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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176796 | Ultrasound multiphase fraction meter and method for determining phase fractions in a multiphase fluid An apparatus and method to determine fractions of various phases in a multiphase fluid. The apparatus includes main body including an interior configured receive a multiphase fluid and an exterior. The apparatus senses fluid pressure of multiphase fluid received in ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8164039 | Method and apparatus for detecting spiculated masses in mammography A method and apparatus detects one or more spiculated masses in an image using a processor. The image is received in the processor. The received image is filtered using one or more Gaussian filters to detect one or more central mass regions. The received image is al... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159676 | Ratiometric surface plasmon coupled emission detector The present invention includes methods for ratiometric detection of analytes by surface plasmon coupled emission detection that includes disposing a target on the metal layer of a surface plasmon resonance detection system; coupling a first analyte to a first fluore... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150758 | Unitary investment having interrelated assets The present invention provides a unitary note investment instrument and method of use that has two performance components. An investor invests in the issuer the principal amount of the investment. The first component is a base portfolio. The second component is keye... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8110100 | System for treating liquids with wave energy from an electrical arc The system has a storage tank and two or more arc whirl devices disposed in a top of the storage tank. Each arc whirl device includes: (a) a pump volute or hydrocyclone, (b) a throat connected to the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, (c) a parabolic reflector having... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103881 | System, method and apparatus for electronic ticketing The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for securely granting access to an event. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, such as an electronic card, ticket or information carrier, contains biometric data about a ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8088290 | Treatment of fluids with wave energy from a carbon arc A method of and apparatus for treating liquids flowing in a thin film around a source of wave energy to directly expose the liquid to the wave energy, preferably generated in whole or part by an electrical arc between carbon electrodes. In addition to the wave energ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082575 | System, method and apparatus for enabling transactions using a user enabled programmable magnetic stripe The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus that includes a user device having a magnetic field generator disposed within a substrate that is normally inactive, an initiator mounted on the substrate, a memory disposed within the substrate and a pro... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082549 | System, method and apparatus for allocating resources by constraint selection The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for allocating resources with a linear programming model comprising an objective function and a set of constraints describing feasible allocations of the resources. The method ranks constraints based on a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078544 | System and method for facilitating transactions between two or more parties The present invention provides a system and method for facilitating a transaction between two or more parties. Electronic documents are received from a party and are posted to the secured account such that each party can retrieve and modify the electronic documents.... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074653 | Combination condom and personal lubricant container The present invention comprises articles of manufacture including a disposable condom and personal container 10 comprising a condom compartment 20 enclosing one or more condoms immersed in either a personal lubricant or sexually stimulating lubricant r... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074439 | System, method and apparatus for lean combustion with plasma from an electrical arc The present invention provides a plasma arc torch that can be used for lean combustion. The plasma arc torch includes a cylindrical vessel, an electrode housing connected to the first end of the cylindrical vessel such that a first electrode is (a) aligned with a lo... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8049811 | Automatic focusing apparatus and method for digital images using automatic filter switching An apparatus and method for automatically focusing a lens of a digital imaging device, such as a digital still or video camera or camera phone, that reduces the auto focus time while not compromising image sharpness quality and simultaneously reducing device power c... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8015592 | System, method and apparatus for enabling transactions using a biometrically enabled programmable magnetic stripe The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus that includes a user device having a magnetic field generator disposed within a substrate that is normally inactive, a biometric sensor mounted on the substrate, a memory disposed within the substrate and... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8002992 | Method for treating liquids with wave energy from an electrical arc A method for treating a liquid is disclosed using an apparatus having: (a) a pump volute or hydrocyclone, (b) a throat connected to the pump volute or hydrocyclone head, (c) a parabolic reflector having a vertex, a focus and an opening at the vertex, wherein the ope... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999003 | Antioxidant compositions and methods thereto The present invention provides a performance assay that measures the total antioxidant activity of a composition using oxygen uptake in contrast to prior art methods that measure antioxidant capacity by indirectly measuring degradation of a fluorescent compound by f... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7985342 | Treatment of fluids with wave energy from a carbon arc A method and apparatus for treating a fluid using a wave energy uses a cyclone separator configured to create a flow of the fluid in a thin film along a vortex path from a first end to a second end of the cyclone separator, a first electrode and a second electrode t... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7968115 | Liposomal curcumin for treatment of cancer The present invention provides a compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer, including pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and melanoma, in a human patient. The methods and compositions of the present invention employ curcumin or a curcumin analogue encapsula... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959814 | System and method for producing hot water without a flame The present invention provides a system and method for producing hot water without a flame. The system and method heats water to at least a specified temperature without a flame by providing a source of water and a prime mover, pumping water from the source of water... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953032 | Method, system and apparatus for a dual mode mobile device The present invention provides a dual mode mobile device that can use both cellular-based and IP-based applications with single application program interface and without having separate and distinct subsystems for each communications mode. The device may also includ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941376 | System and method for customer authentication of an item A system, apparatus and method is provided for authentication of an item or a label by storing unique random serial numbers or codes in a remote secure storage that can be used to authenticate the item or the label, generating a pointer to each stored unique random ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937579 | System, method and apparatus for electronically protecting data and digital content A system, method and apparatus are described for protecting sensitive data by extracting the sensitive data from a data storage on a client, sending the extracted data to a server for storage, receiving a pointer indicating where the extracted data has been stored a... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933985 | System and method for detecting and preventing denial of service attacks in a communications system A method and system are provided for use in detecting and preventing attacks in a communications network. In one example, the method includes calculating first and second traffic volumes based on messages received at a first time and a second time, respectively. An ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928187 | Neuropeptide alarin The present invention describes a polypeptide, comprising the amino acid sequence APAHRSSTFPKWVTKTERGRQPLRS (Seq. ID. No.1) or a fragment thereof, said fragment comprising at least 7 consecutive amino acid residues of Seq. ID. No.1. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918701 | Buoyancy and rescue device There is described herein an apparatus for providing buoyancy and/or facilitating rescue of a person or object. The apparatus includes a tubular sleeve for securing the apparatus around at least a portion of a person or an object wherein longitudinal extension of th... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7897053 | Treatment of fluids with wave energy from a carbon arc A method and apparatus for treating a fluid using a wave energy uses a gas-sparged pipe configured to create a flow of the fluid in a thin film along a vortex path from a first end to a second end of the gas-sparged pipe, a first electrode and a second electrode tha... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7848985 | Multi-asset participation structured note and swap combination The present invention provides a unitary note investment instrument and method of use that has two performance components. An investor invests in the issuer the principal amount of the investment. The first component is a base portfolio. The second component is keye... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7877312 | Apparatus and method for displaying trading trends The present invention provides an apparatus and method of determining and displaying trading trends for an investment underlying one or more options wherein an opening value and a closing value for the underlying investment for two or more time intervals is obtained... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7870702 | Concrete reinforcement support chair An apparatus (“chair”) for supporting one or more reinforcement bars or post-tension cables (“bars/cables”) in a concrete structure includes a base member having a centered opening, a pair of opposing first leg members extending upward from the base member a... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7866380 | System and method for producing hot water without a flame The present invention provides a system and method for producing hot water without a flame. The system and method heats water to at least a specified temperature without a flame by providing a source of water and a prime mover, pumping water from the source of water... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865800 | System and method for cooperation diversity through coding A method for providing wireless transmission diversity wherein an error correcting codeword is divided into first and second segments at first and second transmitting units. The first segments are transmitted from each of the first and second transmitting units and ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860779 | Unitary investment having interrelated assets The present invention provides a unitary note investment instrument and method of use that has two performance components. An investor invests in the issuer the principal amount of the investment. The first component is a base portfolio. The second component is keye... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857972 | Apparatus for treating liquids with wave energy from an electrical arc The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for treating a liquid by providing a wave energy source and creating a thin film of the liquid whirling around the wave energy source such that one or more wave energies irradiate the liquid. Likewise, th... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7855169 | Use of fluorocarbon surfactants to improve the productivity of gas and gas condensate wells The present invention includes composition having a nonionic, fluorinated polymeric surfactant, water and solvent. Embodiments of compositions according to the present invention are useful, for example, for recovering hydrocarbons from subterranean clastic formation... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7851517 | Antimicrobial credit cards, identification cards, membership cards and identification badges and badge holders A system, method and apparatus provices an antimicrobial card, badge holder or token made from an antimicrobial polymereric material. The antimicrobial polymereric material includes one or more polymers and one or more antimicrobial agents that affect the growth of ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7832166 | System, method and apparatus for producing fire rated doors The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for producing fire rated doors having added strength, better finishing and low cost manufacturing flexibility. The fire rated doors are made from two panels “sandwiched” together. An optional interior... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7827090 | Apparatus and method for displaying trading trends The present invention provides an apparatus and method of determining and displaying trading trends for one or more currency pairs wherein an opening value and a closing value for the one or more currency pairs for two or more time intervals is obtained. An opening ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7803601 | Production and secretion of glucose in photosynthetic prokaryotes (cyanobacteria) The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using an isolated cyanobacterium that includes a portion of an exogenous bacterial cellulose operon sufficient to express bacterial cellulose, whereby the cyanobacterium produces extracellular gl... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7786267 | Multivariable antigens complexed with targeting humanized monoclonal antibody The present invention includes compositions and methods for designing, making and using modular recombinant antibodies or fragments thereof with one half of a cohesin-dockerin pair that permits the rapid assembly of multivariant antigen conjugates. ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785359 | Therapeutic cooling devices A thermal regulatory system to reduce swelling caused by trauma to a variety of tissues and limbs is provided. One or more substantially flexible, at least partially thermally conductive housing containing optionally activatable thermal regulatory medium may be coup... | 08/31/2010 |
