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20140188554 | Priority-Weighted Selection to Match a Panelist to a Market Research Project - A method of matching a panelist to a market research project includes accessing, by one or more computer processors, a set of quota cells identified for the panelist and having priorities assigned thereto. The method additionally includes selecting, by the one or more computer processors, a market research project by weighting random selection of market research projects according to the priorities assigned to their respective quota cells identified for the panelist. The method further includes matching, by the one or more computer processors, the panelist to the market research project based on the selection. | 07-03-2014 |
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20140023455 | FASTENER WITH DRILL PILOT AND REVERSED THREADED REGIONS - A fastener includes a shank having a pilot section and a threaded section. The pilot section includes a cutting tip and a drill section; the threaded section includes a first thread region having the same twist as the drill section and a reverse thread region. A helical ridge may be provided in the reverse thread region. A head at the second end includes a top portion such as a disk and an undercut region. | 01-23-2014 |
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20150063946 | FASTENER WITH HEAD CUTTING STRUCTURE - A fastener includes a shank having a point at a first end and a second, head end. A head structure at the head end includes a top portion and having a cutting structure, the cutting structure comprising four planar walls, each wall engaging the shank at an angle, each wall adjoining an adjacent wall by a rounded edge. | 03-05-2015 |
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20100065508 | Method and apparatus of submersible intake equipment - An apparatus having flotation ballasts, a flotation platform and on the flotation platform, an intake equipment, such as a screen, check valve and/or pump intake and a coupling for a discharge pipe. In an embodiment of the present invention comprises, there are a plurality of substantially symmetrical flotation ballasts, each having a ballast chamber. The composition of the flotation ballast may be made of a material having a density appropriate for the fluid in which it is to be submerged. The method includes the steps of using an apparatus as herein described to ascend and descend intake equipment. | 03-18-2010 |
20110174703 | Method and apparatus of submersible intake equipment - An apparatus having flotation ballasts, a flotation platform and on the flotation platform, an intake equipment, such as a screen, check valve and/or pump intake and a coupling for a discharge pipe. In an embodiment of the present invention comprises, there are a plurality of substantially symmetrical flotation ballasts, each having a ballast chamber. The composition of the flotation ballast may be made of a material having a density appropriate for the fluid in which it is to be submerged. The method includes the steps of using an apparatus as herein described to ascend and descend intake equipment. | 07-21-2011 |