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Bradley Tice, Clarkston, MI US
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20140170419 | METHOD OF COATING A CHROME PLATED PART - One variation may include a method including providing a substrate having a layer comprising chrome thereon, the chrome having exposed surface; exposing the layer comprising chrome to a gas comprising ionized oxygen to activate the exposed surface of the chrome to provide an activated surface; applying a coating over the activated surface so that the coating is adhered to the layer comprising chrome, and wherein the coating is at least one of a primer, clear coat, tinted clear coat or opaque paint. | 06-19-2014 |
20150061277 | LINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a liner, such as a wheelhouse liner, includes the following steps: (a) providing a textile blank; (b) dispensing a liquid-impermeable polymer only on a portion of the textile blank; (c) bonding the liquid-impermeable material to the textile blank; (d) changing a shape of the textile blank to form the liner; and (e) trimming the liner. The liner includes a substrate wholly or partly made of a textile. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The liner further includes a liquid-impermeable coat bonded to the substrate. The liquid-impermeable coat partially covers the first surface of the substrate in order to minimize liquid flow through the substrate. | 03-05-2015 |
20150314535 | A LINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a liner, such as a wheelhouse liner, includes the following steps: (a) providing a textile blank; (b) dispensing a liquid-impermeable polymer only on a portion of the textile blank; (c) bonding the liquid-impermeable material to the textile blank; (d) changing a shape of the textile blank to form the liner; and (e) trimming the liner. The liner includes a substrate wholly or partly made of a textile. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The liner further includes a liquid-impermeable coat bonded to the substrate. The liquid-impermeable coat partially covers the first surface of the substrate in order to minimize liquid flow through the substrate. | 11-05-2015 |
Bradley P. Tice, Franklin, TN US
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20090254371 | Quality Assurance Methods for Medication Therapy Management - A method for improving quality assurance methods for medication therapy management using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, the method including at least the steps of: providing a set of internal controls, wherein the internal controls further include a set of national guidelines and standards, as well as a qualified staff; and development by the qualified staff of a clinical rule based upon the national guidelines and standards. In other embodiments, a clinical quality assurance team further reviews the clinical rule developed by the staff. In further embodiments, a set of external controls is provided, wherein the external controls include one or more of a plurality of approved pharmacists, an external clinical advisory council, and/or an independent review board. In still further embodiments, one or more members of the set of external controls either validates the clinical rule developed by the staff, or validates a staff-developed clinical rule that was subsequently reviewed by the quality assurance team. | 10-08-2009 |
20090254372 | Medication Risk Assessment System - A medication risk assessment method implemented using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: providing a medication risk assessment tool to a client, wherein the medication risk assessment tool includes a questionnaire, and wherein the client maintains a relationship with a population of individuals; administering the questionnaire to the population of individuals, thereby generating questionnaire data; obtaining prescription claims data from the population of individuals; combining the questionnaire data and the prescription claims data in an electronic database, thereby generating population data; analyzing the population data according to a set of rules; ranking the analyzed data according to risk; and generating at least one report based on the ranked data. | 10-08-2009 |
20090265189 | Medication Therapy Review Methods - A method for population and patient-specific medication therapy review using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: collecting patient claims data; reviewing the patient claims data for accuracy and data integrity; identifying particular characteristics sought within the patient claims data; organizing and structuring the patient claims data; establishing a set of clinical rules; transforming the set of clinical rules established into a computer language, and entering the transformed clinical rules into an electronic database; and analyzing the patient claims data by applying the clinical rules using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization, thereby producing an analytical result. In further embodiments, the analytic results are used to evaluate the need for patient-level medication therapy review and, optionally, to actually conduct a patient-level medication therapy review based on the review of the analytic results. | 10-22-2009 |
20100235196 | Points-Based Reward Program for Improving Medication Adherence and Outcomes - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for examining an object, particularly in terms of the surface morphology thereof. Said apparatus comprises a transportable housing which can be placed, especially by hand, above the surface segment of the object that is to be examined, and at least three light sources, the optical beam axes of which extend at a slanted angle of incidence relative to the surface segment that is to be examined. The light sources are disposed inside the housing and can illuminate the surface segment that is to be examined through an illumination aperture in the housing. The apparatus further comprises at least one light sensor for detecting the light reflected on the surface segment that is to be examined and a control and evaluation unit which is connected to the light sources and the light sensor. The light sources are arranged such that the optical beam axes thereof extend on different, non-parallel reference planes. | 09-16-2010 |
20110166877 | Quality Assurance Methods for Medication Therapy Management - A method for improving quality assurance methods for medication therapy management using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, the method including at least the steps of: providing a set of internal controls, wherein the internal controls further include a set of national guidelines and standards, as well as a qualified staff; and development by the qualified staff of a clinical rule based upon the national guidelines and standards. In other embodiments, a clinical quality assurance team further reviews the clinical rule developed by the staff. In further embodiments, a set of external controls is provided, wherein the external controls include one or more of a plurality of approved pharmacists, an external clinical advisory council, and/or an independent review board. In still further embodiments, one or more members of the set of external controls either validates the clinical rule developed by the staff, or validates a staff-developed clinical rule that was subsequently reviewed by the quality assurance team. | 07-07-2011 |
20110173025 | Medication Risk Assessment System - A medication risk assessment method implemented using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: providing a medication risk assessment tool to a client, wherein the medication risk assessment tool includes a questionnaire, and wherein the client maintains a relationship with a population of individuals; administering the questionnaire to the population of individuals, thereby generating questionnaire data; obtaining prescription claims data from the population of individuals; combining the questionnaire data and the prescription claims data in an electronic database, thereby generating population data; analyzing the population data according to a set of rules; ranking the analyzed data according to risk; and generating at least one report based on the ranked data. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173026 | Medication Therapy Review Methods - A method for population and patient-specific medication therapy review using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: collecting patient claims data; reviewing the patient claims data for accuracy and data integrity; identifying particular characteristics sought within the patient claims data; organizing and structuring the patient claims data; establishing a set of clinical rules; transforming the set of clinical rules established into a computer language, and entering the transformed clinical rules into an electronic database; and analyzing the patient claims data by applying the clinical rules using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization, thereby producing an analytical result. In further embodiments, the analytic results are used to evaluate the need for patient-level medication therapy review and, optionally, to actually conduct a patient-level medication therapy review based on the review of the analytic results. | 07-14-2011 |
20120197663 | Medication Risk Assessment System - A medication risk assessment method implemented using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: providing a medication risk assessment tool to a client, wherein the medication risk assessment tool includes a questionnaire, and wherein the client maintains a relationship with a population of individuals; administering the questionnaire to the population of individuals, thereby generating questionnaire data; obtaining prescription claims data from the population of individuals; combining the questionnaire data and the prescription claims data in an electronic database, thereby generating population data; analyzing the population data according to a set of rules; ranking the analyzed data according to risk; and generating at least one report based on the ranked data. | 08-02-2012 |
20120245960 | Points-Based Reward Program For Improving Medication Adherence and Outcomes - The invention relates to a method for improving medication adherence and outcomes. The method includes registering a patient in a predetermined manner with a web site thereby creating an associated user profile, manually entering patient medication data and patient health data associated with the user profile, automatically acquiring from a third party and then storing patient medication data and patient health data associated with the user profile and assigning a points based reward based on a comparison of at least one of the manually entered data and the automatically acquired data to a predetermined set of reward criteria parameters. | 09-27-2012 |
20120259660 | Quality Assurance Methods for Medication Therapy Management - A method for improving quality assurance methods for medication therapy management using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, the method including at least the steps of: providing a set of internal controls, wherein the internal controls further include a set of national guidelines and standards, as well as a qualified staff; and development by the qualified staff of a clinical rule based upon the national guidelines and standards. In other embodiments, a clinical quality assurance team further reviews the clinical rule developed by the staff. In further embodiments, a set of external controls is provided, wherein the external controls include one or more of a plurality of approved pharmacists, an external clinical advisory council, and/or an independent review board. | 10-11-2012 |
20130060581 | Medication Therapy Review Methods - A method for population and patient-specific medication therapy review using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: collecting patient claims data; reviewing the patient claims data for accuracy and data integrity; identifying particular characteristics sought within the patient claims data; organizing and structuring the patient claims data; establishing a set of clinical rules; transforming the set of clinical rules established into a computer language, and entering the transformed clinical rules into an electronic database; and analyzing the patient claims data by applying the clinical rules using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization, thereby producing an analytical result. In further embodiments, the analytic results are used to evaluate the need for patient-level medication therapy review and, optionally, to actually conduct a patient-level medication therapy review based on the review of the analytic results. | 03-07-2013 |
20130066651 | Medication Risk Assessment System - A medication risk assessment method implemented using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: providing a medication risk assessment tool to a client, wherein the medication risk assessment tool includes a questionnaire, and wherein the client maintains a relationship with a population of individuals; administering the questionnaire to the population of individuals, thereby generating questionnaire data; obtaining prescription claims data from the population of individuals; combining the questionnaire data and the prescription claims data in an electronic database, thereby generating population data; analyzing the population data according to a set of rules; ranking the analyzed data according to risk; and generating at least one report based on the ranked data. | 03-14-2013 |
20130166316 | Quality Assurance Methods For Medication Therapy Management - A method for improving quality assurance methods for medication therapy management using a computer particularly adapted for a health care management or delivery organization is provided, the method including at least the steps of: providing a set of internal controls, wherein the internal controls further include a set of national guidelines and standards, as well as a qualified staff; and development by the qualified staff of a clinical rule based upon the national guidelines and standards. In other embodiments, a clinical quality assurance team further reviews the clinical rule developed by the staff. In further embodiments, a set of external controls is provided, wherein the external controls include one or more of a plurality of approved pharmacists, an external clinical advisory council, and/or an independent review board. | 06-27-2013 |
20130339056 | Medication Therapy Review Methods - A method for population and patient-specific medication therapy review using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization is provided, wherein the method includes at least the steps of: collecting patient claims data; reviewing the patient claims data for accuracy and data integrity; identifying particular characteristics sought within the patient claims data; organizing and structuring the patient claims data; establishing a set of clinical rules; transforming the set of clinical rules established into a computer language, and entering the transformed clinical rules into an electronic database; and analyzing the patient claims data by applying the clinical rules using a computer particularly adapted for a medication therapy management or health care delivery organization, thereby producing an analytical result. In further embodiments, the analytic results are used to evaluate the need for patient-level medication therapy review and, optionally, to actually conduct a patient-level medication therapy review based on the review of the analytic results. | 12-19-2013 |
20140052476 | Points-Based Reward Program For Improving Medication Adherence and Outcomes - The invention relates to a method for improving medication adherence and outcomes. The method includes registering a patient in a predetermined manner with a web site thereby creating an associated user profile, manually entering patient medication data and patient health data associated with the user profile, automatically acquiring from a third party and then storing patient medication data and patient health data associated with the user profile and assigning a points based reward based on a comparison of at least one of the manually entered data and the automatically acquired data to a predetermined set of reward criteria parameters. | 02-20-2014 |
Brock Tice, Grandville, MI US
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20160022375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARDIAC ABLATION - A system for determining cardiac targets is provided. The system may include at least one processing device configured to carry out instructions to receive cardiac imaging data, segment the cardiac imaging data to identify at least two types of cardiac tissue, generate a cardiac model based on the identified tissue, simulate cardiac activity based on the generated cardiac model, and identify at least one cardiac target based on the simulation. A cardiac therapy system may be utilized to provide feedback to a user in order to guide a cardiac treatment device to a cardiac target. | 01-28-2016 |
Chad Morris Tice, Leeds, AL US
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20150374057 | Fire Starting device and Method of Making the Same - A fire starting device comprised of a hand covering impregnated with a solid fuel and optionally other consumption safe additives. Unlike other fire starting devices, this fire starting glove can be safely worn by the user while preparing a fire starting site such as a charcoal grill or wood burning stove to protect the wearer's hands from dirt, grease, grime and minor injuries such as cuts or scrapes. Once the fire site is prepared and the user is ready to start the fire, the glove is removed from the hand by pulling from the wrist end which turns the glove inside out, encasing any dirt, grease, grime, etc. The glove can then be placed in the fire starting site and lit with a match or butane lighter, etc. and covered with charcoal, etc. to start the desired fire. | 12-31-2015 |
Chris Tice, Candler, NC US
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20100009585 | ENDLESS BELT FOR USE IN DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS - An endless belt for use in digital imaging systems is provided having edge to edge uniform flatness, and precise circumferential and edge to edge thickness. The layers comprising the belt may be tailored as desired for use in either image recording, image transfer or sheet transport operations. In one embodiment, the belt includes an elastomeric base layer, a reinforcing support layer, and an elastomeric surface ply. The belt is preferably manufactured by building the layers on a workpiece and then curing the layers. | 01-14-2010 |
20100300604 | IMAGE TRANSFER BELT WITH CONTROLLED SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY TO IMPROVE TONER RELEASE - A three-layer image transfer belt having an uppermost surface that has been altered to reduce surface gloss and induce a desirable surface topography is presented. The image transfer belt can comprise a three layer laminate. In one embodiment, the base layer can be a polyimide, the intermediate layer can be a rubber/elastomer and the surface layer can be a fluoropolymer. In another embodiment, the base layer can also comprise a fabric for belt reinforcement. The desired surface topography improves toner release and print quality. The reduction of surface gloss of the image transfer belt is achieved by creating a linear pattern oriented in the machine direction or a grid-like pattern into the uppermost surface of the image transfer belt. The reduction of surface gloss of the image transfer belt is achieved without a significant change in surface rougheness. | 12-02-2010 |
Christopher Tice, San Francisco, CA US
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20140298220 | Interactive Elements in a User Interface - In particular embodiments, a computing device provides for presentation to a user a user interface, the user interface including a plurality of related interactive elements. The computing device may receive touch gesture input from the user selecting one of the plurality of related interactive elements. The touch gesture input may have a duration of at least a pre-determined amount of time. The computing device, in response to the touch gesture input, may rearrange the plurality of related interactive elements, rearranging including stacking the plurality of related interactive elements for presentation to the user. | 10-02-2014 |
Christopher M. Tice, Jackson, WY US
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20150013836 | APPARATUS FOR MIXING AND TRANSFERRING MEDICATIONS - An apparatus for transferring a chosen quantity of medication from a vial to a container under sterile conditions is described. The present invention further facilitates dissolving solid medications contained in the vial or diluting concentrated medications contained in the vial, and transferring the resulting solutions to the container. The container may be an intravenous infuser. | 01-15-2015 |
David Tice, Gaithersburg, MD US
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20090304721 | TOXIN CONJUGATED EPH RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for inducing cell death or stasis in cancer cells or other hyperproliferative cells using anti-EphA2 or anti-EphA4 antibodies conjugated to toxins. | 12-10-2009 |
20110280892 | TOXIN CONJUGATED EPH RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for inducing cell death or stasis in cancer cells or other hyperproliferative cells using anti-EphA2 or anti-EphA4 antibodies conjugated to toxins. | 11-17-2011 |
20130096058 | TRAIL R2-SPECIFIC MULTIMERIC SCAFFOLDS - The present invention provides Tenascin-3 FnIII domain-based multimeric scaffolds that specifically bind to TRAIL Receptor 2 (TRAIL R2), a cell membrane receptor involved in apoptosis. The invention further provides engineered variants with increased affinity for the target, increased stability, and reduced immunogenicity. Furthermore, the present invention is related to engineered multivalent scaffolds as prophylactic, diagnostic, or therapeutic agents, and their uses against diseases caused by cells expressing TRAIL R2, in particular to a therapeutic use against cancer. | 04-18-2013 |
20140363429 | BINDING MOLECULES SPECIFIC FOR HER3 AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that bind the extracellular domain of the HER3 receptor and inhibit various HER3 receptor related functions via ligand-dependent and/or ligand-independent mechanisms. Also provided are compositions with increased half-life. In addition, the invention provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases associated with HER3 mediated signal transduction. | 12-11-2014 |
David Tice, Michigan City, MS US
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20090151570 | CRANKCASE VENTILATION FILTER/PRE-SEPARATOR - A filter for removing liquid contaminants from a fluid stream. The filter includes a housing with an internal chamber and inlet and outlet ports. A sump with a drain port is located intermediate the inlet and outlet ports. Expanded aluminum filter media in bunched form is located in the chamber and can be inserted through the inlet port. A support disc supports the downstream end of the filter media at a predetermined axial location within the chamber, and has an aperture allowing contaminant-free gas flow downstream to the outlet port. The liquid contaminants and emission particles are separate by the filter media and agglomerate for collection in the sump and for draining through the drain port, while the support disc prevents the liquid contaminants from migrating downstream along the walls of the housing. | 06-18-2009 |
20090211544 | CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM - An oil-collecting can ( | 08-27-2009 |
Delavan Tice, Peoria, AZ US
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20090298619 | Training Apparatus and Method - A training system may be provided. The training system may include a ball; an anchoring device; and a tether coupled to the ball and the anchoring device such that the tether extends therebetween. | 12-03-2009 |
Evan L. Tice, Hanover, NH US
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20090319905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REALTIME MONITORING OF RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND INTERFACE FOR THE SAME - A system and method for real-time monitoring of resource consumption, and interface for displaying resource consumption. System employs plurality of usage monitoring devices to obtain usage data of a particular consumable resource. Usage monitoring devices are in communication with a server environment for polling data and storing the data. The server environment can include a poller, aggregator, database, and administrator configuration site. System environment can have polling application to specify the polling of data. The system environment can also include a mood and analysis application that produces a mood score. The mood score can be presented to an interested individual as a mood-representative display image and/or a three-dimensional scene. An interested individual is presented with an object, such as a display, representative of the environmental impact of the resource consumption. The display is constructed and arranged to motivate an interested individual to reduce resource consumption. The display can be interactive, allowing various information to be displayed and manipulated using, for example, a mouse or touch screen. In general the system and method aids in creating a social norm for the group, allowing individuals therein and other groups to work together to reach a common goal, such as reduced resource consumption. | 12-24-2009 |
Evan Lincoln Tice, Seattle, WA US
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20120265947 | LIGHTWEIGHT RANDOM MEMORY ALLOCATION - In response to a memory allocation request received from an application thread, a random number is obtained (e.g., from a random number list previously populated with multiple random numbers). A starting location in at least a portion of a bitmap associated with a region including multiple blocks of the memory is determined based on the random number. A portion of the bitmap is scanned, beginning at the starting location, to identify a location in the bitmap corresponding to an available block of the multiple blocks, and an indication of this available block is returned to the application thread. | 10-18-2012 |
20140195767 | Lightweight Random Memory Allocation - In response to a memory allocation request received from an application thread, a random number is obtained (e.g., from a random number list previously populated with multiple random numbers). A starting location in at least a portion of a bitmap associated with a region including multiple blocks of the memory is determined based on the random number. A portion of the bitmap is scanned, beginning at the starting location, to identify a location in the bitmap corresponding to an available block of the multiple blocks, and an indication of this available block is returned to the application thread. | 07-10-2014 |
Gregory Tice, Los Altos, CA US
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20100081229 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPONENTS - The disclosure identified as methods of mounting integrated circuits, including solar cells, to a substrate wherein the circuits are mounted prior to being singulated into discrete die. Once the semiconductor die sites or other circuits are formed on a wafer, the wafer will be attached, either whole, or divided into one or more multi-die site wafer segments, to a substrate. This attachment may be by conventional surface mount technology, for example. After such mounting, the individual die sites on the wafer segments will be singulated to form discrete die already mounted to the supporting substrate. The singulation may be preferably performed by laser dicing of the wafer segments. | 04-01-2010 |
20130003292 | CONSOLIDATED THERMAL MODULE - A low profile heat removal system suitable for removing excess heat generated by an integrated circuit operating in a compact computing environment is disclosed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130071683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTROFORMING DOMES FOR USE IN DOME SWITCHES - Systems and methods are provided for electroforming a dome for use in a dome switch. A mandrel having several dome shapes incorporated in a planar surface is provided. The mandrel can serve as a cathode in an electroforming process to construct a sheet of domes, for example by enabling the deposition of a sheet of nickel on the mandrel. The domes can be singulated from the sheet for use as part of dome switches. The electroforming process may ensure that the domes have a uniform thickness and no internal stresses that may affect the performance of the domes. | 03-21-2013 |
20140211415 | CONSOLIDATED THERMAL MODULE - A low profile heat removal system suitable for removing excess heat generated by an integrated circuit operating in a compact computing environment is disclosed. | 07-31-2014 |
Gregory L. Tice, Los Altos, CA US
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20090135583 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED LED BACKLIGHT - A display system with a distributed LED backlight includes: providing a plurality of tile LED light sources, each tile LED light source having a tile and a plurality of similar LED light sources on each tile connected for emitting light therefrom; orienting the plurality of tile LED light sources for illuminating a display from the back of the display; and integrating the plurality of tile LED light sources into a thermally and mechanically structurally integrated distributed LED tile matrix backlight light source. | 05-28-2009 |
20090145802 | STORAGE SYSTEM FOR COMPONENTS INCORPORATING A LIQUID-METAL THERMAL INTERFACE - Embodiments of an apparatus that functions as a storage system for components are described. This apparatus includes a containment vessel enclosing a desiccant and a device. This device includes a layer mechanically coupled to a component, where the component can be one of a semiconductor die and a heat-removal device. Moreover, a thermal-interface material is coupled to a region of the layer, and a boundary material is mechanically coupled to the layer, where a perimeter defined by the boundary-material surrounds the region. | 06-11-2009 |
20090146294 | GASKET SYSTEM FOR LIQUID-METAL THERMAL INTERFACE - Embodiments of an apparatus are described. This apparatus includes a semiconductor-die layer mechanically coupled to a semiconductor die, and a heat-removal-device layer mechanically coupled to a heat-removal device. Moreover, a thermal-interface material is included between the semiconductor die and the heat-removal device, where the thermal-interface material is mechanically coupled to a region of the semiconductor-die layer and to a region of the heat-removal-device layer. Additionally, a boundary material is mechanically coupled to the semiconductor-die layer and the heat-removal-device layer, where the thermal-interface material is contained in a cavity defined, at least in part, by the semiconductor-die layer, the boundary material, and the heat-removal-device layer. | 06-11-2009 |
20090149021 | SPRAY DISPENSING METHOD FOR APPLYING LIQUID METAL - Embodiments of a method for applying a thermal-interface material are described. During this method, a first surface of a heat-removal device and a second surface of a semiconductor die are prepared. Next, a region on a given surface, which is at least one of the first surface and the second surface, is defined. Then, the thermal-interface material is applied to at least the region, where the thermal-interface material includes a material that is a liquid metal over a range of operating temperatures of the semiconductor die. | 06-11-2009 |
20100246133 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING A THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for distributing a thermal interface material. The system includes: an integrated circuit chip; a heat sink; and a compliant thermal interface material (TIM) between the integrated circuit chip and the heat sink. During assembly of the system, a mating surface of the heat sink and a mating surface of the integrated circuit chip are shaped to distribute the TIM in the predetermined pattern as the TIM is pressed between the mating surface of heat sink and a corresponding mating surface of the integrated circuit chip. | 09-30-2010 |
20110228482 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING A THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for distributing a thermal interface material. The system includes: an integrated circuit chip; a heat sink; and a compliant thermal interface material (TIM) between the integrated circuit chip and the heat sink. During assembly of the system, a mating surface of the heat sink and a mating surface of the integrated circuit chip are shaped to distribute the TIM in the predetermined pattern as the TIM is pressed between the mating surface of heat sink and a corresponding mating surface of the integrated circuit chip. | 09-22-2011 |
20110256465 | REDUCED-WEIGHT FUEL CELL PLATE - The disclosed embodiments provide a fuel cell plate. The fuel cell plate includes a substrate of electrically conductive material and a first outer layer of corrosion-resistant material bonded to a first portion of the substrate. To reduce the weight of the fuel cell plate, the electrically conductive material and the corrosion-resistant material are selected to be as light as practicable. | 10-20-2011 |
20110280042 | MICROPERFORATION ILLUMINATION - Methods and aparatuses disclosed herein relate to backlit visual display elements. A visual display element may include a base layer defining one or more microperforations and a light guide coupled to a light source. The light guide may be positioned adjacent the base layer and include one or more microlenses in alignment with the one or more microperforations along at least one vertical axis. | 11-17-2011 |
20110311895 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM TO POWER A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - The disclosed embodiments relate to the design of a portable and cost-effective fuel cell system for a portable computing device. This fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack which converts fuel into electrical power. It also includes a fuel source for the fuel cell stack and a controller which controls operation of the fuel cell system. The fuel system also includes an interface to the portable computing device, wherein the interface comprises a power link that provides power to the portable computing device, and a bidirectional communication link that provides bidirectional communication between the portable computing device and the controller for the fuel cell system. | 12-22-2011 |
20120021619 | PROGRAMMABLE MAGNETIC CONNECTORS - Connectors and methods of coupling electronic devices and cables are provided. In one embodiment, a connector has a first coded magnet on a first surface of a first device. The first coded magnet has at least two different polarity regions on the first surface. A second coded magnet on a second surface of a second device is also provided. The second coded magnet is configured to provide identifying information regarding the device on which it is located. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023597 | MAGNETICALLY-IMPLEMENTED SECURITY DEVICES - Security devices and methods of securely coupling electronic devices and peripherals are provided. In one embodiment, a peripheral has a first coded magnet on a first surface of a first device. The first coded magnet has at least two different polarity regions on the first surface. A second coded magnet on a second surface of a second device is also provided. The first coded magnet is configured to securely provide data to a device associated with the second coded magnet, if the first and second coded magnets' patterns are keyed to one another. | 01-26-2012 |
20120028480 | ALIGNMENT AND CONNECTION FOR DEVICES - A plug or connector including a coded magnet and an electrical contact. As the plug approaches a corresponding port, the coded magnet interacts with a magnet within the port. The interaction between the plug coded magnet and the port coded magnet provides a force to connect and/or align the plug with the port. Once the plug is received within the port, if a process is completed, the coded magnets polarities are altered to eject the plug from the port. | 02-02-2012 |
20120032765 | MAGNETIC FASTENERS - The various embodiment provide fastening devices, systems and methods that utilize two or more maxels in respective correlated magnetic structures provided in a first structure and at least one second structure to fasten or repulse the first structure to or from, as the case may be, the at least one second structure. In at least one embodiment, each maxel is programmable and may vary either or both the polarity and magnetic strength of the given maxel. The variance of the polarity and/or magnetic strength of the given maxel may be programmable and may be varied to attract or repulse a second magnetic structure which desirably also contains one or maxels forming a correlated magnetic structure. | 02-09-2012 |
20120120633 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED LED BACKLIGHT - A display system with a distributed LED backlight includes: providing a plurality of tile LED light sources, each tile LED light source having a tile and a plurality of similar LED light sources on each tile connected for emitting light therefrom; orienting the plurality of tile LED light sources for illuminating a display from the back of the display; and integrating the plurality of tile LED light sources into a thermally and mechanically structurally integrated distributed LED tile matrix backlight light source. | 05-17-2012 |
20130063972 | Microperforation Illumination - Methods and aparatuses disclosed herein relate to backlit visual display elements. A visual display element may include a base layer defining one or more microperforations and a light guide coupled to a light source. The light guide may be positioned adjacent the base layer and include one or more microlenses in alignment with the one or more microperforations along at least one vertical axis. | 03-14-2013 |
20150221960 | REDUCED-WEIGHT FUEL CELL PLATE WITH CORROSION RESISTANT COATING - The disclosed embodiments provide a fuel cell plate. The fuel cell plate includes a substrate of electrically conductive material and a first outer layer of corrosion-resistant material bonded to a first portion of the substrate. To reduce the weight of the fuel cell plate, the electrically conductive material and the corrosion-resistant material are selected to be as light as practicable. | 08-06-2015 |
20150249280 | Fuel Cell System to Power a Portable Computing Device - The disclosed embodiments relate to the design of a portable and cost-effective fuel cell system for a portable computing device. This fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack which converts fuel into electrical power. It also includes a fuel source for the fuel cell stack and a controller which controls operation of the fuel cell system. The fuel system also includes an interface to the portable computing device, wherein the interface comprises a power link that provides power to the portable computing device, and a bidirectional communication link that provides bidirectional communication between the portable computing device and the controller for the fuel cell system. | 09-03-2015 |
James R. Tice, Jamaica Plain, MA US
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20090320025 | ENTERPRISE TASK MANAGER - An enterprise task management system ( | 12-24-2009 |
Jesse Tice, Tempe, AZ US
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20100151666 | Novel Methods for Making and Using Halosilylgermanes - The invention provides compounds of, and methods for the preparation of compounds of, the molecular formula, Si | 06-17-2010 |
Jesse B. Tice, Torrance, CA US
Joshua D. Tice, Urbana, IL US
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20100022007 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR PREPARING MIXTURES - A microfluidic device for preparing a mixture, has a mixer. The mixer includes a plurality of chambers, each chamber having a volume of at most 1 microliter, a first plurality of channels, each channel fluidly connecting 2 chambers, a plurality of chamber valves, each chamber valve controlling fluid flow out of one of the plurality of chambers, and a first plurality of channel valves, each channel valve controlling fluid flow through one of the first plurality of channels. | 01-28-2010 |
20130313452 | MICROFLUIDIC PRESSURE AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS AND ELECTROSTATIC GATES FOR PNEUMATIC MICROSYSTEMS - An electrostatic actuator is provide that can include a fluidic line, a first electrode, and a second electrode such that a gate chamber portion of the fluidic line is sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electrostatic actuator can also include a pressure-balancing channel in fluid communication with the gate chamber portion where the first electrode is sandwiched between the pressure-balancing channel and the gate chamber portion. A pneumatic valve system is provided which includes an electrostatic gate and a fluidic channel fluidly separate from a fluidic control line. A pneumatic valve portion of the fluidic control line can be positioned relative to a portion of the fluidic channel such that expansion of the pneumatic valve portion restricts fluid flow through the fluidic channel. Methods of using an electrostatic actuator and a pneumatic valve system are also provided. | 11-28-2013 |
Joshua David Tice, Chicago, IL US
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20100233026 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT AND REACTION - The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid. | 09-16-2010 |
20110142734 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT - The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid. | 06-16-2011 |
20110174622 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT - The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177494 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT - The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177586 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT - The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177609 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT - The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid. | 07-21-2011 |
20120329171 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT - The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid. | 12-27-2012 |
20150099264 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT AND REACTION - The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid. | 04-09-2015 |
Joshua David Tice, Webster, NY US
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20110176966 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT - The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid. | 07-21-2011 |
20130101995 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT - The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid. | 04-25-2013 |
Lee D. Tice, Bartlett, IL US
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20110005929 | SELF-ADJUSTING ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR - A gas detector with a compensated electrochemical sensor exhibits altered sensitivity in response to decreasing stochastic noise in an output thereof. A gain parameter can be adjusted to alter sensitivity. A life-time estimate can be made based on sensitivity. | 01-13-2011 |
Neil Tice, Hillsboro, OR US
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20110308245 | Thermal Engine Capable of Utilizing Low-Temperature Sources of Heat - A heat-driven engine includes a thermally conductive path into the engine, from a heat source and a working medium of a thermostrictive material, having a first temperature of transformation, positioned adjacent to the thermally conductive path. Also, a heat pump of phase change material is positioned adjacent to the working medium and an actuator is controlled to apply stimulus to the heat pump, causing a phase change and an associated release of thermal energy, to drive the working medium above its low-to-high temperature of transformation and controlled to alternatingly remove the stimulus from the heat pump, causing the phase change to reverse, and an associated intake of thermal energy, to drive the working medium below its high-to-low temperature of transformation. Also, heat flow through the thermally conductive path maintains the working medium at a temperature range permitting the heat pump to drive the working medium temperature, in the manner noted. | 12-22-2011 |
20130118172 | Thermal Engine Capable of Utilizing Low Temperature Sources of Heat - A heat-driven engine includes a thermally conductive path into the engine, from a heat source and a working medium of a thermostrictive material, having a first temperature of transformation, positioned adjacent to the thermally conductive path. Also, a heat pump of phase change material is positioned adjacent to the working medium and an actuator is controlled to apply stimulus to the heat pump, causing a phase change and an associated release of thermal energy, to drive the working medium above its low-to-high temperature of transformation and controlled to alternatingly remove the stimulus from the heat pump, causing the phase change to reverse, and an associated intake of thermal energy, to drive the working medium below its high-to-low temperature of transformation. Also, heat flow through the thermally conductive path maintains the working medium at a temperature range permitting the heat pump to drive the working medium temperature, in the manner noted. | 05-16-2013 |
Neil Tice, Beaverton, OR US
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20120042646 | METHOD OF COOLING - A method of cooling a first region that is above the transition temperature of a phase change material having a cold phase and a warm phase and that is proximal to a second region into which heat may be exhausted. The method utilizes an article of the phase change material, and starting in the cold phase, places the article into thermal contact with the first region, thereby causing the phase change material to undergo a phase transition, changing size. When the phase transition is substantially complete, the article is taken out of thermal contact with the first region and is placed into thermal contact with the second region. At this point, force is applied to the article, causing it to transition to the cold phase, thereby exhausting heat into the second region. The process is begun again, by placing the article, once again, into thermal contact with the first region. | 02-23-2012 |
Raymond Tice, Howell, MI US
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20120228433 | KITE MESSENGER - A kite messenger having an elongated body with a front and rear end. At least one sail is pivotally mounted to the body at a position spaced from the rear end of the body and movable between a first position in which the sail extends outwardly from the body and a second position in which the sail folds against the body. A latch is mounted to the body adjacent its rear end and movable between an open and a closed position. In its closed position, the latch holds one end of an elongated tether while the other end of the tether is attached to the sail and holds the sail in its first position. An actuator mounted to the front of the body opens the latch when the messenger reaches a predetermined position thus allowing the sail to collapse to its second position. A pair of guides are attached to the body and slidably attach the body to a kite string. | 09-13-2012 |
Raymond H. Tice, Billerica, MA US
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20090251475 | FRAMEWORK TO INTEGRATE AND ABSTRACT PROCESSING OF MULTIPLE HARDWARE DOMAINS, DATA TYPES AND FORMAT - A portable development and execution framework for processing media objects. The framework involves: accepting an instruction to perform a media processing function; accepting a media object to be associated with the media processing function; wrapping the media object with an attribute that specifies a type and format of the media object, and a hardware domain associated with the media object; and causing an execution domain to perform the media processing function on the media object. The instruction to perform the media processing function is expressed in a form that is independent of the hardware domain associated with the media object, and may also be independent of the type and format of the media object. The media object may be an image, and the media processing function may include an image processing function performed on a GPU. | 10-08-2009 |
20130127883 | FRAMEWORK TO INTEGRATE AND ABSTRACT PROCESSING OF MULTIPLE HARDWARE DOMAINS, DATA TYPES AND FORMAT - A portable development and execution framework for processing media objects. The framework involves: accepting an instruction to perform a media processing function; accepting a media object to be associated with the media processing function; wrapping the media object with an attribute that specifies a type and format of the media object, and a hardware domain associated with the media object; and causing an execution domain to perform the media processing function on the media object. The instruction to perform the media processing function is expressed in a form that is independent of the hardware domain associated with the media object, and may also be independent of the type and format of the media object. The media object may be an image, and the media processing function may include an image processing function performed on a GPU. | 05-23-2013 |
Renee J. Tice, Hillsboro, OR US
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20100130955 | REUSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE FOR AMBULATORY USERS - The invention is a reusable, absorbent article, such as a diaper. The article comprises a main article assemblage and extensible hip panels attached to opposite sides of the posterior end of the assemblage. The assemblage further comprises: an impermeable exterior layer; a moisture transmitting, skin facing, layer; and, one or more layers of absorbent material secured between the exterior layer and the skin facing layer. The impermeable exterior layer is joined to the skin facing layer along the entire perimeter of the layer. A portion of the perimeter is joined with a groin contouring elastic member along each lateral edge of the central portion of the assemblage. The hip panels each further comprise a strip of woven material and a cut panel edge, together with a plurality of substantially parallel and evenly spaced strands of elastic thread, which are secured in place by corresponding stitching, and an edge stabilizing elastic member. The hip panels additionally comprise a corresponding snap facing attached to each hip panel. One or more snap fastener prongs are affixed to each of the snap facings; and, one or more snap fastener sockets corresponding to each snap fastener prong, are located on the assemblage along its lateral edges. | 05-27-2010 |
Russell Tice, Renton, WA US
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20090326699 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING COMPLETED MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS - An electronic torque wrench having a flexible head provides accurate torque measurements irrespective of the angular position of the head relative to a handle on which the force is applied. The head includes first and second portions connected by at least three pivotal links. One of the links is used to react against the entire torque applied to the handle, regardless of the pivotal position of the handle. An electronic strain gauge on the torque-reacting link provides a measurement of the torque applied to the fastener. | 12-31-2009 |
Russell N. Tice, Renton, WA US
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20090322516 | OBJECT LOCATION AND REPORTING SYSTEM FOR HARSH RF ENVIRONMENTS - A system verifies torquing of pressure fittings in an aircraft wheel well. A strain gauge and an ultra-wide band (UWB) pulse signal generator are placed on a wrench used to torque the fittings. The strain senses the torque applied by the wrench, and the pulse signal generator generates UWB pulse signals indicating the location of the fitting and the torque applied to the fitting. The pulse signals are received by UWB radios within the wheel well, which generate location measurements based on the received pulse signals. A processor automatically calculates the location of the fitting being torqued based on the location measurements, and a display produces a 3-dimensional image of the fittings and their torque status. | 12-31-2009 |
Russell N. Tice, Madison Heights, VA US
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20110164657 | OBJECT LOCATION AND REPORTING SYSTEM FOR HARSH RF ENVIRONMENTS - A system verifies torquing of pressure fittings in an aircraft wheel well. A strain gauge and an ultra-wide band (UWB) pulse signal generator are placed on a wrench used to torque the fittings. The strain senses the torque applied by the wrench, and the pulse signal generator generates UWB pulse signals indicating the location of the fitting and the torque applied to the fitting. The pulse signals are received by UWB radios within the wheel well, which generate location measurements based on the received pulse signals. A processor automatically calculates the location of the fitting being torqued based on the location measurements, and a display produces a 3-dimensional image of the fittings and their torque status. | 07-07-2011 |
Scott Tice, Albany, OR US
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20140273500 | METAL LIFTOFF TOOLS AND METHODS - In certain embodiments the metal liftoff tool comprises an immersion tank for receiving a wafer cassette with wafers therein, the immersion tank including an inner weir, a lifting and lowering mechanism capable of raising and lowering the wafer cassette while submerged in fluid in the immersion tank, low pressure high velocity primary spray jets for stripping the metal, the primary spray jets positioned at opposing sides of the immersion tank parallel to the wafer surfaces planes, and secondary spray jets for pressure equalization force, positioned at the bottom of the immersion tank. A wafer lift insert is positioned at the bottom of the immersion tank to receive and periodically lift the wafers within the cassette. | 09-18-2014 |
20150197861 | METAL ETCH SYSTEM - Embodiments of systems and methods of etching material from the surface of a wafer are provided. In one representative embodiment, an apparatus comprises a fluid reservoir configured to receive a fluid including an etchant and one or more wafers in a cassette. The apparatus can further comprise a roller member in the fluid reservoir to frictionally engage the one or more wafers and to displace the one or more wafers with respect to a bottom portion of the cassette when the cassette is in the fluid reservoir. The apparatus can further comprise a motor outside the fluid reservoir and magnetically coupled to the roller member such that activation of the motor causes corresponding rotation of the roller member, and thereby rotation of the one or more wafers when the roller member is in frictional engagement with the one or more wafers. | 07-16-2015 |
20150279701 | METAL LIFTOFF TOOLS AND METHODS - In certain embodiments the metal liftoff tool comprises an immersion tank for receiving a wafer cassette with wafers therein, the immersion tank including an inner weir, a lifting and lowering mechanism capable of raising and lowering the wafer cassette while submerged in fluid in the immersion tank, low pressure high velocity primary spray jets for stripping the metal, the primary spray jets positioned at opposing sides of the immersion tank parallel to the wafer surfaces planes, and secondary spray jets for pressure equalization force, positioned at the bottom of the immersion tank. A wafer lift insert is positioned at the bottom of the immersion tank to receive and periodically lift the wafers within the cassette. | 10-01-2015 |
Sean Tice, Brooklyn, NY US
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20130024891 | INTERACTIVE MAP AND RELATED CONTENT FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM - A system and method for providing interactive content that is correlated to events of an entertainment program. | 01-24-2013 |
Thomas Tice, Indian Springs, AL US
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20120156304 | BRANCHED POLYOL POLYESTERS, BLENDS, AND PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS COMPRISING SAME - Disclosed herein are branched polyol polyesters, which are useful in pharmaceutical formulations. Also disclosed are blends, microparticles, and other formulations, comprising the branched polyol polyesters. | 06-21-2012 |
20120294924 | Peptide-Lipid Conjugates And Uses Thereof - Disclosed are peptide-lipid conjugates that bind lipopolysaccharide. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the peptide-lipid conjugates. | 11-22-2012 |
Thomas R. Tice, Indiana Springs, AL US
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20110236497 | Compositions and Methods for Improved Retention of a Pharmaceutical Composition at a Local Administration Site - Disclosed herein are compositions comprising cross-linkers for cross-linking a retention vehicle polymer. The compositions are particularly useful for local administration of a bioactive agent, wherein prolonged or extended availability of the bioactive agent at the site of administration is desired. Also disclosed are methods of delivering the compositions to a subject. | 09-29-2011 |
Thomas Robert Tice, Indian Springs, AL US
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20100003300 | INJECTABLE DELIVERY OF MICROPARTICLES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREFORE - Compositions and methods of making and using of microparticle compositions that provide faster flow or improved injectability through smaller or small-diameter needles have been developed. Notably, the microparticle compositions can be successfully delivered or administered through smaller-diameter needles than other microparticle compositions prepared from biocompatible or biodegradable polymers including, for example, poly(lactide), poly(lactide-co-glycolide), polycaprolactone, or poly-3-hydroxybutyrate. The microparticle compositions can exhibit a higher solids loading for a given needle size and/or faster flow through needles than other microparticle compositions. Further, blending or mixing the polymer of the microparticle composition with other polymer formulations can enhance the injectability of the resulting formulation. | 01-07-2010 |
Tom Tice, Dolgeville, NY US
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20080295283 | SOFT CLOSE DOOR CLOSURE DEVICE - A door closure device that comprises a mounting member having a top surface, a bottom surface, two side surfaces, a back surface and a front surface. The door closure device also includes at least one magnetic member mounted on the mounting member, such that it is recessed in the front surface of the mounting member. The device further includes at least one damping device mounted on the mounting member adjacent to the at least one magnetic member, wherein a portion of the at least one damping device protrudes from the front surface of the mounting member, past the at least one magnetic member on a front face thereof. | 12-04-2008 |
William Tice, Windsor, CT US
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20150086185 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATED MULTIPLE HEATER CONTROL - A system includes, in one example, a first heater device, a second heater device, and a temperature sensor, each disposed within a fluid flow. The system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the first heater device, the second heater device, and the temperature sensor. The controller is configured to receive, from the temperature sensor, an indication of a measured temperature of the fluid flow. The controller is further configured to control, based on a difference between the measured temperature of the fluid flow and a target temperature, operation of the first heater device via a first pulse width modulation signal and operation of the second heater device via a second pulse width modulation signal. | 03-26-2015 |
William Tice, Nashua, NH US
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20110211723 | EARPHONE CUSHIONS - A cushion includes a first material and a second material and is formed into a first region and a second region. The first region defines an exterior surface shaped to fit the concha of a human ear. The second region defines an exterior surface shaped to fit the ear canal of a human ear. The first and second regions together define an interior surface shaped to couple the cushion to acoustic elements of an earphone. The first material occupies a first volume adjacent to the interior surface. The second material occupies a second volume between the first material and the first and second outer surfaces. The first and second materials are of different hardnesses. | 09-01-2011 |
20140072161 | Combining and Waterproofing Headphone Port Exits - A plate attached to the back shell of an earphone includes an exit cavity corresponding in dimension to and aligned with a first opening through the back shell. A channel in the bottom surface of the plate begins at a point aligned with a second opening through the back shell and ends at an aperture through a side wall of the exit cavity. The channel and the outer surface of the back shell together form a reactive acoustic port from a back cavity enclosed by the back shell to the exit cavity, the first opening through the shell forms a resistive acoustic port from the back cavity to the exit cavity, and the exit cavity couples the reactive acoustic port and the resistive acoustic port to free space without introducing additional acoustic impedance. In some examples, a water-resistant screen covers the upper aperture of the exit cavity. | 03-13-2014 |