Patents Represented by Attorney Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson
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Patent number: 7681764Abstract: A delivering tap for a liquid vessel of the “bag in box” type, and a process for making the delivering tap, where the delivering tap has a substantially-cylindrical elongated body equipped with an end cam and a plane abutting member against the vessel; and further has a plug with a cylindrical end and an operating knob operatively connected to the body where the plug is made in a single piece, where the plug has a tamper-preventing warranty seal adapted to signal a possible tampering of the tap when opening; and where the body has a housing adapted to contain the tamper-preventing warranty seal.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2005Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Vitop Moulding S.R.L.Inventor: Diego Nini
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Patent number: 7676298Abstract: A method of precision surface re-profiling of a composite polymeric component comprising a region capable of being re-profiled, comprising the steps of locating the polymeric composite component with a formable surface relative to a supporting fixture, the thickness of component comprising the formable surface being greater than the desired final thickness in a region to be re-profiled, moving a forming head into position into contact with the formable surface of the composite component with the aid of precision location or measurement sensors, causing the formable surface of the component to flow under the tool and creating a precisely defined local thickness or profile of component under the forming tool, and moving the forming head along the region of the component to be re-profiled, while maintaining the forming tool at a predetermined height profile or while leaving the re-profiled component with a predetermined thickness profile.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: CRC for Advanced Composite Structures LimitedInventor: Andrew Beehag
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Patent number: 7654208Abstract: An adjustable work surface comprises first and second decks that are pivotally connected by pivot arms. The pivot arms are located and configured so that the second deck can pivot relative to the first deck between a storage position and an extended position where the two decks are in substantially the same plane. The pivot arms are located and configured so that the upper surfaces of both decks are substantially parallel both in the storage position and the extended position. Preferably the forward wall of the first deck and the rear wall of the second deck are configured so the first deck supports the second deck in the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2005Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Inventor: Jim W. Patten
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Patent number: 7645462Abstract: A method, apparatus and method of making acupoint patches is disclosed. The acupoint patch of the present invention uses natural herbs as raw materials. It is made by combining traditional Chinese acupuncture therapy and contemporary transdermal controlled release technologies. The acupoint patch of the present invention is made with natural herb extracts using contemporary transdermal absorption technologies based on the characteristics of different acupoints. They can stay on the skin for 6-8 hours, during which period natural herb essence enters blood circulation and performs a sustainable regulating function. This is a feature unrivaled by traditional acupuncture.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2003Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: 3T Herbtech, Inc.Inventor: Liqin Sun
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Patent number: 7645388Abstract: A liquid sample is prepared at a preparation site and then processed, e.g. in an HPLC column. The sample is prepared and conveyed to the device at a flow rate which is substantially less than the flow rate through the device. The different flow rates are preferably provided by variable rate working fluid supplies which drive the sample from the preparation site and through the device.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Eksigent Technologies, LLCInventors: David W. Neyer, David J. Rakestraw, Jason E. Rehm
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Patent number: 7644011Abstract: A method of evaluating an investment manager's skill includes determining a time frame including a plurality of time periods of a predefined duration over which to calculate statistics, generating a return distribution for each time period, obtaining return data for a manager for each given time period, standardizing the manager's return data for each given time period, and calculating measurement statistics to compare the manager's return data against the return distribution over the plurality of time periods.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2005Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Inventor: Gary Shkedy
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Patent number: 7638498Abstract: A substance for preventing, delaying the onset of, or treating one or more than one autoimmune disease, the substance comprising a polynucleotide construct comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding the pro-apoptotic protein BAX and encoding one or more than one autoantigen for the autoimmune disease. A method for preventing, delaying the onset of or treating an autoimmune disease in a patient comprising selecting a patient who is susceptible to developing the autoimmune disease, who is developing the autoimmune disease or who has the autoimmune disease and administering to the patient one or more than one dose of a polynucleotide construct comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding the pro-apoptotic protein BAX and encoding one or more than one autoantigen for an autoimmune disease, or comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding the adenoviral protein E3-GP19k, or comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding ?BCL-2.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2007Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Loma Linda UniversityInventors: Alan P. Escher, Fengchun Li
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Patent number: 7639071Abstract: An active LC band pass filter 10 includes a single LC pair and a plurality of active amplifiers providing a number of separate resonance circuits. The active amplifiers compensate ohmic losses, high frequency skin effects, and high frequency radiation. Each circuit has a resonance frequency that is adjustable by changing only the parameters of one or more active amplifiers. The filter 10 has a very high adjustable quality value Q, very low shape factor S, a relatively high signal-to-noise ratio, and a very large voltage gain that increases with frequency. High frequency performance is not affected by the quality of the LC pair, being limited only by the high frequency performance of the amplifier components. Also disclosed is a method for processing an electronic signal using the active LC band pass filter 10.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Zyion, Inc.Inventor: Yun-O Chang
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Patent number: 7631588Abstract: An apparatus useful in the removal of toxic materials from toxic weapon projectiles has a base, a projectile retaining container and a ram. The projectile retaining container has a projectile retainer opening, a ram opening and a drain opening. The projectile retaining container is adapted to retain a toxic weapon projectile in the projectile retainer opening. The ram is adapted to extend into a toxic weapon projectile disposed within the projectile retaining container to crush the projectile's burster well and to thereby release toxic materials to the drain opening in the projectile retaining container. The ram alternatively includes high pressure water nozzles for breaking up any coagulant particles and for thoroughly rinsing the interior side walls of the toxic weapon projectile.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2006Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Parsons CorporationInventor: James D Osterloh
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Patent number: 7631646Abstract: A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a generally clam shell configuration, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position in which the styling arm is distant the cylinder and a closed position in which the styling arm is proximate to the cylinder, such as contacting the cylinder. The styling arm may also include a brush head with fixed or retractable bristles and/or a smoothing plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2008Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: MM&R Products, Inc.Inventors: Michael A Ragosta, Bruno Meglio, Claudio Marino, David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Patent number: 7607569Abstract: A securable storage container comprising: a hollow housing having a front wall, a back wall, side walls, a top and a bottom for defining a first compartment and a second compartment; a first door rotatably connected to the housing and providing access to the first compartment, the first door being reversibly movable between an open position and a closed position; a second door rotatably connected to the housing and providing access to the second compartment, the second door being lockable to the housing; two opposing trap doors, each trap door being rotatably coupled to one of the side walls of the housing for dividing the first compartment from the second compartment; and a deployment means for moving the trap doors between a closed position in which the first compartment is separated from the second compartment and an open position in which the first compartment is in communication with the second compartment; wherein opening the first door forces the deployment means to move the trap doors to the closed poType: GrantFiled: April 3, 2007Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Inventor: Jack Van Rossum
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Patent number: 7602991Abstract: A method for image processing of a digital image, in which a region of interest is defined in the digital image, one or more sets of pixel characteristics are determined for the region of interest, along with an image editing function, and the digital image is processed by applying a mixing function algorithm based on the one or more sets of pixel characteristics and the determined image editing function. When the digital image includes pixels that are outside of the region of interest, the processing the digital image includes using the mixing function to determine which pixels that are outside of the region of interest are affected by the image editing function.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Nik Software, Inc.Inventor: Nils Kokemohr
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Patent number: 7601374Abstract: Packaging of respiring biological materials, particularly bananas and other fruits, in sealed containers. The containers preferably include a gas-permeable membrane comprising (1) a microporous film, and (2) a polymeric coating on the microporous film. Using appropriate containers and appropriate controlled atmospheres around the container, the respiring materials can be stored and/or ripened under controlled conditions. Bananas can be ripened while they are being transported, or in conventional ripening rooms without opening the containers in which they have been transported. The ripe bananas are less dehydrated and remain in a satisfactory ripened state for longer periods of time.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2001Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Landec CorporationInventor: Raymond Clarke
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Patent number: 7602968Abstract: A graphical user interface for execution on a computer for image processing of a digital image, and method, in which an input interface is overlaid on the digital image and visually connected to the coordinates of one or more pixels to be processed. A graphical icon, such as a circle, may be overlaid on the neighborhood of the pixels to be processed. The input interface may comprise one or more sliders, to receive user input of values, such as weights, to be used for image processing of the one or more pixels.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Nik Software, Inc.Inventor: Nils Kokemohr
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Patent number: 7597802Abstract: A drain filtration apparatus including a catch basin and a filter housing. The catch basin includes a conduit extending upward from a drain opening in the catch basin, the upper vertical edge of the conduit being lower than the opening of the catch basin. The filter housing is removably securable to the upper portion of the conduit and includes a cover having an upper surface sufficient to cover the upper opening of the conduit as well as an elongated circumferential portion having openings which extend downwardly from the cover.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Inventor: C. Raymond Ledsworth
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Patent number: 7597790Abstract: A flow controller which uses a combination of hydrostatic pressure and electroosmotic flow to control the flow of a fluid. A driving fluid (1204) whose flow rate is dependent on both hydrostatic pressures and electroosmotic flow can be used (a) directly as a working fluid in an operable device, for example a chromatograph, or (b) to displace a working fluid (1203) from a storage container (625) into an operable device (1301), or both (a) and (b). The driving fluid (1204) can be composed of one or more fluids. Part or all the driving fluid (1204) is passed through an electroosmotic device (100) so as to increase or decrease the flow rate induced by hydrostatic pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2002Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Eksigent Technologies, LLCInventors: David W. Neyer, Phillip H. Paul, Don Wesley Arnold, Christopher G. Bailey
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Patent number: 7599866Abstract: A method for determining a market clearing price (“MCP”) in an electricity market, in which an objective function relates the MCP and constraints in terms of a nonlinear programming expression, and the MCP is found by resolving an augmented Lagrangian dual function using a surrogate optimization framework. A system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2003Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignees: Southern California Edison Company, The University of ConnecticutInventors: Joseph H. Yan, Peter B. Luh, Gary A. Stern, William E. Blankson, Ernan Ni, Ying Chen, Feng Zhao, Yaming Ma
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Patent number: 7575722Abstract: Microfluidic systems including a principal microfluidic conduit (24), an adjacent dead volume (1) and a drain conduit (70) which mitigates the adverse effects of the dead volume on the operation of the system.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2005Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Eksigent Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Don W. Arnold
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Patent number: D598319Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: St. John Companies, Inc.Inventor: Karen L. Joseph
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Patent number: D605887Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Finest Products LimitedInventor: Kwok Din Lau