Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Myer Bigel Sibley & Sajovec PA
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Patent number: 8273172Abstract: A phosphate cement composition is provided. The cement composition comprises about 10 to 40 percent by weight calcium or magnesium oxide, about 10 to 40 percent by weight acid phosphate, and about 10 to 50 percent by weight vermiculite or perlite or mixture thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Grancrete, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey L. Selph, James W. Paul, Jr.
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Patent number: 8267468Abstract: A bracket structure is in a vehicle body rear portion. In the bracket structure, an upper bracket 19 and first and second lower brackets 18 and 15 are disposed in such a manner as to be shifted to a right side or a left side in the vehicle width direction from an axis passing through a center of a spare tire housing 5, the second lower bracket 15 is formed in a concave shape and a closed section is formed between the first lower bracket 18 and the second lower bracket 15 by superposing the first lower bracket 18 and the second lower bracket 15, and the upper bracket 19 is attached to a top surface of the rear floor panel 4, and the upper bracket 19 and the first lower bracket 18 are disposed so as to correspond to each other in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Suzuki Motor CorporationInventors: Hossain Amir, Takayuki Souma, Kazuaki Ikejima, Teruhisa Mita
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Patent number: 8267983Abstract: A temperature control system may include a thermoelectric device, a controller electrically coupled to the thermoelectric device, a heat transfer structure thermally coupled to the thermoelectric device, and a temperature controlled medium thermally coupled to the thermoelectric device. The controller may be configured to sense a first value of an electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device and to generate a first electrical control signal to pump heat through the thermoelectric device in response to sensing the first value of the electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device. The controller may be further configured to sense a second value of the electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device and to generate a second electrical control signal to pump heat through the thermoelectric device in response to sensing the second value of the electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Scion Neurostim, LLC.Inventors: Lesco L. Rogers, Jesko von Windheim, Seri Lee
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Patent number: 8263963Abstract: Provided are a phase change memory device and a method for forming the phase change memory device. The method includes forming a phase change material layer by providing reactive radicals to a substrate. The reactive radicals may comprise precursors for a phase change material and nitrogen.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-Lim Park, Sung-Lae Cho, Byoung-Jae Bae, Jin-Il Lee, Hye-Young Park
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Patent number: 8247449Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating an inflammatory disorder, or a disorder having an inflammatory component, in a mammalian subject in need of such treatment by administering to said subject an effective amount of a composition in unit dosage form for delivery of a daily dose of said composition, said composition consisting essentially of: (i) an effective amount of ?-linolenic acid (GLA) for increasing dihomogammalinolenic acid (DGLA) levels in the inflammatory cells of said mammalian subject, thereby inhibiting the metabolism of arachidonic acid; (ii) an effective amount of a ?5 desaturase inhibitor for inhibiting accumulation of arachidonic acid in the serum of said mammalian subject; and, optionally, (iii) an effective amount of a competitive inhibitor of arachidonic acid metabolism. Preferred formulations may be in the form of a good tasting, preferably milk or fruit based drink, or a dried powder.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Wake Forest UniversityInventor: Floyd H. Chilton
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Patent number: 8247571Abstract: Pegylated pyridinium and thiazolium compounds and methods of their use in medicine, research, industry, agriculture and recreational activities are disclosed. The present invention also provides methods of controlling microbial growth and infection. Additionally, the present invention provides methods of controlling microbial infestations relating to industrial and agricultural uses. The present invention can also be used to control insects.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Mycosol, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey L. Selph, Richard B. Klein, John J. Partridge
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Patent number: 8247064Abstract: This invention relates to coating a surface wherein the coated surface inhibits foulants such as cell and/or protein and/or prion adhesion or formation. In particular, the coated surface may be part of a medical device which inhibits bacterial adhesion and colonisation, thrombus formation and/or prion, blood protein and/or protein formation.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: The University Court of the University of DundeeInventors: Qi Zhao, Eric Abel
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Patent number: 8244401Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a method for detecting solid articles using an apparatus including a sensor system is provided. The sensor system includes a radiation detector and a radiation emitter configured to direct radiation onto the radiation detector. The radiation detector is operative to generate detector signals proportional to the radiation received thereby. The method includes moving the radiation emitter and/or the radiation detector relative to the other. According to some embodiments, the solid articles are solid pharmaceutical articles.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Parata Systems, LLCInventors: Richard D. Michelli, Edward J. Karwacki, Jr.
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Patent number: 8240506Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing pharmaceutical articles includes a housing assembly and an adjustment system. The housing assembly includes a first inlet wall and a second inlet wall that is moveable relative to the first inlet wall. The housing assembly defines a hopper chamber that houses pharmaceutical articles, and a dispensing channel fluidly connected to the hopper chamber. The dispensing channel has an inlet and an outlet and defines a flow path. The inlet is defined at least in part by the first and second inlet walls. The adjustment system is operable to adjust the position of the second inlet wall relative to the first inlet wall to adjust the size of the inlet to singulate the pharmaceutical articles passing through the inlet. The adjustment system includes an input mechanism and an operator feedback mechanism. The input mechanism is selectively operable by an operator to selectively move the second inlet wall relative to the first inlet wall.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Parata Systems, LLCInventors: Kurt Kulberg, Bryan Patrick Farnsworth, Richard D. Michelli, Stanley R. Buisman
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Patent number: 8237015Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of multiple site-specific recombination systems for use in transgene containment in plants. More specifically, the present invention describes coordinated excisional DNA recombination by multiple (e.g., dual) recombinases to achieve excision of unwanted transgenic DNA as well as recombinase-coding sequences themselves by self-excision. Further, the simultaneous use of multiple site-specific recombination systems in combination with controllable total sterility technology (i.e., no or reduced sexual reproduction), provides the production of environmentally safe, clean transgenic plants, enhancing the capability and public acceptance of transgenic technology for plant trait modification.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Clemson University Research FoundationInventor: Hong Luo
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Patent number: 8232199Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device and a fabrication system of the semiconductor device are provided. The method includes sequentially forming a film to be etched and a dielectric film and measuring a thickness of the dielectric film, forming a photoresist film on the dielectric film, performing a lithography process using the measured thickness of the dielectric film to form a photoresist film pattern, and etching the dielectric film and the film to be etched using the photoresist film pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Won Song, Byung-Goo Jeon
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Patent number: 8231810Abstract: Composite compounds of tin and lithium, silicon and lithium, or tin, silicon, and lithium having tin and silicon nano-dispersed in a lithium-containing matrix may be used as electrode materials and particularly anode materials for use with rechargeable batteries. Methods of making the composite compounds include the oxidation of alloys, the reaction of stabilized lithium metal powder with tin and silicon oxides, and the reaction of inorganic salts of lithium with tin and silicon containing compounds.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: FMC CorporationInventors: Yuan Gao, Marina Yakovleva, John Engel, Daniel Diesburg, Brian Fitch
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Patent number: 8227182Abstract: In a thinner composition and a method of forming a photosensitive film, the thinner composition includes about 50 to about 90% by weight of propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, about 1 to about 20% by weight of propylene glycol monomethyl ether, about 1 to about 10% by weight of ?-butyrolactone, and about 1 to about 20% by weight of n-butyl acetate. The thinner composition may have a proper volatility and an improved ability to dissolve various types of photosensitive materials, and thus the thinner composition may be usefully employed in an edge bead rinse process, a rework process or a pre-wetting process.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ahn-Ho Lee, Baik-Soon Choi, Seung-Hyun Ahn, Sang-Tae Kim, Yong-Il Kim, Shi-Jin Sung, Kyong-Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8227009Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for producing a thermal stable whey protein beverage comprising: (a) providing an aqueous solution of at least 2% (w/w) whey proteins and having a neutral pH; then (b) heating the aqueous solution of whey proteins; then (c) cooling the aqueous solution of whey proteins; then (d) adding at least one mineral salt at a neutral pH; and then (e) heating the aqueous solution of whey protein to produce a thermal stable whey protein beverage. The present invention is further directed to a method for producing a thermal stable whey protein beverage under aseptic processing conditions or pasteurization or ultrapasteurization conditions comprising: (a) providing an aqueous solution of at least 2% whey proteins and having a neutral pH; then (b) heating the aqueous solution of whey proteins; then (c) cooling the aqueous solution of whey proteins; then (d) adding at least one mineral salt to produce a thermal stable whey protein beverage.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: North Carolina State UniversityInventors: E. Allen Foegeding, Bongkosh Vardhanabhuti, Paige Luck
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Patent number: 8227357Abstract: Methods of fabricating a silicon oxide layer using an inorganic silicon precursor and methods of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same are provided. The methods of fabricating a semiconductor device include forming a tunnel insulating layer and a charge storage layer on a substrate; forming a dielectric layer structure on the charge storage layer using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method, the dielectric layer structure including a first dielectric layer formed of silicon oxide, a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer formed of a material different from the material forming the first dielectric layer, and a third dielectric layer formed of the silicon oxide on the second dielectric layer; and forming a control gate on the dielectric layer structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: In-Sun Yi, Ki-Hyun Hwang, Jin-Tae Noh, Jae-Young Ahn, Si-Young Choi
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Patent number: 8227696Abstract: A sealant-filled enclosure assembly for environmentally protecting a connection between cables includes a housing and a mass of sealant. The housing is selectively configurable between an open position to receive the connection and a closed position wherein the housing defines an enclosure cavity to contain the connection. The housing includes at least one sealant cavity and a port control system. The port control system includes a gate member that is selectively deflectable from a closed position, wherein the gate member blocks a cable port, to an open position, wherein the cable port is open to permit a cable to extend into the enclosure cavity through the cable port. The gate member is rigid or semi-rigid. The mass of sealant is disposed in the at least one sealant cavity.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: George W. Pullium, III, Jimmy E. Marks
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Patent number: 8226776Abstract: Abnormal infective prion proteins are removed from liquids containing biologically active substances, particularly blood products, by filtration using a depth filter formed of a matrix comprising solid particles of porous material and having a pore size less than 6 microns. Preferably the filter is free of cationic or anionic charged material.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2000Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Bio Products Laboratory LimitedInventors: Anne Gillian Welch, Peter Reynolds Foster
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Patent number: 8222389Abstract: The present invention relates to the use in a diagnostic hybridization assay of a molecular beacon probe for lowering: the effect of sequence variations in a nucleic acid analyte, and/or the IBL effect due to the possible opening of the stem-loop structure of a molecular beacon by way of (contaminants in the amplification) enzymes, which assay comprises the steps of contacting a set of primers and a sample containing the nucleic acid analyte to amplify the analyte and detecting the amplified analyte or its complement using a molecular beacon probe, wherein the molecular beacon probe comprises one or more nucleotides and/or nucleotide analogues that have an affinity increasing modification. The invention also relates to such molecular beacon probe and to a kit for performing a diagnostic assay using such molecular beacon probe.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2003Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Biomerieux B.V.Inventor: Fokke Venema
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Patent number: 8224144Abstract: A fiber optic connector storage apparatus for storing a fiber optic connector having an exposed ferrule includes a housing and a dust cap portion. The housing defines a socket to receive and hold the fiber optic connector. The dust cap portion is integral with the housing and is configured to receive and protect the exposed ferrule when the fiber optic connector is inserted into the socket.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventor: Barry Wayne Allen
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Patent number: 8212013Abstract: In preparing a glycoside compound from (a) a furanose compound or pyranose compound, and (b) an alcohol compound, a process for preparing a glycoside compound in which glycosidic bond locates selectively trans form relative to C-2 hydroxyl group, the process comprising using a furanose compound wherein the hydroxyl at the 2-position may have a substituent protected with a group A, or a pyranose compound which may have a substituent wherein R2 and R3 are the same or different and are each alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or aryl having or not having a substituent, or R2 and R3 are combined to form alkylene having 2 to 4 carbon atoms (the alkylene may be substituted with alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or may have intervening phenylene), and m and n are each an integer of 0 or 1.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigeru Yamago