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Publication number: 20150188925Abstract: Access and regulations systems to facilitate safe and secure access of web content by residents of an institutional facility such as a correctional facility includes an administrator workstation to define authorized and prohibited web content, a resident workstation displaying on a predetermined list of web content, and a server receiving and processing the authorized and prohibited web content and requests made by institutional residents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Centric Group LLC d/b/a Keefe Supply CompanyInventor: Atul Gupta
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Patent number: 9068339Abstract: A roof standoff having a base attached to a roof surface using one or more threaded fasteners or screws. The base has a threaded hole that is aligned with a hole in a raised flashing that overlays the base to prevent water from infiltrating the holes in the roof formed by the threaded fasteners. A bolt threadably engages the threaded hole of the base to attach a bracket to the base. Objects may engage with the bracket such that these objects are supported by the roof standoff.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: D THREE ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Richard F. Schaefer, David Kreutzman, Don N. Tamm
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Patent number: 9070720Abstract: A Tunnel Field Effect Transistor device (TFET) made of at least following layers: a highly doped drain layer, a highly doped source layer, a channel layer, a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer, the gate dielectric layer extending along the source layer, and a highly doped pocket layer extending in between and along the gate dielectric layer and the source layer, characterized in that the pocket layer extends to between and along the source layer and the channel layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignees: IMEC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. Leuven R&DInventors: Quentin Smets, Anne S. Verhulst, Rita Rooyackers, Marc Heyns
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Patent number: 9067568Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper device (1) having at least one connection for mounting on the body of a motor vehicle, this connection consisting of a fastening element that can be pushed into a receiving opening in the body and comprises a sleeve (4A, 4B) made of a deformable material of the rubber type, which can be introduced into this opening and has a bore (6) that receives the free end of a fastening finger (5) carried by the windshield wiper device. According to the invention, the external cross section of said fastening finger (5) is in the form of a cross and the shape of said bore (6) has a complementary shape, the length of the perpendicular branches (5A to 5D) of said cross being at least partially different, such as to ensure polarization and mounting of the sleeve on the fastening finger in a precise position in which rotation is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'EssuyageInventor: Jérôme Valliere
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Patent number: 9067859Abstract: A reactor comprising at least one contact surface made from, coated with, or impregnated by a catalyst, wherein the contact surface comprises a sintered metal or a ceramic, and wherein the reactor is configured to subject a reactant stream to shear. A system for carrying out a heterogeneously catalyzed reaction, the system comprising a reactor as described above and a pump configured for delivering reactants to the at least one reactor. A method for carrying out a heterogeneously-catalyzed reaction by introducing reactants into a reactor comprising at least one contact surface made from, coated with, or impregnated by a catalyst under conditions which promote production of a desired product, wherein the contact surface comprises a sintered metal or a ceramic, and forming a dispersion of reactants within the reactor, wherein the dispersion comprises droplets or gas bubbles of reactant with an average diameter of less than about 5 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: H R D CORPORATIONInventors: Abbas Hassan, Rayford G. Anthony, Gregory Borsinger, Aziz Hassan, Ebrahim Bagherzadeh
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Patent number: 9071140Abstract: A current mode DC-DC controller operates with high efficiency even when the input and output voltages are close. Switches selectively connecting an input, ground and an output to inductor terminals are controlled in a buck/boost region to alternate between operation as a buck converter and operation as a boost converter. The number of switches repeatedly changing state is thus reduced, lowering switching losses and improving conversion efficiency. Current through the inductor during operation is sensed and compared to an error value to control switching from buck mode operation to boost mode operation and back.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. LtdInventors: Hai Bo Zhang, Yan He
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Patent number: 9066957Abstract: This invention provides a dry powder inhaler comprising: a dry powder medicament comprising fluticasone propionate, salmeterol xinafoate and a lactose carrier; wherein, the delivered dose of salmeterol per actuation is less than 50 ?g; and wherein the dose provides a baseline-adjusted FEV1 in a patient of more than 150 mL within 30 minutes of receiving the dose. A method of treating a patient includes administering to a patient a dry powder medicament having fluticasone propionate, salmeterol xinafoate and a lactose carrier; wherein, the delivered dose of salmeterol per actuation is less than 50 ?g; and wherein the dose provides a baseline-adjusted FEV1 in a patient of more than 150 mL within 30 minutes of receiving the dose.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: TEVA BRANDED PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS R&D, INC.Inventors: Mukul Dalvi, Seah Kee Tee
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Patent number: 9068635Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for translating linear movement to rotary motion, and in particular to an improved relationship between a linearly reciprocal member such as a yoke structure and associated piston, and a rotatable shaft such as a crank shaft. The invention could be used in any application where motion is to be translated from rotary to linear or vice versa, such as in compressors for example.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Exodus R&D International PTE LTDInventor: George Flenche
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Patent number: 9068891Abstract: A method for measuring a concentration of a biogenic substance in a living body includes steps of: preparing an apparatus including a light source, a substrate which has periodic metal structures and generates surface enhanced Raman scattering light by being irradiated with light from the light source, and spectroscopic means which disperses and detects the light, wherein the periodic metal structure is arranged with first and second distances in first and second direction respectively, the first distance is set to generate surface plasmon by matching a phase of the light from the light source, and the second distance is smaller than the first distance and is set between 300 nm and 350 nm; irradiating the substrate with the light from the light source to generate the surface enhanced Raman scattering; detecting the scattering with the spectroscopic means; and calculating the concentration of the biogenic substance based on the scattering.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, IMEC vzw, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&DInventors: Masahiko Shioi, Kristof Lodewijks, Pol Van Dorpe, Hilde Jans
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Patent number: 9071212Abstract: An audio amplifier may comprise a signal limiting circuit and a power amplifier. The signal limiting circuit may be configured to limit an audio signal received at an input and to provide it as a limited audio signal at an output. The power amplifier may have a supply connection which may be coupled to a power supply unit in order to supply power to the power amplifier. The power amplifier may be configured to amplify a signal, which may be based on the limited audio signal, and to provide it as a level-limited audio signal at an output which may be coupled to a load, so that the load may be operated at limited power. The signal limiting circuit may be configured to produce an audio signal which may be limited depending on the load.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: d&b audiotechnik GmbHInventors: Sven Moertel, Claus Renftle, Hermann Vogt
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Patent number: 9069928Abstract: Analog processors for solving various computational problems are provided. Such analog processors comprise a plurality of quantum devices, arranged in a lattice, together with a plurality of coupling devices. The analog processors further comprise bias control systems each configured to apply a local effective bias on a corresponding quantum device. A set of coupling devices in the plurality of coupling devices is configured to couple nearest-neighbor quantum devices in the lattice. Another set of coupling devices is configured to couple next-nearest neighbor quantum devices. The analog processors further comprise a plurality of coupling control systems each configured to tune the coupling value of a corresponding coupling device in the plurality of coupling devices to a coupling. Such quantum processors further comprise a set of readout devices each configured to measure the information from a corresponding quantum device in the plurality of quantum devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: D-Wave Systems Inc.Inventors: Alexander Maassen van den Brink, Peter Love, Mohammad H. S. Amin, Geordie Rose, David Grant, Miles F. H. Steininger, Paul I. Bunyk, Andrew J. Berkley
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Patent number: 9067008Abstract: Herein disclosed is a system for applying shear stress ex-situ to a fluid. In some embodiments, the system comprises a shear device; and at least one device configured for intravenous administration of the fluid to a patient, the devices defining a fluid passage configured to be sterilized and maintained sterile during use, the fluid comprising at least one therapeutic fluid, blood, or a combination thereof. The shear device of the system is in fluid communication with the at least one device configured for intravenous administration of the fluid to a patient. Herein also disclosed is a method of preparing a fluid for intravenous administration to a patient.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: H R D CORPORATIONInventors: Abbas Hassan, Rayford G. Anthony, Gregory G. Borsinger, Aziz Hassan
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Patent number: 9067837Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning and recycling stack gas from coal-fired power plants, from natural or propane burning heating plants, or from cement kilns by using renewable catalysts of zeolite to separate pollutants into recyclable and reusable materials. The method reduces from the stack gas carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur oxide (SOx) as well as halogens such as chloride and fluorides and trace metals particularly, mercury, lead, and zinc. Bauxite compounds can also be separately collected if desired. The method and apparatus also result in production of fertilizer products by purging with gaseous or liquid nitrogen the zeolite beds through which the stack gas flows. The oxygen split in the beds may be recycled to the burners in the plant.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Three D Stack, LLCInventor: James Gary Davidson
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Patent number: 9066684Abstract: The present application is directed to a detector to detect or generate measuring signals that are indicative of the respiration of a person, wherein said detector can be used advantageously in view of hygiene and stands out due to a simple and robust configuration. According to a first aspect, the detector detects a signal that is indicative of the activity of the respiratory muscles of a person to be examined, the detector comprising a band which, in the application position, is passed around a torso region which widens and narrows when the person to be examined breathes, as well as a structure that is included in the band and loaded in accordance with the narrowing or widening of the torso region. The structure is configured such that it causes a change in the volume of a measuring space device depending on a tensile force.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: RESMED R&D GERMANY GMBHInventors: Bernd Christoph Lang, Stefan Schatzl
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Patent number: 9066944Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formulas (I) or (II): wherein the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are inhibitors of replication of the hepatitis C virus. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat hepatitis C viral infections, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLCInventors: Robert Murray McKinnell, Daniel D. Long
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Publication number: 20150174636Abstract: A shot peening machine designed to maintain a 45 degree angle of impact to all accessible surfaces of any design, shape or configuration by using geometry to better control the shot penning intensity ranges to the smaller variation possible by impacting all surfaces of a part at a 45 degree angle except radii and corners which see 90 degree shot impacts to protect transition areas (Radii) of the part with higher intensity at 90 degree thus providing optimum process control of the shot peening machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: D&S Mag and Peen Operating Company, Inc. dba Tri Process CompanyInventor: Dennis Berglund
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Publication number: 20150178490Abstract: Systems and methods for creating a visual password are presented. A user having an account or profile is given the option to create a visual password via a graphical user interface. The interface displays a plurality of themes to the user, wherein each theme represents a category of images. The user selects a theme and is presented with a plurality of images within the category. The user selects one or more images in a certain order to create a visual password. The selected images and order of selection are saved as the user's visual password. When the user later attempts to electronically access his account, the user will be required to select the correct pictures in the correct sequence in order to access his account.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicants: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Niloufer Tamboly, Denise Kearney Whittaker, Renato J. Delatorre, Aneeta F. Arestani
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Publication number: 20150173392Abstract: This invention relates to a coated frozen confection product comprising an aerated fat-continuous coating with an overrun of 20 to 200%, characterised in that the coating comprises from 0.05 to 5%, preferably from 1 to 5% by weight of at least one sucrose ester with an HLB value of between 1 and 9, wherein the coating has an average thickness of from 0.5 to 2.8 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: Andrew HODDLE, Shiping ZHU
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Publication number: 20150174209Abstract: In alternative embodiments, the invention provides formulations, pharmaceutical compositions, devices and other products of manufacture comprising a therapeutically effective mixture of an insulin and a pramlintide, and methods for making and using them.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicants: AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS. LLC, UVA PATENT FOUNDATION d/b/a THE UVA LICENSING AND VENTURES GROUP, GRUPPO BIOMED MODInventors: Elaine Chiquette, Kathrin Herrmann, David G. Maggs, Orville G. Kolterman, Jui-Chen Lin, Steven Shijun Ren, Li Jin, Claudio Cobelli, Boris Kovatchev
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Patent number: D732995Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Gerhard D. Wempe KGInventor: Kim Eva Wempe