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Brett C. Gerlach, Riverton, UT US
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| 20080306781 | Method and apparatus for identifying and contacting customers who are due for a visit but have not scheduled an appointment - A method and apparatus for identifying and contacting customers who have not responded to reminders to schedule a return appointment, or who are due for a visit according to accepted standards of care or office policies, but have not scheduled an appointment. A management database is queried to determine which customers have failed to respond to recall notices. The resulting list of customers may be sorted or filtered so that some customers are preferentially contacted first, based on expected value or office preferences. The list may also be sorted or filtered to fill specific providers' schedules first. Customer names and contact information are then presented to schedulers so that customers may be contacted. The time and date of each contact is automatically recorded along with the outcome of the contact. A customer name is presented to a scheduler only if the same name is not being simultaneously presented to other schedulers and that customer was not too recently contacted, so that redundant or too frequent contacts are avoided. | 12-11-2008 |
Brett Cornell Gerlach, Eagle Mountain, UT US
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| 20090094054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING PATIENTS OVERDUE FOR AN APPOINTMENT USING STANDARD HEALTHCARE BILLING DATA - A method and apparatus for identifying overdue patients using standard billing or other office management data, so that patients can be contacted and invited to make an appointment. The invention begins by querying the diagnosis codes for each visit from the billing or other encounter tables, and matching these with a set of target medical conditions requiring regular care. Procedure codes and encounter dates for past visits are queried for these patients, to determine when each patient was last seen, and what was done. These procedure codes are matched against a set of exam codes to determine last medical examination dates, and against a set of procedures known to resolve each medical condition. Each condition requiring regular care is matched against any resolving procedures, leaving a set of untreated conditions requiring regular care. Based on the date of the last exam or treatment and accepted standards of care or office policies, a due date is calculated for each patient. The management system is queried for each overdue patient to determine whether they already have an appointment scheduled in the future, or a recall notice recently sent or yet to be sent. Additional filtering based on administrative settings may also be done. Overdue patients requiring contact are then placed on the contact list. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090161846 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING CALL YIELDS WHEN CONTACTING PATIENTS WHO ARE DUE FOR A VISIT BUT DO NOT HAVE A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT - A method and apparatus for improving call yields and reducing redundant calls while contacting patients who have not responded to reminders to schedule a return appointment, or who are due for a visit according to accepted standards of care or office policies, but have not scheduled an appointment. The patient reactivation system is queried for the next patient on the contact list, and queried again to find all patients sharing one or more phone numbers with this patient. Information required for contacting these patients to invite them to make an appointment is displayed. The user is presented one phone number at a time, and prompted to call this number and invite all listed patients to make an appointment. Results are collected, and when multiple patients are displayed, the program may prompt the user for clarification regarding which patients a given result applies to. Based on the results collected, the system determines whether or not to prompt the user to call the same patients again with other phone numbers, if available. Finally, the system analyzes the set of results collected in order to calculate follow-up call times for each patient. The system may keep separate follow-up call times for each phone number as well in order to further improve the patient experience. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20110282681 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH REFERRING PROVIDERS WITHIN A SYSTEM THAT IDENTIFIES PATIENTS OVERDUE FOR AN APPOINTMENT - A method and apparatus for protecting relationships with referring providers, so that when a patient reactivation system is used, patients referred by protected providers will be contacted and invited to make an appointment only when appropriate. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120016688 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING A PATIENT TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND LOCATION - A method and apparatus for identifying the best provider and location to treat a patient using standard billing and other practice management system (“PMS”) data, combined with provider, location and patient type preferences, so that exactly those patients matching said preferences will be contacted and invited to make an appointment. | 01-19-2012 |
Darin Gerlach, Cordova, TN US
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| 20080281330 | Medical Securing Member Placement System - PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a perforating pin and equipment for perforation with which an accurate piercing region and piercing direction of a guiding pin can be easily specified at the neck of the femur or its surroundings and an advancing situation of the perforating pin can be confirmed when the perforating pin is pierced. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20110282393 | BONE PLATE SYSTEMS USING PROVISIONAL FIXATION - Bone plates with an upper surface, a bone contacting surface, and a plurality of holes extending through the upper and bone contact surfaces for receiving bone screws are disclosed. Each hole interchangeably accepts a compression screw for compression of a fracture and a locking screw that threads into the bone plate. Provisional fixation of a bone plate to a bone may be accomplished using provisional fixation pins through the screw-receiving holes of the bone plate. | 11-17-2011 |
Darin S. Gerlach, Germantown, TN US
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| 20090312803 | Bone Plate and Bone Plate Assemblies Including Polyaxial Fasteners - A system for fixation of bone, including a bone plate with an opening comprising threads made of a first material and a fastener with a head at least partially comprising a polymeric material that is softer than the first material. In some embodiments, when the fastener is inserted into the first opening, the threads of the first opening form threads in the polymeric material on the head of the fastener and secure the fastener in place at one of a plurality of possible angles within the first opening. The first opening additionally accepts a fastener with a substantially spherical head for compression of a fracture, or a fastener with a threaded head that engages with the threads of the threaded opening. In some embodiments the first opening includes a substantially frustoconical-shaped top portion. In other embodiments there may be a second opening that is either non-threaded or comprises a plurality of protruding fins. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20120059376 | COMPOSITE INTERNAL FIXATORS - A multi-layer, fiber-reinforced composite orthopaedic fixation device having a design selected based on a desired characteristic of the orthopaedic fixation device. The design may be selected according to a model of the device, the model defining design constraints, and the design may comprise a pattern of the fiber angle for each layer. The selection of a design may be analyzed using finite element analysis to determine whether the design will comprise the desired characteristic. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120109216 | BONE PLATE AND BONE PLATE ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING POLYAXIAL FASTENERS - A bone plate system for fixation of bone includes a bone plate and a first fastener. The bone plate includes a bone contacting surface, an upper surface, and a first opening extending between the bone contacting surface and the upper surface. The first opening includes a lower portion, a non-threaded upper portion, and a threaded portion. The threaded portion includes threads and converges towards the lower portion. The lower portion includes a smallest diameter of the first opening. The first fastener includes a head at least partially comprising a spherical portion and a first material. When the first fastener is inserted into the first opening, the threads of the first opening form threads in the first material on the head of the first fastener to secure the first fastener in place at one of a plurality of possible angles within the first opening. | 05-03-2012 |
David W. Gerlach, Ellington, CT US
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| 20110024092 | COOLING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH SYNTHETIC JET ACTUATOR - A cooling device includes a heat sink body having a plurality of elongated channels that extend between respective channel inlets and outlets. A synthetic jet actuator module is adjacent to the heat sink body and includes a plurality of jet outlets adjacent to the respective channel inlets for emitting a plurality of vortices into the channels. | 02-03-2011 |
James Gerlach, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20110099153 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A POLYMORPHIC NOTE - An approach is provided for generating a polymorphic note. A polymorphic note manager receives a request, from a device, to generate a polymorphic note, wherein the polymorphic note includes information of a plurality of application types that is developed over a period of time. The polymorphic note manager then generates the polymorphic note in response to the request and stores the polymorphic note for access by the device. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099189 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPLORING CONNECTIONS OF A POLYMORPHIC NOTE - An approach is provided for exploring connections of a polymorphic note. A polymorphic note manager receives a request to display one or more polymorphic notes connected to a selected polymorphic note. In response to the request, the polymorphic note manager determining the one or more connected polymorphic notes and causes, at least in part, actions that result in display of the selected polymorphic note, the one or more connected polymorphic notes, corresponding connections between the selected polymorphic note and the one or more connection polymorphic notes, or a combination thereof. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099490 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING POLYMORPHIC NOTES IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - An approach is provided for presenting polymorphic notes in a graphical user interface. A polymorphic note manager receives a request to display a plurality of polymorphic notes on a graphical user interface of a device. In response to the request, the polymorphic note manager determines an order of the plurality of polymorphic notes according to either an associated date or, if there is no associated date, a creation date corresponding to each of the plurality of polymorphic notes. The polymorphic note manager then causes, at least in part, actions that result in display of the plurality of polymorphic notes in the graphical user interface according to the determined order | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110239158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SOFT REMINDERS - An approach is provided for presenting soft reminders (e.g., reminders for notes with no triggering criteria). A reminder manager receives an input, from a user, for specifying a note. The note is not associated with triggering criteria. In response to the request, the reminder manager retrieves contextual information from a device associated with the user, and causes, at least in part, presentation of a reminder of the note based, at least in part, on the contextual information. | 09-29-2011 |
Jay Gerlach, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090036665 | Disposable Sample Processing Unit - A low-cost, non-instrumented, easy-to-use disposable platform for extraction, stabilization, and preservation of viral RNA in specimens at the point of collection is described. The system may use chemical heating. The platform performs the following steps: specimen lysis, RNA extraction, and RNA stabilization in a modular approach. This modular approach confers versatility to the product for application to multiple targets such as avian flu, and HIV, specimens such as blood, nasal swabs, and downstream applications such as PCR or transcription-mediated amplification. The technology described is a point-of-care specimen-processing platform generically applicable to both emerging point-of-care and central-facility molecular diagnostic tests, as well as to surveillance applications. | 02-05-2009 |
Jay L. Gerlach, Seattle, WA US
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| 20120115212 | Assay Tube - A non-instrumented biochemical assay device, such as a device for the processing of clinical specimens for molecular diagnostic applications. In one embodiment, an assay device comprises a lid which covers a reagent tube, which is disposed on a base. The platform utilizes chemical heating and optional temperature modulation by phase change material to prepare the sample and to amplify the target nucleic acid using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification. The device features a simple indicator for a positive reaction, for example turbidity or fluorescence. | 05-10-2012 |
Jay Lewis Gerlach, Kenmore, WA US
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| 20090004732 | Chemical Temperature Control - Exothermic and/or endothermic chemical reactions in combination with phase change materials can produce output temperature(s) within strict tolerances without requiring expensive and complicated external equipment to generate and maintain an output temperature. Similarly, an exothermic phase change material, which generates heat as a consequence of crystallizing a supercooled liquid, can generate heat at a constant temperature, without requiring expensive and complicated external equipment, as a consequence of the liquid form of the exothermic phase change material being in equilibrium with the solid form of the exothermic phase change material. Numerous biological and chemical processes and/or diagnostic devices require a constant temperature or temperatures for set periods of time. An example completely non-instrumented diagnostic platform based on nucleic acid amplification is described, which is particularly suited for use in developing countries that may not have access to expensive and complicated external equipment. | 01-01-2009 |
Jonathan L. Gerlach, Canton, MI US
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| 20090245533 | ADAPTIVE INITIAL VOLUME SETTINGS FOR A VEHICLE AUDIO SYSTEM - A vehicle audio system such as a vehicle radio is integrated with a vehicle speech system so that outputted speech by the vehicle speech system is played through the audio system. When a speech session begins, the audio system mutes any entertainment audio being played and outputs audio speech received from the vehicle speech system at an initial volume that is constrained to be between minimum and maximum initial volume settings. These initial volume settings are automatically adjusted by the audio system if it detects that the user has a tendency to repeatedly adjust the volume past one of these settings each time a speech session is carried out. | 10-01-2009 |
Jorg C. Gerlach, Pittsburg, PA US
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| 20090136553 | TRIGGERABLY DISSOLVABLE HOLLOW FIBERS FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY - Provided are tubular structures of a biocompatible, triggerably-dissolvable material such as cellulose or a copolymer having an LCST below physiological temperatures. The structures may be embedded within a cell growth scaffold. The tubular structures are useful in growing 3-dimensional tissue structures because nutrients, cytokines or other cell growth and/or differentiation compounds, as well as drugs, such as antibiotics and steroids, can be administered over time, and the tubular structures can be dissolved non-invasively. | 05-28-2009 |
Jorg Christian Gerlach, Pittsburgh, PA US
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| 20110190680 | Self-Regulating Device for Modulating Inflammation - A bioreactor is provided which contains cells capable of producing cytokine inhibitors in response to cytokines, in a manner regulated by the local or systemic milieu of an individual patient and predicted by mechanistic computational simulations. The bioreactor transfers the cytokine inhibitors to a patient in need of control of the inflammation process as part of a disease or condition in the patient, such as sepsis, trauma, traumatic brain injury, or wound healing. Related methods also are provided. | 08-04-2011 |
Matthew H. Gerlach, Santa Cruz, CA US
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| 20080256623 | Method and system for protecting a computer system from denial-of-service attacks and other deleterious resource-draining phenomena related to communications - Embodiments of the present invention include a variety of different integrated, multi-tiered methods and systems for preventing various types of attacks on computer systems, including denial-of-service attacks and SYN-flood attacks. Components of these integrated methods and systems include probabilistic packet droppers, packet-rate throttles, resource controls, automated firewalls, and efficient connection-state-information storage in memory resources and connection-state-information distribution in order to prevent draining of sufficient communications-related resources within a computer system to seriously degrade or disable electronics communications components within the computer system. | 10-16-2008 |
Max Wilhelm Gerlach, Hackettstown, NJ US
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| 20080223857 | Blast resistant and blast directing container and assemblies - Blast resistant and blast directing container assemblies for receiving explosive articles and preventing or minimizing damage in the event of an explosion. The container assembly comprises a container of blast resistant material and a blast mitigating material located within the container. The container is collapsible for storage when empty. The container assemblies have utility in aircraft, where weight is an important consideration, as cargo holders or containment devices in the passenger cabin. They also are useful as transport devices for hazardous materials such as gunpowder and explosives, e.g., bombs and grenades. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090176067 | BARRIER UNITS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM - Barrier units and articles made therefrom, particularly constraining bands of high strength and low weight for containing articles, especially in blast resistant container assemblies, are disclosed. The barrier unit comprises a surface having a regular polygonal perimeter with a plurality of substantially parallel sides, each of which terminates in at least one loop integral with the surface. The surface comprises at least one network of high strength fiber with at least about 50 weight percent of the fiber comprising substantially continuous lengths of fiber aligned in the hoop direction of the loops. The barrier units have utility as constraining bands for loads of articles like logs, and as doors/closures for access openings to the interior of aircraft blast resistant cargo containers. They are also useful as fences and window protectors. | 07-09-2009 |
Michael J. Gerlach, Riverview, FL US
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| 20100014205 | MULTIPLE OPERATING VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL SURGE PROTECTION APPARATUS - A component of an electrical system capable of operation at any of two or more different nominal normal operating voltages is protected from a transient overvoltage condition by an apparatus having at least one phase-to-ground array of surge protection devices (SPDs) connected in series with one another to define a series of tap points on opposite sides of the SPDs and having at least two sets of electrical conductors for coupling the electrical system to a user-selectable one of the tap points which corresponds to a desired one of the nominal operating voltages. An array of capacitors connected electrically in series with one another is connected between each of the tap points and a monitoring circuit to provide impedance for dropping each nominal operating voltage to a suitable voltage for powering the monitoring circuit with low energy loss. | 01-21-2010 |
Michael K. Gerlach, Brookline, MA US
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| 20090134535 | Method of manufacturing an intrinsic polarizer - An improved method of forming an intrinsic polarizer, referred to as a K-type polarizer, includes stretching a polymeric film a first stretching step. The polymeric film comprises a hydroxylated linear polymer which is converted after the first stretching step to form dichroic, copolymer polyvinylene blocks aligned in the polymeric film. The polymeric film is stretched in a second stretching step while converting the hydroxylated linear polymer. This method produces an improved K-type polarizer with excellent polarizing and color characteristics. For example, the dichroic ratio is higher than 100, the color shift for light passed through the polarizer in a crossed configuration is low, and the absorption of light in the blue region of the visible spectrum is more than one half of the absorption for light in the middle of the visible spectrum. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135482 | Intrinsic polarizer - An intrinsic polarizer, including a sheet of PVA-type matrix that includes vinylene polymer blocks, the sheet defining a pass polarization axis and a block polarization axis perpendicular to the pass polarization axis, light having an electrical vector parallel to the pass polarization axis being substantially transmitted through the sheet and light having an electrical vector parallel to the block polarization axis being substantially absorbed by the vinylene blocks, the sheet exhibiting a dichroic ratio of more than 100. | 05-28-2009 |
Michael K. Gerlach, St. Paul, MN US
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| 20120064296 | ANTIGLARE FILMS COMPRISING MICROSTRUCTURED SURFACE - The present invention concerns antiglare films having a microstructured surface. | 03-15-2012 |
Michael K. Gerlach, Saint Paul, MN US
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| 20090117378 | OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING OPTICAL ADHESIVE LAYER AND POLARIZER - An optical element includes a polarizer having oriented vinylene segments; a substrate; and an adhesive layer disposed between the polarizer and the substrate, the adhesive layer comprising aliphatic urethane(meth)acrylate oligomer, (meth)acryl monomer, silane, and crosslinker, the crosslinker comprising ethylene glycol diacrylate and/or pentaerythritol triacrylate. The optical element can have additional layers such as hardcoat layers, additional adhesive layers, and/or additional substrates. A method of making the optical element is also disclosed, as are optical devices including the optical element. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090163686 | METHOD OF MAKING AN INTRINSIC POLARIZER - An integrated wet stretch method of making an intrinsic polarizer includes the following steps in order: providing a polymeric film comprising poly(vinyl alcohol) and having an original length; immersing the polymeric film in a first bath comprising a first solution having a pH of less than about 3; uniaxially stretching the first polymeric film in the machine direction thereby forming a stretched polymeric film; removing the stretched polymeric film from the first bath; removing excess first solution from the stretched polymeric film; and uniaxially stretching the stretched polymeric film in the machine direction, at a temperature of at least about 120° C., thereby forming a further stretched polymeric film. | 06-25-2009 |
Paul M. Gerlach, Beaverton, OR US
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| 20110137594 | High Waveform Throughput with a Large Acquisition Memory - A waveform display apparatus and method displays one or more waveforms of a signal under test at high throughput while acquiring digital data of the signal under test in a large acquisition memory. A user sets a time interval of user's interest when viewing a signal under test and sets trigger criteria through a user interface. An ADC converts the signal under test into digital data that is stored in a large acquisition memory. A trigger unit detects and produces trigger events, based on a trigger, as trigger event information during one acquisition process. A trigger event eliminator may discard some of the trigger events based on pre-trigger and post-conditions set through the interface by a user. The trigger events are recorded in a trigger list as the trigger event information. A control unit locates the digital data in the acquisition memory corresponding to the trigger events in the trigger list and displays a waveform associated with the trigger event for the time interval on a display device. | 06-09-2011 |
Richard Gerlach, Loveland, OH US
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| 20110126357 | METHOD OF COLLECTING, TRANSPORTING AND CLEANING SOILED TEXTILES - A method of collecting soiled textiles to be cleaned, comprising the steps of providing a container having an open end, a closed end, and sides extending therebetween, providing a sling having an open end, a second end, and sides extending therebetween disposed in and supported by said container, providing a water soluble bag having an open end, a closed end, and sides extending therebetween and made of a plastic film having a thickness of at least 1.3 mils, wherein said bag dissolves in water at a temperature of 165° F. in less than about 250 seconds, does not dissolve in water at a temperature of 85° F. in 7 days, being capable of containing at least 175 lbs. of soiled textiles, and having a capacity of at least 50 gallons, wherein said bag is disposed in and supported by said sling, and wherein soiled textiles deposited in said container are contained in said bag. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110127270 | WATER SOLUBLE LAUNDRY BAG AND RECEPTACLE THEREFOR - A water soluble bag for containing soiled textiles, said bag having an open end, a closed end, and sides extending therebetween, said bag made of a plastic film having a thickness of at least 1.3 mils, wherein said bag dissolves in water at a temperature of 165° F. in less than about 250 seconds and does not dissolve in water at a temperature of 85° F. in 7 days, and said bag being capable of containing at least 175 lbs. of soiled textiles and having a capacity of at least 50 gallons. Also disclosed is a receptacle for collecting soiled textiles comprising a container and a water soluble bag. Also disclosed is a receptacle for collecting soiled textiles comprising a container, a sling, and a water soluble bag. | 06-02-2011 |
Richard K. Gerlach, Rolling Hills Estates, CA US
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| 20100096365 | HAND-HELD ELECTRO-DISCHARGE DEVICE - The hand-held electro-discharge machining fastener removal device of this invention brings an EDM electrode and its supporting ground pin and dielectric fluid structure to a fastener in a workpiece, such as an aircraft fuselage. The hand-held device brings the dielectric fluid, power supply, and control system structure to the fastener in a compact tool to permit EDM machining to be brought to large structures. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110114605 | Advanced flushing for workpiece erosion - The hand-held electro-discharge device to remove boluses of material from a workpiece. In some implementations a conductive electrode and its supporting ground pin are immersed in a dielectric fluid contained in a hood or cavity near or at the electrode's distal tip an removably sealed to a conductive workpiece. A flushing inlet and outlet in fluid communication with said hood provide a flushing fluid, which may also be a dielectric fluid to remove FOD and cool. | 05-19-2011 |
Robert Gerlach, Eagle Mountain, UT US
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| 20080308742 | IN-CHAMBER ELECTRON DETECTOR - A secondary particle detector | 12-18-2008 |
Robert Gerlach, Draper, UT US
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| 20100188022 | METHODS, LUMINAIRES AND SYSTEMS FOR MATCHING A COMPOSITE LIGHT SPECTRUM TO A TARGET LIGHT SPECTRUM - Methods, luminaires and systems for matching a composite light spectrum to a target light spectrum are disclosed. Method embodiments may be optimized for simultaneously maximizing luminous output with minimal chromaticity error. Method embodiments may further be optimized for simultaneously minimizing both chromaticity and spectral error. Embodiments of the present invention may be used with composite light sources having four or more distinct dominant colors within the visible spectrum. | 07-29-2010 |
Robert Woodrow Gerlach, Wyoming, OH US
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| 20080226567 | Tooth Whitening Products - A tooth whitening product is provided. The tooth whitening product includes a material sized to cover at least a portion of the front surface of a plurality of teeth. A thin layer of a tooth whitening composition is disposed on the material. The whitening composition contains a peroxide active with a concentration greater than about 7.5% and less than about 20% by weight of the tooth whitening composition, and the tooth whitening composition has a peroxide density less than about 2.4 mg/cm | 09-18-2008 |
Ryan T. Gerlach, Holland, MI US
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| 20100200539 | PLASTIC CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A method of removing portions of a conductive layer comprising a transparent conductive material and/or a metallic material disposed on a plastic substrate used for capacitive touchscreen devices includes providing a plastic substrate having a conductive layer disposed on a surface thereof and removing portions of the conductive layer at the surface of the plastic substrate to establish a pattern of electrically isolated conductive portions on the surface of the plastic substrate. The conductive portions or traces are electrically connected to a touchscreen controller, which is operable to determine a location of a touch or proximity of an object at or near the surface of the plastic substrate responsive to a detected change in capacitance. The removal process may comprise etching or laser ablating portions of the conductive layer at the surface of the plastic substrate. | 08-12-2010 |
Thomas C. Gerlach, Altoona, PA US
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| 20090067587 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF INMATE PHONE RECORDINGS - A method of automatically distributing phone call recordings to interested parties generally includes associating one or more forwarding criteria with each of one or more interested parties, establishing a phone call from a calling party to a destination number through an institutional phone system, recording the phone call, and, if the phone call satisfies one or more forwarding criteria associated with one or more interested parties, automatically distributing the recording of the phone call to the at least one interested party associated with the satisfied one or more forwarding criteria. Distribution may be by e-mail, by uploading the recording to a website that interested parties (and preferably only interested parties) can access, by queuing the recordings for export to physical media, and/or through a voice mail system. Calls may be selected for distribution based on the caller, the called party, conversation content, call time, or any other suitable criteria. | 03-12-2009 |
Todd Gerlach, Austin, TX US
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| 20090037428 | Staging A File Within A Distributed Computing System - Methods, apparatus, and products for staging a file within a distributed computing system are disclosed that include defining a topology of the network; mapping each computer to a network location in the topology of the network; selecting, in dependence upon the topology of the network and the network locations of the computers in the network, one or more servers on which to stage the file for use by clients in the network; and staging the file on the one or more selected servers. The distributed computing system includes a plurality of computers coupled for data communications through a data communications network, the distributed computing system also includes files of computer data and computer program instructions for use by the computers, the computers include clients that use the files and servers capable of functioning as staging locations for files for use by the computers in the network. | 02-05-2009 |
Todd Gerlach, Tualatin, OR US
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| 20100005668 | UTILITY CHAIN CUTTER - Embodiments provide various saw chain links which may be combined to form a utility saw chain. In various other embodiments, cutting system fixtures are disclosed which may facilitate the cutting of pipes and other materials from an axis point. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100008740 | ROTARY CUTTER - Embodiments provide a helical cutting tool and a helical cutting bit that may be utilized to cut various materials. The helical cutting bit and cutting tool include a variety of features to increase the efficiency of the cutting tool during cutting operations. | 01-14-2010 |