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Allan Gale, Livonia, MI US
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| 20080203183 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRICAL ACTUATOR - A method to improve the performance of an electrically controlled actuator is described. The method is capable of improving engine starting during at least some operating conditions. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204178 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE OPERATION OF ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED ACTUATORS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method to improve the performance of an electrically operable actuator is described. The method demagnetizes at least the core of an electromagnet to improve operation of the electrically operable actuator. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090108096 | System and Method for Reducing Power Consumption When Heating a Fuel Injector - A method for heating fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine, method comprising of supplying current from a power source to a plurality of electrically operable mechanical actuators; said current supplied sequentially to at least two electrically operable mechanical actuators of said plurality of electrically operable mechanical actuators and said current having attributes at a level sufficient to produce a time-varying magnetic field having a power density that substantially raises the temperature of an armature of said electrically operable mechanical valve, while substantially maintaining the operating states that said at least two electrically operable mechanical actuator assumed prior to applying said current. | 04-30-2009 |
Allan R. Gale, Livonia, MI US
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| 20080203973 | Interactive battery charger for electric vehicle - A method for recharging an electric storage battery in the charging system of an electric vehicle from an electric utility power grid includes determining the length of time required to recharge the battery, determining the desired time when the recharge is to be completed, transmitting to the electric power utility the length of time required to recharge the battery and the desired time, and recharging the battery from the utility grid during a period when projected load demand is lower than peak demand and ending no later than the desired time. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080218121 | Charging a battery using a circuit having shared loads - A method for charging an electric storage battery in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle through a power supply circuit, includes coupling the charger to the circuit, determining whether another appliance in the circuit other than the charger is drawing current, determining a maximum charge rate at which the battery can be charged using the charger, charging the battery at the maximum charge rate if no other appliance in the circuit is drawing current, and charging the battery at less than the maximum charge rate if another appliance in the circuit is drawing current. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080231230 | Using a circuit rating to establish a charge rate for an electric storage battery of an electric vehicle - A method for charging an electric storage battery in a plug-in electric vehicle through a power supply circuit includes coupling a charger to the circuit, providing the charger with a signal representing a current capacity of the circuit, using the signal to determine a maximum charge rate corresponds to the current capacity of the circuit represented by the signal, and charging the battery through the circuit and charger at the maximum charge rate. | 09-25-2008 |
Anne Gale, Landing, NJ US
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| 20100254926 | Propylene Glycol/Glycerin-Based Deodorant - The present invention relates to a stick type composition comprising propylene glycol, glycerin and water. | 10-07-2010 |
Anthony B. Gale, Hutto, TX US
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| 20110131073 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SPECIAL AND PARATRANSIT TRIPS - A computer based method for managing special needs transportation, including receiving, using a processor for at least one specially programmed computer, data from a plurality of agencies having at least one vehicle available for providing transportation for clients with special needs. The data includes manifests for the at least one vehicle. The method uses the processor to: receive a request for transportation for a client; generate a visual representation of how the request affects the scheduling and capacity for agency vehicles; enable access by the agencies to the data, the request, and the visual representations; receive an offer from a respective computer system for an agency from the plurality of agencies to provide a vehicle to provide the transportation requested in the request; modify the data to incorporate changes to the data for the agency due to providing the vehicle; and transmit information regarding the request to the vehicle. | 06-02-2011 |
Anthony Bruce Gale, Hutto, TX US
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| 20110301997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FLEET VEHICLES OR EMPLOYEE OWNED VEHICLES - A computer based system for managing vehicles, including: a memory unit for at least one specially programmed computer, for storing a request from a first user regarding a trip including a starting point, destination, and schedule. The system includes a processor for the computer for receiving a request from a second user regarding a trip including a starting point, a destination, and a schedule. The processor calculates whether the requests are compatible by calculating whether the following are true: the starting points are within a range of each other; the destinations are within a range of each other; and the schedules are within a range of each other. If the requests are compatible, the processor is for: assigning a vehicle from a plurality of vehicles to the requests; and displaying a notification regarding the assignment of the vehicle. | 12-08-2011 |
Bradley T. Gale, Chatham, MA US
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| 20090119231 | System and method for pricing a product - A system, method, and program product is described that is constructed to establish a database of market information, relating to a target product and its competitors in the market. The database is processed to allow the user to establish a price for the target process based on customer perceived value and to display the processed information in several useful charts and tables for product value comparison, appraisal, and pricing. | 05-07-2009 |
Brian Gale, Bronx, NY US
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| 20090204435 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING MEDICAL IMAGING DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE DELIVERY - A system and method of automatically assigning diagnostic imaging centers, uploading diagnostic data, selecting and routing data to electronically connected reviewing physicians, on-line report generation and automatic billing is presented. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100088232 | VERIFICATION MONITOR FOR CRITICAL TEST RESULT DELIVERY SYSTEMS - A system and method for verification monitoring of a critical test result management (CTRM) system is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving test result metadata pertaining to test result messages provided to a CTRM system by a diagnostic test facility, verifying compliance of the diagnostic test facility with prescribed usage of the CTRM system using the test result metadata, and sending a message to an interested party regarding whether or not compliance of the diagnostic test facility has been verified. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110257997 | System and Method for Clinical Practice and Health Risk Reduction Monitoring - A System and Method for monitoring risk reduction activities in one or more medical practice settings and environments is described. The system automatically monitors communications and equipment to verify proper clinical treatment processes and activities that reduce the risk of poor clinical outcomes or increased risk to health. The system can also automatically monitor out-patient activities. Clinical activities are monitored and various rules and risk reduction metrics calculated from the data. Real-time monitoring further permits alarms to be triggered if certain clinical steps considered proper are not followed in a particular case. | 10-20-2011 |
Brian D. Gale, Blaine, MN US
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| 20080227571 | Tennis backboard - The invention provides a new tennis backboard design. The backboard includes a firm backing layer underlying a soft deadening layer. The rebound of a tennis ball from the backboard is reduced as compared to rebound from a rigid hard-surface backboard. This allows a player to stand fairly close to the backboard, which reduces misses. The player can stand fairly close and hit balls hard against the backboard. Because the rebound is reduced, the ball simply bounces back softly and easily to the player, allowing the player to hit hard again from a fairly short distance. Thus, long rallies without missing are easily achieved. Since the bounce is reduced, the player can stand closer to the backboard, and therefore the backboard can be smaller than conventional backboards without the player missing the backboard. This allows the backboard to be light, portable, and easily stored. Because of the addition of a soft deadening layer, the firm backing layer of the backboard can also be thin and made of lighter and weaker material than a conventional backboard, reducing the weight of the backboard. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20110247974 | FILTRATION SYSTEM - A filtration system is disclosed comprising a filter manifold and a filter cartridge. The filter manifold comprises a bracket, a valve, a manifold feed port, a manifold filtrate port, and a handle. The valve is held by the bracket and comprises a fixed portion attached to the bracket and a rotary portion. The handle is operatively connected to the rotary portion and comprises a cartridge lifter having one of a camming ramp or a camming lug lifter engagement feature. The handle is rotatable to a service position and a disengaged position, wherein the manifold feed port is blocked by the valve when the handle is in the disengaged position. The filter cartridge comprises a cartridge feed port, a cartridge filtrate port, and an external cartridge surface having one of a camming lug or a camming ramp for engaging the lifter engagement feature. | 10-13-2011 |
Bruce Gale, Taylorsvile, UT US
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| 20090211690 | Rapid Prototyping of Microstructures Using a Cutting Plotter - A method for making a microstructure includes: providing a film ( | 08-27-2009 |
Bruce K. Gale, Taylorsville, UT US
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| 20090302984 | HIGH FIELD STRENGTH MAGENTIC FIELD GENERATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A magnetic field generation system can comprise first ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100001730 | ENHANCED FILL-FACTOR NMR COILS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An NMR probe which includes a probe matrix ( | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100248994 | Tip overlay for continuous flow spotting apparatus - The present disclosure provides apparatuses, systems, and methods involving a spotter apparatus for depositing a substance from a carrier fluid onto a deposition surface in an ordered array, the spotter apparatus comprising a loading surface including a first well and a second well; and a different outlet surface, including a first opening and a second opening, where a first microconduit fluidly couples the first well with the first opening and a second microconduit fluidly couples the second well with the second opening. An overlay is sealed to the outlet surface and penetrated by a deposition channel that is situated to communicate carrier fluid among the first opening, the second opening, and the deposition surface when the overlay is pressed against the deposition surface. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110282328 | Intraocular Drug Delivery Device and Associated Methods - The present invention provides devices, systems, and methods for delivery of an active agent into the eye of a subject. In one aspect, for example, an ocular active agent delivery device ( | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120089113 | INTRAOCULAR DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Devices, systems, and methods for delivery of an active agent into the eye of a subject can include an ocular active agent delivery device ( | 04-12-2012 |
Bruce Kent Gale, Taylorsville, UT US
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| 20100075860 | MICROASSAY WITH INTERNAL REFERENCING - Specialized microfluidic networks are utilized to deposit substances on sensor surfaces. In particular, a flow-based microfluidic printhead is used as an interface to deliver multiple analytes to a sensor for simultaneous analysis. Furthermore, internal referencing is incorporated into sensor regions for improved sensitivity. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100167288 | Methods and Compositions Related to Continuous Flow Thermal Gradient PCR - Disclosed are compositions and a method for amplification and detection of nucleic acid sequences based on continuous flow thermal gradient PCR. | 07-01-2010 |
Burce K. Gale, Taylorsville, UT US
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| 20110104688 | MICROFLUIDIC FLOW CELL - A microfluidic flow cell having a body with a fluid transport channel disposed therein, the fluid transport channel having a proximal end and a distal end defining a fluid flow path, a fluid inlet port disposed at the proximal end of the fluid transport channel at a central portion of the body and an outlet port disposed at the distal end of the fluid transport channel at an outer portion of the body, and a plurality sample wells disposed in the fluid transport channel substantially perpendicular to the fluid flow path in the fluid transport channel. The microfluidic flow cell may have hundreds or thousands of individual, sub-microliter sample wells. The microfluidic flow cell can be filled by applying a flowable liquid to the inlet port and spinning the flow cell to cause fluid to flow into fluid transport channel. The microfluidic flow cells described herein can be used in a variety of applications where small sample size and/or a large number of replicates are desirable. | 05-05-2011 |
David Gale, Kennesaw, GA US
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| 20120009644 | Tissue Implants for Implantation and Methods for Preparing the Same - A method is provided for preparing a tissue implant for implantation. The method includes harvesting a tissue material from a human or an animal donor, treating the tissue material with water or a hypotonic solution to lyse native cells of the tissue material, treating the tissue material in a nuclease-containing solution which includes an antimicrobial, treating the tissue material with an alkaline alcohol solution, treating the tissue material with a chlorine dioxide treatment solution, and sterilizing the tissue material. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010725 | Tissue Implants for Implantation and Methods for Preparing the Same - A method is provided for preparing a tissue implant for implantation. The method includes treating a pericardium tissue material, which has been harvested from a donor and rendered essentially acellular, with a chlorine dioxide treatment solution; and thereafter treating the pericardium tissue material with an antioxidant solution, which comprises ascorbic acid or a salt thereof. | 01-12-2012 |
David A. Gale, Plymouth, MN US
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| 20110177197 | METHOD OF REDUCING VOIDS IN DOUGH - Methods of making dough pieces that can be baked to form baked bread articles having a reduced number of voids in the crumb are provided. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110223286 | METHOD OF REDUCING VOIDS IN DOUGH - Methods of making dough pieces that can be baked to form baked bread articles having a reduced number of voids in the crumb are provided. | 09-15-2011 |
David T. Gale, Champlin, MN US
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| 20090082896 | Credential Manufacturing Device Information Management - One embodiment of a credential production system includes a credential manufacturing device comprising a memory containing credential manufacturing device information relating to the credential manufacturing device, a client computer, a data store and a credential production server remote from the client computer and the credential manufacturing device and configured for data communication with the credential manufacturing device, the client computer and the data store. The credential production server comprises instructions stored in a tangible medium and executable by a microprocessor for receiving the credential manufacturing device information from the credential manufacturing device at the credential production server, storing the received credential manufacturing device information in the data store and sending the credential manufacturing device information in the data store to the client computer. Another embodiment is directed to a method of managing credential manufacturing device information in a credential production system. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090083309 | Credential Production Job Management - One embodiment of a credential production system includes a plurality of credential manufacturing devices, at least one client computer and a credential production server that is remote from the client computer and the credential manufacturing device. The credential production server comprises instructions stored in a tangible medium and executable by a microprocessor for receiving a credential production job from one of the client computers at the credential production server, wherein the credential production job identifies a credential manufacturing device model, selecting a final candidate credential manufacturing device among the plurality of credential manufacturing devices having a model that matches the model identified in the credential production job, and sending the credential production job to the final candidate credential manufacturing device for processing. Another embodiment is directed to a method of managing credential production jobs in a credential production system. | 03-26-2009 |
E. James Gale, Duvall, WA US
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| 20100141658 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHADOWS SHOWING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DEPTH - Digital shadowing when rendering visual items (e.g., windows) at different virtual display levels (such as z-order levels). The rendering is based on the determination of a position and virtual display level for each of the visual items to be displayed. For those visual items that cast a shadow on lower-level in-shadow visual items, the determined position of the shadow-casting visual item is used to render the shadow on each of the in-shadow visual items differently depending on the corresponding virtual display level of the in-shadow visual items. In particular, the in-shadow visual item that has a lower virtual display level has a longer shadow cast by the shadow-casting visual item than those in-shadow visual items that have a higher virtual display level. This allows the shadows to have a more natural look. | 06-10-2010 |
Ernest S. Gale, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20080259485 | System and Method for Cleaning a Tape Drive - A system, a method, and article of manufacture are employed to clean the input/output transducers on tape drives, verified by the tape drives reading alphanumeric information from data tracks and servo tracks of a cleaner tape. An aggressive cleaning frontcoat section of the cleaner tape can be used to provide additional cleaning action, and the cleanliness of the data read elements, data write elements, and the servo heads. A less-abrasive cleaning section may be used to clean less difficult types of contaminants. In this manner, the cleanliness of the data read elements, the data write elements, and the servo heads can be verified. A cleaning section may also be used as a leader section of a self-characterization section. Alternatively, a magnetic data tape section may be included for self-characterization. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080272222 | METHOD FOR REDUCING OCCURRENCES OF TAPE STICK CONDITIONS IN MAGNETIC TAPE - Disclosed is a method for reducing occurrences of tape stick conditions in magnetic tape, the method including stopping functional rotation of each of two bi-directionally rotatable reels of a reel-to-reel tape drive that includes a length of magnetic tape at least partially wound around each reel, a portion of the length of tape extending between the two moveable reels and contacting a head positioned between the two reels; wherein the stopping creates a stop condition in the tape drive, actuating a fractional rotation at least one of the two bi-directionally movable reels a fraction of a reel turn in a first direction during the stop condition, causing the portion of the length of tape to at least temporarily break contact with the head via the fractional rotation, and re-starting functional rotation of each of the reels, ending the stop condition via the re-starting. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20100188776 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A TAPE DRIVE - A system, a method, and article of manufacture are employed to clean the input/output transducers on tape drives, verified by the tape drives reading alphanumeric information from data tracks and servo tracks of a cleaner tape. An aggressive cleaning frontcoat section of the cleaner tape can be used to provide additional cleaning action, and the cleanliness of the data read elements, data write elements, and the servo heads. A less-abrasive cleaning section may be used to clean less difficult types of contaminants. In this manner, the cleanliness of the data read elements, the data write elements, and the servo heads can be verified. A cleaning section may also be used as a leader section of a self-characterization section. Alternatively, a magnetic data tape section may be included for self-characterization. | 07-29-2010 |
Ernest Stewart Gale, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20090302143 | APPLYING WHIP EFFECT TO MAGNETIC TAPE EXHIBITING A TAPE STICK CONDITION - As the result of a tape stick condition of magnetic tape with respect to a tape head, the supply reel and the take-up reel apply a base tension to the magnetic tape therebetween of substantially less than a full tension that occurs when the tape is running, and one reel varies the applied tension greater than and less than the base tension by an amount less than the base tension. The variation of the applied tension comprises first applying the greater tension and in succession, second, applying the less tension, comprising a whip effect. The whip effect may be in accordance with a sine wave. The varied tension is less than the base tension to maintain positive tension. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100033861 | ERROR BURST DETECTION AND AMELIORATION - A method according to one embodiment includes monitoring a data transfer operation for detecting temporary errors; determining whether art error burst has occurred based on the monitoring; if an error burst has occurred, altering a condition of the data transfer operation; monitoring the data transfer operation having the altered condition for detecting temporary errors; determining whether another error burst has occurred based on the monitoring of the data transfer operation having the altered condition; and if another error burst has occurred; altering another condition of the data transfer operation. Additional systems and methods are also presented. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100058115 | READ INTERCHANGE OPTIMIZATION - A method in one embodiment includes detecting an identifier of a drive that has written data to a data storage medium; performing a data transfer operation to read the data from the data storage medium; monitoring the data transfer operation for detecting temporary errors; determining whether an error burst has occurred based on the monitoring; and if an error burst has occurred, altering a condition of the data transfer operation, the alteration being selected based on the identifier of the drive that wrote the data to the data storage medium. Additional methods and systems are also disclosed. | 03-04-2010 |
Florin Gale, Kirkland, WA US
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| 20120117487 | Interaction with Networked Screen Content Via Mobile Phone in Retail Setting - A portable computing device may be configured to allow a user to interact with one or more displays in a retail environment. The portable computing device may establish a communication link with a communication device in the retail environment and the user may be able to use the portable computing device to navigate through retail data and have it displayed on the display device in the retail environment. | 05-10-2012 |
Greg Gale, Sagamore Hills, OH US
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| 20090197751 | CONTINUOUS FEEDER FOR PAPER FOLDING MACHINE AND PAPER FOLDING MACHINE INCORPORATING SAME - A continuous paper feeder for supplying paper to be folded to a paper folding machine is provided. The continuous paper feeder includes a conveyor, a guide, a blower for introducing air between sheets of paper to be supplied to a paper folding machine, and a sensor for controlling the output of the air. The guide includes opposing first surfaces and second surfaces and a plurality of apertures communicating between the first surface and the second surfaces. The blower is adapted to introduce air through the apertures located on the guide as an operator is loading a stack of paper to be folded onto the conveyor surface. | 08-06-2009 |
Henry Ware Gale, Westwood, MA US
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| 20080254272 | MULTI-LAYER SHEET FOR USE IN ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - A multi-layer film ( | 10-16-2008 |
John Gale, Columbus, IN US
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| 20120035973 | COMPUTERIZED DYNAMIC CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computerized system and method facilitates the collection, calculation, and analysis of supplier capacity data. Using portal technology, communications between the manufacturer and suppliers related to capacity data are facilitated. The system and method accommodate numerous supplier manufacturing processes and their unique configurations so that consistent “standard’ and “maximum” capacity values may be calculated. The portal supports data entry to quickly, efficiently, and accurately identify capacity constraints at the process and part number levels, create solutions, and monitor the implementation of solutions to increase capacity. Using dynamic calculation logic, fluctuating demand values for parts are considered in determining probable capacity values. The impact of various investments on production capacity may also be assessed. The manufacturer may further use capacity constraint data to adjust production to sales or market changes and to align production with capacity. | 02-09-2012 |
Jonathan Gale, West Townsend, MA US
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| 20080221102 | Composition and methods for modulating a kinase cascade - The invention relates to compounds and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080287436 | Process for the preparation of compositions for modulating a kinase cascade and methods of use thereof - The invention relates to compositions comprising 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide and its mesylate and dihydrochloride salts. More specifically, the invention provides an efficient process for the synthesis of 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide and its mesylate and dihydrochloride salts and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade using the compositions of the invention. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20110201611 | Process for the Preparation of Compositions for Modulating a Kinase Cascade and Methods of Use Thereof - The invention relates to compositions comprising 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide and its mesylate and dihydrochloride salts. More specifically, the invention provides an efficient process for the synthesis of 2-(5-(4-(2-morpholinoethoxy)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-benzylacetamide and its mesylate and dihydrochloride salts and methods for modulating one or more components of a kinase cascade using the compositions of the invention. | 08-18-2011 |
Larry S. Gale, Dallas, TX US
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| 20100060286 | METHOD TO MAINTAIN TOWED DIPOLE SOURCE ORIENTATION - Apparatus and method for a steerable horizontal electric dipole source system for underwater deployment as a moving source in electromagnetic surveying of subsurface regions for hydrocarbons. Position locating sensors ( | 03-11-2010 |
Mark Gale, Jupiter, FL US
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| 20110229294 | Apparatus and Method for Lifting And/Or Lowering Stretchers Or Gurneys Into, Or Out Of, Emergency Vehicles - An integral lift assembly incorporated into a storage compartment under the patient compartment of an emergency vehicle. The integral lift assembly is stored in the storage compartment until a patient is loaded onto the emergency vehicle. During the loading process, the integral lift assembly extends, under power, from the storage compartment, and is lowered to the ground to allow a stretcher or gurney to be rolled onto it. A lift arm raises the structure or gurney, under power, and automatically aligns it with the floor of the patient compartment. The stretcher or gurney is then rolled into the patient compartment. The lift arm then rotates to a storage position and is retracted to a storage compartment underneath the patient compartment. | 09-22-2011 |
Michael Gale, Austin, TX US
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| 20090248485 | Communications Propensity Index - A method of analyzing the effectiveness of marketing activities involves taking a series of surveys that incorporate such factors as the purchase process cycle stages, organization size, respondent job responsibilities, the products offered, and brands involved. The data from the marketing surveys is compiled. A user enters a specific query directed at the data, and the method of the invention is used to present graph of the data results to the user, the graph having a vertical and two horizontal axes. Marketing vehicles are listed on the vertical axis of the graph. On one horizontal axis, a percentage impact awareness score is provided for each marketing vehicle for the selected query, as well as an overall average percentage impact awareness score for all of the marketing vehicles. The other, opposing horizontal axis displays a brand propensity index for each marketing vehicle, as well as an overall average brand propensity index. The user may compare the percentage impact awareness of each marketing vehicle to the brand propensity index for each marketing vehicle to determine the effectiveness of each marketing vehicle for a brand in question as opposed to the effectiveness of each marketing vehicle across all brands for the selected market filtration. | 10-01-2009 |
Michael J. Gale, Dallas, TX US
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| 20100203013 | Treating Hepatitis C Virus Infection - Methods and compositions are provided to inhibit release of HCV from an HCV-infected cell by contacting the cell with a VLDL assembly inhibitor, and detecting a resultant inhibition of HCV release from the cell. The methods can be used to decrease serum viremia of an HCV-infected person. | 08-12-2010 |
Nicholas Gale, Yorktown Heights, NY US
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| 20090246199 | THERAPEUTIC METHODS FOR INHIBITING TUMOR GROWTH WITH DLL4 ANTAGONISTS - Disclosed is a therapeutic method for inhibiting development or growth of tumors that are resistant to the blockade of delta-like ligand 4 (Dll4), or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), or to other therapeutic agents, by administering the combination of Dll4 antagonist and VEGF antagonist. The combined administration of these two agents, concurrently or sequentially, exhibits synergistic effects on blood vessel development and growth, thereby more effectively inhibiting the tumor growth than an administration of either agent alone. The Dll4 antagonist can be an anti-Dll4 antibody or antibody fragment capable of inhibiting the binding of Dll4 to a Notch receptor, or a fusion protein comprising the extracellular domain of Dll4 or a soluble Notch receptor, or a fragment thereof, fused to a multimerizing component. The VEGF antagonist can be a VEGF trap, anti-VEGF antibody or antibody fragment capable of inhibiting the binding of VEGF to a VEGF receptor. | 10-01-2009 |
Nicholas Christopher Gale, Wilmington, OH US
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| 20110102237 | Fusion Algorithm for Vidar Traffic Surveillance System - This invention is related to a fusion algorithm for a video-Doppler-radar (Vidar) traffic surveillance system comprising of (1) a robust matching algorithm which iteratively matches the information from a video camera and multiple Doppler radars corresponding to a same moving vehicle, and (2) a stochastic algorithm which fuses the matched information from the video camera and Doppler radars to derive the vehicle velocity and range information. | 05-05-2011 |
Nicholas W. Gale, Yorktown Heights, NY US
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| 20090271884 | ES Cell-Derived Mice From Diploid Host Embryo Injection - Genetically modified mice and nucleic acid constructs for making the genetically modified mice are described. A first mouse having a gene encoding an activator (such as a Cre recombinase) operably linked to a developmentally-regulated promoter (such as a Nanog promoter) is provided. A second mouse having a toxic responder gene (such as a gene encoding diphtheria toxin A) is provided, where the toxic gene is expressed only in the presence of an activator, Embryos from a mating of the first and the second mouse are provided as host embryos suitable for generating mice from donor cells introduced into the host embryos. Ablating the ICM of a mouse embryo physically, chemically, or genetically is described, as well as making F0 generation mice that are substantially or in full derived from donor cells, employing a host mouse embryo with an ablated or nonproliferating ICM. | 10-29-2009 |
Richard A. Gale, Vineyard Haven, MA US
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| 20090241536 | Stirling Engine Having a Rotary Power Piston in a Chamber that Rotates with the Output Drive - A power piston mechanism for a Stirling cycle engine for operation with a Stirling engine regenerator gas system, including an outer body having a chamber rotatably carried therein on a chamber axle; a power rotor confined in the chamber, the rotor being generally elongated, and having a rotor axle for rotation parallel to the chamber axle; a double eccentric gear train from the rotor to the outer body; a regenerator gas input port in the outer body for feeding gas from the regenerator gas system into the chamber and a regenerator gas exhaust port in said outer body for feeding gas from said chamber to the regenerator gas system, whereby high temperature gas from the regenerator gas system, fed to the chamber, causes rotation of the rotor which drives the chamber in rotation in the outer body producing a shaft output from the chamber axle and spent gas flow from the chamber which is returned to the regenerator gas system. In another embodiment the heating and cooling sources are contained in the outer body. | 10-01-2009 |
Richard O. Gale, Allen, TX US
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| 20100165314 | MEMS DEVICE WITH CONTROLLED GAS SPACE CHEMISTRY - A process for protecting a MEMS device used in a UV illuminated application from damage due to a photochemical activation between the UV flux and package gas constituents, formed from the out-gassing of various lubricants and passivants put in the device package to prevent sticking of the MEMS device's moving parts. This process coats the exposed surfaces of the MEMS device and package's optical window surfaces with a metal-halide film to eliminate this photochemical activation and therefore significantly extend the reliability and lifetime of the MEMS device. | 07-01-2010 |
Rick K. Gale, Warrenton, VA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20110103293 | INTERNET BASED PARTITIONING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A portable and autonomous wireless communication system can be formed to provide streaming video from a data collection source to a plurality of subscribers in a location having little to no existing infrastructure. Using Internet Protocol (IP) based communication, live streaming video is provided over a wireless communication system to a control station allowing video and other data to be routed to multiple subscribers within a regional network. The control station can also act as an access point to the Internet or other wide area network that can then be used to transport the data to another remote location for distribution to other subscribers. As the event of interest moves, the control station and the network formed around that control station can be transported while network connectivity is maintained. | 05-05-2011 |
Steve Gale, Colfax, IN US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20110272975 | APPARATUS FOR RESTRAINING AN OBJECT IN A VEHICLE - An apparatus for restraining an object in a vehicle may have an elongated frame, a clamp member mounted to the frame at or near one end thereof, and an elongated base member movably mounted to the frame between the clamp member and an opposite end of the frame. The base member may include a curved portion having a support surface defining a curvature and a linear portion between the curved portion and the clamp member. The base member may be movable relative to the frame to an object transition position in which a free end of the linear portion extends outwardly away from the frame and the curved portion retracts upwardly toward the clamp member along a path defined by the curvature to allow the object to be received between, and removed from between, the clamp member and the support surface of the base member. | 11-10-2011 |
Thomas G. Gale, Robbinsdale, MN US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 20080216686 | Cantilevered Credential Processing Device Component - A credential production device is disclosed. The credential production device includes a frame, a support member and a credential processing device component. The support member is coupled to the frame and includes a first portion cantilevered from the frame. The credential processing device component is coupled to the first portion of the support member. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080216688 | Inverted Reverse-Image Transfer Printing - A credential printing device is provided. The credential printing device includes a credential substrate transport, a transfer ribbon and a transfer roller. The credential substrate transport is configured to feed a credential substrate along a processing path. The transfer ribbon is adjacent to the processing path. The transfer roller is positioned below the processing path and is configured to transfer an image from the transfer ribbon to a bottom surface of the credential substrate in the processing path. | 09-11-2008 |
Thomas K. Gale, Vestavia Hills, AL US
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| 20100096594 | PROCESS FOR DECONTAMINATING SYNGAS - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and methods for decontaminating syngas generated in a fluidized-bed gasifier wherein metal contaminants, inter alia, alkali metals, halogens, particulates, and transition metals and sulfur containing contaminants are removed prior to the catalytic thermal cracking of tar and ammonia. Further disclosed is an apparatus and methods for removing ammonia from syngas. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100284872 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING MERCURY EMISSION - Described herein are methods for decreasing the amount of mercury in a flue gas that contains mercury through the use of a molecular halogen. Also described are chemical processes for carrying out the methods, and systems for carrying out the chemical processes. | 11-11-2010 |