Patents Represented by Attorney Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

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  • Method for employing ear corn in the manufacture of ethanol
    Patent number: 8247202
    Abstract: Ear corn is picked from corn fields by ear corn harvesters and transported to a central shelling station associated with an ethanol manufacturing facility. Shelled corn from the central shelling station is processed into ethanol at the ethanol manufacturing facility, and corn cobs from the central shelling station are burned to provide process heat for the ethanol manufacturing process. Energy is conserved and costs are reduced during the picking and shelling of the ear corn and by the burning of cobs for process heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Inventor: Alvin D. Shulman
  • Process and apparatus for producing carbon nanotube, carbon nanotube fiber, and the like
    Patent number: 8246927
    Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) device is equipped with a reaction vessel tube and a small vessel substrate in an electric furnace and with a heater and a thermocouple at the periphery thereof. A gas supply portion is connected to one of the reaction vessel tubes, and a pressure adjusting valve and an exhaust portion are connected to the other of the reaction vessel tubes, controlled by a control section such that the exhaust portion vacuum-exhausts the reaction vessel tube interior, the heater sublimates the small vessel substrate interior by rising temperature of catalyst iron chloride, and the gas supply portion bleeds an acetylene gas into the reaction vessel tube. As a result, iron chloride and the acetylene gas vapor-phase-react, a silicon oxide surface layer is formed to form growth nucleus of carbon nanotubes, and carbon nanotubes are grown so as to be oriented vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: National University Corporation Shizuoka University
    Inventors: Yoku Inoue, Morihiro Okada
  • Mask and method for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 8247140
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a mask includes sequentially depositing a phase shift layer and a light shielding layer on a transparent substrate; forming a light shielding layer pattern and a phase shift layer pattern by selectively etching the light shielding layer and the phase shift layer; forming side walls on side faces of the phase shift layer pattern; cleaning the substrate formed with the side walls; and selectively removing a portion of the light shielding layer. The side wall can be formed of an oxide formed by oxidizing the side faces of the phase shift layer pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Jea Young Jun
  • Filling device
    Patent number: 8245738
    Abstract: A filling device for containers, particularly for beverage bottles, having a filling valve, a holder for the container in suspended arrangement, as well as a weighing device. To make the weighing device robust and the measurement more precise, the weighing device is assigned to the holder in close vicinity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Walter Neumayer
  • Method and system for delivering to a customer a plurality of prescriptions having aligned refill dates
    Patent number: 8249890
    Abstract: The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that the plurality of prescriptions all require refills on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. Further, the method, system and user interface provides various methods of delivery to the customer of the plurality of aligned prescriptions on the refill dates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Christina M. Palazzolo, Greg Pankow, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
  • Process for producing high-alloy seamless tube
    Patent number: 8245552
    Abstract: A starting material to be extruded made of a high alloy comprising, in mass %, Cr: 20 to 30% and Ni: more than 22% and 60% or less is heated to a temperature predetermined according to the contents of Mo and W and is subjected to a hot-extrusion process, the heating temperature T (° C.) satisfying a relationship of Formula (1), (2), or (3), which is expressed in terms of the average cross-sectional area A (mm2) of the starting material to be extruded, the extrusion ratio EL (?), and the extrusion speed V (mm/s). As a result, a high-alloy seamless tube can be produced without generating cracking and/or seam flaws. When 0%?Mo+0.5W<4%: T?1343?0.001322×A?1.059×EL?0.129×V??(1) When 4%?Mo+0.5W<7%: T?1316?0.001322×A?1.059×EL?0.129×V??(2) When 7%?Mo+0.5W: T?1289?0.001322×A?1.059×EL?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Murakami, Tomio Yamakawa, Tadashi Douhara, Masayuki Sagara
  • Valve made from two materials and writing utensil with retractable tip incorporating same
    Patent number: 8246265
    Abstract: A valve includes a first valve portion made from a first material, the first valve portion including a body, a door, and an inner hinge pivotably connecting the body to the door, the body including a first opening at a first end and a second opening at a second end opposite the first end, and a circumferential recess disposed in the second end, wherein the inner hinge pivotably connects the door to the body at the first end and a second valve portion made from a second material, the second valve portion including an inner seal disposed in the circumferential recess, the inner seal including a circumferential ridge extending inwardly, the second valve portion further including a door seal disposed on the first end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sanford, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher John Hayes, Andrew Bielecki, Jaime Arenas
  • Method and system for displaying and processing electronic file list
    Patent number: 8244731
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method and system for displaying and processing an electronic file list. The method includes: determining a keyword used for sorting in the electronic file list, retrieving keyword information of each electronic file in the electronic file list; and displaying the electronic file list in which electronic files are sorted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Jiajian Xu
  • Method for fabricating isolation layer in semiconductor device
    Patent number: 8241994
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an isolation layer in a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a trench in a semiconductor substrate; forming a flowable insulation layer on the trench and the semiconductor substrate; converting the flowable insulation layer to a silicon oxide layer by implementing a curing process comprising continuously heating the flowable insulation layer; and forming an isolation layer by planarizing the silicon oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Jin Yul Lee
  • Scanning probe microscope with periodically phase-shifted AC excitation
    Patent number: 8245316
    Abstract: The scanning probe microscope applies a sum of an AC voltage (Uac) and a DC voltage (Udc) to its probe. The frequency of the AC voltage (Uac) substantially corresponds to the mechanical oscillation frequency of the probe, but its phase in respect to the mechanical oscillation varies periodically. The phase modulation has a frequency fmod. The microscope measures the frequency (f) or the amplitude (K) of a master signal (S) applied to the probe's actuator, or it measures the phase of the mechanical oscillation of the cantilever in respect to the master signal (S). The spectral component at frequency fmod of the measured signal is fed to a feedback loop controller, which strives to keep it zero by adjusting the DC voltage (Udc), thereby keeping the DC voltage at the contact voltage potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Specs Zürich GmbH
    Inventor: Jörg Rychen
  • Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
    Patent number: 8242021
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a hard mask pattern and a spacer at both sides of the hard mask pattern. The method also includes forming a spacer pattern, so that the spacer remains in one direction to form a spacer pattern, forming a photoresist pattern having a pad type overlapping a side of the spacer pattern, and etching an underlying layer, with the photoresist pattern and the spacer pattern as a mask, to form an isolated pattern. The method improves resolution and process margins to obtain a highly-integrated transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Jae In Moon
  • Method of fabricating a line pattern in a photoresist layer by using a photomask having slanted unit patterns
    Patent number: 8241836
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a line pattern extending in a first direction in a photoresist layer on a wafer by forming the photoresist layer on the wafer and implementing exposure on the wafer formed with the photoresist layer by using a photomask having a main pattern provided with a plurality of unit patterns slanted by a predetermined angle relative to the first direction and arranged along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Chan Ha Park
  • Process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles
    Patent number: 8242191
    Abstract: A process for producing odor-inhibiting water-absorbing polymer particles based on ethylenically unsaturated monomers bearing acid groups, wherein the acid groups have been neutralized to an extent of from 40 to 70 mol % and the polymer particles are coated with a condensed tannin and/or a hydrolyzable tannin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Volker Braig, Thomas Daniel, Axel Jentzsch, Andreas Brockmeyer
  • Clamping or spreading tool
    Patent number: 8240647
    Abstract: A clamping and/or spreading tool comprises a drive for displacement of a push or pull rod to which a movable jaw is fixed with respect to a support carrying a stationary jaw in longitudinal direction of the push and pull rod, the drive comprising a torsion spring and being adapted to enter torque transmitting engagement with the push or pull rod for displacement of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tools GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Geier, Ralf Strauss, Phil Reed
  • Derivative-based selection of zones for banded map display
    Patent number: 8243102
    Abstract: A graphics or image rendering system, such as a map image rendering system, determines a viewing window of a map surface to be displayed, wherein the viewing plane is at an angle of incidence with respect to the map surface. The method generally determines a depth boundary along the map surface where a height projection of a depth increment of a first unit of area is lower than a threshold height increment at a non-zero angle of incidence and at a single zoom level magnification. The method renders the first unit of area within the depth boundary and a second unit of area outside the depth boundary. The first unit of area is rendered at a first density of map data and the second unit of area is rendered at a second density of map data that is lower than the first density of map data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Cornell
  • Pressure loaded service regulator with pressure balanced trim
    Patent number: 8240327
    Abstract: A gas regulator includes an actuator, a regulator valve, and pressure loading device. The pressure loading device provides a pressure load to a surface of a diaphragm of the actuator to act against a downstream pressure being applied to the opposite surface of the diaphragm and being controlled by the regulator. As the downstream pressure varies and the diaphragm displaces to move a control element to regulate the downstream pressure, the pressure loading device maintains a specified load pressure. The regulator may further include a balanced trim applying a balancing force to offset a force of an upstream pressure on the control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Hawkins, Paul R. Anderson, Jason S. Mevius, Gregory L. Foust
  • Method and system for aligning a plurality of refill dates for prescriptions associated with a plurality of customers
    Patent number: 8244557
    Abstract: The method, system and user-interface allows alignment of refill dates associated with a plurality of prescriptions, such that the plurality of prescriptions all require refills on the same date, thus limiting the number of occasions on which a customer must visit the pharmacy to retrieve refills of the aligned prescriptions, and increasing the likelihood that the customer will comply with the recommended medication regimen. The plurality of prescriptions are associated with a plurality of customers, for example, living in the same household, being members of the same family, or being patients in the care of a single entity or person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Walgreen Co.
    Inventors: Gyula Jozsef Nadas, Greg Pankow, Christina M. Palazzolo, Hee Kyu Oh, Peter Liccardo, Laura Jean Tebbe, Guirong Zhou Webb, Steve Scott Dorfman, Rishi Khullar
  • Label positioning technique to reduce crawling during zoom activities
    Patent number: 8237745
    Abstract: A graphics or image rendering system, such as a map image rendering system, receives image data from an image database in the form of vector data that defines various features of the map, such as roads, boundaries, etc., in addition to text strings or symbols to be displayed with the features to provide, for example, labels for the features. The label positioning technique generally divides the displayed road feature into a number of road segments and then labels each road segment in a sequence based on an ordered set of labels and a position of each road segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Cornell, Jennifer Maurer
  • Genes of an otitis media isolate of nontypeable
    Patent number: 8236494
    Abstract: The invention relates to the polynucleotide sequence of a nontypeable stain of Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides and uses thereof. The invention also relates to NTHi genes which are upregulated during or in response to NTHi infection of the middle ear and/or the nasopharynx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Nationwide Children's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren O. Bakaletz, Robert S. Munson, Jr., David W. Dyer
  • Control valve having live loaded packing follower with leak-off and independent secondary seal
    Patent number: 8235065
    Abstract: A control valve includes a valve body, a valve stem, and a control element. The valve body receives the stem and includes a packing box housing a packing set. A packing follower includes a bore sized to receive the stem and includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and a bearing surface, the lower portion sized to extend into the valve bonnet to engage the packing set to apply a first compressive force to the packing set, the upper portion including threads and having an upper counterbore housing a secondary seal ring. A nut operatively engages the threads of the upper portion of the packing follower, the nut positioned to apply a second compressive force to the secondary seal ring, and a spring is positioned between the packing flange and the bearing surface of the packing follower, wherein the first compressive force is independent of the second compressive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International LLC
    Inventor: Ronald R. Brestel