Winchester, US
Brian K. Winchester, Pittsford, NY US
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20120314433 | Apparatus for attaching an incandescent light bulb clip of a lampshade to a spiral shaped compact fluorescent light - An apparatus having a base, and legs coupled to the base extending there from for releasably engaging the spiral portion of a CFL along the outer circumference thereof, such that the legs are spaced from each other about the outer circumference of the CFL. Two of the legs opposite each about the CFL circumference each have at least one region enabling engagement to one of the two wire loops of a typical incandescent bulb clip from which a lampshade is supportable. | 12-13-2012 |
Christine M. Winchester, Pittsford, NY US
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20120314433 | Apparatus for attaching an incandescent light bulb clip of a lampshade to a spiral shaped compact fluorescent light - An apparatus having a base, and legs coupled to the base extending there from for releasably engaging the spiral portion of a CFL along the outer circumference thereof, such that the legs are spaced from each other about the outer circumference of the CFL. Two of the legs opposite each about the CFL circumference each have at least one region enabling engagement to one of the two wire loops of a typical incandescent bulb clip from which a lampshade is supportable. | 12-13-2012 |
Conda Winchester, Arlington, TN US
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20130231971 | LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented system for developing, tracking and managing legal (and other professional services) projects or matters through the Legal Project Management (LPM) process. The LPM process divides the management of a legal matter or project into three phases: Project Development; Project Execution; and Project Closure. The Project Development Phase includes conflict screening, fee arrangements, identification of the nature and scope of the matter, the goals of the stakeholders, the tasks associated with the matter, and development of a schedule, budget, and a communications plan. The Project Execution Phase involves monitoring the progress of the matter, tracking the actual time and cost to budget, identifying risks and changes to the scope of the matter as they develop, and communicating among team members. The Project Closure Phase includes file closure procedures, and team and client meetings to identify lessons learned in the engagement for future improvement. | 09-05-2013 |
David Charles Winchester, Walnutport, PA US
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20120012201 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR SELECTIVELY COLLECTING PROCESS EFFLUENT - An apparatus and process for recovering a desired gas such as xenon difluoride, xenon, argon, helium or neon, from the effluent of a chemical process reactor that utilizes such gases alone or in a gas mixture or in a molecule that becomes decomposed wherein the chemical process reactor uses a sequence of different gas composition not all of which contain the desired gas and the desired gas is captured and recovered substantially only during the time the desired gas is in the effluent. | 01-19-2012 |
20120079939 | RECOVERING OF XENON BY ADSORPTION PROCESS - The present invention discloses the improvements to a vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) process used for Xe recovery. By only collecting the recovered gas mixture after the initial evacuation of N | 04-05-2012 |
20140196664 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TUNGSTEN HEXAFLUORIDE RECOVERY AND REUSE - Condensable materials, such as but not limited to tungsten fluoride (WF | 07-17-2014 |
20150099416 | System and Method for Xenon Recovery - Xenon is contained within articles of manufacture such as light bulbs. Described herein are an apparatus, system, a method to capture and collect the xenon contained in articles of manufacture such as defective light bulbs for recovery and/or reuse. | 04-09-2015 |
20150196870 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GAS RECOVERY AND REUSE - Process gas(es), such as but not limited to helium, can be used in the manufacture of a variety of objects. Described herein are methods to collect, reuse, and recycle the process gas(es) that are used in the production process rather than treat these materials as waste. | 07-16-2015 |
Edward T. Winchester, Billerica, MA US
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20150227591 | System and Method for Automatically Validating Classified Data Objects - A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for enhancing a classification system to include an automatic classification validation system. The automatic classification validation system takes the classification results and automatically validates them for correctness. More specifically, the automatic classification validation system analyzes the data objects in the categories and, if any outliers are identified, then determines a context of the data object from a plurality of records contained within a certain category to determine the context. The classification validation system then uses the context of the data object to validate the classification. | 08-13-2015 |
Gary Winchester, Warrior, AL US
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20110204533 | Emulsion-Based Process for Preparing Microparticles and Workhead Assembly for Use with Same - The present invention relates to emulsion and double-emulsion based processes for preparing microparticles. The invention also relates to workhead assemblies for in-line flow-through mixing devices that can be used for mixing two or more fluids. The workhead assemblies can be used with the processes for preparing microparticles. | 08-25-2011 |
20130302431 | Polymorph Compositions, Methods of Making, and Uses Thereof - The described invention provides a biodegradable, biocompatible delivery system of flowable sustained release microparticulate composition of a substantially pure crystalline form of a bioactive agent such as, for example, nimodipine, a process of preparing a therapeutic form of a substantially pure crystalline form of the bioactive agent and a method for treating an interruption of a cerebral artery in a subarachnoid space at risk of interruption caused by brain injury in a mammal, which reduces signs or symptoms of at least one delayed complication associated with brain injury. | 11-14-2013 |
20140271895 | Polymorph Compositions, Methods of Making, and Uses Thereof - The described invention provides a biodegradable, biocompatible delivery system of flowable sustained release microparticulate composition of a substantially pure crystalline form of a bioactive agent such as, for example, nimodipine, a process of preparing a therapeutic form of a substantially pure crystalline form of the bioactive agent and a method for treating an interruption of a cerebral artery in a subarachnoid space at risk of interruption caused by brain injury in a mammal, which reduces signs or symptoms of at least one delayed complication associated with brain injury. | 09-18-2014 |
Gary Winchester, Simpsonville, SC US
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20140259666 | METHODS FOR THE REPAIR OF GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES - In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a method for repairing a damaged metallic component using additive manufacturing techniques includes separating a damaged portion of the damaged metallic component from an undamaged portion of the damaged metallic component, measuring the undamaged portion to determine the dimensions of the removed damaged portion, fabricating a replacement portion using additive manufacturing techniques in accordance with the determined dimensions of the removed damaged portion, and joining the replacement portion with the undamaged portion of the damaged metallic component to form a repaired metallic component. | 09-18-2014 |
Gary A. Winchester, Warrior, AL US
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20110245799 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY OF SUSPENSIONS AND OTHER MICROPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed herein are systems and methods useful for delivery of suspensions and other microparticle compositions, and, in particular, for delivering microparticles at desired dosing levels and eliminating blockages within microparticle suspensions positioned within a delivery device. | 10-06-2011 |
Gary Anthony Winchester, Dora, AL US
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20100003300 | INJECTABLE DELIVERY OF MICROPARTICLES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREFORE - Compositions and methods of making and using of microparticle compositions that provide faster flow or improved injectability through smaller or small-diameter needles have been developed. Notably, the microparticle compositions can be successfully delivered or administered through smaller-diameter needles than other microparticle compositions prepared from biocompatible or biodegradable polymers including, for example, poly(lactide), poly(lactide-co-glycolide), polycaprolactone, or poly-3-hydroxybutyrate. The microparticle compositions can exhibit a higher solids loading for a given needle size and/or faster flow through needles than other microparticle compositions. Further, blending or mixing the polymer of the microparticle composition with other polymer formulations can enhance the injectability of the resulting formulation. | 01-07-2010 |
Henry Winchester, Newtown Square, PA US
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20090030795 | PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSURANCE PREMIUM PAYMENTS - In certain embodiments, a system and method for insurance premium payment is provided that automatically charges recurring insurance premiums to a credit or debit card chosen by the consumer. The system may apply a reward component and a special interest rate component to the charged premium so that card holders and their insurance companies share in the financial benefits of card usage. | 01-29-2009 |
Jaime D. Winchester, Warsaw, IN US
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20130123856 | QUICK-CONNECT DRILL GUIDE - A drill guide for use with a bone plate is provided in accordance with various aspects of the present teachings. The drill guide can include a body and a quick-connect coupling arrangement. The body can have a proximal end, a distal end and can define a guide passage therebetween. The distal end can have a bone plate engaging portion. The quick-connect coupling arrangement can be associated with the bone plate engaging portion, and can include first and second lobes projecting radially outward from an outer surface of the bone plate engaging portion. The bone plate engaging portion and the first and second lobes can be operable to be slidably received in a bone screw hole in the bone plate so as to removably couple the drill guide to the bone plate in a predetermined orientation relative to the bone screw hole. | 05-16-2013 |
James Edward Winchester US
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20090019914 | Flowmeter Calibration System and Operational Method - Disclosed is a bi-directional piston displacement type volumetric fluid flow rate delivery and metering system (calibration standard) and operational method for calibration of fluid flowmeters. The present invention provides reduced uncertainty of delivered volumetric fluid flow rate at meters under test relative to the uncertainty of volumetric fluid flow rate at meters under test provided by prior art bi-directional piston displacement type volumetric fluid flow rate standards given the same nominal cylinder diameters and working fluid and equal dimensional, timing and temperature measurement uncertainties by employing a plurality of metering pistons and cylinders to minimize the connecting volume piping between the metering piston cylinder outlet and meters under test, providing open access to one side of each metering piston to accomplish installation of temperature probes through the pistons into the working fluid and by operational method which minimizes the connecting volume to standard volume ratio. | 01-22-2009 |
James F. Winchester, Mclean, VA US
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20110210074 | REMOVAL OF MYOGLOBIN FROM BLOOD AND/OR PHYSIOLOGICAL FLUIDS - A polymer sorbent clears myoglobin from blood and/or other physiological fluids and solutions. Normal saline or human serum in which myoglobin was dissolved is perfused by a peristaltic pump through a column packed with the polymer sorbent. After a four-hour perfusion, the myoglobin level in normal saline fell from initial levels to virtually undetectable levels. Perfusion through the polymer sorbent was then found to lower concentrations of dissolved myoglobin to a significant degree in samples of human serum after four hours, indicating that the polymer sorbent is an effective sorbent for myoglobin. | 09-01-2011 |
James F. Winchester, New York, NY US
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20100069816 | Biocompatible devices, systems, and methods for reducing levels of proinflammatory or antiinflammatory stimulators or mediators in the blood - Devices, systems, and methods reduce levels of proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in blood by selective adsorption. The devices, systems, and methods are useful in situations where abnormal levels of or unregulated or excessive interaction among proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators occur, or during events that do induce or have the potential for inducing abnormal production of proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators. The devices, systems, and methods serve to prevent, control, reduce, or alleviate the severity of the inflammatory response and disease states that are associated with abnormal levels of or unregulated or excessive interaction among proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators. | 03-18-2010 |
20100233673 | Devices, systems, and methods for reducing levels of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in blood products - Devices, systems, and methods reduce levels of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in blood by selective adsorption. The devices, systems; and methods are useful in situations where abnormal levels of or unregulated or excessive interaction among pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators occur, or during events that do induce or have the potential for inducing abnormal production of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators. The devices, systems, and methods serve to prevent, control, reduce, or alleviate the severity of the inflammatory response and disease states that are associated with abnormal levels of or unregulated or excessive interaction among pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators. | 09-16-2010 |
20110004152 | Biocompatible devices, systems, and methods for reducing levels of proinflammatory of antiinflammatory stimulators or mediators in the blood - Devices, systems, and methods reduce levels of proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in blood by selective adsorption. The devices, systems, and methods are useful in situations where abnormal levels of or unregulated or excessive interaction among proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators occur, or during events that do induce or have the potential for inducing abnormal production of proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators. The devices, systems, and methods serve to prevent, control, reduce, or alleviate the severity of the inflammatory response and disease states that are associated with abnormal levels of or unregulated or excessive interaction among proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators. | 01-06-2011 |
20110097700 | Methods for reducing levels of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in the blood - Devices, systems, and methods reduce levels of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in blood by selective adsorption. The devices, systems, and methods are useful in situations where abnormal levels of or unregulated or excessive interaction among pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators occur, or during events that do induce or have the potential for inducing abnormal production of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators. The devices, systems, and methods serve to prevent, control, reduce, or alleviate the severity of the inflammatory response and disease states that are associated with abnormal levels of or unregulated or excessive interaction among pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators. | 04-28-2011 |
Jamie D. Winchester, Warsaw, IN US
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20160074051 | QUICK-CONNECT DRILL GUIDE - A drill guide for use with a bone plate is provided in accordance with various aspects of the present teachings. The drill guide can include a body and a quick-connect coupling arrangement. The body can have a proximal end, a distal end and can define a guide passage therebetween. The distal end can have a bone plate engaging portion. The quick-connect coupling arrangement can be associated with the bone plate engaging portion, and can include first and second lobes projecting radially outward from an outer surface of the bone plate engaging portion. The bone plate engaging portion and the first and second lobes can be operable to be slidably received in a bone screw hole in the bone plate so as to removably couple the drill guide to the bone plate in a predetermined orientation relative to the bone screw hole. | 03-17-2016 |
John C. Winchester, Trumbull, CT US
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20120193565 | HIGH-PRESSURE FACE SEAL - Described is a valve face seal assembly. The assembly includes a moveable member, such as a poppet, and a seal having a sealing portion carried by the moveable member. A seat opposite the sealing portion of the seal has a transaxial seat face and an axial seat face extending axially toward the moveable member at an obtuse angle from the transaxial seat face. When the seal of the moveable member is brought into contact with the seat, a seal is formed with the transaxial seat face and with the axial seat face. | 08-02-2012 |
Michael Winchester, Canton, GA US
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20090233056 | Polypropylene Laminate Wallcovering - The present invention provides a wallcovering comprising a laminate of three layers including: (1) a scrim backing layer, (2) a specially formulated, oriented polypropylene (OPP) film forming a substrate layer that is printable, and (3) a UV Cured Clear Coating or an oriented polypropylene film as a top layer forming a top layer. | 09-17-2009 |
Neil Winchester, Dix Hills, NY US
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20130010795 | High Speed Ethernet MAC and PHY Apparatus with a Filter Based Ethernet Packet Router with Priority Queuing and Single or Multiple Transport Stream Interfaces - An audio-visual content delivery system includes an interface to communicate with a local area network (LAN). A packet processing circuit in the system may filter and route Ethernet packet data received from the LAN, to specific ports and/or queues without host processor intervention. The packet processing circuit may utilize a set of filter and routing mechanisms configurable in hardware to interpret various Internet Engineering Task Force networking transport protocols, and may transfer the packet data in a format recognized by a variety of consumer subsystems, each of which may be coupled to the packet processing circuit. The packet processing circuit may be implemented as a semiconductor device, and may allow encapsulated application data to be routed to a plurality of different types of application sinks or processors, forming a point-to-point or multi-point serial or parallel data stream over a standard transport covering numerous levels of the ISO data communications stack. | 01-10-2013 |
Neil A. Winchester, Dix Hills, NY US
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20100217911 | Serial Bus Hub with Low Power Devices - Serial bus hub with one or more low power devices. The serial bus hub may include at least one upstream port for coupling to a host system. The serial bus hub may include one or more downstream ports for coupling to peripheral devices. The serial bus hub may include the low power devices which may have no functionality external to the serial bus hub. The presence of the low power devices may allow the serial bus hub to draw additional power from the host system and a substantial portion of the additional power may be usable by other devices. The serial bus hub may be configured to allow the host system and one or more peripheral devices coupled to the one or more downstream ports to communicate. | 08-26-2010 |
Royal D. Winchester, Sammamish, WA US
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20120139899 | Semantic Rigging of Avatars - Techniques are described herein that are capable of generating a virtual rig for animation of a virtual 3D representation (e.g., an avatar) of an object. Semantic identifiers are associated with vertices of the virtual 3D representation. Each of the semantic identifiers specifies a respective feature of the object. The virtual rig is generated based on association of the semantic identifiers with the respective vertices. The virtual rig is capable of maneuvering the mesh to multiple configurations to animate the virtual 3D representation. In an example, the semantic identifiers may be used to generate and/or place virtual items in combination with the mesh. In another example, the semantic identifiers may be used to define reference elements. The reference elements serve as references for maneuvering respective portions of the mesh and/or virtual items that are associated with those portions. | 06-07-2012 |
20120154510 | Smart Camera for Virtual Conferences - The subject disclosure is directed towards a video-related system including smart camera algorithms that select and control camera views (camera, point of view and framing selections) to provide a more desirable viewing experience of a conference or the like, e.g., emulating an actual technician's selected views. The system uses various inputs, such as to determine participants' activities (a current speaker, movements, and other participant input) and the history of the conference (how long the same view has been shown). The system may be used with conventional video applications, or “virtual” conferences in which users are represented by avatars. | 06-21-2012 |
20150123967 | GENERATING AN AVATAR FROM REAL TIME IMAGE DATA - Technology is disclosed for automatically generating a facial avatar resembling a user in a defined art style. One or more processors generate a user 3D head model for the user based on captured 3D image data from a communicatively coupled 3D image capture device. A set of user transferable head features from the user 3D head model are automatically represented by the one or more processors in the facial avatar in accordance with rules governing transferable user 3D head features. In some embodiments, a base or reference head model of the avatar is remapped to include the set of user head features. In other embodiments, an avatar head shape model is selected based on the user 3D head model, and the transferable user 3D head features are represented in the avatar head shape model. | 05-07-2015 |
Royal Dwayne Winchester, Sammamish, WA US
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20110304629 | REAL-TIME ANIMATION OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS - Animation of a character, such as a video game avatar, to reflect facial expressions of an individual in real-time is described herein. An image sensor is configured to generate a video stream, wherein frames of the video stream include a face of an individual. Facial recognition software is utilized to extract data from the video stream that is indicative of facial expressions of the individual. A three-dimensional rig is driven based at least in part upon the data that is indicative of facial expressions of the individual, and an avatar is animated to reflect the facial expressions of the user in real-time based at least in part upon the three-dimensional rig. | 12-15-2011 |
Steven Charles Winchester, Phoenix, AZ US
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20140110626 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING (CMP) COMPOSITION FOR SHALLOW TRENCH ISOLATION (STI) APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF - Methods for removing, reducing or treating the trace metal contaminants and the smaller fine sized cerium oxide particles from cerium oxide particles, cerium oxide slurry or chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions for Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) process are applied. The treated chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions, or the CMP polishing compositions prepared by using the treated cerium oxide particles or the treated cerium oxide slurry are used to polish substrate that contains at lease a surface comprising silicon dioxide film for STI (Shallow trench isolation) processing and applications. The reduced nano-sized particle related defects have been observed due to the reduced trace metal ion contaminants and reduced very smaller fine cerium oxide particles in the Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) CMP polishing. | 04-24-2014 |
20140374378 | Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) Composition for Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) Applications and Methods of Making Thereof - Methods for removing, reducing or treating the trace metal contaminants and the smaller fine sized cerium oxide particles from cerium oxide particles, cerium oxide slurry or chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions for Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) process are applied. The treated chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions, or the CMP polishing compositions prepared by using the treated cerium oxide particles or the treated cerium oxide slurry are used to polish substrate that contains at lease a surface comprising silicon dioxide film for STI (Shallow trench isolation) processing and applications. The reduced nano-sized particle related defects have been observed due to the reduced trace metal ion contaminants and reduced very smaller fine cerium oxide particles in the Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) CMP polishing. | 12-25-2014 |
20150247063 | Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) Composition for Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) Applications and Methods of Making Thereof - Methods for removing, reducing or treating the trace metal contaminants and the smaller fine sized cerium oxide particles from cerium oxide particles, cerium oxide slurry or chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions for Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) process are applied. The treated chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) compositions, or the CMP polishing compositions prepared by using the treated cerium oxide particles or the treated cerium oxide slurry are used to polish substrate that contains at least a surface comprising silicon dioxide film for STI (Shallow trench isolation) processing and applications. The reduced nano-sized particle related defects have been observed due to the reduced trace metal ion contaminants and reduced very smaller fine cerium oxide particles in the Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) CMP polishing. | 09-03-2015 |