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20080311455 | Solid oxide fuel cell components tuned by atomic layer deposition - A reduced cost solid oxide fuel cell having enhanced surface exchange rates and diffusivity of oxide ions is provided. The invention cell includes a first porous electrode and a second porous electrode, where the porous electrodes have a layer of electronically conductive porous non-precious metal, and the porous non-precious metal layer is a gas diffusion layer. The porous electrodes further include at least one atomic layer of catalytic metal deposited on the non-precious metal layer, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the first porous electrode and the second porous electrode. The electrolyte layer includes a first dense ion-conductive doped oxide film layer, and a second dense ion-conductive doped oxide film layer deposited on the first doped oxide film layer, where the catalytic metal layer on the conductive porous non-metal layer enhances surface exchange rates and diffusivity of the oxide ions, thus the material costs of the fuel cell are reduced. | 12-18-2008 |
20090218311 | Layer-structured fuel cell catalysts and current collectors - A method of fabricating a layer-structured catalysts at the electrode/electrolyte interface of a fuel cell is provided. The method includes providing a substrate, depositing an electrolyte layer on the substrate, depositing a catalyst bonding layer to the electrolyte layer, depositing a catalyst layer to the catalyst bonding layer, and depositing a microstructure stabilizing layer to the catalyst layer, where the bonding layer improves adhesion of the catalyst onto the electrolyte. The catalyst and a current collector is a porous catalyst and a fully dense current collector, or a fully dense catalyst and a fully dense current collector structure layer. A nano-island catalyst and current collector structure layer is deposited over the catalyst and current collector or over the bonding layer, which is deposited over the electrolyte layer. The fuel cell can be hydrogen-fueled solid oxide, solid oxide with hydrocarbons, solid sensor, solid acid, polymer electrolyte or direct methanol. | 09-03-2009 |
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20080231942 | MOBILE CHARGE INDUCED PERIODIC POLING AND DEVICE - Devices and methods are disclosed for realizing a high quality bulk domain grating structure utilizing mobile charges that are generated by means of photo-excitation in a substrate. An effect of light exposure (UV, visible, or a combination of wavelengths) is to generate photo-induced charges. The application of a voltage across the substrate combined with the application of light exposure causes a photo-induced current to flow through the substrate. The photo-induced charges (behaving like virtual electrode inside the material) and the photo-induced current result in both reduction of the coercive field required for domain inversion in the material and improve realization of the domain inversion pattern, which previously has not been possible at room temperature. | 09-25-2008 |
20090028207 | Mobile Charge Induced Periodic Poling And Device - Devices and methods are disclosed for realizing a high quality bulk domain grating structure utilizing mobile charges that are generated by means of photo-excitation in a substrate. An effect of light exposure (UV, visible, or a combination of wavelengths) is to generate photo-induced charges. The application of a voltage across the substrate combined with the application of light exposure causes a photo-induced current to flow through the substrate. The photo-induced charges (behaving like virtual electrode inside the material) and the photo-induced current result in both reduction of the coercive field required for domain inversion in the material and improve realization of the domain inversion pattern, which previously has not been possible at room temperature. | 01-29-2009 |
20100084412 | ENERGY EFFICIENT RANGE - Techniques for designing and creating energy efficient cookware are provided. In accordance with the techniques cookware can include a base and a wall and a linear pattern of flame guide channels connected to the base bottom. The guide channels accept flames and guide them to the perimeter from the central region resulting in efficient heat exchange. The linear channel profiles provides significant surface area enhancement from a given area on the bottom to improve heat transfer while providing even heating and mechanical strength to the cookware. A flame entrance opening is provided in the center region of the base to allow easy entrance of the flame into the channels. A gas burner flame pattern is provided to work with the linear channels profiles of the cookware to further improve the energy efficiency. A method of making the efficient cookware is provided involving deep drawing an extruded fin plate; A method of making the efficient cookware is provided involving spin cutting and spin forming of an extruded plate. A plate with heat exchange features that can be used either as the base of a piece of cookware or attached to the base of a piece of cookware can improve efficiency of heat transfer to the cookware. | 04-08-2010 |
20100242257 | Methods of Making Energy Efficient Cookware - Techniques for designing and creating energy efficient cookware are provided. In accordance with the techniques cookware can include a cookware base having a cooking surface and heating surface. The heating surface can have a pattern of fins forming heat exchange channels. The channel fins can improve energy transfer while providing even distribution throughout the cooking surface. Methods of making the energy efficient cookware are provided. Methods of direct forming channel fins by impact bonding and forging are disclosed. | 09-30-2010 |
20100242282 | METHODS OF MAKING ENERGY EFFICIENT COOKWARE - Techniques for designing and creating energy efficient cookware are provided. In accordance with the techniques cookware can include a cookware base having a cooking surface and heating surface. The heating surface can have a pattern of fins forming heat exchange channels. The fins can effectively increase surface area and the channels can guide thermal energy to the perimeter of the cookware base while the fins absorb the thermal energy. The channel fins can improve energy transfer while providing even distribution throughout the cooking surface. The use of fins can also improve the mechanical strength to the cookware. Methods of making the energy efficient cookware are provided. A piece of cookware with a thick base can be provided by casting and by bonding a metal plate to the cookware body. Within the base, heat exchange channels are created by manufacturing processes such as casting or cutting to improve heat transfer. | 09-30-2010 |
20140020568 | Heat Exchanger For Fryer - A novel tube heat exchanger is provided for a gas powered fryer where the cross-sectional area for flame passage decreases along the length of the tube. An exemplary tube heat exchanger has a spiral corrugated surface to have increase surface area, wherein a tapered spiral insert improves the interaction of the flame with the tube wall to improve the heat transfer. A split tube having flame passing cross-sectional area reduced along the direction of the flame flow improves interaction of the flame with the walls of the tubes and increases the surface area for better heat transfer. | 01-23-2014 |
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20100291080 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE REPAIR - The present invention provides compositions and methods for targeting an extracellular matrix derived (EMD) peptide predominantly to an injured tissue, as opposed to an uninjured tissue in vivo. The targeted EMD peptide facilitates the repair and/or regeneration of the injured tissue by providing a surface for cells to attach and grow, thereby facilitating the repair and/or regeneration of the injured tissue. | 11-18-2010 |
20120269813 | POLYCLONAL BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF USE - The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating a host infected with a pathogen. The composition comprising a population of polyclonal bispecific binding molecules that can target and eliminate a host cell infected with the pathogen. Methods for activating and arming cytotoxic immune cells with the composition for use in treating a patient infected with a pathogen are also provided. | 10-25-2012 |
20150104478 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE REPAIR - The present invention provides compositions and methods for targeting an extracellular matrix derived (EMD) peptide predominantly to an injured tissue, as opposed to an uninjured tissue in vivo. The targeted EMD peptide facilitates the repair and/or regeneration of the injured tissue by providing a surface for cells to attach and grow, thereby facilitating the repair and/or regeneration of the injured tissue. | 04-16-2015 |
20150175700 | POLYCLONAL BISPECIFIC ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF USE - The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating a host infected with a pathogen. The composition comprising a population of polyclonal bispecific binding molecules that can target and eliminate a host cell infected with the pathogen. Methods for activating and arming cytotoxic immune cells with the composition for use in treating a patient infected with a pathogen are also provided. | 06-25-2015 |
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20150058730 | GAME EVENT DISPLAY WITH A SCROLLABLE GRAPHICAL GAME PLAY FEED - A method is disclosed for receiving a plurality of play events associated with a sporting event, wherein each play event of the plurality of play events comprises a game clock time, a description, and identifies a sports team of a plurality of sports teams; for each play event in the plurality of play events: generating a graphical tile that is associated with the play event; configuring an appearance of the graphical tile based, at least in part, on the description and the sports team of the play event; causing to display a graphical tile list in a graphical user interface of a mobile computing device, wherein the graphical tile list includes one or more of the graphical tiles listed in a chronological order based on the game clock time in the play event associated with each graphical tile. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058780 | GAME EVENT DISPLAY WITH SCROLL BAR AND PLAY EVENT ICONS - A method is disclosed for receiving a plurality of play events associated with a sporting event, wherein each play event of the plurality of play events comprises a timestamp; for each of the play events, associating the play event with a sports team of a plurality of sports teams; for each of the play events, associating with the play event a particular icon from among a plurality of different icons based, at least in part, on the sports team that is associated with the play event; causing to display a bar in a graphical user interface of a mobile computing device, wherein the bar represents at least a portion of a time duration of the sporting event; for each of the play events, causing to display the particular icon at a position in the bar, wherein the position is based, at least in part, on the timestamp of the event. | 02-26-2015 |
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20090291668 | OFFLINE MOBILE RFID EVENT PERSISTENCY AND SYNCHRONIZATION - In various embodiments, RFID events are pre-processes with filtering logic by a mobile interrogator/reader before being inserted into tables of a local relational database on the mobile device when the mobile device cannot otherwise communicate collected events to a centralized data hub. The RFID events are stored in a normalized format that provides a simple, efficient, and standard interface for persisting the RFID events such that local access from applications on the mobile device is provided. | 11-26-2009 |
20100084463 | RFID ENABLED DYNAMIC OBJECT VERIFICATION WITH GTIN DECODED FROM EPC - Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) can be read from RFID labels and tags to verify shipments. The EPCs are decoded to Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs), which are then matched to GTINs of products on a shipping list. If all of the decoded GTINs match and there are no GTINs in the shipment list that are left unmatched, then shipment verification is successful. If some of the decoded GTINs fail to match, the verification process fails with extra, unexpected products. If some of the GTINs in the shipping list are left unmatched, the verification process fails with the missing products. | 04-08-2010 |
20100114994 | XML-BASED EVENT DRIVEN INTERFACE FOR OPC DATA ACCESS - Communication from applications may be carried in XML-based events through sockets, Web services, JMS, HTTP, telnet channels, and the like to an OPC client. The OPC client may include an event engine configured to process the XML-based events, and convert them to appropriate COM/DCOM API invocations. In some embodiments, the OPC client buffers collected data from the COM/DCOM API, and transmits the buffered data in an XML event to an application based on a subscription time schedule and/or value condition. The OPC client allows service oriented event-driven applications to interact with industry devices remotely via the open architecture provided by the OPC specification using a business level language syntax. | 05-06-2010 |
20120130946 | OFFLINE MOBILE RFID EVENT PERSISTENCY AND SYNCHRONIZATION - In various embodiments, RFID events are stored in a normalized format on mobile device configured by metadata pushed by a centralized data hub. RFID events are pre-processes with filtering logic by a mobile interrogator/reader before being inserted into tables of a local relational database on the mobile device when the mobile device cannot otherwise communicate collected events to the centralized data hub. The metadata provides a simple, efficient, and standard interface for persisting the RFID events such that local access from applications on the mobile device is provided. | 05-24-2012 |
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20100215644 | ANALYSIS OF NODES IN CELLULAR PATHWAYS - An embodiment of the present invention is a method for measuring activity of cell pathways, such as the cell cycle pathway and correlating the resulting profile to phenotypes. The resulting correlations are useful in diagnosis, prognosis, selection and development of drug treatment regimens, and drug screening applications. | 08-26-2010 |
20100240542 | KITS FOR MULTIPARAMETRIC PHOSPHO ANALYSIS - As disclosed herein, the present invention provides for kits and a composition for diagnosis, prognosis, drug discovery, drug development, and patient stratification. The kits can comprise a plurality of binding elements for cell surface markers, and a plurality of binding elements for state-specific intracellular markers. The kits can further comprise a plurality of modulators directed for the particular cell function or signaling pathways. The kits can further include fixatives, permeabilizing agent, buffers, containers, instructions, and software for data analysis/compilation. | 09-23-2010 |
20120276558 | KITS FOR MULTIPARAMETRIC PHOSPHO ANALYSIS - As disclosed herein, the present invention provides for kits and a composition for diagnosis, prognosis, drug discovery, drug development, and patient stratification. The kits can comprise a plurality of binding elements for cell surface markers, and a plurality of binding elements for state-specific intracellular markers. The kits can further comprise a plurality of modulators directed for the particular cell function or signaling pathways. The kits can further include fixatives, permeabilizing agent, buffers, containers, instructions, and software for data analysis/compilation. | 11-01-2012 |
20140057865 | ANALYSIS OF NODES IN CELLULAR PATHWAYS - An embodiment of the present invention is a method for measuring activity of cell pathways, such as the cell cycle pathway and correlating the resulting profile to phenotypes. The resulting correlations are useful in diagnosis, prognosis, selection and development of drug treatment regimens, and drug screening applications. | 02-27-2014 |
20150119288 | KITS FOR MULTIPARAMETRIC PHOSPHO ANALYSIS - As disclosed herein, the present invention provides for kits and a composition for diagnosis, prognosis, drug discovery, drug development, and patient stratification. The kits can comprise a plurality of binding elements for cell surface markers, and a plurality of binding elements for state-specific intracellular markers. The kits can further comprise a plurality of modulators directed for the particular cell function or signaling pathways. The kits can further include fixatives, permeabilizing agent, buffers, containers, instructions, and software for data analysis/compilation. | 04-30-2015 |
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20110102047 | Radio Frequency (RF) Power Detector Suitable for Use in Automatic Gain Control (AGC) - In one form, a power detector includes first and third transistors of a first conductivity type, and second and fourth transistors of a second conductivity type. A control electrode of the first transistor receives a first bias voltage plus a positive component of a differential input signal. The second transistor is coupled in series with the first transistor and has a control electrode receiving a second bias voltage plus a negative component of the differential input signal. The third transistor is biased using the first bias voltage plus the negative component. The fourth transistor is coupled in series with the third transistor and is biased using the second bias voltage plus the positive component. A common interconnection point of the first and third transistors forms an output node. In another form, a power detector compares an output of a power detector core to multiple threshold voltages in corresponding comparators. | 05-05-2011 |
20120250789 | GENERATING A MODULATED SIGNAL FOR A TRANSMITTER - A technique includes generating an angle modulated square wave signal and progressively filtering the angle modulated square wave signal in a transmitter using a plurality of low pass filters to produce a modulated sinusoidal signal to drive an antenna. The technique includes programming the transmitter to tune a corner frequency of the filtering to a frequency within a range of frequencies selectable using the programming, based on a carrier frequency associated with the modulated sinusoidal signal. | 10-04-2012 |
20120252383 | TRANSMITTER - A transmitter is adapted to be programmed to select an amplifier operating class for the transmitter out of a plurality of amplifier operating classes. The transmitter is also adapted to operate according to the selected amplifier operating class to communicate a signal to an antenna. | 10-04-2012 |
20120299623 | RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) POWER DETECTOR SUITABLE FOR USE IN AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL (AGC) - In one form, a power converter for a power detector or the like includes first and third transistors of a first conductivity type, and second and fourth transistors of a second conductivity type. A control electrode of the first transistor receives a first bias voltage plus a positive component of a differential input signal. The second transistor is coupled in series with the first transistor and has a control electrode receiving a second bias voltage plus a negative component of the differential input signal. The third transistor is biased using the first bias voltage plus the negative component. The fourth transistor is coupled in series with the third transistor and is biased using the second bias voltage plus the positive component. A common interconnection point of the first and third transistors forms an output node. | 11-29-2012 |
20130002357 | Providing Automatic Power Control For A Power Amplifier - A power control circuit is coupled to receive a feedback signal from a power amplifier (PA) and generate a control signal to control a variable gain amplifier (VGA) coupled to an input to the PA based on the feedback signal. The power control circuit may include, in one embodiment, a mute circuit to generate a mute signal to be provided to the VGA when the control signal is less than a first level and a clamp circuit to clamp a control voltage used to generate the control signal from exceeding a threshold level. | 01-03-2013 |
20140176201 | TIME-INTERLEAVED DIGITAL-TO-TIME CONVERTER - A fractional-N divider supplies a divided clock signal. An adjusted divided clock signal is generated in a digital-to-time converter circuit having a delay linearly proportional to digital quantization errors of the fractional-N divider. The adjusted divided clock signal is generated based on first and second capacitors charging to a predetermined level. The charging of the first and second capacitors is interleaved in alternate periods of the divided clock. The charging of each capacitor with a current corresponding to respective digital quantization errors is interleaved with charging with a fixed current. A first edge of a first pulse of the adjusted divided clock signal is generated in response to the first capacitor charging to a predetermined voltage and a first edge of a next pulse of the adjusted divided clock signal is generated in response to the second capacitor charging to the predetermined voltage. | 06-26-2014 |
20140307759 | Isolated Serializer-Deserializer - A first integrated circuit die receives input data from a plurality of input channels and combines the input data from the plurality of input channels into combined data. The first integrated circuit die transmits the combined data across an isolation communication channel. A second integrated circuit die that is coupled to the isolation communication channel decodes the transmitted combined data and supplies the decoded transmitted combined data to respective output channels corresponding to the input channels. | 10-16-2014 |
20150048895 | ACCURATE FREQUENCY CONTROL USING A MEMS-BASED OSCILLATOR - A micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) oscillator supplies an oscillator output signal having a first frequency that differs from a predetermined frequency of the output signal. An error determination circuit determines frequency error from the predetermined frequency based on initial frequency offset and/or temperature and provides the error information indicating a difference between the first frequency and the predetermined frequency. The error information is used by a receiving system in frequency translation logic that utilizes the oscillator output signal as a frequency reference. | 02-19-2015 |