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Kari Eranen, Masku FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080256934	CATALYST UNIT FOR REDUCTION OF NOx COMPOUNDS - A catalyst unit (	10-23-2008

Kari Greason, London CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110277063	Soybean Variety XR15T10 - A novel soybean variety, designated XR15T10 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XR15T10, cells from soybean variety XR15T10, plants of soybean XR15T10, and plant parts of soybean variety XR15T10. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XR15T10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XR15T10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XR15T10. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XR15T10 are further provided.	11-10-2011

Kari Heaberlin, San Bernardino, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100186286	Chafing Dish Fuel - A fuel gel including an alcohol, a nontoxic denaturant, a thickening agent, and at least one neutralizing agent is disclosed. An exemplary formulation includes corn-based ethanol, denatonium benzoate, acrylic acid homopolymers, diisopropanolamine, corn-based glycerin, and distilled water.	07-29-2010

Kari Heikurinen, Oakville CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090246032	METHOD OF MACHINING AIRFOIL ROOT FILLETS - An airfoil root fillet having a predetermined compound curve profile can be flank milled with a single flank milling cutter having a generally conical flank milling portion and a rounded tip portion defining a compound curve.	10-01-2009
20100247310	INTENTIONALLY MISTUNED INTEGRALLY BLADED ROTOR - A frequency mistuned integrally bladed rotor (IBR) for a gas turbine engine comprises a hub and a circumferential row of blades of varying frequency projecting integrally from the hub. Each blade in the row alternate with another blade having a different pressure surface definition but similar suction surface, leading edge and trailing edge definitions.	09-30-2010

Kari Hentunen, Aura FI

Kari Hiitola, Tampere FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100107066	SCROLLING FOR A TOUCH BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A user interface for a device including display means for displaying a portion of a full content in an application area and control means. The control means are configured for displaying a scrollbar along an edge of the application area, wherein at least a portion of the scrollbar is non-linearly mapped to at least a portion of the full content. The control means are also for receiving touch input originating in the scrollbar and updating the displayed portion according to the received touch input, wherein the full content is panned in a direction corresponding to either a direction of the touch input or a location of the touch input in relation to the mapped location of the displayed portion on the scrollbar.	04-29-2010
20100107116	INPUT ON TOUCH USER INTERFACES - A user interface for use with a device having a display and a controller, the display being configured to display a portion of content, the content being related to an application which application the controller is configured to execute and the content including an object, the controller being further configured to receive touch input and determine whether the received touch input represents a scrolling action or an object specific action according to an originating location of the touch input in relation to the content.	04-29-2010

Kari Hjelt, Espoo FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110019373	Sensing Arrangement - The invention relates to an arrangement for sensing ambient conditions in electric equipment. These conditions may include verification of the user, the location of the equipment and various properties of the environment. The invention is preferably applied in mobile terminals. One idea of the invention is to provide a sensor arrangement with a substrate (	01-27-2011

Kari Hooki, Oulu FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110051840	Methods, Apparatuses, System, and Related Computer Program Product for Information Transmission - Disclosed is a method including generating information to be transmitted, first transmitting, in a first transmission opportunity of n consecutive transmission opportunities, n being an integer greater than 1, the generated information once, and second transmitting, in one transmission opportunity different from the first transmission opportunity, the generated information a number of times different from once; and a method including first receiving, in the first transmission opportunity of the n consecutive transmission opportunities the information once, and second receiving, in the one transmission opportunity different from the first transmission opportunity, the information the number of times different from once.	03-03-2011

Kari Juppi, Palokka FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090019723	Method and Device in a Dryer Section of a Fibre-Web Machine, Such as a Paper or Board Machine - A fiber-web machine dryer section has a drying group with single-wire draw so the drying wire (F) presses the web (W) against heated cylinder surfaces with the web (W) at the side of the outside curve of reversing cylinders (	01-22-2009
20090025249	Method and Device in a Dryer Section of a Fibre-Web Machine, Such as a Paper or Board Machine - A fiber-web machine dryer section has a drying group with single-wire draw. A drying wire (F) presses the web (W) on a drying cylinder (	01-29-2009
20110162230	Paper or Board Machine Employing a Single-Wire Draw Dryer Section - A paper or board machine having a machine dryer section with a drying group with single-wire draw. A drying wire (F) presses the web (W) on a drying cylinder (	07-07-2011

Kari Jyrkka, Oulu FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100061431	POWER SAVING IN A RADIO FREQUENCY MODEM - A radio frequency (RF) modem for a mobile communications device comprises a monitoring circuit; an RF circuit having a demodulator, the RF circuit being for receiving RF signals; a baseband processing unit, for processing baseband signals; and a controller. The RF modem can enter a sleep mode in which the monitoring circuit is operational and the RF circuit and the baseband processing unit are not operational. The controller is responsive to an indication from the monitoring circuit to control the RF modem to enter a monitoring mode in which the RF circuit is operational and the baseband processing unit is not operational. The RF circuit is configured for data reception in the monitoring mode. The controller then controls the RF modem to exit the monitoring mode and to enter a baseband processing mode in which the baseband processing unit is operational to process data signals provided by the RF circuit.	03-11-2010

Kari Kakkonen, Naarajarvi FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110274532	AUXILIARY DEVICE, ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD IN CARGO HANDLING - The invention relates to an auxiliary device in cargo handling. The auxiliary device is a strip, which is arranged on a base under a load. In the strip there are protrusions extending in one direction, in order both to separate the load from the base and to increase friction between the base and the load, in order to move the load by pulling on the strips. The invention also relates to an arrangement and a method in cargo handling.	11-10-2011

Kari Kalliojarvi, Kangasala FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090179628	Detection of lightning - A lightning detector for lightning detection and a lightning detection method, wherein the lightning detector uses at least two separate channels or frequency bands for lightning detection, and wherein the lightning detector is a mobile RF device provided with radio interfaces for at least two communication channels or frequency bands, whereby at least one of which is normally a telecom channel/frequency range and wherein these channels/ranges are used in lightning detection.	07-16-2009
20100250722	CONNECTIVITY MANAGEMENT FOR TRANSPORT INDEPENDENT ARCHITECTURES - A system for facilitating the configuration of access to resources residing within an operating environment comprising multiple apparatuses. Apparatuses may establish a common operating environment based on interactions taking place via a shared memory space residing on one or more of the apparatuses. Apparatuses that desire to interact with other apparatuses also participating in the common operating environment, for example in order to access resources residing on the other apparatuses, may initially obtain communication configuration information that is usable for establishing links to the other apparatuses.	09-30-2010
20110070885	Cognitive Control Radio Access Information Via Database Or Cognitive Pilot Channel - In an exemplary embodiment a cognitive radio/user equipment CR/UE receives information of where at least one cognitive control radio channel resides from at least one of the following sources: a database sharing information on licensed spectrum users, and a cognitive pilot channel CPC sharing information on licensed spectrum users. The CR/UE uses the received information to access the at least one CPC. In more specific exemplary embodiments: the information of where the at least one cognitive control radio channel resides comprises the used frequency for the at least one cognitive control radio channel; in response to at least one of expiration of a periodic timer, discovery of interference from a primary user on a channel, and entering a new geographic area, the database or CPC is checked or re-checked to detect from the received information that the used frequency for the CRC channel has changed.	03-24-2011

Kari Karikkainen, Espoo FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100191886	Resource-limited electronic device comprising means for prioritizing services - An electronic device, including: a storage device operable to store first priority data associated with a first signal, and second priority data associated with a second signal; and a processor operable to compare the first priority data and the second priority data, and when the second priority data is indicative of a higher priority than the first priority data, to use the second signal while suspending use of the first signal.	07-29-2010

Kari Kirjavainen, Tampere FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080224346	Method and Apparatus for Producing Plastic Film	09-18-2008
20090008812	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC FILM - Plastic material and nucleating agent are fed into an extruder, and the plastic material is subjected to cell forming. The substances in question are extruded into a plastic film preform, simultaneously cooling the material to prevent foaming. The film preform is stretched in such a way that cavitation bubbles are generated in the film. The cell forming takes place in connection with stretching and relaxation. In other words, in the solution the cell forming is caused to take place when the plastic is not in a molten state.	01-08-2009
20090028977	Extrusion Method and Extrusion Device - Material is extruded with a device comprising at least two stators (	01-29-2009
20090032990	Extrusion Method and Extrusion Apparatus - An extrusion apparatus is used for extruding material through a nozzle (	02-05-2009
20090169668	TRANSVERSE STRETCHING DEVICE - A transverse stretching device comprises two stretching wheels and endless bands arranged against them and revolving around band guide rolls so that a plastic film to be stretched is arranged at its both edges between a stretching wheel and a band. The stretching wheels and the bands are arranged in such a way that in the direction of travel of the plastic film they are further apart from each other at the end than in the beginning, whereby the transverse stretching device stretches the plastic film in the transverse direction. The stretching wheels are rims open in the center and the device includes heating means arranged through the rims at least at some angle between the stretching wheels.	07-02-2009
20110006624	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FORCE AND/OR MOVEMENT - The invention relates to a device and a method for generating a force and/or a movement. The force and/or the movement are generated or the energy of the force and/or the movement is stored by utilizing a magnetic field. The magnetic field is generated with a charge current circuit (	01-13-2011

Kari Kivirikko, Oulu FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090143568	Recombinant gelatins - The present invention relates to recombinant gelatins and compositions thereof, and methods of producing and using the same.	06-04-2009

Kari Koivuranta, Helsinki FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090053782	YEAST CELLS HAVING DISRUPTED PATHWAY FROM DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE TO GLYCEROL - Yeast cells are genetically modified to disrupt a native metabolic pathway from dihydroxyacetone to glycerol. In certain aspects, the yeast cell is of the genera	02-26-2009

Kari Kovanen, Espoo FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100180926	SOLAR POWER PLANT - A solar power plant is disclosed for converting solar energy into electric energy, and having a plurality of solar cell units, each solar cell unit containing a first cell pole and a second cell pole. The cell poles can cooperate for feeding electric energy produced by the solar cell unit as direct current out of the solar cell unit. A direct-current converter can include a plurality of direct-current input poles and two direct-current output poles, each direct-current input pole being connected to at least one cell pole. The direct-current converter can convert input direct currents entered via the direct-current input poles, and having input voltages, into an output direct current having an output voltage, and feed the output direct current via the direct-current output poles out of the direct-current converter. The direct-current converter can include a three-phase inverter unit having three phase poles and two direct-voltage poles, the inverter unit being adapted to serve as a direct-current converter in such a manner that each of the three phase poles are adapted as direct-current input poles and each of the direct-voltage poles is in electrically conductive connection to exactly one direct-current output pole of the direct-current converter.	07-22-2010

Kari Kuukkanen, Tampere FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090311644	SOLUTION FOR TREATING LIME MUD - A method for treating lime mud, in which method the lime mud is conveyed to a lime kiln, where fuel gas is used as fuel, which fuel gas is formed by a circulating fluidized bed gasifier. A calcium compound is used as bed material in the gasifier. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a calcium compound in a lime mud treatment plant, as well as to a lime mud treatment plant.	12-17-2009
20100000474	STRUCTURE OF A SUPER HEATER - A method for reducing corrosion of a superheater of a steam boiler. The superheater includes a superheater piping. The superheating piping includes a steam pipe where the steam to be superheated is directed. The steam pipe is separated by a protective shell having a surface settling in the flue gas space has a temperature that rises above an upper critical temperature, above which temperature in the flue gas space the compounds from the fuel are substantially in a gaseous form. A superheater of a steam boiler and a circulating fluidized bed boiler.	01-07-2010
20110120662	METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR TREATMENT OF BLACK LIQUOR AT PULP MILL - The invention relates to a method and equipment for treatment of black liquor at a pulp mill in order to recover chemicals and energy contained therein. In the invention, the black liquor is pyrolyzed in a pyrolysis reactor (	05-26-2011
20110247771	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BLACK LIQUOR OF PULP MILL - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing the black liquor of a pulp mill to recover the chemicals and energy therein. In the invention, the black liquor is pyrolyzed in a pyrolysis reactor (	10-13-2011

Kari Kymäläinen, Tampere FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100283485	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CAPACITIVE DETECTION OF OBJECTS - Proximity of a person causes a change in a capacitance value of a sensor capacitor having a pair of capacitive plates. The change is detected by charging the sensor capacitor by coupling the sensor to a voltage supply. The voltage supply is disconnected from a tank capacitor during the charging. The charge is transferred from the sensor capacitor to a tank capacitor. The voltage supply is disconnected from the tank capacitor during the charge transfer. The charging and charge transfer are repeated several times. The voltage of the tank capacitor is monitored. At least one value is determined which depends on the rate of change of the voltage of the tank capacitor. The capacitance of the capacitive sensor is typically low, typically in the order of 100 pF to 1 nF. The capacitance of the tank capacitor may be several orders of magnitude higher than the capacitance of the sensor capacitor. The large tank capacitor acts as a part of a low-pass filter which effectively filters out signal noise.	11-11-2010
20110074444	SENSOR FOR DETECTION OF CONDUCTIVE BODIES	03-31-2011

Kari Kymäläinen, Tampere FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100283485	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CAPACITIVE DETECTION OF OBJECTS - Proximity of a person causes a change in a capacitance value of a sensor capacitor having a pair of capacitive plates. The change is detected by charging the sensor capacitor by coupling the sensor to a voltage supply. The voltage supply is disconnected from a tank capacitor during the charging. The charge is transferred from the sensor capacitor to a tank capacitor. The voltage supply is disconnected from the tank capacitor during the charge transfer. The charging and charge transfer are repeated several times. The voltage of the tank capacitor is monitored. At least one value is determined which depends on the rate of change of the voltage of the tank capacitor. The capacitance of the capacitive sensor is typically low, typically in the order of 100 pF to 1 nF. The capacitance of the tank capacitor may be several orders of magnitude higher than the capacitance of the sensor capacitor. The large tank capacitor acts as a part of a low-pass filter which effectively filters out signal noise.	11-11-2010
20110074444	SENSOR FOR DETECTION OF CONDUCTIVE BODIES	03-31-2011

Kari Kymäläinen, Nummela FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110241831	STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system (	10-06-2011

Kari Kyyny, Guangzhou CN

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110241831	STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system (	10-06-2011

Kari Kyyny, Tampere FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080238433	Sensor Product for Electric Field Sensing - A sensor product for electric field sensing. The sensor includes a substrate, at least one electrically conductive area on the surface of the substrate, an output, and at least one conductor between the at least one electrically conductive area and the output. Also a sensor product web.	10-02-2008
20090179825	ARRANGEMENT FOR PRESENTING AND UPDATING INFORMATION - The aim of this invention is an arrangement for displaying and updating information with the use of controllable display units, which display units contain at least one display laminate equipped with an essentially thin display which can be updated. The display laminate is arranged for positioning in an essentially transparent pocket-like space, which space also has the ability to contain, in addition to the display laminate, a sheet of paper or a similar sheet or label containing additional information in text or image form.	07-16-2009
20100244809	SENSOR PRODUCT FOR ELECTRIC FIELD SENSING - A sensor product web for electric field sensing. The sensor includes a substrate, sequential electrically conductive areas on a surface of the substrate, conductors, an output connected to the electrically conductive areas by one of the conductors, and a via extending through the substrate, forming an electrically conductive path connecting the electrically conductive areas to the output by the conductor on a reverse surface of the substrate.	09-30-2010
20100244810	SENSOR PRODUCT FOR ELECTRIC FIELD SENSING - A sensor product web for electric field sensing. The sensor includes a substrate, sequential electrically conductive areas on a surface of the substrate, conductors, an output connected to one of the electrically conductive areas by one of the conductors, a dielectric layer arranged on top of the conductors, and an electrically conductive layer arranged on top of the dielectric layer on a same surface of the substrate as the electrically conductive areas, the dielectric layer being discontinuous at the conductor which is in contact with the electrically conductive area.	09-30-2010
20110050202	ELECTRIC SENSOR WEB, SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE - A sensor web for electric field sensing. A substrate has a longitudinal direction. At least one array of electrically conductive sensor areas follows each other in a successive manner along the longitudinal direction and is arranged on one side of the substrate. A group of conductors is on the same side of the substrate. Each electrically conductive sensor area that is to be used for sensing purposes is electrically connected to one conductor. The conductors are adapted to join one by one the group of the conductors advancing in the longitudinal direction of the substrate and the other conductors of the group are adapted to give space for the joining conductor. A method for manufacturing of a sensor web and a system for monitoring a space.	03-03-2011

Kari Laipio, Kirkkonummi FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100067394	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REPORTING IN-SERVICE PERFORMANCE STATISTICS IN LAYERED NETWORKS - A system and method of reporting in-service performance statistics in a network. The method includes the steps of a node detecting a problem related to a call connected within the network. A problem notification message is then 5 sent to the MSC. The MSC sends a call release message to one or more nodes within the network. The call release message includes a request to release all resources associated with the call. In response to the release request, the node releases all resources associated with the call. In addition, the node sends a release response message to the MSC. The release response message is 10 modified to include information relating to the call problem, thereby providing network statistics to the MSC. Preferably, the node is a Media Gateway (MGw) which sends a H.248 subtract response message modified to include information on the call problem.	03-18-2010

Kari Lehmussaari, Tampere FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110152264	METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATING OCULAR HYPERTENSION AND GLAUCOMA - The present invention relates to an ophthalmic aqueous composition containing PGF2α analogues for treating ocular hypertension and glaucoma, to a method for treating ocular hypertension and glaucoma by administering said composition to a subject in need of such treatment, and to a method for increasing aqueous solubility and stability of PGF2α analogues in an aqueous composition.	06-23-2011

Kari Lehmusvaara, Tampere FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100065155	SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A FOREST MACHINE - A system and a method for monitoring the performance of a subsystem of a forest machine. The method comprises the steps of: collecting data relating to the function of said subsystem or the performing of said function; determining one or more characteristic values to describe the performance continually according to data; and monitoring the variation of said one or more characteristic values in time, wherein, for example, the variation of said one or more characteristic values in time is displayed in the form of a graphic presentation to the user.	03-18-2010

Kari Luostarinen, Jyvaskyla FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080211516	Method and Measuring Instrument for Measuring Water Content - For measuring the water content of a web in the wire section of a paper machine, at least one radiofrequency-operated resonator sensor forms an electric near field, in which a web affects the resonance frequency of each resonator sensor. The water content of the web is measured as a function of the resonance frequency of each resonator sensor in a measuring unit.	09-04-2008

Kari Luukko, Espoo FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110212217	Method for modulating animal digestive tract microbiota and feed composition comprising bark extract - The present invention relates to a method for modulating animal digestive tract microbiota wherein the modulating comprises adding an extract of bark to animal feed. The invention further relates to a feed composition comprising a bark extract for enhancement of animal performance and gastrointestinal health.	09-01-2011
20110212218	Method for modulating animal digestive tract microbiota and feed composition comprising bark extract - The present invention relates to a method for modulating animal digestive tract microbiota wherein the modulating comprises adding an extract of birch bark to animal feed. The invention further relates to a feed composition comprising a birch bark extract for enhancement of animal performance and gastrointestinal health.	09-01-2011
20110240261	METHOD FOR HEAT EXCHANGE, SYSTEM AND USE - A method, system and use for heat exchange in super-critical or near-critical water gasification process of biomass. The method comprising steps of: heating a biomass in a first heat exchanger (	10-06-2011

Kari Majonen, Haukipudas FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080260012	Receiver and receiving method - An apparatus, including a detection unit configured to perform a non-linear detection on a receive signal, a first estimator configured to estimate a first quality measure based on the receive signal, and a second estimator configured to estimate a second quality measure dependent on the first quality measure and a performance measure of the detection unit is provided.	10-23-2008
20090215399	Signal processing in electronic apparatus - A method, apparatus, and computer program for estimating a rank, i.e. the number of uncorrelated spatial channels, of a radio channel are provided. The rank estimation is carried out by examining mutual proportions of a first eigenvalue and a second eigenvalue of a two-by-two channel matrix representation with a test function including elements of a solution of roots of a quadratic characteristic equation of the two-by-two channel matrix representation, wherein the test function comprises a discriminant of the solution of the roots of the quadratic characteristic equation without a square root operation.	08-27-2009

Kari Oila, Zuerich CH

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090000117	Apparatus And Method For The Insertion And Withdrawal Of Plug-In Modules - An apparatus for the insertion and withdrawal of a plug-in module with front panel into and out of a module carrier, includes a lever arm (	01-01-2009

Kari Oinonen, Lempaala FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080214210	LOCATION-BASED NOVELTY INDEX VALUE AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention is a system and method for computing a result for a location, wherein the result indicates how novel it is for a wireless device to occupy a specific location. After determining the location of a wireless device through various means, a Novelty Index Value (NIV) is calculated for the location, and the NIV is then stored into a database. The NIV may then be subsequently used by application programs to compute a desired result from the NIV. Multiple users may utilize and/or share the same NIV values. The NIV may also be used to alter the configuration of a wireless device as well. A recommendation system is also disclosed, wherein user context is utilized along with NIV values to compute particular results for a user.	09-04-2008

Kari Pajukoshi, Oulu FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110051840	Methods, Apparatuses, System, and Related Computer Program Product for Information Transmission - Disclosed is a method including generating information to be transmitted, first transmitting, in a first transmission opportunity of n consecutive transmission opportunities, n being an integer greater than 1, the generated information once, and second transmitting, in one transmission opportunity different from the first transmission opportunity, the generated information a number of times different from once; and a method including first receiving, in the first transmission opportunity of the n consecutive transmission opportunities the information once, and second receiving, in the one transmission opportunity different from the first transmission opportunity, the information the number of times different from once.	03-03-2011

Kari Pitkaranta, Salo FI

Kari Poysa, Macedon, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110095079	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND USING AN OPTIONS ENABLEMENT SHEET TO ACTIVATE OPTIONS ON AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for generating an options enablement sheet to activate options for an image production device is disclosed. The method may include receiving a request to generate an options enablement sheet, receiving options enablement and image production device information, encoding the options enablement and image production device information into one or more machine-readable markings, generating an options enablement sheet that includes the one or more machine-readable markings, receiving a transmission mode selection, and transmitting the options enablement sheet to a user of the image production device using the selected transmission mode. The options enablement sheet may be received by a user and scanned by the image production device to activate the options.	04-28-2011

Kari Ramstad, Bergen NO

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110021384	DRILLING FLUID ADDITIVE AND METHODS OF STABILIZING KAOLINITE FINES MIGRATION - A method of drilling is disclosed and includes pumping a wellbore fluid into a wellbore through an earth formation, wherein the wellbore fluid comprises a base fluid and a surface active agent capable of altering wettability of fines located in the earth formation, and allowing filtration of at least a portion of the wellbore fluid into the earth formation.	01-27-2011

Kari Rannasmaa, Reijola FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080267002	Method for Dosing Additive in Injection-Moulding Unit, and Injection-Moulding Unit - A method for dosing an additive in an injection-moulding unit, and an injection-moulding unit. The injection-moulding unit (	10-30-2008

Kari Reunamäki, Tampere FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100282114	ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPORTING MORTAR SHELL INTO BREECH-LOADING WEAPON BARREL - An arrangement for supporting a mortar shell into a breech-loading weapon barrel (	11-11-2010
20100288112	SUPPORT MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING SHELL INTO BREECH-LOADING WEAPON BARREL, AND METHOD - The invention relates to a support member (	11-18-2010

Kari Reunamäki, Tampere FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100282114	ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPORTING MORTAR SHELL INTO BREECH-LOADING WEAPON BARREL - An arrangement for supporting a mortar shell into a breech-loading weapon barrel (	11-11-2010
20100288112	SUPPORT MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING SHELL INTO BREECH-LOADING WEAPON BARREL, AND METHOD - The invention relates to a support member (	11-18-2010
20100288153	ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPORTING SHELL INTO BREECH-LOADING WEAPON BARREL - An arrangement for supporting a shell (	11-18-2010

Kari Reunämaki, Tampere FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100288153	ARRANGEMENT FOR SUPPORTING SHELL INTO BREECH-LOADING WEAPON BARREL - An arrangement for supporting a shell (	11-18-2010

Kari Rikkinen, Surrey GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090219893	Method and Apparatus for Soft Handover Area Detection Using Inter-Band Measurements - A method and system for soft handover area detection for uplink interference avoidance that includes a network device and mobile device in a communications network. A trigger criteria threshold is determined for the mobile device. The mobile device is using a downlink carrier. If a trigger criteria has risen above or fallen below the trigger criteria threshold, inter-frequency measurements of co-sited cells are performed and compared to determine if a soft handover area exists. Co-sited cells are searched for downlink carriers and reselection is initiated from the downlink carrier to a co-sited cell downlink carrier if the co-sited cell downlink carrier is useable by the mobile device. Reselection is initiated from the downlink carrier to a non co-sited cell downlink carrier if no co-sited cell downlink carrier useable by the mobile device is found. The system provides for reselection while uplink carrier interference is avoided.	09-03-2009

Kari Rikkinen, Ii FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090213829	Expanded signaling capability for network element, user equipment and system - Several mobile station identifiers are allocated to one mobile station, one for each of a plurality of possible signalling channel structures, parameters, or both. When receiving the signalling channels, the mobile station searches for all identifiers allocated for it in the received signalling channels. When it finds one that matches, it may for instance check a mapping table (agreed at the connection setup between mobile station and the network by RRC signalling) to determine what this identifier means. The signalling channel structure, parameters, or both, used in the transmission may be implicitly or explicitly indicated by the identifier. The mobile station (User Equipment) should monitor the signalling channels in the normal way. Instead of looking for only one identifier, however, the mobile station should monitor several identifiers belonging to it.	08-27-2009
20110002246	Data Packet Communications in a multi-radio access environment - More than one radio-access technology is supported in an apparatus, and channel-coding functions in the apparatus are shared between at least two of said more than one radio-access technology.	01-06-2011

Kari Rinko, Helsinki FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080196607	Method and arrangement for manufacturing optical products with complex three-dimensional forms - A method, an arrangement and computer program product for manufacturing micro-optic surface design with complex, variable three-dimensional forms. A step embossing, step imprinting, a chip bonding or a corresponding device capable of patterning the surface of a target substrate is obtained. The target substrate whereto the micro-optic structures shall be patterned is obtained. A plurality of different stamping tools operable with the device is obtained. Each stamping tool includes one or more surface relief forms defining one or more micro-optic structures. A stamping tool is selected from the plurality of stamping tools by the device. The target substrate is embossed with the selected stamping tool as controlled by the device. The selected stamping tool is optionally heated or assisted by at least one ultraviolet light so as to cure the target substrate during or after the embossing. The selecting and embossing steps are repeated until the micro-optic surface design has been completed on the substrate.	08-21-2008
20080225393	Light outcoupling structure for a lighting device - A diffractive light outcoupling unit for forming a part of a directive light outcoupling system of a lighting device including a plurality of diffractive outcoupling units. The diffractive light outcoupling units each include a carrier element for accommodating a diffractive surface relief pattern, and a diffractive surface relief pattern including a plurality of consecutive diffractive surface relief forms defined on a surface area of the carrier element arranged to couple light incident on the diffractive surface relief pattern outside the carrier element via interaction involving at least two surface relief forms of the plurality of surface relief forms of the diffractive surface relief pattern so as to enhance the directivity of the coupled light. A diffractive light outcoupling system includes a plurality of diffractive light outcoupling units. A lightguide includes the outcoupling system.	09-18-2008
20080266863	Ultrathin Lighting Element - An ultra thin lighting element including at least one light source. A lightguide element includes one lightguide layer comprising a plurality of discrete fine optic surface relief structures on at least one portion of at least one surface. Each surface relief structure includes basic structural features on the order of about 10 microns or less in height, and on the order of about 10 microns or less in each lateral dimension. The number, arrangement and size of each surface relief structure and height and lateral dimensions of the structural features of the surface relief structures being varied to provide a desired degree of outcoupling modulation of light incoupled into the light guide element.	10-30-2008
20090016057	Incoupling structure for lighting applications - Light incoupling structures for lighting applications, such as lightguides. The incoupling structures include an optically substantially transparent medium for transporting light emitted by a light source and an optical element including at least one hole in the medium for coupling light together with optional further optical elements. A lighting element includes a light source with related integrated optics.	01-15-2009

Kari Rintanen, Espoo FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100109947	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A GPS DEVICE - A system and a method for determining the correct position for a GPS device from a predefined set of alternatives are provided. Based on the known positions of the visible GPS satellites and of the predefined alternative locations, the system determines theoretical distances between each satellite and each location and/or differences thereof These distances are related to the distance measured between the GPS device antenna and each GPS satellite in order to choose the location from among the predefined location alternatives. Also disclosed are a system and a method for identification of predefined container slots on a freight yard.	05-06-2010

Kari Roysko, Jyvaskyla FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090000753	Strip Means and an Improved Suction Roll for a Material Web Machine and an Arrangement and a Method for Improving the Duration of the Suction Roll - A sealing strip of a suction roll (	01-01-2009

Kari Saviharju, Espoo FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080289782	RECOVERY PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR A PULP MILL - A method for burning chlorine-containing liquors in a chemical recovery boiler at a pulp mill, wherein the recovery boiler includes spent liquor sprayers for feeding spent liquor and a number of combustion air levels including: increasing a combustion temperature in the recovery boiler in a burning zone where a chlorine-containing liquor or a chlorine-containing effluent is burned; while burning the liquor or effluent, volatilizing the chlorine in the liquor or effluent to produce chloride-containing salts in flue gases in the boiler, and removing the chloride-containing salts from the flue gases.	11-27-2008
20090014137	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A LIQUID GUN - An apparatus for cleaning and cooling a liquor nozzle, the nozzle including at least a liquor tube for feeding liquor and chemicals into a furnace of a recovery boiler. The apparatus includes an outer casing tube, which defines a space whereto conduits are provided for introducing water and steam to generate an emulsion or a conduit for introducing emulsion generated by the water and steam and the surface of which is provided with openings, such as pores or holes, for discharging the emulsion formed by water and steam through the outer casing.	01-15-2009
20090139468	CONTROL OF A RECOVERY BOILER OR ALIKE - Method and system for controlling the operation of a recovery boiler or another boiler having a furnace wherein the operation is monitored by monitoring sensors, the sensors converting the acquired electromagnetic radiation to electrical signals which are conducted to image processing which forms an image of an object, such as the char bed and/or the char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or deposits on boiler surfaces, based on the data from the sensors, and wherein the operation, such as burning of the char bed and/or the formation of char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or the formation of deposits on boiler surfaces, is controlled with help of the image, wherein the sensors are arranged to produce sensor signals for 3D (three-dimensional) imaging, wherein the sensor signals are conducted to the image processing unit for forming a 3D image, such as an image of the bed and/or the char and/or the chemicals, and/or its shape describing derivatives, and/or temperature chart of the bed surface, and wherein the image processing further comprises a filtering phase wherein the sensor signals or the 3D image are/is filtered in order to avoid the thermal radiation emission of hot gases, liquids and/or particles in the furnace, wherein the sensor signals or the 3D image are/is conducted to a filter unit filtering the signals/images to several relatively narrow bands (BAND	06-04-2009
20090272339	COOLING SYSTEM FOR PORTS IN A BOILER - A cooling system for air ports and other ports in furnace walls includes a cooling medium pumping system and ports provided with a cooling medium piping or channels inside the metallic port material. The liquid flow generated by the cooling medium system cools the ports. The ports are constructed of a casting material, and the ports are provided with a cooling liquid flow, which passes in a piping or pipings or channels inside the casting material of the ports.	11-05-2009
20100101463	COMBUSTION AIR SYSTEM FOR RECOVERY BOILERS, BURNING SPENT LIQUORS FROM PULPING PROCESSES - An arrangement is disclosed for supplying an air jet form to the furnace of a recovery boiler, where the furnace has a front wall, a rear wall and side walls. Black liquor spraying devices are disposed on the furnace walls on one or several levels of the furnace. A plurality of air ports are located at several horizontal elevations for introducing air into the furnace from an air supply. In the arrangement for the secondary air flows, at least two horizontal air levels at different elevations are arranged above the lower primary levels and below the black liquor sprayer. Secondary air is supplied from two opposite walls. The secondary air ports on each of said first and second horizontal elevations comprise air ports for each horizontal elevation that project a pattern of large air jets into the furnace from said opposite walls and said secondary air ports further comprise a plurality of secondary air ports on at least one of the elevations that project smaller air jets into the furnace.	04-29-2010
20110240243	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A LIQUID GUN - An apparatus for cleaning and cooling a liquor nozzle, the nozzle including at least a liquor tube for feeding liquor and chemicals into a furnace of a recovery boiler. The apparatus includes an outer casing tube, which defines a space whereto conduits are provided for introducing water and steam to generate an emulsion or a conduit for introducing emulsion generated by the water and steam and the surface of which is provided with openings, such as pores or holes, for discharging the emulsion formed by water and steam through the outer casing.	10-06-2011

Kari Seguin-Laur, Dundas CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110236532	FOOD COMPOSITION COMPRISING GERMINATED SEEDS OR GRAINS - A probiotically and prebiotically active pet food comprising a germinated seed or grain is provided. The pet food also includes probiotic bacteria; a ground dry carbohydrate; and a humectant. The pet food is preferably formulated as a dry baked biscuit or a semi-moist biscuit. It provides a nutritious pet food with prebiotic and probiotic benefits. The invention also provides a method of preparing a probiotically and prebiotically active pet food composition comprising the steps of providing a pre-mix composition comprising a germinated seed or grain; a ground dry carbohydrate; probiotic bacteria and a humectant; blending the pre-mix composition with water; mixing the pre-mix composition to form a pet food composition; cooking the pet food composition in an oven at an internal temperature of the pet food composition of not greater than about 120° C. for about 10 minutes to 20 minutes.	09-29-2011
20110236533	FOOD COMPOSITION COMPRISING GERMINATED SEEDS OR GRAINS - A probiotically and prebiotically active pet food comprising a germinated seed or grain is provided. The pet food also includes probiotic bacteria; a ground dry carbohydrate; and a humectant. The pet food is preferably formulated as a dry baked biscuit or a semi-moist biscuit. It provides a nutritious pet food with prebiotic and probiotic benefits. The invention also provides a method of preparing a probiotically and prebiotically active pet food composition comprising the steps of providing a pre-mix composition comprising a germinated seed or grain; a ground dry carbohydrate; probiotic bacteria and a humectant; blending the pre-mix composition with water; mixing the pre-mix composition to form a pet food composition; cooking the pet food composition in an oven at an internal temperature of the pet food composition of not greater than about 120° C. for about 10 minutes to 20 minutes.	09-29-2011

Kari Séppala, Helsinki FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110214486	METHOD FOR MEASURING THE FLOW PROPERTIES OF A POORLY FLOWING MATERIAL - Method and device for measuring the flow properties of a poorly flowing material. The material is placed in a measuring reservoir (	09-08-2011

Kari Soittu, Molnlycke SE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090279965	Drill body - A drill body for chip removing machining, including a rotationally symmetrical envelope surface and front and rear ends between which a center axis extends, around which the envelope surface is rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation. A head is formed in the front end that includes two cutting edges, each one of which includes a first part edge and a second part edge. The first part edge is included in a central tip part having a front end portion situated along the center axis. The second part edge extends between a peripheral end point positioned along the envelope surface and a radially inner end point where the second part edge transforms into the first part edge. The two first part edges converge at a positive nose angle (α) in an axially forward direction, and the two second part edges diverge at a negative angle (β) in the axially forward direction. Each cutting edge is delimited between a chip surface adjacent to a chip flute countersunk in the envelope surface, and a primary clearance surface that transforms into a secondary clearance surface situated rotationally behind the primary clearance surface. Each primary clearance surface includes two part surfaces which mutually form an obtuse angle (χ), and which meet each other in a first chute bottom that runs rotationally rearward from the inner end point of the second part edge. A second chute bottom extends in the extension of the first chute bottom and separates two second part surfaces included in the secondary clearance surface.	11-12-2009

Kari Stadius, Helsinki FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100109714	Frequency synthesizer having a plurality of independent output tones - Described is an apparatus that includes a frequency source and a plurality of time domain direct digital synthesizers each having an input connected to an output of the frequency source and an output providing an output frequency signal. A particular time domain direct digital synthesizer includes a sigma-delta modulator that functions as a second order multi-stage noise shaping sigma-delta modulator. In one exemplary embodiment sigma-delta modulator outputs provide a unitary-weighted word used to switch certain unit capacitors that comprise part of a delay modulator to produce a time-varying delay having a time-averaged value that directly corresponds to a binary value appearing on a plurality of phase accumulator outputs.	05-06-2010

Kari Suihkonen, Hyvinkaa FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100270110	ELEVATOR SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a method and a system for modernizing at least one elevator group, which comprises a plurality of elevators, a group control that controls the elevator group as well as call-giving appliances connected to the group control via the landing appliance bus. According to the solution a new group control, new call-giving appliances for the floor levels and also a new landing call bus are installed in the elevator group; a new group control is connected to the pushbutton interface of the old call-giving appliances for transmitting calls given by passengers from the new group control to the old group control. The elevator calls given by passengers are divided between the modernized subgroup and at least one unmodernized subgroup on the basis of the given selection criterion, and a call addressed to the modernized subgroup is allocated in the new group control to the modernized elevators or a call addressed to the unmodernized subgroup is transmitted via the pushbutton interface to the unmodernized subgroup.	10-28-2010
20110214948	Elevator system - The present invention discloses a method and a system for dividing destination calls in an elevator system, which comprises at least two elevator groups, which elevator groups have one or more shared floors and also destination call appliances on at least the aforementioned shared floors for receiving destination calls given by passengers. The destination call appliances are connected to the group controls of the elevator groups, and the destination calls given by passengers are divided between the elevator groups on the basis of the defined division criteria.	09-08-2011

Kari Tronsmo, Bingen DE

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100151095	PROCESS FOR SPRAYING A LAYER CONTAINING FAT AND SUGAR ON A SURFACE OF AN EDIBLE PRODUCT - The invention relates to a process for applying a layer of a composition comprising at least fat and sugar on a surface of an edible product, characterized in that it comprises submitting the product to at least two spraying stages, each involving generating by at least one nozzle a conical jet having an angle α and a vertical axis, said nozzle being disposed above the product at a height H between 200 mm and 800 mm and preferably between 300 mm and 650 mm so that, upon impinging on the product, the jet has become a vertically oriented drizzle with a substantially cylindrical cross-section.	06-17-2010

Kari Tronsmo, Arcueil FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110111105	Process For Producing Ultra-Thin Biscuits With A Smooth Surface - The invention relates to a process for making a thin biscuit having a smooth surface, including mixing ingredients at a temperature between 37° C. and 70° C. to obtain a sheetable cohesive dough. The dough includes 0-56% wheat flour, 4-62% native starch, and 1-26% pre-gelatinised starch. For one unit of weight of native starch NS, pre-gelatinised starch PS, and wheat flour WF, i.e. with NS+PS+WF=1, WF≦0.8, PS≦0.37 and 0.7≦NS/PS≦9. The dough also includes 5-18% water, 2-12% fat, 0-28% sugar; 0-8% whey powder, and 0%-0.5% salt, but devoid of a leavening agent. The process also includes sheeting the dough to a thickness between 0.2 and 1 mm; cutting the sheeted dough into dough pieces; and baking the dough pieces on a perforated support to obtain a thin biscuit that is devoid of blisters.	05-12-2011

Kari Vanhala, Vahakyro FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100309596	CONTROL OF OPERATION OF PROTECTION RELAY - A method of controlling a protection relay, includes inputting an input characteristic quantity and determining a triggering condition for the protection relay using a calculation equation, the value of which increases when the input characteristic quantity exceeds a first threshold value, and decreases when the input characteristic quantity undershoots a second threshold value for an over-function measure, and the value of the calculation equation increases when the input characteristic quantity undershoots a first threshold value, and decreases when the input characteristic quantity exceeds a second threshold value for an under function measure, wherein the calculation equation includes a first measure and a second measure, and the triggering occurs when the first measure is greater than the second measure.	12-09-2010

Kari Vappula, Toijala FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080315067	Sidewall construction of a casting mold - A sidewall construction for casting concrete elements, said sidewall construction comprising a mold surface plate (	12-25-2008
20090266968	SIDEWALL CONSTRUCTION OF A CASTING MOLD - The invention relates to a sidewall construction to be used in casting of concrete elements, said sidewall construction comprising a support construction and a changeable mold surface plate. The support construction of the sidewall construction according to the invention comprises at least one horizontal profile (	10-29-2009

Kari Vasko, Helsinki FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110018769	POSITIONING OF MOBILE OBJECTS BASED ON MUTUALLY TRANSMITTED SIGNALS - Location estimation for a first target object assisted by a second target object, which have co-located signalling devices is provided. A positioning engine employs a data model of a location-dependent physical quantity and determines location probability distributions for the target objects. One signalling device sends positioning-assisting signals to the other which makes observations from it. The positioning engineuses observations on the physical quantity and the positioning-assisting signals to make a quantity observation set, and determines location probability distributions for the target objects. The positioning engine determines an updated first location probability distribution based on the location probability distributions and the positioning-assisting observation set. The positioning engine determines the location estimate for the first target object based on the updated first location probability distribution and triggers a physical action based on the location estimate for the first target object.	01-27-2011

Kari Viherlahti, Nummela FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090099407	SALT ROOM AND A METHOD FOR COATING THE WALL/CEILING OF A SALT ROOM - The interior surface of one or more walls/ceiling of the salt room is composed of inner, intermediate and outer layers. In the salt room, the salt is attached to the interior surfaces as an outer layer with an underlying intermediate layer containing salt and adhesive agent and acting as a binding agent. A binding agent is spread onto the interior surfaces of the walls of the salt room on top of the moisture insulator. Into the binding agent are embedded salt granules, after which to the binding agent surfaces containing salt granules an adhesive layer is added, which penetrates into the binding agent and attaches to the salt granules. Salt is spread on the adhesive layer as a porous coating, wherein the adhesive agent holds on to the salt layer in the binding agent surface.	04-16-2009

Kari Viljakainen, Lahti FI

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100170166	Spot footing - Spot footing designed especially for securing a precast concrete or timber column to a foundation and/or for extending such a column, said spot footing comprising a base plate (	07-08-2010