotate electronic documents. In one embodiment, an annotation module is provided on a client machine as a plugin for a web browser application. The annotation module provides a user interface which allows the user to interact with the web browser application to annotate a document displayed using the browser application. Other embodiments are described.01-14-2010

Trent Coleman, Brampton CA

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110146829GARDEN HOSE WITH BACKBONE - An improved garden hose including an elongated generally cylindrical inner core being made of a first material, the inner core having an integrally formed backbone being made of a second material.06-23-2011

William Anthony Coleman, Caluire FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100056482Calixarene Derivatives as Anticancer Agent - This invention relates to compounds having the following formula (I):03-04-2010