Patents Assigned to Service
  • Publication number: 20090144185
    Abstract: Time series consumer spending data, point-in-time balance information, internal customer financial data and consumer panel information provides input to a model for consumer spend behavior on plastic instruments or other financial accounts, from which approximations of spending ability may be reliably identified and utilized to promote additional consumer spending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen B. HAGGERTY, Chao M. Yuan
  • Patent number: 7540243
    Abstract: An overbed table including a table section configured to be located above a patient support surface, such as a hospital bed, and a support. In one illustrative embodiment, a display device is supported by the support of the overbed table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. George, Robert M. Zerhusen, Carl W. Riley, Ryan A. Reeder, Michael E. Cerimele, David W. Hornbach, Michelle L. Walker
  • Patent number: 7540546
    Abstract: A mobile emergency hospital comprises a first wheeled trailer and a second wheeled trailer parked alongside the first trailer such that adjacent side walls of the first and second trailers are arranged to confront each other. The first and second trailers have patient care equipment associated with first and second portions of the emergency hospital, respectively. The adjacent side walls of the two trailers have openings which are generally aligned with each other to form one or more passageways through which caregivers pass between the two trailers. The first trailer may include a plurality of wall units arranged along a non-adjacent side wall of the first trailer. Each such wall unit may include a plurality of service connectors and a foldout bed. The trailers may include expandable sections to provide additional floor space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie A. Kern, Kenneth L. Kramer, Richard W. Chance, Nathan I. Carver, Frederic Le Roy, Dennis Paul LaLoge
  • Patent number: 7540926
    Abstract: A method for cleaning contaminated surfaces of surgical waste management equipment. The method includes rinsing surfaces of the equipment with water to remove water soluble contaminants and waste material. A rinse solution is applied to the surfaces of the equipment to provide a residual film thereon. The rinse solution includes a first nonionic alkoxylated alcohol surfactant having an HLB value ranging from about 10 to about 15, a second nonionic alkoxylated alcohol surfactant having an HLB value ranging from about 16 to 20, an aqueous solvent, and optionally, a bio-film permeation agent. A total of the first surfactant and the second surfactant in the composition ranges from about 2 to about 20 percent by weight of a total weight of the composition, and a ratio of the second surfactant to the first surfactant in the composition ranges from about 2:1 to about 4:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Innovation Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph B. Dooley, Jeffrey G. Hubrig, Richard H. DeVault, Rodney D. Parker, John M. Izenbaard
  • Patent number: 7541139
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a polypeptide with a modified activity or stability, by replacing an arginine residue capable of being ADP-ribosylated with a tryptophan or a phenylalanine. In one embodiment, compositions are provided that include polypeptides, such as alpha defensin, with arginine-to-tryptophan or arginine-to-phenylalanine substitutions, where the arginine residue is capable of being ADP-ribosylated. In another embodiment, methods are disclosed for modifying an immune response in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Joel Moss, Linda Stevens, Christelle Bourgeois, Rita Bortell
  • Patent number: 7542931
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for global address verification of a transaction, such as a transaction card purchase. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the system verifies a billing address and/or an alternate address (e.g., shipping address) in a single transaction. The billing address and/or the alternate address are associated with a transaction card purchaser. If the billing and/or alternate addresses are verified, then the transaction card issuer may offer a payment guarantee to the merchant. The merchant may choose to ship the purchased item to either a billing address or an alternate address. If the address is not verified, then the transaction card issuer may choose not to offer a payment guarantee to the merchant, and the merchant may choose not to ship the item to the alternate address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine B. Black, Diane Farrell, Chin H. Khor, Vernon Marshall, Sandeep Sacheti, Tracy J. Steiner
  • Patent number: 7541443
    Abstract: Inducing tolerance in a primate by use of a compound, or a combination of at least two compounds, that has certain characteristics when tested in vitro. The compound, alone or in combination, is preferably TRX1 antibody and the compound or combination is preferably used in accordance with a specified dosing regimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignees: Tolerrx, Inc., Isis Innovation, Ltd., Cambridge University Technical Services, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mark Frewin, Herman Waldmann, Scott Gorman, Geoff Hale, Patricia Rao, Tadeusz Kornaga, Douglas Ringler, Stephen Cobbold, Dawn Winsor-Hines
  • Patent number: 7541321
    Abstract: A composition having a first nonionic alkoxylated alcohol surfactant having an HLB value ranging from about 10 to about 15, a second nonionic alkoxylated alcohol surfactant having an HLB value ranging from about 16 to 20, an aqueous solvent, and optionally, a bio-film permeation agent. A total of the first surfactant and the second surfactant in the composition ranges from about 2 to about 20 percent by weight of a total weight of the composition, and a ratio of the second surfactant to the first surfactant in the composition ranges from about 2:1 to about 4:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Innovation Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Hubrig, Joseph B. Dooley
  • Patent number: 7541034
    Abstract: Methods and compositions relating to recombinant anti-CD22 antibodies with high binding affinity, and immunoconjugates comprising the anti-CD22 antibody linked to a therapeutic agent such as a Pseudomonas exotoxin or a detectable label. The invention provides diagnostic methods, and means to inhibit the growth of malignant B cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: David J. Fitzgerald, Ira Pastan, Elizabeth Mansfield, Robert Kreitman
  • Patent number: 7541035
    Abstract: Immunogenic T-cell receptor gamma Alternate Reading Frame Protein (TARP) polypeptides are disclosed herein. These immunogenic TARP polypeptides include nine consecutive amino acids of the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 9 and do not comprise amino acids 1-26 or amino acids 38-58 of SEQ ID NO: 1. Several specific, non-limiting examples of these polypeptides are set forth as SEQ ID NOs: 3-7. Nucleic acids encoding these polypeptides, and host cells transfected with these nucleic acids, are also disclosed. Methods of using these polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding these polypeptides, for the treatment of breast and prostate cancer are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Jay A. Berzofsky, SangKon Oh, Ira Pastan
  • Patent number: 7541316
    Abstract: Aqueous wellbore treatment fluids having improved thermal stability are provided. The wellbore treatment fluids comprise at least one polysaccharide and an effective amount of at least one polyacrylamide to maintain its stability at a temperature greater than about 250° F. A formate compound is not required to achieve high-temperature stability in the fluid. Thus, the fluid is less expensive than conventional polymer-containing aqueous wellbore treatment fluids. The aqueous fluid may serve as, for example, a drilling fluid in the wellbore and thus may be circulated through the wellbore without being concerned that it could become unstable due to exposure to relatively high downhole temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Jody L. Maresh
  • Patent number: 7541043
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for protecting a susceptable host against an infection of Shigella sonnei are disclosed. Such compositions and methods are useful for protecting the host against bacillary dysentery and shigellosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Dennis J. Kopecko, De-Qi Xu, John O. Cisar
  • Patent number: 7542972
    Abstract: A computer system and method is disclosed for mining current and archived address data in order to identify a preferred address for each service point in a territory. The data mining system may start in response to the presentation of a candidate address for matching. The set of mined data may be prioritized by clustering like characteristics, building similarity matrices, and by constructing dendrograms with nodes joined according to common characteristics. A computer system and method for maintaining a central database of preferred addresses is also disclosed. Selected address data gathered in a queue may be scored by characteristic, grouped by consignee location, and staged for processing. The scored queue of data may be prioritized by clustering like characteristics, building similarity matrices, and by constructing dendrograms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy C. Owens, Duane Anderson
  • Patent number: 7541182
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for identifying patients at risk of developing preeclampsia. In further embodiments, the present invention relates to methods for the diagnosis of patients with preeclampsia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignees: Yale University, The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Gil G. Mor, Donna Neale, Roberto Romero
  • Patent number: 7541318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for making proppants on-the-fly during subterranean treatment operations. Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods of preparing proppant on-the-fly comprising providing discrete amounts of a resin mixture that comprises a resinous material and a filler material; placing the discrete amounts of resin mixture into a well bore comprising a treatment fluid; and, allowing the discrete amounts of the resin mixture to substantially cure and form proppant particles while inside the treatment fluid. Other embodiments of the present invention provide methods of fracturing a portion of a subterranean formation using proppant prepared on-the-fly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmie D. Weaver, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: D593329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Alcan Packaging Beauty Services
    Inventor: Alain Berhault
  • Patent number: D593330
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Alcan Packaging Beauty Services
    Inventor: Alain Berhault
  • Patent number: D593331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Alcan Packaging Beauty Services
    Inventor: Alain Berhault
  • Patent number: D593600
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellen Lasch, Lisa Ann Morrill Webb
  • Patent number: D593613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Pharmedium Services, LLC
    Inventors: Amy E. Langan, Richard J. Kruzynski, John A. Kollar, Patricia L. Miyake, Monique L. Kruk, Mark F. Wagner