Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Pauley Petersen Kime & Erickson
  • Diffraction enhanced x-ray imaging of articular cartilage
    Patent number: 6577708
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting an image of an object, particularly a soft tissue material. A generated x-ray beam is transmitted through the soft tissue material. A transmitted beam is directed at an angle of incidence upon a crystal analyzer. An image of the object is detected from a beam diffracted from the crystal analyzer either at or near a peak of a rocking curve of the crystal analyzer. The method and system of this invention is particularly useful for analyzing images of cartilage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Inventors: Leroy Dean Chapman, Moumen O. Hasnah, Oral Oltulu, Zhong Zhong, Juergen Mollenhauer, Carol Muehleman, Klaus Kuettner, Matthias Aurich, Etta D. Pisano, R. Eugene Johnston, William Craig Thomlinson, Dale Sayers
  • Mounting for a cooking surface
    Patent number: 6361858
    Abstract: A mounting for a cooking surface held at its periphery by at least one support part comprising a fiberglass reinforced duromer or thermosetting resin selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated polyester resin, a melamine resin, a phenol resin, and an epoxy resin, wherein the fiberglass reinforcement are glass fibers having a length of 15 mm to 65 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Schott Glas
    Inventors: Horst Stedron, Bernd Schulteis