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Allen Putnam, Blaine, MN US
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| 20090276017 | Thermal therapy temperature sensor calibration method - A thermal therapy of body tissue with electromagnetic energy is controlled by feedback from one or more temperature sensors placed in the vicinity of the tissue to be treated. The temperature sensors are calibrated by comparing stabilized temperature values of the one or more temperature sensors against a normal range of body temperature and adjusting sensed temperature to a value within a normal body temperature range if the actual temperature value of a stabilized temperature sensor is less than the normal body temperature range. The temperature adjustment to the temperature sensor is maintained throughout the thermal therapy which reduces the risk of thermal damage to healthy tissue located near the tissue to be treated. | 11-05-2009 |
Chris Putnam, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20080235353 | System and method for confirming an association in a web-based social network - A method for confirming a request for an association with an organization by a user of a web-based social network is disclosed. In one embodiment, the request includes an e-mail address not controlled by the organization. The request may also be part of an application for membership with the web-based social network. A determination is made whether the request is accepted based at least partially on a specified number of prior requests for association with the organization or being identified as a member of the organization by another user already a member of the organization. The organization may be a high school, a college, a university, a business, a non-profit company, or any other group of people who may desire to associate with each other. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20110035789 | Determining a Trust Level of a User in a Social Network Environment - A system and method for determining a trust level for a non-approved user in a social network is described. The method includes monitoring requests for social network interactions between an approved user and the non-approved user and determining if each interaction requested is of a first type or a second type. The method further includes increasing a first trust value when the interaction requested is of the first type and increasing a second trust value when the interaction requested is of the second type. The method further includes determining the trust level based on the first trust value and the second trust value. The method further includes changing the status of the non-approved user to an approved user based on the trust level, the first trust value and/or the second trust value. | 02-10-2011 |
Christopher Putnam, Montclair, NJ US
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| 20110161251 | Method and System for Tracking and Budgeting Energy Usage - An energy tracking and reporting system can receive data inputs from multiple sources regarding one or more properties. A central database receives the information and correlates the information for numerous outputs. Information received by the central database can include, for example, property location, property size, property type and property use. Also, occupancy information, energy sources, utilities servicing the property, weather, ISO, environmental guidelines, and the traded or other standard price for the utilities can be stored. The system can calculate a number of factors from the data and return values to the central database. The system can track data trends and store additional information for budgeting, user reporting and certification compliance reporting. Modules can analyze the market rates, calculate efficiency benchmarks, analyze the data stored on the central database and provide the user with multiple tables and charts analyzing all of the factors that tie into energy usage. | 06-30-2011 |
Christopher M. Putnam, Montclair, NJ US
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| 20110029393 | Method and System for Tracking Interaction and View Information for Online Advertising - An advertising unit is intended for display on a web page. The advertising unit has a size and a position relative to other objects within the web page. An identifier associated with an instance of the advertising unit displayed on the web page is generated. Upon receiving an indication that the web page has been loaded in the browser, engagement tracking module identifies the advertising unit within the page based on the size of the advertising unit, the position relative to other objects within the web page, and the identifier and tracks data regarding engagement with the advertising unit by a user of the browser. | 02-03-2011 |
Christopher Stephen Putnam, Hinesburg, VT US
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| 20080224172 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME - A silicon control rectifier and an electrostatic discharge protection device of an integrated circuit including the silicon control rectifier. The silicon control rectifier includes a silicon body formed in a silicon layer in direct physical contact with a buried oxide layer of a silicon-on-insulator substrate, a top surface of the silicon layer defining a horizontal plane; and an anode of the silicon control rectifier formed in a first region of the silicon body and a cathode of the silicon control rectifier formed in an opposite second region of the silicon body, wherein a path of current flow between the anode and the cathode is only in a single horizontal direction parallel to the horizontal plane. | 09-18-2008 |
Christopher W. Putnam, Palo Alto, CA US
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| 20090198487 | Community Translation On A Social Network - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for translating text in a social network. In one embodiment translations of text phrases are received from members of the social network. These text phrases include content displayed in a social networking system, such as content from social networking objects. A particular member is provided with content including a text phrase in a first language, and the member requests translation into another language. Responsive to this request, a translation of the text phrase is selected from a set of available translations. The selection is based on actions by friends of the member in the social network, the actions being associated with the set of available translations. These actions can the viewing of or approval of translations by the friends, for example. The selected translation is then presented to the member requesting the translation. | 08-06-2009 |
Christopher W. Putnam, Emerald Hills, CA US
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| 20110016169 | RENDERING A WEB PAGE USING CONTENT COMMUNICATED TO A BROWSER APPLICATION FROM A PROCESS RUNNING ON A CLIENT - The functionality of a browser application is enhanced using a browser plug-in, which enables the browser application to access portions of a file system not otherwise accessible to the browser application. The enhanced functionality provided by the browser plug-in is used in one example by an image uploading web application. The browser application may also start a task in the background, such as a task for uploading several images, and then monitor the progress of the task even when the browser application navigates away from the page that initiated the task. The browser application may use a local web server running on the client device to perform tasks, including the rendering of images and monitoring progress of long running tasks. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110016381 | MONITORING A BACKGROUND PROCESS IN A WEB BROWSER AND PROVIDING STATUS OF SAME - The functionality of a browser application is enhanced using a browser plug-in, which enables the browser application to access portions of a file system not otherwise accessible to the browser application. The enhanced functionality provided by the browser plug-in is used in one example by an image uploading web application. The browser application may also start a task in the background, such as a task for uploading several images, and then monitor the progress of the task even when the browser application navigates away from the page that initiated the task. The browser application may use a local web server running on the client device to perform tasks, including the rendering of images and monitoring progress of long running tasks. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110016382 | COMMUNICATING INFORMATION ABOUT A LOCAL MACHINE TO A BROWSER APPLICATION - The functionality of a browser application is enhanced using a browser plug-in, which enables the browser application to access portions of a file system not otherwise accessible to the browser application. The enhanced functionality provided by the browser plug-in is used in one example by an image uploading web application. The browser application may also start a task in the background, such as a task for uploading several images, and then monitor the progress of the task even when the browser application navigates away from the page that initiated the task. The browser application may use a local web server running on the client device to perform tasks, including the rendering of images and monitoring progress of long running tasks. | 01-20-2011 |
Cleo Camille Putnam, Arlington, TX US
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| 20080283319 | Wind energy extender - Self-generated wind due to the forward progress of a vehicle is captured in an air flow chamber housing a wind energy system, which has a horizontal wind turbine with multiple blades moving in a clockwise direction. The air flow chamber is positioned in an optimal manner to harness the air flow and is essential to producing ecologically desirable wind energy by using a generator to send an AC electric current to be stored in the battery of an electric or hybrid vehicle in order to extend its travel distance. | 11-20-2008 |
David Putnam, Ithaca, NY US
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| 20110212049 | POLYMER COMPOSITIONS OF DIHYDROXYACETONE AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure provides injectable synthetic and biodegradable polymeric biomaterials that effectively prevent seroma, a common postoperative complication following ablative and reconstructive surgeries. Provided biomaterials include physically crosslinked hydrogels that are thixotropic, display rapid chain relaxation, are easily extruded through narrow gauge needles, biodegrade into inert products, are well tolerated by soft tissues, and effectively prevent seroma in a radical breast mastectomy animal model. | 09-01-2011 |
David Putnam, Cambridge, MA US
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| 20100036084 | BIODEGRADABLE POLY(BETA-AMINO ESTERS) AND USES THEREOF - Poly(β-amino esters) prepared from the conjugate addition of bis(secondary amines) or primary amines to a bis(acrylate ester) are described. Methods of preparing these polymers from commercially available starting materials are also provided. These tertiary amine-containing polymers are preferably biodegradable and biocompatible and may be used in a variety of drug delivery systems. Given the poly(amine) nature of these polymers, they are particularly suited for the delivery of polynucleotides. Nanoparticles containing polymer/polynucleotide complexes have been prepared. The inventive polymers may also be used to encapsulate other agents to be delivered. They are particularly useful in delivering labile agents given their ability to buffer the pH of their surroundings. | 02-11-2010 |
David A. Putnam, Ithaca, NY US
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| 20100233195 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DISPLAY OF PROTEINS ON THE SURFACE OF BACTERIA AND THEIR DERIVED VESICLES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for displaying proteins and polypeptides on the surface of cells and cellular vesicles. Methods and compositions for drug and vaccine delivery using cell surface display systems of the present invention are also disclosed. | 09-16-2010 |
David A. Putnam, Cambridge, MA US
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| 20100234244 | USES AND METHODS OF MAKING MICROARRAYS OF POLYMERIC BIOMATERIALS - A microarray of polymeric biomaterials is provided. Specifically, a microarray of polymeric biomaterials that comprises a base with a cytophobic surface, and a plurality of discrete polymeric biomaterial elements bound to the cytophobic surface, is provided. Preferably said polymeric biomaterials comprise a synthetic polymer. Said polymeric biomaterials may also comprise other compounds covalently or non-covalently attached to said synthetic polymer. Methods of preparing the microarray of polymeric biomaterials of the present invention and uses of the microarray of polymeric biomaterials of the present invention are also provided. | 09-16-2010 |
David Aaron Putnam, Ithaca, NY US
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| 20100104625 | BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITIONS AND MATERIALS - The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, materials comprising one or more compounds of Formula I and one or more biologically active agents, pharmaceutical compositions comprising an inventive material and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, methods of making compounds of Formula I, methods of making inventive materials, and methods of using pharmaceutical compositions comprising an inventive material and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. | 04-29-2010 |
David D. Putnam, Fairport, NY US
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| 20100021838 | POLYMER PARTICLES WITH ADDITIVES ENCAPSULATED IN MICROVOIDS - Porous particles comprising a polymer binder and at least one additive distinct from any pore stabilizing compound present in the particle, wherein: the polymer binder comprises a solid compositionally continuous phase having an external particle surface; discrete pores are dispersed within the solid compositionally continuous phase, forming internal pore surfaces; and the at least one additive is present primarily in the discrete pores. The additive may further preferably not be present in the solid compositionally continuous phase, and be substantially absent from the external particle surface. A toner set for forming a color electrophotographic image comprising a plurality of different colored toners, where at least one of the different colored toners comprise such porous particles comprising additives, and in a particular embodiment wherein at least two different colored toners each comprise different pigments present primarily in the internal pores. A process of making such porous particles. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100159384 | ENHANCED FUSING FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONERS - An electrophotographic method for producing fused toner images on a receiver medium comprising the steps of: forming an electrostatic image pattern on an image forming member; developing the image pattern on the image forming member with fusible toner particles thereby forming a toner image thereon; transferring the toner image to the receiver medium; and heating the toner image to form a fused toner image on the receiver medium, wherein an amount of a plasticizer is added to the toner particles of the toner image after formation of the toner image on the image forming member and prior to or concurrent with fusing of the transferred toner image on the receiver medium, further wherein the amount of plasticizer added is effective in lowering the Tg of the toner below that of the toner under prevailing ambient conditions in the absence of the added plasticizer. The current invention overcomes the limitations of the prior art because the plasticizer is added immediately before fusing, thus avoiding toner clumping upon storage, as well as eliminating the high cost associated with a custom manufactured receiver that already contains plasticizer. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20120028181 | SURFACE DECORATED PARTICLES - A surface decorated particle including a core particle phase having an outer surface; and fine inorganic particles on the outer surface of the core particle phase; wherein the fine inorganic particles have hydrophobic groups covalently bonded primarily on portions of surfaces of the fine inorganic particles positioned away from the core particle phase. Such surface decorated particles are obtainable by a method including stabilizing dispersed hydrophobic phase particles in an aqueous phase with fine inorganic particles having a relatively hydrophilic surface; and treating the stabilized dispersed hydrophobic phase particles with a hydrophobic group containing reactant to form hydrophobic groups covalently bonded to surfaces of the fine inorganic particles. In a particular embodiment, such surface decorated particles are obtainable by a limited coalescence process for preparing binder polymer particles using inorganic stabilizer particles that provide a plurality of surface bonding sites and reacting such sites with a plurality of alkoxy silane moieties that contains pendant hydrophobic groups. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120028185 | METHOD FOR FORMING SURFACE DECORATED PARTICLES - A method for forming surface decorated particles including stabilizing dispersed hydrophobic phase particles in an aqueous phase with fine inorganic particles having a relatively hydrophilic surface; and treating the stabilized dispersed hydrophobic phase particles with a hydrophobic group containing reactant to form hydrophobic groups covalently bonded to surfaces of the fine inorganic particles. In a particular embodiment, the invention provides a limited coalescence process for preparing binder polymer particles using inorganic stabilizer particles that provide a plurality of surface bonding sites and reacting such sites with a plurality of alkoxy silane moieties that contains pendant hydrophobic groups. | 02-02-2012 |
Harold Van De Vere Putnam, Lexington, KY US
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| 20090323085 | Method and system for improving the output quality of image forming devices - The invention describes a method and system for improving the output quality of an image forming device. The method and system enable the image forming device to generate and display notifications to a user. The notifications provide possible suggestions to the user to improve the output quality of the documents to be processed. The image forming device generates the notifications, based on the properties of the document to be processed. | 12-31-2009 |
Jeffrey Putnam, Irvine, CA US
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| 20080317185 | DUAL PHASE LOCKED LOOP (PLL) ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTI-MODE OPERATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - The clock generating portion of a communication system includes a low-power, high-jitter phase locked loop (PLL) and a high-power, low-jitter PLL. Control logic within the chip allows for selective switching between the low-power and high-power PLL for receiving the broadcast signals, such as mobile TV signals. The switching may occur in a manner that is dependent on the conditions of the wireless channel and/or the complexity of the modulation scheme being used. The switching may be used to provide an oscillating signal from one or both of the PLLs to a receiver to be used to receive communication signals. The control logic may power off one of the PLLs to save power when not in use. | 12-25-2008 |
Jennifer A. Putnam, Syracuse, NY US
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| 20110073264 | Kraft-Pulping of Hot Water Extracted Woodchips - The method of the present invention is directed towards a method to increase the pulp yield of a lignocellulosic material, or increasing pulp bulk and/or pulp viscosity. This method comprises the following steps; preparing a lignocellulosic material, contacting the lignocellulosic material in a vessel with hot water or steam for a predetermined time, producing acetic acid from the reaction of the hot water or steam and the lignocellulosic material, lowering the pH to less than about 4, removing lignocellulosic material extracts including a large percentage of hemicellulose, acetic acid and metal ions, exposing contacted lignocellulosic material to pulping chemicals in a pulping reactor, forming a contacted lignocellulosic material pulp with a kappa number below about 19 after about 90 minutes of contact with the pulping chemicals, exposing the contacted lignocellulosic material pulp to whitening agents, and producing a whitened hot water contacted lignocellulosic material pulp. | 03-31-2011 |
John Putnam, Lindenhurst, IL US
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| 20100104741 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING PARTICLES FOR INCORPORATION WITHIN A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - A system and process is disclosed for binding particles to a carrier material in an isolated relationship for use in composite fabrication. A slurry comprising particles dispersed in fluid is created in particle suspension tanks, deposited as a uniform layer and filtered using reduced pressure applied to a filter belt to leave behind isolated particles, the reduced pressure further acting to overcome electrostatic and other forces of attraction between the particles until they can be permanently bound to the carrier with a binder or adhesive and collected on a take-up roll. | 04-29-2010 |
John W. Putnam, Lindenhurst, IL US
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| 20100247824 | NON-PVC FILMS HAVING PEEL SEAL LAYER - Films having peel seal layers and/or barrier layers are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a film comprising a peel seal layer comprising a blend of a polypropylene random copolymer having a melting temperature greater than 145° C., a styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene block copolymer, and an LLDPE having a melting temperature greater than 120° C. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100247935 | NON-PVC FILMS HAVING BARRIER LAYER - Films having peel seal layers and/or barrier layers are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a film comprising a barrier layer comprising a caprolactam-free nylon compound. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100247936 | NON-PVC FILMS WITH TOUGH CORE LAYER - Multilayer films comprising a core layer are provided. In an embodiment, the present disclosure provides a film having a core layer comprising a material selected from a rubber-modified polypropylene and a polymer blend. The polymer blend includes an elastomeric propylene-ethylene copolymer and a component selected from the group consisting of polypropylene random copolymers, styrene/ethylene-butylene/styrene block copolymers, and combinations thereof. | 09-30-2010 |
John W. Putnam, Glastonbury, CT US
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| 20100279104 | TURBINE FRIENDLY ABRADABLE MATERIAL - The invention comprises an abradable material containing up to 30 weight percent of fumed silica having a maximum particle from about 5 nanometers to about 20 nanometers and about 1.5 to about 5 weight percent of an abradable organic microballoon filler within an abradable silicone polymer matrix having an elasticity of less than X percent. | 11-04-2010 |
Kevin Putnam, Nashua, NH US
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| 20110254961 | Voice Quality Probe for Communication Networks - Embodiments emulate agents in a contact center, or enterprise, that initiate communication sessions to each other over communication networks and measure data quality using one or more metrics. That data measured can include voice and video data. Examples of communication networks used to place the voice calls include Internet Protocol (IP) networks and hybrid networks including more traditional telephony components. The data collected by the emulated agents is sent to a monitoring server. The monitoring server and the emulated agent behavior can be configured and scheduled via a web interface. In addition, the web interface provides the user with detailed reports, performance summaries, and visualizations of data collected, further enabling the user to troubleshoot a contact center or enterprise over a variety of communication networks. | 10-20-2011 |
Laura T. Putnam, Sherman, CT US
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| 20120030127 | Computerized Apparatus for Identifying Industries for Potential Transfer of a Job Function - Methods for identifying industries for potential transfer of a job function capability involve the use of a database that correlates, for a job function in a first industry, the first industry with a set of second industries with respect to which a job function capability of the job function is potentially transferable. The database can be accessed to identify the second set of industries. A symbolic representation of a job transfer between the first industry and a second industry or a symbolic representation that categorizes a subject of a user's job transferability query may be used to access the database. | 02-02-2012 |
Marc C. Putnam, Newark, DE US
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| 20110112224 | Surface Application of Polymers and Polymer Mixtures to Improve Paper Strength - Stable, coating compositions useful for enhancing the dry strength of paper are disclosed. The compositions comprise an aqueous solution of nearly neutral polymer, cationic polymer and starch. Method of using the coating composition to improve the dry strength of paper is also disclosed. | 05-12-2011 |
Mark Putnam, Weymouth, MA US
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| 20110180073 | Sterilization Device and Method - Sterilization devices and methods for deploying porous implants within the fallopian tubes are disclosed. The devices include a catheter component including an external electrode sheath containing at least two deployable implants and a positioning member. Sliding the external sheath proximally disposes the implants within the fallopian tubes, while sliding both the positioning member and external electrode sheath distally reloads a second implant into the external electrode sheath. The devices further includes a handle component, which houses a chassis, external electrode sheath carrier, reciprocating shaft, positioning member carrier and first and second engaging members. The reciprocating shaft may be operated by a motor to slide distally and proximally along a long axis. The reciprocating shaft, external electrode sheath and its carrier, upon selective actuation, move together proportionally to deploy and reload the implants to facilitate occlusion of the fallopian tubes and complete sterilization. | 07-28-2011 |
Martin Andrew Putnam, Cheshire, CT US
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| 20110143378 | MICROFLUIDIC METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE BIOLOGICAL ASSAYS - The present invention provides a disposable microfluidic assay cartridge ( | 06-16-2011 |
Matt D. Putnam, Edina, MN US
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| 20080221922 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATIVE EVENT DOCUMENTATION AND RELATED DATA MANAGEMENT - In one embodiment, method and apparatus are disclosed which provide that a plurality of physicians each enter operative event data into an operative event database, wherein the operative event data documents planned or completed operative events and the physicians enter the operative event data use a wide area network through a user interface assisting the physicians in coding operative events in a consistent manner. The physicians access the operative event database to obtain information concerning upcoming or previously performed operative events, with a service provider maintaining an on-line system including one or more servers to support the entering of operative event data into the database through the Internet and the user interface. Further, the physicians subscribe to the on-line system wherein the physicians are allowed access and use the on-line system, and wherein the physicians retain control over the use and disposition of the operative event data entered by the physician. | 09-11-2008 |
Morgan C. Putnam, Pasadena, CA US
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| 20110126892 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PATTERNING METHODS AND RELATED DEVICES - Three-dimensional patterning methods of a three-dimensional microstructure, such as a semiconductor wire array, are described, in conjunction with etching and/or deposition steps to pattern the three-dimensional microstructure. | 06-02-2011 |
Robert A. Putnam, Winter Springs, FL US
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| 20090277714 | GAS TURBINE EXHAUST SOUND SUPPRESSOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The gas turbine exhaust sound suppressor, or exhaust silencer, and method are for a gas turbine and reduce low frequency exhaust flow noise while avoiding the creation of additional acoustical standing waves, e.g. from wake shedding at certain predictable frequencies. A plurality of elongated flow obstruction members, e.g. pipes or airfoils, extend within the exhaust passage to reduce acoustic waves within the exhaust flow, and at least some of the elongated flow obstruction members have different widths. Each of the elongated flow obstruction members is positioned at a respective angle within a predetermined angular range transverse to the flow direction, with the predetermined angular range being greater than or equal to 10 degrees from normal to the flow direction. | 11-12-2009 |
Samuel W. Putnam, West Monroe, LA US
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| 20080296066 | Bore hole sleeve reaming apparatus and method - A bore hole sleeve reaming apparatus which is characterized by one or more subterranean bore clearing devices or sleeves for use with one or more clearing or bursting heads attached to a pull rod or cable and a pulling apparatus. One or more tapered sleeves are attached in spaced-apart relationship to a string of tandem-mounted plastic pipe when the clearing or bursting head or heads are attached to the pipe string to be pulled through the bore hole. The tapered sleeves are designed to straighten bore irregularities and clean, smooth and free the bore hole from collapsing earth, roots and/or rock and broken pipe and facilitate pulling the pipe string through the bore hole with minimum friction on the pipe string. The clearing sleeve elements are sequentially pulled through the bore hole with the clearing or bursting head(s) and pipe string from an entry pit using a pull rod or cable and a pulling apparatus is seated in a corresponding exit pit spaced from the entry pit and receives the opposite end of the pull rod or cable. A method for clearing and cleaning a subterranean pilot bore or tunnel, which includes the steps of placing one or more clearing or bursting heads in an entry pit; connecting the clearing or bursting head(s) to a pulling apparatus using a rod or cable; connecting a string of typically plastic pipe to the clearing or bursting head(s); mounting at least one tapered clearing sleeve on the pipe string; and operating the pulling apparatus to pull the clearing or bursting head(s), pipe string and clearing sleeve or sleeves through the pilot bore, pipe or tunnel and clean, smooth and free the resulting bore from collapsing earth and other debris. | 12-04-2008 |
Theodore Delano Putnam, Williamsburg, VA US
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| 20110010766 | System and Method for Policy Enforcement and Token State Monitoring - Systems and methods for monitoring the state of a token and communication exchanges between the token containing an embedded integrated circuit chip and a system are provided. Communications between the token and the system are established and the exchanged of commands and responses between the token and the system are monitored and evaluated for compliance with an identified policy. The identified policy contains lists of impermissible commands, responses and content, and delivery of the commands and responses is contingent upon compliance with the identified policy. The token is in communication with a token reader which communicates with the system using token reader driver software. Either the token reader driver software or the token itself is adapted to provide for the desired monitoring, evaluation and policy enforcement. Systems and methods are also provided that enforce policies at access points within a physical access system. The physical access system can be used in combination with tokens. | 01-13-2011 |
William L. Putnam, Santa Cruz, CA US
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| 20110246649 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING AND CAPTURING DESIRED MEDIA CONTENT FROM MEDIA BROADCASTS - A media agent that monitors multiple broadcast transmissions and a method for the same. The media agent establishes connections with broadcast transmissions and then identifies characteristics of the media content contained within the broadcast transmission. The association between the identified characteristic of the media content and the connected broadcast transmission is maintained to allow the information gathered from the broadcast transmission to be used meaningfully. | 10-06-2011 |
William P. Putnam, Cambridge, MA US
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| 20110073784 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HIGH-INTENSITY OPTICAL PULSES WITH AN ENHANCEMENT CAVITY - An enhancement cavity includes a plurality of focusing mirrors, at least one of which defines a central aperture having a diameter greater than 1 mm. The mirrors are configured to form an optical pathway for closed reflection and transmission of the optical pulse within the enhancement cavity. Ring-shaped optical pulses having a peak intensity at a radius greater than 0.5 mm from a central axis are directed into the enhancement cavity. Accordingly, the peak intensity of the optical pulse is distributed so as to circumscribe the central apertures in the apertured mirrors, and the mirrors are structured to focus the pulse about the aperture toward a central spot area where the pulse is focused to a high intensity. | 03-31-2011 |