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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 18, 2005
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 06842922 | Smeed |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric M. Smeed (Bradenton, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention preferably includes a platform for attaching to patient carrying devices such as litters. The platform preferably is capable of attaching to accessory clips connected to medical instruments that are useful for carrying for a patient. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/320638 |
| ART UNIT | 3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Beds 05/503.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06842991 | Levi et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Levi (Anaheim, California); Robert R. Marshall (Walnut, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method, system, and device for a compass combining an electronic magnetic compass and an angular velocity sensing gyroscope. One aspect of the invention integrates an angular velocity output signal from an angular velocity sensor or rate gyroscope to determine the angle of motion. An initial magnetic heading is obtained from a geomagnetic sensor and used as a reference for the integrated angular velocity signal. A geomagnetic heading signal is blended with the angular velocity output signal at an adaptive time interval. The adaptive time interval is increased if the reliability of the magnetic field improves and decreased if the reliability of the magnetic field degenerates. Additionally, dynamic calibration of the angular velocity sensor may be performed to correct for gyroscope bias (zero offset), and/or gyroscope scale factor or gain. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/618549 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Geometrical instruments 033/356 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843014 | Aponte et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergio J. Aponte (Paterson, New Jersey); Clinton D. Fischer (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Louis E. Schnibbe (Ringwood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A shape memory alloy serves to actuate or inhibit the function of a semi-automatic pistol in response to an identification signal produced by an identifier. The identifier operates to either detect the present or absence of an authorized user thereby enabling or disabling the function of the weapon. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/604596 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/70.60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843060 | Gallant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Goodrich Pump and Engine Control Systems, Inc. (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Gallant (Ellington, Connecticut); Raymond D. Zagranski (Somers, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a “real time” Time Limited Dispatch (TLD) fault management system and method for evaluating the operational suitability of an engine's electronic control system. The TLD system disclosed herein uses a software algorithm to compute or predict the probability of mission success for a given upcoming mission length (e.g., two hours) and the time remaining to repair control system faults before dispatch is disallowed or the flight suspended, regardless of the probability of success. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/293130 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843197 | Nixon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence G. Nixon (Port Hueneme, California); Stephen Slaughter (Costa Mesa, California); Robert J. Taylor (Camarillo, California); William Seelig (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A near shore port security barrier for protecting a vessel docked at a port facility from an incoming waterborne craft which is being used to inflict damage on the vessel. The near shore port security barrier consist of a plurality of floating barrier modules connected to one another and placed adjacent the hull of the vessel the near shore port security barrier is designed to protect. A wire mesh barrier fence, which is positioned on the outer perimeter of each floating barrier module is also provided to protect the vessel. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/622177 |
| ART UNIT | 3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843697 | Rasmussen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Display Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert T. Rasmussen (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A flat panel field emission device includes a black matrix formed from an electrically insulative material such as praseodymium-manganese oxide. The insulative black matrix increases image contrast and reduces power consumption. For field emission devices which utilize a switched anode for selectively activating pixels, the insulative material reduces or eliminates problems associated with short circuiting of the pixels. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/339409 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp or space discharge component or device manufacturing 445/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843868 | Fawls et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Fawls (Charlotte Hall, Maryland); Joel P. Fields (Charlotte Hall, Maryland); Kerry L. Wagaman (Bryantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-/low-toxic, non-hypergolic, propellant formulation generally comprising metal nanoparticles, such as boron, aluminum, or carbon, and one or more fluoro-polymers mixed in in particulate form. The present invention takes advantage of the increased surface area provided by nano-sized metallic particles to enhance the metal's combustion efficiency, or ignitability. The inclusion of fluoro-polymers also aids in increasing the combustion efficiency of the metallic nanoparticles due to the presence of halogenic oxidizers. The thermal degradation of a halogenated fluoro-polymer additive in the propellant combustion zone serves to release halogens, thereby improving the combustion of the metallic nanoparticles and increasing the propulsion system's energy output. The present invention's formulation is safe to store and handle, environmentally-friendly, and may be economically manufactured to provide for widespread, cost-effective use. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/691220 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/19.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843938 | Holloway et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul H. Holloway (Gainesville, Florida); Mostafa Abboudi (Tangier, Morocco) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides new and useful methods for preparing rare-earth oxysulfide phosphors. Advantageously, in accordance with the methods of the subject invention, rare-earth oxysulfide phosphors can be prepared with lower reaction temperatures and fewer processing steps than methods currently in use. In a preferred embodiment, the process of the subject invention involves blending two different rare-earth nitrate salts and a sulfidizing agent. Then, the mixture is heated at relatively low temperatures until the rare-earth oxysulfide phosphor is produced. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/388140 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.4S0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844010 | Setterstrom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean A. Setterstrom (Alpharetta, Georgia); John E. Van Hamont (Fort Meade, Maryland); Robert H. Reid (Kensington, Maryland); Elliot Jacob (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ramasubbu Jeyanthi (Columbia, Maryland); Edgar C. Boedeker (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Charles E. McQueen (Olney, Maryland); Daniel L. Jarboe (Silver Spring, Maryland); Frederick Cassels (Ellicott City, Maryland); William Brown (Denver, Colorado); Curt Thies (Ballwin, Missouri); Thomas R. Tice (Birmington, Alabama); F. Donald Roberts (Dover, Massachusetts); Phil Friden (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel burst-free, sustained release biocompatible and biodegrable microcapsules which can be programmed to release their active core for variable durations ranging from 1-100 days in an aqueous physiological environment. The microcapsules are comprised of a core of polypeptide or other biologically active agent encapsulated in a matrix of poly(lactide/glycolide) copolymer, which may contain a pharmaceutically-acceptable adjuvant, as a blend of upcapped free carboxyl end group, and end-capped forms ranging in ratios from 100/0 to 1/99. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 18, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/618577 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/501 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844025 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Vladimir Bulovic (Metuchen, New Jersey); Peter Peumans (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices (“OPODs”) are disclosed which include an exciton blocking layer to enhance device efficiency. Single heterostructure, stacked and wave-guide type embodiments are disclosed. Photodetector OPODs having multilayer structures and an exciton blocking layer are also disclosed. Guidelines for selection of exciton blocking layers are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/757896 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844160 | Rastogi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vipin K. Rastogi (Bel Air, Maryland); Tu-Chen Cheng (Timonium, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides purified and isolated DNA fragments from Bacillus anthracis chromosomal DNA, primer sets and probes derived therefrom, as well as kits and detection methods for B. anthracis. The methods of the invention provide for specific detection of anthrax over closely related strains of Bacillus, as well as accurate detection of low numbers of B. anthracis in an environmental sample containing large amounts of non-specific DNA. The invention is applicable to food, health care, and military applications. |
| FILED | Monday, September 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/241385 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844188 | MacDonald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Carolina at CHapel Hill (Chapell Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gene H. MacDonald (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Brian K. Martin (Durham, North Carolina); Robert E. Johnston (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jenny P.-Y. Ting (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of preventing and/or treating cancers (including tumors). In one preferred embodiment, the invention is practiced to induce regression of an existing cancer or tumor and/or to prevent metastasis and/or to prevent growth of metastatic nodules. In other preferred embodiments, the invention may be used as a prophylaxis to prevent the development of primary cancers through a childhood or adult vaccination program against specific tumor antigens for cancers with high incidences. In an alternate preferred embodiment, the present invention provides methods of establishing an immune response against a universal artificial tumor antigen through a childhood or adult vaccine program, thus providing a long-term immune response that can be utilized at any point to treat any cancer which develops later in life. The present invention also provides cancer and tumor cells stably expressing an artificial antigen, preferably an artificial cell-surface antigen. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/288837 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844202 | Prinz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary A. Prinz (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael M. Miller (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic sensing element detects the presence of magnetic particles in a binding assay. The magnetic sensing element has at least one planar layer of electrically conductive ferromagnetic material that has an initial state in which the material has a circular magnetic moment within the plane of the layer. The magnetic sensing element has molecules of a first specific binding member attached to it. The device also includes a fluid test medium to which the magnetic sensing element is exposed during the course of a binding assay. The fluid test medium includes magnetizable particles that become immobilized during the assay in relation to the amount of analyte in the test medium. The relative size of the magnetic particle and the magnetic sensing element and the location of the molecules of the first specific binding member on the magnetic sensing element are selected so that when the magnetic particle becomes immobilized with respect to the magnetic sensing element, the radial fringing field of the magnetic particle causes the magnetic moment of at least one layer of electrically conductive ferromagnetic material to shift from circular to radial, thereby causing a detectable change in the electrical resistance of the magnetic sensing element. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/226049 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/526 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844346 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IBBEX, Inc. (Birmingham, Alabama); Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen C. Johnson (Birmingham, Alabama); Ashraf Saeed (Birmingham, Alabama); Ming Luo (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention discloses materials and methods for the design, synthesis, and biochemical evaluation of chromogenic substrate compounds for sialidases of bacterial, viral, protozoa, and vertebrate (including humans) origin. These compounds are based upon N-acetylneuraminic acid glycosides. In particular, this invention provides a novel class of these compounds as chromogenic substrates of these sialidases which yield chromogenic products after reactions catalyzed by sialidase take place. Also provided are methods of making these substrate compounds, methods of diagnosis and prognosis of sialidase related diseases using these substrate compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/328790 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/254.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844518 | Coons et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd Coons (Casa Grande, Arizona); Edward Pietraszkiewicz (Southington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A hole-drilling guide for directing a flexible hole-drilling instrument includes; a body made of an electrically insulating material, at least one inlet aperture penetrating a face of the body, at least one exit aperture penetrating a face of the body and a hollow, nonlinear raceway linking the inlet and exit apertures. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/743517 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/69.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844577 | Manning |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Monte Manning (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming thin film transistors, and transistors therefrom, are provided where at least one of the source or drain region is conductively doped while conductivity doping of the channel region is prevented without any masking by any separate masking layer. Methods include, providing a substrate having a conductive node; providing a first dielectric layer, a gate layer over the first layer and a second dielectric layer over the gate layer; providing a contact opening through the first and second layers and the gate layer, the opening defining projecting sidewalls; providing a gate dielectric layer within the opening; providing a layer of semiconductive material over the second layer, against the gate dielectric layer and in electrical communication with the node; the material defining a channel region; and conductively doping the semiconductive material layer lying outwardly of the contact opening to form one of a source region or a drain region. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/920979 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844637 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation (Cheswick, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew Bertram Smith (Leechburg, Pennsylvania); Robert Joseph Budenholzer (Monroeville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor assembly end turn cooling system and method in which cooling fluid is introduced at both ends of each cooling fluid passageway and at various points therebetween and spent cooling fluid is exhausted through exhaust openings disposed at various points between the ends of each cooling fluid passageway, including near the end turn corners. Multi-layered bore baffle shells and/or helical exhaust ducts having multiple channels control the flow of cooling fluid through the passageways and into axial rotor slots for expulsion into the rotor-stator gap. Each duct or channel may increase in cross-sectional area in the flow direction to maintain constant fluid flow velocity in the duct or channel. Improved end turn cooling and reduced cooling fluid temperatures maintain more consistent temperatures in the end turns and reduce the maximum hot-spot temperature to provide greater generator power densities and longer rotor coil insulation life. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/641209 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844673 | Bernkopf |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alien Technology Corporation (Morgan Hill, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan Bernkopf (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for fabricating an electroluminescent display structure. A method including coupling a frontplane to a backplane wherein a frontplane top surface laminates to a backplane top surface. The frontplane and the backplane are fabricated separately. A first electrode layer which is transparent is disposed over the frontplane. A display medium which produces electro-optical effects upon a voltage application is disposed over the first electrode. A second electrode layer which is pattered is disposed over the display medium. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of connecting regions. The backplane is electrically active to provide driving signals for the display medium wherein the backplane includes a plurality of output pads to match the plurality of connecting regions. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/020385 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/506 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844779 | McEwen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. McEwen (Verona, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Optically isolated bias control circuit which provides bias current for switching circuits. Invention is amenable to high speed switching control with instantaneously variable pulse widths and duty cycles. Invention can be operated from DC upward in frequency, limited only by the characteristics of the implementing electrical components and electrical interconnections. Complementary embodiments of invention provide high speed operation with minimal electrical charge flow. Solar powered embodiments of invention may be used to control the switching of high power MOSFET-based switching circuits. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/465719 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844841 | Masciulli |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Masciulli (East Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for optimizing transmission of radio frequency communication link signals in a radio frequency communications network comprises determining a statistical difference between a mean radio frequency communication link propagation loss value based on a set of measured radio frequency communication link propagation loss values, and a radio frequency communication link propagation loss model value; calculating a signal to noise ratio of a radio frequency communication link signal; computing a confidence interval based on a measured signal to noise threshold ratio of a measured radio frequency communication link signal, and a standard deviation associated with the calculated signal to noise ratio; assigning a probability value based on the confidence interval; and generating a radio frequency communication link packet completion rate performance level based on the probability value. The transmission of radio frequency communication link signals occurs in either jamming or no jamming situations. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/705995 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844875 | Seals et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Seals (Loogootee, Indiana); Richard W. Williams (Loogootee, Indiana); Joseph H. Quinn (Loogootee, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a video converter board that converts stroke/raster video data generated by one display subsystem into a video format responsive to a sync-on-green (SOG) control signal and utilized by another display subsystem. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/898360 |
| ART UNIT | 2674 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844924 | Ruff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Ruff (Baltimore, Maryland); Barry L. Stann (Edgewater, Maryland); Paul H. Shen (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A high range resolution ladar includes a chirp generator for producing a chirp signal waveform that is used by a laser diode to propagate a divergent laser light waveform. The reflected light signals from the target are directed to a self mixing detector that is coupled to the chirp generator where the responsivity of the detector varies in accordance with the chirp waveform for converting reflected light signals from the target to electrical signals and for mixing the converted electrical signal with the chirp waveform to produce an output electrical signal whose frequency is proportional to the range to the target. The self-mixing detector includes at least one detector having a semiconductor substrate and first and second electrodes deposited on the substrate and spaced from each other, wherein the first set of electrodes is connected to the chirp generator and the second set of electrodes is connected to a memory for storing a plurality of frames of image data. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/183536 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/5.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06845091 | Ogier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard G. Ogier (Half Moon Bay, California); Carla Peccolo Woodworth (San Mateo, California); Fred Lambert Templin (Portola Valley, California); Bhargav R. Bellur (Fremont, California); James A. Arnold (Helena, Montana); D. Scott Seaton (Fremont, California); Michael W. Frandsen (Helena, Montana); Nathan W. Williams (Helena, Montana); Christian A Gellrich (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is an internetworking system having various mobile ad hoc extensions to the Internet that are particularly suited to the dynamic environment of mobile ad hoc networks. The internetworking system includes any combination of a link-state routing protocol for disseminating topology and link-state information over a multi-hop network comprised of nodes, a neighbor discovery protocol that can detect the appearance and disappearance of new neighbor nodes, an address format that facilitates deployment of IPv6 nodes in a predominantly IPv4 network infrastructure, a queuing mechanism that can update information upon resuming interrupted communications between nodes, and dynamic network measurement techniques for adaptively using wireless bandwidth when establishing and maintaining connections between nodes and a server. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/728211 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
06845449 — System and method for fast nested message authentication codes and error correction codes
| US 06845449 | Carman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Networks Associates Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Carman (Glenwood, Maryland); Michael D. Heyman (Columbia, Maryland); Alan T. Sherman (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting and correcting errors using an authentication mechanism is described. In particular, a reversible inner function is used in a nested message authentication code configuration to provide both error detection and error correction in high performance applications. |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/621056 |
| ART UNIT | 2134 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 06842994 | McInroy |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. McInroy (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | A precision positioning device is provided. The precision positioning device comprises a precision measuring/vibration isolation mechanism. A first plate is provided with the precision measuring mean secured to the first plate. A second plate is secured to the first plate. A third plate is secured to the second plate with the first plate being positioned between the second plate and the third plate. A fourth plate is secured to the third plate with the second plate being positioned between the third plate and the fourth plate. An adjusting mechanism for adjusting the position of the first plate, the second plate, the third plate, and the fourth plate relative to each other. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672954 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Geometrical instruments 033/613 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843231 | Duffy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin P. Duffy (East Peoria, Illinois); Andrew J. Kieser (Morton, Illinois); Jonathan P. Kilkenny (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for balancing a combustion phasing between a plurality of cylinders located in an engine. The method and apparatus includes a determining a combustion timing in each cylinder, establishing a baseline parameter for a desired combustion timing, and varying actuation of at least one of a plurality of intake valves, each intake valve being in fluid communication with a corresponding cylinder, such that the combustion timing in each cylinder is substantially equal to the desired combustion timing. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/742544 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/435 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843239 | Fensom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rod Fensom (Peterborough, United Kingdom); David J. Kidder (Peterborough, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | In order to minimize pollutants such as Nox, internal combustion engines typically include an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve that can be used to redirect a portion of exhaust gases to an intake conduit, such as an intake manifold, so that the redirected exhaust gases will be recycled. It is desirable to have an EGR valve with fast-acting capabilities, and it is also desirable to have the EGR valve take up as little space as possible. An exhaust gas recirculation valve is provided that includes an exhaust passage tube, a valve element pivotally mounted within the exhaust passage tube, a linear actuator; and a gear train. The gear train includes a rack gear operatively connected to the linear actuator, and at least one rotatable gear meshing with the rack gear and operatively connected to the valve element to cause rotation of the valve element upon actuation of the linear actuator. The apparatus provides a highly compact package having a high-speed valve actuation capability. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/036832 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/568.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843272 | Schoeniger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph S. Schoeniger (Oakland, California); Eric B. Cummings (Livermore, California); James S. Brennan (Rodeo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for interrupting or throttling undesired ionic transport through a fluid network is disclosed. The device acts as a fluid valve by reversibly generating a fixed “bubble” in the conducting solvent solution carried by the network. The device comprises a porous hydrophobic structure filling a portion of a connecting channel within the network and optionally incorporates flow restrictor elements at either end of the porous structure that function as pressure isolation barriers, and a fluid reservoir connected to the region of the channel containing the porous structure. Also included is a pressure pump connected to the fluid reservoir. The device operates by causing the pump to vary the hydraulic pressure to a quantity of solvent solution held within the reservoir and porous structure. At high pressures, most or all of the pores of the structure are filled with conducting liquid so the ionic conductance is high. At lower pressures, only a fraction of the pores are filled with liquid, so ionic conductivity is lower. Below a threshold pressure, the porous structure contains only vapor, so there is no liquid conduction path. The device therefore effectively throttles ionic transport through the porous structure and acts as a “conductance valve” or “pressure-to-conductance” transducer within the network. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/304346 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/827 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843434 | Lawrence et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith E. Lawrence (Peoria, Illinois); Michael H. Hinrichsen (Goodfield, Illinois); Colby Buckman (Bellville, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel injector includes a homogenous charge nozzle outlet set and a conventional nozzle outlet set controlled respectively by inner and outer needle value members. The homogenous charged nozzle outlet set is defined by an outer needle value member that is moveably positioned in an injector body, which defines the conventional nozzle outlet set. The inner needle valve member is positioned in the outer needle valve member. The outer needle valve member is a piece component that includes at least one external guide surface, an external value surface and an internal valve seat. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/377325 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/533.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843541 | Mills et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William C. Mills (Richland, Washington); Richard A. Rabe (North Fork, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A glove box assembly that includes a glove box enclosure attached to a longitudinally extending hollow tube having an entranceway, wherein the portion of the tube is in a liquid environment. An elevator member is provided for raising an object that is introduced into the hollow tube from the liquid environment to a gas environment inside the glove box enclosure while maintaining total containment. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/162612 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Supports: Cabinet structure 312/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843898 | Holesinger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry G. Holesinger (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Stephen R. Foltyn (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Paul N. Arendt (Los Alamos, New Mexico); James R. Groves (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Quanxi Jia (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Alicia Ayala (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Copper or excess copper is added to one or more layers of a superconducting composite structure to reduce migration of copper form a copper based superconducting layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/819530 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/298.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843960 | Krumpelt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Krumpelt (Naperville, Illinois); Terry Alan Cruse (Lisle, Illinois); John David Carter (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Jules L. Routbort (Hinsdale, Illinois); Romesh Kumar (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing compositionally graded metallic plates and compositionally graded metallic plates suitable for use as interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells are provided. The method of the invention, utilizing powder metallurgy, enables making metallic plates of generally any desired composition to meet the corrosion requirements of fuel cells and other applications, and enables making metallic plates of graded composition from one surface of the plate to the other. A powder of the desired alloy composition is obtained, then solvents, dispersants, a plasticizer and an organic binder are added to form a slip. The slip is then formed into a layer on a desired substrate that can be flat or textured. Once dried, the layer is removed from the substrate and the binder is burned out. The layer is sintered in a reducing atmosphere at a set temperature for a predefined duration specific to the materials used and the desired final properties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/167832 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843979 | Goodman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark M. Goodman (Atlanta, Georgia); Laurent Martarello (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A series of compounds in the 4-fluoroalkyl-3-halophenyl nortropanes and 4-haloethenylphenyl tropane families are described as diagnostic and therapeutic agents for diseases associated with serotonin transporter dysfunction. These compounds bind to serotonin transporter protein with high affinity and selectivity. The invention provides methods of synthesis which incorporate radioisotopic halogens at a last step which permit high radiochemical yield and maximum usable product life. The radiolabeled compounds of the invention are useful as imaging agents for visualizing the location and density of serotonin transporter by PET and SPECT imaging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/974729 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.890 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844150 | Weiss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shimon Weiss (Los Angeles, California); Xavier Michalet (Berkeley, California); Thilo D. Lacoste (Tuebingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel optical ruler based on ultrahigh-resolution colocalization of single fluorescent probes is described. Two unique families of fluorophores are used, namely energy-transfer fluorescent beads and semiconductor nanocrystal (NC) quantum dots, that can be excited by a single laser wavelength but emit at different wavelengths. A novel multicolor sample-scanning confocal microscope was constructed which allows one to image each fluorescent light emitter, free of chromatic aberrations, by scanning the sample with nanometer scale steps using a piezo-scanner. The resulting spots are accurately localized by fitting them to the known shape of the excitation point-spread-function of the microscope. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/925100 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844272 | Taylor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | EUV Limited Liability Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Taylor (Livermore, California); James A. Folta (Livermore, California); Claude Montcalm (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Figure errors are corrected on optical or other precision surfaces by changing the local density of material in a zone at or near the surface. Optical surface height is correlated with the localized density of the material within the same region. A change in the height of the optical surface can then be caused by a change in the localized density of the material at or near the surface. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/086922 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/787 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844378 | Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Martin (Tijeras, New Mexico); Robert A. Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Rodney L. Williamson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing three-dimensional particle structures with enhanced magnetic susceptibility in three dimensions by applying a triaxial energetic field to a magnetic particle suspension and subsequently stabilizing said particle structure. Combinations of direct current and alternating current fields in three dimensions produce particle gel structures, honeycomb structures, and foam-like structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/324254 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844498 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novatek Engineering Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); H. Tracy Hall, Jr. (Provo, Utah); David Pixton (Lehi, Utah); Scott Dahlgren (Provo, Utah); Cameron Sneddon (Provo, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah); Michael Briscoe (Lehi, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a system for transmitting data through a string of downhole components. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the system includes a plurality of downhole components, such as sections of pipe in a drill string. Each component has a first and second end, with a first communication element located at the first end and a second communication element located at the second end. Each communication element includes a first contact and a second contact. The system also includes a coaxial cable running between the first and second communication elements, the coaxial cable having a conductive tube and a conductive core within it. The system also includes a first and second connector for connecting the first and second communication elements respectively to the coaxial cable. Each connector includes a conductive sleeve, lying concentrically within the conductive tube, which fits around and makes electrical contact with the conductive core. The conductive sleeve is electrically isolated from the conductive tube. The conductive sleeve of the first connector is in electrical contact with the first contact of the first communication element, the conductive sleeve of the second connector is in electrical contact with the first contact of the second communication element, and the conductive tube is in electrical contact with both the second contact of the first communication element and the second contact of the second communication element. |
| FILED | Sunday, February 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/358099 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/75.C00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844543 | Grant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick G. Grant (Walnut Creek, California); Olgica Bakajin (San Leandro, California); John S. Vogel (San Jose, California); Graham Bench (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a system and method for measuring an energy differential that correlates to quantitative measurement of an amount mass of an applied localized material. Such a system and method remains compatible with other methods of analysis, such as, for example, quantitating the elemental or isotopic content, identifying the material, or using the material in biochemical analysis. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/434590 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/281 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844561 | Rusnak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Rusnak (Livermore, California); James M. Hall (Livermore, California); Stewart Shen (Danville, California); Richard L. Wood (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotating aperture system includes a low-pressure vacuum pumping stage with apertures for passage of a deuterium beam. A stator assembly includes holes for passage of the beam. The rotor assembly includes a shaft connected to a deuterium gas cell or a crossflow venturi that has a single aperture on each side that together align with holes every rotation. The rotating apertures are synchronized with the firing of the deuterium beam such that the beam fires through a clear aperture and passes into the Xe gas beam stop. Portions of the rotor are lapped into the stator to improve the sealing surfaces, to prevent rapid escape of the deuterium gas from the gas cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/284175 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/505.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844623 | Peterson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Peterson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); William R. Conley (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of protecting a microelectronic device during device packaging, including the steps of applying a water-insoluble, temporary protective coating to a sensitive area on the device; performing at least one packaging step; and then substantially removing the protective coating, preferably by dry plasma etching. The sensitive area can include a released MEMS element. The microelectronic device can be disposed on a wafer. The protective coating can be a vacuum vapor-deposited parylene polymer, silicon nitride, metal (e.g. aluminum or tungsten), a vapor deposited organic material, cynoacrylate, a carbon film, a self-assembled monolayered material, perfluoropolyether, hexamethyldisilazane, or perfluorodecanoic carboxylic acid, silicon dioxide, silicate glass, or combinations thereof. The present invention also relates to a method of packaging a microelectronic device, including: providing a microelectronic device having a sensitive area; applying a water-insoluble, protective coating to the sensitive area; providing a package; attaching the device to the package; electrically interconnecting the device to the package; and substantially removing the protective coating from the sensitive area. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/955722 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/723 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844673 | Bernkopf |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alien Technology Corporation (Morgan Hill, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jan Bernkopf (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for fabricating an electroluminescent display structure. A method including coupling a frontplane to a backplane wherein a frontplane top surface laminates to a backplane top surface. The frontplane and the backplane are fabricated separately. A first electrode layer which is transparent is disposed over the frontplane. A display medium which produces electro-optical effects upon a voltage application is disposed over the first electrode. A second electrode layer which is pattered is disposed over the display medium. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of connecting regions. The backplane is electrically active to provide driving signals for the display medium wherein the backplane includes a plurality of output pads to match the plurality of connecting regions. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/020385 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/506 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844720 | Pokrywka |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Pokrywka (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A calibration apparatus for calibrating a linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) having an armature positioned in au LVDT armature orifice, and the armature able to move along an axis of movement. The calibration apparatus includes a heating mechanism with an internal chamber, a temperature measuring mechanism for measuring the temperature of the LVDT, a fixture mechanism with an internal chamber for at least partially accepting the LVDT and for securing the LVDT within the heating mechanism internal chamber, a moving mechanism for moving the armature, a position measurement mechanism for measuring the position of the armature, and an output voltage measurement mechanism. A method for calibrating an LVDT, including the steps of: powering the LVDT; heating the LVDT to a desired temperature; measuring the position of the armature with respect to the armature orifice; and measuring the output voltage of the LVDT. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/216465 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/202 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844806 | Lehmann |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southeastern Universities Research Assn., Inc. (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Monty Ray Lehmann (Smithfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A high voltage resistor comprising an array of a plurality of parallel electrically connected resistor elements each containing a resistive solution, attached at each end thereof to an end plate, and about the circumference of each of the end plates, a corona reduction ring. Each of the resistor elements comprises an insulating tube having an electrode inserted into each end thereof and held in position by one or more hose clamps about the outer periphery of the insulating tube. According to a preferred embodiment, the electrode is fabricated from stainless steel and has a mushroom shape at one end, that inserted into the tube, and a flat end for engagement with the end plates that provides connection of the resistor array and with a load. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/788796 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical resistors 338/80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tucker Davis Technologies, Inc. (Alachua, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Tucker (Gainesville, Florida); David A. Mann (Gainesville, Florida); Willard W. Wilson (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrostatic speaker is constructed using a thin flexible membrane as the active member. This membrane is uniformly positioned against at least one printed circuit board containing at least one stator fixed in the PCB. Variations in structure are provided, all including at least one PCB and a membrane. In a preferred embodiment, intermeshing opposing ridges on the PCBs are adjacent to a central vibrating area of the membrane, and serve to position and tension the membrane. Attachment means connect the PCBs together, and electrical connections permit the passage of current to bias the membrane and to drive the stators to vibrate the membrane, producing acoustical output in the sonic or ultrasonic ranges. The invention also relates to the electrostatic speakers produced by this method of manufacture. |
| FILED | Friday, September 29, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/675430 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/594 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843992 | Diamond |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Don J. Diamond (Glendora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a plurality of peptides (and immunologically functional variants thereof) which are immunogenic epitopes recognized by CD8+ class I MHC restricted cytotoxic T-lymphocytes of patients harboring latent human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. The peptides are capable of activating CTLs and CTLps in the absence of active viral replication, and thus are useful for eliciting a cellular immune response against HCMV by normal and immunodeficient subjects. Peptide and lipopeptide vaccines, with and without adjuvants, also are disclosed. Cellular vaccines comprising the peptides form a further embodiment of this invention. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/697055 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/186.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843997 | Grose et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles F. Grose (Iowa City, Iowa); Richard Santos (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods directed to detecting antibodies that specifically bind to a varicella zoster polypeptide, detecting the presence of a varicella zoster virus in an animal, diagnosing a disease caused by varicella zoster virus, and detecting a varicella zoster virus having a single nucleotide polymorphism in ORF68. The present invention also provides a vaccine composition, a method for producing a modified attenuated varicella zoster virus, isolated polynucleotides, and isolated polypeptides, and viruses. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/288823 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/230.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844152 | Bacher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Promega Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery W. Bacher (Madison, Wisconsin); Laura Flanagan (Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin); Nadine Nassif (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits are disclosed for use in the analysis of microsatellite instability in genomic DNA. Methods and kits are also disclosed which can be used to detect microsatellite instability DNA present in biological materials, such as tumors. The methods and kits of the present invention can be used to detect or diagnose diseases associated with microsatellite instability, such as certain types of cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/663020 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844171 | Hogle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Hogle (Newton, Massachusetts); Harmon J. Zuccola (Brookline, Massachusetts); David Filman (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Carl Elkin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to HDAg peptides, including mutants, derivatives fragments and fusion molecules, including fusion proteins, coiled-coil oligomers, nucleic acid molecules, vectors comprising HDAg nucleic acid molecules, cells comprising said molecules, methods of multivalent expression and association of binding moieties of HDAg fusion molecules, and methods of use involving the molecules. The molecules are particularly useful as a framework for multivalent display via formation of C-terminal and/or N-terminal fusion proteins or via chemical coupling to chemically reactive sidechains, e.g. cysteine residues. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/347175 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
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| US 06844188 | MacDonald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Carolina at CHapel Hill (Chapell Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gene H. MacDonald (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Brian K. Martin (Durham, North Carolina); Robert E. Johnston (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jenny P.-Y. Ting (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of preventing and/or treating cancers (including tumors). In one preferred embodiment, the invention is practiced to induce regression of an existing cancer or tumor and/or to prevent metastasis and/or to prevent growth of metastatic nodules. In other preferred embodiments, the invention may be used as a prophylaxis to prevent the development of primary cancers through a childhood or adult vaccination program against specific tumor antigens for cancers with high incidences. In an alternate preferred embodiment, the present invention provides methods of establishing an immune response against a universal artificial tumor antigen through a childhood or adult vaccine program, thus providing a long-term immune response that can be utilized at any point to treat any cancer which develops later in life. The present invention also provides cancer and tumor cells stably expressing an artificial antigen, preferably an artificial cell-surface antigen. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/288837 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
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| US 06844190 | Sibley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Sibley (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Frederick J. Monsma, Jr. (Riehen, Switzerland); Mark Hamblin (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Genes encoding the St-B17 serotonin receptor protein were cloned and characterized from a rat striatum mRNA and a human genomic library. The St-B17 receptor has nucleotide and amino acid homology with previously described 5-HT genes and can bind ligands that are known to interact with serotonin receptors. In addition, the levels of intracellular cAMP in cells transfected with the receptor gene respond in a dose dependent manner to introduction of serotonin in the media. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/829631 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844192 | Orlando et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph S. Orlando (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); David A. Ornelles (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of packaging a recombinant viral vector is carried out by: (a) providing a packaging cell, the packaging cell containing and expressing a nucleic acid encoding a mutant adenovirus E4orf6 protein, the E4orf6 protein containing at least one mutation that renders the protein non-toxic to the host cell; (b) transfecting or infecting the packaging cell with a nucleic acid that encodes a recombinant viral vector (e.g., an adenovirus vector or an adeno-associated virus vector), where the vector lacks a functional gene encoding E4orf6 protein; (c) culturing the transfected cells; and then (d) collecting packaged recombinant viral vector from the cultured cells. Nucleic acids, vectors and packaging cells used for carrying out the methods, as well as proteins utilized in the methods, are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/895940 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844193 | Kirschner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc W. Kirschner (Newton, Massachusetts); Noriyuki Kinoshita (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods which are useful in the identification and isolation of components involved in transmembrane receptor-mediated signaling. Such components include the receptors themselves (e.g., tyrosine kinase receptors, cytokine receptors and tyrosine phosphatase receptors), as well as ligands which bind the receptors and modulators of the downstream intracellular catalytic event which characterizes receptor-mediated signalling. Two novel ligands for the FGF receptor and the nucleotide sequences encoding them are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/016447 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/471 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844324 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuguang Zhang (Lexington, Massachusetts); John J. Schwartz (Newtonville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A versatile modular peptide mediated intracellular delivery system is disclosed which may be particularly adapted to facilitate the delivery of therapeutic compounds which are large in size or complex in nature. The invention relates both to a modular peptide mediated intracellular delivery system and a method of delivering a compound into a cell using the system. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/438905 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844438 | Neumeyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | McLean Hospital Corporation (Belmont, Massachusetts); University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Neumeyer (Wayland, Massachusetts); Jean M. Bidlack (Rochester, New York); Xiao-Hui Gu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based in part on the discovery that nonselective κ agonists that possess μ receptor-mediated effects in addition to their κ agonist effects can decrease cocaine self-administration more effectively and with fewer undesirable side effects than can highly selective κ agonists. The invention includes a number of new compounds having both nonselective κ opioid receptor agonist activity and additional activity at μ opioid receptors. These compounds are useful for the treatment of cocaine abuse, and can also be radiolabeled for use as imaging agents, e.g., the N-fluoroalkyl and iodoalkyl derivatives can be used, respectively, for positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon computed tomography (SPECT) brain imaging. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/222736 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844448 | Jacobsen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric N. Jacobsen (Boston, Massachusetts); Matthew S. Sigman (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method and catalysts for the stereoselective addition of a nucleophile to a reactive π-bond of a substrate. The chiral, non-racemic catalysts of the present invention constitute the first examples of catalysts for nucleophilic additions that comprise a main-group metal and a tri- or tetra-dentate ligand. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/325592 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/546 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844483 | Ruiz-Opazo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NoMI LLC (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nelson Ruiz-Opazo (Westwood, Massachusetts); Victoria L. M. Herrera (Westwood, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods for assaying compounds that affect hypertension by using an animal model with a functionally variant hypertension susceptibility gene. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/040722 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06845342 | Basser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Basser (Washington, District of Columbia); Sinisa Pajevic (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance signals are analyzed. Diffusion weighted, signals are acquired, each signal having a plurality of voxels (10). The diffusion weighted signals are sampled to obtain at least one set of resampled diffusion weighted signals (11). A diffusion tensor for each voxel is determined from each set of the resampled diffusion weighted signals (12). An empirical statistical distribution is determined for a quantity associated with the diffusion tensor from the diffusion tensors determined from the at least one set of the resampled diffusion weighted signals (13). |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/979013 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06843262 | Ismagilov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rustem F. Ismagilov (Chicago, Illinois); Paul J. A. Kenis (Champaign, Illinois); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); David Rosmarin (Roslyn Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to fluidic systems, including switches for fluidic systems. The switches of the present invention may be particularly applicable to microfluidic systems. The switches of the invention may include a switching region having more than one position corresponding to more than one aspect ratio. Alternatively, the switches of the invention may include multiple inlets and a system for the selective supply of carrier fluid. The present invention also relates to a method of controlling a fluid in a microfluidic system and may be performed using the switches of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/131610 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843900 | Dutta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prabir K. Dutta (Columbus, Ohio); Nicholas F. Szabo (Columbus, Ohio); Hongbin Du (Ottawa, Canada); Sheikh A. Akbar (Hilliard, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A potentiometric sensor for nitrogen oxide (NOX) measurement based on yttria-stabilized zirconia with a zeolite-modified electrode is presented. A potentiometric sensor of the present invention comprises a tube having an interior and an exterior. A cap member comprising yttria-stabilized zirconia closes one end of the tube. The cap member has an interior surface exposed to the interior of the tube where a first electrode is disposed. The first electrode is then covered with a zeolite layer. A second electrode is disposed on the exterior of the cap member. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/040036 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/424 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843902 | Penner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reginald Mark Penner (Laguna Beach, California); Michael Paul Zach (Irvine, California); Fred Favier (Saint Clemente de Riviere, France) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the preparation of long, dimensionally uniform, metallic nanowires that are removable from the surface on which they are synthesized. The methods include the selective electrodeposition of metal nanowires at step edges present on a stepped surface, such as graphite, from an aqueous solution containing a metal or metal oxide. Where a metal oxide is first deposited, the metal oxide nanowires are reduced via a gas phase reduction at elevated temperatures to metal nanowires. Alternatively, beaded or hybrid nanowires comprising a metal A into which nanoparticles of a metal B have been inserted may be prepared by first electrodepositing nanoparticles of metal B selectively along step edges of a stepped surface, capping these nanoparticles with a molecular layer of an organic ligand, selectivley electrodepositing nanowire segments of metal A between nanoparticles of metal B and then heating the surface of the hybrid nanowire under reducing conditions to remove the ligand layer. In all three methods, the nanowires may be removed from the stepped surface by embedding the wires in a polymer film, and then peeling this film containing the embedded wires off of the stepped surface. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/976990 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/76 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06843977 | Pinnavaia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Pinnavaia (East Lansing, Michigan); Wenzhong Zhang (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma); Yu Liu (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Porous hexagonal, cubic, lamellar, wormhole, or cellular foam aluminosilicates, gallosilicates and titanosilicates derived from protozeolitic seeds or zeolite fragments using an organic porogen directing agent are described. The porous aluminosilicates optionally also can contain zeolite crystals depending upon the aging of the protozeolitic seeds. The silicon and aluminum, gallium or titanium centers in the structures are stable so that the framework of the structure does not collapse when heated in the presence of water or water vapor (steam). The steam stable compositions can be used as catalysts for hydrocarbon conversions, including the fluidized bed catalytic cracking and the hydrocracking of petroleum oils, and other reactions of organic compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/025647 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/702 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844025 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Vladimir Bulovic (Metuchen, New Jersey); Peter Peumans (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices (“OPODs”) are disclosed which include an exciton blocking layer to enhance device efficiency. Single heterostructure, stacked and wave-guide type embodiments are disclosed. Photodetector OPODs having multilayer structures and an exciton blocking layer are also disclosed. Guidelines for selection of exciton blocking layers are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/757896 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844423 | Bassler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); University Technologies Transfer International (Calgary, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bonnie L. Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Michael G. Surette (Calgary, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The production of a purified extracellular bacterial signal called autoinducer-2 is regulated by changes in environmental conditions associated with a shift from a free-living existence to a colonizing or pathogenic existence in a host organism. Autoinducer-2 stimulates LuxQ luminescence genes, and is believed also to stimulate a variety of pathogenesis related genes in the bacterial species that produce it. A new class of bacterial genes is involved in the biosynthesis of autoinducer-2. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/961453 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844786 | Pan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Associated Universities, Inc. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shing-Kuo Pan (Charlottesville, Virginia); Geoffrey A. Ediss (Charlottesville, Virginia); Anthony R. Kerr (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A noise generator for generating multi-octave, high-level, millimeter- and submillimeter-wave noise is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, the noise generator includes: a microwave noise source; a microwave power-amplifier chain; a level-set attenuator; a frequency multiplier; and a transmission structure. The output of the generator has a high-intensity noise power spectrum over a frequency range from about 60 GHz to about 1 THz. This type of noise is particularly suited and has sufficient power for testing and calibrating millimeter- and submillimeter-wave components, devices, and circuits; material evaluation and characterization; and for use as a broadband millimeter- and submillimeter-wave noise source for a Fourier Transform Spectrometer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/932977 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/78 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06845116 | Mawst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luke J. Mawst (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Nelson Tansu (Madison, Wisconsin); Michael P. Nesnidal (Oregon, Wisconsin); Steven Meassick (Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin); Eric W. Stiers (LaCrosse, Wisconsin); Darren M. Hansen (Madison, Wisconsin); Troy J. Goodnough (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | As edge-emitting semiconductor laser incorporating a narrow waveguide design is disclosed. The narrow waveguide expands the lateral mode size, creates a large modal spot size, and insures higher-order modes are beyond cutoff. Separate current confinement allows the current injection region to match the mode size. The resulting device exhibits single-mode operation with a large spot-size to high output powers. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/279744 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06845262 | Albert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell S. Albert (Boston, Massachusetts); Dilip Balamore (Shoreham, New York); Arvind K. Venkatesh (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of imaging using magnetic resonance includes administering hyperpolarized noble gas to a subject in a region to be imaged, applying a magnetic field of a magnitude between about 0.0001 Tesla and about 0.1 Tesla to the subject at least in the region of the subject to be imaged, detecting a spatial distribution of magnetic resonance signals of the hyperpolarized noble gas in the subject, and producing a representation of the spatial distribution. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/818822 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06843985 | Erickson, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Cerexagri, Inc. (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric H. Erickson, Jr. (Tucson, Arizona); Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman (Tucson, Arizona); Christian G. Becker (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania); Roy S. Whitson (Fresno, California); Thomas A. Deeby (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for use to control parasitic mites of honey bees, particularly Varroa mites. In one aspect, the invention is directed to control of parasitic mites of honey bees wherein the active ingredient is a miticidally effective amount of a selected ketone or 1-heptanol, ethyl butyrate, benzaldehyde, heptaldehyde, or d-limonene. In a second aspect, the invention is directed to control of parasitic mites of honey bees wherein the active ingredient is an effective attractant amount of 2-heptanone. The attracted mites are then trapped or otherwise removed from the locus of the bees. The present invention is also directed to methods and compositions which include 2-heptanone to control hive invading pests of honey bees. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/087161 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/84 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844159 | Tuggle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa); Pig Inprovement Company UK Limited (, United Kingdom); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher K. Tuggle (Ames, Iowa); Lena Marklund (Ames, Iowa); Thomas J. Stabel (Ames, Iowa); Martha A. Mellencamp (St. Joseph, Missouri); Amber Stumbaugh (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining improved innate immunity, disease resistance or performance in animals is disclosed. The method involves assays for a genetic differences in the NRAMP1 gene of the animal which is associated with superior disease resistance. Novel NRAMP1 sequence, assays, and compositions for identifying the presence of absence of these alleles are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/160948 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844353 | Wedge et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Wedge (Oxford, Mississippi); Dale G. Nagle (Oxford, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | It has been found that sampangine and related analogs such as benzo[4,5]sampangine, 4-bromosampangine and 4-methoxysampangine may be used as effective fungicidal agents for plants. Fungicidal plant compositions and methods of using the materials for such a purpose are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/400712 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06844198 | Swenson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | La Salle R. Swenson (Chicago, Illinois); Timothy A. Brandvold (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Michael J. McCall (Geneva, Illinois); Richard R. Willis (Cary, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of determining a surface property of solids in a plurality by contacting the solids with a fluid, measuring the radiation emitted, absorbed, or altered during adsorption of the fluid using a detector, and then determining at least one surface property of the solids from the radiation measurements has been invented. The invention is particularly useful in combinatorial applications in order to evaluate a plurality of solids or mixtures of solids to determine at least one surface property of each of the solids. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/844086 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844433 | McGall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn McGall (Mountain View, California); Anthony D. Barone (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid labeling compounds containing heterocyclic derivatives are disclosed. The heterocyclic derivative containing compounds are synthesized by condensing a heterocyclic derivative with a cyclic group (e.g. a ribofuranose derivative). The labeling compounds are suitable for enzymatic attachment to a nucleic acid, either terminally or internally, to provide a mechanism of nucleic acid detection. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/452375 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/25.320 |
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| US 06844671 | Setlur et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anant Achyut Setlur (Niskayuna, New York); Alok Mani Srivastava (Niskayuna, New York); Holly Ann Comanzo (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides phosphor blends that are excitable by electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths in the near Uv-to-blue range (from about 315 nm to about 480 nm) to emit a visible light in a range of wavelengths from about 490 nm to about 770 nm. A phosphor blend of the present invention comprises a mixture of at least two phosphors. The first phosphor of the mixture comprises Sr2P2O7:Eu2+,Mn2+; wherein at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Zn, Ca, and Mg partially substitutes strontium. The second phosphor is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sr4Al14O25:Eu2+; (Ba, Sr, Ca)MgAl10O17:Eu2+; (Ba, Sr, Ca)MgAl10O17:Eu2+,Mn2+; (Sr, Ba, Ca, Mg)5(PO4)3Cl:Eu2+; and 3.5 MgO.0.5MgF2.GeO2:Mn4+. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/356163 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06844091 | Denham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry Denham (San Diego, California); Robert A. Dichiara, Jr. (Carlsbad, California); Vann Heng (Buona Park, California); Leanne L. Lehman (Laguna Niguel, California); David Zorger (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible insulation blanket having a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) outer layer, and a method of producing a flexible insulation blanket having a smooth, aerodynamically suitable, outer surface by infiltrating ceramic material within the outer ceramic fabric layer of the flexible insulation blanket and curing the ceramic material to form a CMC layer. The CMC layer is cured while the blanket is under compression such that the resulting CMC layer has a smooth surface. |
| FILED | Monday, November 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/291929 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/697 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844852 | Simons |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rainee N. Simons (North Olmsted, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A polarization reconfigurable patch antenna is disclosed. The antenna includes a feed element, a patch antenna element electrically connected to the feed element, and at least one microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) actuator, with a partial connection to the patch antenna element along an edge of the patch antenna element. The polarization of the antenna can be switched between circular polarization and linear polarization through action of the at least one MEMS actuator. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/401863 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844856 | Wright |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Wayne Wright (Salisbury, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna system is disclosed including a GPS antenna which is driven by an articulator in an opposite direction to aircraft roll. Aircraft roll is sensed by an onboard navigation system and translation module sends a signal to a processor which provides a drive signal to the articulator. As the aircraft rolls in one direction, the antenna is driven oppositely to maintain the vertical orientation of the antenna. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/615364 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/705 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 06842991 | Levi et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Levi (Anaheim, California); Robert R. Marshall (Walnut, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method, system, and device for a compass combining an electronic magnetic compass and an angular velocity sensing gyroscope. One aspect of the invention integrates an angular velocity output signal from an angular velocity sensor or rate gyroscope to determine the angle of motion. An initial magnetic heading is obtained from a geomagnetic sensor and used as a reference for the integrated angular velocity signal. A geomagnetic heading signal is blended with the angular velocity output signal at an adaptive time interval. The adaptive time interval is increased if the reliability of the magnetic field improves and decreased if the reliability of the magnetic field degenerates. Additionally, dynamic calibration of the angular velocity sensor may be performed to correct for gyroscope bias (zero offset), and/or gyroscope scale factor or gain. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/618549 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Geometrical instruments 033/356 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06844152 | Bacher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Promega Corporation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery W. Bacher (Madison, Wisconsin); Laura Flanagan (Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin); Nadine Nassif (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits are disclosed for use in the analysis of microsatellite instability in genomic DNA. Methods and kits are also disclosed which can be used to detect microsatellite instability DNA present in biological materials, such as tumors. The methods and kits of the present invention can be used to detect or diagnose diseases associated with microsatellite instability, such as certain types of cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/663020 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 06844156 | Rosen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugo R. Rosen (Tigard, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of identifying a preferred liver transplant donor. The method includes the step of determining in an individual the presence or absence of a preferred genotype at a polymorphic site, where the preferred genotype is associated with altered activity of a tumor necrosis factor, and wherein the presence of the preferred genotype indicates that the individual is a preferred liver transplant donor. A preferred genotype can be associated with lower activity of a tumor necrosis factor such as TNF-α and can be, for example, TNF308.1. The methods of the invention are useful for identifying a preferred donor liver for transplant into a HCV infected patient. The invention additionally provides a method for selecting a preferred liver for transplantation. The invention further provides a method for limiting the recurrence of HCV infection in a liver transplant recipient. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/955407 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 06844193 | Kirschner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc W. Kirschner (Newton, Massachusetts); Noriyuki Kinoshita (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compositions and methods which are useful in the identification and isolation of components involved in transmembrane receptor-mediated signaling. Such components include the receptors themselves (e.g., tyrosine kinase receptors, cytokine receptors and tyrosine phosphatase receptors), as well as ligands which bind the receptors and modulators of the downstream intracellular catalytic event which characterizes receptor-mediated signalling. Two novel ligands for the FGF receptor and the nucleotide sequences encoding them are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/016447 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/471 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06843638 | Hidalgo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mario A. Hidalgo (Phoenix, Arizona); Adrian R. Allan (Chandler, Arizona); Louis D. Cruse (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable geometry vane for use in a turbine engine. The vane can be radially mounted in a shroud ring while outside the turbine engine. The shroud and vane assembly can then be mounted to an engine hub without disassembly of the shroud, eliminating the need for a split ring shroud. Once located surrounding the hub, vanes are slid radially inward until a radially inward vane button engages a hole within the hub. Vanes are locked in place using clips slid into slots within the shroud. The clips are retained in place using an adjacent engine part bolted to the face of the shroud. Once in place within the engine, vanes are attached to a control arm for airflow adjustment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/316542 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/209.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, January 18, 2005.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
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THE PANEL
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FUNDED BY
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
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APPL NO
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ART UNIT
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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CURRENT CPC
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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