Patents by Inventor Amit K. Sharma
Amit K. Sharma 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).
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Patent number: 8840594Abstract: A collector for fecal discharge is provided comprising a self-expanding resilient collection component, a housing sheath and a transit component. The collection component has an open proximal and distal end and a lumen connecting them. The component comprises interconnected resilient arms circumscribing its contour, wherein adjacent arms are resiliently biased away from each other for exerting outwardly radial pressure for expanding and anchoring the component to rectal walls upon deployment. The housing sheath comprises a flexible and resilient material overlaying at least one of inner or outer contour of collection component without interfering with or blocking its ends or lumen. The transit component provides a conduit for fecal discharge to migrate from collection component to a receptacle and comprises a flexible, tubular sheath having a first open end connected to a second end by a lumen, wherein the first end engages with the proximal end of the collection component.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of IndiaInventors: Amit K. Sharma, Nishith Chasmawala, Sandeep Singh
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Patent number: 8813766Abstract: A dish rack is supported for both selective movement into and out of a washing chamber of a dishwasher tub and vertically relative to the tub, with the vertical adjustment being made by manually grasping and shifting at least one frontal cross bar extending along a front wall of the dish rack to cause pivoting of first and second lever members extending along sides of the dish rack. The side lever members cooperate with latching mechanisms to lift and retain the dish rack in a select raised position.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Harshal J. Bhajak, Gerald J. McNerney, Mihir Ponkshe, Amit K. Sharma
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Publication number: 20140149638Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure pertain to a system and method for providing a flash memory cache input/output throttling mechanism based upon temperature parameters for promoting improved flash life. The mechanism restricts flash memory cache caching of inputs/outputs associated with Least Recently Used data and Most Recently Used data when a temperature of the flash memory is at or above a threshold temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: LSI CORPORATIONInventors: Ashish Jain, Karin B. Dalvi, Amit K. Sharma
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Publication number: 20120291824Abstract: A dish rack is supported for both selective movement into and out of a washing chamber of a dishwasher tub and vertically relative to the tub, with the vertical adjustment being made by manually grasping and shifting at least one frontal cross bar extending along a front wall of the dish rack to cause pivoting of first and second lever members extending along sides of the dish rack. The side lever members cooperate with latching mechanisms to lift and retain the dish rack in a select raised position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: HARSHAL J. BHAJAK, GERALD J. MCNERNEY, MIHIR PONKSHE, AMIT K. SHARMA
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Publication number: 20120291825Abstract: A dish rack is supported for vertical movement relative to a dishwasher tub, with the vertical adjustment being made by manually shifting the dish rack to cause a camming unit of a latching mechanism to cooperate with a follower in establishing at least a lowered position and a raised position for the rack. The camming unit includes a plurality of camming surfaces and ramps establishing multiple tiers upon which the follower is guided while being biased by a spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: HARSHAL J. BHAJAK, GERALD J. MCNERNEY, MIHIR PONKSHE, AMIT K. SHARMA
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Publication number: 20120116336Abstract: A collector for fecal discharge is provided comprising a self-expanding resilient collection component, a housing sheath and a transit component. The collection component has an open proximal and distal end and a lumen connecting them. The component comprises interconnected resilient arms circumscribing its contour, wherein adjacent arms are resiliently biased away from each other for exerting outwardly radial pressure for expanding and anchoring the component to rectal walls upon deployment. The housing sheath comprises a flexible and resilient material overlaying at least one of inner or outer contour of collection component without interfering with or blocking its ends or lumen. The transit component provides a conduit for fecal discharge to migrate from collection component to a receptacle and comprises a flexible, tubular sheath having a first open end connected to a second end by a lumen, wherein the first end engages with the proximal end of the collection component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGYInventors: Amit K. Sharma, Nishith Chasmawala, Sandeep Singh
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Patent number: 7884229Abstract: A method for making a polyether monomer having at least one unsaturated site per molecule and having a desired number of alkoxyl repeating units includes the steps of reacting an active hydrogen-containing monomer having at least one unsaturated site per molecule with an alkyl oxide in the presence of an alkoxylation catalyst and a polymerization inhibitor at a temperature from about 30° C. to less than 45° C. to produce a polyether monomer. In one embodiment, from about 5 to about 1000 parts by weight of a phenothiazine polymerization inhibitor per one million parts by weight of the active hydrogen-containing monomer phenothiazine compound is used as the polymerization inhibitor.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2004Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Rhodia Inc.Inventors: Amit K. Sharma, Claude K. Martin, Aziz Boukhelifa, Ning Chen
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Patent number: 7407635Abstract: There are disclosed various processes, apparatuses and systems for treating a halogen-containing gas such as F2 that involve generating a plasma in order to reduce chemically the halogen-containing gas into products that are more environmentally manageable. According to a particular embodiment, a reducing agent is mixed with the halogen-containing gas to produce a feed gas mixture and a non-thermal plasma is generated in the feed gas mixture in the presence of liquid water.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2003Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Gary B. Josephson, Delbert L. Lessor, Amit K. Sharma, Christopher Lyle Aardahl, Kenneth G. Rappe
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Patent number: 6962679Abstract: There are disclosed various processes, apparatuses and systems for treating a halogen-containing gas such as F2 that involve generating a plasma in order to reduce chemically the halogen-containing gas into products that are more environmentally manageable. According to a particular embodiment, a reducing agent is mixed with the halogen-containing gas to produce a feed gas mixture and a non-thermal plasma is generated in the feed gas mixture in the presence of liquid water.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2001Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Gary B. Josephson, Delbert L. Lessor, Amit K. Sharma, Christopher Lyle Aardahl, Kenneth G. Rappe
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Publication number: 20040260116Abstract: A method for making a polyether monomer having at least one unsaturated site per molecule and having a desired number of alkoxyl repeating units includes the steps of reacting an active hydrogen-containing monomer having at least one unsaturated site per molecule with an alkyl oxide in the presence of an alkoxylation catalyst and a polymerization inhibitor at a temperature from about 30° C. to less than 45° C. to produce a polyether monomer. In one embodiment, from about 5 to about 1000 parts by weight of a phenothiazine polymerization inhibitor per one million parts by weight of the active hydrogen-containing monomer phenothiazine compound is used as the polymerization inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Amit K. Sharma, Claude K. Martin, Aziz Boukhelifa, Ning Chen
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Publication number: 20040131524Abstract: There are disclosed various processes, apparatuses and systems for treating a halogen-containing gas such as F2 that involve generating a plasma in order to reduce chemically the halogen-containing gas into products that are more environmentally manageable. According to a particular embodiment, a reducing agent is mixed with the halogen-containing gas to produce a feed gas mixture and a non-thermal plasma is generated in the feed gas mixture in the presence of liquid water.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Gary B. Josephson, Delbert L. Lessor, Amit K. Sharma, Christopher Lyle Aardahl, Kenneth G. Rappe
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Patent number: 6730275Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for altering a carbon-containing compound in an aqueous mixture. According to a first aspect of the present invention, it has been discovered that for an aqueous mixture having a carbon containing compound with an ozone reaction rate less than the ozone reaction rate of pentachlorophenol, use of corona discharge in a low or non-oxidizing atmosphere increases the rate of destruction of the carbon containing compound compared to corona discharge an oxidizing atmosphere. For an aqueous mixture containing pentachlorphenol, there was essentially no difference in destruction between atmospheres. According to a second aspect of the present invention, it has been further discovered that an aqueous mixture having a carbon-containing compound in the presence of a catalyst and oxygen resulted in an increased destruction rate of the carbon containing compound compared to no catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2000Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Amit K. Sharma, Donald M. Camaioni, Gary B. Josephson
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Publication number: 20030049183Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for altering a carbon-containing compound in an aqueous mixture. According to a first aspect of the present invention, it has been discovered that for an aqueous mixture having a carbon containing compound with an ozone reaction rate less than the ozone reaction rate of pentachlorophenol, use of corona discharge in a low or non-oxidizing atmosphere increases the rate of destruction of the carbon containing compound compared to corona discharge an oxidizing atmosphere. For an aqueous mixture containing pentachlorphenol, there was essentially no difference in destruction between atmospheres. According to a second aspect of the present invention, it has been further discovered that an aqueous mixture having a carbon-containing compound in the presence of a catalyst and oxygen resulted in an increased destruction rate of the carbon containing compound compared to no catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2000Publication date: March 13, 2003Inventors: Amit K. Sharma, Donald M. Camaioni, Gary B. Josephson
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Publication number: 20030012718Abstract: There are disclosed various processes, apparatuses and systems for treating a halogen-containing gas such as F2 that involve generating a plasma in order to reduce chemically the halogen-containing gas into products that are more environmentally manageable. According to a particular embodiment, a reducing agent is mixed with the halogen-containing gas to produce a feed gas mixture and a non-thermal plasma is generated in the feed gas mixture in the presence of liquid water.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2001Publication date: January 16, 2003Applicant: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Gary B. Josephson, Delbert L. Lessor, Amit K. Sharma, Christopher Lyle Aardahl, Kenneth G. Rappe
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Patent number: 6491797Abstract: A method for oxidizing an organic contaminant in an aqueous medium generates H2O2 in the aqueous medium through the use of a corona discharge procedure. A quantity of hydroxyl radicals is generated from the H2O2. An organic contaminant is oxidized in the aqueous medium by reacting the hydroxyl radicals with the organic contaminant, the oxidation being enhanced by methods for facilitating the generation of hydroxyl radicals.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Florida State UniversityInventors: Bruce R. Locke, Amit K. Sharma, Wright C. Finney, Pedro G. Arce
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Patent number: 5980701Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for altering a carbon containing compound in an aqueous mixture. According to a first aspect of the present invention, it has been discovered that for an aqueous mixture having a carbon containing compound with an ozone reaction rate less than the ozone reaction rate of pentachlorophenol, use of corona discharge in a low or non-oxidizing atmosphere increases the rate of destruction of the carbon containing compound compared to corona discharge an oxidizing atmosphere. For an aqueous mixture containing pentachlorphenol, there was essentially no difference in destruction between atmospheres. According to a second aspect of the present invention, it has been further discovered that an aqueous mixture having a carbon containing compound in the presence of a catalyst and oxygen resulted in an increased destruction rate of the carbon containing compound compared to no catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1997Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Amit K. Sharma, Donald M. Camaioni, Gary B. Josephson