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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 25, 2005
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| US 06957576 | Skinner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neal G. Skinner (Lewisville, Texas); John R. Dennis (Bozeman, Montana); Michel Leblanc (Plano, Texas); Gregg Johnson (Fairfax, Virginia); Michael D. Todd (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A well pressure and temperature measurement system and method are provided. In a described embodiment, a sensor system includes multiple strain sensors attached to a structure which changes dimensionally in response to well pressure and temperature changes. The strain sensors may be fiber optic sensors. The structure may be tubular and the strain sensors may detect axial and hoop strains in the structure. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/618328 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/152.510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957579 | Antonelli 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) | Lynn T. Antonelli (Cranston, Rhode Island); Kenneth M. Walsh (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of measuring the vapor-liquid boundary surrounding a supercavitational high speed underwater vehicle includes the steps of arranging a sensor on a surface of the vehicle. The sensor has a transmit source for emitting an optical signal and a plurality of optical detectors for receiving a reflected optical signal. The reflected optical signal is detected with one of the optical detectors, and a duration of time between the emitting of the optical signal and the receiving of the reflected optical signal is measured. The method determines a separation distance from the transmit source to the receiving optical detector. The duration of time and the separation distance are combined to compute a boundary distance. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/326961 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/170.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957592 | Sternberger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne I. Sternberger (Highland, Maryland); Stuart A. Goemmer (Bel Air, Maryland); Rebecca F. Vertes (Reston, Virginia); Micah A. Carlson (Baltimore, Maryland); William R. Allmon (Yardley, Pennsylvania); Alexander E. Dence (Panama City, Florida); Stanley G. Reach (Panama City, Florida); Adam K. Arabian (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention comprises a vessel for solid phase micro-extraction chemical sampling. The vessel includes a container having an open end and a cap used to close the open end. The cap has a holder to hold a solid phase coated fiber within an interior of the container. There also is an inlet at a first location of the vessel and an outlet at a second location of the vessel. The inlet and the outlet are adapted to fill the vessel with a material to be exposed to the solid phase coated fiber. The vessel also includes a diffuser plate attached to the container. The plate is adapted to reduce fluid forces exerted on the solid phase coated fiber as material flows from the inlet to the outlet. The purpose of the diffuser plate is both to assure that forces are reduced and to provide laminar flow to assure rapid and complete exchange of the fluid in the vessel. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/419340 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957602 | Koenig 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) | Walter H. Koenig (Lafayette, New Jersey); Gregory Malejko (Hackettstown, New Jersey); John C. Grau (Sussex, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for protecting an object from an incoming munition includes a tracking apparatus mounted on the object, for tracking the incoming munition; a firing solution computer connected to the tracking apparatus; a plurality of launch tubes mounted on the object, the plurality of launch tubes pointing in different directions so as to maximize coverage of an area surrounding the object; a parachute container attached to each launch tube; an igniter disposed in a rear of each launch tube and connected to the firing solution computer; a propelling charge disposed in front of each igniter; a mass disposed in front of each propelling charge; a connecting ring attached to a front of each mass; a parachute disposed in the parachute container; and a cable connecting the connecting ring and the parachute. |
| FILED | Friday, October 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/904089 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957651 | Nuckols 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) | Marshall L. Nuckols (Annapolis, Maryland); Kirk Vanzandt (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system are provided for simulating the metabolic consumption of oxygen contained in a breathable gas. A variable volume chamber cyclically increases/decreases in volume to receive the breathable gas/expel an exhaust gas. Hydrogen and carbon dioxide are introduced into the chamber to mix with the breathable gas to form the exhaust gas. Hydrogen is introduced in an amount sufficient to react with an amount of the oxygen in the exhaust gas equivalent to that used by a human during a selected level of activity. Carbon dioxide is introduced in an amount equivalent to that provided by a metabolic respiratory quotient associated with the same level of activity. A catalyst, exposed to the exhaust gas, causes a reaction between the hydrogen and oxygen in the exhaust gas to generate simulated human exhalation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/051731 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/200.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957801 | Wilfert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell D. Wilfert (Chandler, Arizona); Vernon F. Duckett (Tempe, Arizona); Chuck W. Plevich (Casa Grande, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A valve assembly includes a fully-integrated actuator assembly. The actuator assembly includes, within a single housing assembly, a torque source, a position sensor, a gear train, and an output shaft. The torque source is adapted to receive one or more position control signals and, in response, to supplies a drive force. The position sensor is coupled to receive the drive force and, in response, supplies a signal representative of valve position. The output shaft is coupled to receive the drive force from the torque source, and thereby selectively moves the valve, upon receipt of the drive force, between the open and closed positions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/677475 |
| ART UNIT | 3751 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/129.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958093 | Vaudo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert P. Vaudo (New Milford, Connecticut); George R. Brandes (Southbury, Connecticut); Michael A. Tischler (Phoenix, Arizona); Michael K. Kelly (Leonberg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a free-standing (Al, Ga, In)N article, by the steps including: providing an expitaxially compatible sacrificial template; depositing single crystal (Al, Ga, In)N material on the template to form a composite sacrificial template/(Al, Ga, In)N article including an interface between the sacrificial template and the (Al, Ga, In)N material; and interfacially modifying the composite sacrificial template/(Al, Ga, In)N article to part the sacrificial template from the (Al, Ga, In)N material and yield the free-standing (Al, Ga, In)N article. The free-standing (Al, Ga, In)N article produced by such method is of superior morphological character, and suitable for use as a substrate, e.g., for fabrication of microelectronic and/or optoelectronic devices and device precursor structures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/947253 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958115 | O'Gardy 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 E. O'Gardy (Hyattsville, Maryland); Graham T. Cheeck (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention discloses and claims the low temperature reduction and purification of refractory metals, metal compounds, and semi-metals. The reduction is accomplished using non-aqueous ionic solvents in an electrochemical cell with the metal entity to be reduced. Using this invention, TiO2 is reduced directly to Ti metal at room temperature. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/602056 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958132 | Chiou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pei Yu Chiou (Los Angeles, California); Ming C. Wu (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is related to methods and apparatus that manipulate droplets in a microfluidic environment. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention manipulate droplets by controlling the electro-wetting characteristics of a surface with light, thereby inducing a gradient in the surface tension of a droplet. The gradient in the surface tension propels the droplet by capillary force. A variety of operations, such as transporting, joining, cutting, and creating can be performed. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention obviate the need to create a relatively large and complex control electrode array. A plurality of photoconductive cells or a layer of a photoconductive material selectively couples an electrode carrying an electrical bias to otherwise floating conductive cells in response to a beam of light. The electrical bias applied to the conductive cell generates a localized electric field, which can change the contact angle of the droplet, thereby permitting the droplet to be propelled. |
| FILED | Friday, May 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/161220 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958151 | Fox et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert O. Fox (Galveston, Texas); Alan D. Barrett (Galveston, Texas); Xiuzhen Fan (Galveston, Texas); Michael R. Holbrook (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are polypeptides which include an amino acid sequence corresponding to CCXXXCKEGXXC (SEQ ID NO:1). Also disclosed are methods for inhibiting the activity of a flavivirus or other virus by contacting the virus with a miniprotein ligand under conditions effective for the miniprotein ligand to bind to the virus. Methods for detecting a flavivirus or other virus in a sample by contacting the sample with a miniprotein ligand and determining whether the miniprotein ligand is bound to a flavivirus or other virus as also disclosed, as are methods of assessing a compound's usefulness in inhibiting the activity of a flavivirus or other virus. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/390352 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958174 | Klaus et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason W. Klaus (Portland, Oregon); Steven M. George (Portland, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a solid material comprising a solid substrate having a thin metal film and methods for producing the same. The method generally involves using a plurality self-limiting reactions to control the thickness of the metal film. |
| FILED | Friday, March 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/523491 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958255 | Khuri-Yakub et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub (Palo Alto, California); Yongli Huang (San Jose, California); Arif S. Ergun (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There is described a micromachined ultrasonic transducers (MUTS) and a method of fabrication. The membranes of the transducers are fusion bonded to cavities to form cells. The membranes are formed on a wafer of sacrificial material. This permits handling for fusions bonding. The sacrificial material is then removed to leave the membrane. Membranes of silicon, silicon nitride, etc. can be formed on the sacrificial material. Also described are cMUTs, pMUTs and mMUTs. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/638057 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958466 | Stein |
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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 W. Stein (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for detecting targets comprises: a) receiving spectral data; b) using a normal compositional model for estimating background parameters from the spectral data and target components; c) estimating abundance values of classes of the normal compositional model from the background parameters and the spectral data; d) estimating target class covariance values from the spectral data, the background parameters, and the target components; e) estimating target-plus-background abundance values from the target class covariance values, the background parameters, the spectral data, and the target components; f) employing a normal compositional model for determining a likelihood ratio detection statistic from the target class covariance values, target-plus-background abundance values, spectral data, target components, background parameters, and background abundance values; and g) generating a determination output signal that represents whether an observation includes a target from the likelihood ratio detection statistic. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/454216 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/221 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958485 | Misra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Veena Misra (Raleigh, North Carolina); Srivardhan Gowda (Raleigh, North Carolina); Guru Mathur (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides hybrid microelectronic memory device, comprising: (a) a substrate having a surface, a first region of first work function adjacent the surface, and a second region of second work function adjacent the surface and adjacent the first region; (b) a film comprising redox-active molecules on the first and second regions; and (c) an electrode connected to the film. The present invention further provides a hybrid microelectronic memory device, comprising: (a) a substrate having surface and a structure or region such as a diode for increasing the retention time of the device formed adjacent the surface; (b) a film comprising redox-active molecules on or associated with the region or structure; and (c) an electrode connected to the redox active molecules opposite the substrate surface. Methods of using such devices are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/729144 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958533 | Sullivan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerard J. Sullivan (Newbury Park, California); Chris Rau (Anaheim, California); Larry R. Adkins (Tustin, California); A. James Hughes (Tustin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A slotted file is created by connecting two side walls and a back wall. The side walls have etched grooves facing directly across from each other. The platelet has flanges that fit into the grooves. In one embodiment, a completed cube is formed when the platelets fill the slotted file. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/054374 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/686 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958538 | Lauterbach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary R. Lauterbach (Los Altos Hills, California); Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a proximity I/O switch, which is configured to transfer data between the components in a computer system. This proximity I/O switch is comprised of multiple switch chips, which are coupled together through capacitive coupling. This enables the multiple switch chips to communicate with each other without being constrained by the limitations of conventional non-capacitive communication mechanisms. The multiple switch chips in the proximity I/O switch are also configured to communicate with components in the computer system through conventional non-capacitive communication mechanisms. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/983250 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/723 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958566 | Nguyen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clark T.-C. Nguyen (Arlington, Virginia); Wan-Thai Hsu (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanical resonator device which has a phenomena-dependent electrical stiffness is provided. The phenomena may be temperature or acceleration, for example. The device includes a substrate and a resonator supported above the substrate by supports. The device further includes an electrode supported above the substrate adjacent the resonator by supports to obtain an electrode-to-resonator gap wherein electrical stiffness generated across the gap is phenomena-dependent to take instability of resonant frequency of the device caused by the phenomena into consideration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/217877 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/321 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958664 | Lyke |
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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) | James C. Lyke (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable permittivity structure is proposed based on composition of two different dielectrics in a transmission line. The composition is adjusted through a thermally-actuated MEMS structure, and this compositional adjustment alters the relative permittivity at least at a macro level. Adjusting the permittivity leads to tune-able impedances in the associated transmission line. The proposed invention can also be used as a variable capacitor, and it can be used to create variable capacitor, and it can be used to create variable couplers and other structures. Since the approach does not alter any conducting surfaces in the transmission line, it is believed to lead to a superior technique for impedance matching to reduced physical discontinuity. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/741137 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958812 | Videen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washinton, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gorden Videen (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for analyzing particle systems of surface facets using polarized scattered light are provided. An exemplary method comprises the steps of: providing models of multiple arbitrary particle systems, the particle system comprising surface facets; performing ray-trace analysis with respect to the models over a range of back-scatter angles, the ray-trace analysis involving only use of second-order rays; receiving information corresponding to a particle system of interest; and predicting at least one characteristic of the particle system of interest using information generated during the ray-trace analysis. Systems and other methods are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/642677 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958813 | Ahmadjian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Ahmadjian (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ernest Ray Huppi (Concord, Massachusetts); Donald R. Smith (W. Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a photodetector that detects missile launches from an above-flying surveillance platform through clouds. The plume detector includes a passive electro-optical sensor which detects the narrow spectral emissions in a rocket engine plume during launch thereof. By detecting a launch upon rocket engine ignition, despite a cloud layer, a gain of up to thirty seconds or more of launch warning is realized and the location of the launch can be accurately determined and the trajectory of such rocket more accurately plotted for enhanced response to such launch. The plume detector of the invention can be carried on a platform such as an aircraft or an orbiting satellite. In each case such detector can spectrally isolate the narrow spectral emissions of interest of a missile or other rocket, as it is launched, for faster tracking and response. |
| FILED | Friday, May 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/862788 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/416 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958855 | Kumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prem Kumar (Skokie, Illinois); Jay E. Sharping (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber optical parametric oscillator is formed using photonic crystal fibers, also known as microstructure fibers or holey fibers. The optical parametric oscillator includes only a few meters of microstructure fiber. In one embodiment, the microstructure fiber is disposed between a highly reflective mirror and a diffraction grating in a simple Fabry-Perot configuration wherein the diffraction grating is tuned to reflect a particular wavelength of the signal wave back to the microstructure fiber. In another embodiment, the microstructure fiber is disposed in a ring cavity and the parametric oscillator is synchronously pumped. The parametric oscillator may be implemented with free space optics or use all fiber optic components. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672649 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958929 | Abraham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David William Abraham (Croton, New York); Philip Louis Trouilloud (Norwood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A compensation system for an array of magnetic memory cells measures local operating conditions and compensates for changes in the operating characteristics of the magnetic memory cells in the array that result from the changes in the operating conditions. The magnetic field strength near the magnetic memory array is measured. If the magnetic field strength rises above, or falls below certain predetermined threshold values, the write current used to alter the orientation of the magnetic fields in the magnetic memory cells is altered based upon the predetermined operating characteristics of the memory cells. A solenoid or similar type magnetic field generator may also be used to substantially compensate for variations in the sensed magnetic fields. In addition, the temperature of the environment in which the magnetic memory cells are operating is sensed and appropriate changes made in the write current. Temperature control means may also be used to compensate for sensed changes in the local operating environment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/695572 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958951 | Duven |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis J. Duven (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In an ensemble oscillator system including multiple free-running oscillators, a voltage controlled oscillator having a frequency responsive to a control signal, and a differencer unit that measures time differences between the oscillators, an adaptive Kalman Filter Processor (AKFP) generates the control signal responsive to the time differences. The AKFP uses oscillator noise models to model noise/errors of the ensemble system oscillators, including random noise parameters, and adaptively estimates the errors and the random noise parameters to derive the control signal. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/898418 |
| ART UNIT | 2841 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Horology: Time measuring systems or devices 368/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958986 | Cain |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Bibb Cain (Indialantic, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless communication network may include a plurality of mobile nodes each including a wireless transceiver and a controller for controlling the wireless transceiver. The controller may also be for scheduling a respective semi-permanent time slot to establish a communication link with neighboring mobile nodes for transmitting data therebetween, where the data has different priority levels. The controller may also determine respective link utilization metrics for each data priority level for each communication link, and schedule demand assigned time slots for establishing additional communication links with the neighboring mobile nodes for transmitting data therebetween based upon the link utilization metrics and data priority levels. The wireless communication network may also provide enhanced interference avoidance and/or mitigation features in certain embodiments. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/401004 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/337 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06959123 | Painter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xponent Photonics Inc (Monrovia, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oskar J. Painter (Pasadena, California); David W. Vernooy (Sierra Madre, California); Kerry J. Vahala (San Gabriel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer laterally-confined dispersion-engineered optical waveguide may include one multi-layer reflector stack for guiding an optical mode along a surface thereof, or may include two multi-layer reflector stacks with a core therebetween for guiding an optical mode along the core. Dispersive properties of such multi-layer waveguides enable modal-index-matching between low-index optical fibers and/or waveguides and high-index integrated optical components and efficient transfer of optical signal power therebetween. Integrated optical devices incorporating such multi-layer waveguides may therefore exhibit low (<3 dB) insertion losses. Incorporation of an active layer (electro-optic, electro-absorptive, non-linear-optical) into such waveguides enables active control of optical loss and/or modal index with relatively low-voltage/low-intensity control signals. Integrated optical devices incorporating such waveguides may therefore exhibit relatively low drive signal requirements. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/988975 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/1 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reinhardt L. Willig (Maynard, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An achromatic power splitter is formed from multiple optical fibers. The achromatic power splitter operates single mode, which permits the power splitter to operate substantially insensitive to changes in wavelength of the input light, to changes in the polarization of the input light, to changes in the temperature of the device, and to exposure to ionizing radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/712177 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06959269 | Welterlen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tracy J. Welterlen (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for simulating a flow field are disclosed. A grid having cells is generated. Each cell is associated with a set of variables that describe a flow field. A value for each variable of each cell is calculated from a previous value at each period for a predetermined number of periods. The calculated values for each variable are averaged to yield an averaged value for each variable. A flow field is determined from the averaged values. |
| FILED | Friday, April 20, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/839463 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
| US 06957653 | Campbell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald L. Campbell (Morgantown, West Virginia); Christopher C. Coffey (Morgantown, West Virginia); William A. Hoffman (Washington, Pennsylvania); Judith B. Hudnall (Morgantown, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved full-face, flushed-seal respirators are provided having a primary sealing element adjacent to a breathing space and a secondary sealing element. Exhaled air (i.e., clean air obtained by passage through a filtering element or elements) is passed from the breathing space into a flushing channel formed between the primary and secondary seals. If there is leakage in the primary seal, air from this flushing channel leaks into the breathing space rather than ambient air. Air within the flushing channel will predominately be air that has already passed through the filtering elements. The present invention provides, therefore, an inexpensive respirator which provides significantly more protection than conventional negative-pressure respirators. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/297883 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/206.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958151 | Fox et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert O. Fox (Galveston, Texas); Alan D. Barrett (Galveston, Texas); Xiuzhen Fan (Galveston, Texas); Michael R. Holbrook (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are polypeptides which include an amino acid sequence corresponding to CCXXXCKEGXXC (SEQ ID NO:1). Also disclosed are methods for inhibiting the activity of a flavivirus or other virus by contacting the virus with a miniprotein ligand under conditions effective for the miniprotein ligand to bind to the virus. Methods for detecting a flavivirus or other virus in a sample by contacting the sample with a miniprotein ligand and determining whether the miniprotein ligand is bound to a flavivirus or other virus as also disclosed, as are methods of assessing a compound's usefulness in inhibiting the activity of a flavivirus or other virus. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/390352 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958215 | Testa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Geron Corporation (Menlo Park, California); The University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen M. Testa (Lexington, Kentucky); Matthew D. Disney (Rochester, New York); Sergei M. Gryaznov (San Mateo, California); Douglas H. Turner (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of inhibiting the self-splicing of a Group I intron is disclosed. The method uses an oligonucleotide having a sequence essentially identical to a guide sequence found in the 5′ flanking exon and terminates with a 3′ ribonucleoside. Usually the oligonucleotide has N3′→P5′ phosphoramidate or N3′→P5′ thiophiosphoramidate linkages rather than phosphodiester linkages. A method of inhibiting the growth of organisms having Group I intron, particularly certain pathogenic fungi including P. carinii, C. albicans, and A. nidulans using the oglionucleotide is also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 15, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/936146 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958219 | Kende et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew S. Kende (Pittsford, New York); Barbara H. Iglewski (Fairport, New York); Roger Smith (Rochester, New York); Richard P. Phipps (Pittsford, New York); James P. Pearson (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an immunogenic conjugate comprising a carrier molecule coupled to an autoinducer of a Gram negative bacteria. The immunogenic conjugate, when combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, forms a suitable vaccine for mammals to prevent infection by the Gram negative bacteria. The immunogenic conjugate is also used to raise and subsequently isolate antibodies or binding portions thereof which are capable of recognizing and binding to the autoinducer. The antibodies or binding portions thereof are utilized in a method of treating infections, a method of inhibiting autoinducer activity, and in diagnostic assays which detect the presence of autoinducers or autoinducer antagonists in fluid or tissue samples. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/772599 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958237 | Frey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia State Univesity Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teryl K. Frey (Atlanta, Georgia); Konstantin V. Pugachev (Natick, Massachusetts); Emily S. Abernathy (Atlanta, Georgia); Wen-Pin Tzeng (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Highly infectious rubella virus cDNA clones derived from infectious cDNA clone having a low specific infectivity and methods of obtaining highly infectious rubella virus cDNA clones. Togavirus expression vectors of improved stability for the expression of live, attenuated togavirus and a foreign gene, based on the nucleic acid sequence of an infectious rubella virus clone and contain a togavirus non-structural protein open reading frame; an expression element for expression of a foreign gene; a foreign gene or a multiple cloning site for insertion of a foreign gene; an expression element for the expression of the live, attenuated togavirus; and a togavirus structural protein open reading frame. The expression element is either a subgenomic promoter or an internal ribosome entry site (IRES). Administration of the vector as an immunization agents is useful for the induction of immuity against the togavirus, the foreign gene, or both. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/271311 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958238 | Sun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tian-Qiang Sun (San Francisco, California); Lewis T. Williams (Mill Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides Dishevelled Associated Kinase polypeptides, which phosphorylate Dsh proteins involved in the Wnt/Wg signalling pathway. Isolated polynucleotides encoding DAK polypeptides are further provided, as are recombinant vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides. Methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides of the invention are further aspects of the invention, including assays to detect agents which modulate DAK kinase activity. Further provided are methods of modulating pathways involved in control of cell proliferation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/464939 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958240 | Baird et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Instiute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eldon E. Baird (Foster City, California); Peter B. Dervan (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides improved polyamides comprising a positive patch for contacting the phosphate backbone or major groove of a DNA molecule. As such, the improved polyamides are capable of inhibiting the function or binding of a DNA-binding protein to a DNA molecule. The improved polyamide provides for more efficient function of the polyamide. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 12, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/374704 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958318 | Sorscher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama); Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric J. Sorscher (Birmingham, Alabama); William B. Parker (Birmingham, Alabama); William Waud (Mountain Brook, Alabama); Vijayakrishna K. Gadi (Birmingham, Alabama); Leonard L. Bennett, Jr. (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a procaryotic host cell stably transformed or transfected by a vector including a DNA sequence encoding for purine nucleoside phosphorylase or hydrolase. The transformed or transfected procaryotic host cell can be used in combination with a purine substrate to treat tumor cells and/or virally infected cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/198034 |
| 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 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958319 | Gupta |
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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) | Shanker Lal Gupta (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides stable compounds prepared from boronic acid and lyophilized compounds thereof of the formula (1): in which Z1 and Z2 are moieties derived from sugar. The invention also provides methods for preparing such compounds. Lyophilizing a mixture comprising a boronic acid compound and a moiety derived from sugar produces a stable composition that readily releases the boronic acid compound upon reconstitution in aqueous media. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/664732 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958321 | Goldstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irwin J. Goldstein (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Harry C. Winter (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Robert P. Kruger (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The isolation, characterization, cloning and expression of the lectin (agglutinin) from Marasmius oreades (MOA) is described. MOA displays unique carbohydrate binding properties, including blood group B-specific agglutination and preferential binding to Ga1α1,3Ga1-containing sugar epitopes, including but not limited to Ga1α1,3Ga1β1,4G1cNAc. MOA is contemplated as an affinity reagent, a therapeutic in the treatment of antibiotic-induced diarrhea and the field of xenotransplantation. MOA may also serve as a diagnostic reagent, e.g. for malaria. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/137077 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958323 | Olivera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Fnd. (Salt Lake City, Utah); Cognetix, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baldomero M. Olivera (Salt Lake City, Utah); J. Michael McIntosh (Salt Lake City, Utah); Doju Yoshikami (Salt Lake City, Utah); G. Edward Cartier (Salt Lake City, Utah); Siqin Luo (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the use of α-conotoxin peptides having the general formula Xaa1-Xaa2-Cys-Cys-Xaa3-Xaa4-Pro-Xaa5-Cys-Xaa6-Xaa7-Xaa8-Xaa9-Xaa10-Xaa11-Xaa12-Cys (SEQ ID NO:1) for treating disorders regulated at neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Such disorders include, but are not limited to, cardiovascular disorders, gastric motility disorders, urinary incontinence, nicotine addiction, mood disorders (such as bipolar disorder, unipolar depression, dysthymia and seasonal effective disorder) and small cell lung carcinoma, as well as the localization of small cell lung carcinoma. In this formula, Xaa1 is des-Xaa1, Tyr, mono-iodo-Tyr or di-iodo-Tyr, Xaa2 is any amino acid, Xaa3 is any amino acid, Xaa4 is any amino acid, Xaa5 is any amino acid; Xaa6 is any amino acid, Xaa7 is any amino acid, Xaa8 is any amino acid, Xaa9 is des-Xaa9 or any amino acid, Xaa10 is des-Xaa10 or any amino acid, Xaa11 is des-Xaa11 or any amino acid and Xaa2 is des-Xaa12 or any amino acid. Disulfide linkages exist between the first and third cysteines and the second and fourth cysteines. Pro may be replaced with hydroxy-Pro. The C-terminus may contain a hydroxyl or an amide group, preferably an amide group. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/897465 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958345 | Zemlicka et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiri Zemlicka (Warren, Michigan); Yao-Ling Qiu (Hamburg, Pennsylvania); John C. Drach (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Roger G. Ptak (New Market, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds which are active against viruses have the following Formulas: wherein B is a purine or pyrimidine heterocyclic ring and is preferably selected from the group consisting of 6-aminopurine (adenine), 2,6-diaminopurine, 2-amino-6-azidopurine, 2-amino-6-cyclopropylaminopurine, 6-hydroxypurine (hypoxanthine), 2-amino-6-halo substituted purines, 2-amino-6-alkoxy substituted purines, 2-amino-6-hydroxypurine (guanine), 3-deazapurines, 7-deaza-purines, 8-azapurines, cytosine, 5-halo substituted cytosines, 5-alkyl substituted cytosines, thymine, uracil and 6-azapyrimidines; X is O; and, R1 and R2 are alkyl or aryl groups. The compounds of the present invention also include the R- and S-enantiomers of the above compounds. The R1X and/or R2X can also be amino acid residues with X as NH. |
| FILED | Friday, August 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/913219 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/274 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958386 | Dalla-Favera |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Riccardo Dalla-Favera (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method of determining a chromosomal breakpoint in a subject suffering from multiple myeloma which comprises steps of: (a) obtaining a DNA sample from the subject suffering from multiple myeloma; (b) determining whether there is J and C disjunction in the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene in the obtained DNA sample; (c) obtaining a genomic library having clones which contain genomic DNA fragments from the DNA sample which shows positive J and C disjunction; (d) selecting and isolating clones of the obtained library which show positive hybridization with a probe which is capable of specifically hybridizing with the C but not the J region of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene; (e) preparing fluorescent probes from the genomic DNA fragments of the isolated clones from step (d); (f) hybridizing said fluorescent probes with metaphase chromosomes; and (g) determining the identity of the chromosomes which are capable of hybridizing to said fluorescent probes, wherein the identification of a chromosome other than chromosome 14 would indicate that the chromosomal breakpoint is between chromosome 14 and the identified chromosome, thereby determining a chromosomal breakpoint in a subject suffering from multiple myeloma. This invention also provides the identified gene altered by a chromosomal breakpoint and various uses thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 01, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/585023 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958401 | White et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James David White (Philomath, Oregon); Rich Garrett Carter (Oxford, Mississippi); Kurt Frederick Sundermann (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making epothilones and epothilone analogs is described, as are novel compounds made by the method. One embodiment of the method was used to synthesize epothilone B by a convergent approach that entailed Wittig coupling of an ylide derived from phosphonium bromide with an aldehyde. The former was prepared from propargyl alcohol by a nine-step pathway which installed both trisubstituted double bonds with clean Z configuration. Macrolactonization of a resulting seco acid provided the following intermediate diene epothilone analog. Selective saturation of the 9,10-olefin and subsequent epoxidation provided epothilone B. |
| FILED | Monday, January 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/352340 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958411 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ru Chih C. Huang (Baltimore, Maryland); Jonathan D. Heller (Dundalk, Maryland); Jih Ru Hwu (Hsinchu, Taiwan); Ko Yung King (Hsinchu, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | Nordihydroguaiaretic acid derivatives and methods of use thereof for the treatment of tumors. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/119899 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 560/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958815 | Bevilacqua et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederic Bevilacqua (Costa Mesa, California); David Cuccia (Irvine, California); Anthony J. Durkin (Costa Mesa, California); Bruce J. Tromberg (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Illumination with a pattern of light allows for subsurface imaging of a turbid medium or tissue, and for the determination of the optical properties over a large area. Both the average and the spatial variation of the optical properties can be noninvasively determined. Contact with the sample or scanning is not required but may be desired. Subsurface imaging is performed by filtering the spectrum of the illumination in the Fourier domain but other filtering approaches, such as wavelet transform, principle component filter, etc may be viable as well. The depth sensitivity is optimized by changing the spatial frequency of illumination. A quantitative analysis of the average optical properties and the spatial variation of the optical properties is obtained. The optical properties, i.e. reduced scattering and absorption coefficients are determined from the modulated transfer function, MTF. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/391166 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank M. Horine (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Forrest B. James, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for determining the velocity of detonation of a mild detonation fuse mounted on the surface of a device includes placing the device in a predetermined position with respect to an apparatus that carries a couple of sensors that sense the passage of a detonation wave at first and second spaced locations along the fuse. The sensors operate a timer and the time and distance between the locations is used to determine the velocity of detonation. The sensors are preferably electrical contacts that are held spaced from but close to the fuse such that expansion of the fuse caused by detonation causes the fuse to touch the contact, causing an electrical signal to actuate the timer. |
| FILED | Monday, November 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/714703 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/35.150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957573 | Faybishenko |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris A. Faybishenko (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Vadose Zone Water Fluxmeter (WFM) or Direct Measurement WFM provides direct measurement of unsaturated water flow in the vadose zone. The fluxmeter is a cylindrical device that fits in a borehole or can be installed near the surface, or in pits, or in pile structures. The fluxmeter is primarily a combination of tensiometers and a porous element or plate in a water cell that is used for water injection or extraction under field conditions. The same water pressure measured outside and inside of the soil sheltered by the lower cylinder of the fluxmeter indicates that the water flux through the lower cylinder is similar to the water flux in the surrounding soil. The fluxmeter provides direct measurement of the water flow rate in the unsaturated soils and then determines the water flux, i.e. the water flow rate per unit area. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/353414 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/152.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06957949 | Hyde et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan Marie Hyde (Schenectady, New York); Richard Mallory Davis (Scotia, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a gas turbine bucket having a shank portion and an airfoil portion having leading and trailing edges and pressure and suction sides, an internal cooling circuit, the internal cooling circuit having a serpentine configuration including plural radial outflow passages and plural radial inflow passages, and wherein a coolant inlet passage communicates with a first of the radial outflow passages along the trailing edge, the first radial outflow passage having a plurality of radially extending and radially spaced elongated rib segments extending between and connecting the pressure and suction sides in a middle region of the first passage to prevent ballooning of the pressure and suction sides at the first radial outflow passage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/777998 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958480 | Iyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Srinivas Iyer (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Andrew M. Dattelbaum (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Mesoporous silica is shown to be a sample holder for laser desorption/ionization of mass spectrometry. Supported mesoporous silica was prepared by coating an ethanolic silicate solution having a removable surfactant onto a substrate to produce a self-assembled, ordered, nanocomposite silica thin film. The surfactant was chosen to provide a desired pore size between about 1 nanometer diameter and 50 nanometers diameter. Removal of the surfactant resulted in a mesoporous silica thin film on the substrate. Samples having a molecular weight below 1000, such as C60 and tryptophan, were adsorbed onto and into the mesoporous silica thin film sample holder and analyzed using laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/877690 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958642 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kris W. Johnson (Washington, Illinois); Sivaprasad Akasam (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of ground level compensation includes measuring a voltage of at least one signal with respect to a primary ground potential and measuring, with respect to the primary ground potential, a voltage level associated with a secondary ground potential. A difference between the voltage level associated with the secondary ground potential and an expected value is calculated. The measured voltage of the at least one signal is adjusted by an amount corresponding to the calculated difference. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/739225 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958693 | Rothgeb et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Procter and Gamble Company (Cincinnati, Ohio); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Michael Rothgeb (Cincinnati, Ohio); Kristina Marie Rohal Gansle (Cincinnati, Ohio); Jonathan Livingston Joyce (Independence, Kentucky); James Madison Jordan (Hamilton, Ohio); Tedd Addison Rohwer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Randal Ray Lockhart (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christopher Lawrence Smith (Liberty Township, Ohio); Toan Trinh (Maineville, Ohio); Mark Gary Cipollone (New Richmond, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor device and method of employment is provided. More specifically, a sensor device adapted to detect, identify and/or measure a chemical and/or physical characteristic upon placement of the device into an environment, especially a liquid medium for which monitoring is sought is provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/441595 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/539.220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958746 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew O. Anderson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); W. David Willis (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert A. Kinoshita (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a modular, flexible system for deploying multiple video perception technologies. The telepresence system of the present invention is capable of allowing an operator to control multiple mono and stereo video inputs in a hands-free manner. The raw data generated by the input devices is processed into a common zone structure that corresponds to the commands of the user, and the commands represented by the zone structure are transmitted to the appropriate device. This modularized approach permits input devices to be easily interfaced with various telepresence devices. Additionally, new input devices and telepresence devices are easily added to the system and are frequently interchangeable. The present invention also provides a modular configuration component that allows an operator to define a plurality of views each of which defines the telepresence devices to be controlled by a particular input device. The present invention provides a modular flexible system for providing telepresence for a wide range of applications. The modularization of the software components combined with the generalized zone concept allows the systems and methods of the present invention to be easily expanded to encompass new devices and new uses. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 04, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/542973 |
| ART UNIT | 2673 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06959248 | Gard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Evan Gard (San Francisco, California); David Philip Fergenson (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of identifying individual aerosol particles in real time. Sample aerosol particles are compared against and identified with substantially matching known particle types by producing positive and negative test spectra of an individual aerosol particle using a bipolar single particle mass spectrometer. Each test spectrum is compared to spectra of the same respective polarity in a database of predetermined positive and negative spectra for known particle types and a set of substantially matching spectra is obtained. Finally the identity of the individual aerosol particle is determined from the set of substantially matching spectra by determining a best matching one of the known particle types having both a substantially matching positive spectrum and a substantially matching negative spectrum associated with the best matching known particle type. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/280608 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06958384 | Gellman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel H. Gellman (Madison, Wisconsin); Matthew G. Woll (Madison, Wisconsin); Jonathan R. Lai (Madison, Wisconsin); Justin Murray (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are polypeptide compounds containing at least one residue comprising a cyclically-constrained γ-amino acid residue. The compounds have the formula where A is a hydrogen, hydroxy, amino- or carboxy-protecting group, Y is a single bond or a prolyl-containing linking group, and X and Y are γ-amino acid residues, provided that one of X or Y is a conformationally-restrained γ-amino acid residue, and “a,” “c,” and “d” are positive integers. The compounds find use as non-enzymatically degradable probes to mimic protein behavior in solution. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/389500 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958531 | Ucok et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Asli B. Ucok (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Khalil Najafi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Joseph M. Giachino (South Lyon, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-substrate, microsystem package and a method for assembling same including a high-density flexible connector array are disclosed for use in compact and multi-substrate packages containing circuits, sensors, and actuators in a re-workable and modular approach. The package is designed as a cube with highly flexible connectors providing electrical and fluidic connections between the substrates. The cables are integrated in the inside walls of the cube and make pressure contacts to the pads on stacked substrates. The cables are designed to be flexible and capable of being manipulated so that individual dice can be inserted to populate the cube. Several material candidates for the cables, including polymers such as Parylene, and metal such as gold, are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/713852 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/685 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958609 | Raftery et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Raftery (Lafayette, Indiana); Ernesto McNamara (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) probe device (20) is disclosed. NMR probe device (20) includes a plurality of detection coils (30, 40) each operable to detect a signal from a corresponding one of a plurality of samples (34, 44) undergoing NMR analysis. Also included is a plurality of tuning circuits (31, 41, 38, 48) each coupled to one of detection coils (30, 40) to tune the one of the detection coils (30, 40) to a corresponding resonant frequency for the NMR analysis of the corresponding one of the samples. An electromagnetic shield (22) is positioned between a first one of the detection coils (30, 40) and a second one of the detection coils (30, 40) to isolate the first one of the detection coils (30, 40) and the second one of the detection coils (30, 40) from each other. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/785918 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/321 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958627 | Singh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Montek Singh (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Steven M. Nowick (Leonia, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An asynchronous pipeline for high-speed applications uses simple transparent latches in its datapath and small latch controllers for each pipeline stage. The stages communicate with each other using request signals and acknowledgment signals. Each transition on the request signal indicates the arrival of a distinct new data item. Each stage comprises a data latch that is normally enabled to allow data to pass through, and a latch controller that enables and disables the data latch. The request signal and the data are inputs to the data latch. Once the stage has latched the data, a done signal is produced, which is sent to the latch controller, to the previous stage as an acknowledgment signal, and to the next stage as a request signal. The latch controller disables the latch upon receipt of the done signal, and re-enables the data latch upon receipt of the acknowledgment signal from the next stage. For correct operation, the request signal must arrive at the stage after the data inputs have stabilized. The asynchronous pipeline may incorporate logic elements to combine data, as well as matched delay elements for the request, acknowledgment, and done signals. The asynchronous pipeline may also incorporate clocked CMOS logic gates. Fork and join structures are also provided by the asynchronous pipeline design. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/380137 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/93 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958855 | Kumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Prem Kumar (Skokie, Illinois); Jay E. Sharping (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber optical parametric oscillator is formed using photonic crystal fibers, also known as microstructure fibers or holey fibers. The optical parametric oscillator includes only a few meters of microstructure fiber. In one embodiment, the microstructure fiber is disposed between a highly reflective mirror and a diffraction grating in a simple Fabry-Perot configuration wherein the diffraction grating is tuned to reflect a particular wavelength of the signal wave back to the microstructure fiber. In another embodiment, the microstructure fiber is disposed in a ring cavity and the parametric oscillator is synchronously pumped. The parametric oscillator may be implemented with free space optics or use all fiber optic components. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672649 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958865 | Quake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Quake (San Marino, California); James P. Brody (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microscopic lens, of size approximately 1 micron is used for its optical characteristics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/603502 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/664 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06958032 | Smith, legal representative |
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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) | Gail Smith, legal representative (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An exercise device 10 is particularly well suited for use in low gravity environments, and includes a frame 12 with plurality of resistance elements 30, 82 supported in parallel on the frame. A load transfer member 20 is moveable relative to the frame for transferring the applied force to the free end of each captured resistance element. Load selection template 14 is removably secured both to the load transfer member, and a plurality of capture mechanisms engage the free end of corresponding resistance elements. The force applying mechanism 53 may be a handle, harness or other user interface for applying a force to move the load transfer member. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 26, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/263288 |
| ART UNIT | 3764 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Exercise devices 482/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958085 | 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 | An immobilized liquid membrane has a substrate. A plurality of capsules is disposed on the substrate. Each of the capsules is permeable to a first gas of a mixture of gasses comprising the first gas and a second gas. Each of the capsules is substantially impermeable to the second gas. A liquid is disposed in each of the capsules that is permeable to the first gas and substantially impermeable to the second gas. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/666821 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06958192 | Hergenrother 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) | Paul M. Hergenrother (Yorktown, Virginia); Joseph G. Smith, Jr. (Smithfield, Virginia); John W. Connell (Yorktown, Virginia); Kent A. Watson (New Kent, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to polyimides. It relates particularly to novel polyimides prepared from 2,3,3′,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride and aromatic diamines. These novel polyimides have low color, good solubility, high thermal emissivity, low solar absorptivity and high tensile strength. |
| FILED | Monday, April 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/414562 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/473.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06958360 | Dickens et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. Dickens (Ellicott City, Maryland); James Oliver (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method has been discovered for attracting Colorado potato beetles to an area of object or area, which method involves treating the object or area with a Colorado potato beetle attracting composition which contains a carrier material and a Colorado potato beetle attracting effective amount of (S)-3,7-dimethyl-2-oxo-oct-6-ene-1,3-diol. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/245072 |
| 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 514/675 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 06958401 | White et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James David White (Philomath, Oregon); Rich Garrett Carter (Oxford, Mississippi); Kurt Frederick Sundermann (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making epothilones and epothilone analogs is described, as are novel compounds made by the method. One embodiment of the method was used to synthesize epothilone B by a convergent approach that entailed Wittig coupling of an ylide derived from phosphonium bromide with an aldehyde. The former was prepared from propargyl alcohol by a nine-step pathway which installed both trisubstituted double bonds with clean Z configuration. Macrolactonization of a resulting seco acid provided the following intermediate diene epothilone analog. Selective saturation of the 9,10-olefin and subsequent epoxidation provided epothilone B. |
| FILED | Monday, January 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/352340 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06958572 | Merkulov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir I. Merkulov (Knoxville, Tennessee); Anatoil V. Melechko (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael A. Guillorn (Knoxville, Tennessee); Douglas H. Lowndes (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael L. Simpson (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are described for controlled non-normal alignment of catalyticaly grown nanostructures in a large-scale synthesis process. A method includes: generating an electric field proximate an edge of a protruding section of an electrode, the electric field defining a vector; and forming an elongated nanostructure located at a position on a surface of a substrate, the position on the surface of the substrate proximate the edge of the protruding section of the electrode, at least one tangent to the elongated nanostructure i) substantially parallel to the vector defined by the electric field and ii) substantially non-parallel to a normal defined by the surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/068795 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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