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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 23, 2005
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| US 06931857 | Irwin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig W. Irwin (Jupiter, Florida); Richard W. McBride (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida); Kenneth D. Olson (Royal Palm Beach, Florida); Carl F. Simmons (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synthesizing rotor inlet temperature in a turbine comprising the steps of determining a burner fuel flow (WFGG), a burner inlet pressure (PS32), and a compressor discharge temperature (T3) of a turbine, calculating a ratio unit parameter from the burner fuel flow, the burner inlet pressure, and the compressor discharge temperature, and calculating a synthesized rotor inlet temperature from the ratio unit parameter. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/448900 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/773 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06931940 | Baudendistel |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Baudendistel (Farmersville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetostrictive strain sensor includes a Hall effect sensor for measuring the change in magnetic flux a magnetic circuit including a magnetostrictive element. A strain sensing apparatus includes one or more magnetic elements defining a magnetic circuit having a gap, and including a magnetostrictive element adapted to receive a load force. A Hall effect sensor is disposed within the gap for sensing a change in magnetic flux in the magnetic circuit. The Hall effect sensor may include a programmable circuit for zeroing and calibrating the sensing apparatus, and for providing temperature compensation. The magnetostrictive element may be magnetized to form the magnetized element, and may be formed from material known as TERFENOL-D. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/263409 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/779 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06931993 | Manole et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leon R. Manole (Great Meadows, New Jersey); Stewart Gilman (Budd Lake, New Jersey); Kevin Stoddard (Hackettstown, New Jersey); Ernest L. Logsdon (Newton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Small, medium and large caliber ammunition housing multiple projectiles are traced by means of a tracing/marking system utilizing chemlucent chemicals. The tracing/marking system also provides target marking when using small, medium and large caliber ammunition. Multiple projectiles are coated in a chemlucent chemical (referenced as the coating) and placed in the ammunition. Additionally, a liquid chemlucent chemical in a separate container is placed in the ammunition. When launched or fired from a gun or munition, the separate container breaks and the coating and the chemlucent chemicals combine, emitting light. The present system applies to multiple projectiles that are either launched in a scatter pattern from a gun or dispersed in a scatter pattern after the housing of the ammunition opens up outside the gun after firing. For military ammunition, the tracing/marking system may use buckshot, steel balls, or tungsten balls. The tracing/marking system may also use various shaped projectiles such as stars, cubes, balls or flechettes. The chemlucent chemicals used by the tracing/marking system are non-flammable, biodegradable, and non-toxic. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/708162 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/458 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932013 | Shen 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) | Young T. Shen (Potomac, Maryland); Charles M. Dai (Potomac, Maryland); Bruce D. Cox (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The stern hull portion of a sea craft through which main exit flow channels extend to projecting jet propulsion nozzles, is provided with facilities for controlled maneuvering of the sea craft, including steering, stopping, negative thrust backing and docking without substantial hydrodynamic loading and with facilitated installation. Such maneuvering control facilities include a secondary flow channel extending from each of the main exit flow channels having two angularly related subchannel branches for pressurized water outflow through gated openings in the hull from which propulsion jets emerge under maneuvering control. Either control of a subchannel diverting flapper, or by use of selective closure gates and a flow diverting flap within the main exit flow channel, maneuvering may be effected in response to inflow through inlet openings in the hull of water that is pressurized before supply to the main exit flow channels. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/781957 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932164 | Williston |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher A. Williston (Bitburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A double-headed tent stake driver and puller is provided for inserting and removing tent stakes, nails and the like. The double-headed tent stake driver and puller includes a slide hammer and a coupler mounted on the distal end of the slide hammer shaft. The coupler has an elongate body with an open end and a hollow core sized to receive the head of the stake or nail intended for use with the present invention. The coupler includes a retractable keeper slidably received within. The keeper provides the twofold benefits of retaining the stake once inserted into the coupler, and presenting a surface for imparting the extraction force upon a stake to be pulled from the ground. The keeper is urged to its closed position by a spring. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632075 |
| ART UNIT | 3721 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Tool driving or impacting 173/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932299 | Beyerle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Beyerle (Oneida, New York); Gary L. Illingworth (Oswego, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an apparatus for the aerial transfer of munitions from a rearming aircraft to the weapons pylon of the recipient combat aircraft. The invention also provides for the selection of munitions from a database of munitions and aircraft types in response to an Air Tasking Order. The invention allows a variety of combat aircraft to be adapted to aerial rearmament. The invention also provides for the release of precision guided munitions directly from a rearming aircraft so that orbiting combat aircraft can guide these munitions to the target by remote control. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/685879 |
| 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 244/137.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932571 | Cunha et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Cunha (Avon, Connecticut); Bryan Dube (Columbia, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved cooling design and method for cooling airfoils within a gas turbine engine is provided which includes an embedded microcircuit that traverses a tip between a suction sidewall and a pressure sidewall of the airfoil. The microcircuit includes at least on inlet disposed proximate to the tip and one of the sidewalls for receiving cooling air from an internal cooling cavity of the airfoil and at least outlet disposed proximate to the tip through which the cooling air ejects into a region outside the airfoil. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/358646 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932575 | Surace et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Surace (Middletown, Connecticut); Dennis I. Colon (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbomachine blade damper has a damper member with first and second damping surfaces for respectively engaging first and second surfaces of adjacent first and second blades. The damper has a seal having a first portion engaged in the damper member to resist relative movement of the seal in at least one direction and a second portion engaging at least one of the blades and advantageously forming a seal to resist upstream gas infiltration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/681957 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/193.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932661 | Dai 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) | Charles M. Dai (Potomac, Maryland); Carl W. Baumann (Chantilly, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Waterjet flow emerging from a jet propulsor body through a cross-sectionally circular duct is conducted through a cross-sectionally rectangular duct passage extending through transition and exhaust aft sections attached to and angularly adjusted relative thereto. Under selective maneuver controls within the propulsor body, the transition section is angularly adjusted relative to the body while pivotal vanes and flaps on the exhaust section are angularly adjusted to direct exit outflow through the exhaust section for steering and reversing purposes. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/863845 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Marine propulsion 440/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932933 | Helvajian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry Helvajian (Pasadena, California); Peter D. Fuqua (Redondo Beach, California); William W. Hansen (Lakewood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser direct write method creates true three dimensional structures within photocerams using an focused pulsed ultraviolet laser with a wavelength in a weakly absorbing region of the photoceram material. A critical dose of focused laser UV light selectively exposes embedded volumes of the material for subsequent selective etching. The photoceram material exposure is nonlinear with the laser fluence and the critical dose depends on the square of the per shot fluence and the number of pulses. The laser light is focused to a focal depth for selective volumetric exposure of the material within a focal volume within the remaining collateral volumes that is critically dosed for selecting etching and batch fabrication of highly defined embedded structures. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/821918 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/482 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932951 | Losey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew W. Losey (Boston, Massachusetts); Klavs F. Jensen (Lexington, Massachusetts); Martin A. Schmidt (Reading, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated chemical reactor includes a plurality of lamina, an inlet port formed in at least one of the lamina, and an outlet port formed in at least one of the lamina. A continuous channel is formed in at least one of the lamina and provides fluid communication between the inlet port and the outlet port. In one configuration of the microfabricated chemical reactor, the reactor includes a particle filter disposed in the continuous channel and formed by one of the lamina, wherein the particle filter restricts flow through the continuous channel and retains catalyst or other particles within the continuous channel. |
| FILED | Monday, October 30, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/699873 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/211 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933046 | Cook |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Lee Cook (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A new class of releasable corrosion inhibiting materials for protective coatings, methods of making the same, methods of using the same, and coatings containing the same are provided. The materials comprise one or more corrosion inhibitors that are chemically anchored to the surface of a particle having an aluminum oxyhydroxide surface through a carboxylate bond. The carboxylate/aluminum-oxyhydroxide-surface bond breaks under corrosion-causing conditions (for example the presence of high levels of hydroxide ions generated by the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction on metals such as iron and aluminum) thereby allowing the corrosion inhibitors to detach from the particle surface when corrosion is present. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/412737 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
06933061 — Thermal barrier coating protected by thermally glazed layer and method for preparing same
| US 06933061 | Nagaraj et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj (West Chester, Ohio); Brett Allen Boutwell (Liberty Township, Ohio); Todd Jay Rockstroh (Maineville, Ohio); Wilbur Douglas Scheidt (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal barrier coating for an underlying metal substrate of articles that operate at, or are exposed to, high temperatures, as well as being exposed to environmental contaminant compositions. This coating comprises an inner layer nearest to the underlying metal substrate comprising a ceramic thermal barrier coating material having a melting point of at least about 2000° F. (1093° C.), as well as a thermally glazed outer layer having an exposed surface and a thickness up to 0.4 mils (about 10 microns) and sufficient to at least partially protect the thermal barrier coating against environmental contaminants that become deposited on the exposed surface, and comprising a thermally glazeable coating material having a melting point of at least about 2000° F. (1093° C.) in an amount up to 100%. This coating can be used to provide a thermally protected article having a metal substrate and optionally a bond coated layer adjacent to and overlaying the metal substrate. The thermal barrier coating can be prepared by forming the inner layer comprising the ceramic thermal barrier coating material, followed by depositing the thermally glazeable coating material on the inner layer, and then thermally melting the thermally glazeable coating material to form the thermally glazed outer layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/317730 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/633 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933165 | Musolf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Superconductor Technologies, Inc. (Santa Barbara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jurgen Musolf (Santa Barbara, California); Paul Kohl (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating an electrostatic actuator with an intrinsic stress gradient is provided. An electrode is formed on a substrate and a support layer is formed over the electrode. A metal layer is deposited onto the support layer via a deposition process. Deposition process conditions are varied in order to induce a stress gradient into the metal layer. The intrinsic stress in the metal layer increases in the direction from the bottom to the top of the metal layer. The support layer under the electrode is removed to release the electrostatic actuator. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/668887 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933402 | Snow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur W. Snow (Alexandria, Virginia); James S Shirk (Alexandria, Virginia); Eva M Maya (Alexandria, Virginia); Richard G. S. Pong (Silver Spring, Maryland); Steven R. Flom (Temple Hills, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is phthalocyanine compounds with peripheral siloxane substitution, as well as methods for making these compounds and various uses thereof, having the basic structure: wherein —W—X—Y-Z are peripheral groups comprising individual W, X, Y, and Z subgroups; W is a linkage represented by the formula: -D-(R1)0,1—, where D=S or O; X is: —(CH2)n—, n=2 to 8; Y is a siloxane chain; Z is an aryl or alkyl terminal cap; M is two protons or a metal ion; and forms a transparent film of high optical quality with large nonlinear absorption and thermal refraction, free of scattering from solid or liquid crystalline domains making them highly suitable for use as the active component in thin films, protective eye wear, and optical data storage applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/253601 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 558/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933662 | Arbogast et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darin J. Arbogast (Maple Valley, Washington); Frederick T. Calkins (Renton, Washington); Dan J. Clingman (Auburn, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention presents a system for a compound actuator. The system includes first and second electrode layers each including two electrode sections, an intermediate electrode layer between the first and second electrode layers, and first and second electrostrictive materials that change length in an applied electrical field. The first electrostrictive material is positioned between the first and intermediate electrode layers. The second electrostrictive material is positioned between the intermediate and second electrode layers. The first electrostrictive material has a first length adjoining the first electrode section and a second length adjoining the second electrode section. The second electrostrictive material has a third length adjoining the fourth electrode section and a fourth length adjoining the fifth electrode section. The first and second electrostrictive materials are attached such that differential changes in the first and third lengths, and the second and fourth lengths, respectively, results in a compound lateral motion. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/376907 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/366 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933812 | Sarabandi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kamal Sarabandi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Hossein Mosallaei (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An artificial electro-ferromagnetic meta-material demonstrates the design of tunable band-gap and tunable bi-anisotropic materials. The medium is obtained using a composite mixture of dielectric, ferro-electric, and metallic materials arranged in a periodic fashion. By changing the intensity of an applied DC field the permeability of the artificial electro-ferromagnetic can be properly varied over a particular range of frequency. The structure shows excellent Electromagnetic Band-Gap (EBG) behavior with a band-gap frequency that can be tuned by changing the applied DC field intensity. The building block of the electro-ferromagnetic material is composed of miniaturized high Q resonant circuits embedded in a low-loss dielectric background. The resonant circuits are constructed from metallic loops terminated with a printed capacitor loaded with a ferro-electric material. Modifying the topology of the embedded-circuit, a bi-anisotropic material (tunable) is examined. The embedded-circuit meta-material is treated theoretically using a transmission line analogy of a medium supporting TEM waves. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/683065 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/219 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933877 | Halladay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph H. Halladay (Huntsville, Alabama); Michael R. Christian (Owens Cross Roads, Alabama); Donald E. Lovelace (Hunstville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The Multiple-Antenna Jamming System (MAJS) is useful for missile-borne jamming of active protection system radars that operate in close proximity to the frequency band of the missile's radio frequency seeker. The MAJS utilizes multiple receiving and transmitting antennas to reduce shadowing effects due to the transmissive radome. It also channelizes the jamming signals into in-seeker-band and out-of-seeker band signals to synchronize the transmission of jamming signals with the emit-listen pattern of the missile seeker and to eliminate the problem of de-sensitizing the RF seeker from the jammer energy. The in-seeker-band jamming signals are transmitted only concurrently with the missile seeker emissions and any signals emanating from an enemy radar are received only during the listen mode of the missile seeker. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/768745 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934007 | Fritze et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Fritze (Acton, Massachusetts); Brian Tyrrell (Pawtucket, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method forms a feature pattern on a substrate by exposing the substrate, using a mask having a pattern of features thereon, with illumination having a first set of settings. The substrate is exposed a second time, using the same mask having the pattern of features thereon, with illumination having a second set of settings. The mask having the pattern of features thereon remains stationary between the two illumination exposures of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/447844 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Photocopying 355/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934060 | Psaltis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Demetri Psaltis (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and apparatus provide for the creation and use of a holographic filter. The holographic filter has multiple superpositioned holograms within a volume holographic medium. These superpositioned holograms synthesize a filter shape with multiple peaks at specified positions. The shape of the holographic filter matches a spectrum of a substance. The holographic filter may then be used (e.g., in a spectrometer) to simultaneously detect peaks in the spectrum of the matching substance. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/627008 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934217 | Dutton 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) | C. Ray Dutton (New Bedford, Massachusetts); Lynn A. Potter (North Kingstown, Rhode Island); Joseph B. Lopes (Seekonk, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is disclosed for a countermeasure threat emulator (CME) provided in a tubular housing that may be launched from a submarine or ship. The CME electronics include a CPU board for running software, communicating with a computer external to the housing and data recording. The external computer preferably incorporates a database having data representative of a plurality of both foreign and domestic countermeasures. The data may be downloaded to the CPU board as well as updated for reprogramming of the CPU board. A digital signal processing board utilizes a plurality of DSP processors for running software capable of producing a wide range of acoustic signal outputs. A neural network may be used for analyzing and identifying acoustic sounds from incoming threats and notifying the CPU board for selection of a preprogrammed response for transmission by a transducer stack. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/780367 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934420 | Hsu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trident Systems Incorporated (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles C. Hsu (McLean, Virginia); Philip M. Tamburello (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of image compression comprises the steps of recursively transforming a image using a Discrete Wavelet Transform. This creates a plurality of levels including at least a first level, multiple intermediate levels, and a low-low pass subband of the last level. The transformed image at each level is quantized, and datapacking the quantized image is performed. The step of datapacking further includes, encoding of the first level using adaptive run length of zero cofficients; encoding of the intermediate levels using run-length coding of zero coefficients and a predetermined two-knob huffman table for non-zero coefficients and encoding of the low-low pass subband using a low frequency packing algorithm. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 21, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/740961 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934451 | Cooke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald A. Cooke (Greensboro, North Carolina); Kenneth M. McGovern (Burlington, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A mount for use in an optical fiber hydrophone module to loosely secure hydrophone components while avoiding increasing noise to the hydrophone. A hydrophone core has a plurality of mandrels helically wrapped with optical fiber and connected along an axis. A cylindrical metal cage encircles the hydrophone core. Cloth tape is wrapped around and affixed to the metal cage. An open pore foam goes around the metal cage. Thermoplastic adhesive attaches the foam to the cloth tape. A cylindrical woven internal strength member goes around the foam, including two longitudinal positioning tapes. The positioning tapes are fastened to the member at each end, and the foam is between the positioning tapes. Thread is used to sew the positioning tapes to the foam at spaced intervals along the axis. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/604158 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934472 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gee-Kung Chang (Holmdel, New Jersey); Arshad M. Chowdhury (Eatontown, New Jersey); Georgios Ellinas (Long Island City, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical signaling header technique applicable to optical networks wherein packet routing information is embedded in the same channel or wavelength as the data payload so that both the header and data payload propagate through network elements with the same path and the associated delays. The technique effects survivability and security of the optical networks by encompassing conventional electronic security with an optical security layer by generating replicated versions of the input data payload at the input node, and the transmission of each of the replicated versions over a corresponding one of the plurality of links. Moreover, each of the links is composed of multiple wavelengths to propagate optical signals or optical packets, and each of the replicated versions of the data payload may be propagated over a selected one of the wavelengths in each corresponding one of the plurality of links. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/772502 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934591 | Messina |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter V. Messina (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A control system (102) operates within a dynamic range, and a follow-up system (104) is commanded to reduce a positional error between the follow-up system and the control system when the dynamic range is exceeded. A linear follow-up command may be initially provided once a dead band value (208) is exceeded. The follow-up system (104) is driven relative to its base mount (103) in a direction to reduce the positional error to within a null value range (214). The follow-up command may also implement a decay function to control the follow-up system (104). A control variable transfer function may also be utilized to gradually subtract the dead band value from the follow-up system position error command as a function of time. The decaying function may include linear as well as non-linear decaying functions. In one embodiment, a figure eight-type hysteresis control function may be implemented to control the inertial position of an inertial element. The various embodiments of the present invention may be suitable for space-based laser designating and targeting systems, space-based camera-positioning systems, space-based telescopes, and radar antenna positioning systems. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/152662 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934626 | Tingley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D. Tingley (Ashland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for determining the location of a transmission source by processing the magnitude of the transmitted signal received at a plurality of receivers with a statistical model of the signal propagation characteristics associated with the signal space between the source and each of the receivers. The system and method also are capable of determining a route of travel between the transmission source and a receiver and/or alternate location. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/437423 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934633 | Gallagher 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) | Dennis Gallagher (Southport, Florida); Kirk Vanzandt (Panama City, Florida); William W. Hughes III (Panama City, Florida); Charles Holmes (Southport, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A parachutist navigation system includes a display attached to a side vision area of a parachutist's goggles, a navigation pod attached to the parachutist's helmet, and a remotely located controller. The navigation pod supports therein a GPS receiver and a processor provided with mission data supplied by the controller. The processor uses the mission data and GPS signals to generate a plurality of display-formatted data sets. Coupled to the processor is an user-controlled input device used to select at least one of the plurality of display-formatted data sets for output to the display. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/965014 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934876 | Holeman, Sr. et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Holeman, Sr. (Huntsville, Alabama); Glenn P. Bradford (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and corresponding methods for registering network units or nodes into a data communication network is provided. The data communication network includes a base node that controls one or more other remote nodes on the network. The base node automatically sets-up or initializes the network when the number and identity of the remote nodes is not previously known. In one embodiment, the base node utilizes a concurrent, bit-wise serial transmission of addresses from the remote nodes to determine the highest valued address among the responding remote nodes. A responding remote node with a higher value address is registered prior to another responding remote node with a lower value address. The remote node with the lower value address withdraws at some point during the registration process when the remote node determines that there is another responding remote node with a higher value address. Once registration has occurred, the base node can communicate with the registered remote node. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171713 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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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) | Bradford J. Wood (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for radiofrequency treatment of tissue is disclosed. The device includes an introducer, a plurality of RF electrodes positionable in a nondeployed state within the introducer, and an electrode advancement element. In the nondeployed state, the RF electrodes are contained within the introducer, and separated from the subject's tissue by a plug which substantially occludes the distal end of the introducer. In the method for RF tissue treatment, the introducer is introduced into the tissue of a subject. The RF electrodes are then positioned in the deployed state when the electrode advancement element advances the RF electrodes through the distal end of the introducer, thereby displacing the plug. The electrode advancement element may be a spring-loaded element, and may be actuated by a triggering device on the introducer. The introducer and the RF electrodes may be scored to enhance their visibility in medical imaging studies such as ultrasound, thereby helping to ensure optimal placement of the introducer and the RF electrodes. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/332297 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932970 | Gaynor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce D. Gaynor (Pelham, New York); Betty A. Diamond (Bronx, New York); Matthew D. Scharff (Larchmont, New York); Philippe Valadon (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for identifying a peptide which binds to an anti-double stranded DNA antibody. The present invention also provides a class of peptides identified by the method of the present invention which bind to anti-double stranded DNA antibodies and compositions containing these peptides. The present invention also provides methods for the diagnosis and treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus utilizing the peptides of the present invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 10, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/833838 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933116 | Gold et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Foster City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry Gold (Boulder, Colorado); Craig Tuerk (Morehead, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention comprises nucleic acid ligand for use as a diagnostic reagent for detecting the presence or absence of a target molecule in a sample, and a diagnostic reagent to measure the amount of a target molecule in a sample. In a preferred embodiment the nucleic acid ligands are identified by the method of the invention referred to as the Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment (SELEX), wherein a candidate mixture of nucleic acids are iteratively enriched in high affinity nucleic acids and amplified by further partitioning. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/037986 |
| 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 06933122 | Role et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lorna W. Role (New York, New York); David Talmage (New York, New York); Jianxin Bao (Riverdale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides nARIA-based assays for defining whether a subject has or is predisposed to developing a neoplastic disease. This invention further provides a nARIA-based method for maintaining synaptic connections between a neuron and a target cell. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/312596 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933125 | Glimcher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie H. Glimcher (West Newton, Massachusetts); John Douhan, III (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding human c-Maf, and isolated c-Maf proteins, are provided. The invention further provides antisense nucleic acid molecules. recombinant expression vectors containing a nucleic acid molecule of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced and non-human transgenic animals carrying a human c-Maf transgene. The invention further provides human c-Maf fusion proteins and anti-human c-Maf antibodies. Methods of using the human c-maf compositions of the invention are also disclosed, including methods for detecting human c-Maf activity in a biological sample, methods of modulating human c-Maf activity in a cell, and methods for identifying agents that modulate the activity of human c-Maf. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/879312 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933128 | Reddy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | E. Premkumar Reddy (Villanova, Pennsylvania); M. V. Ramana Reddy (Upper Darby, Pennsylvania); Natarajan Dhanasekaran (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A cell-based assay is provided for screening substances for the capacity to inhibit COX-2 activity. The assay utilizes as a screening reagent a cell line which has been engineered to achieve constitutive or inducible expression of COX-2. In one embodiment, the cells express a GTPase-deficient, constitutively-activated mutant form of the α-subunit of protein G12 which induces the production of arachidonic acid and COX-2. Decreased cell proliferation in the presence of test substance indicates that the substance has COX-2 inhibitory activity. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 15, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/018581 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933133 | Alam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tausif Alam (Madison, Wisconsin); Debra A. Hullett (Madison, Wisconsin); Hans W. Sollinger (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method for obtaining glucose-regulated expression of active insulin in the cells of a mammalian subject. The method involves delivering into the subject a genetic construct comprising a coding sequence for a human proinsulin operably connected a promoter functional in the host cells. The construct includes a glucose responsive regulatory module having at least one glucose inducible regulatory element comprising a pair of CACGTG motifs linked by a five base nucleotide sequence, which confers glucose inducible expression of the proinsulin coding sequence. To ensure proper processing of the proinsulin to active insulin, the coding sequence was modified to direct the synthesis of a mutant proinsulin polypeptide having amino acid sequences that can be cleaved to mature insulin in suitable host cells, such as hepatocytes. |
| FILED | Monday, November 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/013032 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
06933145 — Materials and methods for delivery and expression of heterologous DNA in vertebrate cells
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Moyer (Gainesville, Florida); Yi Li (Lazal, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to recombinant entomopox vectors which are useful for the delivery and stable expression of heterologous DNA in vertebrate cells. Specifically exemplified is a recombinant EPV from amsacta moorei (AmEPV). Because of the capacity of the EPV to incorporate foreign or heterologous DNA sequences, the vectors of the subject invention can be used to deliver DNA inserts that are larger than 10 kb in size. Accordingly, one aspect of the present invention concerns use of the recombinant vectors for delivery and expression of biological useful proteins in gene therapy protocols. In addition, the subject invention concerns novel AmEVP polypeptides and the polynucleotide sequences which encode these polypeptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/662254 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933149 | Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda D. Martin (Apex, North Carolina); Kenneth B. Adler (Raleigh, North Carolina); Mariangela Macchione (São Paulo, Brazil); Nancy J. Akley (Raleigh, North Carolina); Shaun A. McKane (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Cultured mouse tracheal epithelial are grown in an air/liquid interface culture that allows them to develop differentiated characteristics (i.e., to develop into mucus cells or ciliated cells). This invention may be used for the growth of cells isolated from knockout and transgenic mice. The primary culture cells of the culture may be ciliated or non-ciliated differentiated cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/132680 |
| 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 435/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933150 | Sorrentino et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Sorrentino (Memphis, Tennessee); Kevin Bunting (Columbus, Maryland); John Schuetz (Memphis, Tennessee); Hiromitsu Nakauchi (Kukizaki-machi, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes methods of performing ex vivo expansion of gene-modified hematopoietic stem cells which are useful for many applications involving bone marrow transplantation and ex vivo gene therapy. The present invention further includes the gene-modified hematopoietic stem cells that are used and produced by such methods. Such gene-modified hematopoietic stem cells can also contain a second heterologous gene. In addition, the present invention also includes methods of engrafting the gene-modified hematopoietic stem cells of the present invention into animals, including for ex vivo gene therapy and for reconstitution of hematopoietic cells in ablated mammals. The present invention also provides a method of isolating stem cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 31, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/584586 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933275 | Mochly-Rosen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daria Mochly-Rosen (Menlo Park, California); Joan J. Kendig (Campbell, California); Sarah M. Sweitzer (Vallejo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for managing withdrawal from an addictive substance is described. The method involves administering one or more peptides having specific activity for the ε and/or γ isozyme of protein kinase C (PKC). The peptide(s) can be administered prior to, concurrent with, or subsequent to administration of the addictive substance. Also described is a kit having at least one container containing a peptide having isozyme-specific activity for εPKC or γPKC and instructions for use. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/428280 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933277 | Brenneman 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); Ramot University Authority for Applied Research and Industrial Development, Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas E. Brenneman (Damascus, Maryland); Catherine Y. Spong (Arlington, Virginia); Illana Gozes (Ramat Hasharon, Israel); Merav Bassan (Natania, Israel); Rachel Zamostiano (Hod Hashron, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a method for reducing a condition associated with fetal alcohol syndrome in a subject who is exposed to alcohol in utero with an ADNF polypeptide. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of reducing a condition associated with fetal alcohol syndrome in a subject who is exposed to alcohol in utero with a combination of ADNF I and ADNF III polypeptides. The present invention further relates to a method for reducing neuronal cell death by contacting neuronal cells with a combination of ADNF I and ADNF III polypeptides. Still further, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of ADNF I and ADNF III polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/267511 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933279 | Fogelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan M. Fogelman (Beverly Hills, California); Gattadahalli M. Anantharamaiah (Birmingham, Alabama); Mohamad Navab (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides novel peptides that ameliorate one or more symptoms of atherosclerosis. The peptides are highly stable and readily administered via an oral route. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/896841 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933280 | Castillo et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gerardo Castillo (Seattle, Washington); Alan D. Snow (Lynnwood, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A pharmaceutical composition, or pharmaceutical agent for treating Aβ amyloidosis in a patient, having at least one selected laminin peptide or fragment thereof from the group AG73 (SEQ ID NO:1), C-16 (SEQ ID NO:2), A-13 (SEQ ID NO:3), HA3G47 (SEQ ID NO:4), HA3G58 (SEQ ID NO:5), HA3G67 (SEQ ID NO:6), HA3G74 (SEQ ID NO:7), HA3G76 (SEQ ID NO:8), HA3G79 (SEQ ID NO:9), HA3G83 (SEQ ID NO:10), A4G82 (SEQ ID NO:11), A5G15 (SEQ ID NO:12), A5G56 (SEQ ID NO:13), A5G80 (SEQ ID NO:14), A5G81 (SEQ ID NO:15), A5G82 (SEQ ID NO: 16), A5G84 (SEQ ID NO:17), A5G101 (SEQ ID NO:18), and A5G109 (SEQ ID NO:19) (Sequence Group A); and a method for enhancing Aβ amyloid fibril formation, or of forming amyloid-plaque like deposits in vitro, including incubating Aβ 1-40 or Aβ 1-42 with a selected laminin-derived polypeptide from the group A-13 (SEQ ID NO:3), HA3G47 (SEQ ID NO:4), HA3G58 (SEQ ID NO:5), HA3G83 (SEQ ID NO:10), LAM-L (SEQ ID NO:20), A4G10 SEQ ID NO:21), A4G46 (SEQ ID NO:22), A4G47 (SEQ ID NO:23), A4G84 (SEQ ID NO:24), A4G92 (SEQ ID NO:25), A4G107 (SEQ ID NO:26), A5G3 (SEQ ID NO:27), A5G10 (SEQ ID NO:28), A5G27 (SEQ ID NO:29), A5G33 (SEQ ID NO:30), A5G65 (SEQ ID NO:31), A5G77 (SEQ ID NO:32), A5G87 (SEQ ID NO:33), A5G90 (SEQ ID NO:34) and A5G111 (SEQ ID NO:35) (Sequence Group C). |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/962955 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933284 | Innerarity et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Innerarity (Lafayette, California); Jan Boren (Goteberg, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the study and control of atherosclerosis through the modulation of LDL-proteoglycan binding at Site B (amino acids 3359-3369) of the apo-B100 protein in LDL. The invention encompasses methods of identifying compounds which modulate LDL-proteoglycan binding, methods of identifying compounds which modulate atherosclerotic lesion formation, and methods of modulating the formation of atherosclerotic lesions. The invention also encompasses mutant apo-B100 proteins and LDL which exhibit reduced proteoglycan binding while maintaining LDL-receptor binding, polynucleotides which encode these apo-B100 proteins, as well as cells and animals which express the mutant apo-B100 proteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/823418 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/42 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933383 | Kinney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genaera Corporation (Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Kinney (Newtown, Pennsylvania); Xuehai Zhang (East Norriton, Pennsylvania); Ronald Michalak (Congers, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient method for the synthesis of aminosterol compounds such as squalamine and compound 1436 is described. A method of the invention provides for regioselective oxidation and regioselective sulfonation of a fused ring system. The fused ring base can be, for example, a steroid ring base. The aminosterol compounds are effective as, for example, antibiotics, antiangiogenic agents and NHE3 inhibitors. |
| FILED | Friday, October 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/268660 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933384 | Tsien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Y. Tsien (La Jolla, California); Christina Hauser (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides Zn-chelating compounds that are molecularly engineered to bind to a specific target sequence in a protein of interest. The Zn2+ ion is far less toxic and promiscuous than nickel and therefore provides an attractive alternative to Ni-based labeling systems. Invention Zn-chelating compounds also do not require oxidizable thiols and therefore can be used in non-reducing environments such as the surface of living cells. In addition, the target sequence is genetically encodable and requires incorporation of only a few amino acids, unlike fusions to fluorescent proteins such as GFP. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/346658 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06931832 | Berg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald R. Berg (Renton, Washington); Donn C. Mueller (Allston, Massachusetts); Mark W. Parish (Burien, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method are provided for decomposition of a propellant. The propellant includes an ionic salt and an additional fuel. Means are provided for decomposing a major portion of the ionic salt. Means are provided for combusting the additional fuel and decomposition products of the ionic salt. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/436861 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932090 | Reschke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Millard F. Reschke (LaPorte, Texas); Jeffrey T. Somers (Houston, Texas); George A. Ford (Webster, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are disclosed for treating motion sickness. In a preferred embodiment a method of the invention comprises operating eyewear having shutter lenses to open said shutter lenses at a selected operating frequency ranging from within about 3 Hz to about 50 Hz. The shutter lenses are opened for a short duration at the selected operating frequency wherein the duration is selected to prevent retinal slip. The shutter lenses may be operated at a relatively slow frequency of about 4 Hz when the user is in passive activity such as riding in a boat or car or in limited motion situations in a spacecraft. The shutter lenses may be operated at faster frequencies related to motion of the user's head when the user is active. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/361046 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/898 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932569 | Torok et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Torok (Cheshire, Connecticut); Robert C. Moffitt (Seymour, Connecticut); Ashish Bagai (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-element rotor blade includes an individually controllable main element and fixed aerodynamic surface in an aerodynamically efficient location relative to the main element. The main element is controlled to locate the fixed aerodynamic surface in a position to increase lift and/or reduce drag upon the main element at various azimuthal positions during rotation. |
| FILED | Friday, December 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/331107 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933062 | Nagaraj et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj (West Chester, Ohio); Jeffrey Lawrence Williams (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An article protected by a protective coating has a substrate and a protective coating having an outer layer deposited upon the substrate surface and a diffusion zone formed by interdiffusion of the outer layer and the substrate. The protective coating includes platinum, aluminum, no more than about 2 weight percent hafnium, and substantially no silicon. The outer layer is substantially a single phase. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/931347 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/670 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933488 | Pain |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bedabrata Pain (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A leakage compensated snapshot imager provides a number of different aspects to prevent smear and other problems in a snapshot imager. The area where the imager is formed may be biased in a way that prevents photo carriers including electrons and holes from reaching a storage area. In addition, a number of different aspects may improve the efficiency. The capacitance per unit area of the storage area may be one, two or more orders of magnitude greater than the capacitance per-unit area of the photodiode. In addition, a ratio between photodiode capacitance and storage area capacitance is maintained larger than 0.7. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/681797 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/214.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933629 | Qiu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stirling Technology Company (Kennewick, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Songgang Qiu (Richland, Washington); John E. Augenblick (Richland, Washington); Allen A. Peterson (Kennewick, Washington); Maurice A. White (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An active balance system is provided for counterbalancing vibrations of an axially reciprocating machine. The balance system includes a support member, a flexure assembly, a counterbalance mass, and a linear motor or an actuator. The support member is configured for attachment to the machine. The flexure assembly includes at least one flat spring having connections along a central portion and an outer peripheral portion. One of the central portion and the outer peripheral portion is fixedly mounted to the support member. The counterbalance mass is fixedly carried by the flexure assembly along another of the central portion and the outer peripheral portion. The linear motor has one of a stator and a mover fixedly mounted to the support member and another of the stator and the mover fixedly mounted to the counterbalance mass. The linear motor is operative to axially reciprocate the counterbalance mass. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/918033 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934600 | Jang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Fargo, North Dakota); Jun H. Liu (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania); Shizu Chen (Chang-Sha, China PRC); Zhimin M. Li (Auburn, Alabama); Hassan Mahfuz (Auburn, Alabama); Ashfaq Adnan (Tuskegee, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite composition and a method of making such a composite that is composed of a matrix material and dispersed reinforcement nanotubes that are substantially aligned along at least one specified direction or axis. Also a method for making a continuous fiber-reinforced composite object by combining a reinforcement fiber tow with a solidifying matrix material to form a pre-impregnated tow or towpreg, providing a dispensing head capable of dispensing the towpreg onto a base member positioned a distance from this head with the head and base member being driven by motion devices electronically connected to a motion controller regulated by a computer, and operating and moving the head relative to the base member to dispense multiple layers of towpreg in accordance with a CAD-generated deposition path along which the dispensing head can be allowed to trace out individual layers by following a selected algorithm so that the number of path interruptions at which the towpreg must be tentatively cut off from the dispensing head is minimized. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/389261 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934630 | Linstrom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lloyd A. Linstrom (Columbia, Maryland); Dennis J. Duven (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A receiving station tracking system for receiving GPS data and tracking a mobile vehicle. The receiving station tracking system includes at least one processing stage receiving and processing at least a portion of the GPS data, and a control module receiving and filtering the processed GPS data and outputting at least one control signal in accordance with filtering results. The at least one control signal controls decreasing or increasing a quantity of processing stages of the at least one processing stage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/415541 |
| ART UNIT | 2144 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 06933060 | Subramanian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramesh Subramanian (Oviedo, Florida); Brig B. Seth (Maitland, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A device (10) is made, having a ceramic thermal barrier coating layer (16) characterized by a microstructure having gaps (18) with a sintering inhibiting material (22) disposed on the columns (20) within the gaps (18). The sintering resistant material (22) is stable over the range of operating temperatures of the device (10), is not soluble with the underlying ceramic layer (16) and is applied by a process that is not an electron beam physical vapor deposition process. The sintering inhibiting material (22) has a morphology adapted to improve the functionality of the sintering inhibiting material (22), characterized as continuous, nodule, rivulet, grain, crack, flake and combinations thereof and being disposed within at least some of the vertical and horizontal gaps. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/158305 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/632 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933496 | Koo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jackson C. Koo (San Ramon, California); Conrad M. Yu (Antioch, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion mobility sensor which can detect both ion and molecules simultaneously. Thus, one can measure the relative arrival times between various ions and molecules. Different ions have different mobility in air, and the ion sensor enables measurement of ion mobility, from which one can identify the various ions and molecules. The ion mobility sensor which utilizes a pair of glow discharge devices may be designed for coupling with an existing gas chromatograph, where various gas molecules are already separated, but numbers of each kind of molecules are relatively small, and in such cases a conventional ion mobility sensor cannot be utilized. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/883665 |
| ART UNIT | 2853 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933498 | Whitten et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William B. Whitten (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); J. Michael Ramsey (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An ion trap-based system for chemical analysis includes an ion trap array. The ion trap array includes a plurality of ion traps arranged in a 2-dimensional array for initially confining ions. Each of the ion traps comprise a central electrode having an aperture, a first and second insulator each having an aperture sandwiching the central electrode, and first and second end cap electrodes each having an aperture sandwiching the first and second insulator. A structure for simultaneously directing a plurality of different species of ions out from the ion traps is provided. A spectrometer including a detector receives and identifies the ions. The trap array can be used with spectrometers including time-of-flight mass spectrometers and ion mobility spectrometers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/801913 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06933530 | Toet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Toet (Mountain View, California); Thomas W. Sigmon (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for direct integration of a thin-film silicon p-n junction diode with a magnetic tunnel junction for use in advanced magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cells for high performance, non-volatile memory arrays. The process is based on pulsed laser processing for the fabrication of vertical polycrystalline silicon electronic device structures, in particular p-n junction diodes, on films of metals deposited onto low temperature-substrates such as ceramics, dielectrics, glass, or polymers. The process preserves underlayers and structures onto which the devices are typically deposited, such as silicon integrated circuits. The process involves the low temperature deposition of at least one layer of silicon, either in an amorphous or a polycrystalline phase on a metal layer. Dopants may be introduced in the silicon film during or after deposition. The film is then irradiated with short pulse laser energy that is efficiently absorbed in the silicon, which results in the crystallization of the film and simultaneously in the activation of the dopants via ultrafast melting and solidification. The silicon film can be patterned either before or after crystallization. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/943475 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/75 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06934060 | Psaltis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Demetri Psaltis (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and apparatus provide for the creation and use of a holographic filter. The holographic filter has multiple superpositioned holograms within a volume holographic medium. These superpositioned holograms synthesize a filter shape with multiple peaks at specified positions. The shape of the holographic filter matches a spectrum of a substance. The holographic filter may then be used (e.g., in a spectrometer) to simultaneously detect peaks in the spectrum of the matching substance. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/627008 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934600 | Jang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bor Z. Jang (Fargo, North Dakota); Jun H. Liu (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania); Shizu Chen (Chang-Sha, China PRC); Zhimin M. Li (Auburn, Alabama); Hassan Mahfuz (Auburn, Alabama); Ashfaq Adnan (Tuskegee, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite composition and a method of making such a composite that is composed of a matrix material and dispersed reinforcement nanotubes that are substantially aligned along at least one specified direction or axis. Also a method for making a continuous fiber-reinforced composite object by combining a reinforcement fiber tow with a solidifying matrix material to form a pre-impregnated tow or towpreg, providing a dispensing head capable of dispensing the towpreg onto a base member positioned a distance from this head with the head and base member being driven by motion devices electronically connected to a motion controller regulated by a computer, and operating and moving the head relative to the base member to dispense multiple layers of towpreg in accordance with a CAD-generated deposition path along which the dispensing head can be allowed to trace out individual layers by following a selected algorithm so that the number of path interruptions at which the towpreg must be tentatively cut off from the dispensing head is minimized. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/389261 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 06933629 | Qiu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stirling Technology Company (Kennewick, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Songgang Qiu (Richland, Washington); John E. Augenblick (Richland, Washington); Allen A. Peterson (Kennewick, Washington); Maurice A. White (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An active balance system is provided for counterbalancing vibrations of an axially reciprocating machine. The balance system includes a support member, a flexure assembly, a counterbalance mass, and a linear motor or an actuator. The support member is configured for attachment to the machine. The flexure assembly includes at least one flat spring having connections along a central portion and an outer peripheral portion. One of the central portion and the outer peripheral portion is fixedly mounted to the support member. The counterbalance mass is fixedly carried by the flexure assembly along another of the central portion and the outer peripheral portion. The linear motor has one of a stator and a mover fixedly mounted to the support member and another of the stator and the mover fixedly mounted to the counterbalance mass. The linear motor is operative to axially reciprocate the counterbalance mass. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/918033 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934084 | Pandya |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ranjana Pandya (New Paltz, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel optical devices, which are referred to as composite prisms in this document, have been designed, produced and tested. They have the potential to be useful for a number of vision related applications. For high prism diopter (15 prism diopters or more), composite prisms have resulted in thinner, lighter and lower aberration optical devices than the standard ophthalmic prisms currently in use. They also offer significantly better optical quality than the Fresnel press-on prisms which are also used to correct several ophthalmic disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/187638 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/571 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
06933145 — Materials and methods for delivery and expression of heterologous DNA in vertebrate cells
| US 06933145 | Moyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Moyer (Gainesville, Florida); Yi Li (Lazal, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to recombinant entomopox vectors which are useful for the delivery and stable expression of heterologous DNA in vertebrate cells. Specifically exemplified is a recombinant EPV from amsacta moorei (AmEPV). Because of the capacity of the EPV to incorporate foreign or heterologous DNA sequences, the vectors of the subject invention can be used to deliver DNA inserts that are larger than 10 kb in size. Accordingly, one aspect of the present invention concerns use of the recombinant vectors for delivery and expression of biological useful proteins in gene therapy protocols. In addition, the subject invention concerns novel AmEVP polypeptides and the polynucleotide sequences which encode these polypeptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/662254 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 06934007 | Fritze et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Fritze (Acton, Massachusetts); Brian Tyrrell (Pawtucket, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method forms a feature pattern on a substrate by exposing the substrate, using a mask having a pattern of features thereon, with illumination having a first set of settings. The substrate is exposed a second time, using the same mask having the pattern of features thereon, with illumination having a second set of settings. The mask having the pattern of features thereon remains stationary between the two illumination exposures of the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/447844 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Photocopying 355/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 06934252 | Mehrotra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pronita Mehrotra (Raleigh, North Carolina); Paul D. Franzon (Holly Springs, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for using binary searches for variable length network address prefix lookups are disclosed. Variable length prefixes are stored in a network address forwarding table. Each prefix corresponds to an entry in the forwarding table. The entries correspond to nodes in a binary tree. Each entry in the forwarding table includes path information regarding parent nodes of each entry in the binary tree. When a lookup is performed in the routing table, bits in the path information are used to determine the longest parent node prefix that matches the address being searched. The longest parent node prefix corresponds to the longest matching prefix. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/244719 |
| ART UNIT | 2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/229 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
| US 06934876 | Holeman, Sr. et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Holeman, Sr. (Huntsville, Alabama); Glenn P. Bradford (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and corresponding methods for registering network units or nodes into a data communication network is provided. The data communication network includes a base node that controls one or more other remote nodes on the network. The base node automatically sets-up or initializes the network when the number and identity of the remote nodes is not previously known. In one embodiment, the base node utilizes a concurrent, bit-wise serial transmission of addresses from the remote nodes to determine the highest valued address among the responding remote nodes. A responding remote node with a higher value address is registered prior to another responding remote node with a lower value address. The remote node with the lower value address withdraws at some point during the registration process when the remote node determines that there is another responding remote node with a higher value address. Once registration has occurred, the base node can communicate with the registered remote node. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171713 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 06931883 | Bourne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Davis Energy Group, Inc. (Davis, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Bourne (Davis, California); Brian E. Lee (Monterey, California); Duncan Callaway (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A two stage indirect evaporative cooler that moves air from a blower mounted above the unit, vertically downward into dry air passages in an indirect stage and turns the air flow horizontally before leaving the indirect stage. After leaving the dry passages, a major air portion travels into the direct stage and the remainder of the air is induced by a pressure drop in the direct stage to turn 180° and returns horizontally through wet passages in the indirect stage and out of the unit as exhaust air. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/737823 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06931913 | Manoosingh |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Constellation Technology Corporation (Largo, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lane L. Manoosingh (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical agent detector utilizing surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors for detecting the presence of a multitude of chemical agents by sampling ambient air is provided. A pressure-differential manifold having an air intake port, an exhaust port, a valve and a pump is used to draw the ambient air into the manifold to be tested. A plurality of SAW sensors mounted on sensor driver boards which are in turn mounted on the manifold come into contact with the ambient air sample. Each SAW sensor is coated with a substance that has an affinity for detecting a particular chemical agent. Each SAW sensor driver board generates a continuous RF signal which emits a frequency shift if a particular chemical agent is detected. A power cycler module turns each sensor driver board on and off such that only one sensor driver board is powered-on at a given point in time. An RF multiplexor receives the continuous RF signals generated by the sensor driver boards and outputs one of the RF signals to a microprocessor based upon a timing signal generated by the microprocessor. The microprocessor interprets the frequency shift as the detection of a chemical agent and provides an alarm that a particular chemical agent has been detected. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/761729 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/31.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932012 | Philips et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Richard B. Philips (Barrington, Rhode Island); Robert Latorre (Metairie, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A marine surface vessel having a main hull and at least two lateral hulls disposed respectively on opposite sides of the main hull. The vessel includes an engine disposed in the main hull producing exhaust gas and cooling air, microbubble injectors disposed in subsurface areas of each of the lateral hulls, and conduits in fluid communication with the microbubble injectors. Upon operation of the engine, the exhaust and/or cooling air produced by the engine is directed by the conduits to the injectors to effect generation of microbubbles on the subsurface areas of the lateral hulls to occasion microbubble drag reduction on the lateral hulls. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/774642 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/67.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06932016 | Gieseke |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Gieseke (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A vortex-assisted pressure control system is provided for controlling fluid flow into an inlet formed in a vehicle where such fluid flow into the inlet occurs during vehicle movement. Vortex generator(s) is (are) positioned forward of the inlet with respect to forward movement of the vehicle to generate streamwise vortices in the fluid as the vehicle moves through the fluid. Each vortex generator is controllable to adjust strength of the streamwise vortices and a lateral position of the streamwise vortices relative to the inlet. Sensors are used to i) detect the lateral position of the streamwise vortices relative to the inlet, and ii) pressure of the fluid that has entered the inlet. A controller adjusts the vortex generator(s) based on sensor measurements in order to control the lateral position of the streamwise vortices and the pressure of the fluid entering the vehicle via the inlet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/695497 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06934035 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Changhuei Yang (Singapore, Singapore); Adam Wax (Boston, Massachusetts); Ramachandra R. Dasari (Lexington, Massachusetts); Michael S. Feld (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The methods of the present invention are directed at an accurate phase-based technique for measuring arbitrarily long optical distances with sub-nanometer precision. A preferred embodiment of the present invention method employs a interferometer, for example, a Michelson interferometer, with a pair of harmonically related light sources, one continuous wave (CW) and a second source having low coherence. By slightly adjusting the center wavelength of the low coherence source between scans of the target sample, the phase relationship between the heterodyne signals of the CW and low coherence light is used to measure the separation between reflecting interfaces with sub-nanometer precision. As the preferred embodiment of this method is completely free of 2π ambiguity, an issue that plagues most phase-based techniques, it can be used to measure arbitrarily long optical distances without loss of precision. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/024455 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, August 23, 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-20050823.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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