Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Hoffmann & Baron, LLP
  • Periodic acid-schiff staining with detection in the infrared range
    Patent number: 8283180
    Abstract: Provided is a method of detecting the presence and quantitating the amount of glycogen from a biological sample. This method employs PAS staining with detection in the infrared range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Elfrida Benjamin
  • Method for manufacturing edible film
    Patent number: 8282954
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making an edible film having a substantially uniform distribution of components, which includes the steps of combining a water-based film polymer solution and a slurry-type mixture comprising a water-active component and a solvent; mixing the polymer solution and slurry-type mixture for about 10 minutes or less; dispensing the mixed solution and slurry-type mixture to form a film; and drying the film to evaporate the water and solvent. Films made by the process are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: MonoSol Rx, LLC
    Inventors: Beuford A. Bogue, Garry L. Myers
  • Method for recognizing note patterns in pieces of music
    Patent number: 8283548
    Abstract: Method for recognizing similarly recurring patterns of notes in a piece of music containing note sequences distributed among parallel channels, the method having the steps of: a) repeatedly segmenting each channel and, for each type of segmentation, determining segments which are similar to one another and storing the latter in lists of candidate patterns with the respective entities thereof; b) calculating an intrinsic similarity value for each list; c) calculating coincidence values for each list for each channel with respect to the lists for all other channels; and d) combining the intrinsic similarity and coincidence values for each list to form a total value for each list, and using the pattern candidates in the lists with the highest total value in each channel as recognized note patterns in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventors: Stefan M. Oertl, Brigitte Rafael
  • Crystallized glass substrate for information recording medium and method of producing the same
    Patent number: 8283060
    Abstract: To provide a substrate for information recording medium having various properties, in particular higher fracture toughness, required for application of the substrate for information recording medium of the next generation such as perpendicular magnetic recording system, etc. and a material with excellent workability for such purpose. A crystallized glass substrate for information recording medium, consisting of a crystallized glass which comprises one or more selected from RAl2O4 and R2TiO4 as a main crystal phase, in which R is one or more selected from Zn, Mg and Fe, and in which the main crystal phase has a crystal grain size in a range of from 0.5 nm to 20 nm, a degree of crystallinity of 15% or less, and a specific gravity of 3.00 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Ohara Inc.
    Inventors: Toshitaka Yagi, Naoyuki Goto
  • Communication between transmitter and receiver
    Patent number: 8285227
    Abstract: A frequency manipulator comprises a frequency transformer and a frequency retransformer. The frequency transformer receives each of at least one signal in a known band from at least one transmitter, transforms the known band of each signal into a predetermined band and forwards each signal in the predetermined band to a channel device. The frequency retransformer receives each signal from the channel device, retransforms the predetermined band of each signal to the known band and forwards each signal in the known band to at least one receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Elektrobit System Test Oy
    Inventor: Jouni Saastamoinen
  • Autocatalytic process for the synthesis of chiral propargylic alcohols
    Patent number: 8283502
    Abstract: An autocatalytic process for the synthesis of chiral propargylic alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Lonza Ltd.
    Inventors: Nicka Chinkov, Aleksander Warm, Erick Carreira
  • Mixture of furfural and 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfural derivatives from sugars and alcohols
    Patent number: 8277521
    Abstract: Accordingly, the current invention provides a method for the manufacture of a mixture of a furfural and a 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfural derivative by reacting a C5 and C6 sugar-containing starting material with an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst, followed by the hydrogenation and/or etherification of the mixture of furfural and 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfural to convert the aldehyde function of both 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfural and furfural into an alkoxymethyl function or methyl function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Furanix Technologies B.V.
    Inventor: Gerardus Johannes Maria Gruier
  • Sterile packing and sterilization method using this packing
    Patent number: 8276348
    Abstract: The packing according to the invention comprises: a container for holding said at least one object to be sterilized, having an inlet opening and a discharge opening via which said at least one object may pass into and out of said container, said container comprising a rigid part which comprises a peripheral wall bored with a multitude of small holes having dimensions smaller than those of the said at least one object, and a non-rigid part in a material porous to the sterilization fluid and non-porous to microbial contamination, this non-rigid part being able to contain said rigid part and to be sealed thereon; and at least one envelope made in a flexible and airtight material, which is vacuum sealing fitted on said container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Emeric Mermet, Thomas Dubois
  • Rubber while-in-use weatherproof cover
    Patent number: 8278552
    Abstract: A while-in use weatherproof cover for an electrical box that includes a faceplate, a base plate and a perimetrical side wall. The base plate has an opening adapted to receive an electrical device and one or more apertures for securing the cover to the device and/or electrical box. The perimeter side wall is flexible and extends from the face plate to the base plate so that the faceplate, the base plate and the side wall define an interior. The faceplate has an opening fitted with a door that is operated by compressing the side wall. The door is movable between an open position, which allows access to the interior, and a closed position, which restricts access to the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Cong Thanh Dinh, Joey Magno, Jr., Mark R. Drane, Robert Kevin Jolly
  • Resin composition
    Patent number: 8278408
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition having an excellent balance between shortness of curing time and longness of pot life. The resin composition contains (A) an organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group, (B) an organopolysiloxane having a silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atom, (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst, (D) a silane coupling agent and (E) an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid ester. The component (B) contains (B-1) an organopolysiloxane having a molecular weight of not less than 5,000 but not more than 50,000 and (B-2) an organopolysiloxane having a molecular weight of not less than 100 but not more than 5,000, and the ratio of (B-2) to (B-1) is preferably not less than 0.01% by mass but not more than 20% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Goto, Shigeo Hiyama, Takuya Okada, Jun Watanabe
  • Stackable stool
    Patent number: D668463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Max ID NY LLC
    Inventor: Maximilian M. Eicke
  • Chair
    Patent number: D668468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Max ID NY LLC
    Inventor: Maximilian M. Eicke
  • Chair
    Patent number: D668470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Max ID NY LLC
    Inventor: Maximilian M. Eicke
  • Table
    Patent number: D668477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Max ID NY LLC
    Inventor: Maximilian M. Eicke
  • Tilting flask
    Patent number: D668772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Michael Shanler
  • Rhombus shaped flask
    Patent number: D668773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Michael Shanler
  • Flask with off-center cap orientation
    Patent number: D668774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Michael Shanler
  • Octagon shaped flask
    Patent number: D668775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Michael Shanler
  • Canteen shaped flask
    Patent number: D668776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Michael Shanler
  • Diamond shaped flask
    Patent number: D668777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Michael Shanler