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Patent CA-2820647-A1 (CA)
Inventor: IRVING MICHAEL HOWARD
IPC: F04B35/04
Filed: 2011-12-08
Abstract: A rechargeable battery operated solar pump kit is provided to arrange in relation to a rain barrel, featuring a solar panel; an inline submersible pump that passes through an opening of the rain barrel, has a hose to extend out of the opening to discharge the rainwater, and has a power cord; and a control box that has a housing to contain a pipe fitting, a rechargeable battery, an electrical fitting and an on/off switch. The pipe fitting couples to the hose of the pump to receive the rainwater being pumped from the rain barrel, and couples to a garden hose to provide the rainwater. The battery couples to the power cord of the pump to provide the power. The fitting couples the battery to the solar panel to recharge the battery. The on/off switch turns the pump on/off.
Patent CA-2822232-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MATHENY ROBERT G
IPC: A61K9/00
Filed: 2011-12-09
Abstract: A polymeric matrix for delivery of an HMG CoA reductase inhibitor such as a statin to tissue such as cardiac tissue in need thereof for the treatment or prevention of a disease or defect such as atrial fibrillation has been developed. In the preferred embodiment, a statin is delivered by means of a patch sutured to cardiac tissue at the time of cardiothoracic surgery. In the most preferred embodiment, the patch is a biodegradable material providing controlled or sustained release over a prolonged period of time, such as a week. Suitable materials include extracellular matrix, or other biodegradable hydrogels or polymeric materials providing sustained or controlled release of statin at the site of application.
Patent CA-2823959-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SINCLAIR MARK
IPC: B31B50/62
Filed: 2012-03-29
Abstract: A carton may include a liner. The liner may include one or more pressure control features for automatically relieving pressure from within an area enclosed by the liner. A  pressure control feature may be in the form of one or more vent passageways extending through the liner.
Patent CA-2826308-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SMITH MICHAEL
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2013-09-04
Abstract: The present concept is a method for surveying brand preference including the steps of providing a participant with a unique identification card and code; inputting participants personal information into a database; providing an interactive electronic surface device for administering a product challenge, wherein the surface device is in communication with the identification card and the database. The method also includes providing an algorithm which is based on information in the database corresponding to the identification card and provides up to three potential product challenges and displays these challenges on the surface device; administering a product challenge test selected by the participant from those displayed on the surface device; and displaying product challenge results and recording challenge result to the database for future use.
Patent CA-2826626-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LOW ROBERT E
IPC: C09K5/04
Filed: 2012-02-14
Abstract: A method for preparing a ternary or higher zeotropic refrigerant mixture comprising components of different volatilities is described. The method comprises: mixing together the less volatile components of the mixture in a pre-blending process; and separately adding the most volatile component to the pre-blended mixture by pressure or mass flow control so that the desired initial liquid composition is attained. The liquid zeotropic refrigerant mixture that is prepared may be transferred from a container in which it is held to another container or to a piece of equipment that is to use the refrigerant mixture. This method comprises the steps of: removing at least a portion of the prepared liquid zeotropic refrigerant mixture from a container in which it is held; charging the liquid zeotropic refrigerant mixture that is removed to another container or to a piece of equipment in which it is to be used; and adding at least the most volatile component of the refrigerant mixture to the holding container to compensate for the removal of liquid refrigerant mixture therefrom.
Patent CA-2826950-A1 (CA)
Inventor: DI IORIO LINO
IPC: A63B67/14
Filed: 2013-09-13
Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is a curling brush comprising a shaft and a flexible concave head. The flexible concave head is attached to the shaft for receiving a force through the shaft to flex the head concavity toward a flat surface. In another embodiment, the present invention is a flexible concave curling brush head for attaching to a shaft, to receive a force through the shaft to flex the head concavity toward a flat surface.
Patent CA-2827266-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HELMRICH CHRISTIAN
IPC: G10L19/125
Filed: 2012-02-13
Abstract: An apparatus for coding a portion of an audio signal (10) to obtain an encoded audio signal (26) for the portion of the audio signal comprises a transient detector (12) for detecting whether a transient signal is located in the portion of the audio signal to obtain a transient detection result (14), an encoder stage (16) for performing a first encoding algorithm on the audio signal, the first encoding algorithm having a first characteristic, and for performing a second encoding algorithm on the audio signal, the second encoding algorithm having a second characteristic being different from the first characteristic, a processor (18) for determining which encoding algorithm results in an encoded audio signal being a better approximation to the portion of the audio signal with respect to the other encoding algorithm to obtain a quality result (20), and a controller (22) for determining whether the encoded audio signal for the portion of the audio signal is to be generated by either the first encoding algorithm or the second encoding algorithm based on the transient detection result (14) and the quality result (20).
Patent CA-2829918-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KAPER THIJS
IPC: C12N9/42
Filed: 2012-03-16
Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions that can be used in hydrolyzing biomass such as compositions comprising a polypeptide having ß-glucosidase activity, methods for hydrolyzing biomass material, and methods for improving the stability and saccharification efficacy of a composition comprising such ß-glucosidase polypeptides and/or activity.
Patent CA-2830151-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KITAZATO NAOHISA
IPC: H04N5/445
Filed: 2012-04-11
Abstract: This disclosure relates to a supplying apparatus, supplying method, receiving apparatus, receiving method, program and broadcasting system that can easily achieve program progress sync information service. In a broadcasting system of the disclosure, a supplying apparatus comprises: a broadcasting unit that broadcasts a program to the receiving apparatus via a broadcast network; and a supplying unit that supplies, to the receiving apparatus, a segment data sequence including at least one piece of segment data constituted by meta data related to the program during a segment-effective interval, which indicates a sync interval for the progress of the program, and during the progress. The receiving apparatus comprises: a receiving unit that receives the program broadcasted from the supplying apparatus via the broadcast network; an acquiring unit that acquires the segment data sequence supplied from the supplying apparatus; and a presenting unit that presents, on the basis of the acquired segment data sequence, the information, which is related to the program, to the user in synchronism with the progress of the program. The disclosure can be applied to any broadcast system.
Patent CA-2830757-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and system for sharing synchronized audio and video streams across a mesh of networked bluetooth or wireless devices
Inventor: ZUSHMAN JASON J
IPC: H04W84/18
Filed: 2013-10-24
Abstract: The Bluetooth and Wireless communication protocols are well established standards found in many mobile and computer devices. The aforementioned protocols have been expanded upon in numerous ways, for example, those embodied via the following patents and associated applications for patent:     CA 2772452      WI-FI, BLUE TOOTH, G.P.S   NETWORK     It is apparent from the foregoing that the prior art fails to teach, or even suggest, the method and system of sharing and syncing of files and audio streams across multiple linked Bluetooth or Wireless devices in a synchronized fashion as described by way of this application for patent. This application provides a method and system of linking Bluetooth or Wireless enabled devices which allows for the synchronized streaming of audio and video broadcasts. The interconnected mesh may be immensely scaled so the broadcasts controlled by the master device can fill a large area such as an auditorium or arena. The sound may then be controlled with audio effects such as delay and balance as set by the software on the master device which affects tiered slave nodes in order to perfect the synchronization effect.
Patent CA-2832796-A1 (CA)
Title: Welding spinners, and related methods and devices
Inventor: GAUDREAULT TREVOR D
IPC: B23K37/04
Filed: 2013-11-14
Abstract: A welding spinner has a base; a wheel with a mounting face for an implement to be welded; and a cam arm laterally connecting the wheel to the base and mounted to rotate between the base and the wheel to adjust the height of the wheel relative to the base. A method of using the welding spinner includes rotating the cam arm relative to the base to adjust the height of the wheel relative to the base. A counterweight device and a removable chuck are disclosed and may be used with a welding spinner.
Patent CA-2833390-A1 (CA)
Title: Hsp90 combination therapy
Inventor: CHIOSIS GABRIELA
IPC: G01N33/483
Filed: 2012-04-27
Abstract: This invention concerns a method for selecting an inhibitor of a cancer-implicated pathway or of a component of a cancer- implicated pathway for coadministration, with an inhibitor of HSP90, to a subject suffering from a cancer which comprises the following steps: (a) contacting a sample containing cancer cells from a subject with an inhibitor of HSP90 or an analog, homolog or derivative of an inhibitor of HSP90 under conditions such that one or more cancer pathway components present in the sample bind to the HSP90 inhibitor or the analog, homolog or derivative of the HSP90 inhibitor; (b) detecting pathway components bound to the HSP90 inhibitor or to the analog, homolog or derivative of the HSP90 inhibitor; (c) analyzing the pathway components detected in step (b) so as to identify a pathway which includes the components detected in step (b) and additional components of such pathway; and (d) selecting an inhibitor of the pathway or of a pathway component identified in step (c). This invention further concerns a method of treating a cancer patient by coadministering an inhibitor of HSP90 and an inhibitor of a cancer- implicated pathway or component thereof.
Patent CA-2835160-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SJOLUND PEDER
IPC: F41H3/00
Filed: 2012-06-05
Abstract: The invention pertains to a device for signature adaptation, comprising at least one surface element (100; 300; 500) arranged to assume a determined thermal distribution, wherein said surface element comprises at least one temperature generating element (150; 450a, 450b, 450c) arranged to generate at least one predetermined temperature gradient to a portion of said at least one surface element. Said at least one surface element (100; 300; 500) comprises at least one radar suppressing element (190), wherein said at least one radar suppressing element (190) is arranged to suppress reflections of incident radio waves. The invention also concerns an object provided with a device for signature adaptation.
Patent CA-2836171-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SCHWIE CHESTER MILES
IPC: G01K13/02
Filed: 2013-12-06
Abstract: An air temperature sensor arrangement for a vehicle includes a temperature sensor housing having a base portion, an inlet and an outlet. Also included is a main flow path defined by a continuously curvilinear wall, the main flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet for separating particulate matter from an inlet airflow. Further included is a temperature sensor disposed within an internal cavity of the temperature sensor housing.
Patent CA-2840440-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WU TAO
IPC: H02H7/20
Filed: 2014-01-23
Abstract: An assembly includes an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), a gate driver and a short-circuit protection circuit. The gate driver is adapted to supply voltage to a gate terminal the IGBT. The short-circuit protection circuit includes an IGBT short-circuit detector for determining whether the IGBT is short-circuited, and a supply voltage regulator for regulating the supply voltage in response to the IGBT short- circuit detector determining that the IGBT is short-circuited.
Patent CA-2842065-A1 (CA)
Inventor: RING LEV
IPC: E21B33/12
Filed: 2012-07-18
Abstract: Methods and apparatus include an expandable packer having a tubing expanded to create a seal in an annulus surrounding the tubing. The tubing includes a non-uniform outer surface configured to cause formation of undulations in a diameter of the tubing upon expansion of the tubing. A plurality of expandable packers may be connected to a tubular string to isolate multiple zones in a wellbore. A production tubular equipped with multiple expandable packers may be installed in the tubular string. The expandable packers may also include non-uniform outer surfaces configured to form undulations upon expansion. The combination of tubular string and production tubular may be used in an enhanced oil recovery application such as injecting steam into a formation to enhance production.
Patent CA-2842122-A1 (CA)
Title: Process and system for conversion of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide
Inventor: KUHL OLAF
IPC: C01B32/40
Filed: 2012-12-20
Abstract: A process and a device for converting carbon dioxide CO2 to carbon monoxide CO, using hydrocarbons are described. In further details, processes and devices are described for generating synthesis gases and processes and devices are described for converting synthesis gases to synthetic functionalized and/or non-functionalized hydrocarbons, using CO2 and hydrocarbons. By means of the processes and the devices, carbon dioxide emitted from industrial process can be converted and the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere can be decreased.
Patent CA-2845526-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MACK BARRY LEE
IPC: E05C19/00
Filed: 2014-03-10
Abstract: After traditional door hinges are used to mount a door, a door jamb lock is installed between the door edge and the door jamb. An upper wing is affixed to the door jamb. A  lower wing is affixed to the door edge. An upper collar holds the upper wing and a central wing pivot pin. This central wing pivot pin can be pushed down to engage a female receiver in the lower collar and lower wing assembly. When this central wing pivot pin engages a key into the female receiver, the door is locked at a desired angle open.  Various embodiments include a spring central wing pivot pin, a simple rod type central pivot pin, and a fine tuning set screw model for angle adjustment.
Patent CA-2846434-A1 (CA)
Title: Procede d'enlevement de couches de carbone dures
Inventor: RAMM JURGEN
IPC: C23G5/00
Filed: 2012-05-31
Abstract: L'invention concerne un procédé d'enlèvement de couches de carbone, en particulier, de couches de carbone tétraédrique amorphe à partir de surfaces de substrats d'outils et de composants. Le substrat à traiter est disposé en conséquence sur un porte-substrat dans une chambre à vide, la chambre à vide est alimentée en au moins un gaz réactif entretenant l'enlèvement de carbone sous forme gazeuse et une décharge de plasma à basse tension est produite dans la chambre à vide pour l'excitation du gaz réactif et par conséquent pour l'entretien de la réaction chimique requise ou des réactions chimiques requises pour l'enlèvement de couches du substrat revêtu. La décharge de plasma à basse tension est une décharge à basse tension en courant continu, les surfaces de substrat à traiter sont bombardées pratiquement exclusivement par des électrons, et, comme gaz réactif, on utilise de l'oxygène, de l'azote et de l'hydrogène.
Patent CA-2846728-A1 (CA)
Title: Window counterbalance system
Inventor: DENORMAND RICHARD S
IPC: E05D13/00
Filed: 2014-03-17
Abstract: A window balance assembly for a tilt-in window comprising a bracket, a spring and a carrier. The first spring has a first portion engaging the bracket. The carrier has a vertical portion including a first slot, a first projection extending outwardly from a first side of the vertical portion, and a second attachment projection extending outwardly from a second side of the vertical portion. The first slot receives a pivot bar of the tilt-in window via a vertical drop-in installation. One of the first and second attachment protrusions engages the first portion of the spring. The horizontal portion includes an aperture rotatably engaging a cam between a first position and a second position. The cam has a second slot aligned with the first slot when the cam is in the first position allowing for the pivot bar to move between the first slot and the second slot.
Patent CA-2847325-A1 (CA)
Title: Method for preparing induced paraxial mesoderm progenitor (ipam) cells and their use
Inventor: POURQUIE OLIVIER
IPC: C12N5/0775
Filed: 2012-08-29
Abstract: The present invention relates to an ex vivo method for preparing induced paraxial mesoderm progenitor (iPAM) cells, said method comprising the step of culturing pluripotent cells in an appropriate culture medium comprising an effective amount of an activator of the Wnt signaling pathway and an effective amount of an inhibitor of the Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) signaling pathway.
Patent CA-2848354-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ARMOUR BARRY DOUGLAS
IPC: B60P7/08
Filed: 2012-09-13
Abstract: A ratchet device 1 for a strap has a body 105 having a side member 109, and a spool 119 having a side 119a rotatably supported by the side member and a ratchet wheel 121 fixed thereto. The body has a member 161 moveable between an open position in which the other side 119b of the spool is exposed to enable a strap to be laterally loaded into the spool 119 from the exposed side of the spool and laterally unloaded from the spool, and a closed position in which said lateral loading and unloading are prevented.
Patent CA-2848459-A1 (CA)
Title: Method of controlling congestion for contention access network
Inventor: GINESTE MATHIEU
IPC: H04L47/27
Filed: 2014-04-04
Abstract: Method of controlling congestion in a communications network comprising a plurality of terminals, the said method comprising steps of: - Receive a message or a message fragment at a given instant, - Evaluate the number of terminals currently sending, - Define a congestion window, of duration .DELTA.Tf configured so as to be proportional to the number N of terminals currently sending and inversely proportional to the maximum input loading G of the network which makes it possible to obtain a substantially zero rate of retransmissions, - For each terminal and each message or message fragment to be sent, make the start of the congestion window coincide with the said given instant of receipt of a message or message fragment and define an actual instant of sending of the said message or message fragment as a random value taken in the congestion window.
Patent CA-2848631-A1 (CA)
Inventor: PARTHASARADHI REDDY BANDI
IPC: C07D239/48
Filed: 2012-09-10
Abstract: As used herein the term "room temperature" refers to a temperature of about 25°C to about 35°C. According to one aspect of the present invention, there IS provided a novel process for the preparation of rilpivirine, which comprises: a) condensing the (E)-3-( 4-amino-3,5-dimethylphenyl)acrylonitrile hydrochloride with 4-( 4-chloropyrimidin-2-ylamino )benzonitrile m the presence of Nmethylpyrrolidone; b) heating the contents obtained in step (a) at about 75 to 95°C to obtain a solution; c) cooling the solution obtained in step (b) at below 35°C; d) adding water to the reaction mass; and e) isolating rilpivirine. The reaction in step (b) may preferably be heated to 100 to 110°C. Step (c) may preferably be carried out at room temperature. Rilpivirine may be isolated in step (e) by the methods known such as Filtration or centrifugation.
Patent CA-2848806-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SCHWAB WILFRIED
IPC: A61P31/12
Filed: 2012-09-12
Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonic acid salts of heterocyclylamide-substituted imidazoles, and to solvates and hydrates thereof, to the use thereof for treating and/or preventing diseases, and to use thereof for producing drugs for treating and/or preventing diseases, in particular for use as antiviral agents, in particular against cytomegaloviruses.
Patent CA-2849461-A1 (CA)
Title: Closet carrier system
Inventor: MORRIS JASON E
IPC: E03D11/14
Filed: 2014-04-22
Abstract: A closet carrier for a water closet includes a faceplate, an adjustable coupling connected to and extending from the faceplate, the adjustable coupling being configured to be connected to the water closet, at least two vertical supports adjustably connected to the faceplate for supporting the system on a floor surface, and a fitting connected to the faceplate. The fitting includes an endplate, an inlet defined within the endplate, an intermediate portion, and a main body defining a main passageway. The fitting is connected to the faceplate by the endplate such that the inlet is in fluid communication with the adjustable coupling. The main passageway is placed in fluid communication with the inlet by the intermediate portion. The intermediate portion of the fitting is configured to accelerate a velocity of a flow of waste fluid from the inlet to the main passageway.
Patent CA-2850547-A1 (CA)
Inventor: DI CARLO DINO
IPC: F15D1/14
Filed: 2012-09-27
Abstract: A microfluidic platform is disclosed that uses obstacles placed at particular location(s) within the channel cross-section to turn and stretch fluid. The asymmetric flow behavior upstream and downstream of the obstacle(s) due to fluid inertia manifests itself as a total deformation of the topology of streamlines that effectively creates a tunable net secondary flow. The system and methods passively creates strong secondary flows at moderate to high flow rates in microchannels. These flows can be accurately controlled by the numbers and particular geometric placement of the obstacle(s) within the channel.
Patent CA-2854764-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MOORE RUSSEL
IPC: C09J5/10
Filed: 2014-06-20
Abstract: In a method for applying a protective coating to the rod section of a sucker rod having upset ends, one or more resilient cylindrical protective sleeves with longitudinal slits are spread open and urged by radial force over and around the rod portion of the sucker rod. Using an appropriate fusing apparatus, the edges of the protective sleeves' longitudinal slits are then fused together, and adjacent sleeve ends are circumferentially fused together.
Patent CA-2855028-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HERSHKOVICH ZVI
IPC: G01B3/04
Filed: 2014-06-24
Abstract: A combination square for usage with a grooved blade, comprising: a straight component having a first straight edge and a second straight edge perpendicular to the first straight edge; an angled component having a third straight edge and an angled edge; a marked scale comprising degrees; a marker, wherein the square is configured to allow indication by the marker of angles on the scale; a slot configured to allow accommodating the blade; and a locking screw configured to allow clamping the combination square onto the blade at a desired position along the blade; wherein the angled component is rotatably connected to the straight component; and the square is further configured to allow measuring a center of a circle coupled to the second straight edge and the angled edge at a second end of range of motion of the rotation by the straight component relative to the angled component.