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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 08, 2005
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| US 06863021 | Sneh |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genus, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ofer Sneh (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A General Metal Delivery Source (GMDS) for delivery of volatile metal compounds in gaseous form to processing apparatus has a reaction chamber holding a solid metal source material and connecting to the processing apparatus, and having an outlet for provision of the volatile metal compounds, a source heater coupled to the reaction chamber for heating said solid metal source material, a gas source for providing a reactive gas, a gas delivery conduit from the gas source to the reaction chamber for delivering gas species to the reaction chamber; and a plasma generation apparatus coupled to the gas delivery conduit. The plasma generation apparatus dissociates reactive gas molecules providing monatomic reactive species to the reaction chamber, and the monatomic reactive species combine with metal from the heated solid metal source material forming the volatile metal compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/295614 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/723.ME0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06863239 | Terpay |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory W. Terpay (Whippany, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid conduit is provided for use in a hydraulic actuating system for controlling an instrumentality disposed on a rotating portion of a machine. The fluid conduit transports pressurized fluid between a fluid source disposed on a non-rotating portion of the machine and the instrumentality and comprises a rigid tubular member formed in the shape of a helix having at least about 2 revolutions and a non-constant pitch length. The ends of the tube are adapted to be sealingly connected between the fluid source and the instrumentality. The fluid conduit is used, for example, in an apparatus and system for controlling a hydraulic actuator mounted on a rotating blade. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/248885 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/17.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06863488 | Chopra |
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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) | Kewal K. Chopra (Sterling Heights, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A foldable dolly for moving and positioning a vehicle tire assembly is formed with a rectangular base member mounted on a plurality of casters. Two wings are hinged to opposite ends of the rectangular member and have adjustable positioning members having one end attached to the base member and the other end attached to one of the wings. A plurality of bearings at least one bearing being mounted on each wing and one on the rectangular base member allow rotation of the tire assembly on the dolly and easy withdrawal of the dolly when the tire is mounted on a vehicle. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/361038 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Material or article handling 414/429 |
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| US 06863751 | Chan 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) | May L. Chan (Ridgecrest, California); Alan D. Turner (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to energetic compositions, which offer increased performance in conjunction with a total absence of halogen based oxidizers to eliminate exhaust products, such as hydrogen chloride. The oxidizers of choice are various combinations neat ammonium dinitramide, ammonium dinitramide prills and CL-20, because these oxidizers do not produce halogen containing exhaust products, such as the HCl gas of ammonium perchlorate. The exhaust these novel propellants consist mostly of CO2, H2O, N2, and small amounts of CO. These exhaust species are friendlier and much less hazardous to the environment than those emitted by conventional AP-based propellants. The plasticizers are selected from energetic plasticizers that do not contain halogens, but maintain other desirable properties. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/716980 |
| ART UNIT | 1751 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/19.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06863942 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Ren (East Amherst, New York); Zhongping Huang (Cheektowaga, New York); Jui H. Wang (Amherst, New York); Dezhi Wang (Williamsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | One or more highly-oriented, multi-walled carbon nanotubes are grown on an outer surface of a substrate initially disposed with a catalyst film or catalyst nano-dot by plasma enhanced hot filament chemical vapor deposition of a carbon source gas and a catalyst gas at temperatures between 300° C. and 3000° C. The carbon nanotubes range from 4 to 500 nm in diameter and 0.1 to 50 μm in length depending on growth conditions. Carbon nanotube density can exceed 104 nanotubes/mm2. Acetylene is used as the carbon source gas, and ammonia is used as the catalyst gas. Plasma intensity, carbon source gas to catalyst gas ratio and their flow rates, catalyst film thickness, and temperature of chemical vapor deposition affect the lengths, diameters, density, and uniformity of the carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes of the present invention are useful in electrochemical applications as well as in electron emission, structural composite, material storage, and microelectrode applications. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/336126 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/36.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06863997 | Thompson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Jason Brooks (Watchung, New Jersey); Vadim Adamovich (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Brian D'Andrade (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to efficient organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). More specifically, the present invention relates to white-emitting OLEDs, or WOLEDs. The devices of the present invention employ two emitters in a single emissive region to sufficiently cover the visible spectrum. White emission is achieved from two emitters in a single emissive region through the formation of an aggregate by one of the emissive centers. This allows the construction of simple, bright and efficient WOLEDs that exhibit a high color rendering index. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/328914 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06863999 | Sudre et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Innovative Technology Licensing, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olivier H. Sudre (Thousand Oaks, California); David B. Marshall (Thousand Oaks, California); Peter E. D. Morgan (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Monazites and xenotimes are rare-earth phosphates showing a combination of properties expected to be suitable for thermal barrier coatings. For example, lanthanum phosphate (La-monazite) can be used to form thermal barrier coatings to protect superalloy and ceramic parts exposed to high temperature and damage by sulfur, vanadium, phosphorus and other contaminants. The monazite or xenotime coatings can be applied using any of the common application methods including EB-PVD, laser ablation and plasma spraying. The stoichiometry of the coatings can be modulated according to the stoichiometry of specially prepared starting target (source) material. The most effective coatings appear to be largely crystalline and show a columnar structure with feather-like microstructure. For La-monazite, effective coatings between 10 and 500 micrometers in thickness can be deposited on substrates having temperatures between about 750° C. and about 950° C. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/057184 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/704 |
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| US 06864056 | Davies 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) | Julian E. Davies (Vancouver, Canada); Richard Kao (Surrey, Canada); Ronald Young (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns a method for detecting the presence of a ribosome inactivating protein in a sample. The method comprises contacting a sample suspected of containing a ribosome inactivating protein with a 2′-O-methylated oligonucleotide substrate having a GAxGA tetraloop wherein “Ax” is a deoxyribonucleoside comprising a fluorescent adenine derivative or analog base capable of emitting a fluorescence when released from the nucleoside, “Ax”, and detecting the presence of the fluorescent adenine derivative or analog base released from the tetraloop as an indication of the presence of the ribosome inactivating protein in the sample. The present invention is also directed to an assay kit and a reagent useful for carrying out the steps of the above method. |
| FILED | Monday, July 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/911048 |
| 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 |
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| US 06864160 | Linthicum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J. Linthicum (Angier, North Carolina); Thomas Gehrke (Carrboro, North Carolina); Robert F. Davis (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A substrate includes non-gallium nitride posts that define trenches therebetween, wherein the non-gallium nitride posts include non-gallium nitride sidewalls and non-gallium nitride tops and the trenches include non-gallium floors. Gallium nitride is grown on the non-gallium nitride posts, including on the non-gallium nitride tops. Preferably, gallium nitride pyramids are grown on the non-gallium nitride tops and gallium nitride then is grown on the gallium nitride pyramids. The gallium nitride pyramids preferably are grown at a first temperature and the gallium nitride preferably is grown on the pyramids at a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature. The first temperature preferably is about 1000° C. or less and the second temperature preferably is about 1100° C. or more. However, other than temperature, the same processing conditions preferably are used for both growth steps. The grown gallium nitride on the pyramids preferably coalesces to form a continuous gallium nitride layer. Accordingly, gallium nitride may be grown without the need to form masks during the gallium nitride growth process. Moreover, the gallium nitride growth may be performed using the same processing conditions other than temperatures changes. Accordingly, uninterrupted gallium nitride growth may be performed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/115354 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/479 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864570 | Smith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of The University of California (, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Stephen Smith (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for assembling microstructures onto a substrate through fluid transport. The microstructures being shaped blocks self-align into recessed regions located on a substrate such that the microstructure becomes integral with the substrate. The improved method includes a step of transferring the shaped blocks into a fluid to create a slurry. Such slurry is then dispensed evenly or circulated over the top surface of a substrate having recessed regions thereon. The microstructure via the shape and fluid tumbles onto the surface of the substrate, self-aligns, and engages into a recessed region. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/877640 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/703 |
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| US 06864690 | Tidrow 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) | Steven C. Tidrow (Silver Spring, Maryland); Daniel M. Potrepka (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus for the precise positioning of a sample of dielectric material into a cavity resonator system for obtaining dielectric constant, and other measurements. Precision micrometer drive units are provided to move the sample about a vertical axis, to tilt the sample, and to move the sample in X, Y and Z directions. The drive units are positioned on a bearing slide for ease of sample positioning into and out of the cavity. Selected drive units are controllable from a remote location so that the apparatus may be utilized in an environmental chamber whereby measurements may be accomplished without opening the chamber after each measurement. All components of the resonator system, positioning units, cables, etc. are chosen such that they are operable over the desired temperature range of operation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/087766 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/636 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864822 | Gulati et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kush Gulati (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Hae-Seung Lee (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A reconfigurable ADC includes a plurality of reconfigurable blocks for allowing the ADC to provide a plurality of architectures. In one embodiment, the ADC can be configured to operate in a pipeline mode and a sigma-delta mode. This arrangement provides an ADC having a relatively large range of bandwidth and resolution. |
| FILED | Monday, January 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/755655 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864858 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary L. Miller (Rockville, Maryland); Ditmar H. Weiss (Arnold, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Radar reflective rescue and safety devices comprise radar permeable coverings around a plurality of reflectors. The radar reflective material may be incorporated into inflatable life vests or foam filled life vests. Additionally, inflatable life rafts with radar reflective cells are able to help personnel lost at sea to be found by radar. The radar reflective cells may also be incorporated into an inflatable cylindrical tube as radar cross-section enhancer separate from other flotation devices. The reflectors are flexible metallic material that forms reflective cavities once the shell is inflated. The reflective cavities may appear as flat surfaces, tilted surfaces, corner reflectors or some combination thereof depending upon the orientation of the cavities to an incident radar wave. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/006757 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/915 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
06864951 — Tunable electronic lens and prisms using inhomogeneous nano scale liquid crystal droplets
| US 06864951 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongwen Ren (Orlando, Florida); Shin-Tson Wu (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Using inhomogeneous sized liquid crystal (LC) droplets for lens and prisms. For forming a positive lens, the LC droplet size can gradually increase from the center to the side edges. For forming a negative lens, the LC droplet size can gradually decrease from the center to the side edges. The lens can be created by Ultra Violet light exposure to patterns. The lens can be tuned by applying voltage to the droplets. The inhomogeneous droplets can also be used in Fresnel lens and prisms. Applications of the invention can be used for eyeglasses, arrays, camera type zoom lenses and beam steering applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/141582 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06865106 | Fulkerson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Fulkerson (Plymouth, Minnesota); Yong Lu (Rosemount, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique to read a stored state in a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) device, such as a giant magneto-resistance (GMR) MRAM device or a tunneling magneto-resistance (TMR) device uses a bit line in an MRAM device that is segmented into a first portion and a second portion. An interface circuit compares the resistance of a first portion and a second portion of a first bit line to the resistance of a first portion and a second portion of a second bit line to determine the logical state of a cell in the first bit line. The interface circuit includes a reset circuit that selectively couples the outputs of the interface circuit together. A subsequent decoupling of the outputs allows cross-coupling within the interface circuit to latch the outputs to a logical state corresponding to the stored magnetic state, thereby allowing the stored state of a cell to be read. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/775582 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06865317 | Vahala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xponent Photonics Inc (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kerry J. Vahala (San Gabriel, California); Peter C. Sercel (Pasadena, California); David W. Vernooy (Monrovia, California); Oskar J. Painter (Pasadena, California); Guido Hunziker (Monrovia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonant optical filter includes first and second transmission waveguides and a resonator (including one or more evanescently coupled resonator segments). The resonator supports at least one circumferential resonant mode and is evanescently coupled to the waveguides. An optical signal entering the filter through a waveguide and substantially resonant with the resonator is transferred to the other waveguide, while an optical signal entering the filter and substantially non-resonant with the resonator remains in the same waveguide. Multiple resonator segments may be formed on a common resonator fiber and positioned for enabling coupling between them, resulting in a tailored frequency filter function. The resonators may include alignment structure(s) (flanges, grooves, etc) for enabling passive positioning and/or supporting first and second transmission waveguides, such as optical fiber tapers. Structures may also be provided for suppressing undesired optical modes and/or resonances associated with the resonators and/or alignment structures on the resonator fiber. |
| FILED | Friday, February 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/788300 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06865334 | Cooke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald A. Cooke (Greensboro, North Carolina); Kenneth M. McGovern (Burlington, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A termination assembly for use in an optical hydrophone module, comprising a module oil seal and an optical fiber seal. The termination assembly is used at the ends of modules and provides a means for filling individual modules with fill fluid. A module oil seal comprises a cylindrical wall defining a cavity, with one end substantially closed and the other end open. An annular face plate on the open end makes a seal dividing a coupling and a clevis. A check valve is mounted to an orifice that passes through the substantially closed end of the module oil seal. Optical fibers pass through the substantially closed end and the optical fiber seal is provided around the optical fiber that passes therethrough. The fiber seal fits snugly in a module oil seal opening. Both components serve to provide a seal that can withstand high pressures and maintain optical fiber integrity. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/604159 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/139 |
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| US 06865426 | Schneck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phyllis A. Schneck (Atlanta, Georgia); Karsten Schwan (Tucker, Georgia); Santosh Chokhani (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to a method for communicating and applying adaptive security to a data stream comprising a plurality of data packets. The method comprises the steps of identifying a desired security level range and a desired actual security level which falls within the desired security level range. The availability of a number of security processor operations at the host is determined so that, if needed, computing resources at the host can be reallocated to ensure that the data stream can be verified at the desired actual security level. If there are not sufficient resources available for reallocation at the host, communication resources can be reallocated, for example by changing the bandwidth of the data stream or another incoming data stream. With this method, the actual security level will be kept within the desired security level range. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/514119 |
| ART UNIT | 2131 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/9 |
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| US 06865455 | Wiegert |
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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) | Roy F. Wiegert (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for magnetic anomaly guidance is provided. Triaxial magnetometer (TM) sensors are positioned at the vertices of an arrangement with an axis of the arrangement, being defined between each pair of the vertices. The arrangement is positioned on a support such that one of the X,Y,Z magnetic sensing axes for all of the sensors defines a forward direction of movement. The sensed magnetic field's X,Y,Z components of the TM sensors are processed to generate a partial gradient contraction associated with each axis of the sensor arrangement. Relationships between the partial gradient contractions are used to generate steering control commands for use by a steering system that is coupled to the support. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/373493 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06865500 | Variyam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pramodchandran N. Variyam (Plano, Texas); Abhijit Chatterjec (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to a method for testing a circuit having analog components. The method comprises performing a low-cost optimized test on the circuit by applying an optimized input stimulus to the circuit, capturing the circuit response to the input stimulus applied to the circuit, evaluating the circuit response to predict whether the performance parameters of the circuit satisfies predetermined specifications for the circuit, and making a pass/fail determination for the circuit based upon the evaluation of the circuit response. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/575488 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/117 |
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| US 06865523 | Varghese 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) | Abraham N. Varghese (Wakefield, Rhode Island); James S. Uhlman (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for calculating parameters about an axisymmetric body in a cavity is provided. The user provides data describing the body, a cavity estimate, and convergence tolerances. Boundary element panels are distributed along the body and the estimated cavity. Matrices are initialized for each panel using disturbance potentials and boundary values. Disturbance potential matrices are formulated for each panel using disturbance potential equations and boundary conditions. The initialized matrices and the formulated matrices are solved for each boundary panel to obtain panel sources, dipoles and cavitation numbers. Forces and velocities are computed giving velocity and drag components. The cavity shape is updated by moving each panel in accordance with the calculated values. The method then tests for convergence against a tolerance, and iterates until convergence is achieved. Upon completion, parameters of interest and the cavity shape are provided. This invention also allows determiniation of cavity shape for a cavitation number. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/874306 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
| US 06863885 | Mardiney, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Servies (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Mardiney, III (Baltimore, Maryland); Harry L. Malech (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of engrafting donor mammalian hematopoietic pluripotent cells in a mammalian recipient using a decreased amount of radiation, comprising: (a) administering to the recipient at least one dosage of a hematopoietic growth factor; (b) subjecting the recipient to a low dosage of radiation; and (c) transplanting the donor hematopoietic pluripotent cells in the recipient, thereby engrafting the donor mammalian hematopoietic pluripotent cells in the mammalian recipient using a decreased amount of radiation. The invention also provides a method of engrafting donor mammalian hematopoietic pluripotent cells in a mammalian recipient using a decreased amount of radiomimetic compound, comprising: (a) administering to the recipient at least one dosage of a hematopoietic growth factor; (b) subjecting the recipient to a low dosage of radiomimetic compound; and (c) transplanting the donor hematopoietic pluripotent cells in the recipient, thereby engrafting the donor mammalian hematopoietic pluripotent cells in the mammalian recipient using a decreased amount of radiomimetic compound. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/201212 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — 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 424/93.700 |
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| US 06863888 | Karin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Karin (La Jolla, California); Masahiko Hibi (Hyogo, Japan); Anning Lin (Chicago, Illinois); Roger Davis (Princeton, Massachusetts); Benoit Derijard (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated polypeptide (JNK) characterized by having a molecular weight of 46 kD as determined by reducing SDS-PAGE, having serine and threonine kinase activity, phosphorylating the c-Jun N-terminal activation domain and polynucleotide sequences and method of detection of JNK are provided herein. JNK phosphorylates c-Jun N-terminal activation domain which affects gene expression from AP-1 sites. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/861097 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 06863895 | Bertozzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Berkeley, California); Spencer J. Williams (Berkeley, California); Joseph D. Mougous (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel mycobacterial sulfation pathway proteins and polypeptides related thereto, as well as nucleic acid compositions encoding the same, are provided. The subject polypeptide and nucleic acid compositions find use in a variety of applications, including research, diagnostic, and therapeutic agent screening applications. Also provided are methods of inhibiting growth and/or virulence of a pathogenic mycobacterium, and methods of treating disease conditions associated with a pathogenic mycobacterium, particularly by administering an inhibitor of a mycobacterial sulfation pathway protein. The present invention further provides genetically modified mycobacteria having a defect in a sulfation pathway enzyme gene; and immunogenic compositions that include such genetically modified mycobacteria. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/286606 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/248.100 |
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| US 06864047 | Donovan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathleen A. Donovan (Rochester, Minnesota); John A. Lust (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Diagnostic methods for the detection of multiple myeloma (MM) and the identification of high-risk patients with multiple myeloma-related plasma proliferative disorders, such as MGUS or SMM, likely to progress to active MM are described. The diagnosis is based on the determination of concentrations of bioactive IL-1β produced by the bone marrow plasma cells of these patients. Also described are therapeutic methods for the treatment of MM and for the chemoprevention of the progression from disorders such as MGUS and SMM to active MM, involving the administration of inhibitors of IL-1β. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/821719 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 06864083 | Worley et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Paul F. Worley (Baltimore, Maryland); Jian Cheng Tu (Baltimore, Maryland); Bo Xiao (Ellicott City, Maryland); Daniel Leahy (Baltimore, Maryland); Jutta Beneken (Baltimore, Maryland); Anthony A. Lanahan (Baltimore, Maryland); Paul R. Brakeman (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for identifying a compound that modulates a cellualr response associate with Homer and mediated by a cell-surface or an intracellular receptor. A method is further provided for identifying a compound that modulates receptor activated calcium mobilization associated with Homer. A method is provided for identifying a compound that inhibits Homer protein activity based on the crystal structure coordinates of Homer protein binding domain. A method is also provided for identifying a compound that affects the formation of cell surface receptors into clusters. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding Homer proteins as well as Homer proteins, and Homer interacting proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/192381 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
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| US 06864099 | Regnier |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred E. Regnier (West Layayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for protein identification in complex mixtures that utilizes affinity selection of constituent proteolytic peptide fragments unique to a protein analyte. These “signature peptides” function as analytical surrogates. Mass spectrometric analysis of the proteolyzed mixture permits identification of a protein in a complex sample without purifying the protein or obtaining its composite peptide signature. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/849924 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/174 |
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| US 06864103 | Raymond et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Stephane Petoud (Berkeley, California); Seth M. Cohen (West Lake Village, California); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides luminescent lanthanide metal chelates comprising a metal ion of the lanthanide series and a complexing agent comprising at least one phthalamidyl moiety. Also provided are probes incorporating the phthalamidyl ligands of the invention and methods utilizing the ligands of the invention and probes comprising the ligands of the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/992156 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/546 |
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| US 06864224 | Sedivy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University Research Foundation (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Sedivy (Barrington, Rhode Island); Walter Kolch (Glasgow, United Kingdom); Kam Chi Yeung (Barrington, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the discovery of a novel amino acid sequence motif, herein termed the RKIP motif, and to the family of proteins defined by the presence of that motif. Proteins comprising the RKIP motif modulate kinases involved in signal transduction pathways. The RKIP motif forms the basis for screening assays for the identification of agents useful for modulating signal transduction pathways subject to RKIP family mediated regulation, and for the diagnosis and treatment of disorders involving inappropriate activities of pathways subject to RKIP family medicated regulation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 01, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/654281 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Perfume compositions 512/2 |
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| US 06864229 | Kuliopulos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New England Medical Center Hospitals, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Athan Kuliopulos (Winchester, Massachusetts); Lidija Covic (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates generally to G protein coupled receptors and in particular to agonists and antagonists of G protein receptors and methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Monday, April 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/841091 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 06864237 | Wang |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ping Wang (Roslyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of preventing organ destruction and shut-down due to shock in a patient suffering from sepsis or at risk for sepsis, comprising administering adrenomedullin and adrenomedullin binding protein-1 to the patient. Also provided are compositions containing adrenomedullin and adrenomedullin binding protein-1 or precursors, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/439762 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| US 06864248 | Cook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Edgar Cook (Staunton, Virginia); John A. Kepler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Yue-Wei Lee (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Mansukh C. Wani (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An androgenic steroid compound of the formula: wherein: X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/699885 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/179 |
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| US 06864270 | Bergeron, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond J. Bergeron, Jr. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Composition, article of manufacture for and method of treating malaria in a human having an infestation of Plasmodium protozoans are described. The method comprises administering a therapeutically-effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or (IV), i.e. sufficient quantity to reduce the population of Plasmodium. The composition of the invention is a compound of formula (I) or (IV) with a pharmaceutical excipient. The article of manufacture is the composition in combination with labeling for treating malaria. The substituents are detailed in the specification. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/216492 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/365 |
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| US 06864288 | Serhan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel inhibitors of polyisoprenyl phosphate signaling regulates phopholipase D activity. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/004155 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/552 |
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| US 06864301 | Randolph et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore Randolph (Niwot, Colorado); Kristi Anseth (Boulder, Colorado); Jennifer L. Owens (Boulder, Colorado); Corinne Lengsfeld (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming crosslinked polymer particles in situ from polymer precursors such as monomers or oligomers, comprising exposing a composition comprising at least one polymer precursor, a solvent or solvent mixture, and an antisolvent or antisolvent mixture to photoradiation under conditions whereby particles are formed are provided. The polymer precursor may be photosensitive, or a separate polymerization initiator may be used. In a preferred embodiment, the polymer precursor is insoluble in the antisolvent or antisolvent mixture and the solvent or solvent mixture is soluble in the antisolvent or antisolvent mixture at the concentrations used. Crosslinked polymer particles and crosslinked polymer particles comprising a polymer and a bioactive material are also provided. The polymer may be erodable, and the polymer particles formed may be used in a variety of applications, including controlled release of bioactive materials such as drugs. Polymer particles formed using the methods of the invention have low residual solvent levels and high additive encapsulation efficiencies. The processes of the invention allow control of particle size and morphology, use low operating temperatures and are useful for efficient bulk production. |
| FILED | Monday, June 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/161544 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/74 |
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| US 06864355 | May et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. May (New Haven, Connecticut); Sankar Ghosh (Madison, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes compositions and methods for the selective inhibition of cytokine-mediated NF-κB activation by blocking the interaction of NEMO with IκB kinase-β (IKKβ) at the NEMO binding domain (NBD). The blockade of IKKβ-NEMO interaction resulting in inhibition of IKKβ kinase activity and subsequent decreased phosphorylation of IκB. Phosphorylation of IκB being an integral step in cytokine-mediated NF-κB activation. The invention further includes methods for screening for agents capable of interacting at the NBD and therapeutic uses for such agents in pathological disorders caused by dysregulation of NF-κB activation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 22, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/643260 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
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| US 06864363 | Travis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Travis (Athens, Georgia); Jan S. Potempa (Athens, Georgia); Agnieszka Banbula (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Marcin Bugno (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated polypeptides, dipeptidylpeptidases, active analogs, active fragments, or active modifications thereof, having amidolytic activity for cleavage of a peptide bond between the second and third amino acids from the N-terminal end of a target polypeptide, wherein the target polypeptide has an aliphatic or an aromatic residue as a substituent on the α-carbon atom of the second amino acid from the N-terminal end of the peptide. Isolated nucleic acids encoding dipeptidylpeptidases are also provided, as are methods of reducing growth of a bacterium by inhibiting a dipeptidylpeptidase. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/008355 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
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| US 06864364 | Splawski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah); Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Splawski (Alston, Massachusetts); Mark T. Keating (Brookline, Massachusetts); Geoffrey W. Abbott (New Haven, Connecticut); Federico Sesti (New Haven, Connecticut); Steve A. N. Goldstein (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to genes and gene products related to Min-K which form ion channels and to a process for diagnosis of ion channel disorders, including long QT syndrome (LQT). For example, KCNE2 forms IKr potassium channels and is associated with LQT. LQT is diagnosed in accordance with the present invention by analyzing the DNA sequence of KCNE2 of an individual to be tested and comparing the respective DNA sequence to the known DNA sequence of a normal KCNE2 gene. Alternatively, these MinK-related genes of an individual to be tested can be screened for mutations which cause ion channel disorders, including LQT. Prediction of ion channel disorders, including LQT, will enable practitioners to prevent the disorders using existing medical therapy. This invention is further directed to the discovery that the HERG and KCNE2 (also known as MiRP1) proteins coassemble to form a cardiac IKr potassium channel. |
| FILED | Friday, April 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/550163 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
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| US 06864393 | Kung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hank F. Kung (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Chyng-Yann Shiue (Villanova, Pennsylvania); Shunichi Oya (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Seok Rye Choi (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania); Grace G. Shiue (Villanova, Pennsylvania); Ping Fang (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to novel fluorinated phenyl thiphenyl (also named diarylsulfide) derivatives and their use in Positron Emission Tomagraphy (PET) imaging of Serotonin Transporters (SERTS). The present invention also provides diagnostic compositions comprising the novel compounds of the present invention, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. The invention further provides a method of imaging SERTS, comprising introducing into a patient a detectable quantity of a labeled compound of the present invetion, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide or prodrug thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/388363 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/341 |
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| US 06864402 | Rogler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles E. Rogler (Lawthorne, New York); Joerg Petersen (Hamburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for repopulating degenerated of immunetolerant mice which lack mature B and T lymphocytes with xenogenic mammalian hepatocytes, particularly primate hepatocytes to generate chimeric mice. In addition, a method of generating a human hepatitis virus-infected chimeric mouse is provided. A preferred xenogenic primate hepatocyte is derived from human, chimpanzee or baboon. These chimeric mice are useful in the investigation of host and viral mechanisms determining hepadnaviral persistence and hepatocarcinogenesis. Methods for monitoring the development of hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma as well as methods for testing and screening anti-viral and anti-cancer compounds with this model system are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/344189 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/3 |
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| US 06864404 | Vogel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Vogel (Sunnyvale, California); Shauna Somerville (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mutant gene coding for pectate lyase and homologs thereof is provided, which when incorporated in transgenic plants effect an increased level disease resistance in such plants. Also is provided the polypeptide sequence for the pectate lyase of the present invention. Methods of obtaining the mutant gene, producing transgenic plants which include the nucleotide sequence for the mutant gene and producing improved disease resistance in a crop of such transgenic plants are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/684960 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/279 |
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| US 06864405 | Coruzzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gloria M. Coruzzi (New York, New York); Timothy Brears (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for producing plants with improved agronomic and nutritional traits. Such traits include enhanced nitrogen assimilatory and utilization capacities, faster and more vigorous growth, greater vegetative and reproductive yields, and enriched or altered nitrogen content in vegetative and reproductive parts. More particularly, the invention relates to the engineering of plants modified to have altered expression of key enzymes in the nitrogen assimilation and utilization pathways. In one embodiment of the present invention, the desired altered expression is accomplished by engineering the plant for ectopic overexpression of one of more the native or modified nitrogen assimilatory enzymes. The invention also has a number of other embodiments, all of which are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 27, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/605521 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/290 |
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| US 06863788 | Tabereaux, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcoa Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alton T. Tabereaux, Jr. (Muscle Shoals, Alabama); Guy L. Fredrickson (Golden, Colorado); Eric Groat (Williamsville, New York); Thomas Mroz (Kenmore, New York); Alan Ulicny (Amherst, New York); Mark F. Walker (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolytic cell for the reduction of aluminum having a layer of interlocking cathode tiles positioned on a cathode block. Each tile includes a main body and a vertical restraining member to prevent movement of the tiles away from the cathode block during operation of the cell. The anode of the electrolytic cell may be positioned about 1 inch from the interlocking cathode tiles. |
| FILED | Monday, July 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/206472 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/243.100 |
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| US 06863888 | Karin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Karin (La Jolla, California); Masahiko Hibi (Hyogo, Japan); Anning Lin (Chicago, Illinois); Roger Davis (Princeton, Massachusetts); Benoit Derijard (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated polypeptide (JNK) characterized by having a molecular weight of 46 kD as determined by reducing SDS-PAGE, having serine and threonine kinase activity, phosphorylating the c-Jun N-terminal activation domain and polynucleotide sequences and method of detection of JNK are provided herein. JNK phosphorylates c-Jun N-terminal activation domain which affects gene expression from AP-1 sites. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/861097 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 06864004 | Wilson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mahlon S. Wilson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John C. Ramsey (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A stack of direct methanol fuel cells exhibiting a circular footprint. A cathode and anode manifold, tie-bolt penetrations and tie-bolts are located within the circular footprint. Each fuel cell uses two graphite-based plates. One plate includes a cathode active area that is defined by serpentine channels connecting the inlet and outlet cathode manifold. The other plate includes an anode active area defined by serpentine channels connecting the inlet and outlet of the anode manifold, where the serpentine channels of the anode are orthogonal to the serpentine channels of the cathode. Located between the two plates is the fuel cell active region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/771222 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/32 |
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| US 06864103 | Raymond et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Stephane Petoud (Berkeley, California); Seth M. Cohen (West Lake Village, California); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides luminescent lanthanide metal chelates comprising a metal ion of the lanthanide series and a complexing agent comprising at least one phthalamidyl moiety. Also provided are probes incorporating the phthalamidyl ligands of the invention and methods utilizing the ligands of the invention and probes comprising the ligands of the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/992156 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/546 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
06864201 — Preparation and screening of crystalline zeolite and hydrothermally-synthesized materials
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California); Xiaodong Xiang (Danville, California); Isy Goldwasser (Palo Alto, California); Gabriel Briceno (Baldwin Park, California); Xiao-Dong Sun (Fremont, California); Kai-An Wang (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for the preparation and use of a substrate having an array of diverse materials in predefined regions thereon. A substrate having an array of diverse materials thereon is generally prepared by delivering components of materials to predefined regions on a substrate, and simultaneously reacting the components to form at least two materials. Materials which can be prepared using the methods and apparatus of the present invention include, for example, covalent network solids, ionic solids and molecular solids. More particularly, materials which can be prepared using the methods and apparatus of the present invention include, for example, inorganic materials, intermetallic materials, metal alloys, ceramic materials, organic materials, organometallic materials, non-biological organic polymers, composite materials (e.g., inorganic composites, organic composites, or combinations thereof), etc. Once prepared, these materials can be screened for useful properties including, for example, electrical, thermal, mechanical, morphological, optical, magnetic, chemical, or other properties. Thus, the present invention provides methods for the parallel synthesis and analysis of novel materials having useful properties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/881036 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864404 | Vogel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Vogel (Sunnyvale, California); Shauna Somerville (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mutant gene coding for pectate lyase and homologs thereof is provided, which when incorporated in transgenic plants effect an increased level disease resistance in such plants. Also is provided the polypeptide sequence for the pectate lyase of the present invention. Methods of obtaining the mutant gene, producing transgenic plants which include the nucleotide sequence for the mutant gene and producing improved disease resistance in a crop of such transgenic plants are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/684960 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/279 |
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| US 06864405 | Coruzzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gloria M. Coruzzi (New York, New York); Timothy Brears (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for producing plants with improved agronomic and nutritional traits. Such traits include enhanced nitrogen assimilatory and utilization capacities, faster and more vigorous growth, greater vegetative and reproductive yields, and enriched or altered nitrogen content in vegetative and reproductive parts. More particularly, the invention relates to the engineering of plants modified to have altered expression of key enzymes in the nitrogen assimilation and utilization pathways. In one embodiment of the present invention, the desired altered expression is accomplished by engineering the plant for ectopic overexpression of one of more the native or modified nitrogen assimilatory enzymes. The invention also has a number of other embodiments, all of which are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 27, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/605521 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864459 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jim J. Chang (San Ramon, California); Herbert W. Friedman (Oakland, California); Brian J. Comaskey (Walnut Creek, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser system produces a first laser beam for rapidly removing the bulk of material in an area to form a ragged hole. The laser system produces a second laser beam for accurately cleaning up the ragged hole so that the final hole has dimensions of high precision. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/781073 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864626 | Weiss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shimon Weiss (Pinole, California); Michael C. Schlamp (Plainsboro, New Jersey); A. Paul Alivisatos (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multicolor electronic display is based on an array of luminescent semiconductor nanocrystals. Nanocrystals which emit light of different colors are grouped into pixels. The nanocrystals are optically pumped to produce a multicolor display. Different sized nanocrystals are used to produce the different colors. A variety of pixel addressing systems can be used. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/324149 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/503 |
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| US 06864802 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Smith (Loudon, Tennessee); Gary W. Turner (Clinton, Tennessee); Alan L. Wintenberg (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael Steven Emery (Powell, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A fully integrated wireless spread-spectrum sensor incorporating all elements of an “intelligent” sensor on a single circuit chip is capable of telemetering data to a receiver. Synchronous control of all elements of the chip provides low-cost, low-noise, and highly robust data transmission, in turn enabling the use of low-cost monolithic receivers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/942308 |
| ART UNIT | 2635 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/870.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864827 | Tise et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bertice L. Tise (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dale F. Dubbert (Cedar Crest, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital IF receiver (DRX) module directly compatible with advanced radar systems such as synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems. The DRX can combine a 1 G-Sample/sec 8-bit ADC with high-speed digital signal processor, such as high gate-count FPGA technology or ASICs to realize a wideband IF receiver. DSP operations implemented in the DRX can include quadrature demodulation and multi-rate, variable-bandwidth IF filtering. Pulse-to-pulse (Doppler domain) filtering can also be implemented in the form of a presummer (accumulator) and an azimuth prefilter. An out of band noise source can be employed to provide a dither signal to the ADC, and later be removed by digital signal processing. Both the range and Doppler domain filtering operations can be implemented using a unique pane architecture which allows on-the-fly selection of the filter decimation factor, and hence, the filter bandwidth. The DRX module can include a standard VME-64 interface for control, status, and programming. An interface can provide phase history data to the real-time image formation processors. A third front-panel data port (FPDP) interface can send wide bandwidth, raw phase histories to a real-time phase history recorder for ground processing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/686379 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/25.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06865080 | Radosevich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence D. Radosevich (Muskego, Wisconsin); Andreas A. Meyer (Richmond Heights, Ohio); Bruce C. Beihoff (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Daniel G. Kannenberg (Waukesha, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A support may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in removing heat from the circuits through fluid circulating through the support. The support, in conjunction with other packaging features may form a shield from both external EMI/RFI and from interference generated by operation of the power electronic circuits. Features may be provided to permit and enhance connection of the circuitry to external circuitry, such as improved terminal configurations. Modular units may be assembled that may be coupled to electronic circuitry via plug-in arrangements or through interface with a backplane or similar mounting and interconnecting structures. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/252302 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/699 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06865198 | Taubman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew S. Taubman (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention includes an optical cavity, a source to provide light to the optical cavity, a sensor to detect the light and generate a corresponding sensor signal, and a servo device including a feedforward input and a feedback input. Feedback from the sensor signal is provided to the servo device to regulate operation of the source at a frequency selected to generate an optical field resonating in the first mode in the cavity. An input device provides a control signal to a control input of the servo device that selectively alters operation of the light source to corresponding halt resonance in the first mode. An evaluation device is also included to evaluate decay of the optical field after resonance in the first mode is halted. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/256747 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/29.23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06865285 | Villa-Aleman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Westinghouse Savannah River Company (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliel Villa-Aleman (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable, lightweight and high-intensity light source for detecting and analyzing fingerprints during field investigation. On-site field analysis requires long hours of mobile analysis. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes; a power source; and a personal attachment means; wherein the light emitting diodes are powered by the power source, and wherein the power source and the light emitting diodes are attached to the personal attachment means to produce a personal light source for on-site analysis of latent fingerprints. The present invention is available for other applications as well. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/578662 |
| ART UNIT | 2623 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06865582 | Obradovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zoran Obradovic (Dresher, Pennsylvania); Timothy E. Fiez (Corvallis, Oregon); Slobodan Vucetic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Aleksandar Lazarevic (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Dragoljub Pokrajac (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Reed L. Hoskinson (Rigby, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are provided for knowledge discovery in spatial data as well as to systems and methods for optimizing recipes used in spatial environments such as may be found in precision agriculture. A spatial data analysis and modeling module is provided which allows users to interactively and flexibly analyze and mine spatial data. The spatial data analysis and modeling module applies spatial data mining algorithms through a number of steps. The data loading and generation module obtains or generates spatial data and allows for basic partitioning. The inspection module provides basic statistical analysis. The preprocessing module smoothes and cleans the data and allows for basic manipulation of the data. The partitioning module provides for more advanced data partitioning. The prediction module applies regression and classification algorithms on the spatial data. The integration module enhances prediction methods by combining and integrating models. The recommendation module provides the user with site-specific recommendations as to how to optimize a recipe for a spatial environment such as a fertilizer recipe for an agricultural field. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/753363 |
| ART UNIT | 2135 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/104.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (Chicago, Illinois); Eric R. Dufresne (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for manipulating, effecting interaction of, photochemically transforming and/or sorting small dielectric particles or other materials. The apparatus and method involves use of one or more diffractive optical elements which each receive a laser beam and form a plurality of laser beams. These laser beams are operated on by a telescope lens system and then an objective lens element to create an array of optical traps for manipulating, effecting interaction of, photochemically transforming and/or sorting small dielectric particles or other materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/210519 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/614 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06863781 | Nocera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel G. Nocera (Winchester, Massachusetts); Alan F. Heyduk (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments for the invention include a process for the production of hydrogen comprising a protic solution, a photocatalyst capable of a two-electron reduction of hydrogen ions; and a coproduct trap. The embodiment includes exposing the reaction medium to radiation capable of photoexciting the photocatalyst to produce hydrogen. The protic solution may comprise at least one of hydrohalic acid, a silane, and water, and the hydrohalic acid may be hydrochloric acid, hydrogen bromide, hydrogen fluoride or hydrogen iodide. The present application also describes novel transition metal compounds. Embodiments of the compounds include a compound comprising two transition metal atoms, wherein the transition metal atoms are in a two-electron mixed valence state and at least one transition metal is not rhodium; and at least one ligand capable of stabilizing the transition metal atom in a two-electron mixed valence state. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/083200 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/157.520 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06863992 | Weihs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy P. Weihs (Baltimore, Maryland); Omar Knio (Timonium, Maryland); Michael Reiss (Baltimore, Maryland); David van Heerden (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Reactive foils and their uses are provided as localized heat sources useful, for example, in ignition, joining and propulsion. An improved reactive foil is preferably a freestanding multilayered foil structure made up of alternating layers selected from materials that will react with one another in an exothermic and self-propagating reaction. Upon reacting, this foil supplies highly localized heat energy that may be applied, for example, to joining layers, or directly to bulk materials that are to be joined. This foil heat-source allows rapid bonding to occur at room temperature in virtually any environment (e.g., air, vacuum, water, etc.). If a joining material is used, the foil reaction will supply enough heat to melt the joining materials, which upon cooling will form a strong bond, joining two or more bulk materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/761440 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/607 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864067 | Bassler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Technologies International (Calgary, Canada); Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bonnie L. Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Michael G. Surette (Calgary, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The production of a purified extracellular bacterial signal called autoinducer-2 is regulated by changes in environmental conditions associated with a shift from a free-living existence to a colonizing or pathogenic existence in a host organism. Autoinducer-2 stimulates LuxQ luminescence genes, and is believed also to stimulate a variety of pathogenesis related genes in the bacterial species that produce it. A new class of bacterial genes is involved in the biosynthesis of autoinducer-2. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/961507 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864090 | Gardella, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of State University of New York at Buffalo (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Gardella, Jr. (Buffalo, New York); Jiaxing Chen (Angleton, Texas); Norma L. Hernandez de Gatica (Lakewood, Ohio); Joo-Woon Lee (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel method for monitoring the reaction kinetics of the biodegradable polymers, and the surface concentration of a drug in a polymer blend matrix. Detailed information on surface concentration, degradation rates, degradation kinetics and mechanism, is provided by using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF SIMS) measurements. Also provided is a method for determining oligomers in hydrolyzed biodegradable polymers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/690196 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864301 | Randolph et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore Randolph (Niwot, Colorado); Kristi Anseth (Boulder, Colorado); Jennifer L. Owens (Boulder, Colorado); Corinne Lengsfeld (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of forming crosslinked polymer particles in situ from polymer precursors such as monomers or oligomers, comprising exposing a composition comprising at least one polymer precursor, a solvent or solvent mixture, and an antisolvent or antisolvent mixture to photoradiation under conditions whereby particles are formed are provided. The polymer precursor may be photosensitive, or a separate polymerization initiator may be used. In a preferred embodiment, the polymer precursor is insoluble in the antisolvent or antisolvent mixture and the solvent or solvent mixture is soluble in the antisolvent or antisolvent mixture at the concentrations used. Crosslinked polymer particles and crosslinked polymer particles comprising a polymer and a bioactive material are also provided. The polymer may be erodable, and the polymer particles formed may be used in a variety of applications, including controlled release of bioactive materials such as drugs. Polymer particles formed using the methods of the invention have low residual solvent levels and high additive encapsulation efficiencies. The processes of the invention allow control of particle size and morphology, use low operating temperatures and are useful for efficient bulk production. |
| FILED | Monday, June 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/161544 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/74 |
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| US 06864931 | Kumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Satyendra Kumar (Kent, Ohio); Jae-Hoon Kim (Kanngwon-Do, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods of building rigid or flexible arrays of electro-optic devices. A phase separated composite structure technique yields adjacent regions of polymer and liquid crystal (LC) of specific architecture instead of a random dispersion of LC droplets. The above devices can be prepared by producing volutes of LC structure (56) next to a polymer area (58) using anisotropic phase separation of LC from a photopolymer. Initial by UV exposure. The shape, size and placement of these regions inside a cell becomes easily controllable with using optical mask or laser beam. The boundaries of LC volume can be controlled by controlling the chemical composition of the polymer and using an alignment layer (28). |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/913253 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06865668 | Bene{hacek over (s)} et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Bene{hacek over (s)} (Berkely, California); Steven M. Nowick (New York, New York); Andrew Wolfe (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed a decoder circuit (20) for decoding input data coded using a variable length coding technique, such as Huffman coding. The decoder circuit (20) comprises an input buffer (100), a logic circuit (150) coupled to the input buffer (100), and an output buffer (700) coupled to the logic circuit (750). The logic circuit (750) includes a plurality of computational logic stages for decoding the input data, the plurality of computational logic stages arranged in one or more computational threads. At least one of the computational threads is arranged as a self-timed ring, wherein each computational logic stage in the ring produces a completion signal indicating either completion or non-completion of the computational logic of the associated computational logic stage. Each completion signal is coupled to a previous computational logic stage in the ring. The previous computational logic stage performs control operations when the completion signal indicates completion and performs evaluation of its inputs when the completion signal indicates non-completion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 30, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/787168 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06864059 | McGall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn McGall (Mountain View, California); Anthony D. Barone (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid labeling compounds including the following structure are disclosed: wherein A is a triphosphate group with apporpriate counterions, said counterions selected from the group consisting of H+, Na+, Li+, K+, and NH4+; X is O; Y is OH; Z is OH; L is selected from the group consisting of —CH═CH—C(O)—NH—CH2—CH2—NH—C(O)— and —CH2—CH2—C(O)—NH—CH2—CH2—NH—C(O); M is —(CH2)45—NH—, n is 1 and Q is biotin having the structure: The labeling compounds are suitable for enzymatic attachment to a nucleic acid, either terminally or internally, to provide a mechanism of nucleic acid detection. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/314012 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864075 | Donnelly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genencor International, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Donnelly (Warrensville, Illinois); William H. Eschenfeldt (St. Charles, Illinois); Jonathan Trent (La Silva Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are novel nucleic acids, proteins and methods that can be used to provide new catalysts with desirable traits for industrial processes. In particular, novel reductases isolated from the environment using PCR methods are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/418401 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/189 |
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| US 06864376 | Perri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Thomas Perri (Kingsport, Tennessee); Michael Roy Cushman (Punta Gorda, Florida); Jeffery Earl Grant Powell (Blountville, Tennessee); Brendan William Boyd (Johnson City, Tennessee); Bhaskar Krishna Arumugam (Kingsport, Tennessee); Nick Allen Collins (Fall Branch, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises the use of sulfite additives to reduce discoloration of L-ascorbic acid produced from acid or aqueous solutions of 2-keto-L-gulonic acid. In one aspect, the present invention comprises a continuous process for producing L-ascorbic acid from an aqueous solution of 2-keto-L-gulonic acid. The use of sulfite additives reduces product stream color and improves product recovery by binding to high molecular weight reaction by-products. In a continuous process, the reaction stream is separated from residual sulfite and sulfite-bound by-products to produce a product stream enriched in aqueous ascorbic acid for recovery, and an enriched 2-keto-L-gulonic acid stream which is recycled to the reactor. The in situ use of sulfite additives during the reaction increases the overall yield of L-ascorbic acid, with no loss in selectivity of the synthesis. |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/036912 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/315 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06865429 | Schneider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Real-Time Innovations, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley A. Schneider (Sunnyvale, California); Vincent W. Chen (San Jose, California); Gerardo Pardo-Castellote (Palo Alto, California); Howard H. Wang (Sunnyvale, California); Rajive Joshi (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite object group (COG) data structure embodied in a computer-readable medium for building a control system that has both a clock cycle and event processing is provided. An interface for passing information to and from the COG data structure is provided. One or more data flow objects are provided in the COG to accept input data and to produce output data on the clock cycle. The data flow object is connected to the interface and provides sampled-data processing for the control system. One or more state machine objects are provided in the COG; each includes a plurality of states and a plurality of transitions between the states that are each triggered by an event. The state machine object provides event-driven processing for the control system, whereby the COG data structure provides both sampled-data and event-driven processing for the control system. |
| FILED | Monday, July 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/207603 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06863712 | Gonda et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve R. Gonda (Houston, Texas); Yow-Min D. Tsao (Friendswood, Texas); Wenshan Lee (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas-liquid separator uses a helical passageway to impart a spiral motion to a fluid passing therethrough. The centrifugal fore generated by the spiraling motion urges the liquid component of the fluid radially outward which forces the gas component radially inward. The gas component is then filtered through a gas-permeable, liquid-impervious membrane and discharged through a central passageway. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/263284 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864473 | Chretien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean-Loup Chretien (Leagaue City, Texas); Edward T. Lu (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamic optical filtration system and method effectively blocks bright light sources without impairing view of the remainder of the scene. A sensor measures light intensity and position so that selected cells of a shading matrix may interrupt the view of the bright light source by a receptor. A beamsplitter may be used so that the sensor may be located away from the receptor. The shading matrix may also be replaced by a digital micromirror device, which selectively sends image data to the receptor. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 07, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/988855 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/201.100 |
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| US 06865208 | Goorjian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter M. Goorjian (Oakland, California); Cun-Zheng Ning (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Ultrafast directional beam switching is achieved using coupled VCSELs. This approach is demonstrated to achieve beam switching frequencies of 40 GHz and more and switching directions of about eight degrees. This switching scheme is likely to be useful for ultrafast optical networks at frequencies much higher than achievable with other approaches. |
| FILED | Monday, June 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171554 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06864086 | Hansel 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) | William Hansel (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Jeong-Mook Lim (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Nitric oxide adversely affects survival and development of cells such as oocytes and embryos in vitro, particularly in a co-culture system. The addition of a nitric oxide inhibitor such as hemoglobin to such systems eliminates this toxic effect, and promotes mammalian oocytes, embryos, or other cells in vitro. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/172256 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06865542 | Cox et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas L. Cox (Madison, Wisconsin); Chavas Jean-Paul (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhu Yong (Madison, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Using a general-purpose computer, the method and system of the present invention enables the forecasting of agricultural commodity prices and amounts of consumption, production and trade flows across regions, under a variety of supply and demand, trade and domestic policy scenarios and over an at least annual time period. The method employs a multi-component spatial equilibrium function approximating an inter-regional market in agricultural commodities, such as dairy commodities, and enables the setting of trade and domestic policy instruments to enable forecasting under a variety of forecast scenarios. The function further enables the incorporation of intermediate commodities, in addition to primary and processed commodities, to account for the effects of reconstitution technologies on said forecasted values. The method generally comprises creating an inputs database comprising a definition of the regions and forecast scenarios, and a plurality of dairy sector data spanning a number of recent years including commodity prices and amounts of consumption, production and trade flow in the regions; refining the function; solving the refined function by maximizing a consumer and a producer surplus net of all transaction costs, to generate the forecasts; and, outputting the forecasts to a results database. The method may further solve for an optimal amount of intermediate commodities consumed in the making of the final processed commodities by region under an assumption of optimal use to further refine the forecasts. The system outputs in the forms of graphs, spreadsheets, maps, or other formats can be delivered electronically through various media. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/058002 |
| ART UNIT | 3623 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 06865443 | Snapp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Snapp (Memphis, Tennessee); David J. Payne (Collierville, Tennessee); James D. Wilson (Collierville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for sequencing deliverables using combined delivery codes and partial delivery point bar codes (DPBCs) provides pre-sequencing of deliverables for delivery carriers that has improved ordering with respect to the actual delivery route and accounts for un-coded new delivery points in the ordering process. A partial DPBC field is combined with a delivery code to generate the ordering sequence. The DPBC field is combined by generating delivery sequencing tables having sequence numbers splitting ZIP+4 codes into multiple entries delineated by ranges of the last two digits of the DPBC, that can then be flagged for ascending or descending delivery and assigned unique sequence numbers. The full address of actual delivery points is thereby concealed by the table, while providing more accurate sequencing conforming to actual deliver routes. New delivery points within a ZIP+4 code can be assigned a sequence number by reference to the last two digits of the actual address, providing further utility to the method. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/358440 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/223 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06863244 | Fowell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Fowell (Rolling Hills Estates, California); Salma I. Saeed (Menlo Park, California); Rongsheng Li (Hacienda Heights, California); Yeong-Wei Wu (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for compensating for optical sensor data corrupted by angular acceleration is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of determining an angular acceleration of the optical sensor and modifying the optical sensor data according to the determined angular acceleration of the optical sensor. The apparatus comprises a sensor for determining an angular acceleration of the optical sensor and a navigation system for modifying the optical sensor data according to the determined angular acceleration of the optical sensor. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/360020 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06863815 | Smith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Smith (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating nitrate-contaminated water comprising treating said water with hydrogen-oxidizing denitrifying bacteria in the presence of hydrogen. The apparatus for use in this method preferably comprises: (a) a pure culture of autotrophic, hydrogen-oxidizing denitrifying bacteria; (b) a hydrogen generator; (c) a flow-through bioreactor; and (d) a filtration unit. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/662507 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/601 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06863980 | Misciagna et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David T. Misciagna (Hockessin, Delaware); Dennis J. Landi (Broomall, Pennsylvania); Philip G. Persaud (Boothwyn, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A ceramic fabric and a resin are combined to form a fire protection sheet capable of being co-cured onto a parent laminate structure. The resulting monolithic composite firewall shows fire protection ability comparable to that of the conventional titanium structure, without the problems associated therewith, such as titanium panel separation and disbonding. The fire protection sheet easily conforms to the shape of the parent laminate and is also useful as a repair material for damaged conventionally protected firewalls. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/267145 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/408 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864007 | Iqbal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hybrid Power Generation Systems, LLC (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zafar Iqbal (Morristown, New Jersey); Dave Narasimhan (Flemington, New Jersey); James V. Guiheen (Madison, New Jersey); Timothy Rehg (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A corrosion resistant coated fuel cell plate and method of making the same are embodied in a metal plate provided with a graphite emulsion coating and then a layer of graphite foil which is pressed over the coating. The graphite emulsion bonds the graphite foil to the metal plate and seals fine scale porosities in the graphite foil. Flow fields are formed by stamping the coated fuel cell plate. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/415781 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864236 | Fallon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brown University Research Foundation (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Justin R. Fallon (Harvard, Massachusetts); Beth McKechnie (Franklin, Massachusetts); Michael Rafii (Riverside, Rhode Island); Hilliary Creely (Providence, Rhode Island); Mark A. Bowe (Derwood, Maryland); Raymond Ferri (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for treating, preventing, and diagnosing diseases or conditions associated with an abnormal level or activity of biglycan; disorders associated with an unstable cytoplasmic membrane, due, e.g., to an unstable dystrophin associated protein complex (DAPC); disorders associated with abnormal synapses or neuromuscular junctions, including those resulting from an abnormal MuSK activation or acetylcholine receptor (AChR) aggregation. Example of diseases include muscular dystrophies, such as Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, Becker's Muscular Dystrophy, neuromuscular disorders and neurological disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/715836 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06864834 | Walton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric K. Walton (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A radar system that utilizes predetermined, pseudorandom, or random waveforms that may be substantially matched to the impulse response of the radar and any surrounding clutter such that the signal-to-clutter ratio may be optimized and/or such that specific targets may be identified and/or classified. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/355627 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/195 |
| 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, March 08, 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
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FUNDED BY
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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ABSTRACT
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FILED
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APPL NO
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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CURRENT CPC
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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