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  • Method for dynamically determining a predetermined previous condition of a rule-based system
    Patent number: 8271416
    Abstract: A method for dynamically determining a predetermined previous condition of a rule-based system comprising a plurality of rules. Each of the plurality of rules is associated with a transaction and a condition under which the transaction is executed. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of (a) determining a system condition; (b) determining an immediate previous condition that caused the system condition; (c) setting the immediate previous condition to the system condition; and (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) until the predetermined previous condition is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Stratus Technologies Bermuda Ltd.
    Inventors: Haitham Mahmoud Al-Beik, Bjorn Bergsten
  • Referral processing and tracking system
    Patent number: 8271326
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for tracking, reporting and performing processing activities and transactions in association with referral data and related information for a variety of product and service offerings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Newtek Business Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Brunet, Michael S. Goldberg, Avery Kohn, Judah Libin
  • Display and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 8269748
    Abstract: A display is provided. The display includes at least one display cell having a display circuit; at least one light receiving cell including a light receiving element; a light emitting section operative to radiate light to the side of a display surface; and at least one transparent plate disposed on the front side in the display relative to a region in which the light emitting section is disposed and regions in which the display cell and the light receiving cell are formed, wherein an antireflection layer is formed on a most face-side surface of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Takama, Kenta Seki
  • Crystallized diacetylenic indicator compounds and methods of preparing the compounds
    Patent number: 8269042
    Abstract: Crystallized diacetylenic compounds having certain crystallographic and other characteristics; diacetylenic compounds and mixtures crystallized from diacetylenic solutions; methods of preparing and identifying solvent systems for dissolving diacetylenic compounds; diacetylenic solutions; methods of recrystallizing diacetylenic compounds; crystals of 2,4-hexadiyn-1,6-bis(alkylurea) compounds; and ambient condition indicators and time-temperature condition indicators comprising crystallized diacetylenic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Temptime Corporation
    Inventors: Ray H. Baughman, Lee J. Hall, Mikhail Kozlov, Dawn E. Smith, Thaddeus Prusik
  • Slotting cutter and inserts for same
    Patent number: 8267625
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an insert, a slotting cutter assembly and a method for machining a plurality of slots in a metallic alloy part. The insert may comprise a cutting edge, at least one primary radius, at least two secondary radii and a clearance angle. The cutting edge may form a narrow outer end at a tip of the insert and a larger width region at a distance inward from the narrow outer end. The clearance angle may extend rearward from the cutting edge. The slotting cutter assembly may comprise a plurality of inserts and a cutter body. The cutter body may comprise a plurality of retaining slots and a plurality of support portions. The retaining slot may be configured to receive the insert. The support portion may provide support for the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Greenleaf Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Donald R. Hughes
  • Pluggage removal method for SCR catalysts and systems
    Patent number: 8268743
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for treating an SCR catalyst or components of an SCR system having a decreased NOx potential efficiency as a result of particulate pluggage in the system or in one or more channels in the SCR catalyst which renders at least a portion of the catalytic active areas inaccessible for the flue gas. The methods include removal of the particulates and plug(s) using a blasting stream of a pressurized carrier gas having a particulate blasting medium directed at the SCR catalyst or component of an SCR system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Steag Energy Services GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Tembaak, Birgit L. Marrino, Albert Joseph Stier
  • Insulating plate of nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell, and method for producing insulating plate of nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell
    Patent number: 8263251
    Abstract: An insulating plate of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell is interposed between a cell element and a cover member in a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell including the cell element formed by stacking cathodes and anodes through separators, a cell can including a can body which houses the cell element and the cover member which closes an opening of the can body to seal the cell element, and an electrolyte injected into the cell can. The insulating plate includes a plate-shaped insulating plate body having insulating property, an injection hole which passes through the insulating plate body in the thickness direction and through which the electrolyte can be injected, and a filter member permeable to only the electrolyte and provided on one of the surfaces of the insulating plate body so as to cover the injection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Fukase, Katsuhiko Watanabe
  • In vivo use of water absorbent polymers
    Patent number: 8263112
    Abstract: The subject invention is a method and material for removing fluid from the intestinal tract of a host and may be useful in treating animals or human patients suffering from fluid overload states. In one embodiment, the subject method involves ingesting an enterically coated non-systemic, non-toxic, non-digestible, water absorbing polymer which absorbs fluid while passing through the intestinal tract. The polymer is excreted in the feces wherein the polymer and absorbed fluid is removed from the body. Preferred polymers include super absorbent acrylic acid polymers, preferably provided in bead form. The polymers may include functional groups for selectively removing blood borne waste products, e.g. urea, from the G.I. tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sorbent Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jaime Simon, Alan D. Strickland
  • Battery pack, battery charger and charging method having multiple charging modes
    Patent number: 8264198
    Abstract: A battery pack, a battery charger, a method for charging a battery pack are provided. The battery pack includes a secondary battery, a switch element for controlling charging and discharging the secondary battery, a controller for controlling the switch element, and a communication unit for performing with a battery charger. During charging, an initial charging is switched to a quick charging when a voltage of the secondary battery reaches a predetermined voltage, and the battery charger judges the battery pack as abnormal when the voltage does not reach the predetermined voltage within a timeout period after the initial charging is started. At least one of the timeout period and the predetermined is stored. At least one of the timeout period and the predetermined voltage to be read out is transmitted through the communication unit to the battery charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masanao Sato, Koji Umetsu, Osamu Nagashima
  • System and method for detecting occlusion using flow sensor output
    Patent number: 8264363
    Abstract: A method of detecting an occlusion for an infusion therapy in one embodiment includes: monitoring an output signal from a flowrate sensor for a pulsatile fluid flow having a frequency range, the pulsatile flow being through a fluid pathway to a patient; acquiring a data set that includes the output signal as a function of time; filtering the data set with a noise rejection filter to produce a filtered data set; performing spectra analysis on the filtered data set to determine a strength of the output signal in a frequency domain; calculating a signal strength for the frequency range using the strength of the output signal in the frequency domain; and comparing the signal strength of the range to at least one threshold level to determine if an occlusion is present during the infusion therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.
    Inventors: Jorge A. DelCastilio, Atif Yardimci
  • Input device and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 8264463
    Abstract: An input device inputs information by a slide operation depending on an operation body. The device contains a housing having an operation surface, a detection unit that is provided in the housing and includes an electrostatic capacitance sheet member which detects a slide position of the operation body to output a position detection signal, and an operation unit that covers an entire surface of the detection unit and is slide-operated along the operation surface of the housing. The operation unit has a convex shape which becomes thicker along a sliding direction from one direction of the operation surface of the housing and also which becomes thinner toward the other direction of the operation surface thereof. The electrostatic capacitance sheet member includes a switch portion that is switched by a press-in operation of the operation body to the operation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichiro Takashima, Seiji Muramatsu, Tsutomu Takahashi, Shun Kayama, Yukiko Shimizu, Takashi Sawada, Satoshi Kushima, Shinji Kanada, Minoru Tomita
  • Optical flow channel measuring instrument
    Patent number: 8263956
    Abstract: An optical measuring instrument includes: a flow channel for allowing a specimen to be circulated therein; a first light source including a light emitting diode for emitting light to be used for optical adjustment and/or image confirmation in the flow channel; a second light source for irradiating light upon the specimen circulated in the flow channel; and a light detector for detecting the spectrum intensity of the light emitted from the first and second light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Imanishi, Motohiro Furuki
  • Liquid crystal device and method of manufacturing liquid crystal device having surface grooves and alignment film with improved thickness uniformity
    Patent number: 8264649
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates, liquid crystal sandwiched between the pair of substrates, and a plurality of sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel has a transmissive display region and a reflective display region. One of the substrates has a color filter and a transparent insulating film disposed on the color filter. The transparent insulating film has a thin-walled portion provided in the transmissive display region and a region along a boundary between the adjacent sub-pixels. At least a portion of a region in which the thin-walled portion of the transparent insulating film is not provided overlaps the reflective display region. The layer thickness of the liquid crystal in the reflective display region is smaller than the layer thickness of the liquid crystal in the transmissive display region in consideration of the thin-walled portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Harada, Hayato Kurasawa, Toshinori Uehara, Masahiro Kosuge
  • Impact resistant electro-optical module and electronic device
    Patent number: 8264648
    Abstract: An electro-optical module includes: an electro-optical panel; and a transparent protector disposed on a viewer-side surface of the electro-optical panel, wherein transparent protector has a stack structure including a first transparent protection layer that faces the electro-optical panel and is formed of an elastic material and a second transparent protection layer that has a higher dynamic elasticity value than that of the first transparent protection layer within a frequency range of 1 to 10 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Sakurai, Ryosuke Imaseki
  • Consumable product containing probiotics
    Patent number: 8263146
    Abstract: The present invention relates to any kinds of consumable products enriched with probiotics and a method for obtaining them. After production of probiotic biomass, the probiotics are applied to the product. Also metabolites obtained from a fermentation product may be directly applied to a consumable product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Annmarie Bengtsson-Riveros, Johannes De Reu, Robert Dustan Wood, John Darbyshire, Hermann Knauf, Christoph Cavadini
  • Remote exchange peritoneal dialysis
    Patent number: 8262602
    Abstract: A portable, flexible peritoneal dialysis system is disclosed. The system includes a flexible harness, such as canvas or cloth, to mount a stiff housing with a heater for holding and heating fresh dialysis fluid. The harness includes straps or other suspending devices for holding a second, flexible housing for a drain bag for holding sent dialysis fluid. The upper portion of the system includes a hook and a load cell for suspending the remaining portions. The load cell is used to measure the weight of the apparatus. By keeping track of the weight and the changes, the quantity of fluid removed from the patient, spent dialysate, is tracked, as is fresh dialysate infused into the patient. An electronics or control portion controls heating of the fresh dialysate, and operation of pumps and valves for moving the dialysate. This portion also includes alarms and communications equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Lee, Annie Chiou, Meir Dahan, Bijan Elahi, Peter A. Hopping, Merrick F. Kossack, Joachim Prutsch
  • Detecting a disturbance in the phase of light propagating in an optical waveguide
    Patent number: 8264676
    Abstract: A partially coherent Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) apparatus has a light source comprising a directly modulated semiconductor Distributed FeedBack (DFB) laser diode for transmitting partially coherent light pulses along a monomode optical fibre. Light Rayleigh backscattered from the light pulses as they travel along the optical fibre is output from the end of the fibre into which the light pulses are transmitted to a Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) filter. The FBG filter reduces the supectral width of light received at a photodetector. In one embodiment, the supectral width of the FBG filter is around one fifth of the supectral width of the light pulse after it has travelled around 1 km along the optical fibre. As a consequence of reducing the supectral width of the light received at the photodetector, the FBG filter increases the temporal coherence of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fotech Solutions Limited
    Inventors: Sotiris Emil Kanellopoulos, Sergey Vladimir Shatalin
  • Remote control apparatus
    Patent number: 8264618
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus for remotely operating an electronic device. The remote control apparatus including: an operation section having a plurality of operation keys; and a reader/writer configured to read and/or write information from or to an information storage medium, wherein in said operation section, at least one of the plurality of operation keys is arranged so as to overlap a read/write portion of said reader/writer, the read/write portion being used for the reading and/or writing of the information from or to the information storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Kabasawa, Takashi Tsurumoto, Masatoshi Ueno, Akihiro Kikuchi
  • Display screen of a biological safety cabinet with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D667018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kewaunee Scientific Corporation
    Inventors: Karole D. Clanton, Robert Kenneth Haugen
  • Electronic reader for medical environments
    Patent number: D667125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Inventors: Stanley Fisher, Stephen S. Jackson