Patents Represented by Attorney Duane Morris LLP

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  • Sacrificial adhesive coatings
    Patent number: 8263720
    Abstract: Combinations of solubilized, covalently crosslinked, siloxy-containing polymers in a solvent system of a volatile hydrophobic (non-polar) liquid that is non-stinging to a user are excellent non-irritating liquid coating materials for forming films, which, after solvent evaporation, are water insoluble but water-vapor permeable and lightly adherent to surfaces such as skin and mucous membranes. The crosslinking content is greater than 1 weight % and can be as much as 16 weight %. In comparison to non-crosslinked polysiloxy films, or crosslinked films of 1 weight % or less, the enhanced crosslinked polysiloxy films, while continuing to be soluble in the solvent, have reduced tack and reduced adhesion to skin and can act as sacrificial coatings under strongly adherent pressure sensitive adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Rochal Industries, LLP
    Inventors: Joseph Salamone, Ann Beal Salamone, Xiang Yu, Levi J. Irwin
  • Non-recombinant strains that grow on xylose
    Patent number: 8257959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing Saccharomyces strains that are capable of growth on xylose as a sole carbon source at a desired growth rate, (such as at least one generation per 48 hours), strains made by such methods, and Saccharomyces strains that grow at a growth rate of at least one generation per 48 hours using xylose as a sole carbon source for growth made by non-recombinant methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Microbiogen Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Philip John Livingstone Bell, Paul Victor Attfield
  • Orthopedic external fixation device
    Patent number: 8257353
    Abstract: A telescopically adjustable strut for use with orthopedic external fixators has a first end and a second end and includes a universal-hinged connector provided at each of the first and second ends for connecting the strut to orthopedic external fixator base members. The universal-hinged connector is configured and adapted for pivoting the strut relative to the base members and to lock the universal-hinged connector at a desired angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Kian-Ming (Kevin) Wong
  • Reception apparatus
    Patent number: 8261348
    Abstract: A reception apparatus in accordance with the present invention is provided with a reception unit (11, 12) to receive a stream including a data signal, a display unit 17 for performing display based on the stream received, an authentication process unit 13 for authenticating a sender of the stream received, a signal separating unit 14 for separating the data signal from the stream received, a script detection unit 16 for detecting a script by analyzing the data signal separated, and a control unit 23 for controlling the display unit 17 to perform display based on the stream received, wherein the control unit 23 prohibits an input related to execution of the script in a case where the script is detected by the script detection unit 16 during an authentication of the stream. Thereby, the reception apparatus plays contents appropriately without inflicting either a disadvantage or stress on a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Goto
  • Automatic door system with sensor used therein
    Patent number: 8258455
    Abstract: A light-emitter emits light into a door opening of an automatic door system. A light-receiver receives light from the light-emitter which has passed through the door opening and develops a light-reception indicative signal. A door controller causes the light-emitter to stop emitting light and, thereafter, start emitting light. An auxiliary sensor is judged to be operating in order when the light-receiver does not develop light-reception indicative signal in a state where the light-emitter is not emitting light, and, thereafter, develops a light-reception indicative signal when the light-emitter resumes emitting light; otherwise, the auxiliary sensor is judged to be out of order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Nabtesco Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kakuyama, Yoshinari Kiyomasa
  • Level shifter
    Patent number: 8258848
    Abstract: A level shifter includes first and second NMOS transistors with gates connected to inverted circuit and circuit inputs, respectively, sources connected to the ground, and drains connected to circuit and inverted circuit outputs, respectively. First and second PMOS transistors have their gates connected to the inverted circuit and circuit outputs, respectively, and sources connected to the high voltage supply. A third PMOS transistor of the multiple independent gate type has its source connected to the drain of the first PMOS transistor, drain and back-gate connected to the circuit output, and front-gate connected to the inverted circuit input. A fourth PMOS transistor of the multiple independent gate type has its source connected to the drain of the second PMOS transistor, drain and back-gate connected to the inverted circuit output, and front-gate connected to the circuit input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yen-Huei Chen
  • Communication method and transmitting apparatus utilizing the same
    Patent number: 8259572
    Abstract: An IF unit to an RF unit generate a packet signal containing a control signal and a data signal and transmits the thus generated packet signal. A radio control unit performs a first retransmission control or a second retransmission control on the packet signal transmitted. The radio control unit causes the IF unit to the RF unit to have first control information for the first retransmission control contained in the control signal and have second control information for the second retransmission control contained in the data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Mayumi Komura
  • System and method to modify wireless network calibration data
    Patent number: 8254966
    Abstract: A system and method to re-calibrate an area of a wireless communications network that has been exposed to one or more network configuration changes is disclosed. When one or more attributes of the wireless network undergo a change which impairs the geo-location capability to locate a mobile station, it can be detrimental to the safety and well being of the network users. Geo-location calculations rely on accurate and updated calibration data to correctly locate a mobile station. In some instances, it may be necessary to update the calibration data for areas of the network that have been exposed to network configuration changes. Modifying previously collected calibration data to account for changes that have occurred in the network may increase the accuracy of mobile station location estimation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Andrew, LLC
    Inventors: John Carlson, Martin Alles, George Maher, Selcuk Mazlum
  • Mobile terminal having a light source
    Patent number: 8255014
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a base including a plurality of light transmission parts, with at least one light source inside the base. A plurality of light guides may be connected to the plurality of light transmission parts from the outside of the base. Each light guide includes a first surface for reflecting light emitted from the at least one light source, and a first light reflector in a first area which is at least a part of an outer circumference of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji Kataoka
  • System, program product, and methods to enhance media content management
    Patent number: 8250051
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems, program products, and methods to enhance and more effectively manage media content are provided. An embodiment of a method, for example, can include analyzing a user assigned role to allow access to specific data in a database in response to the user assigned role, capturing and storing metadata from multiple sources accessible by a plurality of different types of users, and tracking access to and changes in data in a database in response to user database access to thereby form transaction activity trails describing access and changed data to enhance digital file management and allow a plurality of media content management services to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Taras Markian Bugir, Andrew McCulloch
  • Via/contact and damascene structures and manufacturing methods thereof
    Patent number: 8247322
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a dielectric layer over a substrate. A first non-conductive barrier layer is formed over the dielectric layer. At least one opening is formed through the first non-conductive barrier layer and within the dielectric layer. A second non-conductive barrier layer is formed over the first non-conductive barrier layer and within the opening. At least a portion of the second non-conductive barrier layer is removed, thereby at least partially exposing a top surface of the first non-conductive barrier layer and a bottom surface of the opening, with the second non-conductive barrier layer remaining on sidewalls of the opening. A seed layer and conductive layer is then formed and a single polishing operation removes the seed layer and conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Chieh Chang, Ying-Lang Wang, Kei-Wei Chen, Jung-Chih Tsao, Yu-Sheng Wang
  • Mutant epidermal growth factor polypeptides, nucleic acids, and uses therefor
    Patent number: 8247531
    Abstract: The present invention is based, in part, on our discovery that EGF can be engineered to generate mutants that bind to the EGF receptor (EGFR) of a cell and that have a desirable effect on the activity of the cell. For example, the mutants can agonize the receptor (i.e., increase a biological activity of the receptor), or antagonize the receptor (i.e., decrease or inhibit a biological activity of the receptor). In turn, the rate at which the cell proliferates, for example, can be changed. Moreover, some of these mutants bind EGFR with a higher affinity than wild-type EGF exhibits. The affinity may increase by about, for example, 2-, 5-, 10-, 15-, 20-, 25-, 30-, 50-, or 100-fold relative to wild-type EGF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Cochran, K. Dane Wittrup
  • Method and apparatus for full clock cycle charge pump operation
    Patent number: 8248153
    Abstract: A charge pump comprises at least one charge pump cell and control logic. The at least one charge pump cell is configured to receive a power supply voltage and provide a pump output voltage higher than the power supply voltage. The control logic is configured to receive an oscillator signal and a level detector enable signal, provide at least one cell clock signal, based on the oscillator signal, to the at least one charge pump cell, control the at least one pump cell to charge while the level detector enable signal is asserted, and control the at least one pump cell to continue to charge after the level detector enable signal is deasserted and until a full pulse cycle of the oscillator signal is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chieh Huang, Bing Wang
  • Information input/output device including a stage surface on which a reflecting medium including a printed dot pattern is disposed
    Patent number: 8248666
    Abstract: To achieve an information output device in which information of a medium disposed on a stage surface can be surely and efficiently read out, and a stage effect and a security are high. In the information output device, media are disposed on a stage surface in a state where the media are opposite to the stage surface, the media where dot patterns are printed on medium surfaces on the basis of a predetermined rule, the dot patterns are read by imaging units disposed in a space below the stage and converted into code values or coordinate values indicating the dot patterns from photographed images obtained by the imaging units, and information corresponding to the code values or the coordinate values is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Inventor: Yoshida Kenji
  • Universal battery pack
    Patent number: D666144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Mophie, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Brand, William Westwood, Nguyen To
  • Hanging storage panel
    Patent number: D666439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: LF Centennial Limited
    Inventors: Terrence P. Kinskey, Matthew G. Williams
  • Hanging storage panel
    Patent number: D666440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: LF Centennial Limited
    Inventors: Terrence P. Kinskey, Matthew G. Williams
  • Hanging storage panel
    Patent number: D666441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: LF Centennial Limited
    Inventors: Terrence P. Kinskey, Matthew G. Williams
  • Telescoping handle
    Patent number: D666831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: LF Centennial Limited
    Inventors: Terrence P. Kinskey, Matthew G. Williams
  • Telescoping handle with mounting
    Patent number: D666832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: LF Centennial Limited
    Inventors: Terrence P. Kinskey, Matthew G. Williams