Patents by Inventor A. Adam

A. Adam has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • RECOMMENDING COMPETITIVE LEARNING OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20120164620
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for competitive learning objects in a learning environment is provided. Based on the success that a student has with a particular learning item, a learning recommendation is generated for another student.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Catherine Needham, Satish Menon, Willie Wheeler, Jayakumar Muthukumarasamy, Partha Saha, Nitzan Katz, Adam Honea, Marla Kelsey, Jorge Carmargo
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A SOLAR PANEL THAT IS PARTIALLY TRANSPARENT
    Publication number: 20120164780
    Abstract: A method is described for making a partially transparent thin film solar panel based on transparent glass or plastic substrates by creating an array of small light transmitting apertures through all the opaque layers by using an ink jet print head to apply droplets of an etching fluid to the top electrode layer to form apertures in the electrode layer. These apertures may then be used as a contact mask for etching holes though the underlying active layer (if this is opaque). In this second stage, the etchant may be applied using an ink jet print head or by spraying or the panel may be immersed in the etchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventor: Adam North Brunton
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD TO HOUSE CABLE TENSIONING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120159823
    Abstract: A trim base C-shaped channel having a front face, a bottom face, and a hanger face configured to form a trough or C-channel; one or more T-tracks and splice tracks positioned on the interior of the trough or C-channel for mounting a plurality of components of a cable tensioning system; a concave member positioned on the front face; a trim cap having a support extension and a contact extension configured to rotate about the concave member, wherein the trim cap is configured to cover the trough or open top of the C-channel; and a spring positioned between one hanger section and the support extension, wherein the spring is configured to rotate the trim cap about the concave member and, thus, functions to conceal the cable, pulleys, guides, and other individual components of a billboard cable tensioning system used to secure and stretch a printed display sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Formetco, Inc.
    Inventors: John Dove Gibb, Thomas Stover, Christopher Jonathan Adams
  • ENERGIZED OPHTHALMIC LENS INCLUDING STACKED INTEGRATED COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20120162600
    Abstract: This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing an ophthalmic lens with a stacked integrated component device for function. In some embodiments, the stacked integrated component device may contain an energy source capable of powering an electrical component incorporated into the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Frederick A. Flitsch, Daniel B. Otts, James Daniel Riall, Adam Toner
  • AXIAL FLOW FAN WITH HUB ISOLATION SLOTS
    Publication number: 20120163991
    Abstract: An axial flow fan includes a hub rotatable about a central axis. The hub includes a front face and a cylindrical portion. A plurality of apertures is provided in the front face of the hub, each aperture at least partially defined by a first surface oriented non-parallel with the front face. A plurality of ribs is provided, each rib aligned with one of the plurality of apertures such that a free edge of the rib at least partially overlaps the respective one of the plurality of apertures. The fan further includes a plurality of lips, each lip coupled to the front face of the hub and aligned with one of the plurality of apertures that is not aligned with one of the plurality of ribs, each lip having a second surface, adjacent the first surface of a respective aperture, that at least partially overlaps the respective aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dana F. Nicgorski, Adam H. Sterne, Michael Strupp
  • MAGNETIC SENSOR
    Publication number: 20120163696
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor for discriminating between high and low coercivity magnets is disclosed. The sensor comprises a first magnetic field operable to orient high and low coercivity magnets in a first magnetic orientation. The sensor also comprises a second magnetic field, lower in strength than the first magnetic field, and operable to orient only the low coercivity magnets in a second magnetic orientation opposite to the first magnetic orientation. The sensor further comprises a sensor for ascertaining the magnetic orientation of each of the magnets and thereby identifying if a magnet is a high coercivity magnet or a low coercivity magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Gary Ross, Adam Camilletti, Andrew Nicholas Dames, Edward G. Colby
  • Methods for Optimizing Gradients in Liquid Chromatography Systems
    Publication number: 20120166098
    Abstract: Methods for determining one or more optimum gradient parameter values for the separation of components in liquid chromatography (LC) systems are disclosed. Liquid chromatography (LC) systems capable of determining one or more optimum gradient parameter values for the separation of components in a liquid chromatography column are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Dennis McCreary, Raaidah Saari-Nordhaus, James Anderson, Adam Lesniowski, Jeffrey McKown
  • Pulsed power laser actuated catheter system for interventional oncology
    Publication number: 20120165808
    Abstract: Apparatus for delivering fast rising, brief pulsed electric fields of pre-determined duration into a catheter. Electrical current pulses of pre-determined duration and associated with cancer treatment using fiber coupled laser, switch, pre-charged transmission line and integrated catheter delivery system. The apparatus comprises a first stage pre-charged transmission line, fiber coupled to a short-pulse laser triggering a high voltage semiconductor switch with approximately 500 Amperes of photocurrent. The output of this first stage drives a second stage transmission line delivering up to approximately 2 Megawatts pulsed power into the catheter. The output of the second stage drives the final stage or catheter tip containing an electric field shaping functioning to treat cancerous tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventor: Adam Holiday Griffin
  • SILICON PEN NANOLITHOGRAPHY
    Publication number: 20120167262
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of lithography using a tip array having a plurality of pens attached to a backing layer, where the tips can comprise a metal, metalloid, and/or semi-conducting material, and the backing layer can comprise an elastomeric polymer. The tip array can be used to perform a lithography process in which the tips are coated with an ink (e.g., a patterning composition) that is deposited onto a substrate upon contact of the tip with the substrate surface. The tips can be easily leveled onto a substrate and the leveling can be monitored optically by a change in light reflection of the backing layer and/or near the vicinity of the tips upon contact of the tip to the substrate surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Chad A. Mirkin, Wooyoung Shim, Adam B. Braunschweig, Xing Liao, Jinan Chai, Jong Kuk Lim, Gengfeng Zheng, Zijian Zheng
  • RADIO FREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF TISSUE MASSES
    Publication number: 20120165813
    Abstract: The inventive ablation element comprises an elongated cannula having a proximal end and a distal end. The cannula defines an internal lumen within the cannula and a cannula axis. A plurality of conductors contained within the lumen, each of the conductors has a proximal end proximate the proximal end of the cannula, and a distal end proximate the distal end of the cannula. A plurality of ablation stylets each has a proximal end and a distal end, and each coupled at the respective proximal end of the stylet to the distal end of a respective conductor, the stylets comprise a deflectable material, the conductors together with their respective stylets being mounted for axial movement. A trocar point defined proximate the distal end of the cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: HALT MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Lee, Gordon E. Epstein, Adam Hagmann, Jeffrey Cohen
  • METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AN ORGANISM
    Publication number: 20120164133
    Abstract: This disclosure features methods of identifying an organism. The methods include: (a) obtaining a nucleic acid sample from an organism; (b) imaging said nucleic acid; (c) obtaining a restriction map of said nucleic acid; and (d) correlating the restriction map of said nucleic acid with a restriction map database, thereby identifying the organism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: OPGEN INC.
    Inventor: Adam M. Briska
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE DURING USER INPUT
    Publication number: 20120166999
    Abstract: Systems and methods to provide assistance for completion during user input. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. When a user is typing an input, the profiles are used to identify suggestions for the completion of the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: XOBNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory Garland Thatcher, Joshua Robert Russell Jacobson, Frank J. Cort, Adam Michael Smith
  • WATER STABLE III-V SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTAL COMPLEXES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20120161101
    Abstract: A water-stable semiconductor nanocrystal complex that is stable and has high luminescent quantum yield. The water-stable semiconductor nanocrystal complex has a semiconductor nanocrystal core of a III-V semiconductor nanocrystal material and a water-stabilizing layer. A method of making a water-stable semiconductor nanocrystal complex is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Daniel LANDRY, Wei LUI, Adam PENG
  • AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF IMAGE OUTLIERS
    Publication number: 20120163709
    Abstract: Outlier images—those images that differ substantially from other images in a set—can be automatically identified. One or more penalty values can be assigned to each image that quantifies how different that image is from others in the set. A threshold can be determined based on the set of penalty values. Each image whose penalty values are above the threshold is an outlier image. The penalty values can be the sum of per-pixel penalty values multiplied by the number of pixels with nonzero penalty values. A per-pixel penalty value can be the difference between a color value for that pixel and a predetermined range of color values, based on corresponding pixels in other images. The per-pixel penalty value can be determined for each component color and then optionally summed together. The threshold penalty values can be adjusted to provide for greater, or less, sensitivity to differences among the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marcelo De Barros, Satya Pradeep Kanduri, Nabeel Kaushal, Mikhail Parakhin, Manish Mittal, Adam Edlavitch
  • DISPENSABLE PRODUCT CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20120160881
    Abstract: A container (10) suitable for dispensing comestible products has a body (12) with a top face segment (36) having an opening (14) and a concave top face segment (18) and a separate continuous member (40) connected to a side face (24), the member having an openable lid portion (42) which covers the opening and a flexible press portion (50) extending from the lid portion to the side face over the concave top segment face, which is normally convex to the concave top face segment, wherein application of a downward force to the convex flexible press portion transforms the convex portion to a concave portion and rotates the lid portion to uncover the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
    Inventors: Neema Pourian, Adam Hunter, Wenson R. Chern, Robert D. Swinton
  • Circulating Air Oven
    Publication number: 20120164591
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circulating gas oven incorporating a cooking surface wherein the cooking surface and air above are heated by a circulating gas system involving ducting and gas diffusers. The oven is portable and the cooking surface is made of ceramic or glass material. The ducting means and diffusers are adapted to create a laminar air flow. Foodstuff such as pizza can be cooked in a uniform manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel Sebastian Chadwick, Guy de Warrenne Bruce Adams
  • ANTIBACTERIAL AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANALOGS
    Publication number: 20120165282
    Abstract: Compounds having antibacterial activity are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I) or (II): including stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein Q1, Q2, Q3, R1, R2, R3, R11 are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Achaogen, Inc.
    Inventors: Paola Dozzo, Adam Aaron Goldblum, James Bradley Aggen, Martin Sheringham Linsell
  • Embedding sponsored content in mobile applications
    Patent number: 8209344
    Abstract: In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for distribution of advertising of sponsored content within an application of a mobile communication facility, wherein selection of the sponsored content is based at least on one or more predefined hardware or software characteristics of the mobile communication facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Jumptap, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorey Ramer, Dennis Doughty, Adam Soroca, Neal J. Karasic
  • Imidazopyridinyl benzamide mitotic kinesin inhibitors
    Patent number: 8207340
    Abstract: Compounds useful for treating cellular proliferative diseases and disorders by modulating the activity of one or more mitotic kinesins are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Cytokinetics, Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiangping Qian, Andrew I. McDonald, Han-Jie Zhou, Luke W. Ashcraft, Bing Yao, Hong Jiang, Jennifer Kuo Chen Huang, Jianchao Wang, David J. Morgans, Jr., Bradley P. Morgan, Gustave Bergnes, Dashyant Dhanak, Steven D. Knight, Nicholas D. Adams, Cynthia A. Parrish, Kevin Duffy, Duke Fitch, Rosanna Tedesco
  • Internet protocol based media streaming solution
    Patent number: 8209398
    Abstract: A system and method for streaming media data in a Web Service environment between two or more units are disclosed. The first unit processes the media data for transfer, using a media streaming application. A network implemented with Web Service transfers the processed media data using a real-time media streaming protocol. The second unit renders the processed media data for playback, using the media streaming application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Exceptional Innovation LLC
    Inventors: Seale Moorer, Eric Eichensehr, Adam Love