System and method for capturing sales tax deduction information from monetary card transactions
Patent No. 9,747,645
Systems and methods are provided for managing sales tax information. The information may be generated, for example, in connection with transactions involving financial accounts, such as a credit card account. The sales tax information may be received electronically from, for example, a merchant or a point of sale device. A determination may be made whether there is any missing sales tax information. If there is missing information a request may be generated and sent to a source having the information. The source may receive the request, retrieve the desired information, and transmit it to the requesting entity. The sales tax information may be stored and later retrieved for presentation to a user, such as the account holder. The account holder may use the information in completing a tax return.
Inventors: Eric D. Fox (Richmond), Robert W. Gregory Jr. (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 29, 2017
Travel cover with a swivel handle
Patent No. 9,744,425
A swivel handle capable of rotating or swiveling is disclosed. The swivel handle comprises a handle that is capable of rotating relative to a base plate or an enclosure or other object to be pulled. The swivel handle may further comprise a rotatable plate wherein the handle is connected to the rotatable plate, a rotational locking assembly, and/or a braking assembly.Inventors: Leighton Klevana (Richmond), Edward Miyashita (Glen Allen, Va.)Assignee: Dynamic Brands (Richmond)Aug. 29, 2017
Compositions of combinations of non-covalent DNA binding agents and anti-cancer and/or anti-inflammatory agents and their use in disease treatmentPatent No. 9,744,175The invention provides for compositions for treating a cancer or an inflammatory disorder comprising a combination of agents in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein said agents comprise: (i) a non-covalent DNA binding agent; and (ii) an anti-cancer or anti-inflammatory agent.
Inventors: Pravin R. Chaturvedi (Andover, Mass.), Palaniyandi Manivasakam (West Roxbury, Mass.), Steven Grossman (Richmond), Sharon Cantor (Weston, Mass.)
Assignee: Indus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Woburn, Mass.)
Aug. 29, 2017
Enhanced stability of novel liquid compositions
Patent No. 9,744,133
The present invention relates to compositions of pharmaceutical agents in combination with additional pharmaceutical agents in a mixture of polyethylene glycol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and propylene glycol and a process of making the compositions.
Inventors: Gary Robert Agisim (Henrico, Va.), Robert Alan Friedline (Midlothian, Va.), Shivangi Akash Patel (Mechanicsville, Va.), Cesar Ivan Sertzen (Richmond), Vanessa Rose Shepperson (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Pfizer Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
Aug. 29, 2017
Emulsion/colloid mediated flavor encapsulation and delivery with tobacco-derived lipids
Patent No. 9,743,688
Flavorants are emulsified in tobacco-derived lipids and encapsulated with biopolymers and polysaccharides. The emulsions include oil-in-water emulsions, oil-in-water-in-oil emulsions, water-in oil emulsions, or water-in-oil-in-water emulsions, and optionally include ethanol and/or propylene glycol in an oil phase.
Inventors: Tapashi Sengupta (Frisco, Texas), Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.), Douglas A. Fernandez (Richmond), William R. Sweeney (Richmond), Tony M. Howell (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Aug. 29, 2017
Predictive modeling for anti-malware solutions
Patent No. 9,749,353
Provided is predictive modeling for anti-malware solutions. The predictive modeling includes an identification manager component that generates profile data for a hostile source. The hostile source is identified based on a previous threat attributed to the hostile source. The predictive modeling also includes an evaluation component that determines a characteristic of an interaction between a source and an endpoint. Further, the predictive modeling includes a validation component that compares the characteristic of the interaction with the profile data and controls access to the source by the endpoint based on the comparison. In addition, anti-malware software is not deployed on the endpoint.
Inventors: Ryan B. Benskin (Charlotte, N.C.), Lawrence T. Belton Jr. (Charlotte, N.C.), Christopher Houser (Mt. Holly, N.C.), Peter A. Makohon (Huntersville, N.C.), Timothy Morris (Lexington, N.C.), Omar Bracey (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco, Calif.)
Aug. 29, 2017
Material for radomes and process for making the same
Patent No. 9,744,741
The invention relates to a material comprising at least one laminate component containing polymeric fibers wherein the material has a loss tangent of less than 8.times.10.sup.-3 radians as measured at a frequency chosen from the group of frequencies consisting of 1.8 GHz; 3.9 GHz; 10 GHz; 39.5 GHz; and 72 GHz.
Inventors: David Cordova (Laytonsville, Md.), Eelco van Oosterbosch (Urmond, Netherlands), Chae Thompson (Mount Holly, N.C.), Chris Griffin (Chester, Va.)
Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands)
Aug. 29, 2017
Pipette tip washing device
Patent No. 9,744,570
A washing device comprises a fluid dispenser that operably directs a cleaning fluid to contact one or more objects to be cleaned, the one or more objects to be cleaned being contained by the washing device, a dispensing line directing the cleaning fluid to the fluid dispenser, a compressed air source, an air valve selectively controlling flow of air from the compressed air source into the dispensing line, a cleaning fluid source, a pump selectively pumping the cleaning fluid from the cleaning fluid source into the dispensing line, and a controller. The controller alternatingly activates (a) the pump to pump the cleaning fluid from the cleaning fluid source into the dispensing line and (b) the air valve to force the cleaning fluid from the dispensing line via the fluid dispenser.
Inventors: Ali Safavi (Chester, Va.)
Assignee: Grenova (Richmond)
Aug. 29, 2017
System and method of notifying user near point of sale location of available rewards at the point of sale location
Patent No. 9,754,267
Systems and methods for a point of sale reward system are provided. The system notifies users proximate to a point of sale location of rewards available for redemption specific to that user at that specific point of sale location.
Inventors: Lianghan Chen (Richmond), Kevin Correll (Richmond), Leon Telyaz (Richmond), Nicole E. Pivnick (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 5, 2017
Process for making a yarn having improved strength retention and yarn made thereby
Patent No. 9,752,256
The invention relates to a continuous process for making a yarn comprising filaments of poly (paraphenylene terephthalamide) and the yarn made thereby, the process utilizing a coagulation bath having a temperature of at least 20.degree. C., washing with an aqueous liquid, and drying the filaments under a tension of 0.3 to 1.0 grams per denier wherein the filaments are dried for 0.4 to 0.9 seconds at a temperature of from 250 to 325.degree. C. The yarn has a tenacity of at least 22 gpd, an elongation at break of at least 3.2 percent, and a tensile modulus of from 530 to 700 gpd; the yarn further has a heat-aged strength retention (HASR) of at least 93 percent and the filaments in the yarn have a D110 crystallinity of at least 55 angstroms.
Inventors: Mehdi Afshari (Midlothian, Va.), Walter Randall Hall III (Richmond)
Assignee: E I Du Pont De Nemours and Co. (Wilmington, Del.)
Sept. 5, 2017
Use of a truncated CCN1 promoter for cancer diagnostics, therapeutics and theranostics
Patent No. 9,750,823
Recombinant vectors in which expression of one or more elements (e.g. genes required for viral replication, detectable imaging agents, therapeutic agents, etc.) is driven by a truncated CCN 1 cancer selective promoter (tCCN1-Prom) are provided, as are cells and transgenic animals that contain such vectors. The vectors are used in cancer therapy and/or diagnostics, and the transgenic mice are used to monitor cancer progression, e.g. in screening assays.
Inventors: Paul B. Fisher (Richmond), Swadesh K. Das (Richmond), Rupesh Dash (Richmond, Va.), Devanand Sarkar (Richmond), Siddik Sarkar (Richmond), Jolene Windle (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Sept. 5, 2017
Electronic cigarette
Patent No. 9,750,283An electronic smoking article includes an outer tube extending in a longitudinal direction, an inner tube within the outer tube and including a pair of opposing slots, a liquid supply comprising a liquid material, a coil heater, a wick and a mouth end insert. The coil heater is located in the inner tube. The coil heater is formed of an iron-free, nickel-chromium alloy and has substantially uniformly spaced windings. The wick is surrounded by the coil heater such that the wick delivers liquid material to the coil heater and the coil heater heats the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol in the inner tube.
Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.), Geoffrey Brandon Jordan (Midlothian, Va.), Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Va.), Ali A. Rostami (Richmond), Michael J. Mullins (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond)
Sept. 5, 2017
Method and apparatus for removing a fouling substance from a pressured vessel
Patent No. 9,751,114
Vessels can be become fouled due to normal operation thereof, for example, during lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysis, and the vessel will become inoperable unless the fouling is removed from the vessel. Accordingly, methods are disclosed herein for removing fouling substances from the interior surfaces of fouled pressurized vessels. The methods utilize a brief rapid change of pressure in the vessel. In some embodiments, the rapid pressure change is a decrease, and the rapid pressure change causes, for example, increased velocity of the fluid flowing in the vessel, flashing of a portion of the fluid to vapor, and removal of the fouling substance adhered to the interior surface of the vessel.
Inventors: Daniel Clay Floyd (Chesterfiel, Va.), Todd Michael McLarty (Acworth, Ga.), Frederick John Moesler (Berwyn, Penn.), Charles Sebastian Sanderson (Wayne, Penn.)
Assignee: Renmatix Inc. (King of Prussia, Penn.)
Sept. 5, 2017
System and method for capturing sales tax deduction information from monetary card transactions
Patent No. 9,747,645
Systems and methods are provided for managing sales tax information. The information may be generated, for example, in connection with transactions involving financial accounts, such as a credit card account. The sales tax information may be received electronically from, for example, a merchant or a point of sale device. A determination may be made whether there is any missing sales tax information. If there is missing information a request may be generated and sent to a source having the information. The source may receive the request, retrieve the desired information, and transmit it to the requesting entity. The sales tax information may be stored and later retrieved for presentation to a user, such as the account holder. The account holder may use the information in completing a tax return.
Inventors: Eric D. Fox (Richmond), Robert W. Gregory Jr. (Mechanicsville, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Va.)
Aug. 29, 2017
Travel cover with a swivel handle
Patent No. 9,744,425
A swivel handle capable of rotating or swiveling is disclosed. The swivel handle comprises a handle that is capable of rotating relative to a base plate or an enclosure or other object to be pulled. The swivel handle may further comprise a rotatable plate wherein the handle is connected to the rotatable plate, a rotational locking assembly, and/or a braking assembly.Inventors: Leighton Klevana (Richmond), Edward Miyashita (Glen Allen, Va.)Assignee: Dynamic Brands (Richmond)Aug. 29, 2017
Compositions of combinations of non-covalent DNA binding agents and anti-cancer and/or anti-inflammatory agents and their use in disease treatmentPatent No. 9,744,175The invention provides for compositions for treating a cancer or an inflammatory disorder comprising a combination of agents in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein said agents comprise: (i) a non-covalent DNA binding agent; and (ii) an anti-cancer or anti-inflammatory agent.
Inventors: Pravin R. Chaturvedi (Andover, Mass.), Palaniyandi Manivasakam (West Roxbury, Mass.), Steven Grossman (Richmond), Sharon Cantor (Weston, Mass.)
Assignee: Indus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Woburn, Mass.)
Aug. 29, 2017
Enhanced stability of novel liquid compositions
Patent No. 9,744,133
The present invention relates to compositions of pharmaceutical agents in combination with additional pharmaceutical agents in a mixture of polyethylene glycol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and propylene glycol and a process of making the compositions.
Inventors: Gary Robert Agisim (Henrico, Va.), Robert Alan Friedline (Midlothian, Va.), Shivangi Akash Patel (Mechanicsville, Va.), Cesar Ivan Sertzen (Richmond), Vanessa Rose Shepperson (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Pfizer Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
Aug. 29, 2017
Emulsion/colloid mediated flavor encapsulation and delivery with tobacco-derived lipids
Patent No. 9,743,688
Flavorants are emulsified in tobacco-derived lipids and encapsulated with biopolymers and polysaccharides. The emulsions include oil-in-water emulsions, oil-in-water-in-oil emulsions, water-in oil emulsions, or water-in-oil-in-water emulsions, and optionally include ethanol and/or propylene glycol in an oil phase.
Inventors: Tapashi Sengupta (Frisco, Texas), Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.), Douglas A. Fernandez (Richmond), William R. Sweeney (Richmond), Tony M. Howell (Richmond)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc. (Richmond)
Aug. 29, 2017
Predictive modeling for anti-malware solutions
Patent No. 9,749,353
Provided is predictive modeling for anti-malware solutions. The predictive modeling includes an identification manager component that generates profile data for a hostile source. The hostile source is identified based on a previous threat attributed to the hostile source. The predictive modeling also includes an evaluation component that determines a characteristic of an interaction between a source and an endpoint. Further, the predictive modeling includes a validation component that compares the characteristic of the interaction with the profile data and controls access to the source by the endpoint based on the comparison. In addition, anti-malware software is not deployed on the endpoint.
Inventors: Ryan B. Benskin (Charlotte, N.C.), Lawrence T. Belton Jr. (Charlotte, N.C.), Christopher Houser (Mt. Holly, N.C.), Peter A. Makohon (Huntersville, N.C.), Timothy Morris (Lexington, N.C.), Omar Bracey (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco, Calif.)
Aug. 29, 2017
Material for radomes and process for making the same
Patent No. 9,744,741
The invention relates to a material comprising at least one laminate component containing polymeric fibers wherein the material has a loss tangent of less than 8.times.10.sup.-3 radians as measured at a frequency chosen from the group of frequencies consisting of 1.8 GHz; 3.9 GHz; 10 GHz; 39.5 GHz; and 72 GHz.
Inventors: David Cordova (Laytonsville, Md.), Eelco van Oosterbosch (Urmond, Netherlands), Chae Thompson (Mount Holly, N.C.), Chris Griffin (Chester, Va.)
Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V. (Heerlen, Netherlands)
Aug. 29, 2017
Pipette tip washing device
Patent No. 9,744,570
A washing device comprises a fluid dispenser that operably directs a cleaning fluid to contact one or more objects to be cleaned, the one or more objects to be cleaned being contained by the washing device, a dispensing line directing the cleaning fluid to the fluid dispenser, a compressed air source, an air valve selectively controlling flow of air from the compressed air source into the dispensing line, a cleaning fluid source, a pump selectively pumping the cleaning fluid from the cleaning fluid source into the dispensing line, and a controller. The controller alternatingly activates (a) the pump to pump the cleaning fluid from the cleaning fluid source into the dispensing line and (b) the air valve to force the cleaning fluid from the dispensing line via the fluid dispenser.
Inventors: Ali Safavi (Chester, Va.)
Assignee: Grenova (Richmond)
Aug. 29, 2017
System and method of notifying user near point of sale location of available rewards at the point of sale location
Patent No. 9,754,267
Systems and methods for a point of sale reward system are provided. The system notifies users proximate to a point of sale location of rewards available for redemption specific to that user at that specific point of sale location.
Inventors: Lianghan Chen (Richmond), Kevin Correll (Richmond), Leon Telyaz (Richmond), Nicole E. Pivnick (Richmond)
Assignee: Capital One Financial Corp. (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 5, 2017
Process for making a yarn having improved strength retention and yarn made thereby
Patent No. 9,752,256
The invention relates to a continuous process for making a yarn comprising filaments of poly (paraphenylene terephthalamide) and the yarn made thereby, the process utilizing a coagulation bath having a temperature of at least 20.degree. C., washing with an aqueous liquid, and drying the filaments under a tension of 0.3 to 1.0 grams per denier wherein the filaments are dried for 0.4 to 0.9 seconds at a temperature of from 250 to 325.degree. C. The yarn has a tenacity of at least 22 gpd, an elongation at break of at least 3.2 percent, and a tensile modulus of from 530 to 700 gpd; the yarn further has a heat-aged strength retention (HASR) of at least 93 percent and the filaments in the yarn have a D110 crystallinity of at least 55 angstroms.
Inventors: Mehdi Afshari (Midlothian, Va.), Walter Randall Hall III (Richmond)
Assignee: E I Du Pont De Nemours and Co. (Wilmington, Del.)
Sept. 5, 2017
Use of a truncated CCN1 promoter for cancer diagnostics, therapeutics and theranostics
Patent No. 9,750,823
Recombinant vectors in which expression of one or more elements (e.g. genes required for viral replication, detectable imaging agents, therapeutic agents, etc.) is driven by a truncated CCN 1 cancer selective promoter (tCCN1-Prom) are provided, as are cells and transgenic animals that contain such vectors. The vectors are used in cancer therapy and/or diagnostics, and the transgenic mice are used to monitor cancer progression, e.g. in screening assays.
Inventors: Paul B. Fisher (Richmond), Swadesh K. Das (Richmond), Rupesh Dash (Richmond, Va.), Devanand Sarkar (Richmond), Siddik Sarkar (Richmond), Jolene Windle (Richmond)
Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
Sept. 5, 2017
Electronic cigarette
Patent No. 9,750,283An electronic smoking article includes an outer tube extending in a longitudinal direction, an inner tube within the outer tube and including a pair of opposing slots, a liquid supply comprising a liquid material, a coil heater, a wick and a mouth end insert. The coil heater is located in the inner tube. The coil heater is formed of an iron-free, nickel-chromium alloy and has substantially uniformly spaced windings. The wick is surrounded by the coil heater such that the wick delivers liquid material to the coil heater and the coil heater heats the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol in the inner tube.
Inventors: Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.), Geoffrey Brandon Jordan (Midlothian, Va.), Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Va.), Ali A. Rostami (Richmond), Michael J. Mullins (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC (Richmond)
Sept. 5, 2017
Method and apparatus for removing a fouling substance from a pressured vessel
Patent No. 9,751,114
Vessels can be become fouled due to normal operation thereof, for example, during lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysis, and the vessel will become inoperable unless the fouling is removed from the vessel. Accordingly, methods are disclosed herein for removing fouling substances from the interior surfaces of fouled pressurized vessels. The methods utilize a brief rapid change of pressure in the vessel. In some embodiments, the rapid pressure change is a decrease, and the rapid pressure change causes, for example, increased velocity of the fluid flowing in the vessel, flashing of a portion of the fluid to vapor, and removal of the fouling substance adhered to the interior surface of the vessel.
Inventors: Daniel Clay Floyd (Chesterfiel, Va.), Todd Michael McLarty (Acworth, Ga.), Frederick John Moesler (Berwyn, Penn.), Charles Sebastian Sanderson (Wayne, Penn.)
Assignee: Renmatix Inc. (King of Prussia, Penn.)
Sept. 5, 2017