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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 15, 2005
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| US 06964171 | Li 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) | Chiping Li (Arlington, Virginia); Kazhikathra Kailasanath (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to apparatus and method for initiating detonation in a chamber of tubular or other shapes, which can be a combustor for a propulsion engine, such as a pulse detonation engine. This invention is characterized by detonation initiation at high pressure and temperature that is generated by imploding shocks induced by jets in different directions around the chamber. Further, the detonation initiation is achieved without energy depositing devices, such as electric spark plugs and lasers and without any fuel or other chemical additives. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/662170 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964231 | Robinson 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) | Charles H. Robinson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Robert H. Wood (Laurel, Maryland); Thinh Q. Hoang (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS type safety and arming device includes a substrate; a frame disposed on the substrate; a setback slider disposed in the frame, the setback slider moving linearly in response to a setback acceleration; an arming slider disposed in the frame, the arming slider moving linearly in an arming direction perpendicular to the direction of the setback acceleration and in response to spin; a setback lock lever disposed in the frame, the setback lock lever engaging the arming slider to prevent linear motion of the arming slider until the setback slider contacts and moves the setback lock lever; and a command lock rocker disposed in the frame, the command lock rocker engaging the arming slider to prevent full arming motion of the arming slider until after the command lock rocker is actuated. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/248972 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964309 | Quinn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioRobots, LLC (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger D. Quinn (Akron, Ohio); Daniel A. Kingsley (Dublin, Ohio); John T. Offi (Rockford, Illinois); Roy E. Ritzmann (Cleveland Hts, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle that is propelled by as few as one actuator through a compliant drive train can move quickly on relatively smooth terrain and can climb obstacles. The body of the vehicle may consist of a single segment or multiple segments connected by articulating joints. The driving appendages can take different forms including legs or specialized legs with multiple spokes attached to a rotating hub. The driving appendages can be propelled by as few as one actuator. The driving appendages are each serially connected to their actuator(s) by a compliant device. The compliant devices permit relative motion between driving appendages that share the same actuator. A springably biased compliant device maintains nominal-desired phasing among driving appendages until one of them is forcibly perturbed. The phasing of the driving appendages, or gait, adapts to the terrain. Mechanical stops limit the excursion of the compliant device such that a new desirable leg phasing is reached for climbing large obstacles. The elasticity of the compliant device restores the phasing of the driving appendages to their nominal state when the perturbation is removed. Compliance in the driving appendages and feet smooth the cyclic motion of the body. Compliant feet conform to the terrain and provide improved traction. Steering mechanisms rotate the plane of action of the driving appendages. |
| FILED | Monday, June 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/161530 |
| ART UNIT | 3611 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/8.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964699 | Carns 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) | Richard H. Carns (Byantown, Maryland); Gerald Armstrong (Hughesville, Maryland); Robert H. Rast (Nanjemoy, Maryland); Dennis R. Mitchell (Brooking, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A wet scrubber having a series of chambers for capturing and cooling exhaust gases generated during static test firing of rocket motors. Exhaust gas enters an inlet to a first chamber and is cooled and slowed by a spray solution. HCL gas is condensed and absorbed by the spray solution and precipitates to a liquid slurry at the bottom of the device. The remaining exhaust products enter a demister chamber where nozzles continue to spray the gasses as they pass upward and through a mesh-style demister at the top of the vessel. The demister filters liquid and solid waste particles from the gas stream, and the clean, dry gases are accelerated through a centrifugal fan into the atmosphere. A deflector is positioned within the inlet to the first chamber for containing parts in the event of a motor mal-function. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/166275 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/361 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964714 | Doll et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Edina, Minnesota); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. Doll (Ogden, Utah); Jami M. Hanks (Logan, Utah); Alan G. Allred (Brigham City, Utah); John B. Niles (Lake Hopatacong, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This melt-pourable explosive composition shares explosive properties comparable to those of Tritonal and is melt-pourable and castable under conditions comparable to those of Tritonal, but experiences equal or less impact, shock, and thermal sensitivity and avoids the issues of toxicity associated with trinitrotoluene. The trinitrotoluene component of Tritonal is replaced with one or more mononitro aromatic and/or dinitro aromatic melt-pourable binders, such as dinitroanisole, which can be melt poured without presenting the toxicity drawbacks experienced with the use of TNT. The melt-pourable binder can also be combined with a processing aid selected from the group consisting of alkylnitroanilines and arylnitroanilines. The composition also includes oxidizer particles, which are preferably inorganic oxidizer particles, and a reactive metallic fuel, such as aluminum. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/893336 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964736 | Quake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Quake (Pasadena, California); Wayne D. Volkmuth (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a microfabricated device and methods of using the device for analyzing and sorting polynucleotide molecules by size. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/021850 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964738 | Shen |
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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 C. Shen (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioreactor tank is internally partitioned into two chambers within which wastewater is respectively aerated and from which a bacteria purified permeate is withdrawn after filtration, while a high bacteria content remnant is recycled between the chambers to repeatedly undergo biological treatment by aeration within one of the tank chambers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/463769 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965034 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Peter Bertinato (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Dai-Shi Su (New York, New York); DongFang Meng (New York, New York); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Ted Kamenecka (New York, New York); Erik J Sorensen (San Diego, California); Aaron Balog (New York, New York); Kenneth A. Savin (New York, New York); Scott Kuduk (Harleysville, Pennsylvania); Christina Harris (New York, New York); Xiu-Guo Zhang (New York, New York); Joseph R. Bertino (Branford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof, useful in the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype. Also provided are intermediates useful for preparing said epothilones. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/329090 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965042 | Dave 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) | Paritosh R. Dave (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Raja G. Duddu (Parsipanny, New Jersey); Nathaniel Gelber (Randolph, New Jersey); Kathy Yang (Flanders, New Jersey); C. Rao Surapaneni (Long Valley, New Jersey); Reddy Damavarapu (Hackettstown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The compound 2,2-bis(azidomethyl)oxirane, whose structure is depicted below, is disclosed: |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/604777 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/551 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965142 | Diorio et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Impinj, Inc. (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Diorio (Shoreline, Washington); Todd E. Humes (Shoreline, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Hot-electron injection driven by hole impact ionization in the channel-to-drain junction of a p-channel MOSFET provides a new mechanism for writing a floating-gate memory. Various pFET floating-gate structures use a combination of this mechanism and electron tunneling to implement nonvolatile analog memory, nonvolatile digital memory, or on-line learning in silicon. The memory is nonvolatile because the devices use electrically isolated floating gates to store electronic charge. The devices enable on-line learning because the electron injection and tunneling mechanisms that write the memory can occur during normal device operation. The memory updates and learning are bidirectional because the injection and tunneling mechanisms add and remove electrons from the floating gate, respectively. Because the memory updates depend on both the stored memory and the pFETs terminal voltages, and because they are bidirectional, the devices can implement on-line learning functions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/192773 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/315 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965199 | Stoner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Tyco Electronics Corporation (Middletown, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian R. Stoner (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Otto Z. Zhou (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Rachel A. Rosen (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); William H. Simendinger, III (Raleigh, North Carolina); Chris Debbaut (Hood River, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved electrode capable of smaller variances and mean breakdown voltage, increased breakdown reliability, smaller electron emission turn-on requirements, and stable electron emissions capable of high current densities include a first electrode material, an adhesion-promoting layer disposed on at least one surface of the first electrode material, and a nanostructure-containing material disposed on at least a portion of the adhesion promoting layer. An improved gas discharge device is provided incorporating an electrode formed as described above. An improved circuit incorporating an improved gas discharge tube device as set forth above is also provided. Further, an improved telecommunications network, incorporating an improved gas discharge tube device as set forth above can also be provided. An improved lighting device is also provided incorporating an electrode constructed as described above. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/817164 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/574 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965341 | Cho 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) | Kwang Myung Cho (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Leo H. Hui (Alhambra, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A stepped-frequency chirped waveform improves SAR groundmapping for the following reasons. Range resolution in SAR image is inversely proportional to the transmitted signal bandwidth in nominal SAR systems. Since there is a limit in the transmitted bandwidth that can be supported by the radar hardware, there is a limit in range resolution that can be achieved by processing SAR data in conventional manner. However, if the frequency band of the transmitted signal is skipped within a group of sub-pulses and received signal is properly combined, the composite signal has effectively increased bandwidth and hence improvement in range resolution can be achieved. The proposed new and practical approach can effectively extend the limit in range resolution beyond the level that is set by the radar hardware units when conventional method is used. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/734956 |
| 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 342/25.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965343 | Dybdal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert B. Dybdal (Palos Verdes Estates, California); Denny D. Pidhayny (Los Angeles, California); Don J. Hinshilwood (Carson, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for antenna tracking includes providing a central feed element in an antenna focal region with additional feed elements in an azimuth coordinate to provide a multitude of feed elements that each have a static beam position, and varying ratios of amplitudes of adjacent feed elements of the multitude of feed elements to electronically steer a beam between the static beam positions. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/872094 |
| 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 342/359 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965349 | Livingston et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California); Raytheon Company (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stan W. Livingston (Fullerton, California); Jar J. Lee (Irvine, California); James H. Schaffner (Chatsworth, California); Robert Y. Loo (Agoura Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A reconfigurable wide band phased array antenna for generating multiple antenna beams for multiple transmit and receive functions. The antenna array comprises multiple long non-resonant TEM slot antenna apertures with RF MEMS switches disposed within the slots. The RF MEMS switches are positioned directly within the feed lines across the slots to directly control the coupling of RF energy to the slots. Multiple RF MEMS switches are used within each slot, which allows multiple transmit/receive functions and/or multiple frequencies to be supported by each slot. The frequency coverage provided by the slot antenna has a greater than 10:1 frequency range. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/239346 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/767 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965396 | Strohbehn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kim Strohbehn (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An analog, single integrated circuit for providing centered video images. A light detector array which can be, e.g., a CCD or an array of phototransistors or silicon retinas, is scanned out to provide a video signal. Current summing lines along each row and column of the array are used as inputs to x and y position sensitive (computation) circuitry located on the edge of the pixel array. When the array utilizes silicon retinas, an absolute value circuit is added to restore low frequency information removed by the retinas to the current summing output. An on-chip sequencer uses the x and y position outputs to scan out the video image centered to the nearest pixel. |
| FILED | Monday, May 01, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/562296 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965505 | Mack 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) | Richard M. Mack (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Robert A. Wingo (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | At a ship's magnetic silencing facility, calibration measurements are taken of onboard magnetic fields, and the off-board magnetic signature is minimized through an iterative degaussing process. Current data associated with the signature minimization is retained by a processor-controller implemented, along with degaussing coils and other apparatus, in a CLDG system effectuated onboard in a manner continually adaptive to changing conditions while voyaging. According to the CLDG methodology: Real time measurements are taken of the onboard magnetic fields, and are modified to account for the degaussing coils' magnetic effects. Via least squares fit mathematics, scale factors are calculated based on the relationship between (i) the real time measurements (as modified) of the onboard magnetic fields and (ii) the calibration measurements of the onboard magnetic fields. The scale factors and the current data are multiplied, the resultant products are summarized, and the ship's degaussing is caused to occur correspondingly with the summarization. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/447950 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965509 | Reynolds 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) | John R. Reynolds (Gainsville, Florida); Kyukwan Zong (Spartanburg, South Carolina); John D. Stenger-Smith (Ridgecrest, California); Nicole Anderson (Ridgecrest, California); Cynthia K. Webber (Ridgecrest, California); Andrew P. Chafin (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A supercapacitor comprising a poly(3,4-ethylendioxythiophene) (PEDOT) and poly(3,4-propylenedioxythiophene) (PProDOT) as electrode couples for the capacitor and a pair of gel electrolyte layers disposed between the electrodes. The gel electrolytes are separated by a battery paper and are selected from a group consisting of a lithium salt and an organic electrolyte. |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/307585 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/528 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965521 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems, Information and Electronics Systems Integration, Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Li (Chantilly, Virginia); Kenneth R. Knowles (Manassas, Virginia); David C. Lawson (Haymarket, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A read/write circuit for accessing chalcogenide non-volatile memory cells is disclosed. The read/write circuit includes a chalcogenide storage element, a voltage limiting circuit, a current-to-voltage converter, and a buffer circuit. The voltage limiting circuit, which is coupled to the chalcogenide storage element, ensures that voltages across the chalcogenide storage element will not exceed a predetermined value during a read operation. During a read operation, the current-to-voltage converter, which is coupled to the voltage limiting circuit, converts a current pulse read from the chalcogenide storage element to a voltage pulse. By sensing the voltage pulse from the current-to-voltage converter, the buffer circuit can determine a storage state of the chalcogenide storage element. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/631174 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965554 | Lee 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) | John N. Lee (Silver Spring, Maryland); Robert L. Denningham (Lanham, Maryland); Ray B. Brown, Jr. (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A light beam encoded with data simultaneously reads out data stored in tracks on an optical disk and produces a reflected beam directed to a detector array. The data stored on the optical disk and the encoded data may be components of vector arrays. As the light beam illuminates the rotating optical disk, the data stored on the disk is multiplied by the encoded data. The products of the multiplication are encoded in the reflected beam. A multiplicity of data is read out in parallel from the optical disk and simultaneously correlated with the encoded data. This comparison or correlation operation is performed on digitally encoded data utilizing convolution, or with analog encoding. The present invention can be utilized in pattern matching. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/662173 |
| ART UNIT | 2653 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic information storage or retrieval 369/124.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965631 | Shakeri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRI Research and Development Corp. (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kaveh Shakeri (Atlanta, Georgia); Alireza Mehrnia (Los Angeles, California); Farshid Soheili-Najafabadi (Tehran, Iran) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention includes a circular shift register, K storage elements, and a code register. The circular shift register having N data samples circularly shifts a first data sample of the N data samples into a data position at a first clock frequency. The N data samples correspond to signal received from one of K satellites in a global positioning system (GPS). The N data samples are loaded into the circular shift register at a second clock frequency. The K storage elements store K code sequences, respectively. Each of the K code sequences has N code samples and includes a first code sample being written at a code position corresponding to the data position at a third clock frequency. The K storage elements correspond to the K satellites. The code register stores the N code samples loaded from one of the K storage elements at a fourth clock frequency. The fourth clock frequency is K times faster than the first clock frequency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/808372 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965827 | Wolfson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ouri Wolfson (Highland Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A database receives location information about a moving object. Using the destination of the object and an electronic map, the database finds a projected path for the moving object. From the projected path, the database computes a trajectory. The trajectory may be used to estimate past and future positions of the moving object. The moving object may send location updates to the database when its actual location differs from its anticipated location by more than an uncertainty threshold. |
| FILED | Monday, June 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/872635 |
| 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 06965961 | Scott |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Scott (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A queue-based spin lock with timeout allows a thread to obtain contention-free mutual exclusion in fair, FIFO order, or to abandon its attempt and time out. A thread may handshake with other threads to reclaim its queue node immediately (in the absence of preemption), or mark its queue node to allow reclamation by a successor thread. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/377024 |
| ART UNIT | 2189 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06966020 | Abramovici et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Agere Systems Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania); University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miron Abramovici (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Charles E. Stroud (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying faulty programmable interconnect resources of a field programmable gate array (FPGA) may be carried out during manufacturing testing and/or during normal on-line operation. The FPGA resources are configured into a working area and a self-testing area. The working area maintains normal operation of the FPGA throughout on-line testing. Within the self-testing area, programmable interconnect resources of the FPGA are grouped and comparatively tested for faults. Upon the detection of one or more faults within a group of programmable interconnect resources, the group of resources is subdivided for further comparative testing in order to minimize a region of the group of resources including the fault for each fault. Once the region of the group of resources which includes the fault is minimized, the wires within the minimized region are comparatively tested in order to determine which wire includes the faulty resource or resources. Once the wire which includes the faulty resource is determined, a variety of testing configurations may be utilized to identify the faulty resource within the wire. |
| FILED | Monday, November 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/994299 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/725 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06964761 | Condos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York); The Research Foundation of the State University of New York (Stony Brook, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rany Condos (Beechurst, New York); William Rom (Rye, New York); Gerald Smaldone (Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating idiophathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), comprising administering aerosolized interferon-γ in a therapeutically effective amount to achieve improved or ameliorated symptoms of IPF. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/318352 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/85.500 |
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| US 06964763 | Crombie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrea Rene Crombie (New York, New York); Ralph L. Nachman (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Jeffrey C. Laurence (Greenwich, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for suppressing infectivity of HIV which includes contacting the HIV or a cell targeted by HIV with an effective amount of a thrombospondin or a thrombospondin analog. Other aspects of the invention relate to contraceptives, pharmaceutical compositions, and non-contraceptive prophylactic devices that include a carrier and a thrombospondin or a thrombospondin analog. Methods of inhibiting HIV infection in a patient, blocking HIV binding to a cell, blocking chemokine binding to its receptor, and treating or preventing inflammatory states in a patient are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 24, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/555090 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964768 | Brenner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Brenner (Newton, Massachusetts); Xavier Valencia (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating inflammatory joint diseases by inhibiting cadherin-11 mediated cellular function using a cadherin-11 modulating agent is provided. Also provided are screening assays for identifying pharmaceutical lead compounds capable of modulating cellular functions of cadherin-11 such as cell proliferation, apoptosis, factor secretion, and binding of cadherin-11 to cadherin-11 counter-receptor inhibiting binding of cadherin-11 to its counter-receptor either in the context of a cell or in soluble form. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/457257 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
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| US 06964770 | Brubaker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan State University (E. Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Brubaker (Vermontville, Michigan); Vladimir L. Motin (E. Lansing, Michigan); George B. Smirnov (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | Described is a plasmid prepared by recombinant techniques which is used to prepare a vaccine against Y. pestis. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/694614 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/234.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964778 | Hui et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sek Wen Hui (Williamsville, New York); Arindam Sen (Williamsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a liposomal composition for targeted delivery of drugs. The composition comprises large unilamellar vesicles (LUV) encapsulating poloxamers and one or more delivery agents. The composition and concentration of the poloxamer inside the LUVs is such that upon heating to temperatures above the critical micellar temperature of the poloxamer, the LUVs becomes leaky causing release of the encapsulated drug. The present invention also provides a method for delivery of agents to targeted sites and a method for preparing the LUVs suitable for use according to the method described herein. |
| FILED | Friday, September 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/236546 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964854 | Arepally et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Science and Technology Corporation (Alburquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gowthami M. Arepally (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Walter Kisiel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Keiko Kamei (Kumamoto, Japan); Shintaro Kamei (Kumamoto, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes compositions, kits and methods comprising a monoclonal antibody which shares key functional properties with the polyclonal antibodies which participate in the pathogenesis of heparin induced thrombocytopenia/thrombosis (HIT/HITT) in a mammal. The monoclonal antibody of the invention preferentially binds with a PF4/heparin complex relative to the binding of the antibody with PF4 or heparin alone. The monoclonal antibody of the invention also binds specifically with PF4 in a complex with other glycosaminoglycans besides heparin, and also activates platelets. The monoclonal antibody of the invention is useful in methods for diagnosing and treating HIT/HITT in a mammal. A humanized version of the monoclonal antibody of the invention is also included, along with a process for humanizing the monoclonal antibody of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 13, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/615872 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964869 | Allen-Hoffmann |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | B. Lynn Allen-Hoffmann (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A chimeric skin comprising immortalized human keratinocyte cells cocultured with donor keratinocytes is disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/131977 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/371 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965009 | Kulesz-Martin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Molly F. Kulesz-Martin (Buffalo, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, we have discovered and purified a protein designated herein as p53as, which protein is present in normal cells of a mammal and is essentially identical to known normal growth controlling protein p53 of the same mammal, at least until the final 50 amino acids of the carboxy terminal end of the protein. The invention further includes an antibody specific for protein p53as, which antibody is designated herein as Ab p53as. The antibody may be either a monoclonal or polyclonal antibody and may be specific for p53as of any particular mammal such as mice ard humans. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/811361 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/326 |
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| US 06965017 | Kawakami 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) | Yutaka Kawakami (Rockville, Maryland); Steven A. Rosenberg (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding a melanoma antigen recognized by T lymphocytes, designated MART-1. This invention further relates to bioassays using the nucleic acid sequence, protein or antibodies of this invention to diagnose, assess or prognoses a mammal afflicted with melanoma or metastata melanoma. This invention also provides immunogenic peptides derived from the MART-1 melanoma antigen and a second melanoma antigen designated gp100. This invention further provides immunogenic peptides derived from the MART-1 melanoma antigen or gp100 antigen which have been modified to enhance their immunogenicity. The proteins and peptides provided can serve as an immunogen or vaccine to prevent or treat melanoma. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/898860 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965023 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Reed (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Adam Godzik (San Diego, California); Krzysztof Pawlowski (Malmo, Sweden); Loredana Fiorentino (San Diego, California); Sug Hyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Wilfried Roth (La Jolla, California); Frank Stenner-Liewen (Homburg/Saar, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel Death Domain (DD), Death Effector Domain (DED) and NB-ARC domain proteins. The invention also provides nucleic acid molecules encoding DD, DED and NB-ARC domain proteins, vectors containing these nucleic acid molecules and host cells containing the vectors. The invention also provides antibodies that can specifically bind to invention DDs, DEDs or NB-ARC domains. Such DDs, DEDs and NB-ARC domains and/or anti-DD, anti-DED or anti-NB-ARC domain antibodies are useful for discovery of drugs that suppress infection, autoimmunity, inflammation, allergy, allograft rejection, sepsis, and other diseases. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/001254 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965034 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Peter Bertinato (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Dai-Shi Su (New York, New York); DongFang Meng (New York, New York); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Ted Kamenecka (New York, New York); Erik J Sorensen (San Diego, California); Aaron Balog (New York, New York); Kenneth A. Savin (New York, New York); Scott Kuduk (Harleysville, Pennsylvania); Christina Harris (New York, New York); Xiu-Guo Zhang (New York, New York); Joseph R. Bertino (Branford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof, useful in the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype. Also provided are intermediates useful for preparing said epothilones. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/329090 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/203 |
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| US 06965040 | Gao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xiaolian Gao (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaolian Gao (Houston, Texas); Jean Philippe Pellois (New York, New York); Wu Yao (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention describes reagent precursors and methods for chemical and biochemical reactions. These reagent precursors that can be activated in solution upon irradiation to generate reagents required for the subsequent chemical reactions. Specifically, photogenerated reagents (PGR) are useful for controlling parallel combinatorial synthesis and various chemical and biochemical reactions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/701135 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/439 |
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| US 06965041 | Beaucage 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) | Serge L. Beaucage (Silver Spring, Maryland); Andrzej Wilk (Bethesda, Maryland); Andrzej Grajkowski (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a compound of formula (I), (II), or (III), wherein R1, R2, R2′, R3, and R3′ are the same or different and each is H an alkyl, an alkenyl, an alkynyl, a cycloalkyl, an aryl, or an aralkyl. Alternatively, either of R2 or R2′ combined with either of R3 or R3′ comprises a ring. R4 is a protecting group or a solid support R5 is H or an alkyl. R6 is a protecting group, an amidoalkyl, an alkyl, an alkyl ketone, an alkenyl, an alkynyl, a cycloalkyl, an aryl, or an aralkyl. R15 is H or a protecting group. Q and Q1 are the same or different and each is a nucleoside, an oligonucleotide comprising a nucleoside, or an oligomer comprising a nucleoside, which is of formula (a) or (b), wherein B is a labeling group, an alkyl, an alkenyl, an alkynyl, a cyclic group optionally containing one or more heteroatoms, or an amino; and, E is H, a halogen, a hydroxy, an alkoxy, an ester, an amino or a protecting group. X and X1 are independently O, S, or Se, and n is an integer from 1 to about 300. Each Q in each monomeric unit defined by n can be the same or different. The present invention further provides a method of preparing a polymer using the N-acylphosphoramidite of formula (I) or (II). |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/937292 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/472 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965232 | Sodickson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel K. Sodickson (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic resonance image may be formed by generating a set of encoding functions representative a spatial distribution of receiver coil sensitivities and spatial modulations corresponding to the gradient encoding steps, transforming the set of encoding functions to generate a new set of functions and applying the new set of functions to the acquired data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/771041 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965234 | Cunningham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles H. Cunningham (San Francisco, California); Juan M. Santos (Stanford, California); John M. Pauly (Redwood City, California); Graham Arnold Wright (Toronto, Canada); Jeffrey Alan Stainsby (Toronto, Canada); John Andrew Derbyshire (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A RF Excitation pulse for MRI applications has built-in saturation sidebands, thereby reducing the time for an excitation sequence. The pulse is created using the Shinnar-Le Roux (SLR) transform and designing beta-polynomials for a desired image slice excitation and for saturation of RF excitation such as by de-phasing in regions adjacent to the desired image slice. The beta-polynomials are combined and an inverse SLR transform creates the RF pulse from the combined beta-polynomial. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/960212 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/314 |
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| US 06965240 | Litton 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) | Charles D. Litton (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Jon C. Volkwein (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania); William H. Schiffbauer (Connellsville, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are disclosed for analyzing particles, such as coarse particulates, fine particulates (e.g., diesel particulate matter), and combustion aerosols, using light-scattering sensors and/or ionization-type sensors. In one disclosed embodiment, a particle monitor includes an ionization module and a controller adapted to receive an output signal from the ionization module. The controller is operable to translate the output signal into the mass concentration of particulate matter within the ionization chamber. In another embodiment, a particle monitor includes a light-scattering sensor and an ionization sensor. The monitor is configured to measure separate mass concentrations of sub-micrometer particles and larger dust particles in an atmosphere having both types of particles. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/401980 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/464 |
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| US 06965792 | Avrin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MedNovus, Inc. (Leucadia, California); Quantum Magnetics, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Avrin (San Diego, California); Sankaran Kumar (San Marcos, California); Peter V. Czipott (San Diego, California); Richard J. McClure (San Diego, California); R. Kemp Massengill (Leucadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for minimizing the effects of temperature drift in a magnetic susceptibility measurement instrument, such as an instrument used in pre-MRI screening for the presence of ferromagnetic foreign bodies. The magnetic field source and magnetic sensors can be combined into a single, rigid unit. The stability and sensitivity required in high quality magnetic susceptibility measurements can be achieved through symmetrical design of the source-sensor unit, minimization of thermal stresses, minimization of temperature variations, use of materials with low thermal expansion coefficients, or through appropriate combinations thereof. Use of patient eye movement where an eye is being screened, use of a water bag between the patient and the instrument, or use of telemedicine to facilitate performance of the necessary computations can also be incorporated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/025191 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
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| US 06965850 | Baxter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Baxter (San Francisco, California); Beatrice Darimont (San Francisco, California); Weijun Feng (San Francisco, California); Robert J. Fletterick (San Francisco, California); Peter J. Kushner (San Francisco, California); Richard L. Wagner (San Francisco, California); Brian L. West (San Francisco, California); Keith R. Yamamoto (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and agonist/antagonist compounds for modulating nuclear receptor coactivator binding. The invention includes a method for identifying residues comprising a coactivator binding site for a nuclear receptor of interest. Also included is a method of identifying agonists and/or antagonists that bind to a coactivator binding site of a nuclear receptor of interest. Agonists and antagonists of coactivator binding to nuclear receptors also are provided. The invention is exemplified by identification and manipulation of the coactivator binding site of the thyroid receptor (TR), and compounds that bind to this sites. The methods can be applied to other nuclear receptors including RAR, RXR, PPAR, VDR, ER, GR, PR, MR, and AR. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 30, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/281717 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Westinghouse Savannah River Company, LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duane C. Carlson (N. Augusta, South Carolina); John J. DeGange (Aiken, South Carolina); Paula Cable-Dunlap (Waynesville, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact, portable, aerosol contaminant extractor having ionization and collection sections through which ambient air may be drawn at a nominal rate so that aerosol particles ionized in the ionization section may be collected on charged plate in the collection section, the charged plate being readily removed for analyses of the particles collected thereon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/786625 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/28.20 |
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| US 06964294 | Hendricks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry Joseph Hendricks (Arvada, Colorado); Thomas Thoensen (Erie, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive cooling system for a vehicle (114) transfers heat from an overheated internal component, for example, an instrument panel (100), to an external portion (116) of the vehicle (114), for example, a side body panel (126). The passive cooling system includes one or more heat pipes (112) having an evaporator section (118) embedded in the overheated internal component and a condenser section (120) at the external portion (116) of the vehicle (114). The evaporator (118) and condenser (120) sections are in fluid communication. The passive cooling system may also include a thermally conductive film (140) for thermally connecting the evaporator sections (118) of the heat pipes (112) to each other and to the instrument panel (100). |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/670650 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/41 |
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| US 06964757 | Cortright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy D. Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin); James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of producing hydrogen from oxygenated hydrocarbon reactants, such as methanol, glycerol, sugars (e.g. glucose and xylose), or sugar alcohols (e.g. sorbitol). The method takes place in the condensed liquid phase. The method includes the steps of reacting water and a water-soluble oxygenated hydrocarbon in the presence of a metal-containing catalyst. The catalyst contains a metal selected from the group consisting of Group VIIIB transitional metals, alloys thereof, and mixtures thereof. The disclosed method can be run at lower temperatures than those used in the conventional steam reforming of alkanes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/306258 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/648.100 |
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| US 06964758 | Cortright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy D. Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin); James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of producing hydrogen from oxygenated hydrocarbon reactants, such as glycerol, glucose, or sorbitol. The method can take place in the vapor phase or in the condensed liquid phase. The method includes the steps of reacting water and a water-soluble oxygenated hydrocarbon having at least two carbon atoms, in the presence of a metal-containing catalyst. The catalyst contains a metal selected from the group consisting of Group VIII transitional metals, alloys thereof, and mixtures thereof. The disclosed method can be run at lower temperatures than those used in the conventional steam reforming of alkanes. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632245 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/648.100 |
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06964857 — Measuring indigenous photosynthetic organisms to detect chemical warefare agents in water
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Elias Greenbaum (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Charlene A. Sanders (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of testing water to detect the presence of a chemical or biological warfare agent is disclosed. The method is carried out by establishing control data by providing control water containing indigenous organisms but substantially free of a chemical and a biological warfare agent. Then measuring photosynthetic activity of the control water with a fluorometer to obtain control data to compare with test data to detect the presence of the chemical or agent. The test data is gathered by providing test water comprising the same indigenous organisms as contained in the control water. Further, the test water is suspected of containing the chemical or agent to be tested for. Photosynthetic activity is also measured by fluorescence induction in the test water using a fluorometer. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/339197 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dwight R. Jennison (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a catalyst with monolayer or sub-monolayer metal by controlling the wetting characteristics on the support surface and increasing the adhesion between the catalytic metal and an oxide layer. There are two methods that have been demonstrated by experiment and supported by theory. In the first method, which is useful for noble metals as well as others, a negatively-charged species is introduced to the surface of a support in sub-ML coverage. The layer-by-layer growth of metal deposited onto the oxide surface is promoted because the adhesion strength of the metal-oxide interface is increased. This method can also be used to achieve nanoislands of metal upon sub-ML deposition. The negatively-charged species can either be deposited onto the oxide surface or a compound can be deposited that dissociates on, or reacts with, the surface to form the negatively-charged species. The deposited metal adatoms can thereby bond laterally to the negatively-charged species as well as vertically to the oxide surface. Thus the negatively-charged species serve as anchors for the metal. In the second method, a chemical reaction that occurs when most metals are deposited on a fully hydroxylated oxide surface is used to create cationic metal species that bind strongly both to the substrate and to metallic metal atoms. These are incorporated into the top layer of the substrate and bind strongly both to the substrate and to metallic metal atoms. In this case, these oxidized metal atoms serve as the anchors. Here, as in the previous method, nanoislands of catalytic metal can be achieved to increase catalytic activity, or monolayers or bilayers of reactive metal can also be made. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/383672 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965099 | Habeger, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles C. Habeger, Jr. (Smyrna, Georgia); Timothy F. Patterson (Atlanta, Georgia); Frederick W. Ahrens (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A microwave heater and/or dryer has a nonlinear or curvilinear relative slot profile geometry. In one embodiment, the microwave dryer has at least one adjustable field modifier making it possible to change the geometry of the heater or dryer when drying different webs. In another embodiment, the microwave dryer provides more uniform drying of a web when the field modifier is adjusted in response to a sensed condition of the web. Finally, a method of microwave heating and/or drying a web achieves a uniform heating and/or drying profile. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/941044 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/691 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965193 | Srivastava et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alok Srivastava (Niskayuna, New York); Holly Comanzo (Niskayuna, New York); Vankatesan Manivannan (Rexford, New York); Anant Achyut Setlur (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel red emitting phosphors for use in fluorescent lamps resulting in superior color rendering index values compared to conventional red phosphors. Also disclosed is a fluorescent lamp including a phosphor layer comprising blends of one or more of a blue phosphor, a blue-green phosphor, a green phosphor and a red a phosphor selected from the group consisting of SrY2O4:Eu3+, (Y,Gd)Al3B4O12:Eu3+, and [(Y1-x-y-mLay)Gdx]BO3:Eum wherein y<0.50 and m=0.001-0.3. The phosphor layer can optionally include an additional deep red phosphor and a yellow emitting phosphor. The resulting lamp will exhibit a white light having a color rendering index of 90 or higher with a correlated color temperature of from 2500 to 10000 Kelvin. The use of the disclosed red phosphors in phosphor blends of lamps results in high CRI light sources with increased stability and acceptable lumen maintenance over the course of the lamp life. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/317423 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/486 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965514 | Beihoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce C. Beihoff (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Lawrence D. Radosevich (Muskego, Wisconsin); Andreas A. Meyer (Richmond Heights, Ohio); Neil Gollhardt (Fox Point, Wisconsin); Daniel G. Kannenberg (Waukesha, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric vehicle drive includes a support may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in removing heat from the circuits through fluid circulating through the support. The support, in conjunction with other packaging features may form a shield from both external EM/RFI and from interference generated by operation of the power electronic circuits. Features may be provided to permit and enhance connection of the circuitry to external circuitry, such as improved terminal configurations. Modular units may be assembled that may be coupled to electronic circuitry via plug-in arrangements or through interface with a backplane or similar mounting and interconnecting structures. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/252461 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/699 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965542 | Harrington et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Harrington (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James H. Buttz (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Alex B. Maish (Corrales, New Mexico); Ray R. Page (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Herbert E. Metcalf (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A simulated grenade for MILES-type simulations generates a unique RF signal and a unique audio signal. A detector utilizes the time between receipt of the RF signal and the slower-traveling audio signal to determine the distance between the detector and the simulated grenade. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/685106 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965709 | Weiss |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan D. Weiss (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluorescent optical position sensor and method of operation. A small excitation source side-pumps a localized region of fluorescence at an unknown position along a fluorescent waveguide. As the fluorescent light travels down the waveguide, the intensity of fluorescent light decreases due to absorption. By measuring with one (or two) photodetectors the attenuated intensity of fluorescent light emitted from one (or both) ends of the waveguide, the position of the excitation source relative to the waveguide can be determined by comparing the measured light intensity to a calibrated response curve or mathematical model. Alternatively, excitation light can be pumped into an end of the waveguide, which generates an exponentially-decaying continuous source of fluorescent light along the length of the waveguide. The position of a photodetector oriented to view the side of the waveguide can be uniquely determined by measuring the intensity of the fluorescent light emitted radially at that location. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/437876 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965836 | Richardson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Richardson (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for determining properties of a conductive film is disclosed. A plurality of probe locations selected around a periphery of the conductive film define a plurality of measurement lines between each probe location and all other probe locations. Electrical resistance may be measured along each of the measurement lines. A lumped parameter model may be developed based on the measured values of electrical resistance. The lumped parameter model may be used to estimate resistivity at one or more selected locations encompassed by the plurality of probe locations. The resistivity may be extrapolated to other physical properties if the conductive film includes a correlation between resistivity and the other physical properties. A profile of the conductive film may be developed by determining resistivity at a plurality of locations. The conductive film may be applied to a structure such that resistivity may be estimated and profiled for the structure's surface. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/828633 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965847 | Wessol et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Wessol (Bozeman, Montana); Michael W. Frandsen (Helena, Montana); Floyd J. Wheeler (Rigby, Idaho); David W. Nigg (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and computer readable media are disclosed for ultimately developing a dosimetry plan for a treatment volume irradiated during radiation therapy with a radiation source concentrated internally within a patient or incident from an external beam. The dosimetry plan is available in near “real-time” because of the novel geometric model construction of the treatment volume which in turn allows for rapid calculations to be performed for simulated movements of particles along particle tracks therethrough. The particles are exemplary representations of alpha, beta or gamma emissions emanating from an internal radiation source during various radiotherapies, such as brachytherapy or targeted radionuclide therapy, or they are exemplary representations of high-energy photons, electrons, protons or other ionizing particles incident on the treatment volume from an external source. In a preferred embodiment, a medical image of a treatment volume irradiated during radiotherapy having a plurality of pixels of information is obtained. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/814299 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06964758 | Cortright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy D. Cortright (Madison, Wisconsin); James A. Dumesic (Verona, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of producing hydrogen from oxygenated hydrocarbon reactants, such as glycerol, glucose, or sorbitol. The method can take place in the vapor phase or in the condensed liquid phase. The method includes the steps of reacting water and a water-soluble oxygenated hydrocarbon having at least two carbon atoms, in the presence of a metal-containing catalyst. The catalyst contains a metal selected from the group consisting of Group VIII transitional metals, alloys thereof, and mixtures thereof. The disclosed method can be run at lower temperatures than those used in the conventional steam reforming of alkanes. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632245 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/648.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965026 | Zaworotko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Zaworotko (Tampa, Florida); Brian Moulton (Temple Terrace, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention pertains to nanoscale polyhedron-shaped molecules having molecular building blocks connected at their vertices. The subject invention also concerns methods of producing nanoscale polyhedrons utilizing a self-assembly reaction. The resultant molecules are faceted polyhedra that are porous, chemically robust, contain chemically accessible sites on their facets, and which are neutral and soluble in common laboratory solvents. The nanoscale polyhedrons can exhibit additional desirable physical properties, such as ferromagnetic properties. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/083781 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965034 | Danishefsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samuel J. Danishefsky (Englewood, New Jersey); Peter Bertinato (Old Lyme, Connecticut); Dai-Shi Su (New York, New York); DongFang Meng (New York, New York); Ting-Chao Chou (Paramus, New Jersey); Ted Kamenecka (New York, New York); Erik J Sorensen (San Diego, California); Aaron Balog (New York, New York); Kenneth A. Savin (New York, New York); Scott Kuduk (Harleysville, Pennsylvania); Christina Harris (New York, New York); Xiu-Guo Zhang (New York, New York); Joseph R. Bertino (Branford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof, useful in the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype. Also provided are intermediates useful for preparing said epothilones. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/329090 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965827 | Wolfson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ouri Wolfson (Highland Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A database receives location information about a moving object. Using the destination of the object and an electronic map, the database finds a projected path for the moving object. From the projected path, the database computes a trajectory. The trajectory may be used to estimate past and future positions of the moving object. The moving object may send location updates to the database when its actual location differs from its anticipated location by more than an uncertainty threshold. |
| FILED | Monday, June 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/872635 |
| 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 06965961 | Scott |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Scott (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A queue-based spin lock with timeout allows a thread to obtain contention-free mutual exclusion in fair, FIFO order, or to abandon its attempt and time out. A thread may handshake with other threads to reclaim its queue node immediately (in the absence of preemption), or mark its queue node to allow reclamation by a successor thread. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/377024 |
| ART UNIT | 2189 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: Input/output 710/310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06964866 | Romaine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Peter Romaine (State College, Pennsylvania); Xi Chen (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Applicants have devised a highly effective, convenient, and expeditious genetic transformation system for filamentous fungi, such as Agaricus bisporus. The preferred method uses an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocol. The critical features of this protocol include co-cultivation of the bacterium with fruit body tissue instead of spores. In a preferred embodiment, even higher transformation efficiencies were observed with the use of a homologous promoter in the polynucleotide expression construct in order to drive gene expression. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/894630 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/254.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965022 | Bosworth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brad T. Bosworth (Littleton, North Carolina); Peter Vögeli (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides non-invasive methods and compositions to differentiate, with a high level of sensitivity and specificity, swine that are genetically susceptible to diseases associated with F18 E. coli infection, from resistant swine. DNA polymorphisms in the swine alpha (1,2) fucosyltransferase 1 (FUT1) gene were used to differentiate resistant from susceptible swine. The invention includes a polypeptide with amino acid substitutions, encoded by the nucleotide polymorphisms, a molecular diagnostic assay, and a kit for the differentiation, of E. coli F18-adhesion resistant, heterozygous (carrier) and homozygous susceptible pigs. The molecular test identifies susceptibility to oedema disease and postweaning diarrhea with high sensitivity and specificity, therefore, is useful to swine breeder in their effort to enhance for resistance. Information on the polymorphisms of the present invention provides insight into causation and treatment of E. coli associated intestinal disorders. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/844705 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06965020 | McGall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn McGall (Mountain View, California); Anthony D. Barone (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid labeling compounds containing heterocyclic derivatives are disclosed. The heterocyclic derivative containing compounds are synthesized by condensing a heterocyclic derivative with a cyclic group (e.g. a ribofuranose derivative). The labeling compounds are suitable for enzymatic attachment to a nucleic acid, either terminally or internally, to provide a mechanism of nucleic acid detection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/952387 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 06965431 | Vo-Dinh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tuan Vo-Dinh (Knoxville, Tennessee); Alan Wintenberg (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A scanning tunable detection system and related method for analyzing samples includes a source of time varying excitation signals and a tunable optical filter for selectively transmitting time-varying optical signals emanated from a sample following irradiation with the time varying excitation signals. A detector is provided for converting the time-varying optical signals to electrical detection signals. The system can identify components in a sample using phase sensitive or time sensitive detection. A slew scan mode can be used to permit slow scanning through spectral regions rich in information but quickly in regions without such information. |
| FILED | Friday, February 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/376965 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 06964207 | Powers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Florida, Department of Transportation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney G. Powers (Gainesville, Florida); Robert M. Langley (Hawthorne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanical inspection sled which can be pushed through a pipeline using a series of connecting rigid rods. Mechanical measuring devices are mounted on the sled. These devices deflect when the pipe's internal diameter decreases. The deflection is visually observable by the user through a series of reflective indicators. The measuring devices are sufficiently pliable to allow the sled to pass beyond distorted areas and complete a full inspection of the pipeline. The measurement devices are adjustable to allow the sled to be used in many different pipe sizes. Because the device is purely mechanical, it is quite rugged and able to withstand harsh environments. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/811744 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/865.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 06965016 | Klinefelter |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Klinefelter (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A 22 kD sperm protein, SP22, correlates with fertility and predicts fertility in males. The protein can be assayed to detect decreases in fertility resulting from exposure to toxicants and pollutants which are known or suspected to decrease fertility. In an antibody is generated to this protein, the antibody recognition by sperm in an epididymal sperm sample or ejaculate would reflect the fertility of the sample. This antibody can be used as a contraceptive to inactivate sperm, screen for toxicity, select animals for artificial insemination, and select men for assisted reproductive technologies. The protein itself can be inactivated by gene knockout, which is another approach to contraception, or the protein can be added to sperm from infertile men to make fertility techniques more feasible. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/752514 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06964154 | Sackheim 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) | Robert L. Sackheim (Madison, Alabama); John J. Hutt (Decatur, Alabama); William E. Anderson (West Lafayette, Indiana); Gordon A. Dressler (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A rocket engine assembly is provided for a vertically launched rocket vehicle. A rocket engine housing of the assembly includes two or more combustion chambers each including an outlet end defining a sonic throat area. A propellant supply for the combustion chambers includes a throttling injector, associated with each of the combustion chambers and located opposite to sonic throat area, which injects the propellant into the associated combustion chamber. A modulator, which may form part of the injector, and which is controlled by a controller, modulates the flow rate of the propellant to the combustion chambers so that the chambers provide a vectorable net thrust. An expansion nozzle or body located downstream of the throat area provides expansion of the combustion gases produced by the combustion chambers so as to increase the net thrust. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/390253 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 06965767 | Maggenti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Qualcomm Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Maggenti (San Diego, California); Douglas M. Crockett (San Diego, California); Eric Rosen (Solana Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for entering a net within a group communication network provides for requesting a current list of available nets that the communication device may join from a controller and, after receiving the current list of available nets from the controller, selecting a net from the current list of available nets. The method and apparatus further allows the communication device to send a request to the controller for joining the selected net, which may be followed by receiving a response from the controller that the communication device has been added to the list of current participants in the selected net. In another aspect of the invention, a method and apparatus for exiting a net within a group communication network provides for sending a request to the controller for exiting the net, receiving a response from the controller that the communication device has been removed from the list of current participants in the net, and exiting the net. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/004910 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/416 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 06964207 | Powers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The State of Florida, Department of Transportation (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney G. Powers (Gainesville, Florida); Robert M. Langley (Hawthorne, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanical inspection sled which can be pushed through a pipeline using a series of connecting rigid rods. Mechanical measuring devices are mounted on the sled. These devices deflect when the pipe's internal diameter decreases. The deflection is visually observable by the user through a series of reflective indicators. The measuring devices are sufficiently pliable to allow the sled to pass beyond distorted areas and complete a full inspection of the pipeline. The measurement devices are adjustable to allow the sled to be used in many different pipe sizes. Because the device is purely mechanical, it is quite rugged and able to withstand harsh environments. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/811744 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/865.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06964385 | Kelly |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Charge Injection Technologies, Inc. (Monmouth Junction, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arnold J. Kelly (Princeton Junction, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for dispersing fluent material comprises a body defining a plurality of orifices arranged around a central axis and a charge injection device arranged on the central axis. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/138095 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964723 | Lindsay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Lindsay (Mesa, Arizona); John R. Peeler (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for applying pressure to the area of a composite part masked by a secondary feature comprises the steps of positioning a pressure augmentation strip in contact with the masked area, securing a pressure transfer wedge on each of two sides of the secondary feature, such that pressure is transferred to the pressure augmentation strip during co-curing/co-bonding, and co-curing/co-bonding the composite part and the secondary feature. When the area between the composite part and the secondary feature is fairly large, the method can comprise the further steps of positioning a sine wave spring between the pressure augmentation strip and the secondary feature, injecting a structural paste adhesive into the voids around the sine wave spring, and curing the structural paste. |
| FILED | Friday, October 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/264654 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/285 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06964760 | Hillman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation (Gainvesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Daniel Hillman (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Antimicrobial compounds and compositions and uses thereof, including the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections are described. The compounds and compositions include lantibiotic polypeptides and the nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The compounds and compositions are useful as antimicrobials in antibiotic pharmaceutical preparation and as an antimicrobial or antiseptic dentifrice. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/013036 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06965484 | Shaver |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Shaver (Carlisle, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical imaging systems and methods use polarized illumination and a coordinated pupil filter to achieve high contrast. An imaging system includes a light source to generate light for illuminating an object having features aligned in a first direction and features aligned in a second direction, a lens for imaging the illuminated object onto a surface, a spatial selection device, such as a pupil filter, selective in a first mode of light corresponding to features of the illuminated object aligned in the first direction and selective in a second mode of light corresponding to features of the illuminated object aligned in a second direction, a polarization device optically coupled to the spatial selection device and selective in the first mode of s-polarized light corresponding to the first direction and selective in the second mode of s-polarized light corresponding to the second direction, and a controller for selecting operation in the first mode or in the second mode. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/626440 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/738 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, November 15, 2005.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2005/fedinvent-patents-20051115.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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