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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 24, 2005
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| US 06895804 | Lovell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADA Technologies, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Stanley Lovell (Arvada, Colorado); Patrick D. French (Aurora, Colorado); Anthony René Barringer (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a system and method for detecting substances, such as high boiling and low vapor pressure materials, using high energy radiation imparted by a suitable radiation source, such as a strobe or laser over a short time period. The radiation source causes the materials to vaporize. A system handling system is used in conjunction with a detector to detect the presence of the materials including explosives, explosive-related compounds, chemical warfare agents, drugs, toxic industrial compounds, and derivatives thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/719840 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/31.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06895850 | Hagan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Dennis Hagan (Fredericksburg, Virginia); James N. Malamas (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A pressure-released brake assembly restrains a projectile in a launch tube prior to launch and automatically releases the projectile at launch. A brake assembly housing defines cavities that extend substantially radially out from the projectile when the housing is attached thereto. A brake pad adjoins the housing and has holes formed therethrough with each hole being aligned with one of the housing's cavities. Means are provided for positioning a loose-fitting pin partially in each of the brake pad's holes and partially in a correspondingly aligned housing cavity. When a launch pressure is generated in the projectile's launch tube, the launch pressure acts on each pin via the holes in the brake pad. The launch pressure causes the positioning means to fail and drives each pin out of engagement with the brake pad to effectively uncouple the brake pad from the housing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/658581 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.806 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06895871 | Smith 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) | William G. Smith (Martinsville, Indiana); Roger D. Enochs (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable, re-usable, elevated platform that provides a large, non-slip, grated surface on which an individual wearing a fully-encapsulated, hazardous materials suit may stand, and turn as needed to ensure thorough on-site decontamination. The platform generally comprises a top grate and two folding/pivoting support leg assemblies. The elevated design of the platform allows for the collection of the hazardous material runoff in a containment vessel deployed underneath. The platform is fabricated of impervious, strong, lightweight materials to prevent absorption of any hazardous materials and to provide sufficient structural strength while keeping its overall weight reasonable. The design is simple and straightforward, and can be economically manufactured. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/342659 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Horizontally supported planar surfaces 18/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06895991 | Woessner |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George T. Woessner (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved pneumatic valve and a missile with an improved thrust directional valve. In one embodiment, a refractory material lining for a pneumatic valve enables better valve operation and better valve performance. A thin-wall cylindrical sleeve of rhenium or other suitable refractory metal is located inside a cylinder. A valve piston may then travel within the refractory sleeve with greater reliability and better operation. The refractory sleeve cylinder lining can be subject to high temperatures at a rapid rate and remain operational. Under such a hostile environmental, including corrosive/erosive environments created by the passage of hot propellant gasses, the refractory cylinder sleeve has a more reliable operational life and is lighter in weight than conventional valves made entirely of refractory metals. |
| FILED | Friday, August 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/216622 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896003 | Gieseke |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Gieseke (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An inlet system for an inlet in a flow field includes an inlet recess housing having an interior with forward and rear end walls, a base wall, and an opening formed in an upper surface thereof. An intake duct is formed in a rear end wall of the inlet recess. An inlet door has a first end pivotally connected to a forward wall and a trailing edge directed to the rear end wall of the inlet housing such that the inlet door selectively closes the opening of the inlet housing. An overlap member can extend from the rear end wall of the inlet recess to a predetermined distance adjacent a trailing edge of the door. A deflector is provided having an end deflecting portion in contact with the trailing edge of the door over at least a portion of the inlet door's pivoting path. Side deflecting portions project from the end deflecting portion toward the front wall of the inlet housing. The deflector controls pressure recovery of flow field at a fully open position of the door until the trailing edge of the door clears the end deflecting portion of the deflector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/292954 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/899.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896204 | Greene 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) | Michael L. Greene (Fort Washington, Maryland); Samuel J. DeVane (Nanjemoy, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises an extension tube that attaches to the bore end of a water jet producing device that is used to render safe improvised explosive devices by disrupting the firing train of said devices. The present invention comprises an extension tube having a sudden enlargement of cross section, that may be formed by adjusting the dimensions of the interior diameter of the extension tube, at the point of attachment, and a series of apertures in the attachment tube. The extension tube provides a more uniform jet of water with more focused energy by containing the jet until breech pressures are vented. Better control of the water jet will be maintained during firing operations. Further, more energy may be put into the water jet to accomplish specific tasks. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/695364 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896224 | Goodwin |
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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) | John L. Goodwin (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for mitigating toe strike in a cockpit of an aircraft includes providing an airbag module attached to an instrument console located in the cockpit of the aircraft; releasing an airbag from the airbag module after an ejection sequence begins; using the airbag to protect a pilot's lower limbs from striking the instrument console as the pilot begins ejecting. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/807577 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896377 | Rash 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) | Clarence E. Rash (Enterprise, Alabama); John C. Mora (Fort Rucker, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An interchangeable low-backscatter aperture structure includes but is not limited to an aperture insert that is releasably engaged in a base. The aperture insert includes an aperture that may be of any shape. For example, the aperture may comprise a slit or it may be circular. The aperture insert may be held in the base by any securing mechanism capable of releasably securing the insert to the base. In one embodiment the securing mechanism includes a plurality of pressure clips. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/844308 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/613 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896483 | Dierksmeier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Allison Advanced Development Company (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas D. Dierksmeier (Franklin, Indiana); Tab Michael Heffernan (Plainfield, Indiana); James C. Muskat (Mooresville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The clearances between an array of turbine blades and its surrounding blade track may be controlled by an expansion control material system supporting the blade tracks. The blade track support hoop is placed in tension by the expansion control material placed therein and the expansion control material is placed in compression. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/189121 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896487 | Cunha et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank J. Cunha (Avon, Connecticut); Keith A. Santeler (Middletown, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A cooling circuit disposed within a first wall portion and a second wall portion of a wall for use in a gas turbine engine is provided. The cooling circuit includes a plurality of inlet apertures disposed in the first wall portion to provide a flow path of cooling air into the cooling circuit, a first exit slot disposed in the second wall portion to provide a cooling air flow path out of the cooling circuit, a plurality of pedestals arranged in rows extending between the first wall portion and the second wall portion and a first elongated pedestal disposed radially and extending between the first and second wall portions. The first elongated pedestal is positioned between the pedestals and the first exit slot. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/637352 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896579 | Bromenshenk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Montana (Missoula, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry Bromenshenk (Missoula, Montana); Robert A. Seccomb (Missoula, Montana); Steven D. Rice (Victor, Montana); Robert T. Etter (Missoula, Montana); Colin B. Henderson (Missoula, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to condition honey bees to search for a non-rewarding producing target odor source enables bees to identify a number of chemical substances such as those associated with unexploded ordnances, land mines, and illicit drug laboratories. Further, the subject method can be used to increase pollination efficiency by conditioning the bees to search for a specific vapor from a target crop. The method includes conditioning the bees to the target odor by moving their hives into a staging area. The staging area is located at least two miles from the ultimate site to be searched. The target odor is applied to the hive. Bulk feeders containing the target odor are placed near the hive. The hives are reoriented to the bulk feeders for several days. The hives are then moved to the search site and feeding/conditioning trays containing the target odor are placed nearby. For the first, approximately 24 hours, the bees are fed from the feeding/conditioning trays. Thereafter, periods of feeding and starvation are alternated to encourage the bees to forage and identify the target source. There are several embodiments of the feeding/conditioning trays which present the target odor to the bee during conditioning. Additionally, an automated feeding controller is useful in the conditioning method. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/631176 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Bee culture 449/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896738 | Sumakeris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph John Sumakeris (Apex, North Carolina); Michael James Paisley (Garner, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A heating device for controllably heating an article defines a processing chamber to hold the article and includes a housing and an EMF generator. The housing includes a susceptor portion surrounding at least a portion of the processing chamber, and a conductor portion interposed between the susceptor portion and the processing chamber. The EMF generator is operable to induce eddy currents within the susceptor portion such that substantially no eddy currents are induced in the conductor portion. The conductor portion is operative to conduct heat from the susceptor portion to the processing chamber. The heating device may further include a platter and an opening defined in the conductor portion, wherein the opening is interposed between the susceptor portion and the platter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/017492 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/725 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896779 | Thomas, III 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) | Elvin D. Thomas, III (Ft. Washington, Maryland); Keith E. Lucas (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); Paul Slebodnick (Springfield, Virginia); Elizabeth A. Hogan (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system using tank corrosion sensors to provide for an overall assessment and monitoring of the electro-chemical corrosion and coatings condition in ships' tanks, and particularly in ships' seawater or compensated fuel tanks. The system includes reference half-cells mounted along a suspended cable and one instrumented sacrificial anode at the end of the cable to provide optimal sensing capability within a tank structure. The reference half-cells and the sacrificial anode measure a potential and current output, respectively. Together the measurements provide objective information that can be used to predict corrosion damage and coating deterioration occurring throughout the structure of the tank. The system may be used for an overall assessment and monitoring of the electro-chemical corrosion and coatings condition. In a preferred embodiment, the measurements are stored in a datalogger that is optimally contained within an associated instrument housing. If used with other systems in other tanks, the system may be used to monitor the relative tank condition, trend tank condition changes over time, range tank behavior into three categories and provide a direct analysis methodology for making tank maintenance decisions. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/857369 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/404 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896809 | Qian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Providence Health System - Oregon (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rui Qing Qian (Portland, Oregon); Robert W. Glanville (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | One method for purifying a chitosan starting material includes contacting it with at least one treatment agent selected from a protein-complexing agent, a metal-chelating agent, and a metal-complexing agent under pH conditions effective for forming a water insoluble chitosan precipitate and at least one water soluble material selected from a water soluble protein complex, a water soluble metal chelate, and a water soluble metal complex. Another variant involves solubilizing the chitosan starting material in an aqueous solution to produce an intermediate chitosan material. The intermediate chitosan material is contacted with a deproteinization agent and/or a demetallization agent under pH conditions effective for forming a water insoluble chitosan precipitate and at least one water soluble material that includes the pre-existing impurity. In both methods, the water insoluble chitosan precipitate and the water soluble material are separated resulting in a purified chitosan material. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/326462 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/638 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897032 | Elashvili |
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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) | Ilya Elashvili (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for detecting chemical warfare agents that contain organophosphorus compounds. Compositions containing either (1) a sufficient amount of phosphonate ester hydrolase with an alkali agent or (2) a sufficient amount of phosphonate ester hydrolase, a sufficient amount of organophosphorus hydrolase and a sufficient amount of a organophosphorus acid anhydrolase, may be utilized to test for organophosphorus compound-containing chemical warfare agents. These enzymes will react with such chemical warfare agents to produce degradation products, specifically phosphonate esters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/131996 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897119 | Sneh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genus, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ofer Sneh (Mountain View, California); Thomas E. Seidel (Sunnyvale, California); Carl Galewski (Aromas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for performing atomic layer deposition in which a surface of a substrate is pretreated to make the surface of the substrate reactive for performing atomic layer deposition. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/666694 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897401 | Kildea |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Kildea (North Palm Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming non-separating diffusers in a part includes fabricating at least one metering hole in a part, and fabricating at least one diffuser hole with an electrode comb in the part such that the diffuser hole intersects the metering hole at a transition region. The electrode comb includes a tooth including a nose comprised of a plurality of diffuser surfaces intersecting at a point on a tooth centerline. Each diffuser surface has a diffuser angle, and at least one of the diffuser surfaces is truncated by an offset from the tooth centerline. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632260 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/69.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897434 | Kumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prem Kumar (Skokie, Illinois); Marco Florentino (Boston, Massachusetts); Paul L. Voss (Evanston, Illinois); Jay E. Sharping (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A source and/or method of generating quantum-correlated and/or entangled photon pairs using parametric fluorescence in a fiber Sagnac loop. The photon pairs are generated in the 1550 nm fiber-optic communication band and detected by a detection system including InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes operating in a gated Geiger mode. A generation rate>103 pairs/s is observed, a rate limited only by available detection electronics. The nonclassical nature of the photon correlations in the pairs is demonstrated. This source, given its spectral properties and robustness, is well suited for use in fiber-optic quantum communication and cryptography networks. The detection system also provides high rate of photon counting with negligible after pulsing and associated high quantum efficiency and also low dark count rate. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/376137 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/227.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897471 | Soref 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) | Richard A. Soref (Newton Centre, Massachusetts); Jose Menendez (Tempe, Arizona); John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention teaches two new families of Si-based Ge/SnxGe1-x heterodiode and multiple quantum well (MQW) photonic devices: (1) band-to-band photodetectors, lasers, emitters, amplifiers and modulators for the 1.5 to 12 μm wavelength range; (2) intersubband photodetectors, lasers, emitters and modulators for 12 to 100 μm operation. The bipolar band-to-band devices have applications within the 1.5-2.2, 3-5 and 8-to-12 μm bands. The unipolar intersubband group has longwave infrared and terahertz applications. All strained-layer devices are grown a relaxed SnySizGe1-y-z buffer layer—a virtual substrate (VS) grown directly upon a silicon wafer by unique LT UHV-CVD. The VS provides a low-defect atomic template for subsequent heteroepitaxy and is an essential enabling technique for engineering tensile and compressive strain within the Ge/SnxGe1-x MQW by selecting the VS lattice parameter to be approx midway between the layer lattices. |
| FILED | Friday, November 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/722611 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897483 | Zheleva et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsvetanka Zheleva (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Darren B. Thomson (Cary, North Carolina); Scott A. Smith (Centerville, Ohio); Kevin J. Linthicum (Angier, North Carolina); Thomas Gehrke (Carrboro, North Carolina); Robert F. Davis (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A gallium nitride layer is laterally grown into a trench in the gallium nitride layer, to thereby form a lateral gallium nitride semiconductor layer. At least one microelectronic device may then be formed in the lateral gallium nitride semiconductor layer. Dislocation defects do not significantly propagate laterally into the lateral gallium nitride semiconductor layer, so that the lateral gallium nitride semiconductor layer is relatively defect free. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/426553 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897539 | Behin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Behrang Behin (Berkeley, California); Kam Yin Lau (Danville, California); Richard S. Muller (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for directing an optical beam and for making an apparatus for directing an optical beam are described. One such method may include applying a first force to a plate to move the plate from a first angular orientation to a second angular orientation wherein the plate contacts a stop in the second angular orientation. A second force can be applied between the plate and the stop to hold the plate against the stop in a plane substantially parallel to a substantially planar surface of the stop. An apparatus for directing an optical beam may be made by coupling an array of plates to a base assembly wherein each plate is movable between a first angular orientation and a second angular orientation. An array of apertures may be formed in a stop assembly wherein the stop assembly is coupled to the base assembly and each aperture is positioned to contact its respective plate when the plate is in a second angular orientation. |
| FILED | Friday, April 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/122451 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/444 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897821 | Wong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert L. Wong (South Pasadena, California); Jason H. Q. Ly (Torrance, California); Philip R. Dahl (Encino, California); Arthur C. Or (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An off-gimbal pointing system is improved using filtering of resolver and gyro responses respectively applied at the output of the resolvers and gyros for attenuating high frequencies resolver responses and gyro responses that effectively degrades the high frequency responses that are matched and above the control system bandwidth for improving the overall dynamic control of the off-gimbal pointing system for rejecting the affects of base motion disturbances and vibrations. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/634022 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/757 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897822 | Sparks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth D. Sparks (Glenwood, Maryland); Robert T. Soranno (Baldwin, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A resonator-slot antenna is configured to have a spiral of a conducive sheet material having at least one turn and extending along an axis with an elongated antenna slot helically wound around the axis in at least one full twist. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/453793 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/767 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897831 | McKinzie, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Titan Aerospace Electronic Division (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. McKinzie, III (Fulton, Maryland); Victor C. Sanchez (Laurel, Maryland); Mark Reed (Laurel, Maryland); Steven L. Garrett (Jessup, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronically reconfigurable artificial magnetic conductor (RAMC) includes a frequency selective surface (FSS) having an effective sheet capacitance which is variable to control resonant frequency of the RAMC. In one embodiment, the RAMC further includes a conductive backplane structure and a spacer layer separating the conductive backplane structure and the FSS. The spacer layer includes conductive vias extending between the conductive backplane structure and the FSS, and voltage variable capacitive circuit elements coupled with the FSS and responsive to bias voltages applied on one or more bias signal lines routed through the conductive backplane structure and the conductive vias. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/845666 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/909 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897915 | Lavrentovich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oleg D. Lavrentovich (Kent, Ohio); Dmitry Voloschenko (Schaumburg, Illinois); Sergij Shiyanovskii (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid crystal device comprises a first and second cell wall structure; at least one liquid crystal material disposed within a space between the first and second cell wall structures; and polymer micro-structures, wherein the micro-structures are formed by polymerizing a prepolymer, and wherein said micro-structures have a shape and spatial location determined by said liquid crystal material. Permanent polymer micro-structures are formed from a liquid crystal with a non-uniform spatially modulated director field. The polymer structures have the shape and spatial location dictated by the non-uniform director field of the liquid crystal. The micro-structures are a backbone that restores the liquid crystal director field that existed during the polymerization process even when other factors, such as electric field, temperature, or surface anchoring, do not favor this restoration. The polymer micro-structures can be used in optical devices, such as diffraction gratings and deflecting and beam steering devices, and in micro-mechanical and micro-fluidic devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/966294 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897965 | Ghadiri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The Regents of the University of California at San Diego (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Reza Ghadiri (San Diego, California); Kianoush Motesharei (LaJolla, California); Shang-Yi Lin (San Diego, California); Michael J. Sailor (LaJolla, California); Keiki-Pua S. Dancil (Del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The measurement of the wavelength shifts in the reflectometric interference spectra of a porous semiconductor substrate such as silicon, make possible the highly sensitive detection, identification and quantification of small analyte molecules. The sensor of the subject invention is effective in detecting multiple layers of biomolecular interactions, termed “cascade sensing”, including sensitive detection of small molecule recognition events that take place relatively far from the semiconductor surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/801282 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898112 | Janesky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Allen Janesky (Gilbert, Arizona); Bradley N. Engel (Chandler, Arizona); Nicholas D. Rizzo (Gilbert, Arizona); Jon M. Slaughter (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A nearly balanced synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) structure that can be advantageously used in magnetoelectronic devices such as a magnetoresistive memory cell includes two ferromagnetic layers and an antiferromagnetic coupling layer separating the two ferromagnetic layers. The SAF free layer has weakly coupled regions formed in the antiferromagnetic coupling layer by a treatment such as annealing, layering of the antiferromagnetic coupling layer, or forming the antiferromagnetic coupling layer over a roughened surface of a ferromagnetic layer. The weakly coupled regions lower the flop field of the SAF free layer in comparison to untreated SAF free layers. The SAF flop is used during the write operation of such a structure and its reduction results in lower power consumption during write operations and correspondingly increased device performance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/322979 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898339 | Shah et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jagdish Shah (Wallingford, Connecticut); Robert Schroeder (Newtown, Connecticut); Philip Dryden (Danbury, Connecticut); Rogerio Ramos (North Baddesley, United Kingdom); Raghu Madhavan (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple mode pre-loadable fiber optic pressure and temperature sensor includes a generally cylindrical structure having at least one compression element, a fiber optic having a Bragg grating in contact with one side of the compression element, a diaphragm in contact with the other side of the compression element, and a fluid port in fluid communication with the diaphragm. According to preferred aspects of the, a groove is provided in at least one compression element for receiving the fiber optic. The sensor is pre-loaded by straining the diaphragm over the adjacent compression element when the cover is attached. The compression element in contact with the diaphragm preferably has a contoured surface contacting the diaphragm and the diaphragm is stretched to match that contour. By varying the contour of the compression element and the thickness of the diaphragm, the dynamic range of the sensor can be changed. The preferred diaphragm has a variable thickness and is made as an integral part of the structure. The sensor can be operated in normal, reverse, or differential mode. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/233355 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898365 | Burrows |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee J. Burrows (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for manufacturing an article capable of constraining a propagating wave is disclosed. The method includes contacting a crystalline substrate with a source of deuterium ions to create a region in the crystalline substrate having a crystal structure that includes deuterium ions. The region is capable of constraining a propagating wave to the region. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/262440 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898378 | Nelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shannon M. Nelson (Chicago, Illinois); Stuart J. Collar (Algonquin, Illinois); Mark D. Hischke (Algonquin, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Infrared communications scheme for use in an embedded system. According to a preferred embodiment, the invention comprises the use of an infrared communications scheme, according to IrDA protocol, which is utilized to transmit and receive data via an electrical interface between circuit cards housed within an enclosed, embedded system. Preferably, each respective circuit card is provided with a digital tri-stateable transmitter element and a digital receiver to respectively transmit and receive data. The systems and methods of the present invention provide increased reliability than prior-art systems and methods. |
| FILED | Friday, March 24, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/534880 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898459 | Hayek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carleton S. Hayek (Ellicott City, Maryland); W. Reid Thompson (Baltimore, Maryland); Joseph S. Lombardo (Annapolis, Maryland); Lisa A. Blodgett (Ellicott City, Maryland); Charles B. Cooperman (Highland, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of diagnosing pathologic heart conditions in which a time series of heart sounds is filtered and parsed into a sequence of individual heart cycles. A systolic interval as well as systolic sub-intervals are identified for each heart cycle. An energy value is computed for the systolic sub-interval of one or more heart cycles. The energy value computed is proportional to the energy level associated with the filtered series of heart sounds. A composite energy value is then computed for the systolic sub-intervals of one or more heart cycles and compared to a threshold level in order to distinguish between a normal heart and a pathologic heart. The system corresponding to the method is comprised of a portable computing device that manages data collection and stores data collected from new patients, and analyzes data. |
| FILED | Friday, February 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/048110 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/509 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898554 | Jaw et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Scientific Monitoring, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Link C. Jaw (Scottsdale, Arizona); Dong-Nan Wu (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting a fault in a physical system uses a model of the physical system and calculates estimated dependent variables or conditions for the system using substantially only independent variables that are measured from the system using hardware redundancy or selected based on their better measurement reliability. An example of hardware redundancy is to measure an independent variable using two or more sensors rather than one. The estimated dependent variables are compared to the corresponding measured dependent variable conditions to calculate residuals, which are then analyzed using appropriate fault detection techniques. The method is especially effective relative to prior fault detection method when used to detect anomalies or unknown fault states of the system. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 30, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/726928 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/185 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898584 | McCool 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) | Kelly McCool (Upper Marlboro, Maryland); David J. Haas (North Potomac, Maryland); Gene L. Barndt (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An algorithm housed within a rotorcraft, controls real time generation of signals reflecting sensor measurement of plural parameters in accordance with a programmed sequence operationally intermapped pursuant to a linear or non-linear equation with calculations therefrom of estimates to provide an accurate determination of flight usage from which to evaluate and detect excessive damage with respect to components of the aircraft. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 26, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/696299 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898791 | Chandy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Mani Chandy (La Cañada, California); Joseph Kiniry (Pasadena, California); Adam Rifkin (Pasadena, California); Daniel Zimmerman (Pasadena, California); Wesley Tanaka (Alea, Hawaii); Luke Weisman (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A distributed system framework and a distributed system architecture that includes three features: it can accommodate a large number of addressable entities, it is possible to connect any arbitrary group of entities together into a virtual network, and the infrastructure supports large numbers of concurrent virtual networks. In one aspect, the invention includes a distributed system framework for a networked environment, including a plurality of process objects, each process object including: a program method for creating at least one inbox for storing messages received from another process object; a program method for creating at least one outbox for storing messages to be transmitted to another process object; a freeze method that saves the state of the process object to persistent storage, thereby changing the process object to a frozen process object; a thaw method that restores the frozen process object from the persistent storage, thereby changing the frozen process object to a ready process object; a program method for interconnecting each created outbox of the process object to a created inbox of at least one other process object, thereby establishing a personal network between the process object and such other process objects within a communication session to perform at least one task by passing messages between the interconnected outboxes and in-boxes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/295957 |
| ART UNIT | 2126 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06896873 | Frayne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Frayne (Madison, Wisconsin); Charles M. Strother (Madison, Wisconsin); Orhan Unal (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhihao Yang (Madison, Wisconsin); Abukar Wehelie (Madison, Wisconsin); Hyuk Yu (Blue Mounds, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a coating that emits magnetic resonance signals and a method for coating medical devices therewith. The coating includes a paramagnetic metal ion-containing polymer complex that facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic techniques by readily visualizing medical devices coated with the complex. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/096368 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896874 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junwei Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Orhan Unal (Madison, Wisconsin); Xiqun Jiang (Nanjing, China PRC); Charles Milton Strother (Madison, Wisconsin); Hyuk Yu (Blue Mounds, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a coating that emits magnetic resonance signals and a method for coating medical devices therewith. The coating includes a paramagnetic metal ion-containing polymer complex that facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic techniques by readily visualizing medical devices coated with the complex. The present invention also provides methods by which pre-existing polymers and medical devices may be made MR-imageable. The invention also provides methods of improving MR-imageability of polymers and medical devices by encapsulating the polymers and medical devices with hydrogels. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/142363 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896892 | Mount et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dwight L. Mount (Duluth, Georgia); Michael D. Green (Winder, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An insecticide-impregnated fabric that remains sufficiently effective at killing and repelling disease vector insects after repeated washings with detergent and water is described. The fabric is impregnated with an insecticide composition containing an insecticide, a cyclodextrin, and a binding agent. The resulting fabric is useful for providing personal protection against disease-carrying insect vectors, particularly when assembled as a bednet in regions of the world where malaria is prevalent, and will remain effective for a longer period of time before re-impregnation is necessary. |
| FILED | Monday, February 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/168666 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897018 | Yuan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bao-Zhu Yuan (Columbia, Maryland); Snorri S. Thorgeirsson (Bethesda, Maryland); Nicholas Popescu (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A cDNA molecule corresponding to a newly discovered human gene is disclosed. The new gene, which is frequently deleted in liver cancer cells and cell lines, is called the DLC-1 gene. Because the gene is frequently deleted in liver cancer cells, but present in normal cells, it is thought to act as a tumor suppressor. This gene is also frequently deleted in breast and colon cancers, and its expression is decreased or undetectable in many prostate and colon cancers. Also disclosed is the amino acid sequence of the protein encoded by the DLC-1 gene. Methods of using these biological materials in the diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and adenocarcinomas are presented. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 23, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/644947 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897038 | Bonner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Bonner (Washington, District of Columbia); Seth R. Goldstein (Bethesda, Maryland); Paul D. Smith (Annapolis, Maryland); Thomas J. Pohida (Monrovia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Laser capture microdissection occurs where the transfer polymer film is placed on a substrate overlying visualized and selected cellular material from a sample for extraction. The transfer polymer film is focally activated (melted) with a pulse brief enough to allow the melted volume to be confined to that polymer directly irradiated. This invention uses brief pulses to reduce the thermal diffusion into surrounding non-irradiated polymer, preventing it from being heated hot enough to melt while providing sufficient heat by direct absorption in the small focal volume directly irradiated by the focused laser beam. This method can be used both in previously disclosed contact LCM, non contact LCM, using either condenser-side (or beam passes through polymer before tissue) or epi-irradiation (or laser passes through tissue before polymer). It can be used in configuration in which laser passes through tissue before polymer with and without an additional rigid substrate. In its preferred configuration it uses the inertial confinement of the surrounding unmelted thermoplastic polymer (and the overlying rigid substrate) to force expansion of the melted polymer into the underlying tissue target. Utilizing the short pulse protocol, the targeted and extracted material can have a diameter equal to or smaller than the exciting beam. |
| FILED | Monday, April 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/118487 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/40.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897045 | Engelhardt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Engelhardt (Iowa City, Iowa); Dongsheng Duan (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated and purified DNA molecule comprising at least one DNA segment, a biologically active subunit or variant thereof, of a circular intermediate of adeno-associated virus, which DNA segment confers increased episomal stability, persistence or abundance of the isolated DNA molecule in a host cell. The invention also provides a composition comprising at least two adeno-associated virus vectors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/054665 |
| 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 435/69.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897053 | O'Donnell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. O'Donnell (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York); Olga Yurieva (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an isolated DNA molecule from a thermophilic bacterium which encodes a DNA polymerase III-type enzyme subunit. Also encompassed by the present invention are host cells and expression system including the heterologous DNA molecule of the present invention, as well as isolated replication enzyme subunits encoded by such DNA molecules. Also disclosed is a method of producing a recombinant thermostable DNA polymerase III-type enzyme, or subunit thereof, from a thermophilic bacterium, which is carried out by transforming a host cell with at least one heterologous DNA molecule of the present invention under conditions suitable for expression of the DNA polymerase III-type enzyme, or subunit thereof, and then isolating the DNA polymerase III-type enzyme, or subunit thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 21, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/716964 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
06897057 — Cell-specific and/or tumor-specific promoter retargeting of herpes γ 34.5 gene expression
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. Antonio Chiocca (Wakefield, Massachusetts); Richard Y. Chung (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to herpes viral mutants and methods of using these viral mutants for selectively targeting tumor cells or other populations of target cells. The viral mutants of the invention are capable of selective targeting due to the use of tumor-specific and/or cell-specific promoters to drive expression of the herpes γ34.5 gene. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 31, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/653277 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897062 | Heston et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Warren Heston (Chagrin Falls, Ohio); Denise O'Keefe (Sagamore Hills, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses a new gene, termed PSMA-like, that is very similar to the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) gene and cross-reacts with current detection methods for PSMA. The present invention also provides for a method of distinguishing the PSMA and PSMA-like mRNAs and/or proteins for diagnostic and therapeutic strategies that desire specific targeting of either the PSMA or PSMA-like gene. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/973382 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897197 | DePinho |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald A. DePinho (Pelham Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel method of inhibiting the growth of tumor cells based upon the discovery that p19ARF acts as a suppressor of oncogenic transformation by binding to the MDM2 oncoprotein and blocking MDM2's ability to target associated proteins, such as p53 and Rb, for proteosomal degradation. The method provided by the present invention inhibits the growth of a tumor cell by administering to the cell an effective amount of p19ARF or a mimetic thereof, and p53 to inhibit the growth of the tumor cell. Also provided by the present invention are pharmaceutical composition comprising p19ARF or a mimetic thereof, and/or p53. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/424630 |
| 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 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897200 | Burke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas G. Burke (Lexington, Kentucky); Ayhan S. Demir (Lexington, Kentucky); Ashok J. Chavan (Lexington, Kentucky); Danzhou Yang (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Camptothecin drugs are stabilized in their antitumor active lactone form by complexation with an oligonucleotide including RNA or catalytic RNA. The oligonucleotide-camptothecin drug complex may be incorporated within a macromolecular assembly including both viral and non-viral oligonucleotide vectors. The invention allows combination gene and camptothecin drug therapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 14, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/807332 |
| 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 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897240 | Cohen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred E. Cohen (San Francisco, California); Xiaohui Du (Los Angeles, California); Chun Guo (Shenyang, China PRC); James H. McKerrow (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to thio semicarbazone and semicarbazone inhibitors of cysteine proteases and methods of using such compounds to prevent and treat protozoan infections such as trypanosomiasis, malaria and leishmaniasis. The compounds also find use in inhibiting cysteine proteases associated with carcinogenesis, including cathepsins B and L. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/431714 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/582 |
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| US 06897287 | Harley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John B. Harley (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A number of octapeptides were generated from the sequences encoding the 60 kDa Ro/SSA peptide, the La/SSB autoantigen, the 70 kD nuclear ribonucleoprotein (nRNP), and the Sm B/B′ polypeptide, which represent linear epitopes for autoantibodies present in the sera of SLE and SS patients. These peptides are useful in solid phase assays for patients characterized by the presence of these autoantibodies, and can be used to categorize patients as to the likelihood of developing certain conditions associated with SLE. The peptides are also potentially useful in treatment of these patients using immobilized peptide to remove autoantibody and to block binding of the autoantibodies with patient molecules reactive with the autoantibodies. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 1992 |
| APPL NO | 07/867819 |
| 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 530/327 |
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| US 06897291 | Salkoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icagen, Incorporated (Durham, North Carolina); The Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence Salkoff (Clayton, Missouri); Matthew Schreiber (Clayton, Missouri); Chris Silvia (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of Slo3, a pH sensitive potassium channel expressed in sperm; antibodies to Slo3; methods of screening for Slo3 inhibitors; and methods of screening for Slo3 homologs. |
| FILED | Monday, March 06, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/519076 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 06897296 | Alnemri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IDUN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (San Diego, California); Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emad S. Alnemri (Ambler, Pennsylvania); Teresa Fernandes-Alnemri (Ambler, Pennsylvania); Gerald Litwack (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Robert Armstrong (San Diego, California); Kevin Tomaselli (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated gene encoding Mch4 or an isolated gene encoding Mch5 as well as functional fragments thereof. Also provided are isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding Mch4 or Mch5 or functional fragment thereof. The gene or nucleic acid sequences can be single or double stranded nucleic acids corresponding to coding or non-coding strands of the Mch4 or Mch5 nucleotide sequences. Also provided are genes and nucleic acids encoding functional fragments such as the FADD-like domains Mch4A, Mch4B, Mch5A and Mch5B. Isolated Mch4 or Mch5 polypeptides or functional fragments thereof including the FADD-like domains Mch4A, Mch4B, Mch5A and Mch5B are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/668955 |
| 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 530/387.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897301 | Hahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beatrice H. Hahn (Birmingham, Alabama); George M. Shaw (Birmingham, Alabama); Feng Gao (Hoover, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The nucleotide sequences of the genomes of eleven molecular clones for non-subtype B isolates of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 are disclosed. The invention relates to the nucleic acids and peptides encoded by and/or derived from these sequences and their use in diagnostic methods and as immunogens. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/290579 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897331 | Curran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis P. Curran (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Hiroyuki Nakamura (Shinjuku-Ku, Japan); Ilhyong Ryu (Osaka, Japan); Hiroshi Matsubara (Osaka, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of reacting a first non-fluorous compound to produce a second non-fluorous compound includes the steps of: contacting a first non-fluorous phase including the first non-fluorous compound with a first fluorous phase at a first phase interface, the first non-fluorous compound distributing between the first fluorous phase and the first non-fluorous phase; contacting the first fluorous phase with a second non-fluorous phase at a second phase interface; and including at least a third non-fluorous compound in the second non-fluorous phase that reacts with the first non-fluorous compound to produce the second non-fluorous compound, the second non-fluorous compound having a distribution coefficient less than the first non-fluorous compound. For example, the first non-fluorous compound can be dibromine or diiodine, and the second non-fluorous compound can be an alkene. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/094345 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/454 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897352 | Verma et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ajit K. Verma (Madison, Wisconsin); Deric L. Wheeler (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Non-human mammalian animals having a higher epidermal expression level of protein kinase Cε than their wild-type counterparts are phenotypically distinguished from wild-type animals in that the animals induced to develop tumors in a chemical initiation/promotion protocol are suppressed for subsequent papilloma development but are susceptible to developing squamous cell carcinoma and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. The animals are advantageously used in methods for screening putative agents for altering the susceptibility, development and progression of squamous cell carcinoma and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma and have further commercial value as tools for investigating the development of metastatic disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/228931 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897353 | Bradshaw et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Suzanne Bradshaw (Cincinnati, Ohio); Jacques A. Bollekens (Brussels, Belgium); Frank H. Ruddle (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The functional analysis of genes frequently requires the manipulation of large genomic regions. A yeast-bacteria shuttle vector is described, that can be used to clone large regions of DNA by homologous recombination. The important feature of present invention is the presence of the a bacterial replication origin, which allows large DNA insert capacity. The utility of this vector lies in its ability to isolate, manipulate and maintain large fragments in bacteria and yeast, allowing for mutagenesis by yeast genetics and simplified preparation of plasmid DNA in bacteria. |
| FILED | Monday, December 04, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/729043 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897783 | Zeng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shengke Zeng (Souderton, Pennsylvania); John R. Powers, Jr. (Morgantown, West Virginia); Larry L. Jackson (Morgantown, West Virginia); David L. Conover (Bethel, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A personal electrical injury protection system is provided which can be worn by electricians, construction workers, or other individuals working around or with low-voltage lines (i.e. generally less than about 600 volts). The personal electrical injury protection system has both a proximity warning component which provides a warning of potential electrical hazards upon close approach to the low-voltage power line and an electrical contact protection component which turns off the power upon actual electrical contact with the power line. The present personal electrical protection system relies on a radio frequency transmitter attached to the worker or person to be protected and a radio receiver/controller connected to the power line. The radio frequency transmitter has a low frequency generator which is used for electrical-contact protection and a high frequency generator which is used for proximity warning. |
| FILED | Friday, February 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/204031 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/635 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898303 | Armato, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arch Development Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel G. Armato, III (Downers Grove, Illinois); Maryellen L. Giger (Elmhurst, Illinois); Heber Macmahon (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system and computer readable medium for automated detection of lung nodules in computed tomography (CT) image scans, including generating two-dimensional segmented lung images by segmenting a plurality of two-dimensional CT image sections derived from the CT image scans; generating three-dimensional segmented lung volume images by combining the two-dimensional segmented lung images; determining three-dimensional lung nodule candidates from the three-dimensional segmented lung volume images, including, identifying structures within the three-dimensional segmented lung volume images that meet a volume criterion; deriving features from the lung nodule candidates; and detecting lung nodules by analyzing the features to eliminate false-positive nodule candidates from the nodule candidates. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/759333 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898455 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The McLean Hospital Corporation (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl M. Anderson (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Steven Bradley Lowen (Burlington, Massachusetts); Perry F. Renshaw (Bedford, Massachusetts); Martin H. Teicher (Rye, New Hampshire); Luis C. Maas, III (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) includes performing an objective ADHD behavioral assay for a patient, administering a drug to the patient at varying doses, and performing an fMRI on the patient for the varying drug doses to determine an optimal dosage for the patient. The method can further include performing a further objective ADHD behavioral assay after the drug administration. |
| FILED | Monday, June 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/162529 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/411 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898533 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dwight W. Miller (Pine Bluff, Arkansas); Richard Beger (White Hall, Arkansas); Jackson O. Lay, Jr. (Little Rock, Arkansas); Jon G. Wilkes (Little Rock, Arkansas); James P. Freeman (White Hall, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are disclosed for establishing a quantitative relationship between spectral properties of molecules and a biological, chemical, or physical endpoint of the molecules. Spectral data including data from nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometric, infrared, and ultraviolet-visible techniques are used along with endpoint data to train a pattern-recognition program. The training yields a spectral data-activity relationship that may be used to predict the endpoint value of a molecule from its spectral data alone. Methods for rapidly screening isolated compounds or mixtures of compounds based upon their spectral data are included. |
| FILED | Monday, July 31, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/629557 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06895688 | Acharya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey); The University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bharat R. Acharya (Madison, Wisconsin); Cheng Cher Huang (New Brighton, Minnesota); Christi Kay Madsen (South Plainfield, New Jersey); John A. Rogers (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid crystal polarization rotator device is able to rotate polarization fast enough to compensate polarization mode dispersion. The amount or degree of rotation is rapidly reconfigurable. The device includes a cavity filled with a nematic liquid crystal material. The cavity has electrodes on a first face, e.g., a first substrate, and electrodes on a second face, e.g., a second substrate, opposite the first face. The electrodes are shaped and positioned to produce an electric field across the cavity capable of rotating the alignment direction of the molecules of the liquid crystal material in the cavity. The electrodes are patterned on the ends of optical fibers. Aligning and positioning of the electrodes on the ends of the optical fibers with a predetermined spacing forms the cavity that is filled with the nematic liquid crystal material. The filled cavity is a so-called liquid crystal microcell wave plate. A control system is used to control the “rapid” rotation of the alignment direction of the molecules of the liquid crystal material. The control system receives data regarding the polarization of light entering or leaving the microcell and adjusts the direction of the electric field also using trigger pulses such as to rotate the nematic liquid crystal material molecules by a first predetermined number of degrees greater than a second desired number of degrees of rotation. Then, the trigger pulses for the electric field are stopped after the molecules have rotated by the second desired number of degrees. In this manner, the molecules rotate by the second desired number of degrees much faster than if a pulse had been applied with the same speed to rotate them by the second desired number of degrees in he first place. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/651689 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids 034/246 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06895723 | Knokey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Coe Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Portland, Oregon); Wyoming Sawmills, Inc. (Sheridan, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene R. Knokey (Anacordes, Washington); Ernest W. Schmidt (Sheridan, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for forming structural beams and the beams resulting from such methods are disclosed. The disclosed methods compress and adhesively bond wood strands into beams. A beam formed from any one of the disclosed methods may, if desired, have any one of several disclosed shapes, strand configurations, or strand densities. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/232207 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/729.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896873 | Frayne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Frayne (Madison, Wisconsin); Charles M. Strother (Madison, Wisconsin); Orhan Unal (Madison, Wisconsin); Zhihao Yang (Madison, Wisconsin); Abukar Wehelie (Madison, Wisconsin); Hyuk Yu (Blue Mounds, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a coating that emits magnetic resonance signals and a method for coating medical devices therewith. The coating includes a paramagnetic metal ion-containing polymer complex that facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic techniques by readily visualizing medical devices coated with the complex. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/096368 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896874 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Junwei Li (Madison, Wisconsin); Orhan Unal (Madison, Wisconsin); Xiqun Jiang (Nanjing, China PRC); Charles Milton Strother (Madison, Wisconsin); Hyuk Yu (Blue Mounds, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a coating that emits magnetic resonance signals and a method for coating medical devices therewith. The coating includes a paramagnetic metal ion-containing polymer complex that facilitates diagnostic and therapeutic techniques by readily visualizing medical devices coated with the complex. The present invention also provides methods by which pre-existing polymers and medical devices may be made MR-imageable. The invention also provides methods of improving MR-imageability of polymers and medical devices by encapsulating the polymers and medical devices with hydrogels. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/142363 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897437 | Fuhrer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ionwerks (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katrin Fuhrer (Houston, Texas); Kent J. Gillig (College Station, Texas); Marc Gonin (Houston, Texas); David H. Russell (College Station, Texas); John A. Schultz (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an improved ion mobility spectrometer and method for the analysis of chemical samples. The improvements are realized in the optimization of resolution and sensitivity. Increases in sensitivity are realized by preserving a narrow spatial distribution of migrating ions through the use of periodic/hyperbolic field focusing. Additionally, novel combinations and configurations of components are used to simultaneously maintain a well defined ion packet and preserve sample throughput to the detector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/798030 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897654 | Barbic |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mladen Barbic (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of imaging a sample. A magnetic particle is positioned near a sample to be imaged. A strong direct current (DC) magnetic field is applied in a non-perpendicular direction relative to the sample, and a relatively weaker radio frequency (RF) magnetic field is applied. A plurality of polarized magnetic spins of the sample is produced in a region near the magnetic particle, and resonance of the plurality of magnetic spins is detected. The detected plurality of magnetic spins can be used to provide an image of the sample. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/411769 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897915 | Lavrentovich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oleg D. Lavrentovich (Kent, Ohio); Dmitry Voloschenko (Schaumburg, Illinois); Sergij Shiyanovskii (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid crystal device comprises a first and second cell wall structure; at least one liquid crystal material disposed within a space between the first and second cell wall structures; and polymer micro-structures, wherein the micro-structures are formed by polymerizing a prepolymer, and wherein said micro-structures have a shape and spatial location determined by said liquid crystal material. Permanent polymer micro-structures are formed from a liquid crystal with a non-uniform spatially modulated director field. The polymer structures have the shape and spatial location dictated by the non-uniform director field of the liquid crystal. The micro-structures are a backbone that restores the liquid crystal director field that existed during the polymerization process even when other factors, such as electric field, temperature, or surface anchoring, do not favor this restoration. The polymer micro-structures can be used in optical devices, such as diffraction gratings and deflecting and beam steering devices, and in micro-mechanical and micro-fluidic devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/966294 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898097 | Dugger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffery Don Dugger (Atlanta, Georgia); Tyson S. Hall (Cleveland, Tennessee); Paul Hasler (Atlanta, Georgia); David V. Anderson (Alpharetta, Georgia); Paul D. Smith (Marietta, Georgia); Matthew Raymond Kucic (Austell, Georgia); Abhishek Bandyopadhyay (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In one exemplary embodiment, a programmable analog array (PAA) contains a configurable analog matrix having two floating-gate field effect transistors (FETs). Also contained in the PAA is an interconnect circuit that is programmable to configure the configurable analog matrix to operate in one or more of several matrix modes. A few examples of such matrix modes include a switching matrix mode, a memory matrix mode, and a computing matrix mode. In an exemplary method of configuring the PAA. PAA, the the method includes programming an interconnection, for example, between a first terminal of the first floating-gate FET and a first terminal of the second floating-gate FET. The method further includes programming an interconnection, for example, between a gate terminal of the first floating-gate FET and a fixed voltage source, for setting a floating gate charge on the first floating-gate FET. |
| FILED | Monday, March 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/397021 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898791 | Chandy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Mani Chandy (La Cañada, California); Joseph Kiniry (Pasadena, California); Adam Rifkin (Pasadena, California); Daniel Zimmerman (Pasadena, California); Wesley Tanaka (Alea, Hawaii); Luke Weisman (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A distributed system framework and a distributed system architecture that includes three features: it can accommodate a large number of addressable entities, it is possible to connect any arbitrary group of entities together into a virtual network, and the infrastructure supports large numbers of concurrent virtual networks. In one aspect, the invention includes a distributed system framework for a networked environment, including a plurality of process objects, each process object including: a program method for creating at least one inbox for storing messages received from another process object; a program method for creating at least one outbox for storing messages to be transmitted to another process object; a freeze method that saves the state of the process object to persistent storage, thereby changing the process object to a frozen process object; a thaw method that restores the frozen process object from the persistent storage, thereby changing the frozen process object to a ready process object; a program method for interconnecting each created outbox of the process object to a created inbox of at least one other process object, thereby establishing a personal network between the process object and such other process objects within a communication session to perform at least one task by passing messages between the interconnected outboxes and in-boxes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/295957 |
| ART UNIT | 2126 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Interprogram communication or interprocess communication 719/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06895757 | Mitchell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krista Anne Mitchell (Springboro, Ohio); David Edward Bulman (Cincinnati, Ohio); Mark Eugene Noe (Morrow, Ohio); Harold Ray Hansel (Mason, Ohio); Christopher Charles Glynn (Hamilton, Ohio); John David Bibler (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly for providing a seal at an aft end of a combustor liner for a gas turbine engine including a longitudinal centerline axis extending therethrough. The sealing assembly includes a substantially annular first sealing member positioned between an aft portion of a support member and the liner aft end so as to seat on a designated surface portion of the liner aft end and a substantially annular second sealing member positioned between the support member aft portion and a turbine nozzle located downstream of the liner aft end so as to seat on a designated surface portion of the support member aft portion. Accordingly, the first sealing member is maintained in its seated position as the support member aft portion moves radially with respect to the liner aft end and the second sealing member is maintained in its seated position as the support member aft portion moves axially with respect to the turbine nozzle. The first and second sealing members are also maintained in their respective seating positions as the support member aft portion moves axially with respect to the liner aft end and radially with respect to the turbine nozzle. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/361456 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06895761 | Mitchell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Krista Anne Mitchell (Springboro, Ohio); David Edward Bulman (Cincinnati, Ohio); Mark Eugene Noe (Morrow, Ohio); Harold Ray Hansel (Mason, Ohio); Thomas Allen Wells (West Chester, Ohio); Christopher Charles Glynn (Hamilton, Ohio); John David Bibler (Tucson, Arizona); Toby George Darkins, Jr. (Loveland, Ohio); Joseph John Charneski (Maineville, Ohio); Craig Patrick Burns (Mason, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A mounting assembly for an aft end of a liner of a gas turbine engine combustor including a support member, wherein a longitudinal centerline axis extends through the gas turbine engine. The mounting assembly includes a pin member extending through each one of a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings in a portion of the support member for the combustor and into a plurality of partial openings formed in the aft end of the liner, with each pin member including a head portion at one end thereof, and a device positioned within each opening in the support member so as to retain the pin members therein. The pin members and the support member are able to slide radially and/or axially with respect to the liner aft end as the support member experiences thermal growth greater than the liner. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/326209 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/796 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06896864 | Clarke |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. F. Clarke (Seabrook, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of aligning single walled carbon nanotube structures into selected orientations for a variety of different applications are achieved by initially dispersing the nanotube structures in aqueous solutions utilizing a suitable dispersal agent. The dispersal agent coats each individual nanotube structure in solution. The dispersal agent may be substituted with a suitable functional group that reacts with a corresponding binding site. Dispersed nanotube structures coated with substituted dispersal agents are exposed to a selected array of binding sites such that the nanotubes align with the binding sites due to the binding of the substituted functional groups with such binding sites. Alternatively, crystalline nanotube material is formed upon deposition of dispersed nanotube structures within solution into channels disposed on the surface of the substrate. Combining dispersal agent chemical modification techniques with deposition of the nanotubes into substrate channels is also utilized to produce useful structures. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/983830 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897960 | DiMeo, Jr. et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Frank DiMeo, Jr. (Danbury, Connecticut); Mackenzie E. King (Southbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrogen gas detector for detection of hydrogen gas in a gaseous environment. The detector comprises a light/heat source, an optical detector, and an optical barrier between the source and detector. The optical barrier responds to the presence of hydrogen by responsively changing from a first optical state to a different second optical state, whereby transmission of light from the light/heat source through the optical barrier is altered by the presence of hydrogen and the altered transmission is sensed by the optical detector to provide an indication of the presence of hydrogen gas in the gaseous environment. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/138092 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898167 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsuen-Hsi Liu (Calabasas, California); Demetri Psaltis (Pasadena, California); Fai H. Mok (Torrance, California); Gan Zhou (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical memory for storing and/or reading data on an optical disk. The optical disk incorporates a material in which holographic gratings can be created, and subsequently detected, at plural locations within the disk by an electro-optical head. Creation and detection of holographic gratings with variable diffraction efficiency is possible with the electro-optical head. Multiple holographic gratings can also be created at each one of the plural locations via a beam of light which has a different wavelength or point of focus. These data elements can be read by the electro-optical head using a beam of light sequentially varied in wavelength or point of focus to correspond to the multiple holographic gratings to be recorded. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/924218 |
| ART UNIT | 2653 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic information storage or retrieval 369/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898469 | Bickford |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Assets LLC (Lake Tahoe, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Bickford (Orangevale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for monitoring an apparatus or process asset including creating a process model comprised of a plurality of process submodels each correlative to at least one training data subset partitioned from an unpartitioned training data set and each having an operating mode associated thereto; acquiring a set of observed signal data values from the asset; determining an operating mode of the asset for the set of observed signal data values; selecting a process submodel from the process model as a function of the determined operating mode of the asset; calculating a set of estimated signal data values from the selected process submodel for the determined operating mode; and determining asset status as a function of the calculated set of estimated signal data values for providing asset surveillance and/or control. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/600224 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 06896446 | Kostelnik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin M. Kostelnik (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Hideki Kawamura (Tokyo, Japan); John G. Richardson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Masaru Noda (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | An advanced containment system for containing buried waste and associated leachate. A trench is dug on either side of the zone of interest containing the buried waste so as to accommodate a micro tunnel boring machine. A series of small diameter tunnels are serially excavated underneath the buried waste. The tunnels are excavated by the micro tunnel boring machine at a consistent depth and are substantially parallel to each other. As tunneling progresses, steel casing sections are connected end to end in the excavated portion of the tunnel so that a steel tube is formed. Each casing section has complementary interlocking structure running its length that interlocks with complementary interlocking structure on the adjacent casing section. Thus, once the first tube is emplaced, placement of subsequent tubes is facilitated by the complementary interlocking structure on the adjacent, previously placed, casing sections. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/411534 |
| ART UNIT | 3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/129.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
06896854 — Nonthermal plasma systems and methods for natural gas and heavy hydrocarbon co-conversion
| US 06896854 | Kong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Lee O. Nelson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Brent A. Detering (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A reactor for reactive co-conversion of heavy hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon gases and includes a dielectric barrier discharge plasma cell having a pair of electrodes separated by a dielectric material and passageway therebetween. An inlet is provided for feeding heavy hydrocarbons and other reactive materials to the passageway of the discharge plasma cell, and an outlet is provided for discharging reaction products from the reactor. A packed bed catalyst may optionally be used in the reactor to increase efficiency of conversion. The reactor can be modified to allow use of a variety of light sources for providing ultraviolet light within the discharge plasma cell. Methods for upgrading heavy hydrocarbons are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/059669 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/186.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897078 | Kautz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Kautz (Lenexa, Kansas); Howard Morgenstern (Lee's Summit, Missouri); Roy J. Blazek (Overland Park, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-chip module comprising a low-temperature co-fired ceramic substrate having a first side on which are mounted active components and a second side on which are mounted passive components, wherein this segregation of components allows for hermetically sealing the active components with a cover while leaving accessible the passive components, and wherein the passive components are secured using a reflow soldering technique and are removable and replaceable so as to make the multi-chip module substantially programmable with regard to the passive components. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/697898 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897557 | Benett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Benett (Livermore, California); Harold D. Ackler (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical connector is formed from a sheet of electrically conductive material that lies in between the two layers of nonconducting material that comprise the casing of an electrical chip. The connector is electrically connected to an electrical element embedded within the chip. An opening in the sheet is concentrically aligned with a pair of larger holes respectively bored through the nonconducting layers. The opening is also smaller than the diameter of an electrically conductive contact pin. However, the sheet is composed flexible material so that the opening adapts to the diameter of the pin when the pin is inserted therethrough. The periphery of the opening applies force to the sides of the pin when the pin is inserted, and thus holds the pin within the opening and in contact with the sheet, by friction. The pin can be withdrawn from the connector by applying sufficient axial force. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/885434 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/697 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898072 | Beihoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce C. Beihoff (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Lawrence D. Radosevich (Muskego, Wisconsin); Mark G. Phillips (Brookfield, Wisconsin); Dennis L. Kehl (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Steven C. Kaishian (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Daniel G. Kannenberg (Waukesha, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A terminal structure provides interfacing with power electronics circuitry and external circuitry. The thermal support may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in removing heat from the terminal structure and the circuits through fluid circulating through the support. The support may form a shield from both external EMI/RFI and from interference generated by operation of the power electronic circuits. Features may be provided to permit and enhance connection of the circuitry to external circuitry, such as improved terminal configurations. Modular units may be assembled that may be coupled to electronic circuitry via plug-in arrangements or through interface with a backplane or similar mounting and interconnecting structures. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/252183 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/676 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06896883 | Bergstrom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Embrapa Trigo (, Brazil) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary C. Bergstrom (Ithaca, New York); Wilmar Corio da Luz (Pass Fundo, Brazil) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to isolated Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas putida, and Sporobolomyces roseus which are useful as a biocontrol agent. These organisms are useful in a method of imparting to plants protection against plant pathogens by applying them to plants, plant seeds, or soil surrounding plants under conditions effective to impart disease protection to the plants or plants produced from the plant seeds. The biocontrol agents are also useful in a method of enhancing plant growth which involves applying them to plants, plants seeds, or soil surrounding plants under conditions effective to enhance growth in the plants or plants produced from the plant seeds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/241252 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.462 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897019 | Greenberg |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew S. Greenberg (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods, therapeutics and kits for treating and preventing diseases or conditions associated with excessive lipolysis, in particular TNF-α induced lipolysis, and/or excessive free fatty acid levels. Exemplary conditions include insulin-resistance, diabetes, in particular NIDDM, obesity, glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, polycystic ovary syndrome, and coronary artery disease. In a preferred embodiment, the method includes administering to a subject in need a pharmaceutically effective amount of an inhibitor of the JNK signal transduction pathway and/or an inhibitor of the MAPK/ERK signal transduction pathway. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 17, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/690647 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897244 | Zhu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Betty C. R. Zhu (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Gregg Henderson (St. Gabriel, Louisiana); Roger A. Laine (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Two derivatives of nootkatone, tetrahydronootkatone and 1,10-dihydronootkatone, are surprisingly effective as repellents of termites and mosquitos. Tetrahydronootkatone and 1,10-dihydronootkatone were shown to effectively repel termites at concentrations as low as 2 μg/ml and 12.5 μg/ml, respectively. Tetrahydronootkatone was shown to repel mosquitos at a concentration of 5%. Tetrahydronootkatone is an effective repellent of termites either by itself or as an addition to other substrates, including mulches made from wood products or other cellulose-containing material. Tetrahydronootkatone or 1,10-dihydronootkatone can be used to protect construction wood from attack by Formosan subterranean termites, either alone or used in combination with other compounds known to repel termites. It is also believed that these compounds will prove effective in repelling ants, ticks, and cockroaches. These derivatives of nootkatone are non-toxic to humans and other mammals and environmentally safe. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/189631 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/691 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 06897227 | Garst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Winston Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Newport Beach, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); The Reagents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Garst (Newport Beach, California); George Sachs (Encino, California); Jai M. Shin (Chatsworth, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Prodrugs of proton pump inhibitors of Formulas 1 through 4, where the symbols are as defined in the specification, and the R group includes at least one acidic group or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, have improved aqueous solubility and bioavailability. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/620252 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/341 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06897287 | Harley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John B. Harley (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A number of octapeptides were generated from the sequences encoding the 60 kDa Ro/SSA peptide, the La/SSB autoantigen, the 70 kD nuclear ribonucleoprotein (nRNP), and the Sm B/B′ polypeptide, which represent linear epitopes for autoantibodies present in the sera of SLE and SS patients. These peptides are useful in solid phase assays for patients characterized by the presence of these autoantibodies, and can be used to categorize patients as to the likelihood of developing certain conditions associated with SLE. The peptides are also potentially useful in treatment of these patients using immobilized peptide to remove autoantibody and to block binding of the autoantibodies with patient molecules reactive with the autoantibodies. |
| FILED | Monday, April 13, 1992 |
| APPL NO | 07/867819 |
| 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 530/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 06897831 | McKinzie, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Titan Aerospace Electronic Division (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. McKinzie, III (Fulton, Maryland); Victor C. Sanchez (Laurel, Maryland); Mark Reed (Laurel, Maryland); Steven L. Garrett (Jessup, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronically reconfigurable artificial magnetic conductor (RAMC) includes a frequency selective surface (FSS) having an effective sheet capacitance which is variable to control resonant frequency of the RAMC. In one embodiment, the RAMC further includes a conductive backplane structure and a spacer layer separating the conductive backplane structure and the FSS. The spacer layer includes conductive vias extending between the conductive backplane structure and the FSS, and voltage variable capacitive circuit elements coupled with the FSS and responsive to bias voltages applied on one or more bias signal lines routed through the conductive backplane structure and the conductive vias. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/845666 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/909 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06898365 | Burrows |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee J. Burrows (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for manufacturing an article capable of constraining a propagating wave is disclosed. The method includes contacting a crystalline substrate with a source of deuterium ions to create a region in the crystalline substrate having a crystal structure that includes deuterium ions. The region is capable of constraining a propagating wave to the region. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/262440 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 06896813 | Harthill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michalann Kunic Harthill (Frederick, Maryland); Nancy Shoemaker Simon (Oakton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A matrix for water decontamination has an amended sorbant cellulose substrate with an iron (ferric) oxyhydroxide component and a component to sorb dissolved organic compounds retained by the cellulose substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/402224 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/660 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 06896109 | Kelso et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CSA Engineering, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn P. Kelso (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jason E. Lindler (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention disclosed is a magnetorheological fluid device offering vibration isolation and broad modulation range damping in a high load carrying and compact form. A cylindrically shaped flexure structure has a bottom cap attached to one end and a top cap attached to the other end. A piston comprising a toroidal displacement body, a central shaft, and intermediate connecting plate, attaches to the top cap. A fluid chamber surrounding and generally conforming to the shape of the toroidal displacement body, is attached to the bottom cap. Two bellows attaching between the piston connecting plate and top and bottom portions of the fluid chamber complete an enclosed volume around the toroidal displacement body and allow frictionless motion of the toroidal displacement body relative to the fluid chamber. Electromagnetic coils placed within the inner and outer radius walls of the fluid chamber effect a magnetic field across the outer radius gap and inner radius gap between the toroidal displacement body and fluid chamber. Longitudinal deflection of the cylindrical flexure structure effects motion of the top cap relative to the bottom cap which in turn effects longitudinal motion of the toroidal displacement body within the fluid chamber. Magnetorheological fluid is forced from the top of the toroidal displacement body to the bottom, and vice-versa, across the inner radius and outer radius gaps between the fluid chamber and the inner radius of the toroidal displacement body. Static payload loads are supported with a high-strength, linear-elastic load path while base motion dynamic vibration loads are substantially isolated and damped without stiction effects. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/408040 |
| ART UNIT | 3683 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Brakes 188/267.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 06898284 | Solinas |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome Anthony Solinas (Westminster, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying user, generating digital signature, and verifying digital signature by selecting a modulus p in the form of p=(2dk−2ck−1)/r, p=(2dk−2(d−1)k+2(d−2)k− . . . −2k+1)/r, p=(2dk−2ck−1)/r, p=(2dk−2ck+1)/r, and p=(24k−23k+22k+1)/r, selecting an elliptic curve E and an order q; selecting a basepoint G; generating a private key w; generating a public key W=wG; distributing p, E, q, G, and W to at least a prover, a verifier, and a signer; generating the prover's private key wp and public key Wp=wpG; retrieving the prover's public key Wp; generating a private integer kp; combining kp and G to form K using p; sending K to the verifier; sending a challenge integer c to the prover; combining c, kp, and wp to form a response integer v; sending v to the verifier; combining cG, K, and Wp using p and checking to see if the combination is equal to vG. If not so, stop. Otherwise, generating, by the signer, the signer's private key ws; generating a private integer ks; combining ks and G to form K using p; combining K and a message M to form an integer h; combining h, ks, and ws to form an integer s; sending M and (K,s) as a digital signature of M; retrieving Wp; receiving M and (K,s); combining K and M to form an integer h; and combining h, K, and Wp using p and checking to see if the combination is equal to sG. If so, the digital signature is verified. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/928266 |
| ART UNIT | 2137 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Assets LLC (Lake Tahoe, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Bickford (Orangevale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for monitoring an apparatus or process asset including creating a process model comprised of a plurality of process submodels each correlative to at least one training data subset partitioned from an unpartitioned training data set and each having an operating mode associated thereto; acquiring a set of observed signal data values from the asset; determining an operating mode of the asset for the set of observed signal data values; selecting a process submodel from the process model as a function of the determined operating mode of the asset; calculating a set of estimated signal data values from the selected process submodel for the determined operating mode; and determining asset status as a function of the calculated set of estimated signal data values for providing asset surveillance and/or control. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/600224 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06897022 | Ginns et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Miami (Miami, Florida); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward I. Ginns (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Janice A. Egeland (Hershey, Pennsylvania); Steven M. Paul (Carmel, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Chromosomal regions comprising loci associated with susceptibility and resistance to bipolar affective disorder have been identified. Methods and compositions are provided for determining the contribution of these chromosomal regions to bipolar affective disorder in an affected family, for determining in an affected family a genotype associated with increased or decreased susceptibility or resistance to bipolar illness, and for assessing an increased or decreased risk of developing bipolar illness for a tested individual from an affected family. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/881012 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2005/fedinvent-patents-20050524.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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