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Patent Details for Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 06848311 | Hull |
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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) | Andrew J. Hull (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to measure the complex frequency-dependent dilatational and shear wavenumbers of a material under a static compressional force. The material is first vibrated in a vertical and horizontal directions while obtaining transfer functions in each direction. The two transfer functions are combined with a theoretical model to estimate a dilatational wavenumber and a shear wavenumber. The wavenumbers can be utilized to give the complex dilatational wavespeed, complex shear wavespeed, complex Lamé constants, complex Young's modulus, complex shear modulus, and complex Poisson's ratio. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/779554 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/579 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06848321 | Bossi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Bossi (Renton, Washington); Kevin R. Housen (Federal Way, Washington); William B. Shepherd (Vashon, Washington); Michael E. Voss (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for non-destructively testing the strength of bonded joints, particularly a bonded joint between two composite components, is provided. The method generally includes activating a source of rapid surface pressure application against a bonded assembly containing the bonded joint to create a shock load. The resulting shock load first generates compression and then tension within the bonded joint, along with surface motions proximate the bonded assembly, and a surface motion detector measures the surface motions to determine the minimum strength of the bonded joint. Accordingly, the surface motions are correlated to the strength of the bonded joint. Further, the magnitude of the impact may be adjusted to vary the amount of tension within the bonded joint to correspond with various load conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, October 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/273514 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/842 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06848386 | Gieseke |
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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) | Thomas J. Gieseke (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater weapon system having a housing formed by first and second halves thereof sandwiched about a gun system that is rotatably mounted to and between the first and second halves. The gun system includes a gun and ammunition sealed within a waterproof housing with a muzzle of the gun protruding from the waterproof housing. The gun system is rotatable relative to the first and second halves of the housing while the housing can be maneuvered to rotate through a plane of rotation of the gun system as the housing moves through the water. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/730184 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06848419 | Donaldson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New Mexico State University Technology Transfer Corporation (Las Cruces, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Burl Donaldson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for reducing or eliminating wetstacking in internal combustion engine systems operating substantially under capacity comprising establishing an exhaust temperature minimum set point, monitoring exhaust temperature of an engine; and restricting air intake into the engine when the temperature is below the set point. Intake air may also be heated when the exhaust temperature is below the set point, with the intake air divided into first and second paths, the first path being restricted and the second path being heated. The second path preferably comprises a fixed flow choke. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/043006 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06848444 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dexter G. Smith (Columbia, Maryland); Protagoras N. Cutchis (Highland, Maryland); William P. Wiesmann (Washington, District of Columbia); Loland A. Pranger (Montgomery Village, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An emergency life support system including a patient ventilator for mechanical breathing assistance; a capnograph to monitor CO2 for ventilation effectiveness; a pulse oximeter for measuring blood stream oxygen saturation; a carbon dioxide sensor; an electrocardiograph (ECG) to monitor cardiac performance; an infusion pump; and alarms and a data recorder. The preferred embodiment uses an oxygen generator to deliver oxygen, to generate electric power to run the ventilation system, and to warm IV fluids and resuscitated air. The generator has electronically controlled valves and a modified valve system that offers the ability to select the oxygen concentration in the air delivered to the patient. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/920431 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/204.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06848655 | Wood |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey H. Wood (Eureka, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for attaching an injection-molded canopy to a hinge assembly is provided. The apparatus includes attachment components that are at least partially embedded in the injection-molded canopy. A hinge assembly attaches to the attachment components for controlling the position of the canopy. The canopy is a polycarbonate or acrylic frameless canopy. The hinge assembly is hingedly attached to the vehicle. The hinge assembly includes a center support and port and starboard supports. The center support is located approximately along a centerline of the canopy, the port support is located on a port side of the vehicle, and the starboard support is located on a starboard side of the vehicle. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/367404 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849050 | Russo 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) | Michael B. Russo (Sandy Spring, Maryland); Saul Santiago (Columbus, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, a method is characterized by presenting a first pattern of light during a first interval of time: recording a first-pattern response set; presenting a second pattern of light during a second interval of time; recording a second-pattern response set; and assessing visual alertness in response to the first-pattern response set and the second-pattern response set. In one embodiment, a related system includes but is not limited to circuitry and/or programming for effecting the foregoing-referenced method embodiment; the circuitry and/or programming can be virtually any combination of hardware, software, and/or firmware configured to effect the foregoing-referenced method embodiment depending upon the design choices of the system designer. |
| FILED | Monday, April 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/136625 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/558 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849098 | Joseph et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd. (Triadelphia, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian E. Joseph (Wheeling, West Virginia); Darren Kenneth Rogers (Wheeling, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Carbonaceous, composite tooling fabricated from pitch-based or coal-based cellular or porous products, “carbonaceous foams” having a density of preferably between about 0.1 g/cm3 and about 0.8 g/cm3 that are produced by: 1) conventional pitch foaming processes or; 2) the controlled beating of coal particulate preferably up to ¼ inch in diameter in a “mold” and under a non-oxidizing atmosphere. According to a specifically preferred embodiment, the starting material coal has a free swell index as determined by ASTM test D720 of between about 3.5 and about 5.0. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/941342 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Fuel and related compositions 044/620 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849121 | Iseler et al. |
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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) | Gerald W. Iseler (Chelmsford, Massachusetts); David F. Bliss (Arlington, Massachusetts); Vladimir L. Tassev (Wakefield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides for growing semiconductor and other crystals by loading a vessel in its lower portion with a seed crystal, loading a charge thereon in the vessel, heating the charge to a molten state and electromagnetically stirring the melt using magnetic and electric fields to obtain a more uniform composition of melt and slowly reducing the temperature of the melt over the crystal to grow a more uniform crystal from such stirred melt. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/131458 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849150 | Schmidt |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald P. Schmidt (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for forming structural assemblies with 3-D woven joint pre-forms. The method of the present invention forms complex structural assemblies with pre-formed structures. Adhesive is applied between the preformed structures and uncured 3-D woven textile pre-forms. Then together the preformed structures and uncured resin impregnated 3-D woven textile are cured with heat and/or pressure to form the larger complex structural assemblies. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/761301 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849247 | Wagaman 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) | Kerry L. Wagaman (Bryantown, Maryland); Douglas J Elstrodt (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas generating process, which is for the continuous production of energy and hydrogen for rocket and other propulsion and is also for the continuous production of hydrogen, utilizes the reaction of metallic materials, particularly aluminum, with organic materials, particularly hydrocarbons provided as jet fuel, and with water or an oxidizer which is predominantly water. In comparison with related reactions, the reaction produces hot gases containing more hydrogen and the products have a lower temperature for the same specific impulse. The process incorporates organic liquids with metallic powders to produce desirable, lower molecular weight exhaust gas products; and the increased hydrogen is desirable for use with a fuel cell and in connection with propulsion of a super-cavitating underwater device. The process is advantageous in that a metal, in powdered form, and a hydrocarbon liquid may be provided together as a slurry or gel for effective metering. The metallic material may also be provided with the organic material in the form of a binder as used in solid propellants, and the organic material and water may be provided together in the form of a water containing liquid monopropellant. The hydrogen containing product gases from the reaction may be further reacted with suitable oxidizers for production of additional energy or steam. The reaction is particularly useful for underwater vehicles where ambient water is available and the reaction products may be used for propulsion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/192887 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/657 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849356 | Dow 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) | Eric G. Dow (Barrington, Rhode Island); Susan G. Yan (Fairport, New York); Maria G. Medeiros (Bristol, Rhode Island); Russell R. Bessette (Mattapoisett, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an improved semi-fuel cell and an improved cathode used therein. The semi-fuel cell stack comprises a housing, an anode within the housing, a porous cathode within the housing, an aqueous catholyte within the housing, an aqueous anolyte stream flowing in the housing, and a membrane for preventing migration of the catholyte through the porous cathode and into the anolyte stream. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the catholyte comprises an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution, the anolyte comprises a NaOH/seawater solution, and the membrane permits passage of OH− ions while inhibiting the passage of hydrogen peroxide. The membrane is attached to a surface of the cathode or alternatively, impregnated into the cathode. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/037808 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849558 | Schaper |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Daniel Schaper (Union City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the duplication of microscopic patterns from a master to a substrate is disclosed, in which a replica of a topographic structure on a master is formed and transferred when needed onto a receiving substrate using one of a variety of printing or imprint techniques, and then dissolved. Additional processing steps can also be carried out using the replica before transfer, including the formation of nanostructures, microdevices, or portions thereof. These structures are then also transferred onto the substrate when the replica is transferred, and remain on the substrate when the replica is dissolved. This is a technique that can be applied as a complementary process or a replacement for various lithographic processing steps in the fabrication of integrated circuits and other microdevices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/246379 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/758 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849651 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Peter Bertinato (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Dai-Shi Su (New York, New York); Dang Fang Meng (New York, New York); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Ted Kamenecka (New York, New York); Erik J Sorensen (San Diego, California); Aaron Balog (New York, New York); Kenneth A Savin (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof. Also provided are analogues related to epothilone A and B and intermediates useful for preparing same. The present invention further provides novel compositions based on analogues of the epothilones and methods for the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/874514 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849707 | Baek et al. |
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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) | Jong-Beom Baek (Cheongju, South Korea); Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A quinoxaline-containing hyperbranched ether-ketone polymer having repeating units of the formula: and a method for preparing the polymer are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/695735 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/423 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849882 | Chavarkar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prashant Chavarkar (Goleta, California); Ioulia P. Smorchkova (Redondo Beach, California); Stacia Keller (Santa Barbara, California); Umesh Mishra (Santa Barbara, California); Wladyslaw Walukiewicz (Kensington, California); Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Group III nitride based high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) is disclosed that provides improved high frequency performance. One embodiment of the HEMT comprises a GaN buffer layer, with an AlyGa1−yN (y=1 or y 1) layer on the GaN buffer layer. An AlxGa1−xN (0≦x≦0.5) barrier layer on to the AlyGa1−yN layer, opposite the GaN buffer layer, AlyGa1−yN layer having a higher Al concentration than that of the AlxGa1−xN barrier layer. A preferred AlyGa1−yN layer has y=1 or y˜1 and a preferred AlxGa1−xN barrier layer has 0≦x≦0.5. A 2DEG forms at the interface between the GaN buffer layer and the AlyGa1−yN layer. Respective source, drain and gate contacts are formed on the AlxGa1−xN barrier layer. The HEMT can also comprising a substrate adjacent to the buffer layer, opposite the AlyGa1−yN layer and a nucleation layer between the AlxGa1−xN buffer layer and the substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/102272 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/191 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850096 | Nishida et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshio Nishida (Raleigh, North Carolina); Wentai Liu (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit includes a first pre-amp circuit that provides a first pre-amp current and a second pre-amp circuit that provides a second pre-amp current. A first threshold circuit is configured to generate a first output signal responsive to a difference between a variable current and the first pre-amp current. A second threshold circuit is configured to generate a second output signal responsive to a difference between the variable current and the second pre-amp current. One of the branches of a differential interpolation circuit includes a first transistor that is connected in a current mirror configuration with the first pre-amp circuit. The first transistor has a width/length ratio equal to the product nk, where n<1. A second transistor is connected in a current mirror configuration with the second pre-amp circuit. The second transistor has a width/length ratio equal to the product mk, where m<1 and n+m is about 1. The interpolation circuit is configured to generate a third output signal responsive to a difference between the variable current and an interpolated reference current given by n*(first pre-amp current)+m*(second pre-amp current). |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/435076 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850152 | Woodall 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) | Robert Woodall (Panama City, Florida); Felipe Garcia (Panama City, Florida); Greg Reitmeyer (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A flameless and smokeless marker attracts attention to a site. A battery and electronics section has a battery module and electronics module. The battery module connects power to the electronics module for creating responsive power-activation signals. An inflatable bag section is connected to the battery and electronics section and has an inflator and flexible bag. The flexible bag is metalized to reflect radar signals and has ChLCD strips receiving the power-activation signals to be visible to radiation from a remotely located search beacon. A beacon section connected to the battery and electronics section and inflatable bag section has IR laser diode arrays arranged in a circular pattern and a strobe light. The IR laser diode arrays and strobe light are coupled to receive the power-activation signals from the battery and electronics section to emit IR radiation and visible radiation, respectively. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/457699 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850173 | Steinbrecher |
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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) | Donald H. Steinbrecher (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A waterway shield system comprises a plurality of autonomous underwater nodes wherein each underwater node comprises acoustic detectors which may comprise horizontal and/or vertical acoustic arrays which may be directly mounted thereto or extend outwardly therefrom. Each underwater node comprises an acoustic modem for transmitting high resolution acoustic data to a gateway node that provides a connection to a surface system and a network of other underwater nodes in other waterways. The data from the underwater nodes may be utilized to produce acoustic attribute data for hulls of ships in the waterways. An acoustic database is provided that compiles the predetermined acoustic attribute data for a variety of ships and other entities thereby providing previously stored identifying means. The acoustic database is utilized in conjunction with one or more databases of other physical attributes of ships or other objects to thereby provide an automated identification process. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/429331 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/984 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850203 | Schuneman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas A. Schuneman (Dallas, Texas); James M. Irion II (Plano, Texas); Richard E. Hodges (Corona, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna apparatus (10) includes an antenna element (12, 412, 512) that has conductive material with a recess therein. The recess includes a balun hole (36, 536), and a tapered slot (37, 537) communicating at its narrow end with the balun hole. The balun hole is approximately rectangular, has a peripheral edge defined by conductive material, and contains air. The tapered slot has a shape which is optimized as a function of factors that include the balun hole design. Each slot edge follows a predetermined curve other than a first-order exponential curve. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/023800 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/767 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850314 | Le |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Reagents University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Han Quang Le (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining optical properties of a target, using a plurality of transmitters for transmitting signals at the target, and a plurality of receivers for detecting reflected signals from the target, comprises the steps of: a) transmitting radiation signals with a plurality of wavelengths at the target; b) detecting trace reflected radiation signals from the target; c) modulating the plurality of transmitters with a waveform for generating transmitter modulation codes; d) mixing the transmitter modulation codes with the trace reflected radiation signals to generate total signals; e) transmitting the total signals at the target; f) detecting reflected total signals from the target; g) digitizing the reflected total signals with an analog-digital converter to generate digitized signals; h) integrating the digitized signals with decoding functions to extract individual signals from the total signals; and i) determining the optical properties of the target from the individual signals. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/637367 |
| 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 356/5.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850345 | Edwards et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Imation Corp. (Oakdale, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jathan D. Edwards (Afton, Minnesota); Frank E. Aspen (St. Paul, Minnesota); Ramon F. Hegel (North St. Paul, Minnesota); Chad R. Sandstrom (Stillwater, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, holographic data storage medium includes a first thermoplastic substrate portion having a thickness less than approximately 2 millimeters and a second thermoplastic substrate portion having a thickness less than approximately 2 millimeters. A holographic recording material may be sandwiched between the first and second thermoplastic substrate portions. By making thermoplastic substrate portions sufficiently thin, edge wedge problems can be avoided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/781439 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/3 |
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| US 06850515 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gee-Kung Chang (Holmdel, New Jersey); Arshad M. Chowdhury (Eatontown, New Jersey); Georgios Ellinas (Long Island City, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical signaling header technique applicable to optical networks wherein packet routing information is embedded in the same channel or wavelength as the data payload so that both the header and data payload propagate through network elements with the same path and the associated delays. The technique effects survivability and security of the optical networks by encompassing conventional electronic security with an optical security layer by generating replicated versions of the input data payload at the input node, and the transmission of each of the replicated versions over a corresponding one of the plurality of links. Moreover, each of the links is composed of multiple wavelengths to propagate optical signals or optical packets, and each of the replicated versions of the data payload may be propagated over a selected one of the wavelengths in each corresponding one of the plurality of links. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/772465 |
| ART UNIT | 2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/352 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850524 | Troxel et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Donald Troxel (Stow, Massachusetts); David Paul Wiggins (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system provides predictive routing of packets in a network with multiple nodes. The system receives messages from the nodes (740). The messages contain predictions regarding future events that may happen to entities associated with the nodes. The system extracts the predictions from the received messages (750), determines active states of the entities based on the predictions (750), and generates a routing table using the active states of the entities (760). The system uses the routing table to route packets through the network. |
| FILED | Monday, July 31, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/630304 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/395.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850595 | Zhou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Otto Z. Zhou (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jianping Lu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An x-ray generating device includes a field emission cathode formed at least partially from a nanostructure-containing material having an emitted electron current density of at least 4 A/cm2. High energy conversion efficiency and compact design are achieved due to easy focusing of cold cathode emitted electrons and dramatic reduction of heating at the anode. In addition, by pulsing the field between the cathode and the gate or anode and focusing the electron beams at different anode materials, pulsed x-ray radiation with varying energy can be generated from a single device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/309126 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850733 | McCorkle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. McCorkle (Vienna, Virginia); Martin Rofheart (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for conveying application data via carrierless ultra wideband wireless signals, and signals embodied in a carrierless ultra wideband waveform. Application data is encoded into wavelets that are transmitted as a carrierless ultra wideband waveform. The carrierless ultra wideband waveform is received by an antenna, and the application data is decoded from the wavelets included in the waveform. The waveforms of the signals include wavelets that have a predetermined shape that is used to modulate the data. The signals may convey, for example, Web pages and executable programs between mobile devices. The signals are low power and can penetrate obstructions making them favorable for use with a wireless node of a network. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/268666 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/41.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06851052 | Graveman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F. Graveman (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An approximate message authentication code (AMAC) which, like conventional message authentication codes, provides absolute authentication of the origin of the message, yet provides an approximate integrity check for the content of the message. The approximate integrity check will be computed probabilistically and will likely be the same for messages having only a small percentage of different bits. A distance measure on the AMACs, such as a Hamming distance measure, may be used to determine whether the number of bit differences between the messages is likely to be within an acceptable amount. The AMAC is a probabilistic checksum based on a shared key. The AMAC uses the message and a shared key as inputs. Optionally, an initial value may also be used as an input. In one version of the invention, the data in the message M are permuted and arranged (physically or logically) into a table having |A| bits in each column and T2 rows, where T is may be an odd integer. The permuted data are masked, for example, to generate an unbiased, independent, identically distributed set of bits (1 s and 0 s). Taking T rows at a time, the majority bit value for each column is determined and that majority value is used to generate a new row. This procedure is repeated on the T new rows of majority bits. The resulting |A| bits is the AMAC. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/458336 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06849223 | Dean et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Dean (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Malcolm Cooke (Richfield, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes for fabricating a customized, three-dimensional, bioerodable, polymeric prosthetic implant are provided. In a highly preferred embodiment, the prosthetic implant has a porous network. The method employs a sterolithography instrument, a solution comprising chains of one or more photocurable, bioerodable polymers and a photoinitiator, and a three-dimensional CAD image. In a highly preferred embodiment, the solution comprises poly (propylene) fumarate (PPF) and a solvent for controlling the viscosity of the solution. During the fabrication process, the solution is placed in a container in the stereolithography instrument. The container also holds a movable build platen for supporting each of the covalently bonded layers of the polymeric prosthetic implant that are formed when successive layers of the solution are exposed to UV light energy. The UV light energy is imparted to selected portions of each layer of the solution to produce a pattern of cross-linked and non-cross-linked polymeric regions corresponding to a cross-sectional image of the three-dimensional CAD image. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/127019 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849261 | Hoxie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Hoxie (Berwyn, Pennsylvania); Celia C. LaBranche (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Robert W. Doms (Berwyn, Pennsylvania); Trevor L. Hoffman (Lansdowne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel CD4-independent HIV Envelope proteins and uses therefor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/196515 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849266 | Maupin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary O. Maupin (Fort Collins, Colorado); Marc C. Dolan (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for controlling ectoparasites of small rodents, thereby preventing the transmission of diseases by arthropod vectors. The invention further provides an enclosure having openings for entry of rodents, and having arranged therein one or more applicators which are configured to contact rodents entering the chamber and having an ectoparasiticide on the applicator for application to the rodents. |
| FILED | Monday, October 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/282539 |
| 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 424/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849397 | Nelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryce P. Nelson (Madison, Wisconsin); Mark R. Liles (Madison, Wisconsin); Kendra Frederick (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert M. Corn (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert M. Goodman (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method to detect unlabeled nucleic acids (DNA and/or RNA) in a taxa, species, and organelle-specific fashion using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) imaging. Taxa-specific, species-specific, or organelle-specific nucleic acids are affixed to an SPR-suitable substrate. A nucleic acid sample to be analyzed is then contacted with the SPR-substrate and the substrate analyzed to determine the presence or absence of specific hybridization between the nucleic acids bound to the substrate and the nucleic acids contained in the sample. The method does not require that either the bound nucleic acids nor the sample nucleic acids be labeled. The method can be used to identify the source of nucleic acids, their sequence, as well as to identify organisms and place them within a given taxonomic hierarchy. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/998551 |
| 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 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849398 | Janda et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kim D. Janda (San Diego, California); Richard A. Lerner (La Jolla, California); Hicham Fenniri (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A reaction cassette has been designed for the highly sensitive detection of the making and breaking of chemical bonds. The system may be employed as a companion device to be used in the search for antibody and other novel catalysts. The cassette also has important clinical applications in the design of diagnostic reagents. In its fully encoded format this methodology is capable of both detecting and decoding chemical events. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 18, 1996 |
| APPL NO | 08/716448 |
| 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 06849417 | Gladyshev 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) | Vadim N. Gladyshev (Lincoln, Nebraska); Dolph L. Hatfield (Washington, District of Columbia); Kuan-Teh Jeang (Rockville, Maryland); Alan Diamond (Naperville, Illinois); John C. Wootton (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A 15 kDa selenium-containing protein (“selenoprotein”) is disclosed. The protein is shown to be differentially expressed in cancer cells, such as prostate cancer cells. There is a correlation between the presence of a polymorphism at nucleotide positions 811 and 1125 of the 15 kDa selenoprotein gene, and the presence of cancer. This polymorphism is more prevalent in the African American population. The determination of an individual's genotype may be used as an indicator of the need for dietary selenium supplementation to inhibit tumor development. Compositions including the isolated protein, specific binding agents that recognize the protein, as well as underlying nucleic acid sequences are presented, as are methods of using such compositions. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/676718 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849424 | Deisboeck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Deisboeck (Boston, Massachusetts); E. Antonio Chiocca (Wakefield, Massachusetts); John D. Wright (Sandown, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to devices and methods for growing cells in vitro in an enclosed device that allows for a three-dimensional measurement over time of both their proliferative and/or invasive properties. By growing the cells in an enclosed matrix that resembles the environment that the cells confront in vivo, the cells can divide, invade, and form branched networks as they do in living tissue, e.g., in an individual. The devices of the invention include a test chamber in which cells, e.g., tumor cells, are placed and permitted to divide and/or invade. Cells can be placed within an insert within a chamber of the device. A delivery chamber that connects to the test chamber enables the delivery of agents that can be studied, e.g., for their therapeutic potential. The assay devices of the invention can be used as model systems to study cancer biology and to evaluate the efficacy of anti-cancer therapeutics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/365677 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849429 | Watowich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley J. Watowich (Houston, Texas); Meghan Kunkel (Galveston, Texas); Marta Lorinczi (Galveston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant hepatitis C virus (HCV) capsid proteins that self-assemble into large spherical virus-like particles structures and viral capsids that include conformational antigenic epitopes are provided. The large spherical virus-like particles structures and viral capsids, including capsid proteins that are expression products of a viral particle coding sequence protein, may be prepared as vaccines to induce a cellular or humoral immune response. The self assembling capsid proteins may also be used as elements of diagnostic immunoassay procedures for HCV infection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 15, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/713687 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849455 | Maas |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Renata Maas (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | DNA is efficiently transformed into a host by electroporation in the presence of a methylation package, which greatly improves the efficiency of the transformation. The methylation package comprises a source of cysteine, such as cysteine, homocysteine, or glutathione, with optional iron and magnesium ions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/888373 |
| 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 435/471 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849594 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | John Lawler (New York, New York); Hui Chen (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hui Chen (Boston, Massachusetts); John W. Lawler (Swampscott, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to purified cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), such as human COMP (hCOMP), including hCOMP prepared by purifying hCOMP in the presence of calcium (e.g. under calcium replete conditions); methods of purifying COMP in the presence of calcium; antibodies to purified hCOMP; ELISA kits comprising purified hCOMP; compositions (e.g. implants) comprising COMP; methods of repairing or producing cartilage comprising implanting a composition comprising COMP and a differentiation agent; methods for making an implant for cartilage repair comprising binding a differentiation agent to hCOMP; methods of transplanting chondrocytes and mesenchymal stem cells comprising culturing the cells in the presence of hCOMP; methods of transplanting chondrocytes comprising culturing them in the presence of hCOMP; methods of mediating attachment of cells using differentiation agent-bound COMP; methods of preparing a cartilage repair composition comprising culturing and purifying COMP in the presence of calcium and adding it to a matrix; and assays and methods of detection and quantification of COMP (e.g. degraded COMP and non-degraded COMP) and anti-COMP antibodies in a sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 29, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/606763 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849611 | Rosen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York); Research Foundation of State University of New York (Stony Brook, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael R. Rosen (New York, New York); Richard B. Robinson (Cresskill, New Jersey); Ira S. Cohen (Stony Brook, New York); Han-Gang Yu (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for a method of inducing a current in the heart in a subject which comprises contacting a cell of the heart of a subject with a compound in a sufficient amount to induce a current in the cell of the heart of a subject. This invention also provides a method of treating a cardiac condition in a subject which comprises contacting a cell of the heart of the subject with a compound in an amount sufficient to increase the current expression of the cell, thereby treating the cardiac condition in the subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/875388 |
| 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 06849651 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Peter Bertinato (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Dai-Shi Su (New York, New York); Dang Fang Meng (New York, New York); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Ted Kamenecka (New York, New York); Erik J Sorensen (San Diego, California); Aaron Balog (New York, New York); Kenneth A Savin (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof. Also provided are analogues related to epothilone A and B and intermediates useful for preparing same. The present invention further provides novel compositions based on analogues of the epothilones and methods for the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/874514 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849662 | Enikolopov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grigori N. Enikolopov (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Natalia I. Peunova (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Boris A. Kuzin (Moscow, Russian Federation); Hollis Cline (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Tatyana Michurina (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based on the discovery that nitric oxide (NO) is an important growth regulator in an intact developing organism. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of increasing in a mammal a population of hematopoietic stem cells which are capable of undergoing normal hematopoiesis, differentiation and maturation in hematopoietic tissue, wherein the hematopoietic tissue is contacted with at least one inhibitor of NO, such as one or more inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), thereby producing hematopoietic tissue having an increased population of hematopoietic stem cells which are capable of undergoing normal hematopoiesis, differentiation and maturation. The present invention also relates to a method of increasing a population of cells in S phase in a tissue of a mammal, comprising contacting the tissue with an inhibitor (one or more) of NO, such as an inhibitor of NOS. The invention also pertains to a method of regenerating tissue in an adult mammal comprising contacting a selected tissue (e.g., blood, skin, bone and digestive epithelium), or precursor cells of the selected tissue, with an inhibitor (one or more) of NO, thereby inhibiting differentiation and inducing proliferation of cells of the tissue. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/045204 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/656 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849722 | Warner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Isiah M. Warner (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Eugene J. Billiot (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Shahab A. Shamsi (Atlanta, Georgia); Stefan J. Thibodeaux (Des Allemands, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Chiral separations can be enhanced through the use of polymerized dipeptide-surfactant or oligopeptide-surfactant chiral micelles. Because polymerized micelles eliminate much of the complex dynamic behavior associated with conventional micelles, polymerized chiral micelles have stronger chiral recognition properties than do otherwise-identical, “conventional” or non-polymerized chiral micelles. Recovery of chiral ligands from polymerized chiral micelles is often easier, as the chiral ligands may typically be recovered by simple extraction with an appropriate organic solvent. By contrast, recovering the solute from a conventional, non-polymerized micellar medium by extraction with an organic solvent frequently results in the formation of troublesome emulsion systems. Polymerized chiral micelle systems are therefore beneficial in both preparative-scale and process-scale separations. Polymerized chiral micelles have no critical micelle concentration, allowing lower concentrations to be used in micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography, which in turn reduces the otherwise deleterious heat that can be generated. Many polymerized dipeptide-surfactant or oligopeptide-surfactant chiral micelles have superior separation properties as compared to polymerized amino acid-surfactant chiral micelles. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/876304 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849728 | Bowden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Bowden (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Paul A. Dawson (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Sallyanne C. Fossey (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | GLUT 10 is an insulin-responsive glucose transporter gene located in the type 2 diabetes linked region of chromosome 20Q12-13.3. Isolated nucleic acids encoding the GLUT 10 glucose transporter, the encoded protein, antibodies that bind the protein, and methods of use are described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 31, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/652292 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849777 | Etzler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marilynn E. Etzler (Davis, California); Nicholas J. Roberts (Palmerston North, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides LNP polynucleotides that are useful in modulating mycorrhizal infection in plants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 06, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/657631 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06848265 | Lowenstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ail Research, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Lowenstein (Princeton, New Jersey); Jeffrey Miller (Rocky Hill, New Jersey); Peter Gruendeman (Hopewell, New Jersey); Michael DaSilva (Franklin Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An air conditioner comprises a plurality of plates arranged in a successively stacked configuration with portions thereof having a spaced apart arrangement, and defining between successive adjacent pairs of plates at the spaced apart portions a first and second series of discrete alternating passages wherein a first air stream is passed through the first series of passages and a second air stream is passed through the second series of passages; and said stacked configuration of plates forming integrally therewith a liquid delivery means for delivering from a source a sufficient quantity of a liquid to the inside surfaces of the first series of fluid passages in a manner which provides a continuous flow of the liquid from a first end to a second end of the plurality of plates while in contact with the first air stream. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/422460 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06848325 | Parmeter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Parmeter (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Charles A. Brusseau (Tijeras, New Mexico); Jerry D. Davis (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kevin L. Linker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David W. Hannum (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting particles on the outer surface of a vehicle has a housing capable of being placed in a test position adjacent to, but not in contact with, a portion of the outer surface of the vehicle. An elongate sealing member is fastened to the housing along a perimeter surrounding the wall, and the elongate sealing member has a contact surface facing away from the wall to contact the outer surface of the vehicle to define a test volume when the wall is in the test position. A gas flow system has at least one gas inlet extending through the wall for providing a gas stream against the surface of the vehicle within the test volume. This gas stream, which preferably is air, dislodges particles from the surface of the vehicle covered by the housing. The gas stream exits the test volume through a gas outlet and particles in the stream are detected. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/826502 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/864.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06848408 | Mendler |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Charles Mendler (Mill Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The volumetric efficiency and power of internal combustion engines is improved with an intake port having an intake nozzle, a venturi, and a surge chamber. The venturi is located almost halfway upstream the intake port between the intake valves and the intake plenum enabling the venturi throat diameter to be exceptionally small for providing an exceptionally high ram velocity and an exceptionally long and in turn high efficiency diffuser flowing into the surge chamber. The intake port includes an exceptionally large surge chamber volume for blow down of the intake air into the working cylinder of the engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/625262 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/184.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849101 | Fruehan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcoa Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway); Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard J. Fruehan (Murrysville, Pennsylvania); Yun Li (Murrysville, Pennsylvania); Gerald Carkin (Tarentum, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for recovering Al from an off-gas (3,4) produced during carbothermic reduction of aluminum utilizing at least one smelter (1,2), the off-gas (3,4) is directed to an enclosed reactor (5) which is fed a supply of wood charcoal (7) having a porosity of from about 50 vol. % to 85 vol. % and an average pore diameter of from about 0.05 μm to about 2.00 μm, where the wood charcoal (7) contacts the off-gas (3,4) to produce at least Al4C3 (6), which is passed back to the smelter (1,2). |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/728512 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/10.270 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849215 | Khait |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Material Sciences Corporation (Elk Grove Village, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Klementina Khait (Skokie, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making polymeric particulates wherein polymeric scrap material, virgin polymeric material and mixtures thereof are supplied to intermeshing extruder screws which are rotated to transport the polymeric material along their length and subject the polymeric material to solid state shear pulverization and in-situ polymer compatibilization, if two or more incompatible polymers are present. Uniform pulverized particulates are produced without addition of a compatibilizing agent. The pulverized particulates are directly melt processable (as powder feedstock) and surprisingly yield a substantially homogeneous light color product. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/277980 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849433 | Bogan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William W. Bogan (Palatine, Illinois); Wendy R. Sullivan (Chicago, Illinois); James R. Paterek (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A microbial culture and method for producing wax esters using highly branched alkanes. In accordance with one embodiment, the highly branched alkane is squalane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/354135 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849434 | Ingram et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida); Maria D. F. Barbosa-Alleyne (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns the transformation of Gram-positive bacteria with heterologous genes which confer upon these microbes the ability to produce ethanol as a fermentation product. Specifically exemplified is the transformation of bacteria with genes, obtainable from Zymomonas mobilis, which encode pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/001218 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849859 | Folta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Euv Limited Liability Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Folta (Livermore, California); Eberhard Spiller (Mt. Kisco, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The figure of a substrate is very precisely measured and a figured-correcting layer is provided on the substrate. The thickness of the figure-correcting layer is locally measured and compared to the first measurement. The local measurement of the figure-correcting layer is accomplished through a variety of methods, including interferometry and fluorescence or ultrasound measurements. Adjustments in the thickness of the figure-correcting layer are made until the top of the figure-correcting layer matches a desired figure specification. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/817334 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/559.270 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849882 | Chavarkar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prashant Chavarkar (Goleta, California); Ioulia P. Smorchkova (Redondo Beach, California); Stacia Keller (Santa Barbara, California); Umesh Mishra (Santa Barbara, California); Wladyslaw Walukiewicz (Kensington, California); Yifeng Wu (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Group III nitride based high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) is disclosed that provides improved high frequency performance. One embodiment of the HEMT comprises a GaN buffer layer, with an AlyGa1−yN (y=1 or y 1) layer on the GaN buffer layer. An AlxGa1−xN (0≦x≦0.5) barrier layer on to the AlyGa1−yN layer, opposite the GaN buffer layer, AlyGa1−yN layer having a higher Al concentration than that of the AlxGa1−xN barrier layer. A preferred AlyGa1−yN layer has y=1 or y˜1 and a preferred AlxGa1−xN barrier layer has 0≦x≦0.5. A 2DEG forms at the interface between the GaN buffer layer and the AlyGa1−yN layer. Respective source, drain and gate contacts are formed on the AlxGa1−xN barrier layer. The HEMT can also comprising a substrate adjacent to the buffer layer, opposite the AlyGa1−yN layer and a nucleation layer between the AlxGa1−xN buffer layer and the substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/102272 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/191 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850847 | Morrow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas B. Morrow (San Antonio, Texas); Kendricks A. Behring, II (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer product for determining thermodynamic properties of a natural gas hydrocarbon, when the speed of sound in the gas is known at an arbitrary temperature and pressure. Thus, the known parameters are the sound speed, temperature, pressure, and concentrations of any dilute components of the gas. The method uses a set of reference gases and their calculated density and speed of sound values to estimate the density of the subject gas. Additional calculations can be made to estimate the molecular weight of the subject gas, which can then be used as the basis for mass flow calculations, to determine the speed of sound at standard pressure and temperature, and to determine various thermophysical characteristics of the gas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/770768 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850920 | Vetter |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Vetter (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The method and system described herein presents a technique for performance analysis that helps users understand the communication behavior of their message passing applications. The method and system described herein may automatically classifies individual communication operations and reveal the cause of communication inefficiencies in the application. This classification allows the developer to quickly focus on the culprits of truly inefficient behavior, rather than manually foraging through massive amounts of performance data. Specifically, the method and system described herein trace the message operations of Message Passing Interface (MPI) applications and then classify each individual communication event using a supervised learning technique: decision tree classification. The decision tree may be trained using microbenchmarks that demonstrate both efficient and inefficient communication. Since the method and system described herein adapt to the target system's configuration through these microbenchmarks, they simultaneously automate the performance analysis process and improve classification accuracy. The method and system described herein may improve the accuracy of performance analysis and dramatically reduce the amount of data that users must encounter. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/922355 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06849321 | Abbott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas L. Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Yan-Yeung Luk (Madison, Wisconsin); Matthew Lee Tingey (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preparing a metallized surface that possesses gradients in surface topography includes obliquely depositing a metal from a metal source onto a surface of a support. The surface of the support includes a first end, a second end, and a region between the first and second ends. The second end of the surface is located nearer to the metal source than is the first end, and the metal is deposited onto the first end of the surface at a first angle of incidence and the metal is deposited onto the second end of the surface at a second angle of incidence. The first angle of incidence is greater than the second angle of incidence, and the metal is deposited onto the region between the first and second ends at angles of incidence that vary over the region to produce the metallized surface with gradients in surface topography. The angles of incidence are measured from the normal of the support. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/292369 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849455 | Maas |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Renata Maas (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | DNA is efficiently transformed into a host by electroporation in the presence of a methylation package, which greatly improves the efficiency of the transformation. The methylation package comprises a source of cysteine, such as cysteine, homocysteine, or glutathione, with optional iron and magnesium ions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/888373 |
| 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 435/471 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849651 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Peter Bertinato (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Dai-Shi Su (New York, New York); Dang Fang Meng (New York, New York); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Ted Kamenecka (New York, New York); Erik J Sorensen (San Diego, California); Aaron Balog (New York, New York); Kenneth A Savin (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof. Also provided are analogues related to epothilone A and B and intermediates useful for preparing same. The present invention further provides novel compositions based on analogues of the epothilones and methods for the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/874514 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849767 | Crich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Crich (Chicago, Illinois); Santhosh Neelamkavil (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of hydroborating an alkene or alkyne, or reducing an organic functionality, oxidizing primary and secondary alcohols using a fluorous borane-sulfide is disclosed. The method includes regeneration and recycling the fluorous borane-sulfide. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/625982 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849777 | Etzler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marilynn E. Etzler (Davis, California); Nicholas J. Roberts (Palmerston North, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides LNP polynucleotides that are useful in modulating mycorrhizal infection in plants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 06, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/657631 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850092 | Chelcea et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tiberiu Chelcea (New York, New York); Steven M. Nowick (Leonia, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A FIFO design interfaces a sender subsystem and a receiver subsystem operating on different time domains. The sender subsystem and the receiver subsystem may be synchronous or asynchronous. The FIFO circuit includes a put interface configured to operate in accordance with the sender time domain and get interface configured to operate in accordance with the receiver time domain. The FIFO circuit includes an array of cells having a register and state controller indicative of the state of the cell. Each cell also has a put component part configured to operate according to the sender time domain including a put token passing circuit and put controller circuit. Each cell has get component part configured to operate according to the receiver time domain including a get token passing circuit and a get controller circuit. A mixed-clock relay station design interfaces a sender subsystem and a receiver subsystem working at different time domains, and where the latency between sender and receiver is large. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/877442 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/93 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850487 | Mukherjee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Biswanath Mukherjee (Davis, California); Keyao Zhu (Davis, California); Laxman Sahasrabuddhe (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that guarantees a stated failure-recovery time in an optical wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) network. The system operates by first receiving a request at an ingress node of the WDM network to establish a connection from a source to a destination through the WDM network, wherein the request includes the stated failure-recovery time. The system then calculates a chain of restorable cycles within the WDM network between the ingress node for the source and an egress node for the destination, wherein each cycle in the chain of restorable cycles can guarantee the stated failure-recovery time. Finally, the system selects a section of each restorable cycle to be a primary path between the source and the destination through the restorable cycle. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/310421 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850657 | Dhadwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harbans S. Dhadwal (Setauket, New York); Josephine Y. Aller (Stony Brook, New York); Paul F. Kemp (Lindenhurst, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A capillary waveguide fluorescence sensor which includes a capillary and an optical/fluid connector connected to an end of the capillary. The optical/fluid connector includes a fluid sample injection port for longitudinally injecting a fluid sample into the capillary bore and at least one optical fiber for either longitudinally delivering light energy into the capillary or longitudinally collecting fluorescence emission from the fluid sample injected into the capillary bore. The sensor may also include at least one capillary outer surface collection optical fiber for perpendicularly collecting fluorescence emission from the fluid sample injected into the capillary bore. The capillary outer surface collection optical fiber is positioned adjacent the outer surface of the capillary wall such that the central axis of the collection optical fiber is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the capillary bore. In a method for sensing fluorescence emission from a fluid sample, the fluid sample is longitudinally injected into a bore of a capillary and the fluid sample is excited by longitudinally delivering light energy into the capillary. Fluorescence emission caused by the excitation from the fluid sample may be collected by at least one optical fiber positioned substantially perpendicularly to the central axis of the capillary bore or it may be longitudinally collected by at least one optical fiber positioned substantially parallel with the central axis of the capillary bore. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/360114 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850683 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin K. Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Desmond R. Lim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Kazumi Wada (Lexington, Massachusetts); Lionel C. Kimerling (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reducing the scattering losses that involves smoothing of the core/cladding interface and/or change of waveguide geometry in high refractive index difference waveguides. As an example, the SOI-based Si/SiO2 waveguides are subjected to an oxidation reaction at high temperatures, after the waveguide patterning process. By oxidizing the rough silicon core surfaces after the patterning process, the core/cladding interfaces are smoothened, reducing the roughness scattering in waveguides. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/876392 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06849434 | Ingram et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida); Maria D. F. Barbosa-Alleyne (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns the transformation of Gram-positive bacteria with heterologous genes which confer upon these microbes the ability to produce ethanol as a fermentation product. Specifically exemplified is the transformation of bacteria with genes, obtainable from Zymomonas mobilis, which encode pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/001218 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849439 | Henson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cynthia A. Henson (DeForest, Wisconsin); Elizabeth H. Muslin (Madison, Wisconsin); Suzanne E. Clark (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Barley α-glucosidase is an important enzyme in the conversion of barley starch to fermentable sugars during the industrial production of ethanol, as in brewing and fuel ethanol production. The enzyme is, however, relatively thermolabile, a disadvantage for an enzyme useful in industrial processes which are preferably conducted at elevated temperatures. Site directed mutagenesis has been conducted to make mutant forms of barley α-glucosidase which have improved thermostability. The sites for this site-directed mutagenesis were selected by sequence comparisons with the sequences of other α-glucosidase proteins which are more thermostable. The recombinant mutant enzymes thus produced have been demonstrated to improve the thermostability of the enzyme. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/043418 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06849777 | Etzler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marilynn E. Etzler (Davis, California); Nicholas J. Roberts (Palmerston North, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides LNP polynucleotides that are useful in modulating mycorrhizal infection in plants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 06, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/657631 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven T. Cundiff (Boulder, Colorado); John L. Hall (Boulder, Colorado); Scott A. Diddams (Louisville, Colorado); David J. Jones (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a system and method for stabilizing the carrier-envelope phase of the pulses emitted by a femtosecond mode-locked laser by using the powerful tools of frequency-domain laser stabilization. Control of the pulse-to-pulse carrier-envelope phases was confirmed using temporal cross correlation. This phase stabilization locks the absolute frequencies emitted by the laser, which is used to perform absolute optical frequency measurements that were directly referenced to a stable microwave clock. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/240380 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 06848231 | Kepler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Kepler (Golden, Colorado); Erin K. Gleason (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for enabling an infrastructure, such as pipework or a bundle of electrical cables, to be passed directly through a wooden structural element without significantly weakening the structural element, rather than being routed around the structural element. A throughhole is provided in the structural element which extends between opposed sides. The method includes affixing to the wooden structural element a unitary reinforcement member including two spaced, parallel side plates joined together by a support plate. Each of the side plates has an opening therein as large as or larger than the throughhole. The reinforcement member is affixed to the wooden structural element by securing one of the side plates to each side of the structural element, with the opening of each of the side plates disposed so as to surround the throughhole. The side plates each include a pattern of fastener apertures and a plurality of fasteners penetrate through the fastener apertures into the wooden structural element so as to secure the reinforcement member in place. |
| FILED | Friday, February 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/366332 |
| ART UNIT | 3636 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/741.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael W. Pantoliano (Avondale, Pennsylvania); Roger F. Bone (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Alexander W. Rhind (Libertyville, Illinois); Francis R. Salemme (Yardley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an assay apparatus for that includes a temperature adjusting means for simultaneously heating a plurality of samples, and a receiving means for receiving spectral emission from the samples while the samples are being heated. In further aspects of the invention, the receiving means can be configured to receive fluorescent emission, ultraviolet light, and visible light. The receiving means can be configured to receive spectral emission from the samples in a variety of ways, e.g., one sample at a time, simultaneously from more than one sample, or simultaneously from all of the samples. The temperature adjusting means can be configured with a temperature controller for changing temperature in accordance with a predetermined profile. |
| FILED | Friday, March 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/801676 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850128 | Park |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pyong K. Park (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An orthogonal electrical coupling relies on electromagnetic coupling for the inner connection, as opposed to direct contact between conductors. A conductor on one of the lines is connected to a ground plane which is adjacent to a resonant slot. Microwave energy is coupled to the slot, thereby exciting the slot. A second conductor is on the opposite side of the ground plane from the first conductor. Microwave energy from the excited resonant slot passes to the second conductor, thereby allowing contactless interconnection between the first conductor and the second conductor. The coupling may emphasize certain modes of propagation relative to other possible modes of propagation. Specifically, the ground plane and slot may be enclosed in a cavity of a size such that the cavity does not support any natural mode propagation inside the cavity. Instead, the coupling may have a cavity in which a transverse electromagnetic (TEM) mode is propagated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/015061 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06850592 | Schramm et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Keymaster Technologies, Inc. (Kennewick, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry F. Schramm (Winchester, Tennessee); Bruce Kaiser (Draper, Utah); Robert D. Kuhlman (Richland, Washington); Therese Howe (Kennewick, Washington); Robert Shannon (Burbank, Washington); Ken Wheeler (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods in which one or more elemental taggants that are extrinsically placed in an object are detected by x-ray fluorescence analysis to identify or authenticate the object are described. The taggant is manufactured as part of the object or the taggant is placed into a coating, packaging, label, or otherwise embedded onto the object for the purpose of later verifying the presence or absence of these elements by x-ray fluorescence. The taggant is then analyzed by XRF and the analysis is then converted into a 2D symbol format that can be used in various security and authentication applications. By using x-ray fluorescence analysis, the apparatus and methods of the invention are simple and easy to use, without the limitations experience by current anti-counterfeiting technologies. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/321873 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/45 |
| 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, February 01, 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.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
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)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
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