Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Fulbright & Jaworski
  • Patent number: 8349018
    Abstract: A socket insert of a hip joint prosthesis having a spherical-indentation-shaped recess in which a spherical head of a femur is mounted. The spherical indentation has a run-in zone which ends on one side with a circular arc tangentially in an end face of the socket insert and extends on another side as far as the run-in edge. Between a start of the circular arc with a radius of the length (RE) and the run-in edge of the spherical indentation with the radius of the length (RK) the run-in zone forms a curve, the function of which is continuously differentiated twice at every point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: CeramTec GmbH
    Inventors: Roman Preuss, Thomas Pandorf
  • Patent number: 8351887
    Abstract: Systems and methods which provide a multimode tuner architecture implementing direct frequency conversion are shown. Embodiments provide a highly integrated configuration wherein low noise amplifier, tuner, analog and digital channel filter, and analog demodulator functionality are provided in a single integrated circuit. A LNA of embodiments implements a multi-path configuration with seamless switching to provide desired gain control while meeting noise and linearity design parameters. Embodiments of the invention implement in-phase and quadrature (IQ) equalization and a multimode channelization filter architecture to facilitate the use of direct frequency conversion. Embodiments implement spur avoidance techniques for improving tuner system operation and output using a clock signal generation architecture in which a system clock, sampling clock frequencies, local oscillator (LO) reference clock frequencies, and/or the like are dynamically movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: CSR Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Jan-Michael Stevenson
  • Patent number: 8349896
    Abstract: Aspirin triggered lipid mediators (ATLMs) are disclosed which are useful for the treatment of prevention of inflammation associated with diseases, including ischemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Brigham and Womens's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles N. Serhan, Clary B. Clish
  • Patent number: 8349456
    Abstract: Disclosed are processes for preparing articles having anti-fog properties, comprising providing a substrate having at least one main surface coated with an intermediate coating obtained by applying and at least partially curing an intermediate coating composition comprising at least one monoepoxysilane and/or an hydrolyzate thereof and at least one polyepoxy monomer comprising at least two epoxy groups, forming onto said intermediate coating at least one bi-layer, and curing said at least one bi-layer by heating at a temperature of 150° C. or less at atmospheric pressure and in the absence of added water steam. Also disclosed are articles made and/or makeable by these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compangnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Haipeng Zheng, Joshua Hazle
  • Patent number: 8349092
    Abstract: A method for treating or pre-treating parts, profiled-pieces, strips, sheet metals or wires having metallic surfaces, in which at least 5% of these surfaces consists of aluminum or of at least one aluminum alloy with an acid aqueous solution which contains fluoride, zinc and phosphate and which has the following dissolved contents in the phosphatizing solution: sodium virtually none, from 0.04 to less than 2 g/L; potassium virtually none or in a concentration ranging from 0.025 to 2.5 g/L; sodium and potassium in a concentration ranging from 0.025 to 2.5 g/L as sodium, whereby the potassium content is converted to sodium on a molar basis; zinc 0.2 to 4 g/L zinc, 5 to 65 g/L calculated as PO4; 0.03 to 0.5 g/L phosphate free fluoride wherein the total fluoride is present in a concentration ranging from 0.1 to 5 g/L. A zinc-containing phosphate layer is thereby deposited onto the metallic surfaces with a layer weight ranging from 0.5 to 10 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Chemetall GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Specht, Peter Schubach, Rüdiger Rein, Peter Claude
  • Patent number: 8349754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modified zeolite catalyst, useful for the conversion of paraffins, olefins and aromatics in a mixed feedstock such as FCC gasoline that contain high content of olefin, aromatic and n-paraffin into isoparaffins. The invention further relates to the use of such a catalyst, for example but not limited to, in a process for the conversion of paraffins, olefins and aromatics in a mixed feedstock into the product having high amount of branched paraffins with decreased aromatics and olefins, a useful gasoline blend, with negligible production of lighter gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Viswanadham Nagabhatla, Raviraj Kamble, Amit Sharma, Jagdish Kumar, Bhagwan Singh Negi, Murali Dhar Gudimella, Madhukar Onkarnath Garg
  • Patent number: 8349793
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, composition and kit for treatment of inflammatory disease and disorder using PKC isoform modulators. Exemplary modulators include inhibitors of PKC-alpha, PKC-epsilon and PKC-eta, as well as activators of PKC-delta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Heal0r, Ltd.
    Inventors: Liora Braiman-Wiksman, Tamar Tennenbaum, Yuvai Sagiv, Marina Gartsbein, Ephraim Brener, Moshe Ben-Hamo, Liat Hammer
  • Patent number: 8349979
    Abstract: An admixture comprises an aqueous composition of a) a copolymeric dispersing component, b) an antifoaming agent component, c) a surfactant component, and d) water. The components may be a blend or physically or chemically attached and result in a stable liquid system that can be used as a dispersing agent for a calcium sulfate compound containing construction chemicals composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Construction Polymers GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Hommer, Frank Dierschke, Anja Trieflinger, Konrad Wutz, Manfred Bichler
  • Patent number: 8346172
    Abstract: Systems and methods which place a spurious signal within a capture bandwidth of a tuner. Placement of the spur is preferably controlled to dispose the spur within a spur placement window, such as may be defined between traffic channels of an input signal. A tuner system operating in accordance with embodiments may be controlled to select a particular input frequency band comprising a plurality of traffic channels for frequency conversion and to determine local oscillator frequencies which result in most relevant spurs being placed outside of the tuner capture bandwidth. The local oscillator frequencies may be shifted to place a relevant spur remaining within the capture bandwidth of the tuner between traffic channels of the plurality of traffic channels. Embodiments operate to determine frequency offset between a transmitter and a tuner to determine the midpoint between channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: CSR Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Marius Pop, David Dessert
  • Patent number: 8343066
    Abstract: Neural responses to a repeated stimulus typically diminish, an effect known as repetition suppression. When a single visual stimulus (e.g., letter of the alphabet, word, object, face) is serially flashed in different locations of a display, several stimuli appear to be present simultaneously due to an effect known as persistence of vision. Normal human observers' estimates of how many stimuli they perceived at any instant of time are significantly lower when the same stimulus is flashed repeatedly than when a different stimulus is used for each flash. This is a result of the brain's diminishing response (repetition suppression) to the repeated stimuli. The present invention generally relates to methods for assessing the normality of neural performance, particularly as relates to the integrity of cortical inhibition, visual persistence, proliferation effect, and repetition suppression. Deficits in repetition suppression serve as early and confirmatory measures of cognitive disorders such as schizophrenia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: David M. Eagleman, Vani Pariyadath
  • Patent number: 8344084
    Abstract: An admixture comprises an aqueous composition of a) a copolymeric dispersing component, b) an antifoaming agent component, c) a surfactant component, and d) water. The components may be a blend or physically or chemically attached and result in a stable liquid system that can be used as a dispersing agent for a calcium sulfate compound containing construction chemicals composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: BASF Construction Polymers GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Bichler, Herbert Hommer, Frank Dierschke, Anja Trieflinger, Konrad Wutz
  • Patent number: 8345698
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which provide wireless communication systems implementing subsystems adapted for flexible deployment configurations and to resist the introduction of interference. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a wireless communication system configuration in which an ODU subsystem is coupled to an IDU subsystem using a fiber optic link. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an ODU subsystem is adapted to provide conversion between digital and analog to thereby facilitate the use of a digital link between the ODU subsystem and a corresponding IDU subsystem. Embodiments of the present invention utilize a plurality of ODU subsystems configured according to the present invention to provide wireless communication coverage of a service area, such as to provide a wireless application termination system (WATS) hub for use in providing wireless communication links with respect to a plurality of subscriber units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: NETGEAR, Inc.
    Inventors: David Prager, Bruce C. Rothaar, Heinz Lycklama A'nyeholt, Dave Randall
  • Patent number: 8336133
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention comprises a multi-functional patient transfer device for transferring mobility-impaired patients. In one embodiment, the multi-functional patient transfer device includes a lift cart and one or more lift components. The lift components may attach to the lift cart and/or other lift components. The lift components may include frontal bars, a tabletop, a central arm, lifting forks, a hoist, a knee blocker, footrests, a transfer chair, detachable handles, and/or safety cushions. Embodiments of the present invention may include one or more patient interfaces. The patient interfaces may attach to the lift cart and/or one or more lifting components. The patient interfaces may include slings, chairs, straps, harnesses, and/or transfer sheets. In one embodiment, the patient interfaces may include foldable panels. In one embodiment, the patient interfaces may include a buttock/link support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Technimotion, LLC
    Inventors: Frederic Palay, William E. Burak, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8340982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for assessing the impact of an ailment on a health related quality of life domain of a patient using a standardized common metric. The standardized common metric of the present invention enables the impact of various ailments to be compared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Optuminsight Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jakob B. Bjorner, John E. Ware, Mark R. Kosinski, Barbara Sardinha, James E. Dewey
  • Patent number: 8336857
    Abstract: A hose puller that includes puller wheels that are motorized and configured to grip, among other things, a high pressure water hose. The hose puller further includes an idler wheel that is positioned to oppose the puller wheels. The idler wheel is spring loaded to help ensure that the hose maintains frictional relation with the puller wheels. Alternatively, the hose puller may have puller wheels shaped to grip a high pressure water hose. The hose puller also includes a camera that is configured to show images that enable the operator to control the hose puller from a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Inventor: Rufus Davis
  • Patent number: 8338267
    Abstract: Systems and methods for vertically integrating semiconductor devices are described. In one embodiment, a method comprises providing an interposer, aligning and bonding a plurality of die to a first surface of the interposer, aligning and bonding a backplate to the plurality of die, and reducing at least one portion of the interposer to create a reconstituted wafer. In another embodiment, an apparatus comprises an interposer operable to receive at least one donor semiconductor device disposed on a first surface of the interposer and aligned therewith, and at least one host semiconductor device disposed on a second surface of the interposer and aligned therewith; where the interposer allows the at least one donor and host semiconductor devices to become vertically integrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sematech, Inc.
    Inventor: Larry Smith
  • Patent number: 8337788
    Abstract: A method for preparing a colloidal solution of non-aggregated zirconia particles, comprising the following steps: a) providing a zirconium hydroxide sol, b) adding to said sol an inorganic acid according to an [inorganic acid]/[Zr] molar ratio of <0.5, c) performing the hydrothermal treatment of said sol, and d) recovering the colloidal solution of zirconia particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Frédéric Chaput, Fabien Berit-Debat, Claudine Biver, Noémie Lesartre
  • Patent number: 8340773
    Abstract: Methods and devices of stimulating nerves are disclosed. In one embodiment adapted for stimulating excitable tissue, the invention includes drive circuitry (12), an acoustic transducer (14) and a pair of electrodes (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a Body Corporate, Acting for and on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Bruce Towe, William E. Crisp
  • Patent number: 8340613
    Abstract: Systems and methods which utilize low performance circuitry to provide received signal power detection without unacceptably impacting operation of a receiver circuit are shown. Circuitry utilized to provide received signal power detection according to embodiments comprises circuitry dedicated for use with respect to received signal power detection. Performance of the circuitry of the detection path may be lower than that required of circuitry of the signal processing path. However, performance parameters are selected to provide power detection of desired accuracy (e.g., flat gain) and to meet other performance metrics. Embodiments provide a low performance power detection circuit comprising a low performance tuner configuration. Further embodiments provide a low performance power detection circuit comprising a low performance data converter configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: CSR Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Magnusen, Michael D. Womac
  • Patent number: 8333749
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article with a central body and a pair of elasticized side panels that extend longitudinally along the sides of the central body. Each side panel has a front longitudinal edge and a rear longitudinal edge opposite the front longitudinal edge, and a front or rear fastening element positioned adjacent the front or rear edge. The front edge of the side panel is positioned closer to the front waist portion than the rear edge. The fastening element is constructed for fastening the front and rear waist portions of the central body when the disposable absorbent article is worn by a user. Further, each side panel includes elastic elements that are positioned along the length of the side panel such that the side panel has generally greater elasticity in the vicinity of the rear edge than in the vicinity of the front edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: DSG Technology Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Patrick Tsang, Anne Smid, Andrew Wright