Patents Represented by Attorney Nields & Lemack
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Patent number: 8184267Abstract: The present invention provides a surveying instrument provided with a tracking function, said surveying instrument comprising a first image pickup means 40 with a first solid image pickup element 33, a second image pickup means 37 with a second solid image pickup element 19, an image pickup control instrument for controlling image pickup conditions of said first image pickup means and said second image pickup means, and a control unit for controlling the tracking operation of a target 36 based on a target image signal obtained at the first solid image pickup element or based on a target image signal obtained at the second solid image pickup element, wherein the first image pickup means can acquire an image in wider range by said second image pickup means, and wherein the image pickup control instrument controls so that a target image is acquired by the first image pickup means when the target image is out of a photodetection range of the target of the second solid image pickup element and controls so that theType: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Masahiro Saito
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Patent number: 8179141Abstract: The invention relates to a method of measuring the conductivity of a pure or ultrapure liquid, notably water, using electrodes, characterized in that it consists in determining the conductivity by modeling the liquid in the form of an equivalent electrical circuit diagram comprising a resistor R, a capacitor Cp in parallel with the resistor R, and a series capacitor Cs. It also relates to a device for implementing this method and a purification system incorporating such a device.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Pascal Rajagopalan, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos, Celine Le Ninivin, Antony Vanheghe
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Patent number: 8177974Abstract: Tangential flow filtration device is provided wherein liners are provided between the filtration element and the top and bottom holders or manifolds. The liners incorporate the flow channels and inlet and outlet ports that were previously present in the manifolds. The liners are made of an inexpensive material and therefore are disposable after a single use, making it more cost effective to dispose of them than to clean the conventional manifolds. In addition, the liners can be pre-sterilized.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2006Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Stephen G. Hunt, Boris Pesakovich
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Patent number: 8177977Abstract: The invention concerns a water purification system (100) comprising a closed water recirculation loop (106) supplied at one point by a water inlet (101) with water to be purified, (and having) at least one outlet point of use of the purified water (102) and (further comprising) pumping means (103) and water purification means (150) on the loop respectively downstream of the inlet point and upstream of the at least one outlet point (102), in the water flow direction which system is characterized in that it includes two independent valves: a first valve (130) on the loop upstream of the pumping means (103), and a second valve (120) upstream of the at least one point of use outlet point (102). The invention also relates to a water purification method.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventor: Yves Gaignet
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Patent number: 8173892Abstract: Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion device comprising a first conductive support having a layer containing a semiconductor, a second conductive support arranged opposite to the first conductive support and having a counter electrode, and a charge transfer layer interposed between the first conductive support and the second conductive support at a certain distance from the supports, and a sealing agent which is arranged around the charge transfer layer in the form of a single or more than single layer for bonding the first conductive support and the second conductive support together.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Teruhisa Inoue, Takayuki Hoshi, Tsutomu Namiki, Koichiro Shigaki, Masayoshi Kaneko
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Patent number: 8167991Abstract: The present invention relates to a trisazo compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof, The formula (1) wherein, the group A is a substituted phenyl group, the group B and the group C are substituted para-phenylene groups, R1 represents a C1 to C4 alkyl group which may be substituted by a carboxy group, a phenyl group which may be substituted by a sulfo group, or a carboxy group, R2 represents a cyano group, a carbamoyl group or a carboxy group, each of R3 and R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a chlorine atom or a sulfo group, respectively and a water-based black ink composition containing said compound; said compound has high solubility in a medium where the main component is water, its aqueous solution having a high concentration and ink are stable when stored for a long period of time, black-recorded images with it can be provided where both light fastness and ozone gas fastness of the printed images are excellent.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiko Matsui, Yoshiyuki Dejima, Takashi Yoshimoto, Ryoutarou Morita, Koji Hirota
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Patent number: 8167169Abstract: Reservoir for a dispense system designed to maintain a suspending fluid flow within the reservoir. The fluid dispense system is particularly well suited to be manufactured in a single-use format comprising a fluid reservoir and fill tube assembly, particularly comprising a reservoir, tubing, fittings and connectors, and a needle. The system ensures uniformity within the liquid by moving the fluid through the product reservoir such as with a continuous or pulsating flow, and is designed to maintain the fluid in motion in order to maintain a homogenous solution. The reservoir is designed to minimize any fluid dead zones.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Robert C. Saunders, Brett M. Belongia
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Patent number: 8163172Abstract: Installation for treating a biological liquid, including a circulation pump (5), a filter element (9), a container for collecting treated liquid, a first circuit section connecting a source of said biological liquid to an inlet orifice of said filter element (9), including a circuit element adapted to cooperate with said circulation pump (5); a second circuit section, connecting an outlet orifice of said filter element (9) to said treated liquid collecting container; characterized in that said treated liquid collecting container, said first circuit section and said second circuit section are disposable and said installation further includes a first cart (1) carrying said pump (5) and a second cart (2) including a housing (14) for said collecting container, separable from the first cart (1) and adapted to be at least partly nested in said first cart (1).Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Jean-Luc Beulay, Virginie Buisson, Sebastien Cirou, Cecile Delbos, Marc Hlavacek, Frans Mels, Rene Reinbigler, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
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Patent number: 8163886Abstract: The present invention relates to a selectively soluble polymer capable of binding to one or more constituents in a mixture containing various biological materials and the methods of using such a polymer to purify a biomolecule from such a mixture. The polymer is soluble in the mixture under a certain set of process conditions such as pH or temperature and is rendered insoluble and precipitates out of solution upon a change in the process conditions. While in its solubilized state, the polymer is capable of binding to a selected entity within the stream such as impurities (DNA, RNA, host cell protein, endotoxins, etc) in a cell broth and remains capable of binding to that entity even after the polymer is precipitated out of solution. The precipitate can then be filtered out from the remainder of the stream and the desired biomolecule is recovered and further processed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventor: Wilson Moya
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Patent number: 8151474Abstract: The present invention relates to a surveying system, comprising a rotary laser irradiation device 1 installed at a known point and used for projecting two or more fan-shaped laser beams 3 with at least one of the fan-shaped laser beams tilted and for forming a laser reference plane, a photodetection device 4, which is mounted on a mobile support member 9, for receiving the laser beam and for calculating an elevation angle at a photodetecting position, and a monitor photodetection device 11 installed at a known position within the laser reference plane, wherein the monitor photodetection device has a monitor photodetection sensor for sensing and detecting the laser beam, a storage unit for storing a reference value of the laser reference plane, an arithmetic control unit for calculating positional changes over time of the laser reference plane based on the result of photodetection by the monitor photodetection sensor and on the reference value, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the positional changes ovType: GrantFiled: February 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCONInventors: Kaoru Kumagai, Kunihiro Hayashi, Fumihiko Kamizono
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Patent number: 8152203Abstract: The male connection device comprises a sleeve (4) and a slide (5) that is adapted to occupy, relative to said sleeve (4), a position in which said slide (5) is advanced in said sleeve (4), said device also comprising a tubular film (6) folded back on itself and pressed between the slide (5) and the sleeve (4). The female connection device comprises a sleeve (40) and a slide (41) that is adapted to occupy, relative to said sleeve (40), a position in which said slide (41) is set back in said sleeve (40), said device also comprising a tubular film (42) folded back on itself and pressed between the slide (41) and the sleeve (40). The male-female connection system comprises such a male connection device (2) and such a female connection device (3) which are provided to be engaged within each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventor: Stephane Olivier
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Patent number: 8146752Abstract: A polishing cartridge in a water purification system for final purification of water for distribution to a point of use. The system includes a closed water recirculation loop supplied at one point by a water inlet with water to be purified, and having at least one outlet point of use of the purified water, a pump and a water purifier on the loop respectively downstream of the inlet point and upstream of the at least one outlet point, in the water flow direction, and two independent valves on the loop. The system further including a hydraulic connector including four ports that forms a distributor or manifold for the system. The cartridge contains a combination of an ultra filter having a cut-off below 13000 daltons for reducing the level of pyrogens and nucleases contained in the water, and C18 grafted media effective for reducing the level of contaminants in the water.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Yves Gaignet, Ichiro Kano, Cecilia Regnault, Daniel Darbouret
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Patent number: 8147757Abstract: The present invention describes a system and method for accurately measuring the concentration of a substance within a filter housing. A concentration sensor and a communications device are coupled so as to be able to measure and transmit the concentration of a particular substance within the filter housing while in use. This system can comprise a single component, integrating both the communication device and the concentration sensor. Alternatively, the system can comprise separate sensor and transmitter components, in communication with one another. In yet another embodiment, a storage element can be added to the system, thereby allowing the device to store a set of concentration values. The use of this device is beneficial to many applications. For example, the ability to read concentration values in situ allows integrity tests to be performed without additional equipment.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventor: Anthony DiLeo
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Patent number: 8148081Abstract: The present invention relates to a method using a composition for permeabilizing microorganism walls for counting and detecting in a targeted manner the microorganisms on a membrane. The invention also relates to a kit and to probes that are suitable for carrying out the method.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Sebastien Ribault, Frederic Marc
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Patent number: 8148291Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst having excellent performance and high mechanical strength for use in the production of methacrylic acid. A method for manufacturing a catalyst comprising essential active components of molybdenum, phosphorus, vanadium, cesium, ammonia, copper, and antimony for use in the production of methacrylic acid, comprising drying a slurry prepared by mixing a compound(s) containing the essential active components with water and then calcining the resulting dry powder and molding the calcined powder.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Sudo, Tatsuhiko Kurakami, Toshitake Kojima, Shigeo Hayashimoto, Yasushi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8141187Abstract: The present invention is related to a supportive head and neck pillow with a supportive bone structure inside the pillow. The invention is used for head and neck support, and comfort while sleeping sitting up during transportation. It can also be used for head and neck support for people who have neck injuries, or to prevent neck injuries during transportation. The main components are made up of two things; a pillow with a bone structure support inside the pillow and a clip/strap system.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Inventors: Alice Jean Schwingendorf, Gabriel Olivier Durand
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Patent number: 8143067Abstract: Hydrophilic membrane particularly suited for blotting applications, preferably Western blotting. A pre-wet hydrophobic membrane substrate, preferably made of PVDF, is contacted with a monomer solution and subjected to a UV-initiated free radical polymerization step to render the substrate permanently hydrophilic. The resulting membrane exhibits low background fluorescence, high protein binding, excellent retention of protein sample spot morphology, and extended dynamic range (high signal-to-noise ratio, enhanced sample detectability). The membrane demonstrates comparable or higher performance in Western blotting applications than conventional nitrocellulose Western blotting membranes, particularly for protein detection at low sample concentrations, and is directly water-wettable, eliminating the need for an alcohol pre-wet step prior to use.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Antoni Peters, Philip Goddard, John Charkoudian, Neil Soice, Dave Brewster, Anja Dedeo
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Patent number: 8137983Abstract: The present invention describes a system and method for accurately measuring the concentration of a substance within a filter housing. A concentration sensor and a communications device are coupled so as to be able to measure and transmit the concentration of a particular substance within the filter housing while in use. This system can comprise a single component, integrating both the communication device and the concentration sensor. Alternatively, the system can comprise separate sensor and transmitter components, in communication with one another. In yet another embodiment, a storage element can be added to the system, thereby allowing the device to store a set of concentration values. The use of this device is beneficial to many applications. For example, the ability to read concentration values in situ allows integrity tests to be performed without additional equipment.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventor: Anthony DiLeo
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Patent number: 8136673Abstract: A grit elevator (30) including a plurality of solid screens (104) in the form of a rotatable endless belt, one or more grit collectors (116) on the interior of the endless belt, and a grit inlet (172) leading to the interior of the endless belt.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: The Haigh Engineering Company Ltd.Inventor: Nigel R C Shepherd
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Patent number: 8137561Abstract: Media and devices, such as anion exchangers including such media, wherein the media is a membrane having a surface coated with a polymer such as a polyallylamine. The resulting membrane offers stronger binding of protein impurities and superior removal of host cell proteins from biological samples than conventional ligands based on quaternary ammonium salts, including trimethylammonium ligands. Also described is a chromatography scheme and method for purifying monoclonal antibodies, wherein the anion exchange sorber is placed downstream of an affinity column (such as Protein A or Protein G affinity column) and optionally one or more polishing devices such as cationic exchange columns. Little or no dilution of the cation exchanger pool (or affinity column exchange pool where no cation exchanger is used) is necessary to lower the conductivity of the sample. The sorber functions well to strongly bind host cell proteins and other impurities in biological samples even at high conductivities and pH.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: EMD Millipore CorporationInventors: Mikhail Kozlov, Wilson Moya, Michael W. Phillips, Senthilkumar Ramaswamy, Brian Gagnon