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Christine Edwards, Norwich, NY US
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| 20120082505 | FOLDER NOTEBOOKS - A folder is disclosed having one or more bound edges and one or more free edges, one or more folder tabs extending from one or more free edges, and a plurality of pages bound to the folder. The pages may be bound to the folder using adhesive, string, staples or other attachment mechanisms. The folder may fit within a traditional file drawer. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120099921 | FOLDER NOTEBOOKS - A bound component has a front cover attached to a spine attached to a rear cover, a binding mechanism, and a binder extension attached to either cover. The binder extension folds inwardly in its closed position and has pockets. Also disclosed is a bound component having a front cover attached to a spine attached to a rear cover, a binding mechanism and one or more pockets attached to either cover. The pocket may have one or more closure flaps and may be expandable. | 04-26-2012 |
Gerard Edwards, Lansing, NY US
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| 20090077610 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to generate a playlist that identifies multimedia content and to provide access to the playlist in response to a request for access, where the request for access is transmitted over the Internet, and where the multimedia content is stored remotely from the set top box. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090077613 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to present media content to a user, and provide the user with access to related media content based upon access information, where the related media content is determined based upon monitoring of the media content, where the related media content is retrieved based on a query of a plurality of sources over the Internet, and where the access information is associated with each of the plurality of sources. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090077614 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SET TOP BOXES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to eliminate a scheduled recording of a targeted media program, where the scheduled recording is a redundant recording of the targeted media program that is determined based upon monitoring of recordings of media programs by a group of set top boxes in communication with each other over a network, where another set top box of the group of set top boxes is designated as a host set top box to record the targeted media program, and where the controller is provided access to the targeted media program by the host set top box. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-19-2009 |
Ian K. Edwards, Skaneateles, NY US
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| 20090287192 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT HAVING PORTABLE ILLUMINATOR - A portable medical diagnostic instrument includes an instrument head and a handle portion having an open-ended receiving cavity. A compact illuminator defined by a housing retaining a miniature light source and a power supply is releasably fitted within the open-ended receiving cavity of the handle portion wherein the light source of the illuminator is optically coupled with the instrument on assembly therewith. The handle portion can be integral with the instrument or releasably attached. The handle portion according to at least one version is made from a plastic or other suitable material, permitting disposability and/or single patient use. In one version, the handle portion is flexibly deformable, at least partially, to facilitate release of the portable illuminator. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100298724 | RECYCLABLE OR BIODEGRADABLE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF - A blood pressure cuff is defined by a sleeve member, a portion of which is inflatable and made from a fluid impermeable material. An exterior port of the sleeve directly and fluidly interconnects with the interior of said inflatable portion, wherein a slotted portion is aligned with the port to receive the port when the cuff is wrapped about the limb of a patient. The slotted portion is sized to provide a range of cuff sizes wherein the cuff can be entirely made from a biodegradable or recyclable material. A plurality of cuffs can be packaged for sequential dispensing thereof. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100298725 | RECYCLABLE OR BIODEGRADABLE BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF - A blood pressure cuff is defined by a first sheet, having an opening, and a second sheet. The second sheet is attached to a bottom of the first sheet to form an interior inflatable portion between the first sheet and the second sheet, with the opening of the first sheet fluidly interconnecting the interior inflatable portion with an exterior of the cuff. The blood pressure cuff is made from a single type of material and can be recycled, biodegradable, or composted. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110022748 | CONFIGURABLE HEALTH-CARE EQUIPMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus, system and method for providing health-care equipment in a plurality of customizable configurations. A configuration includes a selection and arrangement of health-care equipment modules that each provide specialized support for the provision of health care, including the measurement of physiological parameters. Various types of configurations include those adapted to be mounted upon a desk top or a wall surface, or adapted for wheel mounting or hand-carriable mobile configurations. | 01-27-2011 |
John Robert Edwards, New York, NY US
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| 20080199868 | Massive parallel method for decoding DNA and RNA - This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080319179 | Massive parallel method for decoding DNA and RNA - This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100317012 | Massive parallel method for decoding DNA and RNA - This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose. | 12-16-2010 |
Kirk S. Edwards, Rush, NY US
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| 20090027458 | HOT MELT INK DELIVERY RESERVOIR PUMP SUBASSEMBLY - A print head pump assembly has a piezo element plate having an array of piezoelectric elements, a channel plate having an array of channel regions corresponding to the array of piezoelectric elements, and a valve plate having an array of reed valve pairs corresponding to the array of channel regions. A print head assembly has at least one ink reservoir, an upper routing plate to receive ink from the ink reservoir, a lower routing plate to direct ink out of the print head, and a pump assembly to draw ink from the upper routing plate and deliver ink to the lower routing plate using piezoelectric diaphragms. A method of delivering ink to a print substrate includes providing ink to a low-pressure reservoir of a print head, drawing ink out of the low-pressure reservoir through an upper routing plate using a pump assembly internal to the print head, and pumping ink out of the print head through a lower routing plate using the pump assembly, such that the drawing and pumping processes continuously alternate. | 01-29-2009 |
Lewin Edwards, Forest Hills, NY US
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| 20090231129 | WIRELESS JANITORIAL SUPPLY/EMERGENCY MONITORING SYSTEM - A monitoring system and method of monitoring a predetermined maintenance event including one or more sensors for transmitting an alert signal of the predetermined maintenance event to a transceiver device and messaging device which may be included in a control panel. The transceiver device receives the alert signal transmission from the sensor, and the messaging device transmits an alert message to a receiving device. The receiving device may be embodied as a pager or a cell phone for notifying a user of the predetermined maintenance event. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100073183 | METHOD FOR INERTIAL ASSET PROTECTION ON VEHICLES AND FOR FALSE ALARM PREVENTION IN UNSTABLE LOCATIONS - A system and method for false alarm prevention in unstable locations is presented. In one embodiment, the method comprises activating an asset sensor and a reference sensor, detecting motion in the asset sensor, determining if the reference sensor detects motion, and preventing transmission of an alarm if the reference sensor detects the motion. In another embodiment, the method comprises activating an asset sensor and a reference sensor, detecting motion in the asset sensor and transmitting acceleration data in accordance with the detected motion, sensing local acceleration data from the reference sensor, and signaling an alarm if a difference between the transmitted acceleration data and the local acceleration data is greater than a predetermined threshold. The reference sensor can be mounted in a control panel, and the asset and reference sensors can be enrolled in the control panel. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100097323 | HYDROGEL-BASED TACTILE-FEEDBACK TOUCH SCREEN - A system and method for providing tactile feedback on a touch screen display unit is provided. The tactile feedback unit has a gel layer for deforming discrete surface areas of a touch-screen display; and a tactile feedback controller for controlling the deformation by the gel layer. The tactile feedback unit is overlaid onto a liquid crystal display, OLED display, or other types of touch screen displays. Areas of the gel layer are individually controllable by the tactile feedback controller, such that areas of the gel layer that overlay control elements of a graphical user interface displayed on the touch screen display are activated. Additionally, contact with the touch screen display by a user at an area defined as a control element causes the corresponding area of the gel layer to provide a tactile feedback, such as deformation, vibration, etc. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100182245 | TACTILE-FEEDBACK TOUCH SCREEN - A system and method for providing tactile feedback on a touch screen display unit is provided. The tactile feedback unit has a gel layer for deforming discrete surface areas of a touch-screen display; and a tactile feedback controller for controlling the deformation by the gel layer. The tactile feedback unit is overlaid onto a liquid crystal display, OLED display, or other types of touch screen displays. Areas of the gel layer are individually controllable by the tactile feedback controller, such that areas of the gel layer that overlay control elements of a graphical user interface displayed on the touch screen display are activated. Additionally, contact with the touch screen display by a user at an area defined as a control element causes the corresponding area of the gel layer to provide a tactile feedback, such as deformation, vibration, etc. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100318627 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATING PLUG-IN SECURITY PANEL MODULE WITH NETWORK INTERFACE MIDDLEWARE - A security system is provided. The security system includes a security processor having a plurality of inputs that receive signals from security sensors in a secured area and at least one data output path that couples the received signals from the security sensors to a central monitoring station and a network interface device coupled to the security processor that couples signals between the security processor and central monitoring station through a network connection, said network interface selected from the group consisting of a television set-top box, digital video recorder, DSL modem, fiber-optic modem, VSAT satellite transceiver and personal computer, and said network connection selected from the group consisting of a public or proprietary network connection, an Internet connection, a PSTN connection, and a cable TV distribution system connection. | 12-16-2010 |
Lewin A. Edwards, Forest Hills, NY US
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| 20090027574 | LOW-COST PIR SCANNING MECHANISM - A passive infrared sensor (PIR) for detecting infrared radiation which includes a lens positioned in a sensor housing, and a pyroelectric element electrically connected to a circuit board within a filter housing positioned in the sensor housing. A microprocessor is electrically connected to a main circuit board and controls a liquid crystal display (LCD) attached to the sensor housing. The lens overlaps the LCD. The LCD has LCD regions corresponding to lens regions of the lens. Using the microprocessor, the LCD regions selectively prevent radiation energy from passing to the pyroelectric element, and the LCD regions selectively allow radiation energy to pass to the pyroelectric element. A signaling device communicates an alarm signal indicating when radiation energy within a specified wavelength band reaches the pyroelectric element. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090167521 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING FREQUENCY-HOPPING SHORT-RANGE RADIO DEVICES - A method for synchronizing a security system control panel and a sensor. The control panel and the sensor each have a transceiver. The control panel monitors a publicly broadcast signal for an time signal, periodically receives the time signal, calculates a frequency hopping index pointer using the time signal and accesses a frequency hopping table using the frequency hopping index pointer. The frequency hopping table is used by the control panel to determine when to hop between multiple receiving channels and which of the receiving channels to hop. The sensor wakes up from a standby mode when the sensor determines that the sensor is to send data, receives the publicly broadcast signal that includes a time signal, selects the channel that the control panel is actively receiving data using the time signal and transmits the data to the control panel using the selected channel. | 07-02-2009 |
Linda Edwards, Islip, NY US
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| 20090029304 | Adjustable height candle holder jar - An adjustable height holder jar for consumable items includes a stack of accurately fitted rings forming the side atop a closed bottom section. The jar is intended to be factory filled with scented candle wax with a typical wick in the center or with a collection of consumable items, such as food item pieces or hardware fasteners, such as screws or nails. | 01-29-2009 |
Richard Edwards, Cold Spring, NY US
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| 20100273181 | METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN - Particular aspects of the present invention relate to methods for detecting glycated hemoglobin in, for example, human whole blood, that are not affected by the presence of variation in amino acid sequence that can exist in hemoglobin β chains. The methods detect all glycated hemoglobin in a sample, regardless of the form of the hemoglobin that has been glycated, and thus detect glycated human Hemoglobin A, Hemoglobin S, and Hemoglobin C. | 10-28-2010 |
Robert D. Edwards, Marlboro, NY US
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| 20120104610 | INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE WITH ENHANCED RELIABILITY - An improved interconnect structure including a dielectric layer having a conductive feature embedded therein, the conductive feature having a first top surface that is substantially coplanar with a second top surface of the dielectric layer; a metal cap layer located directly on the first top surface, wherein the metal cap layer does not substantially extend onto the second top surface; a first dielectric cap layer located directly on the second top surface, wherein the first dielectric cap layer does not substantially extend onto the first top surface and the first dielectric cap layer is thicker than the metal cap layer; and a second dielectric cap layer on the metal cap layer and the first dielectric cap layer. A method of forming the interconnect structure is also provided. | 05-03-2012 |
Robert D. Edwards, Binghamton, NY US
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| 20110260299 | METHOD FOR VIA PLATING IN ELECTRONIC PACKAGES CONTAINING FLUOROPOLYMER DIELECTRIC LAYERS - A semiconductor printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) and method for making same for use in electronic packages having a core layer of copper-invar-copper (CIC) with a layer of dielectric substrate placed on the core layer. A second layer of dielectric substrate is placed on the lower surface of the core layer of CIC. The layers are laminated together. Blind vias are laser drilled into the layers of dielectric substrate. The partially completed PCBA is subjected to a reactive ion etch (RIE) plasma as a first step to clean blind vias in the PCBA. After the plasma etch, an acidic etchant liquid solution is used on the blind vias. Pre-plating cleaning of blind vias removes a majority of oxides from the blind vias. Seed copper layers are then applied to the PCBA, followed by a layer of copper plating that can be etched to meet the requirements of the PCBA. | 10-27-2011 |
Robert Daniel Edwards, Marlboro, NY US
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| 20090140395 | EDGE SEAL FOR THRU-SILICON-VIA TECHNOLOGY - One or more multilayer back side metallurgy (BSM) stack structures are formed on thru-silicon-vias (TSV). The multiple layers of metal may include an adhesion layer of chromium on the semiconductor wafer back side, a conductive layer of copper, diffusion barrier layer of nickel and a layer of nobel metal, such as, gold. To prevent edge attack of copper after dicing, the layer of nickel is formed to seal the copper edge. To also prevent edge attack of the layer of nickel after dicing, the layer of gold is formed to seal both the layer of copper and the layer of nickel. | 06-04-2009 |
Rodney Coleman Edwards, New York, NY US
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| 20110055203 | VISUAL SEARCH AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL RESULTS - Methods, systems, graphical user interfaces, and computer-readable media for visually searching and exploring a set of objects are provided. A computer system executes a method that generates three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations for a set of objects in response to a user interaction with an interface that displays the three-dimensional representations or the two-dimensional representations. The interface includes filter controls, sorting controls, and classification controls, which are dynamically altered based on the content of a user query or the attributes of the objects in the three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110320443 | Navigation to Popular Search Results - Systems, methods, and computer media for enhancing search results, as well as user interfaces for performing search queries and navigating search results, are provided. A search query is received from a user. A plurality of web pages relevant to the search query are identified. At least one of the relevant web pages is identified as popular. A search result page is generated including a search result listing and a search result page header. The search result page header includes a link to the popular web page to provide the user with a quick and easy way to select a popular web page relevant to the user's search query. | 12-29-2011 |
Victoria A. Edwards, Horseheads, NY US
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| 20090162545 | HIGH-STRENGTH LAMINATED SHEET FOR OPTICAL APPLICATIONS - A laminated sheet includes a surface layer having an optical surface that is of fire-polished quality and a core layer having a higher modulus than the surface layer to increase an overall stiffness or fracture toughness of the laminated sheet. | 06-25-2009 |
Victoria Ann Edwards, Horseheads, NY US
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| 20100285277 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING A GLASS EDGE USING A MACHINABLE METAL ARMOR - The invention is directed to glass articles having improved resistance to edge fracture resulting from armoring the edges using metallic material adhesively bonded to the edges of the glass article. In one embodiment the metallic edge material is machinable to enable final finish of the part to specification tolerances. One of a plurality of layers of the metallic material can be applied to edge. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110256334 | Multi-Laminate Hermetic Barriers and Related Structures and Methods of Hermetic Sealing - A free-standing multi-laminate hermetic sheet includes a first carrier film, a hermetic inorganic thin film formed over the first carrier film, and a second carrier film formed over the hermetic inorganic thin film. A workpiece can be hermetically sealed using the multi-laminate sheet, which can be applied to the workpiece in a step separate from a formation step of either the multi-laminate sheet or the workpiece. | 10-20-2011 |