Patents Assigned to Providence Plantation
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Publication number: 20110117446Abstract: A lithium ion battery electrolyte for use in lithium ion batteries. The electrolyte includes LiPF6, LiBF4, LiB(C2O4)2, or a related salt dissolved in a mixture of organic carbonate, ether or ester solvents with low concentrations of oxidatively unstable additives such that the additives react with a surface of cathode particles to generate a passivation film which prevents oxidation of the electrolyte by the cathode. The additive is a polymerizable organic molecule selected from 2,3-dihydrofuran (2,3-DHF), 2,5-dihydrofuran (2,5-DHF), vinylene carbonate (VC), vinyltrimethoxysilane (VTMS), dimethyl vinylene cabonate (DMVC), and gamma-buyrolactone, or related unsaturated ethers, esters, or carbonates.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Brett Lucht, Li Yang, Mengqing Xu, Ang Xiao
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Patent number: 7943063Abstract: A thermal indicator material which comprises a plurality of polythiophenes having a second low temperature color and a high temperature color. The polythiophenes are structured and arranged to exhibit a color change from the second low temperature color to the high temperature color when the thermal indicator material is exposed to a temperature that meets or exceeds a pre-determined temperature and to exhibit a color change from the high temperature color to a first low temperature color when the thermal indicator material is exposed to a decline in temperature from a temperature that meets or exceeds the predetermined temperature to a temperature of within the range of between about 5 to 20° C. below the pre-determined temperature that occurs in a time period of greater than 2.0 seconds.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Brett Lucht, William B. Euler, Yu Wang
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Patent number: 7902802Abstract: A power measurement system is disclosed for use on an integrated circuit for measuring the power used by the integrated circuit. The power measurement system includes a low-dropout voltage regulator and a signal input unit. The low-dropout voltage regulator includes a power transistor that couples a supply voltage to a circuit to be powered by the supply voltage, and the low-dropout voltage regulator provides an internal adjustment signal (Vsen) for adjusting the internal resistance of the power transistor. The signal input unit receives the internal adjustment signal (Vsen) and provides a power measurement signal responsive to the internal adjustment signal (Vsen).Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Jien-Chung Lo, Chuen-Song Chen
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Publication number: 20110055104Abstract: A method is disclosed for detecting unfair ratings in rating data over a period of time in connection with an on-line rating system. The method includes the steps of: detecting changes in an arrival rate of ratings in the rating data over the period of time and providing arrival rate change data; detecting changes in a model of the rating data over the period of time such that changes in the model are represented as model errors and providing model error data; detecting changes in a histogram of the rating data over the period of time and providing histogram detection data; detecting changes in a mean of the rating data over the period of time and providing mean change detection data; and processing the arrival rate change data, the model error data, the histogram detection data, and the mean change detection data to identify unfair ratings in the rating data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Yan Sun, Steven M. Kay, Yafei Yang, Qing Yang
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Publication number: 20110054288Abstract: A biomedical sensor is disclosed that provides at least first and second electrical nodes for connection to medical equipment. The biomedical sensor includes a plurality of protruding electrodes that extend from a common base. At least one of the protruding electrodes is coupled to the first electrical node, and at least two of the protruding electrodes are coupled to the second electrical node. At least one of the plurality of protruding electrodes is adjustable in length such that each of the plurality of protruding electrodes is adapted to contact a non-planar surface of a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventor: Walter G. Besio
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Publication number: 20110055626Abstract: A method is disclosed for recovering data associated with a damaged file stored in a NAND gate array memory. The method includes the steps of: identifying all meta data associated with the damaged file; identifying each logical block address of all identified meta data; collecting all physical block addresses associated with one of the identified logical block addresses or the identified meta data; counting in a replace table (ReplTable) a number of matches to a physical block address of the damaged file for each physical block address of the damaged file; choosing a block in a linked list that corresponds to the physical block address of the block in the linked list; and linking all chosen blocks to form a replicated file.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Qing Yang, Weijun Xiao
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Publication number: 20110034670Abstract: A bisubstrate inhibitor of Src kinases, having a nucleotide or N-heteroaromatic moiety; and a peptide/phosphopeptide, peptidomimetic, or phosphopeptide mimic moiety. The moieties are linked by a rigid or a flexible linker. The nucleotide or N-heteroaromatic moiety is ATP, ATP-mimics, N-heteroaromatics including purine-based derivatives, pyrimidine-based derivatives such as 2,4-diamino-5-substituted pyrimidine derivatives, pyrazole[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives, pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives, pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives, amino-substituted dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidinone derivatives, thieno- and furo-substituted derivatives, quinazoline derivatives, and quinoline derivatives, and several natural products such as aminogenistein.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Keykavous Parang, Gongqin Sun, Anil Kumar, Nguyen H. Nam, Yue-Hao Wang, Guofeng Ye
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Patent number: 7871629Abstract: A method for immunizing fish against pathogenic infection is disclosed. More particularly, this invention provides a method of immunizing fish against bacterial and viral infection which comprises immersing the fish in a solution comprised of an effective amount of dead or attenuated, whole-celled recombinant bacteria, the recombinant bacteria having a eukaryotic expression vector (plasmid) incorporated therein having DNA of interest encoding at least one protein antigen for each of the pathogens, the method characterized in that the protein antigen is produced by the fish.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2010Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Marta Gomez-Chiarri, David R. Nelson
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Patent number: 7833438Abstract: The invention is directed to use of polythiophenes in a method to determine the genuineness of an article which method comprises providing an article treated with a composition comprised of a polythiophene, the polythiophene having a low temperature color and a weak fluorescence and the structure of the polythiophene being designed such that when the composition is placed in a heat-exchange relationship with the article, the low temperature color will change to a high temperature color and the weak fluorescence will change to a strong fluorescence when a pre-determined temperature is met or exceeded in the article, heating the article to a temperature that meets or exceeds the pre-determined temperature and detecting the color and the fluorescence change.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Brett L. Lucht, William B. Euler, Yu Wang, Nadia Archambault
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Patent number: 7816141Abstract: A modified freeze direct imaging of a viscous surfactant mesophase method. A chamber is provided having controlled temperature and solvent partial pressure. The chamber has two copper planchettes at the top and bottom thereof. A sample is placed in the chamber on a grid and is squeezed between the planchettes into a thin film. The thin film is placed in a liquid to vitrify the sample. The sample is removed from the planchettes to fracture the sample. The sample is then placed on a cold stage; and imaged.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventor: Arijit Bose
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Publication number: 20100245589Abstract: The present invention is directed to an image tracking system that tracks the motion of an object. The image processing system tracks the motion of an object with an image recording device that records a first image of an object to be tracked and shortly thereafter records a second image of the object to be tracked. The system analyzes data from the first and the second images to provide a difference image of the object, defined by a bit map of pixels. The system processes the difference image to determine a threshold and calculates a centroid of the pixels in the difference image above the threshold. The system then determines the center of the difference image and determines a motion vector defined by the displacement from the center to the centroid and determines a pan tilt vector based on the motion vector and outputs the pan tilt vector to the image recording device to automatically track the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONSInventors: Ying Sun, Xu Han, Yu Guo
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Patent number: 7799753Abstract: A bisubstrate inhibitor of Src kinases, having a nucleotide or N-heteroaromatic moiety; and a peptide/phosphopeptide, peptidomimetic, or phosphopeptide mimic moiety. The moieties are linked by a rigid or a flexible linker. The nucleotide or N-heteroaromatic moiety is ATP, ATP-mimics, N-heteroaromatics including purine-based derivatives, pyrimidine-based derivatives such as 2,4-diamino-5-substituted pyrimidine derivatives, pyrazole[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives, pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives, pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives, amino-substituted dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidinone derivatives, thieno- and furo-substituted derivatives, quinazoline derivatives, and quinoline derivatives, and several natural products such as aminogenistein.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignees: Board of Governers for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Keykavous Parang, Gongqin Sun, Anil Kumar, Nguyen H. Nam, Yue-Hao Wang, Guofeng Ye
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Patent number: 7782264Abstract: A distributed load monopole antenna system is disclosed that includes a monopole antenna including a radiation resistance unit, a current enhancing unit, and a conductive mid-section. The radiation resistance unit is coupled to a transmitter base and the radiation resistance unit includes a radiation resistance unit base that is coupled to ground. The radiation resistance unit also includes a plurality of windings of an electrically conductive material wherein each winding includes an elongated portion that is substantially parallel with an elongated central axis of the monopole antenna. The elongated portions are positioned at a plurality of angularly disposed locations around the elongated central axis of the monopole antenna. The current enhancing unit is for enhancing current through the radiation resistance unit, and the conductive mid-section is intermediate the radiation resistance unit and the current enhancing unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventor: Robert J. Vincent
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Publication number: 20100175441Abstract: A bioproduction process of preparing an hydrolysate from squid processing byproducts. The process includes obtaining squid byproducts and hydrolyzing the byproducts. The hydrolyzed product are heated until the viscosity stabilizes. The hydrolyzed product is then filtered to form a filtrate and then concentrated to form the desired hydrolysate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: The Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Chong M. Lee, Piezhi Lian
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Publication number: 20100148758Abstract: A power measurement system is disclosed for use on an integrated circuit for measuring the power used by the integrated circuit. The power measurement system includes a low-dropout voltage regulator and a signal input unit. The low-dropout voltage regulator includes a power transistor that couples a supply voltage to a circuit to be powered by the supply voltage, and the low-dropout voltage regulator provides an internal adjustment signal (Vsen) for adjusting the internal resistance of the power transistor. The signal input unit receives the internal adjustment signal (Vsen) and provides a power measurement signal responsive to the internal adjustment signal (Vsen).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2010Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONSInventors: Jien-Chung Lo, Chuen-Song Chen
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Patent number: 7730347Abstract: A storage architecture is disclosed for maintaining data in the event of data storage failure. The storage architecture includes a plurality of disks in a redundant disk array, a time-recovery disk, and an encoder system. Each of the plurality of disks in the redundant disk array includes a parity output bit that provides an indication of the parity of the data in each respective disk. The time-recovery disk is in communication with at least one of the redundant disk arrays. The encoder system is coupled to the parity output bit of the at least one of the disks and is coupled to the time-recovery disk for providing encoding data regarding whether a block of data in the at least one disk has been changed.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventor: Qing K. Yang
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Patent number: 7721048Abstract: A computer processing system is disclosed that includes a cache that includes cache blocks of data. The system includes a marking sub-system, an ordering sub-system, and a replacement sub-system. The marking sub-system identifies and marks cache blocks that were provided to the cache via a wrong path with marking data. The ordering sub-system provides an order in which the cache blocks of data will be replaced in the cache, and the ordering sub-system is responsive to the marking data. The replacement sub-system replaces cache blocks in the cache in accordance with the ordering sub-system as required.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2007Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Resit Sendag, Ayse Yilmazer, Augustus K. Uht
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Publication number: 20100116379Abstract: A superalloy article which comprises a substrate comprised of a superalloy, a bond coat comprised of MCrAlY wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel and mixtures thereof applied onto at least a portion of the substrate and a ceramic top coat applied over at least a portion of the bond coat. The bond coat is exposed to a temperature of within the range of between about 1600-1800° F. subsequent to its application onto the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONSInventors: Otto J. Gregory, Markus A. Downey
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Publication number: 20100113305Abstract: This invention provides a novel method for synthesizing an ensemble of peptides that allows for the generation of an unlimited number of antibiotic compounds. More specifically, the method comprises utilizes synthetic heterocyclic amino acids containing thaizole and/or oxazole as building blocks in a solid phase combinatorial synthesis to yield natural and unnatural antibiotic compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsInventors: Lenore M. Martin, Bi-Huang Hu
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Publication number: 20100003284Abstract: A live attenuated bacterium of the genus Escherichia, Salmonella or Yersinia, said bacterium being incapable of expressing a functional Eda protein as a result of a mutation in the eda gene and a vaccine comprising the live attenuated bacterium.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2004Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, STATE OF PHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONSInventor: Paul S. Cohen