Patents Represented by Attorney Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
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Patent number: 8329354Abstract: An ejector and a fuel cell system using the ejector which can improve a control of an ejection pressure of a fluid. The ejector 50 includes a body 60, a nozzle 80, a needle 70, a diffuser 90 which sucks a second fluid by a negative pressure generated by a first fluid ejected from the nozzle 80, and a first, a second and a third diaphragms 100, 110, 120 which are movable in the axial direction against the needle 70. The first diaphragm 100 and the second diaphragm 110 have the same effective area, and an effective area of the third diaphragm 120 is different from those of the first diaphragm 100 and the second diaphragm 110.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Fukuma, Satoshi Inoue
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Patent number: 8329892Abstract: The present invention provides methods of enhancing the efficacy and specificity of RNA silencing. The invention also provides compositions for mediating RNA silencing. In particular, the invention provides siRNAs, siRNA-like molecules, shRNAs, vectors and transgenes having improved specificity and efficacy in mediating silencing of a target gene. Therapeutic methods are also featured.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: University of MassachusettsInventors: Phillip D. Zamore, Gyorgy Hutvagner, Dianne Schwarz, Martin Simard
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Patent number: 8328744Abstract: A dynamic hand splint includes as elements thereof: a forearm support section and a hand support section that are configured to be releasably attached to a forearm; and one or more finger tensioners that are releasably attached to the hand support section and that are configured to be releasably attached to a respective finger such that, when the finger is flexed from an extended position toward a flexed position, the finger is urged by the finger tensioner toward an extended position. A method includes: attaching a forearm support section and a hand support section to a forearm; attaching finger tensioners to the hand support section; and attaching each of the finger tensioners to a respective finger such that, when the finger is flexed from an extended position toward a flexed position, the finger is urged by the finger tensioner toward an extended position.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Saebo, Inc.Inventors: John Fletcher Farrell, Henry B. Hoffman
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Patent number: 8331406Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating a downlink frame including generating a first short sequence and a second short sequence indicating cell group information, generating a first scrambling sequence determined by the first synchronization signal, generating a second scrambling sequence determined by the first short sequence, scrambling the first short sequence with the first scrambling sequence, scrambling the second short sequence with at least the second scrambling sequence, and mapping a second synchronization signal including the scrambled first short sequence and the scrambled second short sequence in the frequency domain.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kap Seok Chang, Il Gyu Kim, Hyeong Geun Park, Young Jo Ko, Hyo Seok Yi, Moon Sik Lee, Young Hoon Kim, Seung Chan Bang
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Patent number: 8328205Abstract: A chuck including a body with a nose section defining an axial bore formed therein, a plurality of jaws movably disposed with respect to the body, and a sleeve rotatably mounted about the body so that rotation of the sleeve moves the jaws relative to the axial bore. A bearing has a first race, a second race, and at least one bearing element disposed therebetween, one of the first race and the second race defining a ratchet and the other defining a pawl biased toward the ratchet. A biasing element is disposed between the pawl and the sleeve. The biasing element exerts a biasing force on the pawl toward the ratchet and the ratchet and the pawl prevent the second race from rotating in the opening direction with respect to the first race when engaged.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Eugen A. Bordeianu, Michael C. Goodson, Allan R. Grovo, Thomas E. Warner
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Patent number: 8326525Abstract: According to a navigation server (1) of the present invention, in a mileage matrix containing elements which denote a mileage and are defined by respective mileage factors, a first element of the elements in the mileage matrix which is defined by recognized mileage factors is determined on the basis of the mileage of the recognized mileage of a first vehicle. A second element of the elements in the mileage matrix which is defined by unrecognized mileage factors is determined on the basis of the first element. According thereto, even when the mileage factors of a second vehicle are used to define the second element but not the first element, the previous mileage of the second vehicle can be evaluated with high accuracy in consideration of a relationship between the mileage and the mileage factors of the first vehicle estimated according to the known relationship therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Sengoku, Tadafumi Nogawa, Yuichiro Ishido
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Patent number: 8323970Abstract: The instant invention is based, at least in part, on the discovery that T-bet controls ThI cell recruitment to sites of inflammation. This invention pertains to, inter alia, methods of identifying agents that modulate the effects of T-bet on the recruitment of T cells to sites of inflammation by modulating P-selectin-mediated T cell rolling and/or stable adherence of a T cell to a vascular endothelial cell, as well as methods of use therefore.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventor: Laurie H. Glimcher
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Patent number: 8323852Abstract: An ejector comprises a body, a nozzle, a needle, a diffuser which draws in a second fluid using negative pressure caused by ejection of a first fluid from the nozzle and mixes the first and second fluids together, first and second diaphragms which allows the nozzle to shift in an axial direction with respect to the needle, and a first fluid chamber which is supplied with the first fluid. A valve in which a valve body contacts and separates from a valve seat according to the shifting action of the nozzle is formed by providing either the nozzle or the needle with the valve body and providing the other with the valve seat in the first fluid chamber. A back pressure chamber connecting to the first fluid chamber via the valve is provided between a trunk portion of the nozzle and a basal part of the needle.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Fukuma, Satoshi Inoue
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Patent number: 8323498Abstract: A system and method for automatically controlling aeration and mixing processes are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: EnviroMix, LLCInventors: Theodore K. Jenkins, Robert Elliott Locklair, Stuart F. Humphries
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Patent number: 8325705Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating a downlink frame includes: generating a first short sequence and a second short sequence indicating cell group information; generating a first scrambling sequence determined by a first synchronization signal; generating a second scrambling sequence determined by a first short sequence and a third scrambling sequence determined by a second short sequence; scrambling the first short sequence with the first scrambling sequence; scrambling the second short sequence with at least the second scrambling sequence; scrambling the second short sequence with the first scrambling sequence; scrambling the first short sequence with at least the third scrambling sequence; and mapping one second synchronization signal including the first short sequence scrambled with the first scrambling sequence and the second short sequence scrambled with at least the second scrambling sequence and another second synchronization signal including the second short sequence scrambled wiType: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kap Seok Chang, Il Gyu Kim, Hyeong Geun Park, Young Jo Ko, Hyo Seok Yi, Moon Sik Lee, Young Hoon Kim, Seung Chan Bang
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Patent number: 8326000Abstract: A method of detecting a facial image includes pre-processing an image; and detecting a face region from the pre-processed image to create facial records of the detected face region. Further, the method of detecting the facial image includes detecting the facial image by creating coordinates of the face and eyes in the input image by using the facial records.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sung Uk Jung, Yun Su Chung, Jang-Hee Yoo, Ki Young Moon
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Patent number: 8326556Abstract: A method of and system for processing stray flux data associated with a synchronous electrical machine; the method comprising capturing stray flux data from the synchronous electrical machine; generating a stray flux waveform using at least the captured stray flux data; analysing the generated stray flux waveform and the captured stray flux data; and storing the generated stray flux waveform and the captured stray flux data in a database.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Eskom Holdings (Pty) LimitedInventor: Simon Higgins
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Patent number: 8325855Abstract: An iterative receiver and an iterative decoder are provided. The iterative receiver includes: an external decoder to decode the detected received signal; an impurity adder to add an impurity to an output signal of the external decoder; an interleaver to perform interleaving between the internal detector and the external decoder; and a de-interleaver to perform de-interleaving between the internal detector and the external decoder.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Junyoung Nam, Seong Rag Kim, Hyun Kyu Chung
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Patent number: 8327153Abstract: A system for verifying a software platform of a vehicle including at least one electronic control unit receives a first final confirmation value corresponding to a hash value of software measured in the electronic control unit from an integrated security apparatus inside the vehicle and extends a hash value of normally operated software received from a software manufacturer of the electronic control unit to generate a second final confirmation value. Next, the system verifies the software platform of the vehicle based on results obtained by comparing the first final confirmation value with the second final confirmation value.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jeong-Woo Lee, Shin Kyung Lee, Oh Cheon Kwon
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Patent number: 8326336Abstract: A CR apparatus for performing communication in a CR network includes: a communication unit configured to measure a channel estimation signal, transmit measured channel state information to a master device, and, when a QP of a reference channel arrives, make a communication channel transition to a candidate channel and perform communication; and a channel information management unit configured to receive and manage the channel state information measured by the communication unit and channel information comprising a candidate channel, into which a channel transition is to be made during a QP of the reference channel, received from the master device and control channel transition of the communication unit based on the channel information.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jung-Sun Um, Myung-Sun Song, Chang-Joo Kim, Gwangzeen Ko, Sung-Hyun Hwang, Sang-Won Kim, Changhyun Park
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Patent number: 8323853Abstract: A separator includes a first fuel gas supply unit, a second fuel gas supply unit, first sandwiching sections, second sandwiching sections, a first case unit and a second case unit. The first and second sandwiching sections are connected to the first fuel gas supply unit and the second fuel gas supply unit, respectively, through first bridges. The first case unit and the second case unit are connected to the first sandwiching sections and the second sandwiching sections through second bridges. A first surface pressure F1 generated near a fuel gas supply passage, a second surface pressure F2 generated near an oxygen-containing gas supply passage, and a third surface pressure F3 generated near electrolyte electrode assemblies have different values.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Ogawa, Koji Dan
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Patent number: 8320571Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of generating a downlink frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kap Seok Chang, Il Gyu Kim, Hyeong Geun Park, Young Jo Ko, Hyo Seok Yi, Chan Bok Jeong, Young Hoon Kim, Seung Chan Bang
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Patent number: 8318165Abstract: The present invention provides isolated antibodies (e.g., humanized or human antibodies) that bind to the membrane-proximal domain (MP) of human Melanoma-Associated Chondroitin Sulphate Proteoglycan (MCSP), and are capable of mediating cytolysis of a cell expressing MCSP in the presence of human effector cells or complement. Methods of using such antibodies to induce cytolysis (e.g., ADCC or CDCC) of cells expressing MP-MCSP are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2007Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Celldex Therapeutics Inc.Inventors: Tibor Keler, Laura A. Vitale, Lizhen He
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Patent number: 8318917Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing aglycosylated Fc-containing polypeptides, such as antibodies, having desired effector function. The invention also provides aglycosylated antibodies produced according to the method as well as methods of using such antibodies as therapeutics.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Biogen Idec MA Inc.Inventors: Frederick R. Taylor, Ellen Garber
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Patent number: 8320565Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of generating a downlink frame. The method of generating the downlink frame includes: generating a first short sequence and a second short sequence indicating cell group information; generating a first scrambling sequence and a second scrambling sequence determined by the primary synchronization signal; generating a third scrambling sequence determined by the first short sequence; scrambling the first short sequence with the first scrambling sequence and scrambling the second short sequence with the second scrambling sequence and the third scrambling sequence; and mapping the secondary synchronization signal that includes the scrambled first short sequence and the scrambled second short sequence to a frequency domain.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Kap Seok Chang, Il Gyu Kim, Hyeong Geun Park, Young Jo Ko, Hyo Seok Yi, Chan Bok Jeong, Young Hoon Kim, Seung Chan Bang