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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 20, 2005
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 06945088 | Vavrick |
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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) | Daniel J. Vavrick (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple fragment impact test specimen, and a method for using it in multiple fragment impact tests against a target, is disclosed. The test specimen comprises two or more fragments fixed to one or more connecting members so that the fragments are held at a fixed distance apart during their flight to a target. The orientation and speed of the fragments at the moment of impacting the target are measured and the measurements are used to calculate the exact spacing and time delay between the individual fragment impacts. An experimenter can control the range of fragment spacings and time delays for a series of tests by choosing the lengths of the connecting members and thereby fixing the relative distances between the fragments. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/145603 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/11.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06945116 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Xie (Pasadena, California); Jason Shih (Yorba Linda, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device and method for capacitive sensing. The device includes a fluid channel including an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end, a cavity region coupled to the fluid channel, and a polymer based membrane coupled between the fluid channel and the cavity region. Additionally, the device includes a first capacitor electrode coupled to the membrane, a second capacitor electrode coupled to the cavity region and physically separated from the first capacitor electrode by at least the cavity region, and an electrical power source coupled between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode and causing an electric field at least within the cavity region. The polymer based membrane includes a polymer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/802667 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/724 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06945175 | Gotzmer 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) | Carl Gotzmer (Accokeek, Maryland); Joe Mayersak (Asburn, Virginia); Steven S. Kim (Crofton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises a kinetic energy penetrator warhead that may engage both surface and buried soft and hardened targets. The warhead contains a high-temperature incendiary (HTI) fill capable of destroying chemical and biological agents in such a manner to minimize dispersal of these agents. Bomblets are incorporated into the portion of the warhead that penetrates to the target and are ejected, with the HTI fill, from the warhead in order to provide holes in chemical or biological agent tanks to allow the fill to react with said agents. Finally, a guidance system is provided to direct the warhead to the target. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/463882 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06945187 | Woodall 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) | Robert Woodall (Panama City Beach, Florida); Felipe Garcia (Panama City, Florida); Chris Doyle (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel depot and method autonomously and clandestinely provide fuel for transiting ships. An elongate streamlined flexible bladder member has flexible hull walls and divider walls separated by uniform spaces to form fuel compartments having a fuel valve and fuel pump. The bladder member can transit submerged to a remote destination. A fuel and water tight composition in and along the spaces prevent fuel and water leaks to ambient water and between the compartments. A submersible propulsion system has propulsive machinery and steering gear for towing the bladder member. A command/control system on the submersible propulsion system generated and couples driving signals to the propulsion system to tow and steer the bladder member to the remote destination using the preprogrammed computer, inertial navigation system (INS), global positioning system (GPS), and RF transceiver of the command/control system. |
| FILED | Monday, March 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/803136 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06945499 | Robinson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ernest Y. Robinson (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tethered spacecraft is tethered to a base using a semirigid stand-off and a moving tether operated as a belt drive and operated in tension so that the tethered is precisely positioned in tension from the base spacecraft. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/804911 |
| 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 244/158.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946127 | Bitensky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Bitensky (Waban, Massachusetts); Tatsuro Yoshida (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are modified red blood cells which function as deployment platforms for important biomolecules. Such modified red blood cells can confer, for example, in vivo protection against exposure to an otherwise lethal nerve agent. |
| FILED | Friday, August 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/211402 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.730 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946180 | Hawkins |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary F. Hawkins (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite material is provided that includes a matrix material, and a plurality of deflectable elements or “machines” disposed in the matrix material, the machines acting to modify one or more physical properties of the composite material in response to forces acting upon the composite material. Preferably, the machines have an elongate shape defining a longitudinal axis, which are disposed within the matrix material in a predetermined array. The elongate members have an asymmetrical cross-section which is deflectable between first and second shapes, and consequently the composite material exhibits different physical properties because the elongate members deflect between the first and second shapes. The machines may include a variety of asymmetrical cross-sections, such as a generally “Z” shape, an hourglass shape, a cantilever shape or a leaf spring shape. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/174648 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946248 | Sowers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland); Biotechnology Institute Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin R. Sowers (Baltimore, Maryland); Harold D. May (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Bioremediative microorganisms comprising a 16S ribosomal subunit nucleic acid sequence and useful in various methods for dechlorinating chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), including anaerobic dechlorination of ortho- and double-flanked chloro substituents of PCBs. The methods of bioremediation may employ consortia of microbially effective species, e.g., aerobic as well as anaerobic species, to dechlorinate corresponding PCB mixtures containing widely varying and significant numbers of PCB congeners. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/860200 |
| 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 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946336 | Pang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry F. Pang (Houston, Texas); James M. Tour (Bellaire, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of making a nanoscale electronic device wherein said device comprises a gap between about 0.1 nm and about 100 nm between at least two conductors, semiconductors or the combination thereof. The method features complete assembly of electrical contacts before addition of a molecular component thereby preserving the integrity of the molecular electronic component and maintaining a well-formed gap. The gap produced is within the nanoscale regime, has uniform width and is further characterized by surfaces that are uniformly smooth. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/436704 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/199 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946868 | Svensson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lars G. Svensson (Gothenburg, Sweden); William C. Athas (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for reducing reflections in a transmission line and for recovering energy from the load in the transmission during the process. At least three drive signal levels are utilized. The transition from the second level to the third level during a rising transition and the transition from the second level to the first level during a falling transition is timed to coincide with the arrival of the reflected signal from the immediately-preceding transition. A capacitor is advantageously used as the source for the intermediate drive signal levels and advantageously facilitates energy recovery and conservation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/776927 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946882 | Gogl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Infineon Technologies AG (Munich, Germany); International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dietmar Gogl (Essex Junction, Vermont); William Robert Reohr (Ridgefield, Connecticut); John Kenneth DeBrosse (Colchester, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A symmetrical high-speed current sense amplifier having complementary reference cells and configurable load devices that eliminates architecture-related capacitive mismatch contributions. The current sense amplifier is adapted for use in a symmetric sensing architecture and includes a configurable load device. The current sense amplifier includes a voltage comparator, a first clamping device coupled between a first input of the voltage comparator and a first input signal, the first clamping device being coupled to a reference voltage. A second clamping device is coupled between the second input of the voltage comparator and a second input signal, the second clamping device being coupled to the reference voltage. The load device may comprise a current mirror that is coupled between the first and second input of the voltage comparator. The current mirror may be configurable by select transistors. Alternatively, the load device may be a hard-wired current mirror, and a multiplexer may be used to select whether the first input signal or the second input signal is connected to a first or second side of the current mirror. Configurable dummy loads may be added at appropriate nodes to optimize the capacitive load and increase the speed of the amplifier. Equalization devices may be coupled between the first and second inputs of the voltage comparator, and between the first input signal and the second input signal. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/326367 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946999 | Ryken et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marvin L. Ryken (Oxnard, California); Albert Davis (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microstrip antenna which includes eight tuning tabs for tuning the antenna frequency of the microstrip antenna. The antenna is designed to operate around 430 MHz with a tuning step size of approximately 1.5 MHz. The eight tuning tabs allow the antenna to be tuned from a center frequency of 427.2 MHz when all eight tuning tabs are connected to the cooper radiating or antenna element of the antenna incrementally to a center frequency of 439.3768 MHz when the eight tuning tabs are disconnected from the cooper antenna element. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/795096 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947073 | Seal |
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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) | Clinton D. Seal (Camarillo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method to detect a moving target. An embodiment of the present invention includes a processor that uses an imaging sensor such as, for example, an electronic camera, and uses images and surveillance system pointing angle information to generate a dynamically changing reference image that is subtracted from the live image, with the result being a moving target. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/839446 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/169 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947132 | Boss 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) | Pamela A. Boss (San Diego, California); Stephen H. Lieberman (La Mesa, California); John M. Andrews (San Diego, California); Gregory Wayne Anderson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermoelectrically cooled surface-enhanced Raman spectrometer sensor system and method for monitoring of volatile organic compounds in gas, liquid, and soil environments. The sensor system comprises a means for providing an inert gas, a thermal desorption tube containing an adsorbate, and a sample chamber with a SERS structure. For liquid and soil environments, the sensor system also comprises a manifold having a semipermeable membrane for separating moisture from an analyte. An optical module mounted to the sample chamber directs an optical excitation signal for irradiating the SERS structure and receives a SERS optical emissions signal. Such optical emissions signal may be detected by a spectroanalysis system and correlated to a particular analyte by a control processor, which generates an alert signal containing a message that the presence of analyte has been detected. The control processor may also activate warning device, such as an audible siren or a visual alarm. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/413188 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947134 | Chang 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) | Richard Chang (Hamden, Connecticut); Yong-Le Pan (Cheshire, Connecticut); Ronald Gene Pinnick (Columbia, Maryland); Steven Clyde Hill (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A Fluorescence Particle Spectrometer (FPS) performs real-time measurement of the fluorescence spectra of aerosol particles in the size range 1-10 μm diameter. The FPS has a sufficiently high sample rate (estimated to be a few liters/min) to measure aerosol within buildings (from 1 up to 600 particle fluorescence spectra per minute) at practical rates. A virtual impactor first concentrates aerosol particles, which are then drawn under negative pressure through an aerodynamic focusing nozzle in the inlet of the instrument, through the sample region, providing further concentration. The rate of particle spectra measured by the FPS increases significantly when the particle inlet is within a few meters of some common sources of indoor biological particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/360767 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947319 | Edelstein |
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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) | Alan S. Edelstein (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, system, and method for probing magnetic permeability of a material located a distance from the apparatus comprises a first hard ferromagnetic layer, a second hard ferromagnetic layer, a first soft ferromagnetic layer, a second soft ferromagnetic layer, an intermediate layer disposed between the first hard ferromagnetic layer and the first soft ferromagnetic layer, an insulating layer between the first soft ferromagnetic layer and second soft ferromagnetic layer, and a spacer layer disposed between the second soft ferromagnetic layer and the second hard ferromagnetic layer, wherein the second soft ferromagnetic layer increases an on/off ratio of a magnetic field in the first soft ferromagnetic layer, wherein the on/off ratio is approximately 1.6, and wherein the second soft ferromagnetic layer pulls a magnetic field of the apparatus into the first soft ferromagnetic layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/880276 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947398 | Ahmed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walid Ahmed (Eatontown, New Jersey); Bharat Tarachand Doshi (Holmdel, New Jersey); Subrahmanyam Dravida (Groton, Massachusetts); Hong Jiang (Westfield, New Jersey); Kiran M. Rege (Marlboro, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An addressing scheme for a packet-based multiaccess mobile communications system, which includes a plurality of mobile user stations and a plurality of network nodes, is provided. In such addressing scheme, each mobile station is assigned an address which is a combination (preferably, a concatenation) of a unique identifier of a network node with which the mobile station is currently associated and an identifier of the mobile station. The network node identifiers may be uniquely assigned by a network administrator, while the identifiers of the mobile stations may, for example, be set to a universal MAC address assigned to the station. The address may also include a port identifier which indicates the particular application flow associated with the accompanying packets. Similarly, each network node is assigned an address which is a combination (preferably, a concatenation) of its network node identifier and, preferably, an interface identifier. The address may also include a port identifier. |
| FILED | Friday, November 13, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/191132 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/331 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947424 | Beshai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nortel Networks Limited (St. Laurent, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maged E. Beshai (Stittsville, Canada); Paul F. Daspit (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A simple access device provides access to a high-capacity network to a traffic source. Once connected to a traffic source, an edge module in the high-capacity network can assign a sub-network address to the traffic source so that the source may also serve as a sink for data traffic. Although the sub-network address assigned to the traffic source may bear little resemblance to a network address for the edge module, distant edge modules may route traffic to a traffic sink having such a sub-network address easily and flexibly. Features may be added to the access device, which would otherwise be little more than a multiplexer, but, for the most part, the edge modules make the routing decisions. Data transfer from the current Internet to the high-capacity network and vice versa can be facilitated by requiring that each edge module in the high-capacity network that acts as a gateway be bilingual, that is, understand both a simple high-capacity network-specific routing protocol and conventional Internet protocols. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/872434 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/392 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947504 | Pettit |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray H. Pettit (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A frequency synchronizer system is based on the maximum likelihood criterion from estimation theory and that can achieve both frequency acquisition and frequency tracking without requiring knowledge at the receiver of the carrier's phase angle, baud timing, or a preamble consisting of known signal symbols. The synchronizer includes a processor for executing the following sequence of operations: a) initializing an estimated frequency correction factor; b) determining a corrected frequency offset value from a first product of a sample signal and the estimated frequency correction factor; c) filtering a first sample of the corrected frequency offset value to obtain a filtered corrected frequency offset value; d) imparting a delay to a second sample of the corrected frequency offset value to obtain a delayed corrected frequency offset value; e) determining a conjugate product value from a second product of the filtered corrected frequency offset value and a conjugate of the filtered corrected frequency offset value; f) determining a delay conjugate value from a third product of the delayed corrected frequency offset value and the conjugate product value; g) determining an error signal from the delay conjugate value; h) determining a frequency offset value from the error signal; and i) determining an updated value of the estimated frequency correction factor from the frequency offset value. |
| FILED | Friday, February 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/785624 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/344 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947521 | Wernick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miles N. Wernick (Chicago, Illinois); Leroy Dean Chapman (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Oral Oltulu (Chicago, Illinois); Zhong Zhong (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting an image of an object by measuring the intensity at a plurality of positions of a transmitted beam of x-ray radiation emitted from the object as a function of angle within the transmitted beam. The intensity measurements of the transmitted beam are obtained by a crystal analyzer positioned at a plurality of angular positions. The plurality of intensity measurements are used to determine the angular intensity spectrum of the transmitted beam. One or more parameters, such as an attenuation property, a refraction property and a scatter property, can be obtained from the angular intensity spectrum and used to display an image of the object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/463827 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947651 | Mule′ et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tony Mule′ (Atlanta, Georgia); Paul Kohl (Atlanta, Georgia); James D. Meindl (Marietta, Georgia); Agnes Padovani (Phoenix, Arizona); Thomas K. Gaylord (Atlanta, Georgia); Elias N. Glytsis (Dunwoody, Georgia); Sue Ann B. Allen (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Waveguides and methods of fabrication thereof are presented. A representative waveguide includes a waveguide core and a cladding layer, where the cladding layer surrounds the waveguide core. The waveguide core and cladding can be made of a host material having a plurality of nano-pores, wherein the nano-pores include a sacrificial material, and the sacrificial material can be selectively decomposed in both the core and cladding layers to form a plurality of nano air-gaps. |
| FILED | Friday, May 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/142601 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947869 | Palmadesso 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) | Peter J. Palmadesso (Manassas, Virginia); Jeffrey H. Bowles (Alexandria, Virginia); David B. Gillis (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A nearer neighbor matching and compression method and apparatus provide matching of data vectors to exemplar vectors. A data vector is compared to exemplar vectors contained within a subset of exemplar vectors, i.e., a set of possible exemplar vectors, to find a match. After a match is found, a probability function assigns a probability value based on the probability that a better matching exemplar vector exists. If the probability that a better match exists is greater than a predetermined probability value, the data vector is compared to an additional exemplar vector. If a match is not found, the data vector is added to the set of exemplar vectors. Data compression may be achieved in a hyperspectral image data vector set by replacing each observed data vector representing a respective spatial pixel by reference to a member of the exemplar set that “matches' the data vector. As such, each spatial pixel will be assigned to one of the exemplar vectors. |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/113643 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06948017 | Carpenter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Dale Carpenter (Austin, Texas); Vikas Chandra (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In one form, a method for communicating among subsystems coupled to a bus of a computer system on an integrated circuitry chip includes operating subsystems at independent clock frequencies when the subsystems are not communicating with one another on the bus. Selected pairs of the subsystems are operated at a shared clock frequency by selectively varying frequencies of clock signals to the subsystems, so that communication can occur at the shared clock frequency on the bus between the selected subsystems, but at different clock frequencies for respective different pairings of the subsystems, and so that the subsystems can operate at independent clock frequencies when not communicating with other ones of the subsystems. Communication among the subsystems is by a bus-based protocol, according to which when a subsystem is granted access to the bus the subsystem has exclusive use of the bus. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/324741 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE38800 | 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 | The present invention relates to three-dimensional optical imaging techniques and, more particularly, to the detection and three-dimensional imaging of absorbing and/or scattering structures in complex random media, such as human body tissue, by detecting scattered light emerging from the medium. An apparatus for optical tomographic imaging of tissue structures with non-uniform surface geometries in accordance with the invention comprises: an optical source capable of providing light having a wavelength capable of at least attenuated transmission through the tissue; a fiber array consisting of fiber bundles for transmitting light from the optical source to the tissue to be imaged, and a second fiber array consisting of fiber bundles for receiving light scattered by the tissue; an adjustable assembly comprising an adjustable support member supporting one end of each fiber bundle, the fiber bundles being distributed along the portion of each support member which conforms to a surface of a specimen being imaged so as to transmit light into, and collect light emanating from, the surface of the imaged tissue at a multitude of spaced-apart points; and a detector array receiving light collected by the fibers in the second fiber bundle. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/183276 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06945116 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Xie (Pasadena, California); Jason Shih (Yorba Linda, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device and method for capacitive sensing. The device includes a fluid channel including an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end, a cavity region coupled to the fluid channel, and a polymer based membrane coupled between the fluid channel and the cavity region. Additionally, the device includes a first capacitor electrode coupled to the membrane, a second capacitor electrode coupled to the cavity region and physically separated from the first capacitor electrode by at least the cavity region, and an electrical power source coupled between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode and causing an electric field at least within the cavity region. The polymer based membrane includes a polymer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/802667 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/724 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946126 | Amalfitano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Amalfitano (Durham, North Carolina); Bradley L. Hodges (Milford, Massachusetts); Dwight D. Koeberl (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides replicating [100K−] adenovirus vectors that have an impairment in 100K activity. In particular preferred embodiments, the impairment is the result of a deletion in the 100K coding region of the adenovirus vector genome. It is further preferred that the adenovirus produces the E1 gene products. In an alternate embodiment, the adenovirus produces the E1a gene products, but has an impairment in the E1b coding region, such that replication of the virus is limited to p53− cells. Also described are methods of making and administering the inventive adenovirus vectors to a cell or to a subject. Further provided is use of the inventive [100K−] Ad vectors as a helper virus for the production of vector stocks of adeno-associated virus. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/159946 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946132 | Carson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Carson (Del Mar, California); Salvatore Albani (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Vaccine compositions useful in inducing immune protection in a host against arthritogenic peptides involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis are disclosed. Each vaccine composition provides antigenic dnaJp1 peptide (by including the peptide or a polynucleotide which encodes the peptide) and, optionally, other peptide fragments of the microbial dnaJ protein and/or human homologs thereof. Methods for identifying persons who are predisposed to develop rheumatoid arthritis and methods for use of the inventive vaccines are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/299184 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946133 | Schlom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland); Kwong-yok Tsang (Bethesda, Maryland); Sam Zaremba (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide which comprises more than one PSA epitope peptide, which conforms to one or more human HLA class I motifs. The prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide in combination with various HLA-class I molecules or interactions with various T-cell receptors elicits PSA specific cellular immune responses. The prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide is useful as an immunogen in the prevention or treatment of prostatic cancer, in the inhibition of prostatic cancer cells and in the establishment and characterization of PSA-specific cytotoxic T-cell lines. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 20, 1996 |
| APPL NO | 08/618936 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946140 | Clark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Clark (Poquott, New York); Dennis K. Galanakis (Stony Brook, New York); Azmin Kahn (Coram, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for enhancing fibroblast migration at a wound site are disclosed. The method includes contacting the wound site with fibrinogen that is prepared by a process which includes precipitating plasma with glycine. The compositions includes a lipid rich component and fibrinogen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/500512 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/422 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946152 | Marlett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Judith Marlett (Madison, Wisconsin); Milton H Fischer (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A purified form of a gel-forming component of psyllium seed husks is disclosed, along with a process for obtaining the gel-forming fraction from psyllium seed husks. Methods of using this gel-forming fraction as a laxative and hypocholesterolemic agent are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 08, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/009097 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/738 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946197 | Yadav et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NanoProducts Corporation (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tapesh Yadav (Niwot, Colorado); Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Peter Mardilovich (Corvallis, Oregon); Alex Govyadinov (Corvallis, Oregon); Stephanie Hooker (Longmont, Colorado); Stephen S. Williams (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Device nanotechnology based on silicon wafers and other substrates is described. Methods for preparing such devices are discussed. The teachings allow integration of current semiconductor device, sensor device and other device fabrication methods with nanotechnology. Integration of nanotubes and nanowires to wafers is discussed. Sensors, electronics, biomedical and other devices are presented. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/783629 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946246 | Goodwin 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) | Thomas John Goodwin (Friendswood, Texas); Timothy Grant Hammond (New Orleans, Louisiana); James Howard Kaysen (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a method of culturing cells and inducing the expression of at least one gene in the cell culture. The method provides for contacting the cell with a transcription factor decoy oligonucleotide sequence directed against a nucleotide sequence encoding a shear stress response element. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 21, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/532001 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946256 | McKeon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank McKeon (Boston, Massachusetts); Annie Yang (Boston, Massachusetts); Massimo Loda (Belmont, Massachusetts); Sabina Signorretti (Brookline, Massachusetts); Christopher Crum (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This application describes the cloning of p63, a gene at chromosome 3q27-29, that bears homology to the tumor suppressor p53. The p63 gene encodes at least six different isotypes. p63 was detected in a variety of human and mouse tissue and demonstrates remarkably divergent activities, such as the ability to transactivate p53 reporter genes and induce apoptosis. Isotopes of p63 lacking a transactivation domain act as dominant negatives towards the transactivation by p53 and p63. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 29, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/538106 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946264 | Langley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, California); Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Research Institute (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith E. Langley (Newbury Park, California); Yves A. DeClerck (Los Angeles, California); Thomas C. Boone (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel metalloproteinase inhibitor, analogs thereof, polynucleotides encoding the same, and methods of production, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating disorders caused by excessive amounts of metalloproteinase are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 02, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/397320 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946266 | Neiman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Neiman (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method of expressing proteins in higher eukaryotes in vitro. In general, the invention sets forth a method of expressing exogenous proteins as fusion partners with the immunoglobulin molecules of avian species specifically chickens. The technology involves, in one embodiment, retroviral-mediated gene transfer and transplantation of stem cells from the Bursa of Fabricus in chickens. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/025199 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946275 | Herr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Herr (Charlottesville, Virginia); Pablo E. Visconti (Amherst, Massachusetts); Zhonglin Hao (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a family of testis specific kinases (the tssk family), nucleic acid sequences encoding those kinases and antibodies against the kinases. The invention is further directed to the use of those kinases as targets for isolating specific inhibitors or antagonists of tssk kinase activity. Such inhibitors are anticipated to have use as contraceptive agents. |
| FILED | Friday, May 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/438339 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946441 | Long et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporation (Boulder, Colorado); The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlin Long (Denver, Colorado); Eric N. Olson (Dallas, Texas); Michael Bristow (Cherry Hills Village, Colorado); Timothy A. McKinsey (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for methods of treating and preventing cardiac hypertrophy. Class II HDACs, which are known to participate in regulation of chromatin structure and gene expression, have been shown to have beneficial effects on cardiac hypertrophy. Surprisingly, the present invention demonstrates that HDAC inhibitors inhibit cardiac hypertrophy by inhibiting fetal cardiac gene expression and interfering with sarcomeric organization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/801985 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946542 | Petasis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicos A. Petasis (Hacienda Heights, California); Xin Yao (Guilderland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Synthetic methods and compounds involving amino amides, peptides and peptidomimetics. Amino amide derivatives are prepared via the one-step three-component reaction of a glyoxamide, an amine, and an organoboron derivative. Conversion of the product to another glyoxamide intermediate allows the iterative use of this chemistry for the synthesis of peptides and peptidomimetics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/405927 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946552 | Lindsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Masahiko Taniguchi (Raleigh, North Carolina); Doyoung Ra (Taejon, South Korea); Guoning M (Ontario, Canada); Thiagarajan Balasubramanian (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making chlorins comprises the steps of reacting (e.g. condensing) a dipyrrin western half intermediate with an eastern half intermediate to form a tetrahydrobilene, and then cyclizing the tetrahydrobilene to form a chlorin. Intermediates including tetrahydrobilenes useful in such reactions are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/140654 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947521 | Wernick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miles N. Wernick (Chicago, Illinois); Leroy Dean Chapman (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Oral Oltulu (Chicago, Illinois); Zhong Zhong (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting an image of an object by measuring the intensity at a plurality of positions of a transmitted beam of x-ray radiation emitted from the object as a function of angle within the transmitted beam. The intensity measurements of the transmitted beam are obtained by a crystal analyzer positioned at a plurality of angular positions. The plurality of intensity measurements are used to determine the angular intensity spectrum of the transmitted beam. One or more parameters, such as an attenuation property, a refraction property and a scatter property, can be obtained from the angular intensity spectrum and used to display an image of the object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/463827 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947790 | Gevins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SAM Technology, Inc. (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Gevins (San Francisco, California); Michael Smith (Alameda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient, objective testing method and system for evaluating changes in mental function is described. The method and system are based on measuring an individual's behavioral responses and brain function during a brief cognitive test battery and passive control conditions. The method and system is designed to assess an individual's fundamental cognitive functions, and whether those functions have been significantly affected by a variety of factors such as progressive disease processes, medication, stress, fatigue, training, or the passage of time. The method and system can be used to determine whether drugs being evaluated to treat diseases or conditions affecting cognitive brain function have a significant positive effect on delaying or improving the symptoms of such a disease or condition, especially during clinical trials for drug approval and subsequent marketing. The method and system may also be employed as part of the successful diagnosis or ongoing treatment of neurological diseases or conditions that directly or indirectly affect human neurocognitive performance. The method and system may also be used to determine transitory changes in overall cognitive function due to emotional stress or fatigue, and more long lasting changes in overall cognitive function following training and educational programs. |
| FILED | Monday, April 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/121606 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947844 | Steitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Steitz (Branford, Connecticut); Peter B. Moore (North Haven, Connecticut); Nenad Ban (Zürich, Switzerland); Poul Nissen (Aarhus N, Denmark); Jeffrey Hansen (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for producing high resolution crystals of ribosomes and ribosomal subunits as well as crystals produced by such methods. The invention also provides high resolution structures of ribosomal subunits either alone or in combination with protein synthesis inhibitors. The invention provides methods for identifying ribosome-related ligands and methods for designing ligands with specific ribosome-binding properties as well as ligands that may act as protein synthesis inhibitors. Thus, the methods and compositions of the invention may be used to produce ligands that are designed to specifically kill or inhibit the growth of any target organism. |
| FILED | Friday, August 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/922251 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947845 | Steitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut); Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Steitz (Branford, Connecticut); Peter B. Moore (North Haven, Connecticut); Joseph A. Ippolito (Guilford, Connecticut); Nenad Ban (Zurich, Switzerland); Poul Nissen (Aarhus, Germany); Jeffrey L. Hansen (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for producing high resolution crystals of ribosomes and ribosomal subunits as well as crystals produced by such methods. The invention also provides high resolution structures of ribosomal subunits either alone or in combination with protein synthesis inhibitors. The invention provides methods for identifying ribosome-related ligands and methods for designing ligands with specific ribosome-binding properties as well as ligands that may act as protein synthesis inhibitors. Thus, the methods and compositions of the invention may be used to produce ligands that are designed to specifically kill or inhibit the growth of any target organism. |
| FILED | Friday, August 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/211931 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE38800 | 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 | The present invention relates to three-dimensional optical imaging techniques and, more particularly, to the detection and three-dimensional imaging of absorbing and/or scattering structures in complex random media, such as human body tissue, by detecting scattered light emerging from the medium. An apparatus for optical tomographic imaging of tissue structures with non-uniform surface geometries in accordance with the invention comprises: an optical source capable of providing light having a wavelength capable of at least attenuated transmission through the tissue; a fiber array consisting of fiber bundles for transmitting light from the optical source to the tissue to be imaged, and a second fiber array consisting of fiber bundles for receiving light scattered by the tissue; an adjustable assembly comprising an adjustable support member supporting one end of each fiber bundle, the fiber bundles being distributed along the portion of each support member which conforms to a surface of a specimen being imaged so as to transmit light into, and collect light emanating from, the surface of the imaged tissue at a multitude of spaced-apart points; and a detector array receiving light collected by the fibers in the second fiber bundle. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/183276 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06945272 | Modro et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Michael Modro (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Abderrafi M. Ougouag (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A passively actuated valve for isolating a high pressure zone from a low pressure zone and discontinuing the isolation when the pressure in the high pressure zone drops below a preset threshold. If the pressure in the high pressure zone drops below the preset threshold, the valve opens and allows flow from the high pressure zone to the low pressure zone. The valve remains open allowing pressure equalization and back-flow should a pressure inversion between the two pressure zone occur. |
| FILED | Friday, June 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/456236 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/529 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06945475 | Lawrence et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith E. Lawrence (Peoria, Illinois); Ye Tian (Bloomington, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel injection system has the ability to produce two different spray patterns depending on the positioning of a needle control valve member. Positioning of the needle control valve member determines which of the two needle control chambers are placed in a low pressure condition. First and second needle valve members have closing hydraulic surfaces exposed to fluid pressure in the two needle control chambers. The injector preferably includes a homogenous charge nozzle outlet set and a conventional nozzle outlet set controlled respectively, by the first and second needle valve members. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/310701 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/533.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06945802 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); H. Tracy Hall, Jr. (Provo, Utah); David S. Pixton (Lehi, Utah); Scott Dahlgren (Provo, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah); Cameron Sneddon (Provo, Utah); Michael Briscoe (Lehi, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A seal for a coaxial cable electrical connector more specifically an internal seal for a coaxial cable connector placed within a coaxial cable and its constituent components. A coaxial cable connector is in electrical communcation with an inductive transformer and a coaxial cable. The connector is in electrical communication with the outer housing of the inductive transformer. A generally coaxial center conductor, a portion of which could be the coil in the inductive transformer, passes through the connector, is electrically insulated from the connector, and is in electrical communication with the conductive core of the coaxial cable. The electrically insulating material also doubles as a seal to safegaurd against penetration of fluid, thus protecting against shorting out of the electrical connection. The seal is a multi-component seal, which is pre-compressed to a desired pressure rating. The coaxial cable and inductive transformer are disposed within downhole tools to transmit electrical signals between downhole tools within a drill string. The internal coaxial cable connector and its attendant seal can be used in a plurality of downhole tools, such as sections of pipe in a drill string, drill collars, heavy weight drill pipe, and jars. |
| FILED | Friday, November 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/707232 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06945893 | Grillo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ricardo C. Grillo (Portage, Michigan); Walter K. O'Neil (Southfield, Michigan); David M. Preston (Clarkston, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid powertrain system is provided that includes a first prime mover having a rotational output, a second prime mover having a rotational output, and a transmission having a main shaft supporting at least two main shaft gears thereon. The transmission includes a first independent countershaft drivingly connected to the first prime mover and including at least one ratio gear supported thereon that meshes with a respective main shaft gear. A second independent countershaft is drivingly connected to the second prime mover and includes at least one ratio gear supported thereon that meshes with a respective main shaft gear. The ratio gears on the first and second countershafts cooperate with the main shaft gears to provide at least one gear ratio between the first and second countershafts and the main shaft. A shift control mechanism selectively engages and disengages the first and second countershafts for rotation with the main shaft. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/156513 |
| ART UNIT | 3681 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Planetary gear transmission systems or components 475/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946015 | Jorgensen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Betty S. Jorgensen (Jemez Springs, New Mexico); Jennifer S. Young (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Brent F. Espinoza (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A cross-linked, supported polybenzimidazole membrane for gas separation is prepared by layering a solution of polybenzimidazole (PBI) and α,α′dibromo-p-xylene onto a porous support and evaporating solvent. A supported membrane of cross-linked poly-2,2′-(m-phenylene)-5,5′-bibenzimidazole unexpectedly exhibits an enhanced gas permeability compared to the non-cross linked analog at temperatures over 265° C. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/607589 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946019 | Dye et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Dye (Irvine, California); Betty Jorgensen (Jemez Springs, New Mexico); David R. Pesiri (Aliso Viejo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Gas separation membranes, especially meniscus-shaped membranes for gas separations are disclosed together with the use of such meniscus-shaped membranes for applications such as thermal gas valves, pre-concentration of a gas stream, and selective pre-screening of a gas stream. In addition, a rapid screening system for simultaneously screening polymer materials for effectiveness in gas separation is provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/766257 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946197 | Yadav et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NanoProducts Corporation (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tapesh Yadav (Niwot, Colorado); Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Peter Mardilovich (Corvallis, Oregon); Alex Govyadinov (Corvallis, Oregon); Stephanie Hooker (Longmont, Colorado); Stephen S. Williams (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Device nanotechnology based on silicon wafers and other substrates is described. Methods for preparing such devices are discussed. The teachings allow integration of current semiconductor device, sensor device and other device fabrication methods with nanotechnology. Integration of nanotubes and nanowires to wafers is discussed. Sensors, electronics, biomedical and other devices are presented. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/783629 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946213 | Seabaugh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NexTech Materials, Ltd. (Lewis Center, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew M. Seabaugh (Columbus, Ohio); Scott L. Swartz (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to perovskite oxide electrode materials in which one or more of the elements Mg, Ni, Cu, and Zn are present as minority components that enhance electrochemical performance, as well as electrode products with these compositions and methods of making the electrode materials. Such electrodes are useful in electrochemical system applications such as solid oxide fuel cells, ceramic oxygen generation systems, gas sensors, ceramic membrane reactors, and ceramic electrochemical gas separation systems. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/425191 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946671 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maurice Smith (Kansas City, Missouri); Michael Lusby (Kansas City, Missouri); Arthur Van Hook (Lake Lotawana, Missouri); Charles J. Cook (Raytown, Missouri); Edward G. Wenski (Lenexa, Kansas); David Solyom (Overland Park, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for identifying, reporting, and evaluating a presence of a solid, liquid, gas, or other substance of interest, particularly a dangerous, hazardous, or otherwise threatening chemical, biological, or radioactive substance. The system comprises one or more substantially automated, location self-aware remote sensing units; a control unit; and one or more data processing and storage servers. Data is collected by the remote sensing units and transmitted to the control unit; the control unit generates and uploads a report incorporating the data to the servers; and thereafter the report is available for review by a hierarchy of responsive and evaluative authorities via a wide area network. The evaluative authorities include a group of relevant experts who may be widely or even globally distributed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672211 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/559.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946777 | Owen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas); Gas Research Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Owen (Helotes, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite piezoelectric transducer, whose piezoeletric element is a “ribbon wound” film of piezolectric material. As the film is excited, it expands and contracts, which results in expansion and contraction of the diameter of the entire ribbon winding. This is accompanied by expansion and contraction of the thickness of the ribbon winding, such that the sound radiating plate may be placed on the side of the winding. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/753613 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/334 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946851 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher L. Lee (Oakland, California); Aleksandr Noy (Fremont, California); Stephan P. Swierkowski (Livermore, California); Karl A. Fisher (Brentwood, California); Bruce W. Woods (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor system comprising a first electrode with an array of carbon nanotubes and a second electrode. The first electrode with an array of carbon nanotubes and the second electrode are positioned to produce an air gap between the first electrode with an array of carbon nanotubes and the second electrode. A measuring device is provided for sensing changes in electrical capacitance between the first electrode with an array of carbon nanotubes and the second electrode. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/611136 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/658 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946885 | Rockot et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph H. Rockot (North Huntington, Pennsylvania); Thomas W. Murray (Holtsville, New York); Kevin C. Bass (Irwin, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A ripple gate drive circuit includes a plurality of transistors having their power terminals connected in series across an electrical potential. A plurality of control circuits, each associated with one of the transistors, is provided. Each control circuit is responsive to a control signal and an optical signal received from at least one other control circuit for controlling the conduction of electrical current through the power terminals of the associated transistor. The control circuits are responsive to a first state of the control circuit for causing each transistor in series to turn on sequentially and responsive to a second state of the control signal for causing each transistor in series to turn off sequentially. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/440225 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947188 | Miles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin R. Miles (Danville, California); Alexandros P. Papavasiliou (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mirror pixel that can be fabricated using standard MEMS methods for a deformable mirror. The pixel is electrostatically actuated and is capable of the high deflections needed for spaced-based mirror applications. In one embodiment, the mirror comprises three layers, a top or mirror layer, a middle layer which consists of flexures, and a comb drive layer, with the flexures of the middle layer attached to the mirror layer and to the comb drive layer. The comb drives are attached to a frame via spring flexures. A number of these mirror pixels can be used to construct a large mirror assembly. The actuator for the mirror pixel may be configured as a crenellated beam with one end fixedly secured, or configured as a scissor jack. The mirror pixels may be used in various applications requiring high stroke adaptive optics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/392594 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947521 | Wernick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miles N. Wernick (Chicago, Illinois); Leroy Dean Chapman (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Oral Oltulu (Chicago, Illinois); Zhong Zhong (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting an image of an object by measuring the intensity at a plurality of positions of a transmitted beam of x-ray radiation emitted from the object as a function of angle within the transmitted beam. The intensity measurements of the transmitted beam are obtained by a crystal analyzer positioned at a plurality of angular positions. The plurality of intensity measurements are used to determine the angular intensity spectrum of the transmitted beam. One or more parameters, such as an attenuation property, a refraction property and a scatter property, can be obtained from the angular intensity spectrum and used to display an image of the object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/463827 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947866 | Staab |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Torsten A. Staab (Whiterock, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes an apparatus, and corresponding method, for taking a sample. The apparatus is built around a frame designed to be held in at least one hand. A sample media is used to secure the sample. A sample media adapter for securing the sample media is operated by a trigger mechanism connectively attached within the frame to the sample media adapter. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/720955 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE38797 | Linker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin L. Linker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Frank J. Conrad (Russellville, South Carolina); Chad A. Custer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Charles L. Rhykerd, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for preconcentrating particles and vapors. The preconcentrator apparatus permits detection of highly diluted amounts of particles in a main gas stream, such as a stream of ambient air. A main gas stream having airborne particles entrained therein is passed through a pervious screen. The particles accumulate upon the screen, as the screen acts as a sort of selective particle filter. The flow of the main gas stream is then interrupted by diaphragm shutter valves, whereupon a cross-flow of carrier gas stream is blown parallel past the faces of the screen to dislodge the accumulated particles and carry them to a particle or vapor detector, such as an ion mobility spectrometer. The screen may be heated, such as by passing an electrical current there through, to promote desorption of particles therefrom during the flow of the carrier gas. Various types of screens are disclosed. The apparatus and method of the invention may find particular utility in the fields of narcotics, explosives detection and chemical agents. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/189093 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06945116 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Xie (Pasadena, California); Jason Shih (Yorba Linda, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device and method for capacitive sensing. The device includes a fluid channel including an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end, a cavity region coupled to the fluid channel, and a polymer based membrane coupled between the fluid channel and the cavity region. Additionally, the device includes a first capacitor electrode coupled to the membrane, a second capacitor electrode coupled to the cavity region and physically separated from the first capacitor electrode by at least the cavity region, and an electrical power source coupled between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode and causing an electric field at least within the cavity region. The polymer based membrane includes a polymer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/802667 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/724 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946109 | Pinnavaia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Pinnavaia (East Lansing, Michigan); Seong-Su Kim (Lansing, Michigan); Wenzhong Zhang (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel lamellar mesoporous silica compositions which can contain functional inorganic elements and organic functional groups as part of the lamellar silica framework structure are described. The compositions are prepared using gemini amine surfactants as templates or structure directing agents. The compositions have novel high temperature and hydrothermal stability and unique fundamental particle structures. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/272636 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/335 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946197 | Yadav et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NanoProducts Corporation (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tapesh Yadav (Niwot, Colorado); Dmitri Routkevitch (Longmont, Colorado); Peter Mardilovich (Corvallis, Oregon); Alex Govyadinov (Corvallis, Oregon); Stephanie Hooker (Longmont, Colorado); Stephen S. Williams (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Device nanotechnology based on silicon wafers and other substrates is described. Methods for preparing such devices are discussed. The teachings allow integration of current semiconductor device, sensor device and other device fabrication methods with nanotechnology. Integration of nanotubes and nanowires to wafers is discussed. Sensors, electronics, biomedical and other devices are presented. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/783629 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946533 | Grubbs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Grubbs (South Pasadena, California); Chris Bielawski (Pasadena, California); Diego Benitez (Woodland Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for synthesizing cyclic polymers using transition metal alkylidene complexes as reaction catalysts is provided, wherein the complexes contain a cyclic group. Polymerization is carried out on the catalyst, using cyclic olefin monomers that undergo ring insertion polymerization, and no linear intermediates are generated. Following completion of polymerization, the cyclic polymer detaches from the complex via an intramolecular chain transfer reaction and the catalytic complex is regenerated. The invention also provides novel transition metal alkylidene complexes useful as catalysts in the aforementioned process, as well as novel cyclic hydrocarbons. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632528 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946560 | Buchwald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L. Buchwald (Newton, Massachusetts); David W. Old (Somerville, Massachusetts); John P. Wolfe (Brighton, Massachusetts); Michael Palucki (Belle Meade, New Jersey); Ken Kamikawa (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to novel ligands for transition metals. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of catalysts comprising these ligands in transition metal-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. The subject methods provide improvements in many features of the transition metal-catalyzed reactions, including the range of suitable substrates, reaction conditions, and efficiency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/420950 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/339 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947189 | Hagelin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul M. Hagelin (Saratoga, California); Olay Solgaard (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of operating a micromechanical scanning apparatus includes the steps of identifying a radius of curvature value for a micromechanical mirror and modifying a laser beam to compensate for the radius of curvature value. The identifying step includes the steps of measuring the far-field optical beam radius of a laser beam reflected from the micromechanical mirror. The measured far-field optical beam radius is then divided by a theoretical far-field optical beam radius reflected from an ideal mirror to yield a ratio value M. An analytical expression for M is curve-fitted to experimental data for M with the focal-length as a fitting parameter. The focal-length value determined by this procedure, resulting in a good fit between the analytical curve and the experimental data, is equal to half the radius of curvature of the micromechanical mirror. The micromechanical scanning apparatus is operated by controlling the oscillatory motion of a first micromechanical mirror with a first micromechanical spring and regulating the oscillatory motion of a second micromechanical mirror with a second micromechanical spring. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/628127 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06947886 | Rose et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Rose (Ojai, California); Ashish Aggarwal (Simi Valley, California); Shankar L. Regunathan (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are scalable quantizers for audio and other signals characterized by a non-uniform, perception-based distortion metric, that operate in a common companded domain which includes both the base-layer and one or more enhancement-layers. The common companded domain is designed to permit use of the same unweighted MSE metric for optimal quantization parameter selection in multiple layers, exploiting the statistical dependence of the enhancement-layer signal on the quantization parameters used in the preceding layer. One embodiment features an asymptotically optimal entropy coded uniform scalar quantizer. Another embodiment is an improved bit rate scalable multi-layer Advanced Audio Coder (AAC) which extends the scalability of the asymptotically optimal entropy coded uniform scalar quantizer to systems with non-uniform base-layer quantization, selecting the enhancement-layer quantization methodology to be used in a particular band based on the preceding layer quantization coefficients. In the important case that the source is well modeled as Laplacian, the optimal conditional quantizer is implementable by only two distinct switchable quantizers depending on whether or not the previous quantizer identified the band in question as a so-called “zero dead-zone:” Hence, major savings in bit rate are recouped at virtually no additional computational cost. For example, the proposed four layer scalable coder consisting of 16 kbps layers achieves performance close to a 60 kbps non-scalable coder on the standard test database of 44.1 kHz audio. |
| FILED | Friday, February 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/372047 |
| ART UNIT | 2654 — Audio Signals |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/200.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06948154 | Rothermel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregg Evan Rothermel (Albany, Oregon); Margaret Myers Burnett (Corvallis, Oregon); Lixin Li (Annandale, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a method for testing a spreadsheet cell. Du-associations are collected for the spreadsheet cell. The cell's execution trace is tracked. After the user validates the cell, the du-associations that participated in the execution trace are marked as executed. Du-associations for other cells that are affected by the testing a spreadsheet cell are similarly marking as exercised. If the user changes a cell's contents, the collected du-associations for the cell are discarded and the steps of collecting test elements, tracking execution traces, and marking are repeated. Cells that depend on the changed cell also repeat these steps. After the user marks a cell as validated, a validation symbol is shown on the cell. If the cell's validation status is later brought into question, the validation symbol can change or be removed entirely. The invention also includes a method for providing a user with feedback of the testedness of the spreadsheet cells. The du-associations for each spreadsheet cell are maintained, and the subset of du-associations that have been exercised is identified. Using the numbers of tested and untested du-associations, a testedness measure is calculated for the cell, which is provided to the user. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/438084 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06944931 | Shcheglov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirill V. Shcheglov (Los Angeles, California); A. Dorian Challoner (Manhattan Beach, California); Ken J. Hayworth (Pasadena, California); Dean V. Wiberg (LaCrescenta, California); Karl Y. Yee (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses an inertial sensor having an integral resonator. A typical sensor comprises a planar mechanical resonator for sensing motion of the inertial sensor and a case for housing the resonator. The resonator and a wall of the case are defined through an etching process. A typical method of producing the resonator includes etching a baseplate, bonding a wafer to the etched baseplate, through etching the wafer to form a planar mechanical resonator and the wall of the case and bonding an end cap wafer to the wall to complete the case. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/639135 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/595 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946246 | Goodwin 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) | Thomas John Goodwin (Friendswood, Texas); Timothy Grant Hammond (New Orleans, Louisiana); James Howard Kaysen (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a method of culturing cells and inducing the expression of at least one gene in the cell culture. The method provides for contacting the cell with a transcription factor decoy oligonucleotide sequence directed against a nucleotide sequence encoding a shear stress response element. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 21, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/532001 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06946266 | Neiman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Neiman (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method of expressing proteins in higher eukaryotes in vitro. In general, the invention sets forth a method of expressing exogenous proteins as fusion partners with the immunoglobulin molecules of avian species specifically chickens. The technology involves, in one embodiment, retroviral-mediated gene transfer and transplantation of stem cells from the Bursa of Fabricus in chickens. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/025199 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 06946242 | Looney |
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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) | Gregory L. Looney (Warm Springs, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A rocker for extended, refrigerated storage or transport of fish sperm comprising a platform for sperm containers, drive mechanism, a power supply with an on/off switch or rheostat, and water resistant housing. This device imparts continuous rocking motion to the sperm containers so that the sperm is continuously oxygenated, thus increasing the viability of the sperm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/425836 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 06946078 | Minevski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lynntech, Inc. (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zoran Minevski (The Woodlands, Texas); Jason Maxey (College Station, Texas); Carl Nelson (College Station, Texas); Dylan Taylor (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The method for separating ferrate salts from a solution comprising providing contact between the solution of essentially of aqueous hydroxide and the ferrate salts and a surface having a magnetic attraction, magnetically securing the ferrate salts to the surface; and eliminating contact between the solution and the surface. Contact is provided by immersing the surface in the solution, passing the liquid ferrate mixture over the surface, or combinations thereof. The magnetic attraction may be induced by permanent magnets, electromagnets, and combinations thereof. The apparatus for ferrate production comprises an electrochemical cell having an iron-containing anode, cathode, and an aqueous hydroxide solution in fluid communication with both the anode and the cathode, and a magnetic separator in fluid communication with the aqueous hydroxide solution for separating ferrate salts from the aqueous hydroxide solution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/084020 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/695 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 06947978 | Huffman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Mark Huffman (Sandy Spring, Maryland); Michael Henry Reifer (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for geolocating logical network addresses on electronically switched dynamic communications networks, such as the Internet, using the time latency of communications to and from the logical network address to determine its location. Minimum round-trip communications latency is measured between numerous stations on the network and known network addressed equipment to form a network latency topology map. Minimum round-trip communications latency is also measured between the stations and the logical network address to be geolocated. The resulting set of minimum round-trip communications latencies is then correlated with the network latency topology map to determine the location of the network address to be geolocated. |
| FILED | Friday, December 29, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/752898 |
| ART UNIT | 2142 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 06947521 | Wernick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miles N. Wernick (Chicago, Illinois); Leroy Dean Chapman (Bolingbrook, Illinois); Oral Oltulu (Chicago, Illinois); Zhong Zhong (Stony Brook, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting an image of an object by measuring the intensity at a plurality of positions of a transmitted beam of x-ray radiation emitted from the object as a function of angle within the transmitted beam. The intensity measurements of the transmitted beam are obtained by a crystal analyzer positioned at a plurality of angular positions. The plurality of intensity measurements are used to determine the angular intensity spectrum of the transmitted beam. One or more parameters, such as an attenuation property, a refraction property and a scatter property, can be obtained from the angular intensity spectrum and used to display an image of the object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/463827 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06946116 | Kung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hank F. Kung (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Mei-Ping Kung (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Zhi-Ping Zhuang (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form-amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/739217 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.890 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06946259 | Wahl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute For Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Geoffrey M. Wahl (San Diego, California); Noriaki Shimizu (Hiroshima, Japan); Teru Kanda (La Jolla, California); H. Michael Shepard (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods by which test substances can be screened for their ability to inhibit, enhance or eliminate double minute (DM) or extrachromosomal DNA by micronucleation in cells. This invention also provides a method for inducing maturation or death of a cell having the capacity to generate micronuclei. It also provides a method of treating a disease in a subject, the cells correlated with the disease having DM and extrachromosomal DNA as well as the capacity to generate micronuclei to capture them. Further provided is a method of detecting chromosomal and extrachromosomal DNA in a cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 12, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/229229 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.800 |
| 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, September 20, 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
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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-20050920.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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