Patents Assigned to B
  • Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8514365
    Abstract: An immersion lithographic apparatus is described with a drain configured to remove liquid from a gap between an edge of the substrate and the substrate table on which the substrate is supported. The drain is provided with a means to provide liquid to the drain irrespective of the position of the substrate table and/or a means to saturate gas within the drain. Those measures reduce the variations in heat load due to evaporation of liquid in the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Frederik Eduard De Jong, Marcel Hendrikus Maria Beems, Marinus Aart Van Den Brink, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Leon Martin Levasier, Frits Van Der Meulen, Joost Jeroen Ottens, Koen Jacobus Johannes Maria Zaal, Richard Bernardus Johannes Droste, Johannes Wilhelmus De Klerk, Peter Franciscus Wanten, Jan Cornelis Van Der Hoeven, Edwin Cornelis Kadijk, Marteijn De Jong, David Lucien Anstotz
  • Recording sheet for ink-jet printing
    Patent number: 8512826
    Abstract: A recording sheet for ink-jet printing includes a supporting substrate, at least one microporous ink-receptive coating overlying a front surface of said supporting substrate and at least one protective overcoating overlying said microporous coating. The protective overcoating includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides and polyacrylamides, and fluoropolymer particles. The diameter of the fluoropolymer particles is between about 0.5 and 3 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Oce-Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Rudolf A. H. M. Sturme, Dorothea M. H. Wijnhoven, Kolja Adamczyk, James A. Foley, Khizyr Kharunovich Khoultchaev
  • Methods and systems for embedding camera information in images
    Patent number: 8514298
    Abstract: The present invention is related to providing, in association with an image, information related to the image capture device used to capture the image. In one embodiment, information related to a first static camera characteristic and camera setting information related to a first captured digitized image is embedded in the first captured digitized image using a watermark. The watermarked information may be used to identify the source or owner of the picture, and/or to aid in the more accurate reproduction of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Youliza, Gehts B.V. Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Vahid Ordoubadian
  • Cyclonic surface cleaning apparatus
    Patent number: 8510907
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises at least one cyclone and at least one dirt collection chamber. The dirt collection chamber has a removeably mounted door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: G.B.D. Corp.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Fall protection safety device with a braking mechanism
    Patent number: 8511434
    Abstract: A fall protection safety device including a braking mechanism comprises a first component, a second component configured and arranged to move relative to the first component, and at least one magnet operatively connected to one of the components and another of the components being at least partially made of a non-ferromagnetic and electrically conductive material. The at least one magnet and the non-ferromagnetic and electrically conductive material creating an electromagnetic field force when the second component moves at a rate greater than a predetermined rate relative to the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: D B Industries, LLC
    Inventor: John P. Blomberg
  • Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor with reference layer integrated in magnetic shield
    Patent number: 8514525
    Abstract: A current-perpendicular-to-the-plane magnetoresistive (CPP MR) sensor has a shield layers that also functions as the sensor's reference layer. In a CPP MR disk drive read head, the shield layer has a fixed magnetization oriented substantially parallel to the air-bearing surface (ABS) of the slider that supports the read head. The quiescent magnetization of the sensor free layer is oriented at an angle relative to the magnetization of the shield layer, preferably between 120 and 150 degrees, to optimize the sensor response to magnetic fields from the recorded data bits on the disk. The magnetization of the free layer is biased by a biasing structure that includes a ferromagnetic side biasing layer formed near the side edges of the free layer and a ferromagnetic back biasing layer that is recessed from the ABS and has a magnetization oriented generally orthogonal to the ABS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Childress, Jordan Asher Katine, Manfred Ernst Schabes
  • Method using block copolymers and a hard electroplated mask for making a master disk for nanoimprinting patterned magnetic recording disks
    Patent number: 8512583
    Abstract: A method for making a master disk to be used in the nanoimprinting process to make patterned-media disks uses an electrically conductive substrate and guided self-assembly of a block copolymer to form patterns of generally radial lines and/or generally concentric rings of one of the block copolymer components. A metal is electroplated onto the substrate in the regions not protected by the lines and/or rings. After removal of the block copolymer component, the remaining metal pattern is used as an etch mask to fabricate either the final master disk or two separate molds that are then used to fabricate the master disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Christian Rene′ Bonhote, Jeffrey S. Lille, Ricardo Ruiz, Georges Gibran Siddiqi
  • Hydrophilic coating comprising a polyelectrolyte
    Patent number: 8512795
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrophilic coating formulation which when cured results in a hydrophilic coating, wherein the hydrophilic coating formulation comprises a copolymeric polyelectrolyte. The invention further relates to a hydrophilic coating, a lubricious coating, use of a copolymeric polyelectrolyte in a lubricious coating, an article, a medical device or component and a method of forming on a substrate a hydrophilic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Aylvin Jorge Angelo Anthanasius Dias, Guido Joseph Elisabeth Hensen, Johannes Wilhelmus Belt, Marnix Rooijmans, Nicolaes Hubertus Maria De Bont, Edwin Peter Kennedy Currie
  • Vectors with modified initiation codon for the translation of AAV-Rep78 useful for production of AAV
    Patent number: 8512981
    Abstract: The present invention relates nucleic acid constructs for the production of recombinant parvoviral (e.g. adeno-associated viral) vectors in insect cells, to insect cells comprising such constructs and to methods wherein the cells are used to produce recombinant parvoviral virions. The insect cells preferably comprise a first nucleotide sequence encoding the parvoviral rep proteins whereby the initiation codon for translation of the parvoviral Rep78 protein is a suboptimal initiation codon that effects partial exon skipping upon expression in insect cells. The insect cell further comprises a second nucleotide sequence comprising at least one parvoviral (AAV) inverted terminal repeat (ITR) nucleotide sequence and a third nucleotide sequence comprising a sequences coding for the parvoviral capsid proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics B.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Theodorus Johannes Maria Christiaan Hermens, Saskia Jacoba Petronella Haast, Dennis Johan Biesmans, Andrew Christian Bakker
  • Food product to prevent tooth decay
    Patent number: 8512682
    Abstract: An anti cavity bioconsumable liquid which may be provided in the liquid form or frozen form is disclosed herein. The liquid may include up to about 5 wt. % xylitol for the purposes of mitigating tooth decay when the bioconsumable liquid is ingested or consumed by a person. Moreover, the bioconsumable liquid may include up to about 5 wt. % of dextrose but never more than the wt. % of xylitol for the purposes of sweetening the bioconsumable liquid to retain an acceptable flavor profile. An infant, child or adult may consume the bioconsumable liquid during which the xylitol acts to mitigate tooth decay. The bioconsumable liquid may also be frozen in an ice pop configuration and consumed by a child or an adult. The ice pop retains an acceptable flavor profile and also mitigates tooth decay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: R & B Tooth Armour, LLC
    Inventor: Mark William Brisley
  • Flat E-yoke for cusp write head
    Patent number: 8514518
    Abstract: A magnetic write pole structure that is configured to greatly simplify the manufacture of a perpendicular magnetic write head. The write head has a magnetic yoke that is oriented along a plane that is perpendicular to the direction of the data track. This allows the entire yoke to be formed in a single electroplating step, rather than being built up in several plated layers. The yoke can also be formed with magnetic side shields, or with a trailing or wrap around shield, which can be integral with the rest of the yoke and can be advantageously formed in the same, single electroplating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Ian Robson McFadyen, Petrus Antonius Van Der Heijden
  • Methods, reagents and kits for luciferase assay
    Patent number: 8512968
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods, reagents and kits for detecting enzyme activity using bioluminescence. In particular, it relates to a novel luciferase assay system with reduced background luminescence to allow for increased detection sensitivity. Provided is a method of detecting luciferase activity in a sample using coelenterazine or an analog thereof as a substrate, comprising: (a) initiating luciferase-catalyzed luminescence production by contacting said sample with a luciferase detection reagent to yield a reaction mixture, said reagent comprising coelenterazine and at least one iodide source in an amount sufficient to reduce the autoluminescence of said coelenterazine, (b) incubating said reagent mixture under conditions suitable to produce luminescence, and (c) measuring the luminescence produced. Also provided are detections reagents and kits for use in such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Perkinelmer Health Sciences B.V.
    Inventor: Harry Van Lune
  • Lithographic apparatus and a method of forming a lyophobic coating on a surface
    Patent number: 8512817
    Abstract: A method of forming a lyophobic coating on a surface having oxidized groups is disclosed. The method includes bringing into contact with the surface a silane or siloxane having the formula SiX4 wherein each X is the same or different, wherein at least one X is a leaving group and at least one X is a lyophobic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventor: Nina Vladimirovna Dziomkina
  • Fiber optic splice housing and integral dry mate connector system
    Patent number: 8511907
    Abstract: A fiber optic splice housing and integral dry mate connector system. In a described embodiment, a fiber optic connection system includes optical fiber sections in respective conduit sections. Each of the conduit sections is received in the housing assembly. An optical connection between the optical fiber sections is positioned within the housing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: WellDynamics, B.V.
    Inventors: Paul D. Ringgenberg, Neal G. Skinner, John L. Maida, Jr., David O. Johnson
  • Near-field transducer with thermal sensor and system for clocking write data in a patterned-media magnetic recording disk drive
    Patent number: 8514672
    Abstract: A near-field transducer (NFT) has a primary tip that concentrates the oscillating charge of the NFT onto a substrate, such as magnetic recording medium, to heat regions of the medium, and a secondary tip. The secondary tip is located close to a temperature sensor, such as an electrical conductor whose resistance varies with temperature. The temperature sensor senses heat from the secondary tip and thus properties of the substrate like surface topography and the presence or absence of metallic material. The NFT can be part of a bit-patterned media (BPM) thermally-assisted recording (TAR) disk drive. The temperature sensor output is used to control the write pulses from the disk drive's write head so the magnetic write field is synchronized with the location of the magnetic data islands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Michael Konrad Grobis, Barry Cushing Stipe
  • LOW TEMPERATURE HEAT-CURABLE POWDER COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER RESIN, AN AMORPHOUS RESIN AND A PEROXIDE
    Publication number: 20130211002
    Abstract: The invention relates to heat-curable powder coating composition comprising: i) at least one crystalline polyester resin present in an amount of at least 7.5 wt %; and ii) at least one amorphous polyester resin present in an amount of at most 92.5 wt %; and iii) at least one peroxide present in an amount of at least 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Tosko Misev, Leendert Jan Molhoek, Johan Franz Gradus Jansen, Matthias Johannes Cornelis Bos, Gerrit Johannes De Lange, Gerbert Dijkstra
  • COMPOSITION FOR THE TREATMENT OF SUPERFICIAL LESIONS
    Publication number: 20130210776
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for the treatment of superficial lesions, in particular skin lesions, mucous membrane lesions and/or nail lesions, an applicator comprising such a composition and the use of such a composition. The composition comprises an effective amount of trichloroacetic acid, at least one thickener, and at a physiologically acceptable solvent. And is effective against a plethora of superficial lesions selected from the group consisting of viral warts, verrucae, water warts (molluscum contagiosum), corns and calluses, and skin hyperpigmentation: age spots, solar lentigo, senial lentigo, acne, keratosis pilaris, actinic keratosis, mouth ulcers (canker sores), cold sores, ingrown toenails, onychomycosis, eyelid xanthelasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Progressare Medinvest B.V.
    Inventors: Maikel Hendriks, Pieternella Bouter, Katarzyna Kolodziej
  • Polymerization Process with In-Situ Initiator Formation
    Publication number: 20130211019
    Abstract: A process for the polymerization of one or more monomers wherein at least one anhydride and at least one peroxy compound selected from inorganic peroxides, organic hydroperoxides, and peroxyacids are dosed during the polymerization reaction in a continuous or intermittent fashion to a reaction mixture comprising said monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: René Gerritsen, Jacobus Schut, Johannes Willibrordus Antonius Overkamp, Johannes Jacobus Theodorus De Jong
  • Chrysanthemum plant named 'Zanmuaval Red'
    Publication number: 20130212761
    Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuaval Red’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with dark red ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date datum; blooming for a period of five weeks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Chrysanthemum Breeders Association Research B.V.
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Bernardus Blom
  • plant named ‘Finemangstraw’
    Patent number: PP23844
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Finemangstraw’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and uniformly mounded growth habit; freely branching and flowering plant habit; large red-colored flowers that are fragrant; relatively tolerant to high temperatures; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Fides B.V.
    Inventor: Eveline Barends