Patents Examined by Rich Weisberger
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Patent number: 7509276Abstract: A method for repositioning information related to a plurality of commodities on a graphical user interface is provided. The method includes receiving market information relating to a first commodity and a second commodity. The market information includes a number of items of interest, each of which may be associated with a price. A first information display region associated with the first commodity and including a number of locations arranged such that each location corresponds to a price level along at least a portion of a first static price axis is displayed at a first time. A second similar information display region associated with the second commodity is also displayed at that time. Indicators associated with items of interest related to the first commodity and the second commodity are displayed in the first information display region and the second information display region, respectively. The method includes receiving a command to reposition one of the information display regions.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.Inventors: Harris Brumfield, Robert A. West
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Patent number: 7343345Abstract: A system and a computer software implemented method of processing payments comprising the following steps. A person enters a PO number, an invoice number and invoice amount from an invoice entry point into an invoice tracking module. The invoice tracking module transfers a PO number to a purchasing module. The purchasing module transfers a PO attribute to a payment configuration module. The payment configuration module transfers a payment control key to a goods receiving (GR) module. The goods receiving module transfers a GR list of the PO number to a GR-IR matching configure module. The GR-IR matching configure module transfers a GR number to a quality management module. The quality management module transfers a QI number to a document posting checking configure module. The document posting checking configure module checks the QI number. The document posting checking configure module transfers payment information to a vendor management module. The vendor management module initiates a payment to a vendor.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2001Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Jia-Shun Yeh, Ren-Hau Tu
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Patent number: 7305363Abstract: In a multi-unit combinatorial auction, reverse auction, or exchange, a number of bids can be received, with each bid including one or more items and for each item a desired quantity thereof. Each bid also includes a price. A number of unique combinations of bids can be formed from the received bids, and the one combination of bids which represents the best value in terms of an auction setting, a reverse auction setting and/or an exchange setting can be determined. Thereafter, the bids forming this combination can be declared the winning bids of the auction, reverse auction or exchange.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2001Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: CombineNet, Inc.Inventors: Tuomas Sandholm, Subhash Suri
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Patent number: 7149717Abstract: A method and system to effectuate multiple transaction prices for a commodity in a market of many buyers and sellers matches buyers and sellers only when they submit the same prices in their trading requests. The method and system can enhance trading transparency and reduce monitoring and regulation costs by disclosing corresponding transaction types prices, submitted quantities, and matched and unmatched results to buyers and sellers in a spot, securities or futures market through a network computer.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2000Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Inventor: Steven S. Kan
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Patent number: 6767602Abstract: A fiber preform for manufacturing a brake disk out of composite material is itself manufactured by superposing and bonding together fiber layers. Structural fiber layers (10) are used to form at least a first preform portion that is to constitute the fiber reinforcement of the brake disk core, while the or each preform portion that is to constitute the fiber reinforcement of a friction portion of the brake disk is constituted by a felt (16, 18), at least in its portion adjacent to the friction face.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1999Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: Messier-BugattiInventors: Renaud Duval, Eric Lherm
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Patent number: 6752895Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for imparting a smooth surface to gypsum fiber panels. The method involves imparting energy to the surface of a slurry as the slurry is dewatered just prior to rehydration. The apparatus used to impart the energy is a water spray including a source of pressurized water such as a pump, a distribution manifold and a plurality of nozzles to direct the water spray at the surface of the slurry. In operation, the water spray is directed against the surface of the slurry. The flow disrupts the slurry to a fraction of its total depth, thus dispersing clumps or flocs of commingled crystals and fibers in the depth that would give the surface of the finished panel a rough surface if they were allowed to remain.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1999Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: United States Gypsum CompanyInventors: Weixin Song, David Paul Miller
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Patent number: 6524677Abstract: Based plates made of plastic wastes may be used to replace bass plates made of soft woods or tropical hard woods, such as used in the concrete industry to produce composite blocks, plates, blocks, curbstones or the like The base plates may be mad by plasticizing and extruding the thermoplastic componentType: GrantFiled: June 29, 1992Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Inventor: Heinz Bechtold
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Patent number: 6521344Abstract: A member for brakes that has a light weight, shock resistance characteristics, excellent corrosion resistance characteristics etc., high abrasive wear resistance characteristics and is made from fiber-composite material is comprised of an assemblage of yarns in which yarns, containing at least a bundle of carbon fibers and a carbon component other then carbon fiber are three-dimensionally combined and integrally formed so as to avoid separation there between; and matrices made of Si—SiC-based material filling the spaces between said yarns adjacent to each other within said assemblage of yarns.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1998Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: NGK Insulators Ltd.Inventor: Shigeru Hanzawa
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Patent number: 6503613Abstract: A friction liner for a dry friction clutch for a motor vehicle comprises a friction material made by a method which includes the impregnation of a mineral fiber based yarn with an aqueous impregnating cement, which contains latex and a phenolic resin which is at least partly in the form of a phenolate.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1999Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: ValeoInventor: Christian Biot
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Patent number: 6488871Abstract: A fiber-reinforced lightweight resin molded article with pores has a portion having a porosity lower than that of other general portions. Such a low-porosity portion serves as a rib in the resultant molded articles, to thereby enables to provide a fiber-reinforced lightweight resin molded article having excellent rigidity, bending strength, impact strength, uniformity of strength, resistance to local stress and torsion. The present invention also provides an efficient method for manufacturing the fiber-reinforced lightweight resin molded article.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2002Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Nomura, Toru Shima, Atsushi Sato
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Patent number: 6479164Abstract: There is provided a method for preparing composite materials from renewable raw materials wherein natural raw materials, especially in fiber form, comprising starch as binder are molded by adding water in accordance with a predetermined temperature and time profile to form boards and molded articles. The advantages of this method reside in said materials being fully biodegradable and free from harmful substances.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1998Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Biotec Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jürgen Lörcks, Winfried Pommeranz, Kurt Klenke, Harald Schmidt, Joachim Heuer
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Patent number: 6468656Abstract: Specified is an extrusion profile of a thermoplastic material for transport or drive belts. The extrusion profile is reinforced in that a content of approximately 0.5 to 40 percent by weight of glass fibers, aramide fibers, or carbon fibers are mixed with the plastic. The extrusion profile can be welded into infinite belts with or without plastic casing.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1999Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: Beha GmbH Technische NeuentwicklungenInventor: Bernhard Beha
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Patent number: 6468643Abstract: The invention provides a laminated product of urethane-based resin. That is, the invention arranges a continuous reinforcing fiber to one direction, impregnates the arranged fiber with thermoplastic resin to form a prepreg sheet having 50% in volume ratio of the fiber, laminates two or more resulting prepreg sheets so as to intersect fiber directions at right angles or further laminate of the prepreg sheet to form a fiber-reinforced resin layer, laminates a urethane-based resin layer on the resulting fiber-reinforced resin layer, and thus provides a urethane-based resin laminated product having excellent dimensional stability and application ability.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1999Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Takashi Kanbayashi, Takashi Iiyama, Hiroyuki Katayama, Tamio Kawasumi
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Patent number: 6461462Abstract: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing multilayer garments with the use of temporary fusible adhesives, wherein the adhesive has a molecular weight of less than 5000.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2000Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: William Clark & Sons LimitedInventors: Peter Thomas Judd, Robert Graffin McCord
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Patent number: 6461701Abstract: Flexible belts, and electrophotographic machines that use such flexible belts, that having embedded sensor fibers that run across the belt's width. Such sensor fibers enable sensors located along the side of the belt to sense belt position and/or motion.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1999Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Edward L. Schlueter, Jr., William E. Bond
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Patent number: 6457917Abstract: The method of forming a light-weight, fiber-reinforced, particularly glass fiber-reinforced-thermoplastic resin product includes the steps of melting and mixing thermoplastic resin pellets containing parallely oriented fibers 2-100 mm long, injecting the melted resin into a cavity which is closed so that its volume is smaller than that of the final molded product, and, before or after the resin injection is completed, opening the cavity until its volume is equal to that of the final molded product. Unlike the conventional injection-molded products, this product does not require a foaming agent and, if it uses any, requires only a small amount of foaming agent. The product thus formed is light in weight and has fibers uniformly entangled inside, providing an excellent appearance of the surface. Further a skin layer is formed over the surface. These features combined with the reinforcement by the glass fibers offer high strength and high stiffness.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 1999Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Nomura, Yasunobu Yamazaki, Tomokazu Abe, Kaoru Wada, Takayoshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 6435240Abstract: A method for producing by electrochemical reduction a carbon-containing material with its surface modified by organic groups, in particular functionalized organic groups, contacting the carbon-containing material with an organic diazonium salt in solvent, optionally in the presence of an electrolyte; negative polarisation of the carbon-containing material relative to an anode also in contact with an electrolyte solution separate from the diazonium salt solution. The electrochemical reduction is carried out on an organic diazonium salt in protic solvent in an acid medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1999Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)Inventors: Olivier Fagebaume, Jean Pinson, Jean-Michel Saveant
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Patent number: 6426029Abstract: A shelled structure is composed of a resinous plastic layer that is bonded to a hydraulic cement layer by the presence of preformed wire, silica sand or chopped glass fibers at the interface. Set into the resin layer while it is still tacky the wire, sand or glass particles bond readily to both the resin and cement. A wire reinforcing mesh or matrix within the cement layer improves its strength and stability. Wire stubs set into the resin layer may be used to locate the wire matrix. Bonding is improved when the resin wire is in the form of a corrugated grid with part of the grid embedded in the resinous plastic layer. Bonding is further improved when a wire grid is used as the coupling agent in combination with sand particles or chopped glass. Alternately, these latter components may be used without a wire grid. Panel strength is improved when the embedded portion of the wire is overlaid with fiber reinforced resin.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1995Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Inventors: Donald R. Hiscock, A. Douglas Newbury
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Patent number: 6391437Abstract: The invention provides a substrate processing apparatus using a composite material which permits avoidance of occurrence of damages caused by the difference in thermal expansion between different materials and can be with stand the use at high temperatures. The substrate processing apparatus for processing a substrate is partially (for example, a substrate mounting stage) composed of a composite material 11 consisting of a matrix 12 comprising a ceramics member made of, for example, cordierite ceramics, aluminum nitride and/or a texture filled with an aluminum-based material (for example, aluminum or aluminum and silicon), and a ceramics layer (comprising, for example, Al2O3 and/or AlN) provided on the surface of the matrix 12.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1998Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Shingo Kadomura, Kei Takatsu, Shinsuke Hirano
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Patent number: 6368701Abstract: A fiber-reinforced lightweight resin molded article with pores has a portion having a porosity lower than that of other general portions. Such a low-porosity portion serves as a rib in the resultant molded articles, to thereby enables to provide a fiber-reinforced lightweight resin molded article having excellent rigidity, bending strength, impact strength, uniformity of strength, resistance to local stress and torsion. The present invention also provides an efficient method for manufacturing the fiber-reinforced lightweight resin molded article.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1998Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Idemttsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Nomura, Toru Shima, Atsushi Sato