Patents Assigned to Service
  • Method of applying labels on store shelves in a retail environment
    Patent number: 9533464
    Abstract: A method of applying labels to a store shelf in a retail environment. The method includes applying labels with adhesive strips applied to a bottom surface of each label and a top laminate layer with a release coating applied to the top surface of each label. The labels in the pad are sequenced according to a store's planogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Electronic Imaging Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Weidauer, Michael Wilkinson, David Adler
  • Device and method for wave-field reconstruction
    Patent number: 9535181
    Abstract: Computing device, computer instructions and method for processing input seismic data d. The method includes a step of receiving the input seismic data d recorded in a first domain by seismic receivers that travel in water, the input seismic data d including up-going and down-going wave-fields; a step of generating a model p in a second domain to describe the input seismic data d; and a step of processing with a processor the model p to obtain an output seismic dataset indicative of the down-going wave-field and substantially free of the up-going wave-field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: CGG SERVICES SA
    Inventor: Gordon Poole
  • Additive compositions and use thereof for improving the cold properties of fuels and combustibles
    Patent number: 9534183
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to additive compositions and their use for improving the low temperature properties of motor fuels and fuels. The additive compositions include at least one modified alkylphenol-aldehyde resin and at least one filterability additive chosen from: the terpolymers of C4 to C22 alkyl (meth)acrylate, C20 to C24 alpha-olefin and maleimide N-substituted by a hydrocarbon chain having between 4 and 30 carbon atoms, the homopolymers of C1 to C40 alkyl (meth)acrylate, preferably the C8 to C24 alkyl polyacrylates, the ammonium salts of mono- or poly-carboxylic acid comprising at least one linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain, having between 4 and 30 carbon atoms. The present disclosure also relates to compositions of motor fuels or liquid hydrocarbon fuels including such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Total Marketing Services
    Inventors: Géraldine Papin, Nelly Dolmazon, Frédéric Tort
  • Oxadiazolo[3,2-A]pyrimidines and thiadiazolo[3,2-A]pyrimidines
    Patent number: 9532989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula P-I where the variables (e.g. R1, Y, A, R1, Ra, Ra?, Rb, Rb?, Rc, Rc?, Rd, Rd?, Re, or Re?) and compositions useful for inhibiting and/or reducing platelet deposition, adhesion and/or aggregation. The present invention further relates to methods for the treatment or prophylaxis of thrombotic disorders, including stroke, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, peripheral vascular disease, abrupt closure following angioplasty or stent placement and thrombosis as a result of vascular surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI, THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Barry S. Coller, Craig Thomas, Marta Filizola, Joshua McCoy, Wenwei Huang, Min Shen
  • Electromagnetic ranging source suitable for use in a drill string
    Patent number: 9534488
    Abstract: An electromagnetic ranging source includes: a tubular body having a circumference; a ferromagnetic core conforming to the tubular body and extending at least halfway around the circumference to define a gap with circumferentially-spaced poles; one or more current-carrying windings around the core to induce a magnetic field between the poles; and a downhole power source that drives the one or more current-carrying windings. A related method includes: equipping a first drill string with such an electromagnetic ranging source; extending a first borehole with the first drill string; assembling a second drill string with sensors; and drilling a second borehole while using said sensors to guide the second drill string relative to the first borehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Derr, Andrew J. Cuthbert, Joe E. Hess
  • Printing press, folder, and methods of operation
    Patent number: 9533488
    Abstract: Systems and methods for allowing existing rotary printing press units to produce smaller pages at a faster rate of speed without having to replace the press unit. Specifically, the systems and methods relate to retrofitting an existing press unit to produce three pages of material in each full rotation instead of the traditional two pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Pressline Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Phillip DiGenova
  • Digital consumer data model and customer analytic record
    Patent number: 9536002
    Abstract: As a company expands its businesses to include digital products and services in addition to more traditional telecommunications and media offerings, digital consumption data may be used along with telecommunications consumption data and other customer-centric information in order to create a more comprehensive data model and make better predictions. A customer-centric data model identifies entities with data from diverse locations and product sectors associated with a single customer. Customer analytic records aggregate existing data into base variables and store it for each customer along with additional variables generated by performing calculations on exiting data. Both the data model and the customer analytic records can be used by the company to make more accurate business and marketing decisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Astrid Bohe, Gianluca Cervini, Gianluca Zobi
  • Yeast-MUC1 immunotherapeutic compositions and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9533031
    Abstract: Disclosed are yeast-based immunotherapeutic compositions comprising mucin-1 (MUC1), as well as methods for the prevention and/or treatment of cancers characterized by the expression or overexpression of mucin-1 (MUC1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: GlobeImmune, Inc., The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Alex Franzusoff, Zhimin Guo, Jeffrey Schlom, Kwong-Yok Tsang
  • Method and system for managing a power grid
    Patent number: 9534928
    Abstract: A smart grid for improving the management of a power utility grid is provided. The smart grid as presently disclosed includes using sensors in various portions of the power utility grid, using communications and computing technology to upgrade an electric power grid so that it can operate more efficiently and reliably and support additional services to consumers. The smart grid may include distributed intelligence in the power utility grid (separate from the control center intelligence) including devices that generate data in different sections of the grid, analyze the generated data, and automatically modify the operation of a section of the power grid. Further, the intelligent devices in the power utility grid may cooperate together to analyze and/or control the state of the power grid. Finally, the distributed intelligence may further include distributed storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Taft
  • Method and system for pneumatic control for vibrator source element
    Patent number: 9535180
    Abstract: Method, source array and source element that generate seismic waves. The source element includes an enclosure having an opening covered by a piston; a local supply accumulator fluidly communicating with an interior of the enclosure, a pressure of the fluid inside the local supply accumulator being larger than a pressure of the fluid inside the enclosure; a local supply valve located between the local supply accumulator and the enclosure and configured to control a flow of the fluid from the local supply accumulator to the interior of the enclosure; and a controller configured to control the local supply valve such that the pressure inside the enclosure does not fall below a first preset value based upon an ambient pressure of the enclosure while seismic waves are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: CGG SERVICES SA
    Inventors: John Sallas, Thierry Ameil, Robert Dowle, Dominique Thomas
  • System and method for selecting features for identifying human activities in a human-computer interacting environment
    Patent number: 9536145
    Abstract: A System and method for identifying one or more human activities in a human-computer interacting environment. Skeleton points associated with a human are received. A data variation factor for the skeleton points is calculated, and a set of skeleton points is selected based on the data variation factor. One or more features are defined from the set of skeleton points by identifying a variance in coordinates of the set of skeleton points by using one or more statistical parameters. The one or more features are used to identify the one or more human activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ramu Reddy Vempada, Tanushyam Chattopadhyay
  • Opening or closing a fluid flow path using a material that expands or contracts via a change in temperature
    Patent number: 9534701
    Abstract: A device for opening or closing a fluid flow path comprises: a fluid inlet, wherein the fluid inlet comprises one end of the fluid flow path; an inlet covering, wherein the inlet covering is adjacent to the fluid inlet; and a material, wherein the material is capable of expanding or contracting via a change in temperature; wherein the expansion or contraction of the material causes movement to the inlet covering, and wherein the movement of the inlet covering either opens or closes the fluid flow path. A method for opening or closing a fluid flow path using the device comprises: allowing or causing a change in temperature to the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Gano, Michael L. Fripp, Caleb T. Warren
  • Device for securing a timepiece dial
    Patent number: 9535403
    Abstract: A watch is delimited by a case formed of a back cover and of a middle part. A timepiece movement is disposed in a casing ring housed inside the watch case. The watch also includes a dial disposed on top of the casing ring and held by a fixing ring. The fixing ring has an S-shaped cross-section. An upper branch of the fixing ring is supported on the dial and a lower branch of the fixing ring is supported on the casing ring. The lower branch of the fixing ring is clamped between the middle part and the casing ring, so as to grip the dial between the upper branch of the fixing ring and the casing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Management Services AG
    Inventor: Philipp Tschumi
  • Method and system for tracking time in a downhole tool without the need for a battery
    Patent number: 9534486
    Abstract: Time is tracked in a downhole tool to indicate whether timestamps associated with data samples or events in a log indicate either real time or a duration of time since a certain reset, and to indicate whether the timestamps have been synchronized with a master clock in the tool. The log also records the time and offset of each synchronization event. A computer processes the log to convert all of the timestamps to real-time values and to indicate timestamps that have been estimated and timestamps that were never synchronized to a master clock in the tool. The computer determines an associated uncertainty for each of the estimated timestamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC.
    Inventors: John Leslie Wisinger, Jr., Ranganathan Sridharan
  • Unbalance force identifiers and balancing methods for drilling equipment assemblies
    Patent number: 9534448
    Abstract: A described bottom hole assembly includes a drill bit arranged at a distal end of a drill string and rotatable about a first central axis, the drill bit exhibiting a first unbalance force acting laterally on the drill bit at a first angular orientation, a first unbalance force marking physically applied to the drill bit and corresponding to the first unbalance force, a tool arranged axially from the drill bit, the tool exhibiting a second unbalance force acting laterally on the tool at a second angular orientation, and a second unbalance force marking physically applied to the tool and corresponding to the second unbalance force, wherein an angular offset between the first and second unbalance forces markings is able to be manipulated in order to obtain a minimized or desired tandem resulting unbalance force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nuno Da Silva, Olivier Dupont, Olivier Mageren
  • Electronic device and method for detecting surface flaw of object
    Patent number: 9536298
    Abstract: Method for detecting a surface flaw of an object using an electronic device includes requesting a detection device to control a camera unit to capture a current image of a test object placed on the detection device. The current image includes a sidewall image and a reflected image. The method obtains the current image, and detects whether the sidewall image has a surface flaw. When the sidewall image has a surface flaw, a rotation angle of the test object is determined based on the reflected image. The method obtains a standard sidewall image of a standard object stored in a storage device of the electronic device, based on the rotation angle, compares the sidewall image with the standard sidewall image, and determines and displays a position of the surface flaw on a sidewall of the test object based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen Airdrawing Technology Service Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hou-Hsien Lee, Chang-Jung Lee, Chih-Ping Lo
  • Image based key derivation function
    Patent number: 9537847
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of generating and using an image-based derived key. In various embodiments, the image-based derived key may be used to facilitate user authentication and data encryption. For some embodiments, a method is disclosed comprising determining an image-based derived key, wherein the image-based derived key is generated from a selection of authentication images chosen by a user, encrypting data using the image-based derived key, and transmitting the encrypted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION
    Inventors: Selim Aissi, Taeho Kgil, Ajit Gaddam
  • Antenna
    Patent number: D775611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: AVERY DENNISON RETAIL INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Ian James Forster, Norman A. Howard
  • Work-vest
    Patent number: D775766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: ID SERVICES TAIPEI LTD
    Inventor: Bart Van Noppen
  • Azalea plant named ‘Lazamored’
    Patent number: PP27523
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘Lazamored’, characterized by its medium red-orange colored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, moderately vigorous, upright-mounded growth habit and strong multi-seasonal reblooming, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: Plant Development Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Edward Lee