Barr, CA
Alan H. Barr, Pasadena, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100241015 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING DERMAL MICROVASCULAR HEALTH - The invention generally relates to a device for assessing dynamic microvascular refill (DMR), a novel measure of microvascular function. Microvascular refill is determined under dynamic conditions by monitoring changes in fingernail reflectance spectra in response to small shear forces applied to the fingernail. A hemodynamic model is described to examine the physiological significance of observed signals. The invention will provide healthcare workers with a simple, user friendly, non-invasive method of rapidly assessing microvascular function that would greatly facilitates the early detection and monitoring of the onset and treatment of vascular diseases. | 09-23-2010 |
Bryan Barr, San Jose, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100087868 | Motion Limiting Insert For An Artificial Intervertebral Disc - A spacer for an artificial spinal disc arrangement is provided. The artificial disc arrangement includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and articulating surfaces between the upper and lower plates arranged to permit motion between the upper and lower plates. The spacer has a first surface for contacting the upper plate and a second surface for contacting the lower plate and is of sufficient thickness such that, when disposed between the upper and lower plates, the spacer limits motion between the upper and lower plates. An artificial disc, a method of limiting motion of an artificial disc in a patient, and a method of performing spinal disc surgery are also disclosed. | 04-08-2010 |
Craig Barr, La Crescenta, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110076648 | Simulation system - A simulation system provides a simulated environment to at least one user in a simulation area. The simulation system includes a video system configured to provide high definition video of the simulated environment across a field of view of the user. The video system provides high definition live action video. The simulation system also includes an audio system configured to provide high definition audio related to the provided high definition video of the simulated environment and a motion system configured to move the at least one user on x, y, and z axes to simulate movement in the simulated environment. | 03-31-2011 |
20110227829 | Keyboard for computer, word processor, or similar - A keyboard is especially configured for ease of use by inexperienced typists, or by the visually impaired, so that these people can more easily use computers and other devices using a keyboard. The improved keyboard includes a display which shows at least the last character typed. Thus, the inexperienced or visually impaired typist, who must look at the keys in a “hunt-and-peck” fashion, also sees in visual unity with the keys the most recently typed character. Importantly, the display is located immediately adjacent to and in visual unity with the most frequently used keys, so that the characters and words that have been most recently typed by the user are in the same visual field and are seen at the same time as the keys which the user is hunting for while typing. | 09-22-2011 |
David Barr, Berkeley, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140078793 | MITIGATION OF ARC FLASH HAZARD IN PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANTS - Arc flash mitigation devices are employed to protect personnel during maintenance of photovoltaic inverters. During normal operation, an alternating current (AC) output of a photovoltaic inverter is coupled to a low voltage winding of a step up transformer through a bus-bar (e.g., an electrically conductive interconnect), which has higher current rating than a fuse. During maintenance, the bus-bar is replaced with the fuse. The fuse may be employed in conjunction with a switch. The switch may be a disconnect switch that places the bus-bar in parallel with the fuse during normal operation, and decouples the bus-bar from the fuse during maintenance. The switch may also be a transfer switch that places either the bus-bar or the fuse in series with the AC output of the photovoltaic inverter and the low voltage winding of the step up transformer. | 03-20-2014 |
David Barr, San Diego, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140315454 | SURFBOARD HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE TAIL EXTENSIONS - A riding board such as a surfboard extending from a tip or front end longitudinally to a tail or rear end. The rear end terminates at a board interface plate that is incorporated into and as part of the riding board. The board interface plate is adapted to be either the tail section of the riding board or alternatively, a coupling means for connecting a tail block to the rear end of the board. The board interface plate includes a plurality of spaced apart coupling cavities that extend inwardly into the riding board body from the rear end. The surfboard may also be used with an interchangeable tail block having a tail faceplate that interfaces and couples with the interface plate on the surfboard. The tail block may be configured to most any desired tail configuration, size and shape. | 10-23-2014 |
David Barr, Carlsbad, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140315454 | SURFBOARD HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE TAIL EXTENSIONS - A riding board such as a surfboard extending from a tip or front end longitudinally to a tail or rear end. The rear end terminates at a board interface plate that is incorporated into and as part of the riding board. The board interface plate is adapted to be either the tail section of the riding board or alternatively, a coupling means for connecting a tail block to the rear end of the board. The board interface plate includes a plurality of spaced apart coupling cavities that extend inwardly into the riding board body from the rear end. The surfboard may also be used with an interchangeable tail block having a tail faceplate that interfaces and couples with the interface plate on the surfboard. The tail block may be configured to most any desired tail configuration, size and shape. | 10-23-2014 |
David Barr, San Jose, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100094995 | Silent Probes in a Communication Network - A system, device and process to enable a “silent probe” on a network to facilitate network analysis by nodes within a network. A network node requests the silent probe. During the silent probe, all nodes remain silent so that all nodes can listen, hear, and/or analyze the spectrum of the communications medium. | 04-15-2010 |
20100150016 | Receiver Determined Probe - According to various embodiments of the disclosed method and apparatus, nodes on a network are programmed to generate a probe transmission in response to a request from the node that will be receiving the probe. The receiving node may generate a probe request that specifies a plurality of parameters, such as a modulation profile for the probe; the payload content of the probe; the number of times to transmit the probe; a number of symbols for the payload of the probe; a preamble type for the probe; a cyclic-prefix length for the payload of the probe; a transmit power for the probe; and a transmit power scaling factor for the payload of the probe. | 06-17-2010 |
20110007731 | Method and Apparatus for LDPC Transmission Over a Channel Bonded Link - A particular overall architecture for transmission over a bonded channel system consisting of two interconnected MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) 2.0 SoCs (“Systems on a Chip) and a method and apparatus for the case of a “bonded” channel network. With a bonded channel network, the data is divided into two segments, the first of which is transported over a primary channel and the second of which is transported over a secondary channel. | 01-13-2011 |
20110182199 | Method and Apparatus for use of Silent Symbols in a Communications Network - Systems and methods for characterizing a communication channel including transmitting silent symbols during periods of a packet. | 07-28-2011 |
20110216776 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASYNCHRONOUS ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS - A method of transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiple access signals includes transmitting a first stream of data from a first node of a network. The first stream includes a preamble and payload. A second stream of data is transmitted from a second node of the network. The second stream includes a preamble and payload, and the second stream has a shorter total length than the first stream. The transmission of the second stream starts at essentially the same time as the transmission of the first stream. A third stream of data is transmitted from the second node of the network. The third stream includes a preamble and payload. The transmission of the third stream begins at the end of the payload of the second stream and prior to the end of the transmission of the remainder of the payload of the first stream. | 09-08-2011 |
20110216781 | Method and Apparatus for Asynchronous Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access - A method of transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) signals includes transmitting, at a first transmitter of a network, a first stream of data having a first number of symbols over a first time interval using a first set of one or more OFDMA subcarriers. At a second transmitter of the network, a second stream of data is transmitted having a second number of symbols over a second time interval, different in duration than the first time interval and overlapping the first time interval. The second burst of data is transmitted using a second set of one or more OFDMA subcarriers. The first time interval and first set of subcarriers define a first time-frequency grant, the second time interval and second set of subcarriers define a second time-frequency grant, and the first and second time-frequency grants are granted by a network coordinator node of the network. | 09-08-2011 |
20110305157 | Method and Apparatus for Preamble Reduction - A method of reducing resource overhead attributed to preambles in a communication system includes transmitting, at a transmitter, one or more signals including a first packet. The first packet is transmitted in a first time-frequency grant including a first set of one or more subcarriers. The first packet includes a full preamble including reference signal information for determining a total channel estimate for every subcarrier to be used in transmission of the first packet. A second packet is transmitted in a second time-frequency grant including a second set of one or more subcarriers without a full preamble when a receiver configured to communicate with the transmitter can determine a phase offset between the transmitter and the receiver from the signals received at the receiver. | 12-15-2011 |
20120008640 | Method and Apparatus for Using Dynamic Subchannels in a Communications Network - A method and apparatus for attaining the benefits of both an adjacent subchannel assignments and distributed subchannel assignments. That is, the following is a method and apparatus for providing dynamic subchannel assignments that provide the benefits of both adjacent subchannel assignments and distributed subchannel assignments. | 01-12-2012 |
20120213231 | Method and apparatus for LDPC transmission over a channel bonded link - A particular overall architecture for transmission over a bonded channel system consisting of two interconnected MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) 2.0 SoCs (Systems on a Chip) and a method and apparatus for the case of a “bonded” channel network. With a bonded channel network, the data is divided into two segments, the first of which is transported over a primary channel and the second of which is transported over a secondary channel. | 08-23-2012 |
20130315595 | TIME DIVISION DUPLEXING FOR EPoC - A method, system and computer program for implementing TDD in an EPoC network. An OLT or CLT scheduler segregates the US traffic from the DS traffic to avoid collisions. An OLT transmits and receives payloads through an OCU. An OLT or CLT transmits downstream payloads and GATE grants destined for CNUs during the TDD downstream phases. The OLT or CLT schedules IPGs between TDD phases. The OLT or CLT schedules payloads and REPORTs to be transmitted from CNUs only during the TDD upstream phase according to the GATE grants in the DS phase. The OLT or CLT receives CNU REPORTs late in the upstream phase that inform the scheduler about pending upstream traffic to be granted in subsequent TDD phases. | 11-28-2013 |
20140161138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING DYNAMIC SUBCHANNELS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method and apparatus for attaining the benefits of both an adjacent subchannel assignments and distributed subchannel assignments. That is, the following is a method and apparatus for providing dynamic subchannel assignments that provide the benefits of both adjacent subchannel assignments and distributed subchannel assignments. | 06-12-2014 |
20140204959 | Method and Apparatus for LDPC Transmission Over a Channel Bonded Link - A particular overall architecture for transmission over a bonded channel system consisting of two interconnected MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) 2.0 SoCs (Systems on a Chip) and a method and apparatus for the case of a “bonded” channel network. With a bonded channel network, the data is divided into two segments, the first of which is transported over a primary channel and the second of which is transported over a secondary channel. | 07-24-2014 |
20150026544 | Method and Apparatus for LDPC Transmission Over a Channel Bonded Link - A particular overall architecture for transmission over a bonded channel system consisting of two interconnected MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) 2.0 SoCs (Systems on a Chip) and a method and apparatus for the case of a “bonded” channel network. With a bonded channel network, the data is divided into two segments, the first of which is transported over a primary channel and the second of which is transported over a secondary channel. | 01-22-2015 |
20150163167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING TRAFFIC FLAGS FOR LARGE SERVICE GROUPS - The use of traffic flag symbols allows a large number of CPEs to transmit traffic notifications to a network controller. In some such embodiments, hundreds of CPEs simultaneously transmit traffic flags on different subcarriers of a channel. For example, in a MoCA2 based access network, up to 480 CPEs can transmit flags in only 5 μs in the 100 MHz-wide channel. | 06-11-2015 |
20150229332 | LDPC CODE MATRICES - An LDPC parity check matrix, includes a systematic portion having a plurality of systematic elements having a value, the value each systematic element determining a cyclic shift to be applied to rows of an identity submatrix corresponding to that element; and a parity portion having a plurality of parity elements having a value, the value of each parity element determining a cyclic shift to he applied to rows of an identity submatrix corresponding to that element; wherein the weights of each column of a group of columns of the parity portion is the same. The LDPC parity check matrix may be used for data access, communication and storage, and may be used, for example for communications among a plurality of network nodes. | 08-13-2015 |
20150304125 | PROGRESSIVE MODULATION FOR DOWNSTREAM ACCESS - A method, system and computer program for transmitting at least two payloads in a downstream traffic phase of a time-division duplex (TDD) cycle with a single preamble from a headend followed by concatenated payloads without intervening preambles, whereby the payloads are ranked by increasing modulation profiles. The preamble, and concatenated and ordered set of payloads are then transmitted to two or more predetermined customer premise equipments (CPEs). | 10-22-2015 |
Dustin C. Barr, Citrus Heights, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090173077 | Nozzle with Temperature-Responsive Throat Diameter - Nozzles that offer shape variability to maintain or purposely change the pressure drop across the throat are obtained by constructing the nozzles with components that change their shape, angle, or curvature in response to temperature changes that occur during the flow of combustion products through the nozzle. The temperature change may be the gradual heating of the nozzle wall from hot combustion gases, and the shape change may result in a decrease in the throat diameter or an expansion of the throat diameter. A decrease in throat diameter will be useful when the depletion of propellant as burning proceeds causes a drop in the pressure or flow rate of the combustion gas and there is a need to compensate for this drop to maintain the pressure drop across the throat. An increase in throat diameter will be useful when an initial high thrust is no longer needed and depletion of the fuel by itself is insufficient to lower the thrust to its desired reduced level. An example of a temperature-responsive material is a shape memory alloy; other examples are presented as well. | 07-09-2009 |
Dustin C. Barr, Fair Oaks, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090230212 | Pintle-Controlled Propulsion System With External Ring Actuator - A propulsion system with a divergent-convergent nozzle is provided with variable thrust by a pintle whose position relative to the nozzle throat is controlled by an actuator that includes a rotor that external to, and encircling, the nozzle, and that is coupled to either the pintle or to the nozzle shell by a linkage that translates the rotary movement of the rotor into linear movement of either the pintle or the shell. | 09-17-2009 |
Edwin L. Barr, Petaluma, CA US
Edwin L. Barr, Santa Rosa, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080283452 | Process for Sorting Grape Berries - A oscillating sorting conveyor is adapted for separating whole berries of wine grapes from undesirable components such as “shot berries” (immature grapes), stems, raisins, leaf material, bugs, pebbles and the like. The sorter deploys a downward tilting trough that is driven to oscillate. A screen is disposed at the bottom of the trough such that whole berries are conveyed over the screen while the undesirable components pass through the screen. The preferred embodiment of the screen has a non-uniform cross-section to improve the efficiency of removal the undesirable components without clogging or requiring constant maintenance. The preferred embodiment of the oscillating conveyor is driven by a cam and cam follower, in which the cam driving shaft is counterweighted to minimize vibration. The more preferred embodiments minimize damage to the grape berries while efficiently removing the undesirable components. | 11-20-2008 |
Jeffrey Barr, San Jose, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120272185 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIXED-MEDIA CONTENT GUIDANCE - Systems and methods for mixed-media content guidance are provided. One or more interactive tools are provided for searching and/or filtering media content (e.g., music content, movie content, etc.). In some embodiments, these interactive tools may include a two-dimensional selection region, where the two-dimensional selection region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions and defines an intersection between a first criterion and a second criterion. In response to receiving a user selection of a sub-region from the two-dimensional selection region, a subset of a plurality of media identifiers may be determined. At least a portion of the subset of media identifiers may be selected for presentation to the user. | 10-25-2012 |
20130007618 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIXED-MEDIA CONTENT GUIDANCE - Systems and methods for mixed-media content guidance are provided. One or more interactive tools are provided for searching and/or filtering media content (e.g., music content, movie content, etc.). In some embodiments, these interactive tools may include a two-dimensional selection region, where the two-dimensional selection region is divided into a plurality of sub-regions and defines an intersection between a first criterion and a second criterion. In response to receiving a user selection of a sub-region from the two-dimensional selection region, a subset of a plurality of media identifiers may be determined. At least a portion of the subset of media identifiers may be selected for presentation to the user. | 01-03-2013 |
20140081676 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DISPLAY DATA - A system and method are provided to communicate insurance information to a user via a networked-based system. The method may comprise receiving application details from a user which are then processed to identify a plurality of available insurance plans for the user. Thereafter, a recommended group of plans from the available plans may be identified based on historical insurance plan data which identifies which insurance plans received a number of approved applications exceeding a predefined threshold of applications. The recommended group is then presented via the networked-based system to the user via a GUI. The GUI may include an icon to identify insurance plans that received a number of applications exceeding the predefined threshold of applications, and a plurality of further icons. When a user moves a graphical pointer over an icon, a window including brief information related to the insurance plan benefit may be displayed. | 03-20-2014 |
John Barr, Half Moon Bay, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100120811 | LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE ANALGESIC FORMULATIONS FOR ANIMALS - Long acting injectable analgesic formulations and methods for providing long lasting pain relief in animals are disclosed. | 05-13-2010 |
20100152227 | Methods for Enhancing Stability of Polyorthoesters and Their Formulations - Disclosed herein are methods of enhancing the stability of a sustained pharmaceutical composition comprising an active agent and a polymer and methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions with enhanced stability. | 06-17-2010 |
20130178538 | Long-Acting Injectable Analgesic Formulations for Animals - Long acting injectable analgesic formulations and methods for providing long lasting pain relief in animals are disclosed. | 07-11-2013 |
20140107226 | METHODS FOR ENHANCING STABILITY OF POLYORTHOESTERS AND THEIR FORMULATIONS - Disclosed herein are methods of enhancing the stability of a sustained pharmaceutical composition comprising an active agent and a polymer and methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions with enhanced stability. | 04-17-2014 |
20140142131 | LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE ANALGESIC FORMULATIONS FOR ANIMALS - Long acting injectable analgesic formulations and methods for providing long lasting pain relief in animals are disclosed. | 05-22-2014 |
20150359897 | METHOD OF TREATING PATIENTS NON-RESPONSIVE TO PALONOSETRON - A method for treating chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in individuals undergoing chemotherapy and previously treated with, and whom failed to respond to, a 5-HT3 antagonist other than granisetron is described. Individuals who fail to respond to, for example, palonosetron, as evidenced by an inadequate prevention or attenuation of acute or delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, are treated with a semi-solid drug delivery vehicle that provides a sustained release of granisetron. | 12-17-2015 |
John Barr, San Diego, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150359946 | COATINGS FOR THE CONTROLLABLE RELEASE OF ANTIMICROBIAL METAL IONS - Antimicrobial metal ion coatings. In particular, described herein are coatings including an anodic metal (e.g., silver and/or zinc and/or copper) that is co-deposited with a cathodic metal (e.g., palladium, platinum, gold, molybdenum, titanium, iridium, osmium, niobium or rhenium) on a substrate so that the anodic metal is galvanically released as antimicrobial ions when the apparatus is exposed to a bodily fluid. The anodic metal may be at least about 25 percent by volume of the coating, resulting in a network of anodic metal with less than 20% of the anodic metal in the coating fully encapsulated by cathodic metal. | 12-17-2015 |
John Barr, San Mateo, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110131099 | Method and Apparatus for Maximizing Publisher Revenue - A computer implemented method for maximizing publisher revenue for online advertising is provided. The computer implemented method includes determining a ratio of guaranteed ad impressions to expected remaining ad impressions. If the ratio is less than a threshold, the method includes, identifying a minimum bid value, the minimum bid value based on the ratio; comparing the minimum bid value to a received bid value for an ad impression; allocating the ad impression to an owner of the received bid when the received bid value is greater than or equal to the minimum bid value; and displaying an ad of the owner of the received bid. If the ratio is greater than the threshold, the method includes, allocating the ad impression to an owner of the guaranteed ad impressions. In one embodiment, the method operations are stored on a computer readable storage medium. | 06-02-2011 |
Kenneth Barr, San Francisco, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100093693 | MODULATORS OF CELLULAR ADHESION - The present invention provides compounds having formula (I); | 04-15-2010 |
20110059976 | PYRIDO PYRIMIDINONES, DIHYDRO PYRIMIDO PYRIMIDINONES AND PTERIDINONES USEFUL AS RAF KINASE INHIBITORS - The present invention provides compounds having the formula: | 03-10-2011 |
Kirk Edward Barr, Foresthill, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100170305 | TAMPER RESISTANT PORTABLE LOCK SHROUD - A portable shroud for a lock securing ends of a cable or chain includes a tubular element having sufficient interior dimensions to accommodate a plurality of locks where the dimensions mitigate attempts to reach the lock with a cutting means. At least two slots accept the ends of the cable or chain where only the ends can be inserted into the tubular element for engaging with the locks and where either end of the cable or chain can be removed from the shroud by disengaging a respective one or more locks. At least two tubes are joined to the tubular element where an end of each of the tubes covers the slots such that the ends of the cable or chain pass through the tubes and the tubes further mitigate attempts to reach the locks with the cutting means. | 07-08-2010 |
Lynn Mateel Barr, Lafayette, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090142306 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING ISCHEMIC TISSUES - Methods and systems for regenerating damaged tissue rely on direct injection of selected therapeutic cells into a tissue at or near the site of tissue damage. Direct injection is accomplished using an intravascular catheter having a deployable needle, and injection is usually targeted into the adventitial and peri-adventitial tissues surrounding the blood vessel from which the needle is deployed. | 06-04-2009 |
20100305546 | METHODS AND KITS FOR VOLUMETRIC DISTRIBUTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS VIA THE VASCULAR ADVENTITIA AND MICROCIRCULATION - Methods and kits for delivering pharmaceutical agents to the adventitia and other regions outside the external elastic lamina (EEL) surrounding a blood vessel utilize a catheter having a needle. The needle is positioned in up to 5 mm beyond the EEL and delivers an amount of pharmaceutical agent sufficient to circumferentially permeate around the blood vessel and, in many cases, extend longitudinally and radially along the blood vessel. Confirmation that a delivery aperture of the needle lies beyond the EEL may be required before delivering the pharmaceutical agent. | 12-02-2010 |
20140303569 | Methods and Kits for Volumetric Distribution of Pharmaceutical Agents via the Vascular Adventitia and Microcirculation - Methods and kits for delivering pharmaceutical agents to the adventitia and other regions outside the external elastic lamina (EEL) surrounding a blood vessel utilize a catheter having a needle. The needle is positioned in up to 5 mm beyond the EEL and delivers an amount of pharmaceutical agent sufficient to circumferentially permeate around the blood vessel and, in many cases, extend longitudinally and radially along the blood vessel. Confirmation that a delivery aperture of the needle lies beyond the EEL may be required before delivering the pharmaceutical agent. | 10-09-2014 |
Michael C. Barr, Torrance, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080282707 | Cryocooler with moving piston and moving cylinder - A thermal-cycle cryocooler, such as a Stirling-cycle cryocooler, has a single working volume that is utilized by both the compressor and the displacer. The compressor and the displacer have respective movable parts, one of which is surrounded by the other. One of the parts may be a piston, a portion of which moves within a central bore or opening in a cylinder that is the other movable part. The piston may be a component of the compressor and the cylinder may be a component of the displacer, or vice versa. The working volume is located in part in a bore of the cylinder, between the piston and a regenerator that is coupled to the cylinder. Movements of either the piston or the cylinder can directly (i.e. without the use of a gas transfer line or flow passage) cause compression or expansion of the working gas in the working volume. | 11-20-2008 |
20100313577 | HIGH EFFICIENCY COMPACT LINEAR CRYOCOOLER - A method of removing heat due to compression of a working gas from a linear cryocooler is disclosed. The cryocooler includes a sealed housing, a displacer including a displacer piston and a displacer cylinder, and a compressor all arranged within the housing. The compressor includes a compressor piston that is movable within a compression chamber. The method includes providing a port in the compression chamber to remove heat from the compression chamber due to the compression of the working gas to the housing prior to entering the displacer piston. | 12-16-2010 |
Miles C. Barr, Redwood City, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20150255651 | WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE PHOTOVOLTAIC FOR A DISPLAY OR FOR A DEVICE WITH A DISPLAY - Described herein is an apparatus and method used to provide power or photovoltaic functionality to a display or device containing a display without impacting the visual perception of the display. The wavelength-selective photovoltaic (WPV) element is visibly transparent, in that it absorbs selectively around the visible emission (or reflection) peaks generated by the display. The photovoltaic material is able to cover a portion or the entire surface area of the display, without substantially blocking or perceptually impacting the emission (or reflection) of content from the display. The incident light that is absorbed by the photovoltaic element is then converted into electrical energy to provide power to the device, for example. | 09-10-2015 |
Peter Rupert Barabash Barr, Morgan Hill, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130206962 | IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH BACKSIDE ISOLATION TRENCHES - An image sensor such as a backside illumination image sensor may be provided with analog circuitry, digital circuitry, and an image pixel array on a semiconductor substrate. Trench isolation structures may separate the analog circuitry from the digital circuitry on the substrate. The trench isolation structures may be formed from dielectric-filled trenches in the substrate that isolate the portion of the substrate having the analog circuitry from the portion of the substrate having the digital circuitry. The trench isolation structures may prevent digital circuit operations such as switching operations from negatively affecting the performance of the analog circuitry. Additional trench isolation structures may be interposed between portions of the substrate on which bond pads are formed and other portions of the substrate to prevent capacitive coupling between the bond pad structures and the substrate, thereby enhancing the high frequency operations of the image sensor. | 08-15-2013 |
Philip J. Barr, Oakland, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080312136 | Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Compositions and Treatment Methods Using Such Compositions - Alpha 1-antitrypsin compositions and treatment methods using such compositions for treating a variety of pulmonary diseases are provided. The compositions generally contain AAT, a stabilizing carbohydrate such as trehalose, a surfactant such as Polysorbate 80 and an antioxidant to stabilize AAT for use as a therapeutic. The formulations can be prepared as both liquids and solids and administered by nebulization of the liquid formulation or by conversion of dry powder formulation into an aerosol. | 12-18-2008 |
20090042278 | Method of protein production in yeast - Vectors, host cells, and methods are provided for the production of proteins in yeast. The vectors generally contain a selection gene, a yeast 2 micron sequence, and a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide, where the polynucleotide is operably linked to promoter, and where the polynucleotide contains one or more yeast-preferred codons. Host cells are cultured under conditions where, after an initial batch phase, oxygen concentration is kept high and glucose feed is regulated so that the yeast cells stay in respiratory metabolism. | 02-12-2009 |
20100286066 | Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Compositions and Treatment Methods Using Such Compositions - Alpha 1-antitrypsin compositions and treatment methods using such compositions for treating a variety of pulmonary diseases are provided. The compositions generally contain AAT, a stabilizing carbohydrate such as trehalose, a surfactant such as Polysorbate 80 and an antioxidant to stabilize AAT for use as a therapeutic. The formulations can be prepared as both liquids and solids and administered by nebulization of the liquid formulation or by conversion of dry powder formulation into an aerosol. | 11-11-2010 |
20120142099 | NOVEL BAK BINDING PROTEIN, DNA ENCODING THE PROTEIN, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides polynucleotide sequences (bbp) encoding a Bak Binding Protein (BBP) and fragments thereof that bind to Bak. The invention also provides a BBP which binds to Bak. The invention also provides recombinant host cells containing polynucleotides encoding BBP. The invention further provides antibodies that specifically bind to BBP. The invention further provides methods for detecting agents such as drugs that alter the binding of a BBP with a Bak protein. The invention further provides methods for detecting the presence of bbp or BBP in a biological sample, and further provides methods for modulating the levels of BBP in a cell. This invention additionally encompasses novel peptides, designated the “BBP Binding Domains” and the respective nucleotides, designated “bbpbd-1” and “bbpbd-2” which are involved in the interaction between Bak and BBP. | 06-07-2012 |
20140220648 | RECOMBINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR AROMATIC MOLECULES - The invention relates to the production of aromatic molecules in prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts such as | 08-07-2014 |
Robert Barr, San Jose, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100330539 | PERIODONTAL TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatuses for treating a root canal in a tooth or hard and/or soft tissue within a tooth and surrounding tissues by pulsing a laser light into a reservoir, preferably after introducing liquid fluid into the reservoir, so as to disintegrate, separate, or otherwise neutralize pulp, plaque, calculus, and/or bacteria within and adjacent the fluid reservoir without elevating the temperature of any of the dentin, tooth, bones, gums, other soft tissues, other hard tissues, and any other adjacent tissue more than about 5° C. | 12-30-2010 |
Robert E. Barr, San Jose, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130143180 | PERIODONTAL TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatuses for treating a root canal in a tooth or hard and/or soft tissue within a tooth and surrounding tissues by pulsing a laser light into a reservoir, preferably after introducing liquid fluid into the reservoir, so as to disintegrate, separate, or otherwise neutralize pulp, plaque, calculus, and/or bacteria within and adjacent the fluid reservoir without elevating the temperature of any of the dentin, tooth, bones, gums, other soft tissues, other hard tissues, and any other adjacent tissue more than about 5° C. | 06-06-2013 |
20140087333 | PERIODONTAL TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatuses for treating a root canal in a tooth or hard and/or soft tissue within a tooth and surrounding tissues by pulsing a laser light into a reservoir, preferably after introducing liquid fluid into the reservoir, so as to disintegrate, separate, or otherwise neutralize pulp, plaque, calculus, and/or bacteria within and adjacent the fluid reservoir without elevating the temperature of any of the dentin, tooth, bones, gums, other soft tissues, other hard tissues, and any other adjacent tissue more than about 5° C. | 03-27-2014 |
20140220511 | PERIODONTAL TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The specification discloses embodiments and other information concerning methods, systems, and apparatus in accordance with aspects of the subject invention for treating diseased root canals in teeth and other dental condition, such as periodontitis and the like wherein a laser light is pulsed from a laser fiber optic tip into liquid contained in a reservoir or other space within the canal, periodontal sulcus/pocket, or other dental space immersing the area in need of treatment so as to disintegrate, separate, or otherwise neutralize pulp, plaque, calculus, bacteria, and other microbes, thus annihilating and particleizing undesirable material within the liquid in the reservoir by the action of relatively intense, photoacoustic micro-pressure waves propagating throughout the liquid as a result of the laser light pulses emitted into the liquid from the tip, thereby enabling easy removal of the particles by finely dispersing the same in the liquid and then flushing the particle-laden liquid from the area by hydraulic swirling actions associated with the pulsing light and through ensuing antiseptic rinses, all without elevating the temperature of nearby dentin, tooth, bones, gums, and/or other soft/hard adjacent tissues more than about 5° C. so as to avoid or eliminate harmful effects of localized heating of the same. | 08-07-2014 |
Sharon Y. Barr, Sunnyvale, CA US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120005018 | Large-Scale User Modeling Experiments Using Real-Time Traffic - A computer-implemented method for matching a display advertisement to a user within a large-scale, non-destructive user modeling and experimentation environment using real-time traffic. The method commences by populating a user profile object (containing demographics, history, and behaviors of the user) for use during concurrent operation of a production platform and an experimentation platform. To implement non-destructive testing, the method continues by cloning a portion of the real-time traffic for use by the experimentation platform while concurrently delivering the real-time traffic to the production platform. The production platform and the experimentation platform operate concurrently, scoring matches between the user profile objects and a plurality of display advertisements for selecting among the best-scored advertisements. At the conclusion of the experiment, a new user profile object is constructed by selecting a first portion of the experimentation user profile object for use during continued operation of the production platform. Any undesired data is discarded. | 01-05-2012 |