Patents Represented by Attorney Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC
  • Patent number: 8338372
    Abstract: The present invention provides a deshydroxy vancomycin compound,a method of its preparation and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of the deshydroxy vancomycin and the use of the said composition in the preparation of drugs for the treatment of susceptible bacteria infections. The method includes the following steps: (1) preparing a concentrated vancomycin solution containing the deshydroxy vancomycin by fermentations of Amycolatopsis Orientalis with Deposit No. CGMCCNO.1183; (2) separating and purifing the concentrated vancomycin solution to obtain a refined filtrate of vancomycin hydrochloride containing the deshydroxy vancomycin by column chromatography; and (3) further separating and purifing the refined filtrate to obtain the deshydroxy vancomycin by chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: Zhejiang Medicine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bingxiang Xu, Haisong Xie, Huan Yu, Wei Mao, Weidong Ye
  • Patent number: 8337117
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for improving the strength and longevity of secondary roadways through environmentally sound practices are disclosed herein. A composition for road sealing includes an aqueous emulsion of acrylic and vinyl acetate polymer, water, and a resin-modified emulsion, wherein the resin-modified emulsion includes a mixture of pitch and rosin, an emulsifying agent, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Vitale, Frank D. Elswick, Gina M. Greenlee
  • Patent number: 8322390
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to light weight tire devices comprising a plurality of layers of steel belts. The layers are each a predetermined fraction of the footprint width, and the width of each layer can vary from one layer to another. Some embodiments also include a pair of wedge strips disposed between two reinforcing layers. Furthermore, some embodiments can include a split belt, wherein the gap between the split belts is substantially occupied by a gum strip. Additionally, the belt ply cords can be angled according to one or more patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc.
    Inventor: John Kotanides, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8313668
    Abstract: A composition for chemical soil improvement includes a synthetic fluid or base oil, a pour point depressant, polyisobutylene, and synthetic fibers, and various combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Vitale, Todd R. Hawkins, C. David Brangan
  • Patent number: 8287283
    Abstract: A cap composition that can mechanically attach to a stethoscope headpiece, the cap composition having a cap; a cap element having a design that includes a shape and characteristic dimensions that enable the cap to mechanically attach to a stethoscope headpiece; and a speaker attached to and positioned on or at least partially within the cap, such that when the cap is attached to the stethoscope headpiece, the speaker is either touching or proximate to the stethoscope diaphragm such that a sound or signal emitted by the speaker can cause the stethoscope diaphragm to vibrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventor: Paul Jacques Charles Lecat
  • Patent number: 8262313
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for improving the strength and longevity of secondary roadways through environmentally sound practices are disclosed herein. A composition for road sealing includes an aqueous emulsion of acrylic and vinyl acetate polymer, water, and a resin-modified emulsion, wherein the resin-modified emulsion includes a mixture of pitch and rosin, an emulsifying agent, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Vitale, Frank D. Elswick, Gina M. Greenlee
  • Patent number: 8257089
    Abstract: A cap composition that can mechanically attach to a stethoscope headpiece, the cap composition having a cap; a cap element having a design that includes a shape and characteristic dimensions that enable the cap to mechanically attach to a stethoscope headpiece; and a speaker attached to and positioned on or at least partially within the cap, such that when the cap is attached to the stethoscope headpiece, the speaker is either touching or proximate to the stethoscope diaphragm such that a sound or signal emitted by the speaker can cause the stethoscope diaphragm to vibrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Inventor: Paul Jacques Charles Lecat
  • Patent number: 8231520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a round window driving transducer for easy implantation and an implantable hearing device having the same. The round window driving transducer is implantable in the round window of the cochlea in the middle ear cavity, and has excellent high frequency characteristics, which can assist patients with sensorineural hearing loss to hear sound better. The round window driving transducer can be placed inside the middle ear cavity, radiate sound with high efficiency, and be implanted by surgery using a fixing part formed with shape memory alloy, shape memory resin, or a bendable spring structure. Further, the round window driving transducer can overcome problems of the prior art, such as a difficult surgery and low vibration efficiency, which would inevitably occur when floating mass transducers are implanted in a drilled groove in the bone or when various types of piezoelectric transducers are implanted in the round window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Corporation Foundation
    Inventors: Jin Ho Cho, Il Yong Park, Kyu Yup Lee
  • Patent number: 8229093
    Abstract: A new and improved method for marketing to customers based upon incoming telephone calls is herein disclosed. A marketing method for use with a broadcast featuring multiple performers for whom at least one audience member may vote, the vote being based upon a performer's performance, the vote being communicated by an electronic device includes receiving the vote from at least one audience member, the vote being cast for at least one of the performers, capturing contact information for the audience member who cast the vote, identifying the contact information with the performer, and communicating a marketing offer to the audience member, the marketing offer related to the performer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventor: David A. Martin
  • Patent number: 8216123
    Abstract: An implantable middle ear hearing device having a tubular vibration transducer to drive a round window is designed to input sound to a round window opposite an oval window in an inner ear. The tubular vibration transducer has a unique structure that does not attenuate the magnitude of a signal, particularly, in a high frequency band. Sound delivery effect is much higher than those of conventional schemes. It is also possible to minimize difficulties associated with and problems resulting from the operation, which the conventional methods would have. Further, the transducer can have a relatively less compact than ossicle contact type transducers, and thus be easily fabricated. The hearing device can be applied to a sensorineural hearing loss patient with the ossicle damaged. Moreover, since sound is directly transmitted without through the ear drum and the ossicle, high efficiency sound delivery is achievable and hearing loss compensation are easy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kyungpook National University Industry Academic Corporation Foundation
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Cho, Il-Yong Park, Ki-Woong Seong
  • Patent number: 8210769
    Abstract: A composition for chemical improvement of soil and road base materials including an aqueous solution of a water repellant and an aqueous emulsion of a soil stabilizer and dust retardant is herein disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert W. Vitale
  • Patent number: 8177997
    Abstract: A composition for chemical soil improvement includes a synthetic fluid or base oil, a pour point depressant, polyisobutylene, and synthetic fibers, and various combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert W. Vitale
  • Patent number: 8132982
    Abstract: A composition for dust suppression including an acrylic polymer, a polyvinyl acetate polymer, glycerin, and water is herein disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Vitale, Cheryl L. Detloff, Daniel A. Thomson
  • Patent number: 8104991
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for improving the strength and longevity of secondary roadways through environmentally sound practices are disclosed herein. A composition for road sealing includes an aqueous emulsion of acrylic and vinyl acetate polymer, water, and a resin-modified emulsion, wherein the resin-modified emulsion includes a mixture of pitch and rosin, an emulsifying agent, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Vitale, Frank D. Elswick, Gina M. Greenlee
  • Patent number: 8092186
    Abstract: A random pitch impeller for a fuel pump has number of blades. An incremental angle of the blades is set by the expression: ?? ? ? i = ( 360 N ) + ( - 1 ) i × Am × sin ? ( p 1 × 360 N × i ) × cos ? ( P 2 × 360 N × i ) , where ??I is the incremental angle between the blades, N is the total number of blades (N=2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, . . . ), Am is the distribution magnitude of the inter-blade interval (equally divided angle) (0<Am<360/N), i is the order of the blade (i=1, 2, 3, . . . , N), and P1 and P2 are the factors exerting an influence on the cycle (0<P1<N, and 0?P2?N). The incremental angle has maximum and minimum values a difference of which satisfies the expression: 2°?MAX?MIN?6°, where MAX is the maximum value, and MIN is the minimum value of the incremental angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundam Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Wook Jang, Yong-Taek Hwang, Young-seok Choi, Kyoung-Yong Lee, Uk-Hee Jeong, Murase Seiji
  • Patent number: 8079722
    Abstract: A mirror assembly in one embodiment may include a first conductive member that is substantially transparent, a second conductive member that comprises a reflective portion, a third conductive member that is operatively connected to the first conductive member and the second conductive member, a front portion that is substantially transparent and that is formed by injecting a first thermoplastic material into a mold on a first side of the first conductive member, an inner portion that is formed by injecting a second thermoplastic material into the mold on a second side of the second conductive member, and a back portion that is substantially opaque and that is formed by injecting a third thermoplastic material into the mold on the second side of the second conductive member. The front portion and the back portion together may substantially encompass a first perimeter of the first conductive member and a second perimeter of the second conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Steven Thiele
  • Patent number: 8070979
    Abstract: A method for providing soil improvement to a particulate surface soil including applying to and allowing to penetrate the associated surface soil a composition comprising a synthetic fluid and a binder and applying as a second surface a synthetic fluid, a binder, and synthetic fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Vitale, Todd R. Hawkins, C. David Brangan
  • Patent number: 8070383
    Abstract: A composition for chemical improvement of soil and road base materials including an aqueous solution of a water repellant and an aqueous emulsion of a soil stabilizer and dust retardant is herein disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Inventor: Robert W. Vitale
  • Patent number: 8070980
    Abstract: A composition for chemical soil improvement includes a synthetic fluid or base oil, a pour point depressant, polyisobutylene, and synthetic fibers, and various combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Vitale, Todd R. Hawkins, C. David Brangan
  • Patent number: D660297
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: WIS, International
    Inventors: Todd Henry, David Whitehouse, Sean Davoren, Scott Grant, Robert Johnston