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Patent CA-2775003-A1 (CA)
Title: Dynamic hitless resizing in optical transport networks
Inventor: VISSERS MAARTEN PETRUS JOSEPH
IPC: H04B10/29
Filed: 2009-09-17
Abstract: The invention relates to techniques for contro lling a dynamic hitless resizing in data transport networks. According to a method aspect of the invention, a network connection comprises M tributary slots d efined in a payload area of a higher order transport scheme of the data transport network and the method comprises the steps of rec eiving a connection re size control si gnal at each of the nodes along the path of the network connection; ad ding at each node along the path in response to the connection resize control signal a second set of N tributary slots to the first set of the M tributary slots, such that the network connection comprises M+N tributary slots; and increasing, after M+N tributary slots are av ailable for the network connection at each node along the path, a transport data rate of the network connection.
Patent CA-2775310-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ANDO KATSUHIRO
IPC: C08L71/02
Filed: 2010-10-18
Abstract: The present invention has its object to provide a liquid-applied moisture-permeable waterproofing material that can protect a building from rainwater or humidity in the air, can drain moisture, which has been gathered on a substrate of a building, and can be applied easily. The present invention is a curable composition comprising: (A) a polyoxyalkylene polymer having a silicon-containing group crosslinkable by forming a siloxane bond; (B) a polyoxyalkylene plasticizer whose main chain contains 5 wt% or more of an oxypropylene-derived repeating unit and has one or more groups, at an end thereof, selected from the group consisting of an -OH group, a group represented by the formula: -OR9 (wherein R9 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 hydrocarbon group), and a group represented by the formula: -NR10 2 (wherein R10 is each independently a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 hydrocarbon group).
Patent CA-2776844-A1 (CA)
Title: Pyrrolo [3, 2 -e] [1,2,4] triazolo [1,5 -a] pyrimidines derivatives as inhibitors of microglia activation
Inventor: SCOPES DAVID
IPC: A61K31/519
Filed: 2010-10-07
Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of disease. Compounds of the formula (I) wherein X is halogen, independently selected form chlorine and fluorine and n is 0, 1 or 2. and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases caused by activation of microglia, particularly Alzheimer's disease.
Patent CA-2777820-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WOLFE MELVIN E JR
IPC: A47L5/24
Filed: 2012-05-22
Abstract: A battery powered vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner comprises a motor, a battery pack comprising a plurality of battery cells arranged in a generally horseshoe configuration and wrapped about the motor, and a battery door providing access to the battery pack and adapted to permit removal of the battery pack from the vacuum cleaner.
Patent CA-2778124-A1 (CA)
Title: Tubular actuator, system and method
Inventor: KING JAMES G
IPC: E21B23/00
Filed: 2010-10-28
Abstract: A tubular actuating system includes a tubular, a plurality of same plugs runnable within the tubular, an actuator disposed within the tubular, and a seatable member disposed at the actuator configured to be respositionable relative to the actuator between an unseated position and a seated position upon passage of at least one of the plurality of same plugs.
Patent CA-2779437-A1 (CA)
Title: Novel viral vector construct for neuron specific continuous dopa synthesis in vivo
Inventor: BJOERKLUND TOMAS
IPC: A61K48/00
Filed: 2010-11-09
Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-vector expression system comprising a sequence encoding two polypeptides, such as tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and GTP- cyclohydrolase 1 (GCH1 ). The two polypeptides can be should preferentially be expressed at a ratio between 3:1 and 15:1, such as between 3:1 and 7:1. The invention is useful in the treatment of catecholamine deficient disorders, such as dopamine deficient disorders including but not limited to Parkinson's Disease. Moreover, the present invention provides a method to deliver the vector construct in order to limit the increased production of the catecholamine to the cells in need thereof.
Patent CA-2781345-A1 (CA)
Title: Risk assessment system
Inventor: FACCHINI LOUIS
IPC: G06Q50/16
Filed: 2012-06-26
Abstract: A risk assessment system and method for assessing or quantifying risk in real estate finance and investment, involving (a) determining a financial indicator of a real estate investment based on a first set of input data associated with the real estate investment; (b) determining an adjustment value of the real estate investment based on a second set of input data, comprising risk data associated with the real estate investment, and by applying a statistical model; and (c) adjusting the determined financial indicator as a function of the adjustment value, thereby generating at least one risk adjusted value of the real estate investment. In this manner, an integrated system for analyzing financial valuation of real estate investments is provided, with risk analysis modeling.
Patent CA-2782797-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KOKOTOS GEORGE
IPC: A61K31/421
Filed: 2010-10-01
Abstract: A compound of formula (I) wherein X is O or S; R1 is H, OH, SH, nitro, NH2, NHC1-6alkyl, N(C1-6alkyl)2, halo, haloC1-6alkyl, CN, C1-6-alkyl, OC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkylCOOH, C1-6alkylCOOC1-6alkyl, C2-6-alkenyl, C3-10cycloalkyl, C6-10aryl, C1-6alkylC6-10aryl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, CONH2, CONHC1-6alkyl, CON(C1-6alkyl)2, OCOC1-6alkyl, or is an acidic group, such as a group comprising a carboxyl, phosphate, phosphinate, sulfate, sulfonate, or tetrazolyl group; R2 is as defined for R1 or R1 and R2 taken together can form a 6-membered aromatic ring optionally substituted by up to 4 groups R5; R3 is H, halo (preferably fluoro), or CHaI3 (preferably CF3); each R5 is defined as for R1; V1 is a covalent bond or a C1-20alkyl group, or C2-20-mono or multiply unsaturated alkenyl group; said alkyl or alkenyl groups being optionally interupted by one or more heteroatoms selected from O, NH, N(C1-6alkyl), S, SO, or SO2; M1 is absent or is a C5-10 cyclic group or a C5-15 aromatic group; and R4 is H, halo, OH, CN, nitro, NH2, NHC1-6alkyl, N(C1-6alkyl)2, haloC1-6alkyl, a C1-20alkyl group, or C2-20-mono or multiply unsaturated alkenyl group, said C1-20alkyl or C2-20alkenyl groups being optionally interupted by one or more heteroatoms selected from O, NH, N(C1-6 alkyl), S, SO, or SO2; with the proviso that the group V1M1R4 as a whole provides at least 4 backbone atoms from the C(R3) group; or a salt, ester, solvate, N-oxide, or prodrug thereof; for use in the treatment of a chronic inflammatory condition.
Patent CA-2786174-A1 (CA)
Title: Methods and compositions for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of fetal aneuploidies
Inventor: PATSALIS PHILIPPOS C
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2011-01-26
Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of fetal aneuploidies. A large panel of differentially methylated regions (DMRs) have been identified. Certain of these DMRs are hypomethylated in adult female blood DNA and hypermethylated in fetal DNA, whereas others are hypermethylated in adult female blood DNA and hypomethylated in fetal DNA. Moreover, DMRs that are hypomethylated in adult female blood DNA and hypermethylated in fetal DNA have been shown to accurately predict a fetal aneuploidy in fetal DNA present in a maternal blood sample during pregnancy. In the methods of the invention, hypermethylated DNA is physically separated from hypomethylated DNA, preferably by methylated DNA immunoprecipitation.
Patent CA-2787247-A1 (CA)
Title: Novel composition
Inventor: BURKE MATTHEW
IPC: A61K9/44
Filed: 2011-01-18
Abstract: The present invention relates to an oral dosage form comprising N-(2-amino-4-(fluorobenzylamino)-phenyl)carbamic acid ethyl ester (retigabine) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, to a process for preparing such a dosage form and to the use of such a dosage form in medicine.
Patent CA-2789414-A1 (CA)
Title: Lighting environment control facility for cultivation of crops, pest control method, and intensive cultivation method
Inventor: KAMAHARA MASATAKA
IPC: A01G13/02
Filed: 2010-07-16
Abstract: Disclosed are: a lighting environment control facility capable of adjusting the light irradiated upon a crop to the optimum state for the growth of the crop, thereby activating the natural defenses of the crop against pests; a pest control method for determining whether or not the pests infesting a crop can be controlled and controlling pests on the basis of the determination; and an intensive cultivation method. Specifically disclosed is a facility for use in pesticide-free cultivation, which comprises a crop cultivation house formed from a light-permeable material and in which a crop can be cultivated, and a lighting control means which can control the light to be irradiated upon the crop in the crop cultivation house, wherein the lighting control means can adjust the spectral radiance (B1) in the wavelength range of blue light, the spectral radiance (R1) in the wavelength range of red light, and the spectral radiance (FR1) in the wavelength range of infrared light in the light to be irradiated upon the crop being cultivated in the crop cultivation house.
Patent CA-2792552-A1 (CA)
Inventor: THUNEMANN PAUL Z
IPC: G06F8/30
Filed: 2012-10-15
Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling users to write scripting code in a first scripting language, and then use a second scripting language to call language constructs written in that first scripting language. Functions, Class Definitions, Class Instances, Modules and other language constructs are treated as first-class objects that can be shared across the different scripting languages. The techniques disclosed herein are also applicable to domain-specific languages. As part of the methodology, a respective underlying representation of each of these object types is designed as an interface and then that interface is implemented in each scripting language. In addition, code is written in each scripting language implementation to allow the latter to use the interface to represent a Function, Class, or other language construct.
Patent CA-2796066-A1 (CA)
Inventor: PRESSWOOD RONALD G
IPC: A61C11/02
Filed: 2011-04-15
Abstract: This invention relates to improved methods and apparatus for recording and simulating the condylar movement of an individual. This invention also provides a dental articulator which is designed to simulate the jaw or condylar movements of a patient. This instrument enables a dentist to obtain the necessary diagnostic information for treatment of the occlusal irregularities, such as malocclusion, and the fabrication of dental cast or "dentures".
Patent CA-2798737-A1 (CA)
Title: Card reader device for a cell phone and method of use
Inventor: MORLEY ROBERT E JR
IPC: G06K7/08
Filed: 2010-06-09
Abstract: A card reader device for reading a card having data stored on a magnetic stripe incorporated into the card is disclosed in which the card reader device comprises a read head for passing a magnetic stripe of a card by to read data stored on a magnetic stripe and for producing a signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe, a signal setting device for setting an amplitude of the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe, and an output jack adapted to be inserted into a microphone input associated with a cell phone for providing the signal indicative of data stored on a magnetic stripe to a cell phone. Data stored on the card and sensed by the card reader device is decoded by components such as a microphone amplifier, an analog to digital converter, and a microprocessor already resident in a cell phone.
Patent CA-2799151-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BRUNNSTROM LUDVIG
IPC: A47L11/162
Filed: 2011-06-16
Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) in connection with a floor cleaning machine functioning with liquid. According to the invention a combined hub (5) for supporting a brush/disc (6) of a floor cleaning machine has three functions, viz. A: as a hub for a brush/disc for holding the same, B: as a distributor for the distribution of liquid to said machine, radially from the outside towards the centre of the hub, and C: as a distributor for the distribution of vacuum to said machine in order to suck up washing liquid from the machine.
Patent CA-2812706-A1 (CA)
Title: Fluid shockwave reactor
Inventor: ZHANG XIAODING
IPC: B01J19/26
Filed: 2011-09-28
Abstract: A fluid shock reactor comprising a shock resonance concentrator and at least a jet collision device is disclosed. The jet collision device is comprised of two groups of injecting orifice members setting in opposite direction coaxially, each member has a same injecting orifice (141), the shock resonance concentrator is a housing constitute of rigid spherical concave (2) or the other rigid convergence curved surface combination which can converge the shock from a convergence focus on the convergence focus again and then produce shock wave, a jet spout for accommodating the injecting orifice and a discharge outlet (13) for the processed fluid being discharged from the housing are disposed on the housing, the midpoint of the line between the two injecting orifice (141) locates on the sphere center of the concave (2) or the convergence focus of the convergence curved surface combination, the sum of the cross sectional area of the discharge outlet (13) is much larger than that of all the injecting orifice (141), and the cross sectional area and the opening position of the discharge outlet (13) enable the housing being full of the fluid material to be processed when the fluid shock reactor is running.
Patent CA-2813158-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KOEGLER KLAUS ULRICH
IPC: F01D5/12
Filed: 2013-04-18
Abstract: A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine is disclosed. In one embodiment, the rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having exterior surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root. The rotor blade further defines a span and a chord. The rotor blade assembly further includes a noise reducer configured on an exterior surface of the rotor blade. The noise reducer includes a plurality of noise reduction features. Each of the plurality of noise reduction features defines a centerline. In a planform view, the centerline of each of the plurality of noise reduction features is approximately parallel to a local flow streamline for that noise reduction feature at the trailing edge of the rotor blade.
Patent CA-2816021-A1 (CA)
Inventor: OHLFEST JOHN R
IPC: A61K39/00
Filed: 2011-10-25
Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for treating an animal diagnosed with Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
Patent CA-2817408-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MOODY VANCE
IPC: C22C38/40
Filed: 2011-11-22
Abstract: An abrasion resistant steel consisting essentially of, in weight %: 0.20-0.30% carbon, 0.40-1.25% manganese, 0.05% maximum phosphorous, 0.01% maximum sulfur, 0.20-0.60% silicon, 0.50-1.70% chromium, 0.20-2.00% nickel, 0.07-0.60% molybdenum, 0.022-0.10% titanium, 0.001-0.10% boron, 0.027-0.10% aluminum, balance iron, and incidental impurities. The steel may be melted and cast into a steel ingot or slab, hot rolled to a desired plate thickness; austenitized at 1650-1700°F; water quenched; and tempered at 350-450 °F. The resulting steel plate may have a surface hardness of at least 440 HBW, a mid-thickness hardness of at least 90% of the surface hardness, and toughness in the transverse direction at -60°F of at least 20 ft-lbs and at room temperature of at least 40 ft-lbs.
Patent CA-2818660-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KEOGH RICHARD JOHN
IPC: A61M1/00
Filed: 2013-06-11
Abstract: An electrosurgical instrument is provided for the treatment of tissue, the instrument (3) comprising an instrument shaft (14) having a longitudinal axis, a suction lumen (24) extending at least partially along the instrument shaft, and an electrode assembly at one end of the shaft. The electrode assembly comprises at least one tissue treatment electrode (16), the tissue treatment electrode having an end face (17) and at least one side face (18). The tissue treatment electrode includes a plurality of apertures in communication with the suction lumen, at least one aperture (19) being present in the end face and at least one aperture (20) being present in the side face.
Patent CA-2822673-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MAZYAR OLEG A
IPC: C10G21/14
Filed: 2013-07-31
Abstract: A process for increasing mobility of heavy oil includes: disposing a solvating composition comprising a paraffinic solvent and a multifunctional solvent in a heavy oil environment including a heavy oil, the heavy oil comprising asphaltene;  contacting the heavy oil with the solvating composition; and stabilizing asphaltene in the heavy oil with the solvating composition to increase mobility of the heavy oil and to form a stabilized heavy oil which includes the heavy oil and solvating composition. A method for making stabilized heavy oil includes separating resin from an oil; combining the resin and a paraffinic solvent to form a solvating composition; disposing the solvating composition in a heavy oil environment which includes heavy oil comprising asphaltene; and contacting the asphaltene with the solvating composition to make stabilized heavy oil, wherein the stabilized heavy oil comprises the solvating composition and heavy oil.
Patent CA-2828722-A1 (CA)
Title: Metal salts of a dialkyl ester of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid and method of preparing same
Inventor: OSTER TIMOTHY A
IPC: C07C303/42
Filed: 2012-03-01
Abstract: The claimed invention meets these and other objects by providing a method of preparing a metal salt of a dialkyl ester of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid. Broadly speaking, the method provides for the contacting of a dialkyl ester of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid with a metal cation in a buffered reaction mixture to form the metal salt of the dialkyl ester. The reaction mixture is buffered, at least in part, by the acetate of the metal cation. The method according to invention also encompasses various methods of preparing the dialkyl ester of 5-sulfoisophthalic acid.
Patent CA-2830045-A1 (CA)
Inventor: GREFF DANIEL
IPC: A61K8/81
Filed: 2012-04-05
Abstract: The present invention relates to a hygiene product or pharmaceutical composition in the form of a gel or dressing, for topical application to the skin or mucosa including glycerol, at least one poly(meth)acrylate polymer, at least one polyethylene glycol with a molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol, octanediol and water. The composition or dressing can be used for healing treatment of chronic dermal ulcers, healing and soothing treatment of eczema and psoriatic conditions, healing treatment of anal fissures, treatment of mouth injuries, resorption and healing of labial herpes (cold sores) and treatment of dermatitis. The hygiene product can be a shaving or aftershave product for sensitive or hypersensitive skin types, a nasal decongestant or a product for ear hygiene.
Patent CA-2830733-A1 (CA)
Title: A thermoplastic sheet structure and articles formed therefrom
Inventor: PRAMANIK PRANABES K
IPC: B29C67/20
Filed: 2012-03-20
Abstract: The invention provides a mold comprising (i) a forming insert defining a base cavity and having a sidewall segment and a heel segment wherein the heel segment has a radius that is less than the sidewall segment radius and (ii) a forming base that is positionable within the base cavity, the forming base having a top surface comprising a rim and a step extending axially upward from said rim, wherein the rim has a rim radius that is less than the heel radius and the step has a step radius that is less than the rim radius. The base is useful for forming puncturable containers withstand being punctured without being crushed. The invention further provides a method for forming a puncturable container, the method comprising forming the container from a multilayer sheet structure with the forming insert and the forming base. The invention further provides a container formed from a multi-layer thermoplastic sheet and comprising a body having (i) a sidewall and a heel extending from the sidewall bottom, wherein the heel radius is less than the sidewall radius and (ii) a base coupled to the heel. The container is substantially rigid while at least one of said sidewall and said base is being punctured by a puncturing device.
Patent CA-2832127-A1 (CA)
Title: Measuring chemical properties of a sample fluid in dialysis systems
Inventor: ASH STEPHEN R
IPC: A61M1/16
Filed: 2012-04-02
Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, a method includes determining an amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in dialysate flowing through a dialysis system using a CO2 sensor associated with the dialysis system, determining, using a pH sensor associated with the dialysis system, a pH level of the dialysate, and calculating a level of bicarbonate in the dialysate based at least in part on the determined amount of CO2 measured in the gas and the determined pH level of the dialysate.
Patent CA-2836317-A1 (CA)
Title: Charge triggering of self-organized nanoparticles
Inventor: JOLCK RASMUS IRMING
IPC: A61K9/127
Filed: 2012-05-16
Abstract: The present application discloses a nanoparticle comprising compounds of the formula A-B- C(-D), wherein A designates an anchoring moiety having self-organizing properties in relation to the nanoparticle; B designates a cleavable linker; C designates an anionic moiety having a net charge of at least -2 at p H 6.0; and D, which is optional, designates a polymer moiety which induces long circulating properties of the nanoparticle in mammalian tissue; and wherein the average net charge of the compounds is at least -1 at p H 6Ø The application also discloses the individual compounds of the formula A-B-C(-D) as well as a drug delivery system comprising the self-organized nanoparticle having included in the interior thereof one or more pharmaceutically active agents and/or diagnostically relevant species, and a method of treating a cancerous or inflammatory condition in a mammal, involving the administration of the drug delivery system to the mammal.
Patent CA-2837451-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HODGKINSON GERALD N
IPC: A61B17/115
Filed: 2013-12-19
Abstract: An end effector for use with a surgical apparatus. The end effector comprising a staple cartridge having a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot and an anvil plate having a tissue contacting surface defining a central longitudinal slot. A surgical buttress releasbly disposed on the tissue contacting surfaces of each of the staple cartridge and anvil plate. An adhesive tape is disposed over the central longitudinal slot of each of the staple cartridge and anvil plate and configured retain the respective surgical buttress atop the respective tissue contacting surface.
Patent CA-2838087-A1 (CA)
Title: Surveillance device
Inventor: SWENSON JAMES W
IPC: G03B15/05
Filed: 2013-12-13
Abstract: A surveillance device includes a circuit card assembly disposed in a housing and a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed on the circuit card assembly, each of the plurality of light emitting diodes configured to emit a narrow beam of light. The surveillance device further includes a diffuser disposed in the housing, the diffuser configured to spread the narrow beam of light and a Fresnel lens disposed in the housing, the Fresnel lens configured to spread and redirect light emitted from the diffuser.