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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 28, 2005
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| US 06910261 | Tidrow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meimei Z. Tidrow (Annandale, Virginia); Steven Tidrow (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a colossal magneto-resistive detector using a thin film transfer method includes the use of a perovskite oxide material as a substrate, and a rock salt structure material as a buffer layer, template layer, and release layer. Advantages associated with the method include not only the ability to produce a detector of the requisite film quality, but one which satisfies the temperature coefficient of resistance and fabrication temperature constraints. In addition, when employed as either the substrate or the buffer layer, template layer, and release layer, after bonding the rock salt structure material can be easily removed using water, and the excess rock salt structure material/water solution can then be removed with known techniques. |
| FILED | Monday, March 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/805669 |
| ART UNIT | 3724 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/621 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06910278 | Holder |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Rockledge, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul F. Holder (Santa Clarita, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A template for assessing damaged areas on a blade includes a set of marks indicating the maximum areas of damage allowed on an edge, as well as the tip of a blade. A guide enables the template to be aligned in proper position against the blade for accurate visual inspection of the damaged areas. One or more blend guides are included to allow the inspector to mark a blend area around the damage to enable maintenance personnel to smooth sharp, jagged edges of the damaged areas, thereby relieving stress points on the blade and improving the aerodynamic efficiency of the blade. The template is fabricated with transparent material that allows the blade to be viewed when the template is overlayed on the blade. A mechanism such as a clip, a sleeve, or magnetic attraction can be included on the template to retain the template on the blade during inspection. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/355582 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Geometrical instruments 033/562 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06910404 | Wolff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Inc. (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Wolff (Georgia, Vermont); Peter A. Bates (Underhill, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A carrier assembly for a gun comprises a gun bolt carrier disposed to reciprocate axially with respect to the central axis of the gun, and a gun bolt disposed to reciprocate axially within the carrier. The gun bolt has a locking groove therein. The assembly also comprises a bolt locking mechanism extending through a portion of the bolt carrier to selectively engage the locking groove and thereby prevent the bolt from moving with respect to the carrier. The assembly further comprises a generally axial groove in a non-reciprocating portion of the gun that engages and selectively rotates the rotatable bolt locking mechanism to selectively lock the bolt to the carrier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/436238 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06910420 | Thompson 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) | Don Thompson (Ridgecrest, California); George N. Hennings (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method of using electrically initiated primer systems that rely on vaporizing a thin metallic film which is either coated on a non-conductive insulator component or is a malleable thin film or strip secured to the inner surface of a primer cup assembly to ignite an environmentally safe MIC composition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/378133 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/202.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06910445 | Manthei 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) | James H. Manthei (Joppa, Maryland); Charles L. Crouse (Forest Hill, Maryland); Ruth A. Way (Conowingo, Maryland); David A. McCaskey (Parkville, Maryland); John C. Carpin (Perry Hall, Maryland); David C. Burnett (Belcamp, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A containment and test system for extremely toxic substances includes a fume hood, a containment compartment such as glove bag or box, positioned within the fume hood, a source of a non-reactive gas to provide a stable environment within the containment compartment, an inline moisture trap coupled to the source of non-reactive gas to dry the non-reactive gas, an ion neutralizer coupled to the source of non-reactive gas to reduce static charges within the containment compartment, a staging area for preparing test samples, a balance positioned within the containment compartment, a stanchion positioned within the fume hood for holding a test animal, and decontaminating apparatus for safely disposing of any toxic substance residue. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/781494 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal husbandry 119/420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06910852 | Simeone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Andrew Simeone (Byfield, Massachusetts); Dean Thomas Lenahan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Jeremy Stephen Wigon (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Alan Patrick St. Hilaire (Danvers, Massachusetts); Dennis Centeno Iglesias (Cambridge, Massachusetts); James Patrick McGovern (Marblehead, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine. The method comprises providing a rotor assembly including a rotor shaft and a rotor disk that includes a radially outer rim, a radially inner hub, and an integral web extending therebetween, wherein the rotor assembly is rotatable about an axis of rotation extending through the rotor shaft, and coupling a disk retainer including at least one discharge tube to the rotor disk wherein the discharge tube extends outwardly from the disk retainer for pumping the air to a higher pressure before discharging cooling fluid therefrom in a direction that is substantially perpendicular with respect to the axis of rotation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/656599 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06910941 | 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) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated bee monitoring system for monitoring bee colonies in a hive has a central microprocessor, at least two input transducers and at least two output signals. Input transducers include sensors which report the status of the colonies including colony weight, temperature, and relative humidity. A bee counter can also be included in the system to indicate colony activity. A bee counter is disclosed which uses an amplifying, multiplexer hysteresis and debounce circuitry to enable rapid and accurate polling of a single passageway. Information collected can be retrieved by read-out or liquid crystal display. Alternatively, information ca be retrieved by telephone line or wireless communications. The bee monitoring system also can remotely control peripheral devices such as feeders or chemical samplers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/631175 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Bee culture 449/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911084 | Kouvetakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona); Ignatius S. T. Tsong (Tempe, Arizona); Radek Roucka (Tempe, Arizona); John Tolle (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of growing quaternary epitaxial films having the formula YCZN wherein Y is a Group IV element and Z is a Group III element at temperatures in the range 550-750° C. is provided. In the method, a gaseous flux of precursor H3YCN and a vapor flux of Z atoms are introduced into a gas-source molecular beam epitaxial (GSMBE) chamber where they combine to form thin film of YCZN on the substrate. Preferred substrates are silicon, silicon carbide and AlN/silicon structures. Epitaxial thin film SiCAlN and GeCAlN are provided. Bandgap engineering may be achieved by the method by adjusting reaction parameters of the GSMBE process and the relative concentrations of the constituents of the quaternary alloy films. Semiconductor devices produced by the present method have bandgaps from about 2 eV to about 6 eV and exhibit a spectral range from visible to ultraviolet which makes them useful for a variety of optoelectronic and microelectronic applications. Large-area substrates for growth of conventional Group III nitrides and compounds are produced by SiCAlN deposited on large-diameter silicon wafers. The quaternary compounds, especially the boron containing compounds, exhibit extreme hardness. These quaternary compounds are radiation resistant and may be used in space exploration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/981024 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911132 | Pamula et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vamsee K. Pamula (Durham, North Carolina); Michael G. Pollack (Durham, North Carolina); Philip Y. Paik (Durham, North Carolina); Hong Ren (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard B. Fair (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus is provided for manipulating droplets. The apparatus is a single-sided electrode design in which all conductive elements are contained on one surface on which droplets are manipulated. An additional surface can be provided parallel with the first surface for the purpose of containing the droplets to be manipulated. Droplets are manipulated by performing electrowetting-based techniques in which electrodes contained on or embedded in the first surface are sequentially energized and de-energized in a controlled manner. The apparatus enables a number of droplet manipulation processes, including merging and mixing two droplets together, splitting a droplet into two or more droplets, sampling a continuous liquid flow by forming from the flow individually controllable droplets, and iterative binary or digital mixing of droplets to obtain a desired mixing ratio. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/253368 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911260 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifen Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Jian Guo Wen (Newton, Massachusetts); Jing Y. Lao (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Wenzhi Li (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to reinforced carbon nanotubes, and more particularly to reinforced carbon nanotubes having a plurality of microparticulate carbide or oxide materials formed substantially on the surface of such reinforced carbon nanotubes composite materials. In particular, the present invention provides reinforced carbon nanotubes (CNTs) having a plurality of boron carbide nanolumps formed substantially on a surface of the reinforced CNTs that provide a reinforcing effect on CNTs, enabling their use as effective reinforcing fillers for matrix materials to give high-strength composites. The present invention also provides methods for producing such carbide reinforced CNTs. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/339849 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/408 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911271 | Lamansky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergey Lamansky (Camarillo, California); Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for producing electroluminescence comprising an organic light emitting device including an emissive layer comprising an organometallic compound comprised of a metal bound to a single carbon-coordination ligand, with the single carbon-coordination ligand being a mono-anionic carbon-coordination ligand. |
| FILED | Friday, August 11, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/637766 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911328 | Fitzgerald 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) | Angel A. Fitzgerald (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Alfredo N. Rayms-Keller (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a method for producing 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane, particularly in high yields, using a peroxidase enzyme site and reacting propane-2-nitronate at the enzyme under appropriate conditions. Peroxidases such as chloroperoxidase, soybean peroxidase and horseradish peroxidase are used. High yields include those amounts that increasingly aid in the manufacture of commercial quantities of 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/235402 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911637 | Vorontsov 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) | Mikhail A. Vorontsov (Laurel, Maryland); Eric W. Justh (College Park, Maryland); Leonid I. Beresnev (Columbia, Maryland); Perinkulam Krishnaprasad (Glenn Dale, Maryland); Jennifer C. Ricklin (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems for optical wavefront sensing and control based on a phase contrast Fourier domain filtering technique. Optically or electronically controlled phase spatial light modulators (SLM) are used as the Fourier domain filter. A direct adaptive-optic feedback system using the optical wavefront sensing systems. A differential Zernike filter is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/152564 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/201.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911711 | Shimabukuro 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) | Randy L. Shimabukuro (San Diego, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-power generator, comprises an electrically insulating substrate; a semiconductor layer affixed to the substrate; electrodes affixed to the semiconductor layer for collecting electrical charges emitted by a radioisotope source; a radio-isotope source interposed between the electrodes; and electrical circuitry operably coupled to the electrodes for transforming the electrical charges into a controlled output. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/683248 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/429 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911764 | Pelrine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald E. Pelrine (Boulder, Colorado); Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California); Joseph Stephen Eckerle (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to polymers that convert between electrical and mechanical energy. When a voltage is applied to electrodes contacting an electroactive polymer, the polymer deflects. This deflection may be used to do mechanical work. Similarly, when a previously charged electroactive polymer deflects, the electric field in the material is changed. The change in electric field may be used to produce electrical energy. An active area is a portion of a polymer having sufficient electrostatic force to enable deflection of the portion and/or sufficient deflection to enable a change in electrostatic force or electric field. The present invention relates to energy efficient transducers and devices comprising multiple active areas on one or more electroactive polymers. The invention also relates to methods for actuating one or more active areas on one or more electroactive polymers while maintaining a substantially constant potential energy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/779373 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911766 | Raina et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kanwal K. Raina (Boise, Idaho); Benham Moradi (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a resistor layer for use in field emission display devices and the like, and its method of manufacture. The resistor layer is an amorphous silicon layer doped with nitrogen and phosphorus. Nitrogen concentration in the resistor layer is preferably between about 5 and 15 atomic percent. The presence of nitrogen and phosphorus in the silicon prevents diffusion of Si atoms into metal conductive layers such as aluminum, even up to diffusion and packaging temperatures. The nitrogen and phosphorus also prevent defects from forming at the boundary between the resistor layer and metal conductor. This leads to better control over shorting and improved resistivity in the resistor. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/644443 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911933 | Mutz 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) | Christopher W. Mutz (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Leonid I. Perlovsky (Brookline, Massachusetts); Robert J. Linnehan (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes an application of a dynamic logic algorithm to detect slow moving targets. Show moving targets are going to be moving in the range from 0-5 mph. This could encompass troop movements and vehicles or convoys under rough terrain. The method can be defined as a seven step process of detecting slow moving targets using a synthetic aperture radar (SAR), said slow moving targets being objects of interest that are moving in the range from 0-5 mph, wherein this method is composed of the steps of receiving SAR signal history data having an SAR image; assuming a presence of slow moving target in a SAR image based-on range, cross-range position, and velocity; assuming a presence of clutter; assigning target and clutter models that are probability distribution functions (pdf) that are defined to account for every pixel in the SAR image, wherein the target is modeled using a sum of Gaussians fitted along the target shape model, while the clutter is modeled with a uniform distribution; computing a “target present” predetermined threshold value; converging the target model to a minimum variance value; and comparing the target model minimum variance value to the predetermined threshold to determine if a target is present or absent. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/847023 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/25.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911941 | Tebbe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis Tebbe (Melbourne, Florida); Thomas Smyth (Palm Bay, Florida); William Johnson Chappell (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A substrate (300) for an RF device includes a plurality of layers (102) of dielectric material cofired in a stack. The plurality of layers (102) is formed from a material having a permittivity. Selected ones of the layers (102) have a pattern of perforations (106) formed in at least one perforated area (104). The perforated areas (104) are generally aligned with one another in the stack to lower one or more of an effective value of a permittivity and a loss tangent in a least one spatially defined region (504) of the substrate (300). |
| FILED | Thursday, June 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/465074 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06912107 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene Youjun Chen (Gilbert, Arizona); Mark Durlam (Chandler, Arizona); Saied N. Tehrani (Tempe, Arizona); Mark DeHerrera (Tempe, Arizona); Gloria Kerszykowski (Fountain Hills, Arizona); Kelly Wayne Kyler (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved and novel device and fabrication method for a magnetic element, and more particularly a magnetic element (10) including a first electrode (14), a second electrode (18) and a spacer layer (16). The first electrode (14) and the second electrode (18) include ferromagnetic layers (26 & 28). A spacer layer (16) is located between the ferromagnetic layer (26) of the first electrode (14) and the ferromagnetic layer (28) of the second electrode (16) for permitting tunneling current in a direction generally perpendicular to the ferromagnetic layers (26 & 28). The device includes insulative veils (34) characterized as electrically isolating the first electrode (14) and the second electrode (18), the insulative veils (34) including non-magnetic and insulating dielectric properties. Additionally disclosed is a method of fabricating the magnetic element (10) with insulative veils (34) that have been transformed from having conductive properties to insulative properties through oxygen plasma ashing techniques. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/830264 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06912212 | Young et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. David Young (Plano, Texas); Scott J. F. Zogg (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Brian R. Roggendorf (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for managing communication resources between nodes of a network is disclosed. The network utilizes both dynamic and static assignment of communication time slots. The invention includes a plurality of dynamic nodes wherein communication is accomplished as a result of a node's dynamic assignment to itself of specific time slots from a time multiplex structure. At least one static node is also included in the network. The static node does not participate in the dynamic assignment protocol. Instead, a time slot in said time multiplex structure is pre-assigned for communication with the static node. A dynamic node can serve as a surrogate for a static node, relaying communications between the dynamic and static portions of the network. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/422498 |
| ART UNIT | 2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/337 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06911183 | Handique et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kalyan Handique (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bishnu Gogoi (Scottsdale, Arizona); Mark A. Burns (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The movement and mixing of microdroplets through microchannels is described employing microscale devices, comprising microdroplet transport channels, reaction regions, electrophoresis modules, and radiation detectors. The discrete droplets are differentially heated and propelled through etched channels. Electronic components are fabricated on the same substrate material, allowing sensors and controlling circuitry to be incorporated in the same device. |
| FILED | Monday, March 06, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/518895 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911203 | Duesbery 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) | Nicholas Duesbery (Grand Rapids, Michigan); Craig Webb (Rockford, Michigan); Stephen Leppla (Bethesda, Maryland); George Vande Woude (Ada, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to in vitro and ex vivo methods of screening for modulators, homologues, and mimetics of lethal factor mitogen activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) protease activity, as well as methods of treating cancer by administering LF to transformed cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/093200 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.670 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911205 | Sodroski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The Trustees of Columbia University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph G. Sodroski (Medford, Massachusetts); Richard Wyatt (Andover, Massachusetts); Xinzhen Yang (Allston, Massachusetts); Michael Farzan (Brookline, Massachusetts); Peter D. Kwong (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application is directed to stabilized HIV envelope glycoprotein trimers. The trimers are stabilized by introducing trimeric motifs, preferably the GCN4 coiled coil or the fibritin trimeric domain at certain sites, for example in the gp41 ectodomain. These stabilized trimers or DNA molecules encoding such trimers can be used to generate an immunogenic reaction. The trimers can also be used in assays to screen for molecules that interact with them—and to identify molecules that interact with specific sites. |
| FILED | Monday, March 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/100534 |
| 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 06911306 | Vertino |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paula M. Vertino (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the identification of a novel gene, TMS1, which is transcriptionally silenced as a result of methylation. Nucleic acids and polypeptides are provided as are methods and tools for diagnosing and treating disorders characterized by such methylation, and/or abnormally low levels of TMS1 expression products. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 18, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/691763 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 06911312 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Large Scale Proteomics Corporation (Vacaville, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman G. Anderson (Rockville, Maryland); N. Leigh Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for separating microorganisms, especially infectious agents, from a mixture by two dimensional centrifugation on the basis of sedimentation rate and isopycnic banding density, for sedimenting such microorganisms through zones of immobilized reagents to which they are resistant, for detecting banded particles by light scatter or fluorescence using nucleic acid specific dyes, and for recovering the banded particles in very small volumes for characterization by mass spectrometry of viral protein subunits and intact viral particles, and by fluorescence flow cytometric determination of both nucleic acid mass and the masses of fragments produced by restriction enzymes. The method is based on the discovery that individual microorganisms, such as bacterial and viral species, are each physically relatively homogeneous, and are distinguishable in their biophysical properties from other biological particles, and from non-biological particles found in nature. The method is useful for distinguishing infections, for identifying known microorganisms, and for discovering and characterizing new microorganisms. The method provides very rapid identification of microorganisms, and hence allows a rational choice of therapy for identified infectious agents. A particularly useful application is in clinical trials of new antibiotics and antivirals, where it is essential to identify at the outset individuals infected with the targeted infectious agent. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/050847 |
| 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 435/7.100 |
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| US 06911320 | Melmed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shlomo Melmed (Los Angeles, California); Lin Pei (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides are expressed by the pituitary-tumor-transforming-gene (PTTG), formerly known as pituitary-tumor-specific-gene (PTTG), and nucleic acids encode them. Examples are the human and rat PTTG proteins. The nucleic acids may be applied to the production of a recombinant protein, and to the detection of the presence of PTTG genes in different species. The nucleic acids may be operatively linked to a vector, optionally provided with control and expression sequences and/or being carried by a host cell. The nucleic acids may also be delivered to a mammal to compensate for the absence, or a defective expression, of endogenous protein. The nucleic acids, proteins, and antibodies are also employed in disgnostic assays, as well as, for example, in the production of anti-PTTG antibodies (protein), therapeutic compositions and other applications of the proteins and antibodies. Various kits utilize nucleic acids, polypeptides, and/or antibodies. A transgenic non-human mammal expresses PTTG. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/949270 |
| 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 435/69.100 |
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| US 06911324 | Levine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred Levine (Del Mar, California); Dominique Gouty (San Diego, California); Pamela Itkin-Ansari (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for inducing insulin gene expression in cultured pancreas cells, the method comprising contacting a culture of endocrine pancreas cells expressing a PDX-1 gene and a NeuroD/BETA2 gene with a GLP-1 receptor agonist, wherein the cells have been cultured under conditions such that the cells are in contact with other cells in the culture, thereby inducing insulin gene expression in the cells. The invention also provides high throughput screening methods for modulators of β-cell function, stable cultures of cells made by the methods of the invention, and methods of treating a human subject using the methods of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/041845 |
| 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 435/70.100 |
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| US 06911345 | Quake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Quake (San Marino, California); Wayne Volkmuth (Calabasas, California); Marc Unger (South San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an apparatus for analyzing the sequences of polynucleotides. The apparatus comprises (a) flow cell which has at least one microfabricated multilayer elastomeric synthesis channel; and (b) an inlet port and an outlet port. The inlet port and outlet ports are in fluid communication with the flow cell for flowing fluids into and through the flow cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/908830 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/532 |
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| US 06911426 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California); Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Reed (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Richard A. Houghten (Solana Beach, California); Adel Nefzi (San Diego, California); John M. Ostresh (Encinitas, California); Clemencia Pinilla (Cardiff, California); Kate Welsh (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated agents having a core peptide selected from the group consisting of Core peptides 5 through 39 and 42 through 55, wherein the agent derepresses an IAP-inhibited caspase. Also provided is an isolated agent having a core structure selected from any of the structures shown in FIGS. 5, 9, 10, 14B, and 21-24 wherein said agent derepresses an IAP-inhibited caspase. The invention further provides a method of derepressing an IAP-inhibited caspase. The method consists of contacting an IAP-inhibited caspase with an effective amount of an agent to derepress an IAP-inhibited caspase, the agent having a core motif selected from the group consisting of a core peptide having a sequence set forth in any of Core peptides 4 through 39 and 42 through 55, and a core structure selected from the group consisting of TPI759, TPI882, TPI914 or TPI927. The methods of the invention also can be used for promoting apoptosis in a cell and for reducing the severity of a pathology characterized by reduced levels of apoptosis. Methods for identifying agents that derepress an IAP-inhibited caspase are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/302811 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Stamler (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | S-nitrosohemoglobin (SNO-Hb) can be formed by reaction of Hb with S-nitrosothiol and by other methods described herein which do not result in oxidation of the heme Fe. Other methods can be used which are not specific only for thiol groups, but which nitrosate Hb more extensively, and may produce polynitrosated metHb as a product or intermediate product of the method. SNO-Hb in its various forms and combinations thereof (oxy, deoxy, met; specifically S-nitrosylated, or nitrosated or nitrated to various extents) can be administered to an animal or human where it is desired to oxygenate, to scavenge free radicals, or to release NO+ groups to tissues. Thiols and/or NO donating agents can also be administered to enhance the transfer of NO+ groups. Examples of conditions to be treated by SNO-Hbs or other nitrosated or nitrated forms of Hb include ischemic injury, hypertension, angina, reperfusion injury and inflammation, and disorders characterized by thrombosis. Further embodiments of the invention are methods for assessing oxygen delivery to the tissues-of a mammal by measuring SNO-Hb and nitrosylhemoglobin in blood. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/874992 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/6 |
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| US 06911433 | Saavedra 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) | Joseph E. Saavedra (Thurmount, Maryland); Larry K. Keefer (Bethesda, Maryland); Aloka Srinivasan (Wilmington, Delaware); Christian Bogdan (Wasserturmstrasse, Germany); William G. Rice (Frederick, Maryland); Xinhua Ji (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are O2-glycosylated 1-substituted diazen-1-ium-1,2-diolates (O2-glycosylated diazeniumdiolates) having the formula: in which R is a saccharide, which is attached to the O2 of the compound by the anomeric carbon of a pyranose ring or a furanose ring. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/337495 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/25 |
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| US 06911474 | Piomelli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniele Piomelli (Irvine, California); Fernando Rodriguez de Fonseca (Madrid, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and compounds for reducing body weight, modulating body lipid metabolism, and reducing food intake in mammals are provided. The compounds of the invention include fatty acid ethanolamide compounds, homologues and analogs of which the prototype is the endogenous fatty acid ethanolamide, oleoylethanolamide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/112509 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/563 |
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| US 06911478 | Hrabie 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) | Joseph A. Hrabie (Fredrick, Maryland); Larry K. Keefer (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to nitric oxide-releasing amidine- and enamine-derived diazeniumdiolates, compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds and compositions, and to a method for the preparation of nitric oxide-releasing amidine- and enamine-derived diazeniumdiolates via the direct reaction of nitric oxide with amidines and enamines, and to a method of converting amines into such compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/808272 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/631 |
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| US 06911526 | Sato et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Takaaki Sato (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Junn Yanagisawa (Fort Lee, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for a composition capable of inhibiting specific binding between a signal-transducing protein and a cytoplasmic protein. This invention also provides a method of identifying a compound capable of inhibiting specific binding between a signal-transducing protein and a cytoplasmic protein. This invention also provides a method of inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells. This invention also provides a method of treating cancer with a composition in an amount effective to result in an amount in apoptosis of the cells. This invention also provides a method of inhibiting the proliferation of virally infected cells. This invention also provides for a method of treating a virally-infected subject with a composition in an amount effective to result in apoptosis of the cells. This invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 1996 |
| APPL NO | 08/681219 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/326 |
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| US 06911527 | Scala 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) | Giuseppe Scala (Pozzuoli, Italy); Xueni Chen (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Oren J. Cohen (Bethesda, Maryland); Anthony S. Fauci (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is the discovery of novel specific epitopes and antibodies associated with long term survival of HIV-1 infections. These epitopes and antibodies have use in preparing vaccines for preventing HIV-1 infection or for controlling progression to AIDS. |
| FILED | Friday, January 07, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/869003 |
| 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 530/328 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Evans (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel nuclear receptor, termed the steroid and xenobiotic receptor (SXR), a broad-specificity sensing receptor that is a novel branch of the nuclear receptor superfamily, has been discovered. SXR forms a heterodimer with RXR that can bind to and induce transcription from response elements present in steroid-inducible cytochrome P450 genes in response to hundreds of natural and synthetic compounds with biological activity, including therapeutic steroids as well as dietary steroids and lipids. Instead of hundreds of receptors, one for each inducing compound, the invention SXR receptors monitor aggregate levels of inducers to trigger production of metabolizing enzymes in a coordinated metabolic pathway. Agonists and antagonists of SXR are administered to subjects to achieve a variety of therapeutic goals dependent upon modulating metabolism of one or more endogenous steroids or xenobiotics to establish homeostasis. An assay is provided for identifying steroid drugs that are likely to cause drug interaction if administered to a subject in therapeutic amounts. Transgenic animals are also provided which express human SXR, thereby serving as useful models for human response to various agents which potentially impact P450-dependent metabolic processes. Also provided are expression systems and expression vectors having SXR receptors and the like operably linked to target genes of interest. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/840008 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 06911538 | Brachmann |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rainer K. Brachmann (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The transcription factor and tumor suppressor protein p53 is inactivated in many human cancers. Approximately forty percent of cancers carry large amounts of mutated full-length p53 protein with one of over 900 reported single amino acid changes in the p53 core domain that recognizes p53 DNA binding sites. The ability to restore function to these inactive p53 proteins would dramatically improve cancer therapy. Alternative open reading frames that are more easily engineered encode a wild-type p53. The alternative open reading frames are optimized for codon usage and expression of p53 proteins in E. coli, yeast and mammalian cells. The alternative open reading frames may additionally contain mutations that are naturally found in human cancers, substitutions that correspond to polymorphic p53 alleles, or mutations in residues that can be post-translationally modified. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/077176 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 06912415 | Kruger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Kruger (Nelson, Wisconsin); Stephen J. Riederer (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | MRA data is acquired from a large region of interest by translating the patient through the bore of the MRI system as a three-dimensional MRA data set are acquired. Patient table movement is controlled to track a bolus of contrast agent as it passes through the region of interest. Fluoroscopic images may be acquired during the scan to enable accurate bolus tracking. A seamless image of the entire region of interest is reconstructed. |
| FILED | Monday, November 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/993120 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald W. Brown (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Arun S. Wagh (Orland Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and composition for sealing a borehole. A chemically bonded phosphate ceramic sealant for sealing, stabilizing, or plugging boreholes is prepared by combining an oxide or hydroxide and a phosphate with water to form slurry. The slurry is introduced into the borehole where the seal, stabilization or plug is desired, and then allowed to set up to form the high strength, minimally porous sealant, which binds strongly to itself and to underground formations, steel and ceramics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/349359 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/294 |
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| US 06910829 | Nickelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reva A. Nickelson (Shelley, Idaho); Stephanie Walsh (Idaho Falls, Idaho); John G. Richardson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); John R. Dick (Rigby, Idaho); Paul A. Sloan (Rigby, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Processes and methods relating to treating contaminants and collecting desired substances from a zone of interest using subterranean collection and containment barriers. Tubular casings having interlock structures are used to create subterranean barriers for containing and treating buried waste and its effluents. The subterranean barrier includes an effluent collection system. Treatment solutions provided to the zone of interest pass therethrough and are collected by the barrier and treated or recovered, allowing on-site remediation. Barrier components may be used to in the treatment by collecting or removing contaminants or other materials from the zone of interest. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/358633 |
| ART UNIT | 3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/129.200 |
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| US 06910853 | Corman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Scot Corman (Ballston Lake, New York); Anthony John Dean (Scotia, New York); Leonardo Tognarelli (Firenze, Italy); Mario Pecchioli (Prato, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure for attaching together or sealing a space between a first component and a second component that have different rates or amounts of dimensional change upon being exposed to temperatures other than ambient temperature. The structure comprises a first attachment structure associated with the first component that slidably engages a second attachment structure associated with the second component, thereby allowing for an independent floating movement of the second component relative to the first component. The structure can comprise split rings, laminar rings, or multiple split rings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/065876 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/136 |
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| US 06910868 | Hyde et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan Marie Hyde (Piedmont, South Carolina); Robert Romany By (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Judd Dodge Tressler (Mason, Ohio); Jon Conrad Schaeffer (Simpsonville, South Carolina); Calvin Levy Sims (Mauldin, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Third stage turbine buckets have airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth Table I wherein X and Y values are in inches and the Z values are non-dimensional values from 0 to 0.938 convertible to Z distances in inches by multiplying the Z values by the height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values are distances which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape. The X and Y distances may be scalable as a function of the same constant or number to provide a scaled up or scaled down airfoil section for the bucket. The nominal airfoil given by the X, Y and Z distances lies within an envelop of ±0.150 inches in directions normal to the surface of the airfoil. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/624632 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/223.R00 |
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| US 06911134 | Dees et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis W. Dees (Downers Grove, Illinois); John P. Ackerman (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of electrochemically reducing a metal oxide to the metal in an electrochemical cell is disclosed along with the cell. Each of the anode and cathode operate at their respective maximum reaction rates. An electrolyte and an anode at which oxygen can be evolved, and a cathode including a metal oxide to be reduced are included as is a third electrode with independent power supplies connecting the anode and the third electrode and the cathode and the third electrode. |
| FILED | Friday, September 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/236133 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/43 |
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| US 06911260 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifen Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Jian Guo Wen (Newton, Massachusetts); Jing Y. Lao (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Wenzhi Li (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to reinforced carbon nanotubes, and more particularly to reinforced carbon nanotubes having a plurality of microparticulate carbide or oxide materials formed substantially on the surface of such reinforced carbon nanotubes composite materials. In particular, the present invention provides reinforced carbon nanotubes (CNTs) having a plurality of boron carbide nanolumps formed substantially on a surface of the reinforced CNTs that provide a reinforcing effect on CNTs, enabling their use as effective reinforcing fillers for matrix materials to give high-strength composites. The present invention also provides methods for producing such carbide reinforced CNTs. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/339849 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/408 |
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| US 06911570 | Broderick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADA Technologies, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Broderick (Arvada, Colorado); Rachel L. Roth (Littleton, Colorado); Allan L. Carlson (Evergreen, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method, composition and apparatus for stabilizing mercury and other heavy metals present in a particulate material such that the metals will not leach from the particulate material. The method generally involves the application of a metal reagent, a sulfur-containing compound, and the addition of oxygen to the particulate material, either through agitation, sparging or the addition of an oxygen-containing compound. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/997932 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment 588/236 |
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| US 06911593 | Mazumder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malay K. Mazumder (Little Rock, Arkansas); Robert A. Sims (Little Rock, Arkansas); James D. Wilson (Benton, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A transparent electromagnetic shield to protect solar panels and the like from dust deposition. The shield is a panel of clear non-conducting (dielectric) material with embedded parallel electrodes. The panel is coated with a semiconducting film. Desirably the electrodes are transparent. The electrodes are connected to a single-phase AC signal or to a multi-phase AC signal that produces a travelling electromagnetic wave. The electromagnetic field produced by the electrodes lifts dust particles away from the shield and repels charged particles. Deposited dust particles are removed when the electrodes are activated, regardless of the resistivity of the dust. Electrostatic charges on the panel are discharged by the semiconducting film. When used in conjunction with photovoltaic cells, the power for the device may be obtained from the cells themselves. For other surfaces, such as windshields, optical windows and the like, the power must be derived from an external source. One embodiment of the invention employs monitoring and detection devices to determine when the level of obscuration of the screen by dust has reached a threshold level requiring activation of the dust removal feature. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/253625 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/251 |
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| US 06911649 | Hess et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington); Reed College (Portland, Oregon); University College London (London, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne P. Hess (Richland, Washington); Alan G. Joly (Richland, Washington); Daniel P. Gerrity (Milwaukie, Oregon); Kenneth M. Beck (Kennewick, Washington); Peter V. Sushko (Wembley, United Kingdom); Alexander L. Shlyuger (Kenton, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Energy tunable solid state sources of neutral particles are described. In a disclosed embodiment, a halogen particle source includes a solid halide sample, a photon source positioned to deliver photons to a surface of the halide, and a collimating means positioned to accept a spatially defined plume of hyperthermal halogen particles emitted from the sample surface. |
| FILED | Friday, June 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/177745 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911931 | Vincent |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Vincent (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A new differential technique and system for imaging dynamic (fast moving) surface waves using Dynamic Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) is introduced. This differential technique and system can sample the fast-moving surface displacement waves from a plurality of moving platform positions in either a repeat-pass single-antenna or a single-pass mode having a single-antenna dual-phase receiver or having dual physically separate antennas, and reconstruct a plurality of phase differentials from a plurality of platform positions to produce a series of desired interferometric images of the fast moving waves. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/690355 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/25.C00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911932 | Martinez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ana Martinez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Armin W. Doerry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Douglas L. Bickel (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-antenna, multi-pass IFSAR mode utilizing data driven alignment of multiple independent passes can combine the scaling accuracy of a two-antenna, one-pass IFSAR mode with the height-noise performance of a one-antenna, two-pass IFSAR mode. A two-antenna, two-pass IFSAR mode can accurately estimate the larger antenna baseline from the data itself and reduce height-noise, allowing for more accurate information about target ground position locations and heights. The two-antenna, two-pass IFSAR mode can use coarser IFSAR data to estimate the larger antenna baseline. Multi-pass IFSAR can be extended to more than two (2) passes, thereby allowing true three-dimensional radar imaging from stand-off aircraft and satellite platforms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/695304 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/25.C00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06912053 | Ackermann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Ackermann (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jean-Claude Diels (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A scatterometer utilizes the dead zone resulting from lockup caused by scatter from a sample located in the optical path of a ring laser at a location where counter-rotating pulses cross. The frequency of one pulse relative to the other is varied across the lockup dead zone. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/390508 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/484 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06911084 | Kouvetakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Kouvetakis (Mesa, Arizona); Ignatius S. T. Tsong (Tempe, Arizona); Radek Roucka (Tempe, Arizona); John Tolle (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of growing quaternary epitaxial films having the formula YCZN wherein Y is a Group IV element and Z is a Group III element at temperatures in the range 550-750° C. is provided. In the method, a gaseous flux of precursor H3YCN and a vapor flux of Z atoms are introduced into a gas-source molecular beam epitaxial (GSMBE) chamber where they combine to form thin film of YCZN on the substrate. Preferred substrates are silicon, silicon carbide and AlN/silicon structures. Epitaxial thin film SiCAlN and GeCAlN are provided. Bandgap engineering may be achieved by the method by adjusting reaction parameters of the GSMBE process and the relative concentrations of the constituents of the quaternary alloy films. Semiconductor devices produced by the present method have bandgaps from about 2 eV to about 6 eV and exhibit a spectral range from visible to ultraviolet which makes them useful for a variety of optoelectronic and microelectronic applications. Large-area substrates for growth of conventional Group III nitrides and compounds are produced by SiCAlN deposited on large-diameter silicon wafers. The quaternary compounds, especially the boron containing compounds, exhibit extreme hardness. These quaternary compounds are radiation resistant and may be used in space exploration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/981024 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911260 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifen Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Jian Guo Wen (Newton, Massachusetts); Jing Y. Lao (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Wenzhi Li (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to reinforced carbon nanotubes, and more particularly to reinforced carbon nanotubes having a plurality of microparticulate carbide or oxide materials formed substantially on the surface of such reinforced carbon nanotubes composite materials. In particular, the present invention provides reinforced carbon nanotubes (CNTs) having a plurality of boron carbide nanolumps formed substantially on a surface of the reinforced CNTs that provide a reinforcing effect on CNTs, enabling their use as effective reinforcing fillers for matrix materials to give high-strength composites. The present invention also provides methods for producing such carbide reinforced CNTs. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/339849 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/408 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911546 | Hedrick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Lupton Hedrick (Pleasanton, California); Pinar Kilickiran (Ulm, Germany); Gregory Walker Nyce (San Jose, California); Robert M. Waymouth (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for carrying out depolymerization of a polymer containing electrophilic linkages in the presence of a catalyst and a nucleophilic reagent, wherein production of undesirable byproducts resulting from polymer degradation is minimized. The reaction can be carried out at a temperature of 80° C. or less, and generally involves the use of an organic, nonmetallic catalyst, thereby ensuring that the depolymerization product(s) are substantially free of metal contaminants. In an exemplary depolymerization method, the catalyst is a carbene compound such as an N-heterocyclic carbene, or is a precursor to a carbene compound. The method provides an important alternative to current recycling techniques such as those used in the degradation of polyesters, polyamides, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/330853 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/316.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06912241 | Giannakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Shengli Zhou (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are described for maintaining the orthogonality of user waveforms in multi-user wireless communication systems, such as systems using the code division multiple access (CDMA) modulation scheme in the presence of frequency-selective fading channels. Unlike conventional systems in which spreading is performed on individual information-bearing symbols, the “chip-interleaved block-spreading” (CIBS) techniques described herein spread blocks of symbols. A transmitter includes a block-spreading unit to form a set of chips for each symbol of a block of information-bearing symbols and to produce a stream of chips in which the chips from different sets are interleaved. A pulse shaping unit within the transmitter generates a transmission signal from the stream of interleaved chips and transmits the signal through a communication channel. A receiver includes a block separator to de-interleave the chips, followed by a match filter to separate signals from different users, and followed by any single-user equalizer. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/838621 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06911169 | Kwag et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Motors Corporation (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Choongyong Kwag (Troy, Michigan); Gary George Tibbetts (Birmingham, Michigan); D. Gerald Glasgow (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a composite article of a graphite-filled polymer mixture that is robust during high shear mixing and compounding, and that exhibits relatively low electrical resistivity after molding. The mixture is formed by shear mixing a liquid polymeric material, graphitized carbon fibers having diameters of less than one micrometer, and glass fibers longer than the carbon fibers. The carbon and glass fibers constitute up to about 25 volume percent and up to about 50 weight percent, respectively, of the mixture, though the addition of as little as about 1 weight percent of the glass fibers has been shown to dramatically reduce resistivity. The mixture is then introduced into a mold so that the glass fibers are substantially oriented parallel to the direction of flow. Due at least in part to the glass fibers being larger than the carbon fibers, the carbon fibers are substantially aligned with the glass fibers and preferentially segregate to regions of the polymeric matrix near interfaces between the polymeric matrix and the glass fibers. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/315500 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06911412 | Hampden-Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Toivo T. Kodas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Plamen Atanassov (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paolina Atanassova (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Klaus Kunze (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Napolitano (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David Dericotte (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by heating the aerosol to a relatively low temperature, such as not greater than about 400° C. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/210597 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 06912284 | Palmatier |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Palmatier (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-authenticating apparatus for effecting secure communication of a binary signal. In the encipherment apparatus, key is generated as a function of plain text summed with a pseudorandom linear sequence. The decipherment apparatus performs a reverse function in an autokey mode. Incoming cipher text is summed with generated key to create a plain text stream. As in the encipherment device, key is generated as a function of the resulting plain text summed with a pseudorandom linear sequence. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 1983 |
| APPL NO | 06/509268 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06912700 | Franco et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John V. Franco (Cincinnati, Ohio); W. Mark VanFleet (Glen Burnie, Maryland); John Schlipf (Cincinnati, Ohio); Michael R. Dransfield (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A computerized method and system for solving non-linear Boolean equations is disclosed comprising at least partially solving a Boolean function; developing at least one inference regarding said Boolean function and saving said inference to a state machine; and accessing said inference from said state machine to develop at least one heuristic for determining whether said Boolean function is satisfiable. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/164203 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06911437 | Edwards et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Vincent Edwards (Mandeville, Louisiana); Robert F. Diegelmann (Richmond, Virginia); I. Kelman Cohen (Varine, Virginia); Dorne R. Yager (Chesterfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Sequestrants and inhibitors of protease are applied to the wound site through the use of wound dressing based carrier systems to which they may be optionally ionically or covalently bound for the purpose of the initiation or enhancement of healing associated with chronic non-healing wounds. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/013717 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 06911121 | Beckman |
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| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Beckman (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application is directed to a continuous contacting apparatus for separating a liquid component from a liquid mixture. The apparatus comprises: (i) an evaporation chamber (15) having first and second ends, an inlet (50) and an outlet (55) for a carrier gas, and an inlet (30) and an outlet (40) for a liquid mixture, wherein the inlet (30) for the liquid mixture and the outlet (55) of the carrier gas are located on the first end of the evaporation chamber (15); (ii) a dew-formation chamber (20) having an inlet (60) and an outlet (65) for a carrier gas and an outlet for the separable liquid component (80), wherein the inlet for the carrier gas (60) of the dew-formation chamber (20) is situated in a countercurrent manner to the inlet for the carrier gas of the evaporation chamber; (iii) a common heat transfer wall (10) providing thermal communication between the evaporation chamber (15) and the dew-formation chamber (20); (iv) a feeding device for providing the liquid mixture onto the evaporation side of the heat transfer wall; (v) an air mover for controlling a flow of a carrier gas through the chambers, wherein the gas flow in the evaporation chamber is countercurrent to the gas flow in the dew-formation chamber; and (vi) a heating apparatus for heating the carrier gas from the outlet of the evaporation chamber, wherein the heated carrier gas is directed to flow into the inlet of the dew-formation chamber. Also described is a process for separating a liquid component from a liquid mixture in a continuous contacting manner comprising employing such an apparatus for such separation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 26, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/031534 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Distillation: Processes, separatory 23/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 06910459 | Sun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administration of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruonan Sun (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Karl H. Hellman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Charles L. Gray (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An internal combustion engine is adapted for operation with homogeneous combustion and compression ignition. The engine includes plural cylinders with the piston in each cylinder defining the main combustion chamber and connected to a crankshaft for reciprocating motion rotatably driving the crankshaft. An auxiliary combustion chamber and an inlet passage are formed in the engine head for each of the cylinders with a control valve for controlling communication between the main combustion chamber and the auxiliary combustion chamber and an inlet valve for controlling communication between the main combustion chamber and the inlet passage. The inlet valve is driven with rotation of the crankshaft, while the drive for the combustion control valve is independent of angular position of the crankshaft and has its own controller for timing its opening and closing to provide controlled homogeneous combustion. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/448417 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06911593 | Mazumder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malay K. Mazumder (Little Rock, Arkansas); Robert A. Sims (Little Rock, Arkansas); James D. Wilson (Benton, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A transparent electromagnetic shield to protect solar panels and the like from dust deposition. The shield is a panel of clear non-conducting (dielectric) material with embedded parallel electrodes. The panel is coated with a semiconducting film. Desirably the electrodes are transparent. The electrodes are connected to a single-phase AC signal or to a multi-phase AC signal that produces a travelling electromagnetic wave. The electromagnetic field produced by the electrodes lifts dust particles away from the shield and repels charged particles. Deposited dust particles are removed when the electrodes are activated, regardless of the resistivity of the dust. Electrostatic charges on the panel are discharged by the semiconducting film. When used in conjunction with photovoltaic cells, the power for the device may be obtained from the cells themselves. For other surfaces, such as windshields, optical windows and the like, the power must be derived from an external source. One embodiment of the invention employs monitoring and detection devices to determine when the level of obscuration of the screen by dust has reached a threshold level requiring activation of the dust removal feature. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/253625 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 06911312 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Large Scale Proteomics Corporation (Vacaville, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman G. Anderson (Rockville, Maryland); N. Leigh Anderson (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for separating microorganisms, especially infectious agents, from a mixture by two dimensional centrifugation on the basis of sedimentation rate and isopycnic banding density, for sedimenting such microorganisms through zones of immobilized reagents to which they are resistant, for detecting banded particles by light scatter or fluorescence using nucleic acid specific dyes, and for recovering the banded particles in very small volumes for characterization by mass spectrometry of viral protein subunits and intact viral particles, and by fluorescence flow cytometric determination of both nucleic acid mass and the masses of fragments produced by restriction enzymes. The method is based on the discovery that individual microorganisms, such as bacterial and viral species, are each physically relatively homogeneous, and are distinguishable in their biophysical properties from other biological particles, and from non-biological particles found in nature. The method is useful for distinguishing infections, for identifying known microorganisms, and for discovering and characterizing new microorganisms. The method provides very rapid identification of microorganisms, and hence allows a rational choice of therapy for identified infectious agents. A particularly useful application is in clinical trials of new antibiotics and antivirals, where it is essential to identify at the outset individuals infected with the targeted infectious agent. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/050847 |
| 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 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06912251 | Ward et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Ward (Glen Ridge, New Jersey); Clifford Pecota (Lebanon, New Jersey); Xiaobing Lee (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey); Gary Hughes (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for effecting a seamless, frame accurate splicing of MPEG-like transport streams by constructing a transition stream or clip with portions from each stream proximate respective splice points. |
| FILED | Friday, July 02, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/347213 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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