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Michael Andrew Ackley, Kent GB
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| 20090318451 | MORPHOLINE DOPAMINE AGONISTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN - The present invention relates to use of a compound of formula (I), (Ia), or (Ib): | 12-24-2009 |
Michael Andrew Bewernitz, Gainesville, FL US
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| 20080243204 | VARIATIONAL PARAMETER NEUROSTIMULATION PARADIGM FOR TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGIC DISEASE - The present invention concerns a neural stimulation device, and methods for its use, in which one or more stimulation parameters can be automatically and randomly adjusted such that any particular combination of stimulation parameters is not repeated for a given duration of time, thereby limiting habituation to the neural stimulus. | 10-02-2008 |
Michael Andrew Brookmire, Falmouth, ME US
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| 20120121479 | Proboscis For Use With A Diagnostic Instrument - A proboscis for use with a diagnostic instrument includes an elongated main body having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends. The distal end includes an orifice which is in fluid communication with the lumen. A fluid splash guard is affixed to the main body at the distal end, and provides protection for the orifice and lumen from being clogged with a sample fluid. | 05-17-2012 |
Michael Andrew Cretella, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20110313697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING BATTERY LIFE - A method and apparatus for monitoring battery life in a human input device powered by replaceable batteries includes repeatedly measuring battery charge by use of a measuring arrangement forming part of the input device. Battery charge is measured while the input device is in a relatively inactive condition and when it is in an active condition, and a time value is associated with each battery charge measurement. A usage model may be constructed based on the battery charge measurements, and calculation of an expected battery life may be based at least in part on the usage model. | 12-22-2011 |
Michael Andrew Cretella, Jr., Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20100039381 | ROTATABLE INPUT DEVICE - In an example embodiment, a computer mouse is provided. This computer mouse includes a surface tracking sensor that detects movement of the computer mouse along the support surface. Additionally included are one or more orientation sensors that detect a movement of the computer mouse relative to a pivot point. The computer mouse also includes a controller that is configured to translate the movement along the support surface into a two-dimensional coordinate and to translate the movement relative to the pivot point into a magnitude of rotation. | 02-18-2010 |
Michael Andrew Evans, Worcestershire GB
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| 20090231180 | Method for detecting a target - A method of detecting a target in a scene comprises the steps of generating a comparison of the value of data elements in first and second data sets, the data elements corresponding to returns from the same part of the scene and setting a detection threshold value for the comparison so as to detect targets entering said that part of scene The method provides improved target detection in the presence of clutter. | 09-17-2009 |
Michael Andrew Galtry, Worthing GB
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| 20110017140 | METHOD OF TREATING A GAS STREAM - A method is described of treating a gas stream exhausted from an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process chamber to which two or more gaseous precursors are alternately supplied. Between the process chamber and a vacuum pump used to draw the gas stream from the chamber, the gas stream is conveyed to a gas mixing chamber, to which a reactant is supplied for reacting with one of the gaseous precursors to form solid material. The gas stream is then conveyed to a cyclone separator to separate solid material from the gas stream. By deliberately reacting a non-reacted precursor to form solid material upstream from the pump, reaction within the pump of the non-reacted precursor and a second non-reacted precursor subsequently drawn from the chamber by the pump can be inhibited. | 01-27-2011 |
Michael Andrew Ludka, Greenfield, WI US
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| 20120074174 | Container with Elevating Inner Wall - A container, for example for a food product or the like, provides an elevating lower inner surface that may sealably support a contained food product to raise the upper surface of the food product as it is consumed. Importantly, the container avoids an extension of the elevating mechanism into the product itself, reducing problems of contamination and leakage. | 03-29-2012 |
Michael Andrew Magent, Allentown, PA US
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| 20100076799 | System and method for using classification trees to predict rare events - Systems and methods are provided for predicting rare events, such as hospitalization events. A set of data records, each containing multiple attributes with one or more values (which may include an “unknown” value), may represent a root node of a decision tree. This root node may be partitioned based on one of the attributes, such that the concentration (e.g., “purity”) of a relevant outcome (e.g., the rare event) is increased in one node and decreased in another. This process may be repeated until a decision tree with sufficiently pure leaf nodes is created. This “purified” decision tree may then be used to predict one or more rare events. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100082707 | Method and system for archiving biomedical data generated by a data collection device - A method for archiving biomedical data generated by a data collection device, includes the steps of automatically determining a data format in which the collection device is configured to store the biomedical data onto a computer-readable storage medium, based on the data format, extracting the biomedical data from the storage medium, and transmitting the extracted data to a database in which the extracted data is archived. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100131434 | AUTOMATED PATIENT-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING PATIENT-HEALTH DATA TO CLINICIANS, AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOR - An automated patient-management system for efficiently reporting patient information to clinicians, and a method of operation thereof is described. The system automatically collects and analyzes historic-physiologic data indicative of a patient's health from a myriad of sources. Based on the historic-physiologic data, the system automatically generates a health-risk score indicative of whether a patient will experience a serious-medical event in the near future (e.g., a predetermined time interval). The system uses a processing model that may rely on Hierarchical-Temporal Memory techniques and other models, for extracting and analyzing patient data. The system also generates an integrated synopsis of a patient's health condition, including the health-risk score. The synopsis is then presented (served) to a clinician in an organized, simplified, and effective manner via a client-side user interface. The synopsis enables a physician to proficiently grasp the patient's most critical health parameters in a short period of time. | 05-27-2010 |
Michael Andrew Minovitch, Los Angeles, CA US
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| 20110277476 | Low Temperature High Efficiency Condensing Heat Engine for Propelling Road Vehicles - A non-polluting, closed-cycle condensing heat engine and operating method is provided for propelling road vehicles at high efficiencies and high power densities by using a phase-changing working fluid having a critical temperature close to the natural ambient temperature of the surrounding atmosphere and shifting the high temperature heat reservoir downward by several hundred degrees by creating an artificial low temperature heat reservoir below ambient temperature by evaporating water. By isentropically compressing the liquefied working fluid at sub-ambient temperatures to very high pressure utilizing the fact that water has an unusually high latent heat of evaporation, and heating it to a compressed gas at a relatively low temperature in the high temperature heat reservoir by burning small amounts of fuel, it is possible for the engine to operate at high power densities by expanding the compressed gas back to the initial sub-ambient temperature where it is re-condensed to propel road vehicles several hundred miles on a tank of water holding only 40 gallons using a small fraction of the amount of fuel used by vehicles propelled by conventional internal combustion engines. | 11-17-2011 |
Michael Andrew Munie, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20120021829 | PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIAL GAME METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS - A game machine may facilitate a photographic social game. The photographic social game may be played using, for example, camera-enabled devices (e.g., participating devices). The photographic social game may prompt users of camera-enabled devices to take and submit photographs at a particular time (e.g., 5:00 PM GMT or 5:00 PM local time), after occurrence of a particular event (e.g., 5 minutes after waking up), or any suitable combination thereof. These photos may be assembled by the game machine into a presentation that is shared among the users participating in the photographic social game, and one or more of various games may be played by the users based on the presentation. | 01-26-2012 |
Michael Andrew Posadas, Milpitas, CA US
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| 20100299712 | Dual Function Device - A communication system for accessing media items via a display device. A receiver is coupled to the display device and a transmitter is coupled to a computer system. Media items stored locally on the computer system and/or remotely on a remote server may be wirelessly transferred from the transmitter to the receiver for display on the display device. In addition, the transmitter and the receiver may be pre-paired prior to delivery to the user, allowing for the network to be configured without any user input. Advantageously, embodiments provide a user with the ability to conveniently view content stored on a computer or a web server without the user having to perform any wireless network setup procedures. | 11-25-2010 |
Michael Andrew Pouchak, Saint Anthony, MN US
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| 20100100583 | FLEXIBLE GRAPHICAL EXTENSION ENGINE - A flexible graphical extension engine having a function block engine combined with extensions in communications with a wall module bus to make it possible to provide fixed function, configurable function and programmable function devices which implement additional function block behavior, and provide an automated configuration approach for generating configuration files for a programmable wall module. In other words, the engine not only depends on fixed inputs and outputs (I/O's) and fixed features in a control solution, but also may allow for flexible blocks and the ability to change an interface on the fly (i.e., during operation). | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110161844 | CHANGEABLE BACNET INTERFACE - A changeable BACnet interface system having a workstation and a controller. The system may allow a controller object interface to be engineered and downloaded to the controller via configuration files, rather than as individual objects created at run time. A BACnet network may be connected to the workstation and controller. BACnet objects may be designed to constitute an interface to the control application, and be stored in the controller. The BACnet interface may be presented to the BACnet network. | 06-30-2011 |
Michael Andrew Rogawski, Sacramento, CA US
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| 20090209937 | Apparatus and Methods for Treating Epilepsy Using Convection-Enhanced Delivery - Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for treating a neurological disorder associated with excessive neuronal excitability (e.g., epilepsy). Methods disclosed herein comprise administering to a subject in need of such treatment an antiepileptic drug solution comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antiepileptic drug (e.g., a toxin that inhibits the exocytosis of neurotransmifters, excitotoxins, etc.) using convection-enhanced delivery (CED). | 08-20-2009 |
Michael Andrew Roussin, Three Rivers, MI US
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| 20090056354 | Refrigeration power system for a storage compartment in a vehicle - A refrigeration power system for cooling a storage compartment in a vehicle includes a power source independent of a vehicle battery. The power source provides power to a refrigeration unit that includes a variable speed compressor. The refrigeration power system determines available power and varies the speed of the compressor accordingly to provide a lesser amount of cooling at start-up or when the available power value is less than a required power value. The power system operates the variable speed compressor at the required power value when the available power value is large enough to provide a cooling capacity so that the storage compartment obtains a pre-selected temperature. Power sources, and alternate power sources, include a vehicle generator, a shore power supply, a battery bank and a vehicle battery provided on the vehicle. | 03-05-2009 |
Michael Andrew Sicinski, Orefield, PA US
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| 20090025422 | Controlling Liquefaction of Natural Gas - A gas liquefaction process, especially for producing LNG, maintains product flow rate and temperature by controlling the refrigeration so that variation to reduce any difference between actual and required product temperatures is initiated before variation of the product flow rate to reduce any difference between actual and required flow rates. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20120079850 | Controlling Liquefaction of Natrual Gas - A gas liquefaction process, especially for producing LNG, maintains product flow rate and temperature by controlling the refrigeration so that variation to reduce any difference between actual and required product temperatures is initiated before variation of the product flow rate to reduce any difference between actual and required flow rates. | 04-05-2012 |
Michael Andrew Slivka, Taunton, MA US
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| 20090005870 | Highly Lordosed Fusion Cage - A two-piece fusion cage having opposed interior surfaces, vertical and lateral throughholes adapted to enhance fusion and a dovetail feature mating the opposed interior surfaces. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090005873 | Spinous Process Spacer Hammock - An interspinous spacer comprising: | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090326584 | Spinal Dynamic Stabilization Rods Having Interior Bumpers - A dynamic stabilization device for use in the human spine, comprising i) a hollow, closed-end cylinder component that is configured for attachment to a first pedicle screw, ii) a solid rod component that is configured on one end to slide freely within the hollow cylinder component, and configured at the other end for attachment to a second pedicle screw and iii) an elastomer component contained within the hollow cylinder and located between the closed end of the hollow cylinder and the end of the solid rod component. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100152854 | Methods and Devices for Expanding A Spinal Canal Using Balloons - An in-situ formed laminoplasty implant comprising an expandable bag containing a flowable, hardenable composition, wherein the implant may be shaped to act as a laminoplasty strut and be rigidly connected to a prepared lamina space. | 06-17-2010 |
Michael Andrew Smith, Midland, MI US
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| 20090124781 | Method of Making Branched Polysilane Copolymers - Branched polysilane copolymers are prepared via a Wurtz-type coupling reaction by reacting a mixture of two different dihalosilanes and a single trihalosilane with an alkali metal coupling agent in an organic liquid medium. The branched polysilane copolymers are recovered from the reaction mixture. Capped branched polysilane copolymers are prepared via the same Wurtz-type coupling reaction with addition of a capping agent to the reaction mixture. The capping agent is a monohalosilane, monoalkoxysilane, dialkoxysilane, or trialkoxysilane. The branched polysilane copolymers and the capped branched polysilane copolymers are soluble in organic liquid medium. | 05-14-2009 |
Michael Andrew Stanberry, New York, NY US
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| 20110307389 | Method and System for Distributed Point of Sale Transactions - A method and system for a fully distributed on-line selling environment is presented. Any webpage can contain a program module that for each customer that view any webpage with the module embedded in it, automatically associates that customer with their corresponding shopping cart stored at a central server. The module can initiate a sale transaction for a product presented on the webpage and cause the central server to complete the purchase and fulfillment. The website hosting the webpages with the module do not operate any back end transaction processing or order fulfillment. Instead the central server can retrieve a pending sales data associated with the customer and then initiate a payment process for the pending sale items as well as generate revenue share credits for the webpages associated with the sales. | 12-15-2011 |
Michael Andrew Swatko, Wilton, NH US
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| 20090164701 | PORTABLE IMAGE INDEXING DEVICE - A portable image-indexing device that includes a port adapter for connecting to a personal computer and a port adapter for receiving a camera card. The device includes memory for storing a plurality of image and video files and for storing image indexing application programs. A processor performs image indexing on images and/or videos and includes a power source. | 06-25-2009 |
Michael Andrew Williams, Bargoed GB
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| 20100087192 | CALL PROCESSING IN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - A mobile telephone network has a function ( | 04-08-2010 |
Michael Andrew Woellmer, Troy, NY US
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| 20090150212 | Method for identifying entities exhibiting patterns of interest related to financial health - A method of identifying a set of entities based on a pattern of interest is provided. The method includes identifying a reference entity and identifying one or more alert categories indicative of a pattern of interest in the reference entity over a time period of interest. The method further comprises determining a matching percentage of the pattern of interest exhibited by the reference entity, in one or more entities comprising the set of entities based on the one or more alert categories. The method further comprises identifying one or more of the entities comprising the set of entities that exhibit one or more of the patterns of interest exhibited by the reference entity, based on the matching percentage. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20110047207 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEAR-OPTIMAL MEDIA SHARING - A media content sharing system includes multiple broadcast operation centers that together are configured to automatically acquire and distribute media content among one another based upon the media content needs and inventories of each participating broadcast operation center. The media sharing system architecture eliminates any single-point of system failure such that an inventory of media content corresponding to a particular broadcast operation center remains available to broadcast operation centers remaining on the media content sharing system subsequent to failure of the particular broadcast operation center. | 02-24-2011 |
Michael Andrew Yuratich, Hampshire GB
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| 20080293280 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND SOCKET ASSEMBLIES - An electrical connector assembly for a cable having a plurality of insulated conductors comprises a body having a respective recess for receiving a terminating pin each of the conductors. A respective spigot sealingly engages within each of the recesses and has a passage for receiving an associated one of the terminating pins. Furthermore a seal is associated with each of the spigots for sealing the spigot relative to the associated terminating pin. The provision of a separate spigot for each of the conductors and for sealing engagement within a respective recess in the body enables the spigots to be sealingly fitted to the conductors prior to each spigot being introduced into its recess and sealingly engaged therein. This provides improved insulation of the conductor and increased creepage distance between the mating electrical parts and the outer surface of the housing of the assembly. It also provides the additional advantage that the seal on the conductor tends to be smaller than in prior arrangements so that there is less thermal expansion of the seal when the parts get hot in a downhole environment. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20120118646 | BOREHOLE CUTTING ASSEMBLY FOR DIRECTIONAL CUTTING - A borehole cutting assembly for directional cutting in a borehole, the assembly comprising an input pipe and a cutting head rotatably mounted on the input pipe such that the orientation of the cutting head relative to the input pipe can be altered to determine the direction of cutting of the borehole. A cutting tool and cutting tool motor are mounted on the cutting head to enable the cutting tool to be rotatably driven relative to the cutting head so that when the cutting tool is loaded in use the cutting head is subject to a tool reaction torque that acts to rotate the cutting head to change the orientation of the cutting head. The cutting head is rotatably mounted on the input pipe by a controlled torque coupling comprising a progressive cavity pump having a rotor and a stator each provided with drive formations arranged to define a fluid flow cavity therebetween. Rotation of the rotor relative to the stator forces fluid flow through the cavity to counteract the tool reaction torque. Fluid flow control means is provided to resist the flow of fluid through the cavity in use and thus to control the magnitude of the counteraction generated by the progressive cavity pump to the tool reaction torque. | 05-17-2012 |
Michael Andrew Yuratich, Hamble GB
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| 20080284264 | ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS - A method of pumping wellbore fluid, comprising the steps of: installing an electric submersible pump in a wellbore; and operating the pump at more than 4,500 rpm to pump the wellbore fluid. Pumping in this manner provides a number of advantages in use in that the required high-speed motor and pump is shorter for a given power than existing arrangements, and provides increased reliability due to reduced complexity. A much shorter motor/pump combination also allows such equipment to be used in deviated boreholes with a reduction in damage due to mishandling and bending, as well as facilitating assembly and testing in the manufacturer's plant. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284268 | ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS - A method of pumping wellbore fluid, comprising the steps of: installing an electric submersible pump in a wellbore; and operating the pump at more than 4,500 rpm to pump the wellbore fluid. Pumping in this manner provides a number of advantages in use in that the required high-speed motor and pump is shorter for a given power than existing arrangements, and provides increased reliability due to reduced complexity. A much shorter motor/pump combination also allows such equipment to be used in deviated boreholes with a reduction in damage due to mishandling and bending, as well as facilitating assembly and testing in the manufacturer's plant. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080286131 | ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS - A method of pumping wellbore fluid, comprising the steps of: installing an electric submersible pump in a wellbore; and operating the pump at more than 4,500 rpm to pump the wellbore fluid. Pumping in this manner provides a number of advantages in use in that the required high-speed motor and pump is shorter for a given power than existing arrangements, and provides increased reliability due to reduced complexity. A much shorter motor/pump combination also allows such equipment to be used in deviated boreholes with a reduction in damage due to mishandling and bending, as well as facilitating assembly and testing in the manufacturer's plant. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090085583 | MEASUREMENT TOOL AND METHOD OF USE - This invention relates to a measurement tool and method of use, and in particular to a measurement tool for use in determining a parameter of a stationary or moving fluid. The measurement tool has been designed primarily for use in borehole formation testing. The measurement tool can measure the dielectric constant of a fluid within a pipe or surrounding the tool. The pipe or wall between the tool and the fluid is electrically insulating. The tool has pair of capacitor plates mounted adjacent to the pipe or wall, a signal generator which can deliver an alternating electrical signal to at least one of the capacitor plates, and a detector for measuring a signal dependent upon the electrical capacitance between the capacitor plates. The measurement tool can additionally measure the electrical resistivity of the fluid. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090193889 | MEASUREMENT TOOL AND METHOD OF USE - This invention relates to a measurement tool, and in particular to a measurement tool for use in determining the density and/or viscosity of a stationary or moving fluid. The measurement tool has been designed for use in borehole applications during the location and exploitation of oil and gas reserves. The measurement tool has a resilient pipe with a substantially uniform cross-section along its length, and the fluid is located within the pipe. The pipe carries an exciter which is connected to a signal generator, the exciter and signal generator being adapted to impart transverse and/or rotational oscillations to the pipe. Measuring the frequency of the oscillations can be used to determine the density and/or the viscosity of the fluid within the pipe. | 08-06-2009 |