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Hamed Abbasian, Mississauga CA
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| 20110100293 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COATING MEDICAL DEVICES - A system and method for photo-grafting a coating polymer onto the surface of a medical device are provided. The system comprises a plurality of stations including a novel grafting station. The system and method of the invention are both time- and resource-efficient. The system includes several stations, each station including a dipping tank. The system allows for the automated, semi-automated, or manual dipping of medical devices into the dipping tanks in a specified order, as desired, wherein at least one of the stations is a grafting station for photo-grafting the coating polymer onto the surface of the medical device. The system is modular, which allows for modification of the process as required, depending on the needs of the user. The system may comprise stations for incorporating an antimicrobial agent into the coating, and/or for rendering the coating lubricious. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110100294 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COATING MEDICAL DEVICES - A system and method for photo-grafting a coating polymer onto the surface of a medical device are provided. The system comprises a plurality of stations including a novel grafting station. The system and method of the invention are both time- and resource-efficient. The system includes several stations, each station including a dipping tank. The system allows for the automated, semi-automated, or manual dipping of medical devices into the dipping tanks in a specified order, as desired, wherein at least one of the stations is a grafting station for photo-grafting the coating polymer onto the surface of the medical device. The system is modular, which allows for modification of the process as required, depending on the needs of the user. The system may comprise stations for incorporating an antimicrobial agent into the coating, and/or for rendering the coating lubricious. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110104390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COATING MEDICAL DEVICES - A system and method for photo-grafting a coating polymer onto the surface of a medical device are provided. The system comprises a plurality of stations including a novel grafting station. The system and method of the invention are both time- and resource-efficient. The system includes several stations, each station including a dipping tank. The system allows for the automated, semi-automated, or manual dipping of medical devices into the dipping tanks in a specified order, as desired, wherein at least one of the stations is a grafting station for photo-grafting the coating polymer onto the surface of the medical device. The system is modular, which allows for modification of the process as required, depending on the needs of the user. The system may comprise stations for incorporating an antimicrobial agent into the coating, and/or for rendering the coating lubricious. | 05-05-2011 |
Hamed Eshraghian, Lexington, MA US
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| 20080294926 | Globally synchronized timestamp value counter - The present invention relates to a synchronized timestamp mechanism in a packet processing system. This synchronized timestamp mechanism provides a globally synchronized counter value so counters located on separate packet processing cards can be synchronized. The synchronizing of these packet processing cards provides tracking of how long it takes for packets to be processed, provides the ability to generate packet headers that include sequence numbers for robust header compression, and allows the use of encryption protocols without a time reference signal. The synchronization is provided by sending the cards with counter value information and this information can be used to update the card's internal counter value information so that the card is synchronized with other cards. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090210593 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION OVER A BUS - Systems and methods for communicating data over a communication bus are disclosed. In some aspects, the data is digital information communicated over a multiple-line bus connecting two or more electronic devices such as integrated circuits. The disclosure presents useful formats for arranging data into data cells communicated over the bus, and include some exemplary features as shared clock signals, Ready bit information, and vertical parity checking. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100027548 | COMMUNICATING IN VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A data and voice communication system includes communication between a line card and an accelerator card. Voice, data, and control traffic is received from the line card and is transmitted to the accelerator card via a physical link having separate voice, data, and control logical channels. The separate voice, data, and control logical channels are represented by labeled data packets. | 02-04-2010 |
Hamed Faridfar, Atherton GB
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| 20100044204 | Safety Switch - A safety switch | 02-25-2010 |
Hamed Haddadi, Kaiserslautern DE
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| 20110055552 | PRIVATE, ACCOUNTABLE, AND PERSONALIZED INFORMATION DELIVERY IN A NETWORKED SYSTEM - A client receives a notification of a user interaction with an information item and creates a record describing this interaction. The client encrypts the record using an encryption key associated with a server. The encrypted record is then communicated to at least one proxy, which in turn forwards the encrypted record to a server. Upon receiving the encrypted record from the proxy, a server decrypts the record using a decryption key and analyzes the decrypted record to identify the information item and the type of user interaction. This information may be used individually or in aggregate for tracking user interests, billing advertisers or information item providers, and/or collecting anonymous information from users. | 03-03-2011 |
Hamed Ketabdar, Berlin DE
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| 20110047112 | Method for Detecting Airplane Flight Events, Mobile Communication Device, and Computational Unit Therefor - A method for detecting airplane flight events using at least one acceleration sensor associated with a mobile communication device includes obtaining at least one acceleration signal from the at least one acceleration sensor; pre-processing the obtained at least one acceleration signal to remove redundant information present in the at least one acceleration signal; performing a feature extraction on the pre-processed at least one acceleration signal; and classifying airplane flight events based on an acceleration pattern represented by the extracted acceleration features. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110190060 | AROUND DEVICE INTERACTION FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTER GAME AND FOR USER VERIFICATION - An electronic device includes an around device interaction module configured to interact with a user of the electronic device. The around device interaction module includes a magnetic sensor operable to measure a magnetic field strength of a magnetic element and a control unit configured to control the electronic device based on a movement of the magnetic element while the magnetic sensor measures the magnetic field strength of the magnetic element. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110218803 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING INTELLIGIBILITY OF SPEECH REPRESENTED BY A SPEECH SIGNAL - A method for assessing intelligibility of speech represented by a speech signal includes providing a speech signal and performing a feature extraction on at least one frame of the speech signal so as to obtain a feature vector for each of the at least one frame of the speech signal. The feature vector is input to a statistical machine learning model so as to obtain an estimated posterior probability of phonemes in the at least one frame as an output including a vector of phoneme posterior probabilities of different phonemes for each of the at least one frame of the speech signal. An entropy estimation is performed on the vector of phoneme posterior probabilities of the at least one frame of the speech signal so as to evaluate intelligibility of the at least one frame of the speech signal. An intelligibility measure is output for the at least one frame of the speech signal. | 09-08-2011 |
Hamed Lakrout, Midland, MI US
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| 20100029827 | POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES PREPARED THEREFROM, AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - The invention provides a composition comprising at least one olefin multi-block interpolymer; at least one functionalized olefin-based polymer; and optionally at least one thermoplastic polyurethane. The invention also provides for articles prepared from the inventive compositions and for methods for making the same. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100093942 | FUNCTIONALIZED OLEFIN POLYMERS, COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES PREPARED THEREFROM, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - In one aspect the invention provides a melt process for preparing a functionalized olefin multiblock interpolymer, said process comprising grafting onto the backbone of the olefin multiblock interpolymer at least one compound comprising at least one “amine-reactive” group to form a grafted olefin multiblock interpolymer, and reacting a primary-secondary diamine or an alkanolamine with the grafted olefin multiblock interpolymer, without the isolation of the grafted olefin multiblock interpolymer. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100135907 | Oral Drug Compliance Monitoring Using Sound Detection - A tablet, pill or capsule containing a material which produces sound waves when the tablet, pill or capsule is exposed to the gastrointestinal system. A two step method for oral drug compliance monitoring. The first step is to ingest a tablet, pill or capsule containing a material which produces sound waves when the tablet, pill or capsule is exposed to the gastrointestinal system of a person. The second step is to detect the sound waves produced when the tablet, pill or capsule is exposed to the gastrointestinal system to confirm that the person has ingested the tablet, pill or capsule. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100136273 | REACTIVELY-COUPLED ARTICLES AND RELATED METHODS - The present invention is an article of construction formed from an article adhesively-bonded to a layering material through (a) reactive coupling of a functionalized nitroxide or (b) the adhesion of components in a polymer matrix made from or containing a polymer, an organic peroxide, and a functionalized nitroxide. The initial article may be expanded. It may also be polar or nonpolar. Similarly, the layering material may be polar or nonpolar. Other embodiments of the present invention are described, including other articles and methods for preparing the articles. The useful articles of the present invention include shoe outsoles and midsoles, paints, overmolded articles, weather stripping, gaskets, profiles, belts, hoses, tubes, durable goods, tires, construction panels, leisure and sports equipment foams, energy management foams, acoustic management foams, insulation foams, other foams, automotive parts (including bumper fascias, vertical panels, soft thermoplastic polyolefin skins, and interior trim), toys, supported films (including single-ply and co-extruded films), glass laminations, leather articles (synthetic and natural), personal health care and hygiene articles, other metal laminates, wood composites, automotive belts, hoses, tubes, conveyor belts, footwear, sporting goods, and filled articles. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100143651 | FUNCTIONALIZED OLEFIN POLYMERS, COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES PREPARED THEREFROM, AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - The invention provides polyolefin blend compositions of polar and/or non-polar polymers, with at least one functionalized polyolefin polymer selected from the group consisting of: amine functionalized, hydroxyl functionalized, imide functionalized, anhydride functionalized, or carboxylic acid functionalized polyolefin polymers. The invention also provides methods for making the functionalized polyolefin polymer. The invention also provides for materials and articles containing at least one component prepared from such compositions. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100281964 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE MACHINABILITY OF LAMINATES - A device and method for assessing the machinability, particularly the drillability, of epoxy resin laminates by reproducible indentation and analysis of the delamination area of a laminate sample thus provoked. | 11-11-2010 |
Hamed Peyravi, Athens GR
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| 20100265407 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOOP THROUGH FOR MULTI-BAND TV TUNERS AND SET-TOP BOX AND/OR TV SET APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for loop-through for multi-band TV tuners and set-top box and/or TV set applications are disclosed and may include generating master and slave output signals from one or more low-noise amplifiers including master and slave stages. The master and slave stages may include parallel-coupled gain paths. Gate terminals and source terminals of input transistors for the master and slave stages may be directly coupled. The input transistors for the master and slave stages may share an inductor coupled to the source terminals and to ground. The master and slave stages may include cascode stages. VHF and UHF signals may be amplified in the multi-band receiver. The generated master output signal may be processed in the multi-band receiver, and may be utilized to generate I and Q output signals. A plurality of the slave output signals may be summed and communicated to a receiver external to the multi-band receiver. | 10-21-2010 |
Hamed Pirsiavash, Irvine, CA US
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| 20110081075 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDEXING PRESENTATION VIDEOS - A system and method for identifying key frames of a presentation video that include stationary informational content. A sequence of frames is obtained from a presentation video and differences of pixel values between consecutive frames of the sequence of frames are computed. Sets of consecutive frames that are stationary are identified, wherein consecutive frames that are stationary have a proportion of changed pixel values below a first predetermined threshold, and wherein pixel values are deemed to be changed when the difference between the pixel values for corresponding pixels in consecutive frames exceeds a second predetermined threshold. Next, a set of key frames that include stationary informational content is retained. The set of key frames that include stationary informational content is then displayed for user interaction. | 04-07-2011 |
Hamed Sadati, Dubai AE
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| 20080231342 | PROGRAMMABLE CALIBRATION CIRCUIT FOR POWER SUPPLY CURRENT SENSING AND DROOP LOSS COMPENSATION - A circuit for regulating power is disclosed. The present invention provides circuits and methods for current sensing variations, static droop settings, mismatched phase outputs, and temperature variations in a multiphase power regulator. The circuits may include a calibration controller that senses and regulates both a current sensing circuit and the droop in a power regulator over a range of temperatures thus equalizing phase outputs. The present invention includes the schematic organization and implementation of the circuit, the circuit's calibration, its use, and implementation. This invention advantageously provides circuits and methods to properly power a processor or IC chip according to the unique power specifications of the processor or chip. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080265857 | INTEGRATED FET SYNCHRONOUS MULTIPHASE BUCK CONVERTER WITH INNOVATIVE OSCILLATOR - A power conversion system, preferably a buck converter, having (i) an oscillator, (ii) a pulse width modulator, (iii) and a nonoverlap clock generator and level shifter, wherein the improvement comprises the elimination of an external resistor divider is described. The buck converter can convert input voltage ranging from approximately 3V to 5V down to approximately 0.7-1.0V, 1.2V, 1.5V, 1.8V, 2.5V, and 3.3V without the use of resistor dividers. The voltage input identifiers select one of the possible output settings for flexibility and accuracy. The integrated field emitting transistors can provide a continuous current of at least 6 A. Additionally, peak current mode and an oscillator enable multiphase operation, up to ten buck converters, for up to 60 A output current. The multiphase operation reduces the output inductor size, and number of bulk capacitors. Moreover, the multiphase operation yields higher efficiency and provides high transient response for demanding applications. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266909 | CHIPSET FOR ISOLATED POWER SUPPLY WITH NEW PROGRAMMABLE SYNCHRONIZATION ARCHITECTURE - A chipset for an isolated power supply having an innovative oscillator includes a primary controller and a secondary controller. The primary controller can have the control and drive circuitry for the chipset. The secondary controller can provide rectification signals that can be synchronized with a power MOSFET. | 10-30-2008 |
Hamed Shadpour, Tustin, CA US
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| 20110281743 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ISOLATING CELLS IN CELL COLONIES IN CULTURE - Selecting and propagating a cell colony of interest from among a plurality of cell colonies carried on a common substrate in culture is carried out by: (a) selecting a cell colony of interest from among the plurality of cell colonies; (b) isolating a cell subset from the cell colony of interest; (c) analyzing (for example, by a destructive analysis) the cell subset isolated from the cell colony of interest to confirm the presence or absence of a desired feature therein; and then (d) propagating the cell colony of interest when the desired feature is present in the cell subset. A micropallet apparatus may include: (a) a substrate; (b) a plurality of discrete arrays formed on the substrate, each of the arrays comprising a plurality of releasable pallets, and (c) a plurality of gap forming regions, wherein the gap forming regions surround the pallets and separate the pallets from one another. | 11-17-2011 |
Hamed Shadpour, Chapel Hill, NC US
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| 20100108519 | Polymeric Nanopillars and Nanotubes, Their Manufacture and Uses - A method is disclosed for fabricating free-standing polymeric nanopillars or nanotubes with remarkably high aspect ratios. The nanopillars and nanotubes may be used, for example, in integrated microfluidic systems for rapid, automated, high-capacity analysis or separation of complex protein mixtures or their enzyme digest products. One embodiment, preferably fabricated entirely from polymer substrates, comprises a cell lysis unit; a solid-phase extraction unit with free-standing, polymeric nanostructures; a multi-dimensional electrophoretic separation unit with high peak capacity; a solid-phase nanoreactor for the proteolytic digestion of isolated proteins; and a chromatographic unit for the separation of peptide fragments from the digestion of proteins. The nanopillars and nanotubes may also be used to increase surface area for reaction with a solid phase, for example, with immobilized enzymes or other catalysts within a microchannel, or as a solid support for capillary electrochromatography-based separations of proteins or peptides. | 05-06-2010 |
Hamed Shahbazi, Vancouver CA
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| 20090076934 | PERSONALIZED CUSTOMER TRANSACTION SYSTEM - A variety of products and services can be integrated and personalized by a self-service kiosk. A self-service terminal that originates a financial transaction, the self-service terminal may comprise a physical payment interface integrated with the self-service terminal, a personalized interaction management module that accesses a user account, the user account identifying payment obligations of a user to a plurality of payees, an input adapter that detects selection of an identified payment obligation to a payee, a transaction management module that receives an originating instruction via the self-service terminal to originate payment associated with the selected payment obligation, funds designated for the payment being specified via the physical payment interface, and a transaction processing module that transmits a payment instruction specifying the payment for application against the selected payment obligation. | 03-19-2009 |
Hamed Valizadegan, East Lansing, MI US
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| 20100250523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING A RANKING MODEL THAT OPTIMIZES A RANKING EVALUATION METRIC FOR RANKING SEARCH RESULTS OF A SEARCH QUERY - An improved system and method for learning a ranking model that optimizes a ranking evaluation metric for ranking search results of a search query is provided. An optimized nDCG ranking model that optimizes an approximation of an average nDCG ranking evaluation metric may be generated from training data through an iterative boosting method for learning to more accurately rank a list of search results for a query. A combination of weak ranking classifiers may be iteratively learned that optimize an approximation of an average nDCG ranking evaluation metric for the training data by training a weak ranking classifier at each iteration for each document in the training data with a computed weight and assigned class label, and then updating the optimized nDCG ranking model by adding the weak ranking classifier with a combination weight to the optimized nDCG ranking model. | 09-30-2010 |