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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 01, 2005
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| US 06959795 | Kienholz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CSA Engineering, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Kienholz (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention disclosed is a compact and lightweight hybrid pneumatic-magnetic isolator-actuator capable of large force, substantial stroke and bandwidth actuation with near frictionless operation and vibration isolation with very low break frequency. Pneumatic and magnetic forces are applied to a single carriage comprised primarily of a coaxially arranged air piston and coil. The carriage is driven relative to a frame or housing including an internally mounted cylindrical piston sleeve and magnetic actuator body. A combination of air bearings and air bearing piston construction provide for frictionless motion of the carriage relative to the frame. The pneumatic piston provides the actuation force for both static loads and low frequency dynamic loads. An integrally mounted sensor and control unit determine the pressure error resulting at the pneumatic piston. The control unit utilizes the pressure error to drive a high bandwidth magnetic actuation capability in parallel with the pneumatic actuation capability. An air tank of prescribed volume may be connected to the pneumatic piston for effecting a desired air-spring stiffness upon the isolator-actuator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/078320 |
| ART UNIT | 3683 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Brakes 188/267.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06959893 | Sadowski 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) | Lucian M. Sadowski (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania); Sung K. Chung (Dover, Pennsylvania); John H. Whiteside (Elkridge, Maryland); Tomas Cincotta (Lorton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A projectile comprises an imaging seeker at a front of the projectile; a front warhead behind the imaging seeker; a power supply; an electronics unit connected to the power supply and comprising a microprocessor circuit board, a voltage regulator circuit board, an inertial measurement circuit board and a fuze and safe and arm circuit board, all electrically connected to each other, the microprocessor circuit board also being connected to the imaging seeker; a rear warhead, the front and rear warheads being electrically connected to the safe and arm circuit board; a rocket motor electrically connected to the electronics unit; foldable fins mounted at the rear of the projectile; a shell that encases the front warhead, the power supply, the electronics unit, the rear warhead and the rocket motor; and a maneuver mechanism disposed in the shell and electrically connected to the microprocessor circuit board. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/604898 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06959895 | Cylinder |
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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 A. Cylinder (New Egypt, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle for flying and having a forward portion and a rearward portion opposite the forward. The vehicle includes a first pair of wings arranged at the forward portion of the vehicle, a second pair of wings arranged at the rearward portion of the vehicle, and a support structure. The support structure is connected to the forward pair of wings and connected to the rearward pair of wings, the support structure being arranged to drive the forward pair of wings alternately toward each other and apart and drives the second pair of wings alternately toward each other and apart. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/774653 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06959897 | Bonaceto |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Bonaceto (Southborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A parachute includes first strips of fabric configurable to define a pattern wherein the first strips are separated from each other and extend parallel to each other, and second strips of fabric configurable to further define the pattern wherein the second strips are separated from each other and extend parallel to each other and normal to the first strips, the number of first strips being equal to the number of second strips. The first and second strips cross each other to define vent holes. The ends of the strips are connected to suspension lines which are extendible to a confluence area for support of an article of cargo. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/779484 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960319 | Kapoor |
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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) | Deepak Kapoor (Rockaway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a flow-softening tungsten alloy having the general formula: W100-pAiBjCkDe wherein W is tungsten; A is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of nickel, iron, chromium and cobalt; B is in or more elements selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, niobium and tantalum; C is one or more of the elements selected from the groups consisting of titanium and aluminum; D is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of boron, carbon, and silicon; i is from about 5 to about 8 weight percent; j is from 0 to about 4 weight percent; k is from about 0.1 to about 4 weight percent; 1 is from 0 to about 0.1 weight percent; and p is greater than or equal to about 7 weight percent and less than or equal to about 20 weight percent. In this alloy p is approximately equal to the sum of i, j, k and 1. A method of preparing this alloy and a kinetic energy penetrator manufactured from it are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 27, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/540620 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Powder metallurgy processes 419/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960395 | Spitsberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irene Spitsberg (Loveland, Ohio); Venkat Subramanian Venkataramani (Clifton Park, New York); Brett Allen Boutwell (Liberty Township, Ohio); Mark Daniel Gorman (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Ceramic compositions comprising at least about 91 mole % zirconia and up to about 9 mole % of a stabilizer component comprising a first metal oxide having selected from the group consisting of yttria, calcia, ceria, scandia, magnesia, india and mixtures thereof. This stabilizer component further comprises a second metal oxide of a trivalent metal atom selected from the group consisting of lanthana, gadolinia, neodymia, samaria, dysprosium, and mixtures thereof and a third metal oxide of a trivalent metal atom selected from the group consisting of erbia, ytterbia and mixtures thereof. These ceramic compositions are useful in preparing thermal barrier coatings having reduced thermal conductivity for the metal substrate of articles that operate at, or are exposed to, high temperatures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/748508 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/632 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960449 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cell Works Diagnostics, Inc. (Phoenix, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng-Pin Wang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Paul O. P. Ts'o (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification and characterization of classes and subclasses of circulating cancer cells, including microtumors from body fluid samples using molecular, cytological, and morphological analyses, and methods for staging patients and measuring the efficacy of medical treatments. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/501179 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/40.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960488 | Brosnihan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Brosnihan (Berkeley, California); James Bustillo (Castro Valley, California); William A. Clark (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated device having a high vertical aspect ratio and electrical isolation between a structure region and a circuit region. The device may be fabricated on a single substrate and may include electrical interconnections between the structure region and the circuit region. The device includes a substrate and an isolation trench surrounding a structure region in the substrate. The isolation trench includes a lining of a dielectric insulative material. A plurality of microstructure elements are located in the structure region and are laterally anchored to the isolation trench. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/342348 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960526 | Shah |
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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) | Pankaj B. Shah (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing a field emission device includes laying a group III-nitride semiconductor layer over a substrate, placing a photoresist mask over the group III-nitride semiconductor layer, patterning a generally circular grid in the photoresist mask and the group III-nitride semiconductor layer, and forming the group III-nitride semiconductor layer into generally pointed tips using an inductively coupled plasma dry etching process, wherein the group III-nitride semiconductor layer comprises a group III-nitride semiconductor material having a low positive electron affinity or a even a negative electron affinity, wherein the inductively coupled plasma dry etching process selectively creates an anisotropic deep etch in the group III-nitride semiconductor layer, and wherein the inductively coupled plasma dry etching process creates an isotropic etch in the group III-nitride semiconductor layer. Preferably, the photoresist layer is approximately 1.7 microns in thickness, and the fabricated tips have a radius of curvature of less than 100 nanometers. |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/682486 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/688 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960566 | Blaszczyk-Thurin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Wister Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Magdalena Blaszczyk-Thurin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions containing one or more peptido-mimetics or modified peptido-mimetics of a carbohydrate ligand of an adhesion molecule in a physiologically acceptable carrier are useful for methods of reducing metastasis in a mammal and for inhibiting inflammatory response in a mammal. Particularly useful are embodiments in which the ligand is a Lewis antigen and/or the adhesion molecule is a selectin, e.g, E-selectin. Methods are disclosed for identifying peptido-mimetics of carbohydrate ligands, which may be involved in binding of tumor cells to other cells, such as endothelial cells. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/831047 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960696 | Davis |
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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) | Matthew C. Davis (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An environmentally friendly methods for making 2,4-dinitrophenyl compound comprising, providing a nitromalondialdehyde, providing a nitroacetone, reacting the nitromalondialdehydes with the nitroacetone to produce a mixture, and subjecting the mixture to a cyclodehydrative mechanism to produce environmentally friendly 2,4-dinitrophenyl compound. Embodiments of the present invention include the 2,4-dinitrophenyl compound produced by the methods of described above. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/911764 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/711 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960701 | Morrissey |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | EAI Corporation (Abingdon, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin M. Morrissey (Stevensville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for the destruction of vesicants, nerve agents, and related chemical compounds is described. Blister-type chemical agents such as lewisite and mustards, as well as G or V Class nerve agents and phosphorus-containing pesticides, are reacted with a neutralent solution of a persulfate, preferably potassium peroxymonosulfate, and a peroxide, preferably hydrogen peroxide, at temperatures ranging from ambient to boiling for a time sufficient to reduce the residual agent concentration to levels acceptable for disposal in a routine manner. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/145213 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment 588/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960773 | Menon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajesh Menon (Boston, Massachusetts); Dario Gil (Cambridge, Massachusetts); David Carter (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Henry I. Smith (Sudbury, Massachusetts); George Barbastathis (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A maskless lithography system is disclosed that includes an array of blazed diffractive zone plates, each of which focuses an energy beam into an array of images in order to create a permanent pattern on an adjacent substrate in certain embodiments. In further embodiments, an array of apodized diffractive elements may also be used. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/624316 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/492.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960810 | Fechner |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Fechner (Plymouth, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) device structure 100 formed using a self-aligned body tie (SABT) process. The SABT process connects the silicon body of a partially depleted (PD) structure to a bias terminal. In addition, the SABT process creates a self-aligned area of silicon around the edge of the active areas, as defined by the standard transistor active area mask, providing an area efficient device layout. By reducing the overall gate area, the speed and yield of the device may be increased. In addition, the process flow minimizes the sensitivity of critical device parameters due to misalignment and critical dimension control. The SABT process also suppresses the parasitic gate capacitance created with standard body tie techniques. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/158603 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960865 | Balizer |
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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) | Edward Balizer (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A phase mixed thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer is provided for use in tranducers including underwater transducers, sonars and other electrostriction driven devices. The thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer includes an isocyanate, a butanediol, a polytetramethylene ether glycol, and a polyhydric alcohol. The thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer being made by adding the polytetramethylene ether glycol to isocyanate to form a mixture, then holding said mixture of the polytetramethylene ether glycol and isocyanate to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time, degassing the mixture and sealing the mixture, measuring the percent free isocyanate to a predetermined molar ratio with the polytetramethylene ether glycol, chain extending the mixture into a first polymer with the butanediol and the polyhydric alcohol, adjusting the stoichiometry of said chain extender to a predetermined isocyanate index to avoid crosslinking, and postcuring the resin of the first polymer for a predetermined time and temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/850488 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961016 | Pozgay |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome H. Pozgay (Marblehead, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Estimating an antenna pointing error includes receiving a signal sent from a reference located within a region. A polarization ratio is evaluated over the region. A minimum polarization ratio variance for the polarization ratio is established. A location corresponding to the minimum polarization ratio variance is identified. An antenna pointing error is estimated from the identified location. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/970768 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961070 | Madison et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Information Decision Technologies, LLC (Bedford, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Wade Madison (Mission Viejo, California); John Franklin Ebersole, Jr. (Bedford, New Hampshire); John Franklin Ebersole (Bedford, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a method for augmenting images with the predicted effectiveness of ordinance deployed or dropped at a specific aim point. The method uses JMEM data to calculate the predicted effectiveness of a selected weapon over an area surrounding the aimpoint and calculates the parameters for a graphical representation of the numerical results. Predicted effectiveness is displayed onto an overhead or perspective view image by overlaying with a series of ellipses, a variable color area, a variable transparency area, or some combination of the three. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/123316 |
| ART UNIT | 2675 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/632 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961117 | Im |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James S. Im (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and system for processing a silicon thin film on a sample are provided. In particular, an irradiation beam generator is controlled to emit irradiation beam pulses at a predetermined repetition rate. These irradiation beam pulses are then separated into a first set of beam pulses and a second set of beam pulses. The first set of beam pulses are caused to irradiate through a mask to produce a plurality of beamlets. The second set of beam pulses and the beamlets are caused to impinge and irradiate at least one section of the silicon thin film. When the second set of beam pulses and the beamlets simultaneously irradiate the section of the silicon thin film, this combination of the beamlets and second set of beam pulses provides a combined intensity which is sufficient to melt the section of the silicon thin film throughout an entire thickness of the section. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/432485 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Photocopying 355/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961439 | Ballas |
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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) | James A. Ballas (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for producing virtual sound sources that are externally perceived and positioned at any orientation in azimuth and elevation from a listener is described. In this system, a set of speakers is mounted in a location near the temple of a listener's head, such for example, on an eyeglass frame or inside a helmet, rather than in earphones. A head tracking system determines the location and orientation of the listener's head and provides the measurements to a computer which processes audio signals, from a audio source, in conjunction with a head related transfer function (HRTF) filter to produce spatialized audio. The HRTF filter maintains the virtual location of the audio signals/sound, thus allowing the listener to change locations and head orientation without degradation of the audio signal. The audio system of the present invention produces virtual sound sources that are externally perceived and positioned at any desired orientation in azimuth and elevation from the listener. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/962158 |
| 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 381/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961597 | Agassi |
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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) | Yehoshua Dan Agassi (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Based on its superconductive properties relating to “nonlineanty,” a conventional HTS strip is divisible into three “domains,” namely, a medial domain and two lateral domains. The nonlinearity associated with the conventional strip's medial domain is considerably greater than that which is associated with its lateral domains. Similarly divisible into a medial domain and two lateral domains, the present invention's HTS strip uniquely exploits these physical distinctions by causing more (e.g., most) of the current that it conducts to be conducted by its lateral domains. Various inventive designs accomplish this through narrowing or interruption/punctuation (e.g., via holes and/or trenches) or degradation, or some combination thereof, of the medial domain. By thus “re-proportioning” current conduction as compared with a conventional strip, an inventive strip succeeds in “re-proportioning” the associated nonlinearities. Consequently, the total nonlinearity associated with an inventive strip is significantly lower than that which is associated with a conventional strip. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/609866 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Superconductor technology: Apparatus, material, process 55/230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961657 | Wernli et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert L. Wernli (San Diego, California); Steven J. Cowen (San Diego, California); Jimmy L. Held (San Diego, California); Gerald R. Mackelburg (San Diego, California); Donald M. Rosencrantz (San Diego, California); Aaron R. Braun (El Cajon, California); Gary D. Murphy (Spring Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A submarine launched expendable radio navigation system (SSXRN) buoy method and apparatus. According to one embodiment, a method for determining a submarine geographic position using a SSXRN buoy system is disclosed. The method comprising launching a radio navigation-enabled buoy and recording a launch time and DRNS submarine position. The method further comprises recording a buoy breach time and searching for radio navigation RF signals. Then, recording a radio navigation position acquisition time and an initial radio navigation position. Further, recording a subsequent radio navigation position data and a subsequent time. Moreover, determining a DRNS correction factor using a DRNS position error, a buoy drift, radio navigation position data and DRNS position data. In addition, estimating the submarine geographic position using the DRNS correction factor and a DRNS geographic position. In another embodiment, a SSXRN buoy system is disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/648104 |
| 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 71/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961689 | Greenberg |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Synopsys, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven S. Greenberg (Beaverton, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | In the simulation of an analog and mixed-signal analog-digital physical circuit, events are assigned scheduled times. The events are stored in buckets in a hash table, with the scheduled times of the events in each bucket associated with the bucket. The scheduled times are organized into a heap, with the earliest scheduled time at the root of the heap. The earliest scheduled time is removed from the heap, and the events in the associated bucket are performed. Performing the scheduled events can cause new events to be scheduled, and existing events to be de-scheduled. When all the events in the bucket associated with the earliest scheduled time are simulated, the remaining scheduled times are re-organized into a new heap, and the steps of removing the earliest scheduled time, performing the scheduled events, and re-organizing the remaining scheduled times are repeated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 21, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/531350 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961887 | Coldiron, Sr. |
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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) | Gary L. Coldiron, Sr. (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique of generation of a job for a digital testing unit for a test station from a circuit simulation unit includes completing fault simulation on electronic circuitry, then executing a first program without a fault dictionary, generating a pin map of the electronic circuitry and appending any pin groups, generating test vectors using the pin groups by the first program, generating additional pin groups to accommodate any orphan pins, converting the pin maps and pattern files to pin maps and pattern files, executing the first program to generate the fault dictionary, inputting a minimum scope level of analysis of the circuitry, generating the fault dictionary in fault dictionary data files according to the minimum scope level, generating a fault retriever file from the first program; and transporting the fault dictionary data files, test vectors, new pin maps, and fault retriever file to a second program for run-time fault analysis on the electronic circuitry testing unit. Wire path files and test vectors are generated. The scoring of a mismatch between predicted test responses and actual tester responses can be done by assigning a partial credit for primary output patterns being detected. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/971907 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/741 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2130 | Fan |
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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) | Tso Yee Fan (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser difference frequency discriminator that detects the difference between two laser frequencies and outputs a voltage near baseband that is related to the difference frequency. This discriminator power splits a laser beam containing the two laser frequencies into two paths, one which is sent down a delay line to a photo detector while the other is sent directly to a photodiode; there may be an optional phase shifter in either path. The relative phases of the heterodyne signals from the photo detectors are compared in a phase detector, its output voltage is related to the phase difference, which is, in turn, related to the difference frequency. This discriminator has applications in microwave generation, laser radar, and optical communications. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/699382 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/519 |
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| US H2131 | Hsu 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) | David S. Y. Hsu (Alexandria, Virginia); Yongchi Tian (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of preparing a multilayer phosphor (film) product on a substrate. The method comprises adding solid particulate precursor to a solution of an alkoxide precursor and a dopant precursor before hydrolysis is allowed to occur. The mixture is then allowed to hydrolyze, resulting in a sol-gel condensation reaction. The solid particulate precursor can be fumed silica, and acts as a nucleation site for the sol-gel reaction product. After the sol-gel reaction, the mixture is dried and fired to form a multilayer phosphor (film). The phosphor film is especially suitable for applications in which there is low voltage operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/090630 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/376.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2133 | Sorathia |
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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) | Usman A. K. Sorathia (Arnold, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite structure having a substrate is protectively covered during fabrication by a barrier layer, such as an intumescent mat or felt, into which a fire resisting agent such as phenolic resin or water, or oil based intumescent coating is infused in-situ before attachment to the substrate and completion of composite structure fabrication. The barrier layer is infused in-situ with the phenolic resin before attachment by adhesive bonding to the substrate or infusion is performed during formation of the underlying substrate layer so as to achieve attachment without adhesive. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/822308 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/447 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06960429 | Sugden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William M. Sugden (Madison, Wisconsin); David M. Mackey (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of inhibiting viral gene activities (and cellular gene activities) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the step of delivering an effective amount of an inhibitor of a viral looping/linking factor to an infected patient. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/808517 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960434 | Feinberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew P. Feinberg (Cleveland, Ohio); Liora Strichman-Almashanu (Baltimore, Maryland); Shan Jiang (Trumbull, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Genomic imprinting is a parent of origin-dependent gene silencing that involves marking of alleles in the germline and differential expression in somatic cells of the offspring. Imprinted genes and abnormal imprinting have been implicated in development, human disease, and embryonic stem cell transplantation. We have established a model system for genomic imprinting using pluripotent 8.5 d.p.c. mouse embryonic germ (EG) cell lines derived from an interspecific cross. We find that allele-specific imprinted gene expression has been lost in these cells. However, partial restoration of allele-specific silencing can occur for some imprinted genes after in vitro differentiation of EG cells into somatic cell lineages, indicating the presence of a gametic memory that is separable from allele-specific gene silencing. We have also generated a library containing most methylated CpG islands. A subset of these clones was analyzed and revealed a subdivision of methylated CpG islands into 4 distinct subtypes: CpG islands belonging to high copy number repeat families; unique CpG islands methylated in all tissues; unique methylated CpG islands that are unmethylated in the paternal germline; and unique CpG islands methylated in tumors. This approach identifies a methylome of methylated CpG islands throughout the genome. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/861893 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960440 | Sato |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustes of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Taka-Aki Sato (Fort Lee, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides an isolated nucleic molecule encoding a polypeptide capable of binding a p75NTR receptor, and a purified version of said polypeptide capable of binding a p75NTR receptor. This invention provides a method of producing a purified polypeptide capable of binding a p75NTR receptor. This invention provides an antisense oligonucleotide having a nucleic acid sequence capable of specifically hybridizing to an mRNA molecule encoding the above described polypeptide. This invention provides a method producing a polypeptide capable of binding p75NT recptor into a suitable vector. This invention provides a method of inducing apoptosis, a method of determining physiological effects, a method for identifying an apoptosis inducing or inhibiting compound, a method for screening cDNA libraries of said polypeptide, a method to induce caspase-2 and caspase-3 activity to cleave poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase and fragment nuclear DNA in a cell, a method to inhibit NF-κB activation in a cell, a method to detect a neurodegenerative disease, a method of producing the isolated human HGR74 protein into a suitable vector, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a purified polypeptide capable of binding a p75NTR receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a method of identifying a compound which is an apoptosis inhibitor. |
| FILED | Monday, June 07, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/327750 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 06960444 | Oettgen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Oettgen (Brookline, Massachusetts); Towia Libermann (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods of modulating the development of blood vessels and/or endothelial cell differentiation in a mammal comprising altering the activity of an Ets transcription factor, which activates vascular specific genes. More particularly, the transcription factor comprises ELF-1, and transcription factors that are homologous to ELF-1. The invention further relates to methods of screening for compounds that affect the activity of these transcription factors, and therefore, affect the development of blood vessels and/or endothelial cell differentiation. The invention also relates to methods of using these compounds to treat diseases, or symptoms of diseases, by either increasing or decreasing blood vessel development and/or endothelial cell differentiation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/446468 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960445 | Lessey |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce Lessey (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of diagnosing infertility in a mammal that include detecting the presence and level of a β3 integrin subunit in an endometrium sample of a mammal at a plurality of stages of the endometrial cycle and correlating delayed appearance or a reduced level of β3 integrin subunit expression with infertility are provided. Diagnostic kits useful in the practice of the methods of the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/762441 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — 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 06960446 | Lemischka |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ihor R. Lemischka (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated mammalian nucleic acid molecules encoding receptor protein tyrosine kinases expressed in primitive hematopoietic cells and not expressed in mature hematopoietic cells are provided. Also included are the receptors encoded by such nucleic acid molecules; the nucleic acid molecules encoding receptor protein tyrosine kinases having the sequences shown in FIG. 1a (murine flk-2), FIG. 1b (human flk-2) and FIG. 2 (murine flk-1); the receptor protein tyrosine kinases having the amino acid sequences shown in FIG. 1a, FIG. 1b and FIG. 2; ligands for the receptors; nucleic acid sequences that encode the ligands; and methods of stimulating the proliferation and/or differentiation of primitive mammalian hematopoietic stem cells comprising contacting the stem cells with a ligand that binds to a receptor protein tyrosine kinase expressed in primitive mammalian hematopoietic cells and not expressed in mature hematopoietic cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 31, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/919408 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960448 | Baekkeskov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Alameda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steinunn Baekkeskov (San Francisco, California); Henk-Jan Aanstoot (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Assays for identifying human patients at risk for developing insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus rely on detection of autoantibodies to a 38 kD autoantigen present in pancreatic β-cells in patient sera. It has been found that autoantibodies to this particular autoantigen developed in patients well before clinical onset of the disease in a significant subpopulation of prediabetic patients. Useful assays will frequently combine detection of autoantibodies to the 38 kD autoantigen with detection of other known markers of IDDM, such as autoantibodies to a 64 kD autoantigen (glutamic acid decarboxylase). |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/993371 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960449 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cell Works Diagnostics, Inc. (Phoenix, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zheng-Pin Wang (Ellicott City, Maryland); Paul O. P. Ts'o (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification and characterization of classes and subclasses of circulating cancer cells, including microtumors from body fluid samples using molecular, cytological, and morphological analyses, and methods for staging patients and measuring the efficacy of medical treatments. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/501179 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/40.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960457 | Spudich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stanford University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Spudich (Palo Alto, California); Steffen Nock (Waldronn, Germany); Peter Wagner (Heilbronn, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides materials and methods for the site specific attachment of virtually any moiety to a layered silicate surface. The methods involve covalently attaching the moiety to an arginine tag; and contacting the arginine tag with the layered silicate (e.g., mica) surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/486480 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/176 |
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| US 06960566 | Blaszczyk-Thurin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Wister Institute of Anatomy and Biology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Magdalena Blaszczyk-Thurin (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions containing one or more peptido-mimetics or modified peptido-mimetics of a carbohydrate ligand of an adhesion molecule in a physiologically acceptable carrier are useful for methods of reducing metastasis in a mammal and for inhibiting inflammatory response in a mammal. Particularly useful are embodiments in which the ligand is a Lewis antigen and/or the adhesion molecule is a selectin, e.g, E-selectin. Methods are disclosed for identifying peptido-mimetics of carbohydrate ligands, which may be involved in binding of tumor cells to other cells, such as endothelial cells. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/831047 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960574 | Prokai |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laszlo Prokai (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are compounds having the formula: where R1=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl, R2=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl W=CnH2n-m—NH (n=1-6, m=0, 2, or 4), X= R3= Y= Z=CONR8(CH2)n, CONR8(CH2)nCO, P(CH3)OCHR8OCOR9, SO2, SO2(CH2)n, SO2(CH2)nCO, SO2NR8(CH2)n, SO2NR8(CH2)nCO, n=1-4 R4=H, (CH2)nOH, (CH2)nOCOR10, (CH2)nNR10R11, (CH2)nCONR10R11, n=0-4 R5=H, (CH2)nNR12R13, n=0-4 R6=H, (CH2)nNR14R15, n=0-4 R7=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R8=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R9=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R10=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R11=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R12=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R13=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R14=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl; R15=H, C1-C6 alkyl, cycloalkyl. Dashed lines: optional; conformational constraint by (CH2)n, n=1-3, R′=H or O(═) as well as pharmaceuticals compositions and methods for the treatment of opiate addiction, opiate dependence, opiate tolerance, opiate related abstinence syndrome, nicotine addition and obesity based thereon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/801695 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960647 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaokui Zhang (New York, New York); Curt Horvath (New York, New York); Melissa H. Wrzeszczynska (New York, New York); James E. Darnell, Jr. (Larchmont, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for identifying interacting regions of transcription factors, and methods for identifying agents which modulate the interactions, useful for affecting gene regulation, for example, cellular transformation. A site within residues 130-154 and within residues 343-358 in Stat3 were found to interact with the transcription factor c-Jun. On c-Jun, a site within residues 105 and 334, and more particularly, between 105 and 263, interact with Stat3. These sites of interactions permit methods for identifying agents which modulate the interaction between these transcription factors to modulate gene transcription. |
| FILED | Monday, March 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/090185 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
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| US 06960652 | Vitetta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ellen S. Vitetta (Dallas, Texas); Victor F. Ghetie (Dallas, Texas); Joan E. Smallshaw (Irving, Texas); Roxana G. Baluna (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods to produce immunotoxins (ITs) and cytokines with a reduced ability to promote vascular leak syndrome (VLS). The invention also provides ITs and cytokines which have been mutated to lack amino acid sequences which induce VLS. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/282935 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 06960654 | Crich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Crich (Chicago, Illinois); Mark Smith (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a glycosidic bond utilizing an activated thioglycoside is disclosed. The thioglycoside is activated by an N,N-dialkylsulfinamide and trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride. The method allows the facile synthesis of disaccharides, oligosacchraides, and polysaccharides in solution or on a polymer support. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/452734 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/18.500 |
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| US 06960656 | Korenberg |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julie R. Korenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, there are provided Down Syndrome-Cell Adhesion Molecule (DS-CAM) proteins. Nucleic acid sequences encoding such proteins and assays employing same are also disclosed. The invention DS-CAM proteins can be employed in a variety of ways, for example, for the production of anti-DS-CAM antibodies thereto, in therapeutic compositions and methods employing such proteins and/or antibodies. DS-CAM proteins are also useful in bioassays to identify agonists and antagonists thereto. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/956991 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 06960659 | Khudyakov 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) | Yury E. Khudyakov (Duluth, Georgia); Howard A. Fields (Marietta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A mosaic protein comprising a variety of immunoreactive antigenic epitopes from several genotypes of hepatitis C virus. The mosaic protein provides a sensitive and specific immunological hepatitis detection assay. A restriction enzyme assisted ligation method of making an artificial gene permits controlled construction of mosaic proteins, and allows confirmatory expression of the intermediate gene products. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/491146 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
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| US 06960674 | Serhan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspirin (ASA) triggers a switch in the biosynthesis of lipid mediators, inhibiting prostanoid production and initiating 15-epi-lipoxin generation, through the acetylation of cyclooxygenase II. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/366194 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/219 |
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| US 06961123 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lihong Wang (College Station, Texas); Shuliang Jiao (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a first section operable to detect polarization-sensitive radiation emitted by an object, and a second section operable to determine a Jones matrix based on information obtained by the first section from the polarization-sensitive radiation. The second section thereafter transforms the Jones matrix into a Mueller matrix, the Mueller matrix being representative of properties of the object. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/260236 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/364 |
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| US 06959589 | Soong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yee Soong (Monroeville, Pennsylvania); Arthur G. Blackwell (Duquesne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An autoclave reactor allows for the ultrasonic analysis of slurry concentration and particle size distribution at elevated temperatures and pressures while maintaining the temperature- and pressure-sensitive ultrasonic transducers under ambient conditions. The reactor vessel is a hollow stainless steel cylinder containing the slurry which includes a stirrer and a N2 gas source for directing gas bubbles through the slurry. Input and output transducers are connected to opposed lateral portions of the hollow cylinder for respectively directing sound waves through the slurry and receiving these sound waves after transmission through the slurry, where changes in sound wave velocity and amplitude can be used to measure slurry parameters. Ultrasonic adapters connect the transducers to the reactor vessel in a sealed manner and isolate the transducers from the hostile conditions within the vessel without ultrasonic signal distortion or losses. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/677238 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/61.750 |
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| US 06959601 | Sinha |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dipen N. Sinha (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for noninvasively monitoring the flow and/or the composition of a flowing liquid using ultrasound is described. The position of the resonance peaks for a fluid excited by a swept-frequency ultrasonic signal have been found to change frequency both in response to a change in composition and in response to a change in the flow velocity thereof. Additionally, the distance between successive resonance peaks does not change as a function of flow, but rather in response to a change in composition. Thus, a measurement of both parameters (resonance position and resonance spacing), once calibrated, permits the simultaneous determination of flow rate and composition using the apparatus and method of the present invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/993045 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/579 |
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| US 06960017 | Menicucci et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Menicucci (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Billy D. Black (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy metering method and apparatus for liquid flow systems comprising first and second segments of one or more conduits through which a liquid flows, comprising: attaching a first temperature sensor for connection to an outside of the first conduit segment; attaching a second temperature sensor for connection to an outside of the second conduit segment; via a programmable control unit, receiving data from the sensors and calculating energy data therefrom; and communicating energy data from the meter; whereby the method and apparatus operate without need to temporarily disconnect or alter the first or second conduit segments. The invention operates with both variable and fixed flow systems, and is especially useful for both active and passive solar energy systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/345590 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/39 |
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| US 06960235 | Morse et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D. Morse (Martinez, California); Alan Jankowski (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical microreactor suitable for generation of hydrogen fuel from liquid sources such as ammonia, methanol, and butane through steam reforming processes when mixed with an appropriate amount of water contains capillary microchannels with integrated resistive heaters to facilitate the occurrence of catalytic steam reforming reactions. One such microreactor employs a packed catalyst capillary microchannel and at least one porous membrane. Another employs a porous membrane with a large surface area or a porous membrane support structure containing a plurality of porous membranes having a large surface area in the aggregate, i.e., greater than about 1 m2/cm3. The packed catalyst capillary microchannels, porous membranes and porous membrane support structures may be formed by a variety of methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/007412 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/127.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960285 | Schoeniger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Naitonal Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph S. Schoeniger (Oakland, California); Phillip H. Paul (Livermore, California); Luke Schoeniger (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrokinetic pump capable of producing high pressure is combined with a nozzle having a submicron orifice to provide a high pressure spray device. Because of its small size, the device can be contained within medical devices such as an endoscope for delivering biological materials such as DNA, chemo therapeutic agents, or vaccines to tissues and cells. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/260164 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960311 | Mirsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Mirsky (Greenbelt, Maryland); Stephen J. Krill (Arlington, Virginia); Alexander P. Murray (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved radiation shielding material and storage systems for radioactive materials incorporating the same. The PYRolytic Uranium Compound (“PYRUC”) shielding material is preferably formed by heat and/or pressure treatment of a precursor material comprising microspheres of a uranium compound, such as uranium dioxide or uranium carbide, and a suitable binder. The PYRUC shielding material provides improved radiation shielding, thermal characteristic, cost and ease of use in comparison with other shielding materials. The shielding material can be used to form containment systems, container vessels, shielding structures, and containment storage areas, all of which can be used to house radioactive waste. The preferred shielding system is in the form of a container for storage, transportation, and disposal of radioactive waste. In addition, improved methods for preparing uranium dioxide and uranium carbide microspheres for use in the radiation shielding materials are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, April 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/121871 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/478 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960403 | Morse et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D. Morse (Martinez, California); Alan Jankowski (Livermore, California); Robert T. Graff (Modesto, California); Kerry Bettencourt (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are processes for fabricating microfluidic fuel cell systems with embedded components in which micron-scale features are formed by bonding layers of DuPont Kapton™ polyimide laminate. A microfluidic fuel cell system fabricated using this process is also described. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/261353 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960656 | Korenberg |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cedars Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julie R. Korenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, there are provided Down Syndrome-Cell Adhesion Molecule (DS-CAM) proteins. Nucleic acid sequences encoding such proteins and assays employing same are also disclosed. The invention DS-CAM proteins can be employed in a variety of ways, for example, for the production of anti-DS-CAM antibodies thereto, in therapeutic compositions and methods employing such proteins and/or antibodies. DS-CAM proteins are also useful in bioassays to identify agonists and antagonists thereto. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 23, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/956991 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960849 | Klody et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly A. Klody (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Robert D. Habbit, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A microelectromechanical (MEM) tiltable-platform apparatus is disclosed which utilizes a light-reflective platform (i.e. a micromirror) which is supported above a substrate by flexures which can be bent upwards to tilt the platform in any direction over an angle of generally ±10 degrees using a gear-driven rack attached to each flexure. Each rack is driven by a rotary microengine (i.e. a micromotor); and an optional thermal actuator can be used in combination with each microengine for initially an initial uplifting of the platform away from the substrate. The MEM apparatus has applications for optical switching (e.g. between a pair of optical fibers) or for optical beam scanning. |
| FILED | Monday, March 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/404780 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/40.MM0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961168 | Agrawal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anoop Agrawal (Tucson, Arizona); John P. Cronin (Tucson, Arizona); Juan C. L. Tonazzi (Tucson, Arizona); Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); T. Mark McCleskey (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Anthony K. Burrell (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrolyte solutions for electrochromic devices such as rear view mirrors and displays with low leakage currents are prepared using inexpensive, low conductivity conductors. Preferred electrolytes include bifunctional redox dyes and molten salt solvents with enhanced stability toward ultraviolet radiation. The solvents include lithium or quaternary ammonium cations, and perfluorinated sulfonylimide anions selected from trifluoromethylsulfonate (CF3SO3−), bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ((CF3SO2)2N−), bis(perfluoroethylsulfonyl)imide ((CF3CF2SO2)2N−) and tris(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methide ((CF3SO2)3C−). Electroluminescent, electrochromic and photoelectrochromic devices with nanostructured electrodes include ionic liquids with bifunctional redox dyes. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/741903 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/273 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06959554 | Shirron 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) | Peter J. Shirron (Hyattsville, Maryland); Michael J. Di Pirro (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive gas-gap heat switch for use with a multi-stage continuous adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator (ADR). The passive gas-gap heat switch turns on automatically when the temperature of either side of the switch rises above a threshold value and turns off when the temperature on either side of the switch falls below this threshold value. One of the heat switches in this multistage process must be conductive in the 0.25° K to 0.3° K range. All of the heat switches must be capable of switching off in a short period of time (1-2 minutes), and when off to have a very low thermal conductance. This arrangement allows cyclic cooling cycles to be used without the need for separate heat switch controls. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/192886 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/3.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960175 | Myers |
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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) | William Neill Myers (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Knee braces generally have been rigid in both the knee bending direction and in the knee straightening direction unless a manually operated release is incorporated in them to allow the knee to bend. Desirably a braced knee joint should effectively duplicate the compound, complex, actions of a normal knee. The key to knee braces is the knee joint housing. The housing herein carries a number of cam action pawls, with teeth adapted to engage the internal teeth of a ratchet ring mounted in the housing. Cam action return springs and the shape of the cam action pawl teeth allow rotation of the ratchet ring in a leg straightening direction while still supporting a load. The leg can then be extended during walking while at the same time being prevented by the cam action pawls from buckling in the knee bending direction. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/652087 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Splint, brace, or bandage 62/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960335 | Singhal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanopowder Enterprises Inc (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Singhal (Piscataway, New Jersey); Ganesh Skandan (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanostructured and layered lithium manganese oxide powders and methods of producing same. The powders are represented by the chemical formula, LixMn1-yMyO2, where 0.5<x<1.33, 0≦y≦0.5 and have an average primary particle diameter from 5 nm to 300 nm, preferably between 5 and 100 nm, and M is at least one cation dopant. The powders can be formed into active cathode materials in Li-ion and Li rechargeable batteries. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/251306 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/599 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960888 | Foster |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Foster (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing and accelerating an ion beam comprising the steps of: providing a magnetic field with a cusp that opens in an outward direction along a centerline that passes through a vertex of the cusp: providing an ionizing gas that sprays outward through at least one capillary-like orifice in a plenum that is positioned such that the orifice is on the centerline in the cusp, outward of the vortex of the cusp; providing a cathode electron source, and positioning it outward of the orifice and off of the centerline; and positively charging the plenum relative to the cathode electron source such that the plenum functions as an anode. A hot filament may be used as the cathode electron source, and permanent magnets may be used to provide the magnetic field. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/753183 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.810 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961599 | Lambert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Lambert (Sunland, California); Mark S. Borchert (La Canada, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems of the present invention identify the presence of and/or the concentration of a selected analyte in a subject by: (a) illuminating a selected region of the eye of a subject with an optical excitation beam, wherein the excitation beam wavelength is selected to generate a resonant Raman spectrum of the selected analyte with a signal strength that is at least 100 times greater than Raman spectrums generated by non-resonant wavelengths and/or relative to signals of normal constituents present in the selected region of the eye; (b) detecting a resonant Raman spectrum corresponding to the selected illuminated region of the eye; and (c) identifying the presence, absence and/or the concentration of the selected analyte in the subject based on said detecting step. The apparatus may also be configured to be able to obtain biometric data of the eye to identify (confirm the identity of) the subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/396010 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961719 | Rai |
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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) | Man Mohan Rai (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for optimization of a design associated with a response function, using a hybrid neural net and support vector machine (NN/SVM) analysis to minimize or maximize an objective function, optionally subject to one or more constraints. As a first example, the NN/SVM analysis is applied iteratively to design of an aerodynamic component, such as an airfoil shape, where the objective function measures deviation from a target pressure distribution on the perimeter of the aerodynamic component. As a second example, the NN/SVM analysis is applied to data classification of a sequence of data points in a multidimensional space. The NN/SVM analysis is also applied to data regression. |
| FILED | Monday, January 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/043044 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06960327 | Navrotsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandra Navrotsky (Davis, California); Atul Navinchandra Parikh (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for selectively removing organic compound from a nano-composite material which comprises the organic compound that is dispersed within a solid inorganic compound structure. In particular, methods of the present invention comprise irradiating the nano-composite material with electromagnetic radiation wavelength that is shorter than the wavelength of visible light. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/356325 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960437 | Enzelberger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Markus M. Enzelberger (Esslingen, Germany); Jian Liu (Pasadena, California); Stephen R. Quake (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides microfluidic devices and methods using the same in various types of thermal cycling reactions. Certaom devices include a rotary microfluidic channel and a plurality of temperature regions at different locations along the rotary microfluidic channel at which temperature is regulated. Solution can be repeatedly passed through the temperature regions such that the solution is exposed to different temperatures. Other microfluidic devices include an array of reaction chambers formed by intersecting vertical and horizontal flow channels, with the ability to regulate temperature at the reaction chambers. The microfluidic devices can be used to conduct a number of different analyses, including various primer extension reactions and nucleic acid amplification reactions. |
| FILED | Friday, April 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/118466 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06960465 | Papoutsakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis (Glenview, Illinois); Christopher A. Tomas (Niles, Illinois); Marija Tesic (Evanston, Illinois); Jose Y. Santiago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant microorganisms and related methods of use to enhance tolerance to toxic substances. In particular, such microorganisms and methods can be used to increase solvent production. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/186335 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06961123 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lihong Wang (College Station, Texas); Shuliang Jiao (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a first section operable to detect polarization-sensitive radiation emitted by an object, and a second section operable to determine a Jones matrix based on information obtained by the first section from the polarization-sensitive radiation. The second section thereafter transforms the Jones matrix into a Mueller matrix, the Mueller matrix being representative of properties of the object. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/260236 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06960550 | Waymouth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Waymouth (Palo Alto, California); Raisa Kravchenko (Wilmington, Delaware); Larry L. Bendig (Aurora, Illinois); Eric J. Moore (Carol Stream, Illinois); Charles L. Myers (Palatine, Illinois); Roger W. Quan (Vernon Hills, Illinois); Andreas B. Ernst (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A metallocene catalyst system component for polymerization of olefins includes at least one 2-arylindenyl ligand substituted on the 1-position by a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkylsilyl, or aryl substituent of 1 to 30 carbon atoms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/392088 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/152 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 06960465 | Papoutsakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis (Glenview, Illinois); Christopher A. Tomas (Niles, Illinois); Marija Tesic (Evanston, Illinois); Jose Y. Santiago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant microorganisms and related methods of use to enhance tolerance to toxic substances. In particular, such microorganisms and methods can be used to increase solvent production. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/186335 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 06960929 | Bedard |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Fernand D. Bedard (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A superconductor crossbar switch for connecting a plurality of inputs with a plurality of outputs, including a switching cell having an input, an output and a circuit for connecting the input with the output for bidirectionally transmitting data therebetween. The connection of the retaining and releasing circuitry of a plurality of cells enables the switch to simultaneously retain a selected cell or cells of a group of cells and disable the remaining cells of that group, whereby a subsequent query on a disabled cell is inoperative until the selected cell or cells is released. The crossbar switch is characterized by latency on the order of nanoseconds, a data rate per channel on the order of gigabits per second, essentially zero crosstalk, and detection of contention in nanoseconds or less and resolution of contention in nanoseconds or less. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/200115 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 06960335 | Singhal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanopowder Enterprises Inc (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Singhal (Piscataway, New Jersey); Ganesh Skandan (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanostructured and layered lithium manganese oxide powders and methods of producing same. The powders are represented by the chemical formula, LixMn1-yMyO2, where 0.5<x<1.33, 0≦y≦0.5 and have an average primary particle diameter from 5 nm to 300 nm, preferably between 5 and 100 nm, and M is at least one cation dopant. The powders can be formed into active cathode materials in Li-ion and Li rechargeable batteries. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/251306 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/599 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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