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Andre Fortin, Canton De Hatley CA
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| 20090205271 | FIRE-RATED LIGHT KIT - A fire-rated light kit for a fire-resistant partition includes a track for holding a window pane in an aperture of the partition. The track includes a channel for capturing an edge of the window pane, and a flange. A first intumescent material is positioned under the track to seal between the track and the partition. A second intumescent layer is positioned on top of the track. A flammable molding material can be positioned over the flange of the track. In the event of heat or flame, the second intumescent layer expands and pushes the flammable trim away from the glass and/or partition. | 08-20-2009 |
Anny Fortin, Montreal CA
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| 20120101151 | COMBINATION THERAPY AND USES THEREOF FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF PARASITIC INFECTION AND DISEASE - The invention relates to compounds, methods, uses, compositions, combinations, kits and packages for the prevention and/or treatment of parasite infection (e.g., | 04-26-2012 |
Anouk Fortin, Ottawa CA
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| 20090246180 | HYPOXIA INDUCING FACTORS AND USES THEREOF FOR INDUCING ANGIOGENESIS AND IMPROVING MUSCULAR FUNCTIONS - This invention provides HIF-3α nucleic acid and sequences. Also provided are methods for using HIF-3α nucleic acids, proteins, fragments, antibodies, probes, and cells, to characterize HIF-3α, modulate HIF-3α cellular levels, induce angiogenesis, improve muscular function, and treat coronary and cardiac diseases in mammals. | 10-01-2009 |
Claude Fortin, Sayabec CA
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| 20100104813 | EMBOSSED MONOLAYER PARTICLEBOARDS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF - There is provided an embossed particleboard, which can be used, for example, as a siding. The particleboard comprises a monolayer embossed particleboard including wood particles having an average size of less than 4 mm, a resin, and optionally a sizing agent. There is also provided a method of manufacturing a wood-based product such as a siding. The method comprises embossing and pressing in a single step a monolayer mat comprising wood particles having an average size of less than 4 mm and a resin, so as to obtain an embossed monolayer particleboard siding. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20120251784 | EMBOSSED MONOLAYER PARTICLE BOARDS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF - There is provided an embossed particleboard, which can be used, for example, as a siding. The particleboard comprises a monolayer embossed particleboard including wood particles having an average size of less than 4 mm, a resin, and optionally a sizing agent. There is also provided a method of manufacturing a wood-based product such as a siding. The method comprises embossing and pressing in a single step a monolayer mat comprising wood particles having an average size of less than 4 mm and a resin, so as to obtain an embossed monolayer particleboard siding. | 10-04-2012 |
Clement Fortin, Vancouver CA
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| 20090007705 | SENSING DEVICE AND METHODS RELATED THERETO - Embodiments of the invention relate to a device for a fluid enclosure. The device includes a sensing device that responds to a change in distance relative to a fluid enclosure. The change in distance is a function of at least one dimension of the fluid enclosure. | 01-08-2009 |
Clement Fortin, Granby CA
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| 20120300220 | TECHNIQUE FOR VERIFYING THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF LEAD-FREE INTERCONNECTS IN SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLIES - A method for verifying the internal microstructure of interconnects in flip-chip applications includes providing a microelectronic assembly comprising the following: a substrate hosting an array of flip-chip attach pads and one or more process control pads; a flip chip having an array of solder bumps in contact with the array of flip-chip attach pads; and one or more representative solder bumps contacting the one or more process control pads. The representative solder bumps have a substantially similar or identical chemical composition as the array of solder bumps. A reflow cycle is then applied to the microelectronic assembly to melt and solidify the array of solder bumps on the flip-chip attach pads and melt and solidify the representative solder bumps on the process control pads. The surface texture of the representative solder bumps is then optically inspected to determine an internal microstructure of the array of solder bumps. | 11-29-2012 |
Clement Fortin, Eastman CA
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| 20120211276 | REFLOW METHOD FOR LEAD-FREE SOLDER - A reflow method for solder includes heating the solder to a first temperature that is above a liquidus temperature of the solder; cooling the solder to a second temperature that is below a solidification temperature of the solder; reheating the solder to a third temperature that is above a solidus temperature of the solder and below the liquidus temperature of the solder; cooling the solder to a fourth temperature that is below the solidification temperature of the solder. | 08-23-2012 |
Clermont Fortin, Notre-Dame-Du-Bon-Conseil CA
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| 20110243692 | MATERIAL COLLECTION BODY - The present document describes a kit for installation in a collection body, comprising a material receiver, for installation between the upper wall and the lower wall of the collection body, a tamping mechanism to allow the translation of materials disposed on the receptor and their discharge in the body, a packing mechanism to push the materials disposed in the body and compacting them. | 10-06-2011 |
Daniel Fortin, Quebec CA
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| 20090137817 | SPATIALLY-DEFINED MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR DRUG DISCOVERY - Novel spatially-defined macrocyclic compounds containing specific conformational control elements are disclosed. Libraries of these macrocycles are then used to select one or more macrocycle species that exhibit a specific interaction with a particular biological target. In particular, compounds according to the invention are disclosed as agonists or antagonists of a mammalian motilin receptor and a mammalian ghrelin receptor. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090312540 | SPATIALLY-DEFINED MACROCYCLES INCORPORATING PEPTIDE BOND SURROGATES - Novel spatially-defined macrocyclic compounds incorporating peptide bond surrogates are disclosed. Libraries of these macrocycles are then used to select one or more macrocycle species that exhibit a specific interaction with a particular biological target, in particular, compounds according to the invention are disclosed as agonists or antagonists of a mammalian motilin receptor and a mammalian ghrelin receptor. | 12-17-2009 |
Daniel Fortin, Rosemere CA
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| 20090042768 | Purine derivatives and their use for treatment of autoimmune diseases - Compounds useful in the treatment of autoimmune disease are described by the following general formula: | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090068169 | 2,4,6-triamino-s-triazine-based compounds which bind to the tail (fc) portion of immunoglobulins and their use - The present invention describes new compounds which are useful for binding to the tail or Fc portion of immunoglobulins and so have utility in those applications which require the non-covalent binding interaction of a molecule with the Fc portion of immunoglobulins. Such applications include the detection and purification of immunoglobulins as well as the treatment of certain autoimmune diseases. | 03-12-2009 |
David Fortin, Sherbrooke CA
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| 20090054347 | KININ B1 RECEPTOR PEPTIDE AGONISTS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides for novel kinin B1 receptors peptide agonists of formula (I) having very good to excellent affinities and selectivity for the B | 02-26-2009 |
| 20120129774 | KININ B1 RECEPTOR PEPTIDE AGONISTS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides for novel kinin B | 05-24-2012 |
Dominic Fortin, St-Georges CA
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| 20110274482 | Coupler - A universal coupler | 11-10-2011 |
Dominique Fortin, Fournier CA
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| 20130118093 | SAFETY ANCHORING DEVICE - A portable anchor for use in a fall arrest protection system. The anchor comprises a base for abutment to a solid support structure, a post extending perpendicular from the base, at least one attachment point connected to the post for receiving a connector, and a rod adapted to be inserted through a central bore through the base and post. The rod has an anchoring section at a first end of the rod for frictionally engaging a portion of the solid support structure and a locking section in the vicinity of a second end of the rod for reversibly securing the rod to the post. Also disclosed is a fall arrest protection system that includes the portable anchor described above. Furthermore, a method of attaching the portable anchor to a solid support structure is also disclosed. | 05-16-2013 |
Doris L. Fortin, Ottawa CA
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| 20110207213 | Photoreactive Synthetic Regulator of Protein Function and Methods of Use Thereof - The present disclosure provides a photoreactive synthetic regulator of protein function. The present disclosure further provides a light-regulated polypeptide that includes a subject synthetic regulator. Also provided are cells and membranes comprising a subject light-regulated polypeptide. The present disclosure further provides methods of modulating protein function, involving use of light. | 08-25-2011 |
Ed Fortin, Newmarket CA
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| 20080276541 | Structural Door Module - A structural door module for a motor vehicle door, comprising of a carrier plate with a plurality of door hardware components mounted to the dryside and wetside surfaces of the carrier plate. The carrier plate includes a number of preformed components that allow door subsystems to be pre-mounted to the door module and tested prior to mounting the structural door module in the motor vehicle door body. An energy absorbing area is molded into the carrier plate. Additionally, a protruding arm rest support is designed to collapse during a side-impact collision. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20100011668 | MOUNTING BRACKET FOR FRAMELESS DOOR - The invention is a window regulator for moving a closure panel between a first and a second position in a door for a vehicle. The window regulator includes at least one rail with a lift plate slidably mounted to the at least one rail that retains the closure panel. An adjustable mounting structure pivotally attaches the at least one rail to a surface in the door so that the closure panel is operable to pivot around a fixed instantaneous center that is displaced away from the at least one rail. In a preferred embodiment, the mounting structure includes a jackscrew mounted to one end of the rail and a four bar hinge located at the other end. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100313481 | Double Acting Snap-In Glass Retention for a Vehicle Door - A snap-in glass carrier, engageable with a window regulator for snap fitting a door glass having a glass retention hole to the carrier, comprises a carrier base, a regulator attachment extending from the carrier base, a glass retention portion and a finger. The glass retention portion extends from the base spaced from the window regulator portion to define a gap for the glass. The finger, cantilevered from the base, includes a vertical portion extending parallel to the support finger on the same side of the glass as the support finger, a retention tab extending from the vertical portion into the gap that engages the retention hole, a hinge point adjacent to the glass carrier base and located on the same side of the gap as the window regulator attachment, and a spring leg extending through the gap from the hinge point to the vertical portion. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110308163 | Structural Door Module - A structural door module for a motor vehicle door, comprising of a carrier plate with a plurality of door hardware components mounted to the dryside and wetside surfaces of the carrier plate. The carrier plate includes a number of preformed components that allow door subsystems to be pre-mounted to the door module and tested prior to mounting the structural door module in the motor vehicle door body. An energy absorbing area is molded into the carrier plate. Additionally, a protruding arm rest support is designed to collapse during a side-impact collision. | 12-22-2011 |
Eric Fortin, Nepean CA
Etienne Fortin, St-Basile-Le-Grand CA
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| 20100171814 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE STREAM - A system is provided for processing a compressed image stream of a stereoscopic image stream, the compressed image stream having a plurality of frames in a first format, each frame consisting of a merged image comprising pixels sampled from a left image and pixels sampled from a right image. A receiver receives the compressed image stream and a decompressing module in communication with the receiver decompresses the compressed image stream. The left and right images of the decompressed image stream are stored in a frame buffer. A serializing unit reads pixels of the frames stored in the frame buffer and outputs a pixel stream comprising pixels of a left frame and pixels of a right frame. A stereoscopic image processor receives the pixel stream, buffers the pixels, performs interpolation in order to reconstruct pixels of the left and right images and outputs a reconstructed left pixel stream and a reconstructed right pixel stream, the reconstructed streams having a format different from the first format. A display signal generator receives the stereoscopic pixel stream to provide an output display signal. | 07-08-2010 |
Etienne Fortin, Saint-Bruno-De-Montarville CA
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| 20110164110 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING COMPRESSED STEREOSCOPIC FRAMES IN A DIGITAL VIDEO SIGNAL - Detection compressed stereoscopic frames in a digital video stream. A stereoscopy detector is capable of detecting whether an image stream is stereoscopic or not, where the image stream may be monoscopic, stereoscopic and, in the latter case, encoded in one of many different possible stereoscopic encoding formats. The stereoscopy detector may also detect a particular encoding format for a stereoscopic image stream. The stereoscopy detector may also detect if quincunx encoding was used. Stereoscopy may be detected based on an observation of two portions in a frame sequence, and based on a comparison of segments in each portion. A change between stereoscopy and monoscopy, or between stereoscopic formats, may be detected as well, and may be detected based on multiple tests in time in a deliberate hysteresis. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120229460 | Method and System for Optimizing Resource Usage in a Graphics Pipeline - Method and system for optimizing resource usage in a graphics pipeline. The graphics pipeline renders pixels of a two-dimensional image on a basis of at least one model and outputs a stream of image frames characterized by a frame rate, a resolution and a level of detail. If the format in which the frames will be output from the graphics pipeline is characterized by pixel omission, the plurality of pixels removed from the frames prior to their output from the graphics pipeline according to the format are identified, and the graphics pipeline is configured to only render pixels other than the plurality of pixels that will be removed. Accordingly, it may be possible to reassign resources of the graphics pipeline from pixel rendering-related operations to other processing operations, thus optimizing resource usage and allowing for an improved performance by the graphics pipeline. | 09-13-2012 |
Étienne Fortin, Saint-Basile-Le-Grand CA
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| 20110069225 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND PROCESSING HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL VIDEO SIGNALS - A method of transmitting a digital video stream having a plurality of image frames and being characterized by a vertical resolution and a frame rate. A temporal multiplexing operation is applied to the image frames of the video stream in order to generate a compressed video stream having the same vertical resolution and half the frame rate of the video stream. This compressed video stream is then transmitted in lieu of the original video stream. At the receiving end, temporal de-multiplexing and pixel interpolation operations are applied to the frames of the compressed video stream in order to reconstruct the original video stream. | 03-24-2011 |
Étienne Fortin, Saint-Basile-Le-Grand CA
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| 20100111195 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCALING COMPRESSED IMAGE FRAMES - A method and system for scaling frames of a compressed image stream, each frame including a mosaic of pixels. For each frame of the encoded image stream, the even-numbered lines of the frame are scaled as a first grouping of lines, while the odd-numbered lines of the frame are scaled as a second grouping of lines. This grouping of the lines of the frame may occur within the frame itself or by dividing the frame into sub-frames, in which case the even-numbered lines of the frame are scaled independently from the odd-numbered lines of the frame and a scaled version of the frame is then generated by merging the scaled even-numbered lines of the frame with the scaled odd-numbered lines of the frame. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100135379 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING FRAMES OF A DIGITAL IMAGE STREAM - A method and a system for encoding and decoding a digital image frame. Metadata representative of a value of at least one component of at least one pixel of the frame is generated in the course of applying an encoding operation to the frame. A standard compression operation is then applied to the encoded frame, as well as to the metadata, in preparation for either transmission or recording. At the receiving end, both the encoded frame and its associated metadata undergo standard decompression, after which the metadata is used in the course of applying a decoding operation to the encoded frame for reconstructing the original frame. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110069225 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND PROCESSING HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL VIDEO SIGNALS - A method of transmitting a digital video stream having a plurality of image frames and being characterized by a vertical resolution and a frame rate. A temporal multiplexing operation is applied to the image frames of the video stream in order to generate a compressed video stream having the same vertical resolution and half the frame rate of the video stream. This compressed video stream is then transmitted in lieu of the original video stream. At the receiving end, temporal de-multiplexing and pixel interpolation operations are applied to the frames of the compressed video stream in order to reconstruct the original video stream. | 03-24-2011 |
Gilbert Fortin, Jonquiere CA
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| 20100148528 | GRIPPING DEVICE FOR LOAD STRUCTURE - A device for gripping a load structure comprises a first jaw member having a proximate end and a distal end, a second jaw member slidably mounted to the first jaw member and having a proximate end and a distal end. Each of the two jaw members is provided with a gripper. The device further comprises a fulcrum member mounted to the first jaw member near the proximate end thereof and a flexible element secured to the second jaw member near the distal end thereof operatively coupled to the fulcrum member for causing an externally applied pulling force on the flexible element to move the distal end of the first jaw member towards the distal end of the second jaw member so as to yield a first inward force between the first and second grippers. The device further includes a biasing member mounted to both the first and second jaw members for pulling the distal end of the first jaw member and the distal end of the second jaw member towards one another, causing a permanent second inward force between the first and second grippers that causes the device to automatically grip onto the load when it is installed thereon. The device is particularly suitable to be used for lifting a load, such as a barrel, since the weight of the load can be used as the externally applied force when the device is hung by its flexible element. The first and second jaw members are advantageously in the form of tubes or any other generally flat members so that the center of gravity of the device remains adjacent to the load so as not to unbalance it. | 06-17-2010 |
Guillaume Fortin, Verdun CA
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| 20090309638 | Variable-Length Digitally-Controlled Delay Chain with Interpolation-Based Tuning - A programmable delay element, variable-length delay chain, and ring oscillator are disclosed. The programmable delay element performs phase interpolation of input signals in response to a control signal and can be used in combination with other delay elements to create a highly-modular, variable-length delay chain or ring oscillator. The ring oscillator can be used as part of a digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) in a digital clock synthesizer to adjust the frequency and phase of a clock signal by fractional unit delay steps. Optionally, the programmable delay element utilizes current-mode logic (CML) and the control signal is a thermometer coded digital signal. Within the variable-length delay chain, some programmable delay elements can be configured to scale the delay-step of other programmable delay elements so that a plurality of step sizes can be implemented with identical delay elements. Also, variations of the delay chain generate in-phase and quadrature phase (I/Q) signals in either an end-tap or center-tap configuration. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100201418 | Variable-Length Digitally-Controlled Delay Chain With Interpolation-Based Tuning - A programmable delay element, variable-length delay chain, and ring oscillator are disclosed. The programmable delay element performs phase interpolation of input signals in response to a control signal and can be used in combination with other delay elements to create a highly-modular, variable-length delay chain or ring oscillator. The ring oscillator can be used as part of a digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO) in a digital clock synthesizer to adjust the frequency and phase of a clock signal by fractional unit delay steps. Within the variable-length delay chain, some programmable delay elements can be configured to scale the delay-step of other programmable delay elements so that a plurality of step sizes can be implemented with identical delay elements. Also, variations of the delay chain generate in-phase and quadrature phase (I/Q) signals in either an end-tap or center-tap configuration. | 08-12-2010 |
Guy Fortin, Jonquiere CA
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| 20110189006 | TURBINE APPARATUS - A fluid turbine apparatus which is able to increase the fluid velocity and consequently increase the rotation speed of the fluid turbine. The fluid turbine apparatus has a convergent section, a fluid turbine section and a divergent section. The fluid enters into the fluid turbine through the convergent section, passes through the fluid turbine and exits through the divergent section. The combination of the convergent section and the divergent section creates a Venturi effect and increases the fluid velocity and thus the energy density entering turbine for increasing the energy extracted by the turbine. | 08-04-2011 |
Guy Claude Fortin, Ottawa CA
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| 20080212963 | Network operating system with distributed data architecture - A network operating system NOS for an agile optical network with a plurality of mesh interconnected switching nodes, manages the network using an object-oriented network information model. The model is common to all applications requiring the data stored in the network managed information base. The core model can be expanded for serving specific application areas. The NOS is organized in layers, at the optical module level, connection level and network level. A distributed topology server DTS organizes the physical, logical and topological data defining all network entities as managed objects MO and topology objects TO for constructing a complete network view. The network information model associates a network element NE information model, specified by managed objects MO and a topological information model, specified by topology objects TO. The MOs are abstract specific NE data that define network implementation details and do not include any topological data, while the TOs abstract specific topological data for defining a trail established within the network, and do not include any NE data. The models are associated in a minimal number of points to construct the model of a trial in response to a connection request. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100247096 | Network Operating System With Topology Autodiscovery - The network operating system includes an embedded platform for controlling operation of an agile optical network at the physical layer level. At the module embedded level, each module (card-pack) is provided with an embedded controller EC that monitors and control operation of the optical modules. At the next level, each shelf is provided with a shelf processor SP that monitors and control operation of the ECs over a backplane network. All optical modules are connected over an optical trace channel to send/receive trace messages that can then be used to determine network connectivity. At the next, link management level, a network services controller NSC controls the SPs in a negotiated span of control, over a link network. The control is address-based; each NSC receives ranges of addresses for the entities in its control, and distributes these addresses to the SPs, which in turn distribute addresses to the ECs in their control. One of the SPs operates as a router on the link network to relay signaling and control to all entities based on their address. Each NSC constructs, from queried information, a network topology fragment for the embedded elements under its control. A distributed topology system (DTS) shares this topology information with neighboring NSC's to build a complete network view, which can be used by all interested network applications. | 09-30-2010 |
Jacques Fortin, Saint-Nazaire CA
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| 20110147226 | SHUT-DOWN AND START-UP PROCEDURES OF AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL - A process for shutting down an operating electrolytic cell for the production of aluminium is described. The process includes: lowering anodes until a lower portion of the anodes is immersed in an aluminium layer; allowing the aluminium layer and an electrolyte bath to cool down with the lower portion of the anodes immersed in the aluminium layer; determining if the electrolyte bath is solidified, and if the electrolyte bath is solidified, raising the anodes before solidification of the aluminium layer to create a space between the solidified electrolyte bath and the anodes and the aluminium layer. | 06-23-2011 |
Jean Fortin, St-Cyrille CA
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| 20110243692 | MATERIAL COLLECTION BODY - The present document describes a kit for installation in a collection body, comprising a material receiver, for installation between the upper wall and the lower wall of the collection body, a tamping mechanism to allow the translation of materials disposed on the receptor and their discharge in the body, a packing mechanism to push the materials disposed in the body and compacting them. | 10-06-2011 |
Joel Fortin, Montreal CA
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| 20120226159 | ULTRASONIC SCANNING SYSTEM AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE ENHANCEMENT METHOD - An ultrasonic measurement system comprises a processor configured for enhancing a received ultrasonic signal, where the received ultrasonic signal is a frequency domain signal. The enhancing involves deconvolving the received ultrasonic signal to yield a filtered signal, determining autoregressive extrapolation parameters based on frequency amplitude fluctuations of the filtered signal within a frequency range over which a corresponding reference signal has a high signal-to-noise ratio, and carrying out an autoregressive spectral extrapolation of the filtered signal using the autoregressive extrapolation parameters to yield an enhanced ultrasonic signal. | 09-06-2012 |
Jonathan Fortin, Montreal CA
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| 20110119343 | Apparatus and method for analyzing and filtering email and for providing web related services - The inventive methodology provides an integrated plug and play solution designed to protect home networks against spam, phishing emails, viruses, spyware as well as other similar threats. The described content filtering appliance can be used for processing of web and email traffic implemented and can be deployed as a stand-alone appliance. In one implementation, the content processing appliance utilizes backend content filtering provided by a remote scanning service accessed via a network. The system employs network level analysis and translation of content and executes various procedures to handle the network traffic. In an embodiment of the invention, the appliance is provided with an automatic remote updating capability, wherein the software and data used by the appliance can be updated remotely via a network. Finally, the appliance may also implement parental controls. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20130013907 | WIRELESS ROUTER REMOTE FIRMWARE UPGRADE - A wireless router receives a firmware update from a remote server, and destructively overwrites router firmware in flash memory in a chunk-wise manner, and then writes a kernel memory before going live with upgraded firmware. Some routers authenticate the firmware image. In some cases, image chunks are re-ordered into an executable order after receipt and before finishing their final arrangement in the flash memory. In some routers, a maximum firmware image size is at least two chunk sizes smaller than the flash memory storage capacity. Some routers remap ROM to RAM memory. Some decompress data from flash into a RAM. Some save text file configuration settings in flash before rebooting. Some detect a user's inactive billing status and redirect a web browser to a billing activation page. | 01-10-2013 |
Luc Fortin, Chicoutimi CA
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| 20110158868 | IMPROVEMENT TO THE BAYER PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE, SAID PROCESS COMPRISING A STEP IN WHICH THE SUPERSATURATED LIQUOR IS FILTERED AT HIGH TEMPERATURE BEFORE DECOMPOSITION - Process for manufacturing alumina trihydrate by alkaline attack of bauxite, following the general steps of the Bayer process, and during which, after settling and before decomposition, the aluminate liquor undergoes a filtration, known as security filtration, so that at the end of the filtration it contains less than 10 mg/l of insoluble particles, characterized in that, during said security filtration, a filtration device is used that comprises a zone in which the liquor is subjected, after passing through said filtration media, to a pressure greater than 2 bar, preferably greater than 3 bar. Preferably, this device also comprises a zone in which the liquor is subjected, before passing through the filtration media, to a pressure greater than 5 bar, preferably greater than 6, typically in the vicinity of 7 bar. In this way, the aluminate liquor can be kept at a high temperature during the security filtration, typically greater than 130° C., preferably greater than 140° C., and be brought to a high degree of supersaturation Rp, typically greater than 1.25, without risk of reversion. | 06-30-2011 |
Marc Fortin, Quebec CA
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| 20120291411 | LEAF STRIPPER - The present invention relates to a leaf stripper for removing leaves from a plant. The leaf stripper includes a housing having an interior. The stripper has a grille supported by the housing and in communication with the interior. The grille is shaped to selectively enable the leaves to at least partially pass therethrough. The stripper has a stripping motor disposed within the interior of the housing and supported by the housing. The stripper has a rotatable string member operatively connected to the stripping motor. The string member is configured to create a partial vacuum within the interior of the housing for at least partially sucking the leaves through the grille when rotated and to at least partially shred the leaves at least partially passing through the grille. | 11-22-2012 |
Marc-Antoine Fortin, Repentigny CA
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| 20110261805 | UNIVERSAL ACQUISITION AND TRACKING APPARATUS FOR GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) - An acquisition and tracking apparatus is provided for tracking digitized spread spectrum navigation signals modulated with a spreading code according to any of a set of modulation types including Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) with and without Frequency Domain Multiplexing Access (FDMA), time multiplexed BPSK, Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK), sine and cosine Binary Offset Carrier (BOC), modified, complex, and time multiplexed BOC (TMBOC), the apparatus comprising a plurality of universal tracking channels, each coupled to an interrupt module. The universal tracking channel includes a carrier demodulation module, a code generation module, a correlator module, a code frequencies generation module, and a subcarrier combining module for efficiently using the correlator resources in the correlation of the data and the pilot components of the signal within a single universal tracking channel. A corresponding method of operation is also provided. | 10-27-2011 |
Mathieu Fortin, Caraquet CA
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| 20120060430 | FOLDABLE ROOF FOR FOLDABLE HABITATION AND METHOD OF HANDLING AND STACKING FOLDABLE HABITATIONS - The foldable habitation has a foldable roof with a central section which can be folded into a generally flat configuration for transportation and storage, and which can be automatically deployed into a chevron shape upon deploying lateral sections of the roof. A novel method of handling a foldable habitation is also disclosed. | 03-15-2012 |
Maxime Fortin, La Prairie CA
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| 20090146801 | Tuning algorithm for clock source frequency drift - An emergency evacuation and fire safety system has a plurality of signal devices. The clock source frequencies are tuned using the method and system such that the signals flash in synchronization continuously at a preset flashing interval upon detecting an alarm condition. A synchronization signal including a calibrated time position is broadcast at each predetermined time interval to all notification appliances. A time difference is computed between a local time position and the received calibrated time position by each of the notification appliances at each predetermined time interval and tuning the flashing of each of the one or more notification appliances by adjusting the preset flashing interval based on the computed time difference by each of the one or more associated notification appliances. | 06-11-2009 |
Michel Fortin, Lac Beauport CA
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| 20110101848 | FLUORESCENCE-BASED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device generates a broadband light beam in response to an excitation light beam. The light emitting device includes a matrix in which is provided a plurality of fluorescent components of different types. Each type of fluorescent component has an absorption spectrum and an emission spectrum respectively differing from absorption and emission spectra of other types of fluorescent components. The matrix and the types, concentration and positioning of the fluorescent components are selected to output the broadband light beam in response to the excitation light beam. The types of fluorescent components may include fluorescent compounds, quantum dots or a combination thereof. The light-emitting device above may be used as a fluorescent standard, or incorporated into a light source. Scattering elements may also be incorporated in the matrix. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110291025 | FLOW CYTOMETRY ANALYSIS ACROSS OPTICAL FIBER - An apparatus and method for analyzing a fluid with particle analytes, where the fluid is fed through a passageway within an optical fiber and excitation light is guided by the optical fiber across the passageway and intersects the fluid therein. The optical core is made multimode and is adapted to shape the excitation light with a uniform spatial illumination over a cross-section of the optical core and the passageway is configured relative to the optical core such that the particle analytes are exposed to substantially equal excitation light while circulating in the passageway. | 12-01-2011 |
Michel Fortin, Ste- Marthe-Sur-Le-Lac CA
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| 20100061091 | LED BASED ACORN STYLE LUMINAIRE - A conventional acorn style globe is described incorporating the utilization of LED's as an illumination source. A supporting heat dissipation plate is provided which extends to the exterior periphery of the acorn style luminaire allowing heat to transfer from the LED's directly to the exterior of the acorn style luminaire while maintaining the integrity of an acorn style globe construction. A plurality of individually orientable lenses on each of the LED's positioned within the interior of the globe allow for efficient downlight and desirable optical characteristics. Interior access may be provided through removal of the globe top to thereby provide accessibility to the LED board mounted on the heat transfer plate. | 03-11-2010 |
Patrick Fortin, Thetford Mines CA
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| 20080211216 | Coupler for a Vehicle Accessory - A coupler assembly for coupling an accessory to a vehicle chassis. The coupler assembly includes a male portion having a male attachment end and a conical male portion, the male side walls each having a male pin aperture, a female portion having a female attachment end and a conical female portion, the conical female portion adapted to at least partly receive the conical male portion, the female side walls each having a female pin aperture, the female pin apertures adapted to be aligned with the male pin apertures when the conical male portion is at least partly received in the conical female portion and two pins adapted to be displaced from a retracted configuration wherein the pins are one of fully contained within the conical male portion and outside the conical female portion and an extended configuration wherein the tip ends of the pins extend through both the male pin apertures and the female pin apertures when the conical male portion is at least partly received in the conical female portion. The male conical portion may include a double pin displacement mechanism adapted to displace the pins to one of the retracted configuration and the extended configuration. | 09-04-2008 |
Philippe Fortin, Montreal CA
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| 20120188334 | Generating 3D stereoscopic content from monoscopic video content - An automated method for producing 3D stereoscopic image pairs (left and right) from a single image source, such as a 2D video frame. The resulting 3D stereoscopic video content is then displayable as 3D content, e.g., on a compatible 3D display, or available for further processing. According to the method, and for each frame in a sequence, first and second luminosity maps are generated. The first luminosity map is applied to the frame to generate a first image of a stereoscopic pair, and the second luminosity map is applied to the frame to generate the second (corresponding) image of the stereoscopic pair. Each pixel in each frame is processed independently to generate the respective luminosity maps. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120218393 | Generating 3D multi-view interweaved image(s) from stereoscopic pairs - An automatic method for producing 3D multi-view interweaved image(s) from a stereoscopic image pair source to be displayed via an auto-multiscopic display. The technique is optimized to allow its use as part of a real-time 3D video handling system. Preferably, the 3D interweaved image(s) are generated from a stereo pair where partial disparity is calculated between the pixels of the stereo images. The partial disparity information is then used at a sub-pixel level to produce a series of target (intermediary) views for the sub-pixel components at each image position (x, y). Then, these target views are used to generate a desired number of views resulting in glass-free 3D via an auto-multiscopic display. | 08-30-2012 |
Pierre Fortin, Quebec CA
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| 20100246783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING A CALLING PARTY TO LEAVE A VOICE MESSAGE FOR A CALLED PARTY IN RESPONSE TO A COMMAND PROVIDED BY THE CALLING PARTY - A method for allowing a calling party to leave a message for a called party. The method comprises: receiving a command provided by the calling party and indicative of a desire of the calling party to leave a message for the called party; obtaining message destination information associated with the called party; receiving a voice message provided by the calling party; generating an electronic message representative of the voice message; and causing transmission of the electronic message based on the message destination information. An apparatus for implementing the method is also provided. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100272247 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING A CALLING PARTY TO LEAVE A VOICE MESSAGE FOR A CALLED PARTY - A method for execution by a network entity to allow a calling party to leave a message for a called party, the calling party using a communication device to call the called party, the network entity being connected to the communication device via a communications network. The method may comprise: consulting at least one source of information in an attempt to obtain message destination information associated with the called party; if the attempt is successful, providing an opportunity for the calling party to leave a message for the called party; receiving a voice message provided by the calling party via the communication device; generating an electronic message representative of the voice message provided by the calling party; and causing transmission of the electronic message based on the message destination information. An apparatus for implementing the method is also provided. | 10-28-2010 |
Raymond Edward Fortin, Newmarket CA
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| 20110010999 | Window Regulator Assembly For A Vehicle - In an aspect, the invention is directed to a window regulator assembly that includes a carrier, a set of lifter plates, a drive motor and drive cables for operatively connecting the drive motor to the lifter plates. At least one rail may be integral with the carrier. The carrier has a carrier seal that is co-molded therewith. The carrier has a pulley assembly thereon that includes a pulley and a pulley bearing member that has a pulley bending load bearing surface that is conical and that mates with a carrier bending load bearing surface that is inner-conical. The lifter plate is capable of a relatively strong connection to a vehicle window. The lifter plate has a window pass-through member that passes through a locking aperture in the vehicle window. The window pass-through member has two ends and is supported at both ends against vertical withdrawal of the vehicle window. The lifter plate also has a reduced tendency to bind when in use. The lifter plate has lateral engagement surfaces that are for engagement with lateral guide surfaces and has cable mounts for receiving drive cables. The cable mounts are positioned laterally between the lateral engagement surfaces. Additionally, the vehicle window lifter plate has lateral engagement surfaces that are for engagement with lateral guide surfaces. The lateral engagement surfaces are biased against the lateral guide surfaces, thereby giving the lifter plate the capability to accommodate lateral forces with a reduced tendency to bind. A wiring harness clip for holding wiring harnesses to the carrier is provided. The wiring harness clip has two clip elements that together define a wiring harness retaining aperture in a longitudinal direction and an inlet thereto. The wiring harness inlet is canted to a non-zero angle relative to the longitudinal direction. The perpendicular spacing between the two clip elements is larger than the distance between them in the transverse direction. | 01-20-2011 |
Regis Fortin, Laval CA
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| 20120233989 | FLUID COMPRESSION SYSTEM - A fluid pump ( | 09-20-2012 |
Rejean Fortin, Montreal CA
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| 20090088431 | Heteroaromatic Compounds as Inhibitors of Stearoyl-Coenzyme a Delta-9 Desaturase - Heteroaromatic compounds of structural formula (I) are selective inhibitors of stearoyl-coenzyme A delta-9 desaturase (SCD1) relative to other known stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturases. The compounds of the present invention are useful for the prevention and treatment of conditions related to abnormal lipid synthesis and metabolism, including cardiovascular disease, such as atherosclerosis; lipid disorders; obesity; diabetes; neurological disease; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance; fatty liver disease and cancer. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100152208 | BICYCLIC HETEROAROMATIC COMPOUNDS AS INHIBITORS OF STEAROYL-COENZYME A DELTA-9 DESATURASE - Bicyclic heteroaromatic compounds of structural formula I are inhibitors of stearoyl-coenzyme A delta-9 desaturase (SCD). The compounds of the present invention are useful for the prevention and treatment of conditions related to abnormal lipid synthesis and metabolism, including cardiovascular disease, such as atherosclerosis; obesity; Type 2 diabetes; insulin resistance; hyperglycemia; Metabolic Syndrome; neurological disease; cancer; and liver steatosis. Formula (I). | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100179173 | SUBSTITUTED FUSED PYRIMIDINES AS ANTAGONISTS OF GPR105 ACTIVITY - Fused pyrimidine compounds of structural formula (I) are effective as antagonists of the biological activity of the GPR105 protein. They are useful for the treatment, control or prevention of disorders responsive to antagonism of this receptor, such as diabetes, particularly, Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, lipid disorders, obesity, atherosclerosis, and Metabolic Syndrome. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100298347 | SUBSTITUTED 2-NAPHTHOIC ACIDS AS ANTAGONISTS OF GPR105 ACTIVITY - Substituted 2-naphthoic acids of structural formula are effective as antagonists of the biological activity of GPR105 protein. They are useful for the treatment, control or prevention of disorders responsive to antagonism of this receptor, such as diabetes, particularly, Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, lipid disorders, obesity, atherosclerosis, and conditions associated with the Metabolic Syndrome. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110263658 | RENIN INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to biphenyl-based renin inhibitor compounds having amino-terminal groups, and their use in treating cardiovascular events and renal insufficiency. | 10-27-2011 |
Samuel Fortin, Ste-Luce CA
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| 20090291102 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID MONOGLYCERIDES OR DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND USES THEREOF - There are provided various compounds and compositions comprising polyunsaturated fatty acid monoglycerides and derivatives thereof. These compounds and compositions can be useful as cancer chemopreventive agents. They can also be useful for enhancing solubility of various active agents and enhancing their bioavailability. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090292019 | POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID MONOGLYCERIDES, DERIVATIVES, AND USES THEREOF - There are provided various polyunsaturated fatty acid monoglycerides and derivatives thereof. These compounds can be useful as cancer chemopreventive agents, cancer treating agent, inhibiting tumor growth or cell proliferation, reducing tumor growth or as radioenhencers for radiotherapy of cancer. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100160261 | POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID MONOGLYCERIDES, DERIVATIVES, AND USES THEREOF - There are provided various polyunsaturated fatty acid monoglycerides and derivatives thereof. These compounds can be useful as cancer chemopreventive agents, cancer treating agent, inhibiting tumor growth or cell proliferation, reducing tumor growth or as radioenhencers for radiotherapy of cancer. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100196496 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID MONOGLYCERIDES OR DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND USES THEREOF - There are provided various compounds and compositions comprising polyunsaturated fatty acid monoglycerides and derivatives thereof. These compounds and compositions can be useful as cancer chemopreventive agents. They can also be useful for enhancing solubility of various active agents and enhancing their bioavailability. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20120208884 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID MONOGLYCERIDES, DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND USES THEREOF - There are provided various compounds and compositions comprising polyunsaturated fatty acid monoglycerides and derivatives thereof. These compounds and compositions can be useful as cancer chemopreventive agents. They can also be useful for enhancing solubility of various active agents and enhancing their bioavailability. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120213823 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID MONOGLYCERIDES, DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND USES THEREOF - There are provided various compounds and compositions comprising polyunsaturated fatty acid monoglycerides and derivatives thereof. These compounds and compositions can be useful as cancer chemopreventive agents. They can also be useful for enhancing solubility of various active agents and enhancing their bioavailability. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120213872 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID MONOGLYCERIDES, DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND USES THEREOF - There are provided various compounds and compositions comprising polyunsaturated fatty acid monoglycerides and derivatives thereof. These compounds and compositions can be useful as cancer chemopreventive agents. They can also be useful for enhancing solubility of various active agents and enhancing their bioavailability. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120251582 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID MONOGLYCERIDES OR DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND USES THEREOF - There are provided various compounds and compositions comprising polyunsaturated fatty acid monoglycerides and derivatives thereof. These compounds and compositions can be useful as cancer chemopreventive agents. They can also be useful for enhancing solubility of various active agents and enhancing their bioavailability. | 10-04-2012 |
Sébastien Fortin, Saint-Etienne-De-Lauzon CA
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| 20120309777 | SUBSTITUTED 2-IMIDAZOLIDONES AND ANALOGS - Compounds of formula (I): wherein R | 12-06-2012 |
Sylvain Fortin, St-Laurent CA
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| 20110161427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION-AWARE MESSAGING - An approach is provided for insertion of location-related information into a communication message. A communication message is received from an application resident on a mobile device, wherein the communication message specifies location-related information that includes addressing information or point-of-interest information, and the application includes either an electronic mail application, an instant messaging application, or a social networking application. The location-related information is extracted from the communication message. The location-related information is presented as an actionable item that triggers an action to be executed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110208801 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUGGESTING ALTERNATE ACTIONS TO ACCESS SERVICE CONTENT - An approach is provided for suggesting an alternate action associated with service content. The suggestion platform receives a request, from a device, for accessing service content. Next, the suggestion platform determines at least one alternate action associated with the service content. Then, the suggestion platform suggests the alternate action for accessing the service content. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110289520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING APPLICATIONS ON DEMAND TO DISPLAY AND MANIPULATE A SEMANTIC RESOURCE - An approach is provided for integrating applications on demand to display and manipulate a semantic resource. An integrating application causes, at least in part, reception of a request for a semantic resource, and determines whether the semantic resource is known to a first application. The integrating application discovers one or more properties of the semantic resource based, at least in part, on the determination. The integrating application identifies a second application associated with the semantic resource based, at least in part, on the one or more properties. The integrating application causes, at least in part, presentation of the semantic resource through the second application. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110296517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REACTIVE AUTHORIZATION - An approach is provided for providing reactive authorization for accessing a semantic network resource. An access application of a resource owner entity detects an authorization proxy entity acting between at least a semantic network resource and a requesting entity that requests access to the semantic network resource. The access application determines to cause, at least in part, actions that result in transmission of a query for whether to accept the requesting entity to an owner entity of the semantic network resource. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120042076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING APPLICATION RESOURCES VIA POLICY RULES - An approach is provided for managing resources. One or more policy rules for managing one or more resources of an application executing at a device are determined. The one or more policy rules are determined to be applied for selecting the one or more resources from among a set of resources. | 02-16-2012 |
Vincent Fortin, Bromont CA
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| 20090029533 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING FILM STRESS IN MEMS DEVICES - A structural film, typically of silicon, in MEMS or NEMS devices is fabricated by depositing the film in the presence of a gas other than nitrogen, and preferably argon as the carrier gas. | 01-29-2009 |