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Allen Estes, Standish, ME US
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20100126402 | COVERS AND LINERS FOR SEA CHESTS - In a sea chest defining a hull opening and an interior, a sea chest cover for covering the hull opening and allowing water to flow in and out of the sea chest interior is combined with a sea chest liner for lining the sea chest interior, wherein the sea chest cover and the sea chest liner are made of a non-metallic material. In one aspect of the invention, the sea chest cover has one or more apertures formed therein for allowing water to flow in and out of the sea chest interior, and the one or more apertures are configured to prevent or reduce cavitations. In another aspect of the invention, the sea chest liner is a coating of a non-metallic material applied to the sea chest interior. In yet another aspect of the invention, the sea chest liner being designed to have adjustable lateral dimensions. | 05-27-2010 |
Andrew C. Estes, Russellville, AR US
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20110203778 | Reciprocating poultry chiller auger - A reciprocating poultry chiller auger including a bearing, such as a simple cylindrical bearing, mounting the shaft of an auger-type poultry chiller for both rotation of the shaft and for linear reciprocating motion of the shaft along its axis. The shaft may be reciprocated backward and forward along the axis of the shaft by, for example, a hydraulic cylinder that alternately pushes and pulls the shaft so that it slides linearly in a reciprocating fashion within the bearing. The reciprocating motion of the auger provides agitation of the chilled water in the poultry chiller thus improving contact and heat transfer from poultry carcasses into the chilled water. | 08-25-2011 |
20130011533 | Method and Apparatus for Chilled Water Injection - A method and apparatus for injecting chilled water ( | 01-10-2013 |
20140272035 | Auto-Cleaning Marination Filter for Poultry Injector System - An auto-cleaning marination filter for a poultry injector system including an outer housing having a liquid inlet and outlet, a screen that allows passage of liquids and impedes passage of solid particles, and a wiper surrounded by said screen for removing solid particles attached to the screen by reverse flow of the liquid through a gap in the wiper. | 09-18-2014 |
20150064319 | Method of Injection of an Antimicrobial Composition for Rapid Cooling of Poultry During Processing - A method for rapidly cooling poultry carcasses during processing by injecting the carcasses with a composition including water and an antimicrobial agent. The composition may be in slush ice form or liquid form. The antimicrobial agent, such as peroxide, plays a critical role in this method. The antimicrobial agent serves to lower the freezing point of the chilled water of the composition below 32 degrees F., which allows greater heat exchange when the chilled water composition is injected into the warm interior of the carcasses. The antimicrobial agent also prevents bacterial contamination of the carcasses as a result of the possible transfer of bacteria from the exterior surface of the carcasses into the interior of the carcasses during injection. | 03-05-2015 |
Andrew D. Estes, Huntsville, AL US
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20120212611 | System and Method for Camera Control in a Surveillance System - A method and a system for calibrating a camera in a surveillance system. The method and system use a mathematical rotation between a first coordinate system and a second coordinate system in order to calibrate a camera with a map of an area. In some embodiments, the calibration can be used to control the camera and/or to display a view cone on the map. | 08-23-2012 |
Andrew D. Estes, Hunstville, AL US
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20120119879 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAMERA CONTROL IN A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A method and a system for calibrating a camera in a surveillance system. The method and system use a mathematical rotation between a first coordinate system and a second coordinate system in order to calibrate a camera with a map of an area. In some embodiments, the calibration can be used to control the camera and/or to display a view cone on the map. | 05-17-2012 |
Bradley Jay Estes, Woodland Hills, CA US
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20140082495 | MEDIA SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR PROVIDING OR ACCESSING MULTIPLE LIVE PERFORMANCES SIMULTANEOUSLY - A system provides to second users on a communication network, electronic media content for at least one ongoing, live performance being performed for a first user. The system provides the second user with a menu having a plurality of selectable menu items, each corresponding to an ongoing live media performance. The system receives selection information from the second user, corresponding to one or more of the menu items. The system provides the second user with displayable content for displaying, through a single browser frame, one or more of the ongoing live media performance to which the selected one or more of the menu items corresponds. | 03-20-2014 |
20140214507 | REFERRAL AFFILIATE BUYOUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system is connected for communication over a communication network with a plurality of provider entity processors for managing referral fees. The system includes a processor configured to store information associated with referral fee rights including rights of a first provider entity to receive referral fees for referral fee generating activities performed by one or more users that have been referred by the first provider entity to one or more second provider entities. The processor receives a request from the first provider entity to sell defined referral fee rights. The processor calculates a buy-out price associated with the defined referral fee rights and communicates the calculated price to the first provider entity. The processor receives information from the provider entity regarding whether or not the provider entity accepts the calculated buy-out price. | 07-31-2014 |
Brandon Estes, Chicago, IL US
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20090221366 | CONFIGURATION OF A GAMING DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for configuration of a gaming device are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving configuration information associated with a specific gaming machine. The method can also include, based at least in part on the configuration information, determining configuration settings and obtaining values for the configuration settings. The method can also include transmitting the values for use in configuring the specific gaming machine. | 09-03-2009 |
Chad Estes, Decatur, GA US
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20110213670 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND INSERTING APPLICATION MEDIA CONTENT INTO SOCIAL MEDIA SYSTEM DISPLAYS - Systems and methods for delivering application media content to multiple social media systems (SMSs) for display to SMS members. The method includes the steps of providing initial application media content to respective SMSs. Once a respective SMS member interacts with the initial content, a social relationship management system (SRMS) receives indication from an SMS of such interaction, and retrieves a unique application media file relating to application media content. The unique application media file is then applied to an application media container file that overcomes certain formatting protocols and requirements of the SMS and enables transmission and delivery of the application media content to the SMS. The application media content is then delivered to the SMS member on the SMS through the application media container file. | 09-01-2011 |
20110282943 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING VALUE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES - Systems and methods for evaluating the effectiveness of social media pages. Users of social media systems review and publish various kinds of content on social media pages, including various messages, audio clips, video clips, polls, web links, etc. A social media page evaluation system hosted on a physical server or a cloud receives a social media page that is to be evaluated, and provides results of an evaluation process. The evaluation process involves processing of various criteria and parameters that characterize engagements and interactions between users of social media pages. Results of an evaluation process include qualitative and quantitative attributes in connection with evaluating the effectiveness of published content on social media pages. Such results are useful for purposes of enriching content in social media pages, resulting in greater network traffic due to increased engagements and interaction among users of social media pages. | 11-17-2011 |
Chad Estes, Woodinville, WA US
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20130054316 | MANAGING PRESENTATION OF COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDING ELECTRONIC MAIL AND ADVERTISEMENTS - Commercial communications, such as advertisements or promotions, are collected from multiple channels and presented in a consistent format. Using metadata associated with or derived from such communications, they can be searched, sorted, displayed and otherwise managed in a way that allows them to be persistent instead of ephemeral. | 02-28-2013 |
Chad S. Estes, Woodinville, WA US
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20110060803 | Message Notification Campaigns - Techniques for message notification campaigns are described. In an implementation, a messaging service may process a message received for delivery to a client to determine one or more notifications regarding the message to be sent to the client. The one or more notifications may be designated by way of a notification campaign that is associated with a sender of the message or directly with the message itself The messaging service may parse metadata fields within the message to identify the sender and/or other data sufficient to determine notifications designated to take place regarding the message. A variety of different types of notifications regarding a message may be sent to a client. The messaging service may cause one or more notifications to be sent to the client in conjunction with various resources from a service provider in addition to delivery of the message to the client. | 03-10-2011 |
20110072374 | ZERO FIXED PLACEMENT ADS - Techniques for zero fixed placement (ZFP) ads are described. ZFP ads may be triggered independently of a fixed placement for the ad in a user interface. In an implementation, data describing a user interface includes a trigger associated with a ZFP ad. The ZFP ad may be configured to set various modifiable attributes of the user interface. Setting the modifiable attributes of the page enables a ZFP to modify both the appearance and layout of elements and modules included in the user interface. A client may load the data having the trigger and render the user interface without presenting the associated ZFP ad or including a placeholder for the ZFP ad. When the trigger is detected, the client executes the associated ZFP ad, modifies attributes of the user interface in accordance with the ZFP ad, and outputs the modified user interface to present the ZFP ad. | 03-24-2011 |
20130054354 | GENERATING ADVERTISEMENTS FROM ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - Techniques involving the creation of advertisements from electronic communications. In one embodiment, a determination is made that a received email includes advertisement information. Elements of the email that can be used in an electronic advertisement are identified, and the electronic advertisement is created using at least the identified elements of the email. | 02-28-2013 |
Chad Steven Estes, Woodinville, WA US
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20100082750 | DYNAMICALLY TRANSFORMING DATA TO THE CONTEXT OF AN INTENDED RECIPIENT - A sender can create a message for transmission to an intended recipient. During creation of the message, the sender may insert data into the message that is expressed with reference to the context of the sender. When the sender inserts data into a message that is expressed with reference to their own context, they may be asked whether the data should be dynamically transformed to the context of the intended recipient. If the sender indicates that the data should be transformed to the context of the intended recipient, the context of the intended recipient is determined. Once the context of the intended recipient has been determined, the data in the message is transformed to the context of the intended recipient and the message containing the transformed data is transmitted to the intended recipient. | 04-01-2010 |
20100083170 | ADVERTISING-DRIVEN THEME PREVIEW AND SELECTION - An advertisement is associated with an advertiser-sponsored theme. An application generates a page that includes the advertisement. If a first user input event is detected with respect to the advertisement, the advertiser-sponsored theme is temporarily applied to the page, thereby providing a preview of the advertiser-sponsored theme. If a second user input event is detected with respect to the advertisement, the preview of the advertiser-sponsored theme is removed from the page. If a third user input event is detected with respect to the advertisement, the advertiser-sponsored theme is selected for use with the application. A notification may also be provided to other users indicated that the advertiser-sponsored theme was selected for use. | 04-01-2010 |
20100088376 | Obtaining content and adding same to document - Mechanisms to assist a user in obtaining content may be integrated with the tools that allow the user to author an e-mail message or any other type of document. For example, an e-mail composition system may offer various buttons that allow users to obtain certain types of content—e.g., movie times, restaurant menus, etc. When the user clicks the button, the requested type of content may be obtained, and the user may be offered the opportunity to insert the obtained content into the document that is being authored. The content that is obtained may follow a particular structure. For example, a system might be configured to respond to a request for movie-related content by returning a list of show-times and theaters for a particular movie. | 04-08-2010 |
20120084291 | APPLYING SEARCH QUERIES TO CONTENT SETS - Queries applied to content sets (e.g., files in a filesystem) often produce search results including many content items having identifiers that match the keywords of the query. However, many search techniques do not account for the relevance of the matching, e.g., whether the match is predictably relevant to the user, or whether the content item only tangentially matches the query. The techniques presented herein involve indexing the content items in a content index according to various identifiers having an identifier weight indicating the predicted relevance if a token of a query matches the identifier. Candidate content items may then be presented as search results sorted by the aggregated identifier weights of the matching identifiers, thereby promoting highly relevant content items and demoting incidentally matching content items. Additional adjustments may be made (e.g., promoting content items that match a particularly infrequent token or that match a phrase in the query). | 04-05-2012 |
20120084641 | SECURELY RENDERING ONLINE ADS IN A HOST PAGE - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for rendering online ads on a webpage. A first inter-frame communication channel is created, which comprises a first communication channel between a first cross-domain frame and a host page, such as the webpage. The first cross-domain frame comprises content from a domain that is different than that of the host page domain. A second inter-frame communication channel is created comprising a second communication channel between the first cross-domain frame and a second cross-domain frame in the host page. | 04-05-2012 |
20120159307 | RENDERING SOURCE REGIONS INTO TARGET REGIONS OF WEB PAGES - A target web page may embed resources hosted by a source server. However, this embedding may result in compatibility and/or security issues; e.g., the dimensions of the embedded resource may skew the layout of the target web page. Instead, a source web page may be rendered separately from a target web page, and a source region of the source web page (e.g., a region defined by a set of coordinates) may be extracted from the source web page and may be presented in a target region of the target web page. The elements of the source region may be displayed and executed in isolation within the source web page, and may operate within a source domain (e.g., communicating with the source server and accessing cookies stored by the source server), yet may not interact with the elements of the target web page, thereby alleviating many compatibility and security problems. | 06-21-2012 |
20130086178 | DELIVERING AN IN-APPLICATION MESSAGE - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for identifying an in-application message to display to a user. A user may perform a user action in an application, which can be identified. The identified user action can be compared to metadata data associated with a plurality of in-application messages for the application, and an in-application message that is eligible for display to the user can be identified based on the user action. A determination can be made whether to display the eligible message to the user in the application, based upon one or more in-application messages that the user may have previously viewed, as may be found or tracked in a user message viewing history. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086194 | SERVICE OUTAGE DETAILS IN AN ERROR MESSAGE - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing a customized service error message to a user of a service. An error encountered during a user action related to the service may be compared to one or more identified service outages to determine if the error may be attributable to any of the service outages. If the error may be caused by one or more of the identified service outages, the customized service error message can be provided, where the customized service error message comprises information about one or more of the identified service outages that cover the error. The customized service error message may be displayed to the user so that the user knows that the error is server/service side (e.g., as opposed to an issue on the user's local device), a timeframe within which the error is expected to be resolved, etc. | 04-04-2013 |
Charles Dave Estes, Raleigh, NC US
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20130067196 | VECTORIZATION OF MACHINE LEVEL SCALAR INSTRUCTIONS IN A COMPUTER PROGRAM DURING EXECUTION OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method of operating a computer processor includes storing at least one machine level vector instruction in a memory and replacing a plurality of machine level scalar instructions in a computer program with the at least one machine level vector instruction during execution of the computer program based on execution addresses associated with the plurality of machine level scalar instructions and/or instruction opcodes associated with the plurality of machine level scalar instructions. | 03-14-2013 |
Christopher Estes US
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20140116492 | INTEGRATED SOLAR PANEL - A solar panel is disclosed that generates standalone alternative current (AC) output power where the standalone output AC power is generated from direct current (DC) power stored in a battery bank included in the solar panel. The solar panel generates the standalone output AC power without reliance on input AC power generated by a utility grid and/or other AC power sources external to the solar panel. The solar panel automatically generates the standalone AC output power when the solar panel fails to detect input AC power coming into the solar panel where the solar panel operates as a master in this state. The solar panel automatically terminates the generation of the standalone AC power when the solar panel detects input AC power coming into the solar panel where the solar panel operates as a slave in this state. | 05-01-2014 |
Christopher Estes, Nashville, TN US
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20130030559 | CLOSED LOOP ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSOR ("CLASP") SYSTEM - A system, device, and method for recording audio with the character and sonic benefits of a genuine analog recording is disclosed. More specifically, an electro-mechanical-software controlled closed loop analog signal processor (“CLASP”) system which is comprised of a CLASP unit containing firmware, a latency detection module, and CLASP hardware display and controls. The CLASP system further comprises CLASP software operably running on a digital audio workstation (“DAW”) which is also in operable communication with the CLASP unit. The CLASP unit is also in operable communication with an analog recordable medium. An analog audio signal is recorded on the analog recordable medium, which may consist of a coated tape, cup, cylinder, drum, or disk, and then immediately played back and routed to the DAW via an analog to digital converter, thus providing for digitally recorded analog audio. The CLASP system may also include converters and a mixing console. | 01-31-2013 |
Christopher A. Estes, Nashville, TN US
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20100296673 | Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor ("CLASP") System - A system, device, and method for recording audio with the character and sonic benefits of a genuine analog recording is disclosed. More specifically, an electro-mechanical-software controlled closed loop analog signal processor (“CLASP”) system which is comprised of a CLASP unit containing firmware, a latency detection module, and CLASP hardware display and controls. The CLASP system further comprises CLASP software operably running on a digital audio workstation (“DAW”) which is also in operable communication with the CLASP unit. The CLASP unit is also in operable communication with an analog recordable medium. An analog audio signal is recorded on the analog recordable medium, which may consist of a coated tape, cup, cylinder, drum, or disk, and then immediately played back and routed to the DAW via an analog to digital converter, thus providing for digitally recorded analog audio. The CLASP system may also include converters and a mixing console. | 11-25-2010 |
20140116492 | INTEGRATED SOLAR PANEL - A solar panel is disclosed that generates standalone alternative current (AC) output power where the standalone output AC power is generated from direct current (DC) power stored in a battery bank included in the solar panel. The solar panel generates the standalone output AC power without reliance on input AC power generated by a utility grid and/or other AC power sources external to the solar panel. The solar panel automatically generates the standalone AC output power when the solar panel fails to detect input AC power coming into the solar panel where the solar panel operates as a master in this state. The solar panel automatically terminates the generation of the standalone AC power when the solar panel detects input AC power coming into the solar panel where the solar panel operates as a slave in this state. | 05-01-2014 |
Christopher J. Estes, Waxhaw, NC US
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20110289901 | Carbon dioxide sequestration in freshly mixed concrete using the exhaust from the concrete truck - A process for sequestering carbon dioxide in fresh concrete from the exhaust emitted from the combustion of carbonaceous fuel in a concrete mixing truck is disclosed. In the process, exhaust from the engine containing carbon dioxide is redirected after passing through the required environmental controls to the concrete mixing chamber on the concrete truck. This carbon dioxide is allowed to physically mix with the ingredients producing fresh concrete. When the concrete is made from cementitious material which include calcium oxide, then the carbon dioxide may chemically bind with the calcium to form calcium carbonate and be permanently sequestered in the concrete product. | 12-01-2011 |
Daniel L. Estes, Lawrenceville, GA US
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20100034538 | Hardened, Wavelength Enabled Optical Capacity - Providing bandwidth expansion in existing HFC infrastructures. A break in a fiber ring is established. A temperature hardened demultiplexer is coupled at the break to an input side of the fiber ring. A temperature hardened multiplexer is coupled at the break to an output side of the fiber ring. The temperature hardened demultiplexer is configured to pass-through a first predetermined wavelength to the temperature hardened multiplexer and to drop out a second predetermined wavelength. The second predetermined wavelength is extended from the demultiplexer for providing a first predetermined wavelength to an expansion node. The temperature hardened multiplexer is configured to receive the first predetermined wavelength from the temperature hardened demultiplexer and to receive the second predetermined wavelength from the expansion node. | 02-11-2010 |
Dick Estes, Newton, NH US
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20130032204 | NOVEL ELECTRODE - Photovoltaic cells containing a novel electrode, as well as related systems, methods, modules, and components, are disclosed. | 02-07-2013 |
E. Harvey Estes, Durham, NC US
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20090193085 | Patient informational exchange - Described herein are systems and methods for patients to exchange information related to medical conditions and systems and methods to provide a discussion forum by which patients may converse by posting and reviewing electronic messages. The stored messages may be indexed and moderated by a medical expert. The content of the messages may be mined for useful information, such as to identify a new treatment or syndrome or reaction to a drug. | 07-30-2009 |
Emily J. Estes, Evans, CO US
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20110193866 | DATA INPUT SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus with a thumb-sized keyboard. The keyboard has at least one key for every letter of an alphabet. The apparatus also has an interface to couple a first indication of a first character associated with a first keystroke on the keyboard to a computer in real-time when the interface is in communication with the computer. The apparatus also has a memory interface to couple a second indication of a second character associated with a second keystroke on the keyboard to a removable memory device. The apparatus may communicate with a computer using a wireless communication link. The apparatus may communicate keystrokes on the thumb-sized keyboard to the computer such that the computer may register and display characters associated with the keystrokes as if they had been made on an attached keyboard. | 08-11-2011 |
Erin R. Estes, Evans, CO US
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20110193866 | DATA INPUT SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus with a thumb-sized keyboard. The keyboard has at least one key for every letter of an alphabet. The apparatus also has an interface to couple a first indication of a first character associated with a first keystroke on the keyboard to a computer in real-time when the interface is in communication with the computer. The apparatus also has a memory interface to couple a second indication of a second character associated with a second keystroke on the keyboard to a removable memory device. The apparatus may communicate with a computer using a wireless communication link. The apparatus may communicate keystrokes on the thumb-sized keyboard to the computer such that the computer may register and display characters associated with the keystrokes as if they had been made on an attached keyboard. | 08-11-2011 |
Glenn R. Estes, Winnetka, CA US
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20090114740 | NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH FLOW CONDUITS - A nozzle assembly for a turbine engine has a convergent portion for converging fluid flow from a turbine engine core. A divergent portion for diverging fluid flow from the turbine engine core is in fluid communication with the convergent portion. A conduit is in communication with a bypass fluid flow. The conduit has a thrust vectoring port located near the divergent portion. | 05-07-2009 |
Harry Robert Estes, Valparaiso, FL US
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20110274495 | Emergency disaster temporary rapid deployment oil spill reclamation pyramid or pyramid with chute and flotation collar - The Emergency Disaster Temporary Rapid Deployment Oil Spill Reclamation Pyramid and Pyramid with Chute and Flotation Collar is a totally new concept to the offshore oil industry. Nothing of this unique, new concept has ever been conceived, manufactured or deployed in the history of the offshore oil drilling industry. It is a revolutionary concept that will have a dramatic impact on the problems with the environment, the fish and wildlife, the local and national economy, and the health and welfare of the citizens of the United States from the time of this application into the future. | 11-10-2011 |
Jeff Estes, Greer, SC US
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20140061164 | VARIABLE LENGTH FLUSH NOZZLES FOR WIRE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINES - Variable length flush nozzles for wire electric discharge machining (wire EDM) are provided. The variable length flush nozzle comprises an elongated body having an internal channel and a nozzle head having a pair of opposed slots formed therein. The nozzle head is coupled to the elongated body by a retention element dimensioned and configured for operative engagement with the pair of opposed slots such that the nozzle head is slidable relative to the elongated body between a fully extended position in which the variable length flush nozzle is at a maximum length and a fully retracted position in which the variable length flush nozzle is at a minimum length. | 03-06-2014 |
Jeremiah H. Estes, Olathe, KS US
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20130181873 | WATCH WITH IMPROVED GROUND PLANE - Watches comprising an antenna are described herein. In an implementation, a watch includes a housing enclosing an antenna, a printed circuit board, and a conductive cage. The antenna may be provided with a ground plane including a first portion and second portion. The first portion of the ground plane may be formed by the printed circuit board electrically coupled with the antenna and the second portion of the ground plane may be formed by the conductive cage supporting the printed circuit board and electrically coupled thereto. | 07-18-2013 |
Jeremy A. Estes, Troy, OH US
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20110057428 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RELEASING AN INFLATION GAS FROM AN INFLATOR - An external containment device for an inflator of an inflatable cushion is provided, the external containment device having: an outlet plate having an outlet opening; a burst disk disposed over the outlet opening; an initiator having an initiator cap; a support pin having a shaft portion and a head portion, the shaft portion being supported by the initiator cap and the head portion contacts the burst disk when the outlet opening is sealed by the burst disk; and wherein activation of the initiator causes the initiator cap to move shearing a portion of the shaft portion from the support pin which allows the burst disk to rupture. | 03-10-2011 |
Jeremy B. Estes, Russellville, AR US
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20090004346 | Continuous vacuum marination apparatus and method - An apparatus and method for continuous vacuum marination of a food product. A paddle assembly in a stationary vacuum chamber lifts and tumbles food product in a marinade. The paddles are formed into two subassemblies that are offset to smooth out the load on the paddles and the drive motor. The center about which the paddle assembly rotates is offset from the center of the vacuum chamber to avoid pinching and damaging the food product. The food product is introduced into the vacuum chamber periodically through an airlock type inlet assembly and removed by means of a similar airlock type outlet assembly. The outlet assembly includes an outlet chute for receiving the marinated food product. The outlet chute has a volume which is less than the volume of an internal chamber of the airlock outlet assembly so that closing the door to the outlet airlock door will not damage the food product. The food product is weighed into and out of the vacuum marinator. The rate of cycling of the output is controlled and adjusted based on the input and output weights to maintain a desired retention time of the food product in the vacuum chamber. The vacuum chamber is shaped with a bulge at the top to define a space to accommodate a spray for cleaning the paddles. Also, a cleanout hatch is provided to aid in cleaning the interior of the vacuum chamber. | 01-01-2009 |
Jim Estes, Santa Ana, CA US
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20130006886 | CRYOGENIC OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cryogenic data collection system includes a plurality of customer depots for the bulk storage and transfer of a cryogenic along with a signal processing module associated with each customer trailers and/or trucks and/or tractors. A plurality of customer centers for on-site storage and on-site usage of the cryogenic are provided and a signal processing module is associated with each of the customer centers. A plurality of mobile trailers provides for transfer of the cryogenic between the plurality of customer depots and the plurality of customer centers and a trailer signal processing module associated with each of the trailers, enables connection thereafter. A customer depot transfers the cryogenic to customer site locations. The trailer and/or tracks and/or tractors collects and stores data from the cryogenic operation. The data is then transferred wirelessly through a data processing signal to a website. The website can be utilized to monitor the cryogenic operation and generates automated alerts to appointed to notify of a cryogenic concern. | 01-03-2013 |
John Grayson Estes, Oklahoma City, OK US
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20130243235 | WIRELESS HEADPHONE WITH PARIETAL FEATURE - A headphone can have at least one wireless audio reproducing element attached to a headband. The headband may have parietal and temporal features with the temporal feature contacting a user's temporal bone and the parietal feature having a curvilinear extension from the temporal feature that contacts a predetermined portion of a user's parietal bone. | 09-19-2013 |
Judson B. Estes, Milford, MI US
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20130099451 | SELF-SEALING GASKET - A system may include a first member, a second member, a gasket and a pressurized fluid. The first member may include a first recess. The second member may include a second recess adjacently opposing the first recess. The second member may matingly engage the first member and may define a volume therebetween. The gasket may include a cross section having opposing first and second legs and a central portion disposed therebetween. The first leg may be received in the first recess. The second leg may be received in the second recess. The pressurized fluid may be disposed between the first and second legs and may urge the first and second legs into sealing engagement with the first and second recesses, respectively. | 04-25-2013 |
Kurt A. Estes, Lake Zurich, IL US
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20090069209 | NON-AQUEOUS WASHING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Methods and apparatuses for washing fabric loads without water or using water only as a co-solvent are disclosed. One method of non-aqueous clothes washing includes the steps of disposing clothing in a wash container, delivering a wash liquor to the fabric load, the wash liquor comprising a substantially non-reactive, non-aqueous, non-oleophilic, apolar working fluid and at least one washing additive, applying mechanical energy to the clothing and wash liquor for a sufficient amount of time to provide fabric cleaning and, thereafter, substantially removing the wash liquor from the fabric load. The working fluid may be selected from the group consisting of perfluorocarbons, hydrofluoroethers, fluoronated hydrocarbons and fluoroinerts. | 03-12-2009 |
Kyle K. Estes, Minneapolis, MN US
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20100063731 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING OFF-ROAD GUIDANCE - The present invention is a computer-implemented system for providing guidance information to aid a user in traveling along an off-road route. This system assumes that the route has already been determined. Also, it is assumed that the user's position and orientation can be determined, for example using existing techniques such as the global positioning system (GPS). The present invention uses a Look-Ahead-Point Finder ( | 03-11-2010 |
20110098914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TACTICAL ROUTES - A computer-implemented system and method for generating a tactical route to a battlefield destination including an Intervisibility Analyzer for analyzing propagation of optical lines of sight in a geographic terrain, a Speed Analyzer for analyzing speed of travelers in the geographic terrain, and a Route Generator for generating routes that facilitate tactical movement. The Intervisibility Analyzer and Speed Analyzer are used by a Cost Generator to determine tactical movement costs in geographic terrain. The Route Generator includes a Cost Evaluator for evaluating the cost of an edge during route generation. | 04-28-2011 |
Kyle Kenneth Estes, Rosemount, MN US
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20130311089 | System and Method for Multi-Plane Routing - A computer-implemented system and method distilling three-dimensional structure to a two-dimensional raster with multiple discrete planes for purposes of safe and accurate route planning including a map generator ( | 11-21-2013 |
Larry G. Estes, Durham, NC US
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20100055545 | VENTING MECHANISMS FOR BATTERY CELLS - The provision of improved venting in battery cells by way of better preventing pressure buildup in the cells. Via different variants of the present invention, the following advantages are achieved: | 03-04-2010 |
20110037436 | MULTI-MODAL BATTERY PACK - At least one embodiment of the invention provides a multi-modal rechargeable battery pack that can switch between charging algorithms dynamically. This dynamic switching can be accomplished in a wide variety of ways, for example via external command or automatically. At least one embodiment of the invention provides a system that can switch a multi-modal rechargeable battery pack between one or more of a runtime mode, a lifespan mode, and a quick charge mode. | 02-17-2011 |
Larry Glenn Estes, Durham, NC US
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20090208823 | ESTABLISHING SPACE BETWEEN END OF CENTER GAS PIPE IN BATTERY AND BOTTOM OF BATTERY CAN - The gap between the bottom of a center gas vent pipe in a battery cell and the bottom of the cell can is established to be at least a minimum distance to reduce the risk of battery damage from inadequate gas venting. | 08-20-2009 |
20090233165 | Mitigating Rupture and Thermal Cascading of Battery Cells by Judicious Arrangement of Cells Inside a Pack - The invention described herein includes a method and apparatus comprising a plurality of battery cells electrically coupled to produce at least one voltage at a terminal, wherein the plurality of battery cells includes a plurality of junction areas. Each junction area comprises two battery cells longitudinally arranged such that an end of one battery cell faces an end of another battery cell. In a majority of the junction areas, the venting end of one battery cell does not face the non-venting end of the other battery cell. | 09-17-2009 |
20120249053 | BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEM FOR NOTEBOOK COMPUTER - The apparatus includes an AC adapter input, a battery charger coupled to the input to charge a battery, a temperature sensor, and system logic to execute code stored on storage devices. The battery charger provides a charging current that is a function of temperature sensed by the temperature sensor. The charging current may also be a function of sensed barometric pressure, battery age, external temperature, a full charge capacity, and system power demand. | 10-04-2012 |
20120299532 | FAST CHARGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method include detecting whether a fast charger module is coupled to a system having a processor and a memory device. If the fast charger module is coupled to the system, a fast charging current is provided from the fast charger module at multiple selectable voltage levels via an internal charger. If the fast charger module is not detected as coupled to the system, a charging current is provided from an AC adapter via the internal charger. | 11-29-2012 |
20140167699 | BATTERY CYCLING AND MANAGEMENT - An aspect provides a method, including: setting a battery pack, in an information handling device having two or more battery packs, as a priority battery pack; discharging the priority battery pack and maintaining one or more other battery packs in an idle state; ascertaining if the priority battery pack satisfies one or more conditions; and in response to the priority battery pack satisfying the one or more conditions, setting one of the one or more other battery packs to be the priority battery pack and maintaining the remaining battery packs in an idle state; wherein the priority battery pack is prioritized in terms of charging. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 06-19-2014 |
Lee E. Estes, Mattapoisett, MA US
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20080310256 | Adaptive High Frequency Laser Sonar System - An acoustic sensing device includes a housing having an internal cavity filled with a vibration decoupling medium. An acoustic window formed of an acoustically transparent material is mounted in the housing. This mounting can be by antivibration mounts to prevent housing noise from affecting the acoustic window. A scanning laser vibrometer is positioned within the housing and directed to detect vibrations of the acoustic window. Antivibration mounts are joined between said scanning laser vibrometer and said housing. In further embodiments, the scanning laser vibrometer detects vibrations at a plurality of locations on the acoustic window forming a virtual array. | 12-18-2008 |
Mark Estes, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20140088557 | Infusion Pump System - An infusion pump system is described that increases patient comfort and convenience. The infusion pump system includes an infusion site interface that is releasably connected to an infusion pump body, and has no tubing associated between the infusion site interface and the pump body. The infusion pump body may include a carrier frame that may be adhered to the skin of a user. | 03-27-2014 |
Mark C. Estes, Sylmar, CA US
Mark C. Estes, Malibu, CA US
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20110172635 | Infusion Pump Systems and Methods - Some embodiments an infusion pump system can be used to determine a user's total insulin load (TIL) that provides an accurate indication of the insulin previously delivered to the user's body which has not yet acted. In particular embodiments, the TIL can account for both the bolus deliveries and the basal deliveries that have occurred over a period of time. Such information may be useful, for example, when the infusion pump is operated in conjunction with a continuous glucose monitoring device. | 07-14-2011 |
20110178498 | Infusion Pump System - Some embodiments of a portable infusion pump system can be configured to can be configured to adjust the sensitivity of particular detectors or alert systems based (at least in part) on information received from a monitoring device. For example, a glucose monitoring device can communication with an infusion pump assembly used to supply insulin or another medication to a user. In such circumstances, the data received from the monitoring device can be used to adjust the sensitivity of an occlusion detection system. | 07-21-2011 |
20110202004 | Data Storage for an Infusion Pump System - A pump system can include a pump device and a controller device removably attachable to the pump device. The controller device can be reusable, and one or more pump devices can be disconnected and reconnected to the controller device. As such, some pump usage data can be conveniently stored in the pump device itself. In such circumstances, the controller device can receive data related to the pump's history or other usage when the pump device is attached to the controller. | 08-18-2011 |
20120109100 | Operating A Portable Medical Device - Some embodiments of a portable medical device, such as an infusion pump, can receive an external reference signal (e.g., a radio, cellular and/or satellite signal) to provide an automatic time-setting and maintenance operation. In these circumstances, the medical device can maintain accurate time and date information even in the event of a power interruption, a time-zone change and/or an internal clock error, for example. In this manner, the portable medical device provides safe operation and added convenience to the user. | 05-03-2012 |
20120220936 | Data Storage for an Infusion Pump System - A pump system can include a pump device and a controller device removably attachable to the pump device. The controller device can be reusable, and one or more pump devices can be disconnected and reconnected to the controller device. As such, some pump usage data can be conveniently stored in the pump device itself. In such circumstances, the controller device can receive data related to the pump's history or other usage when the pump device is attached to the controller. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220940 | Method and System for Manual and Autonomous Control of an Infusion Pump - A method and system for both autonomous and manual control of an infusion pump for delivering medication to a patient is provided. | 08-30-2012 |
20120238999 | Infusion Pump Systems and Methods - Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can include a controller in which one or more features sets to be provided by the controller are enabled or disabled based upon the particular pump device that is connected to the controller. For example, in some embodiments, one or more advanced features of the controller are available to the user only when a first type of pump device (e.g., having predefined settings stored therein) is connected to the controller, and those advanced features of the controller are disabled when a second type of pump device is connected to the controller. | 09-20-2012 |
20120245522 | Method and System for Manual and Autonomous Control of an Infusion Pump - A method and system for both autonomous and manual control of an infusion pump for delivering medication to a patient is provided. | 09-27-2012 |
20120245523 | Method and System for Manual and Autonomous Control of an Infusion Pump - A method and system for both autonomous and manual control of an infusion pump for delivering medication to a patient is provided. | 09-27-2012 |
20120245524 | Method and System for Manual and Autonomous Control of an Infusion Pump - A method and system for both autonomous and manual control of an infusion pump for delivering medication to a patient is provided. | 09-27-2012 |
20130053818 | INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM - Some embodiments of a portable infusion pump system can be configured to can be configured to adjust the sensitivity of particular detectors or alert systems based at least in part) on information received from a monitoring device. For example, a glucose monitoring device can communication with an infusion pump assembly used to supply insulin or another medication to a user. In such circumstances, the data received from the monitoring device can be used to adjust the sensitivity of an occlusion detection system. | 02-28-2013 |
20130053819 | Infusion Pump System and Methods - Some embodiments an infusion pump system can be configured to modify alarm limit parameters as the user's insulin load increases or decreases. Moreover, in particular embodiments, the infusion pump system can be configured to provide a “missed bolus” or “missed meal” alarm in response to the user's blood glucose characteristics, the user's insulin load information, or the like. | 02-28-2013 |
20130053820 | Activity Sensing Techniques for an Infusion Pump System - Some embodiments of a wearable infusion pump system can include a pump device having a drive system to dispense a medicine to a user, an activity sensor that detects a possible change in an activity level of the user, and a controller to activate the drive system to dispense the medicine to the user. The controller device can query the user to indicate whether a detected activity level of the user represents an actual change in the activity level of the user. The controller device can alter the medicine dispensing schedule based on the user indicated changes in activity level. | 02-28-2013 |
20130060225 | PORTABLE INFUSION PUMP AND MEDIA PLAYER - Some embodiments of a portable infusion pump system can be configured to deliver medicine (e.g., insulin or the like) to a user and to deliver media content to a user. The media content can include, for example, MP3 music and other audio/video data stored in a memory device in the portable system. Thus, in particular embodiments, the portable infusion pump system can serve a dual purpose of providing medication and entertainment for the user from a compact and unobtrusive device. | 03-07-2013 |
20130150824 | Infusion Pump Systems and Methods - Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can include a controller in which one or more features sets to be provided by the controller are enabled or disabled based upon the particular pump device that is connected to the controller. For example, in some embodiments, one or more advanced features of the controller are available to the user only when a first type of pump device (e.g., having predefined settings stored therein) is connected to the controller, and those advanced features of the controller are disabled when a second type of pump device is connected to the controller. | 06-13-2013 |
20130243612 | Illumination Instrument for an Infusion Pump - Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may include an illumination instrument that provides the user with an opportunity to illuminate and inspect a targeted location. The illumination instrument can be useful in situations where the ambient lighting is insufficient for the user's inspection needs (e.g., during the night, during presentation or movie in which the lighting is low, or the like). In some embodiments, illumination instrument can be employed to visually inspect one or more components of the pump system, the infusion set, or a combination thereof. | 09-19-2013 |
20130303980 | System for Providing Blood Glucose Measurements to an Infusion Device - An infusion system includes an infusion device and a sensing device. The infusion system may further include a characteristic determining device. The infusion device also includes a communication system for transmitting to and receiving communications from the sensing device or a computer. The sensing device may sense an analyte of a bodily fluid of the user. The analyte may be calibrated using data from the infusion device and from a characteristic determining device. The system may be set up to automatically call for assistance when analytes reach a certain level. | 11-14-2013 |
20140019158 | Distribution of Infusion Pumps - Some embodiments described herein provide for a number of portable infusion pumps to be distributed to a pump user via a pharmacy system or like. | 01-16-2014 |
20140094766 | Activity Sensing Techniques for an Infusion Pump System - Some embodiments of a wearable infusion pump system can include a pump device having a drive system to dispense a medicine to a user, an activity sensor that detects a possible change in an activity level of the user, and a controller to activate the drive system to dispense the medicine to the user. The controller device can query the user to indicate whether a detected activity level of the user represents an actual change in the activity level of the user. The controller device can alter the medicine dispensing schedule based on the user indicated changes in activity level. | 04-03-2014 |
20140107607 | Infusion Pump System and Methods - Some embodiments an infusion pump system can be configured to activate an alarm in response to a calculated prediction of the user's future blood glucose levels. Optionally, the predictive calculation of the user's future blood glucose levels can be based at least in part upon a recent blood glucose level, a trend of blood glucose levels over time, and an insulin load of the user. | 04-17-2014 |
20140213977 | Data Storage for an Infusion Pump System - A pump system can include a pump device and a controller device removably attachable to the pump device. The controller device can be reusable, and one or more pump devices can be disconnected and reconnected to the controller device. As such, some pump usage data can be conveniently stored in the pump device itself. In such circumstances, the controller device can receive data related to the pump's history or other usage when the pump device is attached to the controller. | 07-31-2014 |
20140249500 | Operating an Infusion Pump System - Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can be configured to provide improved safety monitoring features so that a user receives proper dosage amounts. | 09-04-2014 |
20140276431 | Operating an Infusion Pump System - Some embodiments of a medical infusion pump system include a pump device and a removable controller device. When the pump device and the removable controller device are removably attached to one another, the components may provide a portable infusion pump unit to dispense medicine to a user. In particular embodiments, the removable controller device includes a user interface to readily provide information, for example, about the operation of the pump. | 09-18-2014 |
20140276536 | Infusion Pump System and Methods - Some embodiments of an infusion pump system can provide an alarm and user instructions in response to an ambient air pressure change or ambient air temperature that exceeds an alarm limit parameter. In some circumstances, the infusion pump system can be configured to monitor the actual ambient air pressure and temperature around the infusion pump system. | 09-18-2014 |
20140336570 | Infusion Pump System - Some embodiments of a portable infusion pump system can be configured to can be configured to adjust the sensitivity of particular detectors or alert systems based (at least in part) on information received from a monitoring device. For example, a glucose monitoring device can communication with an infusion pump assembly used to supply insulin or another medication to a user. In such circumstances, the data received from the monitoring device can be used to adjust the sensitivity of an occlusion detection system. | 11-13-2014 |
20150025498 | Infusion Pump System and Method - Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may be configured to wirelessly communicate with other devices using near field communication (NFC). In particular embodiments, by incorporating near field communication capabilities into the infusion pump system, user communications with the infusion pump system can be enhanced and simplified. | 01-22-2015 |
20150038939 | Operating A Portable Medical Device - Some embodiments of a portable medical device, such as an infusion pump, can receive an external reference signal (e.g., a radio, cellular and/or satellite signal) to provide an automatic time-setting and maintenance operation. In these circumstances, the medical device can maintain accurate time and date information even in the event of a power interruption, a time-zone change and/or an internal clock error, for example. In this manner, the portable medical device provides safe operation and added convenience to the user. | 02-05-2015 |
20150080789 | Activity Sensing Techniques for an Infusion Pump System - Some embodiments of a wearable infusion pump system can include a pump device having a drive system to dispense a medicine to a user, an activity sensor that detects a possible change in an activity level of the user, and a controller to activate the drive system to dispense the medicine to the user. The controller device can query the user to indicate whether a detected activity level of the user represents an actual change in the activity level of the user. The controller device can alter the medicine dispensing schedule based on the user indicated changes in activity level. | 03-19-2015 |
Mark C. Estes, Calabasas, CA US
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20100174266 | Infusion Pump System and Methods - Some embodiments an infusion pump system can provide a suggested bolus dosage based on particular parameters (e.g., the user's recent blood glucose characteristics, food intake data, an amount of insulin already delivered to the user which has not yet acted on the user, or other factors). In some circumstances, the infusion pump system can receive information indicative of the user's blood glucose level and suggest an insulin bolus dosage that is at least partially dependent upon the recent rate of change in the user's blood glucose level. Such a feature can be helpful to a user when the infusion pump is operated in conjunction with a glucose monitoring device because the suggested bolus dosage can be at least partially based on recent data indicative of the user's blood glucose level. | 07-08-2010 |
20110021992 | Illumination Instrument for an Infusion Pump - Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may include an illumination instrument that provides the user with an opportunity to illuminate and inspect a targeted location. The illumination instrument can be useful in situations where the ambient lighting is insufficient for the user's inspection needs (e.g., during the night, during presentation or movie in which the lighting is low, or the like). In some embodiments, illumination instrument can be employed to visually inspect one or more components of the pump system, the infusion set, or a combination thereof. | 01-27-2011 |
20110130716 | Activity Sensing Techniques for an Infusion Pump System - Some embodiments of a wearable infusion pump system can include a pump device having a drive system to dispense a medicine to a user, an activity sensor that detects a possible change in an activity level of the user, and a controller to activate the drive system to dispense the medicine to the user. The controller device can query the user to indicate whether a detected activity level of the user represents an actual change in the activity level of the user. The controller device can alter the medicine dispensing schedule based on the user indicated changes in activity level. | 06-02-2011 |
Mark C. Estes, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20110082439 | Portable Infusion Pump and Media Player - Some embodiments of a portable infusion pump system can be configured to deliver medicine (e.g., insulin or the like) to a user and to deliver media content to a user. The media content can include, for example, MP3 music and other audio/video data stored in a memory device in the portable system. Thus, in particular embodiments, the portable infusion pump system can serve a dual purpose of providing medication and entertainment for the user from a compact and unobtrusive device. | 04-07-2011 |
20120218740 | Illumination Instrument for an Infusion Pump - Some embodiments of an infusion pump system may include an illumination instrument that provides the user with an opportunity to illuminate and inspect a targeted location. The illumination instrument can be useful in situations where the ambient lighting is insufficient for the user's inspection needs (e.g., during the night, during presentation or movie in which the lighting is low, or the like). In some embodiments, illumination instrument can be employed to visually inspect one or more components of the pump system, the infusion set, or a combination thereof. | 08-30-2012 |
20120265126 | Infusion Pump Systems and Methods - Some embodiments an infusion pump system can be used to determine a user's total insulin load (TIL) that provides an accurate indication of the insulin previously delivered to the user's body which has not yet acted. In particular embodiments, the TIL can account for both the bolus deliveries and the basal deliveries that have occurred over a period of time. Such information may be useful, for example, when the infusion pump is operated in conjunction with a continuous glucose monitoring device. | 10-18-2012 |
Matthew Estes, Tempe, AZ US
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20100221726 | RELATING TO DEVICES - A method of analysis, instrument for analysis and device for use in such an instrument are provided, which perform a number of processes need to reach a useful result in the context of a wide variety of samples. The sequence of those processes being optimised. A device, instrument using the device and method of use are also provided which offer reliable performance of a heating based process, with minimal condensation and/or sample loss issues. | 09-02-2010 |
20100267092 | COMPONENTS - A method and device structure are provided which enable an archive sample to be collected and detached relative to a device within which a series of processes, such as PCR are being provided. A chamber structure and method of use are provided in which a controlled and precise volume is obtained by control of the relative resistance to flow through various channels. | 10-21-2010 |
20130130365 | DEVICES - A method of analysis, instrument for analysis and device for use in such an instrument are provided, which perform a number of processes need to reach a useful result in the context of a wide variety of samples. The sequence of those processes being optimised. A device, instrument using the device and method of use are also provided which offer reliable performance of a heating based process, with minimal condensation and/or sample loss issues. | 05-23-2013 |
20130323737 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING A SAMPLE - A method and system for analysing a sample are provided, wherein one or more process steps and/or sample processors are provided separately from the instrument, for instance a sample receiving step and sample preparation step and sample extraction step and sample retention step and/or purification step and washing step and elution step, and one or more process steps and/or sample processors provided by the instrument as an integrated set, the one or more process steps and/or sample processors provided by the instrument including a sample receiving step and amplification step and denaturing step and investigation step and detection step and results analysis step and results output step. Other combinations of the split in location of the steps are possible. The optimisation of the split allows the accurate processing by a cartridge based instrument of the sample, whilst fully interfacing with a variety of sample collection and/or preparation approaches. | 12-05-2013 |
20140178938 | COMPONENTS - A method and device structure are provided which enable an archive sample to be collected and detached relative to a device within which a series of processes, such as PCR are being provided. A chamber structure and method of use are provided in which a controlled and precise volume is obtained by control of the relative resistance to flow through various channels. | 06-26-2014 |
Matthew Estes, Gahanna, OH US
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20100199607 | Method For Packaging And Curing Manufactured Stone Products - A method of packaging and curing manufactured stone can include packaging a plurality of partially cured de-molded manufactured stones in a curing container having airflow apertures therein. The loaded container is then loaded into a drying oven for further curing for a suitable period. After curing in the oven, the curing container is removed and may be shipped to a customer without unpacking and repacking the manufactured stones. | 08-12-2010 |
Matthew B. Estes, South Windsor, CT US
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20110268578 | HIGH PITCH-TO-CHORD TURBINE AIRFOILS - A low pressure turbine engine component for use in an engine, for propelling a vehicle such as an aircraft is formed by a disk portion and a plurality of low pressure turbine blades extending outwardly from the disk portion. Each of the low pressure turbine blades has an airfoil portion with an axial chord length and a trailing edge. The low pressure turbine blades are spaced apart so that there is a pitch-to-chord ratio greater than 1.4, wherein the pitch is a distance between the trailing edges of adjacent ones of the low pressure turbine blades and the chord is the axial chord length of the blades. | 11-03-2011 |
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Matthew J. Estes, Gahanna, OH US
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Michael Estes, Lafayette, CA US
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Michael Estes, Brentwood, MO US
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20090035063 | CONCRETE SLAB JOINT SYSTEM INCLUDING A LOAD PLATE SLEEVE - A load plate sleeve assembly for maintaining a load plate in position between adjacent concrete slabs and facilitating controlled lateral movement of the load plate includes a housing and an insert clip coupled to the housing. The housing includes a top wall, a bottom wall, opposing side walls extending between the top and bottom walls, and an end wall extending between the top and bottom walls, and between the side walls. The walls define an internal cavity, and the housing includes a cavity access opening. The insert clip includes a opposing side walls having a first end and a second end. The insert clip also includes an end wall extending between the side walls, a plurality of deformable centering fingers extending from the side walls, and a collapsible diamond shaped center support extending from the end wall. The insert clip is positioned inside the internal cavity of the housing. | 02-05-2009 |
20100229474 | Concrete Slab Joint System Including A Load Plate Sleeve - A load plate sleeve assembly for maintaining a load plate in position between adjacent concrete slabs and facilitating controlled lateral movement of the load plate includes a housing and an insert clip coupled to the housing. The housing includes a top wall, a bottom wall, opposing side walls extending between the top and bottom walls, and an end wall extending between the top and bottom walls, and between the side walls. The walls define an internal cavity, and the housing includes a cavity access opening. The insert clip includes a opposing side walls having a first end and a second end. The insert clip also includes an end wall extending between the side walls, a plurality of deformable centering fingers extending from the side walls, and a collapsible diamond shaped center support extending from the end wall. The insert clip is positioned inside the internal cavity of the housing. | 09-16-2010 |
Michael E. Estes, Evans, CO US
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20110193866 | DATA INPUT SYSTEM - Disclosed is an apparatus with a thumb-sized keyboard. The keyboard has at least one key for every letter of an alphabet. The apparatus also has an interface to couple a first indication of a first character associated with a first keystroke on the keyboard to a computer in real-time when the interface is in communication with the computer. The apparatus also has a memory interface to couple a second indication of a second character associated with a second keystroke on the keyboard to a removable memory device. The apparatus may communicate with a computer using a wireless communication link. The apparatus may communicate keystrokes on the thumb-sized keyboard to the computer such that the computer may register and display characters associated with the keystrokes as if they had been made on an attached keyboard. | 08-11-2011 |
Michael J Estes, Longmont, CO US
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20130057864 | TIME-SYNCHRONIZED TDLAS MEASUREMENTS OF PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method of absorption spectroscopy to determine a rapidly variable gas parameter. The method includes transmitting light from a synchronization light source to a synchronization detector. The transmitted light is periodically interrupted by a moving mechanical part between the synchronization light source and synchronization detector. The output from the synchronization detector is used to generate a repeating time signal having variable phase delay. This signal is used to control the timing of laser spectroscopy wavelength scans. Multiple spectroscopic scans may be repeated at multiple selected time signal phase delay and the results averaged for each phase. Apparatus for implementing the above methods are also disclosed. | 03-07-2013 |
Michael John Estes, Longmont, CO US
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20110300492 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Combustion Properties in an Interior of a Boiler - A method of monitoring combustion properties in an interior of a boiler of the type having walls comprising a plurality of parallel steam tubes separated by a metal membrane. First and second penetrations are provided in the metal membrane between adjacent tubes on opposite sides of the boiler. A beam of light is projected through a pitch optic comprising a pitch collimating lens and a pitch relay lens, both residing outside the boiler interior. The pitch relay lens projects the beam through a penetration into the boiler interior. The beam of light is received with a catch optic substantially identical to the pitch optic residing outside the boiler interior. The strength of the collimated received beam of light is determined. At least one of the pitch collimating lens and the catch collimating lens may then be aligned to maximize the strength of the collimated received beam. | 12-08-2011 |
Myka L. Estes, Indianapolis, IN US
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20100203058 | DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS BASED ON CIRCULATING PROGENITOR CELLS - Methods and compositions for detection, diagnosis, and therapeutics of arterial diseases based on pro-angiogenic and non-angiogenic circulating hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (CHSPCs) and circulation endothelial colony forming cells (ECFCs) are described. | 08-12-2010 |
Philip F. Estes, Palmyra, VA US
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20100005053 | METHOD FOR ENABLING DISCRETE BACK/FORWARD ACTIONS WITHIN A DYNAMIC WEB APPLICATION - A method, system and computer program product for managing a browsing history for a web browser. The web browser is configured to display web page content. A web page is addressable by a Uniform Resource Locator. New page content from a server is received at the web browser. A subset of a current web page is replaced with the new page content. The subset thus replaced does not include a complete web page. A data entry is stored in a chronologically ordered history list. The data entry comprises a hierarchical, object-oriented model representation of the new page content. The model representation may be a subset of a Document Object Model. At least one history navigation button is provided for traversing the history list. Page content stored at the history list is redisplayed. Backward and forward navigation within applications embodying Web 2.0 technologies, including AJAX, is thus facilitated. | 01-07-2010 |
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20140129558 | Timeline-Based Data Visualization of Social Media Topic - A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for timeline-based social media data visualization. The mechanism receives social media data from at least one social media server. The mechanism filters the social media data to identify a plurality of social media posts related to a time-based event. The mechanism assigns the plurality of social media posts into a plurality of time periods within a timeline of the time-based event. The mechanism generates a timeline-based data visualization presenting the plurality of social media posts in relation to the timeline of the time-based event and presents the timeline-based data visualization. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129559 | Timeline-Based Data Visualization of Social Media Topic - A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for timeline-based social media data visualization. The mechanism receives social media data from at least one social media server. The mechanism filters the social media data to identify a plurality of social media posts related to a time-based event. The mechanism assigns the plurality of social media posts into a plurality of time periods within a timeline of the time-based event. The mechanism generates a timeline-based data visualization presenting the plurality of social media posts in relation to the timeline of the time-based event and presents the timeline-based data visualization. | 05-08-2014 |
Robert L. Estes, Uniontown, OH US
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20090167039 | Roll-off container with adjustable attachment apparatus - An adjustable attachment apparatus for a container, in particular, a roll-on, roll-off container, for use with a truck equipped to transport the carrier, such as a hoist truck. The container attachment apparatus includes a connector member, more specifically a hook receiving member which is vertically adjustable in apertures of a guide member to a plurality of different heights in relation to a ground surface in order to accommodate trucks having container retrieving hoist mechanisms with a hook or other element of differing minimum heights which manipulates the container through the connector member. In one embodiment, the guide member includes a rail having a slotted track and a connector member is connected to the guide member by a locking mechanism. | 07-02-2009 |
Robert T. Estes, St. Louis, MO US
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20120024171 | KETTLE GRILL ACCESSORY - An accessory ( | 02-02-2012 |
Scott Estes, Framingham, MA US
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20090239235 | Facs- and Reporter Protein-Based System for High Throughput Development of Therapeutic Proteins - Methods are disclosed to identify, select and produce a clonal population of recombinant eukaryotic host cells that stably and highly express a polypeptide of interest. Also disclosed herein are products produced by the disclosed methods and assemblies of components useful to conduct the methods. | 09-24-2009 |
Scott Alan Estes, Essex Junction, VT US
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20090087928 | COPPER CONTAMINATION DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING COPPER CONTAMINATION - A method of monitoring copper contamination. The method includes method, comprising: (a) ion-implanting an N-type dopant into a region of single-crystal silicon substrate, the region abutting a top surface of the substrate; (c) activating the N-type dopant by annealing the substrate at a temperature of 500° C. or higher in an inert atmosphere; (c) submerging, for a present duration of time, the substrate into an aqueous solution, the aqueous solution to be monitored for copper contamination; and (d) determining an amount of copper adsorbed from the aqueous solution by the region of the substrate. | 04-02-2009 |
20090088984 | COPPER CONTAMINATION DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING COPPER CONTAMINATION - A computer system. The computer system including a processor and memory unit coupled to the processor, the memory unit containing instructions that when executed by the processor implement a method for monitoring a solution in a tank used to fabricate integrated circuits, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of: (a) collecting data indicating of an amount of copper in a region of a substrate of a monitor, the monitor comprising an N-type region in a silicon substrate, the region abutting a top surface of the substrate, the monitor having been submerged in the solution for a preset time; (b) comparing the data to a specification for copper content of the solution; (c) if the data indicates a copper content exceeds a limit of the specification for copper, indicating a corrective action is required to prevent copper contamination of the integrated circuits; and (d) repeating steps (a) through (c) periodically. | 04-02-2009 |
20110086442 | COPPER CONTAMINATION DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING COPPER CONTAMINATION - A method of monitoring copper contamination. The method includes method, comprising: (a) ion-implanting an N-type dopant into a region of single-crystal silicon substrate, the region abutting a top surface of the substrate; (c) activating the N-type dopant by annealing the substrate at a temperature of 500° C. or higher in an inert atmosphere; (c) submerging, for a present duration of time, the substrate into an aqueous solution, the aqueous solution to be monitored for copper contamination; and (d) determining an amount of copper adsorbed from the aqueous solution by the region of the substrate. | 04-14-2011 |
Scott D. Estes, Framingham, MA US
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20080301826 | NOVEL BETA-ACTIN AND RPS21 PROMOTERS AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to isolation of novel β-actin and ribosomal protein S21 (rpS21) promoters and uses thereof. In particular, this invention features nucleotide sequences for rodent β-actin promoters including, hamster, rat, and mouse, and hamster rpS21 promoter. | 12-04-2008 |
20150040252 | NOVEL BETA-ACTIN AND RPS21 PROMOTERS AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to isolation of novel β-actin and ribosomal protein S21 (rpS21) promoters and uses thereof. In particular, this invention features nucleotide sequences for rodent β-actin promoters including, hamster, rat, and mouse, and hamster rpS21 promoter. | 02-05-2015 |
Steven J. Estes, York, PA US
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20100006262 | MOTOR COOLING APPLICATIONS - A cooling system is provided for a motor powering a compressor in a vapor compression system. The cooling system includes a housing enclosing the motor, and a cavity located within the housing. A fluid circuit circulates a cooling fluid in the motor, the fluid circuit having a first connection in the housing to receive cooling fluid, and a second connection in the housing to remove cooling fluid in fluid communication with the loop. The fluid circuit includes a passageway for cooling fluid positioned in an internal chamber formed in a motor shaft. | 01-14-2010 |
20100006264 | MOTOR COOLING APPLICATIONS - A cooling system is provided for a motor powering a compressor in a vapor compression system. The cooling system including a housing and a cavity within the housing. A first fluid circuit has a first connection to receive a refrigerant into the cavity, and a second connection to deliver refrigerant from the cavity to a heat exchanger for a heat transfer relationship with a heat-generating component. | 01-14-2010 |
Steven R. Estes, St. Peters, MO US
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20100114641 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING WORK REQUESTS - The disclosure is directed to a method and system for processing work requests, preferably prototype operations work requests (POWR). In one of the embodiments the method is an automated method to be performed in a computing environment for processing a work request. The method comprises the steps of receiving the work request, inputting the work request into an electronic database, creating electronic work request instructions, linking the electronic work request instructions to multiple networked computers, transmitting between the networked computers electronic notifications relating to the work request instructions, and providing service reports filtered on specific data of interest relating to history and completion of the work request. | 05-06-2010 |
Thomas G. Estes, Atlanta, GA US
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20100126404 | Surface Topographies for Non-Toxic Bioadhesion Control - An article has a surface topography for resisting bioadhesion of organisms and includes a base article having a surface. A composition of the surface includes a polymer. The surface has a topography comprising a pattern defined by a plurality of spaced apart features attached to or projected into the base article. The plurality of features each have at least one microscale dimension and at least one neighboring feature having a substantially different geometry. An average feature spacing between adjacent ones of the features is between 10 μm and 100 μm in at least a portion of the surface. The surface topography can be numerically represented using at least one sinusoidal function. In one embodiment, the surface can comprise a coating layer disposed on the base article. | 05-27-2010 |
20100185159 | Enteral Feeding Assembly With Lock Assembly - There is provided an enteral feeding assembly having a base and a connector. The base has a catheter with a lumen for communication with a body lumen. The base also has an opening with a predetermined shape on its proximal side that also communicates with the catheter lumen. The connector has a key configured to complement the predetermined shape of the opening in the base, which occurs desirably in one position only, so that the connector and base may be joined together. The connector is also connected to a feeding tube that provides a nutrient solution from a replaceable feeding bag. Once the connector is in position in the base, liquid may from the bag to the body lumen. Once in position, the connector may rotate 360 degrees relative to the base before being again in the installation/removal position. | 07-22-2010 |
Thomas G. Estes, Bonifay, FL US
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20120197192 | Inflatable Retention System for Enteral Feeding Device - An inflatable retention system for an enteral feeding tube having a base deployed outside the human body and an indwelling retainer which is deployed within a lumen or cavity of the body by insertion through a stoma from outside the body. The retention system includes a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, an external tube diameter, and tube walls defining a feeding lumen and an inflation lumen. The retention system also includes an inflatable balloon located at a distal end of the tube in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, the balloon having thin, flexible walls, a predetermined spheroid shape, and a volume at which a fluid in the balloon is under no pressure such that upon inflation with a fluid to pressurize fluid in the balloon, the balloon assumes a stable spheroid shape and exhibits a substantially linear pressure versus volume curve. | 08-02-2012 |
20130079712 | One Step Cecostomy - The present disclosure describes a cecostomy tube having a head with an opening and a valve. There is a flexible catheter with a lumen having proximal and distal ends, the proximal end of the catheter in fluid communication with the opening in the head, a portion of the catheter extending away from the head to define the distal end. The catheter also has walls defining inside and outside surfaces from the opening defined in the head to the distal end of the catheter. There is a retainer provided on the distal end of the catheter. The retainer can change shape from a first profile or configuration to a second profile where the second profile is larger than the first profile and the second profile is adapted to retain the cecostomy tube in place in a body. The device may be placed in a single, initial surgical operation. | 03-28-2013 |
Thomas G. Estes, Ponte Vedra, FL US
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20130289479 | Inflatable Retention System for an Enteral Feeding Device - An inflatable retention system for an enteral feeding tube having a base deployed outside the human body and an indwelling retainer which is deployed within a lumen or cavity of the body by insertion through a stoma from outside the body. The retention system includes a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, an external tube diameter, and tube walls defining a feeding lumen and an inflation lumen. The retention system also includes an inflatable balloon located at a distal end of the tube in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, the balloon having thin, flexible walls, a predetermined spheroid shape, and a volume at which a fluid in the balloon is under no pressure such that upon inflation with a fluid to pressurize fluid in the balloon, the balloon assumes a stable spheroid shape and exhibits a substantially linear pressure versus volume curve. | 10-31-2013 |
20130296782 | Inflatable Retention System for an Enteral Feeding Device - An inflatable retention system for an enteral feeding tube having a base deployed outside the human body and an indwelling retainer which is deployed within a lumen or cavity of the body by insertion through a stoma from outside the body. The retention system includes a tube having a proximal end, a distal end, an external tube diameter, and tube walls defining a feeding lumen and an inflation lumen. The retention system also includes an inflatable balloon located at a distal end of the tube in fluid communication with the inflation lumen, the balloon having thin, flexible walls, a predetermined spheroid shape, and a volume at which a fluid in the balloon is under no pressure such that upon inflation with a fluid to pressurize fluid in the balloon, the balloon assumes a stable spheroid shape and exhibits a substantially linear pressure versus volume curve. | 11-07-2013 |
Thomas George Estes, Ashland, OR US
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20140113052 | TEQUILA - A tequila beverage comprising a standard tequila beverage containing added components for making said standard tequila beverage more desirable to a consumer. | 04-24-2014 |
Thomas Gregory Estes, Atlanta, GA US
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20090062743 | Gastropexy Kit - A gastropexy kit includes a plurality of safety needle assemblies. Each safety needle assembly includes a needle and a stylus. A fastener is positioned in a distal end of the needle. The fastener is coupled to one end of the suture and a suture retention hub is coupled to an opposite end of the suture. The fastener is deployed in a patient's stomach via the needle and stylus which has a blunt distal end which extends through the needle to push the fastener out of the needle and to blunt the needle. The suture retention hub is positioned on a patient's skin and adjustably tensions the suture, which, desirably, is a resorbable suture. | 03-05-2009 |
20090062853 | Suture Retention Hub - A suture retention hub is provided. It includes a base configured to moveably hold a handle within at least a portion of the base. The base has an aperture which extends through the base. The hub also includes a handle configured to moveably fit into the portion of the base. The handle has an aperture formed therethough as well. When a suture is positioned in the apertures and the base and handle are positioned such that the apertures are substantially in an axial alignment, the suture moves readily through the apertures in the hub. Then the base and handle are positioned such that the apertures are not in a substantial axial alignment, the suture is frictionally crimped and it is prevented from moving through the hub. | 03-05-2009 |
20090152137 | Combined Skin Sealant And Incise Drape - A combination drape which has both a skin sealant and an incise drape is applied to a patient's skin. The skin sealant is positioned adjacent the prepped skin and the incise drape is positioned over the skin sealant and the prepped skin. The skin sealant substantially fills contours of the incise drape positioned thereover such that any air pockets and wrinkles positioned between the incise drape and the skin sealant are sealed and isolated from the skin. The combination drape is contained within a kit which desirably includes instructions. | 06-18-2009 |
20120203251 | Gastropexy Kit - A gastropexy kit includes a plurality of safety needle assemblies. Each safety needle assembly includes a needle and a stylus. A fastener is positioned in a distal end of the needle. The fastener is coupled to one end of the suture and a suture retention hub is coupled to an opposite end of the suture. The fastener is deployed in a patient's stomach via the needle and stylus which has a blunt distal end which extends through the needle to push the fastener out of the needle and to blunt the needle. The suture retention hub is positioned on a patient's skin and adjustably tensions the suture, which, desirably, is a resorbable suture. | 08-09-2012 |
Timothy R. Estes, Parker, CO US
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20080275737 | INSURANCE ESTIMATING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a computerized method and system for estimating treatment costs for a health care product and/or service for a health care patient. The estimate of health care costs is calculated before the patient is discharged from the facility providing the health care product or service. The estimate of health care costs may also be performed prior to any treatment or admission to the health care facility of the health care patient. The estimate of treatment costs may include a patient payable amount that estimates the cost of the health care product/service that will be the patient's responsibility. The health care patient may be billed for the health care product or service prior to discharging the health care patient and/or prior to providing the health care product or service to the health care patient. If desired, a loan for the estimated patient payable amount may be arranged and/or provided to the health care patient to pay for the patient's portion of the cost for the health care product and/or service. | 11-06-2008 |
20090049784 | BATTEN RISER ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is a batten riser assembly that is used to install battens for tile roofs. The batten riser assembly can be used to prolong the life of tile roofs since it is made of waterproof materials. The batten riser assembly uses flexible strips that can be easily folded in a compact package and can be installed in a quick and easy manner. The batten riser assembly can be used in conjunction with a marker tape to speed installation. The batten riser assembly is designed to prevent the damming of water that penetrates the tile roof. The batten riser assembly provides a simple and easy way for installers to comply with building codes. | 02-26-2009 |
20090266017 | BATTEN RISER ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is a batten riser assembly that is used to install battens for tile roofs. The batten riser assembly can be used to prolong the life of tile roofs since it is made of waterproof materials. The batten riser assembly uses flexible strips that can be easily folded in a compact package and can be installed in a quick and easy manner. The batten riser assembly can be used in conjunction with a marker tape to speed installation. The batten riser assembly is designed to prevent the damming of water that penetrates the tile roof. The batten riser assembly provides a simple and easy way for installers to comply with building codes. | 10-29-2009 |
Timothy W. Estes US
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20120059776 | KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AGENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for processing information in unstructured or structured form, comprising a computer running in a distributed network with one or more data agents. Associations of natural language artifacts may be learned from natural language artifacts in unstructured data sources, and semantic and syntactic relationships may be learned in structured data sources, using grouping based on a criteria of shared features that are dynamically determined without the use of a priori classifications, by employing conditional probability constraints. | 03-08-2012 |
Timothy W. Estes, Nashville, TN US
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20130124435 | KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AGENT SYSTEM - A system and method for processing information in unstructured or structured form, comprising a computer running in a distributed network with one or more data agents. Associations of natural language artifacts may be learned from natural language artifacts in unstructured data sources, and semantic and syntactic relationships may be learned in structured data sources, using grouping based on a criteria of shared features that are dynamically determined without the use of a priori classifications, by employing conditional probability constraints. | 05-16-2013 |
William M. Estes, Mesa, AZ US
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20120112501 | Breez BNCH - The invention provides an indoor or outdoor bench that features heating and cooling capabilities. The heating and cooling features comprise a variety of configurations. One such configuration includes a temperature control thermostat with three heat settings (such as 600 watt radiant, 900 watt fan forced, and 1500 watt radiant and fan forced), oscillating heat coils with an incorporated fan unit, and a dual safety system featuring a tip over switch and manual reset type limit control. In addition, an external temperature control button allows a user to choose heat, heat and fan, or fan only. The heater fan combination operates on any suitable power source, such as a DC rechargeable battery source such as nickel cadmium or nickel metal hydride. Another suitable power source is standard household power, such as AC 110 voltage, for example. | 05-10-2012 |