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20100015601 | BIOLOGICAL CONFIRMATION AND DETECTION SYSTEM - The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for collecting samples of particles from air or other gases at one or more monitored locations, and identifying in real-time whether biological agents, such as bacterial or viral pathogens, are present in the samples. The apparatus preferably uses a liquid-assisted collector to collect the sample of particles, which are suspended in a liquid that contains dyes that detect the presence of nucleic acids. An integrated detector with a light source and a light detector detects whether there is a change in the fluorescence of the liquid, which indicates the presence of a biological agent in the sample. | 01-21-2010 |
20120203661 | E-COMMERCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The invention is in general directed to methods and processes for generating revenue via an electronic commerce website. The invention is also directed to methods of processing product orders and selling product related to protocols, workflows, or other applications. The invention also contemplates methods for selling products, which include previously ordered products, related products, substitute products, and equivalent products, including but not limited to equivalent protocol products, matched reagent sets, kits, and biomodules for practicing said protocols and equivalent protocols. | 08-09-2012 |
20120221432 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IN SILICO EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND FOR PROVIDING A BIOTECHNOLOGY PRODUCT TO A CUSTOMER - Provided herein is a method and computer program product for designing and/or simulating a biotechnology experiment in silico; and for providing and generating revenue from a customized list of one or more biotechnology products and/or services related to the in silico designed or simulated biotechnology experiment or the product of that experiment. In illustrative examples, the products and or services are indirectly related to a biomolecule designed by the in silico designed biotechnology experiment. In addition, provided herein is a method and computer system for generating revenue, that includes providing a customer with a first computer program product for designing or performing a biotechnology experiment in silico; and providing the customer with access to a purchase function for purchasing a second computer program product for designing or performing a biotechnology experiment in silico. Typically, functionality of the first computer product is less then and/or different than the functionality of the second computer product. | 08-30-2012 |
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20090012244 | COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING A POLYTHIOETHER - Compositions, such as aerospace sealant, coating, and/or potting compositions are disclosed. The compositions include a polythioether and, in at least some cases, can be sprayable and fuel resistant even when substantially free of volatile organic compounds. | 01-08-2009 |
20090270554 | THIOETHERS, METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION, AND COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING SUCH THIOETHERS - Disclosed are thioethers, methods for preparing such thioethers, and curable compositions, such as coating and sealant compositions, that include such thioethers. The thioethers can be the reaction product of (a) an alpha, omega dihalo organic compound, (b) a metal hydrosulfide, and (c) a metal hydroxide. | 10-29-2009 |
20110077351 | THIOETHERS, METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION, AND COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING SUCH THIOETHERS - Disclosed are thioethers, methods for preparing such thioethers, and curable compositions, such as coating and sealant compositions, that include such thioethers. The thioethers can be the reaction product of (a) an alpha, omega dihalo organic compound, (b) a metal hydrosulfide, and (c) a metal hydroxide. | 03-31-2011 |
20110092639 | Compositions Including a Polythioether - Compositions, such as aerospace sealant, coating, and/or potting compositions are disclosed. The compositions include a polythioether and, in at least some cases, can be sprayable and fuel resistant even when substantially free of volatile organic compounds. | 04-21-2011 |
20130344340 | POLYUREA/POLYTHIOUREA COATINGS - Polyurea/polythiourea compositions comprising the reaction product of a first component comprising isocyanate and a second component comprising an amine, wherein the first component further comprises an isocyanate functional polythioether-polyurethane and/or polythiourethane, and/or the second component further comprises an amine/hydroxy functional polythioether, are disclosed. Methods for using the coating, and substrates coated therewith, are also disclosed. | 12-26-2013 |
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20080293084 | FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION ASSAYS FOR DETERMINING CLOSTRIDIAL TOXIN ACTIVITY - The present invention provides a method of determining the presence or activity of a clostridial toxin by (a) treating with a sample, under conditions suitable for clostridial toxin protease activity, a clostridial toxin substrate which includes a fluorophore; a bulking group; and a clostridial toxin recognition sequence containing a cleavage site that intervenes between the fluorophore and the bulking group; (b) exciting the fluorophore with plane polarized light; and (c) determining fluorescence polarization of the treated substrate relative to a control substrate, where a change in fluorescence polarization of the treated substrate as compared to fluorescence polarization of the control substrate is indicative of the presence or activity of the clostridial toxin. | 11-27-2008 |
20080293085 | FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION ASSAYS FOR DETERMINING CLOSTRIDIAL TOXIN ACTIVITY - The present invention provides a method of determining the presence or activity of a clostridial toxin by (a) treating with a sample, under conditions suitable for clostridial toxin protease activity, a clostridial toxin substrate which includes a fluorophore; a bulking group; and a clostridial toxin recognition sequence containing a cleavage site that intervenes between the fluorophore and the bulking group; (b) exciting the fluorophore with plane polarized light; and (c) determining fluorescence polarization of the treated substrate relative to a control substrate, where a change in fluorescence polarization of the treated substrate as compared to fluorescence polarization of the control substrate is indicative of the presence or activity of the clostridial toxin. | 11-27-2008 |
20080305509 | FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION ASSAYS FOR DETERMINING CLOSTRIDIAL TOXIN ACTIVITY - The present invention provides a method of determining the presence or activity of a clostridial toxin by (a) treating with a sample, under conditions suitable for clostridial toxin protease activity, a clostridial toxin substrate which includes a fluorophore; a bulking group; and a clostridial toxin recognition sequence containing a cleavage site that intervenes between the fluorophore and the bulking group; (b) exciting the fluorophore with plane polarized light; and (c) determining fluorescence polarization of the treated substrate relative to a control substrate, where a change in fluorescence polarization of the treated substrate as compared to fluorescence polarization of the control substrate is indicative of the presence or activity of the clostridial toxin. | 12-11-2008 |
20080305510 | FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION ASSAYS FOR DETERMINING CLOSTRIDIAL TOXIN ACTIVITY - The present invention provides a method of determining the presence or activity of a clostridial toxin by (a) treating with a sample, under conditions suitable for clostridial toxin protease activity, a clostridial toxin substrate which includes a fluorophore; a bulking group; and a clostridial toxin recognition sequence containing a cleavage site that intervenes between the fluorophore and the bulking group; (b) exciting the fluorophore with plane polarized light; and (c) determining fluorescence polarization of the treated substrate relative to a control substrate, where a change in fluorescence polarization of the treated substrate as compared to fluorescence polarization of the control substrate is indicative of the presence or activity of the clostridial toxin. | 12-11-2008 |
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20080220787 | Channel Aggregation - Multiple channels are aggregated. In an example embodiment, first data is transmitted on a first channel to a wireless device, and second data is simultaneously transmitted on a second channel to the wireless device. The first data and the second data are transmitted in a coordinated manner by aggregating the first channel and the second channel. Various example channel characteristics and combinations thereof are described. Different data allocation options for aggregated channels are described. Other alternative implementations are also presented herein. | 09-11-2008 |
20080220788 | Multi-band Channel Aggregation - Multiple channels are aggregated. In an example embodiment, first data is transmitted on a first channel to a wireless device, and second data is simultaneously transmitted on a second channel to the wireless device. The first data and the second data are transmitted in a coordinated manner by aggregating the first channel and the second channel. Various example channel characteristics and combinations thereof are described. Different data allocation options for aggregated channels are described. Other alternative implementations are also presented herein. | 09-11-2008 |
20110070927 | SIGNAL SEPARATION FOR ENERGY HARVESTING - Techniques for designing a communications unit including a signal separation module for energy harvesting. In an exemplary aspect, the signal separation module includes first and second quadrature hybrids coupled by band-pass filters (BPF's). Incoming signals within the pass-band of the BPF's are directed through the quadrature hybrids and through the BPF's, and emerge as a desired pass-band signal to be processed by an RX processing module. Incoming signals lying outside the pass-band of the BPF's are reflected from the BPF's back to the first quadrature hybrid, and output as a non-pass-band signal to be processed by an energy harvesting module. In a further exemplary aspect, the signal separation module resides in a detachable module coupleable to a wireless communications device, and a signal transmitted by the wireless communications device is coupled to the signal separation module for energy harvesting. | 03-24-2011 |
20110270590 | NONLINEAR IDENTIFICATION USING COMPRESSED SENSING AND MINIMAL SYSTEM SAMPLING - Compressed sensing is used to determine a model of a nonlinear system. In one example, L1-norm minimization is used to fit a generic model function to a set of samples thereby obtaining a fitted model. Convex optimization can be used to determine model coefficients that minimize the L1-norm. In one application, the fitted model is used to calibrate a predistorter. In another application, the fitted model function is used to predict future actions of the system. The generic model is made of up of constituent functions that may or may not be orthogonal to one another. In one example, an initial model function of non-orthogonal constituent functions is orthogonalized to generate a generic model function of constituent orthogonal functions. Although the number of samples to which the generic model is fitted can be less than the number of model coefficients, the fitted model nevertheless accurately models system nonlinearities. | 11-03-2011 |
20120211812 | HIGH-SPEED HIGH-POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - High-speed high-power semiconductor devices are disclosed. In an exemplary design, a high-speed high-power semiconductor device includes a source, a drain to provide an output signal, and an active gate to receive an input signal. The semiconductor device further includes at least one field gate located between the active gate and the drain, at least one shallow trench isolation (STI) strip formed transverse to the at least one field gate, and at least one drain active strip formed parallel to, and alternating with, the at least one STI strip. The semiconductor device may be modeled by a combination of an active FET and a MOS varactor. The active gate controls the active FET, and the at least one field gate controls the MOS varactor. The semiconductor device has a low on resistance and can handle a high voltage. | 08-23-2012 |
20140098602 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROBABILISTIC PROGRAMMING MULTI-LEVEL MEMORY IN CLUSTER STATES OF BI-STABLE ELEMENTS - A probabilistic programming current is injected into a cluster of bi-stable probabilistic switching elements, the probabilistic programming current having parameters set to result in a less than unity probability of any given bi-stable switching element switching, and a resistance of the cluster of bi-stable switching elements is detected. The probabilistic programming current is injected and the resistance of the cluster state detected until a termination condition is met. Optionally the termination condition is detecting the resistance of the cluster of bi-stable switching elements at a value representing a multi-bit data. | 04-10-2014 |
20140131885 | HARD MACRO HAVING BLOCKAGE SITES, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAME AND METHOD OF ROUTING THROUGH A HARD MACRO - A hard macro includes a periphery defining a hard macro area and having a top and a bottom and a hard macro thickness from the top to the bottom, the hard macro including a plurality of vias extending through the hard macro thickness from the top to bottom. Also an integrated circuit having a top layer, a bottom layer and at least one middle layer, the top layer including a top layer conductive trace, the middle layer including a hard macro and the bottom layer including a bottom layer conductive trace, wherein the top layer conductive trace is connected to the bottom layer conductive trace by a via extending through the hard macro. | 05-15-2014 |
20140167831 | CLOCK DISTRIBUTION USING MTJ SENSING - Clock signals are distributed on a chip by applying an oscillating magnetic field to the chip. Local clock generation circuits including magnetic field sensors are distributed around the chip and are coupled to local clocked circuitry on the chip. The magnetic field sensors may include clock magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) in which a magnetic orientation of the free layer is free to rotate in the free layer plane in response to the applied magnetic field. The MTJ resistance alternates between a high resistance value and a low resistance value as the free layer magnetization rotates. Clock generation circuitry coupled to the clock MTJs senses voltage oscillations caused by the alternating resistance of the clock MTJs. The clock generation circuitry includes amplifiers, which convert the sensed voltage into local clock signals. | 06-19-2014 |
20140222880 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS USING A PHYSICAL ENTROPY SOURCE - A method and apparatus for generating random binary sequences from a physical entropy source having a state A and a state B by detecting whether the physical entropy source is in the state A or in the state B, attempting to shift the state of the physical entropy source to the opposite state in a probabilistic manner with less than 100% certainty, and producing one of four outputs based on the detected state and the state of the physical entropy source before the attempted shift. The outputs are placed in first and second queues and extracted in pairs from each queue. Random binary bits are output based on the sequences extracted from each queue. | 08-07-2014 |
20140254810 | MICROPHONE SYSTEM TO CONTROL INTERMODULATION PRODUCTS - In a particular embodiment, a system includes a controller configured to receive proximity data associated with a first device of a plurality of devices. The proximity data indicates a relative location of each of one or more devices of the plurality of devices with respect to the first device. The controller is further configured to determine an estimated intermodulation product. The estimated intermodulation product is calculated based on the proximity data. The controller is further configured to initiate transmission of one or more commands, based on the estimated intermodulation product, to at least one device of the plurality of devices. | 09-11-2014 |