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  • Method of collecting information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system
    Publication number: 20080162168
    Abstract: A method for collecting geographic data for use with a navigation system is disclosed. A pedestrian segment associated with a path is identified. A text description of the pedestrian segment is collected. The text description includes one of a predetermined number of phrases and a name of at least one feature visible from a location of the pedestrian segment. Data representing the pedestrian segment is stored in the geographic database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Steven P. Devries, James M. Herbst, Karen A. Hopkins, Suzanne M. McGrath, Ellen M. Bauer, James R. Bennett, Jason M. Borak
  • Ether and thiophosphate containing photoconductors
    Patent number: 7445876
    Abstract: An imaging member containing an optional supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer and at least one charge transport layer of at least one charge transport component, at least one C-ether of the formula wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, substituted alkyl, substituted aryl, substituted alkoxy, and halogen, and the sum of n plus m (n+m) is from about 1 to about 10, and an optional antioxidant; and wherein a thiophosphate is contained in the photogenerating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Wu, Kenny-Tuan Dinh, Kathleen M. Carmichael, Michael S. Roetker, Kent J. Evans, Geoffrey M T. Foley, Anthony M. Horgan, Yonn K. Rasmussen, Satchidanand Mishra, Edward F. Grabowski, Liang-Bih Lin, Markus R. Silvestri
  • 3-(3-aryloxyphenyl)-1-(substituted methyl)-s-triazine-2,4,6-oxo or thiotrione herbicidal agents
    Patent number: 5519133
    Abstract: There is provided a 3-(3-aryloxyphenyl)-1-(substituted methyl)-s-triazine-2,4,6-oxo or thiotrione compound having the structural formula I ##STR1## Further provided are a composition and a method comprising that compound for the control of undesirable plant species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Co.
    Inventors: Alvin D. Crews, Jr., Philip M. Harrington, Gary M. Karp, Simon D. Gill, Petra Dieterich
  • Covering assembly for architectural openings
    Patent number: 5392832
    Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening such as a window or door is in the form of a vertically oriented fabric assembly having front and rear sheer fabrics interconnected by vertically extending vanes. The vanes can be tilted through a series of carriers mounted on a track rail from which the covering is suspended in order to adjust the spacing between the fabrics between open and closed positions and adjust the light transmitting characteristics of the covering. The covering can be extended across the opening by separating the carriers on the track rail and can be contracted by stacking the carriers toward one end of the track rail. A unique design of carrier allows the covering to fold on itself in the contracted state, in the manner of a conventional drape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventors: Wendell B. Colson, James M. Anthony, Brad H. Oberg, Brian M. Hoffmann, Eric N. Williams, Paul G. Swiszcz, Cornelis M. Jansen
  • Nonshunting endocardial defibrillation lead
    Patent number: 5662698
    Abstract: A defibrillation insulating device prevents current from directly shunting through the blood pool from the right ventricular defibrillation electrode to a superior vena cava electrode and vice versa. This forces current to flow through the heart muscle, thus increasing the current density throughout the heart, to depolarize the majority of the cardiac tissue with a minimum of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Ventritex, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter A. Altman, William D. Miner, II, M. Elizabeth Bush
  • Signal subtraction apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5298145
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for stripping off undesirable, high frequency, or alternatively, low frequency components of an input signal by selectively passing only those undesirable components through a filter, and then subtracting those undesirable components from the raw mixture of the desirable and undesirable components. This invention is useful in plating bath analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Marcus A. Garraway, Martin M. Hamano, Maynard M. Kepler, Jr.
  • Method of operating a navigation system
    Patent number: 7248966
    Abstract: A method for operating a navigation system is disclosed. An ordered plurality of interconnected segments providing a route from an origin to a destination is obtained. A guidance message for each of the segments is formed. The step of forming the guidance message comprises determining whether to reference a previous segment and adding a reference to a current segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Navteq North America, LLC
    Inventors: Steven P. Devries, James M. Herbst, Karen A. Hopkins, Suzanne M. McGrath, Ellen M. Bauer, James R. Bennett, Jason M. Borak
  • Buoy releasable from a submarine
    Patent number: 3933109
    Abstract: A distress buoy releasable from a submarine comprising two hemispherical portions sealably joined to form a hollow spherical body mounting a radio transmitter with deployable antenna, a radar responder with antenna, a beacon light, a tape recorder containing information recorded over a time period before release, and electrical power cells. A ring of float members is secured to and surrounds the spherical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Assignee: Etat Francais
    Inventors: Gerard M. Boisrayon, Gilbert M. Martin, Gabriel M. Delfosse
  • Method for manufacturing a coating additive, an additive, and a paint formulation
    Patent number: 5726233
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for making a resin additive for a liquid paint. The process comprises of the steps selecting a thermosettable organic resin, curing the resin to form a cured thermoset resin, and particulizing the cured resin to a size no greater than about 20 .mu.m. The present invention is particularly useful in making environmentally friendly paint formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: George M. Mitchell, John M. Spangler
  • MODIFIED MULTILAYERED FILM
    Publication number: 20080286345
    Abstract: A composition for delivery of a molecule into a cell is provided. The composition includes a protein transduction domain that is conjugated to the molecule which is incorporated into a multilayered film. Preferably, the protein transduction domain is a cationic protein transduction domain. More preferably, the cationic protein transduction domain is nonaarginine, and the multilayered film includes polyelectrolyte multilayers. When the composition is presented to a cell, the multilayered film dissolves or erodes in physiological media, and the molecule is delivered into the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: David M. Lynn, Ronald T. Raines, Christopher M. Jewell, Stephem M. Fuchs, Ryan M. Flessner
  • FLAP modulators
    Patent number: 9884878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or a form thereof, wherein ring A, R1, R2, R3, R3?, L, W, and V are as defined herein, useful as FLAP modulators. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I). Methods of making and using the compounds of Formula (I) are also within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
    Inventors: Genesis M. Bacani, Wendy Eccles, Anne E. Fitzgerald, Steven D. Goldberg, Michael D. Hack, Natalie A. Hawryluk, William M. Jones, John M. Keith, Paul Krawczuk, Alec D. Lebsack, Alice Lee-Dutra, Jing Liu, Kelly J. McClure, Steven P. Meduna, Daniel J. Pippel, Mark D. Rosen, Zachary S. Sales
  • Polycarbonate compositions having reduced tendency to splay
    Patent number: 6046301
    Abstract: A transparent thermoplastic molding composition having good release properties is disclosed. The composition which contains no magnetic elements contains a polycarbonate resin and 0.01 to 0.3 percent by weight of a mold release agent. The agent is the product of a reaction of a compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sub.1 denotes a C.sub.1-30 -alkyl group, with at least one member selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## where R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently denote C.sub.1-30 - alkyl or an aryl group, and ##STR3## where n is 1-7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignees: Bayer Corporation, Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel H. Bolton, Sivaram Krishnan, Jon M. Newcome, Jeffrey M. Tennant, David M. Derikart, Ramesh M. Pisipati, Wolfgang Ebert
  • Localized Tailoring of Three-Dimensional Articles Via Additive Manufacturing
    Publication number: 20210026324
    Abstract: Additive manufacturing processes, systems and three-dimensional articles include the formation of voxels and/or portions of three-dimensional articles with different properties relative to other voxels and/or portions. The processes generally include changing one or more laser beam parameters including power level, exposure time, hatch spacing, point distance, velocity, and energy density during the formation of selected voxels and/or portions of the three-dimensional articles. Also disclosed are processes that include an additive manufacturing process that provides localized secondary heat treatment of certain voxels and/or regions at a temperature below the melting point of the three-dimensional article but high enough to effect a localized property change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Steven M. Storck, Morgana M. Trexler, Andrew M. Lennon, Ian D. McCue, Salahudin M. Nimer, Christopher M. Peitsch
  • PYRIDINE AND PYRIMIDINE CARBOXYLATE HERBICIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230017045
    Abstract: Provided herein are pyridine and pyrimidine carboxylates and their derivatives, and compositions and methods of use thereof as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Jared Bell, Ann M. Buysse, John F. Daeuble, Joseph D. Eckelbarger, Jeffrey B. Epp, Nicholas M. Irvine, Jeremy Kister, William C. Lo, Michael R. Loso, Christian T. Lowe, John C. Rohanna, Norbert M. Satchivi, Thomas L. Siddall, Kimberly M. Steward, Carla N. Yerkes
  • Flap modulators
    Patent number: 9079866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or a form thereof, wherein ring A, R1, R2, R3, R3?, L, W, and V are as defined herein, useful as FLAP modulators. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I). Methods of making and using the compounds of Formula (I) are also within the scope of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
    Inventors: Genesis M. Bacani, Wendy Eccles, Anne E. Fitzgerald, Steven D. Goldberg, Michael D. Hack, Natalie A. Hawryluk, William M. Jones, John M. Keith, Paul Krawczuk, Alec D. Lebsack, Alice Lee-Dutra, Jing Liu, Kelly J. McClure, Steven P. Meduna, Daniel J. Pippel, Mark D. Rosen, Zachary S. Sales
  • Device comprising a color filter and top coat
    Patent number: 5157527
    Abstract: Top coat (4, 6) for a color filter (3) which is hard enough to resist the pressure of spacers (13) and whose edges (6) are slanted in such a way that a satisfactory step coverage is possible, formed by means of a flexographic pressing method, is a cured acrylic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Gerardus C. M. De Keyzer, Antonius H. M. Raaijmakers, Petrus E. M. Baltussen, Henricus G. J. A. M. Luijben
  • Method for the selective detection of microbial nucleotides
    Patent number: 4906565
    Abstract: A method for the selective determination of microbial cells, in a sample suspected of containing both microbial and non-microbial cells, is described which involves the selective release and enzymatic inactivation of non-microbial nucleotides, followed by the rapid and specific inhibition of the inactivating enzyme and the release and detection of microbial nucleotides in an appropriate assay, such as a bioluminescent assay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: John G. H. M. Vossen
  • User interface for displaying a gallery of formatting options applicable to a selected object
    Patent number: 8146016
    Abstract: An improved user interface is provided for displaying a gallery of images showing different formatting options combinations that may be applied to a selected object. When a particular image is selected an associated formatting options combination is automatically applied to the selected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Himberger, Tracey M. Gauthier, Aaron M. Butcher, Jensen M. Harris, Jesse Clay Satterfield
  • Apparatus and methods for use in transmitting and receiving a digital signal, and a record carrier obtained by a transmission apparatus or method
    Patent number: 5671236
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for transmitting and receiving a digital data signal. At the transmitter side, packets of p m-bit digital words in a digital signal are error protection encoded to produce error protection encoded packets of n m-bit digital words making up an error protection signal, where n>p. The error protection encoded packets are converted into converted packets of digital words to form a channel encoded signal, which signal is supplied to a transmission medium. The conversion involves use of a generator for supplying a fixed auxiliary packet of n digital words; a calculation unit for calculating in a Galois field GF(2.sup.m) a converted digital word in accordance with the formula DW.sub.i +.alpha..FW.sub.i, where DW.sub.i and FW.sub.i are the binary values corresponding to the i-th digital words in the packet to be converted and the auxiliary packet, respectively, .alpha.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Adrianus J. M. Denissen, Ludovicus M. G. M. Tolhuizen
  • Composition and its therapeutic use
    Patent number: 7115563
    Abstract: A composition having a variety of therapeutic and cosmetic uses comprises: (i) a vitamin; (ii) a metal salt that provides metal ions in vivo; and (iii) insulin or a growth hormone. Such a composition is useful for treating, for example, genetic disorders, skin diseases, cancer and viral infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignees: Insignion Holding Limited, Veritron Limited
    Inventors: Rafeda M. A. Younis, Karam M. H. Al Sari, Saad M. H. Al Sari, Ahmad M. H. Al Sari
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