Patents Represented by Attorney Fletcher Yoder

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  • Two helix binders
    Patent number: 8198043
    Abstract: Provided herein are isolated polypeptides derived from the staphylococcal protein A protein B domain comprising a pair of anti-parallel alpha helices that are capable of binding a target. Also provided are nucleic acid sequences encoding such two helix binders, vectors containing the nucleic acid sequences encoding for two helix binders, and host cells transformed with vectors containing the nucleic acid sequences encoding for the two-helix binders. Also provided are methods of using the two helix binders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Faisal Ahmed Syud, Jack Mathew Webster
  • Flex circuit snap track for a biometric sensor
    Patent number: 8199007
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor assembly, comprising a frame comprising structural supports, and housings configured to house an optical component; and a strut disposed between one of the structural supports and housings; wherein the struts are adapted to house conductors connecting the optical component to a circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Coakley, George L. Matlock
  • Actuator for the actuation of submarine devices
    Patent number: 8196598
    Abstract: Submarine actuator for the actuation of a submarine device comprises a container body (2), from which a drive shaft (4) projects that is suitable for inserting in a seat of said submarine device, which through its rotation actuates said submarine device. Said shaft is moved by an electric motor (21, 22) arranged inside said container body and actuated by an electric control signal generated by a remote station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Carlo Liberale, Fabio Imperiali
  • System and method for theme park line queue management
    Patent number: 8200515
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method for managing theme park ride lines by providing an identifying device to a guest, the device configured to uniquely identify the guest, using the identifying device to ascertain an amount of time a guest spends at a predetermined location and reducing the amount of time a guest spends in a line queue for a predetermined ride by the amount of time the guest spends at the predetermined location. A system for managing theme park ride lines is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Keizo Natsuyama, Steven C. Blum, Justin Michael Schwartz
  • Disc structure for bit-wise holographic storage
    Patent number: 8194520
    Abstract: An optical disc for micro-holographic data storage, including: optically-enabled material configured to store holographic data; guide grooves; a first coating disposed on the guide grooves and configured to reflect a tracking beam and to transmit a read or record beam; and a second coating disposed to cover the guide grooves and disposed on the first coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xiaolei Shi, Brian Lee Lawrence, Eugene Pauling Boden, Zhiyuan Ren, Mark Cheverton, Victor Petrovich Ostroverkhov
  • Random telegraph signal noise reduction scheme for semiconductor memories
    Patent number: 8194459
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided that include a method including providing a first pulsed gate signal to a selected memory cell, wherein the pulsed gate signal alternates between a first voltage level and a second voltage level during a time period and sensing a data line response to determine data stored on the selected memory of cells. Further embodiments provide a system including a memory device, having a regulator circuit coupled to a plurality of access lines of a NAND memory cell, and a switching circuit configured to sequentially bias at least one of the plurality of the access lines between a first voltage level and a second voltage level based on an input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Toru Tanzawa
  • Medical sensor for reducing signal artifacts and technique for using the same
    Patent number: 8195264
    Abstract: A sensor may be adapted to reduce motion artifacts by mitigating the effects of the tissue moving within the sensor. A sensor is provided with an elastic sensor body adapted to accommodate patient motion. Further, a sensor is provided in which the sensor cable is arranged to mitigate its pressure on a patient's tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventor: Carine Hoarau
  • Turbine engine having cooling gland
    Patent number: 8192151
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine may include a bearing housing for a rotor with a passage along an axis of rotation of the rotor shaft. A cooling gland configured to transfer cooling fluid to the passage may be mounted to the bearing housing with a mounting structure configured to mount the cooling gland substantially in-line with the passage of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Henry G. Ballard
  • Subtraction circuits and digital-to-analog converters for semiconductor devices
    Patent number: 8194477
    Abstract: A memory device that, in certain embodiments, includes a plurality of memory elements connected to a bit-line and a delta-sigma modulator with a digital output and an analog input, which may be connected to the bit-line. In some embodiments, the delta-sigma modulator includes a circuit with first and second inputs and an output. The circuit is configured to combined (add or subtract) input signals. The first input may be connected to the analog input. The delta-sigma modulator may also include an integrator connected to the output of the circuit, an analog-to-digital converter with an input connected to an output of the integrator and an output connected to the digital output, and a digital-to-analog converter with an input connected to the output of the analog-to-digital converter and an output connected to the second input of the circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: R. Jacob Baker
  • Remote slide presentation
    Patent number: 8195768
    Abstract: Techniques for remotely viewing a presentation are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, a host device executing a presentation application makes a presentation available over a network. In one embodiment, a remote device receives presentation data corresponding to a currently displayed slide of the presentation. The remote device may then display a representation of the currently displayed slide at the remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Bradford Vaughan, Michael Richard Peirce
  • Modular wireless conveyor interconnection method and system
    Patent number: 8186499
    Abstract: A modular conveyor system is disclosed in which components of each conveyor module is designed for wireless mesh communication. The communications may be within a module or between modules. Certain of the components may be powered by battery, such that the components may be completely wireless. The network may be entirely self-configuring such that the modules may be assembled and the network established in a straightforward manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Dale Brandt, Wayne H. Wielebski
  • System and method for clearance control
    Patent number: 8186945
    Abstract: A system, in one embodiment, includes a turbine clearance controller. The turbine clearance controller is configured to independently adjust clearances of a plurality of shroud segments about a plurality of blades via first and second magnets opposite from one another in fixed and movable portions of each shroud segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shubhra Bhatnagar, Chakrakody Girish Shastry
  • Methods and systems for controlling polymer particle size
    Patent number: 8187547
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for producing polymer particles of a size just slightly larger than the size of polymer fines. The technique may prevent or limit the occurrence of reactor fouls associated with large polymer particles. The technique also may provide a greater weight percentage of solids in the reactor. The desired polymer particle size may be achieved by employing a catalyst having particles of a size determined based on the expected catalyst productivity. In certain embodiments, the catalyst particle size may be determined based on the expected catalyst productivity, the polymer particle density, the catalyst particle density, and/or the polymer particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: John D. Hottovy, Gregory G. Hendrickson
  • Methods for assessing molecular expression of subcellular molecules
    Patent number: 8189884
    Abstract: The present techniques provide fully automated methods for quantifying the location, strength and percent of expressed target molecules or other biological markers in immunohistochemically stained biological samples. The samples may be automatically segmented, for example into subcellular compartments, from images of compartmental markers. Then, the distribution of a target molecule on each of these compartments is calculated that includes the percentage and strength of expression. This is different than existing intensity or ratio based methods where abundant low expression levels are indistinguishable from scarce high expression levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ali Can, Michael John Gerdes, Musodiq Olatayo Bello, Xiaodong Tao
  • Tracheostomy tube combination radial snap and bayonet cannula connector
    Patent number: 8186350
    Abstract: A medical device tube having extended retention tabs with notches therein for improved coupling of an inner cannula connector to an outer cannula connector. The medical device tube comprises an outer cannula connector having retention tabs on an outer cannula connector flange attached to the proximal end of an outer cannula. The retention tabs maintain the snap ears of the inner cannula connector when the inner cannula connector is rotated whereby the notches substantially hold the snap ears. The snap ears may further be positioned in notches in the outer cannula flange when the snap ears lock onto the outer cannula connector flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventor: George L. Matlock
  • Medical sensor for reducing signal artifacts and technique for using the same
    Patent number: 8190224
    Abstract: A sensor may be adapted to reduce motion artifacts by mitigating the effects of the tissue moving within the sensor. A sensor is provided with an elastomeric sensor body adapted to accommodate patient motion. Further, a sensor is provided in which the sensor cable is arranged to mitigate its pressure on a patient's tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventor: Carine Hoarau
  • Reactive medical devices
    Patent number: 8186351
    Abstract: A tracheal tube comprising a nematic polymer or nematic elastomer, wherein an outer diameter of the tracheal tube changes in size in response to exposure of the tracheal tube to light or heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Munro
  • Electronic module
    Patent number: D660806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Chee Lim Wong
  • Male communication connector of an automation device
    Patent number: D661656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Bodmann, Chee Lim Wong
  • Moving bed bioreactor carrier
    Patent number: D661778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Headworks Bio Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme Dempster, Gerald Seidl, Siva Angappan, Jack Collie Gardiner