Rickard, US
Alex Rickard, Ann Arbor, MI US
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20150238543 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD FOR TREATING NEUTRALIZING MICROORGANISMS - The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for targeted killing of microorganisms. In particular, the present disclosure relates to the use of | 08-27-2015 |
Dale Rickard, Manassas, VA US
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20110154085 | System Management and Power Control - Systems and methods are disclosed for managing a communication and control of power components. The system includes a parallel bus and plural peripheral devices. Each peripheral device is connected to the parallel bus. The system also includes a control module that is connected to the parallel bus, the control module including memory that stores control data and telemetry data associated with each peripheral device, and an interface that controls access to addressable locations in memory over the parallel bus. | 06-23-2011 |
Dale A. Rickard, Manassas, VA US
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20150180760 | NETWORK TEST SYSTEM - A network test system seeks to improve visibility into the real-time operation of a network system or subsystem of a spacecraft through the use of a port from each relevant network to a spacecraft test interface. The network test system includes a packet switch operatively coupled downstream from a SERDES receiver and operatively coupled upstream from a SERDES transmitter. The packet switch in conjunction with the signal replicator in the SERDES receiver taps off a data stream of the network activity so that the port allows an observation device to passively observe the network activity. The system is adapted to increase real-time observation of network activity without disturbing the network. | 06-25-2015 |
Dale A. Rickard, Manassass, VA US
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20110109360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION - Embodiments of a method and system for both open-loop and closed-loop timing synchronization are provided in which a master clock signal, and a plurality of signals that define greater periods of time, are distributed to a plurality of host devices. A frame-sync signal is used to define a “frame” consisting of a predetermined number of clock periods, and a reset signal is used to define a larger period consisting of a predetermined number of frames. Due to a variety of system parameters, the innate delay time associated with each respective timing distribution path may differ. The system is operable to adjust the timing signals propagated to the plurality of host devices along each respective timing distribution path to compensate for these differences so that each host device remains synchronized with all other host devices. | 05-12-2011 |
David Allan Rickard, Wilmington, NC US
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20110006186 | Brachytherapy and radiography target holding device - A target holding device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of target plates, each target plate having a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the first surface has a plurality of holes. A shaft may be used to facilitate the alignment and joinder of the target plates such that the first surface of one target plate contacts a second surface of an adjacent target plate. The target holding device may optionally include end plates arranged to sandwich the target plates therebetween and/or separator plates alternately arranged with the target plates. The target holding device may be used to produce brachytherapy and/or radiography targets (e.g., seeds, wafers) in a reactor core such that the targets have relatively uniform activity. | 01-13-2011 |
20110051872 | IRRADIATION TARGETS FOR ISOTOPE DELIVERY SYSTEMS - Example embodiments are directed to methods of producing desired isotopes in commercial nuclear reactors and associated apparatuses using instrumentation tubes conventionally found in nuclear reactor vessels to expose irradiation targets to neutron flux found in the operating nuclear reactor. Example embodiments include irradiation targets for producing radioisotopes in nuclear reactors and instrumentation tubes thereof. Example embodiments include one or more irradiation targets useable with example delivery systems that permit delivery into instrumentation tubes. Example embodiments may be sized, shaped, fabricated, and otherwise configured to successfully move through example delivery systems and conventional instrumentation tubes while producing desired isotopes. | 03-03-2011 |
David Pettersson Rickard, Redmond, WA US
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20090144404 | LOAD MANAGEMENT IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM - A technique for load management in a distributed system that includes multiple physical nodes is disclosed. The load management technique includes mutably assigning a number of virtual nodes to each physical node of the multiple physical nodes. A total number of virtual nodes assigned to the multiple physical nodes is maintained substantially unaltered in spite of any alterations made in the number of virtual nodes assigned to each physical node of the multiple physical nodes. | 06-04-2009 |
20090150536 | Application layer congestion control - A method of managing congestion within a request-response system is disclosed. The method includes determining a response time that is directly or indirectly indicative of how long it takes a back end system to process a request received from a front end system and return a corresponding response. The response time is compared to a threshold criterion. A determination is made, based at least in part on the comparison, that the back end system is becoming congested with requests from the front end system. The front end system is adjusted so as to at least temporarily reduce the number of requests provided to the back end system by the front end system. | 06-11-2009 |
Jason H. Rickard, Fort Wayne, IN US
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20110131149 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Retirement Income Benefits - A computerized method and system for administering an unannuitized variable annuity plan having a guaranteed minimum withdrawal payment feature associated with a systematic withdrawal program includes the steps of and system for storing data, determining an amount of a scheduled payment, periodically determining the account value, making the scheduled payment by withdrawing that amount from the account value, monitoring for an unscheduled withdrawal made under the plan and adjusting the amount of the scheduled payment in response to the unscheduled withdrawal. Scheduled payments will be made to the owner under the plan for the period of benefit payments, even if it is determined by the computerized method and system that the account value is or will be exhausted before all payments have been made. Payments made before such determination are made with the aid of the computer, and payments made thereafter may be made with or without the aid of the computer. | 06-02-2011 |
20120233092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RETIREMENT INCOME BENEFITS - A computerized method and system for administering an unannuitized annuity plan having a guaranteed minimum withdrawal payment feature associated with a systematic withdrawal program includes the steps of and system for storing data, determining an amount of a maximum guaranteed withdrawal payment for a prescribed period (e.g., one year), periodically determining the account value, monitoring for an unscheduled withdrawal made under the plan and adjusting the amount of the maximum guaranteed withdrawal payment in response to the unscheduled withdrawal. Guaranteed withdrawal payments are periodically made to the account owner so long as withdrawals do not exceed the maximum guaranteed amount for the period, or the account value is greater than the payment. | 09-13-2012 |
20130282411 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RETIREMENT INCOME BENEFITS - A computerized method and system for administering an unannuitized annuity plan having a guaranteed minimum withdrawal payment feature associated with a systematic withdrawal program includes the steps of and system for storing data, determining an amount of a maximum guaranteed withdrawal payment for a prescribed period (e.g., one year), periodically determining the account value, monitoring for an unscheduled withdrawal made under the plan and adjusting the amount of the maximum guaranteed withdrawal payment in response to the unscheduled withdrawal. Guaranteed withdrawal payments are periodically made to the account owner so long as withdrawals do not exceed the maximum guaranteed amount for the period, or the account value is greater than the payment. | 10-24-2013 |
20140108297 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RETIREMENT INCOME BENEFITS - A computerized method and system for administering an unannuitized annuity plan having a guaranteed minimum withdrawal payment feature associated with a systematic withdrawal program includes the steps of and system for storing data, determining an amount of a maximum guaranteed withdrawal payment for a prescribed period (e.g., one year), periodically determining the account value, monitoring for an unscheduled withdrawal made under the plan and adjusting the amount of the maximum guaranteed withdrawal payment in response to the unscheduled withdrawal. Guaranteed withdrawal payments are periodically made to the account owner so long as withdrawals do not exceed the maximum guaranteed amount for the period, or the account value is greater than the payment. | 04-17-2014 |
Jeremy Rickard, Colorado Springs, CO US
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20150370876 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZING DEGREE OF SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LARGE GROUP OF OBJECTS AND A REFERENCE OBJECT - Techniques are disclosed for generating a visualization of differences between objects in a plurality of objects and a reference object. For each object in the plurality of objects, a widget performs the following steps. The widget retrieves a plurality of parameter values associated with the object. For each parameter value in the plurality of parameter values, the widget retrieves a reference value of the reference object corresponding to the parameter value, computes a difference between the parameter value and the reference value, and updates a difference indicator based on the computed difference. The widget selects an angle related to the difference indicator. The widget computes a location in a display screen region associated with the object based on the difference indicator and the selected angle. | 12-24-2015 |
John T. Rickard, Larkspur, CO US
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20100036757 | ELECTRONIC CREDIT DEFAULT FUTURES MARKET - Systems and methods are provided for providing a credit default futures market. A system providing the credit default futures market includes a processor, memory and an interface. The interface is configured to display credit default futures contracts that subscribe to a set of standard terms and conditions. The processor is configured to settle certain credit futures contracts in kind and other in cash, depending on, at least in part, the maturity date of the futures contract. A method is presented for electronically clearing and settling probability of default futures contracts. | 02-11-2010 |
20110087580 | ELECTRONIC CREDIT DEFAULT FUTURES MARKET - Systems and methods are provided for providing a credit default futures market. A system providing the credit default futures market includes a processor, memory and an interface. The interface is configured to display credit default futures contracts that subscribe to a set of standard terms and conditions. The processor is configured to settle certain credit futures contracts in kind and other in cash, depending on, at least in part, the maturity date of the futures contract. A method is presented for electronically clearing and settling probability of default futures contracts. | 04-14-2011 |
20110131068 | IN KIND PARTICIPATING PREFERRED SECURITY - The present invention is generally directed to systems and methods for creating a new hybrid financial instrument, which addresses key concerns of investors and meets the financing requirements of investee companies. An embodiment of the present invention describes a new type of security called an “in-kind participating preferred security” (IPPS). The IPPS contract entitles the holder to a contingent in-kind dividend, payable periodically in the commodity produced by the issuer or in cash, which ever is of greater value. At expiration, the IPPS is redeemed by the company at its in-kind par value upon origination or in cash, which ever is greater. | 06-02-2011 |
20130226761 | MARKET-BASED VIEW OF PROBABILITY OF DEFAULT - Systems and methods are provided for providing a credit default futures market. A system providing the credit default futures market includes a processor, memory and an interface. The interface is configured to display credit default futures contracts that subscribe to a set of standard terms and conditions. The processor is configured to settle certain credit futures contracts in kind and other in cash, depending on, at least in part, the maturity date of the futures contract. A method is presented for electronically clearing and settling probability of default futures contracts. | 08-29-2013 |
Lyman H. Rickard, Landcaster, PA US
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20100200199 | Heat Pipe with Nanostructured Wick - A heat pipe with a nanostructured wick is disclosed, with the method of forming the nanostructured wick on a metal substrate. The wicking material is a pattern of metallic nanostructures in the form of bristles or nanowires attached to a substrate, where the bristles are substantially freestanding. | 08-12-2010 |
Mark A. Rickard, Midland, MI US
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20150157990 | COMPOSITE POLYAMIDE MEMBRANE WITH CARBOXYLIC ACID FUNCTIONALITY - A thin film composite polyamide membrane including a porous support and a thin film polyamide layer which is a reaction product of m-phenylene diamine (mPD) and trimesoyl chloride (TMC), wherein the membrane is characterized by the thin film polyamide layer having a dissociated carboxylic acid content of at least 0.18 moles/kg at pH 9.5, and wherein pyrolysis of the thin film polyamide layer at 650 C results in a ratio of responses from a flame ionization detector for fragments produced at 212 m/z and 237 m/z of less than 2.8. | 06-11-2015 |
Susan A. Rickard, West Suffield, CT US
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20110106670 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL ASSETS - A computer system has a processor; and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is configured, in a business cycle, to access fund expense calculation data and perform verification of the fund expense calculation data; receive data indicative of prices of the funds, perform verification with respect to the received price data; after completion of verification of the fund price data, receive data indicative of trades, perform verification on the received trade data; after completion of verification of the trade data, provide output signals indicative of instructions for execution of trades consistent with the verified price and trade data; based on the trade instructions data, determine instructions for payment in settlement of trades, provide output signals indicative of the instructions for payment; and update accounting ledgers with data from the business cycle. | 05-05-2011 |
20120101923 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA RELATED TO MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL ASSETS - A computer system for management of financial data relating to funds holding investments includes a data storage device and a server configured for execution of computer-readable instructions embodied in components. The components include an expense component for accessing and verifying fund expense calculation data, and storing the verified fund expense data in a common data format; a pre-trade component for receiving data relating to fund ownership, determining and storing data indicative of fund trading requirements in the common data format; a settlement component for accessing data indicative of instructions for execution of trades, determining data indicative of instructions for payment in settlement of trades consistent with the trade instructions data and providing output data signals indicative of the instructions for payment; and an accounting component for accessing accounting ledgers stored in the data storage devices and updating the accounting ledgers. | 04-26-2012 |
Tim Rickard, West Minster, CO US
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20140097065 | Excited Frame Vibratory Conveyor - An excited frame vibratory conveyor is described and which includes a base frame; a motor mount made integral and with the base frame; a pair of vibratory motors mounted on the motor mount; and an electrical circuit for energizing the pair of vibratory motors in a fashion which reduces movement of the base frame in a vertical direction. | 04-10-2014 |
Timothy Garett Rickard, Portland, OR US
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20100241151 | Retrofit control system and power supply for a tattoo gun - A battery powered portable system of operating a tattoo gun that can be worn on the user's arm or clipped to the user's belt. The system directly connects to conventional tattoo guns, and offers the options of utilizing a fingertip control of the machine's speed and ON/OFF functions or the conventional control module and foot pedal controls. | 09-23-2010 |