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20090053448 | Protective Films and Related Methods - The invention features protective film constructions that may be used, for example, as a protective floor finish. | 02-26-2009 |
20110031983 | ORGANIC CHEMICAL SENSOR COMPRISING PLASMA-DEPOSITED MICROPOROUS LAYER, AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING - Applicant discloses a sensing element for sensing an organic chemical analyte, comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, and a microporous, hydrophobic, analyte-responsive dielectric material disposed at least in proximity to the first and second electrodes. The analyte-responsive dielectric material may be an amorphous random covalent network comprising a mean pore size of less than about 10 nm and a porosity of at least about 20%. An electrical property of the sensing element, such as capacitance, can be monitored in order to sense an organic chemical analyte. | 02-10-2011 |
20110045601 | ORGANIC CHEMICAL SENSOR COMPRISING MICROPOROUS POLYMER, AND METHOD OF USE - Applicant discloses a sensing element for sensing an organic chemical analyte, comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, and a microporous, hydrophobic, analyte-responsive dielectric material disposed at least in proximity to the first and second electrodes. The analyte-responsive dielectric material may be a polymer of intrinsic microporosity. An electrical property of the sensing element, such as capacitance, can be monitored in order to sense an organic chemical analyte. | 02-24-2011 |
20110254568 | ORGANIC CHEMICAL SENSOR WITH MICROPOROUS ORGANISILICATE MATERIAL - Sensing elements for sensing organic chemical analytes are disclosed. The sensing elements include a first electrode and a second electrode, and a substantially microporous, amorphous, hydrophobic, analyte-responsive organosilicate material in proximity to the first and second electrodes. | 10-20-2011 |
20130088244 | VARIABLE CAPACITANCE SENSORS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A variable capacitance sensor includes a first conductive electrode comprising electrically interconnected first conductive sheets; a second conductive electrode comprising electrically interconnected second conductive sheets, wherein the first conductive sheets are at least partially interleaved with the second conductive sheets, and wherein the second conductive electrode is electrically insulated from the first conductive electrode; and microporous dielectric material at least partially disposed between and contacting the first conductive sheets and the second conductive sheets. A method of making a variable capacitance sensor by replacing ceramic in a ceramic capacitor with a microporous material is also disclosed. | 04-11-2013 |
20130186177 | Sensor Element, Method of Making the Same, and Sensor Device Including the Same - A sensor element ( | 07-25-2013 |
20130229194 | Sensor Element, Method of Making the Same, and Sensor Device Including the Same - A sensor element includes a first conductive electrode having a first conductive member electrically coupled thereto; an absorptive dielectric layer comprising a polymer of intrinsic microporosity; and a second conductive electrode having a second conductive member electrically coupled thereto. The second conductive electrode comprises at least one noble metal, has a thickness of from 4 to 10 nanometers and is permeable to at least one organic vapor. The absorptive dielectric layer is at least partially disposed between the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode. A method of making the sensor element, and sensor device containing it, are also disclosed. | 09-05-2013 |
20130239813 | PORTABLE MONITOR FOR END OF SERVICE LIFE INDICATION - Devices for monitoring the end of service life of a filter cartridge include a demand substance, a sensing element with a detection point located within or adjacent to the demand substance, a reader for the sensing element, and a fluid delivery device. The detection point of the sensing element is correlated to the service life of a filter cartridge. The correlation is effected by correlation of the residence time of the monitoring device to the residence time of a filter cartridge. The residence time of the monitoring device is correlated to the residence time of the filter cartridge by control of the fluid delivery parameters of the fluid delivery device. The fluid delivery parameters include the flow rate, the demand substance mass, the receptacle cross sectional area, the receptacle volume, the receptacle length, and the demand substance packing density of the monitoring device. | 09-19-2013 |
20130263640 | METHOD FOR CORRELATING A MONITORING DEVICE TO THE END OF SERVICE LIFE OF A FILTER CARTRIDGE - Methods of correlating a monitoring device to the service life of a filter cartridge include providing a monitoring device, and calibrating the monitoring device to correspond to the service life of a filter cartridge. The monitoring device comprises a demand substance within a receptacle, a sensing element with a detection point, a reader for the sensing element, and a fluid delivery device. Calibration includes determining the ratio of the residence time of the monitoring device to the residence time of the filter cartridge, and utilizing the ratio to correlate the response of the sensor within the monitoring device to the service life of the filter cartridge. The response of the sensor is correlated to the service life of the filter cartridge by control of the fluid delivery parameters of the fluid delivery device. The fluid delivery parameters include the flow rate, the demand substance mass, the receptacle cross sectional area, the receptacle volume, the receptacle length, and the demand substance packing density. | 10-10-2013 |
20140021967 | METHOD OF DETECTING VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - A method of using a sensor element includes: exposing a sensor element to an unknown analyte vapor; measuring a capacitance of the sensor element to obtain a measured capacitance; obtaining a true capacitance of the sensor element; exposing the semi-reflective conductive electrode to incident light and observing reflected light in order to measure a spectral change between the incident light and the reflected light; comparing the true capacitance and the measured spectral change, or at least one derivative thereof, to a reference library, the reference library comprising reference correlations between spectral change and true capacitance, or at least one derivative thereof, for a plurality of reference analyte vapors; and determining at least one of the chemical class or identity of the analyte vapor. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025326 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING CALIBRATION INFORMATION AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - Methods of generating a reference correlation for use with an absorptive capacitance vapor sensor and calibration of the absorptive capacitance vapor sensor. An electronic article including the reference correlation and methods of using the same are also disclosed. | 01-23-2014 |
20140028333 | VAPOR SENSOR INCLUDING SENSOR ELEMENT WITH INTEGRAL HEATING - A vapor sensor includes a capacitance-related property sensor element ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140076048 | Humidity Sensor and Sensor Element Therefor - A humidity sensor element includes a dielectric substrate, a nonporous conductive electrode disposed on the dielectric substrate, a permeable conductive electrode having a thickness in a range of from 4 to 10 nanometers and permeable by water vapor, and a detection layer sandwiched between the nonporous conductive electrode and the permeable conductive electrode. The permeable conductive electrode is parallel to the nonporous electrode. Both conductive electrodes have respective conductive leads attached thereto. The detection layer includes a copolymer having monomeric units comprising wherein M represents H, or an alkali metal. A humidity sensor including the humidity sensor element is also disclosed. | 03-20-2014 |
20140309947 | Method for Identification and Quantitative Determination of an Unknown Organic Compound in a Gaseous Medium - A method for identifying and quantitatively analyzing an unknown organic compound in a gaseous medium. More specifically, the method provides a gas sensor array ( | 10-16-2014 |
20150109003 | Method of Using an Absorptive Sensor Element - A method of using an absorptive sensor element includes: providing the absorptive sensor element, heating the absorptive sensor element to a temperature in a range of from 30° C. to 100° C., exposing the absorptive sensor element to an analyte vapor, and measuring a capacitance-related property of the absorptive sensor element and/or a spectral feature upon reflection of incident light. The absorptive sensor element comprises: a substrate, a first member disposed on the substrate, a second member, and a detection layer comprising a polymer of intrinsic microporosity disposed between and contacting the first member and the second member. | 04-23-2015 |
20150153296 | HUMIDITY SENSOR AND SENSOR ELEMENT - A humidity sensor element includes a dielectric substrate, a nonporous conductive electrode disposed on the dielectric substrate, a permeable conductive electrode having a thickness in a range of from 4 to 10 nanometers and permeable by water vapor, and a detection layer disposed between the nonporous conductive electrode and the permeable conductive electrode. Both conductive electrodes have respective conductive leads attached thereto. The detection layer includes a sulfonated copolymer including monomeric units comprising (I) and (II), Wherein x and y are independently integers in the range of from 2 to 6, and wherein each M independently represents H or an alkali metal. A humidity sensor including the humidity sensor element is also disclosed. | 06-04-2015 |
20150185175 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND VAPOR SENSOR CARD - A portable device includes an outer housing including an inlet port and a outer slot adapted to receive a vapor sensor card; an operating circuit disposed at least partially within the outer housing; a sensor holder at least partially disposed within the outer housing. The sensor holder includes: an inner housing including a gas intake chamber in downstream fluid communication with the inlet port. The gas intake chamber has a gas outlet in fluid communication with an inner slot retaining a sensor card socket for engaging the vapor sensor card. The sensor holder further comprises an electrical heater element, a fan, and a turbulent-flow-inducing member. The vapor sensor card comprises a sensor housing and a capacitive sensor element. | 07-02-2015 |
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20090063462 | WORD DECOMPOUNDER - A word is split into one or more first substrings. A morpheme is applied to the one or more first substrings to create one or more second substrings. The one or more first and second substrings are selected as one or more splittings, and a score is generated for each of the one or more splittings. One of the one or more splittings with a score higher than the other one or more splittings is selected as a keyword. | 03-05-2009 |
20120023111 | WORD DECOMPOUNDER - A word is split into one or more first substrings. A morpheme is applied to the one or more first substrings to create one or more second substrings. The one or more first and second substrings are selected as one or more splittings, and a score is generated for each of the one or more splittings. One of the one or more splittings with a score higher than the other one or more splittings is selected as a keyword. | 01-26-2012 |
20130031506 | HOTEL RESULTS INTERFACE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for information retrieval. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an input specifying one or more hotel search parameters; obtaining hotel search results responsive to the input; presenting the hotel search results in a first region of a hotel search results interface; receiving a user selected hotel from among the hotel search results; and presenting the user selected hotel in a second region of the hotel search results interface. | 01-31-2013 |
20140052714 | FLIGHTS SEARCH - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for information retrieval. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a search query in a search interface; determining that the received search query is a flights-related query; and in response to determining that the search query is a flights-related query and without further user input, providing a flight search interface including a plurality of search dimensions and a plurality of flight search results, each dimension associated with an attribute of flight search and each dimension having an associated value, wherein one or more dimension values correspond to values extracted from the search query, and wherein the plurality of flight search results are filtered according to the dimension values. | 02-20-2014 |
20150073941 | HOTEL FINDER INTERFACE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a search query, where the search query includes one or more terms; identifying one or more locations associated with the one or more terms prior to execution of the search query; providing the one or more locations as query suggestions; receiving a selection of a location; and in response to the selection, determining that the selected location references a hotel and providing a hotel search results interface, the hotel search results interface including a first region displaying one or more hotel listings, where the hotels listings include hotels located within a geographic region containing the selected hotel, and a second region, where the second region is configured to present one or more user selected hotels from the one or more hotel listings. | 03-12-2015 |
20150160028 | PRESENTING INFORMATION ON A MAP - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving user input specifying a location and a threshold time; determining, based on the specified location and the threshold time, a first reachable area, first transport hubs located within the first reachable area, and respective first shortest times for reaching the first transport hubs from the specified location; determining, for each of the first transport hubs, and based on the threshold time and the respective first shortest times, second transport hubs that are reachable from the specified location, and respective second shortest times for reaching the second transport hubs from the specified location; determining, for each of the second transport hubs, and based on the threshold time and the respective second shortest times, respective second reachable areas; determining a combined reachable area; and providing data describing the combined reachable area for display. | 06-11-2015 |