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Dieter M. Gruen, Downers Grove, IL US
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20090092824 | APPARATUS, METHODS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE CORRESPONDING TO A SELF-COMPOSITE COMPRISED OF NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND AND A NON-DIAMOND COMPONENT AND CORRESPONDING TO A COMPOSITE COMPRISED OF NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND, METAL, AND OTHER NANOCARBONS THAT IS USEFUL FOR THERMOELECTRIC AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - One provides nanocrystalline diamond material that comprises a plurality of substantially ordered diamond crystallites that are sized no larger than about 10 nanometers. One then disposes a non-diamond component within the nanocrystalline diamond material which may comprise an electrical conductor that is formed at the grain boundaries that separate the diamond crystallites from one another. One may also instead react the aforementioned crystallites with a metallic component. The reaction process can comprise combining the crystallites with one or more metal salts in an aqueous solution and then heating that aqueous solution to remove the water. This heating can occur in a reducing atmosphere (comprising, for example, hydrogen and/or methane) to also reduce the salt to metal. Metal or metal carbide nanowires and/or quantum dots are produced as a result of the reaction with the ultrananocrystalline diamond. Such material exhibits thermoelectric and other useful properties. | 04-09-2009 |
20110005564 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Nanoensembles Having Integral Variable Potential Junctions - Carbon-containing sp3-bonded solid refractory nanocrystalline particles that are each sized no larger than about 100 nanometers have a metal of choice disposed thereabout. A variable potential junction is formed between the metallic coatings and the particles that enables carrier entropy to be efficiently transported from the variable potential junction to the coating. | 01-13-2011 |
20110147669 | Self-Composite Comprised of Nanocrystalline Diamond and a Non-Diamond Component Useful for Thermoelectric Applications - One provides nanocrystalline diamond material that comprises a plurality of substantially ordered diamond crystallites that are sized no larger than about 10 nanometers. One then disposes a non-diamond component within the nanocrystalline diamond material. By one approach this non-diamond component comprises an electrical conductor that is formed at the grain boundaries that separate the diamond crystallites from one another. The resultant nanowire is then able to exhibit a desired increase with respect to its ability to conduct electricity while also preserving the thermal conductivity behavior of the nanocrystalline diamond material. | 06-23-2011 |
20140041704 | Apparatus Pertaining to the Co-Generation Conversion of Light Into Electricity - An apparatus comprising a high-temperature photovoltaic transducer that is disposed between a source of light and another modality of solar energy conversion such that both the high-temperature photovoltaic transducer and the another modality of solar energy conversion generate electricity using a same source of light. | 02-13-2014 |
20140041711 | Apparatus Pertaining to Solar Cells Having Nanowire Titanium Oxide Cores and Graphene Exteriors and the Co-Generation Conversion of Light into Electricity Using Such Solar Cells - An apparatus comprising a plurality of solar cells that each comprise a nanowire titanium oxide core having graphene disposed thereon. By one approach this plurality of solar cells can comprise, at least in part, a titanium foil having the plurality of solar cells disposed thereon wherein at least a majority of the solar cells are aligned substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to the titanium foil. Such a plurality of solar cells can be disposed between a source of light and another modality of solar energy conversion such that both the solar cells and the another modality of solar energy conversion generate electricity using a same source of light. | 02-13-2014 |
20150200316 | SOLAR CELLS HAVING NANOWIRE TITANIUM OXIDE AND/OR SILICON CARBIDE CORES AND GRAPHENE EXTERIORS - An apparatus comprising a plurality of solar cells that each comprise a nanowire titanium oxide core having graphene disposed thereon. By one approach this plurality of solar cells can comprise, at least in part, a titanium foil having the plurality of solar cells disposed thereon wherein at least a majority of the solar cells are aligned substantially parallel to one another and substantially perpendicular to the titanium foil. Such a plurality of solar cells can be disposed between a source of light and another modality of solar energy conversion such that both the solar cells and the another modality of solar energy conversion generate electricity using a same source of light. | 07-16-2015 |
Gunnar Gruen, Valley DE
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20110057072 | DEVICE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL COMFORT IN AN AIRPLANE - A device and method for increasing comfort in an aircraft. The device and method utilizes a surface arranged between a ceiling paneling of a cabin of the aircraft and a passenger. The surface is arranged to face the passenger and is positionable so that a distance between the surface and the passenger is changeable. The device is structured and arranged to at least one of affect a thermal comfort of the passenger and supply air to the passenger via the surface. | 03-10-2011 |
Heike Gruen, Aachen DE
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20160082193 | PHARMACEUTICAL SYRINGE PISTON - A pharmaceutical syringe piston having a longitudinal axis includes a body having a central face portion with a first outer circumference and maximum first diameter. A cylindrical sealing portion proximate the central face portion has first and second axial ends and a wall extending therebetween. The wall has a second outer circumference and a second diameter essentially constant along the longitudinal axis between the first and second axial ends of the cylindrical sealing portion and is larger than the maximum first diameter. An annular curved portion has a maximum outer diameter less than the second diameter and connects the first axial end of the cylindrical sealing portion to the first outer circumference. An inert film encloses the central face portion and at least a part of the annular curved portion and has an outer boundary between the first axial end of the cylindrical sealing portion and the first outer circumference. | 03-24-2016 |
Holger Gruen, Peissenberg DE
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20140368494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING SIMULATED DEPTH-OF-FIELD VISUAL EFFECT - Systems and methods for rendering depth-of-field visual effect on images with high computing efficiency and performance. A diffusion blurring process and a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)-based convolution are combined to achieve high-fidelity depth-of-field visual effect with Bokeh spots in real-time applications. The brightest regions in the background of an original image are enhanced with Bokeh effect by virtue of FFT convolution with a convolution kernel. A diffusion solver can be used to blur the background of the original image. By blending the Bokeh spots with the image with gradually blurred background, a resultant image can present an enhanced depth-of-field visual effect. The FFT-based convolution can be computed with multi-threaded parallelism. | 12-18-2014 |
Holger Gruen, Munich DE
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20140347359 | CACHE-EFFICIENT PROCESSOR AND METHOD OF RENDERING INDIRECT ILLUMINATION USING INTERLEAVING AND SUB-IMAGE BLUR - A cache-efficient processor and method for rendering indirect illumination using interleaving and sub-image blur. One embodiment of the processor is configured to render an indirect illumination image and includes: (1) a buffer restructurer configured to organize a reflective shadow map (RSM), rendered with respect to a reference point, into a plurality of unique sub-RSMs, each having sub-RSM pixels, (2) an indirect illumination computer configured to employ interleaved sampling on the plurality of unique sub-RSMs to generate a plurality of indirect illumination sub-images, and (3) a filter operable to smooth accumulated light values of the indirect illumination sub-images for subsequent interleaving into the indirect illumination image. | 11-27-2014 |
Jan Jim Gruen, Sylmar, CA US
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20120285119 | Fundation anchor bolt holder - A bolt holding device that has a seating platform for anchor bolts and support for it in an elevated position. | 11-15-2012 |
Jeffrey Gruen, Hamden, CT US
Jeffrey R. Gruen, Hamden, CT US
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20080318217 | Identification of Gene Associated with Reading Disability and Uses Therefor - The present invention relates to identification of a human gene, DCDC2 (MIM: 605755), associated with susceptibility for developing reading disability (RD), which is useful in identifying or aiding in identifying individuals at risk for developing RD, as well as for diagnosing or aiding in the diagnosis of RD. | 12-25-2008 |
20120115140 | Molecular Diagnosis of Fragile X Syndrome Associated with FMR1 Gene - The present invention includes a rapid, selective, and accurate method of diagnosing a human subject with a triplet repeat genetic disorder of the FMR1 gene that leads to fragile X syndrome. The present invention also includes a rapid, selective, and accurate method of diagnosing a human subject at risk for developing a triplet repeat genetic disorder of the FMR1 gene that leads to fragile X syndrome, or at risk of passing such a disorder on to their progeny. | 05-10-2012 |
20140051076 | IDENTIFICATION OF GENE ASSOCIATED WITH READING DISABILITY AND USES THEREFOR - The present invention relates to identification of a human gene, DCDC2 (MIM: 605755), associated with susceptibility for developing reading disability (RD), which is useful in identifying or aiding in identifying individuals at risk for developing RD, as well as for diagnosing or aiding in the diagnosis of RD. | 02-20-2014 |
20150299792 | ASSESSING RISK OF READING AND LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT - Described herein are the association BV677278 (READ1) with reading disability and language impairment, as well as the synergistic interaction of DCDC2 risk haplotypes or alleles with KIAA0319 risk allele. | 10-22-2015 |
Jeffrey R. Gruen, Hamdem, CT US
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20120100537 | Method of Prenatal Molecular Diagnosis of Down Syndrome and Other Trisomic Disorders - The present invention encompasses a method of diagnosing chromosomal trisomy in a human subject. In one embodiment, the method comprises pyrosequencing at least one single nucleotide polymorphism on a chromosome being assessed for trisomy, where the SNP comprises two alleles. | 04-26-2012 |
Joachim Gruen, Berlin DE
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20110045004 | METHOD FOR IN-VITRO DETECTING PATHOGENIC T HELPER CELLS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES - The invention relates to a method for in-vitro detecting pathogenic T helper cells by incubating a sample of a body fluid or tissue taken from a mammal with substances specifically interacting with at least one gene product encoded by selected genes, which are differentially expressed compared to normal T helper cells, determining specific incubation products, correlating an amount of signal or change in signal with a concentration of the gene product in the sample, and detecting cell pathogenicity by comparing the concentration with another gene product concentration in a sample of non-pathogenic and/or pathogenic cells. Another object if the invention concerns a pharmaceutical composition for prophylaxis and therapy of chronicinflammatory. The invention also relates to a method for screening substances with the property to reduce the pathogenicity of T helper cells along with the symptoms of chronic inflammatory diseases. | 02-24-2011 |
Juergen Gruen, Lohr Am Main DE
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20110147629 | SOLENOID ARRANGEMENT AND VALVE ARRANGEMENT - A solenoid arrangement comprises a pole tube which is axially subdivided into a pole core section, a transition section, and a tube section. A magnetic flux between the pole core section and the tube section is interrupted by the transition section. An armature is movably guided in the pole tube and has, at its end facing the pole core section, a flange which axially projects from an end face. According to the invention, the pole core section has a stepped depression into which the armature can plunge and which, starting from the transition section, is subdivided into an annular collar, a shoulder, and a notch which is set back axially and radially. An axial dimension of the collar exceeds an axial dimension of the flange. | 06-23-2011 |
20110168932 | SOLENOID ARRANGEMENT AND VALVE ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a solenoid wherein a magnetic discontinuity is formed in the pole tube by means of reducing the effective material thickness, such as by reducing the thickness, particularly the wall thickness of the magnetically active material, the front face of the armature facing the polker segment and a floor in the interior of the pole tube at the polker segment each have a contour allowing mutual axial overlapping. This enables advantageous influencing of the force-stroke characteristic curve of the solenoid with low production effort. | 07-14-2011 |
20140291563 | Actuating Device having a Rotationally Secured Holding Nut - An actuating device for a control body of a valve includes an armature guide configured to receive a magnetic armature and an armature plunger in such a manner that the magnetic armature and armature plunger can move in relation to a longitudinal direction. An outer thread is located on a longitudinal end of the armature guide that is remote from the armature plunger. The outer thread includes a first cross-sectional profile forming a thread tip that points towards an exterior. A holding nut having an inner thread is screwed onto the outer thread of the armature guide and lies at least indirectly on the synthetic material casing of the electrical coil. The inner thread includes a second cross-sectional profile that is complementary to the first cross-sectional profile, and a thread base configured in a clamping region in a gap free manner with respect to the first cross-sectional profile. | 10-02-2014 |
Juergen Gruen, Boetzingen DE
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20090266843 | MULTICOMPONENT CARTRIDGE - The inventive multicomponent cartridge ( | 10-29-2009 |
Juergen Gruen, Lohr DE
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20100301244 | POLE TUBE - A pole tube of a solenoid actuator including a non-magnetic intermediate piece having a first intermediate end face and a second intermediate end face, a pole piece having a pole end face configured to join the first intermediate end face at a first joining region, and a tube piece having a tube end face configured to join the second intermediate end face at a second joining region. At least two of the intermediate piece, the pole piece and the tube piece are configured to be connectable to each other using electric fusion. At least two of the intermediate piece, the pole piece and the tube piece have a different conductivity. A respective part of the pole and tube pieces disposed in corresponding first and second joining regions are configured to each have an electrical resistance substantially equal to an electrical resistance of a part of the intermediate piece. | 12-02-2010 |
Martin Gruen, Hofheim DE
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20120183791 | METHOD FOR APPLYING AT LEAST ONE ANTI-CORROSIVE, LIQUID COATING AGENT COMPRISING METAL PARTICLES TO A WORKPIECE, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for applying at least one anticorrosive, liquid, metal-particle-containing coating agent to a workpiece ( | 07-19-2012 |
Mathias Gruen, Jena DE
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20090263851 | IN VIVO SELECTION SYSTEM FOR ENZYME ACTIVITY - The present invention provides in vivo systems in which activity of a biological cleavage enzyme, such as a site-specific recombinase, a homing endonuclease, or an intein, is linked to cell viability and therefore can be selected. The invention further provides methods of making cells in which the activity of a biological cleavage enzyme is linked to viability, as well as methods of identifying new biological cleavage enzymes, including enzymes having altered site specificity, using such cells. | 10-22-2009 |
Michael Marcus Gruen, Silver Spring, MD US
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20140250048 | ANALYZING BEHAVIOR IN LIGHT OF SOCIAL CONTEXT - A relational event history is determined based on a data set, the relational event history. Data is populated in a probability model based on the relational event history, where the probability model is formulated as a series of conditional probabilities that correspond to a set of sequential decisions by an actor for each relational event, where the set of sequential decisions includes at least two decisions as to recipients of a relational event, where the probability model includes one or more statistical parameters and corresponding statistics that relate to one or more of senders, modes, topics, or recipients of relational events. A baseline communications behavior for the relational event history is determined based on the populated probability model, the baseline including a first set of values for the one or more statistical parameters, and departures within the relational event history from the baseline communications behavior are determined. | 09-04-2014 |
Robert Gruen, Seattle, WA US
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20140237093 | CONTENT VIRALITY DETERMINATION AND VISUALIZATION - Various techniques of content virality determination and visualization are disclosed herein. For example, a method of determining network content virality metric includes constructing a diffusion cascade for a computer network content based on a plurality of time points at which individual users adopt the network content and connection information of the users. The method also includes calculating, with a processor, a virality metric of the network content based on a structural characteristic of the constructed diffusion cascade. Based on the calculated virality metric, one may determine if the network content is viral. | 08-21-2014 |
Robert Gruen, Bellevue, WA US
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20090048020 | EFFICIENT TEXT INPUT FOR GAME CONTROLLERS AND HANDHELD DEVICES - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates entering a character via an input device. An interface can receive a portion of input data from an input device, wherein the input data is at least one of an analog input from an analog directional input associated with the input device or a button input from a button associated with the input device. An enhanced input component can utilize a user interface (UI) overlay corresponding to the input device to select a character in which the UI overlay includes a segmented ring with each sector having two or more characters. The enhanced input component can enter a character for data entry based upon an analog directional input that selects a sector on the segmented ring and a button input that selects a corresponding character within the segment. | 02-19-2009 |
Robert W. Gruen, Seattle, WA US
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20130066548 | TRANSPORT-DEPENDENT PREDICTION OF DESTINATIONS - A destination analysis module is described which estimates at least one destination of a user given a partial path taken by the user within a geographic area. The destination analysis module operates by detecting a mode of transportation that a user uses to traverse the path (e.g., automobile, public transportation, walking, etc.). The destination analysis module then loads a model associated with the mode of transportation into a destination prediction module and estimates at least one destination based on the path and the model. The model has various components that depend on the mode of transportation, such as routing network information and prior probability information. | 03-14-2013 |
Robert Warren Gruen, Kirkland, WA US
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20100173585 | SEAMLESS DATA COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCE - A method of providing a seamless data communication experience across a presence aware device and an additional presence aware device is disclosed. A data communication experience may be transferred from a presence aware device to an additional presence aware device when a user selects to switch to an additional presence aware device or leaves the presence of the presence aware device. | 07-08-2010 |
20110256019 | SELF-STERILIZING USER INPUT DEVICE - Technologies are described herein for providing sterilization of a touchscreen or other tactile input surface of a user input device. A self-sterilizing user input device includes a touchscreen for receiving tactile user input and an ultraviolet (UV) light source that emits UV light onto a touchscreen at a sterilization wavelength. A controller selectively activates and deactivates the UV light source according to whether a user is at or near the user input device. According to one aspect, the user input device includes a backlight to illuminate the touchscreen. The UV light source is positioned with the backlight to provide the UV light from a rear side of the touchscreen. | 10-20-2011 |
20110261260 | PROJECTED IMAGE ENHANCEMENT - A first image is provided to a projector, which is configured to project the first image on a projection screen. A captured first image is received from a camera configured to capture the projected first image and an occluding object between the projector and the projection screen. A key including a difference between the captured first image and the first image is generated. A second image is modified according to the key to generate a new second image. The new second image is provided to the projector, which is further configured to project the new second image. | 10-27-2011 |