Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
  • Brassiere cup with a breast enhancement insert and brassiere formed therewith
    Patent number: 8277276
    Abstract: A brassiere cup, and brassiere formed therewith, is provided for enhancing the shape of a wearer's breast. The brassiere cup comprises an outer fabric layer having a lower peripheral portion, and an inner liner fabric layer having a lower peripheral portion. A breast enhancement insert having upper and lower peripheral portions and inner and outer surfaces is attached along the lower peripheral portions of the outer fabric layer and the inner liner layer, the upper peripheral portion and the inner and outer surfaces of the insert being substantially unattached. The breast enhancement insert comprises a padding material encapsulated within a fabric cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Sandra A. Waitz, Anthony J. Nuzzo
  • System and method for temporary storm water drainage control
    Patent number: 8277646
    Abstract: A temporary storm water drainage control member having a first portion including a series of flow control openings formed therein, and a second portion defining a side wall, is releasably mountable over or within the open end of a storm water pipe system. The side wall of the second portion of the drainage control member engages the storm water pipe in a frictionally engaging fit to mount the drainage control member over or within the opening of the storm water pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Inventor: Earl R. Singleton
  • Method and apparatus for maximizing publisher revenue
    Patent number: 8280765
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for maximizing publisher revenue for online advertising is provided. The computer implemented method includes determining a ratio of guaranteed ad impressions to expected remaining ad impressions. If the ratio is less than a threshold, the method includes, identifying a minimum bid value, the minimum bid value based on the ratio; comparing the minimum bid value to a received bid value for an ad impression; allocating the ad impression to an owner of the received bid when the received bid value is greater than or equal to the minimum bid value; and displaying an ad of the owner of the received bid. If the ratio is greater than the threshold, the method includes, allocating the ad impression to an owner of the guaranteed ad impressions. In one embodiment, the method operations are stored on a computer readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Yieldex, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Shields, C. Douglas Cosman, Craig Miller, John Barr
  • Hot-melt adhesive and method for the manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 8277554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hot melt adhesive, comprising at least one polysaccharide ester gained by a reaction of a polysaccharide with an imidazolide in melted imidazole. The invention relates, further, to a process for producing the hot melt adhesive, in which imidazole is melted, and an acid chloride and/or an acid anhydride and/or a lactone is reacted in and with the melted imidazole to form an imidazolide, whereby at least one polysaccharide is added to the melted imidazole, whereby the polysaccharide is reacted with the imidazolide to form a polysaccharide ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: Innovent e.V., Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat
    Inventors: Bernd Grünler, Andreas Heft, Marion Homuth, Thomas Heinze, Tim Liebert
  • Carton for flowable material
    Patent number: 8276806
    Abstract: A carton for dispensing flowable material. The carton has a plurality of panels and end flaps for closing respective ends of the carton. An access opening in one of the panels is for providing access to the interior of the carton. The carton further can include a flexible bag that is positioned in the interior of the carton, and a spigot that is operatively connected to the bag for selectively dispensing the flowable material from the interior of the bag by way of the spigot. The carton is shaped to enhance flow of the flowable material through the spigot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventor: Bradley J. Burke
  • Fluid line connector
    Patent number: 8272671
    Abstract: A connector connects the ends of two fluid lines, it is useful for connecting and sealing the ends of refrigerant lines in an automotive air conditioner. A resilient seal is disposed about the end of a fluid line within each end of the passageway and a combination slotted ferrule and sealing ring member formed with a sealing ring portion and a ferrule portion is captured between the seal and a compression nut treaded onto the end of the body. When the nut is tightened onto the end, it causes the ferrule portion to deform and collapse inwardly to grasp and hold the fluid line securely in place and simultaneously drives the sealing ring portion against the seal to compress the seal, which expands to form a fluid-tight seal around the end of the fluid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: AirSept, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Becker, Jim Resutek, Myron Stein, Thomas M. Wall
  • Fan cowl support for a turbofan engine
    Patent number: 8272595
    Abstract: A fan cowl support for an aircraft having an engine pylon, an engine fan case and an engine fan cowl. The fan cowl support includes a support having a forward end connected to the engine fan case and an aft end connected to the engine pylon. At least a portion of the engine fan cowl is connected to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventors: Jihad I. Ramlaoui, Timothy Gormley
  • Adjustable silencer booster with spoked piston engagement shoulder
    Patent number: 8272306
    Abstract: The herein proposed device relieves an autoloading handguns' barrel from the weight of the silencer allowing it to cycle properly. This improved booster housing for a silencer affords the user ten positions of orientation. A more robust orientation mechanism which minimizes rotational movement of the associated piston when it is fully seated within the booster housing is provided for. Increased accuracy of the host firearm is achieved through the minimization of rotational play. My improved booster housing design is lighter in weight than other similar designs and utilizes a coaxial expansion chamber between the housing and the interior of the silencer tube to increase sound reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Armament Corp.
    Inventor: Mike Smith
  • Processes for the convergent synthesis of calicheamicin derivatives
    Patent number: 8273862
    Abstract: This invention describes processes for the convergent synthesis of calicheamicin derivatives, and similar analogs using bifunctional and trifunctional linker intermediates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Wyeth LLC
    Inventors: Justin Keith Moran, Jianxin Gu
  • Packs and methods of erecting packs
    Patent number: 8272559
    Abstract: A pack includes a top panel, side panels, bottom panels, and retaining structures at each end of the pack. A packet can be disposed on a top surface of a container enclosed within the pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert L. Sutherland
  • Flexible RAM clock enable
    Patent number: 8271821
    Abstract: A first set of configuration logic is configurable to provide a first port input clock signal for controlling input registers of a first port of a memory block. A second set of configuration logic is configurable to provide a second port input clock signal for controlling input registers of a second port of the memory block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Jinyong Yuan, Christopher F. Lane, David E. Jefferson, Vaughn Betz
  • Restriction of program process capabilities
    Patent number: 8272048
    Abstract: This document describes systems and methods for restricting program process capabilities. In some implementations, the capabilities are restricted by limiting the rights or privileges granted to an application. A plurality of rules may be established for a program, or for a group of programs, denying that program the right to take actions which are outside of the actions needed to implement its intended functionality. A security policy is implemented to test actions initiated in response to an application against the rules to enable decisions restricting the possible actions of the program. Embodiments are disclosed which process the majority of decisions regarding actions against a security profile through use of a virtual machine. In some embodiments, the majority of decisions are resolved within the kernel space of an operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Cooper, Nick Lane-Smith, Joshua Osborne
  • Anti-amyloid antibodies
    Patent number: 8268973
    Abstract: Methods useful for effecting prophylaxis or treatment of amyloidosis, including AA Amyloidosis and AL amyloidosis, by administering peptides comprising neoepitopes, such as AA fragments from a C-terminal region of AA, and antibodies specific for neoepitopes of aggregated amyloid proteins, for example, antibodies specific for the C-terminal region of AA fibrils. Antibodies for inhibition of formation and/or increasing clearance of amyloid deposits in a patient thus effecting prophylaxis or treating amyloid disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Onclave Therapeutics
    Inventors: Dale B. Schenk, Peter A. Seubert, José Saldanha
  • Rotationally indexed article support for a conveyor system having an alignment station
    Patent number: 8267241
    Abstract: An article support assembly (1) is adapted for movement by a conveyor along a path of conveyance. The article support assembly (1) includes a trolley (5) for engagement by the conveyor and a shackle (3) configured to support an article, and rotatable with respect to the trolley. A turning block (33) is associated with the shackle (3), and rotation of the turning block with respect to the trolley (5) causes corresponding rotation of the shackle relative to the trolley. Yieldable indexing features (23, 27, 29, 31) are operatively arranged between the trolley (5) and the turning block (33) to define at least a first and a second incremental rotational position or orientation for the shackle (3). The yieldable indexing features (23, 27, 29, 31) of the article support assembly (1) are biased into yieldable engagement by magnetic repelling forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Foodmate BV
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Gustaaf den Boer, Juul Floris van den Berg, Arij de Vrij
  • Composition and method for preparing plasminogen
    Patent number: 8268782
    Abstract: Disclosed is both a method for preparing a plasminogen and a method for preparing a reversibly inactive acidified plasmin by activating the plasminogen. The prepared plasminogen is typically purified from a fraction obtained in the separation of immunoglobulin from Fraction II+III chromatographic process and eluted at a low pH. The prepared plasmin is isolated and stored with a low pH-buffering capacity agent to provide a substantially stable formulation. The reversibly inactive acidified plasmin may be used in the administration of a thrombolytic therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Grifols Therapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Rebbeor, Jonathan S. Strauss, Jeffrey A. Yuziuk
  • Status monitoring system for a fenestration unit
    Patent number: 8269627
    Abstract: A status monitoring device for a fenestration unit is provided. The device is positioned in or on the fenestration unit and includes a panel position sensor and a lock status sensor. The device is capable of transmitting panel position data and lock status data to a remote device, trigger an audible alarm on the device or the remote device, trigger a visual alarm on the device or the remote device, or a combination of these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Andersen Corporation
    Inventors: Sachin Gore, David Plummer, Daniel Timmerman
  • Component for use in streams of hot gas
    Patent number: 8268438
    Abstract: The present application provides a component for use in streams of hot gas, which comprises a first region of fiber-ceramic material, a second region of fiber-ceramic material and a middle layer of fiber-ceramic material which is arranged between the first region and the second region, wherein the fiber-ceramic material of the middle layer has a lower ceramic content than the fiber-ceramic material of the first region and the second region, and wherein at least one acute-angled in-flow edge and/or away-flow edge of the component is formed on the middle layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft—und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Martin Friess, Markus Keck
  • Tray assembly for a dispensing container
    Patent number: D667301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Wesley Steven Jones, Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Jonathan David Corwin, Melissa Ann Clark, Rick Grainger, Jean-Pierre Giraud, Michel Zbirka, Herve Pichot
  • Tray assembly for a dispensing container
    Patent number: D667302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Wesley Steven Jones, Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Jonathan David Corwin, Melissa Ann Clark, Rick Grainger, Jean-Pierre Giraud, Michel Zbirka, Herve Pichot
  • Tray assembly for a dispensing container
    Patent number: D667303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Wesley Steven Jones, Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Jonathan David Corwin, Melissa Ann Clark, Rick Grainger, Jean-Pierre Giraud, Michel Zbirka, Herve Pichot