Patents Represented by Attorney Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn

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  • Method for processing an interior trim component
    Patent number: 8088318
    Abstract: A method for processing an interior trim component includes the steps of injecting a substrate into a cavity that is defined by a cavity surface; injecting a coating onto the substrate within the cavity; flash-heating the cavity surface; and curing the coating on the substrate. A system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Magna International Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. West, Ryan R. Case, Steven D. McClintock
  • Semi-automatic inertial wheel device in a hand-operated document reader/imager
    Patent number: 8083143
    Abstract: A hand-operated document processor includes a base for receiving a document containing magnetic ink character data to be read and recognized. A manually operated moving magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) subsystem includes a MICR read head and is attached to the base such that movement of the subsystem causes the MICR read head to pass over the magnetic ink character data on the document. MICR reading and recognition logic receives the signal from the MICR read head. An inertial wheel arrangement includes a clutch and an inertia wheel. The inertia wheel connects through the clutch to drive the moving MICR subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Burroughs Payment Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sammy C. Hutson, Michael J. Moore, John C Gudenburr
  • Functional fluid and a process for the preparation of the functional fluid
    Patent number: 8080225
    Abstract: A functional fluid for the removal of contaminates such as but not limited to, acid causing components in gas, sulfur components and carbon oxides from fluid streams, and removal and treatment of NOX & SOX from post combustion emissions. Also described is the manufacturing process to produce the functional fluid both in a batch atmospheric process system as well as a closed system capable of operating at above or below atmospheric conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Specialist Process Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Theodore E. Dickinson, David J. Parkinson, Kevin E. Collier
  • Plug for a perforated liner and method of using same
    Patent number: 8079416
    Abstract: A plug for insertion into a perforation in a liner or tubular. The plug comprises a base portion and one or more extendible portions. The base portion is securable to and receivable within the perforation. The base portion and the one or more extendible portions seal the perforation in the liner. The one or more extendible portions have a retracted position and an extended position such that when in their extended position the one or more extendible portions extend outwardly from the base portion and outwardly from the exterior surface of the liner. The plug including one or more shear pins retaining such extendible portions in said retracted position until sufficient force is applied to shear said shear pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Reservoir Management Inc.
    Inventor: Perry Parker
  • EPreceptor agonists
    Patent number: 8080567
    Abstract: A compound of formula (III): or a salt, solvate and chemically protected form thereof, wherein: R5 is an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl or C4-20alkyl group; L? is a single bond, —O— or —C(?O)—; A is selected from the group consisting of: formula (i) (ii) (iii) wherein X and Y are selected from the group consisting of: O and CR3; S and CR3; NH and CR3; NH and N; O and N; S and N; N and S; and N and O, and where the dotted lines indicate a double bond in the appropriate location, and where Q is either N or CH; D is selected from: formula (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vii) (viii) (ix) B is selected from the group consisting of: formula (A) (B) where RP6 is selected from fluoro and chloro; and R2 is either: (i) —CO2H; (ii) —CONH2; (iii) —CH2—OH; or (iv) tetrazol-5-yl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Asterand UK Limited
    Inventors: Alexander William Oxford, Richard Jon Davis, Robert Alexander Coleman, Kenneth Lyle Clark, David Edward Clark, Shirley Ann Brunton, Neil Victor Harris, Garry Fenton, George Hynd, Keith Alfred James Stuttle, Jonathan Mark Sutton, Mark Richard Ashton, Edward Andrew Boyd
  • Methods and compositions for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders
    Patent number: 8080526
    Abstract: The present invention features compositions and related methods for treating IBS and other gastrointestinal disorders and conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal motility disorders, functional gastrointestinal disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia (including functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia), gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (or colonic pseudo-obstruction), and disorders and conditions associated with constipation, e.g., constipation associated with use of opiate pain killers, post-surgical constipation, and constipation associated with neuropathic disorders as well as other conditions and disorders using peptides and other agents that activate the guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Currie, Shalina Mahajan-Miklos, G. Todd Milne, Thea Norman
  • Document processing assembly
    Patent number: 8079584
    Abstract: An improved document feeder flag assembly is disclosed. The improved document feeder flag assembly allows single handed, on the fly loading of a document sorter. A method for loading a document sorting machine with a single hand, while the method of operating the machine is also disclosed. The document feeder flag assembly includes a baseplate and a pivot post attached to the baseplate. Further, the assembly includes a flag arm having a first side and a second side, the first side of the flag arm is attached to the pivot post. There is also a feeder flag having a first side and a second side, the first side of the feeder flag being attached to a second side of the flag arm. The document feeder flag assembly also includes a resistance device attached between the feeder flag and the flag arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Burroughs Payment Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: David B. Tratar
  • Compositions of n-[2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide
    Patent number: 8076357
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions including N-[2,4-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide (Compound 1) and methods of using such compositions are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher R. Young, Charles William Rowe
  • Debris deflection devices
    Patent number: 8069617
    Abstract: This invention related to the field of drains and rain gutters typically attached to a house or commercial building. This invention describes gutter inserts that block, or deflect vegetation and other debris from entering rain gutters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas A. Wootton
  • Hand-operated document reader/imager with speed limiting device providing document retention
    Patent number: 8070064
    Abstract: A hand-operated document processor includes a base for receiving a document containing magnetic ink character data to be read and recognized. A manually operated moving magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) subsystem includes a MICR read head and is attached to the base. Movement of the subsystem causes the MICR read head to pass over the magnetic ink character data on the document. MICR reading and recognition logic receives the signal from the MICR read head. A spring drives the moving MICR subsystem across the document being processed. A vacuum solenoid creates a vacuum. The vacuum solenoid is driven by the spring and is connected to the base. The created vacuum acts as a brake to control the speed of the moving MICR subsystem as the moving MICR subsystem is driven by the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Burroughs Payment Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sammy C. Hutson, John C Gudenburr, Michael J. Moore
  • c-Met modulators and methods of use
    Patent number: 8067436
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. More specifically, the invention provides quinazolines and quinolines which inhibit, regulate, and/or modulate kinase receptor, particularly c-Met, KDF, c-Kit, flt-3 and flt-4, signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. The present invention also provides methods for making compounds as mentioned above, and compositions which contain these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynne Canne Bannen, Diva Sze-Ming Chan, Jeff Chen, Lisa Esther Dalrymple, Timothy Patrick Forsyth, Tai Phat Huynh, Vasu Jammalamadaka, Richard George Khoury, James William Leahy, Morrisson B. Mac, Grace Mann, Larry W. Mann, John M. Nuss, Jason Jevious Parks, Craig Stacy Takeuchi, Yong Wang, Wie Xu
  • Thiazolidinedione analogues for the treatment of metabolic diseases
    Patent number: 8067450
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thiazolidinedione analogues that are useful for treating hypertension, diabetes, and inflammatory diseases. Formula (I), wherein: each of R1 and R4 is independently selected from H, halo, aliphatic, and alkoxy, wherein the aliphatic and alkoxy are optionally substituted with 1-3 of halo; R2 is halo, hydroxy, or optionally substituted aliphatic, and R?2 is H, or R2 and R?2 together form oxo; R3 is H; and Ring A is a phenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Metabolic Solutions Development Company
    Inventors: Gerard R. Colca, Robert C. Gadwood, Tim Parker
  • Alumina taphole fill material and method for manufacturing
    Patent number: 8062577
    Abstract: A high-temperature, heat-resistant fill material is disclosed. The high-temperature, heat-resistant fill material includes an alumina refractory waste material having one or more of a used alumina-magnesium-carbon material, a used high-alumina material and a used fused-grain alumina material is disclosed. A method for method for manufacturing a material is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignees: Edw. C. Levy Co., Melt Solutions, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Dunn
  • Manual ink jet cartridge cleaning and capping station
    Patent number: 8061803
    Abstract: A document processor for capturing data and images from checks and other financial and payment-related documents includes a document track and a plurality of processing devices located along the document track. The plurality of processing devices includes an ink jet rear endorser. A manual ink jet cleaning and capping station is built into the track wall directly in front of the ink jet rear endorser. The station includes a movable track wall portion that is movable between first and second positions and includes an opening and a cap. When the track wall portion is in the first position, the cap engages the endorser to prevent any liquid ink on the endorser from drying. When the track wall portion is in the second position, the opening aligns with the endorser to allow the endorser to print on passing documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Burroughs Payment Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Klug, Michael J. Moore
  • Substituted pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-one inhibitors of phospatidylinositol 3-kinase alpha
    Patent number: 8044062
    Abstract: The invention is directed to Compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, as well as methods of making and using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Exelixis, Inc.
    Inventors: Tae-Gon Baik, Chris A. Buhr, Katherine Lara, Sunghoon Ma, Morrison Mac, John M. Nuss, Longcheng Wang, Yong Wang, Bryan K. S. Yeung
  • Clinker, system and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8038791
    Abstract: A cement product is disclosed. The cement product includes clinker defined by a feedstock material and a ladle metallurgical facility slag material derived from a ladle metallurgical facility steel production system. A system and method for manufacturing clinker is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Edw. C. Levy Co.
    Inventor: Ronald Robert Piniecki
  • Co-crystals and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same
    Patent number: 8039475
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and co-crystals each comprising (1S,3aR,6aS)-2-[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-Cyclohexyl-2-(pyrazine-2-carbonylamino)acetyl]amino]-3,3-dimethylbutanoyl]-N-[(3S)-1-(cyclopropylamino)-1,2-dioxohexan-3-yl]-3,3a,4,5,6,6a-hexahydro-1H-cyclopenta[c]pyrrole-1-carboxamide having the structure: and the co-crystal former salicylic acid. Also within the scope of this invention are methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Inventors: Patrick R. Connelly, Sherry Collier, Michael Tauber
  • Water powered impulsive unit
    Patent number: 8033343
    Abstract: An impulsive unit for a jack hammer or rock drill is adapted to be powered by water, and comprises a piston slidable within a cylinder, and carrying a striker portion thereon. At least a portion of the piston and/or cylinder is coated with ceramic. The ceramic is most suitably an aluminum oxide-titanium dioxide composite, which enables the clearance between the internal diameter of the cylinder and the external diameter of the piston to be reduced to between 8 and 10 micro-meters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Glencross Limited
    Inventors: Alan Barrows, Douglas Barrows
  • Platen
    Patent number: D648784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Provo Craft and Novelty, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Horito, Dayne Tanner, Janna Budge, Tyler Allan, Lee Croy
  • Lens cover
    Patent number: D649993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Leapers, Inc.
    Inventor: Tai-Lai Ding