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Gary W. Pace, La Jolls, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090291975DUAL OPIOID PAIN THERAPY - Provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the alleviation of pain in a patient with optimal ratios of morphine and oxycodone that provide superior analgesic efficacy and lower incidence of adverse side effects compared to morphine and oxycodone alone. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise morphine and oxycodone, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in ratios of about 3 to 2 to about 1 to 2, morphine to oxycodone by weight.11-26-2009

Gary W. Pace, La Jolla, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110195989Controlled Release Formulations of Opioids - Pharmaceutical formulations containing opioid components that each has a release profile. The components may provide immediate or controlled release of the opioid. The invention is also directed to methods of controlling release of one or more opioid compounds and methods of treating pain.08-11-2011

James Pace, San Francisco, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090079584Method and system of reading utility meter data over a network - A utility meter may be read by sending a request to read the meter from a meter reading application, which may be located on a utility server or on an access point to a network, to a communications module associated with the utility meter. The communications module initiates a session with the utility meter, makes requests for data from the associated utility meter, receives the responses to requests for data from the utility meter, and terminates the session after receiving all the requested data from the meter. It then formats the responses with the data received from the utility meter, and transmits the formatted response to the meter reading application.03-26-2009
20090300191Multi-Protocol Network Registration and Address Resolution - The functionality of a C12.22 application layer is overlaid on an IP-based infrastructure, by employing an IP DNS server as the registration host for both IP- and C12.22-based communications. Communication can occur at either the IP layer or the C12.22 application layer. At the IP layer, a host application can interrogate network nodes. To extend this service to C12.22 communications, C12.22 registration and resolve services are implemented on the DNS server. Similar to the manner in which an IP-based service uses a native, IP-based DNS resolve request, a C12.22 host can utilize a C12.22 resolution request against the C12.22-enabled DNS server for C12.22 application-layer interrogation of endpoints12-03-2009
20100074176MESHED NETWORKING OF ACCESS POINTS IN A UTILITY NETWORK - A meshed networking of access points in a utility network provides a more efficient and cost effective arrangement for communicating data between meters and the utility by linking the access points of multiple subnetworks for purposes of communicating with the utility. As a result, each individual subnetwork is not required to directly communicate with the utility. For those access points that are relieved of the need to directly communicate with the utility, the communication mechanism, e.g., cellular modem, can be eliminated, or deactivated, to thereby reduce capital expenditures and/or operational costs. Additionally, links to a WAN can be selectively activated or disabled to provision bandwidth, for example, on demand, to react to changing conditions in the subnetworks.03-25-2010
20110077790METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR UTILITY NETWORK OUTAGE DETECTION - The present invention provides a system including a utility network including a product distribution pathway for delivering a product, a plurality of electronic utility devices associated with the utility network to monitor at least one parameter associated with the product distribution pathway, and a management processor in communication with the devices and operable to poll at least a subset of the electronic utility devices in response to an input to evaluate performance of one of the utility network and the system in response to information relating to the at least one parameter. The evaluation can include a rule-based analysis of one of the parameter and the information relating to the parameter.03-31-2011
20110122798POWERLINE CARRIER ZERO-CROSSING TRANSFORMER MAPPING WITH ASYMMETRIC RF RETURN PATH - Techniques are disclosed by which RF mesh networks can identify utility distribution topologies by using power line communication combined with wireless networking to identify the mapping of transformers and other distribution equipment at a back office system server. At a specified time, an item of distribution equipment signals a unique identifier by introducing a phase shift in the electric power being delivered by that equipment. A meter node detects and decodes these temporal shifts to obtain an identifier of equipment supplying the power to it. Upon ascertaining this identification, the meter node sends an acknowledgment to thereby register with that equipment. The association of the particular customer's premises with the equipment is also sent to a back office system, to enable a map of the correspondence between meter and the equipment to be generated.05-26-2011
20110131342MULTI-PROTOCOL NETWORK REGISTRATION AND ADDRESS RESOLUTION - The functionality of communications standards and protocols that are application-layer specific are overlaid on an IP-based infrastructure, by employing an IP DNS server as the registration host for IP and other communications standards based and protocol based communications. Communication can occur at either the IP layer or the communications standards or protocol application layer. At the IP layer, a host application can interrogate network nodes. To extend this service to other communications standards or protocol communications, device registration and resolve services are implemented on the DNS server. Similar to the manner in which an IP-based service uses a native, IP-based DNS resolve request, a host can utilize a resolution request against the communications standards and protocol-enabled DNS server for standards and protocol application-layer interrogation of endpoints.06-02-2011
20110295730SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARGING VEHICLES - Systems and methods for charging vehicles. In some embodiments, a system includes at least one mobile device and a utility network management center (“NMC”). The at least one mobile device is configured as an electronic utility device and includes a network interface card (“NIC”). The at least one mobile device is also associated with a utility billing account and at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is configured to communicate with the at least one mobile device and the at least one utility commodity meter over a network, locate the at least one mobile device, and monitor a state of the at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is also configured to determine a usage of a commodity based on the state of the at least one utility commodity meter, and bill the utility billing account associated with the mobile device for the usage of the commodity.12-01-2011

Patent applications by James Pace, San Francisco, CA US

John Pace, San Jose, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100186179RECIPROCATING WORKPIECE DEVICE WITH A DRIVE SYSTEM SEEKING THE RESONANCE OF THE DRIVEN SYSTEM PORTION THEREOF - A workpiece system with a reciprocating motion which includes a motor assembly for producing an output drive signal with a periodic force pulse. The drive signal is coupled to a driven member assembly through a magnetic arrangement, wherein the driven member assembly has a workpiece mounted thereon with a return spring assembly. The driven member assembly has a resonant mechanical frequency. As the RPM of the motor increases from zero following startup, the drive signal frequency increases to the point very near resonance, where the energy from the drive signal is transferred into the reciprocating motion of the driven assembly, producing an effective amplitude of workpiece motion.07-29-2010

John L. Pace, San Anselmo, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090111737Novel antibacterial agents - This invention relates to novel multibinding compounds (agents) that are antibacterial agents. The multibinding compounds of the invention comprise from 2-10 ligands covalently connected by a linker or linkers, wherein each of said ligands in their monovalent (i.e., unlinked) state have the ability to bind to a an enzyme involved in cell wall biosynthesis and metabolism, a precursor used in the synthesis of the bacterial cell wall and/or the bacterial cell surface thereby interfere with the synthesis and/or metabolism of the cell wall. In particular the multibinding compounds of the invention comprise from 2-10 ligands covalently connected by a linker or linkers, wherein each of said ligands has 04-30-2009
20100081609PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A GLYCOPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AND A CYCLODEXTRIN - Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing a cyclodextrin and a therapeutically effective amount of a glycopeptide antibiotic or a salt thereof. Also disclosed are methods of treating a bacterial disease in a mammal by administering such pharmaceutical compositions.04-01-2010

Patent applications by John L. Pace, San Anselmo, CA US

Kirsten K Pace, Livermore, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120105949Additive Manufacturing-Based Compact Epifluorescence Microscope - An epifluorescence microscope achieves a compact form factor without sacrificing optical sensitivity by the novel use of combined optic mounts and light baffles constructed using additive manufacturing processes. The use of additive manufacturing enables stray-light-capturing structures that are not practical to make by other techniques. Some embodiments of the present invention do not require installation of filters by an operator, reducing the likelihood of dust and contamination on optical surfaces. Some embodiments of the present invention employ a novel light path that avoids passing the fluorescent light through off-axis elements. This optical arrangement provides for the use of a microscope objective having a finite corrected-image distance, such as a DIN objective, rather than infinity-corrected objective that require additional optical elements to form an image. The reduction in complexity can both reduce system cost and improve optical performance by reducing Fresnel losses and imaging artifacts from Fresnel reflections.05-03-2012

Louis Pace, San Carlos, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110213225Medical devices and methods - Methods and devices to monitor an analyte in body fluid are provided. Embodiments include continuous or discrete acquisition of analyte related data from a transcutaneously positioned in vivo analyte sensor automatically or upon request from a user.09-01-2011

Louis G Pace, San Carlos, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110288574MEDICAL DEVICE INSERTERS AND PROCESSES OF INSERTING AND USING MEDICAL DEVICES - An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices.11-24-2011
20110319729MEDICAL DEVICE INSERTERS AND PROCESSES OF INSERTING AND USING MEDICAL DEVICES - An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices.12-29-2011
20120010642MEDICAL DEVICE INSERTERS AND PROCESSES OF INSERTING AND USING MEDICAL DEVICES - An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices.01-12-2012

Richard G. Pace, Simi Valley, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100077169LOGICAL DATA SET MIGRATION - A method for performing data set migration includes receiving a request to migrate data sets, finding the systems with the data sets open, establishing at least one I/O intercept, copying the data set, mirroring changes to the data set, updating control information in the systems with the data sets open, and terminating the at least one I/O intercept.03-25-2010

Patent applications by Richard G. Pace, Simi Valley, CA US

Vince Pace, Shadow Hills, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100110204Platform for Stereoscopy for Hand-Held Film/Video Camera Stabilizers - To compensate for changes in weight distribution of transportable, hand-held camera supports when one or both camera translate or pivot in a two-camera stereographic imaging system, the bottom of the elongated camera support attaches to a compensation mechanism. The mechanism has a balance plate movable laterally on a bottom housing. Ballast mounts below the bottom housing. A motor in the bottom housing moves the balance plate and the pole laterally in response to camera pivoting or lateral movement to maintain the center of gravity of the system centered along the longitudinal axis of the elongated support.05-06-2010