Patents Assigned to I
  • Patent number: 7867739
    Abstract: A process is provided to improve the specific activity of an enzyme catalyst having nitrilase activity when converting glycolonitrile to glycolic acid under aqueous reaction conditions. Inclusion of an effective amount of at least one amine protectant improves the specific activity and catalytic productivity of the enzyme catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert Dicosimo, Anna Panova, Samuel D. Arthur, Henry Keith
  • Patent number: 7869625
    Abstract: Systems for remotely verifying the identity of an image include an identity capture device adapted to communicate with a computing device and a database. The identity capture device captures an image, and the computing device searches the database for information to authenticate and verify the image. For remotely connected computing devices, a communications network provides communication between the computing devices and the database. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Muguleta S. Abebe
  • Patent number: 7867410
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising flammable refrigerant, fire hazard-reducing agent, and optionally a lubricant suitable for use in a refrigeration or air conditioning apparatus. Further, the present invention relates to compositions comprising lubricant and fire hazard-reducing agent and methods for reducing flammability of flammable refrigerant, for delivering a fire hazard-reducing agent to a refrigeration or air conditioning apparatus, and for replacing a non-flammable refrigerant with a flammable refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Leck, Howard S. Hammel
  • Patent number: 7867376
    Abstract: A method of treating a hydrocarbon fluid that includes contacting the hydrocarbon fluid with an effective amount of ozone. A method for separating contaminants from a contaminated material includes supplying the contaminated material to a processing chamber, moving the contaminated material through the processing chamber, heating the contaminated material by externally heating the processing chamber so as to volatilize the contaminants in the contaminated material, removing vapor resulting from the heating, wherein the vapor comprises the volatilized contaminants, collecting, condensing, and recovering the volatilized contaminants, and contacting the volatilized contaminants with an effective amount of ozone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Neale Browne, Catalin Ivan
  • Patent number: 7869798
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for redirecting telephone calls from a wireless device in a telecommunications network. The existence of a predefined condition is determined after an incoming call is received in the wireless device. The predefined condition may be based on a number of criteria including the current time and date, the current quantity of minutes used in the wireless device, the current estimated bill for usage of the wireless device, a current quantity of received calls in the wireless device when the incoming call is received, and the telephone number associated with the incoming call when the incoming call is received. If the predefined conditions exists, call forwarding rules stored in the wireless device are retrieved and executed from the wireless device. The call forwarding rules include instructions, based on the predefined condition, for redirecting the incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald Perrella, John Slemmer, Barrett Kreiner
  • Patent number: 7867748
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for improving the specific activity of a dehydrated enzyme catalyst having nitrilase activity for hydrolysis of glycolonitrile to glycolic acid upon rehydration. In particular, a process is provided comprising pretreating an enzyme catalyst having nitrilase activity with glutaraldehyde, immobilizing the gutaraldehyde-preteated enzyme catalyst and chemically cross-linking the enzyme catalyst prior to dehydration. Upon rehydration, the enzyme catalyst exhibits improved specific nitrilase activity as compared to enzyme catalysts having nitrilase activity that are dehydrated and rehydrated without the processing described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert DiCosimo, Arie Ben-Bassat
  • Patent number: 7870216
    Abstract: An instant message enabled device and method are provided. The method may include accessing at least one control policy for usage of an instant messaging (IM) service using an IM enabled client device. The method may also include installing data related to the at least one control policy at the IM enabled client device to modify functionality of the IM enabled client device to comply with the at least one control policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David Patron, Sreenivasa Gorti
  • Patent number: 7870602
    Abstract: A system and method of using a controller and firewall devices. Each of the firewall devices operate in an active mode during normal operation. The method may include the steps of determining when a first and/or second redundant data packet is received from a first/second firewall device, respectively, determining a valid sequence number, and transmitting the first/second redundant data packet to a target device when a sequence number of the first/second redundant data packet matches the valid sequence number and a first/second logical condition is satisfied, respectively. The first/second logical condition is at least one of the second/first firewall device is failed, a sequence number of the second/first redundant data packet varies from the valid sequence number, and the first/second firewall device is a primary firewall device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Adams, Michael Raftelis
  • Publication number: 20110003886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aptamer or an active fragment thereof raised against the semi-conserved duffy binding ligand domain 1?, DBL1?, region of the Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1, PfEMPI, which aptamer has an effect against malaria, in particular severe cerebral malaria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: FORSKARPATENT I SYD AB
    Inventors: Johan Lindh, Tina Persson
  • Publication number: 20110004899
    Abstract: In a particular embodiment a method is disclosed for inserting data objects into a video stream including but not limited to decomposing using a compression technique video content into a plurality of video portions, a low-quality video portion of the plurality of video portions capable of reproducing a low quality version of the video content, the other video portions capable of reproducing higher quality versions of the video content when combined with the low quality portion; sending the low-quality video portion to the subscriber terminal for storage at the subscriber terminal; and receiving from the subscriber terminal a selection request corresponding to the video content after sending the low-quality video portion to the subscriber terminal. A computer readable medium and apparatus for performing the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: BRAD A MEDFORD
  • Publication number: 20110000418
    Abstract: [Object] The present invention provides for a frictional resistance reduction ship able to decrease friction resistance and improve fuel efficiency. [Solution] When the navigation speed increases, and negative pressure which is created by the wing 33 increases, a result is that the air-liquid interface is pushed down further. Due to the air and the water (sea water) moving different speeds, density differs between air and water (as shown in FIG. 7), micro-bubbles are generated in the micro-bubble generator according to the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability mechanism, and these micro-bubbles flow through onto the downstream side along the hull.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: K & I INC.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110000508
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods to remove residual fluorine left in a chamber surface without the use of a plasma device or temperature elevation. The disclosed methods may permit the next step in the deposition process to occur more quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour I'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Jun SONOBE
  • Publication number: 20110003697
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a Myb-related transcription factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the Myb-related transcription factor, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the Myb-related transcription factor in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, Yiwen Fang, Joan T. Odell, Zude Weng
  • Publication number: 20110004919
    Abstract: A postal inspector gatekeeper function is implemented in an electronic email communication system to process email. Various methods of processing email in a private email network approve or reject specific emails for delivery after determining whether the email sender and/or the intended email recipient are included in directories such as a member directory, enterprise member client directory, and a non-member whitelist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: AT & T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Deepak Chawla, William Beckett
  • Publication number: 20110000264
    Abstract: This invention also relates to stain-masking cut resistant gloves and methods for making the same, the gloves comprising at least one aramid fiber and at least one lubricating fiber selected from the group consisting of aliphatic polyamide fiber, polyolefin fiber, polyethylene fiber, acrylic fiber, and mixtures thereof; wherein up to and including 15 parts by weight of the total amount of fibers in the glove are provided with a dye or pigment such that they have a color different from the remaining fibers; the dye or pigment selected such that the colored fibers have a measured ā€œLā€ value that is lower than the measured ā€œLā€ value for the remaining fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Larry John Prickett
  • Publication number: 20110003132
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a consolidated or densified composite article comprising polymer, particularly fluoropolymer, and carbon fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: J. David Booze, James E. Weishampel
  • Publication number: 20110000617
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for making a consolidated or densified composite article comprising polymer, particularly fluoropolymer, and oriented carbon fiber, which provides suitability for use in chemical-mechanical applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: J. David Booze, James E. Weishampel
  • Publication number: 20110003587
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for changing alert setting of a communication device are provided. An operative connection of a communication device to a connected device is detected. Based on the operative connection to the connected device, it is determined whether an alert setting for the communication device should be changed. In response to determining that the alert setting should be changed, the alert setting for the communication device is automatically changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven M. Belz, Larry B. Pearson
  • Patent number: 7862730
    Abstract: A system for separating hydrocarbons from water, the system including an inlet for receiving a fluid, the fluid including a water phase and a hydrocarbon phase, and a separation tank having a first partition and a second partition, wherein the first partition is configured to receive the fluid from the inlet. Furthermore, the system includes a first outlet configured to receive the water phase from the first partition, a second outlet configured to receive the hydrocarbon phase from the second partition, and a support structure configured to receive the water phase from the first outlet and the hydrocarbon phase from the second outlet. Also, a method of separating a fluid into a water phase and a hydrocarbon phase, the method including injecting the fluid containing the water phase and the hydrocarbon phase into a separation tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Greg McEwen, Joe Sherwood
  • Patent number: 7865175
    Abstract: An apparatus for forwarding data sent to a wireless device having a first address to a second address. The apparatus includes a server in communication with a wireless network and an external network. The server includes a processor. The processor includes a data forwarding module for forwarding the data to the second address via the external network when the wireless device is not in communication with the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Royce D. Jordan, Jr.