Patents Represented by Attorney Goodwin Procter LLP

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  • Folding wing root mechanism
    Patent number: 8210473
    Abstract: Improvements to the hinge of a folding aircraft wing including a load bearing hinge mechanism with multiple locking mechanisms. The mechanism includes rigid panels that cover the hinge area when the wing is deployed, and the wing itself covers the hinge area when the wing is retracted. A control lever is used to actuate the wing and incorporates safety features to prevent unwanted actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Terrafugia, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Adam Schweighart, Carl Curtis Dietrich, Andrew Heafitz
  • Stable formulations for lyophilizing therapeutic particles
    Patent number: 8211473
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to lyophilized pharmaceutical compositions comprising polymeric nanoparticles which, upon reconstitution, have low levels of greater than 10 micron size particles. Other aspects of the invention include methods of making such nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: BIND Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Troiano, Young-Ho Song, Stephen E. Zale, James Wright, Christina Van Geen Hoven
  • Tissue penetration device
    Patent number: 8211037
    Abstract: A system is provided that controls movement of a lancet. One or more processors execute program instructions and receive a data set. The program instructions are executed to cause the processor to, cause force to be applied to the lancet to thereby cause the lancet to move in a first direction toward a target, monitor position and speed of the lancet as the lancet moves in the first direction, adjust the application of force to the lancet as the lancet moves in the first direction to achieve a desired speed of the lancet, and adjust the application of force to the lancet when the lancet contacts the target so that the lancet penetrates the target within a desired range of speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Pelikan Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Barry Dean Briggs, Jon Hewitt Leonard, Ray Freeman, George Gogue
  • System for multiple use subchannels
    Patent number: 8213399
    Abstract: Systems for multiple use subchannels are provided. In one embodiment, a bidirectional communication system comprises: a first remote unit for communicating with a host using OFDM, the host communicatively coupled to a plurality of remote units in a multipoint-to-point configuration. The first remote unit is configured to transmit up to a plurality of tones, the up to a plurality of tones modulated with upstream information using OFDM, the first remote unit including a modulator for modulating the up to a plurality of tones using OFDM. The modulator is configured to adjust a carrier frequency and timing of the plurality of tones such that when any tones are transmitted from the first remote unit and at least one other remote unit, the orthogonality of the tones when received at the host unit is improved. Both control data and payload data are transmitted on a first tone of the plurality of tones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Geile, James J. Herrmann, Brian D. Anderson, Mark S. Wadman
  • Drug loaded polymeric nanoparticles and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 8206747
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to nanoparticles having about 0.2 to about 35 weight percent of a therapeutic agent; and about 10 to about 99 weight percent of biocompatible polymer such as a diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol. Other aspects of the invention include methods of making such nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: BIND Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Zale, Greg Troiano, Mir Mukkaram Ali, Jeff Hrkach, James Wright
  • Security incident manager
    Patent number: 8209759
    Abstract: A security incident manger includes events and network flows in the analysis of an attack to better identify the magnitude of the attack and how to handle the situation. The raw events are reported by monitored devices and the incident manager may request network flows from various devices corresponding to a raw event. The manager then assigns a variable score to the severity, the relevance and the credibility of the event to determine its next processing steps. Those events that appear to be a likely and effective attack are classified as offenses. Offenses are stored in order to provide additional data for evaluating future events and for building a “rap sheet” against repeat attackers and repeat events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Q1 Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Newton, William Bird
  • Tissue penetration device
    Patent number: 8206319
    Abstract: A moving coil tissue penetration device includes a magnetic source that produces a magnetic field in a magnetically active region. A cylindrical coil is secured to a translation substrate and disposed at least partially within the magnetically active region. A sharpened member is configured to penetrate tissue and mechanically coupled to the translation substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Dominique Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Barry Dean Briggs, Jon Hewitt Leonard, Ray Freeman, George Gogue
  • Evolving new molecular function
    Patent number: 8206914
    Abstract: Nature evolves biological molecules such as proteins through iterated rounds of diversification, selection, and amplification. The power of Nature and the flexibility of organic synthesis are combined in nucleic acid-templated synthesis. The present invention provides a variety of template architectures for performing nucleic acid-templated synthesis, methods for increasing the selectivity of nucleic acid-templated reactions, methods for performing stereoselective nucleic acid-templated reactions, methods of selecting for reaction products resulting from nucleic acid-templated synthesis, and methods of identifying new chemical reactions based on nucleic acid-templated synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: David R. Liu, Zev J. Gartner, Jeffrey B. Doyon, Christopher T. Calderone, Matthew W. Kanan, Xiaoyu Li, Thomas M. Snyder, Daniel M. Rosenbaum
  • Systems and methods for graphic design development
    Patent number: 8209238
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system and methods for developing designs. In one embodiment, a method includes electronically distributing a specification for a design to a distributed community of designers, receiving designs from each of a subset of the community of designers in response to the distributed design specification, screening received designs that do not meet the specification, facilitating evaluation of a subset of the received designs by a number of evaluators; and selecting a preferred design in response to the facilitated evaluation of the designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: TopCoder, Inc.
    Inventor: John M. Hughes
  • Flow-through sandwich core structure and method and system for same
    Patent number: 8205642
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for transmitting a fluid through the core of a metal sandwich structure. Improved metal sandwich sheet structures include a formed metal core that is brazed, welded, or bonded to two outer flat metal sheets at a series of interleaving surface regions. The inventor has recognized that fluids (e.g., liquid and/or gaseous substances) can be transmitted through the cavities of these structures in order to accomplish thermal conduction or as a means of servicing particular regions of a building, vehicle, device, or other work of construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: CellTech Metals, Inc.
    Inventor: George C. P. Straza
  • Tissue penetration device
    Patent number: 8206317
    Abstract: A lancet belt has a first belt tape with a longitudinal axis and an adhesion material disposed on an adhesion side of the tape. A second belt tape has a longitudinal axis disposed on the adhesion side of the first tape with the longitudinal axes of the first belt tape and the second belt tape being substantially parallel. A plurality of lancets are disposed between the first belt tape and the second belt tape. Longitudinal axes of the lancets are substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axes of the first and second belt tapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Dominique Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Barry Dean Briggs, Jon Hewitt Leonard, Ray Freeman, George Gogue
  • Estate disposition modeling
    Patent number: 8204834
    Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for modeling estate disposition are disclosed. One embodiment receives balance sheet inputs, estate planning document inputs and timing/event inputs. Conveyance and tax logic are applied to the inputs. Flowcharts illustrating the disposition of the estate based on the inputs are generated. Tax and liquidity analysis based on the inputs are also generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Janine A. Racanelli, Tina D. Millligan, Martin W. Siow, Ramy F. El-Menshawy, Ryan D. Toben, Lauren Anderson
  • Method and device for measuring extracellular acidification and oxygen consumption rate with higher precision
    Patent number: 8202702
    Abstract: The accuracy and/or precision of measurements of extracellular acidification rate or CO2 evolution in cell culture medium may be improved by using materials with low CO2 permeability for medium-containing vessels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Seahorse Bioscience
    Inventors: Andy C. Neilson, Suzanne Armitstead, Yevgeniy Margolin, Stephen C. Young
  • System for associating financial transaction data with user's project data
    Patent number: 8204804
    Abstract: This invention relates to an expense reporting system for viewing and manipulating a user's financial transaction data and a method for associating financial transaction data with a user's project data. The system includes a user's financial transaction data hosted in a data storage unit, addressable on a network, and accessible by a remote user on a user interface unit having a user input means and a display; and an expense reporting module having a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows a user to define project category data and associate representations of the user's financial data with the user-defined project category data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Marcia Keld
  • Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
    Patent number: 8202231
    Abstract: A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of penetrating members each having a tip. A penetrating member driver is coupled to the plurality of penetrating members. A support is provided with a plurality of openings. Each opening receives a penetrating member. Each tip of the penetrating member is uncovered during launch of the penetrating member by the penetrating member driver. A user interface is configured to relay at least one of, skin penetrating performance or a skin penetrating setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Dominique M. Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden
  • Systems and method for orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing
    Patent number: 8199632
    Abstract: Systems and methods for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing are provided. In one embodiment, a multi-carrier modem comprises: a receiver configured to receive a waveform comprising a plurality of spectrally overlapping carrier signals from at least two of a plurality of remote units, wherein the plurality of spectrally overlapping carrier signals are modulated using an inverse Fourier transform algorithm; a transmitter; a processor coupled to the transmitter, wherein the processor outputs data for transmission to the transmitter, wherein the processor applies an inverse Fourier transform algorithm to the data provided to the transmitter; and a controller programmed to analyze a training signal received from a first remote unit and adjust receiver equalizer parameters based on the training signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Geile, Harold A. Roberts, Brian D. Anderson, Jeffrey Brede, Michael J. Fort, Tammy Ferris
  • Methods and systems for segmentation using boundary reparameterization
    Patent number: 8199981
    Abstract: Representations of a segmented, contoured organ or lesion are obtained from two-dimensional or three-dimensional images. A contour within the image of the lesion or organ of interest is used to identify a region around the initial contour and transform it into a boundary image comprising sampling lines that contain points identifying the organ boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Elekta Ltd.
    Inventors: Sergei Koptenko, Martin Lachaine, Xing Huang, Tony Falco
  • Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
    Patent number: 8197421
    Abstract: A body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site includes a single drive force generator. A plurality of penetrating members are operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generator moves each of the members along a path out of a housing with a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stops in the tissue site, and withdraws out of the tissue site. A flexible support member couples the penetrating members to define a linear array. The support member is movable and configured to move each of the penetrating members to a launch position associated with the force generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Pelikan Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique M. Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden
  • Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue
    Patent number: 8197423
    Abstract: These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes an electrically powered drive force generator. A penetrating member is operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generator moves the member along a path out of a housing having a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stops in the tissue site, and withdraws out of the tissue site. A cartridge houses the penetrating member. The cartridge has first and second seals coupled to the penetrating member to maintain a sterile environment around a portion of the penetration member prior to penetrating member actuation. A user interface is configured to relay at least one of, penetrating member performance or a penetrating member setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Pelikan Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominique Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden
  • System and method for generating a transactionable multimedia financial planning statement
    Patent number: 8200562
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a secure electronic transactionable multimedia financial planning statement to a financial plan holder, in which financial goals are obtained, financial holdings of the plan holder are analyzed, and the financial statement is provided to the plan holder. The financial statement includes a summary of financial information with an analysis of the financial holdings, an identification of weaknesses in the financial holdings, and suggestions to the financial plan holder to remedy the weaknesses in the financial holdings. Moreover, a transaction option is provided in the electronic financial statement, which enables the plan holder to execute one or more transactions. A multi-media interpretation is provided within the statement to provide the financial plan holder with training, guidance, and to answer questions submitted by the plan holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventor: Ian Sheridan