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Mark Alan Bandur, San Diego, CA US
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| 20080299849 | Methods And Apparatus For Flushing Marine Propulsion Units - An apparatus and method for flushing marine propulsion units are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a basin with anterior, posterior, side walls and a base. The basin is made from a watertight material and has sufficient depth to partially submerge a marine propulsion unit in fluid. The submersion of the unit sufficient to ensure the inlet duct of the unit is under the surface of the fluid. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 12-04-2008 |
Mark Alan Bewernitz, Gainesville, FL US
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| 20100191068 | SPACER BLOCK WITH SENSOR FOR TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a force sensing system and method for total knee arthroplasty. For example, a force sensing system includes a spacer block that is adapted to be positioned adjacent a resected distal femur and a resected proximal tibia. The spacer block is configured to receive a first force applied by the resected distal femur and a second force applied by the resected proximal tibia. The force sensing system also includes at least one sensor that is associated with the spacer block and that is adapted to measure one or more forces exerted on the spacer block. Moreover, the force sensing system includes a display that is adapted for displaying an indication of the one or more forces measured by the at least one sensor. | 07-29-2010 |
Mark Alan Brown, Salisbury GB
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| 20090314218 | ANIMAL HANDLING APPARATUS - Animal handling apparatus comprising a cage ( | 12-24-2009 |
Mark Alan Campfield, Cumming, GA US
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| 20110005647 | ADJUSTABLE, PORTABLE, FLEXIBLE EQUIPMENT WRAP - An adjustable wrap or cover for protecting various-sized objects, including audio equipment, appliances, electronics, and other similar articles. The wrap generally includes a flexible body member comprising one or more integral layers, wherein at least one of the layers is a padded or impact-resistant material. The wrap includes one or more types of attachment and/or tightening mechanisms disposed at opposing ends of the wrap to releasably secure and tighten the wrap around a given object. Typically, the wrap comprises a length that is of sufficient length to adjust the wrap to tightly fit around objects with various-sized perimeters. Assorted embodiments of the wrap include specifically-located holes that enable access to handles or other components on the wrapped objects, various flaps and components extending from a primary body portion of the wrap to accommodate a range of geometries of objects, and other features and aspects as described in detail herein. | 01-13-2011 |
Mark Alan Chawner, Cincinnati, OH US
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| 20110125563 | Systems and Methods for Reducing Environmental Impact Using Filtered Water Alternatives - A method of reducing environmental impact by providing filtered water alternatives at various locations within grounds of an institution is provided. The method includes providing a branded filtered water system to an institution. The branded filtered water system including a plurality of portable, reusable water containers and a network of point-of-use water filtration devices to be placed at various locations within the institution. The point-of-use water filtration devices are interrelated by branding the point-of-use water filtration devices to provide a visual association with the filtered water system. | 05-26-2011 |
Mark Alan Cracraft, Urbandale, IA US
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| 20090107349 | Cotton Harvester For Producing Modules Which Can Be Automatically Identified And Oriented - RFID tags pre-installed on bale wrap segments provide location information for a specific area of the bale wrap. RFID tag readers located on the cotton harvester provide signals for use by the module wrapping apparatus for initiating a cutting or separating operation, once a module has been wrapped, and for warning an operator of a situation where the wrapping function has not proceeded in an orderly fashion after a signal for starting the wrapping function has been received. A wrapped module carries the pre-installed RFID tags which are readable by RFID readers carried by module handlers in the field and/or at the gin input which identify the modules and establish a position to which the module may be automatically oriented so that an ideal module wrap cutting location is easily calculated. The RFID tag reading taken in the field or at the gin thus senses the number on the tag as well as the location of the tag, and the module identification is input to an electronic database. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100003118 | Cotton Module Plastic Wrapping Material And Module Hangler For Optimizing Module Rotation For Wrapping Removal - A supply of plastic wrapping material for wrapping cylindrical modules includes a plurality of end-to-end segments, with each segment being of a length sufficient for enveloping a cylindrical cotton module of a given size with a predetermined number of layers of wrapping. All except an inner tail of an inner layer of wrapping adheres to the following layer. The location within each segment which becomes a loose inner tail when wrapped about a module is provided with a first RFID tag while other RFID tags are provided at equally spaced locations along the inner layer. Each RFID tag is provided with a unique identifier for which may be read by a RFID tag reader carried by a module handling implement having forks rotatable by reversible motors operable for rotating the module for placing the loose inner tail at a desired location relative to a cutting device for slitting the wrapping during wrapping removal. A control arrangement is coupled to the RFID tag reader and uses the information from the tag identifiers to cause the module to be rotated in a direction most suitable for optimizing placement the loose inner tail in the desired location for wrapping removal. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100186606 | Cotton Harvester for Producing Modules which can be Automatically Identified and Oriented - RFID tags pre-installed on bale wrap segments provide location information for a specific area of the bale wrap. RFID tag readers located on the cotton harvester provide signals for use by the module wrapping apparatus for initiating a cutting or separating operation, once a module has been wrapped, and for warning an operator of a situation where the wrapping function has not proceeded in an orderly fashion after a signal for starting the wrapping function has been received. A wrapped module carries the pre-installed RFID tags which are readable by RFID readers carried by module handlers in the field and/or at the gin input which identify the modules and establish a position to which the module may be automatically oriented so that an ideal module wrap cutting location is easily calculated. The RFID tag reading taken in the field or at the gin thus senses the number on the tag as well as the location of the tag, and the module identification is input to an electronic database. | 07-29-2010 |
Mark Alan Haye, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20080294611 | HIERARCHICAL STORAGE MANAGEMENT USING DYNAMIC TABLES OF CONTENTS AND SETS OF TABLES OF CONTENTS - A system, apparatus, and process creates a table of contents (TOC), including one or more table of contents (TOC) entries, to manage data in a hierarchical storage management system. Each TOC entry contains metadata describing the contents and attributes of a data object within an image, which is an aggregation of multiple data objects into a single object for storage management purposes. The TOC is stored in a storage hierarchy, such as magnetic disk, for fast access of and efficient operation on the aggregated TOC entries. The system, apparatus, and process also provide for aggregating the TOC entries from one or more TOCs into a TOC set in the storage management server database. The TOC set may be manipulated and queried in order to find a particular data object or image referenced by a TOC entry. The TOC entries, TOCs, and TOC sets may be dynamically managed by the hierarchical data storage management system through implementation of a set of policy management constructs that define appropriate creation, retention, and movement of the objects within the database and storage hierarchy. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090063430 | ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE AND SYSTEM FOR MERGING METADATA ON FILES IN A BACKUP STORAGE - Provided are a system and article of manufacture for merging metadata on files in a backup storage. A query is received for information on files from a file system for a client node. A determination is made of metadata for files in a backup storage for the client node stored external to backup sets. At least one backup set in the backup storage for the client node is processed to determine metadata for files included in at least one backup set. The determined metadata for files in the backup storage and for files included in at least one backup set is merged to form merged metadata. The query is executed against the merged metadata to determine files whose metadata satisfies the query. Results including information from the merged metadata on the determined files are returned. | 03-05-2009 |
Mark Alan Linebach, Mckean, PA US
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| 20100217462 | OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWERED VEHICLE - A system for the communication of data used in the operation of a powered vehicle comprises a plurality of controllers onboard the powered vehicle for controlling operations of the vehicle. At least one of the controllers has a memory in which data is stored and the data is accessible and used by at least two of the controllers for controlling vehicle operations. A communication link is provided between the at least two controllers for sharing data stored in the memory of one of the controllers to control operations of the powered vehicle. | 08-26-2010 |
Mark Alan Mortellaro, Frederick, MD US
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| 20110081727 | Oxidation Resistant Indicator Molecules - Compounds having enhanced oxidation stability are disclosed. The compounds have an aryl boronic acid residue having one or more electron withdrawing groups on the aromatic moiety which contains the boronic acid residue, such that the molecule has enhanced oxidation resistance as compared to a corresponding molecule without the one or more electron withdrawing groups. | 04-07-2011 |
Mark Alan Mostow, Haifa IL
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| 20100218049 | Method of Creating Signatures for Classifying Program Failures - A novel and useful method of creating signatures for use in classifying failures of software programs in general and circuit design simulation tests in particular. Upon failure of a processor simulation test, the method of the present invention creates a signature comprising the sequence of source code commands executed shortly before the failure. The created signature, along with the reported error message together provides a functional grouping of the tests into groups of similar failures. After executing a suite of processor simulation test programs the resulting signatures are classified by their respective error messages and signatures. The results are then analyzed to pinpoint any program errors, or (in the case of processor design tests) design flaws causing the simulation test failures. | 08-26-2010 |
Mark Alan Narveson, Navada City, CA US
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| 20100103320 | DUAL USE VIDEO MIXER CROSSPOINT MATRIX - A vision mixer comprises a video processor and a switching matrix. The switching matrix has a first matrix portion which selects signals for the video processor, and has a second matrix portion which selects output signals for destinations other than the video processor and beyond the vision mixer. | 04-29-2010 |
Mark Alan Pendergraft, Concord, CA US
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| 20110058515 | DATA AND TELEPHONY SATELLITE NETWORK WITH MULTIPLE PATHS - A satellite network communicates data packets between a local handset and a remote handset in order to establish telephone communication between the handsets. The satellite network has a primary LEO satellite that receives said data packets from the local handset, and various communication links between the primary LEO satellite and the remote handset. When the data packets are received from the local handset, the primary LEO satellite concurrently transmits the data packets in their entirety through each of the communication paths to the remote handset. When the data packets are received, the remote handset identifies and discards duplicate data packets that are not needed. | 03-10-2011 |
Mark Alan Siddoway, Katy, TX US
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| 20090084547 | DOWNHOLE BURNER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEATING SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS - A gas burner assembly for heating a subsurface formation includes an oxidant conduit, a fuel conduit, and a plurality of oxidizers coupled to the oxidant conduit. At least one of the oxidizers includes a mix chamber for mixing fuel from the fuel conduit with oxidant from the oxidant conduit, an igniter, and a shield. The shield includes a plurality of openings in communication with the oxidant conduit. At least one flame stabilizer is coupled to the shield. | 04-02-2009 |
Mark Alan Striver, Folsom, CA US
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| 20090002158 | Look down lens as light diffuser in a passive infrared intrusion detection device - A passive infrared intrusion detection device has a housing with an infrared sensor in the housing. A focusing element is mounted in the housing for focusing infrared radiation from an area through the housing to the infrared sensor. A visible radiation emission device is in the housing, with the radiation emission device positioned to radiate visible spectrum radiation through the focusing element out of the housing. | 01-01-2009 |
Mark Alan Summy, Santee, CA US
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| 20110208645 | VIRTUAL FARE CARD AND VIRTUAL FARE DEVICE - Embodiments of systems, methods, and machine-readable media are disclosed for enabling a uniquely-identifiable item as fare media in a transit system. Embodiments generally include collecting a unique identifier from the item, and sending the unique identifier, and other data, to a virtual fare device. The virtual fare device can use the unique identifier to access historical and/or other information associated with the unique identifier, calculate a fare, and/or update the information in a manner similar to how a physical fare device updates information on physical fare media, such as a stored-value card. The virtual fare device then can send data, such as priced transaction data including fare information, to other systems and/or servers of the transit system for further processing. | 08-25-2011 |
Mark Alan Von Striver, Folsom, CA US
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| 20090001270 | RF detector and temperature sensor - An RF electromagnetic radiation detector has a device that has a first terminal and a second terminal with a PN junction therebetween. The first terminal is connected to the P side of the PN junction and the second terminal is connected to the N side of the PN junction, with the device susceptible to a voltage being built across the PN junction in the presence of RF electromagnetic radiation. The detector is first reverse biased by connecting a first voltage to the first terminal and a second voltage, higher than the first voltage to the second terminal. Current is then measured from the second terminal, where the current measured is indicative of the presence of RF electromagnetic radiation. A temperature sensor has a load, that has a first terminal and a second terminal with the first terminal connectable to a first voltage. A capacitor has a third terminal and a fourth terminal with the third terminal connected to the second terminal and the fourth terminal connectable to a second voltage. The first terminal is connected to the first voltage and the fourth terminal is connected to the second voltage. Finally the first voltage is disconnected from the first terminal and the second voltage from the fourth terminal, and the voltage at the third terminal is measured. The voltage measured at the third terminal or the amount of time required for the voltage at the third terminal to reach a threshold voltage, is dependent upon the ambient temperature. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002907 | Modular parallel protection circuit - A modular protection circuit can protect a first terminal and a second terminal of a first device. The circuit comprises a load device which has a third terminal and a fourth terminal with the third terminal for connection to a first voltage. A first diode is provided, with the first diode having a first cathode and a first anode with the first cathode connected to the fourth terminal and the first anode connected to the first terminal. A second diode is provided with the second diode having a second cathode and a second anode with the second cathode connected to the fourth terminal and the second anode connected to the second terminal. A third diode is provided with the third diode having a third cathode and a third anode with the third cathode connected to the first terminal and the third anode connected to a second voltage. Finally, a fourth diode is provided with the fourth diode having a fourth cathode and a fourth anode with the fourth cathode connected to the second terminal and the fourth anode connected to a third voltage. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090309027 | RF Detector and Temperature Sensor - An RF electromagnetic radiation detector has a device that has a first terminal and a second terminal with a PN junction therebetween. The first terminal is connected to the P side of the PN junction and the second terminal is connected to the N side of the PN junction, with the device susceptible to a voltage being built across the PN junction in the presence of RF electromagnetic radiation. The detector is first reverse biased by connecting a first voltage to the first terminal and a second voltage, higher than the first voltage to the second terminal. Current is then measured from the second terminal, where the current measured is indicative of the presence of RF electromagnetic radiation. A temperature sensor has a load, that has a first terminal and a second terminal with the first terminal connectable to a first voltage. A capacitor has a third terminal and a fourth terminal with the third terminal connected to the second terminal and the fourth terminal connectable to a second voltage. The first terminal is connected to the first voltage and the fourth terminal is connected to the second voltage. Finally the first voltage is disconnected from the first terminal and the second voltage from the fourth terminal, and the voltage at the third terminal is measured. The voltage measured at the third terminal or the amount of time required for the voltage at the third terminal to reach a threshold voltage, is dependent upon the ambient temperature. | 12-17-2009 |
Mark Alan Vorderbruggen, Spring, TX US
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| 20100018435 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO PREVENT CORROSION BY CO2 ON CEMENT COMPOSITIONS - Methods and compositions that protect cement compositions from corrosion, particularly from wet carbon dioxide, are provided. A soluble salt additive is provided to react with reaction products generated during the reactions that occur when cement is exposed to wet carbon dioxide. The soluble salt reacts to form an insoluble salt that forms a protective layer on the surface of the cement that protects it from further corrosion from exposure to wet carbon dioxide. | 01-28-2010 |
Mark Alan Willcoxen, Lakewood, CO US
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| 20090094994 | CONTAINER INCORPORATING INTEGRAL COOLING ELEMENT - A beverage container is provided with an integral cooling element to maintain a beverage at a cooled temperature after exposure to a warmer environment. The cooling element incorporates use of solid/liquid phase change material. When the beverage is chilled, the phase change material is maintained in a solid state below its melting temperature. When the beverage container is exposed to a warmer environment, such as during consumption, the phase change material undergoes a phase change thereby absorbing heat from the surrounding beverage. The cooling element can either be attached to the inside of the container or free-floating, but in either case, is in direct contact with the beverage. | 04-16-2009 |
Mark Alan Wiwi, South Bend, IN US
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| 20110302853 | Method for molding artistic surfaces - A method for molding plastic articles with artistic patterns comprises: producing an artistic surface ( | 12-15-2011 |