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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 30, 2005
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| US 06935010 | Tadigadapa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas Tadigadapa (State College, Pennsylvania); Chialun Tsai (Thousand Oaks, California); Yafan Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nader Najafi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Micromachine fluidic apparatus incorporates a free-standing tube section and electrodes to actuate or control the movement of the tube section, or to sense the movement of the tube section, or both. Electronic circuitry, which may be disposed on the same substrate as the fluidic portion of the apparatus, is used in conjunction with the tube and electrodes in conjunction with a variety of different applications, including fluid flow measurement, fluid density measurement, fluid viscosity measurement, fluid transport, separation and/or mixing. According to a particular embodiment, the free-standing section of the tube is resonated for fluid flow and density measurements according to the Coriolis effect. Capacitive/electrostatic actuation techniques are used to control or resonate the free-standing section of the tube, and to detect variations in tube movement. Different methods of fabricating micromachine fluidic apparatus are also disclosed, including the use of fusion bonding of non-conducting substrates, high-aspect ratio etching techniques, and anisotropic etching and refill techniques, preferably utilizing chevron-shaped slit openings to fabricate microtube sections. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/233980 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/592.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06935117 | Cowan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis C. Cowan (East Hampton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas turbine engine is piloted with a pilot flow of fuel delivered to a combustor as a liquid. A first additional flow of the fuel is also delivered to the combustor as a liquid. A second additional flow of the fuel is vaporized and delivered to the combustor as a vapor. A fuel injector may have passageways associated with each of the three flows. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/691791 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/742 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06935206 | Alleai |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quality Research, Development and Consulting, Inc. (Chaska, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daryoush Alleai (Excelsior, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing an optimized structure design incorporating vibration confinement is provided. The method includes providing structural specifications and vibration confinement specifications for the structure. The method includes selecting a confinement region. Optimizing the design of the structure incorporating the confinement region in response to the structural specifications and confinement specifications is included in the method. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/687858 |
| ART UNIT | 3682 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/574 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06935214 | Korpi |
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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) | John G. Korpi (Livonia, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | There is described and claimed herein a noback bolt design which comprises an elongated shaft having two opposing ends. The first end has an enlarged conical bolt head that extends from this shaft. On the opposite shaft end is a terminus or tip. Between the tip and the conical head, the shaft bears an externally threaded segment on at least a portion of the shaft. The precise length of this segment is determined upon intended applications of my bolt, and the type or exact number of structural components to be assembled. These components include panels, brackets, planar surfaces, chassises, and like structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/392485 |
| ART UNIT | 3722 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools 081/121.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06935263 | Bandyopadhyay |
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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) | Promode R. Bandyopadhyay (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A wake absorber, wherein an aquatic vehicle with a propulsor mounted on the vehicle and operative to propel the vehicle through a water medium, has a wake absorber mounted on the vehicle aft of the propulsor. The wake absorber includes an artificial muscle surface adapted to be impinged upon by a wake created by the propulsor. The wake absorber further includes electrodes mounted on the artificial muscle surface. Pressure of the wake upon the muscle surface exercises a bending force on the surface, which creates energy that is recovered by the electrodes as electrical power that can be digitized. Energy removed from the muscle surface by the electrodes weakens the wake and renders the wake less pronounced visually and acoustically. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/863832 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06935436 | 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 having twin release levers for inserting and removing tent stakes, nails and the like is described. The 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 pair of retractable keepers slidably received within a corresponding pair of slots. The keepers provide 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. A pair of spring loaded release levers are provided to enable one-handed retraction of the keepers for receipt of the tent stake. When released, the spring loaded release levers return the keepers to a ciosed position, retaining the stake therein. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632074 |
| ART UNIT | 3721 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Tool driving or impacting 173/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06935594 | Vaidyanathan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Ranji Vaidyanathan (Tucson, Arizona); Catherine Green (Tucson, Arizona); John W. Gillespie (Hockessin, Delaware); Shridhar Yarlagadda (Newark, Delaware); Gregory J. Artz (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for fabricating composite parts including at least one structural material and at least one protective material that are integrally bonded without the use of secondary bonding operations. One or more of the materials forming the layers of the composite parts may be a ceramic composition with or without porosity and one or more of the materials may be a polymer composition. Methods including co-injection processes also are provided for fabricating multi-layered structures in which each layer serves a desired function while still being integrated into the overall structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/293852 |
| 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 244/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06935757 | Mooney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Solid State Scientific Corporation (Hollis, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan M. Mooney (Irvine, California); William S. Ewing (Stow, Massachusetts); Richard J. Nelson (Brookline, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-band direct prism comprising at least first and second prismatic elements of disparate refractive indices facilitates the contemporaneous analysis of dispersed emergent light energy within at least two distinct and predetermined sets of energy wavelengths wherein one wavelength within each of the at least two wavelength sets emerges from the direct vision prism with no net angular deviation. |
| FILED | Saturday, May 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/440875 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/615 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936215 | Price 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) | Ronald R. Price (Stevenville, Maryland); Joel M. Schnur (Burke, Virginia); Banahalli R. Ratna (Springfield, Virginia); Mark S. Spector (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The wall thickness of lipid microtubules are controlled by selecting a methanol/water system and determining the required amount of a lipid to form the desired wall thickness. The lipid is dissolved in a small portion of the heated methanol and that clear solution is added to the remaining amount of the heated methanol/water system. By slowly cooling the solution, microtubules are formed which have the desired wall thickness. Preferred microtubules have a wall thickness of just 2 bilayers and they are robust so they can be further coated. They can be made with a large aspect ratio and with lengths of greater than 250 microns. The process permits production of microtubules in very high yields. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 27, 1996 |
| APPL NO | 08/703608 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936311 | Ringeisen 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) | Bradley R. Ringeisen (Alexandria, Virginia); Douglas B. Chrisey (Bowie, Maryland); Alberto Pique (Crofton, Maryland); R. Andrew McGill (Lorton, Virginia); David Krizman (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for creating a microarray of biomaterial uses a source of laser energy, a receiving substrate, and a target substrate. The target substrate comprises a laser-transparent support having a laser-facing surface and a support surface. The target substrate also comprises a composite material having a back surface in contact with the support surface and a front surface. The composite material comprises a mixture of the biomaterial to be deposited and a matrix material. The matrix material is a material that has the property that, when it is exposed to laser energy, it desorbs from the laser-transparent support. The source of laser energy is positioned in relation to the target substrate so that laser energy is directed through the laser-facing surface of the target substrate and through the laser-transparent support to strike the composite material at a defined target location. The receiving substrate is positioned in a spaced relation to the target substrate. The source of laser energy has sufficient energy to desorb the composite material at the defined target location, causing the composite material to desorb from the defined target location and be lifted from the support surface of the laser-transparent support. The composite material is deposited at a defined receiving location on the receiving substrate. The steps are repeated at successive defined target locations and successive defined receiving locations such that the composite material is deposited in a microarray of deposited composite material. The method is useful for creating, for example, a gene recognition array, |
| FILED | Friday, February 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/068364 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/596 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936398 | Fedynyshyn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore H. Fedynyshyn (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel photoresists containing at least about 0.2 molar ratio of a base with respect to the concentration of a photoacid generator present and their preparation are described. It has been discovered that inclusion of a sufficient amount of base counteracts the detrimental effects of photoacid generators, thus providing resists having submicron linewidth resolution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/851952 |
| ART UNIT | 1752 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/270.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936447 | Pearson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); University of Rochester (Rochester, New York); Ithaca College (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Pearson (Iowa City, Iowa); Kendall M. Gray (Iowa City, Iowa); Luciano Passador (Rochester, New York); Kenneth D. Tucker (Germantown, Maryland); Anatol Eberhard (Brooktondale, New York); Barbara H. Iglewski (Fairport, New York); Everett P. Greenberg (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Autoinducer molecules, e.g., N-(3-oxododecanoyl)homoserine lactone, for Pseudomonas aeruginosa are described. The molecules regulate gene expression in the bacterium. Therapeutic compositions and therapeutic methods involving analogs and/or inhibitors of the autoinducer molecules also are described. The molecules are useful for treating or preventing infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. |
| FILED | Monday, April 03, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/541873 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936456 | Brodman 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) | Bruce W. Brodman (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Sheng-Yih Lee (Kearny, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel process for the remediation of nitrogenous energetic materials such as 1,3,5,-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) which can be used in situ on contaminated media is provided. The process comprises the bioremediation by one or more miccroorganisms capable of metabolizing the energetic materials. Examples of such microorganisms include Rhizobium rhizogenes, Burkholderia sp., and Cladosporium cladosporioides (ATCC 66669). Strains of these microorganisms have been deposited. The strain designated A1 has been deposited as Rhizobium rhizogenes BL (ATCC PTA-4110) and the strain designated C8 has been deposited as Burkholderia sp. (ATCC PTA-4111) Additionally, with the addition of a carbon source, such as a sugar, the process can totally degrade the energetic materials in two to three days. |
| FILED | Monday, August 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/064661 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936493 | Michalicek |
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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) | Mark A. Michalicek (USAFA, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A micromechanical latching system usable to achieve small element stabilization during and following the fabrication of a MEMS device. Realization of sliding latching elements from semiconductor materials such as polysilicon using integrated circuit techniques is included. Provisions for manual manipulation of the latching elements between unlatched and latched conditions are also included along with two exemplary MEMS device applications of the latching system. The achieved latching system contributes to substrate interference free improved flip-chip fabrication of Integrated Microsystem micromechanical devices by way enabling improved alignment accuracy processing. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/690157 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936763 | Rizzo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas D. Rizzo (Gilbert, Arizona); Mark A. Durlam (Chandler, Arizona); Michael J. Roll (Scottsdale, Arizona); Kelly Kyler (Mesa, Arizona); Jaynal A. Molla (Gilbert, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Shielded electronic integrated circuit apparatus (5) includes a substrate (10), with an eletronic integrated circuit (15) formed thereon, and a dielectric region (12) positioned on the electronic integrated circuit. The dielectric region and the substrate are substantially surrounded by lower and upper magnetic material regions (26, 30), deposited using electrochemical deposition, and magnetic material layers on each side (32, 34). Each of the lower and upper magnetic material regions preferably include a glue layer (36, 40), a seed layer (28, 24), and an electrochemically deposited magnetic material layer (26, 30). Generally, the electrochemically deposited magnetic material layer can be conveniently deposited by electroplating. |
| FILED | Friday, June 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/184536 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/35.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936900 | Braddock, IV |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Osemi, Inc. (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter David Braddock, IV (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-aligned enhancement mode metal-oxide-compound semiconductor field effect transistor (10) includes a lower oxide layer that is a mixture of Ga2O, Ga2O3, and other gallium oxide compounds (30), and a second insulating layer that is positioned immediately on top of the gallium oxygen layer together positioned on upper surface (14) of a III-V compound semiconductor wafer structure (13). Together the lower gallium oxide compound layer and the second insulating layer form a gallium oxide gate insulating structure. The gallium oxide gate insulating structure and underlying compound semiconductor gallium arsenide layer (15) meet at an atomically abrupt interface at the surface of with the compound semiconductor wafer structure (14). The initial essentially gallium oxygen layer serves to passivate and protect the underlying compound semiconductor surface from the second insulating oxide layer. A refractory metal gate electrode layer (17) is positioned on upper surface (18) of the second insulating oxide layer. The refractory metal is stable on the second insulating oxide layer at elevated temperature. Self-aligned source and drain areas, and source and drain contacts (19, 20) are positioned on the source and drain areas (21, 22) of the device. Multiple devices are then positioned in proximity and the appropriate interconnection metal layers and insulators are utilized in concert with other passive circuit elements to form a integrated circuit structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/636484 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936955 | Smela et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Santa Fe Science and Technology, Inc. (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elisabeth Smela (Silver Spring, Maryland); Mark W. Tilden (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Benjamin R. Mattes (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A conjugated polymer actuator having attached electrodes is described wherein direct electrical stimulation induces changes in the dimensions and mechanical properties thereof without the need for electrolytes or counter electrodes. |
| FILED | Monday, July 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/918293 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936981 | Gesley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Alan Gesley (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple electron beam pattern generator includes a multiple electron beam source to generate a plurality of electron beams that are modulated according to a pattern. An anode accelerates the electron beams, and then a beam retarding system generates a retarding electric potential about the electron beams to decrease the kinetic energy of the electron beams substantially near a substrate. A beam scanner scans the electron beams across the substrate. A substrate support supports the substrate, and a pattern is generated on the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/291292 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937002 | Pope et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John Pope (Laramie, Wyoming); Daniel Buttry (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus employ the use of arrays (301, 902) of two or more electronically-discrete electrodes (1, 2, 3 . . . ) to facilitate high-throughput preparation and testing of materials comprising two or more elements. High rates of deposition, synthesis and/or analysis of materials are achieved with the use of arrays of electrodes whereby desired materials are developed. The high rate synthesis and/or analysis of an array of materials uses deposition control techniques in conjunction with the electrode array to develop a meaningful array of materials and to analyze the materials for desired characteristics to develop one or more materials with desired characteristics. The use of an array of electrodes enables high-throughput development of materials having scientific and economic advantages. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/681285 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/71.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937026 | Lindley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronnie J. Lindley (Canton, Texas); Todd D. Ward (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a voltage conditioning interface module to condition an electrical signal locally. This module receives the unsafe electrical signal at an input port. This input port is electrically coupled to an external sampling point on an electrical circuit or system under test. A conditioning circuit having both a voltage reducing circuit and a voltage limiting circuit provides a reduced voltage. The voltage limiting circuit is in parallel with the output terminals that output the reduced voltage. This arrangement ensures that when a circuit element within the voltage reducing circuit fails, an unsafe condition does not exist across these terminals. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/659890 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/522 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937115 | Perreault et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Perreault (Brookline, Massachusetts); Joshua W. Phinney (Somerville, Massachusetts); Timothy C. Neugebauer (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical component includes a capacitive impedance and a shunt path inductance cancellation feature provided by coupled windings. A filter having a capacitor with capacitor-path inductance cancellation provides enhanced performance over frequency compared with conventional capacitors. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/082616 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937175 | Cruz-Albrecht et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose M. Cruz-Albrecht (Oak Park, California); Kenneth R. Elliott (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment of the present invention, an amplifier circuit is provided which includes a predistorter coupled to a power amplifier. An error detector is coupled to the signal input of the predistorter via a delay circuit and to the power amplifier output. The error detector output is coupled to a delta-sigma modulator and the output of the delta-sigma is coupled to the control input of the predistorter. The predistorter may be constructed to provide an output selected from a set of output characteristic curves, in response to a control signal at the control input. The control input of the predistorter may be a multi-bit discrete input, which may be a binary input, such as for example, a three bit binary input. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/830736 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/143 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937186 | Dybdal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert B. Dybdal (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Denny D. Pidhayny (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for main beam alignment verification includes providing data pertaining to one or more patterns associated with an antenna, measuring power levels of a signal acquired by the antenna, and comparing the measured power levels with the data to determine whether a direction of the signal is incident upon a main beam of the antenna. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875025 |
| 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 342/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937350 | Shirley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lyle Shirley (Boxboro, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring thickness variations of an object having first and second opposing surfaces. The apparatus includes a first source positioned to project a first fringe pattern at a first location on the first surface and a second source positioned to project a second fringe pattern at a first location on the second surface. The apparatus further includes a first detector positioned to detect the first fringe pattern at the first location on the first surface, the first detector generating a first signal in response to the first fringe pattern at the first location. The apparatus also includes a second detector positioned to detect the second fringe pattern at the first location on the second surface, the second detector generating a second signal in response to the second fringe pattern at the first location. The apparatus further includes a processor adapted to calculate variations in the thickness of the object in response to the first and the second signals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/180679 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/630 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937626 | Lou 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) | Janet Lou (Alexandria, Virginia); Thomas Clark (Columbia, Maryland); Marc Currie (Arlington, Virginia); Thomas Carruthers (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple wavelength laser apparatus is taught to select wavelengths for simultaneous generation of short pulses at multiple wavelengths having application in wavelength-division-multiplexed communications systems, photonic microwave systems, and pump-probe applications. The multiple wavelength laser comprises an optical fiber lasing material, a laser pump source connected to said lasing material for outputting coherent light, a splitter for dividing said coherent light into parallel paths of differing wavelengths, parallel band pass filters for selecting multiple wavelengths, and parallel Faraday mirrors for operating the multiple wavelength laser in a single polarization state. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/245635 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937782 | Robinson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan S. Robinson (Belmont, Massachusetts); Shelby J. Savage (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Scott A. Hamilton (Newton, Massachusetts); Erich P. Ippen (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is an all-optical switch that is significantly insensitive to polarization instabilities. The optical switch can be configured as an ultrafast logic gate, a switch for ultrafast communication systems or a key component of an all-optical regenerator. Performance is independent of the statistical characteristics of the data controlling the switch. The switch includes a birefringent optical channel in communication with one end of a nonlinear optical channel through a coupler and a polarization rotation mirror in communication with the other end of the nonlinear channel. An optical data pulse for controlling the switching function is provided to one port of the coupler. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/420501 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06936243 | Snyder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Washington (Seattle, Washington); Cell Genesys, Inc. (Foster City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard O. Snyder (Oakland, California); Lawrence K. Cohen (Oakland, California); Mark A. Kay (Seattle, Washington); Olivier Danos (Fontainebleau, France); Arthur R. Thompson (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention provides methods of expressing polynucleotides in the cells of the liver comprising administering viral particles comprising a recombinant AAV vector into a mammal, preferably a human. |
| FILED | Monday, May 22, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/576858 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936261 | Granoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Hospital and Research Center at Oakland (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan Granoff (Berkeley, California); Gregory R. Moe (Alameda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally provides methods and vaccines for the prevention of diseases caused by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, particularly serogroup B strains. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/917222 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/249.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936298 | Chaikof et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elliot L. Chaikof (Atlanta, Georgia); June Feng (Duluth, Georgia); Janine M. Orban (Warsaw, Indiana); Hongbo Liu (Willimantic, Connecticut); Xue-Long Sun (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present Specification describes materials and methods which provide for improved performance of medical prostheses, including vascular graft material, artificial heart valves, and other implanted materials. The materials comprising bound thrombomodulin or a functionally equivalent derivative protein, provide for fewer undesirable side effects including inflammation, thromboses and neointimal hyperplasia. |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/257805 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936433 | Akeson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Akeson (Santa Cruz, California); Wenonah Vercoutere (Santa Cruz, California); David Haussler (Santa Cruz, California); Stephen Winters-Hilt (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices are provided for characterizing a duplex nucleic acid, e.g., a duplex DNA molecule. In the subject methods, a fluid conducting medium that includes a duplex nucleic acid molecule is contacted with a nanopore under the influence of an applied electric field and the resulting changes in current through the nanopore caused by the duplex nucleic acid molecule are monitored. The observed changes in current through the nanopore are then employed as a set of data values to characterize the duplex nucleic acid, where the set of data values may be employed in raw form or manipulated, e.g., into a current blockade profile. Also provided are nanopore devices for practicing the subject methods, where the subject nanopore devices are characterized by the presence of an algorithm which directs a processing means to employ monitored changes in current through a nanopore to characterize a duplex nucleic acid molecule responsible for the current changes. The subject methods and devices find use in a variety of applications, including, among other applications, the identification of an analyte duplex DNA molecule in a sample, the specific base sequence at a single nulceotide polymorphism (SNP), and the sequencing of duplex DNA molecules. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/990102 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936443 | Cohenford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cytyc Corporation (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Menashi A. Cohenford (West Warwick, Rhode Island); Brian Lentrichia (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides materials and methods for detection and typing of HPV infection using PNA probes. More specifically, methods are provided for detecting high-risk types of HPV infection with minimal numbers of PNA probes or using PNA probes to selectively amplify only high-risk types of HPV. Novel primer sequences are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/286387 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — 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 435/91.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936447 | Pearson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); University of Rochester (Rochester, New York); Ithaca College (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Pearson (Iowa City, Iowa); Kendall M. Gray (Iowa City, Iowa); Luciano Passador (Rochester, New York); Kenneth D. Tucker (Germantown, Maryland); Anatol Eberhard (Brooktondale, New York); Barbara H. Iglewski (Fairport, New York); Everett P. Greenberg (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Autoinducer molecules, e.g., N-(3-oxododecanoyl)homoserine lactone, for Pseudomonas aeruginosa are described. The molecules regulate gene expression in the bacterium. Therapeutic compositions and therapeutic methods involving analogs and/or inhibitors of the autoinducer molecules also are described. The molecules are useful for treating or preventing infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. |
| FILED | Monday, April 03, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/541873 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936448 | Holmes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Bothell, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric H. Holmes (Bothell, Washington); Anne L. Sherwood (Mountlake Terrace, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A rat ganglioside GM1-specific α1→2fucosyltransferase is disclosed. Nucleotide sequences of a rat ganglioside GM1-specific α1→2fucosyltransferase, amino acid sequences of its encoded protein (including peptide or polypeptide), and derivatives thereof are described. Also described are fragments (and derivatives and analogs thereof) which comprise a domain of rat ganglioside GM1-specific α1→2fucosyltransferase with catalytic activity. Methods of production of rat ganglioside GM1-specific α1→2fucosyltransferase and derivatives and analogs thereof (e.g. by recombinant means) are provided. Methods of inhibiting the function of rat ganglioside GM1-specific α1→2fucosyltransferase (e.g. by means of antisense RNA) are provided. Methods of commercial scale use of the rat ganglioside GM1-specific α1→2fucosyltransferase in the production of fucosyl-saccharide compositions are described. Applications of these compositions, e.g. as additives for human nutritive compositions or immunotherapeutics for cancer, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/040863 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936467 | Kmiec et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric B. Kmiec (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); Howard B. Gamper (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael C. Rice (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Presented are methods and compositions for targeted chromosomal genomic alterations using modified single-stranded oligonucleotides. The oligonucleotides of the invention have at least one modified nuclease-resistant terminal region comprising phosphorothioate linkages, LNA analogs or 2′-O-Me base analogs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/818875 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936599 | Voskuhl |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rhonda R. Voskuhl (West Hollywood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses administering steroid hormones to mammals to treat autoimmune related diseases, more particularly, Th1-mediated (cell-mediated) autoimmune diseases including: multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), autoimmune thyroiditis and uveitis. Most preferably the invention is used to treat a patient with a therapeutically effective amount of estriol of 8 milligrams once daily via oral administration to treat the symptoms or prevent the onset of multiple sclerosis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/131834 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936637 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard R. Johnson (Memphis, Tennessee); Ramesh M. Ray (Cordova, Tennessee); Mary Jane Viar (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Treatment of normal, non-cancerous, animal cells with an agent that depletes polyamines within the cells results in an inhibition of apoptosis when the cells are exposed to an inducer of apoptosis. This inhibition of apoptosis is not observed, or is observed to a lesser extent, in similarly treated cancerous cells. The method of the invention is useful in obtaining preferential killing of cancer cells, as opposed to normal cells, due to anti-cancer therapy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/263402 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/564 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936639 | Wink et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (Shreveport, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Wink (Hagerstown, Maryland); Martin Feelisch (Shreveport, Louisiana); David A. Kass (Columbia, Maryland); Nazareno Paolocci (Baltimore, Maryland); Katrina Miranda (Tucson, Arizona); Jon Fukuto (Agoura, California); Tatsuo Katori (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Administration of an HNO/NO− donating compound, such as Angeli's salt, increases myocardial contractility while concomitantly lowering left ventricular preload in subjects experiencing heart failure Moreover, administration of the HNO/NO− donating compound isopropylamine (IPA)/NO (Na(CH3)2CHNHN(O)NO) surprisingly exhibited positive inotropic effects in subjects experiencing heart failure that were superior to those caused by the HNO/NO− donating compound Angeli's salt. Additionally, in contrast to the effects observed with NO− donors, administration of an HNO/NO− donor in combination with a positive inotropic agent did not impair the positive inotropic effect of the positive inotropic agent Further, HNO/NO− exerts its positive inotropic effect independent of the adrenergic system, increasing contractility even in subjects receiving beta-antagonist therapy |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/226412 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/575 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936689 | Fasano |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alessio Fasano (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptide antagonists of zonulin are disclosed, as well as methods for the use of the same. The peptide antagonists bind to the zonula occludens receptor, yet do not physiologically modulate the opening of mammalian tight junctions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/648642 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936704 | Freeman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gordon Freeman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Vassiliki Boussiotis (Brookline, Massachusetts); Tatyana Chernova (Brighton, Massachusetts); Nelly Malenkovich (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated B7-4 nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel B7-4 polypeptides. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing B7-4 nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and nonhuman transgenic animals in which a B7-4 gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated B7-4 proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-B7-4 antibodies. Diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 23, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/644934 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936714 | Danishefsky 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) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Bishan Zhou (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of the saframycin-ecteinascidin series with cytotoxic properties having the following general formula, their uses and synthesis, are disclosed: wherein R1 and R4 is H, a C1 to C4 alkyl group, or an acyl group; wherein R2 is an ether, ester, amide, or a phthalimide group; wherein R3 is ═O, OH, an ether group, an acyl group such as OC(O)Me, OC(O)Bn and OC(O)Et, or a sulfide group; wherein R5 is H, halogen, OH, an ether group, an acyl group, or an amide group; wherein R6 is ═O, OH, OCH3, CN, or an acyloxy group; wherein R7, is ═O, OH, halogen, an ether group, or an acyl group; wherein R8 and R9 are independently H, CH3, OCH3, OC2H5, CF3, halogen such as Br and F, or R8 and R9 are joined together as a methylenedioxy group, or other five or six membered ring; wherein R10 and R11 are independently CH3, OCH3, OC2H5, SCH3, or SC2H5; wherein R12 is H, a C1 to C4 alkyl group, or an acyl group; and wherein the chiral center marked * has the R or the S configuration. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/728580 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/342 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936822 | Wong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wai-Hoi Wong (Houston, Texas); Hongdi Li (Houston, Texas); Jorge Uribe (Houston, Texas); Hossain Baghaei (Sugarland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for obtaining position and energy information without pileup. Signal integration, which is triggered by a present event, stops when a subsequent event is detected. A weighted value for estimating the total energy in a scintillation is calculated, which includes the energy of the current event and a residual energy from previous events. Remnant correction is used to calculate a pile-up free energy from two consecutive weighted values. An analog filter may be applied to reduce noise. Dynamic digital weighting of integrated values, and/or digital integration may be used during data processing. Pileup can be avoided in conjunction with several types of applications, including multi-zone detector applications and coincidence detection applications. High-resolution timing techniques are also disclosed that facilitate one's ability to avoid pileup. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/981681 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/363.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937776 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiang Li (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Kunio Doi (Willowbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and computer program product for evaluating an image including an object, including filtering image data derived from the image with a first geometric enhancement filter having magnitude and likelihood filter components so as to produce first filtered image data in which a first geometric pattern is enhanced. Thereafter the filtered image data can be subjected to processing to derive a measure indicative of the presence of the object in the image, including determining a region of interest in the image, extracting at least one feature from the first filtered image data from within the region of interest, and applying the at least one extracted feature to a classifier configured to output the measure indicative of the presence of the object in the image. The image data can also be subjected to filtering with second and/or third geometric filters which enhance different geometric patterns, and which produce respective filtered data which are also processed to derive the measure indicative of the presence of the object. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/355147 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937884 | Barbour |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Barbour (Glen Head, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for imaging the dynamics of a scattering medium (116) is provided. The method and system generates contrast and resolution enhanced images of dynamic properties of a medium having a temporal signature by using time series analysis methods on a time series of collected data or time series of images to extract and isolate dynamic properties of the medium (116). |
| FILED | Thursday, September 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/088190 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/473 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06935323 | Waters et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Howard Waters (Normal, Illinois); Anthony Kok-Fai Chan (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for firing a spark plug is disclosed. The system includes a timing controller configured to send a first timing signal and a second timing signal. The system also includes an ignition transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding and a spark-plug that is operably associated with the secondary winding. A first switching element is disposed between the timing controller and the primary winding of the ignition transformer. The first switching element controls a supply of power to the primary winding based on the first timing signal. Also, a second switching element is disposed between the timing controller and the primary winding of the ignition transformer. The second switching element controls the supply of power to the primary winding based on the second timing signal. A method for firing a spark plug is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/609565 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/650 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936182 | Rushford |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Rushford (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of imagewise etching the surface of a substrate, such as thin glass, in a parallel process. The substrate surface is placed in contact with an etchant solution which increases in etch rate with temperature. A local thermal gradient is then generated in each of a plurality of selected local regions of a boundary layer of the etchant solution to imagewise etch the substrate surface in a parallel process. In one embodiment, the local thermal gradient is a local heating gradient produced at selected addresses chosen from an indexed array of addresses. The activation of each of the selected addresses is independently controlled by a computer processor so as to imagewise etch the substrate surface at region-specific etch rates. Moreover, etching progress is preferably concurrently monitored in real time over the entire surface area by an interferometer so as to deterministically control the computer processor to image-wise figure the substrate surface where needed. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/087493 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936237 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yong Wang (Richland, Washington); Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich (Marysville, Ohio); Jianli Hu (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides catalysts, reactors, and methods of steam reforming alcohols over a catalyst. Surprisingly superior results and properties obtained in methods and catalysts of the present invention are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, February 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/788294 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/652 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936433 | Akeson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Akeson (Santa Cruz, California); Wenonah Vercoutere (Santa Cruz, California); David Haussler (Santa Cruz, California); Stephen Winters-Hilt (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices are provided for characterizing a duplex nucleic acid, e.g., a duplex DNA molecule. In the subject methods, a fluid conducting medium that includes a duplex nucleic acid molecule is contacted with a nanopore under the influence of an applied electric field and the resulting changes in current through the nanopore caused by the duplex nucleic acid molecule are monitored. The observed changes in current through the nanopore are then employed as a set of data values to characterize the duplex nucleic acid, where the set of data values may be employed in raw form or manipulated, e.g., into a current blockade profile. Also provided are nanopore devices for practicing the subject methods, where the subject nanopore devices are characterized by the presence of an algorithm which directs a processing means to employ monitored changes in current through a nanopore to characterize a duplex nucleic acid molecule responsible for the current changes. The subject methods and devices find use in a variety of applications, including, among other applications, the identification of an analyte duplex DNA molecule in a sample, the specific base sequence at a single nulceotide polymorphism (SNP), and the sequencing of duplex DNA molecules. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/990102 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936701 | Bertozzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carolyn Bertozzi (Albany, California); Kevin J. Yarema (Albany, California); Lara K. Mahal (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for making the functionalized glycoconjugates include (a) contacting a cell with a first monosaccharide, and (b) incubating the cell under conditions whereby the cell (i) internalizes the first monosaccharide, (ii) biochemically processes the first monosaccharide into a second saccharide, (iii) conjugates the saccharide to a carrier to form a glycoconjugate, and (iv) extracellularly expresses the glycoconjugate to form an extracellular glycoconjugate comprising a selectively reactive functional group. Methods for forming products at a cell further comprise contacting the functional group of the extracellularly expressed glycoconjugate with an agent which selectively reacts with the functional group to form a product. Subject compositions include cyto-compatible monosaccharides comprising a nitrogen or ether linked functional group selectively reactive at a cell surface and compositions and cells comprising such saccharides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/254180 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/17.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936728 | Somerville et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia); Monsanto Company, Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris Somerville (Portola Valley, California); Pierre Broun (Burlingame, California); Frank van de Loo (Weston, Australia); Sekhar S. Boddupalli (Manchester, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to plant fatty acyl hydroxylases. Methods to use conserved amino acid or nucleotide sequences to obtain plant fatty acyl hydroxylases are described. Also described is the use of cDNA clones encoding a plant hydroxylase to produce a family of hydroxylated fatty acids in transgenic plants. In addition, the use of genes encoding fatty acid hydroxylases or desaturases to alter the level of lipid fatty acid unsaturation in transgenic plants is described. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/885189 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/8 |
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| US 06937079 | Zhao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peiyi Zhao (Lafayette, Louisiana); Tarek Darwish (Lafayette, Louisiana); Magdy Bayoumi (Lafayette, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a low power, high performance flip-flop. The flip-flop uses only one clocked transistor. The single clocked transistor is shared by the first and second branches of the device. A pulse generator produces a clock pulse to trigger the flip-flop. In one preferred embodiment the device can be made as a static explicit pulsed flip-flop which employs only two clocked transistors. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/628737 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/200 |
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| US 06937636 | Beach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond J. Beach (Livermore, California); Eric C. Honea (Sunol, California); Stephen A. Payne (Castro Valley, California); Ian Mercer (London, United Kingdom); Michael D. Perry (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | By tapering the diameter of a flanged barrel laser rod over its length, the maximum trapped path length of a barrel mode can be dramatically reduced, thereby reducing the ability of the trapped spontaneous emission to negatively impact laser performance through amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). Laser rods with polished barrels and flanged end caps have found increasing application in diode array end-pumped laser systems. The polished barrel of the rod serves to confine diode array pump light within the rod. In systems utilizing an end-pumping geometry and such polished barrel laser rods, the pump light that is introduced into one or both ends of the laser rod, is ducted down the length of the rod via the total internal reflections (TIRs) that occur when the light strikes the rod's barrel. A disadvantage of using polished barrel laser rods is that such rods are very susceptible to barrel mode paths that can trap spontaneous emission over long path lengths. This trapped spontaneous emission can then be amplified through stimulated emission resulting in a situation where the stored energy available to the desired lasing mode is effectively depleted, which then negatively impacts the laser's performance, a result that is effectively reduced by introducing a taper onto the laser rod. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 29, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/651658 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937765 | Skourikhine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexei N. Skourikhine (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Lakshman Prasad (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Contours are extracted for representing a pixelated object in a background pixel field. An object pixel is located that is the start of a new contour for the object and identifying that pixel as the first pixel of the new contour. A first contour point is then located on the mid-point of a transition edge of the first pixel. A tracing direction from the first contour point is determined for tracing the new contour. Contour points on mid-points of pixel transition edges are sequentially located along the tracing direction until the first contour point is again encountered to complete tracing the new contour. The new contour is then added to a list of extracted contours that represent the object. The contour extraction process associates regions and contours by labeling all the contours belonging to the same object with the same label. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/388680 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/199 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06938049 | Kamath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chandrika Kamath (Tracy, California); Erick Cantu-Paz (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for decision tree ensembles that includes a module to read the data, a module to sort the data, a module to evaluate a potential split of the data according to some criterion using a random sample of the data, a module to split the data, and a module to combine multiple decision trees in ensembles. The decision tree method is based on statistical sampling techniques and includes the steps of reading the data; sorting the data; evaluating a potential split according to some criterion using a random sample of the data, splitting the data, and combining multiple decision trees in ensembles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/167892 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06935165 | Bashir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rashid Bashir (West Lafeyette, Indiana); Nicholas A. Peppas (Austin, Texas); James Z. Hilt (Austin, Texas); Amit K. Gupta (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A monitoring apparatus useful in detecting viability of biological cells. A substrate defines a microscopic chamber. One or more microcantilevers extend from the substrate into the chamber. A detector is operatively connected to the microcantilevers for sensing a state of deformation thereof. On each microcantilevers is deposited a layer of an environmentally sensitive hydrogel polymer having a configuration changing in accordance with presence of an environmental parameter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/389023 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/64.530 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936118 | Ando et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts); Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teiichi Ando (Belmont, Massachusetts); Charalabos Doumanidis (Vienna, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Precursor-based methods for the production of metal-matrix composite (MMC) coatings on steel and aluminum substrates for improved wear, corrosion and oxidation resistance have been made. Wire and surface precursors are deposited on the substrate by controlled thermal processing using plasma-arc, laser and high-density infrared radiation. The temperature distribution during the formation for coating is controlled by a real tine adaptive control method. The wire precursors produced by continuous pressure infiltration of SiC or mullite fiber with aluminum were used. Steel substrates double-layer plated with binary metals including nickel and aluminum are also thermal-processed to in-situ produce compound such as nickel aluminide coatings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/215061 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/522 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936435 | Bassler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); University Technologies Internat. (Alberta, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bonnie L. Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Michael G. Surette (Calgary, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The production of a purified extracellular bacterial signal called autoinducer-2 is regulated by changes in environmental conditions associated with a shift from a free-living existence to a colonizing or pathogenic existence in a host organism. Autoinducer-2 stimulates LuxQ luminescence genes, and is believed also to stimulate a variety of pathogenesis related genes in the bacterial species that produce it. A new class of bacterial genes is involved in the biosynthesis of autoinducer-2. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/961458 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/32 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936447 | Pearson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); University of Rochester (Rochester, New York); Ithaca College (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Pearson (Iowa City, Iowa); Kendall M. Gray (Iowa City, Iowa); Luciano Passador (Rochester, New York); Kenneth D. Tucker (Germantown, Maryland); Anatol Eberhard (Brooktondale, New York); Barbara H. Iglewski (Fairport, New York); Everett P. Greenberg (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Autoinducer molecules, e.g., N-(3-oxododecanoyl)homoserine lactone, for Pseudomonas aeruginosa are described. The molecules regulate gene expression in the bacterium. Therapeutic compositions and therapeutic methods involving analogs and/or inhibitors of the autoinducer molecules also are described. The molecules are useful for treating or preventing infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. |
| FILED | Monday, April 03, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/541873 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936454 | Kelly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina); The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Kelly (Cary, North Carolina); Saad A. Khan (Raleigh, North Carolina); Pascal Leduc (Raleigh, North Carolina); Akash Tayal (Raleigh, North Carolina); Robert K. Prud'homme (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fracturing a subterranean formation which surrounds a well bore comprises the steps of providing a fracturing fluid, and injecting the fracturing fluid into the well bore at a pressure sufficient to form fractures in the subterranean formation which surrounds the well bore. The pressure is then released from the fracturing fluid, after which the fluid may be removed from the well and the well placed into production. The fracturing fluid comprises an aqueous liquid, a polysaccharide soluble or dispersible in the aqueous liquid in an amount sufficient to increase the viscosity of the aqueous liquid, an enzyme breaker which degrades said polysaccharide at a temperature above 180° F. Fracturing fluid compositions and enzyme breaker systems useful for carrying out the invention are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/150293 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/208 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936728 | Somerville et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia); Monsanto Company, Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chris Somerville (Portola Valley, California); Pierre Broun (Burlingame, California); Frank van de Loo (Weston, Australia); Sekhar S. Boddupalli (Manchester, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to plant fatty acyl hydroxylases. Methods to use conserved amino acid or nucleotide sequences to obtain plant fatty acyl hydroxylases are described. Also described is the use of cDNA clones encoding a plant hydroxylase to produce a family of hydroxylated fatty acids in transgenic plants. In addition, the use of genes encoding fatty acid hydroxylases or desaturases to alter the level of lipid fatty acid unsaturation in transgenic plants is described. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/885189 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06936122 | Kolasinski |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Kolasinski (Greenbelt, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembly for supporting a fiber optic termination or connector in a centrifuge and comprising a cylindrical body member having a top portion adapted to receive the ferrule body portion of a fiber optic termination or connector and a bottom portion for receiving a cylindrical piston/sealing unit. The piston portion of the piston/sealing unit includes a compressible tip which is adapted to a butt up against the outer end of the ferrule body portion of the fiber optic termination or connector. A cylindrical end cap fits over the upper end of the body member for holding the fiber optic termination in place on the body member and causing a seal to be formed between the termination or connector and the upper portion of the body member adjacent the compressible tip of the plunger. The parts, when fitted together, are placed in a centrifuge which is operated for a predetermined spin cycle, so as to cause any bubbles in the uncured liquid adhesive to be vented outwardly from the termination through the end cap. Subsequent removal of the fiber optic termination or connector from the centrifuge and assembly is “bubble free” and ready to be joined with an optical fiber which is inserted in the ferrule end of the termination or connector. |
| FILED | Friday, August 31, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/947092 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/74 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937331 | Nguyen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Quang-Viet Nguyen (Richmond Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention presents a high-speed electromechanical shutter which has at least two rotary beam choppers that are synchronized using a phase-locked loop electronic control to reduce the duty cycle. These choppers have blade means that can comprise discs or drums, each having about 60 (+/−15) slots which are from about 0.3 to about 0.8 mm wide and about 5 to about 20 mm long (radially) which are evenly distributed through out 360°, and a third rotary chopper which is optically aligned has a small number of slots, such as for example, 1 to 10 slots which are about 1 to about 2 mm wide and about 5 to about 20 mm long (radially). Further the blade means include phase slots that allow the blade means to be phase locked using a closed loop control circuit. In addition, in a preferred embodiment, the system also has a leaf shutter. Thus the invention preferably achieves a gate width of less than about 100 microseconds, using motors that operate at 3000 to 10,000 rpm, and with a phase jitter of less than about 1.5 microseconds, and further using an aperture with more than about 75% optical transmission with a clear aperture of about 0.8 mm×10 mm. The system can be synchronized to external sources at 0 6 kHz lasers, data acquisition systems, and cameras. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/356932 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937924 | Statler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irving C. Statler (Mountain View, California); Thomas A. Ferryman (Richland, Washington); Brett G. Amidan (Kennewick, Washington); Paul D. Whitney (Richland, Washington); Amanda M. White (Kennewick, Washington); Alan R. Willse (Richland, Washington); Scott K. Cooley (Kennewick, Washington); Joseph Griffith Jay (Corvallis, Oregon); Robert E. Lawrence (Los Altos, California); Chris Mosbrucker (Corvallis, Oregon); Loren J. Rosenthal (Los Gatos, California); Robert E. Lynch (San Carlos, California); Thomas R. Chidester (Mountain View, California); Gary L. Prothero (Corvallis, Oregon); Adi L. Andrei (Corvallis, Oregon); Timothy P. Romanowski (Corvallis, Oregon); Daniel E. Robin (Corvallis, Oregon); Jason W. Prothero (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for analyzing aircraft data, including multiple selected flight parameters for a selected phase of a selected flight, and for determining when the selected phase of the selected flight is atypical, when compared with corresponding data for the same phase for other similar flights. A flight signature is computed using continuous-valued and discrete-valued flight parameters for the selected flight parameters and is optionally compared with a statistical distribution of other observed flight signatures, yielding atypicality scores for the same phase for other similar flights. A cluster analysis is optionally applied to the flight signatures to define an optimal collection of clusters. A level of atypicality for a selected flight is estimated, based upon an index associated with the cluster analysis. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/857376 |
| 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 71/14 |
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| US 06938106 | Ellerbrock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip J. Ellerbrock (Bridgeton, Missouri); Robert L. Grant (St. Peters, Missouri); Daniel W. Konz (Hazelwood, Missouri); Joseph P. Winkelmann (St. Peters, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a network device interface and method for digitally connecting a plurality of data channels, such as sensors, actuators, and subsystems, to a controller using a network bus. The network device interface interprets commands and data received from the controller and polls the data channels in accordance with these commands. Specifically, the network device interface receives digital commands and data from the controller, and based on these commands and data, communicates with the data channels to either retrieve data in the case of a sensor or send data to activate an actuator. Data retrieved from the sensor is then converted by the network device interface into digital signals and transmitted back to the controller. In one advantageous embodiment, the network device interface uses a specialized protocol for communicating across the network bus that uses a low-level instruction set and has low overhead for data communication. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/728664 |
| ART UNIT | 2111 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 06935757 | Mooney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Solid State Scientific Corporation (Hollis, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan M. Mooney (Irvine, California); William S. Ewing (Stow, Massachusetts); Richard J. Nelson (Brookline, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-band direct prism comprising at least first and second prismatic elements of disparate refractive indices facilitates the contemporaneous analysis of dispersed emergent light energy within at least two distinct and predetermined sets of energy wavelengths wherein one wavelength within each of the at least two wavelength sets emerges from the direct vision prism with no net angular deviation. |
| FILED | Saturday, May 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/440875 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/615 |
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| US 06936398 | Fedynyshyn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore H. Fedynyshyn (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel photoresists containing at least about 0.2 molar ratio of a base with respect to the concentration of a photoacid generator present and their preparation are described. It has been discovered that inclusion of a sufficient amount of base counteracts the detrimental effects of photoacid generators, thus providing resists having submicron linewidth resolution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/851952 |
| ART UNIT | 1752 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/270.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06937350 | Shirley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lyle Shirley (Boxboro, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring thickness variations of an object having first and second opposing surfaces. The apparatus includes a first source positioned to project a first fringe pattern at a first location on the first surface and a second source positioned to project a second fringe pattern at a first location on the second surface. The apparatus further includes a first detector positioned to detect the first fringe pattern at the first location on the first surface, the first detector generating a first signal in response to the first fringe pattern at the first location. The apparatus also includes a second detector positioned to detect the second fringe pattern at the first location on the second surface, the second detector generating a second signal in response to the second fringe pattern at the first location. The apparatus further includes a processor adapted to calculate variations in the thickness of the object in response to the first and the second signals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/180679 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/630 |
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| US 06937782 | Robinson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan S. Robinson (Belmont, Massachusetts); Shelby J. Savage (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Scott A. Hamilton (Newton, Massachusetts); Erich P. Ippen (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is an all-optical switch that is significantly insensitive to polarization instabilities. The optical switch can be configured as an ultrafast logic gate, a switch for ultrafast communication systems or a key component of an all-optical regenerator. Performance is independent of the statistical characteristics of the data controlling the switch. The switch includes a birefringent optical channel in communication with one end of a nonlinear optical channel through a coupler and a polarization rotation mirror in communication with the other end of the nonlinear channel. An optical data pulse for controlling the switching function is provided to one port of the coupler. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/420501 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 06935010 | Tadigadapa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas Tadigadapa (State College, Pennsylvania); Chialun Tsai (Thousand Oaks, California); Yafan Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nader Najafi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Micromachine fluidic apparatus incorporates a free-standing tube section and electrodes to actuate or control the movement of the tube section, or to sense the movement of the tube section, or both. Electronic circuitry, which may be disposed on the same substrate as the fluidic portion of the apparatus, is used in conjunction with the tube and electrodes in conjunction with a variety of different applications, including fluid flow measurement, fluid density measurement, fluid viscosity measurement, fluid transport, separation and/or mixing. According to a particular embodiment, the free-standing section of the tube is resonated for fluid flow and density measurements according to the Coriolis effect. Capacitive/electrostatic actuation techniques are used to control or resonate the free-standing section of the tube, and to detect variations in tube movement. Different methods of fabricating micromachine fluidic apparatus are also disclosed, including the use of fusion bonding of non-conducting substrates, high-aspect ratio etching techniques, and anisotropic etching and refill techniques, preferably utilizing chevron-shaped slit openings to fabricate microtube sections. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/233980 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/592.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06935206 | Alleai |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quality Research, Development and Consulting, Inc. (Chaska, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daryoush Alleai (Excelsior, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing an optimized structure design incorporating vibration confinement is provided. The method includes providing structural specifications and vibration confinement specifications for the structure. The method includes selecting a confinement region. Optimizing the design of the structure incorporating the confinement region in response to the structural specifications and confinement specifications is included in the method. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/687858 |
| ART UNIT | 3682 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/574 |
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| US 06935594 | Vaidyanathan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | K. Ranji Vaidyanathan (Tucson, Arizona); Catherine Green (Tucson, Arizona); John W. Gillespie (Hockessin, Delaware); Shridhar Yarlagadda (Newark, Delaware); Gregory J. Artz (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for fabricating composite parts including at least one structural material and at least one protective material that are integrally bonded without the use of secondary bonding operations. One or more of the materials forming the layers of the composite parts may be a ceramic composition with or without porosity and one or more of the materials may be a polymer composition. Methods including co-injection processes also are provided for fabricating multi-layered structures in which each layer serves a desired function while still being integrated into the overall structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/293852 |
| 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 244/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936443 | Cohenford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cytyc Corporation (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Menashi A. Cohenford (West Warwick, Rhode Island); Brian Lentrichia (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides materials and methods for detection and typing of HPV infection using PNA probes. More specifically, methods are provided for detecting high-risk types of HPV infection with minimal numbers of PNA probes or using PNA probes to selectively amplify only high-risk types of HPV. Novel primer sequences are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/286387 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — 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 435/91.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 06936156 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk P. Smith (Mason, New Hampshire); Gregory E. Granato (Upton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An automated self-calibrating water quality monitoring sensor housing assembly includes a number of ion-selective electrodes combined in a single flow train to provide for the multi constituent analysis of a number of samples without direct intervention by a human operator. An operator can enter the laboratory, connect sample bottles to an intake manifold, activate the device, and download data once the analysis is complete. With the exception of periodic probe maintenance, the system is designed to be self-calibrating and self cleaning. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/881243 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/775 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06936827 | Mohler |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerre Wayne Mohler (Trout Run, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluorochrome-marked sample is excited with the proper wattage and wavelength of light using an exciter or bandpass filter and beamsplitting mirror device. This causes the sample to emit light of a slightly higher wavelength than that of excitation. A subsequent barrier filter of the proper configuration placed between the sample and the observer allows this longer wavelength to be observed as fluorescence. This technique is particularly useful for viewing large biological specimens such as fish. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/788475 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/458.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06936747 | Ow |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Ow (Hercules, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compositions and methods for site-specific polynucleotide replacement in eukaryotic cells. These methods include single polynucleotide replacement as well as gene stacking methods. Preferred eukaryotic cells for use in the present invention are plant cells and mammalian cells. |
| FILED | Monday, July 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/911088 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/294 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06937210 | MacDonald |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander E. MacDonald (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for projecting images on an object with a reflective surface. A plurality of image projectors are spaced around the object and synchronized such that each projector projects an individual image whose union on the surface of the object forms a composite image. The composite image displayed totally covers the surface. The object may represent the Earth with the projected images representing topographical features of the Earth. If environmental satellite data, such as data from a Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite System is used, real time weather conditions may be displayed on this Earth representation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/288436 |
| ART UNIT | 2675 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06936253 | Livingston et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Ordway Livingston (New York, New York); Friedhelm Helling (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a vaccine for stimulating or enhancing in a subject to which the vaccine is administered, production of an antibody which recognizes a ganglioside, comprising an amount of ganglioside or oligosaccharide portion thereof conjugated to an immunogenic protein effective to stimulate or enhance antibody production in the subject, an effective amount of adjuvant and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/477097 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/194.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, August 30, 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-20050830.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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