Patents Assigned to Service
  • Patent number: 8703096
    Abstract: Novel derivatives of imidazopyridinylbenzeneamines and novel derivatives of benzothiazolylbenzeneamines are disclosed that offer improved behavior when used as imaging agents for positron emission tomography of beta-amyloids. Also disclosed is a palladium-catalyzed reaction scheme under microwave conditions for aryl thioethers in general that provides a high ratio of substitution relative to reduction and can be used for the imidazopyridinylbenzeneamine derivatives as well as other compounds of related structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Lisheng Cai, Victor W. Pike, Robert B. Innis
  • Patent number: 8707397
    Abstract: Methods and systems provide indirect and temporary access to a company's IT infrastructure and business applications. The methods/systems involve establishing an access control center (ACC) to control the access that technical support personnel may have to the company's IT infrastructure and business applications. Thin client terminals with limited functionality may then be set up in the ACC for use by the technical support personnel. The thin client terminals connect the technical support personnel to workstations outside the ACC that operate as virtual desktops. The virtual desktops in turn connect the technical support personnel to the IT infrastructure and business applications. An ACC application may be used to automatically establish the connection between the thin client terminals and the virtual desktops and the virtual desktops and the IT infrastructure and business applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Wilkinson, Edward Allen Francovich, Jeremy Ryan Scott, Steven Dale Sternitzke
  • Patent number: 8701891
    Abstract: In specific embodiments, an energy dissipation structure for supporting an article comprises a cavity adapted to receive at least a portion of the article. The cavity is bounded by a plurality of sidewall structures, each of the sidewall structures having a length and including an inner wall, an outer wall, and an arcuate structure connecting the inner wall with the outer wall. Each of the sidewall structures is connected with another of the sidewall structures by a groove extending along at least a portion of the inner walls, the outer walls, and the arcuate structures of the connected sidewall structures. The cavity includes a platform adapted to supported the article above the base when the article is seated within the cavity and a support pillar extending from the platform toward the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Strategic Outsourced Services LLC
    Inventors: Richard Louis Bontrager, Randall Glenn Strange
  • Patent number: 8703826
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns the discovery of (R,R)- and (R,S)-fenoterol analogues which are highly effective at binding ?2-adrenergic receptors. Exemplary chemical structures for these analogues are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions including the disclosed (R,R)-fenoterol and fenoterol analogues, and methods of using such compounds and compositions for the treatment of cardiac disorders such as congestive heart failure and pulmonary disorders such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
    Inventors: Irving W. Wainer, Weizhong Zhu, Khalid Chakir, Rui Ping Xiao, Darrell R. Abernethy, Farideh M. Beigi
  • Patent number: 8704169
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mass spectrometer for analyzing a sample that has or is suspected of having microorganisms. The disclosed mass spectrometer has been uniquely configured to include a sample platform which functions as a counter electrode or discharge electrode and a surface to provide the sample to be analyzed. The mass spectrometer also includes an ion source positioned adjacent to the sample platform for ionizing and volatizing molecules within the sample, wherein the sample platform and the ion source are positioned such that during operation of the mass spectrometer an electrical discharge takes place between the ion source and the sample platform. Also disclosed are methods for generating a mass spectrum profile/fingerprint of a sample. The methods include positioning a sample platform having a sample adjacent to an ion source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Pierre Alusta, Cameron Dorey, William Ryan Parker, Jon G. Wilkes, Dan Buzatu
  • Patent number: 8703658
    Abstract: A drilling fluid comprising: a non-ionic surfactant including: a branched alcohol ethoxylate and/or a capped alcohol ethoxylate; and a detergent builder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canadian Energy Services L.P.
    Inventor: Carl Keith Smith
  • Patent number: 8703459
    Abstract: Disclosed are mutants of galactosyltransferases that can catalyze formation of oligosaccharides in the presence of magnesium; mutants of galactosyltransferases having altered donor and acceptor specificity which can catalyze formation of oligosaccharides in the presence of magnesium; methods and compositions that can be used to synthesize oligosaccharides; methods for increasing the immunogenicity of an antigen; and methods to stabilize platelets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services
    Inventors: Pradman Qasba, Elizabeth Boeggeman, Boopathy Ramakrishnan
  • Patent number: 8706557
    Abstract: A system and method including a mobile application installed on a mobile device and configured to authenticate a merchant represented by a unique identifier, determine a position of the mobile device while the mobile device is co-located with a transaction terminal of the merchant, communicate the position to a portal to associate the position with the unique identifier and to receive an account number, and provide the account number to generate an authorization request on the transaction terminal. The authorization request includes a terminal identifier of the transaction terminal. When the authorization request generated using the account number is detected, the association between the account number provided to the mobile application and the location received from the mobile application is replaced with the association between the terminal identifier extracted from the authorization request and the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventor: Silvio Orlando Renaud Tavares
  • Patent number: 8701757
    Abstract: A sand control screen assembly (300) includes a base pipe (302) having at least one opening in a sidewall thereof and a screen jacket positioned about the base pipe (302). The screen jacket includes a drainage layer (304) and a filter medium positioned about the drainage layer (304). The drainage layer (304) includes a plurality of circumferentially distributed axially extending ribs (306) and a wrap wire (308) positioned around the ribs (306) forming a plurality of turns having gaps therebetween. The ribs (306) includes a plurality of first ribs (310) having a first cross-sectional rib profile, shaped and sized to maintain an annular space between the wrap wire (308) and the base pipe (302) and a plurality of second ribs (312) having a second cross-sectional rib profile, shaped and sized to provide for a gap between the second ribs (312) and the base pipe (302).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Michael Greci
  • Patent number: 8703921
    Abstract: The present invention features compositions and methods that make use of complexes comprising one or more inhibitory nucleic acids and a targeting polypeptide, wherein the targeting polypeptide consists of a cell surface receptor ligand. The compositions can be used in methods of silencing gene expression in a cell, in delivering agents to a target cell, and in treating or preventing a disease or disorder in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services
    Inventors: Bira Arya, Purevdorj Olkhanud, Juan Espinoza
  • Patent number: 8705725
    Abstract: A system and method employed in a call center provide a memory structure for use in maintaining a call queue including data representing a plurality of calls to be serviced, and the data is structured so as to represent an order in which the plurality of calls are to be serviced. The call queue data further indicates whether each call is to be handled as an inbound or an outbound call. When an incoming call is received by the call center and no service representative is currently available to service the call, the caller is prompted to elect to either wait on-line for a next available service representative or to disconnect the call and receive a call back at a later time. An aspect of this technology is that the caller does not lose his or her place in the queue and is not stuck on hold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventor: Steven D. Zettner
  • Patent number: 8706620
    Abstract: A first method comprises receiving at a computer apparatus an authorization request message comprising a first merchant identifier. The request message may also comprise an account identifier associated with an account and a first transaction amount for a first transaction conducted with a first merchant. The first method further comprises determining, by the computer apparatus, if an account comprises merchant specific currency associated with the first merchant that may be used to conduct the first transaction. It may then be determined if there is sufficient merchant specific currency associated with the first merchant in the account to pay for the first transaction amount. If there is insufficient merchant specific currency associated with the first merchant to pay for the first transaction amount, then non-specific currency in the account is applied automatically to a remainder of the first transaction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventor: Peter Ciurea
  • Patent number: 8701777
    Abstract: A downhole fluid flow control system having dynamic response to local well conditions. The system includes a tubing string operably positionable in a wellbore. Annular barriers are positioned between the tubing string and the wellbore to isolate first and second zones. A fluid flow control device is positioned within each zone. A flow tube that is operably associated with the fluid flow control device of the first zone is operable to establish communication between the second zone and the fluid flow control device in the first zone such that a differential pressure between the first zone and the second zone is operable to actuate the fluid flow control device of the first zone from a first operating configuration to a second operating configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Charles Gano, Luke William Holderman, Michael Linley Fripp, Jason D. Dykstra
  • Patent number: 8706533
    Abstract: This document describes a computer-implemented method for guiding a user through a travel check-in procedure. The method includes receiving passenger identification information associated with a passenger checking in for a travel segment, and determining a check-in status of the passenger using the passenger identification information. The method also includes generating a check-in workflow based on the check-in status of the passenger. The method further includes providing for display on a user interface a current step in the check-in workflow, the current step corresponding to a current action in the check-in workflow to be completed by a user, and upon request of the user to continue to a next step in the workflow, providing for display on the user interface the next step in the check-in workflow, the next step corresponding to a next action in the check-in workflow to be completed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Heinrich Mehl, Eric Allan Frome, Divish Priya Ranjan, Rosalie Mack Phillips, Seth Aaron Horowitz
  • Patent number: 8703657
    Abstract: A sealant composition comprising an inverse emulsion polymer and methods of servicing a wellbore using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of servicing a wellbore that penetrates a subterranean formation is disclosed. The method comprises placing a sealant composition comprising an inverse emulsion polymer into the wellbore to reduce a loss of fluid to the subterranean formation during placement of the fluid in the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Cindy C. Fang, Carl Joseph Thaemlitz, Eric Davidson
  • Patent number: 8701778
    Abstract: A downhole tester valve (100) includes a housing assembly (106) and a mandrel assembly (172, 174) that define therebetween an operating fluid chamber (176), a biasing fluid chamber (184) and a power fluid chamber (180). A valve assembly (126) disposed within the housing assembly (106) is operable between open and closed positions. A piston assembly (146) is operably associated with the valve assembly (126) such that annulus pressure entering the power fluid chamber (180) pressurizes operating fluid in the operating fluid chamber (176) which acts on the piston assembly (146) to shift the valve assembly (126) from the closed position to the open position and such that predetermined travel of the piston assembly (146) opens a bypass passageway (162) for the pressurized operating fluid to charge biasing fluid in the biasing fluid chamber (184), thereby enabling closure of the valve assembly (126) upon reducing annulus pressure by a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul David Ringgenberg
  • Patent number: 8706454
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for transmission evaluation. In one embodiment, among others, a method includes evaluating a plurality of contingencies to generate a plurality of contingency results, where at least one of the contingency results includes an overload condition. The evaluation is based at least in part upon a case associated with a transmission network. The method further includes sorting the plurality of contingency results based upon corresponding overload-contingency pairs and determining a potential remediation solution to the overload condition based at least in part upon the overload-contingency pair. In another embodiment, a system includes a transmission evaluation application executed in a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Southern Company Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph E. Sneed, III
  • Patent number: 8701772
    Abstract: A downhole heated fluid generation system includes: a compressor-valve assembly having a compressor and a valve, the assembly operable to compress and regulate a fluid used in generating a heated treatment fluid; a combustor fluidly coupled to the compressor-valve assembly, the combustor operable to provide the heated treatment fluid into a wellbore; and a controller communicably coupled to the compressor-valve assembly, the controller operable to: determine an input indicative of a desired position of the valve; determine a value indicative of an actual position of the valve; determine a desired operating condition of the compressor based, at least in part, on the input indicative of the desired position of the valve and the value indicative of an actual position of the valve; and adjust an operating parameter of the compressor based on the desired operating pressure to compress a fluid flowing through the compressor and the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. Dykstra, Michael Linley Fripp
  • Patent number: 8704515
    Abstract: Using pulsed-field-gradient (PFG) sequences, the sizes of the pores in ordered porous media can be estimated from the “diffraction” pattern that the signal attenuation curves exhibit. A different diffraction pattern is observed when the experiment is extended to a larger number (N) of diffusion gradient pulse pairs. Differences in the characteristics of attenuation curves also permit distinguishing different pore shapes and distributions using the N-PFG technique. Using an even number of PFG pairs, an approximation to the average pore size can be obtained even when the sample contains pores with a broad distribution of sizes. Multi-PFG sequences can also be used to differentiate free and multi-compartment diffusion, and to estimate compartment sizes and orientations, and to distinguish microscopic and ensemble anisotropy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Evren Ozarslan, Peter J. Basser
  • Patent number: 8703659
    Abstract: A sealant composition for servicing a wellbore comprising at least one gel system, a leak off prevention material and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Eldon D. Dalrymple, Larry S. Eoff, Diederik W. van Batenburg, Jip van Eijden