Galaviz

Fernando V. Galaviz, Mclean, VA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110054968	CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM - Disclosed is a system for continuous performance improvement. The system can include a web-based workspace module adapted to provide visibility of project documentation and to provide collaboration and version control for the project documentation, the web-based workspace further adapted to provide a corporate portal. The system can also include a project performance management module adapted to provide an assessment of current project performance against project-unique performance metrics. The system can further include a contract deliverable management module adapted to provide a report of project deliverables along with a delivery status of each project deliverable, and a financial reporting module adapted to provide financial reports representing project financial status. The system can also include an a customer satisfaction assurance module adapted to receive self assessment information and client feedback information related to performance on the project and to provide a report indicating customer satisfaction as represented by the self assessment information and the client feedback information.	03-03-2011

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120028207	ORTHODONTIC CONNECTOR PROVIDING CONTROLLED ENGAGEMENT WITH AN ORTHODONTIC WIRE - The present invention provides an orthodontic connector, along with related assemblies, used in coupling an orthodontic wire to an orthodontic auxiliary such a force module. The connector includes a slot with rigid and opposing walls and one or more flexible clips, which independently engage the wire. The combination of rigid and flexible components allows the connector to easily engage to and disengage from the wire and couple with a wide range of auxiliaries and fixed orthodontic appliances while simultaneously preventing the connector and associated auxiliary from unduly rotating about the longitudinal axis of the wire. Restricting this rotation advantageously prevents these components from either rotating into the occlusion or into the patient's soft tissue.	02-02-2012

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090258238	SILICIDE FORMATION UTILIZING NI-DOPED COBALT DEPOSITION SOURCE - A method of forming a layer of an electrically conductive metal-silicide material, comprises steps of: providing a Si-containing workpiece; forming a Ni-doped Co layer on a surface of the workpiece, as by sputter deposition utilizing a Ni-doped Co sputtering target; and reacting the Ni-doped Co layer and workpiece. Embodiments include performing a salicide process to form electrically conductive Ni-doped Co silicide functioning as electrically conductive contacts to the gate electrode and source and drain regions of a MOS transistor. Also disclosed are PVD sources, e.g., sputtering targets, comprising Ni-doped Co and utilized for forming the Ni-doped Co layer.	10-15-2009