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Francisco J. Alanis, Cedar Park, TX US
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| 20110267422 | MULTI-PARTICIPANT AUDIO/VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH PARTICIPANT ROLE INDICATOR - An audio/video communication system displays the status of participants in a video chat session. The system includes multiple video chat capable (VCC) information handling systems (IHSs) that display video images of the participants. In this manner, each user may see the user's own video image as well as the video images of other users in the video chat session. When a user speaks, that user's VCC IHS detects audio, thus designating a speaker participant. This user's VCC IHS includes a gaze direction detector that determines at which particular user video image the user gazes, thus determining a target participant. The VCC IHS sends speaker participant ID information and target participant ID information to other VCC IHSs in the video chat session. In response, the other VCC IHSs display an indicator that designates one user video image as the speaker participant and another user video image as the target participant. | 11-03-2011 |
Francisco J. Azcarate, Houston, TX US
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| 20120011919 | AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF PRESSURIZED RESERVOIR FLUIDS - Processing a reservoir fluid sample includes separating the reservoir fluid sample into a vapor phase stream and a liquid phase stream, assessing a composition of the vapor phase stream, sampling a property of the liquid phase steam, and assessing a volume of a components of the liquid phase stream based at least in part on the sampled property of the liquid phase stream. A system for processing a reservoir fluid sample includes a volumetric receptacle adapted to accept the reservoir fluid sample, a phase separator configured to receive the reservoir fluid sample from the volumetric receptacle and to separate the reservoir fluid sample into a vapor phase stream and a liquid phase stream, a gas chromatograph arranged to receive the vapor phase stream from the phase separator, and a liquid flow meter configured to detect an interface including at least one component of the liquid phase stream. | 01-19-2012 |
Francisco J. Cervantes, San Luis Potosi MX
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| 20100044245 | IMMOBILIZED REDOX MEDIATORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED WATERS AND GAS EMISSIONS - The present invention relates to a treatment process applicable to degrade or transform organic and inorganic pollutants, commonly found in industrial wastewaters, contaminated aquifers and gas emissions, in which reduction or oxidation reactions (e.g. redox reactions) are involved. The treatment concept comprises reactors in which catalysts, with redox mediating properties, have been immobilized on ion exchange resins in order to improve and accelerate the transformation of priority pollutants by chemical or biological means. | 02-25-2010 |
Francisco J. Espinosa-Loza, Livermore, CA US
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| 20090283176 | Cryogenic Capable High Pressure Containers for Compact Storage of Hydrogen Onboard Vehicles - A cryogenic-capable high pressure container which combines the use of cryogenic-capable high pressure vessels and ultra-thin thermal barrier(s) having a thickness less than about 5 mm because of the reduced thermal requirements of the container from flexible usage, for maximizing storage space. Additional increase in storage capacity may be obtained by using conformable pressure vessels having box-shaped configurations for further maximizing storage space and capacity. Further efficiencies may be achieved by nesting high pressure vessels inside box-shaped lower pressure vessels to utilize for storage the interstitial spaces form between them. | 11-19-2009 |
Francisco J. Esteva, Bellaire, TX US
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| 20110150868 | DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS INVOLVING PTEN AND BREAST CANCER - Patients with ErbB2-overexpressing cancers can be given an ErbB2 targeting agent as a therapeutic regimen but not all patients are responsive. The present invention concerns the diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic methods and compositions for evaluating potential efficacy of an ErbB2 targeting agent in an ErbB2-overexpressing cancers by evaluating PTEN expression, which is predictive of responsiveness or resistance to ErbB2 targeting agents such as trastuzumab. Low PTEN expression is predictive of a patient who will respond poorly to trastuzumab. | 06-23-2011 |
Francisco J. Fangonilo, Milpitas, CA US
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| 20090036149 | SINGLE BUTTON CONTACT REQUEST AND RESPONSE - A system and a method are disclosed for sharing contact information between two mobile phones. A user of a first mobile phone can select contact information stored in the mobile phone to be shared with a second mobile phone while having live phone call with a caller of the second mobile phone. The first mobile phone transmits the contact information to the second mobile phone using a voice channel of the phone call while the phone call is established. For example, the first mobile phone may convert the contact information into an audio signal and send the audio signal to the second mobile phone while the phone call is established. The second mobile phone receives the contact information and provides a user interface such that a caller can call a phone number in the contact information with a single button press. | 02-05-2009 |
Francisco J. Garcia-Ascanio, Redmond, WA US
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| 20100138385 | SUPPORTING MEDIA CONTENT REVERT FUNCTIONALITY ACROSS MULTIPLE DEVICES - Both an edited version of a first image and an original version of the first image are stored at a first computing device. In response to a user request to synchronize images across multiple computing devices, both the edited version of the first image and the original version of the first image are synchronized with a second computing device. A user is allowed to revert to the original version of the first image regardless of on which of the multiple computing devices the edited version was changed. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100262582 | CONTENT SYNCHRONIZATION ACROSS MULTIPLE COMPUTERS - Methods and systems provide a tool for synchronizing content across multiple computers. In one or more embodiments, files and folders can be automatically synchronized when multiple computers are available. Further, in at least some embodiments, automatic synchronization can be effected on each of two or more computers by a single user action on a single computer, such as a mouse click. Additionally, in other embodiments, the tool can present an option to synchronize content across multiple computers. | 10-14-2010 |
Francisco J. Jimenez-Garrido, Sevilla ES
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| 20100259661 | AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT AND IMAGING DEVICE IMAGING DEVICE - This invention is an amplification circuit which limits increased power consumption and circuit surface area use and an imaging device including this amplification circuit. After initially discharging a capacitor, a signal charge corresponding to the difference between pixel signals is transferred repeatedly to the capacitor during an integration phase storing a signal charge proportional to the number of repetitions. The output of amplification is the signal charge accumulated in the capacitor. The gain is independent of the capacitor capacitance ratio. Thus the capacitor size can be smaller than conventional amplification circuits. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100265373 | Solid State Image Pickup Device and Driving Method Therefor - The objective of this invention is to provide a solid-state image pickup device and its driving method that has a minimum circuit area and a wide dynamic range. The invention includes: a sensor array SA; a memory M; and a signal determination circuit DC. The sensor array has plural pixels in an array integrated on a semiconductor substrate. Each pixel sequentially outputs a first signal and a second signal. The memory M is connected to each column of pixels array and stores the first signal or the second signal. The signal determination circuit DC outputs signal (SS) such that it works as follows: when the first signal is input to memory M from the pixel, the signal determination circuit DC determines whether the first signal can be used. If so, the first signal is selected and the second signal is discarded and is not output to memory M. When the second signal is selected, the second signal is uploaded to memory M. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100277623 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - This invention is an image pickup device that realizes a wide dynamic range while minimizing circuit area using a pixel array that can pick up a low-sensitivity image and a high-sensitivity image. This invention obtains information (S | 11-04-2010 |
Francisco J. Lujan, Juarez MX
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| 20110133491 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH - A vehicle door latch assembly is disclosed herein, the vehicle door latch having: a forkbolt movably secured to the latch assembly, the forkbolt being capable of movement between a latched position and an unlatched position; a detent lever movably secured to the latch assembly, the detent lever being capable of movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the detent lever retains the forkbolt in the latched position when the detent lever is in the engaged position and a engagement surface of the detent lever contacts an engagement surface of the forkbolt; and an anti-bypass member secured to the latch assembly, the anti-bypass member being configured to prevent the engagement surface of the detent lever from being deflected away from the engagement surface of the forkbolt when the detent lever is in the engaged position and the forkbolt is in the latched position such that the forkbolt would be able to move to the unlatched position when the detent lever is in the engaged position. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110133492 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH - A vehicle door latch assembly is provided, the latch assembly having: a release lever rotatably secured to the latch assembly, the release lever being capable of being moved between a latched position and an unlatched position; an actuating link rotatably secured to the latch assembly; a bypass member rotatably secured to the latch assembly; and wherein the actuating link is capable of linear movement such that a center of rotation of the actuating link is movable between a first position and a second position and wherein the actuating link couples the release lever to the bypass member when the center of rotation of the actuating link is in the first position and the actuating link does not couple the release lever to the bypass member when the center of rotation of the actuating link is in the second position. A method for coupling a release lever of a latch assembly to a bypass lever of the latch assembly is also provided. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110133493 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH - A vehicle door latch assembly is provided, the latch assembly having: a fork bolt movably secured to the latch assembly, the fork bolt being capable of movement between a latched position and an unlatched position; a detent lever movably secured to the latch assembly, the detent lever being capable of movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the detent lever retains the fork bolt in the latched position when the detent lever is in the engaged position and a engagement surface of the detent lever contacts an engagement surface of the fork bolt; and a spring member integrally formed with the detent lever, the spring member being deflected by a bumper secured to the latch assembly when the detent lever is moved to the engaged position. | 06-09-2011 |
Francisco J. Maldonado Diaz, Simi Valley, CA US
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| 20110167024 | Embedded health monitoring system based upon Optimized Neuro Genetic Fast Estimator (ONGFE) - A real time kernel for deploying health monitoring functions in Condition Base Maintenance (CBM) and Real Time Monitoring (RTM) systems is disclosed in this invention. The Optimized Neuro Genetic Fast Estimator (ONGFE) allows embedding failure detection, identification, and prognostics (FDI&P) capability by using Intelligent Software Element (ISE) based upon Artificial Neural Network (ANN). ONGFE enables embedded fast and on-line training for designing ANNs, which perform very high performance FDI&P functions. An advantage is the optimization block based on pseudogenetic algorithms, which compensate for effects due to initial weight values and local minimums without the computational burden of genetic algorithms. It provides a synchronization block for communication with secondary diagnostic modules. Also a scheme for conducting sensor data validation is embedded in Smart Sensors (SS). The algorithms are designed for a distributed, scalar, and modular deployment. The system electronics is built upon a network of smart sensors and a health monitoring computer for providing data acquisition capability and distributed computational power. | 07-07-2011 |
Francisco J. Napolez, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20100139575 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING, MONITORING, AND LOCATING ANIMALS - A light accessory is provided for a remotely controlled animal training system, allowing visual tracking of an animal in low ambient light conditions. The light accessory may be a stand-alone accessory or be in conjunction with a wireless receiver. The light accessory may be controlled by an accessory channel that exists in the remotely controlled animal training system, or may be controlled by the presence of a generic proximate radio frequency transmission. | 06-10-2010 |
Francisco J. Osse, Sao Paolo BR
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| 20100082051 | VASCULAR OCCLUSION DRILL - The invention provides a medical device for treatment of an obstructed vessel, the apparatus comprising: (a) an external conduit comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a cylindrical outer surface sized for passage through a blood vessel, and an internal lumen, the conduit lumen being threaded within at least a portion of the length of the conduit at the distal end, and (b) a shaft comprising a proximal end, a distal end, an internal lumen, and a cylindrical outer surface fitted inside the conduit lumen and having external threading over at least a portion of the length of the shaft at the distal end; where the shaft threading engages the external conduit threading allowing the shaft to be advanced through the lumen by rotation of the shaft. | 04-01-2010 |
Francisco J. Osse, Sao Paulo BR
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| 20080312735 | COMBINATION VALVE AND STENT FOR TREATING VASCULAR REFLUX - A stent and valve device assembly for manufacture using suitable biocompatible materials and for placement, preferably percutaneously, into a vascular lumen. | 12-18-2008 |
Francisco J. Rodgriguez, Austin, TX US
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| 20090290279 | GROUNDING ELECTRODE - Provided is an electrode having an insulating backing, a conductive path extending from a first major surface to a second major surface of the insulating backing, and an adhesive on at least one surface of the backing, wherein the electrode is attached to a grounding wire that is in electrical contact with the conductive path of the electrode. | 11-26-2009 |
Francisco J. Romay, Vadnais Heights, MN US
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| 20100085569 | APPARATUS FOR HIGH-ACCURACY FIBER COUNTING IN AIR - The present disclosure has an apparatus for detecting fibers in a gas flowing along a passageway. A laser beam is provided at one end of the passageway and the beam is directed along a length of the passageway through which the gas flows. An electrode system, as disclosed, a quadrupole electrode system is mounted along the passageway to cause fibers carried in the gas to oscillate in a detection zone. A photo detector is positioned laterally of the passageway and detects light scattered by the oscillating fibers and projected through an opening in the passageway to provide an output signal that is a function of the light scattered by the fibers in the detection zone. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110091649 | Method and apparatus for counting particles in a gas - The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for detecting particles in a gas by saturating the gas with vapor and causing the gas to flow through a chamber with walls that are at a temperature different than the temperature of the entering gas creating a gas turbulence within the chamber resulting in the gas becoming super-saturated with vapor and causing said super-saturated vapor to condense on said particles and form droplets, which are then detected and counted by an optical light-scattering detector. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110220811 | Electrical ionizer for aerosol charge conditioning and measurement - A method and apparatus are disclosed for exposing particles in a gas in order to cause the charge on the particles to change, the apparatus comprising a chamber with an inlet for the gas to enter and an outlet for the gas to exit. The chamber is surrounded by an enclosure with a conductive wall, the wall being held at a ground potential. An electrode with an exposed tip is in contact with the gas in the chamber, the electrode being held at a different potential from the ground potential. The electrode is connected to a source of voltage sufficient to cause a corona discharge to occur forming ions in the chamber, and creating a region of space with a high electric field intensity and another region of space in which the electric field intensity is lower. The inlet and outlet define a gas flow path from the inlet to the outlet such that the gas flow path passes mainly through the region with the lower electric field intensity. | 09-15-2011 |
Francisco J. Sillik, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20080226205 | Self-Standing Bag - A bag including a resilient support that can stand upright independently and is encased in flexible sheet material. The support is elastically deformed and tensions the sheet material as the support attempts to return to an undeformed condition. The bag can be provided with a cover and handles as well as an arrangement for inhibiting tipping or displacement of the bag. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20100276559 | Support Hanger for Insulation and Other Materials - An article for supporting a material that includes a hanger of rigid material, with the hanger including a first planar portion connected to an offset but parallel second planar portion by a planar shoulder disposed perpendicularly to both the first and second planar portions and further including at least one spike disposed upon a front surface of the first planar portion and at least one notch disposed upon a side surface of the second planer portion. A pair of hangers may be used to form a shelf-like support through connecting the pair of hangers with a wire or filament engaged within a notch, a barb, or both. | 11-04-2010 |
Francisco J. Sosa, Guadalupe MX
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| 20100080881 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WHOLE NIXTAMALIZED CORN FLOUR, USING A VACUUM CLASSIFIER COOLER - A process and apparatus for the continuous production of whole nixtamalized corn flour, includes a whole clean corn precooking with a lime solution to effect a partial hydrolysis of pericarp and bran with reduced soluble corn loss in Nejayote wastewater. Moisture content is then stabilized, followed by milling and drying preconditioned corn for further endosperm gelatinization in the whole ground kernel, venting and separating the dry-milled fractions. Adiabatic cooling under a partial vacuum of the vented dry-grind fractions and classifying with an upwardly airstream to strip the fine-grind from the coarse grind while the latter is separated downwardly as a moving bed. Venting and separating the classified fine grind fraction; sifting and recovering the cooled and classified fine grind so segregated from the coarse grind, remilling and further screening the coarse grind produces a whole nixtamalized corn flour for tortilla and whole grain corn-based foods. | 04-01-2010 |
Francisco J. Sotillo, Mulberry, FL US
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| 20080197053 | FROTH FLOTATION PROCESS WITH pH MODIFICATION - This invention relates to the pH modifier in alkaline froth flotation processes to treat oxide and semi-soluble salt ores, such as phosphates, sulfates, carbonates and halides, to increase the recovery while generally maintaining or improving selectivity, thus the grade of desired minerals. The invented pH modifier is used to replace traditional alkaline pH modifiers—hydroxides, carbonates and bicarbonates, such as sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, lime and ammonia in anionic flotation processes. The pH modifier is aqueous solution, comprised of combinations of sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, and sodium silicate, along with sulfonated surfactant products, such as sulfonated petroleum oil, fatty acids, alkylates, ethoxylated alcohol ethers, and also sulfosuccinamates; and anionic polymers. The pH modifier is also used as a promoter for anionic collectors and as a depressant for gangue minerals. | 08-21-2008 |
Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas, La Crescenta, CA US
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| 20100228156 | DEXTERITY DEVICE - Dexterity device for monitoring, diagnosing, and training a person's dexterity, comprising first and second end parts connected together by a compression means. During use the device is held between one or many fingers being in contact with the end parts, and the end parts are then pressed towards each other resulting in a compression of the compression means. The device further comprises sensor means arranged at one or both end parts at the surfaces intended to be in contact with the fingers during use of the device. The sensor means is adapted to sense and measure the forces applied to the end parts and/or the motions of the end parts, wherein the sensor means is adapted to generate sensor signals in dependence of measured forces and/or motions. The sensor signals are applied to a processing unit for monitoring, diagnosing or training purposes based upon said sensor signals. | 09-09-2010 |
Francisco J. Villarreal-Saucedo, Avon, CT US
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| 20090116531 | LASER HAVING DISTRIBUTED INDUCTANCES - An RF excited laser assembly includes a pair of opposed electrodes, and at least one inductor. The pair of opposed electrodes defines an inter-electrode gap that provides a discharge volume for laser propagation within a gas medium. The pair of opposed electrodes define one or more discharge-free regions within a laser-free region in the inter-electrode gap. The least one inductor is electrically connected to both electrodes and extends between the electrodes within the inter-electrode gap and inside of the one or more discharge-free regions within the laser-free region. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100012818 | OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC MAPPING INSTRUMENT - A system for measuring the wavefront characteristics of a powerful laser close to an emitting or transmitting surface of the laser. The system includes a beam sampler that has a sampling aperture for sampling radiation from a sampled area along the emitting or transmitting surface. The beam sampler includes a reflector for directing un-sampled radiation onto an absorber, which absorbs un-sampled radiation. Radiation sampled by the beam sampler is sensed using a sensor. | 01-21-2010 |