Greenough
Benjamin Charles Greenough, Bend, OR US
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20110277630 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STARTING UP PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION ASSEMBLIES AND HYDROGEN-PRODUCING FUEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME - Systems and methods for initiating startup of PSA assemblies in hydrogen-processing assemblies, which may include a hydrogen-generation assembly and/or a fuel cell stack. The systems and methods include startup procedures that provide for pressurization of the adsorbent beds of the PSA assembly without the need for a stored quantity or other supply of purified hydrogen gas. The systems and methods additionally or alternatively include startup procedures that restrict or even prevent contamination of portions of the PSA assembly, hydrogen storage devices and/or accumulator tanks with an impure gas stream and/or decrease accumulation of the impure gas stream therein. This impure gas stream may be the mixed gas, reformate, or other gas stream that is intended to be purified by the PSA assembly when the PSA assembly is in its hydrogen-purifying operating state. | 11-17-2011 |
20120088171 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF FUEL CELL STACKS AND FUEL CELL SYSTEMS INCORPORATING THE SAME - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for independently controlling the operation of fuel cell stacks and to fuel cell systems incorporating the same. These systems and methods may include providing a fuel cell system including a plurality of fuel cell stacks and at least a first energy storage device and controlling the operation of the plurality of fuel cell stacks based at least in part on a variable associated with the fuel cell system and/or an energy consuming device. These systems and methods may further include beginning production of electrical output from the fuel cell system responsive to a start condition, initiating production of electrical output from the plurality of fuel cell stacks responsive to a plurality of stack start conditions, and ceasing the production of electrical output from the fuel cell stacks responsive to at least a first stack stop condition. | 04-12-2012 |
Joshua M. Greenough, San Francisco, CA US
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20120290389 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING PURCHASE TRANSACTION HISTORY TO REAL-TIME LOCATION INFORMATION - Embodiments are described for a system and method for providing a list of current offers from retailers to a user operating a mobile client device. Aspects of the method comprise analyzing a transaction history of the user to identify a vendor who has transacted with the user; determining a present geographic location of the user based on a location of the mobile client device; determining a location of the vendor proximate the user based on the transaction history and the present geographic location of the user; searching for a current promotion offered by the vendor; and facilitating the serving of the current promotion to the user through the mobile client device. | 11-15-2012 |
Lucia Greenough, Ipswich, MA US
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20110045489 | Polymerases for Incorporating Modified Nucleotides - Compositions and methods are provided that relate to a recombinant protein with DNA polymerase activity in which one or more amino acids are mutated compared with the corresponding wild type protein. The recombinant protein is capable of incorporating one or more modified nucleotides into a nucleic acid substrate with a specific activity greater than 200. | 02-24-2011 |
20130230887 | Synthetic Nucleic Acids for Polymerization Reactions - Compositions and methods are provided for inhibiting a polymerase from replicating non target DNA at a temperature below the amplification reaction temperature. The inhibitor is a synthetic nucleic acid which is single stranded but folds to form at least one double stranded region designed to melt at a temperature which is lower than the amplification reaction temperature, and at least one single stranded region where the single stranded region at the 5′ end contains at least one uracil or inosine and optionally a sequence at the 3′ end contains one or more derivative nucleotide or linkages. | 09-05-2013 |
Michael Greenough, Cheshire GB
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20150019564 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING INSTABILITY WHEN UPGRADING SOFTWARE - A system and a method of rating software bugs using a bug scoring and tracking system is presented. The system and method may use automated scoring of the bugs to determine the impact of the bug. The system and method may connect to one or more databases to determine the extent of the deployment of the software, the impact of the bug, and/or the history of the bug. Scoring is used to prioritize the bugs and the scoring is extensible and adjustable allowing easy addition of new parameters and allowing the system to be modified for different bug types, software, or customers. | 01-15-2015 |
Paul Greenough, Buckinghamshire GB
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20080248967 | Process for Evaluating a Refinery Feedstock - A process for evaluating a refinery feedstock, said process comprising: (i) providing a refinery feedstock, (ii) treating said refinery feedstock to produce an array comprising a plurality of fractions having different chemical and/or physical properties, each fraction being representative of a process stream that might be present in a refinery, and (iii) analysing each of said plurality of fractions to determine one or more chemical and/or physical properties of the fractions, said analyses being performed at least partially in parallel. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of refinery feedstocks is evaluated, each being fractionated prior to analysis of the fractions. | 10-09-2008 |
20080302704 | Process For Removal Of Sulfur From Components For Blending Of Transportation Fuels - A process is disclosed for removing highly deleterious non-basic nitrogen compounds upstream from an acid catalyzed thiophene alkylation process using adsorbents capable of adsorbing the non-basic nitrogen compounds. | 12-11-2008 |
20090100912 | Process For Evaluating Fouling Caused By Refinery Feedstocks - The fouling caused by a refinery feedstock on one or more refinery processes, said process comprising: (i) providing a plurality of refinery feedstocks and/or a plurality of fractions of one or more refinery feedstocks, (ii) providing an array comprising a plurality of metal samples representative of metallurgy present in a refinery, (iii) contacting each of the plurality of metal samples with one or more of said (iv) refinery feedstocks or fractions under non-static conditions, and determining the fouling of said refinery feedstock or fraction thereof. Preferably, the metal samples are in the form of a microfabricated array and the testing is carried out in parallel using high throughput experimentation. | 04-23-2009 |
Rodney David Greenough, Brigg GB
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20090188320 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING WOODEN POLES - A method of testing an elongate wooden element comprises injecting an input acoustic signal into the element, detecting a return acoustic signal at a surface of the element, and determining a spectral profile for the return signal. In at least a predetermined range in the spectral profile, each resonance peak is detected whose amplitude exceeds a first predetermined value, and from the resonance peaks so detected the number of higher peaks is determined whose amplitude exceeds 3 dB. For each of said higher peaks a quality factor Q is calculated, a mean quality value Q | 07-30-2009 |