Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck p.c.
  • Fire retardant elastic foam material
    Patent number: 8163811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an expandable and crosslinkable elastomeric material with improved fire retardant properties and low smoke generation, the manufacturing and use of the material. The material includes polychloroprene as a main polymeric ingredient and chloroparaffin and which is expanded to a final density of less than 200 kg/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Armacell Enterprise GmbH
    Inventors: Heribert Quante, Jürgen Weidinger, Christoph Zauner
  • Method of treating diseases or abnormal conditions of periodontal or dental tissues with GDF5
    Patent number: 8163694
    Abstract: The present invention concerns improved osteoinductive materials comprising matrix materials and morphogenetic proteins, wherein depending on the subject matter the proteins may be dimeric or monomeric proteins. The osteoinductive materials according to the present invention have improved properties. The invention further concerns methods for producing the respective improved osteoinductive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Biopharm Gesellschaft zur Biotechnologischen Entwicklung von Pharmaka mbH
    Inventors: Jens Pohl, Rolf Bechtold, Michael Kruse
  • Systems and methods for providing a broadcast entertainment service and an on-demand entertainment service
    Patent number: 8166133
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for, in some cases, supplementing a broadcast media service with an on-demand and personalized media service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Music Choice
    Inventors: Robert M. Steinberg, Ronald M. Yurman, Jeremy C. Rosenberg, Daniel L. McGonigal, John J. Feras, Jr., David J. Delbeccaro, Stuart H. Farber
  • Sliding device composed of combined structure of screw bolt and nut
    Patent number: 8161844
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sliding device that can surely reduce damage caused by mutual sliding behavior. To achieve the object, a sliding device in which a screw bolt having a male thread and a nut having a female thread hole in which a female thread is formed on an inner circumference are screwed together in a state capable of screw rotation and applied with repeating screw rotation so that the male thread and the female thread are subjected to a sliding load, wherein when Vickers hardness of a first metal material constituting the male thread of the screw bolt is H1, and Vickers hardness of a second metal material constituting the female thread on the inner circumference of the female thread hole in the nut is H2, |H1?H2|=300 HV0.1 to 350 HV0.1 is employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Tamron Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto Shiga
  • Automated invoice processing software and services
    Patent number: 8165934
    Abstract: A method and system for automated invoice processing. An improved method for invoice processing based on an application service provider model in which invoices can be accessed and approved via the Internet from anywhere in the world. This method and system allows a company to manage the process of storing, reviewing, approving, and paying invoices from a single, centralized application. The invoice processing application is integrated with an accounting or ERP system such that payment can be made automatically and redundant data entry eliminated. The approval hierarchy used by the invoice processing application can be obtained from the human resources system of the client organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Micro Graphic Information Services Corp.
    Inventors: Richard S. Manista, William J. McCormick, III, Eduardo Perez
  • Machine head for production of a surface relief
    Patent number: 8163222
    Abstract: A machine head for producing a surface relief on a substrate, the machine head comprising a flexible stamping element having a curved profile and an inverse of the surface relief on its convex side; and the flexibility of the element being such that the inverse of the surface relief can be pressed to become flat and in planar contact with the substrate being pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: API Group PLC
    Inventors: Stephen Done, Ken Shepherd, Phil Carpenter
  • Spiro substituted compounds as angiogenesis inhibitors
    Patent number: 8163923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to spiro (tetracarbon) substituted compound of Formula I, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them as active ingredient, methods for the treatment of disease states associated with angiogenesis, such as cancers associated with protein tyrosine kinases, to their use as medicaments for use in the production of inhibition of tyrosine kinases reducing effects in warm-blooded animals such as humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Advenchen Laboratories, LLC
    Inventor: Guoqing Paul Chen
  • Infant shoe having a pivoting heel portion
    Patent number: 8161669
    Abstract: A shoe such as an infant's shoe includes a sole and an upper with the upper formed by a forefoot portion and a heel portion. When an infant's foot is to be placed in the shoe, the heel portion is configured to be pivoted with respect to the forefoot portion to an open position to allow the foot to slide into the forefoot portion. According to an example, after the foot is received in the forefoot portion, the heel portion is pivoted to a substantially closed position and one or more securing devices associated with each of the forefoot portion and heel portion are engaged to secure the shoe on the infant's foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: X-Swiss, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Keating
  • Industrial truck control system
    Patent number: 8165746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an industrial truck control system (10) for influencing the driving operation of an industrial truck (A, B) according to irregularities along the route to be traveled by the industrial truck (A, B), the system comprising a sensor device (14) for recording irregularities along the route in assignment to the position of irregularities concerned, a memory device (16) for storing the data recorded by the sensor device, and means (16) for influencing the driving operation of the industrial truck (A, B) in dependence on the respective position of the industrial truck (A, B) and according to the data of the sensor device (14) stored in the memory device (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernd Tueshaus
  • Ophthalmologic model
    Patent number: 8157568
    Abstract: An ophthalmologic ball model having a set of ocular parts of a human anatomy comprises of molded components of a ductile resin such as soft silicone, polyurethane resin, fluorine resin, synthetic rubber, natural rubber or a combination of these resins; said parts are transparent or are colored and are patterned; said parts are in a solid form or a sheet form which can be attachable or removable; and such a structure is adopted as a model as to be transformed by pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventor: Tsutomu Hara
  • Systems and methods for monitoring telephone lines
    Patent number: 8160208
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring a telephone line connected to a port of a voice gateway are described. In one embodiment, the method includes: obtaining a value representing an electrical characteristic of the port of the voice gateway; determining whether the value is within an acceptable range; determining whether a call originating from, or terminated at, a device connected to the telephone line completed successfully; and in response to determining that the call completed successfully, creating a new acceptable range based, at least in part, on the obtained value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Kenth Skoglund
  • Modular interconnect apparatus
    Patent number: 8157572
    Abstract: The present application provides a modular interconnect apparatus. In one embodiment, the interconnect apparatus includes a frame; and a plurality of coaxial modules connected to the frame, wherein each of the plurality of coaxial modules comprises: a signal contact having a middle portion, a first end and a second end; a first ring shaped ground contact surrounding the first end of the signal contact, wherein the first end of the signal contact is coaxial with the first ring shaped ground contact; a second ring shaped ground contact surrounding the second end of the signal contact, wherein the second end of the signal contact is coaxial with the second ring shaped ground contact; and a housing that houses at least a portion of signal contact and ground contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Winchester Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Benham, David J. Camelio
  • Measurement-assisted dynamic frequency-reuse in cellular telecommunications networks
    Patent number: 8155659
    Abstract: A radio network resource controller directs a first network node associated with a first cell region, or a wireless terminal in communication through the first cell region, to measure and report radio resource-related data selected from the group consisting of: resource activity per channel; the number of transmitted power samples that exceed a threshold over a measurement period; and, channel quality samples that exceed a quality threshold. The controller then receives at least one measurement report of the radio resource-related data and, as a function of the radio resource-related data in the first cell region, dynamically reallocates the distribution of resources, such as radio-frequency channels associated with uplink and downlink communications, between the first cell region and at least a second cell region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Muhammad Kazmi, Arne Simonsson
  • Ligation amplification of nucleic acid sequences
    Patent number: 8148065
    Abstract: A method is described for the identification of point mutations by a template-dependent ligation procedure. Also described is a template-dependent ligase chain reaction procedure for the amplification and detection of nucleic acid sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: City of Hope
    Inventor: R. Bruce Wallace
  • Method for enhancing blood vessels in angiography images
    Patent number: 8150134
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for enhancing blood vessels in angiography images. The method incorporates the use of linear directional features present in an image, extracted by a Directional Filter Bank, to obtain more precise Hessian analysis in noisy environment and thus can correctly reveal small and thin vessels. Also, the directional image decomposition helps to avoid junction suppression, which in turn, yields continuous vessel tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Kyung Hee University
    Inventors: Sungyoung Lee, Tae-Seong Kim, Young-Koo Lee, Phan Tran Ho Truc
  • Treatment of skin, and wound repair, with thymosin beta 4
    Patent number: 8143218
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treatment of skin utilizing thymosin ?4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Hynda K. Kleinman, Katherine M. Malinda, Allan L. Goldstein, Gabriel Sosne
  • Integrated tray converter
    Patent number: 8142133
    Abstract: A method and system for converting mail between trays in a multiple pass mail sorting system using a plurality of different tray types. Mail from a first type of tray is unloaded and stacked along with mail from other trays to form a large stack. The large stack of mail is then broken down into smaller stacks which are transferred to one of several outputs where the mail is loaded into different types of trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Neebe, Matthew Good, Charles Miller
  • Algorithmic trading system and method
    Patent number: 8140416
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing market participants to evaluate the likelihood of finding hidden volume. The model can predict hidden volume and assess the probability that a market order will be executed within the spread and better than the mid-quote. The cost per immediate execution can be assessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: ITG Software Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Milan Borkovec, Hans Heidle, Robert Sinclair
  • Inducible systems and methods for controlling siRNA expression
    Patent number: 8138327
    Abstract: An inducible system and methods for controlling expression of siRNA are provided. An inducible system for producing siRNA only in the presence of HIV TAT, and methods for inhibiting HIV-1 gene expression in cells comprising such inducible system also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: City of Hope
    Inventors: Hoshang Unwalla, John J. Rossi
  • Method and device for flushing containers with inert gas
    Patent number: 8137480
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inert gas flow which is directed through a channel. The channel includes walls (19,21) which limit the flow. A container having a charging inlet is fed through a recess (10) which is arranged in the first wall (21) adjacent to the flow. According to the invention, the channel includes limiting structures for the flow which are arranged in the area opposite the recess and the first wall can be displaced in a parallel manner in relation to the limiting structures. The channel, together with the container, forms a closed inert gas rinsing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventor: Werner Grabher