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Daniel W. Hoekstra, Lafayette, CO US
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| 20100022285 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETROFITTING A BROAD RANGE OF MOBILE DEVICES TO RECEIVE WIRELESS POWER - Apparatus and method for retrofitting a mobile electronic device, which has an input power receptacle located on its side, to receive power from a power delivery pad that has a flat power delivery surface. A connector assembly is connectable to the mobile electronic device by plugging a connector into the input power receptacle of the device. A power receiver assembly connects pivotally and electrically to the connector assembly by magnetism. The power receiver assembly is pivotal to position a power receiver hub, which is at a fixed distance from the connector assembly, over an axis of the mobile device, where an anchor comprising magnetic material or a mechanical attachment apparatus is adhered to the surface of the mobile device, and the hub is attached to the anchor by magnetism also, so that it is simply and easily detachable and re-attachable. The connector is adjustable in the connector assembly to position the power receiver assembly flush with the surface of the mobile device. Alternate connector assemblies with differently configured connectors are attachable magnetically or mechanically to the power receiver assembly. | 01-28-2010 |
Denise Maxine Hoekstra, Monroe, WA US
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| 20090148933 | INTEGRATED NUCLEIC ACID ASSAYS - Integrated microfluidic cartridges for nucleic acid extraction, amplification, and detection from clinical samples are disclosed. The devices are single-entry, sanitary, and disposable. The devices enable simplex or multiplex nucleic acid target detection, as for example: assay panels for multiple infectious agents, or assay panels for cancerous cell types. Methods for use of microfluidic cartridges in a fully automated, pneumatically controlled apparatus are also disclosed. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090325276 | INTEGRATED MICROFLUIDIC ASSAY DEVICES AND METHODS - Combinations of microfluidic diagnostic testing modules for simultaneous evaluations of serological and molecular biological targets are provided, and include panel testing for both antibodies (or antigens) and nucleic acid targets in one single-use device. These improvements are directed to evaluating the overall progress and activity of a pathogenic process in real time, at the point of care, not merely the presence or absence of a particular diagnostic marker, which can often be incomplete or misleading. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100167384 | MICROFLUIDIC MIXING AND ANALYTICAL APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a device comprising a pair of bellows pumps configured for efficient mixing at a microfluidic scale. By moving a fluid sample and particles in suspension through an aperture between the paired bellows pump mixing chambers, molecular collisions leading to binding between the particles and ligands in the sample are enhanced. Such devices provide an alternative for mixing that does not use a vent and can be used with a variety of particles in suspension such as magnetic beads to capture or purify useful cells and molecules. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20120064597 | MICROFLUIDIC MIXING AND ANALYTICAL APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a device comprising a pair of bellows pumps configured for efficient mixing at a microfluidic scale. By moving a fluid sample and particles in suspension through an aperture between the paired bellows pump mixing chambers, molecular collisions leading to binding between the particles and ligands in the sample are enhanced. Such devices provide an alternative for mixing that does not use a vent and can be used with a variety of particles in suspension such as magnetic beads to capture or purify useful cells and molecules. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120142070 | REHYDRATABLE MATRICES FOR DRY STORAGE OF TAQ POLYMERASE IN A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE - Formulations for dry storage of PCR reagents are described. These formulations find use in manufacture of self-contained microfluidic card devices for PCR clinical testing in which the reagents are reconstituted at the point of testing. In these cards, TAQ polymerase is stored “on-board” in vitrified dry form without lyophilization or freezing, and is reconstituted by either the sample or a sample eluate during the assay. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120156750 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DEHYDRATED STORAGE OF ON-BOARD REAGENTS IN MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES - Manufacturing methods and compositions are described for production of self-contained microfluidic cartridge devices with on-board reagents for molecular biological testing. Sensitive reagents are stored in dry form without lyophilization or freezing, and reconstituted at the point of use with either a biological sample or a sample eluate at the point of use. Manufacturing methods include sheet and roll fabrication processes where the reagents are printed in place and sealed within individual microfluidic cartridges before gel vitrification. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120164627 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MICROFLUIDIC POINT-OF-CARE IMMUNOASSAYS - Microfluidic methods and devices for heterogeneous binding and agglutination assays are disclosed, with improvements relating to mixing and to reagent and sample manipulation in systems designed for safe handling of clinical test samples. | 06-28-2012 |
Dennis Hoekstra, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090063294 | Scoring Feed Data Quality - A method and apparatus for scoring a data feed is provided. A feed scoring system takes as an input a data summary file produced by the data feed processing engine. The data file contains field coverage data, attribute extraction data, and mapping data. The data file is processed by the feed scoring system to create a set of scores. The scores are organized and presented in a hierarchical manner. | 03-05-2009 |
Eric J. Hoekstra, Holland, MI US
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| 20090292496 | VEHICLE COMPASS COMPENSATION - A compass compensation system is provided for automatically and continuously calibrating an electronic compass for a vehicle, without requiring an initial manual calibration or preset of the vehicle magnetic signature. The system initially adjusts a two axis sensor of the compass in response to a sampling of at least one initial data point. The system further calibrates the compass by sampling data points that are substantially opposite to one another on a plot of a magnetic field and averaging an ordinate of the data points to determine a respective zero value for the Earth magnetic field. The system also identifies a change in magnetic signature and adjusts the sensor assembly. | 11-26-2009 |
George P. Hoekstra, Austin, TX US
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| 20090259825 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system has a first plurality of cores in a first coherency group. Each core transfers data in packets. The cores are directly coupled serially to form a serial path. The data packets are transferred along the serial path. The serial path is coupled at one end to a packet switch. The packet switch is coupled to a memory. The first plurality of cores and the packet switch are on an integrated circuit. The memory may or may not be on the integrated circuit. In another aspect a second plurality of cores in a second coherency group is coupled to the packet switch. The cores of the first and second pluralities may be reconfigured to form or become part of coherency groups different from the first and second coherency groups. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100107037 | MEMORY SYSTEM WITH ERROR CORRECTION AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A method is provided for error correction of a memory. The method includes: providing a first memory and a second memory; initiating a read operation of the first memory to retrieve data; performing an error correction code (ECC) processing on the data, wherein the ECC processing for determining that at least a portion of the data is erroneous and for providing corrected data; and determining if an address of the erroneous data is stored in the second memory, if the address of the erroneous data is stored in the second memory, storing the corrected data in the second memory, and if the address of the erroneous data is not stored in the second memory, storing the address in the second memory. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100208537 | DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (DRAM) REFRESH - A method for refreshing a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) includes performing a refresh on at least a portion of the DRAM at a first refresh rate, and performing a refresh on a second portion of the DRAM at a second refresh rate. The second portion includes one or more rows of the DRAM which do not meet a data retention criteria at the first refresh rate, and the second refresh rate is greater than the first refresh rate. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110093660 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system has a first plurality of cores in a first coherency group. Each core transfers data in packets. The cores are directly coupled serially to form a serial path. The data packets are transferred along the serial path. The serial path is coupled at one end to a packet switch. The packet switch is coupled to a memory. The first plurality of cores and the packet switch are on an integrated circuit. The memory may or may not be on the integrated circuit. In another aspect a second plurality of cores in a second coherency group is coupled to the packet switch. The cores of the first and second pluralities may be reconfigured to form or become part of coherency groups different from the first and second coherency groups. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110255357 | DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (DRAM) REFRESH - A method for refreshing a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) includes performing a refresh on at least a portion of the DRAM at a first refresh rate, and performing a refresh on a second portion of the DRAM at a second refresh rate. The second portion includes one or more rows of the DRAM which do not meet a data retention criteria at the first refresh rate, and the second refresh rate is greater than the first refresh rate. | 10-20-2011 |
John C. Hoekstra, Johnston, IA US
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| 20100047801 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA DRIVEN MANAGEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL SEEDS - A method for managing seed includes non-destructively sampling individual seeds to assist in providing evaluation data for each of the individual seeds, storing the evaluation data and seed identifiers associated with each of the individual seeds in a data store, selecting a subset of seed for planting at least partially based on the evaluation data, and planting the subset of seed. A system for management of seed on an individual seed basis includes an evaluation subsystem for evaluating individual non-destructively sampled seeds to provide evaluation data for the seeds, a selection subsystem for selecting a subset of the individual seeds at least partially based on the evaluation data, and a planting subsystem for planting the subset of individual seeds. | 02-25-2010 |
Kathleen Hoekstra, Newark, DE US
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| 20100239642 | COATING COMPOSITIONS - Described are coating compositions for marking substrates comprising a) a solvent, b) a salt of a phosphorus or boron containing acid and an amine or imine, c) a salt of a non-phosphorus and non-boron containing acid and an amine or imine, d) a binder, and e) optionally additional ingredients, their manufacture and use, wherein the above-mentioned salts can also be present in an encapsulated form as a kind of pseudo-pigment. Substrates coated by the above compositions can be marked by laser irradiation. | 09-23-2010 |
Kraig H.l. Hoekstra, Phoenix, AZ US
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| 20120218652 | OPTICAL CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS - A described embodiment provides a technology for concentrating or focusing electromagnetic energy to an arbitrary desired spatial distribution, utilizing a rotatable base, a plurality of mirrors mounted to the rotatable base, and an optical receiver that is moveable in an azimuth path relative to the plurality of mirrors. A described embodiment can comprise a driver for rotating the base and a adjusting linkage that connects the plurality of mirrors so that they track in a coordinated fashion. Another embodiment comprises an optical positioning assembly on which each mirror is mounted. An optical positioning assembly adjusts each mirror to the sun's altitude and the location for the optical receiver. This assembly is connected to the adjusting linkage so that a single driver can move all the mirrors if desired. | 08-30-2012 |
Matthew Hoekstra, Forest Grove, OR US
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| 20080244598 | SYSTEM PARTITIONING TO PRESENT SOFTWARE AS PLATFORM LEVEL FUNCTIONALITY - Embodiments of apparatuses, methods for partitioning systems, and partitionable and partitioned systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes processors and a partition manager. The partition manager is to allocate a subset of the processors to a first partition and another subset of the processors to a second partition. The first partition is to execute first operating system level software and the second partition is to execute second operating system level software. The first operating system level software is to manage the processors in the first partition as resources individually accessible to the first operating system level software, and the second operating system level software is to manage the processors in the second partition as resources individually accessible to the second operating system level software. The partition manager is also to present the second partition, including the second operating system level software, to the first operating system level software as platform level functionality embedded in the system. | 10-02-2008 |
Paul M. Hoekstra, Kalamazoo, MI US
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| 20080312530 | IMPLANTABLE MARKER FOR A SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM, THE MARKER HAVING A SPIKE FOR REMOVABLY SECURING THE MARKER TO THE TISSUE TO BE TRACKED - A marker for use with a surgical navigation system for tracking the tissue with which the marker is associated. The overall dimensions of the mark is such that it is shaped to be disposed below the skin of the patient in which the marker is implanted. The marker has a stem or a spike that allows the marker to be implanted in hard tissue such as bone. A head, containing navigation system components is located above the stem or spike. Once the procedure is completed the marker is removed from the patient by breaking the head free from the stem Alternatively the head may be rotated to cause the whole of the marker to break free from the bone in which the marker is implanted. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090275940 | SURGICAL TOOL SYSTEM INCLUDING A TOOL AND A CONTROL CONSOLE, THE CONSOLE CAPABLE OF READING DATA FROM A MEMORY INTERNAL TO THE TOOL OVER THE CONDUCTORS OVER WHICH POWER IS SOURCED TO THE TOOL - A surgical tool system with a powered tool that includes a memory in which data describing the characteristics of the power signals that are to be sourced to the toll are stored. A control console based on the data in the tool memory sources the power signal to the tool. Both the data signals written out from the tool memory and the power signals from the console are exchanged over common console terminals and common tool terminals. An isolation circuit in the tool prevents the applied power signals from the console from adversely effecting the tool memory. | 11-05-2009 |
William J. Hoekstra, Chapel Hill, NC US
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| 20100305078 | METALLO-OXIDOREDUCTASE INHIBITORS USING METAL BINDING MOIETIES IN COMBINATION WITH TARGETING MOIETIES - The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to metallo-oxidoreductase inhibitors having metal binding moities linked to a targeting moiety through a linking group or a direct bond, methods for screening for metallo-oxidoreductase inhibitors, and methods of treating an oxidoreductase related disorder by administering a metallo-oxidoreductase inhibitor to a subject in need of treatment thereof. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110015158 | METALLOENZYME INHIBITORS USING METAL BINDING MOIETIES IN COMBINATION WITH TARGETING MOIETIES - The presently disclosed subject matter is described to metalloenzyme inhibitors having metal binding moieties linked to a targeting moiety through a linking group or a direct bond, method of screening for metalloenzyme inhibitors, and methods for treating a metalloenzyme related disorder by administering a metalloenzyme inhibitor to a subject in need of treatment thereof. | 01-20-2011 |
William J. Hoekstra, Durham, NC US
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| 20110306644 | METALLOENZYME INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS - The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120129886 | METALLOENZYME INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS - The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120149729 | METALLOENZYME INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS - The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes. | 06-14-2012 |