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Aaron Kombai Knoll, Guildford GB
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| 20100243756 | Avalanche rescue device - A rescue device includes a control module to sense an avalanche, sense the direction of the surface and establish a target path to the surface. A nozzle is selected or oriented by the control module along the target path. A fluid reservoir is connected to the nozzle to force a fluid through the nozzle along the target path to the surface. This allows rescuers to identify the location of a victim and also provides an air path to the victim. | 09-30-2010 |
Armin W. Knoll, Switzerland CH
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| 20110113517 | WEAR-LESS OPERATION OF A MATERIAL SURFACE WITH A SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE - A method and a scanning probe microscope (SPM) for scanning a surface of a material. The method and SPM have a cantilever sensor configured to exhibit both a first spring behavior and a second, stiffer spring behavior. While operating the SPM in contact mode, the sensor is scanned on the material surface and a first spring behavior of the sensor (e.g. a fundamental mode of flexure thereof) is excited by deflection of the sensor by the material surface. Also while operating the SPM in contact mode, excitation means are used to excite a second spring behavior of the sensor at a resonance frequency thereof (e.g. one or more higher-order resonant modes) of the cantilever sensor to modulate an interaction of the sensor and the material surface and thereby reduce the wearing of the material surface. | 05-12-2011 |
Armin W. Knoll, Adliswill CH
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| 20080316904 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING TIP-WEAR OF A PROBE - The present invention relates to a method of reducing the wear of a tip of a probe when the tip is in contact with a surface of a substrate and when the probe is mounted on a support structure. A method is provided where a load force is applied to the probe, thereby causing the tip to be maintained substantially in contact with the substrate surface and a modulation step where the e magnitude of the load force is modulated at a modulation frequency. The modulation frequency is selected to be greater than a fundamental vibration frequency of the support structure on which the probe is mounted. | 12-25-2008 |
Armin W. Knoll, Rueschlikon CH
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| 20100316960 | PATTERNING NANO-SCALE PATTERNS ON A FILM COMPRISING UNZIPPING POLYMER CHAINS - The invention concerns a method for patterning a surface of a material. A substrate having a polymer film thereon is provided. The polymer is a selectively reactive polymer (e.g. thermodynamically unstable): it is able to unzip upon suitable stimulation. A probe is used to create patterns on the film. During the patterning, the film is locally stimulated for unzipping polymer chains. Hence, a basic idea is to provide a stimulus to the polymeric material, which in turn spontaneously decomposes e.g. into volatile constituents. For example, the film is thermally stimulated in order to break a single bond in a polymer chain, which is sufficient to trigger the decomposition of the entire polymer chain. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110128840 | HIGH DENSITY DATA STORAGE MEDIUM, METHOD AND DEVICE - A composition of matter for the recording medium of nanometer scale thermo-mechanical information storage devices and a nanometer scale thermo-mechanical information storage device. The composition includes: one or more polyaryletherketone polymers, each of the one or more polyaryletherketone polymers having two terminal ends, each terminal end having two or more phenylethynyl moieties. The one or more polyaryletherketone polymers are thermally cured and the resulting cross-linked polyaryletherketone resin used as the recording layers in atomic force data storage devices. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110199887 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HIGH DENSITY DATA STORAGE - The present invention is directed to a method for producing a data storage medium on a surface of a substrate for storing data in the form of topographic features. The method comprises a first step wherein a crosslinking agent containing at least three alkyne groups is deposited on the surface of the substrate. In a second step the deposited cross linking agent is cured so as to obtain the data storage medium in the form of a crosslinked polymeric layer on the surface of the substrate. The invention is further directed to a data storage medium obtained by this method and a data storage device comprising this data storage medium | 08-18-2011 |
Armin W. Knoll, Adiswil CH
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| 20100196661 | METHOD FOR PATTERNING NANO-SCALE PATTERNS OF MOLECULES ON A SURFACE OF A MATERIAL - Probe-based methods for patterning a surface of a material are described. In particular, high resolution patterning of molecules on a surface of a material, such as nano-scale patterns with feature sizes of less than 30 nanometers, are described. In one aspect, a method for patterning a surface of a material includes providing a material having a polymer film. A heated, nano-scale dimensioned probe is then used to desorb molecules upon interacting with the film. The film includes a network of molecules (such as molecular glasses) which are cross-linked via intermolecular (noncovalent) bonds, such as hydrogen bonds. | 08-05-2010 |
Armin W. Knoll, Zurich CH
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| 20100026332 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSING A POSITION OF A PROBE - A device for sensing a position of a probe relative to a reference medium, the probe comprising a heater element with a temperature dependent electrical resistance and being adapted to determine probe position by measuring a parameter associated to a thermal relaxation time of the heater element. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110257344 | THERMALLY REVERSIBLE CROSS-LINKED POLY(ARYL ETHER KETONE) MEDIA AND METHOD FOR HIGH DENSITY DATA STORAGE - A composition of matter for a recording medium in atomic force data storage devices. The composition includes one or more poly(aryl ether ketone) copolymers, each of the one or more poly(aryl ether ketone) copolymers including (a) a first monomer including an aryl ether ketone and (b) a second monomer including an aryl ether ketone and a hydrogen bonding cross-linking moiety, the moiety capable of forming two or more hydrogen bonds at room temperature, each of the one or more poly(aryl ether ketone) copolymers having two terminal ends, each terminal end having a phenylethynyl moiety. The covalent and hydrogen bonding cross-linking of the poly(aryl ether ketone) oligomers may be tuned to match thermal and force parameters required in read-write-erase cycles. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120033539 | METHOD FOR HIGH DENSITY DATA STORAGE AND IMAGING - An approach is presented for designing a polymeric layer for nanometer scale thermo-mechanical storage devices. Cross-linked polyimide oligomers are used as the recording layers in atomic force data storage device, giving significantly improved performance when compared to previously reported cross-linked and linear polymers. The cross-linking of the polyimide oligomers may be tuned to match thermal and force parameters required in read-write-erase cycles. Additionally, the cross-linked polyimide oligomers are suitable for use in nano-scale imaging. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120034383 | METHOD FOR HIGH DENSITY DATA STORAGE AND IMAGING - An approach is presented for designing a polymeric layer for nanometer scale thermo-mechanical storage devices. Cross-linked polyimide oligomers are used as the recording layers in atomic force data storage device, giving significantly improved performance when compared to previously reported cross-linked and linear polymers. The cross-linking of the polyimide oligomers may be tuned to match thermal and force parameters required in read-write-erase cycles. Additionally, the cross-linked polyimide oligomers are suitable for use in nano-scale imaging. | 02-09-2012 |
Bastiaan Knoll, Naaldwijk NL
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| 20100167637 | Ventilation System - Ventilation system for ventilating especially classrooms ( | 07-01-2010 |
Franz Knoll, Wien AT
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| 20100302777 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING AND MOUNTING AN LED ASSEMBLY AND POSITIONING BODY FOR THIS PURPOSE - In a method for positioning and mounting, on a carrier body ( | 12-02-2010 |
Istvan Knoll, Hojbjerg DK
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| 20080282713 | Oil Management System - Method and a system for oil management where a common pressure shield contains all oil management functions for treatment of the mixture of oil and refrigerant leaving the compressor, and returning the oil to the compressor. The pressure shield may comprise at least the following components related to oil management; an oil separator from which oil is flowing to an oil sump, an oil cooler connected to the oil sump, a mixing valve in which the oil from the oil cooler is mixed with oil from the oil sump for achieving an optimised oil temperature, an oil filter for filtering the mixed oil, the mixed oil being returned from the oil filter to the compressor, and where at least the mentioned components can operate at a pressure level substantially equivalent to the discharge pressure at the compressor. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090126376 | Oil Separation in a Cooling Circuit - The invention concerns a method and a cooling system for oil separation in a cooling circuit, including compression means ( | 05-21-2009 |
Joan H. M. Knoll, London CA
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| 20100003684 | SINGLE COPY GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION PROBES AND METHODS OF GENERATING SAME - Nucleic acid (e.g., DNA) hybridization probes are described which comprise a labeled, single copy nucleic acid which hybridizes to a deduced single copy sequence interval in target nucleic acid of known sequence. The probes, which are essentially free of repetitive sequences, can be used in hybridization analyses without adding repetitive sequence-blocking nucleic acids. This allows rapid and accurate detection of chromosomal abnormalities. The probes are preferably designed by first determining the sequence of at least one single copy interval in a target nucleic acid sequence, and developing corresponding hybridization probes which hybridize to at least a part of the deduced single copy sequence. In practice, the sequences of the target and of known genomic repetitive sequence representatives are compared in order to deduce locations of the single copy sequence intervals. The single copy probes can be developed by any variety of methods, such as PCR amplification, restriction or exonuclease digestion of purified genomic fragments, or direct synthesis of DNA sequences. This is followed by labeling of the probes and hybridization to a target sequence. | 01-07-2010 |
Jonathan Knoll, Victoria CA
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| 20120075827 | RESISTOR SHIELD TO MINIMIZE CROSSTALK AND POWER SUPPLY INTERFERENCE - A shield that protects high-value input resistors in a power meter against unwanted effects due to electromagnetic interference from a nearby power supply and/or due to crosstalk from adjacent phases. The shield includes multiple printed circuit board shields that are arranged between each of the input resistors on a main printed circuit board in the power meter. Each PCB shield has a conductive layer that provides the shielding against unwanted energy. The resistors are arranged in a diagonal or parallel manner between each pair of PCB shields to prevent the resistor from movement, which prevents pin fatigue and fixes the value of the parasitic capacitance that is produced in the resistor-PCB-shield combination. In another configuration, the PCB shield is made of a flexible material, and snakes between and over the top or around the side ends of each resistor in a serpentine fashion, protecting the resistors from unwanted energies from both the top and the sides. The PCB shields disclosed herein eliminate variations in the percent error of the measurement phases, which contributes to achieving a highly accurate meter with an overall accuracy of less than 0.1%. | 03-29-2012 |
Marcus Knöll, Lorrach DE
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| 20100212500 | FILTER ARRANGEMENT FOR CLEANING PROCESS GASES CONTAMINATED WITH PARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR CLEANING FILTER UNITS OF SUCH A FILTER ARRANGEMENT - A filter arrangement, for cleaning gases contaminated with particles, has at least one filter unit with an exterior and an interior filter ( | 08-26-2010 |
Peter Knoll, La Salle CA
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| 20090113690 | MODULAR COMFORT ASSEMBLY DIFFUSER BAG HAVING INTEGRAL AIR MOVER SUPPORT - A method of manufacturing a ventilation diffuser bag includes providing a perforated, occupant facing side of the diffuser bag and an air mover; molding a non-perforated, support facing side of the diffuser bag having an opening to allow air flow therethrough and including an integral air mover support, the air mover support including an endless sidewall extending from the opening for supporting the air mover, the endless sidewall including a retaining edge spaced from the non-perforated side for suspendably retaining the air mover, and a vibration dampening suspension portion; mounting the air mover in the air mover support such that the air mover engages the retaining edge; disposing an air permeable material adjacent the non-perforated side; and permanently connecting edges of the perforated, occupant facing side to edges of the non-perforated, support facing side such that the air permeable material is disposed between the perforated side and the non-perforated side. | 05-07-2009 |
Reuven Knoll, Modiin IL
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| 20080279400 | System and method for capturing voice interactions in walk-in environments - Device, system and method for capturing and storing face to face voice interaction in a walk-in environment are provided. For example, an end-point in a walk-in environment may include an agent unit to detect an audio signal created by a first participant of a face-to-face interaction and to transmit the audio signal over a wireless communication link, a microphone array to detect an audio signal created by a second participant of the interaction and a capturing unit to receive and process the audio signal from the agent unit and the audio signal from the microphone array and to transmit processed audio signals to a central capture device. | 11-13-2008 |
Rolf Knöll, Laudenbach DE
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| 20080247993 | Microorganisms Inhibiting the Formation of Axillary Malodor - Described are microorganisms which are able to suppress the production of malodorous compounds by axillary bacteria. Also described are compositions comprising such microorganisms as well as the use of such micoorganisms in cosmetic, prophylactic or therapeutic applications. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090130073 | Microorganisms Inhibiting the Formation of Foot Malodor - Described are microorganisms which are able to inhibit the formation of foot malodor by skin microorganisms. Also described are compositions comprising such microorganisms as well as the use of such microorganisms in cosmetic, prophylactic or therapeutic applications. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090317370 | Methods And Means For Protecting The Skin Against Pathogenic Microorganisms - Described are microorganisms which are, in a first aspect, able to to stimulate the growth of microorganisms of the resident skin microbial flora and which do not stimulate the growth of microorganisms of the transient pathogenic micro flora. In a second aspect microorganisms are described which are able to inhibit the growth of microorganisms of the transient pathogenic skin micro flora and which do not inhibit the growth of microorganisms of the resident skin micro flora. Also described are compositions comprising such microorganisms as well as the use of such microorganisms in cosmetic, prophylactic or therapeutic applications. | 12-24-2009 |
Sebastian Knöll, München DE
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| 20090217698 | Refrigerating Device - A refrigerating device which comprises a heat-insulated body and a door which is joined thereto and which defines an inner chamber. According to the invention, at least one decorative plate is mounted on the door and which extends the door in the vertical direction. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090272136 | Domestic Appliance With an Interior Which Can Be Illuminated From the Direction of a Glass Door - A domestic appliance includes an interior that can be illuminated by a light source and is surrounded by walls and a door, wherein the interior is illuminated by the light source from the direction of the door, in particular wherein the door has at least one glass area, light from the light source is coupled into the glass area from the direction of an edge, with the result that the light is at least partially guided in the glass area, and the glass area has elements through which some of the light which is guided in the glass area is conducted into the interior. This manner of illumination prevents articles in the interior from having a silhouetted appearance. | 11-05-2009 |
Thomas Knoll, Traun AT
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| 20090302015 | Checkcard-Type Remote Controller With Electrode Contacts for Increasing and Reducing a Welding Parameter, and with a Readout - The invention relates to a remote controller for a welding device ( | 12-10-2009 |
Wolfgang Knoll, Singapore SG
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| 20100128272 | METHOD FOR DETECTING SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE - There is disclosed a method and system for detecting a surface plasmon resonance associated with a fluid sample. The method includes the step of providing a piezoelectric substrate having at least two electrodes thereon, wherein at least one of said electrodes is coupled to a fluid sample. A light beam is transmitted toward the fluid sample to induce a oscillation frequency in the piezoelectric substrate. The oscillation frequency from said electrodes is then measured during transmittance of the light to detect the surface plasmon resonance associated with the fluid sample. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110233468 | PROCESS OF FORMING A CADMIUM AND SELENIUM CONTAINING NANOCRYSTALLINE COMPOSITE AND NANOCRYSTALLINE COMPOSITE OBTAINED THEREFROM - Provided is a process of forming a Cd and Se containing nanocrystalline composite. The nanocrystalline composite has a composition of one of (a) Cd, M, Se, (b) Cd, Se, A, and (c) Cd, M, Se, A, with M being an element of group (12) of the PSE other than Cd and A being an element of group (16) of the PSE other than O and Se. In one embodiment in a suitable solvent a solution of the element Cd, or a precursor thereof, and, where applicable, of M, or a precursor thereof is formed. To the solution the element Se and, where applicable, A is added and thereby a reaction mixture formed. The reaction mixture is heated for a sufficient period of time at a temperature suitable for forming the Cd and Se containing nanocrystalline composite and then the reaction mixture is allowed to cool. Finally the Cd and Se containing nanocrystalline composite isolated. In another embodiment the reaction mixture is formed by adding into a suitable solvent the element Cd, or a precursor thereof, Se, where applicable M and where applicable A. In this embodiment the reaction mixture is heated and water formed during the process is being removed. | 09-29-2011 |