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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 02, 2005
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| US 06923802 | Williams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Memphis Eye and Cataract Assoc. (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy E. Williams (Collierville, Tennessee); Jack H. Davis (Collierville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser eye surgery system and method include a laser for producing a laser beam capable of making refractive corrections, an optical system for shaping and conditioning the laser beam, a digital micromirror device (DMD) for reflecting the shaped and conditioned beam toward the eye, and a computer system for controlling the mirrors of the DMD. The computer system and methodology utilize a higher order polynomial equation to generate a smooth refraction correction profile and determines the coefficients for the higher order polynomial equation from preferably first-, second-, or third-order curves based on the correlation between the coefficients and the desired diopter correction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/272593 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/5 |
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| US 06923951 | Contag et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pamela R. Contag (San Jose, California); Christopher H. Contag (San Jose, California); David A. Benaron (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for detecting and localizing light originating from a mammal are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for targeting light emission to selected regions, as well as for tracking entities within the mammal. In addition, animal models for disease states are disclosed, as are methods for localizing and tracking the progression of disease or a pathogen within the animal, and for screening putative therapeutic compounds effective to inhibit the disease or pathogen. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/319542 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
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| US 06923958 | Xiang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rong Xiang (San Diego, California); Ralph A. Reisfeld (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A DNA vaccine effective for eliciting an immune response against cells that present a carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) comprises a DNA operably encoding a CEA and a DNA operably encoding a CD40 ligand, SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO: 2, respectively, or its homotrimer, CD40LT. The DNA vaccine can be incorporated in a delivery vector such as an attenuated live bacterium or virus, or a liposome carrier. In a method embodiment, the DNA vaccine is administered orally to a mammal, such as a human, to elicit an immune response against CEA presenting cells such as colon cancer cells. A preferred method embodiment includes the additional step of treating the mammal with recombinant antibody fusion protein huKS1/4-IL2 to enhance the immune response effectiveness of the vaccine. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/090238 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
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| US 06923959 | Habener et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel F. Habener (Newton Centre, Massachusetts); Henryk Zulewski (Basel, Switzerland); Elizabeth J. Abraham (Quincy, Massachusetts); Mario Vallejo (Madrid, Spain); Denise L. Faustman (Weston, Massachusetts); Melissa K. Thomas (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are described for the treatment of type I insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and other conditions using newly identified stem cells that are capable of differentiation into a variety of pancreatic islet cells, including insulin-producing beta cells, as well as hepatocytes. Nestin has been identified as a molecular marker for pancreatic stem cells, while cytokeratin-19 serves as a marker for a distinct class of islet ductal cells. Methods are described whereby nestin-positive stem cells can be isolated from pancreatic islets and cultured to obtain further stem cells or pseudo-islet like structures. Methods for ex vivo differentiation of the pancreatic stem cells are disclosed. Methods are described whereby pancreatic stem cells can be isolated, expanded, and transplanted into a patient in need thereof, either allogeneically, isogeneically or xenogenically, to provide replacement for lost or damaged insulin-secreting cells or other cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/136891 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.700 |
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| US 06923962 | Cvitkovitch et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis Cvitkovitch (Oakville Ontario, Canada); Peter C. Y. Lau (Richmond Hill Ontario, Canada); Yung Hua Li (Etobicoke Ontario, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a compound that competitively inhibits binding of CSP to S. mutans histidine kinase. The compound is preferably a peptide or an antibody. The compound is preferably a derivative of [SEQ ID NO:2], a fragment of [SEQ ID NO:2] or a derivative of a fragment of [SEQ ID NO:2]. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/833017 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/164.100 |
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| US 06923963 | Rikihisa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yasuko Rikihisa (Worthington, Ohio); Norio Ohashi (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Diagnostic tools for for serodiagnosing ehrlichiosis in mammals, particularly in members of the Canidae family and in humans are provided. The diagnostic tools are a group of outer membrane proteins of E. chaffeensis and variants thereof, referred to hereinafter as the “OMP proteins”, a group of outer membrane proteins of E. canis and variants thereof referred to hereinafter as the “P30F proteins”, and antibodies to the OMP proteins and the P30F proteins. The OMP proteins of E. chaffeensis encompass OMP-1, OMP-1A, OMP1-B, OMP-1C, OMP1-D, OMP1-E, OMP1-F, OMP1-H, OMP-1R, OMP-1S, OMP-1T, OMP-1U, OMP-1V, OMP-1W, OMP-1X, OMP-1Y and OMP-1Z. The P30F proteins of E. canis encompass P30, P30a, P30-1, P30-2, P30-3; P30-4, P30-5, P30-6, P30-7, P30-8, P30-9, P30-10, P30-11, and P30-12. Isolated polynucleotides that encode the E. chaffeensis OMP proteins and isolated polynucleotides that encode the E. canis P30F protein are also provided. The present invention also relates to kits containing reagents for diagnosing human ehrlichiosis and canine ehrlichiosis, and to immunogenic compositions containing one or more OMP proteins or P30F proteins. |
| FILED | Monday, January 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/059964 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
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| US 06923971 | Krempl 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) | Christine D. Krempl (Rockville, Maryland); Peter L. Collins (Rockville, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Ursula Buchholz (Insel Riems, Germany); Stephen S. Whitehead (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) having the position of genes shifted within the genome or antigenome of the recombinant virus are constructed by insertion, deletion or rearrangement of genes or genome segments within the recombinant genome or antigenome and are useful for eliciting an anti-RSV immune response. Shifting the position of genes in this manner provides for a selected increase or decrease in expression of the gene. In one embodiment, expression of RSV glycoproteins is upregulated by shifting one or more glycoprotein-encoding genes to a more promoter-proximal position. Genes of interest for manipulation to create gene position-shifted RSV include any of the NS1, NS2, N, P, M, SH, M2(ORF1), M2(ORF2), L, F or G genes or a genome segment that may be part of a gene or extragenic. Additional mutations and nucleotide modifications are provided within gene position-shifted RSV to yield desired phenotypic and structural effects. |
| FILED | Friday, June 22, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/887469 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/211.100 |
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| US 06924095 | McGrath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Micahael S. McGrath (Burlingame, California); Brian Herndier (Burlingame, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features an isolated, intact virus associated with human lymphoma, and originally isolated from a mantle cell lymphoma, referred to herein as a mantle histiocyte retrovirus (MHRV). The invention also features compositions and methods for detecting MHRV, as well as methods and compositions for propagating MHRV in vitro, screening for anti-MHRV agents, and generation of attenuated MHRV strains. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/222945 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
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| US 06924096 | Dietz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry C. Dietz (Towson, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel nucleic acid construct for delivery of antisense targeting sequences is provided. The construct includes intact stem loop structures and an antisense nucleic acid. Optionally, a ribozyme nucleic acid is included in the construct. The construct is useful for inhibition of selected genes in a cell. This allele-specific targeting is also useful in combination with replacement gene therapy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 29, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/163289 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 06924101 | Zyskind et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | San Diego State University Foundation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judith W. Zyskind (La Jolla, California); R. Allyn Forsyth (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying endogenous microbial proliferation genes for growth and viability is disclosed herein. The method involves exogenous nucleic acids that are used to conditionally produce antisense inhibitors of endogenous complementary mRNAs in a microorganism. Antisense fragments that result in lethality when expressed indicate that the endogenous gene is a proliferation gene. The method can also be used with sequences in sense orientation. The strategy can be used to identify new gene targets for novel antibiotics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/805664 |
| 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 |
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| US 06924118 | Horwitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus A. Horwitz (Los Angeles, California); Gunter Harth (Los Angeles, California); Michael V. Tullius (Encino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Immunogenic compositions comprising recombinant attenuated intracellular pathogens that have been transformed to express recombinant immunogenic antigens of the same or other intracellular pathogens are provided. Exemplary immunogenic compositions include, but are not limited to attenuated recombinant Mycobacteria expressing the major extracellular non-fusion proteins of Mycobacteria and/or other intracellular pathogens. Other embodiments are provided wherein the recombinant attenuated intracellular pathogen is auxotrophic. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/439611 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/9.100 |
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| US 06924121 | Hao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhonglin Hao (Charlottesville, Virginia); John C. Herr (Charlottesville, Virginia); Friederike L. Jayes (Cary, North Carolina); Jagathpala Shetty (Charlottesville, Virginia); Michael J. Wolkowicz (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to sperm specific surface proteins, nucleic acid sequences encoding those proteins and antibodies raised against those proteins. Compositions comprising the sperm specific proteins or inhibitors of said proteins can be used in contraceptive applications. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/181642 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 06924125 | Motwani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Apolife, Inc. (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nalini Motwani (West Bloomfield, Michigan); Robert Blackburn (Warren, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention demonstrates the utility of a yeast expression system for the expression of functional heterologous multi-domain proteins in yeast. The yeast expression system allows for the inclusion of a plurality of (up to three) modular expression cassettes which may encode multiple polypeptide chains of a heterologous multi-domain protein on a single plasmid (Twin Cassette). Because multiple polypeptide chains may be encoded for by the expression cassettes of the present invention in a single vector, the system can produce equivalent amounts of the multiple polypeptide chains, thereby enhancing the yield of a functional heterologous multi-domain protein. For example, functional monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) comprising a heavy chain and a light chain of an immunoglobulin (IgG), and functional immunotoxins comprising an antibody domain and an oxidase toxin may be produced using the Yeast expression system of the present invention. In addition, functional single chain antibodies, antibody fragments and chimeric antibodies may also be produced. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/172867 |
| 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 435/71.100 |
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| US 06924359 | Garen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Garen (New Haven, Connecticut); Zhiwei Hu (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Immunoconjugates for treating diseases associated with neovascularization such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, the exudative form of macular degeneration, and atherosclerosis are described. The immunoconjugates typically consist of the Fc region of a human IgG1 immunoglobulin including the hinge, or other effector domain or domains that can elicit, when administered to a patient, a cytolytic immune response or cytotoxic effect against a targeted cell. The effector domain is conjugated to a targeting domain which comprises a factor VII mutant that binds with high affinity and specificity to tissue factor but does not initiate blood clotting such as factor VII having a substitution of alanine for lysine-341 or of alanine for serine-344. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/030203 |
| 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 530/387.300 |
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| US 06924362 | Schofield 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) | Darren Schofield (Royston, United Kingdom); Suzanne U. Emerson (Kensington, Maryland); Robert H. Purcell (Boyds, Maryland); Harvey J. Alter (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes the identification and characterization of five human HC E1-specific monoclonal antibodies isolated from a phage display library and their use in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of HCV in mammals, preferably humans. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/432006 |
| 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 530/388.300 |
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| US 06924367 | Luyten 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) | Frank P. Luyten (Rockville, Maryland); Malcolm Moos, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Bang Hoang (University Heights, Ohio); Shouwen Wang (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated cDNA encoding a growth-inducing protein, Frzb, capable of stimulating bone, cartilage, muscle, and nerve tissue formation. Frzb binds to and modulates the activity of Wnt growth factors which play a role in various developmental and neoplastic processes. The cDNA and protein sequences of human, bovine and Xenopus Frzb are provided. Production and purification of recombinant Frzb are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/028051 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
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| US 06924375 | Lindsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Shun-Ichi Tamaru (Fukuoka, Japan); Lianhe Yu (High Point, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method of making a metal complex. The method comprises the steps of: (a) acylating a dipyrromethane or a 1-monoacyldipyrromethane to form a mixed reaction product comprising a 1,9-diacyidipyrromethane; (b) combining the reaction product with a compound of the formula R2MX2 in the presence of a base, where R is alkyl or aryl, M is Sn, Si, Ge, or Pb (preferably Sn), and X is halo, OAc, acac, or OTf, to form a product comprising a metal complex of the formula DMR2 in the mixed reaction product, wherein D is a 1,9-diacyldipyrromethane; and then (c) separating the metal complex from the mixed reaction product. The method may be utilized for the convenient synthesis and separation of 1,9-diacyldipyrromethanes. Metal complex intermediates useful in such methods are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/654181 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/108 |
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| US 06924414 | Croce et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlo M. Croce (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Frances Kay Huebner (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides nonhuman transgenic animals with a disrupted FHIT gene. The invention further provides transgenic mice in which one or both Fhit alleles have been inactivated. Preferably, the Fhit-deficient mice develop multiple tumors of both visceral and sebaceous origin, similar to those of Muir-Torre familial cancer syndrome. The present invention further relates to the generation of these transgenic mice and their use as model systems to study the effects of carcinogenic agents in promoting clonal expansion of neoplastic cells in cancers, preferably gastrointestinal cancers of which Muir-Torre syndrome is a subset. The invention further relates to testing therapeutic agents for their efficacy in the prevention and treatment of cancer, preferably gastrointestinal cancer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/832424 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/18 |
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| US 06924415 | Olson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric N. Olson (Dallas, Texas); Rebekka Nicol (Hicksville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods relating to MEK5 and its role in heart disease. This protein has now been identified as a target for therapeutic intervention due to its role molecular events that lead to or contribute to cardiac hypertrophy and/or dilated cardiomyopathy. In particular, inhibition of MEK5 activity will lead to decrease signalling of the pathways and reduce or eliminate the effects on sarcomere assembly, which in turn result or contribute to cardiac dysfunction. Also provided are transgenic animals and methods of screening for inhibitors of MEK5. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/159971 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/18 |
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| US 06924893 | Oldenbourg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rudolf Oldenbourg (Falmouth, Massachusetts); Mykhailo Shribak (Woods Hole, Massachusetts); Clifford C. Hoyt (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Peter Török (London, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | A microscope system for determining optical properties of a specimen includes a source of polarized light, a detector for detecting the intensity of light incident thereon, an optical path extending from the source to the detector, a condenser for providing light from the source to the specimen, an objective for receiving light from the specimen, a support for mounting the specimen, a sectored variable retarder mounted in the optical path, and a polarized light analyzer mounted in the path between the sectored variable retarder and the detector. The variable retarder has a multiple sectors. Each sector is individually addressable by a control signal that affects the light retardation characteristics of the sector. |
| FILED | Monday, May 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/435929 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/369 |
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| US 06925189 | Koroljow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Planning Systems, Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter S. Koroljow (Vienna, Virginia); Gary L. Gibian (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The hybrid adaptive beamformer of the present invention includes a plurality of microphones for receiving sound energy from an external environment and for producing a plurality of microphone outputs from the sound energy. A processor produces a plurality of first order beams based on the microphone outputs. The processor determines an amount of reverberation in the external environment and adaptively produces a second order output beam taking into consideration the determined amount of reverberation. The processor may determine the amount of reverberation based on a comparison of the first order beams. The processor may produce the second order output beam by adaptively combining the plurality of first order beams, as further described below, or by adaptively combining the microphone outputs. The adaptation varies taking into consideration the determined amount of reverberation. Alternatively, the adaptation may vary by measuring the signal-to-noise ratio of the first order beams and adaptively combining the first order beams based on the determined signal-to-noise ratios. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 11, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/685099 |
| ART UNIT | 2644 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/313 |
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| US 06925389 | Hitt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Correlogic Systems, Inc., (Bethesda, Maryland); The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ben A. Hitt (Severn, Maryland); Emanuel F. Petricoin, III (Dunkirk, Maryland); Peter J. Levine (Potomac, Maryland); Lance A. Liotta (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes a process for determining a biological state through the discovery and analysis of hidden or non-obvious, discriminatory biological data patterns. The biological data can be from health data, clinical data, or from a biological sample, (e.g., a biological sample from a human, e.g., serum, blood, saliva, plasma, nipple aspirants, synovial fluids, cerebrospinal fluids, sweat, urine, fecal matter, tears, bronchial lavage, swabbings, needle aspirantas, semen, vaginal fluids, pre-ejaculate.), etc. which is analyzed to determine the biological state of the donor. The biological state can be a pathologic diagnosis, toxicity state, efficacy of a drug, prognosis of a disease, etc. Specifically, the invention concerns processes that discover hidden discriminatory biological data patterns (e.g., patterns of protein expression in a serum sample that classify the biological state of an organ) that describe biological states. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/906661 |
| 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 72/19 |
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| US 06925394 | Ramakrishnan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah); Medical Research Council (London, United Kingdom) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Ditlev Egeskov Brodersen (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Andrew Philip Carter (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Brian Thomas Wimberly (Kalamazoo, Michigan); William Melvon Clemons, Jr. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an X-ray crystal structure of the 30S ribosome, obtained from Thermus thermophilus 30S subunit, having a tetragonal space group P41212 with unit cell dimensions of a=401.4±4.0 Å, b=401.4±4.0 Å, c=175.9±5.0 Å. An advantageous feature of the structure is that it diffracts beyond 3 Å resolution. The invention also provides a crystal of 30S having the three dimensional atomic coordinates of the 30S ribosome, the coordinates being provided in Tables 1A and 1B. The data may be used for the rational design and modelling of inhibitors for the 30S ribosome, which have potential use as antibiotics. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/904779 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byung Jin Choi (Round Rock, Texas); Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Stephen C. Johnson (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus to orientate a body with respect to a surface spaced-apart from the body. The apparatus comprises a flexure system having a first flexure member defining a first axis of rotation and a second flexure member defining a second axis of rotation. A body is coupled to the flexure system, and an actuation system is coupled to the flexure system. The body is coupled to the flexure system to rotate about the first and the second axes in response to movement caused by the actuation system. The movement of the body about the first axis being decoupled from movement of the body about the second axis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/775707 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Geometrical instruments 033/613 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06922933 | Davis |
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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) | Terry L. Davis (Yuma, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A primer removal tool comprising a starter tap, a holder for the starter tap, one or more setscrews passing through the holder and against the starter tap for securing the starter tap in the holder, a handle, a spacer bushing connected to the center of the handle, a shaft having one end connected to the starter tap holder and the other end connected to the spacer bushing, and a knurled slider on the shaft, the slider being constrained to slide between the holder and the spacer bushing. The starter tap is inserted into the center of the damaged primer; the tool is held parallel to the centerline of the cannon bore while applying forward pressure; the handle of the tool is rotated clockwise to run the tap into the primer a few turns; and the handle of the tool is rotated counterclockwise one-quarter of a turn. These steps are repeated until most of the tap is in the primer chamber. Next, the slider is gripped, pushed forward toward the primer chamber, and then quickly pulled backward against the spacer bushing. This motion is repeated until the damaged primer comes out of the primer chamber on the edge of the tap. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/719091 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06923105 | Gieseke 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) | Thomas J. Gieseke (Newport, Rhode Island); Robert Kuklinski (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for countermeasuring an underwater target is provided. The device generally comprises a module having inflatable buoyancy chambers that allow the module to hover at a desired water depth, at least one acoustic array to detect the underwater target, a propulsor system for orienting the module with respect to the underwater target, and a gun for firing one or more projectiles at the underwater target. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/679687 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06923404 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ZONA Technology, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danny D. Liu (Scottsdale, Arizona); Ping-Chih Chen (Scottsdale, Arizona); Darius Sarhaddi (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An unmanned air vehicle (“UAV”) apparatus is configured to have a body and a body-conformal wing. The body-conformal wing is configured to variably sweep from a closed position to a fully deployed position. In the closed position, the body-conformal wing span is aligned with the body axis and in the fully deployed position the body-conformal wing span is perpendicular to the axial direction of the body. Delivery of the UAV comprises the steps of: positioning the span of a body conformal wing in alignment with the axis of the body of the UAV; initiating the flight of the UAV; and adjusting the sweep angle of the body-conformal wing as a function of the current speed, altitude, or attack angle of the UAV, with the adjustment starting at a 0 degree position and varying between a closed position and a fully deployed position. The UAV also has a control mechanism configured to variably adjust the sweep of the body-conformal wing to achieve a high lift over drag ratio through out the flight path of the UAV. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/339908 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06923510 | Hac |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aleksander B. Hac (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, computer usable medium including a program, and a system for braking a vehicle during brake failure. The method and computer usable medium include the steps of determining a brake force lost corresponding to a failed brake, and determining a brake force reserve corresponding to at least one non-failed brake. At least one command brake force is determined based on the brake force lost and the brake force reserve. The at least one command brake force is applied to the at least one non-failed brake wherein at least one of an undesired yaw moment and a yaw moment rate of change are limited to predetermined values. The system includes a plurality of brake assemblies wherein a command brake force is applied to at least one non-failed brake. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/664759 |
| ART UNIT | 3683 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid-pressure and analogous brake systems 33/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06923951 | Contag et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pamela R. Contag (San Jose, California); Christopher H. Contag (San Jose, California); David A. Benaron (Portola Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for detecting and localizing light originating from a mammal are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for targeting light emission to selected regions, as well as for tracking entities within the mammal. In addition, animal models for disease states are disclosed, as are methods for localizing and tracking the progression of disease or a pathogen within the animal, and for screening putative therapeutic compounds effective to inhibit the disease or pathogen. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/319542 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924005 | Saylor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew D. Saylor (Blanchester, Ohio); Timothy R. Lattire (Sunman, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A sprayable protective coating for preventing excessive aircraft and aircraft engine component deterioration caused by environmental variations comprises a water borne latex-based mixture, an additive for controlling the dielectric constant of the cured coating, and a catalyst for enabling the chemical reaction between the additive, de-ionized water for thinning material and the latex-based liquid. The process for applying and curing the coating uses a robotic spraying device and an iterative heating and soaking curing procedure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/353343 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/427.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924116 | Tan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weihong Tan (Gainesville, Florida); Swadeshmukul Santra (Gainesville, Florida); Peng Zhang (Gainesville, Florida); Rovelyn Tapec (Gainesville, Florida); Jon Dobson (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are silica-coated nanoparticles and a process for producing silica-coated nanoparticles. Silica-coated nanoparticles are prepared by precipitating nano-sized cores from reagents dissolved in the aqueous compartment of a water-in-oil microemulsion. A reactive silicate is added to coat the cores with silica. Also disclosed are methods for functionalizing silica-coated nanoparticles for use in a variety of applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/010807 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924487 | Bolozdynya et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Constellation Technology Corporation (Largo, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander I. Bolozdynya (St. Petersburg, Florida); John D. Richards (Safety Harbor, Florida); Anatoli Arodzero (Palm Harbor, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A neutron detector is provided which is able to measure thermal neutron radiation within a gap filled with a substance that permits scintillation in the absorption of thermal neutron radiation, the gap being formed between at least a first and second spaced apart photodetector working in electrical coincidence. The substance disposed within the gap can be either a gas, liquid or solid. In the case of a gas, a shell is used so that the gas can be retained and kept under pressure. The neutron detector is able to differentiate between gamma radiation and neutron energy. An alternate embodiment of the novel detector includes a device which employs a plurality of detectors surrounding a moderator which can be used to measure both thermal and high energy neutrons. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/261714 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/390.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924644 | Suits 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) | Bryan H. Suits (Houghton, Michigan); Allen N. Garroway (Davidsonville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | According to the invention, a magnetic field gradiometer detector for detecting a material of interest positioned in a detecting region outside the detector includes a transmitter for generating an output signal at a selected frequency, a receiver for detecting the signal, a probe, and a switch coupling the receiver and transmitter with the probe that alternately connects and disconnects the receiver and transmitter to the probe, switching between transmitting and receiving. The probe includes tuning elements and a gradiometer coil array. The gradiometer coil array includes a first surface coil and a second surface coil wound in an opposite sense, the probe having a first side and an opposite second side, with the first and second surface coils configured asymmetrically such that the probe projects a magnetic field in the outside detecting region adjacent to the first side while being self-shielded on the second side. Accordingly, the material of interest is detected with increased sensitivity and accuracy in the detecting region with the detector shielded from outside RF sources. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/662163 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924921 | Lewis, lll et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MCNC Research and Development Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John South Lewis, lll (Durham, North Carolina); Scott Halden Goodwin-Johansson (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Brian Rhys Stoner (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sonia Grego (Carrboro, North Carolina); David Edward Dausch (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A three dimensional photonic crystal and layer-by-layer processes of fabricating the photonic crystal. A substrate is exposed to a plurality of first microspheres made of a first material, the first material being of a type that will bond to the templated substrate and form a self-passivated layer of first microspheres to produce a first layer. The first layer is exposed to a plurality of second microspheres made of a second material, the second material being of a type that will bond to the first layer and form a self-passivated layer of second microspheres. This layering of alternating first and second microspheres can be repeated as desired to build a three dimensional photonic crystal of desired geometry. Charged polymers such as polyelectrolyte coatings can be used to create the bonds. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/743418 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/296 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924928 | Dennis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Dennis (Alexandria, Virginia); Brian Cole (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A device amplifies light at wavelengths in the vicinity of 1420-1530 nm, using thulium doped silica-based optical fiber. This wavelength band is of interest as it falls in the low-loss optical fiber telecommunications window, and is somewhat shorter in wavelength than the currently standard erbium doped silica fiber amplifier. The device thus extends the band of wavelengths which can be supported for long-distance telecommunications. The additional wavelength band allows the data transmission rate to be substantially increased via wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), with minimal modification to the standard equipment currently used for WDM systems. The host glass is directly compatible with standard silica-based telecommunications fiber. The invention also enables modified silicate based amplifiers and lasers on a variety of alternative transitions. Specifically, an S-band thulium doped fiber amplifier (TDFA) using a true silicate fiber host is described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/261619 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/341.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924966 | Prophet |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Superconductor Technologies, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric M. Prophet (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS switch assembly comprising a substrate and a resilient switching member is provided. The resilient switching member comprises a transverse torsion member having a flexible portion, and a leaf spring and cantilever that extend from the flexible portion of the torsion member. The switching assembly further comprises a first anchoring member mounting the torsion member to the stable structure, and a second anchoring member mounting the leaf spring to the stable structure. In this manner, the leaf spring has a flexible portion between the first and second anchors that can be alternately flexed in opposing directions to deflect the cantilever end in the respective opposing directions. The leaf spring can exhibit a first stable geometry (e.g., a convex geometry) when flexed in one of the opposite directions, and a second stable geometry (e.g., a concave geometry) when flexed in another of the opposite directions. Thus, the switch can be switched between two stable states using a momentary force and can maintain these two stable states without further expenditure of energy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/159977 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924968 | Basceri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cem Basceri (Boise, Idaho); Gurtej Sandhu (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein is a method for producing a haze-free (Ba, Sr)TiO3 (BST) film, and devices incorporating the same. In one embodiment, the BST film is made haze-free by depositing the film with a substantially uniform desired crystal orientation, for example, (100), preferably by forming the film by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition at a temperature greater than about 580° C. at a rate of less than about 80 Å/min, to result in a film having about 50 to 53.5 atomic percent titanium. In another embodiment, where the BST film serves as a capacitor for a DRAM memory cell, a desired {100} orientation is induced by depositing the bottom electrode over a nucleation layer of NiO, which gives the bottom electrode a preferential {100} orientation. BST is then grown over the {100} oriented bottom electrode also with a {100} orientation. A nucleation layer of materials such as Ti, Nb and Mn can also be provided over the bottom electrode and beneath the BST film to induce smooth, haze-free BST growth. Haze-free BST film can also be favored by forming the bottom electrode at high temperatures close to those used for BST deposition, and without a vacuum break between the bottom electrode and BST deposition. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/614418 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/302 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06925136 | Pettit |
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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) | Ray H. Pettit (Northridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A frequency and phase synchronizer system comprises a processor for executing a sequence of operations, which include: a) initializing a frequency error estimate value and phase error estimate value; b) separating discrete samples of a continuous phase modulation signal into a first sequence of odd numbered samples of the signal, and a second sequence of even numbered samples of the signal; c) determining an unknown frequency offset value from the first and second sequences, frequency error estimate, and phase error estimate; d) determining an unknown phase offset value from the first and second sequences, frequency error estimate, phase error estimate, and a first discrete data sample of said discrete samples of the continuous phase modulation signal; f) updating the frequency error estimate from the unknown frequency offset value; and updating the phase error estimate from the unknown phase offset value. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/942397 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06925411 | Drost et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California); Ivan E. Sutherland (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates measuring an alignment between a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die. The system provides a plurality of conductive elements on the first semiconductor die and a plurality of conductive elements on the second semiconductor die. The plurality of conductive elements on the second semiconductor die have a different spacing than the plurality of conductive elements on the first semiconductor die, so that when the plurality of conductive elements on the first semiconductor die overlap the plurality of conductive elements on the second semiconductor die, a vernier alignment structure is created between them. The system also provides a charging mechanism configured to selectively charge each of the plurality of conductive elements on the first semiconductor die, wherein charging a conductive element on the first semiconductor die induces a charge in one or more conductive elements on the second semiconductor die. An amplification mechanism then amplifies the signals induced in the conductive elements on the second semiconductor die. These signals can be analyzed to determine the alignment between the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/741961 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06925428 | Kaminski |
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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) | Gregory R. Kaminski (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A printed wiring board includes an input conditioner having a plurality of analog dc inputs and a plurality of analog dc outputs; a switching circuit having an analog dc output, the switching circuit being connected to the plurality of analog dc outputs of the input conditioner; a sample and hold converter having an analog dc output, the sample and hold converter being connected to the analog dc output of the switching circuit; an A/D converter having a digital output, the A/D converter being connected to the analog dc output of the sample and hold converter; a microprocessor connected to the digital output of the A/D converter; a timer circuit connected to the microprocessor; a random access memory connected to the microprocessor; and a VME interface connected to the microprocessor. The printed wiring board further comprises an ac multiplexer; a plurality of rms to dc converters connected to the ac multiplexer, the rms to dc converters being connected to the switching circuit; a zero crossing detector connected to the ac multiplexer; a phase detector connected to the zero crossing detector and to the microprocessor; a filter connected to one of the outputs of the zero crossing detector; and a frequency measurement circuit connected to the filter and to the microprocessor. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/573220 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2121 | Rolison 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) | Debra R. Rolison (Arlington, Virginia); Jeffrey W. Long (Alexandria, Virginia); Karen S. Lyons (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanoscale, mesoporous manganese oxide materials aerogels and ambigels are prepared by altering the method for removing pore liquid from manganese oxide gels. By removing pore fluid under conditions where capillary forces are substantially absent, materials exhibiting a desired high mesoporosity and high surface area can be obtained. |
| FILED | Friday, October 13, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/689700 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/605 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06923167 | Flowers |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel L. Flowers (San Leandro, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) engine system includes an engine that produces exhaust gas. A vaporization means vaporizes fuel for the engine an air induction means provides air for the engine. An exhaust gas recirculation means recirculates the exhaust gas. A blending means blends the vaporized fuel, the exhaust gas, and the air. An induction means inducts the blended vaporized fuel, exhaust gas, and air into the engine. A control means controls the blending of the vaporized fuel, the exhaust gas, and the air and for controls the inducting the blended vaporized fuel, exhaust gas, and air into the engine. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/452160 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/568.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06923252 | Skalski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. Skalski (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Michael D. Henke (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A borehole device having proximal and distal ends comprises an enclosure at the proximal end for accepting an aircraft cable containing a plurality of insulated conductors from a remote position. A water sensing enclosure is sealingly attached to the enclosure and contains means for detecting water, and sending a signal on the cable to the remote position indicating water has been detected. A bottom sensing enclosure is sealingly attached to the water sensing enclosure for determining when the borehole device encounters borehole bottom and sends a signal on the cable to the remote position indicating that borehole bottom has been encountered. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/417971 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06923505 | Siminovitch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J Siminovitch (Berkeley, California); Jeffrey Y Chung (Walnut Creek, California); Steven Dellinges (Pacifica, California); Robin E Lafever (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An ergonomic arm support system maintains a neutral position for the forearm. A mechanical support structure attached to a chair or other mounting structure supports the arms of a sitting or standing person. The system includes moving elements and tensioning elements to provide a dynamic balancing force against the forearms. The support structure is not fixed or locked in a rigid position, but is an active dynamic system that is maintained in equipoise by the continuous operation of the opposing forces. The support structure includes an armrest connected to a flexible linkage or articulated or pivoting assembly, which includes a tensioning element such as a spring. The pivoting assembly moves up and down, with the tensioning element providing the upward force that balances the downward force of the arm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/612716 |
| ART UNIT | 3636 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Chairs and seats 297/411.350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06923915 | Alford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Michael Alford (Lakewood, Colorado); Robert Bolskar (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention generally relates to purification of carbon nanomaterials, particularly fullerenes, by removal of PAHs and other hydrocarbon impurities. The inventive process involves extracting a sample containing carbon nanomaterials with a solvent in which the PAHs are substantially soluble but in which the carbon nanomaterials are not substantially soluble. The sample can be repeatedly or continuously extracted with one or more solvents to remove a greater amount of impurities. Preferred solvents include ethanol, diethyl ether, and acetone. The invention also provides a process for efficiently separating solvent extractable fullerenes from samples containing fullerenes and PAHs wherein the sample is extracted with a solvent in which both fullerenes and PAHs are substantially soluble and the sample extract then undergoes selective extraction to remove PAHs. Suitable solvents in which both fullerenes and PAHs are soluble include o-xylene, toluene, and o-dichlorobenzene. The purification process is capable of treating quantities of combustion soot in excess of one kilogram and can produce fullerenes or fullerenic soot of suitable purity for many applications. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/233010 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/634 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06923946 | Geohegan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Geohegan (Knoxville, Tennessee); Roland D. Seals (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Alex A. Puretzky (Knoxville, Tennessee); Xudong Fan (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, systems and methods are described for condensed phase conversion and growth of nanorods and other materials. A method includes providing a condensed phase matrix material; and activating the condensed phase matrix material to produce a plurality of nanorods by condensed phase conversion and growth from the condensed chase matrix material instead of from vacor. The compositions are very strong. The compositions and methods provide advantages because they allow (1) formation rates of nanostructures necessary for reasonable production rates, and (2) the near net shaped production of component structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/997600 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924322 | Fox et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn A. Fox (Brentwood, California); Thomas M. Tillotson (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An organic aerogel or xerogel formed by a sol-gel reaction using starting materials that exhibit similar reactivity to the most commonly used resorcinol starting material. The new starting materials, including thio-, amine- and nitro-containing molecules and functionalized macrocyclic molecules will produce organic xerogels and aerogels that have improved performance in the areas of detection and sensor technology, as well as water stream remediation. Also, further functionalization of these new organic aerogels or xerogels will yield material that can be extracted with greater facility than current organic aerogels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/393492 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924493 | Leung |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ka-Ngo Leung (Hercules, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A maskless plasma-formed ion beam lithography tool provides for patterning of sub-50 nm features on large area flat or curved substrate surfaces. The system is very compact and does not require an accelerator column and electrostatic beam scanning components. The patterns are formed by switching beamlets on or off from a two electrode blanking system with the substrate being scanned mechanically in one dimension. This arrangement can provide a maskless nano-beam lithography tool for economic and high throughput processing. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 17, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/641467 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/492.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924563 | Garces et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis Jose Garces (Niskayuna, New York); Mark Edward Cardinal (Altamont, New York); Gautam Sinha (Clifton Park, New York); Mark Edward Dame (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for controlling a microturbine, the apparatus including: a rectifier adapted for converting at least one generated voltage from the microturbine to a DC link voltage; an inverter adapted for converting the DC link voltage to at least one inverter output voltage, the at least one inverter output voltage being electrically coupled to an external power bus; a starter drive adapted for converting at least one starter input voltage to at least one starter output voltage, the at least one starter input voltage being electrically coupled to the external power bus, the at least one starter output voltage being electrically coupled to the microturbine. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/160788 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/40.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924574 | Qu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronghai Qu (Clifton Park, New York); Thomas A. Lipo (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel dual-rotor, radial-flux, toroidally-wound, permanent-magnet machine. The present invention improves electrical machine torque density and efficiency. At least one concentric surface-mounted permanent magnet dual-rotor is located inside and outside of a torus-shaped stator with back-to-back windings, respectively. The machine substantially improves machine efficiency by reducing the end windings and boosts the torque density by at least doubling the air gap and optimizing the machine aspect ratio. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/449338 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/114 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06925135 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen F. Smith (Loudon, Tennessee); Gary W. Turner (Clinton, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Digital-data receiver synchronization is provided with composite phase-frequency detectors, mutually cross-connected comparison feedback or both to provide robust reception of digital data signals. A single master clock can be used to provide frequency signals. Advantages can include fast lock-up time in moderately to severely noisy conditions, greater tolerance to noise and jitter when locked, and improved tolerance to clock asymmetries. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/722274 |
| ART UNIT | 2637 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/354 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06925216 | Vernon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve Vernon (Pleasanton, California); Tiziana C. Bond (Livermore, California); Steven W. Bond (Livermore, California); Michael D. Pocha (Livermore, California); Stefan Hau-Riege (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical waveguide structure is formed by embedding a core material within a medium of lower refractive index, i.e. the cladding. The optical index of refraction of amorphous silicon (a-Si) and polycrystalline silicon (p-Si), in the wavelength range between about 1.2 and about 1.6 micrometers, differ by up to about 20%, with the amorphous phase having the larger index. Spatially selective laser crystallization of amorphous silicon provides a mechanism for controlling the spatial variation of the refractive index and for surrounding the amorphous regions with crystalline material. In cases where an amorphous silicon film is interposed between layers of low refractive index, for example, a structure comprised of a SiO2 substrate, a Si film and an SiO2 film, the formation of guided wave structures is particularly simple. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/676876 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06923054 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Liu (Champaign, Illinois); Jack Chen (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A microscale out-of-plane thermal sensor. A resistive heater is suspended over a substrate by supports raised with respect to the substrate to provide a clearance underneath the resistive heater for fluid flow. A preferred fabrication process for the thermal sensor uses surface micromachining and a three-dimensional assembly to raise the supports and lift the resistive heater over the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/346565 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/204.270 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06923790 | Lal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Lal (Madison, Wisconsin); Chung-Hoon Lee (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasonically driven pump, which may be used for sampling body fluids or atomizing liquids, has a stationary outer needle and an inner needle mounted within the bore of the outer needle. The distal end of the inner needle is positioned adjacent to the distal end of the outer needle. The inner needle is ultrasonically vibrated by an ultrasonic actuator without vibrating the outer needle, with resulting draw of liquid through the distal end of the outer needle into the bore of the inner needle for discharge through the proximal end of the inner needle. The outer needle can be formed to have a penetrating tip suited for penetrating the skin of a subject to allow sampling of body fluids including interstitial fluids. The pump can also be used for atomizing liquid, by drawing liquid from a supply that is pumped from the distal end to an open proximal end of the inner needle where the liquid is discharged by atomization into the atmosphere. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/441735 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924009 | Jakli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antal Jakli (Kent, Ohio); Liang-Chy Chien (Stow, Ohio); Daniel Krüerke (Dunfermline, United Kingdom); Hans Sawade (Berlin, Germany); Gerd Heppke (Berlin, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid crystal device comprising tilted smectic phases of banana-shaped liquid crystal molecules is disclosed. A method for fabricating a light modulating device is also disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing a pair of substrates with a cell gap therebetween and permanently disposing at least one banana-shaped liquid crystal material into said cell gap. The present invention also provides a method of generating an image, comprising providing a pair of substrates with a cell gap therebetween, providing transparent electrodes on each of the substrates adjacent to the cell gap, disposing at least one banana-shaped liquid crystal material into the cell gap; and applying an electric field across the electrodes. The tilted smectic phases of banana-shaped liquid crystal may be in either a racemic or a chiral state. The application of a sufficiently high electric field transitions the banana-shaped liquid crystal material between the racemic and chiral states, and both the racemic and the chiral states are stable in the absence of an electric field. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/415043 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924101 | Zyskind et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | San Diego State University Foundation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judith W. Zyskind (La Jolla, California); R. Allyn Forsyth (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for identifying endogenous microbial proliferation genes for growth and viability is disclosed herein. The method involves exogenous nucleic acids that are used to conditionally produce antisense inhibitors of endogenous complementary mRNAs in a microorganism. Antisense fragments that result in lethality when expressed indicate that the endogenous gene is a proliferation gene. The method can also be used with sequences in sense orientation. The strategy can be used to identify new gene targets for novel antibiotics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/805664 |
| 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 06924116 | Tan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weihong Tan (Gainesville, Florida); Swadeshmukul Santra (Gainesville, Florida); Peng Zhang (Gainesville, Florida); Rovelyn Tapec (Gainesville, Florida); Jon Dobson (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are silica-coated nanoparticles and a process for producing silica-coated nanoparticles. Silica-coated nanoparticles are prepared by precipitating nano-sized cores from reagents dissolved in the aqueous compartment of a water-in-oil microemulsion. A reactive silicate is added to coat the cores with silica. Also disclosed are methods for functionalizing silica-coated nanoparticles for use in a variety of applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/010807 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924341 | Mays et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jimmy W. Mays (Knoxville, Tennessee); Lujia Bu (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Robin D. Rogers (Tuscaloosa, Alabama); Kunlun Hong (Knoxville, Tennessee); Hongwei Zhang (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for polymerization in ionic medium liquid at room temperature provide the benefit of allowing polymerization reactions to be carried out cheaply, and relatively quickly. The replacement of VOCs by these environmentally benign solvents has the further advantage of increased safety for chemical workers. |
| FILED | Monday, April 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/473455 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924480 | Van der Veer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wytze E. Van der Veer (Irvine, California); Matthew F. Appel (Irvine, California); Thorsten Benter (Wuppertal, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique employing volume conductive electrodes for the generation of linear or non-linear electric fields is provided for devices used in charged ion optics. A hollow cylinder of a conductive polymer, which is loaded with conductive carbon particles or inherently conductive, and which is used to improve the performance of a dual stage gridless reflectron. Instrumental resolution measurements comparing a conventional discrete ring reflectron with a hybrid polymeric/discrete ring validate the design. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/365800 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924870 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Wang (Kent, Ohio); Philip Bos (Hudson, Ohio); David B. Chung (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid crystal diffractive light valve includes: a pair of opposed substrates wherein one of the substrates is a silicon wafer with associated electronics. The other substrate has an electrode layer facing the silicon substrate. And a ultraviolet curable composite material is disposed between the substrates which is then phase separated to form polymer walls having liquid crystal directors fixed therein regardless of application of an electric field across the electrode layers, and wherein pixel regions are formed between the polymer walls. The pixel regions have liquid crystal directors which are movable when an electric field is applied across the electrode layers. Application of an electric field allows for generation of phase differences between the wall and pixel regions to allow for Liquid Crystal on Silicon devices to be used as diffractive light valves. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/425480 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06923669 | Tsui et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zyvex Corporation (Richardson, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Tsui (Richardson, Texas); Aaron Geisberger (Dallas, Texas); George Skidmore (Richardson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS microconnector including a compliant handle and a deflectable connection member. The compliant handle is configured to frictionally engage a manipulation probe. The deflectable connection member includes a first end coupled to the handle and a second end configured to deflect and thereby engage a receptacle in response to disengagement of the manipulation probe from the handle. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/778460 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06923939 | Nayar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Nayar (Chicago, Illinois); Renxuan Liu (Chicago, Illinois); Richard R. Willis (Cary, Illinois); Eugene S. Smotkin (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and apparatus for rapidly screening materials using, for example, mass spectrometry has been developed. More specifically, an array of materials on a fluid permeable support contained within a reaction cell having a semipermeable membrane can be rapidly screened for characteristics such as catalytic activity, selectivity, and adsorption and desorption properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/900843 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924171 | Buchwalter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L. Buchwalter (Hopewell Junction, New York); David Danovitch (Granby, Canada); Fuad Elias Doany (Katonah, New York); Claudius Feger (Poughkeepsie, New York); Peter A. Gruber (Mohegan Lake, New York); Revathi Iyengar (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Nancy C. LaBianca (Yalesville, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for fabricating microelectronic interconnection structures as well as the structures formed by the methods are disclosed which improve the manufacturing throughput for assembling flip chip semiconductor devices. The use of a bilayer of polymeric materials applied on the wafer prior to dicing eliminates the need for dispensing and curing underfill for each semiconductor at the package level, thereby improving manufacturing throughput and reducing cost. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/782494 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06923054 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Liu (Champaign, Illinois); Jack Chen (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A microscale out-of-plane thermal sensor. A resistive heater is suspended over a substrate by supports raised with respect to the substrate to provide a clearance underneath the resistive heater for fluid flow. A preferred fabrication process for the thermal sensor uses surface micromachining and a three-dimensional assembly to raise the supports and lift the resistive heater over the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/346565 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/204.270 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924713 | Repp |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Donald Repp (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Many current electronic systems incorporate expensive or sensitive electrical components. Because electrical energy is often generated or transmitted at high voltages, the power supplies to these electronic systems must be carefully designed. Power supply design must ensure that the electrical system being supplied with power is not exposed to excessive voltages or currents. In order to isolate power supplies from electrical equipment, many methods have been employed. These methods typically involve control systems or signal transfer methods. However, these methods are not always suitable because of their drawbacks. The present invention relates to transmitting information across an interface. More specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus for transmitting both AC and DC information across a high bandwidth magnetic interface with low distortion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/270115 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/24.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06925453 | Bergman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence David Bergman (Mount Kisco, New York); Vittorio Castelli (White Plains, New York); Yuan-Chi Chang (White Plains, New York); Matthew L. Hill (Yonkers, New York); Chung-Sheng Li (Ossining, New York); John Richard Smith (New Hyde Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Distributed resource discovery is an essential step for information retrieval and/or providing information services. This step is usually used for determining the location of an information or data repository which has relevant information. The most fundamental challenge is the usual lack of semantic interoperability of the requested resource. In accordance with the invention, a method is disclosed where distributed repositories achieve semantic interoperability through the exchange of examples and, optionally, classifiers. The outcome of the inventive method can be used to determine whether common labels are referring to the same semantic meaning. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 13, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/614141 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 06924887 | Dosluoglu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Taner Dosluoglu (New York, New York); Robert Amantea (Manalapan, New Jersey); Peter Alan Levine (West Windsor, New Jersey); Robin Mark Adrian Dawson (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for generating charge from a light pulse. In one example, a light sensor includes an active region for generating an electric charge in response to a light pulse. A drift region is formed within a substrate and receives the electric charge from the light sensor. A spatial charge distribution is produced within the drift region in response to an electric field. The drift region includes an outer edge and an inner edge. The volume of the drift region decreases from the outer edge to the inner edge. |
| FILED | Monday, December 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/725343 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/5.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 06923404 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ZONA Technology, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Danny D. Liu (Scottsdale, Arizona); Ping-Chih Chen (Scottsdale, Arizona); Darius Sarhaddi (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An unmanned air vehicle (“UAV”) apparatus is configured to have a body and a body-conformal wing. The body-conformal wing is configured to variably sweep from a closed position to a fully deployed position. In the closed position, the body-conformal wing span is aligned with the body axis and in the fully deployed position the body-conformal wing span is perpendicular to the axial direction of the body. Delivery of the UAV comprises the steps of: positioning the span of a body conformal wing in alignment with the axis of the body of the UAV; initiating the flight of the UAV; and adjusting the sweep angle of the body-conformal wing as a function of the current speed, altitude, or attack angle of the UAV, with the adjustment starting at a 0 degree position and varying between a closed position and a fully deployed position. The UAV also has a control mechanism configured to variably adjust the sweep of the body-conformal wing to achieve a high lift over drag ratio through out the flight path of the UAV. |
| FILED | Friday, January 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/339908 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06923965 | Takashima et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akira Takashima (Coppel, Texas); Mark E. Mummert (Dallas, Texas); Mansour Mohamadzadeh (Plano, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides peptides with a specific affinity for glycosaminoglycan molecules. These peptides may have any number of functions, including but not limited to use as inhibitors of glycosaminoglycan-mediated processes, enhancers of glycosaminoglycan-mediated processes, and as molecular probes to identify the presence of a specific glycosaminoglycan. Peptides of the invention may be directed against any glycosaminoglycan, including hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulfate A, chondroitin sulfate C, dermatan sulfate, heparin, keratan sulfate, keratosulfate, chitin, chitosan 1, and chitosan 2. These isolated peptides may have therapeutic uses in the treatment or prevention of diseases involving infection, inflammatory diseases, cancer, infections, etc. The peptides may also have other biological functions such as contraception. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/680670 |
| 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 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06924061 | Jow et al. |
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| APPLICANT(S) | |
| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | T. Richard Jow (Potomac, Maryland); Kang Xu (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Shengshui Zhang (Olney, Maryland); Michael S. Ding (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-aqueous electrolyte to be used in a Li-ion battery includes a lithium salt, a cyclic carbonate, a linear carbonate and an alkyl fluorinated phosphate, of the following general formula wherein R1, R2 and R3, independently, are selected from the group consisting of straight and branched alkyl groups having 1-5 carbon atoms, and at least one of said alkyl groups is fluorinated, with the locations of said fluorination being at least β-positioned away from the phosphorous of said phosphate, such that said alkyl phosphate has a F/H ratio of at least 0.25, and said electrolyte solution is non-flammable. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/060165 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/199 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, August 02, 2005.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2005/fedinvent-patents-20050802.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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