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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 27, 2005
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| US 06949244 | Chatterjee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malaya Chatterjee (Lexington, Kentucky); Kenneth A. Foon (Lexington, Kentucky); Sunil K. Chatterjee (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a monoclonal anti-idiotype antibody 11D10 that elicits an immune response against a specific epitope of a high molecular weight mucin of human milk fat globule (HMFG) and a hybridoma that produces 11D10. The hybridoma that produces 11D10 was selected by specific procedures. 11D10 induces an immunological response to HMFG in nice, rabbits, monkeys and patients with advanced HMFG-associated tumors. This invention provides compositions derived from polynucleotide sequences encoding the variable light and/or variable heavy regions of monoclonal anti-idiotype antibody 11D10, as well as polypeptides encoded thereby. The invention also provides compositions which can be used in the detection or treatment of HMFG-associated tumors. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 1996 |
| APPL NO | 08/766350 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/131.100 |
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| US 06949341 | Rothschild et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. Rothschild (Newton, Massachusetts); Sanjay M. Sonar (Boston, Massachusetts); Jerzy Olejnik (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to agents and conjugates that can be used to detect and isolate target components from complex mixtures such as nucleic acids from biological samples, cells from bodily fluids, and nascent proteins from translation reactions. Agents comprise a detectable moiety bound to a photoreactive moiety. Conjugates comprise agents coupled to substrates by covalent bounds which can be selectively cleaved with the administration of electromagnetic radiation. Targets substances labeled with detectable molecules can be easily identified and separated from a heterologous mixture of substances. Exposure of the conjugate to radiation releases the target in a functional form and completely unaltered. Using photocleavable molecular precursors as the conjugates, label can be incorporated into macromolecules, the nascent macromolecules isolated and the label completely removed. The invention also relates to targets isolated with these conjugates which may be useful as pharmaceutical agents or compositions that can be administered to humans and other mammals. Useful compositions include biological agents such as nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and cytokines. Conjugates can also be used to monitor the pathway and half-life of pharmaceutical composition in vivo and for diagnostic, therapeutic and prophylactic purposes. The invention also relates to kits comprised of agents and conjugates that can be used for the detection of diseases, disorders and nearly any individual substance in a complex background of substances. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/264126 |
| 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 435/6 |
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| US 06949342 | Golub et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd R. Golub (Newton, Massachusetts); Phillip G. Febbo (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Kenneth N. Ross (Boston, Massachusetts); William R. Sellers (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods identifying prostate cancer, methods for prognosing and diagnosing prostate cancer, methods for identifying a compound that modulates prostate cancer development, methods for determining the efficacy of a prostate cancer therapy, and oligonucleotide microarrays containing probes for genes involved in prostate cancer development are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/325457 |
| 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 |
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| US 06949365 | Sower et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stacia Sower (Newmarket, New Hampshire); Matthew Silver (Dover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel isolated cDNA encoding the precursor of the novel gonadotropin-releasing hormones in four species of the fish lamprey is disclosed. The use of such cDNA's in studying the phylogenetic relationship of various species of fish and vertebrates overall; and the use of such cDNA's for controlling the gonadal development and spawning of fish, including inducing and inhibiting maturation, spawning and reproduction, is also described. Methods by which the novel peptides may be administered to fish to control their reproduction are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/170096 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.400 |
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| US 06949368 | Chakrabarti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raj Chakrabarti (Princeton, New Jersey); Clarence E. Schutt (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for enhancing PCR and other polynucleotide replication reactions are disclosed. These comprise the addition of low molecular weight organic amides, sulfones or sulfoxides to PCR or other replication reaction mixtures. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/056917 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.200 |
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| US 06949370 | Barany et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Weiguo Cao (New York, New York); Jie Tong (Forest Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a thermostable ligase having substantially higher fidelity than either T4 ligase or Thermus thermophilus ligase. The DNA molecule encoding this enzyme as well as expression systems and host cells containing it are also disclosed. The thermostable ligase of the present invention is useful in carrying out a ligase detection reaction process and a ligase chain reaction process. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/830502 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
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| US 06949372 | Betenbaugh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Betenbaugh (Baltimore, Maryland); Shawn Lawrence (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Yuan C. Lee (Timonium, Maryland); Timothy A. Coleman (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for manipulating carbohydrate processing pathways in cells of interest are provided. Methods are directed at manipulating multiple pathways involved with the sialylation reaction by using recombinant DNA technology and substrate feeding approaches to enable the production of sialylated glycoproteins in cells of interest. These carbohydrate engineering efforts encompass the implementation of new carbohydrate bioassays, the examination of a selection of insect cell lines and the use of bioinformatics to identify gene sequences for critical processing enzymes. The compositions comprise cells of interest producing sialylated glycoproteins. The methods and compositions are useful for heterologous expression of glycoproteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/930440 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
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| US 06949385 | Burns et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Burns (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brian N. Johnson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Michael Chen (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | The movement and mixing of microdroplets through microchannels is described employing silicon-based microscale devices, comprising microdroplet transport channels, reaction regions, electrophoresis modules, and radiation detectors. The discrete droplets are differentially heated and propelled through etched channels. Electronic components are fabricated on the same substrate material, allowing sensors and controlling circuitry to be incorporated in the same device. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 02, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/517680 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180 |
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| US 06949520 | Hartmann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. (Wellesley, Massachusetts); University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); Coley Pharmaceutical GmbH (Langenfeld, Germany) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gunther Hartmann (Munich, Germany); Robert L. Bratzler (Concord, Massachusetts); Arthur M. Krieg (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for extending the clinical utility of IFN-α in the treatment of a variety of viral and proliferative disorders. Among other aspects, the invention provides methods which increase the efficacy of IFN-α treatment and reduce IFN-α treatment-related side effects. In addition, methods are provided for supporting the survival and for activating natural interferon producing cells (IPCs) in vitro without exogenous IL-3 or GM-CSF. The invention is based on the discovery that certain CpG and non-CpG ISNAs promote survival and stimulation of IPCs. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/672126 |
| 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 514/44 |
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| US 06949521 | Chu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia); Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung K. Chu (Athens, Georgia); Lakshmi P. Kotra (Detroit, Michigan); Konstantine Manouilov (Omaha, Nebraska); Jinfa Du (Irvine, California); Raymond Schinazi (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Pharmaceutical prodrug compositions are provided comprising azide derivatives of drugs which are capable of being converted to the drug in vivo. Azide derivatives of drugs having amine, ketone and hydroxy substituents are converted in vivo to the corresponding drugs, increasing the half-life of the drugs. In addition azide prodrugs are often better able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier than the corresponding drugs. Especially useful are azide derivatives of cordycepin, 2′-F-ara-ddI, AraA, acyclovir, penciclovir and related drugs. Useful azide prodrugs are azide derivatives of therapeutic alicyclic amines, ketones, and hydroxy-substituted compounds, including aralkyl, heterocyclic aralkyl, and cyclic aliphatic compounds, where the amine or oxygen moiety is on the ring, or where the amine or oxygen moiety is on an aliphatic side chain, as well as therapeutic purines and pyrimidines, nucleoside analogs and phosphorylated nucleoside analogs. |
| FILED | Friday, May 04, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/849870 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/45 |
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| US 06949522 | Otto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pharmasset, Inc. (Tucker, Georgia); The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia); Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Otto (Lilburn, Georgia); Junxing Shi (Duluth, Georgia); Chung K. Chu (Athens, Georgia); Raymond F. Schinazi (Decatur, Georgia); Giuseppe Gumina (Athens, Georgia); Youhoon Chong (Athens, Georgia); Yongseok Choi (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes compounds and compositions of β-halonucleosides, as well as methods to treat HIV, HBV or abnormal cellular proliferation comprising administering said compounds or compositions. |
| FILED | Monday, June 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/179612 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/45 |
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| US 06949530 | Hrabie 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) | Joseph A. Hrabie (Frederick, Maryland); Larry K. Keefer (Bethesda, Maryland); Ernst V. Arnold (Hagerstown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to nitric oxide-releasing amidine diazeniumdiolates, compositions comprising same, methods of using same, and a method for preparing same from imidate diazeniumdiolates and primary or secondary amines. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/198242 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/149 |
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| US 06949558 | Altieri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dario C. Altieri (Worcester, Massachusetts); Daniel S. O'Connor (Brooklyn Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a combination therapy for inhibiting the growth of tumor, for treating cancer, and for inducing cell death. The therapy comprises the sequential administration of taxane and a CDK1 antagonist. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising taxane and a CDK1 antagonist and kits comprising taxane and CDK1 antagonist. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/284490 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/261 |
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| US 06949624 | Liu 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) | Johnson M. Liu (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Jianxiang Wang (Tianjin, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the discovery of the human nuclear receptor co-repressor gene and the human nuclear receptor co-repressor protein, a molecule that recruits a complex of proteins that alters chromatin structure and mediates transcriptional repression. Novel biological tools, prophylactics, therapeutics, diagnostics, and methods of use of the foregoing are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 03, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/632033 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/358 |
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| US 06949637 | Lilly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig M. Lilly (Concord, Massachusetts); Andrew D. Luster (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Jeffrey M. Drazen (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating asthma are provided. The methods involve the discovery of a correlation between an eotaxin gene polymorphism and the ocurrence of asthma. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/413255 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/24.330 |
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| US 06949640 | Montgomery et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Montgomery (Birmingham, Alabama); Anita T. Fowler (Birmingham, Alabama); John A. Secrist, III (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | 2-Chloro-9-(2-deoxy-2-fluoro-β-D-arabinofuranosyl)-9H-purin-9-amine is synthesized by reacting a 2-chloro-6-substituted purine with a protected and activated 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-arabinofuranose; and reacting with a base such as ammonia to provide 2-chloro-9-(2-deoxy-2-fluoro-β-D-arabinofuranosyl)-9H-purin-6-amine. When the purine reactant is substituted in the 6 position with a halogen, a reaction step with an alkoxide is carried out prior to the reaction with ammonia. |
| FILED | Friday, February 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/889287 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/27.400 |
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| US 06949647 | Pettit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Noeleen Melody (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | (+)-Narciclasine (2), available in quantity from certain Amaryllidaceae species or by total synthesis, is employed in for a ten step synthetic conversion (3.6% overall yield) to natural (+)-pancratistatin (1a). The key procedures involve the epoxidation of natural (+)-narciclasine (2) to an epoxide (6), reduction of the epoxide (6) to diol (8), formation of cyclic sulfate (12) and its ring opening with cesium benzoate followed by saponification of the benzoate to afford (+)-pancratistatin (1a). |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/450917 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/65 |
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| US 06949664 | Petasis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicos A. Petasis (Hacienda Heights, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods for the preparation of naturally occurring trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoids and their structural analogs. The invention further provides new derivatives of trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoids that can be prepared according to these methods. The invention also provides trihydroxy polyunsaturated eicosanoids and their use in pharmaceutical compositions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/405924 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/224 |
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| US 06949690 | Sawyers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Sawyers (Los Angeles, California); Karen A. Klein (Los Angeles, California); Owen N Witte (Sherman Oaks, California); Robert E. Reiter (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an immune deficient mouse having a human prostate xenograft of locally advanced or metastatic prostate cancer and uses thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/066266 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/3 |
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| US 06949692 | Dove et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Dove (Madison, Wisconsin); Alexandra Shedlovsky (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for breeding mutagenized mice permit detection of genetic loci that in heterozygous mutated form can modify a known index phenotype involves crossing a mutagenized founder strain and a second strain of mice carrying an allele at a locus that confers the index phenotype. In the test generation, clusters of individuals are observed to deviate from the typical phenotype. The genetic material and molecules encoded thereby can be obtained using available methods. Improved and compact methods are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 14, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/114973 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/22 |
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| US 06949740 | Sheehan et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Edward William Sheehan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ross Clark Willoughby (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved lens for collecting and focusing dispersed charged particles or ions having a stratified array of elements at atmospheric or near-atmospheric pressure, each element having successively smaller apertures forming a tapered terminus, wherein the electrostatic DC potentials are applied to each element necessary for focusing ions through the stratified array for introducing charged particles and ions into the vacuum system of a mass spectrometer. Embodiments of this invention are methods and devices for improving sensitivity of mass spectrometry when coupled to both high and low electrostatic field atmospheric pressure ionization sources. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/661842 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
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| US 06950241 | Liang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | DMetrix, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chen Liang (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A miniature microscope objective includes at least three or four miniature lenses including from object to image at least a first positive lens, a second positive lens, and a third lens. The numerical aperture (NA) is greater than 0.4 and no more than approximately 0.9. The magnification variation ΔM/M over red, green and blue wavelengths spanning 165 nm or more is less than 0.3% to 1.5%, an image size variation is less than a sampling distance, at least one lens has an aspheric departure, and the miniature objective includes at least one diffractive surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/681594 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/660 |
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| US 06950757 | Stewart |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emerald BioStructures, Inc. (Bainbridge Island, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lansing J. Stewart (Bainbridge Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to crystallization based assays for identifying ligands that bind to a macromolecule. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/121094 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/27 |
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| US 06948306 | Wilson 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) | Kenneth J. Wilson (Ridgecrest, California); Timothy P. Parr (Ridgecrest, California); Ken Yu (Potomac, Maryland); Jaul Warren (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A supersonic combustion apparatus and method of using the same including a side wall cavity having an enhanced mixing system with ground-based oxygen injection for hypersonic material and engine testing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/337667 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/204 |
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| US 06948317 | Renggli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard James Renggli (Cincinnati, Ohio); Matthew Wilson Jumper (Cincinnati, Ohio); Kenneth Daniel Price (Hamilton, Ohio); Andrew Paul Kuchar (Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for adjusting a throat area of a jet aircraft exhaust nozzle assembly includes positioning a lower structure within a substantially rectangular nozzle assembly, coupling a ramp flap to the lower structure, and coupling an outer flap to the nozzle assembly such that movement of at least one of the ramp flap and the outer flap adjusts the throat area of the nozzle assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/698615 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/771 |
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| US 06948388 | Clayton 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) | Stanley R. Clayton (Spring Valley, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California); Mark R. Roser (San Diego, California); Richard L. Waters (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensing system includes a ring oscillator that emits electromagnetic radiation at a characteristic frequency. The ring oscillator comprises an odd number plurality of inverters that are electrically connected in series. The sensing system also comprises a temperature stabilized voltage source that is used to supply voltage to the inverters of the ring oscillator. A sensing load for sensing a change in a preselected environmental condition is operably connected to the ring oscillator. When the load senses the preselected environmental condition, the sensing load alters the characteristic frequency of the ring oscillator and hence the electromagnetic radiation as emitted by the ring oscillator. A pick-up antenna receives the electromagnetic radiation as emitted by the ring oscillator and detection electronics, operably coupled to the pick-up antenna, measure the frequency of the electromagnetic radiation as received by the pick-up antenna. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/739751 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/862.680 |
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| US 06948975 | Leung 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) | Fee Chan Leung (Hazlet, New Jersey); Michael T. Brundage (Howell, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a lantern flashlight power source adaptor, which may be used with a battery that has an electrical socket, includes a member and an electrical plug that is supported by the member. The electrical plug may be dimensioned and configured to be connectable with an electrical socket of a battery and the adaptor may also include at least one terminal connector that is connected in circuit with the electrical plug and that is located on the member. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/756886 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949304 | Loutfy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MC Research and Innovation Center (, California); Materials and Electrochemical Resarch (MER) Corp. (, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raouf O. Loutfy (Tucson, Arizona); Perumal Pugazhendhi (Tucson, Arizona); Ken Tasaki (Goleta, California); Arunkumar Venkatesan (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Proton conductive fullerene materials are incorporated in minor amounts into various polymeric materials to enhance the low relative humidity proton conductivity properties of the polymeric material. The resulting proton conductors may be used as polymer electrolyte membranes in fuel cells operative over a wide range of relative humidity conditions and over a wide range of temperatures from below room temperature to above the boiling point of water. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/867380 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949341 | Rothschild et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth J. Rothschild (Newton, Massachusetts); Sanjay M. Sonar (Boston, Massachusetts); Jerzy Olejnik (Allston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to agents and conjugates that can be used to detect and isolate target components from complex mixtures such as nucleic acids from biological samples, cells from bodily fluids, and nascent proteins from translation reactions. Agents comprise a detectable moiety bound to a photoreactive moiety. Conjugates comprise agents coupled to substrates by covalent bounds which can be selectively cleaved with the administration of electromagnetic radiation. Targets substances labeled with detectable molecules can be easily identified and separated from a heterologous mixture of substances. Exposure of the conjugate to radiation releases the target in a functional form and completely unaltered. Using photocleavable molecular precursors as the conjugates, label can be incorporated into macromolecules, the nascent macromolecules isolated and the label completely removed. The invention also relates to targets isolated with these conjugates which may be useful as pharmaceutical agents or compositions that can be administered to humans and other mammals. Useful compositions include biological agents such as nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and cytokines. Conjugates can also be used to monitor the pathway and half-life of pharmaceutical composition in vivo and for diagnostic, therapeutic and prophylactic purposes. The invention also relates to kits comprised of agents and conjugates that can be used for the detection of diseases, disorders and nearly any individual substance in a complex background of substances. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/264126 |
| 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 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949406 | Bosnyak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Bosnyak (Tacoma, Washington); Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates aligning a first semiconductor die with a second semiconductor die, wherein the first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die are arranged active face to active face. Note that the active face contains circuitry for communicating between semiconductor dies. The system starts by generating light on an active face of the first semiconductor die. The system then collimates the light within the active face of the first semiconductor die to form a first beam of light which is projected onto the second semiconductor die. Next, the system receives the first beam of light on an active face of the second semiconductor die and determines a position of the first beam of light on the active face of the second semiconductor die. Finally, the system determines an alignment of the second semiconductor die relative to the first semiconductor die based on the determined position of the first beam of light. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/831576 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949508 | Krise et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Krise (Bozeman, Montana); John L. Sternick (Mansfield, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Foreign proteins are placed into the blood of an animal so that they can be recovered at a later time and used for identification. Proteins are administered to the animal from a water bath via the animal's gills (where appropriate), gut and, through the skin. The foreign protein is detectable in small amounts using immune assays which magnify the available signals or tags in an assay. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/401973 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949761 | Chu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack O. Chu (Manhasser Hills, New York); Steven J. Koester (Ossining, New York); Qiqing C. Ouyang (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A structure and method of fabricating a high-mobility semiconductor layer structure and field-effect transistor (MODFET) that includes a high-mobility conducting channel, while at the same time, maintaining counter doping to control deleterious short-channel effects. The MODFET design includes a high-mobility conducting channel layer wherein the method allows the counter doping to be formed using a standard technique such as ion implantation, and further allows the high-mobility channel to be in close proximity to the counter doping without degradation of the mobility. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/685013 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949954 | Nyström et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mika Nyström (Pasadena, California); Alain J. Martin (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a class of circuits named asynchronous pulse logic (APL) circuit and designing methods for such circuits. APL replaces two of the four-phase handshakes in QDI circuits with pulses, thus breaking the timing dependencies that cause performance problems in QDI circuits. Since the pulse length in APL varies so little, it can be assumed constant. This assumption frees designers from needing to consider the effects of the inputs and outputs on the pulse length, which means timing properties can be verified locally. One embodiment of the present invention is a class of circuit design called the single-track-handshake-asynchronous-pulse-logic (STAPL), which serves as a new target for the compilation of CHP (Communication Hardware Process) programs. In one embodiment, a five-stage pulse generator is used to create a 10 transition count cycle circuit. Advantages of STAPL include a simplified solution to the charge-sharing problem and less loading from p-transistors. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/693543 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/93 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06950062 | Mather et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Mather (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Christina M. Conway (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); James B. West (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A phased array antenna is formed from an array of apertures having walls containing phase shifter devices for phase shifting and beam steering a radiated beam of the phased array antenna. The phase shifter devices are interconnected with an interconnect structure formed from substrate slats that form the walls of the apertures. The substrate slats may be thin film circuitized column slats having a metal substrate, dielectric layers, metal bias/control circuitry, a shielding layer, and circuit terminations to connect to a phase shifter device attached to the substrate slat. |
| FILED | Friday, October 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/273459 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06950075 | Rivera |
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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) | David F. Rivera (Westerly, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus including a gimbal and an antenna with a hollowed frustum having a closed end and an open end. The antenna includes a feed stem at the closed end extending as an internal rod into the hollowed frustum. The opposite end of the rod connects to a receiver section extending from an edge of the open end beyond a longitudinal axis of the antenna. The antenna is supported by the gimbal attachable to a container suitable for towing. A pivot at the open end in relation to the center-of-gravity of the frustum allows a swinging arc in relation to the attached gimbal in that the frustum moves by gravity toward the axes of the gimbal such that the receiver section maintains a facing position to the force of gravity. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/730185 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/762 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06950296 | Carnahan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NanoLab, Inc. (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Carnahan (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoscale grasping device comprising at least three electrostatically actuated grasping elements. The use of at least three elements, which together define a plane, allows an object to be grasped more accurately, more easily held, and more readily manipulated. The grasping elements preferably comprise conductive nanotubes which are grown at specific points on a substrate (e.g., directly on an electrode), using chemical vapor deposition (“CVD”) techniques, thereby allowing the grasping device to be manufactured with greater control. Different types of electrostatic forces may be used to open or close the grasping tool. Such attractive and repulsive forces can be created through the application of either a constant voltage or an oscillating voltage. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/057262 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06950331 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Yang (Los Angeles, California); Liping Ma (Los Angeles, California); Jie Liu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A bistable electrical device (50) employing a bistable body (52) and a high conductivity material (54). A sufficient amount of high conductivity material (54) is included in the bistable body (52) to impart bistable between a low resistance state and a high resistance state by application of an electrical voltage (60). |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/399586 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06950828 | Shaw 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) | Kevin B. Shaw (Gulfport, Michigan); Miyi J. Chung (Tarrytown, Louisiana); Maria A. Cobb (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | An object-oriented system for building and maintaining a spatial data structure for use in topological applications. The data is organized in a database which incorporates spatial feature location, attributes, and metadata information in a relational framework across a hierarchy. The system provides for the instantiation of the objects and levels that make up the database and for spatially indexing the data among the objects across hierarchical levels. The data can be updated while preserving the spatial linking among objects and levels, and the data can be exported to a relational vector product format database. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/662171 |
| ART UNIT | 2167 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/103.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06950853 | Garcia-Luna-Aceves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California); Hans-Peter Dommel (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A protocol to coordinate multipoint groupwork in the IP-multicast framework. Called Aggregated Coordination Protocol (ACP), the protocol operates on a shared multicast tree, benefiting from the underlying tree structure to store and forward coordination primitives between hosts in different multicast groups on the tree. ACP coordinates distributed activities via message passing, and manifests control by ephemeral permissions rather than actual locks, allowing control over continuous media flows as well as discrete data. The protocol supports Internet-wide coordination for large and highly interactive groupwork, relying on transmission of coordination directives between group members across a shared end-to-end multicast tree. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/892708 |
| ART UNIT | 2143 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06950927 | Apisdorf 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) | Joel Zvi Apisdorf (Reston, Virginia); Sam Brandon Sandbote (Reston, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method process data elements with instruction-level parallelism. An instruction buffer holds a first instruction and a second instruction, the first instruction being associated with a first thread, and the second instruction being associated with a second thread. A dependency counter counts satisfaction of dependencies of instructions of the second thread on instructions of the first thread. An instruction control unit is coupled to the instruction buffer and the dependency counter, the instruction control unit increments and decrements the dependency counter according to dependency information included in instructions. An execution switch is coupled to the instruction control unit and the instruction buffer, and the execution switch routes instructions to instruction execution units. |
| FILED | Friday, April 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/833580 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06950947 | Purtell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Networks Associates Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Purtell (Northridge, California); Roger Knobbe (Torrance, California); Stephen Schwab (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Two or more computers acting as firewalls share network state data to enhance throughput performance. A firewall creates a separate common TCP control block (CCB) for each group of TCP connections through the firewall having common endpoints. The CCB is a shared data structure comprising a single microstate shared across the group of TCP connections. Each such individual TCP connection has a TCP control block, which instead of a microstate, contains a pointer to the appropriate CCB. Preferably, each firewall receives CCBs from its peers and stores them. Each firewall preferably adjusts data traffic passing through it based on the CCBs stored within it. By adjusting traffic to reduce or eliminate congestion, throughput is enhanced. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 20, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/597973 |
| ART UNIT | 2137 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond J. Beach (Livermore, California); Barry L. Freitas (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fast (high numerical aperture) cylindrical microlens, which includes an internally reflective surface, that functions to deviate the direction of the light that enters the lens from its original propagation direction is employed in optically conditioning laser diodes, laser diode arrays and laser diode bars. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/741047 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Glass manufacturing 065/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06948482 | Kilkenny et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Patrick Kilkenny (Peoria, Illinois); Kevin Patrick Duffy (Metamora, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for controlling a temperature in a combustion cylinder in an internal combustion engine. The cylinder is fluidly connected to an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold. The method and apparatus includes increasing a back pressure associated with the exhaust manifold to a level sufficient to maintain a desired quantity of residual exhaust gas in the cylinder, and varying operation of an intake valve located between the intake manifold and the cylinder to an open duration sufficient to maintain a desired quantity of fresh air from the intake manifold to the cylinder, wherein controlling the quantities of residual exhaust gas and fresh air are performed to maintain the temperature in the cylinder at a desired level. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/731717 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/568.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06948882 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ann Marie Smith (Pocatello, Idaho); Bradley M. Gardner (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kevin M. Kostelnik (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Judy K. Partin (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Gregory D. Lancaster (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Mary Catherine Pfeifer (San Antonio, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor system for a buried waste containment site having a bottom wall barrier and/or sidewall barriers, for containing hazardous waste. The sensor system includes one or more sensor devices disposed in one or more of the barriers for detecting a physical parameter either of the barrier itself or of the physical condition of the surrounding soils and buried waste, and for producing a signal representing the physical parameter detected. Also included is a signal processor for receiving signals produced by the sensor device and for developing information identifying the physical parameter detected, either for sounding an alarm, displaying a graphic representation of a physical parameter detected on a viewing screen and/or a hard copy printout. The sensor devices may be deployed in or adjacent the barriers at the same time the barriers are deployed and may be adapted to detect strain or cracking in the barriers, leakage of radiation through the barriers, the presence and leaking through the barriers of volatile organic compounds, or similar physical conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/673101 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/129.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949005 | Larsen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric D. Larsen (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Arthur D. Watkins (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Rodney J. Bitsoi (Ririe, Idaho); David P. Pace (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A grinding assembly for grinding a weld joint of a workpiece includes a grinder apparatus, a grinder apparatus includes a grinding wheel configured to grind the weld joint, a member configured to receive the grinding wheel, the member being configured to be removably attached to the grinder apparatus, and a sensor assembly configured to detect a contact between the grinding wheel and the workpiece. The grinding assembly also includes a processing circuitry in communication with the grinder apparatus and configured to control operations of the grinder apparatus, the processing circuitry configured to receive weld defect information of the weld joint from an inspection assembly to create a contour grinding profile to grind the weld joint in a predetermined shape based on the received weld defect information, and a manipulator having an end configured to carry the grinder apparatus, the manipulator further configured to operate in multiple dimensions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/896411 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Abrading 451/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949169 | Hersman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | F. William Hersman (Durham, New Hampshire); Mark Leuschner (Newmarket, New Hampshire); Jeannette Carberry (Merrimack, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a polarizing process involving a number of steps. The first step requires moving a flowing mixture of gas, the gas at least containing a polarizable nuclear species and vapor of at least one alkali metal, with a transport velocity that is not negligible when compared with the natural velocity of diffusive transport. The second step is propagating laser light in a direction, preferably at least partially through a polarizing cell. The next step is directing the flowing gas along a direction generally opposite to the direction of laser light propagating. The next step is containing the flowing gas mixture in the polarizing cell. The final step is immersing the polarizing cell in a magnetic field. These steps can be initiated in any order, although the flowing gas, the propagating laser and the magnetic field immersion must be concurrently active for polarization to occur. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/904294 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949230 | Schwartz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eltron Research, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Schwartz (Boulder, Colorado); James H. White (Boulder, Colorado); Anthony F. Sammells (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to gas-impermeable, solid state materials fabricated into membranes for use in catalytic membrane reactors. This invention particularly relates to solid state oxygen anion- and electron-mediating membranes for use in catalytic membrane reactors for promoting partial or full oxidation of different chemical species, for decomposition of oxygen-containing species, and for separation of oxygen from other gases. Solid state materials for use in the membranes of this invention include mixed metal oxide compounds having the brownmillerite crystal structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/929870 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949238 | Tumas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Tumas (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Kevin C. Ott (Los Alamos, New Mexico); T. Mark McCleskey (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Matthew Z. Yates (Penfield, New York); Eva R. Birnbaum (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel zeolites are produced by combining a polar solute, a silicon or phosphorous source, and a structure directing agent. Surfactants and a hydrophobic solvent are added to the previously mixed three species and shaken to disperse the surfactants. The reverse microemulsion is stirred overnight, at about room temperature and then iced for five to ten minutes. A metal source is added vigorously shaken for about two minutes. The mixture is then aged for about two hours at about room temperature. A mineralizer is added and the resultant mixture aged for about two hours at about room temperature. The mixture is heated to about 180° C., for a suitable time period. The final novel product is then isolated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/360544 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/716 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949313 | LaFollette |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioPolar Technologies Corporation (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney M. LaFollette (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Microthin sheet technology is disclosed by which superior batteries are constructed which, among other things, accommodate the requirements for high load rapid discharge and recharge, mandated by electric vehicle criteria. The microthin sheet technology has process and article overtones and can be used to form thin electrodes used in batteries of various kinds and types, such as spirally-wound batteries, bipolar batteries, lead acid batteries silver/zinc batteries, and others. Superior high performance battery features include: (a) minimal ionic resistance; (b) minimal electronic resistance; (c) minimal polarization resistance to both charging and discharging; (d) improved current accessibility to active material of the electrodes; (e) a high surface area to volume ratio; (f) high electrode porosity (microporosity); (g) longer life cycle; (h) superior discharge/recharge characteristics; (i) higher capacities (A·hr); and (j) high specific capacitance. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/094197 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/228 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949748 | Ziock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Klaus-Peter Ziock (Livermoe, California); William W. Craig (Pittsburg, California); Bruce Hasegawa (South San Francisco, California); Michael J. Pivovaroff (Piedmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Imaging of radiation sources located in a subject is explored for medical applications. The approach involves using grazing-incidence optics to form images of the location of radiopharmaceuticals administered to a subject. The optics are “true focusing” optics, meaning that they project a real and inverted image of the radiation source onto a detector possessing spatial and energy resolution. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/411854 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949887 | Kirkpatrick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A. Kirkpatrick (Great Falls, Virginia); Aleksandr Gitsevich (Montgomery Village, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An oscillator includes an amplifier having an input and an output, a feedback network connected between the input of the amplifier and the output of the amplifier, the feedback network being configured to provide suitable positive feedback from the output of the amplifier to the input of the amplifier to initiate and sustain an oscillating condition, and a tuning circuit connected to the input of the amplifier, wherein the tuning circuit is continuously variable and consists of solid state electrical components with no mechanically adjustable devices including a pair of diodes connected to each other at their respective cathodes with a control voltage connected at the junction of the diodes. Another oscillator includes an amplifier having an input and an output, a feedback network connected between the input of the amplifier and the output of the amplifier, the feedback network being configured to provide suitable positive feedback from the output of the amplifier to the input of the amplifier to initiate and sustain an oscillating condition, and transmission lines connected to the input of the amplifier with an input pad and a perpendicular transmission line extending from the input pad and forming a leg of a resonant “T”, and wherein the feedback network is coupled to the leg of the resonant “T”. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/975552 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/248 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06949179 | Leddy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johna Leddy (Iowa City, Iowa); Shelley D. Minteer (Pacific, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for making magnetically modified electrodes and electrodes made according to the method. Such electrode are useful as electrodes in batteries, such as Ni-MH batteries, Ni—Cd batteries, Ni—Zn batteries and Ni—Fe batteries. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/406002 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/775 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949230 | Schwartz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eltron Research, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Schwartz (Boulder, Colorado); James H. White (Boulder, Colorado); Anthony F. Sammells (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to gas-impermeable, solid state materials fabricated into membranes for use in catalytic membrane reactors. This invention particularly relates to solid state oxygen anion- and electron-mediating membranes for use in catalytic membrane reactors for promoting partial or full oxidation of different chemical species, for decomposition of oxygen-containing species, and for separation of oxygen from other gases. Solid state materials for use in the membranes of this invention include mixed metal oxide compounds having the brownmillerite crystal structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/929870 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949365 | Sower et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stacia Sower (Newmarket, New Hampshire); Matthew Silver (Dover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel isolated cDNA encoding the precursor of the novel gonadotropin-releasing hormones in four species of the fish lamprey is disclosed. The use of such cDNA's in studying the phylogenetic relationship of various species of fish and vertebrates overall; and the use of such cDNA's for controlling the gonadal development and spawning of fish, including inducing and inhibiting maturation, spawning and reproduction, is also described. Methods by which the novel peptides may be administered to fish to control their reproduction are also described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/170096 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949368 | Chakrabarti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raj Chakrabarti (Princeton, New Jersey); Clarence E. Schutt (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for enhancing PCR and other polynucleotide replication reactions are disclosed. These comprise the addition of low molecular weight organic amides, sulfones or sulfoxides to PCR or other replication reaction mixtures. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/056917 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949372 | Betenbaugh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Betenbaugh (Baltimore, Maryland); Shawn Lawrence (Dobbs Ferry, New York); Yuan C. Lee (Timonium, Maryland); Timothy A. Coleman (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for manipulating carbohydrate processing pathways in cells of interest are provided. Methods are directed at manipulating multiple pathways involved with the sialylation reaction by using recombinant DNA technology and substrate feeding approaches to enable the production of sialylated glycoproteins in cells of interest. These carbohydrate engineering efforts encompass the implementation of new carbohydrate bioassays, the examination of a selection of insect cell lines and the use of bioinformatics to identify gene sequences for critical processing enzymes. The compositions comprise cells of interest producing sialylated glycoproteins. The methods and compositions are useful for heterologous expression of glycoproteins. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/930440 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949506 | Schwabe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAS Medical, Inc. (San Mateo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian Schwabe (Charleston, South Carolina); Elaine Unemori (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a relaxin-like factor, its derivatives or analogs, and uses thereof. The present invention further relates to compositions comprising a relaxin-like factor, its derivatives or analogs, and relaxin wherein such composition exhibits an additive or synergistic effect. |
| FILED | Monday, April 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/846149 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949590 | Ratner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Buddy D. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Prabha D. Nair (Kerala, India); Maximiliane Silvia Boeckl (Seattle, Washington); Elizabeth Reeves Leber (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present invention provides hydrogels comprising polymer molecules and bridging molecules, wherein substantially all the polymer molecules are cross-linked by hydrogen bonds between polymer molecules and bridging molecules, wherein each bridging molecule is linked to at least two polymer molecules, and wherein there are substantially no covalent linkages between the polymer molecules. In some embodiments, the polymer molecules are poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and the bridging molecules are amino acids. Some embodiments of the invention provide devices comprising hydrogels, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising biologically active molecules within hydrogels. Another aspect provides methods for forming hydrogels of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/339777 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06949250 | Schrader et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); The University of Mississippi (University, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin K. Schrader (Oxford, Mississippi); N. P. Dhammika Nanayakkara (Oxford, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | We have now discovered that certain 9,10-anthraquinone derivatives we developed possess potent activity against O. perornata while possessing a sufficiently high level of solubility in water to make their activity against O. perornata viable. These compounds possess a high level of activity against O. perornata yet are relatively non-toxic to green algae and fishes. The compounds also possess a relatively short half-life. The compounds represent a new means to providing compounds possessing a high degree of selective activity against blue-green algae while being physiologically tolerated by catfish and green algae. The compounds provide a means for controlling blue-green algae in managed bodies of water that are destined for public use or consumption. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/320651 |
| 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 424/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06949695 | Wright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Wright (Boone, Iowa); Daniel F. Voytas (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides plant retroelements useful as molecular tools. In one embodiment, the present invention provides nucleic acids encoding gag, pol and/or env genes of plant retroelements. The elements can be used, among other uses, as building blocks of other constructs, tools to find other nucleic acid sequences and tools to transfer nucleic acid into cells. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/799870 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/298 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06948881 | Fredriksson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Fredriksson (Nottingham, New Hampshire); Thomas Ballestero (Madbury, New Hampshire); Stanley Boduch (Barrington, New Hampshire); Richard Clark (Newmarket, New Hampshire); Nancy Kinner (Lee, New Hampshire); Matthew Levander (Durham, New Hampshire); Matthew Manning (Newton, Massachusetts); Michael Mazzone (Durham, New Hampshire); Glenn McGillicuddy (Dover, New Hampshire); James Mulcahey (Hampton, New Hampshire); James Tyler (Newmarket, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An injection vessel for injecting liquid amendment into contaminated subsurface sediment in ecologically sensitive areas such as shallow water salt marshes, tidal flats, or fresh water wetlands is disclosed. The injection vessel described herein includes a shallow-draft floating platform that has an injection system mounted thereon. The injection system includes an injection grid containing a plurality of injection syringes that receive liquid amendment from a metering pump. The injection grid is lowered such that the output of the injection syringes is within the contaminated sediment. The metering pump provides the liquid amendment to the injection syringes and a fluid path is established that injects the liquid amendment into the contaminated sediment. A propulsion system mounted on the floating platform provides for locomotive and maneuvering power. A control system allows the operation of the system either in a semi-autonomous mode in which an on-board controller is programmed to provide the command signals, or in a remote control mode with an operator providing real time command signals through either a wireless or wired controller. The control system provides propulsion commands to the propulsion system and injection commands to the injection system. The propulsion commands include both locomotive commands and maneuvering commands. The injection commands include the lowering and raising of the injection gird and the operation of the metering pump to dispense the predetermined amount of liquid amendment. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/395037 |
| ART UNIT | 3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/128.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06950546 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | OG Technologies, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tzyy-Shuh Chang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Daniel Gutchess (Saline, Michigan); Hsun-Hau Huang (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to solving the problems associated with the detection of surface defects on metal bars as well as the problems associated with applying metal flat inspection systems to metal bars for non-destructive surface defects detection. A specially designed imaging system, which is comprised of a computing unit, line lights and high data rate line scan cameras, is developed for the aforementioned purpose. The target application is the metal bars (1) that have a circumference/cross-section-area ratio equal to or smaller than 4.25 when the cross section area is unity for the given shape, (2) whose cross-sections are round, oval, or in the shape of a polygon, and (3) are manufactured by mechanically cross-section reduction processes. The said metal can be steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, bronze, titanium, nickel, and so forth, and/or their alloys. The said metal bars can be at the temperature when they are being manufactured. |
| FILED | Friday, December 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/331050 |
| ART UNIT | 2623 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06948906 | Leishman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Leishman (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Yong Oun Han (Sandy Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor blade system with reduced blade-vortex interaction noise includes a plurality of tube members embedded in proximity to a tip of each rotor blade. The inlets of the tube members are arrayed at the leading edge of the blade slightly above the chord plane, while the outlets are arrayed at the blade tip face. Such a design rapidly diffuses the vorticity contained within the concentrated tip vortex because of enhanced flow mixing in the inner core, which prevents the development of a laminar core region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/618645 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 06948867 | Hussain |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalid Hussain (Gladstone, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for creating a pictorial cancellation mark that may be applied to a mailpiece. The pictorial cancellation originates as a digital image that is then printed through a printer on the mailpiece, such as by application to the postal indicia on the mailpiece. This invention takes advantage of the technology now available in digital printing techniques to vary the pictorial cancellation through a variety of color, sizes, shapes, and images. Pictorial cancellations may thus be individualized for markets, applications, and unique purposes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/732933 |
| ART UNIT | 2854 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Typewriting machines 4/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06949774 | Parikh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Primit Parikh (Goleta, California); Umesh Mishra (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | New Group III based diodes are disclosed having a low on state voltage (Vf), and structures to keep reverse current (Irev) relatively low. One embodiment of the invention is Schottky barrier diode made from the GaN material system in which the Fermi level (or surface potential) of is not pinned. The barrier potential at the metal-to-semiconductor junction varies depending on the type of metal used and using particular metals lowers the diode's Schottky barrier potential and results in a Vf in the range of 0.1-0.3V. In another embodiment a trench structure is formed on the Schottky diodes semiconductor material to reduce reverse leakage current. and comprises a number of parallel, equally spaced trenches with mesa regions between adjacent trenches. A third embodiment of the invention provides a GaN tunnel diode with a low Vf resulting from the tunneling of electrons through the barrier potential, instead of over it. This embodiment can also have a trench structure to reduce reverse leakage current. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/163944 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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