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Brian F. Towler, Laramie, WY US
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20120325483 | COMBINED MISCIBLE OR NEAR MISCIBLE GAS AND ASP FLOODING FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY - A method for enhancing oil recovery by combining miscible or near miscible gas flooding with Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer (ASP) flooding to produce an enhanced Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) flooding method is described. The ASP flooding may include individual and combination injections of alkaline, surfactant and polymer. Carbon dioxide may be used as a flood gas. Numerical simulations show that the present method may provide better oil recovery when compared with separate ASP or CO | 12-27-2012 |
Brian Francis Towler, Laramie, WY US
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20100024378 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH AN ALTERNATIVE WORKING FLUID - A gas turbine engine system is provided. The gas turbine engine system includes a gas turbine engine and an exhaust gas conditioning system. The gas turbine engine includes at least one combustion chamber and at least one turbine downstream from the combustion chamber. The combustion chamber is coupled in flow communication to a source of hydrocarbonaceous fuel and to a source of oxygen. The gas turbine engine is operable with a working fluid that is substantially nitrogen-free. The exhaust gas conditioning system is coupled between a discharge outlet of the gas turbine engine and an inlet of the gas turbine engine. | 02-04-2010 |
20100024381 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM WITH AN ALTERNATIVE WORKING FLUID - A method of operating a turbine engine system and a turbine engine system are provided. The method comprises supplying a flow of oxygen to a combustion chamber defined within a plurality of turbines coupled serially together within the turbine engine system, supplying a flow of hydrocarbonaccous fuel to the combustion chambers of each of the plurality of turbines in the turbine engine system, and supplying a working fluid to an inlet of a first turbine engine coupled within the turbine engine system, wherein the working fluid is substantially nitrogen-free and wherein each of the turbines coupled within the turbine engine system is operable with the resulting fuel-oxygen-working fluid mixture. | 02-04-2010 |
20100024433 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH AN ALTERNATIVE WORKING FLUID - A gas turbine engine system is provided. The gas turbine engine system includes a gas turbine engine, an exhaust gas conditioning system, and a sequestration chamber. The gas turbine engine includes at least one compressor, at least one combustion chamber downstream from the compressor, and at least one turbine downstream from the combustion chamber. The combustion chamber is coupled in flow communication to a source of hydrocarbonaceous fuel and to a source of oxygen. The gas turbine engine is operable with a working fluid that is substantially nitrogen-free. The exhaust gas conditioning system is coupled between a discharge outlet and an inlet of the gas turbine engine. The exhaust gas conditioning system receives all of the exhaust discharged from the gas turbine engine. The sequestration chamber stores carbon dioxide and is coupled to the gas turbine engine for receiving working fluid bled from the turbine upstream from combustion chamber. | 02-04-2010 |
Christopher Towler, Quincy, MA US
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20100197705 | Quinazolinone Derivatives Useful as Vanilloid Antagonists - There is described a new polymorphic form of 4-(7-Hydroxy-2-isopropyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-benzonitrile having structural formula I(B) and to a method of preparing it. | 08-05-2010 |
20130060029 | QUINAZOLINONE DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS VANILLOID ANTAGONISTS - There is described a process for the manufacture of compounds of the formula I | 03-07-2013 |
Elizabeth Towler, New York, NY US
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20130268420 | Methods and Systems for Interactive Solutioning and Visualization of Working Capital Products - Methods and systems for real-time, interactive solutioning and visualization of working capital for an enterprise employ a processor coupled to memory and other computer hardware and software components for storing fixed data consisting at least in part of information regarding financial institution products and information regarding governmental regulations; storing variable data consisting at least in part of information regarding operations of the enterprise; receiving variable data interactively consisting at least in part of information regarding enterprise preferences; and generating at least one recommendation for a proposed structure for the enterprise based at least in part on the fixed data and the variable data. | 10-10-2013 |
Fred J. Towler, Essex Junction, VT US
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20090235171 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING WRITE ASSIST FOR STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY ARRAYS - An apparatus for implementing a write assist for a memory array includes a common discharge node configured to provide a discharge path for precharged write data lines and bit lines selected during a write operation of the memory array; negative boost circuitry configured to introduce a voltage lower than a nominal logic low supply voltage onto the common discharge node following the discharge of the common discharge node, write data lines and bit lines; and a clamping device coupled to the common discharge node, the clamping device configured to limit the magnitude of negative voltage applied to common discharge node by the negative boost circuitry so as to prevent activation of non-selected bit switches. | 09-17-2009 |
Gavin P. Towler, Des Plaines, IL US
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20080290000 | Coking Apparatus and Process for Oil-Containing Solids - A process for upgrading unconventional or heavy oils such as, tar sands, shale oil, or bitumen. This process may include a coking scheme in which oil-containing solids, of suitable size, are fed directly into the riser of an FCC unit. Contacting a hot stream of solids causes vaporization and produces a gaseous product stream. The gaseous product may be separated out in a separating vessel and coked or unconverted oil-containing solids may be transferred to a gasifier for combustion at high temperatures to remove the coke and residual oil. Syngas from the gasifier may be converted to hydrogen using a water gas shift reaction. The hydrogen may be used for hydroprocessing. | 11-27-2008 |
20100105974 | Mixture of Catalysts for Cracking Naphtha to Olefins - A process is presented for the selective catalytic cracking of naphtha to light olefins. The process includes contacting a naphtha feedstream with a mixture of catalysts to reduce the amount of recycle, and especially the recycle of light paraffins. The mixture of catalysts includes a first molecular sieve made up from a small pore zeolite having a pore index between 13 and 26, and a second molecular sieve made up from an intermediate pore zeolite having a pore index between 26 and 30. | 04-29-2010 |
Jeffrey Towler, Wilmington, DE US
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20090283206 | NON-SHORTENING WRAPPED BALLOON - A non-shortening catheter balloon having a longitudinal axis and an inflatable balloon able to be affixed to a catheter shaft is provided. The balloon has an uninflated length which remains relatively unchanged upon inflation and is formed of least two helically oriented wrapped passes of balloon materials at a balanced force angle. Methods of making this balloon are also provided. | 11-19-2009 |
20100262178 | Non-Shortening High Angle Wrapped Balloons - The present invention provides a balloon which achieves diameters greater than 6 mm for securement to a catheter. The balloon includes an elastomeric generally hollow pressure expandable body which exhibits essentially radial symmetry and constant length when expanded under an internally applied minimum working pressure from an uninflated state. | 10-14-2010 |
Jeffrey C. Towler, Wilmington, DE US
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20120061004 | Method of Increasing Film Tear Strength - A method of increasing the tensile strength of polymer films is provided. The creation of the load distribution elements in polymer films necessary to achieve this result is described. Application of the present invention to increase suture retention in a surgical polymer film is also provided. | 03-15-2012 |
20120065649 | Surgical Mesh - An extremely thin surgical mesh with the requisite strength for soft tissue repair deliverable to a surgical site through minimally invasive techniques is provided. Pre-packaged forms of the surgical mesh as well as methods of production and use are also provided. | 03-15-2012 |
20140065090 | Reactive Oxidative Species Generating Materials and Methods of Use - Materials capable of delivering stabilized free radicals to targeted treatment sites. The materials comprise semi-crystalline, hydrolytically degradable polymers that are subjected to ionizing radiation to create stabilized free radicals therein. Upon exposure to oxygen containing aqueous media, the materials generate reactive oxidative species which are useful in biological processes. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065199 | Reactive Oxidative Species Generating Materials and Methods of Use - Materials capable of delivering stabilized free radicals to targeted treatment sites. The materials comprise semi-crystalline, hydrolytically degradable polymers that are subjected to ionizing radiation to create stabilized free radicals therein. Upon exposure to oxygen containing aqueous media, the materials generate reactive oxidative species which are useful in biological processes. | 03-06-2014 |
20140088683 | NON-SHORTENING WRAPPED BALLOON - A non-shortening catheter balloon having a longitudinal axis and an inflatable balloon able to be affixed to a catheter shaft is provided. The balloon has an uninflated length which remains relatively unchanged upon inflation and is formed of least two helically oriented wrapped passes of balloon materials at a balanced force angle. Methods of making this balloon are also provided. | 03-27-2014 |
Jerry A. Towler, San Antonio, TX US
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20140074411 | INSULATOR INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An insulator inspection tool and method for identifying defects or conditions that may prevent the insulator from performing properly is disclosed. The apparatus includes a launcher adapted to launch a projectile towards an insulator being tested, a listening device adapted to receive a response signal from the insulator upon being struck by the projectile, and a processing device adapted to measure the response signal received by the listening device and process the response signal to determine whether the insulator contains any defects or conditions. | 03-13-2014 |
Melissa J. Towler, Worcester, MA US
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20090017529 | SCALABLE WALL BIOREACTOR FOR CULTURE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL TISSUES - A flexible wall bioreactor is described that uses a small droplet size mist unit, a lower rate ambient air flow rate, and a flexible wall culture chamber to provide an environment that allows for the growth of dense root matrix, shoot cultures, and 2 and 3 dimensional animal tissues. | 01-15-2009 |
William Ian Towler, Dublin, OH US
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20100267091 | Method for a continuous rapid thermal cycle system - Disclosed herein is an efficient, high speed production scale synthesis method for high molecular weight organic substances, such as DNA. The invention includes a method of conducting a polymerase chain reaction which comprises transporting a liquid through polymeric tubing disposed through a first reaction cycle region and at least a second reaction cycle region, each of which regions comprises at least a first and a second temperature zone, the temperature in each zone of said at least second region being substantially identical to the corresponding first and second zones in said first region, wherein said liquid is an aqueous solution comprising polymerase chain reaction reactants and a surface absorbing polymer. | 10-21-2010 |