Patents by Inventor Jose Ruiz
Jose Ruiz 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: 7989068Abstract: An article includes (a) a glass substrate having a modified surface that comprises a glass surface and a layer of nanoscale inorganic oxide particles disposed in contact with and bound to at least a portion of the glass surface, and (b) a polymer layer disposed in contact with and bound to the modified glass surface. A method for improving the hydrolytic stability of an interface of a glass surface and a polymer surface, includes the step of, prior to forming the interface of the glass surface and the polymer surface, treating at least a portion of the glass surface with nanoscale inorganic oxide particles to modify the glass surface by depositing a quantity of such particles on the portion of the surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Ashwin Rao, Satyen Trivedi, Jean-Christophe Castaing, Jose Ruiz, Charlie Aymes, Amelie Grasset
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Publication number: 20110144248Abstract: Disclosed are low Tg latex polymers and low VOC aqueous coating compositions having an improved open time profile, as well as drying time, stain resistance, wet edge time, low temperature film formation, block resistance, adhesion, water sensitivity and low-VOC content. The latex polymers and aqueous coating compositions include at least one latex polymer derived from at least one monomer copolymerized or alkoxylated compounds or blended with an alkoxylated compound, for example an alkoxylated tristyrylphenol or an alkoxylated tributylphenol. Also provided is an aqueous coating or adhesive composition including at least one latex polymer, water and one or a blend of two or more open time additives or drying time additives. The blend can comprise nonionic and anionic open time additives. Typically, the open time and/or drying time additive is present in an amount greater than about 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Zhengang Zong, Yi-Zhong Li, Jose Ruiz, Herve Adam
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Patent number: 7943769Abstract: The invention relates to a fluorinated derivate of quinolin-2(1H)-one (I), to a method for preparing the same, and to the use thereof as an intermediate in the synthesis of 7-fluoro-2-oxo-4-[2-[4-[thieno[3,2-c]pyridine-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl]ethyl]-1,2-dihydro-quinolin-1-acetamide. The invention also relates to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Sanofi-AventisInventors: Didier Legroux, Veronique Moragues, Jose Ruiz-Montes, Laurent Salle
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Publication number: 20110086961Abstract: Disclosed are latex polymers and an aqueous coating compositions having excellent freeze-thaw stability, open time, stain resistance, low temperature film formation, foam resistance, block resistance, adhesion, water sensitivity and a low-VOC content. The latex polymers and aqueous coating compositions include at least one latex polymer derived from at least one monomer copolymerized or blended with an alkoxylated compound, for example an alkoxylated tristyrylphenol or an alkoxylated tributylphenol. Also provided is an aqueous coating composition including at least one latex polymer, at least one pigment, water and at least one freeze-thaw additive. Typically, the freeze-thaw additive in an amount greater than about 1.3% by weight of the polymer, typically in an amount greater than about 2% by weight of the polymer, in an amount greater than about 4% by weight of the polymer, in an amount greater than about 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: Rhodia Inc.Inventors: Zhengang Zong, Yi-Zhong Li, Jose Ruiz
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Patent number: 7906577Abstract: Disclosed are latex polymers and an aqueous coating compositions having excellent freeze-thaw stability, open time, stain resistance, low temperature film formation, foam resistance, block resistance, adhesion, water sensitivity and a low-VOC content. The latex polymers and aqueous coating compositions include at least one latex polymer derived from at least one monomer copolymerized or blended with an alkoxylated compound, for example an alkoxylated tristyrylphenol or an alkoxylated tributylphenol. Also provided is an aqueous coating composition including at least one latex polymer, at least one pigment, water and at least one freeze-thaw additive. Typically, the freeze-thaw additive in an amount greater than about 1.3% by weight of the polymer, typically in an amount greater than about 2% by weight of the polymer, in an amount greater than about 4% by weight of the polymer, in an amount greater than about 7.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Zhengang Zong, Yi-Zhong Li, Jose Ruiz
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Patent number: 7891938Abstract: A multi sensor clearance probe with at least longitudinally and transversely spaced apart first and second sensors operable to measure first and second distances respectively between the sensors and a longitudinally spaced apart rotating rotor. The sensors being operable to measure blade tip clearances between radially outer turbine blade tips and an annular stator shroud circumscribing the blade tips. The blade tips may be squealer tips and the sensors operable to measure the distances between the sensors and tops of squealer tip walls and outwardly facing walls within cavities of the squealer tips. The probe may be operably connected to a controller for sending signals to the controller indicating the first and second distances for controlling an air valve used for active clearance control. Two or more of the probe may be used to determine rotor centerline offset.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: William Lee Herron, Robert Joseph Albers, Rafael Jose Ruiz, Samhita Dasgupta
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Publication number: 20100330110Abstract: This invention provides a method for determining the antibody specificity profile in an individual. This specificity profile reveals the individual's immune response to multiple antigens and/or epitopes of autoantigens, allergens, graft antigens, etc. The antibody specificity profile is determined through the binding of patient samples comprising antibodies to the arrays. The array can comprises antigens and epitopes. The invention also provides the means and methods for determining antigen or epitope specificity profiles that can be used in the development of either generic and individualized diagnosis and treatment for immune related diseases, including autoimmune disease, allergy and graft rejection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: William H. Robinson, David L. Hirschberg, Lawrence Steinman, Pedro Jose Ruiz, Paul J. Utz, Hideki Garren
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Patent number: 7825812Abstract: Systems and methods for hand hygiene compliance management include a hand-held personal liquid dispenser including a pump and pump plunger that dispenses liquid from a reservoir inside the dispenser when depressed. The dispenser includes circuitry that detects and records each depression of the plunger, and a port for connection to an external computer to transfer data such as identifiers for the dispenser and its user, and time and date of dispenser usage. A compliance system includes scheduling, training and education in the use of such dispensers, and data collection to track compliance with desired dispenser usage standards. The system may include receivers, transmitters and transceivers to detect and record hand hygiene opportunities, as in patient-occupied areas in a hospital, and transmit personal dispenser usage and other data to a computer.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2007Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Inventors: Kirk Ogrin, Rodney F. Ogrin, Ron Cagle, Jose Ruiz
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Patent number: 7785819Abstract: This invention provides a method for determining the antibody specificity profile in an individual. This specificity profile reveals the individual's immune response to multiple antigens and/or epitopes of autoantigens, allergens, graft antigens, etc. The antibody specificity profile is determined through the binding of patient samples comprising antibodies to the arrays. The array can comprises antigens and epitopes. The invention also provides the means and methods for determining antigen or epitope specificity profiles that can be used in the development of either generic and individualized diagnosis and treatment for immune related diseases, including autoimmune disease, allergy and graft rejection.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: William H. Robinson, David L. Hirschberg, Lawrence Steinman, Pedro Jose Ruiz, Paul J. Utz, Hideki Garren
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Publication number: 20100094005Abstract: The invention relates to a fluorinated derivate of quinolin-2(1H)-one (I), to a method for preparing the same, and to the use thereof as an intermediate in the synthesis of 7-fluoro-2-oxo-4-[2-[4-[thieno[3,2-c]pyridine-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl]ethyl]-1,2-dihydro-quinolin-1-acetamide. The invention also relates to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTISInventors: Didier LEGROUX, Veronique MORAGUES, Jose RUIZ-MONTES, Laurent SALLE
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Patent number: 7695557Abstract: A coalescent composition for coating compositions such as paints, adhesives, and coatings comprising a blend of diesters, the blend comprising adducts of alcohol and diacids, the alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethyl, propyl, isopropyl alcohol and mixtures thereof, and the diacids selected from the group consisting of a blend of adipic, glutaric and succinic diacids (“AGS”) and a blend of adipic, methylglutaric, and ethylsuccinic diacids (“MGA”), and paint, adhesive, and coating compositions comprising such coalescent compositions are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Rhodia inc.Inventors: Lichang Zhou, Derek Pakenham, Jose Ruiz, Pu Chen, Charles Aymes, Keri Veres, Bernard Koltisko
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Publication number: 20100064934Abstract: A coalescent composition for coating compositions such as paints, adhesives, and coatings comprising a blend of diesters, the blend comprising adducts of alcohol and diacids, the alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethyl, propyl, isopropyl alcohol and mixtures thereof, and the diacids comprising a blend of adipic, glutaric and succinic diacids (“AGS”); and paint, adhesive, and coating compositions comprising such coalescent compositions are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: RHODIA, INC.Inventors: Lichang Zhou, Derek Pakenham, Jose Ruiz, Pu Chen, Charles Aymes, Keri Veres, Bernard Koltisko
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Publication number: 20100016485Abstract: Disclosed are latex polymers and an aqueous coating compositions having excellent freeze-thaw stability, open time, stain resistance, low temperature film formation, foam resistance, block resistance, adhesion, water sensitivity and a low-VOC content. The latex polymers and aqueous coating compositions include at least one latex polymer derived from at least one monomer copolymerized or blended with an alkoxylated compound, for example an alkoxylated tristyrylphenol or an alkoxylated tributylphenol. Also provided is an aqueous coating composition including at least one latex polymer, at least one pigment, water and at least one freeze-thaw additive. Typically, the freeze-thaw additive in an amount greater than about 1.3% by weight of the polymer, typically in an amount greater than about 2% by weight of the polymer, in an amount greater than about 4% by weight of the polymer, in an amount greater than about 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: RHODIA INC.Inventors: Zhengang Zong, Yi-Zhong Li, Jose Ruiz
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Publication number: 20090304476Abstract: A load-restraining barrier net for use in a motor vehicle capable of securing cargo within the trunk area of a vehicle in accordance with established safety requirements. The barrier net includes a body primarily made up of diamond/square or hexagon shaped netting, frame strap webbings around the perimeter of the net, and at least two horizontal and at least two vertical central strap webbings across the center of the net. The net is securely affixed on one side through a first set of attachments including oval rings bolted to the vehicle. These attachments prevent the cargo from slipping below the net to an unsecured position. Further, corner oval rings act as the joint attachment for the vertical and horizontal frame strap webbings, allowing the barrier net to withstand angular momentum from inertial forces. A second, releasable, set of attachments including hooks and/or D-ring connections that attach to D-rings and/or fasteners pre-installed in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2008Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: Robert Pickens, Omar Jose Ruiz, Martin Parsons, Carlos Medina
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Publication number: 20090281012Abstract: An environmentally-friendly cleaning composition for industrial and consumer applications comprising (a) a blend of dibasic esters, (b) one or more surfactants (c) and, optionally, (d) water or a solvent. The dibasic esters are be derived from a blend of adipic, glutaric, and succinic diacids, and, in one particular embodiment, the blend comprises dialkyl adipate, dialkyl methylglutarate and dialkyl ethylsuccinate, wherein the alkyl groups individually comprise a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group. The one or more surfactants are typically chosen from alcohol alkoxylate, an alkyl phenol ethoxylate, a terpene, a terpene alkoxylate or any derivates thereof. Optionally, additional components or additives including delaminates such as pinene and d-limonene, fragrances, whiteners, stabilizers, thickeners and the like can be added to the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: Rhodia Inc.Inventors: Satyen Trivedi, David Fluck, Amit Sehgal, Alexandra Osborne, Manilal S. Dahanayake, Ruela Talingting-Pabalan, Jose Ruiz, Charles Aymes
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Publication number: 20090281170Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating or preventing a disease in an animal associated with one or more self-protein(s), -polypeptide(s), or -peptide(s) that is present or involved in a non-physiologic process in the animal comprising administering to the animal a self-vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding the self-protein(s), -polypeptide(s) or -peptide(s) associated with the disease. Administration of the self-vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding the self-protein(s), -polypeptide(s) or -peptide(s) modulates an immune response to the self-protein(s), -polypeptide(s) or -peptide(s) expressed from administration of the self-vector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicants: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Bayhill Therapeutics/StanfordInventors: Paulo Fontoura, Hideki Garren, William H. Robinson, Lawrence Steinman, Pedro Jose Ruiz, Paul J. Utz
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Publication number: 20090264515Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating or preventing a disease in an animal associated with one or more self-protein(s), -polypeptide(s), or -peptide(s) that is present or involved in a non-physiologic process in the animal comprising administering to the animal a self-vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding the self-protein(s), -polypeptide(s) or -peptide(s) associated with the disease. Administration of the self-vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding the self-protein(s), -polypeptide(s) or -peptide(s) modulates an immune response to the self-protein(s), -polypeptide(s) or -peptide(s) expressed from administration of the self-vector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicants: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Bayhill Therapeutics/StanfordInventors: Paulo Fontoura, Hideki Garren, William H. Robinson, Lawrence Steinman, Pedro Jose Ruiz, Paul J. Utz
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Patent number: 7597537Abstract: A gas turbine engine thermal control apparatus includes at least one annular spray tube having spray holes oriented to impinge thermal control air onto a fillet between an outer casing and a forward thermal control ring and, in a more particular embodiment, into a center of the fillet. The apparatus may include an annular segmented stator shroud attached to the outer casing and circumscribing radial outer blade tips of turbine blades of a turbine rotor. A thermal air distribution manifold encircling a portion of the outer casing includes an annular supply tube connected in fluid supply relationship to plenums of header assemblies. The annular spray tube is connected to at least one of the plenums and may be elongated radially inwardly and axially. Baffles attached to radially outwardly facing surfaces of the panels may be contoured to form exhaust passages having exhaust passage inlets and outlets between the baffles and the panels.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael Terry Bucaro, Rafael Jose Ruiz, Robert Joseph Albers, Scott Anthony Estridge, Roger Francis Wartner
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Publication number: 20090208528Abstract: The empty capsids of the infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), VLP(?VP4), are characterized in that they are constituted only by assembly of IBDV pVP2 proteins and IBDV VP3 proteins. Said capsids have immunogenic activity and can be used in the manufacture of vaccines for protecting animals from the infection caused by IBDV, as well as in the manufacture of gene therapy vectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2005Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventors: Jose Francisco Rodriguez Aguirre, Jose Ruiz Caston, Maria Dolores Gonzalez de Llano, Ana Maria Ona Blanco, Fernando Abaitua Elustondo, Daniel Luque Buzo, Juan Ramon Rodriguez Fernandez-Alba
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Publication number: 20090194003Abstract: A coalescent composition for coating compositions such as paints, adhesives, and coatings comprising a blend of diesters, the blend comprising adducts of alcohol and diacids, the alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethyl, propyl, isopropyl alcohol and mixtures thereof, and the diacids selected from the group consisting of a blend of adipic, glutaric and succinic diacids (“AGS”) and a blend of adipic, methylglutaric, and ethylsuccinic diacids (“MGA”), and paint, adhesive, and coating compositions comprising such coalescent compositions are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: Rhodia, Inc.Inventors: Lichang Zhou, Derek Pakenham, Jose Ruiz, Pu Chen, Charles Aymes, Keri Veres, Bernard Koltisko