Goddard, US
Aaron Goddard, Iowa City, IA US
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20150121640 | WIPER ASSEMBLY - A system for maintaining a wiper blade generally perpendicular to a curved windshield as the wiper moves throughout its stroke. A four bar linkage system is coupled to a first bevel gear causing it to drive a second bevel gear coupled to the wiper, thereby maintaining the wiper in a generally perpendicular orientation relative to the curved windshield. The windshield wiper system may be used as a single blade or may be used in tandem with blades running either independently or in a synchronized manner. | 05-07-2015 |
Andrew R. Goddard, Malvern, PA US
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20130281725 | Process For Preparing Monoalkyltin Trihalides and Dialkyltin Dihalides - The invention provides a process for producing monoalkyltin trihalide or a mixture of monoalkyltin trihalide and dialkyltin dihalide by: (a) contacting dialkyltin dihalide with an alkylation agent and, optionally, tin tetrahalide, to form a tetraalkyltin mixture comprising tetraalkyltin, trialkyltin halide, and dialkyltin dihalide; (b) reacting the tetraalkyltin mixture with tin tetrahalide to form a monoalkyltin trihalide mixture comprising monoalkyltin trihalide, dialkyltin dihalide and optionally triaklyltin halide; (c) processing the monoalkyltin trihalide mixture to separately recover the monoalkyltin trihalide and a dialkyltin dihalide stream optionally containing trialkyltin halide; and (d) recycling at least a portion of the dialkyltin dihalide stream recovered in step (c) to the contacting step (a). | 10-24-2013 |
Audrey D. Goddard, San Francisco, CA US
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20100221249 | WISP POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING SAME - Wnt-1-Induced Secreted Proteins (WISPs) are provided, whose genes are induced at least by Wnt-1. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides, as well as vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides, and methods for producing the polypeptides. | 09-02-2010 |
20110311540 | WISP POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING SAME - Wnt-1-Induced Secreted Proteins (WISPs) are provided, whose genes are induced at least by Wnt-1. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides, as well as vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides, and methods for producing the polypeptides. | 12-22-2011 |
Brian Goddard, Sugar Land, TX US
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20100296359 | System and Method for Facilitating Well Servicing Operations - A technique facilitates well servicing operations by utilizing a hopper system to introduce a dry additive into a mixing tank. The hopper system comprises a feeder and a hopper that delivers the dry additive into the feeder. The feeder, in turn, enables introduction of the dry additive into the cement mixing tank in a controlled manner. When the hopper system is used on a transportable cementing unit, the hopper system may be mounted on a cement mixing tank and also may incorporate a hopper that is both expandable to accommodate a greater amount of dry additive and contractible to facilitate transport. | 11-25-2010 |
20110153229 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A BI-PHASE FLUID - A measurement system and method of use include a fluid conduit for routing a base fluid therethrough, a gas conduit in fluid communication with the fluid conduit for mixing a gas into the base fluid to form a foamed bi-phase fluid, a foam conduit in fluid communication with the fluid conduit and the gas conduit to receive the bi-phase fluid therein, a first sensor disposed to measure a characteristic of the base fluid in the fluid conduit, a second sensor disposed to measure a characteristic of the gas in the gas conduit, a third sensor disposed to measure a characteristic of the bi-phase fluid in the foam conduit, and a processor for receiving data representing the measurement from at least one of the first sensor, the second sensor, and the third sensor, analyzing the data, and calculating a parameter of the bi-phase fluid based upon the data. | 06-23-2011 |
20110155373 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING FOAM IN MIXING OPERATIONS - A technique facilitates mixing operations by removing foaming that results from air entrained during mixing of constituents. A mixing system comprises a container body having an interior and an inlet through which material enters the interior for mixing. The container body also comprises a discharge through which the mixed material is delivered downstream. A mechanical foam breaker is disposed within the container body and extends upwardly a sufficient distance to extend through a surface level to which the material rises during mixing within the container body. The mechanical foam breaker is oriented to break down foam along the surface of the material as the material moves through the interior. | 06-30-2011 |
20120031619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH PRESSURE FOAM SLURRY - The current application discloses methods and systems for generating high pressure dual phase mixture. In some embodiments, the methods and systems involve mounting a dual phase mixture generator on a transportable platform wherein the dual phase mixture generator comprises a mixing chamber connected with at least a first inlet, a second inlet, and a first outlet. A first container and a first pump are also mounted on the transportable platform wherein the first pump is operably connected with the first container. The transportable platform and the mounted equipments are then deployed at a wellsite. A base fluid is pumped into the first inlet under high pressure, and a gas is pumped into the second inlet under high pressure. The base fluid and the gas is combined in the mixing chamber to generate a high pressure dual phase mixture, which is then discharged via the outlet. | 02-09-2012 |
20130290064 | Managing A Workflow For An Oilfield Operation - Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for managing a workflow for an oilfield operation. The method may include receiving a request to perform the task workflow. The method may also include loading an adapted task workflow based on historical information. The method may further include receiving an input pertaining to one or more tasks of the adapted task workflow. In addition, the method may include determining whether the one or more tasks have been completed based on the received input. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290066 | Managing A Workflow For An Oilfield Operation - Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for managing a workflow for an oilfield operation. In one implementation, the method may include receiving a request for approval of one or more tasks of the task workflow. The method may also include generating the request for approval, where the request for approval includes a hyperlink to a most current status of the one or more tasks of the task workflow. | 10-31-2013 |
Brian Goddard, Stafford, TX US
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20140138089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH PRESSURE FOAM SLURRY - The current application discloses methods and systems for generating high pressure dual phase mixture. In some embodiments, the methods and systems involve mounting a dual phase mixture generator on a transportable platform wherein the dual phase mixture generator comprises a mixing chamber connected with at least a first inlet, a second inlet, and a first outlet. A first container and a first pump are also mounted on the transportable platform wherein the first pump is operably connected with the first container. The transportable platform and the mounted equipments are then deployed at a wellsite. A base fluid is pumped into the first inlet under high pressure, and a gas is pumped into the second inlet under high pressure. The base fluid and the gas is combined in the mixing chamber to generate a high pressure dual phase mixture, which is then discharged via the outlet. | 05-22-2014 |
Chris Goddard, Aubrey, TX US
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20090133680 | MAGNETIC DRIVE BYPASS SYSTEM FOR PAINTBALL LOADER - A drive system for a regulating the rotation of a drive system or agitator in a paintball loader is disclosed. It is designed to regulate the rotation of a feeder, especially during a jam or when projectiles in a hopper become misaligned. This allows a user to quickly and effectively clear a jam and resume or continue rapid fire without damaging projectiles, the loader or the paintball marker. | 05-28-2009 |
Chris T. Goddard, Lewisville, TX US
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20080216805 | MECHANICAL DRIVE ASSIST FOR ACTIVE FEED PAINTBALL LOADER - An active feed paintball loader for supplying paintballs to a paintball marker. The loader includes a container for storing a plurality of paintballs. An outfeed tube on the container is connected to an inlet tube on the marker. The loader further includes a drive shaft, a feeder rotatably disposed in the container for feeding paintballs into the outfeed tube, and a drive spring having first and second ends. The first end is engaged to the feeder to provide a driving force to rotate the feeder within the container. The second end is coupled to the drive shaft. The drive shaft operates to wind the drive spring to maintain sufficient tension on the drive spring to maintain a paintball stack in the outfeed tube. The loader further includes a mechanical drive handle accessible externally of the loader and connected to the drive shaft to manually wind the drive spring. | 09-11-2008 |
20120042862 | MECHANICAL DRIVE ASSIST FOR PAINTBALL LOADER - An paintball loader for supplying paintballs to a paintball marker is provided. The loader includes a container for storing a plurality of paintballs. An outfeed tube on the container is connected to an inlet tube on the marker. The loader further includes a drive shaft, and a feeder rotatably disposed in the container for feeding paintballs into the outfeed tube. The loader further includes a mechanical drive handle accessible externally of the loader and connected to the drive shaft to manually wind the drive spring. | 02-23-2012 |
20120272940 | PAINTBALL LOADER DRIVE SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to a ball feed mechanism and associated method for use in a paintball loader. The ball feed mechanism includes a feeder which conveys or impels balls toward a feed neck, and a drive member which is concentric with the feeder. The feeder is coupled to the drive member. An electric motor is used to rotate the drive member which in turn causes the feeder to rotate. The feed mechanism includes sensors which detect the motion of the feeder and the drive member. A controller determines the position of the feeder relative to the drive member and actuates a motor when necessary. | 11-01-2012 |
Chris T. Goddard, Aubrey, TX US
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20090000608 | DRIVE CONE FOR PAINTBALL LOADER - A drive cone for use on a paintball loader for loading paintballs into a conventional paintball gun. The drive cone is located at a bottom portion of the container and is rotated by a motor. The drive cone includes at least one fin which forms a gap for which a plurality of paintballs may fit. The drive cone feeds the paintballs into an exit tube located at the bottom of the container which feeds into the paintball gun. | 01-01-2009 |
20090056691 | DIFFERENTIAL DETECTION SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FEED OF A PAINTBALL LOADER - The present invention is directed to a ball feed mechanism and associated method for use in a paintball loader. The ball feed mechanism includes a feeder which conveys or impels balls toward a feed neck, and a drive member which is concentric with the feeder. The feeder is coupled to the drive member. An electric motor is used to rotate the drive member which in turn causes the feeder to rotate. The feed mechanism includes sensors which detect the motion of the feeder and the drive member. A controller determines the position of the feeder relative to the drive member and actuates a motor when necessary. | 03-05-2009 |
20110067681 | PAINTBALL LOADER REMOVABLE DRIVE SYSTEM - A loader for storing and delivering paintballs to a paintball marker comprising a removable drive unit. The drive unit is arranged within a cartridge configured to be received into a cavity provided within the body of the loader. This arrangement provides for the quick removal of the drive system from the loader, facilitating ease of repair, replacement, or upgrading of the drive unit. | 03-24-2011 |
20120125303 | PAINTBALL LOADER - A paintball loader for use on a paintball gun for feeding paintballs is provided. The paintball loader includes a container for holding a plurality of paintballs, a paintball agitator rotatably mounted in the container, the paintball agitator including at least two fins extending substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation, the fins spaced apart from each other forming a gap therebetween large enough to accommodate more than one paintball. At least two paintballs are positioned in the gap between the fins. A motor is configured to rotate the paintball agitator. The container includes an exit tube exiting from the bottom portion of the container and leading to an inlet tube of the paintball gun. A microprocessor in communication with a sensor may also be provided for controlling the motor. A deflector for deflecting paintballs may also be provided, the deflector movably attached to the interior surface of the container. | 05-24-2012 |
20140230801 | PAINTBALL LOADER - A paintball loader for use on a paintball gun for feeding paintballs is provided. The paintball loader includes a container for holding a plurality of paintballs, a paintball agitator rotatably mounted in the container, the paintball agitator including at least two fins extending substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation, the fins spaced apart from each other forming a gap therebetween large enough to accommodate more than one paintball. At least two paintballs are positioned in the gap between the fins. A motor is configured to rotate the paintball agitator. The container includes an exit tube exiting from the bottom portion of the container and leading to an inlet tube of the paintball gun. A microprocessor in communication with a sensor may also be provided for controlling the motor. A deflector for deflecting paintballs may also be provided, the deflector movably attached to the interior surface of the container. | 08-21-2014 |
20140345587 | PAINTBALL LOADER DRIVE SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to a ball feed mechanism and associated method for use in a paintball loader. The ball feed mechanism includes a feeder which conveys or impels balls toward a feed neck, and a drive member which is concentric with the feeder. The feeder is coupled to the drive member. An electric motor is used to rotate the drive member which in turn causes the feeder to rotate. The feed mechanism includes sensors which detect the motion of the feeder and the drive member. A controller determines the position of the feeder relative to the drive member and actuates a motor when necessary. | 11-27-2014 |
Coreyn Goddard, Jamaica, NY US
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20150229747 | INTEGRATED SMARTPHONE LIGHT ACCESSORY - An integrated smartphone light accessory for enabling the screen of a smartphone to be viewed in the presence of substantially any amount ambient light, including direct sunlight comprises four high capacity LED light assemblies disposed on the frame of a smartphone around the screen. Each LED light assembly is configured as conventional LED, but additionally includes an attached power source, a switch for manually activating the LED light, and an external adhesive for fastening the LED light assembly to the smartphone. The LED light assemblies are operated in pairs, whereby actuation of the switch on one LED light assembly causes that LED light assembly and a second LED light assembly to illuminate or turn off if it was illuminated when the switch was actuated. In use, the high capacity lighting elements in the LED light assemblies are directed towards the screen and enable the screen to be viewed. | 08-13-2015 |
Craig Goddard, Cheraw, SC US
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20130251296 | SEALING BEARING WITH COMPACT STATIC OUTER DIAMETER SEAL - A seal, which has a core with a radially outwardly extending flange with an end surface and a sealing body with a sealing lip and an over-molded portion that extends radially outward beyond the flange and encompasses the end surface of the flange. Also, a bearing arrangement is disclosed which includes a bearing cup that has a counterbore with a conical inner surface, and a seal, which is contactable with the bearing cup, and has a core with a radially outwardly extending flange with an end surface and a sealing body with a sealing lip and an over-molded portion which extends radially outwardly beyond the flange and encompasses the end surface of the flange. The seal can be press-fit with the bearing cup such that the over-molded portion and the conical inner surface of the bearing cup are in tight contact with each other and form a static seal. | 09-26-2013 |
Crystal Goddard, Mckinney, TX US
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20130172956 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING STIMULATION PULSES DURING THE PROGRAMMING OF AN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR - In one embodiment, a method for the controlling of the stimulation pulses being delivered via electrodes to a patient during the programming of a pulse generator using a controller device and selecting of a minimum amplitude that corresponds to the minimum amplitude for which the patient can detect stimulation; selecting an electrode combination defined in the controller device; setting the stimulation amplitude; making a determination of the amplitude for the stimulation pulses is greater than the perception amplitude, and if so, changing the amplitude of the stimulation pulses to be less than or equal to the perception amplitude; and if not or subsequent to the changing of the amplitude, changing the selected one of a plurality of electrode combinations to a different combination. | 07-04-2013 |
20130338733 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING STIMULATION PULSES DURING THE PROGRAMMING OF AN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR - In one embodiment, a method for the controlling of the stimulation pulses being delivered via electrodes to a patient during the programming of a pulse generator using a controller device and selecting of a minimum amplitude that corresponds to the minimum amplitude for which the patient can detect stimulation; selecting an electrode combination defined in the controller device; setting the stimulation amplitude; making a determination of the amplitude for the stimulation pulses is greater than the perception amplitude, and if so, changing the amplitude of the stimulation pulses to be less than or equal to the perception amplitude; and if not or subsequent to the changing of the amplitude, changing the selected one of a plurality of electrode combinations to a different combination. | 12-19-2013 |
David Michael Goddard, Courtland, MS US
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20150218828 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF INSTALLING HVAC EQUIPMENT INLAID IN A PRE-EXISTING SUSPENDED CEILING - An installation system that embodies a method for installing HVAC equipment inlaid in suspended ceilings so that the cutting and trimming of pre-existing ceiling tiles is not required for a uniformed, presentable look to the room below is provided. The installation system may include at least one novel panel forming a cutout for slidably receiving inlaid HVAC equipment. Each novel panel may be dimensioned and adapted to replace at least one ceiling panel from a suspended ceiling so that each novel panel is supported along its edges by the pre-existing support grid of said suspended ceiling, presenting a uniform and clean look to the room below. | 08-06-2015 |
Denis Goddard, Concord, NH US
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20090171971 | Server-centric versioning virtual file system - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a server-centric virtual file system (VFS) that securely provides version control for file system objects associated with the VFS are described. One example system includes a VFS logic to provide virtual access to file system objects associated with a server. The VFS logic may receive a file handle from an NFS server in response to a VFS mount request made by a client computing system. The example system may also include a version logic that encodes a workspace identifier and a file system object identifier into the provided file handle. The version logic then provides file-handle based version control for the set of file system objects. | 07-02-2009 |
Denis Michael Goddard, Contoocook, NH US
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20140068202 | Intelligent Heuristics for File Systems and File System Operations - A data system may detect and halt unauthorized bulk data copy operations without interfering with or degrading authorized data copy operations. Characteristics of a request for access to a file system may be analyzed to determine whether a bulk data copy operation has been requested by a user. The bulk data copy operation may be allowed if the operation is below a particular permitted copy threshold or if the requesting user is authorized to execute a bulk data copy operation exhibiting certain characteristics. | 03-06-2014 |
Geoff C. Goddard, Fort Lauderdale, FL US
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20090282748 | CUSTOM JAW TRACK - The present invention is a jaw track for affixing fabric to a planer surface having a base, a housing surrounding a chamber that is divided into two cavities by a movable divider; and two movable jaws attached to the movable divider which moves to allow access to an inner cavity. | 11-19-2009 |
Greg Goddard, Los Alamos, NM US
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20100000325 | Ultrasonic analyte concentration and application in flow cytometry - The present invention includes an apparatus and corresponding method for concentrating analytes within a fluid flowing through a tube using acoustic radiation pressure. The apparatus includes a function generator that outputs a radio frequency electrical signal to a transducer that transforms the radio frequency electric signal to an acoustic signal and couples the acoustic signal to the tube. The acoustic signal is converted within the tube to acoustic pressure that concentrates the analytes within the fluid. | 01-07-2010 |
20130014826 | Ultrasonic Analyte Concentration and Application in Flow Cytometry - The present invention includes an apparatus and corresponding method for concentrating analytes within a fluid flowing through a tube using acoustic radiation pressure. The apparatus includes a function generator that outputs a radio frequency electrical signal to a transducer that transforms the radio frequency electric signal to an acoustic signal and couples the acoustic signal to the tube. The acoustic signal is converted within the tube to acoustic pressure that concentrates the analytes within the fluid. | 01-17-2013 |
Greg Darryl Goddard, Ballston Spa, NY US
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20110129863 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING SAMPLES ON POROUS SUBSTRATES - Methods and systems for processing samples fixed to a porous substrate generally comprising, a compressor defining one or more fluid isolation areas, a support, for the porous substrate, having an opening corresponding to one or more of the fluid isolation areas of the compressor, an actuator that causes at least a portion of the compressor to press against the porous substrate, a fluid inlet having access to the fluid isolation area at least when the compressor is pressed against the porous substrate, and a fluid outlet to receive fluid, through the opening in the support corresponding to the fluid isolation area of the compressor, at least when the compressor is pressed against the porous substrate. | 06-02-2011 |
20140248714 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING SAMPLES ON POROUS SUBSTRATES - Methods and systems for processing samples fixed to a porous substrate generally comprising, a compressor defining one or more fluid isolation areas, a support, for the porous substrate, having an opening corresponding to one or more of the fluid isolation areas of the compressor, an actuator that causes at least a portion of the compressor to press against the porous substrate, a fluid inlet having access to the fluid isolation area at least when the compressor is pressed against the porous substrate, and a fluid outlet to receive fluid, through the opening in the support corresponding to the fluid isolation area of the compressor, at least when the compressor is pressed against the porous substrate. | 09-04-2014 |
Gregory Daryll Goddard, Ballston Spa, NY US
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20110070596 | AGENTS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING PROTEIN INTERACTIONS - Agents and methods for qualitative and quantitative analysis a protein complex or protein complexes using isotope-labeled symmetrical bifunctional crosslinkers and mass spectrometry are provided. Targeting moieties, cell permeability moieties, or affinity moieties, may be appended to the bifunctional crosslinkers. The isotope-labeled symmetrical bifunctional crosslinkers may be used in a kit or as a library. | 03-24-2011 |
Gregory Russ Goddard, Keizer, OR US
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20120068383 | MATERIAL FABRICATION USING ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCES - Apparatus and methods for using acoustic radiation forces to order particles suspended in a host liquid are described. The particles may range in size from nanometers to millimeters, and may have any shape. The suspension is placed in an acoustic resonator cavity, and acoustical energy is supplied thereto using acoustic transducers. The resulting pattern may be fixed by using a solidifiable host liquid, forming thereby a solid material. Patterns may be quickly generated; typical times ranging from a few seconds to a few minutes. In a one-dimensional arrangement, parallel layers of particles are formed. With two and three dimensional transducer arrangements, more complex particle configurations are possible since different standing-wave patterns may be generated in the resonator. Fabrication of periodic structures, such as metamaterials, having periods tunable by varying the frequency of the acoustic waves, on surfaces or in bulk volume using acoustic radiation forces, provides great flexibility in the creation of new materials. Periodicities may range from millimeters to sub-micron distances, covering a large portion of the range for optical and acoustical metamaterials. | 03-22-2012 |
Gregory Russ Goddard, Eugene, OR US
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20120138363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN A HYDROCARBON EXTRACTION WELL IN SITU IN AN ONGOING MANNER - The level of hydrogen sulfide in drilling fluid within a well formed in the Earth is assessed in an ongoing and/or in situ manner. The well may be constructed for the removal of hydrocarbons from the Earth. The assessment of hydrogen sulfide level may be provided in an ongoing manner such that real time, or near real time, fluctuations in hydrogen sulfide levels in the drilling fluid within the well may be conveyed to users. This may provide various advantages over systems in which drilling fluid must be extracted and separately tested for hydrogen sulfide content, and/or in which assessments of hydrogen sulfide level require time for performance. | 06-07-2012 |
20120138364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN A HYDROCARBON EXTRACTION WELL IN SITU IN AN ONGOING MANNER - The level of hydrogen sulfide in drilling fluid within a well formed in the Earth is assessed in an ongoing and/or in situ manner. The well may be constructed for the removal of hydrocarbons from the Earth. The assessment of hydrogen sulfide level may be provided in an ongoing manner such that real time, or near real time, fluctuations in hydrogen sulfide levels in the drilling fluid within the well may be conveyed to users. This may provide various advantages over systems in which drilling fluid must be extracted and separately tested for hydrogen sulfide content, and/or in which assessments of hydrogen sulfide level require time for performance. | 06-07-2012 |
Gregory Russ Goddard, Los Alamos, NM US
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20090107241 | METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT PARTICLE MANIPULATION AND CONTROL OF PARTICLE SPACING ALONG AN AXIS - One or more of the embodiments of the present invention provide for a method of non-contact particle manipulation and control of particle spacing along an axis which includes axial and radial acoustic standing wave fields. Particles are suspended in an aqueous solution, and this solution then flows into the cylindrical flow channel. While the solution flows through the flow channel, the outer structure of the flow channel is vibrated at a resonant frequency, causing a radial acoustic standing wave field to form inside the flow channel in the solution. These radial acoustic standing waves focus the particles suspended in the solution to the center axis of the cylindrical flow channel. | 04-30-2009 |
20090139332 | Method for non-contact particle manipulation and control of particle spacing along an axis - Method and system for uniformly spacing particles in a flowing system comprising suspending particles in an elongated fluid filled cavity; exposing said cavity to an axial acoustic standing wave field, wherein said axial acoustic standing wave field drives said particles to nodal and anti-nodal positions along the center axis of said cavity to result in uniformly spaced particles; and focusing said particles to the center axis of said cavity. | 06-04-2009 |
20120298236 | Method for Non-Contact Particle Manipulation and Control of Particle Spacing Along an Axis - Method and system for uniformly spacing particles in a flowing system comprising suspending particles in an elongated fluid filled cavity; exposing said cavity to an axial acoustic standing wave field, wherein said axial acoustic standing wave field drives said particles to nodal and anti-nodal positions along the center axis of said cavity to result in uniformly spaced particles; and focusing said particles to the center axis of said cavity. | 11-29-2012 |
James B. Goddard, Powell, OH US
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20080210327 | CORRUGATED PIPE WITH OUTER LAYER - A pipe having an axially extending bore defined by a smooth inner wall fused to a corrugated outer wall is provided. The corrugated outer wall has axially adjacent, annular, outwardly-extending crests separated by valleys. The pipe further includes an outer layer fused to the outer wall, the outer layer having adjacent concave portions and convex portions, the concave portions being aligned with corrugation valleys of the outer wall so that each concave portion of the outer layer extends between at least two corrugation crests. A method of improving the resistance to deformation of a corrugated pipe having a smooth inner wall fused to an outer wall defined by annular crests and valleys is also provided. | 09-04-2008 |
20090127852 | Three-Wall Corrugated Pipe Couplings and Methods - A coupling for three-wall, corrugated pipe, the pipe including a corrugated wall having a plurality of primary corrugations, is disclosed. The coupling includes a first pipe section having disposed at one end a bell portion, the bell portion having a portion of the corrugated wall and an outer wall; a second pipe section having disposed at one end a spigot portion, the spigot portion having a portion of the corrugated wall between an inner wall and an outer wall; and a gasket engaged between the corrugated wall of the bell portion and the outer wall of the spigot portion. A three-wall, corrugated pipe section, and method for assembling a plurality of three-wall, corrugated pipe sections, are also disclosed. | 05-21-2009 |
20090127853 | THREE-WALL CORRUGATED PIPE COUPLINGS AND METHODS - A coupling for three-wall, corrugated pipe, the pipe including a corrugated wall having a plurality of primary corrugations, is disclosed. The coupling includes a first pipe section having disposed at one end a bell portion, the bell portion having a bell portion of corrugated wall and an outer wall; a second pipe section having disposed at one end a spigot portion, the spigot portion having a spigot portion of corrugated wall between an inner wall and an outer wall; and a gasket disposed in a groove extending around a circumference of the spigot portion and engaged between the bell portion of corrugated wall and the spigot portion of corrugated wall. A three-wall, corrugated pipe section, and method for assembling a plurality of three-wall, corrugated pipe sections, are also disclosed. | 05-21-2009 |
James E. Goddard, Portland, OR US
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20110073502 | Flexible Packaging - Various arrangements for a flexible package for articles of footwear or other items are presented. The flexible package generally includes a lightweight flexible package sized to accommodate a pair of shoes. The flexible package may also include a removable stiffening insert to aid in maintaining the structure of the flexible package and allow stacking of the package. Further, the flexible package may include one or more handle arrangements. Various closure arrangements may be used with the flexible packaging for footwear, such as an undercut tab arrangement, hook and loop type closure arrangement, rim and lip, and the like. | 03-31-2011 |
20120222332 | REMOVABLE OUTSOLE ELEMENTS FOR ARTICLES OF FOOTWEAR - An outsole element for an article of footwear having a base and a lug that extends from the base. The outsole element includes a body and a cavity defined in the body. The cavity receives the lug to removably couple the body to the lug. Also, the cavity includes an internal undercut. | 09-06-2012 |
20140310991 | Removable Outsole Elements For Articles Of Footwear - An outsole element for an article of footwear having a base and a lug that extends from the base. The outsole element includes a body and a cavity defined in the body. The cavity receives the lug to removably couple the body to the lug. Also, the cavity includes an internal undercut. | 10-23-2014 |
20150196096 | Removable Outsole Elements For Articles Of Footwear - An outsole element for an article of footwear having a base and a lug that extends from the base. The outsole element includes a body and a cavity defined in the body. The cavity receives the lug to removably couple the body to the lug. Also, the cavity includes an internal undercut. | 07-16-2015 |
James S. Goddard, Knoxville, TN US
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20080317313 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING MOTION FOR GENERATING MOTION CORRECTED TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES - A method and related system for generating motion corrected tomographic images includes the steps of illuminating a region of interest (ROI) to be imaged being part of an unrestrained live subject and having at least three spaced apart optical markers thereon. At least one camera is used to obtain images of the markers. Motion data comprising 3D position and orientation of the markers relative to an initial reference position is then calculated. The at least three spaced apart optical markers and the at least one camera are sufficient in quantity and position to avoid multiple epipolar solutions. Motion corrected tomographic data obtained from the ROI using the motion data is then obtained, where motion corrected tomographic images obtained therefrom. | 12-25-2008 |
20090324031 | IMAGE REGISTRATION METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGE SEQUENCES - Image registration of low contrast image sequences is provided. In one aspect, a desired region of an image is automatically segmented and only the desired region is registered. Active contours and adaptive thresholding of intensity or edge information may be used to segment the desired regions. A transform function is defined to register the segmented region, and sub-pixel information may be determined using one or more interpolation methods. | 12-31-2009 |
James Ward Goddard, Ballwin, MO US
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20110258302 | System And Method For Remotely Determining Identification And Physical Location Of Equipment In A Rack - A system and method for uniquely identifying computer and support infrastructure equipment in a rack and to determine the physical location of the equipment within the rack. In one embodiment, a set of communication ports is installed in the rack, with each communication port representing a physical rack location unit. The equipment is queried via the equipment's communication port, which is coupled to one of the communication ports in the rack. Equipment which does not support identification through some protocol has its identification information stored in an intelligent device which can be queried through the same set of communication ports. A management module collects the equipment information and location and aggregates the information for the entire rack. This information can then be queried by a remotely over the network. | 10-20-2011 |
Jay A. Goddard, Easley, SC US
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20100126627 | ROUTER - A router includes a base, a motor housing supported by the base for movement along a first axis, and an adjustment mechanism having a shaft, with a thread portion, connected to the motor housing for rotation about a second axis. The adjustment mechanism also includes a unitarily formed lock mechanism supported by the base. The lock mechanism includes a thread-engaging member that, when engaged with the thread portion, causes small changes to the position of the housing relative to the base in response to rotation of the shaft. The lock mechanism is movable between an engaged position, in which the thread-engaging member engages the thread portion, and a disengaged position, in which the thread-engaging member disengages the thread portion and the housing is freely movable relative to the base to provide course adjustment of the position of the housing relative to the base. | 05-27-2010 |
Jay Aaron Goddard, Easley, SC US
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20090301277 | Saw With Moveable Material Support Surface - A miter saw is described that includes a base, a table rotatably coupled with the base, and a saw unit pivotally coupled with the base and including a motor and a saw blade coupled with the motor. At least one material support surface is moveable with respect to the base. | 12-10-2009 |
20100058911 | Blade Guard for Power Tool Having an Evacuation System - A blade guard is configured to surround a rotatable cutting blade. The blade guard includes an arcuate body mounted to surround a portion of an outer circumferential edge of the cutting blade, wherein the arcuate body is fixed with respect to the rotatable blade. A plenum is disposed upon the body and configured to provide fluid communication between a cutting zone within the body and a suction source. An aperture is defined in the body proximate the cutting blade, the aperture disposed proximate a location where the cutting blade exits a workpiece being cut. | 03-11-2010 |
Jeff Goddard, Portland, OR US
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20130312112 | LICENSING PROTECTED WORKS WITHIN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION NETWORKS - License information, including a license identifier (if present) is associated with a protected work that is published within an electronic information network. The license information indicates a purported license to publish the protected work. The license information may be audited by or on behalf of a licensing entity to determine whether the purported license is a valid license. The protected work may take the form of a protected audio work included within an audio component of a composite media content item that further includes a video component. Publication of a protected work may be granted or denied, access to the protected work may be enabled or blocked, and/or a beneficiary of revenue generated from publication of the protected work may be redirected based on a result of the audit. | 11-21-2013 |
Jeffrey D. Goddard, Barre, VT US
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20140020276 | FIREARM - A firearm for implementing an improved 9mm cartridge is provided, wherein the improved 9mm cartridge includes a 9mm bullet associated with a 45-9 cartridge casing, wherein the 9mm bullet weights at least 90 grains and wherein the 45-9 cartridge casing is configured to contain a propellant sufficient to propel the 9mm bullet to a velocity of at least 1600 feet per second. The firearm may include a barrel, wherein the barrel is configured to operably interact with the 9mm bullet and a chamber, wherein the chamber includes at least one chamber portion sized and shaped to operably associate with the 45-9 cartridge casing and a free-bore, wherein the free-bore includes at least one free-bore portion sized and shaped to operably associate with the 9mm bullet. | 01-23-2014 |
Jeffrey D. Goddard, Port Saint Lucie, FL US
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20100223831 | Firearm - A firearm for implementing an improved 9mm cartridge is provided, wherein the improved 9mm cartridge includes a 9mm bullet associated with a 45-9 cartridge casing, wherein the 9mm bullet weights at least 90 grains and wherein the 45-9 cartridge casing is configured to contain a propellant sufficient to propel the 9mm bullet to a velocity of at least 1600 feet per second. The firearm may include a barrel, wherein the barrel is configured to operably interact with the 9mm bullet and a chamber, wherein the chamber includes at least one chamber portion sized and shaped to operably associate with the 45-9 cartridge casing and a free-bore, wherein the free-bore includes at least one free-bore portion sized and shaped to operably associate with the 9mm bullet. | 09-09-2010 |
Jeremy A. Goddard, Garland, TX US
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20140208043 | SYNCHRONIZING PARALLEL APPLICATIONS IN AN ASYMMETRIC MULTI-PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method for synchronizing parallel applications in a partitioned asymmetric multi-processing system having multiple independent levels of security is provided. Synchronized access to a shared data memory region is provided for a first application through a first instance of a para-virtualized user library linked against a first application in a first domain having a first security level. Synchronized access is provided to the shared data memory region for a second application in parallel with the first application through a second instance of the para-virtualized user library linked against the second application in the first domain. The second instance of the para-virtualized user library also accesses the synchronization structure. Access is prevented to the shared data memory region and the synchronization structure by other applications in one or more other domains having other levels of security per domain. | 07-24-2014 |
Joan Stagaman Goddard, Boulder, CO US
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20090324124 | Color adjustment interface for high speed color printer - A color adjustment interface includes an original image thumbnail representing a version of an image prior to modification, a current image thumbnail representing a version of an image after a modification and a color polygon including a multitude of variation image thumbnails each representing a color variation. Each selection of a variation image thumbnail modifies the current image thumbnail in an adjustment towards a color represented by the selected variation image. | 12-31-2009 |
20120044520 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVED PRESENTATION OF JOB STATUS IN A PRINT SERVER - Methods and associated structure for displaying the status of a plurality of print jobs using a graphical user interface to present a broad overview of the status of the print jobs. Status information regarding the plurality of print jobs is received from one or more print servers. The status of each job is analyzed to associate a top-level category with each job and a status sub-category with each job. A graphical object is presented to the user to represent each of the top-level categories and each of the sub-categories within each top-level category. A count of the number of jobs associated with each graphical object may be presented to the user as a number associated with the graphical object. The graphical objects may be color-coded to indicate the level of operator intervention (if any) required for the print jobs associated with the corresponding top-level category or sub-category. | 02-23-2012 |
20120188580 | INSERTION OF PRINTER OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS ONTO SEPARATOR PAGES IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are provided for notifying operators of tasks to perform on printers by inserting operator instructions onto separator pages that are placed between print jobs. One embodiment is a print server that includes a control system and a page generator. The control system is operable to identify a print job, and to identify an operator instruction for the print job indicating a physical task for an operator to perform on a printer before the print job is printed. Also, the control system holds the print job responsive to identifying the operator instruction. The page generator generates a separator page comprising the operator instruction that indicates the physical task to perform on the printer, and transmits the separator page for printing to inform the operator of the task before the print job is printed. | 07-26-2012 |
20120188587 | PRINT QUEUE MANAGEMENT IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for print queue management are provided. The system performs a queue management process to identify a print job loaded in a first queue for a first printer, and to estimate a first time to print the print job on the first printer from the first queue. The system selects a second queue for a second printer, estimates a second time to print the print job on the second printer from the second queue if the print job were moved to the second queue, and calculates a difference in printing time between the first time to print and the second time to print. The system also moves the print job from the first queue to the second queue based on the calculated difference in printing time. | 07-26-2012 |
20120194830 | PRINT JOB STATUS IDENTIFICATION USING GRAPHICAL OBJECTS - Methods and systems are provided for visually representing print jobs in a print queue. In one embodiment, a system comprising a print queue, a scheduler, and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is disclosed. The print queue stores print jobs for a printer. The scheduler estimates a time to print each of the print jobs on the printer. The GUI displays a graphical representation of each of the print jobs in the print queue, where a size of a graphical representation of each of the print jobs is based on the estimated time to print each of the print jobs. | 08-02-2012 |
20120212769 | PSEUDO JOBS IN PRINT QUEUES FOR PRINT JOB SCHEDULING - Methods and systems are provided for scheduling multiple types of print jobs in a print queue using a pseudo job. A pseudo job is a special type of non-printing job object that is added to a print queue. In one embodiment, a system includes a print queue that stores print jobs scheduled for a printer. The print queue also stores a pseudo job that defines a boundary in the queue between print jobs having a first set of print settings and print jobs having a second set of print settings. In another embodiment, a system includes a print queue, a control system, and a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface displays options for generating a pseudo job, and receives input indicating a scheduled change to a configuration of a printer. The control system generates the pseudo job based on the input, and inserts the pseudo job in the print queue. | 08-23-2012 |
20120212770 | PRINT JOB SCHEDULING IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems are provided for scheduling multiple types of print jobs for a printer more efficiently by scheduling jobs together that share print settings. In one embodiment, a system includes a print queue that stores print jobs scheduled for a printer. The system also includes a scheduler that receives requests to schedule a print job for the printer. The scheduler compares the print settings of the requested print job to print settings of the print jobs already in the print queue. The scheduler then schedules the requested print job among the print jobs in the print queue that have print settings corresponding with the print settings of the requested print job. | 08-23-2012 |
20120212771 | RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN PRINT JOBS AND PRINTERS IN A PRINT SHOP ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for identifying conflicts between the requirements of an incoming print job and the configuration of a printer that has been requested to print the job. The system receives a request to move a print job to a queue for a printer and identifies a requirement of the print job. The system analyzes a current and a scheduled configuration of the printer to determine whether the current configuration or the scheduled configuration of the printer can handle the print setting. Responsive to determining that the current and scheduled configuration of the printer cannot handle the print setting, the system analyzes configurations of at least one other printer to identify another printer having a current configuration or a scheduled configuration that can handle the print setting. Further, the system provides information identifying the other printer. | 08-23-2012 |
Joseph Goddard, Gaylord, MI US
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20150074915 | MULTI-PURPOSE HITCH TOOL - A multi-purpose hitch tool includes a removal device that is coupled with a first end of an elongated handle. The removal device is configured to remove a cotter pin from a hitch pin or to strike the hitch pin out of engagement with a hitch receiver. A brush assembly is coupled with a second end of the elongated handle and is configured to remove debris from an interior cavity of the hitch receiver. The brush assembly includes a first bristle array that is configured to scrape the debris from the interior cavity. A second bristle array is disposed over an opposite lateral side of the elongated handle from the first bristle array. The second bristle array is less rigid than the first bristle array and is configured to bend against an interior surface within the interior cavity to bias the first bristle array against an opposite interior surface. | 03-19-2015 |
Kevin A. Goddard, Troy, MI US
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20130073420 | System and Method for Interior Design - A method of collaborative interior design between users on a displayed graphical user interface includes for each user, displaying on the graphical user interface a first list of design elements retrieved from a remote third-party data sources and a second list of design elements retrieved from a service provider data source. The method further includes receiving a placement of a design element from one of the design element lists in an interactive view of the graphical user interface by at least one of the users, and displaying an arrangement of design elements placed in the interactive view. The method includes executing on a computing processor an information acquisition routine that determines purchasing information for design elements of the first list placed in the interactive view, and displaying a shopping list populated with at least some of the design elements placed in the interactive view. | 03-21-2013 |
Kyle Goddard, Fresno, CA US
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20130292142 | AERIAL DELIVERY DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A firefighting device has a rigid sleeve and an inner bladder within the sleeve. The bladder is rupturable with a pair of bladder straps attached to the bladder which is pulled upon by a pair of lid straps attached to a lid when the firefighting device is released from a forward moving aircraft. Additionally, the sleeve may have a pair of sleeve straps which are connected to a lower half of the sleeve and the lid straps to facilitate rotation of the device when the device is released from the forward moving aircraft. | 11-07-2013 |
L.a. Goddard, Hazlehurst, GA US
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20120060383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GUIDING A PLURALITY OF LOAD BEARING MEMBERS OF A FORKLIFT - A light-based guidance system mountable on a forklift and method for guiding a plurality of load bearing members of a forklift is disclosed. The light-based guidance system includes first and second light sources disposed within a housing. The first light source is configured to emit a first light beam that is substantially parallel with the load bearing members. The method includes emitting a first light beam substantially parallel with the load bearing members, emitting a second light beam, and guiding the plurality of load bearing members based upon a position of irradiated light from the first and second light beams. | 03-15-2012 |
Laurence V. Goddard, Shaker Heights, OH US
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20130339103 | METHOD FOR MEASURING AND IMPROVING ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS - A method of evaluating the effectiveness of an organization. The method includes participants generating responses to a set of organizational statements as part of a one-day event. The participants are able to interact with each other during various phases of the one-day event in order to generate responses. The responses are entered into a software program running on a computer-based platform, and the software program operates on the responses to generate output results (evaluation results . . . e.g., scores associated with various organizational categories) as part of the one-day event. The results may be used to measure and benchmark effectiveness of the organization and to formulate suggestions and actions to be taken by the organization to improve the effectiveness of the organization. | 12-19-2013 |
Lynford Goddard, Champaign, IL US
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20140093986 | Optically Monitoring and Controlling Nanoscale Topography - Methods and apparatus for method for characterizing a height profile of a scattering surface relative to a fiducial plane. The scattering surface, which may be an interface between distinct solid, liquid, gaseous or plasma phases, is illuminated with substantially spatially coherent light, and light scattered by the scattering surface is collected and dispersed, such as by a grating, into zeroth- and first-order beams. A spatial Fourier transform of the zeroth- and first-order beams is created, and one of the beams is low-pass filtered. The beams are interfered at a focal plane detector to generate an interferogram, which is transformed to retrieve a spatially resolved quantitative phase image and/or an amplitude image of the scattering surface. Imaging may be performed during an etching process, and may be used to adaptively control a photoetching process in a feedback loop. | 04-03-2014 |
Lynford L. Goddard, Champaign, IL US
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20100159705 | METHOD OF PLASMA ETCHING GA-BASED COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS - A method of plasma etching Ga-based compound semiconductors includes providing a process chamber and a source electrode adjacent thereto. The chamber contains a Ga-based compound semiconductor sample in contact with a platen which is electrically connected to a first power supply, and the source electrode is electrically connected to a second power supply. SiCl | 06-24-2010 |
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20120063484 | DISTRIBUTED REFLECTOR IN A MICRORING RESONATOR - A component having a microring resonator and grating, coupled to a waveguide is described. By selection of the grating period, and other parameters such as the grating-waveguide coupling coefficient, an efficient filter may be designed and constructed. The component may be used in passive devices such as add-drop multiplexers or sensors, or in active devices such as lasers. Designs having essentially no response sidelobes, very narrow effective bandwidths, and fast filter roll-offs may permit compact devices to be produced, when compared with typical distributed sampled Bragg grating structures. | 03-15-2012 |
20140307261 | White Light Diffraction Tomography of Unlabeled Live Cells - Methods for obtaining a tomographic phase image of a specimen, either in transmission or in scatter. A specimen is illuminated by a temporally incoherent source and light collected in transmission or scattering is used to generate a scattered phase image of the specimen in multiple axial planes. The scattered field is solved for in wavevector space, and a derived instrument function is deconvolved to obtain specimen susceptibility in wavevector space. The specimen susceptibility is transformed to obtain a three-dimensional phase tomogram of the specimen. | 10-16-2014 |
Mark Goddard, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA US
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20100274479 | Method and system for saving and retrieving spatial related information - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device. | 10-28-2010 |
20110125396 | Method and system for enabling an off board navigation solution - The present invention is directed to a method and system for providing off-board navigational information from a network server to a mobile communication device, such as a cellular phone. Specifically, upon receiving from the mobile communication device the real time location of the mobile communication device and a location or identification of a destination, the network server transmits to the mobile communication device routing information as well as audible navigation voice prompts. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the routing information includes maneuver information for traveling from the real location of the mobile communication device to the destination, and the audible navigation voice prompts provide data for generating audible turn-by-turn instructions for traveling from the real time location of the mobile communication device to the destination. | 05-26-2011 |
20110130960 | Method and system for saving and retrieving spatial related information - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device. | 06-02-2011 |
20120253668 | Method and System for Saving and Retrieving Spatial Related Information - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254804 | Personal wireless navigation system - A personal wireless navigation system operable on wireless phone devices provides a platform for empowering a merchant-paid search. Performance of a navigation functionality in a personal wireless navigation system is higher and more comparable and competitive with portable navigation devices and in-car navigation systems, and the search capability is comparable and competitive with the most popular web search engines. A user interface (UI) and look and feel of the personal wireless navigation system is provided which is enhanced so that users do not simply want to use the product—they covet it. The personal wireless navigation system may be constructed such that a subset of it with fewer features and functions can be productized, marketed and deployed to users. | 10-04-2012 |
20130184988 | Method and System for Saving and Retrieving Spatial Related Information - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device. | 07-18-2013 |
20130194109 | Navigational Lane Guidance - Navigational lane guidance enhances a maneuver display by incorporating full display of available lanes in a freeway, when available in the map data. An otherwise regular turn icon display is replaced with a variable width image that grows to show all available lanes, highlighting lanes usable to complete a navigated maneuver. A new lane TrueType font displays the lane guidance image, with individual characters representing each possible line situation. Since TrueType fonts are vector-based, they can be used to generate the lane images at any size, in a platform-independent fashion. The lane font has direction arrows, which can be combined to form composite arrows; and additional direction arrows as needed to allow replacement of the routing icons currently in use. Lane dividers may also be implemented. | 08-01-2013 |
20130197798 | Natural Navigational Guidance - Natural navigational guidance, provides enhanced guidance instructions that take advantage of unique geographic features along a navigated route to specify maneuver points. Guidance points are clearly visible, unambiguous, and locally unique features in the geography of the maneuver area that can be used to aid the user in discovering the place where the maneuver point is. Within a guidance point selection area, a specific guidance point type has a more strict area within which it can be used. A natural guidance point selection area for an upcoming maneuver to be navigated is determined, and a unique geographic feature within the determined natural guidance point selection area is selected as a natural guidance point for navigation of the upcoming maneuver. A turn-type natural guidance point for an upcoming maneuver to be navigated is generated when the user device is within the natural guidance point selection area. | 08-01-2013 |
20130232006 | Filtered Search Query Data for Context and User Intent within a Location-Based Search Engine - A single search system that returns relevant search results for a user search query by identifying user intent and context implied therein. The inventive system supports POI and address searches initiated from a single search box only. Search query data is input in to a single search box on a single search client to initiate a search for an arbitrary piece of data. Meta-data concerning a nature of a search is not provided to the single search system. A search servlet on a single search server uses an ordered series of filter methods to progressively extract specific aspects of user intent from a freeform search query, and accumulate intent information within a context shared by all filters. The single search system determines a data corpus to search based on context provided in a user search query. Relevant search results are returned to the single search client in a search response. | 09-05-2013 |
20130325839 | Single Search Box Global - A global single search system that returns relevant search results for a user search query by identifying user intent and context implied therein. The system supports POI and address searches initiated from a single search box global only. Search query data is input in a single search box on a single search client to initiate a search for an arbitrary piece of data. Meta-data concerning a nature of a search is not provided to the single search system. A search servlet uses an ordered series of filter methods to extract specific aspects of user intent from a freeform search query, and accumulate intent information within a context shared by all filters. The system determines a data corpus to search based on context provided in a user search query. Relevant search results are returned to the single search client in a search response. The global single search system supports global markets. | 12-05-2013 |
20140156187 | Dynamically Varied Map Labeling - Methods for dynamically varying label density and label placement on a map display used in mapping and/or navigation solutions. Label density and label placement on a map display are adjusted dynamically based on: a function class of a road being navigated, a function class of a road to be navigated following an upcoming maneuver, a distance to an upcoming maneuver, and/or a speed a device receiving mapping/navigation services is travelling. | 06-05-2014 |
20140330514 | Method and System for Saving and Retrieving Spatial Related Information - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. The present invention also provides methods and apparatus of sharing event information between mobile communication devices as well as related navigational information for traveling to an event from a real-time position of a mobile communication device. | 11-06-2014 |
20150088416 | Dynamically Varied Map Labeling - Methods for dynamically varying label density and label placement on a map display used in mapping and/or navigation solutions. Label density and label placement on a map display are adjusted dynamically based on: a function class of a road being navigated, a function class of a road to be navigated following an upcoming maneuver, a distance to an upcoming maneuver, and/or a speed a device receiving mapping/navigation services is travelling. | 03-26-2015 |
20150185038 | Natural Navigational Guidance - Natural navigational guidance provides enhanced guidance instructions that take advantage of unique geographic features along a navigated route to specify maneuver points. Guidance points are clearly visible, unambiguous, and locally unique features in the geography of the maneuver area that can be used to aid the user in discovering the place where the maneuver point is. Within a guidance point selection area, a specific guidance point type has a more strict area within which it can be used. A natural guidance point selection area for an upcoming maneuver to be navigated is determined, and a unique geographic feature within the determined natural guidance point selection area is selected as a natural guidance point for navigation of the upcoming maneuver. A turn-type natural guidance point for an upcoming maneuver to be navigated is generated when the user device is within the natural guidance point selection area. | 07-02-2015 |
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20140173520 | Personal Wireless Navigation System - A personal wireless navigation system operable on wireless phone devices provides a platform for empowering a merchant-paid search. Performance of a navigation functionality in a personal wireless navigation system is higher and more comparable and competitive with portable navigation devices and in-car navigation systems, and the search capability is comparable and competitive with the most popular web search engines. A user interface (UI) and look and feel of the personal wireless navigation system is provided which is enhanced so that users do not simply want to use the product—they covet it. The personal wireless navigation system may be constructed such that a subset of it with fewer features and functions can be productized, marketed and deployed to users. | 06-19-2014 |
Merlln Wayne Goddard, Kennewick, WA US
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Phil H. Goddard, Temecula, CA US
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20120324353 | System and Method for Building and Managing User Experience for Computer Software Interfaces - Several computerized tools, methodologies and data structures, according to embodiments of the present invention, are disclosed for collecting data for UX research and development directed to a product, process, and system and for developing personas and scenarios from the data for designing and for measuring the effectiveness of the product, process, and/or systems for use by the personas or real people. The tools, methodologies and data structures may be used individually or in sets. | 12-20-2012 |
Philip Goddard, Merriimack, NH US
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20140116945 | NANOFIBER CONTAINING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - A nanofiber liquid filtration medium featuring an electrospun polymeric nanofiber layer produced on a smooth non-woven substrate. | 05-01-2014 |
Philip Goddard, Nashua, NH US
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20120076934 | ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES AND METHODS OF MAKING - The present invention is an integral multilayered composite membrane having at least one ultrafiltration layer made by cocasting or sequentially casting a plurality of polymer solutions onto a support to form a multilayered liquid sheet and immersing the sheet into a liquid coagulation bath to effect phase separation and form a multilayered composite membrane having at least one ultrafiltration layer. | 03-29-2012 |
20140220246 | Ultrafiltration Membranes and Methods of Making - The present invention is an integral multilayered composite membrane having at least one ultrafiltration layer made by cocasting or sequentially casting a plurality of polymer solutions onto a support to form a multilayered liquid sheet and immersing the sheet into a liquid coagulation bath to effect phase separation and form a multilayered composite membrane having at least one ultrafiltration layer. | 08-07-2014 |
20140221629 | Ultrafiltration Membranes and Methods of Making - The present invention is an integral multilayered composite membrane having at least one ultrafiltration layer made by cocasting or sequentially casting a plurality of polymer solutions onto a support to form a multilayered liquid sheet and immersing the sheet into a liquid coagulation bath to effect phase separation and form a multilayered composite membrane having at least one ultrafiltration layer. | 08-07-2014 |
Philip Goddard, Merrimack, NH US
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20120061332 | METHOD FOR RETROVIRUS REMOVAL - A method for removing retroviruses from liquid samples and a nanofiber containing liquid filtration medium that simultaneously exhibits high liquid permeability and high microorganism retention is disclosed. Retroviruses are removed from a liquid by passing the liquid through a porous nanofiber containing filtration medium having a retrovirus LRV greater than about 6, and the nanofiber(s) has a diameter from about 10 nm to about 100 nm. The filtration medium can be in the form of a fibrous electrospun polymeric nanofiber liquid filtration medium mat. | 03-15-2012 |
20130092622 | NANOFIBER CONTAINING COMPOSITE MEMBRANE STRUCTURES - A composite liquid filtration platform including a composite filtration medium featuring an electrospun polymeric nanofiber layer collected on a porous membrane. When in use, the porous membrane acts as a prefilter used upstream from the polymeric nanofiber layer to remove particles from a liquid stream flowing through the composite filtration structure. The nanofiber layer, positioned downstream from the porous membrane, is used as the retentive layer for critical filtration to provide biosafety assurance, and is responsible for capturing microorganisms like bacteria, mycoplasma or viruses. The composite liquid filtration platform provided herein exhibits permeability advantages over conventional porous membranes or nanofiber mats spun on coarse non-wovens. | 04-18-2013 |
20150182913 | ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES AND METHODS OF MAKING - The present invention is an integral multilayered composite membrane having at least one ultrafiltration layer made by cocasting or sequentially casting a plurality of polymer solutions onto a support to form a multilayered liquid sheet and immersing the sheet into a liquid coagulation bath to effect phase separation and form a multilayered composite membrane having at least one ultrafiltration layer. | 07-02-2015 |
Richard Goddard, Hanford, CA US
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20110133036 | Aerial Delivery Devices, Systems and Methods - According to certain embodiments, an aerial delivery system configured to be deployed from an aircraft comprises a base, a sleeve generally configured to be positioned on the base, a bag configured to receive at least one liquid and a lid assembly attached to the bag using at least one strap. In some embodiments, the strap is attached to the bag in a manner that causes the bag to be selectively compromised once the aerial delivery system is deployed from an aircraft. In one embodiment, the system comprises a cellulose-based material. In other arrangements, the bag comprises polypropylene. | 06-09-2011 |
20120286096 | AERIAL DELIVERY DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - According to certain embodiments, an aerial delivery system configured to be deployed from an aircraft comprises a base, a sleeve generally configured to be positioned on the base, a bag configured to receive at least one liquid and a lid assembly attached to the bag using at least one strap. In some embodiments, the strap is attached to the bag in a manner that causes the bag to be selectively compromised once the aerial delivery system is deployed from an aircraft. In one embodiment, the system comprises a cellulose-based material. In other arrangements, the bag comprises polypropylene. | 11-15-2012 |
20130292142 | AERIAL DELIVERY DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A firefighting device has a rigid sleeve and an inner bladder within the sleeve. The bladder is rupturable with a pair of bladder straps attached to the bladder which is pulled upon by a pair of lid straps attached to a lid when the firefighting device is released from a forward moving aircraft. Additionally, the sleeve may have a pair of sleeve straps which are connected to a lower half of the sleeve and the lid straps to facilitate rotation of the device when the device is released from the forward moving aircraft. | 11-07-2013 |
Richard Joseph Goddard, Fogelsville, PA US
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20090042749 | N,N-Dialkylpolyhydroxyalkylamines - N,N-Dialkylpolyhydroxyalkylamines may be made by the reductive alkylation of an N-alkylpolyhydroxyalkylamine with an aldehyde or ketone, or with an equivalent compound, in the presence of a transition metal catalyst and hydrogen. The reaction is performed in a reaction solvent that contains at least 30 wt % of an organic solvent. The use of a sufficiently high proportion of an appropriate organic solvent in the reaction mixture reduces the amount of water present in the reaction mixture, and provides rapid reaction rates and high yields of the desired product. The N,N-dialkylpolyhydroxyalkylamines may be used in a wide variety of applications. | 02-12-2009 |
20110150794 | Polymeric Compositions for Personal Care Products - A polymeric composition is disclosed for use in personal care products. The composition is, at room temperature, a solid solution of a long-chain alcohol having ten to fifty carbon atoms and a polyalkyl[meth]acrylate polymer having some alkyl side chains pendant the ester group having ten to thirty carbon atoms and other alkyl side chains pendant the ester group having one to eight carbon atoms. The polymer can be formed by a transesterification reaction of a polyalkyl[meth]acrylate and the long chain alcohol in the presence of a catalyst. | 06-23-2011 |
20120058060 | Cationic/Cationogenic Comb Copolymer Compositions and Personal Care Products Containing the Same - Cationic and cationogenic comb copolymers are disclosed along with personal care products that employ them as a modifier that results in increased sensory attributes and increased effectiveness in the deposition of actives and can also act as a thickening agent. The copolymer includes one or more repeating units derived from olefinically unsaturated cationic or cationogenic comonomers and one or more repeating units having the formula | 03-08-2012 |
20120142577 | Biodegradable Amphoteric Surfactants Based on C6 to C11 Linear or Predominately Linear Alcohols - A biodegradable amphoteric surfactant is disclosed. The surfactant, has excellent coupling efficiency, low to moderate foam, and good detergency. Amphoteric surfactants based on linear alkyl radicals or predominately linear alkyl radicals (R) of 6 to 11 carbons, and mixtures thereof are also disclosed. | 06-07-2012 |
20130195775 | IONIC/IONOGENIC COMB COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS CONTAINING THE SAME - Ionic and ionogenic comb copolymers are disclosed along with personal care products that employ them as a modifier that results in increased sensory attributes and increased effectiveness in the deposition of actives and can also act as a thickening agent. The copolymer includes one or more repeating units derived from olefinically unsaturated anionic or anionogenic or zwitterionic comonomers, and one or more repeating units having the formula | 08-01-2013 |
Steven F. Goddard, Seattle, WA US
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20100241668 | Local Computer Account Management at Domain Level - A domain level database containing domain user permission settings may contain local device permission settings for domain users. For each of the local devices attached to the domain, a client service may periodically query the domain database and receive local permission settings for individual domain users. The local permission settings may affect access and availability of certain local resources and actions to the domain users. The client service may update a locally maintained database that may be used by a local security management system to permit or deny access to local resources and local actions to individual users when those users are logged onto the local device. | 09-23-2010 |
20100242037 | Software Deployment over a Network - Devices in a network environment may have a local client application that may periodically update software components on a local device and may configure user access and other parameters to the software component for individual users. The client application may operate by querying a domain server and may receive a description of available software components. After identifying a component to install, the client application may download the component from a data store and install the component, then configure individual user access to the component. | 09-23-2010 |
Timothy Goddard, Newnan, GA US
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20110274397 | TIGHT-BUFFERED OPTICAL FIBER HAVING IMPROVED FIBER ACCESS - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for providing tight-buffered optical fiber having improved fiber access. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method for making a tight buffer upcoated optical fiber having a predetermined buffer stripping force is provided. The method includes controlling residual acrylate unsaturation (RAU) and oxygen in at least an outer surface of un-buffered optical fiber to achieve a predetermined buffer stripping characteristic, applying a tight buffer composition comprising acrylate to the un-buffered optical fiber, and curing the tight buffer composition. | 11-10-2011 |
20130011108 | UV Curable Acrylate Buffer Coating for Optical Fiber - Certain embodiments of the invention may include a UV curable acrylate buffer coating for optical fiber. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a buffered optical fiber is provided. The buffered optical fiber includes a core, a cladding surrounding the core, a primary layer surrounding the cladding, a secondary layer surrounding the primary layer. A clear or translucent buffer surrounds the optical fiber, wherein the buffer includes polyester/polyether polyol aliphatic urethane acrylate, and the buffer has an elastic modulus greater than 40,000 psi. | 01-10-2013 |
20140064682 | Liquid and Gaseous Resistance Compact Fiber Unit and Method of Making the Same - The embodiments disclosed herein seek to eliminate substantially all of the voids or air gaps among neighboring fibers within a CFU by wetting a plurality of optical fibers that comprises the CFU with an acrylate prepolymer resin before the plurality of the optical fibers are grouped together tightly. In one embodiment, instead of extruding a first acrylate prepolymer resin to the optical fibers immediately after a first die, the disclosed process wets the optical fibers with a first acrylate prepolymer resin prior to the first die. | 03-06-2014 |
William Goddard, Pasadena, CA US
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20090242416 | Nanowire sensor, sensor array, and method for making the same - The present invention relates to a nanowire sensor and method for forming the same. More specifically, the nanowire sensor comprises at least one nanowire formed on a substrate, with a sensor receptor disposed on a surface of the nanowire, thereby forming a receptor-coated nanowire. The nanowire sensor can be arranged as a sensor sub-unit comprising a plurality of homogeneously receptor-coated nanowires. A plurality of sensor subunits can be formed to collectively comprise a nanowire sensor array. Each sensor subunit in the nanowire sensor array can be formed to sense a different stimulus, allowing a user to sense a plurality of stimuli. Additionally, each sensor subunit can be formed to sense the same stimuli through different aspects of the stimulus. The sensor array is fabricated through a variety of techniques, such as by creating nanopores on a substrate and electrodepositing nanowires within the nanopores. | 10-01-2009 |
20100159305 | Carbon based electrocatalysts for fuel cells - Novel proton exchange membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells with nanostructured components are configured with higher precious metal utilization rate at the electrodes, higher power density, and lower cost. To form a catalyst, platinum or platinum-ruthenium nanoparticles are deposited onto carbon-based materials, for example, single-walled, dual-walled, multi-walled and cup-stacked carbon nanotubes. The deposition process includes an ethylene glycol reduction method. Aligned arrays of these carbon nanomaterials are prepared by filtering the nanomaterials with ethanol. A membrane electrode assembly is formed by sandwiching the catalyst between a proton exchange membrane and a diffusion layer that form a first electrode. The second electrode may be formed using a conventional catalyst. The several layers of the MEA are hot pressed to form an integrated unit. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells are developed by stacking the membrane electrode assemblies in a conventional manner. | 06-24-2010 |
20130164652 | CARBON BASED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR FUEL CELLS - Novel proton exchange membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells with nanostructured components are configured with higher precious metal utilization rate at the electrodes, higher power density, and lower cost. To form a catalyst, platinum or platinum-ruthenium nanoparticles are deposited onto carbon-based materials, for example, single-walled, dual-walled, multi-walled and cup-stacked carbon nanotubes. The deposition process includes an ethylene glycol reduction method. Aligned arrays of these carbon nanomaterials are prepared by filtering the nanomaterials with ethanol. A membrane electrode assembly is formed by sandwiching the catalyst between a proton exchange membrane and a diffusion layer that form a first electrode. The second electrode may be formed using a conventional catalyst. The several layers of the MEA are hot pressed to form an integrated unit. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells and direct methanol fuel cells are developed by stacking the membrane electrode assemblies in a conventional manner. | 06-27-2013 |