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Angus David Dick, Eindhoven NL
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20140310621 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE - A method of providing a user interface for controlling a system includes observing a presence of a body or body part of a user in a certain environment of a device. At least a perceptible part of the user interface is made available to the user in association with a particular functionality for interacting with the system controlled by the user interface in dependence on a rate of displacement of the body or body part of the user observed in the certain environment. | 10-16-2014 |
Anthony Robert Dick, Maylands AU
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20090009513 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A 3D MODEL - A method for generating a three dimensional (3D) model of an object is depicted in a two dimensional (2D) image is disclosed, The 2D image includes associated 3D information. The method includes an operator determining a geometric primitive corresponding to shape characteristics of the object and then the generation of the 3D model based on the determined geometric primitive, the 2D image, and the associated 3D information. | 01-08-2009 |
Anthony Robert Dick, Adelaide AU
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20100067801 | Network Surveillance System - A method for estimating the activity topology of a set of sensed data windows is described. Each of the sensed data windows related to a corresponding sensed region. The method includes the steps of determining a subset of sensed data windows that are not connected; and excluding the subset of sensed data windows from the set of sensed data windows. In one embodiment, the sensed data windows corresponding to image windows such as would be provided by a visual surveillance system. | 03-18-2010 |
20130242109 | Network Surveillance System - A method for estimating the activity topology of a set of sensed data windows is described. Each of the sensed data windows related to a corresponding sensed region. The method includes the steps of determining a subset of sensed data windows that are not connected; and excluding the subset of sensed data windows from the set of sensed data windows. In one embodiment, the sensed data windows corresponding to image windows such as would be provided by a visual surveillance system. | 09-19-2013 |
Anthony Robert Dick, South Australia AU
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20100284607 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A 3D MODEL FROM IMAGES - A method for generating a three dimensional (3D) model of an object from a series of two dimensional (2D) images is described. The series of 2D images depict varying views of the object and have associated camera parameter information. The method includes the steps of tracing the object in a first 2D image selected from the series of 2D images to provide a first set of tracing information, then tracing the object in a second 2D image selected from the series of 2D images to provide a second set of tracing information. The 3D model of the object is then generated based on the camera parameter information and the first and second sets of tracing information. | 11-11-2010 |
Clayton Paul Dick, Guelph CA
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20130131183 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF ANIMALS - The invention features compositions and methods for the administration of an oxidatively transformed carotenoid, or a fractionated component thereof, for improving the health of animals, such as increasing joint mobility, increasing activity, and improving coat quality. | 05-23-2013 |
20130156816 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN AQUACULTURE - The invention features compositions, methods, and kits for the administration of an oxidatively transformed carotenoid, or a fractionated component thereof, for use in aquaculture. | 06-20-2013 |
Georges Dick, Outremont CA
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20110293404 | Submerged Hydroelectric Turbine Having Self-Powered Bearing Lubricant Circulation, Filtering, and Cooling System and Auto-Adaptive Pressure-Compensation System - An underwater hydroelectric turbine comprises a turbine housing having an inlet and an outlet, a central shaft extending axially inside the turbine housing, a self-contained, sealed front bearing unit for rotationally supporting a front end of the central shaft, and a self-contained, sealed rear bearing unit for rotationally supporting a rear end of the central shaft. The front bearing unit and the rear bearing unit each comprises a self-powered lubricant circulation system that draws a fraction of the mechanical power from rotation of the central shaft to circulate lubricant through each respective bearing unit. The turbine may have an equilibrium chamber for automatically balancing lubricant pressure inside a lubricant-containing chamber of the bearing chambers with ambient water pressure outside the bearing housing. | 12-01-2011 |
Georges P. Dick, Outremont CA
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20100327591 | Kinetic Energy Recovery Turbine - The invention consists of developing an environmentally friendly new energy converter using light weight material. The energy converter shall be fully submersed in running undercurrents waters and have high overall efficiency ratio. The energy converter consists of, among other things, eliminating the in-line electric generator and substitute it with peripheral electro-magnetic coupling device, attached to the runner tip from inside and surrounding the energy converter housing from outside. The energy converter electric brushless circuits and winding must be totally sealed from water, using new sealing techniques and shall be also electrically isolated as well. The energy converter allows extracting energies from undercurrents with large frequency and voltage ranges. | 12-30-2010 |
Graham Paul Dick, Calgary CA
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20150204165 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY MIXING FLUIDS USING DRY ADDITIVES - An apparatus and system for producing a gel for the treatment of petroleum wells are disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises: a mixing fluid stream, the mixing fluid stream comprising: a mixing fluid inlet for accepting a mixing fluid; a first pump; a dry polymer inlet for accepting a dry polymer; a hydraulic mixer configured and adapted to mix the dry polymer with the mixing fluid to produce a concentrated gel; a dilution fluid stream for diluting the concentrated gel to produce a diluted gel, the dilution fluid stream comprising: a dilution fluid inlet for accepting a dilution fluid; a second pump; and an outlet coupled to the mixing fluid stream. | 07-23-2015 |
Graham R. Dick, Vancouver CA
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20110201806 | Methods for Forming Protected Organoboronic Acids - Described are methods of forming protected boronic acids that provide in a manner that is straightforward, scalable, and cost-effective a wide variety of building blocks, such as building blocks containing complex and/or pharmaceutically important structures, and/or provide simple or complex protected organoboronic acid building blocks. A first method includes reacting an imino-di-carboxylic acid and an organoboronate salt. A second method includes reacting a N-substituted morpholine dione and an organoboronic acid. | 08-18-2011 |
20140073785 | Methods for Forming Protected Organoboronic Acids - Described are methods of forming protected boronic acids that provide in a manner that is straightforward, scalable, and cost-effective a wide variety of building blocks, such as building blocks containing complex and/or pharmaceutically important structures, and/or provide simple or complex protected organoboronic acid building blocks. A first method includes reacting an imino-di-carboxylic acid and an organoboronate salt. A second method includes reacting a N-substituted morpholine dione and an organoboronic acid. | 03-13-2014 |
Jan Dick, Gavere BE
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20130224308 | GEL COMPRISING REACTIVE OXIDANT RELEASE AGENT - Gel comprising reactive oxidant release agent The invention provides a gel composition comprising 5% to 75% w/w of an inorganic gelling agent other than silica based gelling agents, 0.5-60% w/w, preferably 0.5 to 30% w/w, of an inorganic oxidant release agent and at least 20% w/w of water, and possibly a stabilizer. It further provides a process for making same, comprising preparing a first solution of a dibasic phosphate salt in water comprising dissolved oxidant release agent, preparing a second and solution of a alkaline earth metal salt in water comprising dissolved oxidant release agent, and mixing both, first and second solutions, in a ratio of 1 to 1 to 10 to 1, followed by a concentration step. The gel composition of the invention is suitable for soil, sediment groundwater or water remediation purposes and disinfection or wound healing purposes. | 08-29-2013 |
John Dick, Toronto CA
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20100040540 | ANTI CD44 ANTIBODIES FOR ERADICATING LEUKAEMIC STEM CELLS AND BREAST CANCER STEM CELLS - The present invention provides the use of an anti-CD44 antibody, a (Fab′)2, Fab, Fab′ fragment thereof, an IgG or IgM isotype thereof, in a method for eradicating pathological stem cells in cancer therapy, and more specifically in breast cancer and leukaemia therapy. | 02-18-2010 |
20110294692 | USE OF MIR-126 FOR ENHANCING HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL ENGRAFTMENT, FOR ISOLATING HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS, AND FOR TREATING AND MONITORING THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA - There is disclosed herein composition, methods and uses relating to miR-126 as a measure of engraftment potential of a population of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), as a method of purifying HSCs and in the monitoring or treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. | 12-01-2011 |
20120189625 | Compositions and Methods for Treating Hematological Cancers Targeting the SIRPA CD47 Interaction - The invention relates to modulating the SIRPα-CD47 interaction in order to treat hematological cancer and compounds therefor. In some embodiments, there is provided methods and uses of SIRPα polypeptides, fragments and fusion proteins for treating hematological cancer, preferably human acute myeloid leukemia. | 07-26-2012 |
20120237488 | LSC AND HSC SIGNATURES FOR PREDICTING SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS HAVING HEMATOLOGICAL CANCER - A method for determining prognosis in a subject having a hematological cancer comprising: a) determining an expression profile by measuring the gene expression levels of a set of genes selected from a leukemic stem cell (LSC) gene signature marker set or an hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene signature marker set, in a sample from a subject; and b) classifying the subject as having a good prognosis or a poor prognosis based on the expression profile; wherein a good prognosis predicts an increased likelihood of survival within a predetermined period after initial diagnosis and poor prognosis predicts a decreased likelihood of survival within the predetermined period after initial diagnosis. | 09-20-2012 |
20120252060 | Self-Renewing Single Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells, an Early Lymphoid Progenitor and Methods of Enriching the Same - This invention relates to human hematopoietic stem cells. Specifically the invention relations to the identification of single human hematopoietic stem cells capable of long-term multilineage engraftment and self-renewal. The invention also relates to an early lymphoid progenitor with monocytic potential, including dendritic cell potential. | 10-04-2012 |
20140242095 | ANTIBODIES AND ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS TARGETING SIRP-ALPHA AND THEIR USE IN TREATING HEMATOLOGIC CANCERS - The invention relates to modulating the SIRPα—CD47 interaction in order to treat hematological cancer and compounds therefor. In particular, there is also provided SIRPα antibodies and antibody fragments, preferably used for treating hematological cancer. | 08-28-2014 |
John Alexander Gordon Dick, Mississauga CA
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20140271366 | Method and Apparatus for Chemical Detection - Provided herein is a sensing apparatus comprising, at least one LSPR light source, at least one detector, and at least one sensor for LSPR detection of a target chemical. The sensor comprises a substantially transparent, porous membrane having nanoparticles immobilized on the surface of its pores, the nanoparticles being functionalized with one or more capture molecules. | 09-18-2014 |
John E. Dick, Toronto CA
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20100158801 | METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA - This invention relates to the staging, diagnosis and treatment of cancerous diseases (both primary tumors and tumor metastases), particularly to the mediation of cytotoxicity of tumor cells; and most particularly to the use of isolated monoclonal antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, and/or cancerous disease modifying antibodies (CDMAB), optionally in combination with one or more CDMAB, chemotherapeutic agents, and conjugates thereof, as a means for initiating a cytotoxic response to human hematologic malignancies. The invention further relates to binding assays, which utilize the isolated monoclonal antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, and/or CDMAB of the instant invention. The cancerous disease modifying antibodies antibodies can be conjugated to toxins, enzymes, radioactive compounds, cytokines, interferons, target or reporter moieties and hematogenous cells. | 06-24-2010 |
20100239578 | MODULATION OF SIRP-ALPHA - CD47 INTERACTION FOR INCREASING HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL ENGRAFTMENT AND COMPOUNDS THEREFOR - The invention relates to modulating the SIRPα-CD47 interaction in order to increase hematopoietic stem cell engraftment and compounds therefor. In some embodiments, there is provided isolated SIRPα and CD47 polypeptides, fragments and fusion proteins for enhancing hematopoietic stem cell engraftment. Further there is provided methods for increasing hematopoietic stem cell engraftment through administration of the above polypeptides. | 09-23-2010 |
20130189253 | MODULATION OF SIRP-ALPHA - CD47 INTERACTION FOR INCREASING HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL ENGRAFTMENT AND COMPOUNDS THEREFOR - The invention relates to modulating the SIRPα-CD47 interaction in order to increase hematopoietic stem cell engraftment and compounds therefor. In some embodiments, there is provided isolated SIRPα and CD47 polypeptides, fragments and fusion proteins for enhancing hematopoietic stem cell engraftment. Further there is provided methods for increasing hematopoietic stem cell engraftment through administration of the above polypeptides. | 07-25-2013 |
John Edgar Dick, Toronto CA
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20110052574 | METHOD OF INHIBITION OF LEUKEMIC STEM CELLS - A method for inhibition of leukemic stem cells expressing IL-3Rα; (CD 123), comprises contacting the cells with an antigen binding molecule comprising a Fc region or a modified Fc region having enhanced Fc effector function, wherein the antigen binding molecule binds selectively to IL-3Rα (CD123). The invention includes the treatment of a hematologic cancer condition in a patient by administration to the patient of an effective amount of the antigen binding molecule. | 03-03-2011 |
20130230510 | METHOD OF INHIBITION OF LEUKEMIC STEM CELLS - A method for inhibition of leukemic stem cells expressing IL-3R.alpha.; (CD 123), comprises contacting the cells with an antigen binding molecule comprising a Fc region or a modified Fc region having enhanced Fc effector function, wherein the antigen binding molecule binds selectively to IL-3R.alpha. (CD123). The invention includes the treatment of a hematologic cancer condition in a patient by administration to the patient of an effective amount of the antigen binding molecule. | 09-05-2013 |
20150152185 | METHOD OF INHIBITION OF LEUKEMIC STEM CELLS - A method for inhibition of leukemic stem cells expressing IL-3R.alpha.; (CD 123), comprises contacting the cells with an antigen binding molecule comprising a Fc region or a modified Fc region having enhanced Fc effector function, wherein the antigen binding molecule binds selectively to IL-3R.alpha. (CD123). The invention includes the treatment of a hematologic cancer condition in a patient by administration to the patient of an effective amount of the antigen binding molecule. | 06-04-2015 |
Kyle Dick, Avondale NZ
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20140113512 | VESSEL - The present invention relates to a vessel having a superstructure that is movable to increase and/or reduce space in one of at least two zones on the deck of the vessel. The invention further relates to an amphibious vehicle having motive pods that move in an athwartship direction and then downwardly when the motive pods are deployed. The invention further provides for a ramp arrangement for a vessel that allows for an increased amount of deck space, and facilitates ingress and/or egress from the vessel by cargo or passengers. | 04-24-2014 |
Louis Dick, Geneva CH
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20080251732 | Radiation Detector - The present invention provides a radiation detector in which primary electrons are released into a gas by ionizing radiation from a radiation source ( | 10-16-2008 |
Matthias Dick, Zurich CH
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20160053528 | COMPOSITE ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR COMPOSITE ELEMENT FOR AN INSULATING-GLASS UNIT - A composite element is disclosed, such as a composite element for an insulating-glass unit, including a first pane element and at least one second pane element and at least one first profile element, wherein the profile element has at least one first connecting surface and/or at least one second connecting surface, wherein the first and/or the second connecting surface are/is provided for applying and/or accommodating a first connecting device, adjacent the first connecting surface is a third connecting surface for applying and/or accommodating a second connecting device, and/or adjacent the second connecting surface is a fourth connecting surface for applying and/or accommodating a second connecting device. The first pane element and the second pane element can be connected by the profile element, the first connecting device, and/or the second connecting device. | 02-25-2016 |
Robert Dick, Ottawa CA
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20140140066 | LUMINAIRE HAVING LOW ECOLOGICAL IMPACT - A light fixture that has low ecological impact is presented. Light is produced by Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). The light spectrum is restricted to wavelengths that have low biological impact while providing fair colour recognition. The light is projected onto a target area to provide relatively uniform illumination to prevent over-bright regions. Glare and light trespass are limited by baffles and shielding, which is provided by the fixture housing and reflective optics. The adjustable light output can be selected after installation allowing a large range in mounting height for different applications. The light output can be programmed in the field to follow a user-defined daily schedule for turn on and turn off times, duration of illumination and illumination level. The heat sink-mounted LEDs are cooled by direct exposure to the ambient air. | 05-22-2014 |
Ronald John Laidlaw Dick, Brighton AU
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20140350660 | Endoluminal Prosthesis - An endoluminal prosthesis for deployment in a body which has a first tubular structure for stabilising the prosthesis, the first tubular structure being substantially concentric about a first axis and movable between a compact and an expanded state. The prosthesis also has a second tubular structure for supporting an artificial heart valve, the second tubular structure being substantially concentric about a second axis and moveable between a compact and an expanded state. The first axis and the second axis extend at different angles when the first and second structures are in the compact and/or expanded state. A third structure which is shape and/or length adjustable is positioned between the first and second structures. | 11-27-2014 |
William Dick, Blessington IE
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20100034588 | WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER - A wave energy conversion apparatus is described. It comprises at least two devices, each comprising a surface float, at least one of the surface floats being rigidly attached to a submerged body. The movement of the two devices in response to a passing wave may be used to effect an energy transfer. | 02-11-2010 |
William Dick, Co. Carlow IE
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20120139261 | WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM - A wave energy conversion system is described. The system comprises a wave energy absorber for absorbing wave energy. At least one switched reluctance machine is driven by the wave energy absorber for converting mechanical energy to electrical energy. The switched reluctance machine has a generating mode and a motoring mode. A sensing means is provided for sensing an operating parameter generated by the wave energy absorber. A control means is co-operable with the sensing means for controlling the mode of the switched reluctance machine in response to the sensed operating parameter. | 06-07-2012 |
William Dick, Carlow Rathvilly IE
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20100111610 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM FOR A WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER - A connector system is described which is useful in coupling two bodies of a wave energy converter. The system includes at least one cable that is coupled to each of the two bodies and on which are threaded a number of discs. The cable and disc combination provide a stack that allows for a flexing of the two bodies relative to one another yet maintains the two bodies substantially co-linear. | 05-06-2010 |