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Francisco Rivera Ferrer, Wallingford, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100032283JACKETED ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - An ultrasound system is disclosed that includes a tub, a reaction chamber, an ultrasound probe positioned within the reaction chamber, and a cooling jacket surrounding the tub for exchanging heat with the tub.02-11-2010

Ismael Ferrer, Minneapolis, MN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090032475FLUOROPOLYMER FINE FIBER - A layer of fluoropolymer fine fiber can be made. The fine fiber can be made by electrospinning from a solvent or a solvent blend. The layers of the invention are useful in general filtration of fluid streams including gaseous and liquid streams. The fine fiber layers are also useful as hydrophobic filtration layers that can be used to separate water from a hydrocarbon stream.02-05-2009
20100018934Polysulfone and poly(N-vinyl lactam) polymer alloy and fiber and filter materials made of the alloy - A polymer alloy has been developed comprising a polysulfone and a vinyl lactam polymer. The resulting alloy has excellent thermal characteristics and even in the presence of substantial quantities in vinyl lactam polymers, has solvent resistance to both organic and aqueous solvent materials. The materials, when dissolved in solvents, can be spun from a variety of solvents into a variety of useful fiber materials. The resulting fine fiber, microfiber and nanofiber materials have excellent thermal and chemical resistance for a variety of fiber applications. The polymer alloys of the invention can be spun into nanofiber mats that can act as a filtration media and can also be combined into conventional substrate materials for fabrication into filter structures.01-28-2010
20100175555Polyamide Fine Fibers - One aspect of an improved microfiber and nanofiber properties can be obtained from a novel nylon material. The nylon can comprise a nylon copolymer comprising (diamino-dicyclohexyl)-alkane, preferably bis-(4 amino-cyclohexyl)methane and at least one other nylon monomer. Another aspect of the novel nylon can comprise a poly alkylene oxide-nylon block copolymer. Such a copolymer can contain block copolymer units wherein the block units comprise segments of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or mixtures thereof and a nylon block comprising nylon monomers typically comprise a cyclic lactam, an alpha omega diamine and alpha omega diacid or mixtures thereof.07-15-2010
20100178507Polyamide Fine Fibers - Improved microfiber and nanofiber properties can be obtained from a novel nylon material. Such nylon comprises alkyl modified nylon 6, a methoxy modified nylon 8, a methoxy modified nylon 12 or other similar nylons prepared from a cyclic lactam.07-15-2010
20100233048COMBINATION FILTER ELEMENT - A filter media for removing both chemical contaminates and particulate contaminates. The filter media includes a particulate filtration media layer which includes a fine fiber media. The filter media further includes a chemical filtration media layer.09-16-2010
20110135901Polysulfone and poly(N-vinyl lactam) polymer alloy and fiber and filter materials made of the alloy - A polymer alloy has been developed comprising a polysulfone and a vinyl lactam polymer. The resulting alloy has excellent thermal characteristics and even in the presence of substantial quantities in vinyl lactam polymers, has solvent resistance to both organic and aqueous solvent materials. The materials, when dissolved in solvents, can be spun from a variety of solvents into a variety of useful fiber materials. The resulting fine fiber, microfiber and nanofiber materials have excellent thermal and chemical resistance for a variety of fiber applications. The polymer alloys of the invention can be spun into nanofiber mats that can act as a filtration media and can also be combined into conventional substrate materials for fabrication into filter structures.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Ismael Ferrer, Minneapolis, MN US

Jicky Ferrer, Mililani, HI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100132624APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING AND VENTING A LITTER BOX - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for isolating and venting a litter box. The apparatus includes an enclosure for a litter box, an access door and a pet door in the enclosure, at least one vent between an interior and an exterior of the enclosure, and an exit duct between the interior and the exterior of the enclosure. The system includes a pet enclosure having an enclosure door, a pet door, at least one vent, and at least one exhaust duct, a litter box adapted for placement in the enclosure, a motor and fan in fluid communication with the exit duct, and a conduit from the exit duct adapted for fluid connection to an exterior of a house. The method includes enclosing a litter box in a pet container, drawing outside air through at least one vent in the pet container into an interior of the pet container and exhausting air from the pet container out through an exit duct.06-03-2010

John Ferrer, Mason, OH US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100236959Absorbent Article and Test Article Combination - A combination of an infant article for use by an infant, having an external surface, comprising a first material, for example a backsheet material with a testable property, such as stretch or softness, the infant article being comprises in a packaging material; and a separate first test article, for testing by a care-taker and for subsequent use by an infant, the test article having an external surface comprising the first material with the testable property. The test article is for example curved and/or three-dimensional, having an internal volume comprising a resiliently compressible material, such as a soft infant toy or pillow.09-23-2010
20110022017Absorbent Article Having An Umbilical Notch Cut - A disposable absorbent article having a front end edge and a back end edge, wherein the front end edge is formed by a non-linear cut with an umbilical notch, and wherein the front end edge and the back end edge are complementary in shape.01-27-2011

Patent applications by John Ferrer, Mason, OH US

Jorge Ferrer, Cambridge, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110021908METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPATIALLY IDENTIFYING ABNORMAL CELLS - The present invention provides compositions and methods for imaging tumor resections.01-27-2011
20110104071METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPATIALLY IDENTIFYING ABNORMAL CELLS - The present invention provides compositions and methods for imaging tumor resections.05-05-2011

Jorge M. Ferrer, Cambridge, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090299196System and Method for Large Field of View, Single Cell Analysis - A method and system for medical imaging employs an excitation source configured to cause an object having a plurality of cells to at least one of emit, reflect, and fluoresce light. An optical receptor is employed that is configured to receive the light from the object. A filter assembly receives the light from the optical receptor and filters the light. An image processor having a field of view (FOV) substantially greater than a diameter of a cell of the object and an analysis resolution substantially matched to the diameter of a cell of the object that receives the filtered light from the filter and analyzes the filtered light corresponding to each cell in the FOV. A feedback system is provided that is configured to provide an indication of a state of each cell in the FOV and a location of a cell in the FOV meeting a predetermined condition.12-03-2009

Marissa B. Ferrer, San Leandro, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090062163Gear Oil Compositions, Methods of Making and Using Thereof - A gear oil composition is provided. The composition comprises an isomerized base oil having consecutive numbers of carbon atoms, less than 0.05 wt. % aromatics, a viscosity index between 150 and 170, Oxidator BN of 15 to 50 hours; and 0.001 to 30 wt % at least an additive selected from traction reducers, dispersants, viscosity modifiers, pour point depressants, antifoaming agents, antioxidants, rust inhibitors, metal passivators, extreme pressure agents, friction modifiers, and mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, composition displays a pressure viscosity coefficient of greater than 9.5 GPa03-05-2009
20090298732GEAR OIL COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF - A gear oil composition is provided. The composition comprises a sufficient amount of an isomerized base oil in a base oil matrix comprising at least at least a polyalphaolefin for the gear oil composition to have for the gear oil composition to have an average volume change in a rubber seal between −10 and +10, a change in shore A hardness between −7 and +10 when tested with SRE NBR28 at 100° C., 168 hours per DIN53521 and DIN53505, a viscosity increase of less than 3% per US Steel S-200 oxidation stability test, a precipitation of less than 1% per US Steel S-200 oxidation stability test, and a Timken OK Load of greater than 60 lb. The isomerized base oil has consecutive numbers of carbon atoms and less than 10 wt % naphthenic carbon by n-d-M. In one embodiment, the sufficient amount of isomerized base oil ranges from 20 to 75 wt. % based on the total weight of the gear oil composition.12-03-2009

Marla Ferrer, Mililani, HI US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100132624APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING AND VENTING A LITTER BOX - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for isolating and venting a litter box. The apparatus includes an enclosure for a litter box, an access door and a pet door in the enclosure, at least one vent between an interior and an exterior of the enclosure, and an exit duct between the interior and the exterior of the enclosure. The system includes a pet enclosure having an enclosure door, a pet door, at least one vent, and at least one exhaust duct, a litter box adapted for placement in the enclosure, a motor and fan in fluid communication with the exit duct, and a conduit from the exit duct adapted for fluid connection to an exterior of a house. The method includes enclosing a litter box in a pet container, drawing outside air through at least one vent in the pet container into an interior of the pet container and exhausting air from the pet container out through an exit duct.06-03-2010

Richard Ferrer, Hillsborough, NJ US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100031025Method and system to authorize and assign digital certificates without loss of privacy, and/or to enhance privacy key selection - A method and system for public key infrastructure key and certificate management provides anonymity to certificate holders and protects the privacy of certificate holders from the compromise of a certificate authority. Functional separation is provided in the authorization of a certificate request and the assignment of certificates and key pairs. The authorizing certificate authority approves or denies each certificate request from a requestor whose identity is not made available to the assigning certificate authority. The assigning certificate authority, upon approval from the authorizing certificate authority, issues one or more certificates and optionally generates and provides the associated key pairs to the requester without disclosing these certificates and key pairs to the authorizing certificate authority. In another aspect, a distributed method is disclosed that allows individual nodes and/or units in a network to select certificates for broadcasting messages to a community of interest with a non-unique key.02-04-2010

Vincent J. Ferrer, Pittsford, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080302937SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - An adjustable attachment mechanism includes an elongate shaft, first and second seats disposed on opposite ends of the shaft, first and second collars, and an actuator. The first and second collars are disposed to translate along the elongate shaft. An inner surface of the first collar cooperates with the first seat to define a first receptacle and an inner surface of the second collar cooperates with the second seat to define a second receptacle. The actuator is in communication with the first and second collars and is actuable to selectively traverse the first and second collars along the shaft in a first direction away from each other and in a second direction toward each other, the movement in the first direction loosening the first and second receptacles and the movement in the second direction tightening the first and second receptacles.12-11-2008
20090174728METHODS OF AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING SELECTED PORTIONS OF SPLIT SCREEN DISPLAYS - A system for manipulating the appearance of a video signal includes an input, a user interface, and a processor. The input receives a video signal displayable as a video image in an active video field. The video image includes a plurality of sections. The user interface accepts a user input to select one of the plurality of sections. The processor manipulates the video signal to display the selected one or more of the plurality of sections of the video image on a display associated with the user.07-09-2009