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Charles Patrick Collier, San Marino, CA US
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| 20080216565 | PROBE TIPS - Probe tips comprising tips and coatings are described. The tips and coatings may be selected to provide various probe-tip features, including, but not limited to, high reproducibility, high reliability, low cost, ultra-sharpness, high conductivity and/or simultaneous critical dimension imaging and sidewall roughness analysis. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090114883 | Metal-filled nanostructures - A metal-filled nanostructure and fabrication methods thereof are discussed. A metal-filled nanostructure according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a metal filling and a nanostructure shell, and may provide superior conductivity and contact resistance over those inherent in the nanostructure shell. In a preferred embodiment, the metal filled nanostructure comprises a continuous metal nanowire inserted into a single-walled carbon nanotube using an electrowetting technique. | 05-07-2009 |
Duncan Collier, Stockton, CA US
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| 20100181685 | INTEGRATED CLOCK AND POWER DISTRIBUTION - An integrated clock and power distribution network in a semiconductor device includes assigning a first tile to a location on a placement grid corresponding to a top metal layer. An orientation is assigned to the first tile relative to the top metal layer placement grid. The first tile is placed on a representation corresponding to the top metal layer in accordance with the assignments. A second tile is assigned to a location on a placement grid corresponding to a top-1 metal layer. The orientation is assigned to the second tile relative to the top-1 metal layer placement grid. The second tile is placed on a representation corresponding to the top-1 metal layer in accordance with the assignments. The first and second tile are arranged as a full-dense-mesh distribution structure. The first tile includes an integrated clock and power distribution structure. The second tile includes a low impedance underpass structure. | 07-22-2010 |
Erik T. Collier, Livermore, CA US
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| 20100017414 | SEARCH ACTIVITY ERASER - A system and method of data processing receives a query at a server computer system. The system and method utilizes the query to extract a search result from a data source. The system and method receives at least one search activity record and a user preference from a client computer system over a network at a server computer system. The server computer system stores at least one search activity record on the server computer system and deletes the at least one search activity record on the server computer system based on the user preference. | 01-21-2010 |
Ian Collier, Fremont, CA US
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| 20100052560 | COLOR TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE - A color tunable light source comprising: a first LED arrangement operable to emit light of a first color and a second LED arrangement operable to emit light of a second color, the LED arrangements being configured such that their combined light comprises the output of the source and control means operable to control the color of light emitted by the source by controlling the relative light outputs of the two LED arrangements wherein the control means is operable to dynamically switch the outputs of the LED arrangements and the color is tunable by controlling a duty cycle of the drive current. One or both LED arrangements can comprise at least one phosphor and an associated LED that is operable to irradiate the phosphor with excitation radiation of a first wavelength range such that the phosphor emits light of a different wavelength range. | 03-04-2010 |
Ian Collier, Hayward, CA US
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| 20100181582 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES WITH PHOSPHOR WAVELENGTH CONVERSION AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A light emitting device comprises: a package (low temperature co-fired ceramic) having a plurality of recesses (cups) in which each recess houses at least one LED chip and at least one phosphor material applied as coating to the light emitting light surface of the LED chips, wherein the phosphor material coating is conformal in form. In another arrangement a light emitting device comprises: a planar substrate (metal core printed circuit board); a plurality of light emitting diode chips mounted on, and electrically connected to, the substrate; a conformal coating of at least one phosphor material on each light emitting diode chip; and a lens formed over each light emitting diode chip. | 07-22-2010 |
Ian T. Collier, Fremont, CA US
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| 20090168398 | LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - A light emitting display for generating a selectable character (number, letter or alphanumeric character) comprises a plurality of independently operable light emitting display elements (segments). Each display element comprises: a light guiding medium having a light emitting display face; at least one excitation source (LED) associated with the light guiding medium and independently operable to generate excitation light of a first wavelength range and couple the excitation light into the light guiding medium; and a pattern of at least one phosphor material provided on the light emitting surface and configured to define the light emitting element wherein the phosphor material absorbs at least a part of the excitation light and emits light of a second wavelength range. Each display element can comprise a discrete light guiding medium or display elements can be defined within a single light guiding medium by one or more light reflecting planes. | 07-02-2009 |
Jarrell D. Collier, Sherman Oaks, CA US
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| 20090245638 | Method And Apparatus For Region-Based Segmentation Image Processing Using Region Mapping - Object detection in an image using an image processing approach in which the image is updated based on an energy function. In one aspect, the exemplary image update process attempts to homogenize each region by associating each pixel with a particular region such that the total level of energy for the image based on the pixel located in that region is minimized with respect to the energy function. For example, the method of object detection in an image having a plurality of pixels by image segmentation includes dividing the image into a plurality of regions; assigning each pixel to one of the plurality of regions based on a characteristic; performing an energy reduction on the image based on a region reassignment of at least one pixel; and producing an output image based on the energy reduction. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100030519 | System for Real-Time Object Damage Detection and Evaluation - A method for determining a probability of damage by an object to be evaluated, including propagating a kinematic state of the object to be evaluated; determining a plurality of probabilities of damage; determining whether each probability of damage is feasible and creating a set of probabilities of feasible damage for each probability of damage; and determining the mean and variance of probability of feasible damage based on the set of probabilities of feasible damage. A system and apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100030520 | System for Real-Time Object Detection and Interception - A system for determining a probability of interception by an interceptor of an object to be intercepted is disclosed herein. The system includes means for propagating a kinematic state of the object to be intercepted; means for determining a plurality of probabilities of intercept; means for determining whether an intercept is feasible and creating a set of probabilities of successful intercept for each probability of intercept; and means for determining the mean and variance of probability of successful intercept based on the set of probabilities of successful intercept. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100057662 | SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME PROBABLISTIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - A system providing a real-time probabilistic prediction mechanism is described herein that is adapted to the address probabilistic implementations. The described mechanism provides a better balance between the tradeoffs of accuracy versus computational resources than the prior art, which makes it suitable for real-time applications, and in some cases offers a simpler path to implementation as well. In one exemplary approach, the real-time probabilistic prediction mechanism is implemented as a system for real-time resource management. | 03-04-2010 |
Katherine Collier, Los Altos, CA US
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| 20090111160 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BOWMAN-BIRK PROTEASE INHIBITORS AND VARIANTS THEREOF - The present invention provides compositions and methods related to expression of protease inhibitors and variants thereof in bacterial species. The present invention further provides fusion nucleic acids, vectors, fusion polypeptides, and processes for obtaining the protease inhibitors. | 04-30-2009 |
Katherine D. Collier, Redwood City, CA US
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| 20080274938 | Multiply-substituted protease variants with altered net charge for use in detergents - Novel protease variants derived from the DNA sequences of naturally-occurring or recombinant non-human proteases are disclosed. The variant proteases, in general, are obtained by in vitro modification of a precursor DNA sequence encoding the naturally-occurring or recombinant protease to generate the substitution of a plurality of amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence of a precursor protease. Protease variants are provided that contain substitutions of the amino acids at one or more residue positions so that the substitution alters the charge at that position to make the charge more negative or less positive compared to a precursor protease and thus the protease variant is more effective in a low detergent concentration system than a precursor protease. Also provided are protease variants containing substitutions of the amino acids at one or more residue positions so that the substitution alters the charge at that position to make the charge more positive or less negative compared to a precursor protease and thus the protease variant is more effective in a high detergent concentration system than a precursor protease. | 11-06-2008 |
Katherine D. Collier, Los Altos, CA US
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| 20100092409 | PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MODIFIED VARIANT BOWMAN BIRK PROTEASE INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to compositions that comprise modified variant Bowman Birk Protease Inhibitor proteins (BBPIs). The modified variant BBPIs comprise peptides that bind target proteins, and that are further modified to have greater protease inhibitory activity and/or be produced at greater yields than the unmodified BBPIs. The invention encompasses the compositions comprising the modified variant BBPIs, and the methods for making and using the compositions in personal care. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100093028 | MODIFIED VARIANT BOWMAN BIRK PROTEASE INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to modified variant Bowman Birk Protease Inhibitor proteins (BBPIs) that comprise peptides that bind target proteins, and that are further modified to have greater protease inhibitory activity and/or be produced at greater yields than the unmodified BBPIs. The invention encompasses polynucleotide constructs and expression vectors containing polynucleotide sequences that encode the modified variant BBPIs, the transformed host cells that express and produce the modified variant BBPIs, the modified variant BBPI proteins, the compositions comprising the modified variant BBPIs, and the methods for making and using the modified variant BBPIs in personal care. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100221780 | Modified Variant Bowman Birk Protease Inhibitors - The present invention relates to modified variant Bowman Birk Protease Inhibitor proteins (BBPIs) that comprise peptides that bind target proteins, and that are further modified to have greater protease inhibitory activity and/or be produced at greater yields than the unmodified BBPIs. The invention encompasses polynucleotide constructs and expression vectors containing polynucleotide sequences that encode the modified variant BBPIs, the transformed host cells that express and produce the modified variant BBPIs, the modified variant BBPI proteins, the compositions comprising the modified variant BBPIs, and the methods for making and using the modified variant BBPIs in personal care. | 09-02-2010 |
Sierra Leigh Jones Collier, Menlo Park, CA US
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| 20090220489 | ANTAGONIST ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE AND METHODS USING SAME - The invention features methods for preventing or treating CGRP associated disorders such as vasomotor symptoms, including headaches (e.g., migraine, cluster headache, and tension headache) and hot flushes, by administering an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody. Antagonist antibody G1 and antibodies derived from G1 directed to CGRP are also described. | 09-03-2009 |
Wesley Clay Collier, Piedmont, CA US
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| 20090092062 | CRITICAL RESOURCE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND INTERFACE DEVICE - A system and device that communicates critical resource information is described. The resource notification system comprises a resource distributor, a resource notification server, and a networked interface device. The resource distributor generates a demand response action that is associated with a particular resource. The resource distributor is also communicatively coupled to a wide area network. The resource notification server, which is also communicatively coupled to the wide area network, receives and processes the demand response action and generates a demand response event signal that is communicated to a customer list. The networked interface device comprises at least one indicator. The networked interface device receives the demand response event signal that triggers at least one indicator corresponding to the demand response action generated by the resource distributor, wherein the indicator provides a real-time indication that corresponds to the usage of the particular resource. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100146397 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GEO-CODING USER GENERATED CONTENT - A system and method for geo-coding user generated content is described. The system comprises a content source, a content management module, a content repository, a location source, a location repository, a geo-coding module, and a geo-location object data sheet (GDS). The content source captures the user generated content. The content management module manages the user generated content. The content repository stores the user generated content. The location source generates a plurality of location data, and the location repository stores the location data. The geo-coding module generates the geo-located object data sheet (GDS) that associates the user generated content with the corresponding location data. The GDS depository stores the geo-located object data sheet. | 06-10-2010 |