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Amy Grayson, Brookline, MA US
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| 20100226986 | Therapeutic Particles Suitable for Parenteral Administration and Methods of Making and Using Same - Disclosed herein are therapeutic compositions for treating and preventing diseases such as neointimal hyperplasia (NIH), where the compositions comprise a therapeutic particle that has a localized association with a blood vessel and a therapeutic agent, such as an anti-NIH agent. Methods of use of the therapeutic compositions are also disclosed. | 09-09-2010 |
Benjamin Alan Grayson, Ann Arbor, MI US
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| 20090153953 | Multi-Layer Photonic Structures Having Omni-Directional Reflectivity and Coatings Incorporating The Same - A multi-layer photonic structure may include alternating layers of high index material and low index material having a form [H(LH) | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100208338 | Multilayer Photonic Structures - A multilayer photonic structure may include a plurality of coating layers of high index dielectric material of index of refraction n | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100209593 | Methods For Producing Omni-Directional Multi-Layer Photonic Structures - A method for producing a multi-layer photonic structure having at least one group of alternating layers of high index material and low index material may include, determining a characteristic property function for the multi-layer photonic structure, determining a thickness multiplier for the at least one group of alternating layers based on a comparison of the characteristic property function to a target profile, adjusting the characteristic property function with the determined thickness multiplier, and comparing an adjusted characteristic property function to the target profile, wherein, when the adjusted characteristic property function does not approximate the target profile, at least one additional group of layers is added to the multi-layer photonic structure. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110299154 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTOR - An omnidirectional reflector that reflects a band of electromagnetic radiation of less than 100 nanometers when viewed from angles between 0 and 45 degrees is provided. The omnidirectional reflector includes a multilayer stack having a plurality of layers of high index of refraction material and a plurality of layers of low index of refraction material. In addition, the plurality of high index of refraction material layers and low index of refraction material layers are alternately stacked on top of or across each other and provide a non-periodic layered structure. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120028793 | DUAL-OXIDE SINTER RESISTANT CATALYST - A catalyst material for use at elevated temperatures is provided. The material can include a plurality of fibers and a plurality of particles supported on the fibers. In addition, a porous layer can cover the plurality of particles and allow for process fluid to come into contact with the particles, and yet retard sintering of the particles at elevated temperatures is present. The plurality of fibers can be a plurality of nanofibers which may or may not be oxide nanofibers. The particles can be metallic nanoparticles and the porous layer can be a porous oxide layer. | 02-02-2012 |
Bennett Grayson, Dallas, TX US
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| 20100301175 | SINK BRACE - A sink brace comprises a first shaft comprising a lip shaft, a mid-shaft, and an anchor shaft. A brace ridge couples to the lip shaft and is configured to couple to a sink lip of a sink. An anchor plate couples to the anchor shaft. The anchor plate comprises a plurality of attachment ports, and each attachment port is configured to receive a fastener. The first shaft, brace ridge, and anchor plate together form a direct connection between the sink lip and a wall. | 12-02-2010 |
Brian C. Grayson, Austin, TX US
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| 20090113137 | PSEUDO LEAST RECENTLY USED (PLRU) CACHE REPLACEMENT - A multi-way cache system includes multi-way cache storage circuitry, a pseudo least recently used (PLRU) tree state representative of a PLRU tree, the PLRU tree having a plurality of levels, and PLRU control circuitry coupled to the multi-way cache storage circuitry and the PLRU tree state. The PLRU control circuitry has programmable PLRU tree level update enable circuitry which selects Y levels of the plurality of levels of the PLRU tree to be updated. The PLRU control circuitry, in response to an address hitting or resulting in an allocation in the multi-way cache storage circuitry, updates only the selected Y levels of the PLRU tree state. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20110106866 | Hash Function for Hardware Implementations - A logic block is presented that generates avalanche criterion hash values using minimal logic. The logic block includes a first exclusive-OR function, a second exclusive-OR function, and an OR function. The first exclusive-OR function receives two input bits from a data packet and generates a linear output value based upon exclusive disjunction between the two input bits. The OR function receives two different input bits from the data packet and generates a first nonlinear output value based upon logical disjunction between the two different input bits. The second exclusive-OR function receives the linear output value and the first nonlinear output value, and generates a second nonlinear output value based upon exclusive disjunction between the linear output value and the first nonlinear output value. In turn, the second nonlinear output value is utilized to generate a hash value for the data packet. | 05-05-2011 |
Danny Wayne Grayson, Clemmons, NC US
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| 20100286785 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPINAL INTERBODY FUSION - A spinal fusion implant comprising: | 11-11-2010 |
Donald Richard Grayson, Parker, CO US
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| 20090030656 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING FOR MISALIGNMENT OF A TARGET PIECE OF MATERIAL TO WHICH A DESIGN IS TO BE APPLIED - A method and system for compensating for misalignment of a piece of target material to which a design is to be applied is described. One embodiment receives first and second sets of coordinates corresponding to the location, respectively, of first and second reference points on the target piece of material; modifies, based on the received first and second sets of coordinates, design data that specifies a predetermined position and orientation of the design on the target piece of material with respect to the first and second reference points to produce modified design data, the modified design data compensating for at least one of translational and rotational misalignment of the target piece of material with respect to a design-application mechanism; and applies the design to the target piece of material in accordance with the modified design data. | 01-29-2009 |
Gary D. Grayson, Huntington Beach, CA US
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| 20080314560 | MECHANICALLY ACTUATED THERMAL SWITCH - Methods and apparatuses for causing thermal transfer between two structures on command including responding, by a thermal switch, to a command signal by moving a first set of one or more thermally conductive members into a position adjacent to a second set of one or more thermally conductive members, the first and second one or more thermally conductive members having thermally conductive contacts with the first and second structures, respectively. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100269487 | Thermally-integrated fluid storage and pressurization system - An oxygen-hydrogen pressurization system includes a cryogenic oxygen tank, cryogenic hydrogen tank, thermal switch, supercritical oxygen bottle, supercritical hydrogen bottle, and pressure management system and a thermodynamic vent system. The thermal switch permits heat to flow between hot and cool areas within the space vehicle to help facilitate pressure management within the cryogenic liquid oxygen tank and the cryogenic liquid hydrogen tank in conjunction with the higher pressure fluid from the supercritical oxygen tank and the fluid from the supercritical hydrogen tank and the added cooling from the pressure management system. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110088368 | THERMALLY-INTEGRATED FLUID STORAGE AND PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM - A propulsion system may be operated by determining pressure in a cryogenic liquid tank storing a fluid and cooling the cryogenic liquid tank in response to determining that the pressure is greater than a predetermined value. The cryogenic liquid tank may be pressurized by admitting a gaseous form of the fluid into the cryogenic liquid tank in response to determining that the pressure in the cryogenic liquid tank is less than a predetermined value. | 04-21-2011 |
Jacob Grayson, Cupertino, CA US
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| 20080206902 | STRESS MEASUREMENTS DURING LARGE-MISMATCH EPITAXIAL PROCESSES - A substrate is disposed within a processing chamber. A nitrogen precursor and a group-III precursor are flowed into the processing chamber. A layer is deposited over the substrate with a thermal chemical-vapor-deposition process at an elevated temperature within the processing chamber using the nitrogen precursor and the group-III precursor. Light beams are directed to a surface of the layer and light spots corresponding to reflections of the light beams are received from the surface at a position-sensitive detector. Positions of the light spots on the position-sensitive detector are determined from photocurrent induced in a photodiode in the position-sensitive detector. A curvature of the layer is determined from the positions of the light spots. | 08-28-2008 |
Jacob Grayson, Midland, MI US
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| 20100273291 | DECONTAMINATION OF MOCVD CHAMBER USING NH3 PURGE AFTER IN-SITU CLEANING - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods and apparatus for removing unwanted deposition build-up from one more interior surfaces of a substrate processing chamber after a substrate is processed in a chamber to form, for example, Group III-V materials by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) deposition processes and/or hydride vapor phase epitaxial (HVPE) deposition processes. In one embodiment, a method for removing unwanted deposition build-up from one or more interior surfaces of a substrate processing chamber is provided. The method comprises depositing one or more Group III containing layers over a substrate disposed in the substrate processing chamber, transferring the substrate out of the substrate processing chamber, and pulsing a halogen containing gas into the substrate processing chamber to remove at least a portion of the unwanted deposition build-up from one or more interior surfaces of the substrate processing chamber. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110076400 | NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND-STRUCTURED CARBON COATING OF SILICON CARBIDE - One embodiment of the forming a nanocrystalline diamond-structured carbon layer on a silicon carbide layer comprises providing a silicon carbide layer in a reaction chamber and exposing the silicon carbide layer to a chlorine containing gas for an exposure time period to form a nanocrystalline diamond-structured carbon layer from the silicon carbide layer. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110117728 | METHOD OF DECONTAMINATION OF PROCESS CHAMBER AFTER IN-SITU CHAMBER CLEAN - A method and apparatus for removing deposition products from internal surfaces of a processing chamber, and for preventing or slowing growth of such deposition products. A halogen containing gas is provided to the chamber to etch away deposition products. A halogen scavenging gas is provided to the chamber to remove any residual halogen. The halogen scavenging gas is generally activated by exposure to electromagnetic energy, either inside the processing chamber by thermal energy, or in a remote chamber by electric field, UV, or microwave. A deposition precursor may be added to the halogen scavenging gas to form a deposition resistant film on the internal surfaces of the chamber. Additionally, or alternately, a deposition resistant film may be formed by sputtering a deposition resistant metal onto internal components of the processing chamber in a PVD process. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110121503 | CVD APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods and apparatus for chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on a substrate, and, in particular, to a process chamber and components for use in metal organic chemical vapor deposition. The apparatus comprises a chamber body defining a process volume. A showerhead in a first plane defines a top portion of the process volume. A carrier plate extends across the process volume in a second plane forming an upper process volume between the showerhead and the susceptor plate. A transparent material in a third plane defines a bottom portion of the process volume forming a lower process volume between the carrier plate and the transparent material. A plurality of lamps forms one or more zones located below the transparent material. The apparatus provides uniform precursor flow and mixing while maintaining a uniform temperature over larger substrates thus yielding a corresponding increase in throughput. | 05-26-2011 |
Jacob W. Grayson, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20080197125 | SUBSTRATE HEATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of substrate heating methods and apparatus are provided herein. In one embodiment, a substrate heater is provided including a heater plate having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, a recess formed in the top surface, the recess having a feature having an upper surface for supporting a substrate, wherein the depth from a bottom surface of the recess to the upper surface of the feature is at least 5 mils. One or more pads may be disposed in the recess for supporting a substrate. The heater plate may have a thickness of about 19 mm. One or more indentations may be formed in the bottom surface of the recess for altering the rate of heat transfer to a portion of a substrate disposed above the indentation during processing. The heater plate may be utilized in a process chamber for performing heat-assisted processes. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090149008 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING GROUP III/V COMPOUNDS - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods for forming Group III-V materials by a hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) process. In one embodiment, a method for forming a gallium nitride material on a substrate within a processing chamber is provided which includes heating a metallic source to form a heated metallic source, wherein the heated metallic source contains gallium, aluminum, indium, alloys thereof, or combinations thereof, exposing the heated metallic source to chlorine gas while forming a metallic chloride gas, exposing the substrate to the metallic chloride gas and a nitrogen precursor gas while forming a metal nitride layer on the substrate during the HVPE process. The method further provides exposing the substrate to chlorine gas during a pretreatment process prior to forming the metal nitride layer. In one example, the exhaust conduit of the processing chamber is heated to about 200° C. or less during the pretreatment process. | 06-11-2009 |
James Grayson, Gurdon, AR US
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| 20100052227 | IMPELLER FOR DISPERSING GAS INTO MOLTEN METAL - An impeller for dispersing gas into molten metal includes a rectangular prism body having upper and lower faces and four side walls. The body has an opening extending through the upper and lower faces and defines a hub around the opening on the upper face. The impeller further includes a plurality of elongate grooves extending radially outwardly from the hub. | 03-04-2010 |
John C. Grayson, Savannah, GA US
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| 20100010085 | Compositions and Methods for Treating Jellyfish Stings - Methods and compositions for treating skin conditions, in particular jellyfish stings, are provided. | 01-14-2010 |
John Charles Grayson, Savannah, GA US
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| 20100181718 | Cups and Games of Skill Involving Such Cups - Cups and games of skill involving such cups are provided. A representative cup includes: an aperture communicating with a cavity; and a barrier extending partially about the periphery of the aperture such that a portion of the cup lacking the barrier forms a lateral entrance to the cavity, the barrier having an upwardly and outwardly sloping first portion and a downwardly and outwardly sloping second portion, the first portion being located between the second portion and the aperture. | 07-22-2010 |
Mark Grayson US
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| 20110078320 | APPLICATION INTEGRATED GATEWAY - In one embodiment, a network application may offload stateful operations to a user-plane application. In one embodiment, the network application receives state information for a user device. The network application then sends the state information to a user-plane application, which can maintain the state information. The network application may then offload a stateful operation to the user-plane application. For example, the network application may have the user-plane application perform stateful operations. Also, the network application may use the state information maintained at the user-plane application for error recovery after the network application fails. For example, the network application may recover the state information from the user-plane application after failure. | 03-31-2011 |
Mark Grayson, Cary, NC US
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| 20090325582 | Processing Location Information Among Multiple Networks - Gathering location information from a first wireless network to determine whether to anchor a communication session in a second wireless network, a mobile node capable of communicating with both the first wireless network and the second wireless network, includes receiving location information from the first wireless network as the mobile node moves through one or more service areas of the first wireless network. It is determined whether a triggering event occurs. If the triggering event occurs, the location information is stored to determine whether to anchor a session in the second wireless network. | 12-31-2009 |
Matthew A. Grayson, Evanston, IL US
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| 20110110396 | Bimetallic integrated on-chip thermocouple array - An integrated circuit chip is defined by a stack of several interconnected layers. The integrated circuit chip includes at least two layers of dissimilar metal patterned to define an array of integrated bimetallic thermocouples. | 05-12-2011 |
Michael Brian Grayson, Sugar Land, TX US
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| 20080245531 | DOWNHOLE DEPLOYMENT VALVES - Methods and apparatus enable reliable and improved isolation between two portions of a bore extending through a casing string disposed in a borehole. A downhole deployment valve (DDV) may provide the isolation utilizing a valve member such as a flapper that is disposed in a housing of the DDV and is designed to close against a seat within the housing. The DDV includes an operating mechanism for opening/closing the DDV. In use, pressure in one portion of a well that is in fluid communication with a well surface may be bled off and open at well surface while maintaining pressure in another portion of the casing string beyond the DDV. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20100078164 | PERMANENT DOWNHOLE DEPLOYMENT OF OPTICAL SENSORS - The present invention involves methods and apparatus for permanent downhole deployment of optical sensors. Specifically, optical sensors may be permanently deployed within a wellbore using a casing string. In one aspect, one or more optical sensors are disposed on, in, or within the casing string. The optical sensors may be attached to an outer surface of the casing string or to an inner surface of the casing string, as well as embedded within a wall of the casing string. The optical sensors are capable of measuring wellbore parameters during wellbore operations, including completion, production, and intervention operations. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110139464 | Surface Gas Evaluation During Controlled Pressure Drilling - A system and method have a choke in fluid communication with a rotating control device. The choke controls flow of drilling mud from the rotating control device to a gas separator during a controlled pressure drilling operation, such as managed pressure drilling (MPD) or underbalanced drilling (UBD). A probe is in fluid communication with the drilling mud between the choke and the gas separator. During operations, the probe evaluates gas in the drilling mud from the well passing from the choke to the gas separator. | 06-16-2011 |
Rodney D Grayson, Jackson, MS US
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| 20090286452 | Nursing Brassiere - A nursing brassiere providing nipple protection against discomfort associated with breast-feeding having two identical cups, each having a centered aperture to expose a woman's nipple and interchangeable pad and shield attached via snaps to cover the aperture and a flap to cover the pad or shield. The pad is flexible and absorbent to prevent leaking, while the shield has a nipple with a drinking opening to allow an infant to breast feed. The shield also has a plastic ring seal to prevent leaking onto a woman's skin or clothes during breast feeding. | 11-19-2009 |
Scott M. Grayson, New Orleans, LA US
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| 20110290998 | TUNED SYNTHETIC DENDRIMER CALIBRANTS FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY - Provided are monodisperse synthetic dendrimer calibrants for mass spectrometry. The calibrants are distinguished by their relative ease and rapidity of synthesis, comparatively low cost, long shelf life, high purity, and amenability to batch synthesis as mixtures. The latter characteristic enables parallel preparation of higher molecular weight compounds displaying useful distributions of discrete molecular weights, thereby providing multi-point mass spectrometry calibration standards. Methods of making and using said calibrants are also provided. | 12-01-2011 |
Warren Grayson, New York, NY US
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| 20110136225 | BIOREACTOR, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Disclosed are bioreactor devices, systems and methods. A bioreactor system can include one or more bioreactor modules that can be individually controllable and identifiable. A bioreactor module can be connected to one or more functional modules such as a pump module, a stimulation signal generation module, a motor module, a mechanical transmission module, a gas exchange module, a temperature module, a humidity module and/or a CO | 06-09-2011 |
Warren L. Grayson, Reisterstown, MD US
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| 20120035742 | Methods, Devices and Systems for Bone Tissue Engineering Using a Bioreactor - An anatomically-shaped, human bone graft may be cultivated ex vivo using a bioreactor capable of perfusing large complex porous scaffolds. Scaffolds derived from image-based modeling of a target are seeded with human mesenchymal stem cells and cultivated. A bioreactor configured to house complex three-dimensional scaffold geometries provides controlled flow for perfusion of the cells. Dense uniform cellular growth can be attained throughout the entire scaffold as a result of the medium perfusion. In an embodiment, the bioreactor has a mold into which perfusion medium is pumped under pressure and multiple ports through which the medium exits the mold. | 02-09-2012 |
William R. Grayson, Houston, TX US
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| 20100193246 | Device and Method for Measuring a Property in a Downhole Apparatus - A method and device for measuring a property, such as torque, includes a plurality of sensors, and a measuring device. The sensors attach to a downhole apparatus at a distance from one another. The sensors provide signals indicating their positions. A logic circuit may calculate an angle between the sensors. The logic circuit then calculates the property based on the angle, the distance between the sensors, and other known physical properties of the downhole apparatus. | 08-05-2010 |