Patents by Inventor Elizabeth G. McFarland

Elizabeth G. McFarland has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170016160
    Abstract: A multicolor carpet comprising a plurality of tufted yarns, wherein the yarns comprise solution-dyed bulked continuous filaments, wherein at least one of the yarns is of a different color than any of the other yarns, wherein the yarns have not been twisted, and wherein the yarns have not been heatset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.AR.L.
    Inventors: Wae-Hai TUNG, Elizabeth G McFarland
  • Patent number: 6212420
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards an improved system and method for visualizing and quantifying data associated with biological curvilinear/tubular structures such as the gastrointestinal tract. In the present invention, an electrical field based approach provides a system and method to unravel convoluted biological curvilinear/tubular structures such as the colon. The approach digitally straightens or flatten such structures with curved cross-sections. Electrical charges are simulated along the structure's central path. Each curved cross-section of the colon is defined by electrical force lines due to charges distributed along the colon path, and constructed by directly tracing the force lines. In a further embodiment, the efficiency of the unraveling is improved by directly tracing only representative force lines that originate equiangularly from the current colon path position. The other force lines are interpolated from the traced force lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: University of Iowa Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ge Wang, Elizabeth G. McFarland, Bruce P. Brown, Zhan Zhang, Michael W. Vannier