Patents by Inventor Catherine To

Catherine To 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).

  • Vehicle seat side bolster pillow and barrier
    Patent number: 8672401
    Abstract: An automotive bolster pillow for providing a barrier that prevents personal items from falling into a gap between a vehicle seat and a center console. The device comprises an elongated pillow adapted to be pressed into the seat/console gap and optionally have an attached insertion tab or seat belt securement loop. Tab insertion or loop attachment limits the bolster freedom of movement such that the apparatus stays securely in place while the vehicle is in motion. The compressible nature of the interior pillow stuffing material provides users with a comfortable cushion for the driver or passenger while its outward appearance is that of a decorative bolster pillow that matches the interior decor. The device provides a boundary to prevent personal articles and loose change from falling into the seat/console gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Catherine Schreiber
  • Mucosal treatment
    Patent number: 8673878
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of treatment of a female human or non-human subject to enhance cervical mucus penetrability by spermatozoa, which method comprises vaginally applying to said subject an effective amount of a spermicide-free, physiologically tolerable oligouronate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: NTNU Technology Transfer AS
    Inventors: Catherine Taylor, Kurt Ingar Draget, Olav Asmund Smidsrod
  • Dielectric coating for surfaces exposed to high temperature water
    Patent number: 8675806
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for reducing electrostatic deposition of charged particles on wetted surfaces that are exposed, periodically or substantially continuously, to high velocity fluid flow within a coolant flow path in a nuclear reactor. The method may include depositing a first or base dielectric layer and a second or outer dielectric layer on a conductive surface that forms a portion of a high velocity flow path to attain the apparatus. The first dielectric layer material is selected to provide improved adhesion and insulation to the conductive surface and the second dielectric layer material is selected to provide suitable adhesion to the first dielectric layer and improved corrosion and/or mechanical resistance in the anticipated operating environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Catherine Procik Dulka, Young Jin Kim, Rajasingh Schwartz Israel, David Wesley Sandusky, Kevin H. Janora, Peter W. Brown, Tianji Zhao
  • Ornamentation for a footwear upper
    Patent number: 8671595
    Abstract: An ornamentation attachable to a strap, such as a strap of on an item of a footwear. The ornamentation comprises a base, an ornament associated with the base and a mounting means for mounting the base to the strap. The ornament may be associated with the base in any appropriate way; for example, by being formed integrally with the base, permanently attached to the base or removably attachable to the base. The base is configured for engagement by the mounting means. The mounting means comprises an elastic band adapted to be hooked onto curved end portions of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventor: Paula Catherine Nelson
  • Mattress and bed deck cover
    Patent number: 8671478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cover for a mattress and bed deck. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mattress and bed deck cover for an adjustable bed that reduces the exposure of the mattress and bed deck to unsanitary conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Trinity Guardion, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce M. Rippe, Catherine Marie Wagner, Douglas E. Borgman, Bernard F. Voegele, David John Ulrich
  • Methods for identifying allosteric and other novel acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase inhibitors
    Patent number: 8673587
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for identifying compounds that are allosteric and/or other novel ACAT inhibitors that is based on the novel finding that pregnenolone is a substrate for ACAT; esterification of pregnenolone by ACAT is dramatically activated when cholesterol is present in the assay. The method comprises measuring the esterification of pregnenolone by ACAT under two different conditions: with cholesterol, or without cholesterol. This method can be used to test and categorize various candidate ACAT inhibitors as allosteric or other novel ACAT inhibitors, or it can be used in high-throughput screening for identifying such ACAT inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Trustees of Dartmouth College
    Inventors: Ta-Yuan Chang, Catherine C. Y. Chang
  • Liquid skin cleanser with multiple signals of adequate wash duration with adequate mechanical force
    Patent number: 8673832
    Abstract: A personal cleansing composition includes a carrier, and a first plurality of beads entrained in the carrier. The beads impart, to a user applying the cleansing composition with hand rubbing force, perceivable tactility for a limited predetermined duration that corresponds to a minimum adequate cleansing time period. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the personal cleansing composition further includes a second plurality of beads entrained in the carrier. The second plurality of beads imparts to the user a perceivable change in color for the cleansing composition for a second limited predetermined duration that is substantially equal to the duration that the tactility imparted by the first plurality of beads is perceivable to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine Schmit, James J. Dalton, Heidi B. Goldfarb
  • VEGFR3 INHIBITORS
    Publication number: 20140073620
    Abstract: This invention relates to a compound of the formula (I): The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the compound of the formula (I), pharmaceutical agents or compositions containing the compound or a method of using the compound for the treatment of proliferative diseases, such as cancer, as well as the treatment of diseases ameliorated by the control and/or inhibition of lymphangiogenesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: CANCER THERAPEUTICS CRC PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Charles FOITZIK, Benjamin Joseph Morrow, Catherine Fae Hemley, Gillian Elizabeth Lunniss, Michelle Ang Camerino, Danny Ganame, Paul Anthony Stupple, Romina Lessene, Wilhelmus Johannes Antonius Kersten, Andrew John Harvey, Ian Peter Holmes
  • Method for estimating the number of microorganisms in a sample and device for implementing said method
    Patent number: 8669071
    Abstract: A method for counting microorganisms present in a biological sample in contact with a culture medium adapted to the growth of said microorganisms, Number NSA of microorganisms present in the sample is determined at a prior stage, Number NSU of microorganisms present at a subsequent stage is calculated according to number NSA. The calculation is based on a model of microorganism growth in the culture medium according to: log(NSU)=?×log(NSA)??×log(CSA)+?, where log is the decimal logarithm, NSU is the calculated number of microorganisms, NSA is the number of microorganisms at the prior stage, CSA is the number of microorganisms at the prior stage divided by the volume of the sample, and ?, ?, and ? are determined parameters depending on the microorganisms, the culture medium, and the time period separating the subsequent stage from the prior stage, ? and ? being positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Biomerieux
    Inventors: Grégory Devulder, Catherine Arthaud, Pierre-Jean Cotte-Pattat, Jean-Claude Raymond
  • Method for passing selective encrypted attributes of specific versions of objects in a distributed system
    Patent number: 8671276
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer implemented method, system, and computer program product for selective encryption of a data transmission. A data transmission is received. When the data transmission is received, the data transmission is unmarshaled. When the transmission is unmarshaled, objects and a set of sensitive fields within the data transmission are identified by referencing a metadata database. Only the set of sensitive fields within the data transmission are encrypted to form a partially encrypted data transmission. The partially encrypted data transmission is marshaled to form a marshaled data transmission. The marshaled data transmission is transmitted to a recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Johnston Jewell Clark, Jonathan G. Hall, Rick Allen Hamilton, II, John Dale Perkins, Alexandre Polozoff, Gioacchino J. Pullara, Hadi S. Qadri, Ryan Patrick Zombo, Peggy Catherine Zych
  • Gene expression control in plants
    Patent number: 8669108
    Abstract: The invention provides the isolated promoter polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, and fragments and variants thereof. The invention also provides constructs, plant cells and plants genetically modified to contain the promoter polynucleotide. The invention also provides methods for producing plants with altered gene expression and traits via genetic transformation of plants with the promoter polynucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Vialactia Biosciences (NZ) Limited
    Inventors: Sathish Puthigae, Jonathan Robert Phillips, Nimali Piyushika Withana, Claudia Jeannette Smith-Espinoza, Catherine Jane Bryant, Kerry Robert Templeton, Shivendra Bajaj
  • IP-10 ANTIBODY DOSAGE ESCALATION REGIMENS
    Publication number: 20140065164
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating an IP10-related disease in a subject, comprising: (a) administering to the subject a predetermined dosage of an anti-IPIO antibody; (b) detecting the level of the anti-IPIO antibody in a sample of the subject; and (c) if the level of the anti-IPIO antibody from step (b) is below a threshold exposure level, increasing the dosage of the anti-IPIO antibody in the subject such that the IP-10 related disease in the subject is treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
    Inventors: Allison Y. Luo, Wendy L. Trigona, Jinshan Shen, Li-An Xu, Yan Zhang, Bruce Stouffer, Haibin Chen, Haichun Huang, Xiaolu Tao, Catherine Brockus
  • GOLF BAG HAVING ADJUSTABLE CHARACTERISTICS
    Publication number: 20140061075
    Abstract: A golf bag having one or more adjustable features is disclosed herein. In particular, the golf bag comprises a handle rotatable around an axis perpendicular to a vertical axis extending through the body of the golf bag, and may be fixed in place via a locking mechanism so that the handle maintains a desired angle with respect to the vertical axis. The handle of the present invention preferably is rotatably affixed to a collar or upper portion of the golf bag. The golf bag also comprises an external pocket that is removably affixed to an exterior surface of the golf bag with hook and loop fasteners and other attachment mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Leposky, Catherine Batista, Bryan Tremble, Larry G. Tang
  • CHANGING PERSPECTIVES OF A MICROSCOPIC-IMAGE DEVICE BASED ON A VIEWER' S PERSPECTIVE
    Publication number: 20140063198
    Abstract: This document describes various apparatuses and techniques for changing perspectives of a microscopic-image device based on a viewer's perspective. Various embodiments of these techniques sense a change to a viewer's perspective based on the viewer's head position and control a microscopic-image device effective to display images of an object based on the change to the viewer's perspective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Catherine N. Boulanger, Paul Henry Dietz, Steven Nabil Bathiche
  • Using Haplotypes to Infer Ancestral Origins for Recently Admixed Individuals
    Publication number: 20140067355
    Abstract: Phased haplotype features are used to infer an individual's ancestry. Reference genomic data is obtained for individuals of known ancestral origin. Haplotype features are identified based on consecutive SNPs from each individual. Sample genomic data is obtained for an individual of unknown ancestral origin. The data is phased and divided into features analogous to the features in the reference data. An admixture estimator then performs an admixture estimation based on the observed feature values in the sample data and the reference data. The estimation indicates a contribution of each of the known populations to the genome of the sample individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Ancestry.com DNA, LLC
    Inventors: Keith D. Noto, Jake Kelly Byrnes, Catherine Ann Ball, Kenneth Gregory Chahine
  • Perianal Cleansing Apparatus
    Publication number: 20140060576
    Abstract: A perianal cleansing apparatus including an elongate handle having a first end and a second end, a wipe receiving clamp positioned about said first end, and a sliding lever for controlling a clamp of the wipe receiving clamp positioned about said second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: William Richard Nelson, Catherine Angela Sarris
  • STRIPS FOR LINKING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERTER'S ANODES AND CATHODES AND CONVERTER COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20140065511
    Abstract: A strip for linking anodes and cathodes of an electrochemical converter is made from a metallized porous substrate including a hydrophobic coating, at least in areas in contact with the anodes or cathodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Pierre Forte, Catherine Lepiller
  • FREEZE-RESISTANT FUEL CELL CONDENSERS
    Publication number: 20140065505
    Abstract: Cathode exhaust of an evaporatively cooled fuel cell stack (50) is condensed in a heat exchanger (12a, 23, 23a) having extended fins (14, 25a) or tubes (24, 24a) to prevent pooling of condensate, and/or having the entire exit surface of the condenser rendered hydrophilic with wicking (32) to conduct water away. The cathode exhaust flow paths may be vertical or horizontal, they may be partly or totally rendered hydrophilic, and if so, in liquid communication with hydrophilic end surfaces of the condenser, and the condensers (49) may be tilted away from a normal orientation with respect to earth's gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Kazuo Saito, Sitaram Ramaswamy, Masaki M. Yokose, Richard R. Phillips, Michael L. Perry, Catherine M. Goodrich
  • TLR3 BINDING AGENTS
    Publication number: 20140065154
    Abstract: The invention provides anti-TLR3 antibodies as well as methods of making and using them. The antibodies are particularly adapted to the treatment of autoimmune or inflammatory diseases using anti-TLR3 antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: INNATE PHARMA
    Inventors: Laurent Gauthier, Catherine Massacrier, Yannis Morel, Carine Paturel, Cecile Bonnafous, Mette Dahl Andersen, Benjamin Rossi
  • Heart box
    Patent number: D700844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventor: Catherine Staller