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Patent Details for Tuesday, July 19, 2005
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| US 06918254 | Baker |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl William Baker (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A two-phase thermodynamic power system includes a capillary device, vapor accumulator, superheater, an inline turbine, a condenser, a liquid pump and a liquid preheater for generating output power as a generator. The capillary device, such as a loop heat pipe or a capillary pumped loop, is coupled to a vapor accumulator, superheater, the inline turbine for generating output power for power generation, liquid pump and liquid preheater. The capillary device receives input heat that is used to change phase of liquid received from the liquid preheater, liquid pump and condenser into vapor for extra heating in the superheater used to then drive the turbine. The power system is well suited for space applications using a radioisotope, active nuclear or solar heat source. The system can use waste heat from various dynamic or static power systems as a heat source and waste heat from spacecraft components such as electronics as a heat source. These heat sources can be used separately or in any combination. The power system can be combined with thermal energy storage devices when operated with heat sources that are not steady state. Heat sources are useful for driving the capillary wick, superheater and liquid preheater for increased power efficiency and long lifetime operation. The power system is well suited for space receiving heat from a heat source to produce useful mechanical energy. A superheater in combination with a liquid pump and preheater are implemented for use with the evaporator for improved thermal efficiency while operating at maximum cycle temperatures well below other available power conversion cycles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/676874 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/653 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06918284 | Snow 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) | Eric S. Snow (Springfield, Virginia); Jamie P. Novak (Alexandria, Virginia); Paul M. Campbell (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic device having an interconnected network of carbon nanotubes on the surface of a substrate, and two or more electrical leads. The network forms an electrical connection between the leads. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/657776 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/31.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06918306 | Cavallaro 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) | Paul V. Cavallaro (Raynham, Massachusetts); Daniel Perez, Jr. (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An adjustable loading apparatus for supporting a long span beam in a flexure test by a load application device is disclosed. The apparatus includes an upper support structure including an elongated support beam, at least one support bracket adjustably mountable along a longitudinal span thereof, and a saddle member selectively pivotally mounted in the at least one upper support bracket for engaging with a specimen under test. The upper support structure is positioned normal to the load application device and a lower support structure is positioned parallel and co-planar to the upper support structure. The lower support structure includes an elongated support beam, at least one spacing member adjustably mounted along a longitudinal span thereof, a lower support bracket adjustably mounted along a longitudinal span of the spacing member, and a saddle member selectively pivotally mounted in the lower support bracket for engaging with a specimen under test. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/657774 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/849 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06918598 | Wilcox et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David E. Wilcox (Gilbert, Arizona); Mary Berti (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A hot air sealing arrangement for sealing between an inner surface of an exhaust duct conveying hot combustion products and an outer surface of a heat exchanger disposed within the exhaust duct includes an inner receiver attachable to the outer surface of the heat exchanger, an outer receiver attachable to the inner surface of the exhaust duct, and a seal having an outer bead engageable with the outer receiver for rotary movement therein and an inner bead engageable with the inner receiver for sliding movement therein. The seal further includes a connecting sheet between the outer bead and the inner bead. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/114876 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Seal for a joint or juncture 277/638 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06918973 | Hufnagel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); United States Army Research Laboratory (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd C. Hufnagel (Lutherville, Maryland); Ryan T. Ott (Baltimore, Maryland); Cang Fan (Baltimore, Maryland); Laszlo Kecskes (Havre de Grace, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, an alloy or other composite material is provided formed of a bulk metallic glass matrix with a microstructure of crystalline metal particles. The alloy preferably has a composition of (XaNibCuc)100−d−cYdAlc, wherein the sum of a, b and c equals 100, wherein 40≦a≦80, 0≦b≦35, 0≦c≦40, 4≦d≦30, and 0≦e≦20, and wherein preferably X is composed of an early transition metal and preferably Y is composed of a refractory body-centered cubic early transition metal. A preferred embodiment of the invention also provides a method of producing an alloy composed of two or more phases at ambient temperature. The method includes the steps of providing a metastable crystalline phase composed of at least two elements, heating the metastable crystalline phase together with at least one additional element to form a liquid, casting the liquid, and cooling the liquid to form the alloy. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the composition and cooling rate of the liquid can be controlled to determine the volume fraction of the crystalline phase and determine the size of the crystalline particles, respectively. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/287627 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/538 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919005 | McInerney 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) | Michael K. McInerney (Champaign, Illinois); Vincent F. Hock (Mahomet, Illinois); Philip Chitty (Dayton, Ohio); Stephen N. Flanders (Norwich, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A configuration and treatment for degrading porous material, e.g., concrete, brick, or other masonry material, via rapid, efficient electro-osmosis. One application carries dehydration to an extent that it weakens a structure for demolition by significantly dehydrating its structural material. A durable, dimensionally stable anode is affixed to the structure and attached to a wire from a DC power supply. The anode is composed of a valve metal substrate with a semiconductive coating of a precious metal, cement or ceramic. Connection to a cathode through the power supply completes the circuit. A DC voltage is applied to the concrete structure by cycling a pro-specified pulse train from the power supply. One pulse train consists of an initial positive pulse followed by a shorter duration negative pulse and ends with a short off period before the pulse train is reinitiated. The cycle continues until the porous material has been determined to be sufficiently degraded. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/140875 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/515 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919152 | Sreenivasan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Byung J. Choi (Round Rock, Texas); Matthew Colburn (Austin, Connecticut); Todd Bailey (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of determining and correcting alignment during imprint lithography process is described. During an imprint lithographic process the template may be aligned with the substrate by the use of alignment marks disposed on both the template and substrate. The alignment may be determined and corrected for before the layer is processed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/445863 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919200 | Ibrahim |
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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) | Sofi M. Ibrahim (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A purification apparatus, kit and method for purifying DNA, RNA, proteins, antigens, antibodies and cells. The apparatus has a wand and a reservoir tube. The wand is made of a cap, a sample collection assembly and an elongated shaft connecting the cap to the sample collection assembly. The sample collection assembly has a series of microstructures on its surface, or microparticles enclosed within it for increasing the surface area of the sample collection assembly. The increased surface area permits maximum exposure to and binding of target molecules thereto. The reservoir tube associated with the wand has one end defining an opening and a second end that is closed and preferably cone or cylindrical shaped. The cap of the wand securely and sealingly fastens to the open end of the reservoir tube with the shaft and the sample collection assembly fitting easily inside the reservoir tube. The apparatus, kit and methods can be used for protein and nucleic acids detection by calorimetric, luminescent, fluorescent or electrochemical means through attachments for detecting such signals. The apparatus, kit and methods can also be used in conjunction with an attachment for thermal regulation to perform nucleic acids amplification. The apparatus, kit and methods can further be configured for integrated, high throughput purification and detection of proteins and nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/444095 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/270 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919225 | Craig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alien Technology Corporation (Morgan Hill, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon S. W. Craig (Palo Alto, California); Eric Jonathan Snyder (South San Francisco, California); Jay Kuang-Jieh Tu (Campbell, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and methods of making an electronic assembly. The electronic assembly comprises a functional block having at least one asymmetric feature. The functional block comprises an integrated circuitry to perform a function pertaining to the electronic assembly. The electronic assembly further comprises a substrate having a receptor site to mate with the functional block using a fluidic self-assembly process. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/689906 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919283 | Joshi |
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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) | Pooran C. Joshi (Vancouver, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is directed to pure and modified Ta2O5 thin films deposited on suitable substrate and methods for making these Ta2O5 thin films. These Ta2O5 thin films exhibit superior properties for microwave communication, dynamic random access memory and integrated electronic applications. The Ta2O5 thin films perform well in these types of technologies due to the Ta 2O5 thin film component which allows for high dielectric constants, low dielectric loss, and good temperature and frequency stability, thus making them particularly useful in high frequency microwave applications. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/661547 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/778 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919453 | Koppes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William M. Koppes (Adelphi, Maryland); Michael E. Sitzmann (Adelphi, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Colorant compositions, and intermediate chemical compositions of colorant compositions are made from 1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a][1,3,5]triazine-3,5,7-substituted compounds. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/439804 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919484 | Dolbier, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. Dolbier, Jr. (Gainesville, Florida); Samia Aït-Mohand (Longueuil, Canada); Tatiana Sergeeva (Duluth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention provides convenient, regiospecific and highly stereoselective addition of SF5Cl in high yield to a variety of alkenes and alkynes. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/627831 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919619 | Sylvester et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis M. Sylvester (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Himanshu Kaul (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David T. Blaauw (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is provided that improves the propagation characteristics of an electrical conducting signal wire on an integrated circuit. The system includes a pair of parallel shielding wires positioned on opposite longitudinal sides of the signal wire. A shielding signal is applied to the shielding wires. The shielding signal is out of phase with the signal of interest propagated on the signal wire. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/377318 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/662 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919783 | Dionne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald F. Dionne (Winchester, Massachusetts); Daniel E. Oates (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A device responsive to an electromagnetic signal includes a conductor for conducting the electromagnetic signal, a magnetic structure disposed proximate the conductor to enable gyromagnetic interaction between the electromagnetic signal and the magnetic structure and a transducer disposed on the magnetic structure for controlling a domain pattern in the magnetic structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/131338 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919784 | Feng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milton Feng (Champaign, Illinois); Nick Holonyak, Jr. (Urbana, Illinois); David Becher (Urbana, Illinois); Shyh-Chiang Shen (Champaign, Illinois); Richard Chan (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A high life cycle and low voltage MEMS device. In an aspect of the invention, separate support posts are disposed to prevent a suspended switch pad from touching the actuation pad while permitting the switch pad to ground a signal line. In another aspect of the invention, cantilevered support beams are made from a thicker material than the switching pad. Increased thickness material in the cantilever tends to keep the switch flat in its resting position. Features of preferred embodiments include dimples in the switch pad to facilitate contact with a signal line and serpentine cantilevers arranged symmetrically to support the switch pad. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/191812 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/78 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919844 | Ryken, Jr. 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) | Marvin L. Ryken, Jr. (Oxnard, California); Albert Davis (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A reduced size GPS microstrip antenna which has an annular slot, receives GPS data from an external source and which is adapted for use in a small area on a weapons system such as a missile. The microstrip antenna is square shaped with angled notches at opposite corners of the antenna. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/768748 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919851 | Rogers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn D. Rogers (Jessup, Maryland); Chalmers M. Butler (Clemson, South Carolina); Anthony Q. Martin (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A broadband loaded antenna and matching network with related methods for design optimization are disclosed. The loaded antenna structures may preferably be either monopole or dipole antennas, but the particular methods and techniques presented herein may be applied to additional antenna configurations. The load circuits positioned along an antenna may comprise parallel inductor-resistor configurations or other combinations of passive circuit elements. A matching network for connecting an antenna to a transmission line or other medium preferably includes at least a transmission line transformer and a parallel inductor. Various optimization techniques are presented to optimize the design of such broadband monopole antennas. These techniques include implementation of simple genetic algorithms (GAs) or micro-GAs. Component modeling for selected components may be effected through either lumped element representation or curved wire representation. Measured results are presented to ensure that certain design criteria are met, including low voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) and high gain over a desired frequency band. |
| FILED | Monday, July 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/207665 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/749 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06920131 | Beshai |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nortel Networks Ltd (, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maged E. Beshai (Stittsville, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible global distributed switch adapted for wide geographical coverage with an end-to-end capacity that scales to several Petabits per second (Pb/s), while providing grade-of-service and quality-of-service control, is constructed from packet-switching edge modules and channel-switching core modules. The global distributed switch may be used to form a global Internet. The global distributed switch enables simple controls, resulting in scalability and performance advantages due to a significant reduction in the mean number of hops in a path between two edge modules. Traffic is sorted at each ingress edge module according to egress edge module. At least one packet queue is dedicated to each egress edge module. Harmonious reconfiguration of edge modules and core modules is realized by time counter co-ordination. The global distributed switch can be enlarged from an initial capacity of a few Terabits per second to a capacity of several Petabits per second, and from regional to global coverage. It can accommodate connections to legacy systems, such as IP-based networks, and provide connections over one or two hops among distant legacy devices, such as routers. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 28, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/748848 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/380 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06920233 | Wolfson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marilyn Wolfson (Acton, Massachusetts); Richard Johnson (Harvard, Massachusetts); Barbara Forman (Framingham, Massachusetts); William Dupree (Westborough, Massachusetts); Kim E. Theriault (Pelham, Massachusetts); Robert Boldi (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Carol Wilson (Acton, Massachusetts); Robert G. Hallowell (Nashua, New Hampshire); Richard L. Delanoy (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for forecasting the likely occurrence of convective weather events, such as thunderstorms. An image filter is used to identify areas of interest within a meteorological image that are likely to contain convective weather. The image filter and an image difference processor identify areas within the meteorological image that are likely to experience a growth and/or decay of weather events. The meteorological image, interest image and growth/decay image are processed to produce the short-term forecast. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/079995 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06920351 | Mitra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Partha Mitra (Summit, New Jersey); Bijan Pesaran (Los Angeles, California); Richard A. Andersen (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, neural activity of a subject may be measured with an implant in the sensory motor cortex of the subject and used to predict an intended movement. The measured neural activity may be the local field potential (LFP) at an electrode or single unit (SU) activity. The spectral structure of the LFP and the SU activity may be estimated using spectral analysis techniques. The estimated LFP and SU responses may be used to predict and intended movement by the subject. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/304343 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06920558 | Sames et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Networks Associates Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Sames (Woodbine, Maryland); Brent S. Whitmore (York, Pennsylvania); Brian S. Niebuhr (Columbia, Maryland); Gregg W. Tally (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for managing security policies in a distributed computing system. Security policies include, but are not limited to, a firewall policy, a policy for file access, a policy for application access, a policy for an encryption algorithm, a policy for audit trails, and a policy for activity logging. These security policies determine access rights to a computer application. The system operates by creating multiple security policies with individual security policies specifying a differing level of security for the distributed computing system. These security policies are then distributed to each computer in the distributed computing system. Next, a specific security policy is selected for use across the distributed computing system, and each computer in the distributed computing system is directed to use the specified security policy enforcing a selected security posture. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/863145 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/166 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06919203 | Chisari |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis V. Chisari (Del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides are used to define epitopes that stimulate HLA-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity against hepatitis B virus antigens. The peptides are derived from regions of HBV envelope, and are particularly useful in treating or preventing HBV infection, including methods for stimulating the immune response of chronically infected individuals to respond to HBV antigens. |
| FILED | Monday, May 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/863054 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919208 | Levy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Levy (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Peter L. Jones (Denver, Colorado); Quanyi Li (Westmont, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions useful for enhancing the efficiency of delivery of a nucleic acid to a cell. Preferably the cell is a mammalian cell. The method comprises providing to a cell an agent capable of enhancing the cytoskeletal permissiveness of the cell for transfection. The method also comprises providing to the cell a nucleic acid delivery system for the transfection of the cell, whereby the efficiency of delivery of a nucleic acid to the cell is enhanced. Compositions and kits for enhancing the efficiency of delivery of a nucleic acid to a cell are also included |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/851327 |
| 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 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919209 | Chatterjee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saswati Chatterjee (Sierra Madre, California); Kamehameha K. Wong, Jr. (Sierra Madre, California); Christie Wong (Pasadena, California); Grace Fisher-Adams (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a method for transducing extremely primitive hematopoietic stem cells with high efficiency, using an adeno-associated vector. This vector stably transforms highly primitive CD34+++CD38= cells which reside in a quiescent state and retain to a larger extent the ability to repopulate the hematopoietic system. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/453801 |
| 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 435/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919309 | Bouck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Noël P. Bouck (Occidental, California); David W. Dawson (Los Angeles, California); Paul R. Gillis (San Francisco, California); Olga Volpert (Wilmette, Illinois); Susan E. Crawford (Burr Ridge, Illinois); Veronica M. Stellmach (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of inhibiting angiogenesis within a tissue by providing exogenous PEDF to cells associated with the tissue. The presence of exogenous PEDF inhibits angiogenesis within the tissue, in part by interfering with the ability of vascular endothelia to expand within the tissue. The invention also provides a method for determining the severity of a tumor by assaying for the presence of PEDF within the tumor. The invention further provides a method of inhibiting endothelial cell migration, a method of stimulating the growth of hair in a mammal, a method for inhibiting the growth of a tumor, a method of inducing differentiation of a neuroblastoma cell, a method of slowing the growth of a neuroblastoma cell, and method of treating ischemic retinopathy in a mammal. To facilitate the inventive methods, the present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions including sources of PEDF. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/342243 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 06919313 | Flanagan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Flanagan (Newton, Massachusetts); Qiang Lu (Brookline, Massachusetts); Edna E. Sun (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Transmembrane B ephrins and their Eph receptors signal hi-directionally. The presently claimed invention describes a cytoplasmic protein, designated PDZ-RGS3, which binds B ephrins through a PDZ domain, and has a regulator of heterotrimeric G protein signaling (RGS) domain. PDZ-RGS3 mediates signaling from the ephrin-B cytoplasmic tail. SDF-1, a chemokine with a G protein coupled receptor, or BDNF, act as chemoattractants for cerebellar granule cells, with SDF-1 action being selectively inhibited by soluble EphB receptor. The claimed invention reveals a pathway that links reverse signaling to cellular guidance, uncovers a novel mode of control for G proteins, and demonstrates a mechanism for selective regulation of responsiveness to neuronal guidance cues. Further, compositions and methods of use are provided for modulating cell migration as a function of chemokines and GPCR interaction, to aid in the treatment of disease states and medical conditions, including cancer and immune responses such as allergy and autoimmune responses. In one embodiment, a method of altering the sensitivity of a cell to a chemokine is provided using a PDZ-RGS3 protein. |
| FILED | Monday, April 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/113794 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919333 | Ebright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Ebright (North Brunswick, New Jersey); Yon W. Ebright (North Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecule for labeling a target material is provided including two transition-metal chelates and a detectable group. The molecule has the general structural formula (I): wherein: (a) Y and Y′ are each a transition metal, (b) R1 and R1′ are each independently CH(COO−), CH(COOH), or absent; (c) R2 and R2′ are linkers each having a length of from about 3.0 to about 20 Å; and (d) X is a detectable group. The linkers may be linear or branched, may contain aromatic moieties, and may optionally be further substituted. Methods of using the molecules of the invention as probes in detecting and analyzing target materials as well as kits including the molecule of the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/665227 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/229.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919425 | Hong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank D. Hong (Houston, Texas); Gary Clayman (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a tumor-homing peptide that can target cancer and or tumor tissues. The peptide is uptaken by certain specific cancer cell types. The invention describes methods to achieve targeted delivery of anticancer drugs conjugated to this peptide for anticancer therapy. The invention also describes methods for using the peptide for the diagnosis and imaging of cancer and tumor tissues. |
| FILED | Monday, July 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/899376 |
| 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 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919440 | Wong |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chi-Huey Wong (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A one-pot glycosylation reaction is disclosed in which a mannosyl (Man) group is enzymatically transferred to an acceptor molecule. The starting glycoside is a mannosyl 1-phosphate that is enzymatically converted to its GDP derivative via UTP and a pyrophorylase. The formed GDP derivative is used in the enzyme-catalyzed glycosyl transfer. That enzyme-catalyzed glycosyl transfer to an acceptor releases GDP that is enzymatically converted to GTP for further conversion of mannosyl 1-phosphate into its GDP derivative. Also disclosed are a recombinant α1,2-mannosyltransferase that is enzymatically active, is dispersible in an aqueous reaction medium, and free of the transmembrane portion of the native enzyme, as well as DNA encoding that transferase, an expression vector containing exogenous DNA that encodes that enzyme and E. coli cells containing that vector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/262503 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919442 | Pavlakis 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) | George N. Pavlakis (Rockville, Maryland); Filomena Nappi (Rome, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a novel post-transcriptional regulatory element that can function as an RNA nucleo-cytoplasmic transport element. The invention also provides for an attenuated HIV-1 hybrid virus for use as a vaccine and a kit incorporating the hybrid virus. The kit also includes instructional material teaching the use of the vaccine, where the instructional material indicates that the vaccine is used for the prophylaxis or amelioration of HIV-1 infection in a mammal; that the vaccine is to be administered to a mammal in a therapeutically effective amount sufficient to express a viral protein; where the vaccine will not cause clinically significant CD4+ cell depletion; and, the expression of the viral protein elicits an immune response to the attenuated HIV-1 virus. The invention further provides for a method for screening for post-transcriptional RNA nucleo-cytoplasmic transport element (NCTE) binding proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 18, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/673716 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919465 | Ghosh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (River Forest, Illinois); Marcus Noetzel (Burghausen, Germany); Sofiya Leshchenko (Wheaton, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing (3R,3aS,6aR)-3-hydroxyhexahydrofuro[2,3-b]furan (I), and related compounds, in high yield and high enantiomeric selectivity is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing (5S)-5-(benzyloxymethyl)-5H-furan-2-one. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/681637 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06920351 | Mitra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Partha Mitra (Summit, New Jersey); Bijan Pesaran (Los Angeles, California); Richard A. Andersen (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In an embodiment, neural activity of a subject may be measured with an implant in the sensory motor cortex of the subject and used to predict an intended movement. The measured neural activity may be the local field potential (LFP) at an electrode or single unit (SU) activity. The spectral structure of the LFP and the SU activity may be estimated using spectral analysis techniques. The estimated LFP and SU responses may be used to predict and intended movement by the subject. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/304343 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
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| US 06920358 | Greenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Richard P. Williamson (Sherman Oaks, California); Joseph H. Schulman (Santa Clarita, California); Reza P. Rassool (Stevenson Ranch, California); Lee J. Mandell (West Hills, California); Abraham N. Seidman (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for improving visual acuity when providing a visual image from a “high” resolution input device to a “low” resolution output device. The described invention is of particular use when the output device is an array of electrodes as part of a retinal prosthesis used to restore vision to a visually-impaired patient. In that various limitations may, within the foreseeable future, limit the density of such an electrode array (and thus the resolution of the output image), the present invention teaches techniques to assign processed pixel subsets of a higher resolution image to a single electrode. By varying the pixel subsets, e.g., by jittering, and/or altering the processing criteria, the perceived visual acuity may be further improved. Alternatively and additionally, such processing may be further extended to drive neighboring electrodes in combination to thus stimulate virtual electrode sites and thus further enhance visual acuity. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/851268 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald F. Renzi (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high pressure microvalve for connecting a first fluid-bearing conduit to a second fluid-bearing conduit is provided. The microvalve includes (a) a first body having a first interior surface and at least one port outlet at the first interior surface that is in fluid communication with at least one first channel wherein each port outlet is surrounded by a first seal with an upper surface that is at a level above that of the first interior surface (b) a second body having a second interior surface and at least one port inlet at the second interior surface that is in fluid communication with at least one second channel, and wherein each port inlet is surrounded by a second seal with an upper surface that is at a level above that of the second interior surface, wherein the first interior surface is substantially planar and is slidably secured to the second interior surface which is also substantially planar, and (c) means for aligning a port outlet in the first body to a port inlet in the second body to permit fluid flow and/or control from a first channel into a second channel. |
| FILED | Monday, January 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/351714 |
| ART UNIT | 3751 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/304 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06918698 | Nordmeyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Nordmeyer (San Leandro, California); Gyorgy P. Snell (Richmond, California); Earl W. Cornell (Antioch, California); William Kolbe (Moraga, California); Derek Yegian (Oakland, California); Thomas N. Earnest (Berkeley, California); Joseph M. Jaklevic (Lafayette, California); Carl W. Cork (Walnut Creek, California); Bernard D. Santarsiero (Chicago, Illinois); Raymond C. Stevens (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for the transportation, remote and unattended mounting, and visual alignment and monitoring of protein crystals for synchrotron generated x-ray diffraction analysis. The protein samples are maintained at liquid nitrogen temperatures at all times: during shipment, before mounting, mounting, alignment, data acquisition and following removal. The samples must additionally be stably aligned to within a few microns at a point in space. The ability to accurately perform these tasks remotely and automatically leads to a significant increase in sample throughput and reliability for high-volume protein characterization efforts. Since the protein samples are placed in a shipping-compatible layered stack of sample cassettes each holding many samples, a large number of samples can be shipped in a single cryogenic shipping container. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/319282 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-cleaning porous cermet material, filter and system utilizing the same may be used in filtering particulate and gaseous pollutants from internal combustion engines having intermetallic and ceramic phases. The porous cermet filter may be made from a transition metal aluminide phase and an alumina phase. Filler materials may be added to increase the porosity or tailor the catalytic properties of the cermet material. Additionally, the cermet material may be reinforced with fibers or screens. The porous filter may also be electrically conductive so that a current may be passed therethrough to heat the filter during use. Further, a heating element may be incorporated into the porous cermet filter during manufacture. This heating element can be coated with a ceramic material to electrically insulate the heating element. An external heating element may also be provided to heat the cermet filter during use. |
| FILED | Monday, November 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/213120 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation 055/523 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06918973 | Hufnagel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); United States Army Research Laboratory (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd C. Hufnagel (Lutherville, Maryland); Ryan T. Ott (Baltimore, Maryland); Cang Fan (Baltimore, Maryland); Laszlo Kecskes (Havre de Grace, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, an alloy or other composite material is provided formed of a bulk metallic glass matrix with a microstructure of crystalline metal particles. The alloy preferably has a composition of (XaNibCuc)100−d−cYdAlc, wherein the sum of a, b and c equals 100, wherein 40≦a≦80, 0≦b≦35, 0≦c≦40, 4≦d≦30, and 0≦e≦20, and wherein preferably X is composed of an early transition metal and preferably Y is composed of a refractory body-centered cubic early transition metal. A preferred embodiment of the invention also provides a method of producing an alloy composed of two or more phases at ambient temperature. The method includes the steps of providing a metastable crystalline phase composed of at least two elements, heating the metastable crystalline phase together with at least one additional element to form a liquid, casting the liquid, and cooling the liquid to form the alloy. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the composition and cooling rate of the liquid can be controlled to determine the volume fraction of the crystalline phase and determine the size of the crystalline particles, respectively. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/287627 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/538 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919061 | Sherman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. Sherman (Idaho Falls, Idaho); S. Paul Henslee (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A unique process for deactivating residual sodium in Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) systems which uses humidified (but not saturated) carbon dioxide at ambient temperature and pressure to convert residual sodium into solid sodium bicarbonate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/154391 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/421 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919530 | Borgeson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | First Solar LLC (Perrysburg, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank A. Borgeson (Scottsdale, Arizona); Joseph J. Hanak (Ames, Iowa); Karen M. Harju (Luckey, Ohio); Norman L. Helman (Scottsdale, Arizona); Kenneth R. Hecht (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus (42) for laser scribing coatings on glass sheet substrates by conveying the substrate adjacent a laser source (83) that provides a pulsed laser beam (84) with a wavelength at a near-infrared fundamental frequency and having a frequency in the range of 50 to 100 kilohertz and a pulse duration in the range of 8 to 70 nanoseconds, and by reflecting the beam by an XYZ galvanometer controlled mirror system (90) toward an uncoated surface of the substrate for passage therethrough to the coating on the other surface to provide overlapping ablations through the coating and scribing at a speed of at least 1000 millimeters per second. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/425704 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.680 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919576 | Wright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bechtel Bwxt Idaho LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard N. Wright (Idaho Falls, Idaho); W. David Swank (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Ronald E. Mizia (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Thermal neutron absorbing composite coating materials and methods of applying such coating materials to spent nuclear fuel storage systems are provided. A composite neutron absorbing coating applied to a substrate surface includes a neutron absorbing layer overlying at least a portion of the substrate surface, and a corrosion resistant top coat layer overlying at least a portion of the neutron absorbing layer. An optional bond coat layer can be formed on the substrate surface prior to forming the neutron absorbing layer. The neutron absorbing layer can include a neutron absorbing material, such as gadolinium oxide or gadolinium phosphate, dispersed in a metal alloy matrix. The coating layers may be formed by a plasma spray process or a high velocity oxygen fuel process. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/067708 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/518.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919776 | Möbius et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. (Saratoga, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arnold Möbius (Eggenstein, Germany); Robert Lawrence Ives (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A traveling wave device for the combining or splitting of symmetric and asymmetric traveling wave energy includes a feed waveguide for traveling wave energy, the feed waveguide having an input port and a launching port, a reflector for coupling wave energy between the feed waveguide and a final waveguide for the collection and transport of wave energy to or from the reflector. The power combiner has a launching port for symmetrical waves which includes a cylindrical section coaxial to the feed waveguide, and a launching port for asymmetric waves which includes a sawtooth rotated about a central axis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/128187 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919847 | Caplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malcolm Caplan (Fremont, California); Herbert W. Friedman (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for beaming power to a high altitude platform is based upon a high power millimeter gyrotron source, optical transmission components, and a high-power receiving antenna (i.e., a rectenna) capable of rectifying received millimeter energy and converting such energy into useable electrical power. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/741022 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/705 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919909 | Spletzer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry L. Spletzer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); George S. Davidson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel J. Zimmerer (Tijeras, New Mexico); Lisa C. Marron (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method and apparatus for displaying two portions of an image at two resolutions. For example, the invention can display an entire image at a first resolution, and a subset of the image at a second, higher resolution. Two inexpensive, low resolution displays can be used to produce a large image with high resolution only where needed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 24, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/695809 |
| ART UNIT | 2675 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/632 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian A. Korgel (Round Rock, Texas); Paul Thurk (Austin, Texas); Keith P. Johnston (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the production of a robust, chemically stable, crystalline, passivated nanoparticle and composition containing the same, that emit light with high efficiencies and size-tunable and excitation energy tunable color. The methods include the thermal degradation of a precursor molecule in the presence of a capping agent at high temperature and elevated pressure. A particular composition prepared by the methods is a passivated silicon nanoparticle composition displaying discrete optical transitions. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/109608 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919064 | Resasco et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Resasco (Norman, Oklahoma); Boonyarach Kitiyanan (Pantunwan, Thailand); Walter E. Alvarez (Norman, Oklahoma); Leandro Balzano (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and apparatus for catalytic production of single walled carbon nanotubes. Catalytic particles are exposed to different process conditions at successive stages wherein the catalytic particles do not come in contact with reactive (catalytic) gases until preferred process conditions have been attained, thereby controlling the quantity and form of carbon nanotubes produced. The reaction gas is preferably provided at a high space velocity to minimize CO2 build-up. The process also contemplates processes and apparatus which recycle and reuse the gases and catalytic particulate materials, thereby maximizing cost efficiency, reducing wastes, reducing the need for additional raw materials, and producing the carbon nanotubes, especially SWNTs, in greater quantities and for lower costs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/996142 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919172 | DePablo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan DePablo (Madison, Wisconsin); Danforth Miller (Madison, Wisconsin); Paul Conrad (Madison, Wisconsin); Horacio Corti (Lanus Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| ABSTRACT | A protectant mixture for use in preserving biological materials comprising (1) at least one polyhydroxy compound, where the total amount of polyhydroxy compound in the mixture is from about 5% to about 60% by weight of the mixture where the mixture is an aqueous solution and is from about 10% to about 95% where the mixture is in solid form, and (2) phosphate ions, where the total amount of phosphate ions in the mixture is such that the molar ratio of phosphate ions to hydroxy groups in the polyhydroxy compound is from about 0.025 to about 0.625; a preservation medium comprising (1) a biological material, (2) at least one polyhydroxy compound, where the total amount of polyhydroxy compound in the medium is from about 5% to about 60% by weight of the medium, and (3) phosphate ions, where the total amount of phosphate ions in the mixture is such that the molar ratio of phosphate ions to hydroxy groups in the polyhydroxy compound is from about 0.025 to about 0.625; methods of preserving the preservation medium; and the resulting preserved biological material composition. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/657017 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919213 | Flatté et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri); University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Edward Flatté (Iowa City, Iowa); Giovanni Vignale (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A unipolar spin transistor includes a semiconductor material having a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region is adjacent to the second region so as to form a first domain between the first region and the second region, and the second region is adjacent to the third region so as to form a second domain between the second region and the third region. A first voltage is provided between the first region and the second region to cause carriers to move across the first domain from the first region to the second region. A second voltage is generated between the second region and the third region to cause the carriers move across the second domain from the second region to the third region. The second voltage has an amplitude different from that of the first voltage. The first region and the third region have a first spin polarization, and the second region has a second spin polarization which may be different from the first spin polarization. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/768630 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919493 | Rodriguez |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond L. Rodriguez (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A chimeric plant promoter which is responsive to sugar depletion or deprivation is disclosed. The promoter includes a promoter element and, carried in the element, a heterologous sequence from the rice Amy3D that is responsive to sugar depletion. Also disclosed is a plant transfecting vector containing the sequence, and plant cell transfected with the vector. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/206654 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06920398 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun S. Liu (Weston, Massachusetts); Zhaohui Steve Qin (Somerville, Massachusetts); Tianhua Niu (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Haplotypes for phased genotypic information are determined from unphased genotypic information. One exemplary method includes separating a dataset that includes genotypic information for a plurality of markers for each of a plurality of individuals into subdatasets, each subdataset including the genotypic information for a subset of the plurality of markers; for each subdataset, identifying haplotypes compatible with marker information for each marker of the subset and for each individual of the plurality; and for each individual, assembling the haplotypes from each of the subsets to provide the individual's haplotype with respect to the plurality of markers. |
| FILED | Monday, June 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/165946 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06920415 | Litke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan Jacob Litke (Pasadena, California); Adi Levin (Ganey Tikva, Israel); Peter Schroeder (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of trimming a mesh representation of an object surface comprising a tessellated mesh of polygons. A trim curve is projected onto the mesh representation to determine the trim area. Polygons within or intersecting the trim area are removed, and new polygons are introduced to attach the trimmed mesh to the trim curve projection. Detail data is formed for vertices of polygons near the trim curve, representing information about the object surface not present in the trimmed mesh representation. The detail data is applied to the vertices, thereby refining their locations. Any polygons near the trim curve which are outside a prescribed tolerance of the object surface are subdivided. The steps of forming and applying the detail data followed by the step of subdividing are iteratively performed until the trimmed mesh representation is within a prescribed tolerance of the object surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/833266 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06920477 | Mitzenmacher |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Mitzenmacher (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Compressed Bloom filters that act as a message as well as a data structure provide smaller false positive rates, reduced bits broadcast and/or reduced computational overhead in distributed Web proxy servers and other distributed networks. |
| FILED | Friday, April 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/827557 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06919177 | Rothschild et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max F. Rothschild (Ames, Iowa); Daniel C. Ciobanu (Ames, Iowa); Massoud Malek (Ames, Iowa); Graham Plastow (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are genetic markers for animal meat quality and reproductive efficiency, methods for identifying such markers, and methods of screening animals to determine those more likely to produce larger litters and/or better meat quality and preferably selecting those animals for future breeding purposes. The markers are based upon the presence or absence of certain polymorphisms in the PRKAG3 gene. |
| FILED | Monday, September 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/950022 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919202 | Lewis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wallace J. Lewis (Tifton, Georgia); James H. Tumlinson (Julian, Pennsylvania); Dawn M. Olson (Tifton, Georgia); Glen C. Rains (Tifton, Georgia); Keiji Takasu (Fukuoka, Japan); Torsten Meiners (Berlin, Germany); Veronique Kerguelen (Overton, United Kingdom); Felix Waeckers (Rhenen, Netherlands); Claire Bonifay (Ennetbaden, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | A Chemical Detector, a training method and a method for detecting a chemical or chemicals has been developed that uses invertebrate organisms trained to respond to targeted chemical odors. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/826146 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/287.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06918970 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan A. Lee (Madison, Alabama); Po-Shou Chen (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A cast article from an aluminum alloy has improved mechanical properties at elevated temperatures. The cast article has the following composition in weight percent: Silicon 6.0-25.0, Copper 5.0-8.0, Iron 0.05-1.2, Magnesium 0.5-1.5, Nickel 0.05-0.9, Manganese 0.05-1.2, Titanium 0.05-1.2, Zirconium 0.05-1.2, Vanadium 0.05-1.2, Zinc 0.05-0.9, Strontium 0.001-0.1, Phosphorus 0.001-0.1, and the balance is Aluminum, wherein the silicon-to-magnesium ratio is 10-25, and the copper-to-magnesium ratio is 4-15. The aluminum alloy contains a simultaneous dispersion of three types of Al3X compound particles (X=Ti, V, Zr) having a L12 crystal structure, and their lattice parameters are coherent to the aluminum matrix lattice. A process for producing this cast article is also disclosed, as well as a metal matrix composite, which includes the aluminum alloy serving as a matrix containing up to about 60% by volume of a secondary filler material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/120226 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/418 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919669 | Bryant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert G. Bryant (Lightfoot, Virginia); Robert L. Fox (Hayes, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-active transducer for sonic applications includes a ferroelectric material sandwiched by first and second electrode patterns to form a piezo-diaphragm coupled to a mounting frame. When the device is used as a sonic actuator, the first and second electrode patterns are configured to introduce an electric field into the ferroelectric material when voltage is applied to the electrode patterns. When the device is used as a sonic sensor, the first and second electrode patterns are configured to introduce an electric field into the ferroelectric material when the ferroelectric material experiences deflection in a direction substantially perpendicular thereto. In each case, the electrode patterns are designed to cause the electric field to: i) originate at a region of the ferroelectric material between the first and second electrode patterns, and ii) extend radially outward from the region of the ferroelectric material (at which the electric field originates) and substantially parallel to the plane of the ferroelectric material. The mounting frame perimetrically surrounds the peizo-diaphragm and enables attachment of the piezo-diaphragm to a housing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/392491 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/366 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 06919424 | Rondon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dyax Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Isaac Jesus Rondon (Boston, Massachusetts); Robert Charles Ladner (Ijamsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides binding moieties for CEA, which have a variety of uses wherever detecting, isolating or localizing CEA, and particularly CEA as opposed to cross-reactive antigens such as NCA, is advantageous. Particularly disclosed are synthetic, isolated polypeptides capable of binding CEA, which is overexpressed in adenocarcinomas of endodermally derived digestive system epithelia and fetal colon. Such polypeptides and disclosed derivatives are useful, e.g., as imaging agents for CEA-expressing tumors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/825517 |
| 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 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06919484 | Dolbier, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. Dolbier, Jr. (Gainesville, Florida); Samia Aït-Mohand (Longueuil, Canada); Tatiana Sergeeva (Duluth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention provides convenient, regiospecific and highly stereoselective addition of SF5Cl in high yield to a variety of alkenes and alkynes. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/627831 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 06919199 | McTavish |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh McTavish (Birchwood, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods of using a microbe containing a polypeptide that degrades, preferably detoxifies, a compound that is present in the environment. Preferably, the polypeptide is a hydrolase and the compound is at least one s-triazine. The present invention also provides a microbe containing a polypeptide that degrades, preferably detoxifies, a compound that is present in the environment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/315490 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/262.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 06920233 | Wolfson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marilyn Wolfson (Acton, Massachusetts); Richard Johnson (Harvard, Massachusetts); Barbara Forman (Framingham, Massachusetts); William Dupree (Westborough, Massachusetts); Kim E. Theriault (Pelham, Massachusetts); Robert Boldi (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Carol Wilson (Acton, Massachusetts); Robert G. Hallowell (Nashua, New Hampshire); Richard L. Delanoy (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for forecasting the likely occurrence of convective weather events, such as thunderstorms. An image filter is used to identify areas of interest within a meteorological image that are likely to contain convective weather. The image filter and an image difference processor identify areas within the meteorological image that are likely to experience a growth and/or decay of weather events. The meteorological image, interest image and growth/decay image are processed to produce the short-term forecast. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/079995 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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