Connor, US

Blayne A. Connor, Gilbert, AZ US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110277229	Fume Blocking Drain Cap - A fume blocking drain cap could include a drain cap body having a top side and an underside defining at least one aperture extending therethrough and a dissolvable membrane attached to the underside of the drain cap body. The dissolvable membrane is arranged over the at least one aperture sealing the aperture from the underside of the drain cap body. A retainer ring may be provided that abuts the bottom surface of the dissolvable membrane to retain the dissolvable membrane against the underside of the drain cap body. The cap could also include a collar having an outside surface and inside surface. The collar is attached to and depends from the underside of the drain cap body and surrounds the dissolvable membrane.	11-17-2011

Brenda Ann Connor, College Station, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110219431	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF QUALITY OF SERVICE ENABLEMENT FOR OVER THE TOP APPLICATIONS IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A system, method, and node providing a predefined Quality of Service (QoS) level to an Over The Top (OTT) service provider in a telecommunications network. A User Equipment (UE) initiates an IP-based application session (e.g., Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) session) with the OTT service provider by sending an application-dependent message toward an OTT application server. The method begins with a proxy node in the telecommunications network intercepting the application-dependent message. The proxy node then modifies the application-dependent message by adding a subscriber identification to the header of the application-dependent message. The proxy node forwards the modified application-dependent message to the OTT application server. The OTT application server then sends a request having the subscriber identification to the telecommunications network with a QoS requirement for the HTTP session. Next, a network policy node determines an appropriate QoS level for the subscriber. A network gateway then enforces the determined QoS level for the HTTP session with the OTT service provider.	09-08-2011

Brian Connor, Newfields, NH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100268236	Surgical Rotary Abrader - Apparatus for use as a surgical handpiece is disclosed. An exemplary apparatus includes a body, a rotatable shaft extending from the body and including a tissue contacting component such as a burr, and an outer tube connected to the body and surrounding at least a portion of the shaft. In some configurations, the minimum separation between the tissue contacting component and the outer tube is greater than the minimum separation between the shaft and the outer tube, thereby preventing the tissue contacting component from contacting the shaft upon the application of a force perpendicular to the axis of the shaft. The device may include stand-off elements positioned between the shaft and the outer tube to aid in preventing the tissue contacting component from contacting the outer tube during operation. The outer tube may be flexible with respect to the body, such as by being constructed of a relatively flexible material and/or by being flexibly connected to the body. In some embodiments, the outer tube may be more flexible than the shaft with respect to the body.	10-21-2010

Brian G. Connor, Newfields, NH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100228273	LIQUID JET SURGICAL INSTRUMENT - The invention provides a variety of surgical instruments for forming a liquid jet, which are useful for performing a wide variety of surgical procedures. In some embodiments, the invention provides surgical liquid jet instruments having a pressure tube and an evacuation tube, where the pressure tube includes at least one nozzle for forming a liquid jet and where the evacuation tube includes a jet-receiving opening for receiving the liquid jet when the instrument is in operation. In some embodiments, the surgical liquid jet instrument is constructed to minimize damage to the tissue surrounding the tissue that is desired to be removed. In some embodiments, the outer surface of the distal tip of the evacuation tube wall and/or the pressure tube wall is blunted to minimize tissue damage. The invention also provides surgical methods utilizing the inventive surgical liquid jet instruments for cutting or ablating a selected tissue within portions of a patient's spine, such as within the intervertebral disc.	09-09-2010

Patent applications by Brian G. Connor, Newfields, NH US

Carol Connor, Tallahassee, FL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090186329	METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING A TEACHING PLAN IN LITERACY EDUCATION - In one preferred embodiment of the invention, the method for recommending teaching plan for literacy education includes obtaining learning patterns from a teaching plan database that includes the following steps: collecting results of a first literacy test of a first group of students, gathering teaching plan data, collecting results of a second literacy test of a first group of students, and identifying learning patterns based on the student profile data and teaching plan data, and implementing a recommendation engine. The implementation of the recommendation engine includes the following steps: collecting results of a third literacy test of a second group of students, matching a student profile of a student of the second group of students with an identified learning pattern, and recommending a teaching plan for a student of the second group of students.	07-23-2009

Charles G. Connor, Germantown, TN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100016264	TREATMENT FOR DRY EYE USING TESTOSTERONE AND PROGESTAGEN - The present invention comprises a composition and methods for treating eye conditions using a composition having a therapeutically effective amount of a progestagen, or a therapeutically effective amount of a progestagen with a testosterone; and pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the composition is applied to the palpebral part of the eye and/or ocular surface.	01-21-2010

Chris Connor, Columbus, OH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090117557	Rapid Detection of Microorganisms - Tools and methods for detecting the presence bacteria, yeast and mold in a sample obtained from a food sample are provided. The methods employ a polymerase chain reaction and primer and probe sets that are based on the 16S rRNA and squalene-hopene cyclase genes of	05-07-2009

Christopher A. Connor, Oro Valley, AZ US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100023358	RISK ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ANALYZING AND MITIGATING RISK - A machine-implemented method for analyzing risk associated with an activity may include receiving inputs identifying a user and an activity to be analyzed, selecting a boundary dataset including operator data, vehicle/equipment data, and/or general operations data, selecting a boundary parameter from the selected dataset, selecting an environmental parameter associated with the selected boundary parameter, and determining whether the selected environmental parameter exceeds a threshold level of risk associated with the selected boundary parameter.	01-28-2010

Christopher S. Connor, Hanover, NH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100268202	SHIELDED INTRAOCULAR PROBE FOR IMPROVED ILLUMINATION OR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION OF LIGHT - An intraocular light probe has a mask or shield affixed at its distal end thereof which forms a directed light beam for intraocular illumination of target tissues or intraocular application of therapeutic light. The mask or shield serves to more fully focus, intensify and direct the beam toward target tissues. The mask or shield also helps direct light away from other tissues and away from the eyes of the surgeon. This lessens unwanted glare. By placing a light probe beneath a surgical instrument such as a phacoemulsifier or vitrector, laser, cutting instrument (e.g., scissors or knife), forceps or probe/manipulator, whether as part of or separate from an infusion sleeve, a mask or shield effect is created. This has the same benefits of directing the beam toward target tissues, away from other tissues and away from the eyes of the surgeon.	10-21-2010

Christopher W. Connor, Arlington, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100312144	Systems and Methods for Predicting Potentially Difficult Intubation of a Subject - Systems and methods for predicting potential difficult intubation of a subject acquire, using a facial structure analysis system, facial structure data of the subject. The systems and methods also extract, using facial structure analysis software of the facial structure analysis system, at least one facial structure variable value from the facial structure data and obtain a predicted potential difficult intubation value using an airway classification model and the at least one facial structure variable value. The systems and methods generate a report based on the predicted potential difficult intubation value.	12-09-2010
20110168177	Anesthesia Simulator and Controller for Closed-Loop Anesthesia - Methods, systems, and software are disclosed for simulating and controlling anesthesia delivery and for implementing automatic closed-loop anesthesia with an inhaled anesthetic agent. The methods involve using a physiological simulation to forward calculate the effects of an inhaled anesthetic agent, and searching for gas administration characteristics, such as fresh gas flow rates and anesthetic concentrations or partial pressures, that will achieve a desired physiological anesthetic concentration or effect with minimal use of anesthetic agent and minimal fresh gas flow rate.	07-14-2011

Christopher Wade Connor, Cincinnati, OH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090136632	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UTILIZING DELAYED DILUTION, MIXING AND FILTERING TO PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED VARIETIES OF FRESH-BREWED COFFEE ON DEMAND - An improved system for providing an individually customized fresh brewed coffee beverage on demand by a consumer, in a wide range of variety and strength. Said brewing system for making relatively large quantities of fresh brewed coffee beverages (in particular, customized as to desired variety, body, character and/or strengths), as chosen by multiple individual consumers just prior to their consumption. Said system is easy to use by the consumer or other individual (e.g., restaurant wait staff) obtaining the customized beverage. Further, maintenance of the equipment requires only a small amount of personal attention by the owner/operator of the equipment.	05-28-2009

Christopher William Connor, Arlington, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120075060	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE PORTABLE PATIENT MONITORING - A patient monitoring system that enables a healthcare provide to request access to patient data via interaction directly with a local patient monitor and subsequently provide patient data to the healthcare provider's portable communication device regardless of device location.	03-29-2012

Daniel Connor, Inman, SC US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110300321	HYDROGENATED STYRENIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS BLENDS WITH POLYPROPYLENE - The present invention comprises a molding composition comprising at least about 70% wt. polypropylene or polypropylene random copolymer; up to about 30 wt. % of a block copolymer composition comprising at least one selectively hydrogenated block copolymer which substantially matches the index of refraction of the polypropylene or polypropylene random copolymer, and up to about 0.70% by wt. of a clarifying agent, wherein the weight % of the total blend is 100%. The present invention also may be a molded article produced from the molding composition. A molded article formed from such a composition at a thickness of 0.125 inches will have a haze of less than about 50% and an instrumented impact toughness of at least 100 inch-lbs at −20° C. to −30° C.	12-08-2011

Daniel M. Connor, Bentwood Drive, SC US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120043692	NUCLEATING AGENT AND THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME - A composition comprises a thermoplastic and a nucleating agent. The thermoplastic can be a polyolefin selected from the group consisting of polypropylene homopolymers, polypropylene copolymers, polyethylene, polyethylene copolymers, polybutylene, poly(4 methyl 1 pentene) and mixtures thereof. The nucleating agent can comprise a metal salt of a phenylphosphonic acid. The nucleating agent can comprise primary particles having a mean aspect ratio of about two or more. The composition can also comprise an acid scavenger, such as one or more metal salts of stearic acid. The composition can be used to produce thermoplastic articles using, for example, injection molding and thermoforming techniques.	02-23-2012

Daniel Stedman Connor, Cincinnati, OH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090107031	Fuel System for Improved Fuel Efficiency Utilizing Glycols in a Spark Ignition Engine - A fuel system for improved fuel efficiency which can be contained in a single fuel source, such as a fuel tank of a vehicle, having a gasoline phase comprises gasoline or gasohol; and an anti-knock phase comprising a glycol anti-knock subagent, water and one or more of a second anti-knock subagent selected from the group of methanol, ethanol and mixtures thereof; such that the anti-knock agent phase is substantially immiscible with the gasoline phase.	04-30-2009
20090112450	Fuel Management System for Refueling a Fuel System for Improved Fuel Efficiency Utilizing Glycols - A fuel management system of a vehicle and a refueling system for gasoline stations to handle a fuel system for improved fuel efficiency which can be contained in a fuel tank having a gasoline phase comprises gasoline or gasohol; and an anti-knock phase comprising an anti-knock agent comprising a glycol anti-knock subagent, water and one or more of a second anti-knock subagent selected from the group of methanol, ethanol and mixtures thereof, such that the anti-knock agent phase is substantially immiscible with the gasoline phase.	04-30-2009

Patent applications by Daniel Stedman Connor, Cincinnati, OH US

David M. Connor, Grand Blanc, MI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100237632	ELECTRICALLY-ACTIVATED HOOD LATCH AND RELEASE MECHANISM - A latch assembly includes a latch movable between released and restrained positions and a latch spring biasing toward the released position. A first lever is movable between open and closed positions, corresponding to the released and restrained positions, respectively. A first lever spring biases toward the closed position. A second lever is movable between unlocked and locked positions, corresponding to the first lever open and closed positions, respectively. A second lever spring biases toward the locked position. An active material based actuator selectively moves the second lever from the locked to unlocked position in response to an activation signal. A primary activation mechanism selectively produces the activation signal without a mechanical connection to the passenger compartment. An auxiliary activation mechanism does not rely on the vehicle power system. A key or portable energy storage device may cause the activation signal from the primary or auxiliary activation mechanism.	09-23-2010
20110068601	Vehicle Solar Load Reduction System - A vehicle having a vehicle interior may comprise a backlight having an interior surface and a solar load reduction system. The solar load reduction system may include a louver support supported by the vehicle structure, a plurality of pivotable louvers located in the vehicle interior, each of the louvers may be pivotally mounted to the louver support and spaced from the other louvers, and a tilting mechanism adjacent to the backlight and operatively engaging the plurality of louvers to selectively cause the louvers to pivot relative to the louver support. A pane of translucent material may enclose the louvers in a cavity between the pane and backlight.	03-24-2011

Edward M. Connor, Gaithersburg, MD US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100098708	METHODS OF PREVENTING AND TREATING RSV INFECTIONS AND RELATED CONDITIONS - The present invention provides methods for preventing, managing, treating and/or ameliorating a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection (e.g., acute RSV disease, or a RSV upper respiratory tract infection (URI) and/or lower respiratory tract infection (LRI)), otitis media (preferably, stemming from, caused by or associated with a RSV infection, such as a RSV URI and/or LRI), and/or a symptom or respiratory condition relating thereto (e.g., asthma, wheezing, and/or reactive airway disease (RAD)) in a subject, comprising administering to said human an effective amount of one or more antibodies that immunospecifically bind to one or more RSV antigens with a high affinity and/or high avidity. In some embodiments, one or more antibodies comprise a modified IgG constant domain, or FcRn-binding fragment thereof resulting in longer in vivo serum half-life. In particular embodiments the methods of the invention comprising administering to subject an effective amount of one or more modified antibodies that immunospecifically bind to one or more RSV antigens with an association rate (k	04-22-2010
20110158985	METHODS OF PREVENTING AND TREATING RSV INFECTIONS AND RELATED CONDITIONS - The present invention provides methods for preventing, managing, treating and/or ameliorating a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection (e.g., acute RSV disease, or a RSV upper respiratory tract infection (URI) and/or lower respiratory tract infection (LRI)), otitis media (preferably, stemming from, caused by or associated with a RSV infection, such as a RSV URI and/or LRI), and/or a symptom or respiratory condition relating thereto (e.g., asthma, wheezing, and/or reactive airway disease (RAD)) in a subject, comprising administering to said human an effective amount of one or more antibodies that immunospecifically bind to one or more RSV antigens with a high affinity and/or high avidity. In some embodiments, one or more antibodies comprise a modified IgG constant domain, or FcRn-binding fragment thereof resulting in longer in vivo serum half-life. In particular embodiments the methods of the invention comprising administering to subject an effective amount of one or more modified antibodies that immunospecifically bind to one or more RSV antigens with an association rate (k	06-30-2011

Patent applications by Edward M. Connor, Gaithersburg, MD US

Glenn L. Connor, Laurel, MD US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120065817	LOW VISIBILITY LANDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A low visibility landing system is provided for guiding aircraft on landing approaches. The low visibility landing system may aid a pilot during landing in low visibility conditions such that an aircraft may descend to lower altitudes without visual contact with the runway than is possible with other landing systems. The system may use various navigational systems to produce a hybrid signal that may be more stable than individual signals of those navigational systems. The hybrid signal is compared to a predetermined landing approach plan to determine the deviation of the aircraft from the landing approach plan and to provide guidance to the pilot to get the aircraft back onto the landing approach plan. The system may also use multiple navigational systems to perform checks on an operation of a primary navigational system to ensure that the primary navigational system is operating accurately.	03-15-2012

James M. Connor, St. Charles, IL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100146601	Method for Exercising Digital Rights via a Proxy - A system and method for accessing digital content purchased by a rights owner for a first computing device. The method receives a proxy from the rights owner that includes rights to the digital content granted to the rights owner, stores the proxy on a second computing device, and determines whether the rights owner is present at the second computing device. When the rights owner is present at the second computing device, the method enables the proxy, and accesses the digital content on the second computing device through the proxy.	06-10-2010

James R. Connor, Hershey, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080206139	DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC AGENTS - Nanovesicles are specifically targeted to abnormal cells. The targeting moiety is conjugated to the nanovesicle which comprises a therapeutic composition. These nanovesicles are useful in treatment of a wide spectrum of disorders.	08-28-2008
20090142360	USE OF FERRITIN TO TREAT IRON DEFICIENCY DISORDERS - The present inventors have demonstrated the presence of H-ferritin receptors on endothelial cells in culture and on rat brain rat brain microvasculature, identifying H-ferritin as a means for transporting iron across the blood brain barrier. The present invention provides a method for treating an iron deficiency disorder in a patient, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a ferritin-iron complex. In an embodiment of the invention, the ferritin-iron complex comprises H-ferritin. In another embodiment, the iron deficiency disorder comprises an iron deficiency in the brain. The present invention also provides a method for delivering iron to the brain, comprising administering iron in the form of a ferritin-iron complex to a patient, whereby said iron is transported across the blood-brain barrier and delivered to the brain; a method for using H-ferritin as a targeting moiety, comprising attaching H-ferritin to a liposome, whereby said liposome is targeted to the brain and/or cells within the brain; and a method for treating an iron overload disorder in a patient, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a multi subunit ferritin complex, wherein said multi subunit ferritin complex is at less than 100% iron binding capacity.	06-04-2009
20090280166	FERRITIN AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN ABNORMAL CELLS - Compositions for treatment of iron related diseases comprise an inhibitor of ferritin. An inhibitor of ferritin is active to reduce the level of H ferritin protein in a cell and/or to reduce the activity of H ferritin in a cell. Compositions providing cytoprotection, regulation of iron, increasing longevity and viability of cells are described.	11-12-2009
20110287033	USE OF FERRITIN TO TREAT IRON DISORDERS - Methods and compositions for treating an iron disorder in a patient are presented, including methods for delivering a therapeutically effective amount of iron to the brain. Iron disorders that may be treated by these methods include iron deficiency disorders and iron overload disorders. A recombinant yeast expressing human H-ferritin and a composition for treating an iron disorder comprising this recombinant yeast are also presented.	11-24-2011

Patent applications by James R. Connor, Hershey, PA US

Jerome Connor, Doylestown, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090035289	DRY PLATELET COMPOSITION - The invention features a dry platelet composition and methods of making and using the freeze-dried platelet composition.	02-05-2009

John Connor, Rowley, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120131217	METHODS OF INTEGRATING MULTIPLE MANAGEMENT DOMAINS - An integrated solution strategy that integrates multiple domains together in a seamless and standardized way for increasing a users control over facilities and equipment. This integrated approach can lead to a reduction of energy usage, more efficient energy usage, increased safety, health, and security of a facility and its occupants, optimized production in industrial settings, and associated and other economic advantages. Accurate, reliable information about a facility or equipment is essential to making timely, informed decisions. Enhanced automation provides a reliable means of collecting and assembling a variety of operating data and archiving that data into a central database for evaluation, reporting, forecasting, and negotiation with resource marketers.	05-24-2012

John A. Connor, Albuquerque, NM US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120115919	METHODS OF TREATING AND PREVENTING/REDUCING THE LIKELIHOOD OF MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY (TLE) - The invention provides methods of treatment that prevent the onset of Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in a subject, or which reduce the severity of TLE in a subject, by administering a NKCC1 inhibitor to the subject after the subject has suffered from an insult known to precipitate TLE.	05-10-2012

Joseph P. Connor, Madison, WI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100015639	Methods and Kits to Detect and Monitor Ovarian Cancer and Preeclampsia - The present invention provides methods and kits related to a prognostic, and, in certain embodiments, diagnostic indicator for ovarian cancer which comprises measuring the level of MUC16 bound to immune cells. The level of MUC16 bound to immune cells can by itself be an indicator of disease regression or recurrence, or this indicator can be used in conjunction with assays for serum CA125 and other diagnostic markers. The invention further provides methods and kits related to the detection of ovarian cancer by measuring levels of Siglec-9 expression on immune cells. As well, related methodologies are provided for the detection of preeclampsia in pregnant human subjects.	01-21-2010

Kevin Connor, Jackson, NJ US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110293539	FILM CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS - An oral care, personal care or cleansing composition with a carrier comprising a functional material and at least two polymers. One polymer has a greater solubility in water than the other polymer; one of the polymers may be water-soluble and the other polymer water-insoluble. The polymers are selected and apportioned to provide at least one of the following: (1) a desired stability of the film in the composition, (2) a desired rate of disintegration of the film during use of the composition, and (3) a desired rate of delivery of the functional material during use of the composition.	12-01-2011

Kevin Connor, Toms River, NJ US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100288991	FASTENERS, RAILING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - A fastener is configured to affix a first article such as a picket to a second article such as a rail to form a railing or balustrade. The fastener includes a first engaging surface having a maximum diameter configured to engage an interior surface of an opening in the first article and a mating surface configured to mate with the second article. The first engaging surface can have shape selected from cylindrical, ellipsoidal, conical, elliptic conical frustum, pyramidal frustum, and ball and other shapes having cross-sections of rectangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, octagonal and other regular polygons having at least four sides such that good engagement is obtained and the fastener is hidden from view in the assembled railing.	11-18-2010

Kevin Joseph Connor, Blaine, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110194449	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AUDIOVISUAL QUALITY IMPAIRMENT IN PACKET NETWORKS - An audio and/or visual transmission quality device estimates transmission quality as perceived by a user based on observation and processing of objective metrics. The device preferably includes a primary integrator to generate an instantaneous estimate of user annoyance based on occurrence of frame loss events in a received signal. The device further preferably includes secondary integrators to process the instantaneous estimate of user annoyance in selected time intervals and generate a plurality of time-varying estimates of user annoyance valid over the selected time intervals. The device may further include a plurality of scaling modules to scale the plurality of time-varying estimates and generate a corresponding plurality of estimates of transmission quality as perceived by the user. The device may further include a modulation network to modify a sensitivity of the primary integrator to the occurrence of frame loss events in the received signal.	08-11-2011

Kip Connor, Brighton, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100105773	USE OF RESOLVINS AND DOCOSATRIENES AND ANALOGUES THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANGIOGENESIS AND OCULAR NEOVASCULARIZATION - The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of, or prevention of angiogenesis in a subject. In particular, the present invention relates to methods to treat a subject with, or at risk of developing angiogenesis by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a resolvin or resolvin analogue or precursor, and/or a protectin or protectin analogue. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to the use of resolvins and protectins to treat pathologies associated with angiogenesis.	04-29-2010

Kip M. Connor, Brighton, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100048705	METHODS OF TREATING AND PREVENTING NEOVASCULARIZATION WITH OMEGA-3 POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS - Disclosed are methods for treating or preventing ocular neovascularization in a subject at risk. The method comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid to thereby treat or prevent the ocular neovascularization. This method is suitable for treating or preventing retinopathy of prematurity, retina vein occlusion, sickle cell retinopathy, choroidal neovascularization, radiation retinopathy, microangiopathy, retinal hyperoxia, diabetic retinopathy, and age related macular degeneration. Preferably the methods are applied to premature infants, especially those exposed to high levels of oxygen, to treat or prevent ocular neovascularization results from retinopathy of prematurity. Preferably, the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid is administered at high dose, periodically (e.g. from birth) over a prolonged period of time, until the eye is fully vascularized, or to the age of 1 year. Appropriate routes of administration include oral and intravenous administration. Suitable omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids include docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid. These agents can be administered in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, e.g. one which contains an anti-oxidant for the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid.	02-25-2010

Lawrence T. Connor, Venetia, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080259534	CASSETTE MATRIX FOR AN ELECTRICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS - A cassette matrix having a first cassette and a second cassette disposed immediately adjacent to each other is provided. The outer sides of the cassettes are in contact and there are no fastener components, such as, but not limited to, a bolt head or nut, disposed between adjacent sidewalls. In this configuration, the cassette matrix requires a reduced amount of space within a larger housing assembly. Each cassette utilizes threshold mounting fasteners to coupled any components to the lateral sidewall. A threshold mounting fastener does not extend outwardly beyond the general plane of the lateral sidewall.	10-23-2008
20080273293	REMOVABLE RACKING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS - A modular racking system for an electrical switching apparatus is provided. The modular racking system includes a carriage assembly structured to support electrical switching apparatus and at least one cam follower structured to be removably coupled to the electrical switching apparatus.	11-06-2008

Martin C. Connor, Melbourne, FL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110012600	ELECTROMAGNETIC ANTENNA AND METHOD OF USE FOR DETECTING OBJECTS - Disclosed herein are systems and methods of detecting objects. In particular, a transmitter antenna is disclosed comprising one or more coils. Alternating current may be run through the one or more coils of the antenna to create an electro-magnetic field (“EMF”) which will, in turn, induce an alternating current in objects near the EMF(s). As a result of the induced alternating current in the hidden object, a second EMF is generated around the hidden object which may be detected by a receiver, indicating the location of the hidden object. The transmitter antenna may be elongated and flexible to permit deploying the antenna in a configuration facilitating location of all utilities in an area of investigation with little or no relocation of the antenna.	01-20-2011

Michael Connor, Tyngsboro, MA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110222667	DRIVE SYSTEM FOR IMAGING DEVICE - A drive mechanism for a mobile imaging system comprises a main drive geared into a drive wheel for propelling the imaging system, including a base and one or more imaging components, across a surface. The drive mechanism can also include a scan drive that moves the drive mechanism and the one or more imaging components along an axis relative to the base to provide an imaging scan, and a suspension drive that extends the drive wheel relative to a bottom surface when the imaging system is in a transport mode and retracts the drive wheel relative to the bottom surface of the base when the imaging system is in an imaging mode. The drive wheel supports the weight of the imaging components, but does not directly support the base assembly, which can include pedestal and tabletop support. One or more casters located on the base can support the weight of the base assembly.	09-15-2011
20110228910	DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS WITH AIRFLOW COOLING SYSTEM - A diagnostic imaging system, which can be a mobile or stationary surgical CT imaging system or an MRI system, comprises an internal airflow cooling system that includes an air intake opening and an air outtake opening that are positioned near the ground and direct air flow away from the sterile surgical field.	09-22-2011

Michael Haden Connor, Austin, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100094913	Web Services Response Templates - Provided is a Web Services Response Template (WSRT) that addresses the problems of efficiency and robustness to change in Web Services response by allowing a requestor to explicitly specify, in a response template what information is to be returned by the request. A requestor of a web service gets just the information it needs; different requestors of the same operation may get different information; and a responder sends the requestor only what is asked for so there is no problem when new information becomes available. WSRTs are specifically designed to allow the type of control needed in program-to-program (P2P) communication, while being very efficiently and simply processed by a web service. Thus, WSRTs address difficulties that arise in typical distributed, P2P communication without adding much overhead or complexity to either a service requestor or a service provider. The efficiency and flexibility afforded by WSRTs is essential to emerging enterprise architectures based on SOA (Service Oriented Architecture).	04-15-2010

Mike J. Connor, Stoughton, WI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090090669	DRIPLESS FILTER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR SERVICING A FILTRATION APPARATUS WITH THE SAME - A fluid filter assembly of a filtration system is described. The filter assembly described includes a cover member and a filter cartridge having at least one filter element and a plate member. The plate member includes a seal surface on one side facing the cover member, and a seal surface on another side facing away from the cover member. The seal surface facing the cover member is configured to seal with the cover member, and the seal surface facing away from the cover member configured to seal with another component of the filtration system. The assembly provides a structure that can retain a seal between sealing surfaces of the cover and the filter cartridge, at least while the fluid filter assembly is being serviced, so as to at least minimize fluid dripping and leakage.	04-09-2009

Nadine P. Connor, Madison, WI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090093754	Device for Treatment of Venous Congestion - A device for treatment of venous congestion provides for subcutaneous introduction of anticoagulant through an incision positioned within a collection shell for withdrawal of an effused material. A widened delivery tip provides dispersal of the anticoagulant and may be agitated to disrupt clot formation.	04-09-2009

Patrick Connor, Portland, OR US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100091774	Dynamically assigning packet flows - In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a method includes accessing data of an egress packet belonging to a flow, storing data associating the flow with at least one queue based on a source of the data of the egress packet. The method also includes accessing an ingress packet belonging to the flow, performing a lookup of the at least one queue associated with the flow, and enqueueing data of the ingress packet to the at least one queue associated with the flow.	04-15-2010
20110182292	DYNAMICALLY ASSIGNING PACKET FLOWS - In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a method includes accessing data of an egress packet belonging to a flow, storing data associating the flow with at least one queue based on a source of the data of the egress packet. The method also includes accessing an ingress packet belonging to the flow, performing a lookup of the at least one queue associated with the flow, and enqueueing data of the ingress packet to the at least one queue associated with the flow.	07-28-2011

Patent applications by Patrick Connor, Portland, OR US

Patrick Connor, Beaverton, OR US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110138455	FIREWALL FILTERING USING NETWORK CONTROLLER CIRCUITRY - An embodiment may include network controller circuitry to be comprised in a host computer that includes a host processor to execute an operating system environment. The circuitry may be coupled to the processor, receive at least one packet via a network, store at least one firewall filter parameter set, and execute, based at least in part upon the parameter set and packet, at least one firewall filter action involving, at least in part, the packet. The action may implement, at least in part, at least one firewall rule supplied by a firewall application to an interface of a driver associated with the circuitry. The application may be executed, at least in part, in the environment. The circuitry may generate and store the parameter set based at least in part upon at least one command from the driver. The command may be based at least in part upon the rule.	06-09-2011
20110142064	DYNAMIC RECEIVE QUEUE BALANCING - A method according to one embodiment includes the operations of assigning a network application to at least one first core processing unit, from among a plurality of core processing unit. The method of this embodiment also includes the operations of assigning a first receive queue to said first core processing unit, wherein the first receive queue is configured to receive packet flow associated with the network application; defining a high threshold for the first receive queue; and monitoring the packet flow in the first receive queue and comparing a packet flow level in the first receive queue to the high threshold; wherein if the packet flow level exceeds the threshold based on the comparing, generating a queue status message indicating that the packet flow level in the first queue has exceeded the queue high threshold.	06-16-2011
20110268111	PORT TEAMING - An embodiment may include circuitry to be comprised at least in part in a first host, and at least one process to be executed, at least in part, by the circuitry. The circuitry may comprise a first port and a second port. The at least one process may detect, at least in part, a first bandwidth condition of the first port, and may associate, at least in part, in response at least in part to the first bandwidth condition, the first port and the second port with a port team. The second port may have been, prior to being associated, at least in part, with the port team, in a relatively lower power state compared to a relatively higher power state. The second port may be in the relatively higher power state after the second port is associated, at least in part, with the port team.	11-03-2011

Patrick I. Connor, Portland, OR US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110208871	QUEUING BASED ON PACKET CLASSIFICATION - A system includes a host and a network controller coupled to the host by a bus. The system includes logic to classify Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) receive packets based on the network source, network destination, port source, and port destination of the respective receive packets; and cause queuing of the receive packets in a one of multiple receive queues based on the classifying such that receive packets having the same network source, network destination, port source, and port destination are to be queued to the same one of the multiple queues for processing.	08-25-2011

Patrick L. Connor, Portland, OR US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100030930	BANDWIDTH CONSERVING PROTOCOL FOR COMMAND-RESPONSE BUS SYSTEM - A command-response bus protocol reduces the number of response transactions generated on a bus. According to an embodiment, an array of data is divided into a number of packets and transmitted over the bus in respective transactions. The transactions each include a writeback flag, which is enabled for the last packet but otherwise disabled. When a receiver of the packets observes the enabled writeback flag, it generates a response transaction. The response transaction indicates either that all packets of the array were received properly or that the commanded operation has been completed for the entire array. Overall, the number of bus transactions are reduced with respect to alternative schemes that require a response transaction for each transmitted packet.	02-04-2010
20110208874	PACKET AGGREGATION - A system includes logic to store multiple descriptors, each of the multiple descriptors to be associated with a different set of multiple Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) packets received by the network controller, each of the multiple descriptors including a count of the number of packets in the set of multiple packets associated with a respective descriptor. For each of the respective receive packets, the system determines a one of the multiple descriptors based on the network source address, network destination address, source port, and destination port of the respective packet; includes the respective packet in the set of multiple packets associated with the determine one of the multiple descriptors; and updates the one of the multiple descriptors by incrementing the count of the number of packets in the set of multiple packets; and provides data from within the packets to the host.	08-25-2011

Patent applications by Patrick L. Connor, Portland, OR US

Robert A. Connor, Minneapolis, MN US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090025483	Wearable position or motion sensing systems or methods - A wearable system of one or more body position or motion sensors can include a flexible sensing element to be coupled to or worn on a body. When straight, the flexible sensing element defines a longitudinal axis. It includes a lumen carrying a flowable substance, such as a liquid, gas, or gel. A measurable parameter of the flowable substance, such as pressure, volume, or flow, provides an indication of a longitudinal axial bending, twisting, or elongation, such as due to movement of at least one body part to which the sensing element is coupled. The lumen is coupled to a transducer by at least one conduit for the flowable substance. The transducer converts the measurable parameter of the flowable substance into a transducer output signal indicative of the longitudinal axial bending, twisting, or elongation of the sensing element, from which body part position or movement information can be derived.	01-29-2009
20090127020	ACOUSTICALLY TRANSMISSIVE BLANKET SYSTEM - A blanket system, which can include a blanket, quilt, or similar bed-covering can include one or more localized sound-emitting areas, one or more separately-located sound-processing devices, and one or more acoustically transmissive communication channels coupled between the sound-processing devices and the sound-emitting areas. A control can be provided to adjust the sound characteristics provided at the sound-emitting areas. The system can be used to mask unwanted sounds.	05-21-2009
20100131002	Stent with a net layer to embolize and aneurysm - This invention is a stent that is inserted into the parent vessel of an aneurysm in order to reduce blood flow to the aneurysm and promote embolization of the aneurysm. The stent wall includes an inner structure that can be expanded from a compressed state to a resilient expanded state and an outer flexible layer that covers all or part of the inner structure. Embolic members are placed and retained in the gap between the inner structure and the outer layer in the area of the aneurysm neck in order to reduce blood flow to the aneurysm.	05-27-2010
20110046658	ANEURYSM OCCLUSION DEVICE - A device to treat an aneurysm can include a plurality of soft and compressible fill members. A flow conduit can carry the fill members in a liquid flow. A flexible, expandable, and liquid-permeable net or mesh enclosure can be inserted into and to fit within the aneurysm. The net or mesh enclosure can receive and retain the plurality of fill members while openings in the net or mesh enclosure allow enough liquid flow through the net or mesh enclosure to transport the fill members into the net or mesh enclosure. A resulting accumulation of the plurality of fill members within the net or mesh enclosure causes the net or mesh enclosure to expand and to come into contact with and generally conform with an interior wall of the aneurysm. This can substantially occlude the aneurysm and retain the net or mesh enclosure within the aneurysm.	02-24-2011
20110166588	Aneurysm embolization by rotational accumulation of mass - This invention is a device for reducing blood flow into an aneurysm, especially a cerebral aneurysm, in order to promote therapeutic embolization of the aneurysm. The device comprises: at least one core member that is inserted into the aneurysm; and at least one longitudinal flexible member that is wound repeatedly around the core member within the aneurysm. The longitudinal flexible member is wound around the core member until the rotational accumulation of the flexible member reduces blood flow into the aneurysm and promotes therapeutic embolization of the aneurysm.	07-07-2011
20110184725	Multi-stage text morphing - This invention is a multi-stage method for “text morphing,” wherein text morphing involves integrating or blending together substantive content from two or more bodies of text into a single body of text based on locations of linguistic commonality among the two or more bodies of text. This method for multi-stage text morphing entails: substitution of phrase synonyms between two bodies of text; substitution, between two bodies of text, of text segments with synonymous starting phrases and synonymous ending phrases; and substitution, between two bodies of text, of phrases or segments using associations within a larger reference body of text. Text morphing as disclosed herein can be useful for creative ideation, product development, integrative search engines, and entertainment purposes.	07-28-2011
20110184726	Morphing text by splicing end-compatible segments - This invention is a method for “text morphing,” wherein text morphing involves integrating or blending together substantive content from two or more bodies of text into a single body of text based on locations of linguistic commonality among the two or more bodies of text. This method entails: identifying pairs of “Synonym-Different-Synonym” (SDS) text segments between an import body of text and an export body of text; and, for each selected pair of SDS text segments, substituting some or all of the SDS text segment from the export body of text for some or all of the SDS text segment in the import body of text. In some respects, this method is analogous to splicing and substituting gene segments with compatible starting and ending sequences, but different middle sequences. Text morphing as disclosed herein can be useful for creative ideation, product development, integrative search engines, and entertainment purposes.	07-28-2011
20110184727	Prose style morphing - This invention is a system and method for incrementally and multi-dimensionally adjusting prose style. It comprises: a prose input interface, through which the user inputs, or otherwise selects, prose; a multi-dimensional style-adjusting interface, through which the user incrementally adjusts multiple dimensions of prose style; and a style-morphing engine which executes the adjustments specified by the user through the multi-dimensional style-adjusting interface. The dimensions of prose style to be adjusted may be selected from the group consisting of: person perspective; tense; voice; length; vocabulary; formality; colloquiality; complexity; emotion; emoticons; color; font; romantic; positivity; strength; precision; certainty; alliteration; humor; nationality; regionality; gender specificity; obscenity filter; academic jargon; business jargon; legal jargon; medical jargon; scientific jargon; and connectivity jargon. In an example, the style-morphing engine may include a database of sets of phrase synonyms and may use this database to make phrase substitutions that incrementally and multi-dimensionally change the style of the prose. In another example, the style-morphing engine may include a semantic algorithm or Natural Language Processor (NLP) that identifies phrases with similar meanings but different values across different style dimensions and may use it to make phrase substitutions that incrementally and multi-dimensionally change the style of the prose. This invention that enables incremental and multi-dimensional adjustment of prose style has a wide variety of useful applications.	07-28-2011
20110211256	3D image display with binocular disparity and motion parallax - This invention is a device for displaying images that appear to be three-dimensional, with binocular disparity and motion parallax, for multiple viewers in different viewing locations. This device includes an array of display elements wherein at least one of these display elements includes: one or more light-emitting members; and two or more rotating concentric light guides whose rotation guides the directions of the light rays from the one or more light-emitting members. This invention has several advantages over methods for displaying three-dimensional images in the prior art. It offers a wide range of motion parallax in different directions for multiple viewers, does not require glasses or head tracking, creates images with full potential for opacity and occlusion, and does not require coherent light.	09-01-2011
20110220112	Respiratory mask with user interface - This invention is a respiratory mask for delivering pressurized gas with a perimeter that can be custom fitted to the contours of a person's face by active and individual adjustment of multiple shape-changing members in the body of the mask. In different embodiments of this invention, the shape-changing members may be located around the perimeter of the mask and individually adjusted by inflation, other pneumatic means, hydraulic means, electric means, or magnetic means. The resulting mask can conform to the contours of an individual's face, even while they sleep, so that there are no places around the mask that fit too tightly (causing irritation, skin marks, and pain) and no places that fit too loosely (causing air leaks).	09-15-2011
20110257469	Hushband(.TM.): Device to mask ambient sounds for sleeping - This invention is a wearable device that masks and/or cancels annoying ambient sounds to help a person sleep. It includes a soft and stretchable member, such as a headband or hat, that contains one or more sound-conducting tubes. Sound that is emitted from the one or more tubes helps to mask and/or cancel annoying ambient sounds. Advantages of this device over prior art include: no speakers or other rigid components over a person's ears that can be uncomfortable or unsafe when the person sleeps on their side; a relatively wide sound-emitting area to accommodate different size and shape heads; and a stretchable wearable member that gently clings to the person's head to avoid having sound-emitting areas shift away from the person's ears as they toss and turn in their sleep.	10-20-2011
20110276071	Vasospasm-reducing aneurysm clip - This invention is an implantable device that is attached to the exterior of an aneurysm, or to the exterior of some other portion of a blood vessel wall, wherein this device elutes, or otherwise emits, an emitted substance to prevent or treat vasospasm. This device may be embodied as a magnesium-eluting aneurysm clip. A magnesium-eluting aneurysm clip not only stops blood from escaping out of the aneurysm, but it also helps to prevent vasospasm from any blood that has already escaped.	11-10-2011
20110276599	Context-Driven search - The invention disclosed herein is a context-driven search method comprising three main steps: having a user provide an input phrase that is used to search a collection of language-based information sources; identifying sets of substantially-equivalent expanded phrases that are relevant to the input phrase, wherein these expanded phrases appear in the collection of language-based information sources; and providing the user with set-specific summary information concerning some, or all, of these sets of substantially-equivalent expanded phrases. This innovative context-driven method provides search results that are driven, consolidated, and summarized by phrase context, so that users no longer have to wade through pages of results to pick out those entries that relate to the context in which they are interested.	11-10-2011
20110301645	Skeletal adjustment device - This invention is an implantable device that enables non-invasive post-operative adjustment of the motion dynamics between two members of the human skeletal system. It may be used for dynamic stabilization of the spine. This device includes: a flowable substance; a reservoir implanted into the human body that contains this flowable substance wherein movement of moving portions of this reservoir causes the flowable substance to flow; and an energy-transducing mechanism wherein this mechanism transduces energy from a flow of the flowable substance into changes in the motion dynamics between the two members of the human skeletal system. This device may be used for: (1) non-invasive post-implantation customization of the device to reduce back pain for a particular patient; (2) non-invasive gradual adjustment of the device to correct spinal deformities; and (3) real-time adjustment to optimize spinal motion dynamics as the patent engages in different activities.	12-08-2011
20110307497	Synthewiser (TM): Document-synthesizing search method - “Synthewiser”™ is a search method and system that synthesizes a single non-template, text-based document that is organized by topic and integrates and consolidates information from multiple sources. This is accomplished by: having a user provide a search phrase; creating seed phrases; identifying seed locations in multiple sources; creating expanded text segments; grouping expanded text segments; consolidating content; and synthesizing a single document. Synthewiser has advantages over today's dominant search engine. Its results are organized by topic and are integrated across multiple sources.	12-15-2011
20110313756	Text sizer (TM) - This invention called Text Sizer ™ is an innovative method and system for changing the length of a body of text. It may be embodied in the following steps. First, a first text segment may be selected in a body of text. Second, alternative text segments are automatically identified, wherein each alternative text segment may be substituted for the first text segment in the body of text without causing a grammatical error. Third, a second text segment with a length that is different than the length of the first text segment is selected from among the alternative text segments. Finally, the second text segment is substituted for the first text segment in the body of text. This method has many applications. One might wish to reduce the length of a body of text so that it fits within a constrained space. For example, a report or proposal may have page limits. Alternatively, one might wish to expand the length of selected portion of a body of text. For example, one might wish to elaborate or include additional information on topics covered in a particular segment of text. Text Sizer ™ provides users with this capability.	12-22-2011
20120004682	Occluding member expansion and the stent expansion for aneurysm treatment - This invention is a device and method to occlude an aneurysm comprising: a laterally-expanding occluding member (such as a relatively-flat balloon, mesh, net, or patch) that is positioned within the parent vessel of the aneurysm and then expanded laterally; and a radially-expanding structural member (such as a stent) that is positioned within the parent vessel of the aneurysm and then expanded radially after, or concurrently with, expansion of the laterally-expanding occluding member. Expansion of the radially-expanding member presses and holds the laterally-expanding occluding member into contact with the aneurysm neck, so that the laterally-expanding occlusive member at least partially covers the aneurysm neck and reduces blood flow to the aneurysm. This invention has several potential advantages over devices and methods in the prior art, especially for treatment of wide-neck and fusiform aneurysms.	01-05-2012
20120101527	Smart device for non-invasive skeletal adjustment - This invention is an implantable device and system that allows post-operative, non-invasive adjustment of members of the skeletal system. It includes extension-resisting members and a compression-resisting member that connect members of the skeletal system. Post-operative, non-invasive adjustment of the tensions, lengths, widths, and/or torsions of the extension-resisting members changes the relative movement, position, or both movement and position of members of the skeletal system. The compression-resisting member may act as a fulcrum. This invention can help to pioneer the evolution of “smart” orthopedic devices that adjust skeletal biodynamics to address changing clinical needs and changes in patient activity over time. Some promising applications include: dynamic stabilization of the spine; correction of scoliosis; and bone elongation.	04-26-2012
20120123301	Spinal motion measurement device - This invention is a minimally-invasive device, including bone-moving members and motion-measuring members, that can help surgeons to obtain objective, quantitative information concerning spinal flexion, extension, lateral bending, decompression, compression and torsion in order to select the best therapy for each patient. The prior art does not offer surgeons the opportunity to objectively and independently measure each of these movements. As a result, currently there is tremendous variation concerning which therapies are selected for which conditions. It is very unlikely that quality is being optimized and costs are being best managed with such high variation in practice patterns. This variation may be greatly reduced by the availability of objective information concerning spinal motion from this device. In this manner, this device can help surgeons to select the optimal therapy, to improve the quality of care, and to reduce the risk and expense of unnecessary spinal procedures and hardware.	05-17-2012

Patent applications by Robert A. Connor, Minneapolis, MN US

Ruth I. Connor, Hartland, VT US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110039765	Bioactive Molecules Produced by Probiotic Bacteria - The present invention is a method for isolating bioactive molecules secreted by probiotic bacteria such as	02-17-2011

Samuel R. Connor, Durham, NC US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080308289	Cable For High Speed Data Communications - A cable for high speed data communications and method of manufacturing the cable, the cable including a first inner conductor enclosed by a first dielectric layer and a second inner conductor enclosed by a second dielectric layer, the inner conductors and the dielectric layers twisted in a rotational direction at a periodic rate along and about a longitudinal axis and conductive shield material wrapped in the rotational direction at the periodic rate along and about the longitudinal axis around the inner conductors and the dielectric layers, including overlapped wraps at the periodic rate along and about the longitudinal axis. Transmitting signals on the cable including transmitting a balanced signal characterized by a frequency in the range of 7-9 gigahertz on the cable	12-18-2008
20080308293	Cable For High Speed Data Communications - A cable for high speed data communications and methods for manufacturing such cable are disclosed, the cable including a first inner conductor enclosed by a first dielectric layer and a second inner conductor enclosed by a second dielectric layer. The cable also includes conductive shield material wrapped in a rotational direction at a rate along and about the longitudinal axis around the inner conductors and the dielectric layers, including overlapped wraps of the conductive shield material along and about the longitudinal axis, the conductive shield material having a variable width. Transmitting signals on the cable including transmitting a balanced signal characterized by a frequency in the range of 7-9 gigahertz on the cable.	12-18-2008
20090166054	Cable For High Speed Data Communications - A cable for high speed data communications and methods for manufacturing such cable are disclosed, the cable including a first inner conductor enclosed by a first dielectric layer and a second inner conductor enclosed by a second dielectric layer. The cable also includes conductive shield material wrapped in a rotational direction at a rate along and about the longitudinal axis around the inner conductors and the dielectric layers, including overlapped wraps of the conductive shield material along and about the longitudinal axis, the conductive shield material having a variable width. Transmitting signals on the cable including transmitting a balanced signal characterized by a frequency in the range of 7-9 gigahertz on the cable.	07-02-2009

Patent applications by Samuel R. Connor, Durham, NC US

Sidney Allen Connor, Laurel, MD US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110250569	Digital Avionics Simulator - A method for simulating and testing avionics in a low cost PC-based flight simulator, including: converting simulator data into standard avionics messages; transmitting the avionics messages to other devices linked to the avionics simulator; receiving avionics messages and converting them to simulator data elements; and writing the simulator data elements into a flight simulators data parameters.	10-13-2011

Timothy Connor, Madison, WI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090163424	SOLUBLE TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR TREATMENT OF MEDICAL DISORDERS - The invention pertains to methods and compositions for treating medical disorders characterized by elevated levels or abnormal expression of TNFα by administering a TNFα antagonist, such as recombinant TNFR:Fc.	06-25-2009

Tony G. Connor, Eagle Springs, NC US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080214076	BASE LAYER APPAREL - A base layer apparel is provided that is formed from a single or double-knit fabric. The fabric is formed of ring spun fire resistant yarns that are an intimate blend of at least 60 percent modacrylic fibers and up to 40 percent fire-resistant viscose fibers. Anti-microbial and wicking treatments may be applied to the knit fabric.	09-04-2008

Viviane Connor, Jupiter, FL US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110137150	METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING LUMEN OCCLUSION - Embodiments of the present invention describe methods of determining the occlusion of body lumens and apparatuses for doing so. In one particular embodiment, the occlusion of the fallopian tubes by an intrafallopian contraceptive device may be confirmed by contrast enhanced ultrasonography (also known as stimulated acoustic emission hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography). In these embodiments a contrast agent containing microbubbles is used.	06-09-2011

Wanda Connor, Longview, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100223835	BUOYANT FISHING TACKLE BOX AND PACKAGE THEREFOR - One embodiment of a buoyant fishing tackle box package is provided. The buoyant fishing tackle box package includes a buoyant fishing tackle box, a location detection system and a control device. The buoyant fishing tackle box includes a lower body member, an upper body member and a pair of handle members. The lower body member includes a weighted base portion which keeps the fishing tackle box in an upright position. The lower body member is hollow and substantially hemispherical in shape. The upper body member is hollow and substantially hemispherical in shape. The upper body member is removably engaged with the lower body member. The pair of handle members is attached to an outer surface of the lower body member. The location detection system is disposed on one of the lower body member and the upper body member. The control device is operatively coupled to the location detection system.	09-09-2010

William Connor, North Huntingdon, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100246746	PROCESS FOR ADDING AN ORGANIC COMPOUND TO COOLANT WATER IN A PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR - The present invention relates generally to a process for a pressurized water reactor. The pressurized water reactor includes a primary circuit and a reactor core. The process includes adding a sufficient amount of an organic compound to coolant water passing through the primary circuit of the pressurized water reactor. The organic compound includes elements of carbon and hydrogen for producing elemental carbon.	09-30-2010

William Bryan Connor, Mason, OH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090162562	Methods for Applying Thermal Barrier Coating Systems - Methods for coating a substrate includes depositing on the substrate, a inner bond coat layer of a bond coat composition comprising, in weight percent, 14-20% Cr, 5-8% Al, 8-12% Co, 3-7% Ta, 0.1-0.6% Hf, 0.1-0.5% Y, up to about 1% Si, 0.005-0.020% Zr, 0.04-0.08% C, 0.01-0.02% B, with a remainder including nickel (Ni) and incidental impurities, wherein the bond coat composition is substantially free of rhenium; forming an aluminum-containing layer overlying the inner bond coat layer; and, optionally, depositing a thermal barrier coating composition overlying the aluminum-containing layer.	06-25-2009
20090162692	Coated Superalloy Articles - Coated superalloy article includes a bond coat comprising an inner bond coat layer disposed on the first surface being formed by deposition of a bond coat composition comprising, in weight percent, 14-20% Cr, 5-8% Al, 8-12% Co, 3-7% Ta, 0.1-0.6% Hf, 0.1-0.5% Y, up to about 1% Si, 0.005-0.020% Zr, 0.04-0.08% C, 0.01-0.02% B, with a remainder including nickel (Ni) and incidental impurities, wherein the bond coating composition is substantially free of rhenium. An aluminum-containing layer overlies the inner bond coat layer. Optionally, a thermal barrier coating overlies the aluminum-containing layer, wherein the thermal barrier coating, if present, is formed by deposition of a thermal barrier coating composition.	06-25-2009

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