Patents by Inventor Allen An

Allen An 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).

  • CONFORMABLE WIPES CONTAINER WITH ENHANCED MOISTURE RETENTION
    Publication number: 20130180985
    Abstract: A wipes container with side walls including pleats so that the wipes container is collapsible. A collapse force is required to collapse the container body. A cover is sealed to the container body. The seal has a seal thickness and a seal strength. The wipes container has a combination index of 200,000 or less, where the combination index is calculated based on the following equation: combination index=(collapse index) (recovery index) (moisture loss index), where collapse index=((collapse force)/(side wall thickness))(1,000), recovery index=((1?% recovery of original height)/(side wall thickness))(1,000), and moisture loss index=[((% moisture loss of wipes container over 20 day period)/(seal strength))+((% moisture loss of wipes container over 20 day period)/seal thickness))](10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: NUTEK DISPOSABLES, INC.
    Inventors: Robin DAMAGHI, William CHILD, Dan Allen MURRAY, Robert King AULT, Terrence Mclean BECK
  • CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF THE SODIUM SALT OF (4--CYCLOHEXYL)-ACETIC ACID
    Publication number: 20130184311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel crystalline forms of (4-{4-[5-(6-Trifluoromethyl-pyridin-3-ylamino)-pyridin-2-yl]-phenyl}-cyclohexyl)-acetic acid, sodium and their use in the treatment or prevention of a condition or a disorder associated with DGAT1 activity in animals, particularly humans. It also relates to processes for making such novel crystalline forms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Paul Allen Sutton, Michael J. Girgis, Jessica Liang, Mahavir Prashad, Edwin Bernard Villhauer
  • Irradiation target retention assemblies for isotope delivery systems
    Patent number: 8488733
    Abstract: Example embodiments are directed to methods of producing desired isotopes in commercial nuclear reactors and associated apparatuses using instrumentation tubes conventionally found in nuclear reactor vessels to expose irradiation targets to neutron flux found in the operating nuclear reactor. Example embodiments include assemblies for retention and producing radioisotopes in nuclear reactors and instrumentation tubes thereof. Example embodiments include one or more retention assemblies that contain one or more irradiation targets and are useable with example delivery systems that permit delivery of irradiation targets. Example embodiments may be sized, shaped, fabricated, and otherwise configured to successfully move through example delivery systems and conventional instrumentation tubes while containing irradiation targets and desired isotopes produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Melissa Allen, Nicholas R. Gilman, Heather Hatton, William Earl Russell, II
  • Method and system for directing media streams during a conference call
    Patent number: 8489386
    Abstract: A system for directing media streams during a conference call, including an enterprise, at least one network provided within the enterprise and in communication with a plurality of communication devices, a platform provided within the enterprise and in communication with the network, the platform comprising a protocol layer, a services layer and an application layer, and a conference call server in communication with the platform, wherein the platform is configured for receiving media streams from each of the communication devices and instructing the conference call server on how to direct the media streams to and from each of the communication devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Douglas Gisby, Brian Oliver, Christopher Labrador, Andrew Allen, Ian McDonald, Michael Langlois
  • Vertical flow cage and method of use
    Patent number: 8485799
    Abstract: The present invention is centralizing vertical flow cage attachable to a subsurface pump in a downhole recovery application, and method of use. In one embodiment, the vertical flow cage is defined as comprising a hollowed, centralizing cone portion having at least one spiral vein formed in the cone's surface. In another embodiment, the centralizing cone includes a ledge having at least one discharge hole disposed thereon, with each discharge hole being selectively located above each vein. Each discharge hole is formed through the centralizing cone so that each hole formed is in fluid communication with the hollow interior portion of the centralizing cone. In this regard, during the pump process upstroke, any fluid below and outside of the centralizing cone will be forced vertically upwards through each vein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: KLM Specialties, LLC
    Inventor: Curtis Allen
  • System and method for collecting soil samples
    Patent number: 8489291
    Abstract: A system and method for collecting soil samples is provided that permits a user to develop or generate one or more paths in an agricultural field to collect soil samples with each soil core collection point along the path being identified. The agricultural field can be divided into management zones having similar productivity and each management zone can have a path with the identified collection points to collect samples for that management zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hemisphere GPS LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Dearborn, Aaron Dale Hunt
  • Method and system for adapting engine coolant temperature (ECT) warm-up trajectory based on heater core loading to adjust cabin temperature
    Patent number: 8489267
    Abstract: In a hybrid-electric vehicle that includes a cabin, methods and systems are provided for modifying a first curve for engine coolant temperature (ECT) warm-up trajectory. The system includes a processor configured to execute software instructions, and a memory configured to store software instructions accessible by the processor. In one embodiment, the software instructions comprise an offset lookup table that is configured to generate, based on a calculated thermal power loss across a heater core and an ambient air temperature, an offset value for modifying the first curve for ECT warm-up trajectory to produce a desired curve for ECT warm-up trajectory that is offset from the first curve. The desired curve for ECT warm up trajectory is used to adjust temperature in the cabin so that fuel consumption can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Paul S. Lombardo, Allen J. Lehmen
  • System-wide time synchronization across power management interfaces and sensor data
    Patent number: 8489775
    Abstract: A power management control system for an information handling system is disclosed. The power management control system includes a power management interface bus interfacing a plurality of devices, where one or more of the devices is each associated with a time clock. The power management control system further includes a management agent interfacing the power management interface bus. The management agent is configured to: receive a system time; synchronize the one or more time clocks based, at least in part, on the system time; and maintain synchronization of the one or more time clocks, at least in part, via a set of telemetric primitives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Stuart Allen Berke, George Richards, III, Mark Muccini
  • Nucleating agents for polyhydroxyalkanoates
    Patent number: 8487023
    Abstract: Provided herein are nucleating agent compositions for use in nucleating polymers during processing. Methods for making and using the nucleating agent compositions are also provided. The nucleating agent in dry powder form is wet milled in a liquid carrier, such as a plasticizer, surfactant, or lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Metabolix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Whitehouse, Allen R. Padwa
  • Inkjet printhead assembly with printhead segment cradle member
    Patent number: 8485643
    Abstract: An inkjet printhead assembly includes an elongate ink supply body defining a plurality of ink supply channels; an elongate cradle member defining a plurality of rows of apertures, the elongate cradle member being fastened to the elongate ink supply body to communicate ink within the ink supply channels through respective ones of said rows of apertures; and a plurality of printhead segments each having a carrier defining a plurality of rows of ink supply passages arranged in alignment with respective apertures of the cradle member, each printhead segment further having an elongate ink ejection printhead mounted to the carrier in fluid communication with the ink supply passages. Each carrier defines a complementary formation for mating serially with the cradle member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Zamtec Ltd
    Inventors: Kia Silverbrook, Tobin Allen King
  • Modulators of pharmacokinetic properties of therapeutics
    Patent number: 8486942
    Abstract: The present application provides for a compound of Formula IV, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, and/or ester thereof, compositions containing such compounds, therapeutic methods that include the administration of such compounds, and therapeutic methods and include the administration of such compounds with at least one additional therapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Gilead Sciencs, Inc.
    Inventors: Manoj C. Desai, Allen Y. Hong, Hon C. Hui, Hongtao Liu, Randall W. Vivian, Lianhong Xu
  • Systems, devices and apparatuses for bony fixation and disk repair and replacement methods related thereto
    Patent number: 8486078
    Abstract: The present invention features new methods, apparatuses and devices for fixing adjacent bone segments, segments of a bony structure and adjacent vertebrate of a spine. The methods, apparatuses and devices utilize an apparatus for forming a channel in a surface of the bone or bony structure segments or adjacent vertebra or a channel submerged within the bone or bony structure segments or adjacent vertebra. In more particular embodiments such apparatuses and methods including forming an arcuate channel and which channel can receive therein a curved rod or implant member. Also featured are systems, apparatuses and methods for removably suspending a spacer in the intervertebral space while forming such a channel as well as systems, apparatuses and methods for use of dynamized implant members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Highgate Orthopedics
    Inventors: Allen Carl, Josef K. Winkler, Robert F. Beisel, Spanky A. Raymond, Daniel S. Savage, Jason J. Gromek, Carl M. Nilsson, Nathan J. Pierce
  • Method for increasing asparaginase activity in a solution
    Patent number: 8486684
    Abstract: A stable asparaginase solution is disclosed. In one aspect, drinking water is treated to reduce the level of chlorine to enhance the residual enzyme activity of asparaginase. The treatment can occur by removing chlorine constituents or by supplying additives that reduces the level of chlorine. Additives can include reducing agents and chlorine scavengers. Removal technologies can include use of activated carbon, ion exchange, and air stripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Allen Elder, Christopher J. Koh, James Keith Henson
  • Debris removal management system and method of operation thereof
    Patent number: 8485475
    Abstract: A debris removal management system and a method of removing space debris. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a frame, (2) a plurality of net sections coupled to the frame and (3) a plurality of microvehicles coupled to the plurality of net sections and configured to be ejected relative to the frame to deploy the plurality of net sections, the plurality of net sections cooperating to form a net configured to capture space debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel W. Allen, Robert L. Spicer
  • Testing apparatus with read head holder having a gas jet pointing into a channel
    Patent number: 8487609
    Abstract: A test apparatus can test a read head and/or a disk. The test apparatus includes a rotatable spindle adapted to hold the disk, and a holder oriented to hold the read head with its air bearing surface adjacent the major surface of the disk during testing. The holder includes a channel with a first side wall. The channel defines a channel longitudinal axis parallel to the first side wall. The channel also defines a lateral direction that is normal to the first side wall. A first gas jet points into the channel and impinges upon a top face of the read head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Microphysics, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Allen Lacey
  • Synchronized processing of data by networked computing resources
    Patent number: 8489747
    Abstract: Systems 100, 1000, methods, and machine-interpretable programming or other instruction products for the management of data processing by multiple networked computing resources 106, 1106. In particular, the disclosure relates to the synchronization of related requests for processing of data using distributed network resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Royal Bank of Canada
    Inventors: Daniel Aisen, Bradley Katsuyama, Robert Park, John Schwall, Richard Steiner, Allen Zhang, Thomas L. Popejoy
  • Systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting a pattern within a data packet and detecting data packets related to a data packet including a detected pattern
    Patent number: 8488466
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for finding a captured data packet including a data pattern of interest and data packets associated with the found data packet are herein provided. A traffic flow of captured data packets may be received by a network captured traffic distribution device and may be duplicated. A traffic flow of captured data packets may be scanned for data packets including a data pattern of interest and identifying information may be determined for any found data packets. A duplicate traffic flow of captured data packets may also be scanned for data packets with identifying information that matches a found data packet. An egress port for the found data packet may be determined and both the found data packet and any data packets with identifying information matching found data packet might be transmitted to the determined egress port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: VSS Monitoring, Inc.
    Inventors: Terence M. Breslin, David Kucharczyk, Jan Allen Hinshaw
  • Rules system versions
    Patent number: 8488494
    Abstract: A rules systems version coordination method is disclosed for the initiation of a rules system version and the coordination of the rules system version with other rules system versions which may be available. Particularly, the rules system versions are coordinated so that one-and-only-one is in the Active State i.e. the state in which the Policy and Charging Rules Node (PCRN) is deriving its set of policies; rules system versions may only be promoted to the Active State from a Release State; and rules system versions may only be modified when in a Draft State, from which they may be promoted to the Release State. The rules systems version coordination method is particularly useful for providing a buffer state between rules system versions undergoing modification and the rules system version currently in service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Katha Kulasingam, Allen Robinson
  • Apparatus for producing elastomeric nonwoven laminates
    Patent number: 8486210
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing an elastomeric nonwoven laminate including a plurality of elastomeric strands joined to a nonwoven web in a controlled distribution is provided. The apparatus includes an extruder for extruding a plurality of elastomeric strands onto a cooled surface of a rotating drum, which transports the strands in parallel alignment to a nip formed between two rollers rotating about parallel axis. The drum transfers the plurality of strands to the nip in a controlled distribution where it is bonded with the nonwoven. The apparatus also includes elements which automate the apparatus for creating the elastomeric nonwoven laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Randall Allen Myers, Christoph Johann Schmitz, Martin Geoffrey Scaife
  • Y-shaped dog toy
    Patent number: D686375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Katie's Bumpers
    Inventors: Jill B. Nazimek, Greg Allen Nazimek