Menezes, US
Alfred Menezes US
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20090323944 | METHOD OF PUBLIC KEY GENERATION - A potential bias in the generation of a private key is avoided by selecting the key and comparing it against the system parameters. If a predetermined condition is attained it is accepted. If not it is rejected and a new key is generated. | 12-31-2009 |
Daniel Menezes, Berkeley, CA US
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20160137730 | ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATES - This application discloses anti-P-cadherin antibodies, antigen binding fragments thereof, and antibody drug conjugates of said antibodies or antigen binding fragments. The invention also relates to methods of treating cancer using the antibodies, antigen binding fragments, and antibody drug conjugates. Also disclosed herein are methods of making the antibodies, antigen binding fragments, and antibody drug conjugates, and methods of using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments as diagnostic reagents. | 05-19-2016 |
Daniel Menezes, Emeryville, CA US
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20100075965 | PI3 KINASE INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF THEIR USE - Phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3 kinase inhibitor compounds, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and prodrugs thereof; compositions of the new compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and uses of the new compounds, either alone or in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent, in the prophylaxis or treatment of proliferative diseases characterized by the abnormal activity of growth factors, protein serine/threonine kinases, phospholipid kinases, G-protein coupled receptors, and phosphatases. | 03-25-2010 |
20100086518 | TREATMENT OF MELANOMA - Methods of treating melanoma include administering a compound of Structure I, a tautomer of the compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or the tautomer, or a mixture thereof to a subject. The compound, tautomer, salt of the compound, salt of the tautomer, or mixture thereof may be used to prepare medicaments for treating metastatic cancer. The variable A has the values defined herein. | 04-08-2010 |
Edgar Menezes, Jacksonville, FL US
Edgar Menezes, Roanoke, VA US
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20100060852 | SINGLE VISION SPECTACLE LENS - An improved single lens comprising: | 03-11-2010 |
Edgar V. Menezes, Jacksonville, FL US
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20080231810 | METHOD OF FITTING CONTACT LENSES - The invention provides a method of fitting lenses that results in correction of not only low and high order ocular aberrations, but that additionally provides correction for the effects of cortical influences, or neuro-adaptive influences. | 09-25-2008 |
20080291393 | OPHTHALMIC LENSES FOR PREVENTION OF MYOPIA PROGRESSION - The invention provides ophthalmic lenses useful in preventing myopia progression. The lenses of the invention provide substantially constant distance vision power zone in the center of the optic zone surrounded by a zone that provides positive longitudinal spherical aberration. | 11-27-2008 |
20090324691 | METHODS AND OPHTHALMIC DEVICES USED IN THE TREATMENT OF OCULAR ALLERGIES - Ophthalmic devices containing anti-allergic agents and methods of preparing the same are disclosed herein. | 12-31-2009 |
20100073629 | OPHTHALMIC LENSES FOR PREVENTION OF MYOPIA PROGRESSION - The invention provides ophthalmic lenses useful in preventing myopia progression. The lenses of the invention provide substantially constant distance vision power zone in the center of the optic zone surrounded by a zone that provides positive longitudinal spherical aberration. | 03-25-2010 |
20110144444 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING ACCESS THROUGH TISSUE TO A SURGICAL SITE - Methods and devices are provided for providing surgical access into a body cavity. A surgical access port is provided that has an adjustable longitudinal length, such as by being formed from multiple segments configured to move relative to one another. An anchor can be coupled to a distal end of the surgical access port to help secure the surgical access port within a tissue opening by engaging a distal side of the tissue. Optionally, the anchor can be removably coupled to the distal end of the surgical access port, thereby allowing any one of a plurality of anchors to be selectively coupled thereto. | 06-16-2011 |
20110144449 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING ACCESS THROUGH TISSUE TO A SURGICAL SITE - Methods and devices are provided for providing access through tissue to a surgical site. Generally, the methods and devices allow adjustment of a surgical access port's longitudinal length. In one embodiment, a surgical access port is provided that includes a housing having a cannula distally extending therefrom. The housing can be configured to cut a proximal portion of the cannula to adjust a longitudinal length of the cannula and hence of the surgical access port. In another embodiment, a surgical access port is provided that includes a cannula formed of a plurality of modular segments removably coupled together. One or more of the segments can be configured to be removable from the cannula to change the cannula's longitudinal length. | 06-16-2011 |
20110149229 | CONTACT LENSES WITH STABILIZATION FEATURES - Stabilized contact lenses have unconventional stabilization zones such as with the bulk of their length lying beneath the horizontal axis of the lens, a differing rate of change of slope (from peak) in one direction relative to the other, and a different height profile above the horizontal axis than below the horizontal axis. | 06-23-2011 |
20110149230 | STABILIZATION OF CONTACT LENSES - Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced. | 06-23-2011 |
20110149231 | METHOD FOR STABILIZING CONTACT LENSES - A method for stabilizing contact lenses includes providing a lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters, applying a merit function to the lens design based on balancing moments of momentum, and creating a contact lens design with improved stabilization based on the application of the merit functions to the lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters. | 06-23-2011 |
20120075579 | TRANSLATING PRESBYOPIC CONTACT LENS - Lenses for correcting presbyopia are translating, multifocal contact lenses with pseudotruncations which are asymmetric about the vertical meridian. | 03-29-2012 |
20120075580 | TRANSLATING PRESBYOPIC CONTACT LENS - Lenses for correcting presbyopia are translating, multifocal contact lenses with pseudotruncations which are asymmetric about the vertical meridian. | 03-29-2012 |
20120075581 | TRANSLATING PRESBYOPIC CONTACT LENS - Lenses for correcting presbyopia are translating, multifocal contact lenses with pseudotruncations which are asymmetric about the vertical meridian. | 03-29-2012 |
20120127424 | STABILIZATION OF CONTACT LENSES - Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced. | 05-24-2012 |
20120242950 | CONTACT LENSES WITH IMPROVED MOVEMENT - Contact lenses have design features to enhance translational properties such as dimples and coating treatments. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242951 | CONTACT LENSES WITH IMPROVED MOVEMENT - Contact lenses have design features to enhance translational properties such as dimples and coating treatments. | 09-27-2012 |
20130335698 | METHOD FOR STABILIZING CONTACT LENSES - A method for stabilizing contact lenses includes providing a lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters, applying a merit function to the lens design based on balancing moments of momentum, and creating a contact lens design with improved stabilization based on the application of the merit functions to the lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters. | 12-19-2013 |
20140098340 | STABILIZATION OF CONTACT LENSES - Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced. | 04-10-2014 |
20150146163 | STABILIZATION OF CONTACT LENSES - Contact lens designs are provided with improved stabilization wherein the moments of momentum are balanced. | 05-28-2015 |
20150346514 | METHOD FOR STABILIZING CONTACT LENSES - A method for stabilizing contact lenses includes providing a lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters, applying a merit function to the lens design based on balancing moments of momentum, and creating a contact lens design with improved stabilization based on the application of the merit functions to the lens design with a nominal set of stabilization zone parameters. | 12-03-2015 |
Francis Menezes, Simi Valley, CA US
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20160114174 | IMPLANTABLE HEAD LOCATED RADIOFREQUENCY COUPLED NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM FOR HEAD PAIN - An implantable head-mounted, radiofrequency (RF) coupled, unibody peripheral neurostimulation system is provided for implantation in the head for the purpose of treating chronic head pain, including migraine. The system may include an implantable pulse generator (IPG) from which multiple stimulating leads may extend sufficient to allow for adequate stimulation over multiple regions of the head, preferably including the frontal, parietal and occipital regions. A lead may include an extended body, along which may be disposed a plurality of surface metal electrodes (SME), which may be subdivided into a plurality of electrode arrays. A plurality of internal metal wires may run a portion of its length and connect the IPG's internal circuit to the SME. The IPG may include an RF receiver coil and an application specific integrated circuit. The IPG may be capable of functional connection to an external RF unit for purposes that may include power, diagnostics, and programming. | 04-28-2016 |
20160114175 | IMPLANTABLE HEAD LOCATED RADIOFREQUENCY COUPLED NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM FOR HEAD PAIN - A method is provided for controlling power delivery from an external power transfer system (EPTS) to at least one implantable neurostimulator system (INS). The method comprises driving a first transmit coil within the EPTS using a transmit coil driver circuit, receiving, using a receive coil, power transferred from the first transmit coil, coupling the received power to a regulator circuit, monitoring the regulator circuit, communicating a message to the EPTS using a back telemetry circuit, receiving the message, and adjusting the transmit coil driver circuit. | 04-28-2016 |
20160114177 | IMPLANTABLE HEAD LOCATED RADIOFREQUENCY COUPLED NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEM FOR HEAD PAIN - A system is provided for driving an implantable neurostimulator lead, the lead having an associated plurality of electrodes disposed in at least one array on the lead. The system comprises an implantable pulse generator (IPG), the IPG including an electrode driver, a load system for determining load requirements, an IPG power coupler, and an IPG communication system. The system also includes an external unit, which includes an external variable power generator, an external power coupler, an external communication system, and a controller for varying the power level of the variable power generator. | 04-28-2016 |
Joaquim Menezes, Capitola, CA US
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20140290110 | Methods and Systems for Enhancing Firearm Safety Through Wireless Network Monitoring - A firearm includes a firing mechanism and a sensor device. The sensor device includes a subscriber identity module configured to communicate with a server over a signaling channel of a wireless communications network. The Sensor device is configured to enable/disable the firing mechanism in accordance with instructions received by the SIM from the server. Movements and/or attempted operations of the firearm may be monitored using an application running on a mobile device, which application receives information concerning the firearm over the signaling channel of the wireless communications network. | 10-02-2014 |
20140360073 | Methods and Systems for Enhancing Firearm Safety Through Wireless Network Monitoring - A firearm includes a firing mechanism and a sensor device. The sensor device includes a subscriber identity module configured to communicate with a server over a signaling channel of a wireless communications network. The Sensor device is configured to enable/disable the firing mechanism in accordance with instructions received by the SIM from the server. Movements and/or attempted operations of the firearm may be monitored using an application running on a mobile device, which application receives information concerning the firearm over the signaling channel of the wireless communications network. | 12-11-2014 |
Joseph Menezes, Wilmington, DE US
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20120308471 | SELECTIVE ETCHING OF SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES - Described is a method for the selective etching of single walled carbon nanotubes with CO | 12-06-2012 |
Juscilene Menezes, San Diego, CA US
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20150104858 | NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLE PREPARATION - The present invention includes methods, devices and systems for isolating a nucleic acid from a fluid comprising cells. In various aspects, the methods, devices and systems may allow for a rapid procedure that requires a minimal amount of material and/or results in high purity nucleic acid isolated from complex fluids such as blood or environmental samples. | 04-16-2015 |
Juscilene Menezes, Del Mar, CA US
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20140356877 | NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLE PREPARATION - The present invention includes methods, devices and systems for isolating a nucleic acid from a fluid comprising cells. In various aspects, the methods, devices and systems may allow for a rapid procedure that requires a minimal amount of material and/or results in high purity nucleic acid isolated from complex fluids such as blood or environmental samples. | 12-04-2014 |
Karol Menezes, Portland, OR US
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20100070648 | TRAFFIC GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE PERFORMANCE OF A GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT - The present invention relates to a traffic generator and a method for testing the performance of the memory system of graphic processing unit. The traffic generator comprises: at least one simulated engine module, each for generating at least one read stream and/or at least one write stream; and an output arbiter for selecting a stream to be output from a group comprising the at least one read stream and/or the at least one write stream; wherein the selected stream is arranged to be output to the memory system of graphic processing unit. | 03-18-2010 |
Leandro Menezes, Rochester Hills, MI US
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20120080004 | PISTON ASSEMBLY - Exemplary piston assemblies and methods of making the same are disclosed. An exemplary piston assembly may include a piston crown and a piston skirt that is received in a central opening of the crown. The piston crown may include a ring belt portion defining, at least in part, a cooling gallery. The crown and skirt may each further include corresponding mating surfaces that extend about a periphery of the crown and skirt. The skirt mating surface and crown mating surface may generally be secured to each other that the crown and the skirt cooperate to form a continuous upper combustion bowl surface. The skirt and crown may cooperate to define a radially outer gap about a periphery of the piston crown. | 04-05-2012 |
Marlon E. Menezes, Mountain View, CA US
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20090035918 | POST DEPOSITION PLASMA TREATMENT TO INCREASE TENSILE STRESS OF HDP-CVD SIO2 - Methods of forming a dielectric layer where the tensile stress of the layer is increased by a plasma treatment at an elevated position are described. In one embodiment, oxide and nitride layers are deposited on a substrate and patterned to form an opening. A trench is etched into the substrate. The substrate is transferred into a chamber suitable for dielectric deposition. A dielectric layer is deposited over the substrate, filling the trench and covering mesa regions adjacent to the trench. The substrate is raised to an elevated position above the substrate support and exposed to a plasma which increases the tensile stress of the substrate. The substrate is removed from the dielectric deposition chamber, and portions of the dielectric layer are removed so that the dielectric layer is even with the topmost portion of the nitride layer. The nitride and pad oxide layers are removed to form the STI structure. | 02-05-2009 |
20110223773 | LOW TEMPERATURE PROCESS FOR DEPOSITING A HIGH EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT NON-PEELING OPTICAL ABSORBER FOR A SCANNING LASER SURFACE ANNEAL OF IMPLANTED DOPANTS - A plasma enhanced physical vapor deposition process deposits an amorphous carbon layer on an ion-implanted wafer for use in dynamic surface annealing of the wafer with an intense line beam of a laser wavelength. The deposition process is carried out at a wafer temperature below the dopant clustering threshold temperature, and includes introducing the wafer into a chamber having a carbon-containing target overlying the wafer, and furnishing a carrier gas into the chamber. The process further includes generating a wafer bias voltage and applying target source power to the carbon-containing target sufficient to produce ion bombardment of the carbon-containing target. The wafer bias voltage is set to a level at which the amorphous carbon layer that is deposited has a desired extinction coefficient at the laser wavelength. | 09-15-2011 |
Michael J. Menezes, Fremont, CA US
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20090193014 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING, QUERYING, AND VISUALIZING BEHAVIOR TARGETING PROCESSES - Disclosed are apparatus and methods for providing information that is related to user on-line behavior, which was also used at least partly to generate user scores by one or more behavior targeting processes. A query client may select to receive information from a plurality of different data feeds that are retained within a plurality of different databases by a plurality of different behavior targeting processes. The selectable data feeds generally correspond to different types or aggregations of user on-line behavior. In certain embodiments, information from the selected data feeds for a particular user is compiled and presented in a single, interactive user interface that allows the client to easily view various aspects of such information. | 07-30-2009 |
Michelle D. Menezes, Richmond, VA US
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20160130605 | MDA-9/SYNTENIN PROMOTER TO IMAGE AND TREAT METASTATIC CANCER CELLS - Recombinant vectors in which expression of one or more elements (e.g. genes required for viral replication, detectable imaging agents, therapeutic agents, etc.) is driven by an mda- | 05-12-2016 |
Mitchell E. Menezes, Richmond, VA US
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20160106866 | TRIPARTITE CANCER THERANOSTIC NUCLEIC ACID CONSTRUCTS - The presently disclosed subject matter generally relates to genetic constructs and methods for their use in cancer imaging, cancer treatment, and combined imaging and treatment protocols. In particular, the presently disclosed subject matter relates to tripartite cancer theranostic nucleic acid constructs that permit simultaneous cancer specific viral replication, expression of a diagnostic gene product, and expression of a therapeutic gene. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108429 | PEG-PROM MEDIATED SURFACE EXPRESSION OF AVIDIN/STREPTAVIDIN - The presently disclosed subject matter relates to compositions and methods directed to cancer theranostic nucleic acid constructs that permit simultaneous cancer-specific viral replication, expression of a diagnostic gene product, and expression of a therapeutic gene. | 04-21-2016 |
Nina M. Menezes, Boston, MA US
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20140303481 | Tissue Disorder Imaging Analysis - Methods and systems are described for quantitatively determining a score for a patient having a disorder, e.g. a stroke, in a tissue, such as the brain, by analyzing both the extent and location of damage to the tissue caused by the disorder. | 10-09-2014 |
Ryan De Piedade Menezes, San Francisco, CA US
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20140040386 | Facilitating and Tracking Processing of a Message Through a Workflow - A message tracking engine facilitates processing of a message through a determined workflow. In particular, the message tracking engine may route the message to various services in an order specified by the workflow. During processing, the message tracking engine tracks the progress of the message through the workflow. If any issues are encountered, the message tracking engine handles the encountered issues. In one aspect, the message tracking engine facilitates performance of one or more synchronous processing steps of the workflow during a first phase. Following the first phase, the message tracking engine serializes one or more asynchronous processing steps of the workflow to a storage device. After serializing the asynchronous processing steps, the message tracking engine facilitates performance of the asynchronous processing steps during a second phase. | 02-06-2014 |
Susanne Menezes, Portland, OR US
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20100117229 | Copper-containing C4 ball-limiting metallurgy stack for enhanced reliability of packaged structures and method of making same - The invention relates to a ball-limiting metallurgy stack for an electrical device that contains at least one copper layer disposed upon a Ti adhesion metal layer. The ball-limiting metallurgy stack resists Sn migration toward the upper metallization of the device. | 05-13-2010 |
20150132940 | COPPER-CONTAINING C4 BALL-LIMITING METALLURGY STACK FOR ENHANCED RELIABILITY OF PACKAGED STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - The invention relates to a ball-limiting metallurgy stack for an electrical device that contains at least one copper layer disposed upon a Ti adhesion metal layer. The ball-limiting metallurgy stack resists Sn migration toward the upper metallization of the device. | 05-14-2015 |
Thomas Menezes, Lowell, MA US
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20090169952 | Direct organic fuel cell proton exchange membrane and method of manufacturing the same - A proton exchange membrane well-suited for use in a direct methanol fuel cell. According to one embodiment, the proton exchange membrane is prepared by a process comprising the steps of (a) providing a perfluorocarbon membrane, the perfluorocarbon membrane being non-permeable to water; (b) imbibing the perfluorocarbon membrane with a solution containing a styrene monomer, a divinyl benzene cross-linker, and a benzoyl peroxide activator; (c) heating the imbibed membrane to yield a cross-linked polymer within the membrane; (d) repeating the combination of steps (b) and (c) at least once; and (e) then, sulfonating the cross-linked polymer. According to another embodiment, the membrane is irradiated prior to the imbibing step, thereby rendering the membrane receptive to imbibing, polymerization, crosslinking, and grafting and obviating the need for more than one cycle of steps (b) and (c), as well as permitting step (c) to be performed at a lower temperature. | 07-02-2009 |
Vivek Menezes, Jersey City, NJ US
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20130041910 | Attribute Entropy as a Signal in Object Normalization - A system and method determines whether two objects are duplicate objects. The system and method matches common facts of the two objects based on a match measure, combines the entropies of the matching common facts, and determines whether the two objects are duplicate objects based on the sum of entropies. | 02-14-2013 |