Patents by Inventor Brett Matthews
Brett Matthews 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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Publication number: 20140258270Abstract: Techniques for context-based queryless presentation of recommendations are described. Without receiving an explicit query, an inferred query is determined based on a first set of context signals associated with a recommendation triggering event. Items matching the inferred query are selected based on a second set of one or more context signals associated with the recommendation triggering event. One or more results items identifying the one or more matching items are caused to display. A result items may be displayed in association with an explanation that identifies context values used to select an item for recommendation or one or more attributes of the item that are relevant to a user or the inferred query.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: COREY LANE REESE, BRETT MATTHEW WESTERVELT, YIGE WANG, JEREMY RYAN SCHIFF, STEVEN CHARLES SCHLANSKER
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Patent number: 8627668Abstract: According to various embodiments, a system includes a fuel controller configured to control a fuel transition between a first flow of a first fuel and a second flow of a second fuel into a fuel nozzle of a combustion system. The fuel controller is configured to adjust a third flow of a diluent in combination with the second flow of the second fuel to maintain a pressure ratio across the fuel nozzle above a predetermined operating pressure ratio.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Brett Matthew Thompson
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Publication number: 20130235967Abstract: A method for recycling AgInCd control rod absorber bar material from a used control rod from a nuclear power plant includes sectioning AgInCd absorber bar from a used control rod into a first section and a second section, the first section having a higher radioactivity than the second section; and recycling the material of the second section of the AgInCd absorber bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: AREVA NP Inc.Inventors: Wesley Davis, Brett Matthews
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Publication number: 20110289932Abstract: According to various embodiments, a system includes a fuel controller configured to control a fuel transition between a first flow of a first fuel and a second flow of a second fuel into a fuel nozzle of a combustion system. The fuel controller is configured to adjust a third flow of a diluent in combination with the second flow of the second fuel to maintain a pressure ratio across the fuel nozzle above a predetermined operating pressure ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: Brett Matthew Thompson
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Patent number: 7996068Abstract: Devices and methods for use in detecting an optical signal, such as from a fluorescent agent, and converting it to a visible signal are provided. Aspects of the devices include a first light source that emits light onto a region of interest such as a body tissue, body fluid, or agent such as a fluorescent agent introduced into the body; a detector for detecting light emitted or reflected from the region of interest; and a visible light source that emits visible light onto the region of interest, where the color or intensity of the visible light is selected based on the amount of light at one or more wavelengths detected by the detector. Devices and methods of the invention find use in a variety of applications, such as in applications in which it is desired to identify an anatomical structure during surgery, without the need to eliminate ambient light.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Nicholas Alexander Telischak, Brett Matthew Wingeier, Alissa Erin Murphy
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Publication number: 20100318893Abstract: An online system provides users with tools to annotate publications and share such annotations with other users. Publications annotated by a community of users become a richer source of information for the community.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Brett Matthews, Andrew Bathgate, Tulio Solorzano, Robert Kirby, Michael Brown
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Publication number: 20090054767Abstract: Devices and methods for use in detecting an optical signal, such as from a fluorescent agent, and converting it to a visible signal are provided. Aspects of the devices include a first light source that emits light onto a region of interest such as a body tissue, body fluid, or agent such as a fluorescent agent introduced into the body; a detector for detecting light emitted or reflected from the region of interest; and a visible light source that emits visible light onto the region of interest, where the color or intensity of the visible light is selected based on the amount of light at one or more wavelengths detected by the detector. Devices and methods of the invention find use in a variety of applications, such as in applications in which it is desired to identify an anatomical structure during surgery, without the need to eliminate ambient light.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Nicholas Alexander Telischak, Brett Matthew Wingeier, Alissa Erin Murphy
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Publication number: 20060062344Abstract: An absorber rod for a nuclear reactor having a rod cladding defining an internal volume, the rod cladding having an upper end and a lower end, an upper end fitting positioned in the upper end of the rod cladding, a rod internal arrangement configured in the internal volume of the rod cladding, an absorber rod lower end cap positioned at the lower end of the rod cladding, the lower end cap having an upper surface and a lower surface, a stack support with a stack support upper end and a stack support lower end, the stack support lower end placed in contact with the upper surface of the lower end cap, the stack support upper end configured to support the rod internal arrangement, and an annulus of material configured around the stack support and contacting the upper surface of the lower end cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2004Publication date: March 23, 2006Inventor: Brett Matthews
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Patent number: 6942779Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for selectively removing one or more organic and inorganic and also preferably one or more inorganic contaminants from plating baths. More particularly, the invented method relates to the use of a source of energy in combination with chemical oxidants, alone or in conjunction with a catalyst to oxidize organic contaminants in the plating bath to a level such that the electroplating bath can be recovered and reused after appropriate chemical adjustment. The oxidative treatment method may be a continuous process or a batch process that is performed in a single pass. Residual organics, if desired and chloride ions in the bath are removed from the solution by a chemisorption or physisorption treatment. Inorganic contaminants are removed from the electroplating bath by selective ion exchange resins or electrodialysis, while particulate and suspended colloidal particles are removed by filtration before the treated plating bath is recycled.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2002Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Mykrolis CorporationInventors: Brett Matthew Belongia, Zhen Wu Lin, John E. Pillion, Jieh-Hwa Shyu
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Patent number: 6661951Abstract: Optical alignment apparatus includes a first element mounting a first lens and a light source and a second element mounting a second lens and a light receiving structure. The first lens is placed a first distance from the light source and is constructed to collimate light received from the light source. The first and second elements are mounted relative to each other to position the second lens a third distance from the first lens and to receive the collimated light from the first lens. The second lens is positioned a second distance from the light receiving structure to focus the collimated light on the light receiving structure. The first and second lens are constructed so that the first and second distances are dependent upon each other and the third distance is independent of the first and second distances.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2001Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Inventors: Thomas H. Blair, Diana Ching Chen, Phillip J. Edwards, Siegfried Fleischer, Bradley S. Levin, Oliver W. Northrup, Michael M. O'Toole, Joseph John Vandenberg, Brett Matthew Zaborsky
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Patent number: 6596148Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for selectively removing one or more organic and also preferably one or more inorganic contaminants from plating baths. More particularly, the invented method relates to the use of a source of energy in combination with chemical oxidants, alone or in conjunction with a catalyst to oxidize organic contaminants in the plating bath to a level such that the electroplating bath can be recovered and reused after appropriate chemical adjustment. The oxidative treatment method may be a continuous process or a batch process that is performed in a single pass and the endpoint of the oxidative process detected by a sensor. Residual organics, if desired, and chloride ions in the bath are removed from the solution by a chemisorption or physisorption treatment.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2000Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Mykrolis CorporationInventors: Brett Matthew Belongia, Zhen Wu Lin, John E. Pillion, Jieh-Hwa Shyu
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Patent number: 6519099Abstract: The optoelectric alignment apparatus and lens system includes a glass ball positioned to receive light from a light source along an optical axis. A second lens is positioned to receive light from the glass ball and to supply the received light to a light receiving structure. The glass ball provides most of the optical power of the lens system so that the second lens provides only minor optical correction. The lens system is mounted by means of a molded plastic body that extends axially along the optical axis with the second lens molded into the body. The body includes a light inlet end and a light outlet in a surface lateral to the optical axis and defines a glass ball receiving cavity adjacent the light inlet end fixedly gripping the glass ball.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Inventors: Thomas H. Blair, Diana Ching Chen, Phillip J. Edwards, Siegfried Fleischer, Bradley S. Levin, Oliver W. Northrup, Michael M. O'Toole, Joseph John Vandenberg, Brett Matthew Zaborsky
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Publication number: 20020153254Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for selectively removing one or more organic and inorganic and also preferably one or more inorganic contaminants from plating baths. More particularly, the invented method relates to the use of a source of energy in combination with chemical oxidants, alone or in conjunction with a catalyst to oxidize organic contaminants in the plating bath to a level such that the electroplating bath can be recovered and reused after appropriate chemical adjustment. The oxidative treatment method may be a continuous process or a batch process that is performed in a single pass. Residual organics, if desired and chloride ions in the bath are removed from the solution by a chemisorption or physisorption treatment. Inorganic contaminants are removed from the electroplating bath by selective ion exchange resins or electrodialysis, while particulate and suspended colloidal particles are removed by filtration before the treated plating bath is recycled.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2002Publication date: October 24, 2002Applicant: Mykrolis CorporationInventors: Brett Matthew Belongia, Zhen Wu Lin, John E. Pillion, Jieh-Hwa Shyu
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Patent number: 6391209Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for selectively removing organic and inorganic contaminants from plating baths. More particularly, the invented method relates to the use of a source of energy in combination with chemical oxidants, alone or in conjunction with a catalyst to oxidize organic contaminants in the plating bath to a level such that the electroplating bath can be recovered and reused after appropriate chemical adjustment. The oxidative treatment method may be a continuous process or a batch process that is performed in a single pass and the endpoint of the oxidative process detected by a sensor. Residual organics, and chloride ions in the bath are removed from the solution by a chemisorption or physisorption treatment. Inorganic contaminants are removed from the electroplating bath by selective ion exchange resins or electrodialysis, while particulate and suspended colloidal particles are removed by filtration before the treated plating bath is recycled.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2000Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Mykrolis CorporationInventors: Brett Matthew Belongia, Zhen Wu Lin, John E. Pillion, Jieh-Hwa Shyu
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Publication number: 20020052895Abstract: A system and method for generalizing the content in a formatted document permits a group with multiple elements to be processed rapidly even if the number of elements in the group changes over time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2001Publication date: May 2, 2002Inventor: Brett Matthew Keating
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Patent number: D632967Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: John Michael Hughes, James Lindsay Clark, Brett Matthew Beaver
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Patent number: D632968Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: John Michael Hughes, James Lindsay Clark, Brett Matthew Beaver
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Patent number: D633394Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: James Lindsay Clark, John Michael Hughes, Brett Matthew Beaver
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Patent number: D633395Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: James Lindsay Clark, John Michael Hughes, Brett Matthew Beaver
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Patent number: D712144Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Inventor: Brett Matthew Albanese