Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Watov & Kipnes
  • Patent number: 8333037
    Abstract: The present pet door panel or module includes an interior pocket flap assembly cassette opening and an external frame forming a security panel track permitting a flap assembly cassette and security panel to be slidably received or removed to facilitate changing the height of the portal opening in the pet door panel or module to accommodate various size pets in the field by the consumer without the need for tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Accession, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 8326156
    Abstract: A communication system for providing downlink and uplink communication between Service Providers, and users located in RF remotely located isolated areas, includes the sequential series connection of Service Provider signal sectors to Radio Interface Modules (RIM's), Service Combiner Units (SCU's), Fiber Transceiver Units (FTU's), Optical Multiplexer Units (OMU's), and Remote Fiber Nodes (RFN's), with only the RFN's being located in the RF isolated areas. The RIM's provide level control of RF signals bidirectional flowing between the Service Providers and SCU's. The SCU's both multiplex and split received downlink RF signals for inputting to the FTU's, and also combine and split RF uplink signals received from the FTU's for feed to the RIM's. The FTU's convert downlink RF signals into optical signals, and split the optical signals for connection to the OMU's. The FTU's also convert uplink optical signals received from the OMU's into uplink RF signals for connection to the SCU's.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Fiber-Span, Inc.
    Inventor: James N. Stewart
  • Patent number: 8211715
    Abstract: A consumer food testing device for testing for the presence of harmful contaminants in a food sample, includes a system for producing a visual cue upon detection of a harmful chemical, biological, and/or ionizing radiation contaminant; and a processing system responsive to the detection of a harmful contaminant, for transmitting the global position of the consumer testing device, the identity of the harmful contaminant, and the time and date to a remote monitoring facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Harrogate Holdings, Ltd. Co.
    Inventor: Robert B. Royds
  • Patent number: 8157501
    Abstract: This invention relates to a vertical axis sail-type windmill power transfer device for efficiently harvesting wind power by increasing the effective surface of interaction with the wind where the sails are formed by a plurality of pairs of blades permanently attached to freely rotating horizontal rods penetrating the vertical output shaft with pivot offset of the center of the weight which causes the blades to self-adjust when impacted by wind so that one blade assumes a driving position while the other—a leeward position. The invention has a modular-type structure which permits for a variety of configurations and allows for photovoltaic cells to be placed on the blades in order to complement the production of wind energy with solar energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventor: Sevdalin Semov
  • Patent number: 8152125
    Abstract: A device mounting apparatus includes a mounting base portion having a plurality of opposing pairs of rails. The mounting base portion is adapted for mounting on a support structure. The apparatus further includes a mounting tab affixed to a device for snap in mounting between a pair of rails, whereby the device is captively retained on the mounting base portion, and can be disengaged therefrom by snapping the mounting tabs out of the associated pairs of rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Extreme Broadband Engineering, LLC.
    Inventors: Robert L. Romerein, Brian J. Shapson, Jay F. Shapson
  • Patent number: 8136787
    Abstract: A device mounting apparatus includes a mounting base portion having a plurality of opposing pairs of rails. The mounting base portion is adapted for mounting on a support structure. The apparatus further includes a mounting tab affixed to a device for snap in mounting between a pair of rails, whereby the device is captively retained on the mounting base portion, and can be disengaged therefrom by snapping the mounting tabs out of the associated pairs of rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Extreme Broadband Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Romerein, Brian J. Shapson, Jay F. Shapson
  • Patent number: 8126338
    Abstract: Repeaterless transmission of differential phase-shift keying (DPSK) at 10.7 Gb/s over at least 304 km of standard single-mode fiber is obtained through use of a coherent optical receiver including electronic dispersion compensation. High receiver sensitivity and high tolerance to nonlinearities of DPSK, allow overcoming a total link loss of 58 dB with a 3 dB system margin, through use in the receiver of heterodyne detection to preserve phase distortions resulting from chromatic dispersion, to permit electronic dispersion compensation to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Discovery Semiconductors, Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph T. Wree, Suhas P. Bhandare, Donald A. Becker, Daniel R. Mohr, Abhay M. Joshi
  • Patent number: 8034317
    Abstract: A composition of matter, includes a plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles that are in physical contact with one another, each of the plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles having a) a first dimension that is substantially different than both a second dimension and a third dimension and b) a non-random nanoparticle crystallographic orientation that is substantially aligned with the first direction. The plurality a anisotropic nanoparticles are substantially aligned with respect to each other to define a substantially close packed dense layer having a non-random shared crystallographic orientation that is substantially aligned with a basal plane of the substantially close packed dense layer. The plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles includes a member selected from the group consisting of (In,Ga)y(S,Se)1-y, an In2Se3 stable wurtzite structure that defines a hexagonal rod nanoparticle, Cux(Se)1-x and Cu(In,Ga)y(S,Se)1-y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Heliovolt Corporation
    Inventor: Billy J. Stanbery
  • Patent number: 8021641
    Abstract: Precursor compositions containing copper and selenium suitable for deposition on a substrate to form thin films suitable for semi-conductor applications. Methods of forming the precursor compositions using primary amine solvents and methods of forming the thin films wherein the selection of temperature and duration of heating controls the formation of a targeted species of copper selenide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Heliovolt Corporation
    Inventors: Calvin J. Curtis, Alexander Miedaner, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest, David S. Ginley, Jennifer Leisch, Matthew Taylor, Billy J. Stanbery
  • Patent number: 8021639
    Abstract: A method for rapidly synthesizing polycrystalline diamond, includes the steps of machining a large monolithic graphite piece, placing the starting graphite piece in direct contact with an activator piece composed of a nickel-base alloy, and subjecting the contacting pieces to high static pressure and high temperature for a time sufficient to cause the starting monolithic graphite piece to undergo complete transformation into diamond to yield monolithic polycrystalline diamond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Diamond Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Oleg A. Voronov, Bernard H. Kear
  • Patent number: 7987520
    Abstract: A concealable shoulder-supported harness system for a belt fastened around the torso of a wearer, includes a support portion adapted for operative engagement with the upper torso of the wearer above the belt, wherein the support portion is further adapted for concealment within an outer garment having a portion of the garment extending substantially through the interior side of the belt, and a fastening portion extending from a lower end of the support portion through an aperture in the outer garment located proximate to the belt, wherein the fastening portion further includes an attachment mechanism for securing attachment to the belt. The present invention is further directed to a clothing attire utilizing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Inventor: Erik Henriquez
  • Patent number: 7974586
    Abstract: A passive directional coupler is receptive of VoIP, Internet, and video/data signals, and is used in a CATV amplifier device to couple the video/data signals from a cable drop input port to the input terminal of an amplifier, and to passively bypass the VoIP and Internet signals to a modem port, for insuring continuous connection of the VoIP and Internet signals to the a modem of a user connected to the modem port, regardless of the loss of power to the amplifier or the failure of the amplifier, in one embodiment of the invention. In another embodiment, a switching circuit is responsive to the loss of power to the amplifier, for electrically connecting a 75 ohm resistor between a source of reference potential, and the common connection between the directional coupler and the amplifier, for maintaining a 75 ohm impedance at the directional coupler output to the common connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Extreme Broadband Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Romerein, Jay F. Shapson
  • Patent number: 7966841
    Abstract: A mass and heat exchanger includes at least one first substrate with a surface for supporting a continuous flow of a liquid thereon that either absorbs, desorbs, evaporates or condenses one or more gaseous species from or to a surrounding gas; and at least one second substrate operatively associated with the first substrate. The second substrate includes a surface for supporting the continuous flow of the liquid thereon and is adapted to carry a heat exchange fluid therethrough, wherein heat transfer occurs between the liquid and the heat exchange fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: AIL Research, Inc
    Inventors: Andrew Lowenstein, Marc J. Sibilia, Jeffrey A. Miller, Thomas Tonon
  • Patent number: 7963497
    Abstract: A device mounting apparatus includes a mounting base portion having a plurality of opposing pairs of rails. The mounting base portion is adapted for mounting on a support structure. The apparatus further includes a mounting tab affixed to a device for snap in mounting between a pair of rails, whereby the device is captively retained on the mounting base portion, and can be disengaged therefrom by snapping the mounting tabs out of the associated pairs of rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Extreme Broadband Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Romerein, Brian J. Shapson, Jay F. Shapson
  • Patent number: 7959031
    Abstract: A method for a metering and dispensing device for free flowing materials includes a volume body having first and second ends, and a volumetric channel extending therethrough. The second end of the volume body is adapted for attachment to the opening of a container holding the free flowing material. The device further includes a measuring partition operatively associated with the second end of the volume body. The measuring partition includes a barrier lip portion extending therefrom into the volumetric channel, and a measuring opening selectively movable from a closed position to an open position relative to the volumetric channel, wherein the selective movement of the measuring opening simultaneously causes the barrier lip portion to vary the volume of the volumetric channel relative to the measuring opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventor: Fredrik J. Ranney
  • Patent number: 7947023
    Abstract: A known disposable per use surgical primary cassette is modified to avoid contamination thereof during use by aspirated fluid from a vitreous cutter connected thereto by bypassing the aspirated fluid into a receiving chamber of a relatively less expensive disposable secondary cassette, whereby during use a vacuum produced in a chamber of the primary cassette connected to the receiving chamber of the secondary cassette in turn produces a vacuum in the receiving chamber of the latter for drawing aspirated fluid from the vitreous cutter directly into the receiving chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Peregrine Surgical, Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher F. Lumpkin, Shawn P. Mullen, John E. Richmond, Michael D. Auld
  • Patent number: 7939048
    Abstract: Methods for assemblies of anisotropic nanoparticles which includes forming a substantially close packed dense layer by assembling a plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles, each of the plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles having a) a first dimension that is substantially different than both a second dimension and a third dimension and b) a non-random nanoparticle crystallographic orientation that is substantially aligned with the first direction, wherein assembling includes mechanically interacting the plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles by imposing a delocalized force that defines a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a basal plane of the substantially closed packed dense layer; and imposing a fluctuating force to which the anisotropic nanoparticles respond, which is sufficient to overcome a short range weak attractive force between members of the plurality of anisotropic nanoparticles with respect to anisotropic nanoparticles that are not substantially overlapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: HelioVolt Corporation
    Inventor: Billy J. Stanbery
  • Patent number: 7921656
    Abstract: A design for equipment and process for reliquefaction of LNG boiloff gas, primarily for shipboard installation, has high thermodynamic efficiency and lower capital cost, smaller size (volume, footprint), lower weight, and less need for maintenance than systems utilizing the prior art. The main refrigerant gas compressor is reduced to a single stage turbocompressor. Optional elements include: compression of boiloff gas at ambient temperature; compression of boiloff gas in one or two stages; turboexpansion of refrigerant gas incorporating one or two turboexpanders; turboexpander energy recovery by mechanical loading, compressor drive, or electric generator; refrigerant sidestream for cooling at the lowest temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: AMCS Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Anthony Mostello
  • Patent number: 7918430
    Abstract: A device mounting apparatus includes a mounting base portion having a plurality of opposing pairs of rails. The mounting base portion is adapted for mounting on a support structure. The apparatus further includes a mounting tab affixed to a device for snap in mounting between a pair of rails, whereby the device is captively retained on the mounting base portion, and can be disengaged therefrom by snapping the mounting tabs out of the associated pairs of rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Extreme Broadband Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Romerein, Brian J. Shapson, Jay F. Shapson
  • Patent number: 7913454
    Abstract: A pet portal flap assembly has interior and exterior frames between which moveable flaps are mounted in a swinging door, or in a patio door insert, or in an exterior wall, to permit both ingress and egress of a pet. A handle operated mechanism is provided for selectively vertically positioning the moveable flaps in an uppermost position to permit both ingress and egress of a pet, in a mid-position for only permitting ingress of a pet, and in a lowermost position in which bottom portions of the flaps are locked between the interior and exterior frames to prevent any movement of the flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Accession, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas D. Sullivan