Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Shaw Pittman
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Patent number: 8333808Abstract: A hair dyeing agent, a combination of the hair dyeing agent and a softener for dyeing hair and the method of using the combination are disclosed. The hair dyeing agent comprises a dye active, a mordant active, a stabilizer, water, and a carrier and/or an excipient. The dye active is selected from gallic acids, salts and esters thereof and their combinations. The mordant active is a ferrous salt selected from ferrous sulfate, ferrous chloride, ferrous nitrate, ferrous gluconate, ferrous lactate and ferrous fumarate.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2010Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Natural Medicine Institute Of Zhejiang Yangshengtang Co., Ltd.Inventors: Liu Hu, Hongying Lan, Lian Xue
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Patent number: 8334349Abstract: A thermoplastic copolymer having an excellent balance among properties such as coating resistance, color stability and fluidity and having high operability and productivity can be obtained by a method for producing a thermoplastic copolymer, comprising step (I) of supplying a monomer mixture (a) containing an aromatic vinyl monomer (a1) and a vinyl cyanide monomer (a2) to a complete mixing type reactor continuously to produce a copolymer (A) and step (II) of supplying the copolymer (A) continuously to a tubular reactor with a static mixing structure therein, which is placed in series with the complete mixing type reactor, and reacting the copolymer (A) to produce a copolymer (B).Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Taro Yamashita, Hajime Takamura
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Patent number: 8333726Abstract: Lacrimal implants for treating diseases or disorders are disclosed. More particularly, lacrimal implants, methods of making such implants, and methods of treating ocular, respiration, inner ear or other diseases or disorders using such implants are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: QLT Inc.Inventors: Alan R. Rapacki, Valery Rubinchik, John B. Holds, Sylvie Sim, Danny Shen
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Patent number: 8335344Abstract: A method for producing an electronic annotated document including embedding annotation information into an electronic annotation object having image data including an annotation, and producing the electronic annotated document using pixel information from the electronic document and the electronic annotation object. The annotation embedded information may be used to select corresponding pixel information from one of the electronic annotated object and electronic document to be provided in the electronic annotated document. A system and tangible storage medium having machine-readable instructions for producing an electronic annotated document are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Xing Li, Peter McCandlish, Theresa Marconi, Ryan Metcalfe
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Patent number: 8330303Abstract: Power supply equipment includes an adapter which converts power from a power source to DC power for powering an electronic device. The adapter further includes circuitry which produces a data signal for use by the electronic device to control power flow within the electronic device. A cable, which is electrically coupled to the adapter, has a connector at its distal end. The power supply equipment further includes a plurality of tips, each of which has an input connector, an output connector and at least three conductors. The input connector of each tip is detachable mateable to the connector on the distal end of the cable. The output connector of each tip is detachably mateable to a corresponding electronic device. The conductors transfer the DC power and the data signal from the input connector to the output connector. A tip output connector has a shape and size dependent on the shape and size of a power input opening of the electronic device to which the tip corresponds.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Comarco Wireless Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Thomas W. Lanni
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Patent number: 8327547Abstract: The invention features an indexable wear plate/piercing tip insert that is configured to be removably and repositionably attached to the front, nose portion of the upper, movable jaw of a metal demolition shears. The insert functions as both a wear plate and a piercing tip and is indexable in that a non-worn or less worn portion of the wear surface of the wear plate portion of the insert, and non-worn shearing and piercing edges of the piercing tip portion of the insert, can be presented simultaneously simply by rotating the insert 180° and reattaching it to the nose portion of the upper, movable jaw of a metal demolition shears.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.Inventors: Karl Johnson, Louis Maggio, Clayton Sederberg
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Patent number: 8327523Abstract: There is provided a method of making two electrically separated inductors using deposition and wet-etching techniques, which inductors are formed by interwinding one of the inductors within the other inductor on the same planar level. In still another aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of making various levels inductors, each level having at least two electrically separated inductors, using deposition and wet-etching techniques. The inductors on each planar level are formed by interwinding one of the inductors within the other inductor, and then stacking these in a preferred manner. In still another aspect, there is provided a manner of connecting together inductors formed according to the above methods in order to achieve various inductor configurations.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2006Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventors: Adam J. Whitworth, Wenjiang Zeng
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Patent number: 8329854Abstract: A resinous compound of the formulas or a salt thereof, wherein G1 is —X1C(O)OR1, —X2OC(O)R2, or —X2OH; G2 is R4, R12, —C(O)R2, —C(O)X1C(O)OR1, or —C(O)X2OC(O)R2; R1 is an alkyl having from 10 to 80 carbon atoms; R2 is an alkyl having from 2 to 40 carbon atoms; each R3 and R4 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, arylalkyl or alkylaryl; each R5 and each R6 is independently hydrogen or alkyl; X1 and X2 are both a straight or branched alkylene group; t1 is 1 to 20; t2 and t3 is independently 0 to 20; u1 is 1 to 30; u2 and u3 is independently 0 to 30; each R7 and each R8 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, or alkoxyl; each R9 and each R10 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, or alkoxyl; Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic moiety; p is 1 to 5; q is 1 to 12; A? is selected from the group consisting of Cl?, Br?, I?, HSO4?, HSO3?, CH3SO3?, NO3?, HCOO?, CH3COO?, H2PO4?, SCN?, BF4?, ClO4?, SSO3?, PF6?, and SbCl6?; and J is alkyl, arylalkyl, or alkylaryl.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Maria Birau, C. Geoffrey Allen
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Patent number: 8331644Abstract: According to one embodiment, a document handling apparatus includes an image detection unit including a plurality of light sources to irradiate a surface of a paper sheet as an inspection target with light from two different directions, and a light receiving unit configured to receive reflected light from the surface of the paper sheet, and configured to detect an image on the surface of the paper sheet, and a detected information processing unit configured process detected information from the image detection unit and determine a defacement degree of the paper sheet. The detected information processing unit is configured to detect gray contamination of the paper sheet from an image detected by simultaneously turning on the plurality of light sources and to detect wrinkles or folds of the paper sheet from an image detected by turning on one of the plurality of light sources.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Teruhiko Uno
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Patent number: 8332071Abstract: An actuator having a two-parameters energy converter is coupled to a transducer and is driven by a controller. Prior to assembly and operation of the actuator, a calibration procedure is performed. The calibration procedure, together with the unique controller, enable accurate control of the output parameters of the actuator. In one example, the parameters are rate and force, and the calibration and controller enable accurate control of the rate and force at the output of the actuator by measuring only the rate at the output of the energy converter. Consequently, no sensors are needed at the output of the actuator, i.e., at the output of the transducer, where the load is applied.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Inventor: David Zeltzer
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Patent number: 8329230Abstract: Disclosed is a natural hair care composition comprising extract of flowers of plant Butea frondosa and/or stem bark of plant Butea parviflora, and/or the exudates of stem and root of plant Butea superba, and a cosmetically acceptable carrier. Also disclosed are methods for obtaining the plant extract and use thereof in regulation of hair growth and prevention of hair loss in all kinds of hair disorders.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Himalaya Global Holdings, Ltd.Inventors: Shankar Kumar Mitra, Ekta Saxena, Uddagiri Venkanna Babu, Marikunte Venkata Ranganna
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Patent number: 8331621Abstract: A toll violation enforcement system that contains a capture unit that receives a trigger signal and takes vehicle images of passing vehicles. A lighting unit configured to operate continuously is provided to establish a major lighting source incident on the vehicle. A processing unit is provided that processes the vehicle image and controls the settings employed by the capture unit. The processing unit preferably contains a plate location module for extracting an original resolution license plate area image from a first vehicle image; an exposure control module for controlling the exposure setting on the capture unit to provide consistent intensity of the license plate area; a resolution reset module for changing the image resolution for a second vehicle image; an image enhancement module for brightening pixels of the second vehicle image; and an image compression module for compressing the license plate area image and second vehicle image to a predetermined format.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2005Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: United Toll Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jim Allen, Sheng Zhong, Raghavan Venugopal, Balaraju Banna, Xidong Zheng
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Patent number: 8330940Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes a support configured to support a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern a beam of radiation to form a patterned beam of radiation; a positioning device configured to move the support in a first direction; a measurement device configured to measure a relative position of the patterning device with respect to the support and to generate a measuring signal, the measurement device including a reference unit constructed and arranged to be coupled to the patterning device at a fixed relative position, and a position sensor configured to measure the position of the reference unit with respect to the support, wherein the positioning device is constructed and arranged to correct a position of the support based on the measuring signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventor: Dirk-Jan Bijvoet
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Patent number: 8329068Abstract: A black resin composition capable of forming a black matrix having high OD value and high adhesion as well as high resistance is disclosed. The black resin composition is a black resin composition comprising at least a light shielding agent, a resin and a solvent, which light shielding agent contains at least titanium nitride compound particles, wherein the angle of diffraction 2? of the peak originated from (200) plane of the titanium nitride compound particles when CuK? line is used as the X-ray source is not less than 42.5° and not more than 42.8°. Using this black resin composition allows a thin resin black matrix having a high light shielding property and high resistance to be readily attained.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Yoshihiko Inoue, Wataru Fukushima, Akihiko Watanabe
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Patent number: 8328924Abstract: A solid ink composition suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on coated paper substrates. In embodiments, the solid ink composition comprises both a crystalline component and an amorphous component, and optionally, a colorant, which provides for a robust ink.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Kentaro Morimitsu, Jennifer L. Belelie, Naveen Chopra, Stephan V. Drappel, Corey Tracy, Peter G. Odell
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Patent number: 8331732Abstract: A method for performing binary image reduction on binary image data includes receiving binary input image data; determining a conversion factor to scale (i) an input resolution to an output resolution and/or (ii) an input size to an output size; applying the conversion factor to the input image data to obtain intermediate data, where each intermediate data corresponds to at least one input pixel and at least a portion of another input pixel; obtaining a binary output image data comprising a plurality of output pixels by thresholding the corresponding intermediate data; determining an error value for each output pixel, the error value is a non-integer value obtained as a result of thresholding the intermediate data corresponding to the output pixel; and propagating the obtained error value to an adjacent output pixel in a scanline, where the output image data is scaled to the output resolution and/or the output size.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Ryan Metcalfe, Clara Cuciurean-Zapan
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Patent number: 8332292Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a tradable (e.g., exchange-listed) instrument by securitizing foreign currency using a foreign currency trust or other special-purpose vehicle that is established to hold one or more particular foreign currency and to issue foreign currency trust shares and/or receipts corresponding to the value of the foreign currency(s) held by the Trust. The foreign currency trust shares may represent a proportional interest in the Trust and/or the foreign currency held by the trust. The Trust may include one or more Trust accounts to receive and store the foreign currency deposited with the Trust. The Trust can operate to receive an investment amount in a first currency and provide shares or Trust receipts having a value in a second currency. The shares or receipts of the trust can be listed, quoted, and traded on a trading system.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: The Bank of New York Mellon CorporationInventors: Jonathan S Spirgel, Laura S Melman
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Patent number: 8331816Abstract: An image printing system configured to minimize two-dimensional image quality non-uniformities on printed documents is provided. The image printing system includes a marking engine, a linear array sensor, an image analyzer, and a controller. The marking engine is constructed to print toner images on an image bearing surface moving in a process direction. The marking engine comprising of a toner development system. The linear array sensor is adjacent the image bearing surface and is extending in a cross-process direction. The linear array sensor is configured to scan the toner image on the image bearing surface. The image analyzer is configured to detect a two-dimensional non-uniformity in the toner image. The controller is configured to control at least one control parameter of the toner development system based on the two-dimensional image quality non-uniformity in the toner image that is detected by the linear array sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Joseph C. Sheflin, Jack T. Lestrange, Martin Edward Hoover
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Patent number: 8330936Abstract: A path which a substrate should take under the projection system during immersion lithography imaging of a plurality of dies on the top surface of the substrate is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2006Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Bob Streefkerk, Youri Johannes Laurentius Maria Van Dommelen, Richard Moerman, Cédric Désiré Grouwstra
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Patent number: RE43855Abstract: This invention relates to the printing of a substrate having a pre-printed “print pattern” with a “design layer” of ink where there is differential adhesion within and without the print pattern. The print pattern is receptive to an ink, and the design layer ink forms a durable image material with good bond to the print pattern, but the ink does not form a durable image material on the portions of the substrate outside the print pattern. The design layer ink is a UV-curable ink, and the print pattern may have a higher surface energy than the portions of the substrate outside the print pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Contra Vision Ltd.Inventors: G. Roland Hill, Chris David Parry