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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047207 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEAR-OPTIMAL MEDIA SHARING A media content sharing system includes multiple broadcast operation centers that together are configured to automatically acquire and distribute media content among one another based upon the media content needs and inventories of each participating broadcast operation... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044497 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CAMERA-BASED OBJECT ANALYSIS A system, method and program product for camera-based object analyses including object recognition, object detection, and/or object categorization. An exemplary embodiment of the computerized method for analyzing objects in images obtained from a camera system includes ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043916 | OBJECTIVE FOR OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS A wide angle hybrid refractive-diffractive endoscope objective is provided. The objective comprises a negative meniscus lens having a first surface and a second surface; a stop adjacent to the negative meniscus lens; a positive lens adjacent to the negative lens and hav... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043219 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FAULTS IN ELECTRICAL WIRING, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A diagnostic system for detecting faults in electrical wiring, and manufacturing method thereof is provided. The diagnostic system includes a diagnostic sensor coupled to a data acquisition system. The diagnostic sensor includes a sensor housing with a flexible coil sen... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043063 | ENCAPSULATED MAGNET ASSEMBLY AND PROCESS FOR MAKING The present invention provides an encapsulated magnet assembly, comprising (a) a magnet disposed within a housing, said housing comprising at least one wall and defining at least one aperture; and (b) a housing cover; the housing cover comprising a first portion made of... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042364 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING LASER SHOCK PEENING APPROACH ACCESSIBILITY A method for determining accessibility of a tool to an object is provided. The method provides for selecting one or more sections on the object to be laser shock peened, selecting a region of interest on the one or more sections and determining a set of feasible solutio... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042301 | INORGANIC MEMBRANE DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME An inorganic membrane device is provided. The device comprises a substrate having a network of pores, and a membrane layer at least partially coupled to the substrate and having a plurality of pores, wherein the pores have an aspect ratio in a range from about 1:2 to ab... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042299 | COMPOSITE MEMBRANE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME A composite membrane assembly is provided. The composite membrane assembly comprises a porous substrate, a filtering membrane at least partially coupled to the porous substrate, a polymer membrane at least partially coupled to the filtering membrane, and an interface ma... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042232 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE PRODUCING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD A solid electrolyte producing system includes a supercapacitor desalination device comprising a power supply and a supercapacitor desalination unit. The supercapacitor desalination unit includes a pair of electrodes electrically coupled to the power supply and operable ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042219 | NON-FARADAY BASED SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING IONIC SPECIES FROM LIQUID A non-Faraday ionic species removal process and system is described. The system includes a power supply, a pump for transporting a liquid through the system, and a plurality of porous electrodes. The electrodes , each include an electrically conductive porous portion. T... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041136 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTATION A system for processing a computational task is presented. The system includes a plurality of nodes operationally coupled to one another via one or more networks. The plurality of nodes includes a base node including a processing subsystem configured to receive the comp... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040469 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTION DYNAMICS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD A gas turbine engine control system comprises a data acquisition and analysis system for receiving a signal from a combustion dynamics sensor and providing an output signal and a combustion dynamics control system for controlling combustion dynamics based on the output ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA SIGNALS A signal processing method is provided. The signal processing method includes the steps of generating undersampled data corresponding to an object, determining a variable thresholding parameter based on a composition of the undersampled data, and iteratively determining... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038268 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHORT RANGE RF COMMUNICATION A method transmitting a message over at least one of a plurality of channels of a communications network is provided. The method comprises the steps of detecting a presence of jamming pulses in the at least one of the plurality of channels. The characteristics of the ja... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037545 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIZER A magnetizer for magnetizing permanent magnets positioned in-situ a mechanical member is disclosed. The magnetizer comprises at least one primary superconducting coil configured to project a magnetic field flux configuration of a first type to at least a portion of a di... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037465 | COMPOSITE PULSE DESIGN METHOD FOR LARGE-TIP-ANGLE EXCITATION IN HIGH FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus having a static magnetic field source, a plurality of radio frequency magnetic field sources and a plurality of gradient magnetic field sources for generating a gradient magnetic field is provided. The static magnetic field source ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036690 | SWITCH STRUCTURES A device, such as a switch structure, is provided, the device including a contact and a conductive element. The conductive element can be configured to be selectively moveable between a non-contacting position, in which the conductive element is separated from the conta... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036387 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APARATUS FOR EXTRACTING POWER FROM A PHOTOVOLTAIC SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY System, method, and apparatus are provided for harvesting electrical energy from a photovoltaic source of electrical energy. The photovoltaic source has power-generating characteristics defined by a family of voltage-current curves comprising points of maximum electrica... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110033370 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SULFUR RECOVERY Disclosed herein are various types of systems and methods for the efficient production of sulfur from a sulfur-laden gas. The system described herein includes a desulfurization unit, a regenerator receiving sulfurized mass from the desulfurization unit, a sulfur recover... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032527 | ADAPTIVE LINEAR FILTER FOR REAL TIME NOISE REDUCTION IN SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SYSTEMS A method for linear filtering of noise in a SPR sensorgram generated from a surface plasmon resonance apparatus is provided. The method includes providing a linear filter of variable length to filter an output signal in the sensorgram. The method further includes determ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031826 | PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINE AND ROTOR A permanent magnet machine is disclosed. The permanent magnet machine includes a stator, and a rotor comprising a rotor core and disposed outside and concentric with the stator, wherein the rotor core comprises a contiguous volume disposed around a plurality of permanen... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030384 | Syngas cleanup section with carbon capture and hydrogen-selective membrane A syngas cleanup section includes a water-gas shift reactor, a first operation unit and a second operation unit. The first operation unit includes a high permeance membrane with H2/CO2 selectivity in flow communication with the water-gas shift reac... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030383 | HYBRID MULTICHANNEL POROUS STRUCTURE FOR HYDROGEN SEPARATION A hybrid multichannel porous structure for processing between two fluid streams of different compositions includes a housing and one or more structures disposed within the cavity of the housing in a shell and tube configuration. Each structure includes a body made of a ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030382 | MEMBRANES SUITABLE FOR GAS SEPARATION, AND RELATED ARTICLES AND PROCESSES A porous membrane structure is disclosed, which includes a porous substrate, a mesoporous, aluminum oxide layer disposed on the substrate; and a relatively thin, continuous, microporous barrier layer disposed on the mesoporous aluminum oxide layer, also formed from alum... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030375 | AERODYNAMIC PYLON FUEL INJECTOR SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTORS A combustor system includes a pylon fuel injection system coupled to a combustion chamber and configured to inject fuel to the combustion chamber. The pylon fuel injection system includes a plurality of radial elements, each radial element having a plurality of first Co... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029282 | HARSH ENVIRONMENT SENSOR SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHODS A system for measuring a plurality of operating parameters of an object in a harsh environment is provided. The system includes a first energy transceiver system configured to transceive energy signals. The system also includes a transcieved modulant coupled to the firs... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028845 | Reconfigurable Ultrasound Array with Low Noise CW Processing An ultrasound transducer probe is disclosed comprising: an array of ultrasound transducer elements, each ultrasound transducer element associated with a corresponding unit transducer cell for providing transmit and receive functions, each unit transducer cell including ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027576 | SEALING OF PINHOLES IN ELECTROLESS METAL COATINGS The present invention provides a method for sealing pinholes in an electroless metal coating, said method comprising: (a) coating a substrate with an electroless metal coating layer to provide a coated article comprising an electroless metal coating in contact with the ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027483 | ARTICLES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SERVICE AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for in... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026803 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIGITALLY ENHANCING AN IMAGE OF A STAINED MATERIAL Methods and systems for digitally enhancing an initial image of a material to which a plurality of stains were previously applied, that generally comprise: unmixing the image into a plurality of individual reconstructed images, each individual image corresponding to one... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026681 | METHOD OF FAST CURRENT MODULATION IN AN X-RAY TUBE AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME An x-ray imaging system includes a detector positioned to receive x-rays, and an x-ray tube coupled to a mount structure. The x-ray tube is configured to generate x-rays toward the detector and includes a target, a cathode cup, an emitter attached to the cathode cup and... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026668 | Apparatus and Method for Voltage Modulation in X-Ray Computed Tomography The present invention discloses a computed tomography imager comprising: an x-ray source disposed in a gantry; a detector assembly for receiving an x-ray emission from an x-ray source, the x-ray source and the detector assembly rotatable about an imaging target; an imag... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026183 | CIRCUIT PROTECTION DEVICE AND SYSTEM A circuit protection device for protection of circuitry is provided. The circuit protection device comprises a housing defining a chamber and a plurality of conductors. The conductors are configured to connect to the circuitry and extending into the chamber, and compris... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025329 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMO-ELECTRIC COOLING OF RF COILS IN AN MR IMAGING SYSTEM A cooling system for reducing the thermal energy transfer from the heated spots of an RF coil assembly to a patient bore of an MRI system is disclosed. The MRI system includes a plurality of gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet, an RF shield formed about a... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025196 | HERMETIC PACKAGE WITH GETTER MATERIALS Organic light emitting devices include a transparent substrate, a first transparent electrode disposed on the transparent substrate, a second electrode, an electroluminescent layer sandwiched between the electrodes, and a getter layer disposed on a light emitting surfac... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024765 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME There are provided semiconductor structures and devices comprising silicon carbide (SiC) and methods for making the same. The structures and devices comprise a base or shielding layer, channel and surface layer, all desirably formed via ion implantation. As a result, th... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024711 | APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PHOTODIODE THERMAL GAIN COEFFICIENT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME An apparatus for reducing photodiode thermal gain coefficient includes a bulk semiconductor material having a light-illumination side. The bulk semiconductor material includes a minority charge carrier diffusion length property configured to substantially match a predet... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024685 | NANO-SCALE METAL OXYHALIDE AND OXYSULFIDE SCINTILLATION MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME Crystalline scintillator materials comprising nano-scale particles of metal oxides, metal oxyhalides and metal oxysulfides are provided. The nano-scale particles are less than 100 nm in size. Methods are provided for preparing the particles. In one method, used to form ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024359 | METHOD FOR REMOVING CHLORIDE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION A method for removing chloride from an aqueous solution having an initial chloride ion (Cl−) weight concentration, comprising: adding a magnesium compound to the aqueous solution, magnesium ion weight concentration being less than about 20% of the initial c... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024331 | HIGH THROUGHPUT MAGNETIC ISOLATION TECHNIQUE AND DEVICE FOR BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS The present application discloses a process for the high throughput separation of at least one distinct biological material from a sample using magnetic tags and a magnetic separation set up capable of processing at least about 106 units/second. A magnetic fi... | 02/03/2011 |
