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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 22, 2005
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| US 06868673 | Weiland et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan Thomas Weiland (Blacksburg, Virginia); Ben T. Zinn (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for manipulating acoustic energy are presented. In some embodiments, a combustion zone provides heat to a regenerator using a mean flow of compressible fluid. In other embodiments, a thermoacoustic driver is concentrically disposed within a shell to permit radial heat transfer from the thermoacoustic driver to compressible fluid within the shell, thereby preheating the compressible fluid within the shell. In other embodiments, burning of a combustible mixture within the combustion zone is pulsed in phase with the acoustic pressure oscillations to increase acoustic power output. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/388114 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/698 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06868726 | Lemkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Analog Devices IMI, Inc. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Lemkin (El Cerrito, California); Thor N. Juneau (Berkeley, California); William A. Clark (Fremont, California); Allen W. Roessig (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A position-sense interface with improved transfer characteristics. Electrical position detection circuitry, which may be substantially time-multiplexed or frequency-multiplexed, comprises a differential charge integrator with input-sensed output-driven common mode feedback. By placing sense capacitors in the feedback loop of said differential charge integrator with input-sensed output-driven common mode feedback, improved position sensing linearity is attained. In some embodiments of the invention, a compensating charge is applied to the sense capacitors in a fashion that minimizes the output common mode shift of the opamp. The magnitude of the compensating charge may be preset at a substantially constant level, or derived by a feedback loop that measures the shift in output common mode voltage in response to an excitation signal and adjusts the magnitude of the compensating charge to drive said shift towards zero. The invention has numerous advantages for acceleration measurement in both open-loop and force-balanced accelerometers, as well as rotation rate measurement in a vibratory rate gyroscope. Other applications in which the invention may prove advantageous include: motion detection for an oscillation-sustaining feedback loop; position detection of actuators, including micro-actuators used for effecting controlled motion of a disk-drive read/write head, or effecting controlled motion of an optically active device, such as a positionable mirror for use in fiber-optic data communications; and application of electrostatic forces for large motions. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/765521 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/514.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06868753 | Tsai |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Univesity (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen W. Tsai (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flywheel for use as an energy storage device is made of hoops of different fiber composite layers, the radial thickness of each hoop and the physical properties of the fiber composite in each loop being chosen by a computer modeling optimization procedure to maximize total energy of storage while minimizing radial stress. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/894856 |
| ART UNIT | 3682 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/572 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06868768 | Gieseke 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) | Thomas J. Gieseke (Newport, Rhode Island); Kyrill V. Korolenko (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for clearing mines and other obstacles is provided. The system mountable to a vehicle which can operate in water and on land, includes a sonar targeting system and an underwater gun system. The underwater gun system is directed by readings from the sonar targeting system and fires underwater munitions to destroy detected mines and obstacles. The pod containing the sonar targeting system and the pod containing the underwater gun system are movable to target in multiple directions with each of the pods deployed at an end of a respective deployment arm. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/679677 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06868789 | Basu |
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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) | Mihir K. Basu (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a two-part adapter for more securely holding a blasting cap initiator in place in a demolition or munitions device. This adaptor is an insert component, generally cylindrical in shape and having an inner diameter capable of surrounding a blasting cap initiator, and a locking component. The insert component has a first threaded portion to mate with threaded cap wells of demolition and munitions devices, and a second portion with a plurality of flexible prongs arranged circumferentially around its inner diameter. The locking component is also generally cylindrical in shape and has a threaded inner surface to engage the insert component. The locking component also has a portion of decreasing inner diameter to approximately the inner radius of the insert component, and an outer surface with means to permit application of a turning torque. The device can be employed by screwing the insert portion into the threaded cap well of a demolition or munitions device, inserting a blasting cap initiator to a desired depth into the demolitions or munitions device. The locking component can then be placed over the blasting cap until the threaded portion of the locking component engages the insert component, and tightened until the locking component compresses the flexible prongs of the insert component, locking the blasting cap in place. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/249135 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/275.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06868790 | Gieseke 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) | Thomas J. Gieseke (Newport, Rhode Island); Robert Kuklinski (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly, a system and a method of use for producing a pulsed jet used to carry a high velocity jet of fluid through water. The energy of this jet is to be used as a weapon against undersea targets. The assembly includes a pressure chamber, a manifold, and a nozzle. In use, the pressure chamber is filled with fluid and a pressure is generated within the chamber by injecting and igniting fuel adjacent the fluid thereby forcing the fluid out the nozzle. The forced fluid is directed to create a high velocity jet of fluid. The fuel can be ignited repeatedly to produce follow-on jets, each impacting the preceding high velocity jet. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/730187 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06868791 | Thompson 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) | LaMar Thompson (Orange, New Jersey); William Ng (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Richard Fong (Boonton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A single stage kinetic energy warhead using multiple explosively formed projectile (EFP) liners in a stacked configuration is capable of breaching intermediate barriers and defeating a primary target. The main explosive charge is detonated and the subsequent shockwave causes the front liner to be shaped to breach an intermediate barrier. The main liner is formed into a more compact rod-shaped projectile designed to defeat the main target. The weight and volume of the stacked liner configuration of the present system is significantly lower than the weight and volume of current systems. The present system requires a single firing explosive train eliminating developmental cost and complex fusing. The present system utilizes explosive detonation, simplifying the delivery of a projectile and eliminating the need for a missile delivery system. The size and simplicity of the present system allows for portability and use by an individual. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/709144 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869455 | Rogers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd. (Triadelphia, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darren Kenneth Rogers (Wheeling, West Virginia); Janusz Wladyslaw Plucinski (Glen Dale, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The incorporation or blending of from about 1 to about 10% by volume of a “carbide precursor” powder, preferably on the order of <100 microns in size, with a coal particulate starting material and the subsequent production of carbon foam in accordance with the method described herein, results in a carbon foam that exhibits significantly enhanced abrasive characteristics typical of those required in the polishing of, for example glass, in the manufacture of cathode ray tubes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/068074 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Fuel and related compositions 044/620 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869566 | Kendig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin L. Kendig (Beavercreek, Ohio); Jonathan E. Spowart (Dayton, Ohio); Daniel B. Miracle (Bellbrook, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The method of the present invention incorporates an amorphous metal powder coated with a ductile crystalline metal or alloy. The coated powder is consolidated to form a dense compact of isolated or continuous amorphous metal particles within a continuous ductile metal network. This provides a material in bulk product form exhibiting improved fracture properties including ductility and fracture toughness. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/378728 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869602 | Ryu 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) | Hyoik Ryu (Daegu, South Korea); Frederick J. Cassels (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are RBC preparations and methods of making and using thereof for treating, preventing or inhibiting ETEC infections. In particular, bovine red blood cell (RBC) preparations are shown to reduce enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) adhesion when administered orally. Also disclosed are kits comprising RBC preparations for the treatment of ETEC infections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/077804 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.730 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869671 | Crouse et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Crouse (Walkerton, Indiana); Albert E. Miller (Notre Dame, Indiana); Juan Jiang (Mishawaka, Indiana); David T. Crouse (Notre Dame, Indiana); Subash C. Basu (Granger, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin film based nanoporous alumina template has been developed which allows the in situ removal of an electrically insulating alumina barrier layer at the pore bases. This barrier free nanoporous system has great utility for electrodeposition of a wide variety of nanowire materials. An exemplary multilayer thin film precursor is provided comprising Al (anodization layer), Ti (diffusion barrier) and Pt (active electrode) on a Si substrate. Aluminum anodization in sulfuric acid with a subsequent applied voltage ramping program produces a Pt electrode at the base of the nanopores without the additional steps of alumina removal, barrier layer dissolution, and metal deposition onto the pore bottoms. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/449618 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/304.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869695 | Thompson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Jason Brooks (Los Angeles, California); Vadim Adamovich (Los Angeles, California); 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 | Friday, March 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/112257 |
| 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 06869787 | Olson 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) | Mark A. Olson (Middletown, Maryland); Charles B. Millard (Frederick, Maryland); Michael P. Byrne (New Market, Maryland); Robert W. Wannemacher (Frederick, Maryland); Ross D. LeClaire (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are polypeptides and variants thereof comprising a polypeptide sequence having substantial identity to ricin A chain (RTA) that lack detectable N-glycosidase-rRNA activity or exhibit reduced N-glycosidase-rRNA activity as compared to controls and methods of making and using thereof. The polypeptides and variants have a greater solubility in aqueous solutions of physiological pH and ionic strength than RTA and also retain the integrity of the neutralizing immunological epitope of wild type RTA. Also disclosed are immunogenic compositions that may be used to immunize a subject against ricin intoxication. Methods of immunizing against, treating, and preventing ricin intoxication are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/083336 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869802 | Schwertner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harvey A. Schwertner (Boerne, Texas); Joseph R. Fischer, Jr. (Boerne, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A new method for predicting the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) is disclosed. The method uses a ratio made up of the levels of an individuals LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and serum total bilirubin (bilirubin). The ratio, using a weighted value for bilirubin, is LDL-C/(HDL-C+bilirubin). |
| FILED | Friday, November 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/016825 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870178 | Asryan et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Levon V. Asryan (Centereach, New York); Serge Luryi (Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A quantum dot (QD) laser having greatly reduced temperature sensitivity employs resonant tunnel-injection of carriers into the QDs from a pair of quantum wells (QWs). The carriers are injected through barrier layers. Because the tunnel-injection process is essentially temperature-independent, and because the tunnel-injection of carriers is the dominant source of current through the device, temperature-dependent currents are virtually eliminated, resulting in a device having a temperature-independent threshold current. In an additional device, carriers are injected into QDs from a pair of optical confinement layers (OCLs), either by tunnelling or thermionic emission. Each barrier layer is designed to have a low barrier height for carriers entering the QDs, and a high barrier height for carriers exiting the QDs. As a result, parasitic current from carriers leaving the QDs is greatly reduced, which enables the device to have low temperature sensitivity even without using resonant tunnel-injection and/or QWs. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/468387 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870271 | Sutherland et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan E. Sutherland (Santa Monica, California); Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California); Gary R. Lauterbach (Los Altos Hills, California); Howard L. Davidson (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides an integrated circuit assembly module, including a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die, each semiconductor die with an active face upon which active circuitry and signal pads reside and a back face opposite the active face. The first and second semiconductor dies are positioned face-to-face within the assembly module so that signal pads on the first semiconductor die overlap with signal pads on the second semiconductor die, thereby facilitating capacitive communication between the first and second semiconductor dies. Additionally, the first and second semiconductor dies are pressed together between a first substrate and a second substrate so that a front side of the first substrate is in contact with the back face of the first semiconductor die and a front side of the second substrate is in contact with the back face of the second semiconductor die. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/671642 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/777 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870301 | Choi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byung Jin Choi (Round Rock, Texas); Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Stephen C. Johnson (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes and associated devices for high precision positioning of a template an substrate during imprint lithography includes a calibration system with a course calibration stage and a fine orientation stage capable of maintaining a uniform gap between the template and substrate. The fine orientation stage includes a pair of flexure members having flexure joints for motion about a pivot point intersected by first and second orientation axes. Actuators lengthen or shorten to expand or contract the flexure members. Separation of the template is achieved using a peel-and-pull method that avoids destruction of imprinted features from the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/617321 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870378 | Cole 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) | Melanie W. Cole (Churchville, Maryland); Gary L. Katulka (Forrest Hill, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A test apparatus and method is provided for dynamic thermal and electrical fatigue testing of a semiconductor in an operating environment, such as air, that mimic thermal and electrical stress in the semiconductor during high power switching in the operating environment. Comparisons of pre- and post-testing electrical measurements, i.e., current, voltage and contact resistance, are combined to provide an indicator or long-term reliability. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/146117 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/750 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870394 | Kuekes |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip J. Kuekes (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecular crossbar latch is provided, comprising two control wires and a signal wire that crosses the two control wires to form a junction with each control wire. The latch further includes a control mechanism for controllably electrically connecting and disconnecting signal input to the latch, thus allowing the input to change its logic value after the signal is latched while the signal wire retains its latched value. Each junction forms a switch, the junction having a functional dimension in nanometers. The crossbar latch permits latching a logic value on the signal wire. Further, methods are provided for latching logic values in a logic array, for inverting a logic value, and for restoring a voltage value of a signal in a nano-scale wire. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/355591 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870496 | Krymski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander I. Krymski (Montrose, California); Kwang-Bo (Austin) Cho (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An A-to-D converter system having programmed reference signal levels using only supply signal provided by a power supply is disclosed. The converter system includes a comparator configured to provide comparison of an analog input signal with an adjustable reference level. The converter system also includes a logic circuit and an adjustable capacitor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/337851 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870501 | Beard |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James K. Beard (Medford, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital RF tag (10) for providing an automatic reply to an electromagnetic signal. The system includes a radar receiver (11, 20); signal and data processors (50, 64) for analyzing the electromagnetic signal to extract data with respect thereto and for synthesizing a second electromagnetic signal; and a radar transmitter (11, 20). The radar receiver (11, 20) is a narrow band radar receiver. The use of a narrow band receiver minimizes power consumption and extends battery life. The inventive RF tag (10) tracks the received radar signal. The data processor (50) includes a microprocessor adapted to execute software designed to implement the tracking function. While the received radar signal is being tracked, type and timing data are extracted and used to synthesize a reply signal. The use of a synthesized reply signal, as opposed to a recorded and modified transmit signal as a reply signal, allows for the transmission of the cleaner (noise free) reply signal. In addition, other data including voice and video may be impressed onto the reply signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/891786 |
| 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 342/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870508 | Rivera |
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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) | David F. Rivera (Westerly, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A slotted antenna comprises a plurality of loop structures and interconnecting conductors that define a slot. The antennas can operate in a single band or over multiple bands. Flexible or inflatable substrates enable easy storage aboard an underwater craft and facilitate deployment and towing behind an underwater craft with minimal chances of detection. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/463907 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/709 |
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| US 06870534 | Woodall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Woodall (Panama City Beach, Florida); Felipe Garcia (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of simulating the effects of one or more explosive events utilizes a mapping of graphically-valued dots to describe the explosive event at detonation at a plurality of (x,y) positions. A degradation rule is applied to the mapping of dots at each of times tn, for n=1 to N, to yield corresponding mappings of degraded value dots. The degradation rule specifies how the mapping of dots at detonation changes with time. The mapping at detonation and mappings of the degraded value dots are then simultaneously displayed in (x,y) registration with one another. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/145619 |
| ART UNIT | 2672 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870986 | Stone |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Stone (Hellertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical switching and/or routing system including a first opto-electronic assembly, a router assembly, a second opto-electronic assembly and redirecting means interposed between the router assembly and the second opto-electronic assembly. Each opto-electronic assembly includes at least one module, each module having a detector, an amplifier and a laser. During operation, the optical switching and routing system of this invention receives the input optical beams at the first opto-electronic assembly and emits a second group of optical beams from the first opto-electronic assembly. The second group of optical beams is received at the router assembly and each beam from the second group of optical beams is routed to a pre-selected location. From the pre-selected locations to which they have been routed, the second group of optical beams is redirected to the second opto-electronic assembly. The second opto-electronic assembly receives the second group of optical beams and emits the output beams. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/700112 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870997 | 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 fiber splice tray for connecting optical fibers between hydrophone modules, allowing each module to be independently assembled. The tray houses the optical fiber in a small space envelope, and allows positioning of a spliced fiber along a straight portion of an internal groove. The internal groove has alternate paths for housing the fiber. The internal groove comprises two opposing parallel sections and two arcs at both ends of the parallel sections, making two continuous looped alternative fiber paths. The internal groove may further comprise two sections that are alternatives to the parallel sections and that cross each other in the middle of the tray. The various alternative fiber paths make it possible to position a splinted optical fiber splice or splice sleeve, which cannot tolerate a bend in the path, in a straight section of the groove. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/604157 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/135 |
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| US 06871084 | Kingsley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Srico, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart A. Kingsley (Bexley, Ohio); Sriram S. Sriram (Powell, Ohio); Anthony A. Boiarski (Columbus, Ohio); Norman Gantz (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | High-impedance optical electrodes modulate light in response to a life-form bio-potential and then converts the modulated light to an electrical signal that provides traditional EEG and EEC type output. Light splitters are used to provide multiple electrodes and an electronic reference source. A pilot tone is used to achieve high sensitivity and synchronize multiple units while an optical phase-shift modulator is used to reduce optical noise. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/898402 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06871147 | Schlager 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) | John J. Schlager (Bel Air, Maryland); Richard E. Sweeney (Upper Darby, Pennsylvania); Douglas P. Avery (Crofton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying and archiving a nucleic acid sequence includes a) creating a directory of files in a computer, for storing information related to the nucleic acid sequence; b) inputting a raw nucleic acid sequence into the computer; c) trimming the raw nucleic acid sequence to obtain a trimmed nucleic acid sequence; d) submitting the trimmed nucleic acid sequence electronically to a nucleic acid identification database having a search program and receiving search results electronically from the nucleic acid identification database; e) choosing selective information from each search result and inserting the selective information from each search result into a first electronic spreadsheet; and f) selecting at least one of the search results from the first electronic spreadsheet and inserting the at least one search result into a second electronic spreadsheet. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/961058 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06871279 | Sames et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Networks Associates Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Sames (Woodbine, Maryland); Gregg W. Tally (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for managing user attributes that determines access rights in a distributed computing system. The system modifies an attribute database, wherein the attribute database includes a plurality of possible user attributes and a plurality of users. Next, for a given user the system obtains an identity certificate from a certificate authority. This identity certificate is associated with a user from the attribute database. The system also assigns an attribute to the user from the possible user attributes, whereby the user is granted access rights based on the attribute and the identity certificate. This attribute is stored in the attribute database. Finally, modifications to the attribute database are distributed to a plurality of hosts coupled together by a network. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 20, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/813419 |
| ART UNIT | 2135 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/185 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06868736 | Sawatari et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sentec Corporation (Walled Lake, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Takeo Sawatari (Walled Lake, Michigan); Alex Klooster (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Dean M. Aslam (Okemos, Michigan); Yuping Lin (West Bloomfield, Michigan); James Marks (Saline, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The fiber optic pressure sensing system includes a sensor housing formed using MEMS processing. The sensor housing has ribs and grooves in both horizontal and vertical directions relative to the surface to allow the membrane to flex in a consistent manner. The flexing of the membrane allows the pedestal to be repeatedly positioned in response to pressure acting on the extension of the sensor head and membrane. |
| FILED | Friday, February 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/371871 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869568 | Fogelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan M. Fogelman (Beverly Hills, California); Mohamad Navab (Los Angeles, California); Susan Hama (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides novel assays that are prognostic and/or diagnostic for atherosclerosis or risk of atherosclerosis. It was discovered that high density lipoprotein (HDL) or components thereof can prevent the oxidation of lipids (e.g. lipids present in LDLs) and can also repair (reduce) already oxidized lipids and thereby reduce the inflammatory response associated with and characteristic of atherosclerotic plaque formation. Moreover it was a discovery of this invention that individuals vary in the ability of their HDL to afford such protection. Thus an assay of HDL protective and/or repair activity provides a highly effective assay for risk of atherosclerosis and its associated pathologies and such assays are provided herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/455243 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869591 | Lanza et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Lanza (St. Louis, Missouri); Samuel A. Wickline (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging comprises particles to each of which is coupled a multiplicity of chelating agents containing paramagnetic ions. In the improved agent, the position of the ion is offset from the surface of the particle so as to improve the relaxivity imparted by the contrast agent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/153395 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869604 | Rybak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susanna M. Rybak (Frederick, Maryland); Dianne L. Newton (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for new recombinant ribonuclease proteins which are active when expressed by bacteria. This allows the recombinant ribonucleases of this invention to be fused in-frame with ligand binding moieties to form cytotoxic fusion proteins. Furthermore, these proteins are more active than ribonucleases currently available even though the proteins of this invention lack an N-terminal pyroglutamic acid, which has been found to be necessary for ribonucleolytic activity. Because these proteins are recombinant proteins, mutations which increase cytotoxicity can be engineered. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/622613 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.610 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869764 | Williams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | L--Cor, Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. K. Williams (Lincoln, Nebraska); Gregory R. Bashford (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds, methods and systems for sequencing nucleic acid using single molecule detection. Using labeled NPs that exhibit charge-switching behavior, single-molecule DNA sequencing in a microchannel sorting system is realized. In operation, sequencing products are detected enabling real-time sequencing as successive detectable moieties flow through a detection channel. By electrically sorting charged molecules, the cleaved product molecules are detected in isolation without interference from unincorporated NPs and without illuminating the polymerase-DNA complex. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/876375 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869766 | Reue et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen Reue (Torrance, California); Miklós Péterfy (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to the identification and isolation of a gene implicated in the fatty liver dystrophy (fld) phenotype. Mouse and human forms of the novel gene, designated herein as Lpin1/LPIN1 (mouse and human genes, respectively), are identified. This invention additionally provides methods of screening for agents that alter adipose tissue development. The methods involve contacting a cell containing a Lpin1 gene with a test agent; and detecting a change in the expression or activity of a Lpin1 gene product, where a difference in the expression or activity of Lpin1 in the contacted cell indicates that the agent alters or is likely to alter adipose tissue development. Also provided are methods of identifying Lpin1 mutations, and methods of mitigating symptoms of lipodystrophy, obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis and related pathologies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/028056 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 06869767 | Sampson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacqueline S. Sampson (College Park, Georgia); Katherine E. Morrison (Columbia, South Carolina); Jennifer Crook Whitmon (Stockbridge, Georgia); Edwin Ades (Atlanta, Georgia); George M. Carlone (Stone Mountain, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to oligonucleotide primers, and methods of diagnosis using the primers, wherein particular primer pairs prime the universal amplification of an amplicon for specific Streptococcus pneumoniae from all 90 known serotypes. The amplicon includes at least a portion of the psaA gene of Steptococcus pneumoniae. In the methods, amplification of a biological sample using the primer pairs of the invention provide an amplicon only if the sample contains a serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The invention further relates to an isolated nucleic acid including a nucleic acid amplicon obtained using a pair of oligonucleotide primers of the invention. In still a further aspect, the invention discloses a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid amplicon obtained using oligonucleotide primers. Additionally, methods of stimulating an immune response against a serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a mammal include either administering a polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid amplicon obtained using the pair of oligonucleotide primers of the invention, or administering a nucleic acid containing a nucleic acid amplicon obtained using the pair of oligonucleotide primers of the invention. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 10/168602 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869777 | Chamberlain et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Chamberlain (Seattle, Washington); Scott Q. Harper (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for expressing mini-dystrophin peptides. In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising nucleic acid sequences that are shorter than wild-type dystrophin cDNA and that express mini-dystrophin peptides that function in a similar manner as wild-type dystrophin proteins. The present invention also provides compositions comprising mini-dystrophin peptides, and methods for expressing mini-dystrophin peptides in target cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/149736 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin L. Madison (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Variants of tissue plasminogen factor exhibit significantly enhanced fibrin stimulation, dramatically increased discrimination among fibrin co-factors, marked resistance to inhibition by PAI-1, and substantially increased zymogenicity, a combination of properties that enhance the therapeutic utility of the enzyme. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/705633 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869780 | Ball et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence A. Ball (Birmingham, Alabama); Kyle L. Johnson (Birmingham, Alabama); Karen N. Johnson (Birmingham, Alabama); B. Duane Price (Mountain Brook, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes the production of a nodavirus-based DNA vector that drives abundant expression of foreign genes in a wide variety of cell types. The DNA plasmid is initially transcribed by a host-cell RNA polymerase to produce primary transcripts from which a nodaviral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RNA replicase) is translated. These primary transcripts are then amplified by the RNA replicase in an autonomous, cytoplasmic RNA replication. Such a vector is a useful addition to the current arsenal of expression vectors, and well suited to laboratory-scale and larger-scale expression of transcripts and/or proteins in eukaryotic cells. |
| FILED | Monday, November 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/230730 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869789 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongfang Liu (Westborough, Massachusetts); Kevin Pojasek (Boston, Massachusetts); Zachary Shriver (Boston, Massachusetts); Kristine Holley (Boston, Massachusetts); Yosuf El-Shabrawi (Graz, Austria); Ganesh Venkataraman (Waltham, Massachusetts); Ram Sasisekharan (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to heparinase III and mutants thereof. Modified forms of heparinase III having reduced enzymatic activity which are useful for a variety of purposes, including sequencing of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs), removing active heparan sulfate from a solution, inhibition of angiogenesis, etc. have been discovered according to the invention. The invention in other aspects relates to methods of treating cancer and inhibiting tumor cell growth and/or metastasis using heparinase III, or products produced by enzymatic cleavage by heparinase III of HLGAGs. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/802285 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869924 | Yoshimura et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teizo Yoshimura (Frederick, Maryland); Elizabeth A. Robinson (Bethesda, Maryland); Ettore Appella (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Edward J. Leonard (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Pure peptide products, derived from either human glioma cell line U-105MG or human peripheral blood mononuclear leukocytes are provided; the products have a molecular mass of about 8,400 daltons, and the products exhibit optimal monocyte chemotactic activity at a concentration of 1 nM. The cloning of full length cDNA for the peptide products is also provided, as well as recombinant methods for the production of monocyte chemoattractant products. Methods of treating infection and neoplasms in a human body with such peptides and monocyte chemoattractant products are additionally provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions for the same. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 30, 1989 |
| APPL NO | 07/330446 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869925 | Eisenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Eisenberg (Boulder, Colorado); Sharon M. Wahl (North Potomac, Maryland); Robert C. Thompson (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and pharmaceutical compositions are provided to prevent retroviral infections of host cells. More particularly, the invention relates to prevention of HIV infection of human cells by serine leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI). |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/485438 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 06869929 | Oettgen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Oettgen (Brookline, Massachusetts); Towia Libermann (Newton, Massachusetts); Mary Goldring (Auburndale, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of treating inflammation in a mammal comprising altering the activity of a transcription factor involved in the inflammatory response. The invention also relates to the use of transcription factors to screen compounds that are capable of reducing inflammation. The invention also relates to the use of transcription factors in methods of diagnosing the presence of an inflammatory disease in a tissue of a mammal and methods of monitoring the treatment of an inflammatory disease in a tissue of a mammal. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/393905 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 06869937 | Cases et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the Universtiy of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sylvaine Cases (San Francisco, California); Robert V. Farese, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Sandra K. Erickson (San Francisco, California); Sabine Novak (Munich, Germany); Michel Accad (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid compositions encoding novel ACAT proteins, as well as the novel ACAT-2 proteins, (ACAT-2) are provided. Also provided are methods of producing the subject nucleic acid and protein compositions. The subject polypeptide and nucleic acid compositions find use in a variety of applications, including diagnostic and therapeutic agent screening applications, as well as in treatment therapies for disease conditions associated with ACAT-2 activity, e.g., in the treatment of gall stones. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 27, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/605166 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870037 | Olopade |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arch Development Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olufunmilayo I. Olopade (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are novel nucleic acid and peptide compositions comprising methythlioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) and methods of use for MTAP amino acid sequences and DNA segments comprising MTAP in the diagnosis of human cancers and development of MTAP-specific antibodies. Also disclosed are methods for the diagnosis and treatment of tumors and other proliferative cell disorders, and idenification tumor suppressor genes and gene products from the human 9p21-p22 chromosome region. Such methods are useful in the diagnosis of multiple tumor types such as bladder cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, brain tumors, lymphomas, gliomas, melanomas, and leukemias. |
| FILED | Monday, July 01, 1996 |
| APPL NO | 08/674311 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 06870040 | Shipp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret Shipp (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Ricardo Aguiar (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Yoshi Yakushijin (Ehime, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated BAL nucleic acid molecules, which are differentially expressed in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing BAL nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a BAL gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated BAL proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-BAL antibodies. Diagnostic methods using compositions of the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/830762 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
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| US 06870043 | Xiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinhua Xiang (Iowa City, Iowa); Sabina Wünschmann (Coralville, Iowa); Warren Schmidt (Oxford, Iowa); Jack Stapleton (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | GB virus C (GBV-C or hepatitis G virus) is a recently described flavivirus that frequently leads to chronic viremia in humans. Although associated with acute post-transfusion hepatitis, it is not clear if GBV-C is pathogenic for humans. A full-length cDNA was constructed from the plasma of a person with chronic GBV-C viremia. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) transfected with full-length RNA transcripts from this GBV-C clone resulted in viral replication, demonstrating an isolated infectious GBV-C nucleic acid molecule. In addition to composition involving an isolated infectious GBV-C nucleic acid molecule, the present invention concerns methods of inhibiting and treating HIV infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/828498 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
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| US 06870052 | Secrist, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Secrist, III (Birmingham, Alabama); Kamal N. Tiwari (Birmingham, Alabama); John A. Montgomery (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Patients suffering from cancer are treated by being administered a compound represented by the following formula: wherein each R individually is H or an aliphatic or aromatic acyl group; A is selected from the group consisting of wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, alkoxy, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, alkynyl, amino, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, cyano and nitro. The above compounds also inhibit DNA replication in mammalian cells. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/407135 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870058 | Smith, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amos B. Smith, III (Merion, Pennsylvania); Thomas J. Beauchamp (Portage, Michigan); Matthew J. LaMarche (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds which mimic the chemical and/or biological activity of discodermolide are provided and intermediates useful in their preparation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 06, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/730929 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/292 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06868678 | Mei et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Viung C. Mei (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Fang C. Chen (Knoxville, Tennessee); Esher Kweller (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-intrusive refrigerant charge level indicator includes a structure for measuring at least one temperature at an outside surface of a two-phase refrigerant line section. The measured temperature can be used to determine the refrigerant charge status of an HVAC system, and can be converted to a pressure of the refrigerant in the line section and compared to a recommended pressure range to determine whether the system is under-charged, properly charged or over-charged. A non-intrusive method for assessing the refrigerant charge level in a system containing a refrigerant fluid includes the step of measuring a temperature at least one outside surface of a two-phase region of a refrigerant containing refrigerant line, wherein the temperature measured can be converted to a refrigerant pressure within the line section. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/106556 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/126 |
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| US 06868923 | Mitchell |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian R. Mitchell (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable pipe installation/removal support apparatus for assisting in the installation/removal of a series of connectable pipe strings from a ground-level borehole. The support apparatus has a base, an upright extending from the base, and, in an exemplary embodiment, a pair of catch arms extending from the upright to define a catch platform. The pair of catch arms serves to hold an upper connector end of a pipe string at an operator-convenient standing elevation by releasably catching an underside of a pipe coupler connecting two pipe strings of the series of connectable pipe strings. This enables an operator to stand upright while coupling/uncoupling the series of connectable pipe strings during the installation/removal thereof from the ground-level borehole. Additionally, a process for installing and a process for removing a series of connectable pipe strings is disclosed utilizing such a support apparatus. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/233227 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Boring or penetrating the earth 175/203 |
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| US 06869015 | Cummings et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric B. Cummings (Livermore, California); William R. Even, Jr. (Livermore, California); Blake A. Simmons (Oakland, California); Paul Michael Dentinger (Sunol, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel tamper-indicating barcode methodology is disclosed that allows for detection of alteration to the barcode. The tamper-indicating methodology makes use of a tamper-indicating means that may be comprised of a particulate indicator, an optical indicator, a deformable substrate, and/or may be an integrated aspect of the barcode itself. This tamper-indicating information provides greater security for the contents of containers sealed with the tamper-indicating barcodes. |
| FILED | Friday, October 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/265477 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/462.250 |
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| US 06869330 | Gee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Gee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Shawn-Yu Lin (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James G. Fleming (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James B. Moreno (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonically engineered incandescence is disclosed. The emitter materials and photonic crystal structure can be chosen to modify or suppress thermal radiation above a cutoff wavelength, causing the emitter to selectively emit in the visible and near-infrared portions of the spectrum. An efficient incandescent lamp is enabled thereby. A method for fabricating a three-dimensional photonic crystal of a structural material, suitable for the incandescent emitter, is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/350711 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp or space discharge component or device manufacturing 445/50 |
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| US 06869462 | TeGrotenhuis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ward E. TeGrotenhuis (Kennewick, Washington); Scot D. Rassat (Benton City, Washington); Victoria S. Stenkamp (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A microchannel contactor and methods of contacting substances in microchannel apparatus are described. Some preferred embodiments are combined with microchannel heat exchange. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/384170 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/51 |
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| US 06869588 | Weller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Weller (Selah, Washington); Michael A. Lind (Kent, Washington); Darrell R. Fisher (Richland, Washington); Anna Gutowska (Richland, Washington); Allison A. Campbell (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a thermally reversible stimulus-sensitive gel or gelling copolymer radioisotope carrier that is a linear random copolymer of an [meth-]acrylamide derivative and a hydrophilic comonomer, wherein the linear random copolymer is in the form of a plurality of linear chains having a plurality of molecular weights greater than or equal to a minimum gelling molecular weight cutoff. Addition of a biodegradable backbone and/or a therapeutic agent imparts further utility. The method of the present invention for making a thermally reversible stimulus-sensitive gelling copolymer radionuclcide carrier has the steps of: (a) mixing a stimulus-sensitive reversible gelling copolymer with an aqueous solvent as a stimulus-sensitive reversible gelling solution; and (b) mixing a radioisotope with said stimulus-sensitive reversible gelling solution as said radioisotope carrier. The gel is enhanced by either combining it with a biodegradable backbone and/or a therapeutic agent in a gelling solution made by mixing the copolymer with an aqueous solvent. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/853507 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06869983 | Caneba et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard T. Caneba (Houghton, Michigan); Vijaya Raghavan Tirumala (Glendale Heights, Illinois); Derrick C. Mancini (Riverside, Illinois); Hsien-Hau Wang (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An in situ polymer microstructure formation method. The monomer mixture is polymerized in a solvent/precipitant through exposure to ionizing radiation in the absence any chemical mediators. If an exposure mask is employed to block out certain regions of the radiation cross section, then a patterned microstructure is formed. The polymerization mechanism is based on the so-called free-radical retrograde-precipitation polymerization process, in which polymerization occurs while the system is phase separating above the lower critical solution temperature. This method was extended to produce a crosslinked line grid-pattern of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide), which has been known to have thermoreversible properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/458344 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/175 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870037 | Olopade |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arch Development Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olufunmilayo I. Olopade (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are novel nucleic acid and peptide compositions comprising methythlioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) and methods of use for MTAP amino acid sequences and DNA segments comprising MTAP in the diagnosis of human cancers and development of MTAP-specific antibodies. Also disclosed are methods for the diagnosis and treatment of tumors and other proliferative cell disorders, and idenification tumor suppressor genes and gene products from the human 9p21-p22 chromosome region. Such methods are useful in the diagnosis of multiple tumor types such as bladder cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, brain tumors, lymphomas, gliomas, melanomas, and leukemias. |
| FILED | Monday, July 01, 1996 |
| APPL NO | 08/674311 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 06870158 | Blain |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew G. Blain (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A microscale cylindrical ion trap, having an inner radius of order one micron, can be fabricated using surface micromachining techniques and materials known to the integrated circuits manufacturing and microelectromechanical systems industries. Micromachining methods enable batch fabrication, reduced manufacturing costs, dimensional and positional precision, and monolithic integration of massive arrays of ion traps with microscale ion generation and detection devices. Massive arraying enables the microscale cylindrical ion trap to retain the resolution, sensitivity, and mass range advantages necessary for high chemical selectivity. The microscale CIT has a reduced ion mean free path, allowing operation at higher pressures with less expensive and less bulky vacuum pumping system, and with lower battery power than conventional- and miniature-sized ion traps. The reduced electrode voltage enables integration of the microscale cylindrical ion trap with on-chip integrated circuit-based rf operation and detection electronics (i.e., cell phone electronics). Therefore, the full performance advantages of microscale cylindrical ion traps can be realized in truly field portable, handheld microanalysis systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/456310 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/292 |
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| US 06870343 | Borenstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johann Borenstein (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Grzegorz Granosik (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for traversing obstacles having an elongated, round, flexible body that includes a plurality of segments interconnected by an integrated joint actuator assembly. The integrated joint actuator assembly includes a plurality of bellows-type actuators individually coupling adjacent segments to permit pivotal actuation of the apparatus therebetween. A controller is employed to maintain proper positional control and stiffness control while minimize air flow. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672290 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/568.160 |
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| US 06870626 | Autrey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Thomas Autrey (West Richland, Washington); Gerald J. Posakony (Richland, Washington); Yu Chen (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for simultaneous or sequential, rapid analysis of multiple samples by photoacoustic spectroscopy are disclosed. A photoacoustic spectroscopy sample array including a body having at least three recesses or affinity masses connected thereto is used in conjunction with a photoacoustic spectroscopy system. At least one acoustic detector is positioned near the recesses or affinity masses for detection of acoustic waves emitted from species of interest within the recesses or affinity masses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/001235 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/432 |
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| US 06870664 | Jovanovic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Jovanovic (Oakland, California); Christopher A. Ebbers (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system provides an input pump pulse and a signal pulse. A first dichroic beamsplitter is highly reflective for the input signal pulse and highly transmissive for the input pump pulse. A first optical parametric amplifier nonlinear crystal transfers part of the energy from the input pump pulse to the input signal pulse resulting in a first amplified signal pulse and a first depleted pump pulse. A second dichroic beamsplitter is highly reflective for the first amplified signal pulse and highly transmissive for the first depleted pump pulse. A second optical parametric amplifier nonlinear crystal transfers part of the energy from the first depleted pump pulse to the first amplified signal pulse resulting in a second amplified signal pulse and a second depleted pump pulse. A third dichroic beamsplitter receives the second amplified signal pulse and the second depleted pump pulse. The second depleted pump pulse is discarded. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/316764 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/333 |
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| US 06870894 | Leung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ka-Ngo Leung (Hercules, California); Tak Pui Lou (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact neutron generator has at its outer circumference a toroidal shaped plasma chamber in which a tritium (or other) plasma is generated. A RF antenna is wrapped around the plasma chamber. A plurality of tritium ion beamlets are extracted through spaced extraction apertures of a plasma electrode on the inner surface of the toroidal plasma chamber and directed inwardly toward the center of neutron generator. The beamlets pass through spaced acceleration and focusing electrodes to a neutron generating target at the center of neutron generator. The target is typically made of titanium tubing. Water is flowed through the tubing for cooling. The beam can be pulsed rapidly to achieve ultrashort neutron bursts. The target may be moved rapidly up and down so that the average power deposited on the surface of the target may be kept at a reasonable level. The neutron generator can produce fast neutrons from a T-T reaction which can be used for luggage and cargo interrogation applications. A luggage or cargo inspection system has a pulsed T-T neutron generator or source at the center, surrounded by associated gamma detectors and other components for identifying explosives or other contraband. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/410623 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Lal (Madison, Wisconsin); Chung-Hoon Lee (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasonically driven pump, which may be used for sampling body fluids or atomizing liquids, has a stationary outer needle and an inner needle mounted within the bore of the outer needle. The distal end of the inner needle is positioned adjacent to the distal end of the outer needle. The inner needle is ultrasonically vibrated by an ultrasonic actuator without vibrating the outer needle, with resulting draw of liquid through the distal end of the outer needle into the bore of the inner needle for discharge through the proximal end of the inner needle. The outer needle can be formed to have a penetrating tip suited for penetrating the skin of a subject to allow sampling of body fluids including interstitial fluids. The pump can also be used for atomizing liquid, by drawing liquid from a supply that is pumped from the distal end to an open proximal end of the inner needle where the liquid is discharged by atomization into the atmosphere. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/834688 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/290 |
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| US 06869545 | Peng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaogang Peng (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Lianhua Qu (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides new compositions containing colloidal nanocrystals with high photoluminescence quantum yields, new synthetic methods for the preparation of highly luminescent colloidal nanocrystals, as well as methods to control the photoluminescent properties of colloidal nanocrystals. The new synthetic methods disclosed herein allow photoemission brightness (quantum yield) to be correlated with certain adjustable nanocrystal growth parameters associated with a given synthetic scheme. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/209312 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.6S0 |
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| US 06869580 | Wojtowicz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marek A. Wojtowicz (Simsbury, Connecticut); Michael A. Serio (Sturbridge, Massachusetts); Erik Kroo (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Eric M. Suuberg (Barrington, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The method for generating a hydrogen-rich stream from hydrocarbon fuels, ultimately to produce hydrogen gas, involves the following two steps performed in a cyclic fashion: (1) pyrolysis of the hydrocarbon fuel to obtain a carbon-rich fraction and a hydrogen-rich fraction; and (2) oxidation of the carbon-rich fraction, or a portion of it, for heat generation. The method involves the following optional steps: (3) steam gasification of part of the carbon-rich fraction to produce additional amounts of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; (4) water-gas shift reaction to convert carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide with the simultaneous formation of additional amounts of hydrogen; and (5) steam reforming of light hydrocarbons that may be produced in step (1) to produce more hydrogen and carbon monoxide. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/900678 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/437.200 |
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| US 06869671 | Crouse et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Crouse (Walkerton, Indiana); Albert E. Miller (Notre Dame, Indiana); Juan Jiang (Mishawaka, Indiana); David T. Crouse (Notre Dame, Indiana); Subash C. Basu (Granger, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A thin film based nanoporous alumina template has been developed which allows the in situ removal of an electrically insulating alumina barrier layer at the pore bases. This barrier free nanoporous system has great utility for electrodeposition of a wide variety of nanowire materials. An exemplary multilayer thin film precursor is provided comprising Al (anodization layer), Ti (diffusion barrier) and Pt (active electrode) on a Si substrate. Aluminum anodization in sulfuric acid with a subsequent applied voltage ramping program produces a Pt electrode at the base of the nanopores without the additional steps of alumina removal, barrier layer dissolution, and metal deposition onto the pore bottoms. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/449618 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/304.400 |
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| US 06869758 | Gao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dayong Gao (Lexington, Kentucky); XiangDong Cui (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods and devices for removing cryoprotectant from cryoprotectant-containing liquids, and from cells residing therein, are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises passing the cryoprotectant-containing liquid through at least one semipermeable hollow fiber membrane contained in a hollow module in a first direction, while passing a liquid which is substantially free of cryoprotectant through the hollow module in a second direction to remove cryoprotectant across a diffusion gradient. In another aspect, a device is described for removing cryoprotectant from a liquid, comprising a hollow module with at least one semipermeable hollow fiber membrane therein for accomplishing such counter-current diffusion removal of cryprotectant. A software program is also provided for predicting optimal flow rates through the device of the invention, thereby allowing optimal cryoprotectant removal regardless of the cryoprotectant used or the material from which the semipermeable hollow fiber membrane is fabricated. |
| FILED | Friday, July 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/206539 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/1.100 |
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| US 06869906 | Pinnavaia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Pinnavaia (East Lansing, Michigan); Wenzhong Zhang (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma); Yu Liu (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Mesoporous hexagonal, cubic, lamellar, wormhole, or cellular foam aluminosilicates, gallosilicates and titanosilicates derived from protozeolitic seeds using an ionic structure directing agent are described. The silicon and aluminum, gallium or titanium centers in the structures are stable so that the framework of the structure does not collapse when heated in the presence of water or water vapor (steam). The steam stable compositions can be used as catalysts for hydrocarbon conversions, including the fluidized bed catalytic cracking and the hydrocracking of petroleum oils, and other reactions of organic compounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/677798 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870004 | Nguyen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | SonBinh T. Nguyen (Evanston, Illinois); Robert L. Paddock (Evanston, Illinois); Jinhui Chen (Evanston, Illinois); Gregory J. Domski, Jr. (Richmond, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Salen complexes were found to be excellent catalysts for the reaction of terminal epoxides with CO2 when used in conjunction with a Lewis base cocatalyst (DMAP). This catalyst system cleanly affords the product cyclic carbonates in high yield under mild reaction conditions and is applicable to a variety of terminal epoxides. |
| FILED | Monday, August 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/229387 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen Reue (Torrance, California); Miklós Péterfy (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to the identification and isolation of a gene implicated in the fatty liver dystrophy (fld) phenotype. Mouse and human forms of the novel gene, designated herein as Lpin1/LPIN1 (mouse and human genes, respectively), are identified. This invention additionally provides methods of screening for agents that alter adipose tissue development. The methods involve contacting a cell containing a Lpin1 gene with a test agent; and detecting a change in the expression or activity of a Lpin1 gene product, where a difference in the expression or activity of Lpin1 in the contacted cell indicates that the agent alters or is likely to alter adipose tissue development. Also provided are methods of identifying Lpin1 mutations, and methods of mitigating symptoms of lipodystrophy, obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis and related pathologies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/028056 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 06869937 | Cases et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the Universtiy of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sylvaine Cases (San Francisco, California); Robert V. Farese, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Sandra K. Erickson (San Francisco, California); Sabine Novak (Munich, Germany); Michel Accad (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid compositions encoding novel ACAT proteins, as well as the novel ACAT-2 proteins, (ACAT-2) are provided. Also provided are methods of producing the subject nucleic acid and protein compositions. The subject polypeptide and nucleic acid compositions find use in a variety of applications, including diagnostic and therapeutic agent screening applications, as well as in treatment therapies for disease conditions associated with ACAT-2 activity, e.g., in the treatment of gall stones. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 27, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/605166 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06870043 | Xiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jinhua Xiang (Iowa City, Iowa); Sabina Wünschmann (Coralville, Iowa); Warren Schmidt (Oxford, Iowa); Jack Stapleton (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | GB virus C (GBV-C or hepatitis G virus) is a recently described flavivirus that frequently leads to chronic viremia in humans. Although associated with acute post-transfusion hepatitis, it is not clear if GBV-C is pathogenic for humans. A full-length cDNA was constructed from the plasma of a person with chronic GBV-C viremia. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) transfected with full-length RNA transcripts from this GBV-C clone resulted in viral replication, demonstrating an isolated infectious GBV-C nucleic acid molecule. In addition to composition involving an isolated infectious GBV-C nucleic acid molecule, the present invention concerns methods of inhibiting and treating HIV infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/828498 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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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) | Phillip B. Abel (Cleveland, Ohio); J. Anthony Powell (North Olmsted, Ohio); Philip G. Neudeck (Olmsted Falls, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed that provide for structures and techniques for the fabrication of ordered arrangements of crystallographically determined nanometer scale steps on single crystal substrates, particularly SiC. The ordered nanometer scale step structures are produced on the top surfaces of mesas by a combination of growth and etching processes. These structures, sometimes referred to herein as artifacts, are to enable step-height calibration, particularly suitable for scanning probe microscopes and profilometers, from less than one nanometer (nm) to greater than 10 nm, with substantially no atomic scale roughness of the plateaus on either side of each step. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/198668 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06871025 | Maleki et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lute Maleki (Pasadena, California); Anthony F. J. Levi (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for directly converting an electrical signal into an optical signal by using a whispering gallery mode optical resonator formed of a dielectric material that allows for direct modulation of optical absorption by the electrical signal. |
| FILED | Friday, June 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/883085 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06870181 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jie Zhang (Buffalo Grove, Illinois); Paul Brazis (South Elgin, Illinois); Daniel Gamota (Palatine, Illinois); Krishna Kalyanasundaram (Chicago, Illinois); Steven Scheifers (Hoffman Estates, Illinois); Jerzy Wielgus (Park Ridge, Illinois); Abhijit Roy Chowdhuri (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic field effect transistor utilizes a bifunctional contact-enhancing agent at various interfaces to improve carrier mobility through the organic semiconductor layer, to improve carrier injection, and to enhance adhesion via a bifunctional mechanism. The contact-enhancing agent can be situated between the gate electrode (2) and the dielectric layer (3) to form a chemical or physical bond between the gate electrode and the dielectric layer. It can also be situated between the dielectric layer and the organic semiconducting layer (4), or between the source and drain electrodes (5, 6) and the organic semiconducting layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/187516 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 06869664 | Vasoya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ThermalWorks, Inc. (Huntington Beach, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kalu K. Vasoya (Santa Ana, California); Bharat M. Mangrolia (Santa Ana, California); William E. Davis (Huntington Beach, California); Richard A. Bohner (Hermosa Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Prepregs, laminates, printed wiring board structures and processes for constructing materials and printed wiring boards that enable the construction of printed wiring boards with improved thermal properties. In one embodiment, the prepregs include substrates impregnated with electrically and thermally conductive resins. In other embodiments, the prepregs have substrate materials that include carbon. In other embodiments, the prepregs include substrates impregnated with thermally conductive resins. In other embodiments, the printed wiring board structures include electrically and thermally conductive laminates that can act as ground and/or power planes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/020506 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06869784 | Singh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alok Singh (Springfield, Virginia); Mehran Pazirandeh (Silver Spring, Maryland); Paul E. Schoen (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael A. Markowitz (Burke, Virginia); J. Matthew Mauro (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Enzymes are modified by incorporating anchor sites for linking the enzymes to a target surface without destroying the catalytic activity of the enzymes. A stable carrier to accommodate and bind the selected enzyme is constructed, and the enzyme is non-covalently linked to the carrier, generally through metal salts of iminodiacetate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 29, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/725309 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
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 22, 2005.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2005/fedinvent-patents-20050322.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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