Grigsby, US
Bryant Grigsby, Los Gatos, CA US
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20150224502 | Flow-through cartridge-based system for collecting and processing samples from water - A compact flow-through water collection and processing device includes a configurable fluidic path through multiple flow-through sampling cartridges connected to a distribution valve ring. Simultaneous parallel and/or serial flow paths may be controllably selected, allowing the cartridges in the flow paths to collect material suspended or dissolved in the water flowing through the flow path. | 08-13-2015 |
Calvin B. Grigsby, Blackhawk, CA US
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20090037347 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OFFERING, PRICING, AND SELLING SECURITIES OVER A NETWORK - The present invention relates to a system and method of offering, automatically pricing, preparing for sale, selling, and managing securities, such as municipal bonds, over a network, such as the Internet. The present invention also relates to a system and method for an on-line, one-stop and one-source platform for municipal borrowing, production of associated bond legal documents and offering materials, and satisfaction of continuing disclosure requirements. | 02-05-2009 |
20110125629 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OFFERING, PRICING, AND SELLING SECURITIES OVER A NETWORK - The present invention relates to a system and method of offering, automatically pricing, preparing for sale, selling, and managing securities, such as municipal bonds, over a network, such as the Internet. The present invention also relates to a system and method for an on-line, one-stop and one-source platform for municipal borrowing, production of associated bond legal documents and offering materials, and satisfaction of continuing disclosure requirements. | 05-26-2011 |
Charles F. Grigsby, Marietta, GA US
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20090045248 | Bulk Materials Container - A bulk materials container having a first wall-forming blank of corrugated paperboard sheets made of at least a flute member and a liner sheet, and scored to provide a series of main panels foldably joined together at opposing edges with each main panel having opposing top and bottom flaps foldably joined to respective edge portions and laminated to a second wall-forming blank having at least a flute member attached to a liner sheet scored to provide a series of main panels each having opposing top and bottom flaps foldably joined to respective edge portions, and a liner sheet and one of the first or second blanks extending beyond a distal edge of the respective top and bottom flaps, and folded over the distal edge and attached adhesively to the opposing surface so that the open channels of the flutes at the distal edge are covered. | 02-19-2009 |
20090120906 | Rampable Crate For Riding Lawn Mower And Method - A rampable crate for riding lawn mowers in which a pallet connects to a top frame with a plurality of posts, and the pallet includes a pair of spaced-apart rails disposed at an oblique angle as an upward ramp to an edge of the pallet for travel of the rear wheels of the riding lawn mower with the posts selectively extending from the edge of the pallet to define a downward ramp from the pallet in order for the lawn mower to be driven off the pallet. A method of removing a riding lawn mower from a crate is disclosed. | 05-14-2009 |
David B. Grigsby, Encinitas, CA US
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20090222925 | SECURE BROWSER-BASED APPLICATIONS - Techniques are provided for execution of restricted operations by computer program code in web browsers, where the code is permitted to invoke restricted operations if implicit or explicit consent is received. Such techniques may include generating a risk rating for a computer program code component, where the component includes at least one component operation for executing at least one restricted system operation; and prompting a user for permission to execute the restricted system operation, wherein the prompt includes the risk rating and a description of the component operation. The program code may include script code associated with a web page that invokes a web browser plugin, which in turn invokes the restricted system operation. The code may invoke the restricted system operation in response to receiving an input from a user via the web browser, where the input is for causing an action associated with performing the operation, the action implicitly granting consent to perform the operation. | 09-03-2009 |
Ele Grigsby, Louisville, KY US
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20110053480 | SCRAPER AND SHARPENING TOOL COMBINATION AND SHARPENING METHOD - A scraper in combination with a sharpener provides consistent sharpening of the scraper blade. The scraper has a scraper blade, blade holder, and bearing surface. The sharpener has a sharpening element and a guide generally parallel to the sharpening element. The bearing surface of the scraper fits the guide of the sharpener and the scraper blade contacts the sharpening element. The scraper can be drawn along the guide to draw the blade along the sharpening element. The bearing surface and guide keep the blade in consistent and correct relation to the sharpening element to provide proper sharpening of the scraper blade. Adaptors may be used to sharpen additional types of blades or tools on the sharpener and different types of sharpening elements may be used in the sharpener. | 03-03-2011 |
20110201261 | Scraper Accommodating Different Sizes of Blades - A scraper has a blade holder that tapers from a wider width to a narrower width. A blade with a scraping edge is mounted on the blade holder with the scraping edge near to the narrower width of the blade holder. The blade is interchangeably mounted and can be replaced with other blades. The blades can have different widths for their scraping edges. The tapered shape of the blade holder allows blades with different widths of scraping edges to be used in the scraper without the blade holder interfering with the use of the scraper. Embodiments of the scraper have handles which may have features such as a hand rest near the blade holder to provide additional pressure and a ring at the end of the handle to provide additional pull. At least one embodiment of the scraper has a bearing surface to fit on a guide on a sharpener. | 08-18-2011 |
Eric Grigsby, Napa, CA US
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20140155973 | TISSUE-CAPTURED ANCHORS AND METHODS OF USE - Devices, systems and methods are provided for anchoring implantable medical devices to maintain an implanted position. In some embodiments, the medical devices are stimulation leads which are implanted near a portion of the neural anatomy for providing stimulation thereto. To maintain position of the lead, the lead is anchored with the use of a tissue-captured anchor which is attached to the lead at a desired point of anchoring. The anchor maintains position of the lead by resisting movement of the anchor between tissue layers at the point of anchoring. | 06-05-2014 |
Eric J. Grigsby, Napa, CA US
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20100179562 | STIMULATION LEADS, DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - Devices, systems and methods are provided for accessing and treating anatomies associated with a variety of conditions while minimizing possible complications and side effects. This is achieved by directly neuromodulating a target anatomy associated with the condition while minimizing or excluding undesired neuromodulation of other anatomies. Typically, this involves stimulating portions of neural tissue of the central nervous system, wherein the central nervous system includes the spinal cord and the pairs of nerves along the spinal cord which are known as spinal nerves. In particular, some embodiments of the present invention are used to selectively stimulate portions of the spinal nerves, particularly one or more dorsal root ganglions (DRGs), to treat chronic pain while causing minimal deleterious side effects such as undesired motor responses. | 07-15-2010 |
20110276056 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR REDUCING MIGRATION - Devices, systems and methods for reducing migration of leads, catheters and similar devices are provided. In particular, devices, systems and methods are provided for creating a slack anchor which assists in maintaining the lead or catheter in a desired position. In some embodiments, the slack anchor is created within the epidural space. When targeting nerve anatomy within the spinal column or in the vicinity of the epidural space, anchoring within the epidural space allows the associated lead or catheter to be anchored as close to the target therapy site as desired or possible. By anchoring close to the target therapy site, the risk of movement or migration is significantly reduced or eliminated. | 11-10-2011 |
James M. Grigsby, Clarksville, TN US
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20100112930 | Roof assembly for an air handler - An air handler (or air handler section) includes an enclosure containing various internal HVAC components and a bi-directional alignment system that during factor assembly of the enclosure helps align the enclosure's entire roof to the internal components. To help align the roof in a widthwise direction, a tapered lead-in edge in the upper corners of a block-off panel for an evaporator, filter rack, damper, fan and/or other HVAC component engages a roof rail that runs along the length of the roof. The upper corners of the block-offs also include a landing edge that engages the underside of the roof rail to help support the weight of the roof. Cross rails attached to the underside of the roof and extending along the width of the enclosure include an inclined lead-in flange that engages the upper edge of the various internal HVAC components, thereby helping align the roof in a lengthwise direction. | 05-06-2010 |
John Grigsby, Stateline, NV US
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20090272016 | Method and system of labeling user controls of a multi-function computer-controlled device - A method and system of labeling user controls of a multi-function computer-controlled device comprises a data storage medium with attached labeling and a user-accessible port by which the medium can be attached to the device, such that the data stored on the medium affects the actions performed by one or more of the user controls of the device, such that the attached labeling is physically visible to the user while operating the user controls of the device from a reasonable operating position, and such that this visible labeling comprises textual and/or graphical elements that describe the function of one or more of said user controls of said device, as enabled or determined partially or completely by the data. It is preferable, though not necessary to all embodiments, that the labeling be as close as is practical to the user controls, and that the layout of the labeling correspond as closely as is practical to the layout of the user controls. | 11-05-2009 |
John Grigsby, Alameda, CA US
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20090055007 | Method and System of Controlling and/or configuring an Electronic Audio Recorder, Player, Processor and/or Synthesizer - A method and system of controlling and/or configuring an electronic audio recorder, player, processor, and/or synthesizer, comprises a network or bi-directional data port that allows such a device to be connected to a computer or computer network, as well as within the memory of the device, or within memory or other data storage attached to or integrated with the device, the software required for the user to control and/or configure the device itself from a computer, such that the software can be transferred to the computer, executed, and used to control and/or configure the device without requiring the user to have previously found and installed such control and/or configuration software on the computer through means other than those described herein. | 02-26-2009 |
John Joseph Grigsby, San Diego, CA US
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20090163698 | Method for Preparing Antibody Conjugates - The subject matter described herein relates to a process for preparing an antibody, in one embodiment a Fab′, in very good yields and purity, under conditions where the presence of heavy and light chain antibody fragments is minimized. More particularly, the subject matter described herein relates to a process for reducing F(ab) | 06-25-2009 |
Jonathan C. Grigsby, Austin, TX US
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20120098333 | Subscriber Line Interface Circuit with Intra-Operational State Selectable Supply - A method of generating a plurality of supply voltages for a plurality of subscriber line channels includes generating a first target VBAT value for a first associated linefeed driver from a first VBAT control. A second target VBAT value for a second associated linefeed driver is generated from a second VBAT control. A selected target VBAT value is generated based upon the first and second target VBAT values. A magnitude of the selected target VBAT value is not less than any maximum of a magnitude of the first and second target VBAT values. A switching regulator is controlled to provide a first generated VBAT corresponding to the selected target VBAT value, wherein the switching regulator provides a second generated VBAT having a pre-determined proportional relationship (p) to the first generated VBAT. | 04-26-2012 |
Joseph Scott Grigsby, New York, NY US
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20130122036 | Methods And Compositions Useful For Treating Fitzpatrick Type IV, V Or VI Skin - Compositions comprising a moisturizing agent, a desquamating agent, a mattifying agent and an agent that increases skin luminosity are disclosed herein. The compositions are useful for moisturizing, desquamating, mattifying, and increasing the luminosity in skin of an individual having a Fitzpatrick Skin Type IV, V, or VI. Also disclosed are methods for moisturizing, desquamating, mattifying, and increasing the luminosity in skin, comprising administering to an individual having a Fitzpatrick Skin Type IV, V, or VI, the present compositions. | 05-16-2013 |
Perry Grigsby, St. Louis, MO US
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20130053682 | GYNECOLOGICAL BRACHYTHERAPY APPLICATOR FOR USE IN MR-GUIDED INTRACAVITARY BRACHYTHERAPY - A gynecological brachytherapy applicator for use in delivering a radiation dose to a tumor affecting a uterus and a cervix of a patient is described herein. The applicator includes an intrauterine tandem that includes a base portion and a tip portion extending outwardly from the base portion. The tip portion is configured to be inserted within the uterus to facilitate delivering a radiation dose to an area including the uterus and the cervix. The tandem is configured to reduce metal artifacts in MR images of the tandem within the patient to facilitate improving visualization and localization of the tandem in the MR images during MR-guided intracavitary brachytherapy. | 02-28-2013 |
Perry W. Grigsby, Glendale, MO US
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20140309478 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF CANCERS - Devices and methods for brachytherapy treatment are disclosed. One aspect is a poly(methyl methacrylate) apparatus for brachytherapy treatment at the vaginal apex. Another aspect is a poly(methyl methacrylate) apparatus for brachytherapy treatment in the distal two-thirds of the vagina. Another aspect is a poly(methyl methacrylate) apparatus for brachytherapy treatment of cancers that are offset from the vaginal apex. Other aspects include methods for guiding needles for treatment of cancers at the vaginal apex, in the distal two-thirds of the vagina, and that are offset from the vaginal apex. | 10-16-2014 |
Raymond Grigsby, Los Gatos, CA US
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20130266307 | DIAGNOSTIC PORT FOR INTER-SWITCH AND NODE LINK TESTING IN ELECTRICAL, OPTICAL AND REMOTE LOOPBACK MODES - A diagnostic testing utility is used to perform single link diagnostics tests including an electrical loopback test, an optical loopback test, a link traffic test, and a link distance measurement test. To perform the diagnostic tests, two ports at each end of a link are identified and then statically configured by a user. The ports will be configured as D_Ports and as such will be isolated from the fabric with no data traffic flowing through them. This configuration can be static or can be on request or on errors. The ports will then be used to send test frames to perform the diagnostic tests. After completion of requested or on error testing the ports can return to normal operation. | 10-10-2013 |
Stacey L. Grigsby, Louisville, KY US
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20090248446 | Medical information card - A device for storing, transporting and maintaining a user's medical history and condition. The device comprises a flash drive which is preprogrammed with a form ready to be filled out, edited or appended with all of the user's medical information. The form is in OMNIFORM® mailable filler format commonly used in the medical industry. | 10-01-2009 |
Tommy F. Grigsby, Katy, TX US
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20100018697 | Securement of Lines to Well Sand Control Screens - Systems and methods for securing lines to well sand control screens. A method of securing at least one line to a tubular string includes connecting together longitudinal ends of longitudinal sections of the tubular string; then wrapping a shroud circumferentially about the connected tubular string sections; and securing the line to the shroud. A well screen assembly includes a generally tubular filter portion, a shroud wrapped circumferentially about the filter portion, and a retainer which connects opposite circumferential ends of the shroud to each other without being welded to at least one of the shroud ends, with the retainer being positioned on an interior of the shroud. Another well screen assembly includes multiple longitudinal sections of a tubular string, at least one of the longitudinal sections comprising a well screen, and a shroud wrapped circumferentially about the tubular string sections and rotationally secured to the tubular string. | 01-28-2010 |
Tommy F. Grigsby, Houma, LA US
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20120179428 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPLETION OPTIMIZATION - A system for completing a wellbore ( | 07-12-2012 |
Tommy Frank Grigsby, Katy, TX US
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20080217002 | Sand control screen having a micro-perforated filtration layer - A sand control screen ( | 09-11-2008 |
20100051262 | Sand Control Screen Assembly and Method for Use of Same - A sand control screen assembly ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100051270 | Sand Control Screen Assembly and Method for Use of Same - A sand control screen assembly ( | 03-04-2010 |
20110011577 | SAND CONTROL SCREEN ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR USE OF SAME - A sand control screen assembly ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110011586 | SAND CONTROL SCREEN ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR USE OF SAME - A sand control screen assembly ( | 01-20-2011 |
20120090687 | Remotely Controllable Fluid Flow Control Assembly - Fluid flow control assemblies capable of being disposed in a wellbore for hydrocarbon fluid production are described. The fluid flow control assemblies can include valves that are actuated via controls from a component positioned at or near the surface to control direction of fluid flow downhole. Packers can be set, slurry can be circulated to screens, and hydrocarbons can be produced via a single trip through the wellbore. | 04-19-2012 |
20140083675 | Single Trip Multi-Zone Completion Systems and Methods - Disclosed are systems and methods of producing from multiple production zones with a single trip multi-zone completion system. One single trip multi-zone completion system includes an outer completion string having at least one sand screen arranged thereabout and being deployable in an open hole section of a wellbore that penetrates at least one formation zone, a production tubing arranged within the outer completion string and having at least one interval control valve disposed thereon, a control line extending external to the production tubing and being communicably coupled to the at least one interval control valve, and a surveillance line extending external to the outer completion string and interposing the at least one formation zone and the at least one sand screen. | 03-27-2014 |
20140083682 | Single Trip Multi-Zone Completion Systems and Methods - Disclosed are systems and methods of producing from multiple production zones with a single trip multi-zone completion system. One method includes arranging an outer completion string within an open hole section of a wellbore, the outer completion string having at least one sand screen disposed thereabout, extending a production tubing within the outer completion string, the production tubing having at least one interval control valve disposed thereon, communicably coupling the production tubing to the completion string at a crossover coupling having one or more control lines coupled thereto, actuating the at least one interval control valve to initiate production into the production tubing at the at least one interval control valve, and measuring one or more fluid and/or well environmental parameters external to the outer completion string with a surveillance line communicably coupled to one or more control lines at the crossover coupling. | 03-27-2014 |
20140083714 | Single Trip Multi-Zone Completion Systems and Methods - Disclosed are systems and methods of producing from multiple production zones with a single trip multi-zone completion system. One single trip multi-zone completion system includes an outer completion string having at least one sand screen arranged thereabout and an interval control valve coupled to the at least one sand screen, a production tubing communicably coupled to the outer completion string at a crossover coupling, a control line extending external to the production tubing and being communicably coupled to the crossover coupling, and a surveillance line extending from the crossover coupling external to the outer completion string and interposing the at least one formation zone and the at least one sand screen, the surveillance line being communicably coupled to the interval control valve. | 03-27-2014 |
Tommy Frank Grigsby, Houston, TX US
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20120199362 | METHODS OF MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE IN MULTIPLE INTERVALS OF A WELLBORE IN A SOFT FORMATION - According to an embodiment, a method of maintaining a hydrostatic pressure exerted on a wall of a wellbore in at least a first interval and a second interval of the wellbore, comprises the steps of: flowing a liquid through at least a first pressure regulator and a second pressure regulator, wherein the first pressure regulator is located in the first interval of the wellbore, wherein the second pressure regulator is located in the second interval of the wellbore, and wherein each of the first and second pressure regulators regulates the amount of pressure exerted by the liquid on the wall of the wellbore; and maintaining the amount of pressure for a specific period of time. According to another embodiment, a method of maintaining a hydrostatic pressure in multiple intervals of a soft subterranean formation, comprises the steps of: using a pressure regulator to maintain an amount of pressure exerted by a liquid on the face of the subterranean formation in each of the multiple intervals, wherein the step of using comprises maintaining liquid communication with each of the multiple intervals. According to certain embodiments, the wellbore is part of a soft subterranean formation. | 08-09-2012 |
Travis Grigsby, Austin, TX US
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20140039789 | DYNAMIC PROGRESSIVE MAP GRANULARITY FOR NAVIGATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic, progressive route granularity for a computed route in a navigation system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic, progressive routing granularity for a computed route in a navigation system is provided. The method includes computing a route of turn by turn directives from an origin to a destination in memory of a navigation computing system. The method additionally includes determining one segment of the route from amongst multiple different segments of the route to be a familiar segment. The method yet further includes removing from the familiar segment at least one of the turn by turn directives. Finally, the method includes displaying the route in the navigation computing system without segments that have been removed as part of the familiar segment. | 02-06-2014 |
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, Texas, TX US
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20140195146 | PREVENTATIVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION SOCIAL NETWORKING IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM WITHIN A COMMUNITY - A method, system, and computer program product for transmitting traffic congestion routing data to a community of global positioning system (GPS) devices. Community routing logic of a community routing system (CRS) receives a route request containing the current location and desired destination of a GPS device. The CRS may use the community routing logic to determine a path that the user of the GPS device should travel on to best minimize driving time and traffic conditions for a community of users of the CRS. The CRS considers road capacity, current traffic conditions, and historical traffic data for roads and alternate roads along a preferred route. The CRS also considers routes previously taken by the GPS device. Additionally, the CRS may receive information about routes taken by other GPS devices to further improve future routes of the community of GPS devices. | 07-10-2014 |
Travis M. Grigsby, Seattle, WA US
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20130332782 | BACKGROUND BUFFERING OF CONTENT UPDATES - A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product handles content availability error codes. A content refresh response, responsive to a content refresh request that requests content being displayed on a user interface to be updated, is received by and stored in a buffer in a client computer. The content refresh request was generated by a content renderer in the client computer, and the buffer is isolated from the content renderer. The content refresh response is then transmitted from the buffer to a content refresh handler, such that the content refresh handler prevents the content refresh response from being sent directly from the buffer to the content renderer without the content refresh response first being analyzed by the content refresh handler. | 12-12-2013 |
20150195097 | Facilitating Media Streaming with Social Interaction - Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating social interaction during a media item transmission. A group of participants may be formed based on a variety of factors. A media item is rendered on a first portion of a media player user interface. On a second portion of the media player user interface group members may communicate with each other concurrent with the streaming media item. The entire experience may be stored and replayed at another time. | 07-09-2015 |
Will R. Grigsby, Austin, TX US
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20130050560 | ELECTRONIC SELECTION OF A FIELD OF VIEW FROM A LARGER FIELD OF REGARD - An electronic vertical adjustment focal plane assembly for electronic selection of a field of view from a larger field of regard is disclosed. In one embodiment, the electronic vertical adjustment focal plane assembly includes a lens assembly configured to focus radiation coming from an external field of view on to the focal plane assembly. Further, the electronic vertical adjustment focal plane assembly includes a fixed focal plane assembly that is oversized to substantially cover an entire field of regard and configured to receive the focused radiation from the lens assembly and to output a signal. Furthermore, the electronic vertical adjustment focal plane assembly includes a video controller electronically coupled to the signal from the fixed focal plane assembly and to generate an image based on an electronically selected desired elevational field of view. | 02-28-2013 |