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Anthony Vacca, Cedar Park, TX US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090324054	System and method for determing reticle defect printability - A method and software program for determining printability of a defect on a reticle or photomask onto a substrate during processing. That is performed by creating a pixel grid image having a plurality of individual pixel images showing the defect. A gray scale value is assigned to each pixel image of the pixel grid image and a probable center pixel of the defect is selected. Then the polarity of the defect is determined, with a coarse center pixel of the defect optionally selected using the probable center defect and polarity of the defect. If a coarse center pixel is selected, then a fine center of the defect can optionally be selected from the coarse center pixel and polarity of the defect. From the center pixel the physical extent of the defect can be determined followed by the determination the transmissivity energy level of the physical extent of the defect. Optionally, the proximity of the defect to a pattern edge on the reticle or photomask can be determined using the physical extent and polarity of the defect. Then the printability of the defect can be determined from the transmissivity energy level of the defect and characteristics of the wafer fabrication process being used to produce the substrate from the reticle or photomask.	12-31-2009

Chris M. Vacca, Westerly, RI US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120091090	Filler Panel For Equipment Racks and Enclosures - A filler panel for a rack includes two latching regions that mirror each other. The latching regions include a pair of guide posts configured to enter both round-shaped and square-shaped holes and guide the filler panel into a rack. The latching region further includes a pair of locator walls configured to enter square shaped holes along with the guide posts to guide the filler panel into a rack. Each latching region includes one or more latching members having surfaces for engaging a railing of a rack. At least one pair of latching members includes an angled stepped surface configured to engage railings of different thicknesses.	04-19-2012

Giacomo Vacca, Santa Clara, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090142765	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPIDLY COUNTING AND IDENTIFYING BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES IN A FLOW STREAM - A method for increasing the throughput, or the precision, or both the precision and the throughput, of a flow cytometer, or of a hematology analyzer employing a flow cytometer, and for further reducing the complexity of such a cytometer or analyzer, by utilizing the technique of laser rastering in combination with a lysis-free single-dilution method. Laser rastering involves sweeping a laser beam across a flowing sample stream in a hematology analyzer. A lysis-free single-dilution method involves performing all the flow cytometer measurements on a sample using a single aliquot, a single lysis-free reagent solution, a single dilution, and a single pass of said dilution through the measurement apparatus. An apparatus suitable for carrying out the method of this invention comprises an optical module comprising a source of light, a scanning device, a lens or system of lenses, a flowcell, detectors, and filters; and an electronic module comprising preamplifiers, analog signal conditioning elements, analog-to-digital converters, field-programmable gate arrays, digital signal processing elements, and data storage elements.	06-04-2009

Giacomo Vacca, San Jose, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100273168	METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATING RED BLOOD CELLS FROM WHITE BLOOD CELLS BY USING FORWARD SCATTERING FROM A LASER IN AN AUTOMATED HEMATOLOGY ANALYZER - A method for identifying, analyzing, and quantifying the cellular components of whole blood by means of an automated hematology analyzer and the detection of the light scattered, absorbed, and fluorescently emitted by each cell. More particularly, the aforementioned method involves identifying, analyzing, and quantifying the cellular components of whole blood by means of a light source having a wavelength ranging from about 400 nm to about 450 nm and multiple in-flow optical measurements and staining without the need for lysing red blood cells.	10-28-2010
20100328662	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPIDLY COUNTING AND IDENTIFYING BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES IN A FLOW STREAM - A method for increasing the throughput, or the precision, or both the precision and the throughput, of a flow cytometer, or of a hematology analyzer employing a flow cytometer, by utilizing the technique of laser rastering. Laser rastering involves sweeping a laser beam across a flowing sample stream in a hematology analyzer. An apparatus suitable for carrying out the method of this invention comprises an optical module comprising a source of light, a scanning device, a lens or system of lenses, a flow cell, detectors, and filters; and an electronic module comprising preamplifiers, analog signal conditioning elements, analog-to-digital converters, field-programmable gate arrays, digital signal processing elements, and data storage elements.	12-30-2010
20110045525	Method for Flagging a Sample - A hematology analyzer is provided. In certain embodiments, the hematology analyzer comprises: a) a flow cell; b) a light source for directing light to the flow cell; c) a plurality of detectors for detecting a plurality of optical characteristics of a blood cell passing through the flow cell; and d) a data analysis workstation programmed to: i. enumerate test blood cells passing through the flow cell; and ii. flag a blood sample as containing lysis-resistant red blood cells or fragile white blood cells.	02-24-2011
20110178716	Method for determining volume and hemoglobin content of individual red blood cells - Provided herein is a method for determining the volume or hemoglobin content of an individual red blood cell in a sample containing a population of red blood cells. The method may be performed on a hematology analyzer. Also provided are a hematology analyzer for performing the method and a computer-readable medium containing programming for performing the method.	07-21-2011
20110228271	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPIDLY COUNTING AND IDENTIFYING BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES IN A FLOW STREAM - A method for increasing the throughput, or the precision, or both the precision and the throughput, of a flow cytometer, or of a hematology analyzer employing a flow cytometer, by utilizing the technique of laser rastering. Laser rastering involves sweeping a laser beam across a flowing sample stream in a hematology analyzer. An apparatus suitable for carrying out the method of this invention comprises an optical module comprising a source of light, a scanning device, a lens or system of lenses, a flow cell, detectors, and filters; and an electronic module comprising preamplifiers, analog signal conditioning elements, analog-to-digital converters, field-programmable gate arrays, digital signal processing elements, and data storage elements.	09-22-2011
20110275064	METHOD FOR HEMATOLOGY ANALYSIS - A method whereby one or more fluorescent dyes are used to bind and stain nucleic acids in certain blood cells, such as, for example, white blood cells, nucleated red blood cells, and reticulocytes, and to induce fluorescent emissions upon excitation of photons from a given source of light, such as, for example, a laser, at an appropriate wavelength. More particularly, this invention provides a method whereby a fluorescent trigger is used in a data collection step for collecting events that emit strong fluorescence, in order to separate white blood cells and nucleated red blood cells from red blood cells and platelets without the need for using a lysing agent.	11-10-2011

Giampaolo Vacca, Loveland, OH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110073096	Heated Field Rations and Assemblies - A field ration packaging assembly includes a ration housing and a food tray. The ration housing includes a lid panel having at least one air exhaust vent and a wall panel having at least one intake vent. The food tray may be positioned above a heat source. The at least one air exhaust vent and at least one air intake vent may be in fluid communication such that upon activation of the heat source, air enters the ration housing through the at least one air intake vent, passes over the heat source and exits the ration housing at the at least one exhaust vent by natural convection.	03-31-2011

Giampaolo Vacca, Mason, OH US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100192937	Jet Cavity Catalytic Heater - The present invention is a method of delivering vaporized alcohol fuel through a thermally conductive porous nozzle to a catalytic burner with a plasma cavity and a surrounding porous catalytic cavity with fuel vapor and air supplied separately and inter diffusing into each other from different routes to the catalyst to achieve an efficient, steady, and complete combustion of the hydrogen bearing fuels. This heating system with passive auto thermostatic behavior, coupled to thermopiles, heat pipes and fluid heating systems may provide useful heat and electricity to applications of floors, roadways, runways, electronics, refrigerators, machinery, automobiles, structures, and fuel cells.	08-05-2010
20100236949	Safety Fuel Transportation, Storage, and Delivery System - The present invention is an assembly for transporting, storing, and delivering a fuel such that a compromise to the containment of the fuel is readily recognized.	09-23-2010
20110197873	DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING HEAT AND A RELATED MEANS OF TRIGGERING A CONTROLLED COMBUSTION - The present invention is a means of starting a controlled combustion reaction by introducing sodium borohydride or similar chemical to a liquid or gelatinous fuel. The present invention is also a device for transferring heat having a thermal conductor connected to a catalyst such that the thermal conductor is positioned within a liquid or gelatinous fuel held within a fuel container.	08-18-2011

Joseph Vacca, Lovettsville, VA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100258625	Dynamic Card Verification Values and Credit Transactions - A system and method for providing card verification values for card-not-present transactions is described. In one example, a user's computing device stores single-use CVVs to be provided from a secure wallet. The secure wallet may be software running on the user's computing device. Alternatively, it may be an external device connectable to the user's computing device, which accesses the external device to obtain the single-use CVV.	10-14-2010

Joseph P. Vacca, Felford, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080287394	Hiv Integrase Inhibitors - Hydroxy-substituted pyrazinopyrrolopyridazine dione compounds are inhibitors of HIV integrase and inhibitors of HIV replication. In one embodiment, the dione compounds are of Formula (I) wherein R	11-20-2008

Joseph P. Vacca, Talford, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100266714	P2X3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN - The subject invention relates to novel P2X	10-21-2010

Rita Downard Vacca, Frontenac, MO US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090098069	TRANSDERMAL, ALCOHOL-FREE, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - An alcohol-free, transdermal drug delivery composition administered via a metered spray drug delivery device is described herein. The non-occlusive transdermal drug delivery composition includes a therapeutically effective amount of at least one physiologically active agent or prodrug thereof, an effective amount of at least one dermal penetration enhancer; and at least one non-volatile liquid. The transdermal drug delivery composition is administered to a dermal or mucosal surface of an animal needing the same using a metered spray device capable of delivering a fine spray of substantially uniform particle size to minimize the required drying time therefor.	04-16-2009

Todd Vacca, Mission Viejo, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080224677	DEAD TIME TRIMMING IN A CO-PACKAGE DEVICE - A method of obtaining an optimized dead time for a synchronous switching power supply comprising a control IC and two series-connected switches, comprising packaging the control IC and the series-connected switches in a co-packaged module; providing a dead time delay circuit within the control IC circuit which has variable dead time; testing the switching power supply; varying the dead time in a defined sequence during the step of testing; monitoring a parameter during testing of the switching power supply as the dead time is varied; determining an optimal dead time based upon monitoring the parameter; and setting the dead time at the optimal dead time.	09-18-2008
20080298101	INTELLIGENT DEAD TIME CONTROL - A circuit for reducing switching losses in a synchronous rectifier of a switching stage including a high-side control transistor and a low-side synchronous transistor coupled at a switching node, the switching stage receiving an input voltage and providing a controlled output voltage at an output node. The circuit including a first circuit portion for sensing waveshape edges of a first signal at a gate terminal of the low-side synchronous transistor and a first voltage to determine a delay between the waveshape edge of the first signal and the waveshape edge of the first voltage; and a second circuit portion for calibrating the first signal and the first voltage to align the waveshape edge of the first signal and the waveshape edge of the first voltage, with an optional offset to achieve minimal power loss.	12-04-2008