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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 21, 2005
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 06907677 | Hartman |
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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) | George A. Hartman (Waynesville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A new extensometer is disclosed that avoids prior art problems of drift and other problems from variations in temperature, humidity and other environmental factors. Two primary extensometer body parts each hold at one end specimen contact rods and at their other ends a displacement measuring sensor, preferably a linear variable differential transformer. A thin hinge area connects the two body parts into a single piece monolithic construction so that relative movement between the two body parts is restricted to a single rotational degree of freedom. |
| FILED | Saturday, January 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/346817 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Geometrical instruments 033/787 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06907940 | Ahlers |
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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) | Jeffrey Ahlers (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a fast response fluid flow control valve/nozzle that combines the technology used to rupture the frangible discs found in pressurized container-based fire protection/suppression systems with that found in fixed pipe spray/sprinkler systems. The apparatus' design projects a small, localized pressure wave at the underside of a frangible disc that is sufficient to rupture the disc in a very rapid manner. The present invention generally comprises an assembly of six primary components; a chamber base, a jet core threaded into the chamber base, a commercially-available rupture/frangible disc assembly, a disc retention ring, a nozzle port threaded onto the chamber base to hold the retention ring and rupture disc against the jet core and to tie the components together as a unitized assembly, and a pressure cartridge actuator. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/662169 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fire extinguishers 169/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908286 | Leskow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Leskow (Westport, Connecticut); William J. Eadie (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor system includes a hydraulic pressure system located within a rotor shaft along an axis or rotation. The hydraulic pressure system is within the rotating field such that fluid pressure is generated and supplied from within the rotational field without the need to cross a rotational interface. Differential rotation between the rotor shaft and a standpipe rotates a hydraulic pump body relative a hydraulic pump shaft. The hydraulic pressure system is contained within a support structure so as to be readily mounted and removed from the rotor hub for replacement or maintenance. A gear system is mounted to the support structure between the standpipe and the hydraulic pump shaft to step-up or step-down the relative rotation between the rotor shaft and the standpipe. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/617194 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/170.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908605 | Contag et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pamela R. Contag (San Jose, California); Christopher H. Contag (San Jose, California); David A. Benaron (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for detecting and localizing light originating from a mammal are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for targeting light emission to selected regions, as well as for tracking entities within the mammal. In addition, animal models for disease states are disclosed, as are methods for localizing and tracking the progression of disease or a pathogen within the animal, and for screening putative therapeutic compounds effective to inhibit the disease or pathogen. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/319560 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909066 | Zheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Edison Welding Institute (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bing Zheng (Columbus, Ohio); Dennis Duane Harwig (Powell, Ohio); Ta-Chieh Huang (Hilliard, Ohio); Constance Theresa Reichert (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive and synergic fill welding method and apparatus enables automatic, or adaptive fill, and user directed, or synergic fill, modes to provide improved fusion quality, by ensuring that base metal dilution of a weld remains within a predetermined range. The apparatus includes a means for profiling and tracking a joint, and multi-part adjustable welding means. In adaptive fill mode the method automatically varies a plurality of welding parameters in response to measured variations such as joint width between work pieces. In synergic fill mode, the method enables a user to vary multiple welding parameters in response to joint variations by adjusting a single variable, a synergic fill number, which may be controlled by means of a user interface pendent. The multiple welding parameters may include predetermined wire feed speed, torch travel speed, welding voltage and current, torch oscillation width, dwell time, and a plurality of bead size parameters. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/630475 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/130.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909205 | Corcoran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Engineering Matters, Inc. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Corcoran (Newton, Massachusetts); Richard R. Fontana (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A motor allowing multiple degrees of output freedom includes a stator having an interior surface forming at least a portion of a sphere or curved surface and first and second substantially orthogonally positioned stator coils wound on the interior surface. A rotor is fixed to an output shaft and movably supported adjacent the stator with an air gap disposed between the rotor and the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of magnets disposed thereon and is movable along the interior surface in directions defining at least first and second degrees of freedom. Upon energization of the first stator coil, a first magnetic field is established to urge at least a first one of the magnets and the rotor in a direction of the first degree of freedom and upon energization of the second stator coil, a second magnetic field is established to urge at least a second one of the magnets and the rotor in a direction of the second degree of freedom. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/668910 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909221 | Ayazi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia); Gianluca Piazza (Lodi, Italy); Reza Abdolvand (Atlanta, Georgia); Gavin Kar-Fai Ho (Atlanta, Georgia); Shweta Humad (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A piezoelectric resonator is disclosed. In one embodiment the piezoelectric resonator includes a resonating member having a bi-directionally adjustable resonance frequency, the resonating member including a semiconductor material of a semiconductor-on-insulator wafer, the semiconductor-on-insulator wafer including an oxide layer adjacent to the semiconductor material and a handle layer adjacent to the oxide layer, the oxide layer disposed between the handle layer and the semiconductor material, and electrode, and a piezoelectric material disposed between the semiconductor material and the electrode, and a capacitor created by the semiconductor material and the handle layer separated by an air gap formed out of the oxide layer, wherein the capacitor is configured to receive a direct current voltage that adjusts the resonance frequency of the resonating member. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/631948 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/321 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909346 | Kornrumpf |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Kornrumpf (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A transmission line structure includes first and second mutually separated strip conductors lying on an upper side of an upper dielectric sheet, and a ground conductor juxtaposed with the lower side of the upper dielectric sheet. A further strip conductor lies on a lower side of a lower dielectric sheet, with its ends registered with the ends of the first and second strip conductors. A gap in the further strip conductor is controllably bridged by a MEMS switch element, which may lie below the second dielectric sheet or in a cavity defined in the second dielectric sheet. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/419291 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/262 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909395 | Carpenter |
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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) | Harry W. Carpenter (Northridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preventing the discovery of military aircraft and missiles by enemy and infrared detectors. The method involves applying a coating of a ferrite containing glass composition to the surfaces of those metal or ceramic substrates that are susceptible to detection through their radar or infrared signature. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 10, 1975 |
| APPL NO | 05/567142 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909669 | Yankielun 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) | Norbert E. Yankielun (Lebanon, New Hampshire); Leonard Zabilansky (Perkinsville, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor for detecting and monitoring scour in sediment positioned beneath a body of water, which includes a probe at least partially embedded in the sediment. Sensor electronics are superimposed on the probe. Such electronics include a reflectometer, a battery supply and a telemetry transmitter to display an interface boundary between the water and the transmitter. The sensor is particularly well adapted for use in lossy soils. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/293781 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909729 | Ibanescu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mihai Ibanescu (Piatra Neamt, Romania); John D. Joannopoious (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yoel Fink (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Steven G. Johnson (St. Charles, Illinois); Shanhui Fan (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical components including a laser based on a dielectric waveguide extending along a waveguide axis and having a refractive index cross-section perpendicular to the waveguide axis, the refractive index cross-section supporting an electromagnetic mode having a zero group velocity for a non-zero wavevector along the waveguide axis. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/008963 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909730 | Kane |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lightwave Electronics Corporation (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Kane (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for controlling a passively Q-switched laser (PQSL) that use a Q-switched laser as a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) in a phase-locked loop control circuit are disclosed. The PQSL may be optically coupled to a detector. The detector may be coupled to a an input of a phase lock loop controller. A reference oscillator may be coupled to a reference input of the phase lock loop controller. An output of the phase lock loop controller may be coupled to an integrator. The integrator may be coupled to a means for controlling an amount of power provided to the PQSL. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/377978 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909815 | Bernstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spectral Sciences, Inc. (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence S. Bernstein (Lexington, Massachusetts); Steven M. Adler-Golden (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Timothy C. Perkins (Brighton, Massachusetts); Alexander Berk (Canton, Massachusetts); Robert Y. Levine (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of automatically compensating a multi- or hyper-spectral, multi-pixel image for atmospheric effects, comprising resolving a plurality of spectrally-diverse pixels from the image, determining a spectral baseline from the spectrally-diverse pixels, determining a statistical spectral deviation of the spectrally-diverse pixels, normalizing the statistical spectral deviation by applying a scale factor, and compensating image pixels with both the spectral baseline and the normalized spectral deviation. Another embodiment features a method of automatically determining a measure of atmospheric aerosol optical properties using a multi- or hyper-spectral, multi-pixel image, comprising resolving a plurality of spectrally-diverse pixels from the image, determining a statistical spectral deviation of the spectrally-diverse pixels, correcting the statistical spectral deviation for non-aerosol transmittance losses, and deriving from the statistical spectral deviation one or more wavelength-dependent aerosol optical depths. A final embodiment features a method of automatically determining a measure of atmospheric gaseous optical properties using a multi- or hyper-spectral, multi-pixel image, comprising resolving a plurality of spectrally-diverse pixels from the image, determining a statistical spectral deviation of the spectrally-diverse pixels, and deriving from the statistical spectral deviation wavelength-dependent gaseous optical depths. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/356060 |
| ART UNIT | 2621 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/274 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909877 | Rofheart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Rofheart (Washington, District of Columbia); John W. McCorkle (Vienna, Virginia); Timothy R. Miller (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for conveying application data via carrierless ultra wideband wireless signals, and signals embodied in a carrierless ultra wideband waveform. Application data is encoded into wavelets that are transmitted as a carrierless ultra wideband waveform. The carrierless ultra wideband waveform is received by an antenna, and the application data is decoded from the wavelets included in the waveform. The waveforms of the signals include wavelets that have a predetermined shape that is used to modulate the data. The signals may convey, for example, Web pages and executable programs between mobile devices. The signals are low power and can penetrate obstructions making them favorable for use with a wireless node of a network. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/295858 |
| ART UNIT | 2687 — Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/41.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06910060 | Langan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Computational Sensor Corp. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Langan (Santa Barbara, California); Jeffrey S. Scott (Goleta, California); Peter Stobbe (Westlake Village, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, apparatus and methods are disclosed for the spatial and temporal processing of time dependant array data using analog signal processors. In one embodiment, a programmable array of switched capacitors is used to provide tunable parameters for controlling the desired processing of input data streams. The switched capacitor implementation of a spatial filter provides a massively parallel device that can be programmed to perform isotropic and spatially-oriented anisotropic filtering with low power demands. The system further includes the ability to combine differently filtered output streams with independent multiplicative weights. In another embodiment, the nonlinear spatio-temporal motion energy of a two-dimensional image stream data is computed. The spatial-temporal filter is able to combine multiple analog filters, both spatial and temporal, to perform complex spatial-temporal filtering operations implemented by Gaussian kernel filtering chips. It enables the use of analog spatial-temporal filtered data provided by the chip for computing scene motion energy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/154200 |
| ART UNIT | 2124 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/819 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06910071 | Quintero et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew H. Quintero (Sunnyvale, California); Jeffrey S. Fedor (Redondo Beach, California); Alan G. Quan (Glendale, California); Karen Richardson (Arcadia, California); Donald W. Scott (Lake Forest, California); Ken A. Piper (Long Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A surveillance monitoring and automated reporting method is used for detecting observable changes in data sources over a network, such as the internet, for accessing changing data, such as world wide web content data, and for providing scheduled change detection notifications and results through user defined search criteria for automated monitored search criteria matches on a recurring basis by user defined scheduling. The method extracts content data from the data sources and updates a master database, then detects changes in the content data within the search criteria. Upon detection, the user is notified using graphical interfaces, electronic mail messages, pager messages, or personal data assistant messages. |
| FILED | Monday, April 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/824340 |
| ART UNIT | 2144 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06910135 | Grainger |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. (New York, New York); BBNT Solutions LLC (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Genuity Inc. (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Phillip Grainger (Lowell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus is disclosed for improving the security of computer networks by providing a means operating passively on the network for detecting, reporting and responding to intruders. The system is comprised of a plurality of intruder sensor client computers and associated event correlation engines. Resident in the memory of the client computer and operating in the background is a Tactical Internet Device Protection (TIDP) component consisting of a passive intruder detector and a security Management Information Base (MIB). The passive intruder detector component of the TIDP passively monitors operations performed on the client computer and emits a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap to an event correlation engine when it identifies a suspected intruder. The event correlation engine, through the use of a behavior model loaded in its memory, determines whether the user's activities are innocent or those of a perspective intruder. When the event correlation engine is unable to classify a user based on a single trap message, it can request historical information from the security MIB, a database of the operating history of the client computer including a chronology of the illegal operations performed on the client. Once the event correlation engine determines that an intruder is located at an associated client workstation, it generates a status message and transmits the message to all of its subscribers, informing them of the presence and location of a suspected intruder. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 07, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/348377 |
| ART UNIT | 2131 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06910173 | Mitra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Subhasish Mitra (Palo Alto, California); Edward J. McCluskey (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a word voter for redundant systems with n modules wherein each of these n modules generates a word output. The word voter receives word outputs from each of the n modules. A voter decision is generated by the word voter utilizing a word basis of the word output of each of the n modules. The voter is based on a majority voting principle. The advantage of the present invention is that the word voter can be used to design redundant systems, such as, but not limited to, TMR systems, that are protected against common mode and multiple output failures. In addition, another advantage of the present invention is that is provides for a technique to efficiently design a TMR simplex system. The present invention provides a word voter for hardware systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/925278 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/760 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06908542 | Meyerhoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Meyerhoff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Qingshan Ye (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotating electrode configuration lowers the detection limits of polyion-sensitive membrane electrodes. Planar potentiometric polycation and polyanion-sensitive membrane electrodes were prepared by incorporating tridodecylmethylammonium chloride and calcium dinonylnaphthalene sulfonate, respectively, into plasticized PVC or polyurethane membranes, and mounting discs of such films on an electrode body housed in a rotating disk electrode apparatus of the type used in voltammetry. Due to the unique non-equilibrium response mechanism of such sensors, rotation of the polyion-sensitive membrane electrodes at 5000 rpm resulted in an enhancement in the detection limits toward heparin (polyanion) and protamine (polycation) of at least 1 order of magnitude (to 0.01 U/ml for heparin; 0.02 μg/ml for protamine) over that observed when the EMF responses of the same electrodes were assessed using a stir-bar to achieve convective mass transport. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/013301 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/789 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908598 | Sylvester |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lynntech, Inc. (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Sylvester (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Sodium nonatitanate compositions, a method using the composition for recovery of 82Sr from irradiated targets, and a method using the composition for generating 82Rb. The sodium nonatitanate materials of the invention are highly selective at separating strontium from solutions derived from the dissolution of irradiated target materials, thus reducing target processing times. The compositions also have a very low affinity for rubidium, making it an ideal material for use as a 82Rb generator. Sodium nonatitanate materials of this type both improve the recovery of 82Sr and provide a safer, more effective 82Rb generator system. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/922353 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908605 | Contag et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pamela R. Contag (San Jose, California); Christopher H. Contag (San Jose, California); David A. Benaron (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for detecting and localizing light originating from a mammal are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for targeting light emission to selected regions, as well as for tracking entities within the mammal. In addition, animal models for disease states are disclosed, as are methods for localizing and tracking the progression of disease or a pathogen within the animal, and for screening putative therapeutic compounds effective to inhibit the disease or pathogen. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/319560 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908612 | Devico et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony Louis Devico (Alexandria, Virginia); Timothy R. Fouts (Columbia, Maryland); Robert G. Tuskan (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to chimeric molecules comprising a virus coat sequence and a receptor sequence that can inter-act with each other to form a complex that is capable of binding a co-receptor. Such chimeric molecules therefore exhibit functional properties characteristic of a receptor-coat protein complex and are useful as agents that inhibit virus infection of cells due to occupancy of a co-receptor present on the cell. In particular aspects, the chimeric polypeptide includes an immunodeficiency virus envelope polypeptide, such as that of HIV, SIV, FIV, FeLV, FPV and herpes virus. Receptor sequences suitable for use in a chimeric polypeptide include, for example, CD4 D1D2 and CD4M9 sequences. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/934060 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908734 | Dragic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Tarrytown, New York); Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Centre (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tatjana Dragic (Scarsdale, New York); William C. Olson (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a compound comprising the structure: θαYDINYYTSEβλ wherein each T represents a threonine, each S represents a serine, each E represents a glutamic acid, each Y represents a tyrosine; each D represents an aspartic acid, each I represents an isoleucine; and each N represents an asparagine; wherein α represents from 0 to 9 amino acids, with the proviso that if there are more than 2 amino acids, they are joined by peptide bonds in consecutive order and have a sequence identical to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 beginning with the I at position 9 and extending therefrom in the amino terminal direction; wherein β represents from 0 to 13 amino acids, with the proviso that if there are more than 2 amino acids, they are joined by peptide bonds in consecutive order and have a sequence identical to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 beginning with the P at position 19 and extending therefrom in the carboxy terminal direction; wherein θ represents an amino group or an acetylated amino group; wherein λ represents a carboxyl group or an amidated carboxyl group; wherein all of α,Y,D,I,N,Y,Y,T,S,E and β are joined together by peptide bonds; further provided that at least two tyrosines in the compound are sulfated. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/323314 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908738 | Gelboin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institute of Health (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry V. Gelboin (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Kristopher W. Krausz (Columbia, Maryland); Frank J. Gonzalez (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides monoclonal antibodies and other binding agents to human cytochrome P450 2C19 having advantageous properties, including capacity substantially to inhibit enzyme activity of human cytochrome P450 2C19 and lack of specific binding to other human cytochrome P450s. The binding agents of the invention are useful inter alia in methods for screening drugs for metabolism by cytochrome P450 2C19, and in methods of measuring P450 2C19 levels in individuals relative to P450 2C19 levels in a control population. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/950431 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908763 | Akashi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Koichi Akashi (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Motonari Kondo (Redwood City, California); Irving L. Weissman (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A substantially enriched mammalian hematopoietic cell subpopulation is provided, which is characterized by progenitor cell activity for lymphoid lineages, but lacking the potential to differentiate into myeloid and erythroid lineages. Methods are provided for the isolation and culture of this common lymphoid progenitor cell (CLP). The cell enrichment methods employ reagents that specifically recognize CDw127 (IL-7 receptor α); CD117 (c-kit) protein, in conjunction with other markers expressed on lineage committed cells. The murine cells are also characterized as expressing low levels of sca-1 (Ly-6E and Ly-6A). The CLPs are predominantly cycling, blast cells. These cells give rise to B cells, T cells and natural killer cells, as evidenced by their growth and differentiation in vitro and in vivo. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/918537 |
| 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 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908770 | McDevitt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. McDevitt (Austin, Texas); Eric V. Anslyn (Austin, Texas); Jason B. Shear (Austin, Texas); Dean P. Neikirk (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for the rapid characterization of multi-analyte fluids, in one embodiment, includes a light source, a sensor array, and a detector. The sensor array is formed from a supporting member into which a plurality of cavities may be formed. A series of chemically sensitive particles are, in one embodiment positioned within the cavities. The particles may be configured to produce a signal when a receptor coupled to the particle interacts with the analyte. Using pattern recognition techniques, the analytes within a multi-analyte fluid may be characterized. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/287248 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908923 | Malik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cytokinetics, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fady Malik (Burlingame, California); Adam Lewis Tomasi (San Francisco, California); Bainian Feng (Foster City, California); Erica Anne Kraynack (Belmont, California); Kathleen A. Elias (San Francisco, California); Pu-Ping Lu (Foster City, California); Whitney Walter Smith (El Cerrito, California); Xiangping Qian (Foster City, California); David J. Morgans, Jr. (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain substituted benzamide derivatives of Formula I: selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/327219 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/255.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908987 | Spiegelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce M. Spiegelman (Waban, Massachusetts); Pere Puigserver (Brookline, Massachusetts); Zhidan Wu (Boston, Massachusetts); Guillaume Adelmant (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated PGC-1 nucleic acid molecules, which encode proteins which can modulate various adipocyte-associated activities including, for example, thermogenesis in adipocytes, e.g., brown adipocytes, and adipogenesis. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing PGC-1 nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a PGC-1 gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated PGC-1 proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-PGC-1 antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/439799 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 06908497 | Sirwardane |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ranjani V. Sirwardane (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | New low-cost CO2 sorbents are provided that can be used in large-scale gas-solid processes. A new method is provided for making these sorbents that involves treating substrates with an amine and/or an ether so that the amine and/or ether comprise at least 50 wt. percent of the sorbent. The sorbent acts by capturing compounds contained in gaseous fluids via chemisorption and/or physisorption between the unit layers of the substrate's lattice where the polar amine liquids and solids and/or polar ether liquids and solids are located. The method eliminates the need for high surface area supports and polymeric materials for the preparation of CO2 capture systems, and provides sorbents with absorption capabilities that are independent of the sorbents' surface areas. The sorbents can be regenerated by heating at temperatures in excess of 35° C. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/420713 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908782 | Yan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Midwest Research Instittue (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yanfa Yan (Littleton, Colorado); Shengbai Zhang (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A p-type transparent conducting oxide film is provided which is consisting essentially of, the transparent conducting oxide and a molecular doping source, the oxide and doping source grown under conditions sufficient to deliver the doping source intact onto the oxide. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/344446 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909098 | Bross et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Universities Research Association Inc. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan D. Bross (Downers Grove, Illinois); Kerry L. Mellott (Malta, Illinois); Anna Pla-Dalmau (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for the simultaneous detection and identification of radiation species, including neutrons, gammas/x-rays and minimum ionizing particles (MIPs). A plurality of rectangular and/or triangularly shaped radiation sensitive scintillators can be configured from a plurality of nano-sized particles, dopants and an extruded plastic material. A wavelength-shifting fiber can then be located within a central hole of each extruded scintillator, wherein the wavelength-shifting fiber absorbs scintillation light and re-emits the light at a longer wavelength, thereby piping the light to a photodetector whose response to the light indicates the presence of radiation The resulting method and system can simultaneously detect neutrons, gamma rays, x-rays and cosmic rays (MIPs) and identify each. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/308950 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909237 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jaeyoung Park (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Ivars Henins (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention enables the production of stable, steady state, non-thermal atmospheric pressure rf capacitive α-mode plasmas using gases other than helium and neon. In particular, the current invention generates and maintains stable, steady-state, non-thermal atmospheric pressure rf α-mode plasmas using pure argon or argon with reactive gas mixtures, pure oxygen or air. By replacing rare and expensive helium with more readily available gases, this invention makes it more economical to use atmospheric pressure rf α-mode plasmas for various materials processing applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/205786 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909239 | Gauna |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Wayne Gauna (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual LED and incandescent security lighting system uses a hybrid approach to LED illumination. It combines an ambient LED illuminator with a standard incandescent lamp on a motion control sensor. The LED illuminator will activate with the onset of darkness (daylight control) and typically remain on during the course of the night (“always on”). The LED illumination, typically amber, is sufficient to provide low to moderate level lighting coverage to the wall and ground area adjacent to and under the fixture. The incandescent lamp is integrated with a motion control circuit and sensor. When movement in the field of view is detected (after darkness), the incandescent lamp is switched on, providing an increased level of illumination to the area. Instead of an “always on” LED illuminator, the LEDs may also be switched off when the incandescent lamp is switched on. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/616313 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909510 | Sommargren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary E. Sommargren (Santa Cruz, California); Eugene W. Campbell (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | To measure a convex mirror, a reference beam and a measurement beam are both provided through a single optical fiber. A positive auxiliary lens is placed in the system to give a converging wavefront onto the convex mirror under test. A measurement is taken that includes the aberrations of the convex mirror as well as the errors due to two transmissions through the positive auxiliary lens. A second measurement provides the information to eliminate this error. A negative lens can also be measured in a similar way. Again, there are two measurement set-ups. A reference beam is provided from a first optical fiber and a measurement beam is provided from a second optical fiber. A positive auxiliary lens is placed in the system to provide a converging wavefront from the reference beam onto the negative lens under test. The measurement beam is combined with the reference wavefront and is analyzed by standard methods. This measurement includes the aberrations of the negative lens, as well as the errors due to a single transmission through the positive auxiliary lens. A second measurement provides the information to eliminate this error. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/764042 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/512 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909607 | Radosevich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence D. Radosevich (Muskego, Wisconsin); Daniel G. Kannenberg (Waukesha, Wisconsin); Steven C. Kaishian (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Bruce C. Beihoff (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal support may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in removing heat from the circuits through fluid circulating through the support. Power electronic circuits are thermally matched, such as between component layers and between the circuits and 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 | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/252319 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/699 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909729 | Ibanescu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mihai Ibanescu (Piatra Neamt, Romania); John D. Joannopoious (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yoel Fink (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Steven G. Johnson (St. Charles, Illinois); Shanhui Fan (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical components including a laser based on a dielectric waveguide extending along a waveguide axis and having a refractive index cross-section perpendicular to the waveguide axis, the refractive index cross-section supporting an electromagnetic mode having a zero group velocity for a non-zero wavevector along the waveguide axis. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/008963 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909816 | Kychakoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Combustion Specialists, Inc. (Maple Valley, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Kychakoff (Maple Valley, Washington); Martin A Afromowitz (Mercer Island, Washington); Richard E Hugle (Olympus, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detection and control of deposition on pendant tubes in recovery and power boilers includes one or more deposit monitoring sensors operating in infrared regions and about 4 or 8.7 microns and directly producing images of the interior of the boiler. An image pre-processing circuit (95) in which a 2-D image formed by the video data input is captured, and includes a low pass filter for performing noise filtering of said video input. An image segmentation module (105) for separating the image of the recovery boiler interior into background, pendant tubes, and deposition. An image-understanding unit (115) matches derived regions to a 3-D model of said boiler. It derives a 3-D structure the deposition on pendant tubes in the boiler and provides the information about deposits to the plant distributed control system (130) for more efficient operation of the plant pendant tube cleaning and operating systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/168277 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06907881 | Suki et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bela Suki (Newton, Massachusetts); Kenneth R. Lutchen (Framingham, Massachusetts); Edward P. Ingenito (Kingston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for ventilating a lung in a living being by varying the peak inspiratory pressure. The peak inspiratory pressure may deviate about a mean that is chosen to correspond with a knee in a pressure-volume curve of the lung. |
| FILED | Friday, April 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/123059 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/204.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908572 | Derbyshire et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rosemary Derbyshire (Lexington, Kentucky); Rodney Andrews (Lexington, Kentucky); Bouchra Safadi (Lyons, France) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel methods and compositions for coating target surfaces with non-entangled multi-wall carbon nanotubes are disclosed. In one aspect, the methods and compositions of the invention comprise dispersion of non-entangled multi-wall carbon nanotubes in solvent, and application of the non-entangled multi-wall carbon nanotube/solvent mixture to a surface by spraying. In another aspect, the methods and compositions of the invention comprise dispersion of non-entangled multi-wall carbon nanotubes in solvent, and applying the nanotube/solvent mixture to a suitable matrix by spraying to form a surface coating which is substantially contiguous with the surface of the matrix. The compositions of the invention are substantially free of metal oxides and sulfur, and do not require harsh oxidative treatments. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/906955 |
| ART UNIT | 1751 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909620 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shihong Park (Madison, Wisconsin); Thomas M. Jahns (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An inverter phase leg with shoot-through protection that may be used in inverters includes a high side semiconductor switch and a low side semiconductor switch which are connected across DC supply lines and which have an output node between them. A series diode or connector switch is connected between the output node and the low side switch, and the junction between the diode or connector switch and the low side switch is electrically connected directly to the gate of the high side switch. If the low side switch is still conducting at the time that the high side switch receives a command to turn on, the gate of the high side switch will be biased so that the switch is held off until current stops flowing through the low side switch and, conversely, if the high side switch is still on at the time that the low side switch is turned on, the gate of the high side switch will be biased to insure its immediate turn-off, thereby preventing a shoot-through condition under which the high side and low side switches are turned on at the same time. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/423818 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/56.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909729 | Ibanescu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mihai Ibanescu (Piatra Neamt, Romania); John D. Joannopoious (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yoel Fink (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Steven G. Johnson (St. Charles, Illinois); Shanhui Fan (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical components including a laser based on a dielectric waveguide extending along a waveguide axis and having a refractive index cross-section perpendicular to the waveguide axis, the refractive index cross-section supporting an electromagnetic mode having a zero group velocity for a non-zero wavevector along the waveguide axis. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 25, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/008963 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909764 | Maksimchuk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anatoly Maksimchuk (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Koshichi Nemoto (Nishitokyo, Japan); Kirk Flippo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Shaoting Gu (Nepean, Canada); Sudeep Banerjee (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Donald Umstadter (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Gerard Mourou (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Valery Bychenkov (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for generating high-energy particles and for inducing nuclear reactions. The system includes a laser and for emitting a laser beam, an irradiation target for receiving the laser beam and producing high-energy particles, and a secondary target for receiving the high-energy particles, thereby inducing a nuclear reaction. A method is also provided including producing a laser beam of high-intensity with an ultra-short pulse duration, irradiating the laser beam onto an irradiation target in order to ionize the irradiation target and produce a collimated beam of high-energy particles, and colliding the collimated beam of high-energy particles onto a secondary target containing a nuclei, thereby inducing a nuclear reaction on the secondary target. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/035819 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06910079 | Zimmermann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Zimmermann (Walnut, California); Cyrus Shahabi (Irvine, California); Kun Fu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and techniques are provided for using a multi-threshold buffer model to smooth data transmission to a client. A client to receive data such as streaming media data may include a buffer. A server to transmit data to the client may transmit the data to the client at a first server transmission rate. The client buffer level may be determined at different times; for example, a first buffer level may be determined at a first time and a second buffer level may be determined at a second time. If the buffer level is at a threshold level or has passed a threshold level between the first and second times, server transmission rate information may be determined and may be sent to the server. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/351462 |
| ART UNIT | 2188 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06907920 | Warburton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Warburton (Jupiter, Florida); William J. Cuva (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a heat exchanger panel which has broad utility in high temperature environments. The heat exchanger panel has a first panel, a second panel, and at least one fluid containment device positioned intermediate the first and second panels. At least one of the first panel and the second panel have at least one feature on an interior surface to accommodate the at least one fluid containment device. In a preferred embodiment, each of the first and second panels is formed from a high conductivity, high temperature composite material. Also, in a preferred embodiment, the first and second panels are joined together by one or more composite fasteners. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/058621 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908286 | Leskow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Leskow (Westport, Connecticut); William J. Eadie (Cheshire, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor system includes a hydraulic pressure system located within a rotor shaft along an axis or rotation. The hydraulic pressure system is within the rotating field such that fluid pressure is generated and supplied from within the rotational field without the need to cross a rotational interface. Differential rotation between the rotor shaft and a standpipe rotates a hydraulic pump body relative a hydraulic pump shaft. The hydraulic pressure system is contained within a support structure so as to be readily mounted and removed from the rotor hub for replacement or maintenance. A gear system is mounted to the support structure between the standpipe and the hydraulic pump shaft to step-up or step-down the relative rotation between the rotor shaft and the standpipe. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/617194 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/170.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909324 | Wallis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Wallis (Ellicott City, Maryland); Sheng Cheng (Laytonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-efficiency solid state power amplifier (SSPA) for specific use in a spacecraft is provided. The SSPA has a mass of less than 850 g and includes two different X-band power amplifier sections, i.e., a lumped power amplifier with a single 11-W output and a distributed power amplifier with eight 2.75-W outputs. These two amplifier sections provide output power that is scalable from 11 to 15 watts without major design changes. Five different hybrid microcircuits, including high-efficiency Heterostructure Field Effect Transistor (HFET) amplifiers and Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) phase shifters have been developed for use within the SSPA. A highly efficient packaging approach enables the integration of a large number of hybrid circuits into the SSPA. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/433284 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/124.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909770 | Schramm et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia); Keymaster Technologies, Inc. (Kennewick, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred Schramm (Winchester, Tennessee); Bruce Kaiser (Draper, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods in which one or more elemental taggants that are intrinsically located in an object are detected by x-ray fluorescence analysis under vacuum conditions to identify or verify the object's elemental content for elements with lower atomic numbers. By using x-ray fluorescence analysis, the apparatus and methods of the invention are simple and easy to use, as well as provide detection by a non line-of-sight method to establish the origin of objects, as well as their point of manufacture, authenticity, verification, security, and the presence of impurities. The invention is extremely advantageous because it provides the capability to measure lower atomic number elements in the field with a portable instrument. |
| FILED | Friday, November 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/307191 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Johnson (Charlestown, Massachusetts); David J. Ross (Silver Spring, Maryland); Laurie E. Locascio (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an apparatus and method for the mixing of two microfluidic channels wherein several wells are oriented diagonally across the width of a mixing channel. The device effectively mixes the confluent streams with electrokinetic flow, and to a lesser degree, with pressure driven flow. The device and method may be further adapted to split a pair of confluent streams into two or more streams of equal or non-equal concentrations of reactants. Further, under electrokinetic flow, the surfaces of said wells may be specially coated so that the differing electroosmotic mobility between the surfaces of the wells and the surfaces of the channel may increase the mixing efficiency. The device and method are applicable to the steady state mixing as well as the dynamic application of mixing a plug of reagent with a confluent stream. |
| FILED | Monday, July 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/188664 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06909812 | Faryar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alireza Farid Faryar (Fair Haven, New Jersey); Moushumi Sen (West End, New Jersey); Kyeong Ho Yang (Freehold, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for performing near lossless-concatenated N-level constrained quantization Hadamard transform decoding are provided. Accordingly, the present invention provides a transform-based coding technique, where the coding loss introduced during repeated encoding and decoding is reduced to a substantially insignificant level. This is accomplished by employing a constrained quantization and inverse quantization operation in each level of encoding/decoding in the decoder. In this manner, the concatenation error between each level of a decoder is reduced to a substantially minimum level and the quantization error introduced during quantization operations, i.e., originally at the encoder and in each level of the decoder, is substantially reduced. Thus, the decoded bit stream that is output at the N-th level of the decoder is substantially the same as the original bit stream provided to the input of the encoder. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 13, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/615565 |
| ART UNIT | 2623 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 06908899 | Smith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theresa H. Smith (Lebanon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic tetrapeptide having an amino acide sequence, Glycine-Proline-Arginine-Proline (GPRP) has pro-inflammatory effects on human fibroblastic cells, including synovial cells. An amide analog of GPRP is ineffective in inducing, or effective in causing a loss of, pro-inflammatory effects. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/931009 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 06909815 | Bernstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Spectral Sciences, Inc. (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence S. Bernstein (Lexington, Massachusetts); Steven M. Adler-Golden (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Timothy C. Perkins (Brighton, Massachusetts); Alexander Berk (Canton, Massachusetts); Robert Y. Levine (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of automatically compensating a multi- or hyper-spectral, multi-pixel image for atmospheric effects, comprising resolving a plurality of spectrally-diverse pixels from the image, determining a spectral baseline from the spectrally-diverse pixels, determining a statistical spectral deviation of the spectrally-diverse pixels, normalizing the statistical spectral deviation by applying a scale factor, and compensating image pixels with both the spectral baseline and the normalized spectral deviation. Another embodiment features a method of automatically determining a measure of atmospheric aerosol optical properties using a multi- or hyper-spectral, multi-pixel image, comprising resolving a plurality of spectrally-diverse pixels from the image, determining a statistical spectral deviation of the spectrally-diverse pixels, correcting the statistical spectral deviation for non-aerosol transmittance losses, and deriving from the statistical spectral deviation one or more wavelength-dependent aerosol optical depths. A final embodiment features a method of automatically determining a measure of atmospheric gaseous optical properties using a multi- or hyper-spectral, multi-pixel image, comprising resolving a plurality of spectrally-diverse pixels from the image, determining a statistical spectral deviation of the spectrally-diverse pixels, and deriving from the statistical spectral deviation wavelength-dependent gaseous optical depths. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/356060 |
| ART UNIT | 2621 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/274 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06907779 | Stringam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Blair Lewis Stringam (Littleton, Colorado); Kathleen H. Frizell (Arvada, Colorado); Brent W. Mefford (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A continuous flow measurement recorder is provided for making water flow measurements in an open channel. An ultrasonic sensor obtains pressure head measurements upstream from a flume or weir located in the open channel. A central processing unit receives the head measurements from the sensor and calculates the water flow rate and the total flow. A liquid crystal display device displays the water flow rate and the total water flow calculated by a central processing unit. A common, portable, easy to install housing is used to house and protect the sensor, central processing unit, and display device. |
| FILED | Friday, August 18, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/640710 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/215 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06908680 | Kirby et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California); Raytheon Company (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin W. Kirby (Calabasas Hills, California); John J. Vajo (West Hills, California); Anthony Jankiewicz (Seattle, Washington); John Herold (Tucson, Arizona); Carlos Valenzuela (Tucson, Arizona); Frank Judnich (Tucson, Arizona); Wayne Anderson (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for improving the thermal barrier properties of silicone resin/glass fiber composites. Composites comprising a layer of polysiloxane (silicone resin) matrix with a glass or quartz fiber reinforcement embedded in such matrix and an organic polymeric layer were subjected to multi-cycle heat treatment, preferably with quartz lamps. The polysiloxane layer was pre-coated with graphite dispersion in order to ensure acceptable optical receptivity of the polysiloxane layer. As a result, the silicone resin was converted into a thick porous layer of silicone dioxide, the latter having the improved thermal barrier properties. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/421952 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, June 21, 2005.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
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FUNDED BY
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Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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