Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Olson & Bear LLP
  • Composition and method for the treatment of eye disease
    Patent number: 8338381
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclosed herein relate to compositions comprising carnosine and N-acetyl-histitidine in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Other embodiments disclosed herein relate to preventing and/or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated with an eye disease such as dry eye syndrome, cataracts of the eye and nuclear sclerosis of the eye lens. Kits for preventing and/or ameliorating one or more symptoms associated with an eye disease by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising N-acetyl-histidine are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: ADER Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventor: Emilio Robledo
  • Skateboard deck
    Patent number: 8336895
    Abstract: A skateboard deck is formed of several layers pressed and bonded together. Apertures are formed through the bottom-most layers, and impact support members are arranged within the apertures. The impact support members are more rigid than the other portions of the skateboard deck, and provide localized impact support while allowing the remaining layers of the deck to retain their performance characteristics and feel while strengthening the most vulnerable areas of the deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Chomp, Inc.
    Inventors: Eben Woodall, Chi Leung, Scott Jensen
  • Opposing row linear concentrator architecture
    Patent number: 8336539
    Abstract: A solar concentrator assembly is disclosed. The solar concentrator assembly comprises a first reflective device having a first reflective front side and a first rear side, a second reflective device having a second reflective front side and a second rear side, the second reflective device positioned such that the first reflective front side faces the second rear side, and a support assembly coupled to and supporting the first and second reflective devices, the second reflective device positioned to be vertically offset from the first reflective device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sunpower Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Linderman, Zachary S. Judkins, Brian Wares, Charles Almy
  • Method for activating a clutch arrangement
    Patent number: 8340879
    Abstract: A method for opening a closed clutch arrangement of a drivetrain for a motor vehicle. The clutch arrangement is activated in such a way that the torque which it can transmit is reduced up to an opening point at which torque can no longer be transmitted via the clutch arrangement. The clutch arrangement is placed into an intermediate slip state before the opening point is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Josef Glatthaar, Stefan Thum
  • Explicit skew interface for reducing crosstalk and simultaneous switching noise
    Patent number: 8341452
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed, such as those involving an inter-chip interface configured to receive and process electronic data. One such interface includes a receiver circuit that includes a clock tree configured to receive a clock signal at a clock tree input. The clock tree distributes a plurality of clock signals delayed from the clock signal such that one or more of the clock signals have a delay different from the delays of the other clock signals. The receiver circuit further includes a plurality of data input latches configured to receive a plurality of data elements over two or more different points in time. This configuration at least partially reduces crosstalk and simultaneous switching output noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Dragos Dimitriu, Timothy Hollis
  • Modified macromolecule
    Patent number: 8337823
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a macromolecule having a controlled terminal group stoichiometry, the macromolecule including a surface layer, at least one subsurface layer and at least two terminal groups including: a first terminal group which is a residue of a pharmaceutically active agent, a derivative thereof or precursor therefor; and a second terminal group selected to modify the pharmacokinetics of the pharmaceutically active agent and/or macromolecule, wherein terminal group stoichiometry refers to the number and type of terminal groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Starpharma Pty Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin James Boyd, Lisa Michelle Kaminskas, Christopher John Hamilton Porter, Peter Karellas, Guy Yeoman Krippner, Brian Devlin Kelly, Zemin Wu, Pasquale Razzino, Sue Pallich
  • Method for osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stem cells (BMSC) and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8337827
    Abstract: Methods for obtaining osteoprogenitors, osteoblasts or osteoblast phenotype cells, as well as cell populations including such cells, from human bone marrow stem cells in vitro or ex vivo are disclosed. Bone marrow stem cells are contacted with human serum or plasma and a growth factor or a biologically active variant or derivative thereof. In addition, osteoprogenitor, osteoblast or osteoblast phenotype cell types and cell populations are provided. The cell populations may include additional cell types, such as endothelial cells or progenitors. The osteoprogenitors, osteoblasts or osteoblast phenotype cells may be used in therapy, particularly bone therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Universite Libre de Bruxelies
    Inventors: Dominique Egrise, Valerie Gangji, Jean-Philippe Hauzeur, Micheline Lambermont, Michel Toungouz
  • Luminescent ceramic and light-emitting device using the same
    Patent number: 8339025
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide luminescent ceramics which have a lower amount of dopant than conventional luminescent ceramics. In some embodiments, the luminescent ceramic comprises a host material comprising a rare earth element and at least one rare earth dopant, wherein the rare earth dopant may be about 0.01% to 0.5% of the rare earth atoms present in the material. Some embodiments provide luminescent ceramic comprising: a polycrystalline phosphor represented by the formula (A1-xEx)3B5O12. Some embodiments provide a light-emitting device comprising a luminescent ceramic disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Toshitaka Nakamura, Hironaka Fujii, Hiroaki Miyagawa, Rajesh Mukherjee, Bin Zhang, Amane Mochizuki
  • Method of forming non-conformal layers
    Patent number: 8334218
    Abstract: In one aspect, non-conformal layers are formed by variations of plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition, where one or more of pulse duration, separation, RF power on-time, reactant concentration, pressure and electrode spacing are varied from true self-saturating reactions to operate in a depletion-effect mode. Deposition thus takes place close to the substrate surface but is controlled to terminate after reaching a specified distance into openings (e.g., deep DRAM trenches, pores, etc.). Reactor configurations that are suited to such modulation include showerhead, in situ plasma reactors, particularly with adjustable electrode spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: ASM America, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastian E. Van Nooten, Jan Willem Maes, Steven Marcus, Glen Wilk, Petri Räisänen, Kai-Erik Elers
  • Stripping method and stripping solution
    Patent number: 8333869
    Abstract: A method for stripping a wafer from a supporting plate to which the wafer is adhered via an adhesive agent, wherein the supporting plate has a through hole penetrating the supporting plate in a thickness direction thereof, the method including dissolving the adhesive agent with a stripping solution by contacting the stripping solution with the adhesive agent via the through hole. The adhesive agent has a hydrocarbon resin as a viscous component, and the stripping solution is a hydrocarbon-based solvent having a viscosity of 1.3 mPa·s or less and a dissolving rate of 30 nm/sec or greater to dissolve the adhesive agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki Tamura, Takahiro Asai, Atsushi Kubo, Hirofumi Imai, Takahiro Yoshioka
  • Facilitating presentation by mobile device of additional content for a word or phrase upon utterance thereof
    Patent number: 8335830
    Abstract: A method for presenting additional content for a word that is part of a message, and that is presented by a mobile communication device, includes the steps of: presenting the message, including emphasizing one or more words for which respective additional content is available for presenting by the mobile communication device; receiving an utterance that includes an emphasized word for which additional content is available for presenting by the mobile communication device; and presenting the additional content for the emphasized word included in the utterance received by the mobile communication device. These steps are performed by the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Canyon IP Holdings, LLC.
    Inventors: Victor Roditis Jablokov, Igor Roditis Jablokov, James Richard Terrell, II, Scott Edward Paden
  • Vertical axis wind turbine airfoil
    Patent number: 8333564
    Abstract: A vertical axis wind turbine airfoil is described. The wind turbine airfoil can include a leading edge, a trailing edge, an upper curved surface, a lower curved surface, and a centerline running between the upper surface and the lower surface and from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The airfoil can be configured so that the distance between the centerline and the upper surface is the same as the distance between the centerline and the lower surface at all points along the length of the airfoil. A plurality of such airfoils can be included in a vertical axis wind turbine. These airfoils can be vertically disposed and can rotate about a vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Vladimir Krivcov, Vladimir Krivospitski, Vasili Maksimov, Richard Halstead, Jurij Vasiljevich Grahov
  • Facilitating presentation by mobile device of additional content for a word or phrase upon utterance thereof
    Patent number: 8335829
    Abstract: A method for presenting additional content for a word that is part of a message, and that is presented by a mobile communication device, includes the steps of: presenting the message, including emphasizing one or more words for which respective additional content is available for presenting by the mobile communication device; receiving an utterance that includes an emphasized word for which additional content is available for presenting by the mobile communication device; and presenting the additional content for the emphasized word included in the utterance received by the mobile communication device. These steps are performed by the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Canyon IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Victor Roditis Jablokov, Igor Roditis Jablokov, James Richard Terrell, II, Scott Edward Paden
  • Multi-layered polychloroprene taping material and method of manufacturing and applying such material
    Patent number: 8332962
    Abstract: Multi-layered taping materials, methods of making such materials, methods of using such materials and articles including such materials are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Grid, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Raymond Machado
  • Universal catheter securement device
    Patent number: 8333736
    Abstract: A universal securing device for holding catheters of various shapes and sizes and the like in place includes a base and cover. The cover may be connected to the base by a hinge which allows the cover to be lifted open or pushed down into a closed position, over a catheter fitting. The base may have locating elements configured and arranged to fit around catheter fittings of various sizes, and the locating elements prevent substantial movement of a catheter fitting and catheter in various dimensions. The cover may include capture elements which act to grip and compress the catheter fitting when the securing device is in a closed position, thus preventing substantial movement of a catheter fitting and catheter in various dimensions. The base may be attached to a patient with an adhesive pad attached to the bottom surface of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Venetec International, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford A. Wright, Robert F. Eisele, Thomas R. Jackson
  • Optical instrument alignment system
    Patent number: 8333474
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for precisely positioning an optical instrument, such as a wavefront aberrometer, in three dimensions with respect to a patient's eye. The ophthalmic apparatus may include an optical instrument directed in a first direction toward a target area to receive light therefrom and a camera directed in a second direction toward the target area to receive light therefrom, the first and second directions being non-parallel. The camera may include imaging optics to form an optical image on a photodetector array using light reflected from the target area. The ophthalmic apparatus may also include a processor configured to correlate a position of the optical image on the photodetector array with the distance between the optical instrument and the target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Michaels, Max Hall, Diego Cueto, T. Scott Rowe, Thomas Padrick
  • Method of delivering an implant for treating an ocular disorder
    Patent number: 8333742
    Abstract: Surgical methods and related medical devices for treating ocular disorders are disclosed. Some methods relate to delivering an implant within an eye, and involve providing an elongate guide device, such as, a flexible guide member or a guide wire. A distal end of the guide device can be advanced into an anterior chamber of an eye, or through at least a portion of a site of resistance along a physiologic outflow pathway of the eye, or from an anterior chamber of the eye to a location proximate a physiologic outflow pathway of the eye. The implant is advanced along the guide device toward the guide device distal end, and is positioned to conduct aqueous humor between the anterior chamber and the physiologic outflow pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Glaukos Corporation
    Inventors: Olav B. Bergheim, Morteza (Mory) Gharib
  • Apparatus for and method of separating multi-phase fluids
    Patent number: 8333825
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating multi-phase fluids, comprising a cyclonic separator (40) having an inlet (42) for multi-phase fluids, a cyclonic separation chamber, a first outlet (44) for relatively high density fluids and a second outlet (46) for relatively low density fluids, and a secondary separator (52) comprising a separation vessel in which fluids are separated primarily by gravity, a first inlet (96) connected to receive the relatively high density fluids, a second inlet (94) connected to receive the relatively low density fluids, a first outlet (54) in the upper part of the vessel for a separated gas phase and a second outlet (56) in the lower part of the separation vessel for a separated liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Caltec Limited
    Inventors: Mahmood Mir Sarshar, Ali Najam Miraz Beg, Raja Kishore Nalukurthy
  • Distributed indexing system for data storage
    Patent number: 8335776
    Abstract: A distributed indexing system spreads out the load on an index of stored data in a data storage system. Rather than maintain a single index, the distributed indexing system maintains an index in each media agent of a federated data storage system and a master index that points to the index in each media agent. In some embodiments, the distributed indexing system includes an index server (or group of servers) that handles indexing requests and forwards the requests to the appropriate distributed systems. Thus, the distributed indexing system, among other things, increases the availability and fault tolerance of a data storage index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: CommVault Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Parag Gokhale
  • Modular manifold with quick disconnect valve fittings
    Patent number: 8333214
    Abstract: A manifold for accommodating at least one fluid is constructed of a plurality of modules that can be interconnected and configured to create a customized manifold. Couplers interconnecting a flow cavity of each module can be selected to determine fluid flow characteristics between module flow cavities. Each module has one or more valve ports. Valves or other flow accommodating apparatus are attached to the manifold via adapters. A first end of each adapter is sized and configured to engage a valve port, and a second end engages the attached apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Coast Pneumatics, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Robert Ellis