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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 03, 2005
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 06886324 | Handshuh 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) | Robert F. Handshuh (North Olmsted, Ohio); Gary L. Farley (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The bearings of a gas turbine are supplied with a lubricant from a reservoir by a main pump, when the turbine is operating. When the turbine is shut down and rotation ceases, the main pump also shuts down. When this occurs, an auxiliary pump is placed into operation to continue to supply the bearings with the lubricant until such time as the bearings have sufficiently cooled, at which point the auxiliary pump is shut down. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/075281 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06886343 | Manteiga et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Manteiga (North Andover, Massachusetts); Gilbert J. Laidlaw (Gloucester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method enables a gas turbine engine to be provided. The method comprises providing a ring support that includes a first radial flange, a second radial flange, and a plurality of beams that extend therebetween, within the engine, wherein at least one of the beams is tapered between the first and second radial flanges, and coupling the ring support to a backbone frame, such that the ring support extends substantially circumferentially within the engine. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/342770 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06886447 | Crotty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Defense, L.P. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Crotty (Coon Rapids, Minnesota); Stephen Sohm (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A hatch assembly and method for using the same that allows for enhanced ease of ingress and egress through a portal of a military vehicle. The hatch is advanced and cleared away from the portal through use of a hatch operating mechanism that employs an extendable cylinder assembly to advance the hatch and a rotational assembly operably connected to the telescopic assembly to rotate the hatch so as to clear the portal. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/448749 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887466 | June et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genetics Institute, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl H. June (Rockville, Maryland); Craig B. Thompson (Chicago, Illinois); Gary J. Nabel (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gary S. Gray (Brookline, Massachusetts); Paul D. Rennert (Holliston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for inducing a population of T cells to proliferate by activating the population of T cells and stimulating an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells with a ligand which binds the accessory molecule are described. T cell proliferation occurs in the absence of exogenous growth factors or accessory cells. T cell activation is accomplished by stimulating the T cell receptor (TCR)/CD3 complex or the CD2 surface protein. To induce proliferation of an activated population T cells, an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells, such as CD28, is stimulated with a ligand which binds the accessory molecule. The T cell population expanded by the method of the invention can be genetically transduced and used for immunotherapy or can be used in methods of diagnosis. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/350202 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887517 | Cook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Lee Cook (Lakewood, Colorado); Brian John Elliott (Superior, Colorado); Silvia DeVito Luebben (Golden, Colorado); Andrew William Myers (Arvada, Colorado); Bryan Matthew Smith (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A new class of surface modified particles and a multi-step Michael-type addition surface modification process for the preparation of the same is provided. The multi-step Michael-type addition surface modification process involves two or more reactions to compatibilize particles with various host systems and/or to provide the particles with particular chemical reactivities. The initial step comprises the attachment of a small organic compound to the surface of the inorganic particle. The subsequent steps attach additional compounds to the previously attached organic compounds through reactive organic linking groups. Specifically, these reactive groups are activated carbon—carbon pi bonds and carbon and non-carbon nucleophiles that react via Michael or Michael-type additions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171422 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887589 | Darolia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramgopal Darolia (West Chester, Ohio); Joseph David Rigney (Milford, Ohio); William Scott Walston (Mason, Ohio); Jeffrey Allan Pfaendtner (Blue Ash, Ohio); Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell (Liberty Township, Ohio); Irene Spitsberg (Loveland, Ohio); James Anthony Ruud (Delmar, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A beta-phase NiAl overlay coating containing a dispersion of ceramic particles and a process for depositing the overlay coating. If the coating is used to adhere a thermal barrier coating (TBC), the TBC exhibits improved spallation resistance as a result of the dispersion of ceramic particles having a dispersion-strengthening effect on the overlay coating. The overlay coating contains at least one reactive element and is deposited so that the some of the reactive element deposits as the ceramic particles dispersed in the overlay coating. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/249564 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/633 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887595 | Darolia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schnectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramgopal Darolia (West Chester, Ohio); Irene Spitsberg (Loveland, Ohio); Brett Allen Boutwell (Liberty Township, Ohio); Mark Daniel Gorman (West Chester, Ohio); Robert William Bruce (Loveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal barrier coatings for the underlying substrate of articles that operate at, or are exposed to, high temperatures. The thermal barrier coating includes a zirconia-containing upper layer wherein the zirconia is stabilized in the cubic crystalline phase to reduce the thermal conductivity of the coating. The thermal barrier coating further includes a zirconia-containing lower layer stabilized in the tetragonal crystalline phase that increases the adherence of the upper layer to the bond coat layer that overlies the substrate of the article to improve the resistance of the coating to spallation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/748519 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887736 | Nause et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cermet, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey E. Nause (Mableton, Georgia); Joseph Owen Maciejewski (Mableton, Georgia); Vincente Munne (Norcross, Georgia); Shanthi Ganesan (Smyrna, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of depositing a p-type magnesium-, cadmium- and/or zinc-oxide-based II-VI Group compound semiconductor crystal layer over a substrate by a metalorganic chemical vapor deposition technique. A reaction gas is supplied to a surface of a heated substrate in a direction parallel or oblique to the substrate. The p-type magnesium-, cadmium- and/or zinc-oxide-based II-VI Group compound semiconductor crystal layer is grown on the heated substrate, while introducing a pressing gas substantially in a vertical direction toward the substrate to press the reaction gas against the entire surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/422568 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
06888175 — Compound semiconductor structure with lattice and polarity matched heteroepitaxial layers
| US 06888175 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tairan Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Nikolaj Moll (Berlin, Germany); Kyeongjae Cho (Sunnyvale, California); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound tetrahedrally coordinated semiconductor structure, whose chemical formula is generally of the form IInIIImIVlVpVIq, where n, m, l, p, q represent the relative abundance of each element associated with a particular group of the periodic table. The flexibility of the chemical formula may be used to adjust the lattice constant and polarity to eliminate mismatches from substrates. Other properties, such as those of band gaps, can also be tuned. The design is amenable to layer-by-layer heteroepitaxial growth. In exemplary embodiments, a structure is provided that matches lattice constant and polarity with a Si(100) surface, while having a direct band gap of 1.59 μm. |
| FILED | Friday, May 29, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/087166 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888204 | Lyding et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph W. Lyding (Champaign, Illinois); Karl Hess (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are preferred processes for conditioning semiconductor devices with deuterium to improve operating characteristics and decrease depassivation which occurs during the course of device operation. Also described are semiconductor devices which can be prepared by such processes. |
| FILED | Friday, September 25, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/160657 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888286 | Howard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | American Superconductor Corporation (Westborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond T. Howard (Franklin, Massachusetts); Bruce B. Gamble (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Peter M. Winn (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); William T. Sand (Cumberland, Rhode Island); Swarn S. Kalsi (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A stator support system for supporting a stator coil assembly includes an inner support tube having an outer surface; spaced windings supported on the inner support tube with spaces between adjacent windings defining gaps; support members, each disposed within one of the gaps and having a first and second edge configured to mechanically engage the outer surface of the inner support tube; and a cross support positioned over the spaced winding and extending perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the stator coil assembly. The cross support having a first edge configured to mechanically engage the second edge of the support members. The stator coil assembly can include a stator coil having at least one conductive winding; an electrically insulating material disposed around the stator coil; at least one cooling conduit for receiving a coolant from an outside source, the at least one cooling conduit disposed adjacent a first portion of an outer surface of the stator coil; and a thermally conductive member including graphite and disposed around the at least one cooling conduit and a second portion of the outer surface of the stator coil to transfer heat from the second portion to the at least one cooling conduit, thereby reducing the temperature gradient in the electrically insulating material. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/061103 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888291 | Arbogast et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darin J. Arbogast (Maple Valley, Washington); Frederick T. Calkins (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A bimorph actuator is driven by electrostrictive materials configured to change length in response to applied electrical field. A first electrostrictive material is positioned between a first electrode and a second electrode. A second electrostrictive material is positioned between a second electrode and a third electrode. The second electrostrictive material and the first electrostrictive material are attached to each other such that a differential change in their respective lengths results in a lateral motion. A first voltage source provides a voltage differential between the first electrode and the third electrode. A second variable voltage applied to the second electrode causes the length of the first electrostrictive material to lengthen when the second electrostrictive material shortens, and vice versa. A system of electrodes for the bimorph actuator and a method for actuating electrostrictive materials are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/286097 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/331 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888353 | Wiegert |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Wiegert (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic anomaly homing system uses an array of magnetic sensors coupled to a non-magnetic platform. The array is defined by a plurality of single-axis subsystems with each one thereof having two magnetic sensors spaced apart from one another. A processor coupled to the magnetic sensors generates a plurality of magnetic total field scalars that can be used to directly home in on a magnetic object from both long and short-range distances to the target. The scalars define guidance control parameters used to steer the platform to align the platforms's direction of motion with the magnetic anomaly. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/932652 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888515 | Bekey |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan Bekey (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive reflector antenna includes an adaptive reflector and a mechanism for simultaneously effecting feed rotation and shape change for the adaptive reflector so as to maintain antenna performance with large scan angles while simultaneously reducing weight, complexity, and cost. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/404871 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/912 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888629 | Boss 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) | Pamela A. Boss (San Diego, California); Stephen H. Lieberman (La Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor for performing surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy comprises: a) a sensor body having a throughbore; an optical energy source for generating an optical excitation signal; b) a surface enhanced Raman scattering structure that is mounted to the sensor body through which the optical excitation signal is directed for irradiating an analyte, whereupon the analyte generates primary Raman emissions in response to being irradiated by the optical excitation signal, and wherein the surface enhanced Raman scattering structure generates secondary Raman emissions when irradiated by the optical excitation signal; c) an optical detector for generating an output signal that represents the spectral characteristics of the primary and secondary Raman emissions in response to receiving the primary and second Raman emissions; and d) a processor for substantially filtering the secondary Raman emission from the primary Raman emissions and for generating an output signal representing the analyte. |
| FILED | Monday, June 25, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/888737 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888660 | Bussmann 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) | Konrad Bussmann (Springfield, Virginia); Albert H. Davis (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to a spintronic device for emitting light and to a method for its operation. The device includes a cathode electrode capable of producing spin-polarized charge carrier electrons under the influence of an electric field; an anode electrode spaced from the cathode for producing spin-polarized charge carrier holes; an intermediate medium disposed between the electrodes into which the carriers are injected under the influence of an electric field and which serves as a transport medium for the carriers wherein the carriers are transported and within which the carriers react and form excitons; and a circuit between the electrodes for imparting en electric field which serves as the motive force for the carriers. The method includes the steps of producing spin-polarized electrons, producing spin-polarized holes, passing the electrons and the holes through a transport medium under influence of an electric field whereby the electrons and the holes, being oppositely charged, combine to produce excitons which produce light, and collecting the light so produced. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/394187 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/248 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888721 | Moghaddam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Atec Corporation (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saeed Moghaddam (Columbia, Maryland); Michael M. Ohadi (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Means for cooling a heated surface comprising an enclosure for enclosing the heated surface and two interleaved radial arrays of micro electrodes positioned on the surface within the enclosure thereby forming an interleaved radial array. The radial array has a ‘near-vertex’ end and a periphery. The micro electrodes at the near-vertex end have a smaller interelectrode distance and the micro electrodes at the periphery have a larger interelectrode distance. A volatile cooling liquid is contained within the enclosure and moved from the near-vertex array end toward the periphery along the lengths of micro electrodes by non-alternating voltages applied to the micro electrodes, thereby creating a polarization effect and evaporation of the volatile liquid. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/683338 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888907 | Monkhorst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); University of Florida Research Foundation (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hendrik J. Monkhorst (Gainesville, Florida); Norman Rostoker (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and apparatus for controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration (FRC) magnetic topology and conversion of fusion product energies directly to electric power. Preferably, plasma ions are magnetically confined in the FRC while plasma electrons are electrostatically confined in a deep energy well, created by tuning an externally applied magnetic field. In this configuration, ions and electrons may have adequate density and temperature so that upon collisions they are fused together by the nuclear force, thus forming fusion products that emerge in the form of an annular beam. Energy is removed from the fusion product ions as they spiral past electrodes of an inverse cyclotron converter. Advantageously, the fusion fuel plasmas that can be used with the present confinement and energy conversion system include advanced (aneutronic) fuels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/658886 |
| 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 376/147 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888981 | Blake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Blake (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Ren-Young Liu (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for adjusting power at output ports of a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) coupler. A loss element may be placed at one or more of the output ports of the WDM coupler. The loss element may have a filter characteristic that matches the temperature sensitivity coefficient of the WDM coupler. The filter characteristic may reject power at one of the two output ports as a function of temperature. As a result, the loss element may balance the power at the output ports of the WDM coupler despite temperature variations. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/243113 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888987 | Sercel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xponent Photonics Inc (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Sercel (Pasadena, California); Kerry J. Vahala (San Gabriel, California); David W. Vernooy (Monrovia, California); Guido Hunziker (Monrovia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for cylindrical processing of an optical medium, including optical fiber and optical materials of substantially cylindrical form. The method of the preferred embodiments includes the steps of rotating an optical medium about a longitudinal relative rotation axis thereof relative to a processing tool; spatially selectively applying the processing tool to a portion of a surface of the optical medium in operative cooperation with relative rotation of the optical medium and the processing tool, thereby producing a patterned (i.e., spatially selective) structural alteration of the optical medium, the pattern including altered, differentially-altered and unaltered portions of the optical medium. Specialized techniques for spatially selectively generating the structural alteration may include masking/etching, masking/deposition, machining or patterning with lasers or beams, combinations thereof, and/or functional equivalents thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, February 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/788303 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06889123 | Wittenberg |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter S. Wittenberg (Creve Coeur, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method and computer program product for performing automatic navigation of a first aircraft to a second aircraft is provided. The system includes a radar system, a processor, memory, and a flight control system. The radar system generates a one-dimensional radar profile of the second aircraft. The processor determines flight information of the second aircraft based on the generated one-dimensional radar profile and one-dimensional radar profiles stored in the memory. The flight control system automatically directs the first aircraft based on the determined flight information of the second aircraft. In one embodiment, the first aircraft is an unmanned airborne vehicle and the second aircraft is a tanker aircraft. In another embodiment, the radar system may include a high-range resolution radar. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/638146 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2117 | Pasquale 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) | Jeffrey Pasquale (Lancaster, California); Robert Reyes (California City, California); Robert E. Lavery (Edwards, California); Greg Lawniczak (California City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Vari ramp blankets holding X-ray file, 14″ by 17″ in dimensions, in pockets on top of the vari-ramp inlets on an F-15 aircraft have been used by us for the detection of foreign objects, i.e. washers, bolts, safety wire. These blankets ensure inspection consistency each and every time the aircraft is X-rayed when it is grounded after flight or is in phase. The blankets are placed on top of the F-15 vari-ramp, taped securely in place and film is placed individually in the pockets. The placement and the consistency of results that the blankets provide enhances the accuracy and duplicability of the overall X-ray process. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/907891 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
| US 06887199 | Bridger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Active Signal Technologies, Inc. (Linthicum, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith Bridger (Washington, District of Columbia); Arthur V. Cooke (Baltimore, Maryland); Philip M. Kuhn (Severna Park, Maryland); Joseph J. Lutian (Arnold, Maryland); Edward J. Passaro (Towson, Maryland); John M. Sewell (Cockeysville, Maryland); Terence V. Waskey (Centerville, Maryland); Gregg R. Rubin (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-invasive brain assessment monitor is disclosed. An embodiment of the monitor includes a head-mounted brain sensor which passively senses acoustic signals generated from pulsing blood flow through a patient's brain. A reference sensor may be mounted at another location on the patient's body to sense an arterial pulse, and the signals from the brain sensor and reference sensor may be compared. Another embodiment includes transmitters which generate acoustic signals in the brain which are also detected by the brain sensor. The brain assessment monitor may be used to detect conditions such as head trauma, stroke and hemorrhage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/095861 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/300 |
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| US 06887463 | Wilson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Wilson (Gladwyne, Pennsylvania); Karen Kozarsky (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jerome Strauss, III (Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a recombinant viral vector comprising the DNA of, or corresponding to, at least a portion of the genome of an adenovirus, which portion is capable of infecting a hepatic cell; and a human VLDL receptor gene operatively linked to regulatory sequences directing its expression. The vector is capable of expressing the normal VLDL receptor gene product in hepatic cells in vivo or in vitro. This viral vector is useful in the treatment of metabolic disorders caused by the accumulation of LDL in plasma, such as familial hypercholesterolemia or familial combined hyperlipidemia. |
| FILED | Monday, June 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/167264 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph R. Bertino (New York, New York); Emine A. Ercikan-Abali (New York, New York); Debabrata Banerjee (New York, New York); Shin Mineishi (New York, New York); Michel Sadelain (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | New mutant forms of human dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) which have properties superior to the previously disclosed mutants have mutations at both amino acid 22 and amino acid 31. Specific mutant forms are Ser31Tyr22, Ser31Phe22, Gly31Tyr22, Gly31Phe22, Ala31Tyr22 and Ala31Phe22. The mutant DHFR of the invention may be used as a selectable marker, and to modify the genome of human cells, particularly bone marrow cells or peripheral blood stem cells, to render them resistant to chemotherapy using antifolate agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/650417 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.400 |
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| US 06887468 | Thorpe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip E. Thorpe (Dallas, Texas); Rolf A. Brekken (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are antibodies that specifically inhibit VEGF binding to only one (VEGFR2) of the two VEGF receptors. The antibodies effectively inhibit angiogenesis and induce tumor regression, and yet have improved safety due to their specificity. The present invention thus provides new antibody-based compositions, methods and combined protocols for treating cancer and other angiogenic diseases. Advantageous immunoconjugate and prodrug compositions and methods using the new VEGF-specific antibodies are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 28, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/562245 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 06887473 | Brooks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Brooks (West Harrison, New York); David A. Cheresh (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes methods for inhibition angiogenesis in tissues using vitronectin αvβ3 antagonists, and particularly for inhibiting angiogenesis in inflamed tissues and in tumor tissues and metastases using therapeutic compositions containing αvβ3 antagonists. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 19, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/081522 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/152.100 |
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| US 06887483 | Apicella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Apicella (Solon, Iowa); Melvin G. Sunshine (Iowa City, Iowa); Na-Gyong Lee (Incheon, South Korea); Bradford W. Gibson (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for identifying, isolating, and producing htrB mutants of gram-negative bacterial pathogens. The method comprises mutating the htrB gene of a gram-negative bacterial pathogen so that there is a lack of a functional HtrB protein, resulting in a mutant that lacks one or more secondary acyl chains and displays substantially reduced toxicity as compared to the wild type strain. Also, the present invention provides methods for using a vaccine formulation containing the htrB mutant, or the endotoxin isolated therefrom, to immunize an individual against infections caused by gram-negative bacterial pathogens by administering a prophylactically effective amount of the vaccine formulation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 01, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/565943 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/256.100 |
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| US 06887485 | Fitzhugh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. (Santa Rosa, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony L. Fitzhugh (Frederick, Maryland); Peiwen Cheng (Santa Rosa, California); Joseph Saavedra (Thurmont, Maryland); Robert Cafferata (Belmont, Massachusetts); Marc Hendriks (Brunssum, Netherlands); Larry K. Keefer (Bethesda, Maryland); Eugene Tedeschi (Santa Rosa, California); Michel I. P. M. Verhoeven (Maastricht, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | Biocompatible metallic medical devices having silanized surfaces coupled to nucleophile residues that release sustained, therapeutic amounts of nitric oxide to specific sites within a mammalian body are provided. Additionally, the biocompatible metallic medical devices can also be provided with anti-thrombogenic, lubricious coatings that release sustained, therapeutic amounts of nitric oxide. Moreover, the silanized metallic devices are surprisingly durable when exposed to harsh chemical methods often needed to bind nitric oxide-releasing functional groups to nucleophile residues. Furthermore, methods are provided for producing stable, silanized, sustained nitric oxide-releasing metallic medical devices. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/865242 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/400 |
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| US 06887578 | Gleason et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen K. Gleason (Lexington, Massachusetts); Shashi K. Murthy (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Hot-filament chemical vapor deposition has been used to deposit copolymer thin films consisting of fluorocarbon and siloxane groups. The presence of covalent bonds between the fluorocarbon and organosilicon moieties in the thin film has been confirmed by Infrared, X-ray Photoelectron (XPS) and solid-state 29Si, 19F, and 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The film structure consists of chains with linear and cyclic siloxane groups and CF2 groups as repeat units. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/282905 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/447 |
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| US 06887658 | Shoichet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian K. Shoichet (Chicago, Illinois); Susan L. McGovern (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of identifying compounds that non-specifically inhibit biological reactions. The present invention further includes kits that facilitate this identification. In addition, complications of compounds for use in high throughput drug screening that have been evaluated by the disclosed methodology are also part of the present invention. Further, the invention provides methods for identifying a false positive compound previously identified as positive in a screening assay by measuring the activity of at least one biological activity in the presence and absence of a small molecule compound capable of inhibiting aggregate formation, e.g., digitonin. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171814 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 06887659 | Eyre |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington Research Foundation (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Eyre (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for assaying bone resorption rates which consists of quantitating the concentration of peptide fragments derived from bone collagen, found in a body fluid is disclosed. The method includes immunometric assay, fluorometric assay and electrochemical titration. The structure of specific peptide fragments having 3-hydroxypyridinium cross-links found in urine of Paget's disease patients and procedures for making monoclonal antibodies is described. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/347839 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 06887677 | Taylor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald K. Taylor (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Christian F. LaPointe (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds and methods for designing and identifying compounds which inhibit TFPP-like aspartyl protease enzymes by targeting the aspartic acid residues of the active site or mimicking peptides corresponding to the region surrounding the substrate's cleavage site are provided. Agents identified as inhibitors of TFPP-like aspartyl proteases such as type 4 prepilin peptidases are expected to be useful as anti-bacterial agents and in inhibiting development of drug resistant strains of bacteria. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 11, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/030808 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/23 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy J. Brown (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Deficiencies in certain physiological pathways are linked with ACE or vasopeptidase inhibitor associated angioedema. Additionally, detection and/or measurement of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV) enzyme activity and aminopeptidase P (APP) enzyme activity is a predictor of this risk. The present invention provides biological markers, diagnostic tests, and pharmaceutical indications that are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of angioedema and in the marketing and safety of certain medications. This ability can be important for the treatment of a subject that is in need of or are taking an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and/or a vasopeptidase inhibitor (combined ACE and neutral endopeptidase (NEP) inhibitor), which are commonly used in the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes, and cardiac and renal diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/423714 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/24 |
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| US 06887713 | Nelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall W. Nelson (Phoenix, Arizona); Dobrin Nedelkov (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a bioactive probe or chip (BC) that allows for the isolation of analytes, such as biomolecules, followed by modification or bioreaction on these said analytes. More specifically, the present invention relates to various methods and apparatuses that include the BC and further include characterization and identification technologies, such as Bioactive Chip Mass Spectrometry (BCMS). Within the context of the present invention, BC provides a method and device for the capture and subsequent modifying, such as digestion or derivatization, of an analyte. Further, real-time information regarding a variety of molecular interactions may be provided by techniques such as interaction analysis (IA). Finally, the variety of molecules are localized and concentrated thereby aiding in the identification and/or quantification of the molecules by techniques such as mass spectroscopy. In one embodiment, a method for performing the modification, or bioreaction, of biomolecules is disclosed. Preferably, the method involves capturing an analyte present within a sample by an interactive surface layer located in a separation site; washing unwanted portions of the sample from the surroundings of the captured analyte; transferring the captured analyte from the separation site to a modifying site; modifying or bioreacting the analyte to create a modified or bioreacted analyte. The modified analyte may then be subsequently characterized and/or identified by techniques such as mass spectrometry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/357981 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/173 |
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| US 06887842 | Briesewitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Briesewitz (Mountain View, California); Gerald R. Crabtree (Woodside, California); Thomas J. Wandless (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Bifunctional molecules and methods for their use are provided. The subject bifunctional molecules are conjugates of a drug moiety and a pharmacokinetic modulating moiety, where these two moieties are optionally joined by a linking group. The bifunctional molecules are further characterized in that they exhibit at least one modulated pharmacokinetic property upon administration to a host as compared to a free drug control. The subject bifunctional molecules find use in a variety of therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/716841 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Strehlow (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for prophylaxis or treatment of a mammal, particularly human, at risk for a fibrogenic disorder is disclosed. The compositions and methods of the invention are directed both to treatments for existing fibrogenic disorders and prevention thereof. Such disorders include, but are not limited to, connective tissue diseases, such as scleroderma (or systemic sclerosis), polymyositis, systemic lupus erythematosis and rheumatoid arthristis, and other fibrotic disorders, including liver cirrhosis, keloid formation, interstitial nephritis and pulmonary fibrosis. A therapeutic composition according to the invention includes, as a therapeutic agent, an inhibitor of a collagen promoter in a pharmaceutically acceptable inert carrier vehicle, preferably for local, and particularly topical, application. Exemplary inhibitors include those that interfere with heat shock protein 90 (Hsp 90) chaperone function, e.g., the specific inhibitor geldanamycin or other known Hsp90 inhibitors such as macbecin I and II, herbimycin, radcicol and novobiocin. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/312287 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/26 |
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| US 06887902 | Schrier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Warner-Lambert Company (Morris Plains, New Jersey); Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Galveston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Denis Schrier (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Charles Price Taylor, Jr. (Chelsea, Michigan); Karin Nanette Westlund High (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | GABA analogs such as gabapentin and pregabalin are useful to prevent and treat inflammatory diseases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/924656 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/561 |
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| US 06887977 | Saha |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kunal Saha (Hillard, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to human immunodeficiency viruses 1 (HIV-1) that infect CD8-positive cells using CD8 as a receptor, to detection methods for the viruses and to prophylactic and therapeutic methods for infection by the viruses. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/040802 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
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| US 06887998 | Wentland |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark P. Wentland (Menands, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | 8-Substituted-2,6-methano-3-benzazocines of general structure I in which A is —CH2—OH, —CH2NH2, —NHSO2CH3, and Y is O, S or NOH are useful as analgesics, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications. 8-Carboxamides, thiocarboxamides, hydroxyamidines and formamides are preferred. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/409803 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/44 |
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| US 06888029 | Buchwald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L. Buchwald (Newton, Massachusetts); Joseph M. Fox (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of N-aryl amine and N-aryl amide compounds. Generally, the process of the present invention involves reacting a compound having a primary or secondary amino or amido group with an arylating compound, in the presence of a weak base and a transition metal catalyst, under reaction conditions effective to form an N-aryl amine or N-aryl amide compound, the transition metal catalyst comprising a Group 8 metal, e.g., Ni, Pd, or Pt, and at least one carbene-containing ligand. Typically, the transition metal catalyst is formed in a preceding step from the conjugate acid form of the carbene ligand, a stoichiometric amount of a strong base, and a Group 8 metal atom or ion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/349198 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/396 |
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| US 06888032 | Buchwald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L. Buchwald (Newton, Massachusetts); Artis Klapars (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Fuk Y. Kwong (Sai Wan Ho, China PRC); Eric R. Streiter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jacopo Zanon (Venice, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to copper-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming methods. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to copper-catalyzed methods of forming a carbon-sulfur bond between the sulfur atom of a thiol moiety and the activated carbon of an aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl halide or sulfonate. In other embodiments, the present invention relates to copper(II)-catalyzed methods of forming a carbon-nitrogen bond between the nitrogen atom of an amide and the activated carbon of an aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl halide or sulfonate. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to copper-catalyzed methods of forming a carbon-carbon bond between the carbon atom of cyanide ion and the activated carbon of an aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl halide or sulfonate. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a copper-catalyzed method of transforming an aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl chloride or bromide into the corresponding aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl iodide. Yet another embodient of the present invention relates to a tandem method, which may be practiced in a single reaction vessel, wherein the first step of the method involves the copper-catalyzed formation of an aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl iodide from the corresponding aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl chloride or bromide; and the second step of the method involves the copper-catalyzed formation of an aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl nitrile, amide or sulfide from the aryl, heteroaryl, or vinyl iodide formed in the first step. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/631480 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/38 |
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| US 06888132 | Sheehan et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Edward W Sheehan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ross C Willoughby (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved ion source for collecting and focusing dispersed gas-phase ions from a reagent source at atmospheric or intermediate pressure, having a remote source of reagent ions separated from a low-field sample ionization region by a stratified array of elements, each element populated with a plurality of openings, wherein DC potentials are applied to each element necessary for transferring reagent ions from the remote source into the low-field sample ionization region where the reagent ions react with neutral and/or ionic sample forming ionic species. The resulting ionic species are then introduced into the vacuum system of a mass spectrometer or ion mobility spectrometer. Embodiments of this invention are methods and devices for improving sensitivity of mass spectrometry when gas and liquid chromatographic separation techniques are coupled to atmospheric and intermediate pressure photo-ionization, chemical ionization, and thermospray ionization sources. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/449344 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
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| US 06889145 | Jardetzky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore S. Jardetzky (Evanston, Illinois); Beth A. Wurzburg (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes three-dimensional models of antibodies, such as Fc-Cε/Cε4 regions of IgE antibodies, as well as methods to produce such models. The present invention also includes muteins having increased stability and/or antibody receptor binding activity, as well as methods to produce such muteins, preferably using information derived from three-dimensional models of the present invention. Also included are nucleic acid sequences encoding muteins of the present invention and use of those sequences to produce such muteins. Also included is the use of the model to identify compounds that inhibit the binding of an antibody receptor protein to an antibody. The present invention also includes uses of such muteins and inhibitory compounds, for example, in methods to diagnose and protect animals from allergy and other abnormal immune responses. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/211948 |
| 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 72/27 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bechtel BWXT Idaho LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce M. Wilding (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Dennis N. Bingham (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Michael G. McKellar (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Terry D. Turner (Ammon, Idaho); Kevin T. Raterman (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Gary L. Palmer (Shelley, Idaho); Kerry M. Klingler (Idaho Falls, Idaho); John J. Vranicar (Concord, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for producing liquefied natural gas. A liquefaction plant may be coupled to a source of unpurified natural gas, such as a natural gas pipeline at a pressure letdown station. A portion of the gas is drawn off and split into a process stream and a cooling stream. The cooling stream passes through a turbo expander creating work output. A compressor is driven by the work output and compresses the process stream. The compressed process stream is cooled, such as by the expanded cooling stream. The cooled, compressed process stream is divided into first and second portions with the first portion being expanded to liquefy the natural gas. A gas-liquid separator separates the vapor from the liquid natural gas. The second portion of the cooled, compressed process stream is also expanded and used to cool the compressed process stream. Additional features and techniques may be integrated with the liquefaction process including a water clean-up cycle and a carbon dioxide (CO2) clean-up cycle. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/414883 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/613 |
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| US 06886757 | Byrnes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Motors Corporation (Detroit, Michigan); Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry Edward Byrnes (Rochester Hills, Michigan); Leslie K. Sumner (Lapeer, Michigan); Peter J. Toth (Franklin, Tennessee); Martin Stephen Kramer (Clarkston, Michigan); William L. Oberkampf (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard Earl Teets (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Charles D. Valerius, II (Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A nozzle assembly for a HVOF thermal metallic spray coating system includes an inner tube, a middle tube and an outer tube which are concentrically arranged about an axis of the nozzle assembly and are spaced to provide annular, concentric gas flow passages for oxygen and gaseous fuel along with a central wire feed passage in an efficient, compact arrangement. A slotted nib and plug are fitted to the discharge end at the assembly and defined, together with the middle tube, an annular premix chamber for the combustible gases, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mixing slots and a downstream mix end portion of the nib where complete mixing of the gases occurs prior to entry into the combustion chamber provided in an air cap. An annular passage between the air cap and outer tube communicates with a high pressure air source for establishing an envelope of air against the inside surface of the air cap to serve as a protective barrier layer from the atomized metal. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/081913 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/84 |
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| US 06886916 | Galambos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul C. Galambos (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gilbert L. Benavides (Los Ranchos, New Mexico); Bernhard Jokiel, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jerome F. Jakubczak II (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A surface-micromachined fluid-ejection apparatus is disclosed which utilizes a piston to provide for the ejection of jets or drops of a fluid (e.g. for ink-jet printing). The piston, which is located at least partially inside a fluid reservoir, is moveable into a cylindrical fluid-ejection chamber connected to the reservoir by a microelectromechanical (MEM) actuator which is located outside the reservoir. In this way, the reservoir and fluid-ejection chamber can be maintained as electric-field-free regions thereby allowing the apparatus to be used with fluids that are electrically conductive or which may react or break down in the presence of a high electric field. The MEM actuator can comprise either an electrostatic actuator or a thermal actuator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/600008 |
| ART UNIT | 2853 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Incremental printing of symbolic information 347/54 |
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| US 06887069 | Thornton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jimmy D. Thornton (Morgantown, West Virginia); George A. Richards (Morgantown, West Virginia); Keith A. Dodrill (Fairmont, West Virginia); Roy S. Nutter, Jr. (Morgantown, West Virginia); Douglas Straub (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to an apparatus for the monitoring of the combustion process within a combustion system. The apparatus comprises; a combustion system, a means for supplying fuel and an oxidizer, a device for igniting the fuel and oxidizer in order to initiate combustion, and a sensor for determining the current conducted by the combustion process. The combustion system comprises a fuel nozzle and an outer shell attached to the combustion nozzle. The outer shell defines a combustion chamber. Preferably the nozzle is a lean premix fuel nozzle (LPN). Fuel and an oxidizer are provided to the fuel nozzle at separate rates. The fuel and oxidizer are ignited. A sensor positioned within the combustion system comprising at least two electrodes in spaced-apart relationship from one another. At least a portion of the combustion process or flame is between the first and second electrodes. A voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes and the magnitude of resulting current between the first and second electrodes is determined. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/955582 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Combustion 431/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887283 | Ginosar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel M. Ginosar (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert V. Fox (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing alkyl esters useful in biofuels and lubricants by transesterifying glyceride- or esterifying free fatty acid-containing substances in a single critical phase medium is disclosed. The critical phase medium provides increased reaction rates, decreases the loss of catalyst or catalyst activity and improves the overall yield of desired product. The process involves the steps of dissolving an input glyceride- or free fatty acid-containing substance with an alcohol or water into a critical fluid medium; reacting the glyceride- or free fatty acid-containing substance with the alcohol or water input over either a solid or liquid acidic or basic catalyst and sequentially separating the products from each other and from the critical fluid medium, which critical fluid medium can then be recycled back in the process. The process significantly reduces the cost of producing additives or alternatives to automotive fuels and lubricants utilizing inexpensive glyceride- or free fatty acid-containing substances, such as animal fats, vegetable oils, rendered fats, and restaurant grease. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 22, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/554708 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Fuel and related compositions 044/388 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887300 | Nemser |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CMS Technology Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart M. Nemser (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A cyclic process for controlling environmental emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from vapor recovery in storage and dispensing operations of liquids maintains a vacuum in the storage tank ullage. In the first part of a two-part cyclic process ullage vapor is discharged through a vapor recovery system in which VOC are stripped from vented gas with a selectively gas permeable membrane. In the second part, the membrane is inoperative while gas pressure rises in the ullage. In one aspect of this invention, a vacuum is drawn in the membrane separation unit thus reducing overall VOC emissions. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/760169 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887359 | Ruggiero |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony J. Ruggiero (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated optical capillary electrophoresis system for analyzing an analyte. A modulated optical pump beam impinges on an capillary containing the analyte/buffer solution which is separated by electrophoresis. The thermally-induced change in the index of refraction of light in said electrophoresis capillary is monitored using an integrated micro-interferometer. The interferometer includes a first interferometer arm intersecting the electrophoresis capillary proximate the excitation beam and a second, reference interferometer arm. Changes in index of refraction in the analyte measured by interrogating the interferometer state using white light interferometry and a phase-generated carrier demodulation technique. Background thermo-optical activity in the buffer solution is cancelled by splitting the pump beam and exciting pure buffer solution in a second section of capillary where it crosses the reference arm of the interferometer. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/877961 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887368 | Khalemsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ural Process Engineering Company, Ltd. (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aron Mikhailovich Khalemsky (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation); Sergei Abramovich Payusov (Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation); Leonid Kelner (Reston, Virginia); Jae Jo (Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The basic principles of the method for heavy metals electroextraction from technological solutions and wastewater includes pretreating to remove Chromium-6 and high concentrations of heavy metals and periodically treating in a six-electrode bipolar cylindrical electroreactor made of non-conducting material to achieve lower accepted levels of impurities. Six cylindrical steel electrodes form two triode stacks and are fed with three-phase alternating current of commercial frequency (50-60 Hz), which can be pulsed. Each phase of the three-phase current is connected to three electrodes of one triode stack or in parallel to two triode stacks. The parallel connection of three-phase current to two triode stacks is performed so that the same phase of the three phase current is connected in parallel with each two opposite electrodes of six electrodes located along the periphery, or with two adjacent electrodes. A bipolar stationary aluminum electrode is situated in the inter-electrode space. In one of the embodiments, the bipolar electrode is made of a perforated heat-resistant plastic container filled with secondary aluminum and duralumin scrap. In another embodiment, the bipolar electrode of aluminum or duralumin scrap may be made without a perforated container and is placed in the inter-electrode space as a bulk scrap. In this case, to prevent shorts, each of six steel electrodes is placed in isolated perforated plastic shell with holes of 5 mm in diameter. Non-ferrous metals are extracted in a form of ferrite-chromites, and aluminates as well as hydroxyl salts deposited in the inter-electrode space without electrolysis deposits on electrodes. Deposits are separated from solution by known methods of filtration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/253546 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/702 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887384 | Frechet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean M. J. Frechet (Oakland, California); Frantisek Svec (Alameda, California); Cong Yu (Changchun, China PRC); Thomas Rohr (Vienna, Austria) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices comprising porous monolithic polymer for concentration, extraction or mixing of fluids. A method for in situ preparation of monolithic polymers by in situ initiated polymerization of polymer precursors within microchannels of a microfluidic device and their use for solid phase extraction (SPE), preconcentration, concentration and mixing. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/251604 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/634 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887441 | Sherohman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Sherohman (Livermore, California); Arthur W. Coombs, III (Patterson, California); Jick H. Yee (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Bulk Aluminum Antimonide (AlSb)-based single crystal materials have been prepared for use as ambient (room) temperature X-ray and Gamma-ray radiation detection. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/260141 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/87 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887517 | Cook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Lee Cook (Lakewood, Colorado); Brian John Elliott (Superior, Colorado); Silvia DeVito Luebben (Golden, Colorado); Andrew William Myers (Arvada, Colorado); Bryan Matthew Smith (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A new class of surface modified particles and a multi-step Michael-type addition surface modification process for the preparation of the same is provided. The multi-step Michael-type addition surface modification process involves two or more reactions to compatibilize particles with various host systems and/or to provide the particles with particular chemical reactivities. The initial step comprises the attachment of a small organic compound to the surface of the inorganic particle. The subsequent steps attach additional compounds to the previously attached organic compounds through reactive organic linking groups. Specifically, these reactive groups are activated carbon—carbon pi bonds and carbon and non-carbon nucleophiles that react via Michael or Michael-type additions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171422 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887569 | Kriven et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Waltraud M. Kriven (Champaign, Illinois); Sang-Jin Lee (Chonnam, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | In general, this invention relates to a ceramic composite exhibiting enhanced toughness and decreased brittleness, and to a process of preparing the ceramic composite. The ceramic composite comprises a first matrix that includes a first ceramic material, preferably selected from the group including alumina (Al2O3), mullite (3Al2O3.2SiO2), yttrium aluminate garnet (YAG), yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ), celsian (BaAl2Si2O8) and nickel aluminate (NiAl2O4). The ceramic composite also includes a porous interphase region that includes a substantially non-sinterable material. The non-sinterable material can be selected to include, for example, alumina platelets. The platelets lie in random 3-D orientation and provide a debonding mechanism, which is independent of temperature in chemically compatible matrices. The non-sinterable material induces constrained sintering of a ceramic powder resulting in permanent porosity in the interphase region. For high temperature properties, addition of a sinterable ceramic powder to the non-sinterable material provides sufficiently weak debonding interphases. The ceramic composite can be provided in a variety of forms including a laminate, a fibrous monolith, and a fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix. In the laminated systems, intimate mixing of strong versus tough microstructures were tailored by alternating various matrix-to-interphase thickness ratios to provide the bimodal laminate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/145845 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887611 | Cramer et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Cramer (New Milford, Connecticut); Jagdish Shah (Wallingford, Connecticut); Richard P. Hayes (Kaneohe, Hawaii); Dana A. Kelley (New Milford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell stack manifold system in which a flexible manifold body includes a pan having a central area, sidewall extending outward from the periphery of the central area, and at least one compound fold comprising a central area fold connecting adjacent portions of the central area and extending between opposite sides of the central area, and a sidewall fold connecting adjacent portions of the sidewall. The manifold system further includes a rail assembly for attachment to the manifold body and adapted to receive pins by which dielectric insulators are joined to the manifold assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, October 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/264866 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887813 | Ginosar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel M. Ginosar (Idaho Falls, Idaho); David N. Thompson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kyle Coates (Shelley, Idaho); David J. Zalewski (Proctorville, Ohio); Robert V. Fox (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reactivating a solid alkylation catalyst is provided which can be performed within a reactor that contains the alkylation catalyst or outside the reactor. Effective catalyst reactivation is achieved whether the catalyst is completely deactivated or partially deactivated. A fluid reactivating agent is employed to dissolve catalyst fouling agents and also to react with such agents and carry away the reaction products. The deactivated catalyst is contacted with the fluid reactivating agent under pressure and temperature conditions such that the fluid reactivating agent is dense enough to effectively dissolve the fouling agents and any reaction products of the fouling agents and the reactivating agent. Useful pressures and temperatures for reactivation include near-critical, critical, and supercritical pressures and temperatures for the reactivating agent. The fluid reactivating agent can include, for example, a branched paraffin containing at least one tertiary carbon atom, or a compound that can be isomerized to a molecule containing at least one tertiary carbon atom. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/412806 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888146 | 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); William A. Barletta (Oakland, California); David O. Patterson (Annandale, Virginia); Richard A. Gough (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A maskless micro-ion-beam reduction lithography system is a system for projecting patterns onto a resist layer on a wafer with feature size down to below 100 nm. The MMRL system operates without a stencil mask. The patterns are generated by switching beamlets on and off from a two electrode blanking system or pattern generator. The pattern generator controllably extracts the beamlet pattern from an ion source and is followed by a beam reduction and acceleration column. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/289332 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/398 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888297 | Klebanoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | EUV LLC (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard E. Klebanoff (San Clemente, California); William T. Silfvast (St. Helena, California); Daniel J. Rader (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for mitigating the transport of debris generated and dispersed from electric discharge sources by thermophoretic and electrostatic deposition. A member is positioned adjacent the front electrode of an electric discharge source and used to establish a temperature difference between it and the front electrode. By flowing a gas between the member and the front electrode a temperature gradient is established that can be used for thermophoretic deposition of particulate debris on either the member or front electrode depending upon the direction of the thermal gradient. Establishing an electric field between the member and front electrode can aid in particle deposition by electrostatic deposition. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/325997 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/356 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888473 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah); David S. Pixton (Lehi, Utah); H. Tracy Hall, Jr. (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A drill pipe having a box end having a tapered thread, and an internal shoulder and an external face for engagement with a drill pipe pin end having a tapered mating thread, and an external shoulder and an external face adapted for data acquisition or transmission. The relative dimensions of the box and pin ends are precisely controlled so that when the tool joint is made up, a repeatable reference plane is established for transmitting power and tuning downhole sensors, transducers, and means for sending and receiving data along the drill string. When the power or data acquisition and transmission means are located in the tool joint, the dimensions of the tool joint are further proportioned to compensate for the loss of cross-sectional area in order maintain the joints ability to sustain nominal makeup torque. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 20, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/620073 |
| ART UNIT | 2635 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/854.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06889122 | Perez |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Perez (Delmar, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A load controller and method are provided for maximizing effective capacity of a non-controllable, renewable power supply coupled to a variable electrical load also coupled to a conventional power grid. Effective capacity is enhanced by monitoring power output of the renewable supply and loading, and comparing the loading against the power output and a load adjustment threshold determined from an expected peak loading. A value for a load adjustment parameter is calculated by subtracting the renewable supply output and the load adjustment parameter from the current load. This value is then employed to control the variable load in an amount proportional to the value of the load control parameter when the parameter is within a predefined range. By so controlling the load, the effective capacity of the non-controllable, renewable power supply is increased without any attempt at operational feedback control of the renewable supply. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/391273 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06887291 | Alford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Michael Alford (Lakewood, Colorado); Michael D. Diener (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Filter devices and methods for collection of carbon nanomaterials, including fullerenes, produced in gas phase reactors are provided. The filter devices provide for in situ cleaning of filters to release captured product for collection. Product can be released and removed from the reactor without disrupting continuous synthesis of carbon nanomaterials. The filter devices facilitate increased reactor operation and larger scale production of carbon nanomaterials. The filters are cleaned by application of a motive force and/or a gas flow to the filter. In a specific embodiment filters are cleaned by a reverse flow of gas pulses to the filter provided. The invention also provides reactor systems for gas phase synthesis of carbon nanomaterials that can be operated continuously employing the filter device of this invention. Preferred reactor systems are those which synthesize carbon nanomaterials by combustion. Methods for continuous production of carbon nanomaterials using the filtering devices and methods of this invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/098828 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation 055/302 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887365 | Naughton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Naughton (Norwood, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an MFM or MRFM analytical device comprising a micro-dimensional probe that is capable of detecting single proton and single electron spin. Furthermore, it provides an MFM or MRFM device comprising a micro-dimensional probe, that is capable of detecting magnetic structures of size of order one nanometer. In particular, the present invention provides a micro-dimensional probe for an MFM or MRFM device that comprises a CNT cantilever that comprises a nanoscale ferromagnetic material. The CNT cantilever can be attached to an electrode as a component of a microscopic probe which is coupled with an electrical circuit as a component of a device for nanoscale MFM or MRFM micro-dimensional probes. The device comprising the probe and electrical circuit can be incorporated into an existing scanning probe microscope (SPM) apparatus having accommodation for electrical readout. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/665800 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887517 | Cook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Lee Cook (Lakewood, Colorado); Brian John Elliott (Superior, Colorado); Silvia DeVito Luebben (Golden, Colorado); Andrew William Myers (Arvada, Colorado); Bryan Matthew Smith (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A new class of surface modified particles and a multi-step Michael-type addition surface modification process for the preparation of the same is provided. The multi-step Michael-type addition surface modification process involves two or more reactions to compatibilize particles with various host systems and/or to provide the particles with particular chemical reactivities. The initial step comprises the attachment of a small organic compound to the surface of the inorganic particle. The subsequent steps attach additional compounds to the previously attached organic compounds through reactive organic linking groups. Specifically, these reactive groups are activated carbon—carbon pi bonds and carbon and non-carbon nucleophiles that react via Michael or Michael-type additions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171422 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/214 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887824 | Evans et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Evans (Mission Viejo, California); Nathan T. Allen (Stow, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to the chemistry of inorganic reduction catalysts, and more particularly to the composition and use of dihalogenated lanthanides catalysts, for example TmI2 or DyI2, to facilitate reduction reactions such as the preparation of alkylated hydrocarbons and/or organic polymers. |
| FILED | Monday, September 18, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/088749 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/302 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887965 | McCullough et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. McCullough (Allison Park, Pennsylvania); Jinsong Liu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Paul C. Ewbank (St. Paul, Minnesota); Elena E. Sheina (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to polythiophenes, particularly regioregular head-to-tail poly(3-alkylthiophenes) (HT-PATs), block copolymers made therefrom, and their methods of formation. The present invention provides HT-PATs with well-defined, specific end-groups, functionalization of the defined HT-PATs, and incorporation of end group functionalized HT-PATs into block copolymers with structural polymers. The intrinsically conductive diblock and triblock copolymers, formed from the HT-PATs, have excellent conductivity and low polydispersities that are useful in a number of applications. The block copolymers of the present invention have been found to exhibit conductivities that range from a low of 10−8 S/cm for certain applications to as high as several hundred S/cm or more. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/634035 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888170 | Schaff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Schaff (Ithaca, New York); Jeonghyun Hwang (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a highly doped layer of AlGaN, is practiced by first removing contaminants from a MBE machine. Wafers are then outgassed in the machine at very low pressures. A nitride is then formed on the wafer and an AlN layer is grown. The highly doped GaAlN layer is then formed having electron densities beyond 1×1020 cm−3 at Al mole fractions up to 65% are obtained. These levels of doping application of n-type bulk, and n/p tunnel injection to short wavelength UV emitters. Some applications include light emitting diodes having wavelengths between approximately 254 and 290 nm for use in fluorescent light bulbs, hazardous materials detection, water purification and other decontamination environments. Lasers formed using the highly doped layers are useful in high-density storage applications or telecommunications applications. In yet a further embodiment, a transistor is formed utilizing the highly doped layer as a channel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/140774 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888665 | Feldheim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Feldheim (Cary, North Carolina); Louis C. Brousseau, III (Austin, Texas); James P. Novak (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecule is wired into an electronic circuit by attaching a metal nanoparticle to the molecule and then electrically connecting a metal nanoparticle to the electric circuit. The metal nanoparticle interconnects can bridge the gap between small molecules and conventional electric circuits. An optical second harmonic also may be generated by impinging optical radiation having a first frequency on an array of molecularly bridged metal nanoparticles, to generate optical energy at a second frequency that is twice the first frequency. Red to blue light conversion thereby may be provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/216059 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888917 | Sommer, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spectramet, LLC (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Sommer, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert H. Parrish (Nashville, Tennessee); David B. Spencer (Bedford, Massachusetts); Charles E. Roos (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and process for classifying a piece of material of unknown composition at high speeds, where the system connected to a power supply. The piece is irradiated with first x-rays from an x-ray source, causing the piece to fluoresce x-rays. The fluoresced x-rays are detected with an x-ray detector, and the piece of material is classified from the detected fluoresced x-rays. Detecting and classifying may be cumulatively performed in less than one second. An x-ray fluorescence spectrum of the piece of material may be determined from the detected fluoresced x-rays, and the detection of the fluoresced x-rays may be conditioned such that accurate determination of the x-ray fluorescence spectrum is not significantly compromised, slowed or complicated by extraneous x-rays. The piece of material may be classified by recognizing the spectral pattern of the determined x-ray fluorescence spectrum. The piece of material may be flattened prior to irradiation and detection. The x-ray source may irradiate the first x-rays at a high intensity, and the x-ray source may be an x-ray tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/364783 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06886327 | Nathal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael V. Nathal (Strongsville, Ohio); John Gayda (Avon Lake, Ohio); Ronald D. Noebe (Medina, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layered component, such as a rocket engine combustion chamber, includes NiAl or NiAl-based alloy as a structural layer on the “hot” side of the component. A second structural layer is formed of material selected from Ni-based superalloys, Co-based alloys, Fe-based alloys, Cu, and Cu-based alloys. The second material is more ductile than the NiAl and imparts increased toughness to the component. The second material is selected to enhance one or more predetermined physical properties of the component. Additional structural layers may be included with the additional material(s) being selected for their impact on physical properties of the component. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/627107 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/200.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06886392 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip B. Hall (Huntsville, Alabama); Howard L. Novak (Indialantic, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A test apparatus provides an applied load to a monoball through a trolley which moves along a loading axis. While applying the load to the monoball, the torque meter is in communication with the spherical monoball, and a load cell senses the application of applied force to the monoball. Meanwhile, a rotary actuary imports rotary oscillating motion to the monoball which is sensed by a position sensor and a torque meter. Accordingly, a processor can determine the coefficient of friction in substantially real time along with a cycles per second rate. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/622174 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/53.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887620 | Klein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Electro Energy, Inc. (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin G. Klein (Brookfield, Connecticut); Paula Ralston (Danbury, Connecticut); Robert Plivelich (Waterbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The bipolar electrochemical battery of the invention comprises: a stack of at least two electrochemical cells electrically arranged in series with the positive face of each cell contacting the negative face of an adjacent cell, wherein each of the cells comprises (a) a negative electrode; (b) a positive electrode; (c) a separator between the electrodes, wherein the separator includes an electrolyte; (d) a first electrically conductive lamination comprising a first inner metal layer and a first polymeric outer layer, said first polymeric outer layer having at least one perforation therein to expose the first inner metal layer, said first electrically conductive lamination being in electrical contact with the outer face of the negative electrode; and (e) a second electrically conductive lamination comprising a second inner metal layer and a second polymeric outer layer, said second polymeric outer layer having at least one perforation therein to expose the second inner metal layer, said second electrically conductive lamination being in electrical contact with the outer face of the positive electrode; wherein the first and second laminations are sealed peripherally to each other to form an enclosure including the electrodes, the separator and the electrolyte. |
| FILED | Monday, January 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/337816 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887821 | Mays et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey A. Mays (Woodland Hills, California); Kevin A. Lohner (Los Angeles, California); Kathleen M. Sevener (Los Angeles, California); Jeff J. Jensen (Reseda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A robust, high temperature mixed metal oxide catalyst for propellant composition, including high concentration hydrogen peroxide, and catalytic combustion, including methane air mixtures. The uses include target, space, and on-orbit propulsion systems and low-emission terrestrial power and gas generation. The catalyst system requires no special preheat apparatus or special sequencing to meet start-up requirements, enabling a fast overall response time. Start-up transients of less than 1 second have been demonstrated with catalyst bed and propellant temperatures as low as 50 degrees Fahrenheit. The catalyst system has consistently demonstrated high decomposition effeciency, extremely low decomposition roughness, and long operating life on multiple test particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/405019 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/202 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888346 | Wincheski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell A. Wincheski (Williamsburg, Virginia); Min Namkung (Yorktown, Virginia); John W. Simpson (Tabb, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A giant magnetoresistive flux focusing eddy current device effectively detects deep flaws in thick multilayer conductive materials. The probe uses an excitation coil to induce eddy currents in conducting material perpendicularly oriented to the coil's longitudinal axis. A giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensor, surrounded by the excitation coil, is used to detect generated fields. Between the excitation coil and GMR sensor is a highly permeable flux focusing lens which magnetically separates the GMR sensor and excitation coil and produces high flux density at the outer edge of the GMR sensor. The use of feedback inside the flux focusing lens enables complete cancellation of the leakage fields at the GMR sensor location and biasing of the GMR sensor to a location of high magnetic field sensitivity. In an alternate embodiment, a permanent magnet is positioned adjacent to the GMR sensor to accomplish the biasing. Experimental results have demonstrated identification of flaws up to 1 cm deep in aluminum alloy structures. To detect deep flaws about circular fasteners or inhomogeneities in thick multilayer conductive materials, the device is mounted in a hand-held rotating probe assembly that is connected to a computer for system control, data acquisition, processing and storage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/021683 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888476 | Howard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard T. Howard (Huntsville, Alabama); Michael L. Book (Huntsville, Alabama); Thomas C. Bryan (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for controlling operations in a video guidance sensor system wherein images of laser output signals transmitted by the system and returned from a target are captured and processed by the system to produce data used in tracking of the target. Six modes of operation are provided as follows: (i) a reset mode; (ii) a diagnostic mode; (iii) a standby mode; (iv) an acquisition mode; (v) a tracking mode; and (vi) a spot mode wherein captured images of returned laser signals are processed to produce data for all spots found in the image. The method provides for automatic transition to the standby mode from the reset mode after integrity checks are performed and from the diagnostic mode to the reset mode after diagnostic operations are carried out. Further, acceptance of reset and diagnostic commands is permitted only when the system is in the standby mode. The method also provides for automatic transition from the acquisition mode to the tracking mode when an acceptable target is found. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/615369 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/958 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06886240 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Excellatron Solid State, LLC (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ji-Guang Zhang (Marietta, Georgia); Lamartine Meda (Atlanta, Georgia); Eleston Maxie (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for producing a thin film electrolyte is provided wherein a volatile lithium-containing precursor and a volatile phosphate-containing precursor are mixed into a plasma generated from a plasma source. The mixture is then deposited upon a substrate. The apparatus has a plasma source (13) having a primary plenum (16) and a secondary plenum (23). The primary plenum is in fluid communication with a source of nitrogen gas (47) and a source of hydrogen gas (51). The secondary plenum is in fluid communication with a first bubbler (31) and a second bubbler (38). |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/617836 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/730 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887619 | West et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quallion LLC (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. West (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhengcheng Zhang (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are cross-linked polysiloxane polymers having oligooxyethylene side chains. Lithium salts of these polymers can be synthesized as a liquid and then caused to solidify in the presence of elevated temperatures to provide a solid electrolyte useful in lithium batteries. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/367013 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887690 | Fisher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | PE Corporation (Foster City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Virgil Fisher (El Granada, California); Paolo Vatta (San Mateo, California); Shaheer H. Khan (Foster City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel dye-labeled ribonucleotide analogs and methods for synthesizing those analogs. The compounds of the invention are especially useful for DNA sequencing by the polymerase chain reaction. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/886011 |
| 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 435/91.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06887910 | Bruza et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies Inc. (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. Bruza (Alma, Michigan); James P. Godschalx (Midland, Michigan); Edward O. Shaffer, II (Midland, Michigan); Dennis W. Smith, Jr. (Seneca, South Carolina); Paul H. Townsend, III (Midland, Michigan); Kevin J. Bouck (Midland, Michigan); Qing Shan J. Niu (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A suitable cross-linkable matrix precursor and a poragen can be treated to form a porous cross-linked matrix having a Tg of greater than 300° C. The porous matrix material has a lower dielectric constant than the corresponding non-porous matrix material, making the porous matrix material particularly attractive for a variety of electronic applications including integrated circuits, multichip modules, and flat panel display devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/283552 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888873 | Kwon |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Finisar Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hoki Kwon (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical cavity surface emitting laser having an InP substrate and a lower mirror stack comprised of a plurality of alternating layers of AlPSb and GaPSb over the InP substrate. An InP spacer is over the lower mirror stack. An active region is over the InP spacer, and a tunnel junction is over the active region. Then a top mirror structure comprised of a low-temperature formed first GaAs buffer layer, a high-temperature formed second GaAs seed layer, an insulating structure having an opening, and a GaAs/Al(Ga)As mirror stack that is grown by lateral epitaxial overgrowth. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/078422 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/96 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06887688 | Lagarias et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Clark Lagarias (Davis, California); Takayuki Kochi (Daigakusyuku sya, Japan); Nicole Frankenberg (Davis, California); Gregory A. Gambetta (Davis, California); Beronda L. Montgomery (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the field of gene expression. In particular this invention relates to the use of heterologous phytochromes to translocate polypeptides into the nucleus of a cell. Where the polypeptides comprise transactivators or repressors this invention provides a system for light-directed gene expression. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/159901 |
| 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 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 06886747 | Snapp |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F Snapp (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | To standardize a mailing address, a zip code is extracted from the mailing address (FIG. 1A). A primary number (102) from a primary field of the mailing address (110) and a secondary number (112) from a secondary field (120) of the mailing address are also extracted. The zip code, the primary number, and the secondary number are concatenated. |
| FILED | Friday, March 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/297986 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/385 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06887983 | Tanzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rudolph E. Tanzi (Hull, Massachusetts); Tae-Wan Kim (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, in general, to presenilin 2 proteolytic fragments. In particular, the present invention relates to a purified 20 kDa presenilin 2 C-terminal fragment (PS2-CTF); purified nucleic acid molecules coding for the 20 kDa PS2-CTF protein; cells containing the nucleic acid molecules; non-human organisms containing the nucleic acid molecule; antibodies having specific binding affinity to the 20 kDa PS2-CTF; hybridomas containing the antibodies; methods of detecting 20 kDa PS2-CTF in a sample; diagnostic kits; methods for screening compounds that inhibit proteolytic processing of presenilin 2 in a cell, isolated compounds that inhibit proteolytic processing of presenilin 2 in a cell, and a method of inhibiting apoptotic cell death by preventing proteolytic cleavage of presenilin 2 at a cleavage site which generates a 20 kDa C-terminal fragment. |
| FILED | Friday, April 24, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/065902 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.850 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888489 | Agler |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Cordell Agler (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a radar system for protecting a radar compartment from a transmitted radar beam. The radar system comprises an antenna having a transmitter surface for transmitting the radar beam. There is further provided a protective member having an outer protective surface. This protective member is externally located adjacent the antenna for protecting the radar compartment from the transmitted radar beam. In addition, an alignment member is disposed between the antenna and the protective member. The alignment member is sized and configured to align the transmitter surface towards the outer protective surface for guiding the transmission of the radar beam therethrough. By featuring these components in such an arrangement, an operating frequency of any portion of the transmitted radar beam which diffracts from the outer protective surface can be mitigated to protect the radar compartment therefrom. |
| FILED | Monday, June 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/601904 |
| 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 342/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06888513 | Graham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason S. Graham (Santa Barbara, California); David L. McClure (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A deployable structure comprising a support and at least one structural element is provided. The structural element is mechanically attached to the support. The latching mechanism assembly is adapted to containing the structural element in a non-deployed state until it is remotely activated or de-latched. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/029511 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/880 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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