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Christopher Brian Lundquist, Snohomish, WA US
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| 20110219407 | Portable Media Device and Method for Presenting Viewing Content During Travel - A portable media device for use in cooperation with passenger entertainment systems installed in vehicles, such as automobiles and aircraft, and methods for manufacturing and using same. The portable media device is configured to communicate with one or more content sources, which provide viewing content and which may be proximate to, and/or remote from, the portable media device. Preferably being configured to wirelessly communicate with the content sources, the portable media device can select content from any available content source and can download and present the selected content in any conventional manner. The selected content can be streamed to the portable media device for contemporaneous presentation and/or stored by the portable media device for viewing at any time, including after disembarking the vehicle once travel is completed. As desired, the portable media device likewise can be configured to transmit appropriate upload content to the content sources. | 09-08-2011 |
David T. Lundquist, Stony Brook, NY US
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| 20080297112 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A BATTERY - Described is a system and method for charging a battery. The system includes a processor powered by a battery; and a controller determining a remaining battery charge of the battery. The controller sets a first charge current to recharge the battery when the remaining battery charge is insufficient to operate the processor. The controller wakes the processor when the battery has been recharged so that the remaining battery capacity is sufficient to operate the processor. The processor negotiates for a second charge current to recharge the battery. The controller sets the second charge current when the processor successfully negotiated. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090037756 | System and Method for Suspending Operation of a Mobile Unit - Described is a method for suspending operation of a mobile unit. Data, settings, an operating system state, and/or at least one application state of a mobile unit is saved to a non-volatile memory. At least one component of the mobile device is deactivated. The mobile unit is placed in a suspend mode. | 02-05-2009 |
E. Christopher Lundquist, San Mateo, CA US
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| 20110191227 | BANKRUPTCY EVALUATION SERVICE AND SYSTEM - A method for assigning a value to a debt is disclosed. The method includes entering, into a digital computer, bankruptcy data associated with a bankruptcy proceeding after a debtor has filed for bankruptcy. The bankruptcy data may include priority claim data associated with priority claims, non-precedence claim data associated with non-precedence claims, and bankruptcy plan data. After the bankruptcy data are obtained, the digital computer determines a present value associated with at least one non-precedence claim in the non-precedence claims. | 08-04-2011 |
Eric G. Lundquist, North Wales, PA US
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| 20090093560 | Polymer composition - A halogenated polymer containing a functionalized polymer and optionally a blowing agent. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100267872 | Stabilized polymer compositions - This invention relates to the thermal stabilization of halogen-containing polymer compositions, more particularly, this invention relates to a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) or a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (cPVC) composition comprising an alkyl tin stabilizer and at least one salt of a polymeric polyacid such as a polycarboxylic acid salt supported on a polymeric material. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100267873 | Stabilized polymer compositions - This invention relates to the thermal stabilization of halogen-containing polymer compositions, more particularly, this invention relates to a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) or a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (cPVC) composition comprising a methyl tin stabilizer and at least one salt of a polyacid material such as a polycarboxylic acid, a phosphoric acid, or a boric acid. | 10-21-2010 |
Eric Gustave Lundquist, North Wales, PA US
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| 20080287571 | Curable and cured wood particle composites and method making same - Curable wood particle composites curable by the Michael addition reaction in the presence of weak base catalyst are disclosed, along with a method for making those curable wood particle composites. Cured wood particle composites are also disclosed, along with a method of making those cured wood particle composites. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080287572 | Curable and cured wood particle composites and method of making same - Curable wood particle composites curable by the Michael addition reaction in the presence of strong base catalyst are disclosed, along with a method for making those curable wood particle composites. Cured wood particle composites are also disclosed, along with a method of making those cured wood particle composites. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090240081 | Process for converting alkanes to unsaturated carboxylic acids - The present invention relates to an improved process for the conversion of alkanes to unsaturated carboxylic acids. | 09-24-2009 |
Gregory D. Lundquist, Eagan, MN US
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| 20090042925 | OXIME SUBSTITUTED IMIDAZOQUINOLINES - Imidazo ring compounds (e.g., imidazoquinolines, 6,7,8,9-tetrahydroimidazoquinolines, imidazonaphthyridines, and imidazopyridines) with an oxime substituent at the 2-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, intermediates, and methods of use of these compounds as immunomodulators, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are disclosed. | 02-12-2009 |
Jon Lundquist, Chandler, AZ US
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| 20090100802 | VACUUM PACKAGE SYSTEM - A vacuum packaging system for transporting a plurality of medical containers includes a plurality of medical containers each having a head side and a base side and a tray that receives and supports the medical containers. The tray includes opposing first and second sidewalls, opposing front and rear walls and a bottom floor. The walls extend generally vertically from the floor of the tray. At least one platform generally extends parallel to the floor of the tray. An air impervious flexible film defines an internal cavity. The air impervious flexible film completely surrounds the tray and the medical containers and the internal cavity is evacuated to and maintained at a predetermined vacuum level below atmospheric pressure. One of the head side and the base side of each medical container contacts a top surface of at least one platform when the medical containers are positioned in the tray. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090288977 | Vacuum Package System - A vacuum packaging system for transporting a plurality of medical containers includes a plurality of medical a tray that receives and supports the medical containers. The tray includes opposing first and second side walls, opposing side and rear walls and a bottom floor. The walls extend generally perpendicularly from the bottom floor of the tray to a top edge thereof. A nesting plate is removably mountable in the tray and includes a plurality of generally cylindrical sleeves each receiving one of the plurality of medical containers. A support surface within the tray generally extends parallel to and spaced a predetermined distance from the bottom floor of the tray and receives and supports the nesting plate. An air impervious flexible film defines an internal cavity and completely surrounds the tray and the medical containers. The internal cavity is evacuated to and maintained at a predetermined vacuum level below atmospheric pressure. | 11-26-2009 |
Jon Tyler Lundquist, Chandler, AZ US
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| 20120010573 | Syringe with Co-Molded Hub and Cannula - A prefilled syringe for injecting medicament into a patient includes a barrel constructed of a polymeric material, a cannula and a hub. The barrel has a diameter, a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end. The cannula has a proximal end and a tip opposite the proximal end. The proximal end of the cannula is fixed to the distal end of the barrel. The cannula is positioned generally coaxially with the longitudinal axis. The hub is integrally formed with the distal end. The hub includes a rib section and a cap. The rib section has a generally cruciform cross-section taken along a rib plane. The rib plane is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The cap has a generally U-shaped cross-section taken along a longitudinal plane. The longitudinal plane is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis. | 01-12-2012 |
Joseph Edward Lundquist, Oldsmar, FL US
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| 20100275561 | INERTIAL SEPARATOR - An inertial separator comprising a tubular body, the tubular body comprises a composition comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of a cyclic olefin polymer and a cyclic olefin copolymer, and, a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and/or a flame retardant and/or an anti-static additive, is disclosed. | 11-04-2010 |
Luke Lundquist, St Michael, MN US
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| 20110192293 | Trash Compactor - The Trash Compactor comprising: a frame, a cavity, a trash receptacle, a platen movable to compress trash collected in the trash receptacle, a set of linkages and a drive mechanism configured to drive said platen up and down, said drive mechanism further configured as one of said link elements, and a platen guide mechanism configured to restrict the motion of said platen in an up and down manner. | 08-11-2011 |
Martin L. Lundquist, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA US
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| 20110215717 | High voltage switch triggered by a laser-photocathode subsystem - A spark gap switch for controlling the output of a high voltage pulse from a high voltage source, for example, a capacitor bank or a pulse forming network, to an external load such as a high gradient electron gun, laser, pulsed power accelerator or wide band radar. The combination of a UV laser and a high vacuum quartz cell, in which a photocathode and an anode are installed, is utilized as triggering devices to switch the spark gap from a non-conducting state to a conducting state with low delay and low jitter. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110215791 | Compensation schemes for the voltage droop of solid-state Marx modulators - A novel design scheme for the compensation circuitry of solid-state Marx modulators has been described for enhancing the compensation ability of the compensation cells of the Marx modulators and simplifying the entire circuitry. High-speed solid-state switches are adopted in the compensation circuitry for the control of the compensation actions. Inductive components and diodes are used in the design scheme to smooth voltage curve. | 09-08-2011 |
Paul Lundquist, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20100331212 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING MULTIPLE OPTICAL SIGNALS FROM A SINGLE SOURCE - Methods and systems are described for determining information about template sequences by simultaneously providing excitation over time to a plurality of confined sources on a substrate, each confined source carrying out a template mediated addition of nucleotides with a polymerase enzyme. The nucleotides have different labels, each with a different emission wavelength profile. Optical elements direct optical signals from the different NTPs within each optical confinement to different detector locations. Observing the optical signals over time allows for obtaining sequence information about the template nucleic acids. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110082051 | SUBSTRATES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING MATERIALS - Substrates, systems and methods for analyzing materials that include waveguide arrays disposed upon or within the substrate such that evanescent fields emanating from the waveguides illuminate materials disposed upon or proximal to the surface of the substrate, permitting analysis of such materials. The substrates, systems and methods are used in a variety of analytical operations, including, inter alia, nucleic acid analysis, including hybridization and sequencing analyses, cellular analyses and other molecular analyses. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110278475 | MULTIPLEX ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for analyzing highly multiplexed sample arrays using highly multiplexed, high density optical systems to illuminate high density sample arrays and/or provide detection from such high density arrays. Systems and methods comprise substrates having an array of discrete signal sources having a pitch P | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120015825 | ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH SOFTWARE MASK - Methods and systems for obtaining and processing optical signal data from analytical reactions, and in processing signal data from arrays of sequence-by-incorporation processes to identify nucleotide sequences of template nucleic acids and larger nucleic acid molecules, e.g., genomes or fragments thereof are described. Defining and applying a 2-dimensional software mask allows for obtaining signal data from arrays with higher signal to noise than where the mask is not applied. | 01-19-2012 |
Paul B. Lundquist, Vail, AZ US
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| 20100080254 | TEMPERATURE TUNING OF OPTICAL DISTORTIONS - The systems and methods herein provide for tuning an optical characteristic of a gain medium for a laser system. For example, a system may include a thermal tuner that dynamically controls the temperature of the gain medium to compensate for thermal mechanical distortions of the gain medium caused by laser energy in the gain medium. In doing so, the tuner may dynamically adjust a coolant temperature and/or a coolant flow rate proximate to the gain medium. Accordingly, heat is dynamically removed from the gain medium so as to adjust for optical distortions in the gain medium. Such a dynamic heat removal may provide a laser system designer with the ability to generate laser energy with controllable predetermined optical wavefronts (e.g., a flat optical wavefront). | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110122483 | AXIAL WALK OFF MULTI-PASS AMPLIFIERS - The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110134511 | OFF AXIS WALK OFF MULTI-PASS AMPLIFIERS - The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110157689 | OFF AXIS WALK OFF MULTI-PASS AMPLIFIERS - The various laser architectures described herein provide increased gain of optical energy as well as compensation of optical phase distortions in a thin disk gain medium. An optical amplifier presented herein provides for scalable high energy extraction and gains based on a number of passes of the signal beam through a gain medium. Multiple, spatially separate, optical paths may also be passed through the same gain region to provide gain clearing by splitting off a small percentage of an output pulse and sending it back through the amplifier along a slightly different path. By clearing out the residual gain, uniform signal amplitudes can be obtained. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110249318 | REGENERATIVE LASER AMPLIFIER - A laser amplifier system is presented including a pump regenerative amplifier. The amplifier generally has a cavity defined by a pair of end cavity mirrors between which an amplified pump pulse oscillates. The amplifier also includes an interaction cell with a tunable gain medium amplifies laser pulses (e.g., Raman gain). The interaction cell may be positioned within the pump amplifier cavity and an input pulse may be injected into the cavity of the amplifier to transit through the tunable gain medium of the interaction cell. A pump pulse transfers energy via interaction with the input pulse (e.g., Raman interaction) as the pulses counter-propagate through the gain medium of the interaction cell. Amplification of output laser pulses, however, is generally achieved according to the wavelength of the pump laser pulses thereby providing a wavelength dependent, or “tunable”, means for amplifying laser pulses. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110259181 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR IGNITING EXPLOSIVES - Systems and methods are presented herein that provide for ignition of explosive devices through electric and/or electromagnetic discharge. In one embodiment, an electrostatic discharge is directionally propagated through air to conduct electric current to the explosive device. The electric current may ignite the explosive device via heat, via triggering of ignition circuitry, via induced electric current conduction to the explosive material therein and/or via direct electric conduction to the explosive material therein. Alternatively, or in addition to, electromagnetic energy may be directionally propagated to the device through a waveguide. Such electromagnetic energy may be in the microwave region and may heat and/or induce electric current in the explosive device. In either instance, the directionally propagated energy may be time varying. In one embodiment, a system is configured with a vehicle to distally position the directionally propagated energy to the explosive device such that damage caused by the device is inhibited. | 10-27-2011 |
Paul B. Lundquist, Vale, AZ US
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| 20090174930 | REGENERATIVE LASER AMPLIFIER - A laser amplifier system is presented including a pump regenerative amplifier. The amplifier generally has a cavity defined by a pair of end cavity mirrors between which an amplified pump pulse oscillates. The amplifier also includes an interaction cell with a tunable gain medium amplifies laser pulses (e.g., Raman gain). The interaction cell may be positioned within the pump amplifier cavity and an input pulse may be injected into the cavity of the amplifier to transit through the tunable gain medium of the interaction cell. A pump pulse transfers energy via interaction with the input pulse (e.g., Raman interaction) as the pulses counter-propagate through the gain medium of the interaction cell. Amplification of output laser pulses, however, is generally achieved according to the wavelength of the pump laser pulses thereby providing a wavelength dependent, or “tunable”, means for amplifying laser pulses. | 07-09-2009 |
Paul Bryan Lundquist, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20100108352 | BARRIER PIERCING ELECTRODE - An electrode is provided that is adapted to both pierce a barrier and providing an over-air discharge of electrical energy. In this regard, an over air discharge of electrical energy may be provided to an opposing side of a barrier. In one arrangement, the electrode includes a tapered point, which may be a hardened material, to facilitate piercing a barrier. In a further arrangement, the electrode incorporates an insulative shaft. In this arrangement, the insulative shaft electrically isolates a conductor of the electrode from a conductive barrier. Accordingly, the electrode may be utilized to pierce metallic enclosures and provide an electrical discharge for the purpose of altering the operation of electronic device within such enclosures. | 05-06-2010 |
Randal L. Lundquist, Mansfield, OH US
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| 20120021877 | ADJUSTABLE DUMBBELL AND SYSTEM - An adjustable weightlifting device having selectable weights. The adjustable weightlifting device allows users to select a desired number of weight plates, and then couples the selected weight plates to retention members disposed in the handle of the device. | 01-26-2012 |
Randy L. Lundquist, Shelley, ID US
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| 20100105346 | METHOD TO DETECT INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS SIGNALS - A method to detect interference in wireless signals, comprising sampling a received signal; identifying a dominant waveform in the received signal; subtracting the dominant waveform from the received signal to create a modified received signal; and repeating the above steps, recursively substituting the modified received signal for the received signal, until all adjusted reference waveforms have been subtracted. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100105347 | APPARATUS TO DETECT INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS SIGNALS - An apparatus to detect interference in wireless signals, comprising an antenna for receiving a wireless signal; and wherein the apparatus is operable to identify a dominant waveform in the received signal; subtract the dominant waveform from the received signal to create a modified received signal; and repeat the above steps, recursively substituting the modified received signal for the received signal, until all adjusted reference waveforms have been subtracted. | 04-29-2010 |
Steve Lundquist, Stockbridge, GA US
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| 20100088175 | Secure Inspection and Purchase Method With Surveillance System - The invention is a method for using a payment and inspection service to purchase merchandise on an online sale website. A buyer or seller can select using a payment and inspection service. The buyer pays the payment and inspection service, which holds the payment. The seller ships the item to a store where the payment and inspection service is located. The buyer goes to the store and while being monitored, the buyer inspects the merchandise. Preferably, the buyer is monitored by a camera surveillance system with a video record stored on a computer system. If the buyer accepts the item, he leaves the store with the item and the service releases the payment to the seller less any fees owed. If the buyer does not want to accept the item, he rejects the item, which is then repacked and returned to the seller, and the service refunds the payment, less any fees owed back to the seller. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100241531 | Secure Item Purchasing And Fraud Avoidance System - The invention is a system supporting a payment and inspection service used to securely purchase merchandise on an online sale website. A buyer or seller can select using the payment and inspection service. The buyer pays the payment and inspection service, which holds the payment in an escrow account. The seller ships the item to a store where the payment and inspection service is located. The buyer goes to the store and, while being monitored by an agent or employee of the service, the buyer inspects the merchandise. If the buyer accepts the item, he leaves the store with the item and the service releases the payment from the escrow account to the seller. If the buyer does not want to accept the item (he rejects the item), the item is then repacked and returned to the seller, and the service returns the payment, less cost of shipping the item back to the seller, to the buyer. | 09-23-2010 |
Steve D. Lundquist, Metamora, IL US
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| 20090139792 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYDROSTATICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE - A hydrostatically powered vehicle includes an engine operatively associated with a pump that supplies fluid to a propel motor. Based on various sensed and engine operating conditions, a controller determines a desired operating condition for the engine while maintaining the travel speed of the vehicle constant. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20110054746 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYDROSTATICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE - A hydrostatically powered vehicle includes an engine operatively associated with a pump that supplies fluid to a propel motor. Based on various sensed and engine operating conditions, a controller determines a desired operating condition for the engine while maintaining the travel speed of the vehicle constant. | 03-03-2011 |
Theodore R. Lundquist, Dublin, CA US
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| 20080298719 | SUB-RESOLUTION ALIGNMENT OF IMAGES - A plurality of images, including a first image and a second image having a higher resolution than the first image, are aligned by generating an oversampled cross correlation image that corresponds to relative displacements of the first and second images, and, based on the oversampled cross correlation image, determining an offset value that corresponds to a misalignment of the first and second images. The first and second images are aligned to a precision greater than the resolution of the first image, based on the determined offset value. Enhanced results are achieved by performing another iteration of generating an oversampled cross correlation image and determining an offset value for the first and second images. Generating the oversampled cross correlation image may involve generating a cross correlation image that corresponds to relative displacements of the first and second images, and oversampling the cross correlation image to generate the oversampled cross correlation image. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090114851 | FIB MILLING OF COPPER OVER ORGANIC DIELECTRICS - Apparatus and processes are disclosed for milling copper adjacent to organic low-k dielectric on a substrate by directing a charged-particle beam at a portion of the copper and exposing the copper to a precursor sufficient to enhance removal of the copper relative to removal of the dielectric, wherein the precursor contains an oxidizing agent, has a high sticking coefficient and a long residence time on the copper, contains atoms of at least one of carbon and silicon in amount sufficient to stop oxidation of the dielectric, and contains no atoms of chlorine, bromine or iodine. In one embodiment, the precursor comprises at least one of the group consisting of NitroEthanol, NitroEthane, NitroPropane, NitroMethane, compounds based on silazane such as HexaMethylCycloTriSilazane, and compounds based on siloxane such as Octa-Methyl-Cyclo-Tetra-Siloxane. Products of the processes are also disclosed. | 05-07-2009 |
Trygrve J. Lundquist, San Luis Obispo, CA US
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| 20100025339 | Field Water Purification System - A lightweight water treatment system which can be easily distributed and employed by disaster survivors for treating locally available freshwater sources. The water treatment system includes an internal storage volume for maintaining a predetermined volume of water, a water fill port in communication with the internal storage volume provided at a first end of the elongated container for receiving the predetermined volume of water, a sealing member disposed at about the first end of the elongated container for maintaining the volume of water within the internal storage volume, a second end of the elongated container for receiving sediment settling out of the predetermined volume of water and a discharge port disposed superjacent to the second conically-shaped end for controllably releasing at least a portion of the water maintained within the internal storage volume of the elongated container. | 02-04-2010 |