Patents Represented by Attorney Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz
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Patent number: 7538213Abstract: The invention relates to the methods for preparation of olanzapine polymorphic Form I. The invention also provides new mixed solvates of olanzapine, which are valuable intermediates used in the preparation of pure olanzapine polymorphic Form I.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2003Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Institut FarmaceutycznyInventors: Janina Piechaczek, Magdalena Glice, Urszula Fraczek, Jadwiga Serafin, Wieslaw Szelejewski, Krzysztof Soltysiak
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Patent number: 7533910Abstract: A clamp that includes a collar having first and second ends from which first and second lugs extend. Each of the first and second lugs has a thick portion and a thin portion, and the lugs are connected by a fastener. The clamp is positioned around tubes, and the fastener is tightened to tighten the clamp around the connection. The fastener may be tightened from an open position OP, when the lugs are not touching, to a closed position CP, when the thick portions of the lugs are touching. The fastener may be tightened further to a third position, so that the thin portions of the lugs move closer to one another. The clamp may also include a hinge area in which a gasket seal may be attached to the clamp or one of the tubes.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: R.G. Ray Corp.Inventors: Rufei Ma, Dan Liedtke
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Patent number: 7529563Abstract: A method of exchanging payment information in an electronic transaction includes a first electronic transaction device transferring payment information to a second electronic transaction device, the second electronic transaction device transferring value information to the first electronic transaction device, and the second electronic transaction device transferring value information and payment information to a service consolidation center. A retailer electronic transaction device may transfer a virtual stored value card to a customer's electronic transaction device.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2000Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Inventor: Satyan G. Pitroda
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Patent number: 7527340Abstract: Apparatus for controlling a pneumatic brake system that includes an electronic control device to limit the maximum brake effort even when an external electrical power supply to the braking system is not present.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2001Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Westinghouse Brakes (UK) LimitedInventor: Rodney Miflin
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Patent number: 7530085Abstract: A method for controlling access to content, including preventing access to content that corresponds to a blacked out event, until at least one of a time criterion and payment criterion is met. Related methods and apparatus are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2001Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: NDS LimitedInventors: Yossi Tsuria, Moshe Shlissel, Ezra Darshan, Stephanie Wald, Reuven Wachtfogel, Aharon Rozenhauz, Leonid Sandler
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Patent number: 7519543Abstract: A promotion method and a system which can realize thoughtful promotion by facilitating changing settings such as the number of points issued for each commodity, a promotion period and the like without the necessity for changing settings of target automatic vending machines all at once. A commodity code peculiar to each commodity is added to point information, and a data center selectively adds the number of points of the point information of the specific commodity on the basis of the commodity code.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2001Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon ConluxInventors: Michihiro Ota, Hiroaki Yoshida, Hiroaki Shinada
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Patent number: 7518552Abstract: A cellular base station telecommunication system includes a plurality of base station antenna sites, each site having one or more groups of base station antennas. A central controller is configured to control an electrical or mechanical parameter in one or more of the antennas in the groups of antennas.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2006Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Andrew CorporationInventors: William Emil Heinz, Mathias Martin Ernest Ehlen
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Patent number: 7513261Abstract: A method and a device for washing a drain pipe allowing a nozzle to be rotated along the inner peripheral surface of a pipe even in a lateral pipe, wherein the positions of a plurality of injection holes (10, 11, 12, and 13) formed in the nozzle (1) are formed and the amount of high pressure water jetted from each of the injection holes (10, 11, 12, and 13) are regulated so that the specific injection hole (10) only among the plurality of injection holes is set so as to be opposed always to the inner peripheral surface (5a) of the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2004Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Inventor: Kimasaru Ura
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Patent number: 7508222Abstract: A method of determining the inter-electrode or electrode-to-ground impedance or the filling state of an electromagnetic flow meter having flow sensing electrodes connected to an electrode signal amplifier, the method comprising applying a test input signal to the flow sensing electrodes via a connection through which an output flow measurement signal of the flow meter is transmitted from the amplifier, in a manner such that the output of the amplifier is indicative of the said impedance or the filling state.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2007Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: ABB LimitedInventor: Peter Asquith
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Patent number: 7507148Abstract: A polishing apparatus comprises a polishing plate (24), an abrasive cloth (25) attached to the surface of the polishing plate (24), a chuck (19) for holding and pressing one surface of a wafer (39) against the abrasive cloth (25), and a circular retaining ring (23) concentrically arranged on the periphery of the chuck (19). The retaining ring (23) is rotatable and vertically movable with respect to the chuck (19), and is pressed against the abrasive cloth (25) during the lapping step. The retaining ring (23) is lifted upward during the final polishing step, thereby preventing lapping grains from being brought into the final polishing stage. Accordingly, lapping and final polishing can be successively conducted using the same polishing head. With this structure, cost cutting of the apparatus can be realized, since lapping and final polishing are successively conducted using the same polishing head without bringing the lapping grains used for lapping into the final polishing stage.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2003Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Sumco Techxiv CorporationInventors: Masamitsu Kitahashi, Toshiyuki Kamei, Hidetoshi Takeda, Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Tamoaki Tajiri
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Patent number: 7504115Abstract: Disclosed is a composition from shark cartilage comprising immunoactive proteoglycans and other immunoactive components having a molecular weight greater than about 100 KD, wherein the composition has a uronic acid content of about 0.05-0.5 ?g glucuronic acid per ?g of the composition. The composition may be useful for treating or preventing tumor growth, bacterial infections, viral infections and/or fungal infections.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2002Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Ocean Nutrition Canada LimitedInventors: Jaroslav A. Kralovec, Frank Chung-Yin Sing
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Patent number: 7501982Abstract: A method for antenna alignment includes defining a first link budget for wireless communication between first and second communication systems via respective first and second antennas in a normal operational mode in which a main lobe of the first antenna points toward the second antenna. The first antenna is aligned to point to the second antenna responsively to an alignment indication provided by communicating between the first and second communication systems in an alignment operational mode having a second link budget greater than the first link budget.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Provigent Ltd.Inventors: Dan Charash, Ahikam Aharony
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Patent number: 7498135Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing a gene expression profile with a high precision, by carrying out the annealing of primers to templates in the temperature range of TmMAX+6° C. to TmMAX+14° C. of the primer in a PCR step of a HiCEP method.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: National Institute of Radiological SciencesInventor: Masumi Abe
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Patent number: 7500210Abstract: A method for circuit design includes performing a timing analysis of a design of a processing stage in an integrated electronic circuit, and specifying a cycle time of the circuit. Responsively to the cycle time and to the timing analysis, a window is identifying within the processing stage containing a set of connection points among the circuit components at which the processing stage may be split for addition of multithreading capability to the circuit. A subset of the connection points is selected, and splitter components are inserted at the connection points in the subset.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2006Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Mplicity Ltd.Inventors: Gil Vinitzky, Eran Dagan
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Patent number: 7498988Abstract: A multiband base station antenna for communicating with a plurality of terrestrial mobile devices is described. The antenna including one or modules, each module including a low frequency ring element; and a high frequency dipole element superposed with the low frequency ring element. The element includes a ground plane; and a feed probe directed away from the ground plane and having a coupling part positioned proximate to the ring to enable the feed probe to electromagnetically couple with the ring. A dielectric clip provides a spacer between the feed probe and the ring, and also connects the ring to the ground plane. An antenna element is also described including a ring, and one or more feed probes extending from the ring, wherein the ring and feed probe(s) are formed from a unitary piece.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2006Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Andrew CorporationInventors: Peter John Bisiules, Ching-Shun Yang
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Patent number: 7499484Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a method for combining a direct sequence spread spectrum signal comprising signal components that each may be characterized with a space variable and a time variable comprising the steps of: despreading said signal components; and determining a set of combining coefficients from said signal components using a Minimum Mean Square Error combining method that considers said space and time variables of the signal components in parallel. The Minimum Mean Square Error combining methods may utilize iterative methods such as the Least Mean Squares method or the Recursive Least Squares method.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2007Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Alireza Tarighat Mehrabani, Aliazam Abbasfar
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Patent number: 7494597Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for etching disk-shaped members, especially a method and apparatus for etching semiconductor wafers. In a method wherein wafers (30) are rotated and etched in an etching chamber (12) which is filled with an etching solution, a non-rotating cell plate (26) is disposed between two rotating wafers (30). In an etching apparatus wherein multiple wafers (30) are supported and rotated by a rod (16), the cell plate (26) is disposed between each two wafers (30). The cell plate (26) has a surface area roughly equivalent to that of the wafer (30).Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2004Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Sumco Techxiv CorporationInventors: Tadamitsu Miyazaki, Kazuya Hirayama, Hisaya Fukunaga, Hiroyasu Futamura
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Patent number: 7469517Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanism, system and method for transferring closures. More specifically, the invention relates to a mechanism, system and method for transferring a closure from a first station, preferably a closure chute to a second station, preferably a closure chuck, through the use of a button with a lobe.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.Inventors: David Moore, Len Ekkert
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Patent number: D586921Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2006Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Zimmer MedizinSysteme GmbHInventor: Michael Zimmer
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Patent number: D590779Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: NDS Technologies FranceInventors: Olivier Lacour, Ferline Tiard, Thorsten Buch, Harold Cornier, Gilles Poplin