Patents by Inventor Steven Rosenberg
Steven Rosenberg 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: 11390091Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for writing on electronic paper (“e-paper”) and display platforms implemented with e-paper. In one aspect, a system for writing information to electronic paper includes a writing module and an erasing unit connected to the writing module. The erasing unit is configured to erase information stored in the electronic paper. The system also includes a writing unit connected to the writing module and is configured to write information to the electronic paper. Information is written to the electronic paper by orienting the writing module so that the electronic paper passes the erasing unit prior to passing the writing unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Omer Gila, Napoleon J. Leoni, Steven Rosenberg, Henryk Birecki
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Publication number: 20200147978Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for writing on electronic paper (“e-paper”) and display platforms implemented with e-paper. In one aspect, a system for writing information to electronic paper includes a writing module and an erasing unit connected to the writing module. The erasing unit is configured to erase information stored in the electronic paper. The system also includes a writing unit connected to the writing module and is configured to write information to the electronic paper. Information is written to the electronic paper by orienting the writing module so that the electronic paper passes the erasing unit prior to passing the writing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Omer Gila, Napoleon J. Leoni, Steven Rosenberg, Henryk Birecki
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Patent number: 10538111Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for writing on electronic paper (“e-paper”) and display platforms implemented with e-paper. In one aspect, a system for writing information to electronic paper includes a writing module and an erasing unit connected to the writing module. The erasing unit is configured to erase information stored in the electronic paper. The system also includes a writing unit connected to the writing module and is configured to write information to the electronic paper. Information is written to the electronic paper by orienting the writing module so that the electronic paper passes the erasing unit prior to passing the writing unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Omer Gila, Napoleon J. Leoni, Steven Rosenberg, Henryk Birecki
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Publication number: 20190311808Abstract: Peripheral blood markers are provided whose expression levels correlate with smoking status. Predictive models developed using highly informative markers are disclosed, along with systems, kits, and methods for using the markers to provide a biochemical surrogate for a subject's smoking status.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Steven Rosenberg, Michael Reid Elashoff, Phillip Beineke, James A. JWingrove
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Publication number: 20190292285Abstract: Provided is vinyl aromatic resin comprising benzyl alcohol groups, benzyl ether groups, and methylene bridge groups, wherein the mole ratio of the benzyl ether groups to the methylene bridge groups is from 0.002:1 to 0.1:1, wherein the vinyl aromatic resin either has no amine groups or else has amine groups in a mole ratio of the sum of all amine groups to aromatic rings of 0.1:1 or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: G. Leslie Burnett, Javier Read De Alaniz, John C. Rohanna, Alfred K. Schultz, Steven Rosenberg
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Patent number: 10335737Abstract: A filtration assembly including: a hyperfiltration assembly including: a high pressure vessel including a feed port, concentrate port and permeate port, and a plurality of serially arranged spiral wound hyperfiltration membrane modules; a bioreactor assembly including: a low pressure vessel comprising a first and second port, and a plurality of spiral wound bioreactors located within the low pressure vessel with each bioreactor comprising a flat sheet having two opposing bio-growth surfaces and a feed spacer spirally wound about an axis; and a fluid flow pathway extending from a fluid feed source: into the first port of the low pressure vessel, through the bioreactors and out the second port of the low pressure vessel, and into the feed port of the high pressure vessel, through the membrane modules and out of the concentrate port and permeate port.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Steven D. Jons, Jon E. Johnson, Steven Rosenberg
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Publication number: 20180356432Abstract: Markers and methods useful for assessing coronary artery disease in a subject are provided, along with related kits, systems, and media. Also provided are predictive models, based on the markers, as well as computer systems, and software embodiments of the models for scoring and optionally classifying samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Philip BEINEKE, James A. WINGROVE, Karen FITCH, Steven ROSENBERG, Andrea M. JOHNSON
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Composite polyamide membrane made via interfacial polymerization using a blend of non-polar solvents
Patent number: 10137418Abstract: A method for making a composite polyamide membrane comprising a porous support and a thin film polyamide layer, wherein the method includes: i) applying a polar solution comprising a polyfunctional amine monomer, and a non-polar solution comprising a polyfunctional acyl halide monomer to a surface of a porous support and interfacially polymerizing the monomers to form a thin film polyamide layer, wherein the non-polar solution further comprises at least 50 vol % of a C5 to C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon and from 2 to 25 vol % of benzene or benzene substituted with one or more C1 to C6 alkyl groups; and ii) applying an aqueous solution of nitrous acid to the thin film polyamide layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Abhishek Roy, Yasushi Maeda, Mou Paul, Steven Rosenberg, Ian A. Tomlinson -
Patent number: 9981227Abstract: A thin film composite polyamide membrane comprising a porous support and a thin film polyamide layer characterized by possessing: i) an azo (—N?N—) content of from 0.40% to 1.00%, as measured by pyrolysis gas chromatography; and ii) a dissociated carboxylate content of at least 0.40 mol/kg as measured by RBS at pH 9.5.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Mou Paul, Robert C. Cieslinski, Bruce B. Gerhart, David D. Hawn, XiaoHua Qiu, Mark A. Rickard, Steven Rosenberg, Abhishek Roy, Ian A. Tomlinson, Chengli Zu
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Patent number: 9944737Abstract: Provided is a method of suspension polymerization comprising (i) providing a suspension of liquid droplets in an aqueous medium, wherein said droplets comprise (a) one or more water-insoluble vinyl monomers, and (b) a polyelectrolyte (PED) having a polarity, (c) one or more initiators, and wherein said aqueous medium comprises a polyelectrolyte (PEW) having a polarity that is opposite to the polarity of said polyelectrolyte (PED), (ii) polymerizing said vinyl monomer or allowing said vinyl monomer to polymerize.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Matthew D. Reichert, Alfred K. Schultz, Andrew M. Savo, Steven Rosenberg, Ralph C. Even, Lester H. Mcintosh, III, Robert Johnson, John David Finch, Decai Yu
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Patent number: 9925500Abstract: A method for making a composite polyamide membrane including a porous support and a thin film polyamide layer including the steps of applying a polyfunctional amine monomer and a combination amine-reactive compounds to a surface of the porous support and reacting the constituents to form a thin film polyamide layer, wherein the amine-reactive compounds include: i) a polyfunctional amine-reactive monomer including two to three amine-reactive moieties selected from acyl halide, sulfonyl halide and anhydride, ii) a polyfunctional amine-reactive monomer including at least four amine-reactive moieties selected from acyl halide, sulfonyl halide and anhydride, and iii) an acid compound including at least on carboxylic acid moiety or salt thereof and at least one amine-reactive moiety selected from acyl halide and sulfonyl halide.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Mou Paul, Tina L. Arrowood, Robert C. Cieslinski, Steven D. Jons, Steven Rosenberg, Abhishek Roy, Ian A. Tomlinson
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Patent number: 9920139Abstract: Provided is a suspension comprising liquid droplets dispersed in an aqueous medium, wherein said droplets comprise (a) one or more water-insoluble compounds, and (b) a vinyl polyelectrolyte (PED) having a polarity, and wherein said aqueous medium comprises a polyelectrolyte (PEW) having a polarity that is opposite to the polarity of said polyelectrolyte (PED). Also provided are a method of making such a suspension and a method using such a suspension in a process of suspension polymerization.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Matthew D. Reichert, Alfred K. Schultz, Andrew M. Savo, Steven Rosenberg, Ralph C. Even, Lester H. Mcintosh, III, Robert Johnson, John David Finch, Decai Yu
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Patent number: 9895666Abstract: A method for making a composite polyamide membrane comprising a porous support and a thin film polyamide layer, wherein the method includes the steps of applying a polar solution comprising a polyfunctional amine monomer and a non-polar solution comprising a polyfunctional acyl halide monomer to a surface of a porous support and interfacially polymerizing the monomers to form a thin film polyamide layer. The method is characterized by including a substituted benzamide monomer within the non-polar solution.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Abhishek Roy, Tina L. Arrowood, Aman A. Desai, Steven D. Jons, Mou Paul, XiaoHua Qiu, Steven Rosenberg, Ian A. Tomlinson
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Publication number: 20180043309Abstract: A filtration assembly including: a hyperfiltration assembly including: a high pressure vessel including a feed port, concentrate port and permeate port, and a plurality of serially arranged spiral wound hyperfiltration membrane modules; a bioreactor assembly including: a low pressure vessel comprising a first and second port, and a plurality of spiral wound bioreactors located within the low pressure vessel with each bioreactor comprising a flat sheet having two opposing bio-growth surfaces and a feed spacer spirally wound about an axis; and a fluid flow pathway extending from a fluid feed source: into the first port of the low pressure vessel, through the bioreactors and out the second port of the low pressure vessel, and into the feed port of the high pressure vessel, through the membrane modules and out of the concentrate port and permeate port.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2015Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Steven D. Jons, Jon E. Johnson, Steven Rosenberg
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Publication number: 20180002465Abstract: Provided is a method of suspension polymerization comprising (i) providing a suspension of liquid droplets in an aqueous medium, wherein said droplets comprise (a) one or more water-insoluble vinyl monomers, and (b) a polyelectrolyte (PED) having a polarity, (c) one or more initiators, and wherein said aqueous medium comprises a polyelectrolyte (PEW) having a polarity that is opposite to the polarity of said polyelectrolyte (PED), (ii) polymerizing said vinyl monomer or allowing said vinyl monomer to polymerize.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Matthew D. Reichert, Alfred K. Schultz, Andrew M. Savo, Steven Rosenberg, Ralph C. Even, Lester H. Mcintosh, III, Robert Johnson, John David Finch, Decai Yu
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Publication number: 20170369600Abstract: Provided is a suspension comprising liquid droplets dispersed in an aqueous medium, wherein said droplets comprise (a) one or more water-insoluble compounds, and (b) a vinyl polyelectrolyte (PED) having a polarity, and wherein said aqueous medium comprises a polyelectrolyte (PEW) having a polarity that is opposite to the polarity of said polyelectrolyte (PED). Also provided are a method of making such a suspension and a method using such a suspension in a process of suspension polymerization.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Matthew D. Reichert, Alfred K. Schultz, Andrew M. Savo, Steven Rosenberg, Ralph C. Even, Lester H. Mcintosh, III, Robert Johnson, John David Finch, Decai Yu
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Publication number: 20170361624Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for writing on electronic paper (“e-paper”) and display platforms implemented with e-paper. In one aspect, a system for writing information to electronic paper includes a writing module and an erasing unit connected to the writing module. The erasing unit is configured to erase information stored in the electronic paper. The system also includes a writing unit connected to the writing module and is configured to write information to the electronic paper. Information is written to the electronic paper by orienting the writing module so that the electronic paper passes the erasing unit prior to passing the writing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Omer Gila, Napoleon J. Leoni, Steven Rosenberg, Henryk Birecki
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Patent number: 9662615Abstract: A method for making a composite polyamide membrane comprising a porous support and a thin film polyamide layer, wherein the method includes the step of applying a polyfunctional amine monomer and polyfunctional acyl halide monomer to a surface of the porous support and interfacially polymerizing the monomers to form a thin film polyamide layer, wherein the step of applying the polyfunctional acyl halide monomer to the porous support includes the step of combining the polyfunctional acyl halide monomer with a non-polar solvent at a concentration of at least 0.18 weight percent to form a coating solution which is applied to the surface of the porous support, and wherein the interfacial polymerization is conducted in the presence of a tri-hydrocarbyl phosphate compound which is provided in a molar ratio of at least 0.5:1 with the polyfunctional acyl halide monomer. Many additional embodiments are described including membranes made from the subject method and applications for such membranes.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Abhishek Roy, Tina L. Arrowood, Robert C. Cieslinski, Derek M. Stevens, David D. Hawn, Steven D. Jons, Mou Paul, Martin H. Peery, Steven Rosenberg, Ian A. Tomlinson
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Patent number: 9630149Abstract: A thin film composite polyamide membrane having a porous support and a thin film polyamide layer comprising a reaction product of m-phenylene diamine (mPD) and trimesoyl chloride (TMC), characterized by the thin film polyamide layer having a critical strain value of less than 10%. In another embodiment, the thin film polyamide layer has a modulus of greater than 0.75 (GPa). In yet another embodiment, the thin film polyamide layer has an equilibrium swelling value of at least 45%. In another embodiment, the thin film polyamide layer has a thickness of at least 230 nm.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Abhishek Roy, Tina L. Arrowood, Anand S. Badami, Robert C. Cieslinski, David D. Hawn, Steven D. Jons, Mou Paul, Steven Rosenberg, Huang Wu
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Patent number: 9616392Abstract: A thin film composite polyamide membrane comprising a porous support and a thin film polyamide layer characterized by possessing: i) an azo (—N?N—) content of from 0.30% to 0.80%, as measured by pyrolysis gas chromatography; and ii) a dissociated carboxylate content of at least 0.18 mol/kg as measured by RBS at pH 9.5.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Ian A. Tomlinson, Robert C. Cieslinski, Bruce B. Gerhart, David D. Hawn, Mou Paul, XiaoHua Qiu, Mark A. Rickard, Steven Rosenberg, Abhishek Roy, Chengli Zu