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Alana Desouza, London CA
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20160122499 | METAL NANOPARTICLE-SULFONATED POLYESTER COMPOSITES AND GREEN METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A method includes heating a sulfonated polyester resin in an organic-free solvent adding an aqueous solution of silver (I) ion to the heated resin to form a mixture and heating the mixture to effect the reduction of silver (I) ion to silver (0) in the absence of an external reducing agent. A composite includes a sulfonated polyester matrix and a plurality of silver nanoparticles dispersed within the matrix; the composite lacks trace residual byproducts from external reducing agents. | 05-05-2016 |
20160122500 | METAL NANOPARTICLE-SULFONATED POLYESTER COMPOSITES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A composite includes a sulfonated polyester matrix and a plurality of silver nanoparticles dispersed within the matrix. Methods to make these composites include heating a sulfonated polyester resin in an organic-free solvent adding a solution of silver (I) ion to the heated resin in water to form a mixture, adding a solution of a reducing agent to the mixture, thereby forming an emulsion of composite particles including a sulfonated polyester matrix and a plurality of silver nanoparticles disposed within the sulfonated polyester matrix. Various articles can be manufactured from such composites. | 05-05-2016 |
Dominic Desouza, Kundl AT
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20110165636 | PROCESS FOR THE STEREOSELECTIVE ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF 5-METHYL-3-NITROMETHYL-HEXANOIC ACID ESTER - The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of 5-methyl-3-nitromethyl-hexanoic acid ester and its salts. Also disclosed are processes for the preparation of 5-methyl-3-nitromethyl-hexanoic acid salt and a process for the preparation of 3-(aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid. (S)-5-Methyl-3-nitromethyl-hexanoic acid or (R)-5-methyl-3-nitromethyl-hexanoic acid in enantioenriched form or enantiopure form as well as salts thereof, (S)-5-methyl-3-nitromethyl-hexanoic acid ester or (R)-5-methyl-3-nitromethyl-hexanoic acid ester in enantioenriched form or enantiopure form and a compound, namely Formula (XIII), in racemic form, enantioenriched form or enantiopure form are also disclosed. | 07-07-2011 |
Dominic Desouza, Kundl / Tirol AT
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20110009629 | PREPARATION OF MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVES - This invention relates to processes and intermediates for the stereoselective morpholine derivatives. The invention in particular allows the stereoselective preparation of the drugs aprepitant and fosaprepitant. | 01-13-2011 |
Joe Desouza, Broadview Heights, OH US
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20110042637 | PARTIALLY PRE-ASSEMBLED FENCE ASSEMBLY AND MUTLI-ELEMENT RAIL - A fence panel, a method of erecting the same, and a corresponding fence panel kit having a plurality of pickets and a plurality of multi-element rails. The rails include anchor strips that are pivotally pre-attached to the plurality of pickets, resulting in a subassembly that can be folded to an initial compact, folded configuration of the pickets and anchor strips. The subassembly can be unfolded, allowing elongate picket positioning strips to be mounted onto the pickets and the anchor strips. Locking strips are then mounted onto the anchor strips, securing the picket positioning strips in place and completing the assembly of the multi-element rail. | 02-24-2011 |
Joe Desouza, Broadview Hts., OH US
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20140110653 | FENCE ATTACHMENT DEVICE - A fence attachment that may resemble a miniature fence. The fence attachment may attach to an existing fence and may reduce the space between the pickets of the existing fence. The fence attachment may include at least one rail and a plurality of pickets attached to the at least one rail. The plurality of pickets of the fence attachment may be oriented in between the pickets of the existing fence and the fence attachment may be attached to the existing fence. | 04-24-2014 |
Joel P. Desouza, Putnam Valley, NY US
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20100006985 | FORMATION OF SOI BY OXIDATION OF SILICON WITH ENGINEERED POROSITY GRADIENT - A method is provided for making a silicon-on-insulator substrate. Such method can include epitaxially growing a highly p-type doped silicon-containing layer onto a major surface of an underlying semiconductor region of a substrate. Subsequently, a non-highly p-type doped silicon-containing layer may be epitaxially grown onto a major surface of the p-type highly-doped epitaxial layer to cover the highly p-type doped epitaxial layer. The overlying non-highly p-type doped epitaxial layer can have a dopant concentration substantially lower than the dopant concentration of the highly p-type doped epitaxial layer. The substrate can then be processed to form a buried oxide layer selectively by oxidizing at least portions of the highly p-type doped epitaxial layer covered by the non-highly p-type doped epitaxial layer, the buried oxide layer separating the overlying monocrystalline semiconductor layer from the underlying semiconductor region. Such processing can be performed while simultaneously annealing the non-highly p-type doped epitaxial layer. | 01-14-2010 |
20110212622 | SURFACE TEXTURING USING A LOW QUALITY DIELECTRIC LAYER - A low cost method is described for forming a textured Si surface such as for a solar cell which includes forming a dielectric layer containing pinholes, anisotropically etching through the pinholes to form inverted pyramids in the Si surface and removing the dielectric layer thereby producing a high light trapping efficiency for incident radiation. | 09-01-2011 |
20140124795 | DOUBLE LAYERED TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE FOR REDUCED SCHOTTKY BARRIER IN PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES - A device and method for fabricating a photovoltaic device includes forming a double layer transparent conductive oxide on a transparent substrate. The double layer transparent conductive oxide includes forming a doped electrode layer on the substrate, and forming a buffer layer on the doped electrode layer. The buffer layer includes an undoped or p-type doped intrinsic form of a same material as the doped electrode layer. A light-absorbing semiconductor structure includes a p-type semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, an intrinsic layer and an n-type semiconductor layer. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127853 | DOUBLE LAYERED TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE FOR REDUCED SCHOTTKY BARRIER IN PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES - A device and method for fabricating a photovoltaic device includes forming a double layer transparent conductive oxide on a transparent substrate. The double layer transparent conductive oxide includes forming a doped electrode layer on the substrate, and forming a buffer layer on the doped electrode layer. The buffer layer includes an undoped or p-type doped intrinsic form of a same material as the doped electrode layer. A light-absorbing semiconductor structure includes a p-type semiconductor layer on the buffer layer, an intrinsic layer and an n-type semiconductor layer. | 05-08-2014 |
20160093701 | DOPED ZINC OXIDE AS N+ LAYER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a p-doped layer including a doped III-V material on the substrate. An n-type layer is formed on or in the p-doped layer. The n-type layer includes ZnO on the p-doped layer to form an electronic device. | 03-31-2016 |
John Desouza, Mumbai IN
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20120326442 | KNOT TYING DEVICE AND CARTRIDGE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TYING FILAMENT THERETO - A system includes a knot tying device for tying a filament in a knot around an article and a filament delivery device from which is drawn the filament. The filament delivery device may be in the form of a cartridge having a housing sized and arranged to be releasably attached to the knot tying device where the housing has an opening through which pre-cut or loosely coupled lengths of the filament can be drawn. The knot tying device includes a shuttle attachable to the filament where the shuttle is caused to be moved during a knot tying process around an article to be tied and a device for at least pulling the filament away from the article at appropriate times during the knot tying process. | 12-27-2012 |
Jr Desouza, La Canada, CA US
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20100137048 | System and method for providing an edutainment interface for musical instruments - There is provided a system and method for a musical edutainment interface on a display for playing an electronic musical instrument having frets and strings. The system comprises a processor configured to be placed in communication with the display and the electronic musical instrument and a memory including a musical edutainment software, wherein the processor is configured to execute the musical edutainment software to present, on the display, the musical edutainment interface showing an edutainment musical performance to be followed by a user of the electronic musical instrument, to animate game objects falling vertically to indicate a timing of the edutainment musical performance, to place the game objects within fret areas to demonstrate a corresponding fretting configuration on the frets of the electronic musical instrument, and to align the game objects with a plurality of string lines to demonstrate a strumming of corresponding strings on the electronic musical instrument. | 06-03-2010 |
Leroi V. Desouza, Toronto CA
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20110104062 | Biomarkers for Head-And-Neck Cancers and Precancers - The invention provides markers and methods for detecting head-and-neck precancers, (including OPLs), cancers and related disease conditions in a subject. The invention also provides localization and imaging methods for head-and-neck precancers (including OPLs) and cancers, along with kits for carrying out methods of the invention. The invention further provides therapeutic applications for head-and-neck precancers (including OPLs) and cancers which employ head-and-neck precancer and cancer markers, polynucleotides encoding the markers, and binding agents for the markers. | 05-05-2011 |
Leroi V. Desouza, North York CA
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20120251451 | Renal Cell Carcinoma Biomarkers - The invention provides markers for renal cancer, polynucleotides encoding same, and precursors thereof. The invention also provides methods for detecting, diagnosing, screening for, monitoring, assessing, and treating renal cancers and related disease conditions in a subject. The invention further provides a method of selecting for or assessing efficacy of agents against renal cancer, and a method for assessing renal cancer cell carcinogenic potential of a compound. The invention further provides localization and imaging methods for renal cancers. Also provided are diagnostic compositions and kits for carrying out methods of the invention. In addition, the invention provides therapeutic applications for renal cancers which employ protein renal cancer markers and polynucleotides encoding same, miRNA renal cancer markers and precursors thereof, and binding agents for the markers. | 10-04-2012 |
20130102004 | Endometrial Phase or Endometrial Cancer Biomarkers - Methods for detecting endometrial diseases or an endometrium phase in a subject are described comprising measuring endometrial markers or polynucleotides encoding the markers in a sample from the subject. The invention also provides localization or imaging methods for endometrial diseases, and kits for carrying out the methods of the invention. The invention also contemplates therapeutic applications for endometrial diseases employing endometrial markers, polynucleotides encoding the markers, and/or binding agents for the markers. | 04-25-2013 |
20150045255 | Endometrial Phase or Endometrial Cancer Biomarkers - Methods for detecting endometrial diseases or an endometrium phase in a subject are described comprising measuring endometrial markers or polynucleotides encoding the markers in a sample from the subject. The invention also provides localization or imaging methods for endometrial diseases, and kits for carrying out the methods of the invention. The invention also contemplates therapeutic applications for endometrial diseases employing endometrial markers, polynucleotides encoding the markers, and/or binding agents for the markers. | 02-12-2015 |
Marcelo Desouza, Austin, TX US
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20150257310 | TEMPERATURE TREND CONTROLLED COOLING SYSTEM - An information handling system (IHS) temperature control system includes a cooling system, a controller coupled to the cooling system, and an IHS coupled to the controller. The IHS includes a temperature status reporting engine that is configured to determine a first temperature of the IHS and determine a second temperature of the IHS subsequent to determining the first temperature. In response to the second temperature being above a first predetermined temperature range, the temperature status reporting engine provides a first signal to the controller to increase cooling provided by the cooling system if the first temperature and the second temperature indicate that a temperature trend of the IHS is not decreasing, and provides a second signal to the controller to maintain cooling provided by the cooling system if the first temperature and the second temperature indicate that the temperature trend of the IHS is decreasing. | 09-10-2015 |
Marcos Vinicio Desouza, Frisco, TX US
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20150289222 | LOCAL CALL SERVICE CONTROL FUNCTION SERVER SELECTION - A selection server device may receive a first registration request and determine that a user device is associated with a non-local call service control function (CSCF) server device and that the user device is located outside of a service area associated with the non-local CSCF server; output a non-preferred server indication to the non-local CSCF server device to cause the non-local CSCF server device to be disassociated with the user device; receive a second registration request from the user device; determine that the user device is not associated with any CSCF server; and output the second registration request to a local CSCF server device, associated with a service area in which the user device is located, to cause the local CSCF server device to register the user device with the local CSCF server device. | 10-08-2015 |
Melanie Desouza, Toronto CA
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20150223639 | BARBECUE HEAT PLATE ASSEMBLY HAVING HEAT PLATE WITH CO-PLANAR HEAT DISTRIBUTION ELEMENT - A heat plate assembly having a barbecue heat plate with one or more substantially co-planar heat distribution elements. By orientating the plate in the barbecue in a V-shape, and by combining the effects of ceramic stones with a heat plate, substantial even heat distribution can be provided. | 08-13-2015 |
Mervyn Desouza, Plymouth, MN US
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20110183383 | Compositions and Methods of Producing Methionine - Described herein are microorganisms that produce methionine and related products from endogenous genes in a transsulfuration pathway, as well as from exogenous genes providing a direct sulfhydrylation pathway. Novel genes that are useful for methionine and SAMe production are disclosed. | 07-28-2011 |
20130260424 | Compositions and Methods of Producing Methionine - Described herein are microorganisms that produce methionine and related products from endogenous genes in a transsulfuration pathway, as well as from exogenous genes providing a direct sulfhydrylation pathway. Novel genes that are useful for methionine and SAMe production are disclosed. | 10-03-2013 |
20160024541 | Compositions and Methods of Producing Methionine - Described herein are microorganisms that produce methionine and related products from endogenous genes in a transsulfuration pathway, as well as from exogenous genes providing a direct sulfhydrylation pathway. Novel genes that are useful for methionine and SAMe production are disclosed. | 01-28-2016 |
Michael Desouza, Scarborough, ME US
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20130054422 | Location And Event-Based Mobile Commerce Method And System - The invention is a location and event-based mobile commerce system and method, wherein a geo-fence is placed around an event such as a concert or sporting event, and products and services tailored to that event and/or the event's location are offered to users that come inside the geo-fence, via an online/virtual store. | 02-28-2013 |
Richard Desouza, Markham CA
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20120156982 | Floor Register With Rotatable Air Deflector - An air register for covering an air duct opening in a space ventilated by a forced central air system. The invention permits the user to change the direction of the air flow by rotating the air deflector. The invention also permits the user to regulate the amount of the air flowing into the space by adjusting the shutter of the damper box, by rotating the air deflector, or by doing both. The invention therefore gives the user many options in selecting the desirable air flow setting. | 06-21-2012 |
Richard J. Desouza, Chandler, AZ US
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20160099349 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH NON-ISOLATED POWER TRANSISTOR WITH INTEGRATED DIODE PROTECTION - A semiconductor device configured with one or more integrated breakdown protection diodes in non-isolated power transistor devices and electronic apparatus, and methods for fabricating the devices. | 04-07-2016 |
Urban J. Desouza, Rochester Hills, MI US
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20130125604 | FORGING DIE HEATING APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR USE - A forging die heating or preheating apparatus comprises a burner head comprising a plurality of flame ports. The burner head is oriented to compliment an orientation of at least a region of a forging surface of a forging die and is configured to receive and combust a supply of an oxidizing gas and a supply of a fuel and produce flames at the flame ports. The plurality of flame ports are configured to impinge the flames onto the forging surface of the forging die to substantially uniformly heat at least the region of the forging surface of the forging die. | 05-23-2013 |
Urban J. Desouza, Ann Arbor, MI US
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20140076471 | PROCESSING ROUTES FOR TITANIUM AND TITANIUM ALLOYS - Methods of refining the grain size of titanium and titanium alloys include thermally managed high strain rate multi-axis forging. A high strain rate adiabatically heats an internal region of the workpiece during forging, and a thermal management system is used to heat an external surface region to the workpiece forging temperature, while the internal region is allowed to cool to the workpiece forging temperature. A further method includes multiple upset and draw forging titanium or a titanium alloy using a strain rate less than is used in conventional open die forging of titanium and titanium alloys. Incremental workpiece rotation and draw forging causes severe plastic deformation and grain refinement in the titanium or titanium alloy forging. | 03-20-2014 |
Walter C. Desouza, Bryn Mawr, PA US
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20130204734 | System and Method for Configuring Products Over a Communications Network - The invention relates to a method for the automated selection of formulations and/or formulation components by specifying product characteristics. In particular, the system and method serve customers within market segments that use selected components as raw materials for manufacture of specialty products and that require an understanding of how the selected components effect performance. For example, such products as electronic circuits, coatings, adhesives, sealants, inks, polishes, cleaners, and detergents fall within the profile of such products. | 08-08-2013 |