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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 18, 2005
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| US 06955038 | McCaffrey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy P. McCaffrey (Swampscott, Massachusetts); Stephen John Howell (West Newbury, Massachusetts); Walter J. Tingle (Danvers, Massachusetts); Barry Francis Barnes (Milford, Connecticut); John Carl Jacobson (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine. The method comprises coupling a combustor including a dome assembly and a combustor liner that extends downstream from the dome assembly to a combustor casing that is positioned radially outwardly from the combustor, coupling a fuel injector including a fuel inlet and an air inlet to the combustor casing such that the fuel injector extends axially through the dome assembly such that fuel may be discharged from the primer nozzle into the combustor, and coupling the air inlet to an air source such that cooling air received therethrough is circulated through the fuel injector to facilitate cooling the fuel injector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/613581 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955111 | Davis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry L. Davis (Yuma, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method comprising the steps of lifting a stool-like device onto the recoil slide rails of a howitzer, sliding the device on the recoil slide rails of the howitzer until the device is centered under the breechblock of the howitzer, receiving and holding the breechblock on top of the device while permitting passage of the spindle through a hole in the device, and removing the spindle from the carrier without the breechblock dropping out of the carrier and causing bodily harm. After the spindle is removed, the breechblock can also be removed by raising the carrier and sliding the device out from under it. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/975631 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955125 | Mazzei 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) | Robert Mazzei (Scotch Plains, New Jersey); Seungeuk Han (Fort Lee, New Jersey); Gordon Cheung (Hackettstown, New Jersey); Robert G. Noble (Oak Ridge, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A practice projectile allows for the release of flame or smoke and bang upon impact to simulate a successful deployment of the tactical cartridge. The practice projectile includes three main components: a center vent tube, a plurality of vent holes, and a plurality of vent plugs. The center vent tube compensates for the physical properties of the tactical mortar cartridge and provides a passage for an efficient release of smoke upon a fuze function. The vent holes are positioned at the rear end of the projectile body to sufficiently release pressure, flame and smoke upon a fuze function. The vent plugs seal the vent holes to protect the interior of the projectile during storage, handling, and launching. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/694009 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955133 | Webster |
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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) | Elwood Ranck Webster (Camarillo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an apparatus to keep a safety brace in place on a cover, lid or door and a method of using the same. One aspect of the present invention includes an economical spring constructed to fit upon a safety brace in a way as to prevent the brace from being vibrated loose and allowing the cover, lid or door to close accidentally. Another aspect of the present invention is a method where the constructed spring is retrofitted upon an existing safety brace. |
| FILED | Monday, July 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/617442 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/201.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955296 | Lusher 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) | Paul W. Lusher (King George, Virginia); Henry T. Rowland (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A gun control system is disclosed that includes a fire control kernel and location-independent software components within the fire control kernel. The kernel provides core fire control functionality that is unaffected by changes within the external environment, such as changes to the physical configuration of the gun system of which the gun control system is a part. Each location-independent software component has a specific functionality, and is able to run on any processor within the system in a location-independent manner. These software components can include a target/track management interface software component, a gun control system control interface software component, a gun mount control interface software component, an ownship data interface software component, and a gun control system display interface software component. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/609898 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955522 | Cunha et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank J. Cunha (Avon, Connecticut); Michael A. Palumbo (Southington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved cooling design and method for cooling airfoils within a gas turbine engine is provided which includes a plenum longitudinally located within the leading edge of the airfoils. Within the plenum are positioned a plurality of turbulence promoters to provide enhance heat transfer within the leading edge. Also, the cooling design includes a plurality of inlets to receive cooling air from an internal cavity of the airfoil as well as a plurality of outlets located within a trench on the exterior surface of the leading edge through which the cooling air exits to film cool leading edge. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/408518 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955732 | Chan 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) | May L. Chan (Ridgecrest, California); Gary W. Meyers (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention disclosed herein relates to an explosive capable of enhanced combustion efficiently capable of sustaining a high pressure over a period of time in a confined environment, such as an air tight room or a cave, where oxygen may be in limited supply. An embodiment of the present invention is a metal composite that combines a binder, a reactive metal and an oxidizer. In another embodiment, a plasticizer and a catalyst are added. In another embodiment of the present invention, a solid fuel-air explosive (SFAE) having an annular construction is used. In a typical annular construction, a cylindrical shell of SFAE surrounds the cylindrically shaped high explosive. The SFAE includes at least one of reactive metal and metal composite. In addition, the metal composite is formed from at least one reactive metal, at least one binder and an oxidizer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/779545 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955798 | Miao |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanomat, Inc. (N. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Weifang Miao (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing substantially homogeneous aluminum oxynitride powder and other nitrogen-containing powders is provided. Particularly with respect to the AlON powder, the method comprises the steps of milling a mixture of aluminum and aluminum oxide in a nitrogen-containing atmosphere until a milled powder composed of aluminum-nitrogen solid solution and aluminum oxide forms. The next step is heating the milled powder in the presence of an inert gas and keeping it at sufficient temperature for a sufficient heating time to form the substantially homogenous aluminum oxynitride powder. This method is extended to the preparation of other powders by employing appropriate starting materials. The resultant powders are also claimed as part of the instant invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/136220 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/385 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955855 | Naasani |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioCrystal, Ltd. (Westerville, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Imad Naasani (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compositions of functionalized, fluorescent nanocrystals comprising fluorescent nanocrystals coated with an imidazole-containing compound; compositions of functionalized, fluorescent nanocrystals comprising fluorescent nanocrystals coated with an imidazole-containing compound and cross-linked with a phosphine cross-linking compound; compositions of functionalized fluorescent nanocrystals operably bound to molecular probe; a process of making functionalized, fluorescent nanocrystals; and a process of using functionalized, fluorescent nanocrystals in a detection system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/245082 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955858 | ElMasry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nadia A. ElMasry (Raleigh, North Carolina); Salah M. Bedair (Raleigh, North Carolina); Meredith L. Reed (Garner, North Carolina); Hans Stadelmaier (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Transition metal doped II–V nitride material films exhibit ferromagnetic properties at or above room temperature. A III–V nitride material film may be doped with a transition metal film in-situ during metal-organic chemical vapor deposition and/or by solid-state diffusion processes. Doping of the III–V nitride material films may proceed in the absence of hydrogen and/or in the presence of nitrogen. In some embodiments, transition metal-doped III–V nitride material films comprise carbon concentrations of at least 1017 atoms per cubic centimeter. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/313975 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/698 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955868 | Choi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Byung Jin Choi (Round Rock, Texas); Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Stephen C. Johnson (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to control a relative position between a surface and a body to form a pattern in the surface that features moving a body to obtain a desired relationship between the surface and the body. To that end, the method includes sensing the surface and the body and moving that body to obtain a desired spatial relationship with the surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/785248 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956213 | Antesberger |
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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) | A. Wayne Antesberger (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An infrared (IR) imaging system in accordance with the present invention includes a substrate, a plurality of disc-shaped microbolometer pixels that combined to define a Focal Plane Array. Each pixel is electrically connected to the substrate with a pair of opposing helical isolation legs. One end of the isolation leg is attached to the pixels periphery while the other is fixed to that substrate so that the FPA and a plane containing the substrate have a parallel, spaced-apart relationship. In this manner, the isolation leg(s) provides an electrical communication path from each pixel to the substrate as each pixel undergoes an internal change in resistance due to absorption of IR energy. At the same time, the legs separate the pixels from the substrate so that there is no heat transfer between the pixel and the substrate due to direct contact. The disc shape arrangement allows for a staggered arrangement of adjacent rows in the array, thereby increasing the fill factor for the FPA of the device. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/443086 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956219 | Saini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zyvex Corporation (Richardson, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Saini (Dallas, Texas); Zoran Jandric (Dallas, Texas); David Tuggle (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A microcolumn including a plurality of beam modification components coupled to an assembly substrate, wherein the plurality of beam modification components includes: (1) an extractor component; (2) a first focusing electrode component; (3) a first anode component; (4) a first deflector component; (5) a second focusing electrode component; (6) a second deflector component; (7) a third focusing electrode component; (8) a third deflector component; (9) a second anode component; (10) a fourth focusing electrode component; and (11) a third anode component. The beam modification components may be ordered on the substrate in this sequence or other sequences. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/987871 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/398 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956230 | Gharib et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Morteza Gharib (San Marino, California); Dominique Fourguette (Los Angeles, California); Darius Modarress (Los Angeles, California); Frederic Taugwalder (Altadena, California); Siamak Forouhar (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Integrated sensors are described using lasers on substrates. In one embodiment, a first sensor forms a laser beam and uses a quartz substrate to sense particle motion by interference of the particles with a diffraction beam caused by a laser beam. A second sensor uses gradings to produce an interference. In another embodiment, an integrated sensor includes a laser element, producing a diverging beam, and a single substrate which includes a first diffractive optical element placed to receive the diverging beam and produce a fringe based thereon, a scattering element which scatters said fringe beam based on particles being detected, and a second diffractive element receiving scattered light. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/838344 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/574 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956238 | Ryu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina); Anant Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Mrinal Kanti Das (Durham, North Carolina); Lori A. Lipkin (Raleigh, North Carolina); John W. Palmour (Raleigh, North Carolina); Ranbir Singh (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Silicon carbide metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) and methods of fabricating silicon carbide MOSFETs are provided. The silicon carbide MOSFETs have an n-type silicon carbide drift layer, spaced apart p-type silicon carbide regions in the n-type silicon carbide drift layer and having n-type silicon carbide regions therein, and a nitrided oxide layer. The MOSFETs also have n-type shorting channels extending from respective ones of the n-type silicon carbide regions through the p-type silicon carbide regions to the n-type silicon carbide drift layer. In further embodiments, silicon carbide MOSFETs and methods of fabricating silicon carbide MOSFETs are provided that include a region that is configured to self-deplete the source region, between the n-type silicon carbide regions and the drift layer, adjacent the oxide layer, upon application of a zero gate bias. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/911995 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956239 | Sriram |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saptharishi Sriram (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a unit cell of a metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MESFET). The unit cell of the MESFET includes a source, a drain and a gate. The gate is disposed between the source and the drain and on an n-type conductivity channel layer. A p-type conductivity region is provided beneath the source and has an end that extends towards the drain. The p-type conductivity region is spaced apart from the n-type conductivity channel region and is electrically coupled to the source. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/304272 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956257 | Zhu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaochun Zhu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jian-Gang Zhu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Various embodiments of a magnetic memory element, including a storage layer and a reference layer, are disclosed. The storage layer includes two conjugate magnetic domain segments having opposing helicities. The reference layer is permanently magnetized. A non-magnetic layer is interposed between the two magnetic layers. The boundaries of the two conjugate magnetic domain segments of the storage layer define domain walls along the radial direction thereof. The magnetic moment direction of one domain wall points inward and the magnetic moment direction of the other domain wall points outward. The two domain walls always attract each other, leaving one segment significantly larger than the other. These two different conditions (each longer the other) define two binary data states. By sending a vertical current through the magnetic memory element, transitions between the memory states can be achieved. Also disclosed are a memory cell, a memory device, and a computing device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/706622 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956426 | Wodnicki |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Gideon Wodnicki (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated high-voltage switching circuit includes a switch having ON and OFF states and having a parasitic gate capacitance. The switch consists of a pair of DMOS transistors integrated back to back and having a shared gate terminal, the drains of the DMOS transistors being connected to the input and output terminals of the switch respectively. The switching circuit further includes a turn-on circuit comprising a PMOS transistor having its drain connected to the shared gate terminal of the switch via a first diode, having its source connected to a global switch gate bias voltage terminal from which the PMOS transistor draws current, and having its gate electrically coupled to a switch gate control terminal that receives a switch gate control voltage input. The switch transitions from the OFF state to the ON state in response to a first transition of the switch gate control voltage input that causes the PMOS transistor to turn on, and the switch remains in the ON state in response to a second transition of the switch gate control voltage input that causes the PMOS transistor to turn off. The DMOS transistors turn on in response to the shared gate being coupled to the switch gate bias voltage when the PMOS transistor turns on. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/988024 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/382 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956476 | Buess et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Buess (Alexandria, Virginia); Allen M. Garroway (Fort Washington, Maryland); Joel B. Miller (Cheverly, Maryland); James P. Yesinowski (Fort Washington, Maryland); Roy P. Lindquist (Oakton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for screening samples to determine which samples include a target material. Generally, the samples are pre-screened to determine which of the samples have a piezoelectric resonance when irradiated with an electric field, to thereby indicate the presence of the target material. The samples that have the piezoelectric resonance are then further screened by a different process to confirm the presence of the target material. For example, samples that have the piezoelectric resonance are further screened for a specific nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR), a specific nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) or a specific visual characteristic, to confirm the presence of the target material in the sample. The apparatus and method can be used, for example, to search luggage at ports of entry for the presence of cocaine hydrochloride or heroin hydrochloride. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/166287 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/540 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956650 | Boas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Boas (New Market, New Hampshire); Joe Culver (Salem, Massachusetts); Simon Arridge (London, United Kingdom); Thomas Gaudette (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The methods and systems are provided that alleviate the impact of experimental systematic errors. These calibration methods and systems can be based on the discovery that by including source and detector calibration factors as part of the inverse calculation for image reconstruction, image artifacts can be significantly reduced. The novel methods and systems enhance contrast in images of the distribution of the radioactive properties of a medium, and enable improved detection of, for example, spatial variations in optical properties within highly scattering media, such as human or animal tissue. The novel methods and systems receive radiation which exits from the medium. Then, one or more optical properties of the medium are derived using the received radiation and one or more calibration factors, wherein the calibration factors are variables. Subsequently, a distribution of the optical properties in the medium is determined using the derived optical properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/045309 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/432 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956955 | Brungart |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas S. Brungart (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Device and method for controlling the perceived distances of sound sources by manipulating vocal effort and presentation level of a synthetic voice. Key components are a means of producing speech signals at different levels of vocal effort, a processor capable of selecting the appropriate level of vocal effort to produce a speech signal, and a carefully calibrated audio system capable of accurately matching the RMS power of the signals reaching the listener's left and right eardrums to the power that would occur for a sound source 1 m directly in front of the listener in an anechoic environment. |
| FILED | Monday, August 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/922168 |
| ART UNIT | 2644 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957132 | Richburg 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) | Chris Richburg (Panama City, Florida); Donald D. Hobden (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of guiding a vehicle to a position is provided. Light sources arranged in an array are placed at a position with the light sources defining a primary field-of-view (FOV) from which all of the light sources are visible. Less than all of the light sources are visible from positions outside of the primary FOV. The light sources are divided into sections with each section having a portion of the light sources associated therewith. The light sources are operated in accordance with cyclical on/off sequences so that a primary waveform of light energy is defined by the cyclical on/off sequence visible from within the primary FOV and secondary waveforms of light energy are defined by the cyclical on/off sequences visible from positions outside of the primary FOV. The light energy generated by the light sources is sensed by an approaching navigable vehicle. Based on the position of the vehicle, one of the primary waveform and the plurality of secondary waveforms is sensed. A database on the vehicle stores calibration waveforms indicative of guidance correction signals that can be used to control navigation of the vehicle. The calibration waveform that is closest to the primary and secondary waveforms so-sensed is indicative of the guidance correction signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/609901 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957178 | Musliner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Musliner (Plymouth, Minnesota); Robert P. Goldman (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Michael J. Pelican (Purcellville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for performing formal verification of a system defined by a set of automata are useful in facilitating computing efficiencies during the verification of an incremental system design. The various embodiments permit computing efficiencies by saving information generated during a verification of the system for use in subsequent verification runs. The saved information includes calculation results pertaining to instances or elements of the system that do not require modification for the next subsequent verification. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/015058 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06955094 | Tarler |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew David Tarler (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is related to a sensor for simultaneously measuring both normal and shear forces applied to two or more flexible sensors, and further a statically responsive sensor for measuring shear forces. The present invention further includes a method of designing an object, prototype or a device using these sensors to detect both shear and normal forces encountered at the sensor locations. |
| FILED | Friday, July 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/622751 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/841 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955684 | Savage, Jr. et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Henry C Savage, Jr. (Orem, Utah); Kent W. Savage (American Fork, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable light delivery device for delivering light to the blood supply of a human body through a nonocular area of skin on the body includes an attachment member, a portable light delivery unit connected to the attachment member and a portable power supply. The portable light delivery unit provides one or more wavelengths of light within a specifically determined range of intensity and a specifically determined angle of illumination. A portable control unit may be included on the light delivery device for selectively controlling the light delivery unit. A programming device associated with the control unit selectively changes the programming of the controller. The light delivery device is portably secured to a region of the body having a substantial amount of blood vessels near the surface thereof to deliver light to the blood supply of the body for treating mood disorders, seasonal affective disorder and disorders involving circadian rhythm and sleep. |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/113550 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955716 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | American Dental Association Foundation (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huakun Xu (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Laurence C. Chow (Potomac, Maryland); Shozo Takagi (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Frederick C. Eichmiller (Ijamsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A bone replacement material and therapy comprises the combination of calcium phosphate compounds and two or more soluble fillers in the form of fibers, mesh or other materials which have the dual functions of reinforcing an in vivo implant while dissolving at a programmed rate to form macropores capable of receiving natural bone ingrowth. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/086484 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/35 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955802 | Jessell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Jessell (Bronx, New York); James Briscoe (London, United Kingdom); Johan Ericson (Hasselby, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are genetically engineered cells comprising a neural stem cell and retroviral expression system in the neural stem cell, which is capable of expressing homeodomain transcription factor Nkx6.1 protein but does not express homeodomain transcription factor Irx3 protein or homeodomain transcription factor Nkx2.2 protein; which is capable of expressing homeodomain transcription factor Nkx6.1 protein and homeodomain transcription factor Irx3 protein; and which is capable of expressing homeodomain transcription factor Nkx2.2 protein or homeodomain transcription factor Nkx2.9 protein. Also provided are methods of generating such genetically engineered motor neurons, V2 neurons, and V3 neurons. Also provided are methods of treating subjects having a motor neuron injury or a motor neuron disease comprising implanting in injured/diseased neural tissue of the subject any of the provided genetically engineered cells, administering to such neural tissue retroviral expression systems which are capable of expressing the appropriate homeodomain protein(s), or transfecting neural stem cells with a retroviral vector, which is capable of expressing the required homeodomain transcription factor protein(s). Provided is a method of determining whether a chemical compound affects the generation of a motor neuron from a neural stem cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/569259 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955900 | Barbas, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos F. Barbas, III (San Diego, California); Richard A. Lerner (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes methods for producing binding sites on polypeptides, and particularly for producing binding sites within the CDR regions of immunoglobulin heavy or light chains that are displayed on the surface of filamentous phage particles. The invention also describes oligonucleotides useful for preparing the binding sites, and human monoclonal antibodies produced by the present methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 1994 |
| APPL NO | 08/495606 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955905 | Huang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shi Huang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a PFM/SET polypeptide. Also provided is an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a functional fragment of a PFM/SET polypeptide that contains a PR, SET, PRAZ or PKZL domain of a PFM/SET polypeptide of the invention. Further provided by the invention are PFM/SET polypeptides, and functional fragments thereof that contain a PR, SET, PRAZ or PKZL domain of a PFM/SET polypeptide. The invention also provides PFM/SET antibodies, PFM/SET modulatory compounds, and related methods. The molecules of the invention can be used in methods of screening for a compound that modulates PFM/SET polypeptide histone methyltransferase activity and to modulate cell proliferation to prevent or treat proliferative disorders, including cancer. Additionally, the molecules and methods of the invention can be used to diagnose and prognose proliferative disorders. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/200012 |
| 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 06956032 | Waggoner |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan S. Waggoner (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention pertains to luminescent dyes and methods for covalently attaching the dyes to a component or mixture of components so that the components may be detected and/or quantified by luminescence detection methods. The dyes are cyanine and cyanine-type dyes that contain or are derivatized to contain a reactive group. The reactive group is covalently reactive with amine, hydroxy and/or sulfhydryl groups on the component so that the dye can be covalently bound to the component. In addition, the dyes are preferably soluble in aqueous or other medium in which the component is contained. The components to be labeled can be either biological materials, such as antibodies, antigens, peptides, nucleotides, hormones, drugs, or non-biological materials, such as polymers, glass, or other surfaces. Any luminescent or light absorbing detecting step can be employed in the method of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 19, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/740486 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956035 | Jagtap et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Beverly, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prakash Jagtap (Beverly, Massachusetts); Erkan Baloglu (Boston, Massachusetts); John H. van Duzer (Georgetown, Massachusetts); Csaba Szabo (Gloucester, Massachusetts); Andrew L. Salzman (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel classes of Isoquinoline Derivatives. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making and using the compounds, are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/376746 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/232.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956103 | Stone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edwin M. Stone (Iowa City, Iowa); Val C. Sheffield (Iowa City, Iowa); Wallace L. M. Alward (Iowa City, Iowa); John Fingert (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for preventing and treating glaucoma; and glaucoma diagnostics are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/952464 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956214 | Wong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regnets, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wai-Hoi Wong (Houston, Texas); Jorge Uribe (Houston, Texas); Hossain Baghaei (Sugar Land, Texas); Hongdi Li (Pearland, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are described for a production method for making position-sensitive radiation detector arrays. A method includes applying a plurality of masks to a plurality of scintillation crystal slabs; coupling the plurality of scintillation crystal slabs to form a sandwich structure; cutting a plurality of slices from the sandwich structure; and coupling at least two of the plurality of slices to form a detector array. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/356400 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/368 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956647 | Foster et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas H. Foster (Rochester, New York); David L. Conover (Rochester, New York); Chad E. Biglow (Rochester, New York); Irene Georgakoudi (Action, Massachusetts); Andrey Mezhiba (Rochester, New York); Soumya Mitra (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for operating a confocal microscope system includes deflecting a light beam on a specimen with at least one beam deflection device. The position of the light beam is stepped with at least one beam deflection device across the specimen. A sample of emitted fluorescent light from the specimen is captured in synchronization with each of the stepped positions of the light beam. An image is obtained from the captured samples of emitted fluorescent light. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/014820 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956650 | Boas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Boas (New Market, New Hampshire); Joe Culver (Salem, Massachusetts); Simon Arridge (London, United Kingdom); Thomas Gaudette (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The methods and systems are provided that alleviate the impact of experimental systematic errors. These calibration methods and systems can be based on the discovery that by including source and detector calibration factors as part of the inverse calculation for image reconstruction, image artifacts can be significantly reduced. The novel methods and systems enhance contrast in images of the distribution of the radioactive properties of a medium, and enable improved detection of, for example, spatial variations in optical properties within highly scattering media, such as human or animal tissue. The novel methods and systems receive radiation which exits from the medium. Then, one or more optical properties of the medium are derived using the received radiation and one or more calibration factors, wherein the calibration factors are variables. Subsequently, a distribution of the optical properties in the medium is determined using the derived optical properties. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/045309 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/432 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957166 | Howie 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) | Wayne L. Howie (Spokane, Washington); John K. Owens (Spokane, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for real-time monitoring of the dynamic loading rate on support systems used in underground mines and other situations is provided. The load rate monitoring apparatus uses a programmable microcontroller to monitor and calculate the loading rates on the support system from pressure transducers or welded strain gauge instrumentation installed on the support systems. The apparatus is programmed to sequentially activate different color lights and/or audio alarms as the loading rate increases on the support systems. The apparatus is intended for installation with numerous underground support systems used in underground mining to alert miners of dangerous loading conditions, which support systems include longwall shields, mobile roof support (MRS) machines, hydraulic jacks, rock bolts, steel sets, and roof trusses. Intrinsically safe hand-held computers and displays may be used for programming the microcontroller subsystem and optimal load weight indicators include multicolor strobes, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), fluorescent visual indicators and audio alarms. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 22, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/673599 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/173 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Westinghouse Savannah River Co., LLC (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duane C. Carlson (N. Augusta, South Carolina); John J. DeGange (Aiken, South Carolina); Justin E. Halverson (Grovetown, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable liquid collection electrostatic collection precipitator for analyzing air is provided which is a relatively small, self-contained device. The device has a tubular collection electrode, a reservoir for a liquid, and a pump. The pump pumps the liquid into the collection electrode such that the liquid flows down the exterior of the collection electrode and is recirculated to the reservoir. An air intake is provided such that air to be analyzed flows through an ionization section to ionize analytes in the air, and then flows near the collection electrode where ionized analytes are collected. A portable power source is connected to the air intake and the collection electrode. Ionizable constituents in the air are ionized, attracted to the collection electrode, and precipitated in the liquid. The precipitator may also have an analyzer for the liquid and may have a transceiver allowing remote operation and data collection. |
| FILED | Monday, November 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/287409 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/28.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955110 | Spletzer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry L. Spletzer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Diane S. Callow (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James F. Jones (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael A. Kuehl (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Dick L. Shaw (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Barbara J. Scalia (Sioux City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for cutting soft materials such as meat. Two or more spirally mounted helical blades are situated between two supports, and the supports are mounted to a shank. The shank is rotated to impart rotary action to the spiral shear blades, and the entire device may be used to perform various cutting operations. The distal or bottom one of the supports may also be a cutting blade, and a number of versions of bottom cutting blades are useable in the practice of the invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/108950 |
| ART UNIT | 3724 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Cutting 083/672 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955985 | Narayan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kopin Corporation (Taunton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jagdish Narayan (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming an epitaxial film on a substrate includes growing an initial layer of a film on a substrate at a temperature Tgrowth, said initial layer having a thickness h and annealing the initial layer of the film at a temperature Tanneal, thereby relaxing the initial layer, wherein said thickness h of the initial layer of the film is greater than a critical thickness hc. The method further includes growing additional layers of the epitaxial film on the initial layer subsequent to annealing. In some embodiments, the method further includes growing a layer of the film that includes at least one amorphous island. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/608780 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/681 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956012 | Paranthaman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Parans Paranthaman (Knoxville, Tennessee); Tolga Aytug (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); David K. Christen (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An article with an improved buffer layer architecture includes a substrate having a textured metal surface, and an electrically conductive lanthanum metal oxide epitaxial buffer layer on the surface of the substrate. The article can also include an epitaxial superconducting layer deposited on the epitaxial buffer layer. An epitaxial capping layer can be placed between the epitaxial buffer layer and the superconducting layer. A method for preparing an epitaxial article includes providing a substrate with a metal surface and depositing on the metal surface a lanthanum metal oxide epitaxial buffer layer. The method can further include depositing a superconducting layer on the epitaxial buffer layer, and depositing an epitaxial capping layer between the epitaxial buffer layer and the superconducting layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/422244 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/434 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956083 | Kerr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Borland Kerr (Oakland, California); Shanger Wang (Fairfield, California); Yong Bong Han (Berkeley, California); Gao Liu (Oakland, California); Jun Hou (Painted Post, New York); Steven Edward Sloop (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Single ion conductors comprising polymer electrolytes prepared by grafting a salt compound onto a comb-branch polymer or dendrimer are disclosed having superior properties. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/160495 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/69 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956218 | Douglas |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southeastern Univ. Research Assn., Inc. (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Douglas (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling the momentum compaction in a beam of charged particles. The method includes a compaction-managed mirror bend achromat (CMMBA) that provides a beamline design that retains the large momentum acceptance of a conventional mirror bend achromat. The CMMBA also provides the ability to tailor the system momentum compaction spectrum as desired for specific applications. The CMMBA enables magnetostatic management of the longitudinal phase space in Energy Recovery Linacs (ERLs) thereby alleviating the need for harmonic linearization of the RF waveform. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/814919 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/396.ML0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956283 | Peterson |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Peterson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods to protect a MEMS or microsensor device through one or more release or activation steps in a “package first, release later” manufacturing scheme: This method of fabrication permits wirebonds, other interconnects, packaging materials, lines, bond pads, and other structures on the die to be protected from physical, chemical, or electrical damage during the release etch(es) or other packaging steps. Metallic structures (e.g., gold, aluminum, copper) on the device are also protected from galvanic attack because they are protected from contact with HF or HCL-bearing solutions. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/606525 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/680 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957415 | Bouchard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ann M. Bouchard (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gordon C. Osbourn (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for dynamically self-assembling and executing software is provided, containing machines that self-assemble execution sequences and data structures. In addition to ordered functions calls (found commonly in other software methods), mutual selective bonding between bonding sites of machines actuates one or more of the bonding machines. Two or more machines can be virtually isolated by a construct, called an encapsulant, containing a population of machines and potentially other encapsulants that can only bond with each other. A hierarchical software structure can be created using nested encapsulants. Multi-threading is implemented by populations of machines in different encapsulants that are interacting concurrently. Machines and encapsulants can move in and out of other encapsulants, thereby changing the functionality. Bonding between machines' sites can be deterministic or stochastic with bonding triggering a sequence of actions that can be implemented by each machine. A self-assembled execution sequence occurs as a sequence of stochastic binding between machines followed by their deterministic actuation. It is the sequence of bonding of machines that determines the execution sequence, so that the sequence of instructions need not be contiguous in memory. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/456382 |
| ART UNIT | 2122 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/106 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel D. Shepherd (Gainesville, Florida); Rolf E. Hummel (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to a method of spark processing silicon and resulting materials. The subject invention also relates to electroluminescent devices incorporating the materials produced by the subject method. The subject method for spark-processing can enhance the EL output, as compared with conventional spark-processed (sp) silicon. The enhancement of EL output can be due, at least in part, to increasing the light emitting area. The subject method can smooth the sp surface, so as to allow more complete coverage of the sp area with a continuous, semitransparent, conducting film. The smoothening of the sp surface can be accomplished by, for example, introducing into the spark plasma a volatile liquid, such as methanol, ethanol, acetone, in which particles can be suspended and/or in which a heavy ion salt is dissolved. The particles preferably float in the volatile liquid, rather than settle quickly. In a specific embodiment, silicon particles in the range of about 0.2 μm to about 20 μm in size can be suspended in the volatile liquid, such as methanol. The volatile liquid/silicon-particle suspension or volatile liquid/heavy ion salt solution, can then be inserted into a means for applying the mixture to the surface of a silicon wafer during spark-processing. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632598 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955800 | Resasco et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Resasco (Norman, Oklahoma); Boonyarach Kitiyanan (Norman, Oklahoma); Walter Alvarez (Norman, Oklahoma); Leandro Balzano (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for catalytic production of carbon nanotubes. Catalytic particles are exposed to different process conditions at successive stages wherein the catalytic particles do not come in contact with reactive (catalytic) gases until preferred process conditions have been attained, thereby controlling the quantity and form of carbon nanotubes produced. The method also contemplates methods and apparatus which recycle and reuse the gases and catalytic particulate materials, thereby maximizing cost efficiency, reducing wastes, reducing the need for additional raw materials, and producing the carbon nanotubes, especially SWNTs, in greater quantities and for lower costs. |
| FILED | Monday, May 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/145193 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
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| US 06955897 | Wolfner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mariana F. Wolfner (Ithaca, New York); Oliver Lung (Ithaca, New York); Khanh-Uyen Tram (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a number of accessory gland proteins from Drosophila. The invention also provides an accessory gland protein which is toxic to insect cells and can be used to kill or inhibit the development of insects. Methods of controlling insects are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/114774 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955985 | Narayan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kopin Corporation (Taunton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jagdish Narayan (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming an epitaxial film on a substrate includes growing an initial layer of a film on a substrate at a temperature Tgrowth, said initial layer having a thickness h and annealing the initial layer of the film at a temperature Tanneal, thereby relaxing the initial layer, wherein said thickness h of the initial layer of the film is greater than a critical thickness hc. The method further includes growing additional layers of the epitaxial film on the initial layer subsequent to annealing. In some embodiments, the method further includes growing a layer of the film that includes at least one amorphous island. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/608780 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/681 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956568 | Maekawa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachussetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Takashi Maekawa (West Newton, Massachusetts); Nicholas M. Patrikalakis (Belmont, Massachusetts); Franz-Erich Wolter (Berlin, Germany); Hiroshi Masuda (Chofu, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Umbilics of two surfaces are compared and it is determined from this comparison whether the suspect surface is a copy of the original surface based on the comparison. Comparing umbilics includes determining whether locations of the umbilics of the suspect surface match within a specified margin umbilics of the original surface, and determining whether pattern types of umbilics of the suspect surface match pattern types of corresponding umbilics of the original surface. A “weak” test may be performed, in which corresponding points on the two surfaces are compared, wherein the comparison of umbilics is performed if corresponding points of the two surfaces are located within a specified margin of each other. The points may be gridpoints on wireframes, which in turn may be based on lines of curvature of the surfaces. Comparing umbilics is performed if it is determined that each surface has at least one umbilic. Further still, an “intermediate” test may be performed which includes, for each surface, computing the principal directions of lines of curvature at each grid point. The computed directions of lines of curvature for corresponding gridpoints on the surfaces are compared. A determination is made as to whether the suspect surface is a copy of the original surface, based on the comparison. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/042636 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/420 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957003 | Lau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wah Tung Lau (Stanford, California); Shanhui Fan (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | We introduce a general designing procedure that allows us, for any given photonic crystal slab, to create an appropriate line defect structure that possesses single-mode bands with large bandwidth and low dispersion within the photonic band gap region below the light line. This procedure involves designing a high index dielectric waveguide that is phase matched with the gap of the photonic crystal slab, and embedding the dielectric waveguide as a line defect into a crystal in a specific configuration that is free of edge states within the guiding bandwidth. As an example, we show a single mode line defect waveguide with a bandwidth approaching 13% of the center-band frequency, and with a linear dispersion relation throughout most of the bandwidth. |
| FILED | Friday, November 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/291089 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06954971 | Bryant 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) | Timothy D. Bryant (Gloucester, Virginia); Mark W. Wynkoop (Gloucester, Virginia); Nancy M. H. Holloway (White Marsh, Virginia); Allan J. Zuckerwar (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A fetal heart monitoring system preferably comprising a backing plate having a generally concave front surface and a generally convex back surface, and at least one sensor element attached to the concave front surface for acquiring acoustic fetal heart signals produced by a fetus within a body. The sensor element has a shape that conforms to the generally concave back surface of the backing plate. In one embodiment, the at least one sensor element comprises an inner sensor, and a plurality of outer sensors surrounding the inner sensor. The fetal heart monitoring system can further comprise a web belt, and a web belt guide movably attached to the web belt. The web belt guide being is to the convex back surface of the backing plate. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/267107 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/25.350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955799 | Parrish |
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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) | Clyde F. Parrish (Melbourne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Nitric oxide (NO) is oxidized into nitrogen dioxide (NO2) by the high temperature decomposition of a hydrogen peroxide solution to produce the oxidative free radicals, hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl. The hydrogen peroxide solution is impinged upon a heated surface in a stream of nitric oxide where it decomposes to produce the oxidative free radicals. Because the decomposition of the hydrogen peroxide solution occurs within the stream of the nitric oxide, rapid gas-phase oxidation of nitric oxide into nitrogen dioxide occurs. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/923152 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955853 | Tran 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) | Huy K. Tran (Mountain View, California); Daniel J. Rasky (Palo Alto, California); Christine E. Szalai (Santa Clara, California); Joseph A. Carroll (Chula Vista, California); Ming-ta S. Hsu (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A low density organic polymer impregnated preformed fibrous ceramic article includes a plurality of layers. A front layer includes ceramic fibers or carbon fibers or combinations of ceramic fibers and carbon fibers, and is impregnated with an effective amount of at least one organic polymer. A middle layer includes polymer impregnated ceramic fibers. A back layer includes ceramic fibers or carbon fibers or combinations of ceramic fibers and carbon fibers, and is impregnated with an effective amount of at least one low temperature pyrolyzing organic polymer capable of decomposing without depositing residues. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/868450 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956066 | Vazquez 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) | Juan M. Vazquez (Miami, Florida); Roberto J. Cano (Yorktown, Virginia); Brian J. Jensen (Williamsburg, Virginia); Erik S. Weiser (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A fully imidized, solvent-free polyimide foam having excellent mechanical, acoustic, thermal, and flame resistant properties is produced. A first solution is provided, which includes one or more aromatic dianhydrides or derivatives of aromatic dianhydrides, and may include one or more aromatic diamines, dissolved in one or more polar solvents, along with an effective amount of one or more blowing agents. This first solution may also advantageously include effective amounts respectively of one or mores catalysts, one or more surfactants, and one or more fire retardants. A second solution is also provided which includes one or more isocyanates. The first and second solutions are rapidly and thoroughly mixed to produce an admixture, which is allowed to foam—in an open container, or in a closed mold—under ambient conditions to completion produce a foamed product. This foamed product is then cured by high frequency electromagnetic radiation, thermal energy, or a combination thereof. Alternatively, the process is adapted for spraying or extrusion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/779552 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/50.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956230 | Gharib et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Morteza Gharib (San Marino, California); Dominique Fourguette (Los Angeles, California); Darius Modarress (Los Angeles, California); Frederic Taugwalder (Altadena, California); Siamak Forouhar (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Integrated sensors are described using lasers on substrates. In one embodiment, a first sensor forms a laser beam and uses a quartz substrate to sense particle motion by interference of the particles with a diffraction beam caused by a laser beam. A second sensor uses gradings to produce an interference. In another embodiment, an integrated sensor includes a laser element, producing a diverging beam, and a single substrate which includes a first diffractive optical element placed to receive the diverging beam and produce a fringe based thereon, a scattering element which scatters said fringe beam based on particles being detected, and a second diffractive element receiving scattered light. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/838344 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/574 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06957149 | Lipshutz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Lipshutz (Palo Alto, California); Michael G. Walker (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system for analyzing nucleic acid sequences is provided. The computer system is used to calculate probabilities for determining unknown bases by analyzing the fluorescence intensities of hybridized nucleic acid probes on biological chips. Additionally, information from multiple experiments is utilized to improve the accuracy of calling unknown bases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/405962 |
| 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 72/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 06957374 | Redeske |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas G. Redeske (Glen Burnie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of acknowledging receipt of data packets, where each data packet has an identification number. A counter is set to the identification number of the first data packet expected. A data packet is then received. If the data precedes the expected data packet then it is discarded. If the data packet has an identification number greater than what is expected and not already stored then it is stored because it is out of order. If the received packet is as expected then it is delivered and the counter is incremented. If the counter equals an identification number of a stored data packet then that packet is delivered along with any other stored data packet contiguous there with, with respect to identification number, the counter is set to one plus the highest identification number of a delivered data packet, and the delivered data packets are deleted from storage. An acknowledgement message is constructed which list the gaps in the stored data packets. Each gap is identified by the first and last identification number of the gap. If additional processing is desired then another data packet is received and processed as above. Otherwise, the acknowledgement message is sent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/134848 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/748 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
| US 06957096 | Sfez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Israel, Atomic Energy Commission, Soreq nuclear Research Center (Yavne, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruno Gad Sfez (Jerusalem, Israel); Erel Granot (Tel Aviv, Israel); Aner Lev (Modiin, Israel); Zvi Kotler (Tel Aviv, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and processing device are presented for reconstructing an absorption and/or scattering image of a region of interest inside a scattering medium. A mathematical model is provided being representative of a relation between the distribution of the intensity and phase of electromagnetic radiation components scattered from a medium and a certain attenuation factor, which is function of spatial variations of scattering and absorption coefficients of the medium. The mathematical is used for processing a map of distribution of the intensity of electromagnetic radiation components scattered from known locations within the region of interest, thereby producing a halftone pattern of the region of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/470385 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 06956219 | Saini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zyvex Corporation (Richardson, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Saini (Dallas, Texas); Zoran Jandric (Dallas, Texas); David Tuggle (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A microcolumn including a plurality of beam modification components coupled to an assembly substrate, wherein the plurality of beam modification components includes: (1) an extractor component; (2) a first focusing electrode component; (3) a first anode component; (4) a first deflector component; (5) a second focusing electrode component; (6) a second deflector component; (7) a third focusing electrode component; (8) a third deflector component; (9) a second anode component; (10) a fourth focusing electrode component; and (11) a third anode component. The beam modification components may be ordered on the substrate in this sequence or other sequences. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/987871 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/398 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06955084 | Challoner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Dorian Challoner (Manhattan Beach, California); Kirill V. Shcheglov (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses a gyroscope comprising an isolated resonator including a post proof mass and counterbalancing plate. One or more double beam flexures each interconnect the counterbalancing plate and the proof mass with a first and a second beam attached to the post proof mass and a third and a fourth beam attached to the counterbalancing plate. A baseplate is affixed to the resonator by the double beam flexures. The counterbalancing plate and the proof mass transfer substantially no net momentum to the baseplate when the resonator is excited. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/410744 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/504.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06955895 | Pandey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Government of the United States of America (Washington, District of Columbia); Health Research Inc. Rosewell Park Division (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akhilesh Pandey (Malden, Massachusetts); Katsutoshi Ozaki (Rockville, Maryland); Heinz Baumann (Buffalo, New York); Steven D. Levin (Seattle, Washington); Andrew G. Farr (Seattle, Washington); Warren J. Leonard (Bethesda, Maryland); Harvey F. Lodish (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Receptor (TSLPR) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TSLPR polypeptides. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with TSLPR polypeptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/895593 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06956023 | Calhoun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darlene V. Calhoun (Bradenton, Florida); Robert D. Christensen (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention provides methods for reducing or preventing villous atrophy and feeding intolerance in infants, particularly low birth weight and/or preterm infants, by enterally administering granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), erythropoietin (Epo), or both G-CSF and Epo. The subject invention also provides compositions that comprise G-CSF and/or Epo that may be administered to infants in need thereof. In one embodiment, the composition of the subject invention comprises recombinant G-CSF, recombinant Epo, and one or more electrolyte additives. In a specific embodiment, the electrolyte additive is selected from the group consisting of sodium chloride, sodium acetate, and potassium chloride. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/125967 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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