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20140013766 | Systems and Methods For Carbon Dioxide Captrue and Power Generation In Low Emission Turbine Systems - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for generating power in low emission turbine systems and separating the exhaust into rich CO | 01-16-2014 |
20140020398 | Methods of Varying Low Emission Turbine Gas Recycle Circuits and Systems and Apparatus Related Thereto - Systems and methods are provided for varying the exhaust gas recycle circuit of low emission gas turbines. In one or more embodiments, the systems and methods incorporate alternatives to the use of a direct contact cooler. In the same or other embodiments, the systems and methods incorporate alternatives intended to reduce or eliminate the erosion or corrosion of compressor blades due to the presence of acidic water droplets in the recycled gas stream. | 01-23-2014 |
20140083109 | Systems and Methods For Carbon Dioxide Capture In Low Emission Combined Turbine Systems - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for generating power in combined low emission turbine systems and capturing and recovering carbon dioxide from the exhaust. In one or more embodiments, the exhaust from multiple turbine systems is combined, cooled, compressed, and separated to yield a carbon dioxide-containing effluent stream and a nitrogen-containing product stream. Portions of the recycled exhaust streams and the product streams may be used as diluents to regulate combustion in each combustor of the turbine systems. | 03-27-2014 |
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20130224934 | NANOTUBE SOLUTION TREATED WITH MOLECULAR ADDITIVE, NANOTUBE FILM HAVING ENHANCED ADHESION PROPERTY, AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE NANOTUBE SOLUTION AND THE NANOTUBE FILM - The present disclosure provides a nanotube solution being treated with a molecular additive, a nanotube film having enhanced adhesion property due to the treatment of the molecular additive, and methods for forming the nanotube solution and the nanotube film. The nanotube solution includes a liquid medium, nanotubes in the liquid medium, and a molecular additive in the liquid medium, wherein the molecular additive includes molecules that provide source elements for forming a group IV oxide within the nanotube solution. The molecular additive can introduce silicon (Si) and/or germanium (Ge) in the liquid medium, such that nominal silicon and/or germanium concentrations of the nanotube solution ranges from about 5 ppm to about 60 ppm. | 08-29-2013 |
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20090051059 | METHODS FOR FORMATION OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS PRECURSOR AND LENS - This invention discloses methods for generating one or both of an ophthalmic lens precursor with at least a portion of one surface free-formed from a Reactive Mixture. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens precursor is formed on a substrate with an arcuate optical quality surface via a source of actinic radiation controllable to cure a definable portion of a volume of Reactive Mixture. | 02-26-2009 |
20090053351 | APPARATUS FOR FORMATION OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS PRECURSOR AND LENS - This invention discloses apparatus for generating an ophthalmic lens with at least a portion of one surface free-formed from a Reactive Mixture. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is formed on a substrate with an arcuate optical quality surface via a source of actinic radiation controllable to cure a definable portion of a volume of Reactive Mixture. | 02-26-2009 |
20090174863 | FREE FORM OPHTHALMIC LENS - This invention provides for an ophthalmic lens with at least one portion of the lens including multiple voxels of polymerized crosslinkable material. In addition, the present invention provides for apparatus for generating an ophthalmic lens with at least one portion including multiple voxels of polymerized crosslinkable material. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic Lens includes a surface with one or both of a raised area and a depressed area. | 07-09-2009 |
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20120187589 | FREE FORM LENS WITH REFRACTIVE INDEX VARIATIONS - This invention provides for method of forming an ophthalmic lens with at least one portion of the lens including multiple voxels of polymerized crosslinkable material. In addition, the present invention provides for apparatus for generating an ophthalmic lens with one or more areas of different refractive indexes and a surface with one or both of a raised area and a depressed area. | 07-26-2012 |
20120258187 | METHODS FOR FORMATION OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS PRECURSOR AND LENS - This invention discloses methods for generating one or both of an ophthalmic lens precursor with at least a portion of one surface free-formed from a Reactive Mixture. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens precursor is formed on a substrate with an arcuate optical quality surface via a source of actinic radiation controllable to cure a definable portion of a volume of Reactive Mixture. | 10-11-2012 |
20120320366 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE OPTIMAL WAVELENGTH FOR INSPECTING OPHTHALMIC LENSES - Methods for inspecting ophthalmic lenses with different wavelengths of radiation are disclosed herein. | 12-20-2012 |
20120320374 | METHOD OF IMAGING AND INSPECTING THE EDGE OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS - Systems for producing images of the edges of silicone hydrogel ophthalmic lenses are disclosed. | 12-20-2012 |
20120327396 | MULTIPLE RADIATION INSPECTION OF OPHTHALMIC LENSES - Methods for inspecting ophthalmic lenses with different wavelengths of radiation are disclosed herein. | 12-27-2012 |
20130075577 | APPARATUS FOR FORMATION OF AN OPTHALMIC LENS PRECURSOR AND LENS - This invention discloses apparatus for generating an ophthalmic lens with at least a portion of one surface free-formed from a Reactive Mixture. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is formed on a substrate with an arcuate optical quality surface via a source of actinic radiation controllable to cure a definable portion of a volume of Reactive Mixture. | 03-28-2013 |
20130235334 | OPHTHALMIC LENS FORMING OPTIC - This invention provides for a forming optic used for the manufacture of at least one customized ophthalmic lens in a single optical quality surface. In some embodiments, the forming optic can include a mandrel with the optical quality forming surface portion that includes different shapes, design features and surface characteristics. In addition, in some embodiments of the invention a coating or monolayer is provided to provide lens edge properties desired. | 09-12-2013 |
20130235339 | OPTHALMIC LENS FORMING OPTIC - This invention provides for a method of cleaning and pre-treating a forming optic surface used for the Free Form manufacture of at least one ophthalmic lens. More specifically, the cleaning which can be used to change the surface energy characteristics of the optical quality forming surface. | 09-12-2013 |
20140049745 | APPARATUS FOR FORMATION OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS PRECURSOR AND LENS - This invention discloses apparatus for generating an ophthalmic lens with at least a portion of one surface free-formed from a Reactive Mixture. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is formed on a substrate with an arcuate optical quality surface via a source of actinic radiation controllable to cure a definable portion of a volume of Reactive Mixture. | 02-20-2014 |
20140063486 | LASER CONFOCAL SENSOR METROLOGY SYSTEM - The present invention provides apparatus for a non-contact method of obtaining accurate three-dimensional measurements of a dry contact lens, more specifically, using dry lens metrology to know the exact thickness of a contact lens. | 03-06-2014 |
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20080225057 | Selective image editing in a browser - Methods, tools, and systems are provided for editing an image in a browser. One method includes presenting an image in a browser, receiving a selection identifying an area of an image to transform and a transformation and transforming the area of the image in the browser without interaction with the server. | 09-18-2008 |
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20100299141 | Document Based Character Ambiguity Resolution - Methods and apparatus for document based ambiguous character resolution. An application searches a document for words that do not contain ambiguous characters and adds them to a dictionary, then searches the document for words that do contain ambiguous characters. For each ambiguous word, a set of candidate solutions is created by resolving the ambiguous characters in all possible ways. The dictionary is searched for words matching members of the candidate solution set. When a single member is matched, the ambiguous characters are resolved accordingly. When no member or more than one member is matched, a user is prompted to resolve the ambiguous characters. Alternatively, when more than one member is matched, the ambiguous characters are resolved to obtain the largest word, the smallest word, the most words, or the fewest words. | 11-25-2010 |
20130163659 | ESTIMATING COMPRESSED STORAGE SIZE OF DIGITAL DATA - Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing digital data. An approximate storage size is predicted for an output representation that uses variable length encoding. The approximate storage size can be used to determine one or more compression parameters to satisfy a global constraint, such as a maximum storage size for a compressed representation of the digital data. In a user interface, storage sizes can be graphically represented for multiple images. In the graphical representation, the storage size is represented for each image by a corresponding graphics object that includes a visual representation of the image and has a linear size that is proportional to the storage size of that image. | 06-27-2013 |
20130191734 | TEXT REFLOW IN A STRUCTURED DOCUMENT - A method and computer program product for reflowing a PDL page without using the original application used to create the PDL page. The method and computer program product include receiving a page represented in a page description language, the page including a plurality of page objects, and changing one or both of a size of the page and a size of one or more of the page objects, while maintaining spatial relationships between the page objects. | 07-25-2013 |
20130212403 | Electronic content rights with and-or expression - Methods and apparatus for creating a license defining permissions to use electronic content. The methods include selecting a plurality of habitat types, each an aspect of a user environment to which a license can be bound; determining one or more habitat values and relations for each selected type; and creating a license to use the electronic content, the license including an and or logic expression of habitat terms, each term containing one of the selected types and its set of corresponding values and relations. | 08-15-2013 |