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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 06, 2005

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Department of Defense (DOD)

06971160 — Hybrid electrical circuit method with mated substrate carrier method

US 06971160	Welch et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Ryan J. Welch (Bellbrook, Ohio); Tony K. Quach (Lebanon, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	A hybrid integrated circuit fabrication method in which an insulating substrate member and its metallic substrate carrier are made to be mating with precision through use of computer controlled machining performed on each member. A combination of disclosed specifically tailored software and commercially available software are used in the method to generate code for controlling a precision milling machine during the fabrication of substrate and substrate carrier members. The method for precision mating of substrate and substrate carrier enable disposition of a precision recess in the substrate carrier and the location of recess pillars and pedestals (the latter being for integrated circuit die mounting use) at any carrier recess location desirable for electrical, thermal or physical strength reasons. Enhanced electrical thermal and physical properties are achieved in hybrid devices fabricated according to the method especially when compared with devices and methods having the limited availability of comparable elements afforded by previous hybrid fabrication arrangements.
FILED	Thursday, January 03, 2002
APPL NO	10/034769
ART UNIT	3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units
CURRENT CPC	Metal working 029/832
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06971241 — Dual mode power unit having a combustor bypass system

US 06971241	Critchley et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Ian L. Critchley (Phoenix, Arizona); Barry J. Kingery (Glendale, Arizona); Cristopher Frost (Scottsdale, Arizona); David G. Walhood (Scottsdale, Arizona); Robert B. Sumegi (Phoenix, Arizona)
ABSTRACT	A gas turbine engine integrates the functions of an auxiliary power unit (APU) with one or more functions of an ECS, and that is capable of operating in both an unfired mode and a fired mode. The gas turbine engine includes a combustor system that is configured to allow the gas turbine to quickly transition from the unfired mode to the fired mode, by bypassing a portion of the air flowing to the combustor system around the combustor.
FILED	Monday, November 10, 2003
APPL NO	10/705580
ART UNIT	3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems
CURRENT CPC	Power plants 060/776
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06971300 — Reloadable concentric canister launcher

US 06971300	Kunstmann
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	John F. Kunstmann (King George, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	A reloadable launcher for use with rocket-propelled projectiles. An inner and outer tube define a concentric tube arrangement with at least one gas flow channel being defined therebetween. A ring is fixedly coupled to a first end of the outer tube that is adjacent to the breech end of the inner tube. The ring defines a keyway and an annular channel that lies between the keyway and the first end of the outer tube. A cap having a concave inner surface terminates in a peripheral edge that defines a key shaped for passage through the keyway of the ring. When the cap's key is aligned with and moved axially through the keyway, the key resides in the annular channel adjacent the first end of the outer tube. A link is hingedly coupled on one end thereof to the ring to permit the cap to be moved such that a projectile can be loaded into the inner tube from the breech end thereof. The link is also rotationally coupled to the cap's central portion such that the cap can be rotated thereabout. As a result, when the key resides in the annular channel and the cap is rotated about it's central portion, the key is misaligned with the keyway to axially lock the cap to the outer tube.
FILED	Tuesday, November 25, 2003
APPL NO	10/722210
ART UNIT	3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Ordnance 089/1.816
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06971934 — Autonomous liquid filled buoy

US 06971934	Parks
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Bruce Carl Parks (San Diego, California)
ABSTRACT	A buoy system includes a sea-bed pump station having separate reservoirs of lighter-than-water and heavier-than-water liquids. The reservoirs are in fluid communication with peristaltic pumps that are operated via a preprogrammed control within the station. A buoy has an upper chamber connected by umbilical to be in fluid communication with the lighter-than-water chamber of the pump station and also includes a lower chamber connected to be in fluid communication with the heavier-than-water chamber of the station. The sea-bed and buoy chambers for the heavier-than-water liquid are both gimbaled mounted to assist fluid transfer even when non-level. Selected venting at the sea-bed pump station and of the buoy permit sea flooding and pressure equalization.
FILED	Wednesday, December 22, 2004
APPL NO	11/022471
ART UNIT	3617 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware
CURRENT CPC	Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices 441/29
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06972046 — Process of forming magnetic nanocomposites via nanoparticle self-assembly

US 06972046	Sun et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York); Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, Iowa)
INVENTOR(S)	Shouheng Sun (Millwood, New York); Hao Zeng (Buchanan, New York)
ABSTRACT	A process of forming a hard-soft phase, exchange-coupled, magnetic nanocomposite includes forming a dispersion of magnetic nanoparticles, separating the magnetic nanoparticles from a solvent of the dispersion so as to allow self-assembly of the magnetic nanoparticles, and removing a coating from the nanoparticles, which are disposed in a self-assembled, locally-ordered nanostructure.
FILED	Monday, January 13, 2003
APPL NO	10/340761
ART UNIT	1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC	Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/348
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06972109 — Method for improving tensile properties of AlSiC composites

US 06972109	Spowart et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Jonathan E. Spowart (Dayton, Ohio); Benji Maruyama (Yellow Springs, Ohio); Daniel B. Miracle (Bellbrook, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	Metal-matrix composites with combinations of physical and mechanical properties desirable for specific applications can be obtained by varying and controlling selected parameters in the material formation processes, particularly by increasing the microstructural homogeneity of the composite, while maintaining a constant mixture ratio or volume fraction. In one embodiment of the invention, a CuSiC composite having increased thermal conductivity is obtained by closely controlling the size of the SiC particles. In another embodiment of the invention, AlSiC composites which exhibit increased ultimate tensile and yield strengths are made by closely controlling the size of SiC and Al particles.
FILED	Wednesday, November 13, 2002
APPL NO	10/295549
ART UNIT	1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC	Powder metallurgy processes 419/17
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06972196 — Making surfaces inert by modifying with alkanethiolates

US 06972196	Mrksich et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Arch Development Corporation (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Milan Mrksich (Chicago, Illinois); Yan-Yeung Luk (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Alkanethiols of formula (1) and the enantiomers of the alkanethiol of formula (1): HS-L-Q-T (1), and disulfides of formula (3) and the enantiomers of the disulfide of formula (3): T-Q-L S-S-J (3), where -T is a moiety of formula (2) R¹and R²are each individually selected from the group consisting of H and OH; a is 0 to 3; b is 0 to 3; and indicates that the chirality of the carbon atom to which it is attached is either R or S; may form inert surfaces that prevent the unwanted adsorption of proteins and cells.
FILED	Wednesday, October 11, 2000
APPL NO	09/689263
ART UNIT	1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395
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06972245 — Method for co-fabricating strained and relaxed crystalline and poly-crystalline structures

US 06972245	Peterson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Jeffrey J. Peterson (Austin, Texas); Charles E. Hunt (Davis, California)
ABSTRACT	One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for co-fabricating strained and relaxed crystalline, poly-crystalline, and amorphous structures in an integrated circuit device using common fabrication steps. The system operates by first receiving a substrate. The system then fabricates multiple layers on this substrate. A layer within these multiple layers includes both strained structures and relaxed structures. These strained structures and relaxed structures are fabricated simultaneously using common fabrication steps.
FILED	Thursday, May 15, 2003
APPL NO	10/439748
ART UNIT	2829 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/478
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06972335 — Synthesis of epothilones, intermediates thereto, analogues and uses thereof

US 06972335	Danishefsky et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
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)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof. Also provided are analogues related to epothilone A and B and intermediates useful for preparing same. The present invention further provides novel compositions based on analogues of the epothilones and methods for the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype.
FILED	Tuesday, December 04, 2001
APPL NO	10/004571
ART UNIT	1626 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 548/202
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06972436 — High voltage, high temperature capacitor and interconnection structures

US 06972436	Das et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Naval Research (ONR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Mrinal Kanti Das (Durham, North Carolina); Lori A. Lipkin (Raleigh, North Carolina); John W. Palmour (Raleigh, North Carolina); Scott Sheppard (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Helmut Hagleitner (Zebulon, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	Capacitors and interconnection structures for silicon carbide are provided having an oxide layer, a layer of dielectric material and a second oxide layer on the layer of dielectric material. The thickness of the oxide layers may be from about 0.5 to about 33 percent of the thickness of the oxide layers and the layer of dielectric material. Capacitors and interconnection structures for silicon carbide having silicon oxynitride layer as a dielectric structure are also provided. Such a dielectric structure may be between metal layers to provide a metal-insulator-metal capacitor or may be used as a inter-metal dielectric of an interconnect structure so as to provide devices and structures having improved mean time to failure. Methods of fabricating such capacitors and structures are also provided.
FILED	Monday, June 11, 2001
APPL NO	09/878442
ART UNIT	2815 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/77
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06972440 — Enhanced T-gate structure for modulation doped field effect transistors

US 06972440	Singh et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Dinkar Singh (White Plains, New York); Katherine Lynn Saenger (Ossining, New York); Vishnubhai V. Patel (Yorktown Heights, New York); Alfred Grill (White Plains, New York); Steven John Koester (Ossining, New York)
ABSTRACT	A structure and a method are disclosed of an enhanced T-gate for modulation doped field effect transistors (MODFETs). The enhanced T-gate has insulator spacer layers sandwiching the neck portion of the T-gate. The spacer layers are thinner than the T-bar portion overhang. The insulating layer provides mechanical support and protects the vulnerable neck portion of the T-gate from chemical attack during subsequent device processing, making the T-gate structure highly scalable and improving yield. The use of thin conformal low dielectric constant insulating layers ensures a low parasitic gate capacitance, and reduces the risk of shorting gate and source metallurgy when source-to-gate spacings are reduced to smaller dimensions.
FILED	Friday, January 02, 2004
APPL NO	10/750697
ART UNIT	2822 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/194
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06972516 — Photopump-enhanced electroluminescent devices

US 06972516	Steckl et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) Army Research Office (CCDC ARO)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrew J. Steckl (Cincinnati, Ohio); Dong-Seon Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	An electroluminescent device in which the intensity of the light emission is enhanced by photopumping with radiation from a radiation source of a suitable photon energy. The photopumping radiation from the radiation source interacts with the wide band-gap semiconductor forming the electroluminescent device so as to, when the device is electrically biased to provide light emission, generate additional carriers that enhance the intensity of the light emission from a light-emitting element present in the wide band-gap semiconductor. A waveguide structure may be integrated into a substrate carrying the electroluminescent device for transferring the radiation from the radiation source to the electroluminescent device. Multiple electroluminescent devices may be arranged in pixels for forming a flat panel display in which certain of the devices are photopumped with radiation.
FILED	Friday, June 14, 2002
APPL NO	10/172294
ART UNIT	2879 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/498
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06972596 — Method and apparatus for amplifying capacitively coupled inter-chip communication signals

US 06972596	Proebsting et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert Proebsting (Sonora, California); Robert J. Bosnyak (Tacoma, Washington)
ABSTRACT	One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that amplifies capacitively coupled inter-chip communication signals. During operation, the system transmits a signal through a capacitive transmitter pad and receives a corresponding input signal through a capacitive receiver pad. The system amplifies the input signal by feeding it through a number of cascaded CMOS inverters operating from ever-increasing power supply voltages from the first to the last inverter. The system periodically initializes the input voltage of the first CMOS inverter by: suspending data transmission on the capacitive transmitter pad and setting the voltage on the capacitive transmitter pad to a middle point between a voltage that represents logic “1” and a voltage that represents logic “0”, coupling the output of the first CMOS inverter to its input through a switch, and, after the input voltage of the first CMOS inverter stage substantially stabilizes at the switching threshold, uncoupling the output of the first CMOS inverter stage from the input of the first CMOS inverter stage and then resuming data transmission on the capacitive transmitter pad.
FILED	Tuesday, February 03, 2004
APPL NO	10/772106
ART UNIT	2819 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/83
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06972657 — Power converter and planar transformer therefor

US 06972657	Pacala et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland)
INVENTOR(S)	Viorel Mark Pacala (Mount Laurel, New Jersey); Sunder Shahani (Jackson, New Jersey); Uditha Jayakody (Mt. Laurel, New Jersey); John Tsinetakes Jr. (Hamilton, New Jersey)
ABSTRACT	A planar transformer includes a primary winding surrounding a portion of a magnetic core. The primary winding is made up of a bundle of individually insulated conductors (wires) in a bundle, and the bundle is itself separately insulated as a whole. A secondary winding of insulated conductor makes at least one turn around the portion of the core. In one embodiment, the secondary winding is a planar concentric spiral structure with an out-of-plane bridging conductor. Electrical connection tabs may be located adjacent the “ends” of the secondary winding for connection of rectifiers. Series inductors may be connected to each of the tabs and to the direct-current output port of the transformer/rectifier combination, and the conductors of the series inductors may be monolithic with the secondary winding.
FILED	Friday, June 14, 2002
APPL NO	10/171606
ART UNIT	2832 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Inductor devices 336/200
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06972678 — Wireless-based system and method for hull-based sensing

US 06972678	Houston et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Brian H. Houston (Fairfax, Virginia); Geoffrey L. Main (Vienna, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	The present invention describes a wireless system and method for distributing sensors in large numbers that makes possible the application of a number of algorithms for the extraction of important physical quantities. More specifically, the method involves (a) formation of an electromagnetic waveguide by the application of a polymer, or other dielectric material, on the exterior of the hull of a vessel; (b) insertion of sensors/radio units within the waveguide, the sensors being arranged to sample the fields of interest; and (c) insertion of radio transceiver base stations in the waveguide to communicate and extract data from the sensor/radio units. The wireless system of the present invention is implemented with a very high sensor count whose outputs are processed to recover exterior field quantities without the requirement of direct measurements off of the vessel's structure.
FILED	Thursday, August 01, 2002
APPL NO	10/208840
ART UNIT	2636 — Optical Communications
CURRENT CPC	Communications: Electrical 340/539.100
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06972707 — Sub-ranging pipelined charge-domain analog-to-digital converter with improved resolution and reduced power consumption

US 06972707	Anthony
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael P. Anthony (Andover, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A pipelined analog-to-digital converter in which signal value samples are represented differentially by pairs of charges and which uses charge-coupled-devices (CCDs) for delay and arithmetic operations on the charges is presented. In the pipeline, each successive stage resolves an equal or smaller charge difference. After a certain number of pipeline stages, the common-mode component of the signal-charge pair is reduced. The pipeline stages following this common-mode-charge reduction stage have a reduced charge capacity and size, allowing more sensitive charge comparison. The result is improved A/D converter resolution and reduced power consumption.
FILED	Monday, July 12, 2004
APPL NO	10/889282
ART UNIT	2819 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Coded data generation or conversion 341/172
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06972708 — GPS receiver with electronic warfare receiver front end

US 06972708	Tsui et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	James B. Y. Tsui (Dayton, Ohio); David M. Lin (Beavercreek, Ohio); Stephen L. Hary (Dayton, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	A global position system radio receiver achieved through use of an electronic warfare receiver, and particularly one of the electronic warfare receiver output frequency channels, as a front-end signal processor for the global position system receiver. Electronic warfare receiver channel selection for such usage is described and the attenuating effect of electronic warfare receiver channel center frequency and global position system signal frequency differences are considered. A favorable comparison of present invention and conventional global position system receiver-generated results in processing a global position system signal are included along with control of a sampling frequency characteristic within the electronic warfare receiver in order to align global position system signal frequency and electronic warfare receiver channel location to an electable better degree.
FILED	Friday, April 02, 2004
APPL NO	10/815600
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 342/13
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06972725 — Ultra-broadband antenna incorporated into a garment

US 06972725	Adams
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Richard C. Adams (Chula Vista, California)
ABSTRACT	A multi-antenna garment comprising a first and second antenna incorporated into an electrically nonconductive garment, with tubular composites to improve gain and mitigate radiation hazard. The first antenna includes first and second RF elements attached to a first garment so that a gap exists between them, where the RF elements each form a band when the garment is worn by a wearer. The second antenna includes third, fourth, fifth, and sixth RF elements attached to a second garment worn over the first garment. RF feeds are electrically connected to the first, third, and fifth RF elements. Ground feeds are electrically connected to the second, fourth, and sixth RF elements. Insulating material disposed over gaps between the first and second, the third and fourth, and the fifth and sixth RF elements and in pockets in the regions of the RF feeds limits the wearer's exposure to electromagnetic field to acceptable levels.
FILED	Thursday, October 02, 2003
APPL NO	10/677189
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 343/718
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06972729 — Broadband/multi-band circular array antenna

US 06972729	Wang
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Wang Electro-Opto Corporation (Marietta, Georgia)
INVENTOR(S)	Johnson J. H. Wang (Marietta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	A broadband/multiband circular array antenna is disclosed. One embodiment comprises a circular directional array antenna comprising a driven omnidirectional traveling-wave antenna element coupled to a transceiver via a feed and a plurality of surface-waveguide elements symmetrically positioned about and spaced from the driven omnidirectional traveling-wave antenna element. Each surface-waveguide element receives a control signal configured to selectively alter its waveguide characteristics to electronically direct a beam to/from the array. The array provides a directionally controllable antenna beam with broadband/multiband frequency performance in a low profile design that is both economical and practical to produce and maintain.
FILED	Monday, March 29, 2004
APPL NO	10/811721
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 343/833
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06972846 — Multi-beam heterodyne laser doppler vibrometer

US 06972846	Lal et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	MetroLaser, Inc. (Irvine, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Amit K. Lal (Ladera Ranch, California); Cecil F. Hess (Irvine, California); Hansheng Zhang (Aliso Viejo, California); L. Ernesto Hurtado (Laguna Niguel, California); Vladimir B. Markov (Irvine, California); Vyacheslav Aranchuk (Oxford, Mississippi)
ABSTRACT	A multi-beam laser Doppler vibrometer simultaneously measures velocity, displacement, and vibration history of multiple locations on an object. A beam of coherent light is split into an object beam and a reference beam. The object beam is divided into a plurality of object beams to simultaneously illuminate multiple locations on the object under inspection. The reference beam is frequency shifted and split into a corresponding plurality of frequency-shifted reference beams. A portion of each object beam is reflected by the object as a modulated object beam. The plurality of modulated object beams are collected and respectively mixed with the plurality of frequency-shifted reference beams to provide a plurality of beam pairs. Each beam pair may be focused onto a photodetector or an optical fiber connected to a photodetector.
FILED	Monday, March 31, 2003
APPL NO	10/405045
ART UNIT	2877 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optics: Measuring and testing 356/486
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06972887 — High energy arbitrary waveform source

US 06972887	Wickham et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael G. Wickham (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Hiroshi Komine (Torrance, California); Eric Cheung (Torrance, California)
ABSTRACT	A high-energy optical beam generator providing a desired output waveform. The generator includes a master oscillator, such as a mode-locked laser, to generate an input beam, a first dispersive element to decompose the input beam into frequency components, a set of phase and amplitude modulators to modulate the frequency components individually, a set of power amplifiers to amplify the frequency components individually, and a second dispersive element to recombine the amplified and modulated frequency components into a single output beam. Phase control electronics control the modulators to provide the desired waveform for the output beam, based on its intended application and on sensed characteristics of the input beam and the output beam.
FILED	Thursday, December 11, 2003
APPL NO	10/734042
ART UNIT	2873 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Optical: Systems and elements 359/237
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06972955 — Electro-fluidic device and interconnect and related methods

US 06972955	Pleskach et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael David Pleskach (Orlando, Florida); Paul Bryant Koeneman (Palm Bay, Florida); Brian Ronald Smith (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Charles Michael Newton (Palm Bay, Florida); Carol Ann Gamlen (Melbourne, Florida)
ABSTRACT	An electro-fluidic device may include a substrate having at least one substrate fluid passageway therein, and at least one substrate electrical conductor carried by the substrate. Moreover, an external interface may be spaced from the substrate and include at least one interface electrical conductor. The electro-fluidic device may also include at least one electro-fluidic interconnect extending between the substrate and the external interface. More particularly, the at least one electro-fluidic interconnect may include an interconnect body having at least one interconnect fluid passageway extending therethrough and connected to the at least one substrate fluid passageway, and at least one interconnect electrical conductor carried by the interconnect body. The at least one interconnect electrical conductor may connect the at least one substrate electrical conductor and the at least one interface electrical connector.
FILED	Thursday, September 25, 2003
APPL NO	10/670480
ART UNIT	2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/689
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06972988 — State save-on-power-down using GMR non-volatile elements

US 06972988	Lu et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho)
INVENTOR(S)	Yong Lu (Rosemount, Minnesota); Romney R. Katti (Maple Grove, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	The semiconductor industry seeks to reduce the risk of traditional volatile storage devices with improved non-volatile storage devices. The increased demand for a significantly advanced, efficient, and non-volatile data retention technique has driven the development of integrated giant-magneto-resistive (GMR) structures. A non-volatile logic state retention devices, such as GMR storage elements, and concerns a save-on-power-down circuit that may be integrated with conventional semiconductor-based computing, logic, and memory devices to retain volatile logic states and/or volatile digital information in a non-volatile manner.
FILED	Friday, August 08, 2003
APPL NO	10/637145
ART UNIT	2824 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Static information storage and retrieval 365/158
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06973039 — Mechanism for performing energy-based routing in wireless networks

US 06973039	Redi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of the Navy (DON) Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	BBNT Solutions LLC (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Jason Keith Redi (Somerville, Massachusetts); William Dugald Watson, Jr. (Pepperell, Massachusetts); Mitchell Paul Tasman (Boston, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A method is provided to operate a communications node (2) in a network including a plurality of nodes. The communications node (2) includes a transceiver (6) to transmit and receive messages. The communications node (2) has at least one communications link with a first node of the plurality of nodes. The method includes the steps of: (i) determining path loss information across the at least one communications link by evaluating power data corresponding to a received signal from the first node; (ii) distributing the path loss information to the network; and (iii) routing messages to the network based on path loss information.
FILED	Friday, December 08, 2000
APPL NO	09/733364
ART UNIT	2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Multiplex communications 370/238
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06973053 — Using direct cluster member to cluster member links to improve performance in mobile communication systems

US 06973053	Passman et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	BBNT Solutions LLC (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	William S. Passman (Lexington, Massachusetts); Joseph J. Weinstein (Somerville, Massachusetts); John R. Zavgren (Acton, Massachusetts); Brig Barnum Elliott (Arlington, Massachusetts); Keith W. Manning (Arlington, Massachusetts); Joanna Kulik (Somerville, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A communications system has stations arranged in clusters (1a, 1b and 1c) of communication member stations (CM2, CM3, CM6 and CM7), with one member station (CH1, CH4 or CH5) in each cluster being a head station for the cluster. Each member station (CM2, CM3, CM6 and CM7) communicates with the network through a cluster head station (CH1, CH4 or CH5). The cluster head stations (CH1, CH4 and CH5) communicate among other cluster head stations (CH1, CH4 and CH5). A mobile communications station (e.g., CM3) evaluates a beacon message received from a first member station (e.g., CM6) of the plurality of mobile stations through a transceiver 6. The station CM3 also determines whether to communicate with the first member station CM6 directly or to communicate with the first member station CM6 by forwarding messages through a cluster head station CH1 that is affiliated to the mobile communications station CM3.
FILED	Tuesday, September 12, 2000
APPL NO	09/660521
ART UNIT	2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation
CURRENT CPC	Multiplex communications 370/310
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06973403 — Method and system for identification of system response parameters for finite impulse response systems

US 06973403	Preuss
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Navy (DON) Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Bent Solutions LLC (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Robert David Preuss (Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	Methods and systems for determining characteristics of a Finite Impulse Response system that can include applying a number of identical sets of probe signals to the system and averaging the observed outputs. A discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of the averaged outputs can be obtained and the DFT components can be multiplied by corresponding transformed companion components related to the probe components. The system characteristics can be selected based on computing the inverse DFT of the resulting product components. The probe components can be taken from a circulant matrix of size S×S, or from an inverse DFT of a set of transform components consisting of arbitrary, non-zero, real numbers for first and last components of a partial set and arbitrary, non-zero, complex numbers for other components of the partial set to which the non-zero, complex number components of the partial set are added in reverse order and in complex conjugate.
FILED	Friday, May 16, 2003
APPL NO	10/440389
ART UNIT	2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/109
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06973608 — Fault tolerant operation of field programmable gate arrays

US 06973608	Abramovici et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Agere Systems Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania); University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Charlotte, North Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Miron Abramovici (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); John M. Emmert (Dayton, Ohio); Charles E. Stroud (Charlotte, North Carolina)
ABSTRACT	A method of fault tolerant operation of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), whether as an embedded portion of a system-on-chip or other application specific integrated circuit, utilizing incremental reconfiguration during normal on-line operation includes configuring an FPGA into a self-testing area and a working area. Within the self-testing area, programmable interconnect resources of the FPGA are tested for faults. Upon the detection of one or more faults within the interconnect resources, the faulty interconnect resources are identified and a determination is made whether utilization of the faulty interconnect resources is compatible with an intended operation of the FPGAs. If the faulty interconnect resources are compatible with the intended operation of the FPGA, utilization of the faulty interconnect resource is allowed to provide fault tolerant operation of the FPGA. If the faulty interconnect resources are not compatible with the intended operation of the FPGA, on the other hand, a multi-step reconfiguration process may be initiated which attempts to minimize the effects of each reconfiguration on the overall performance of the FPGA. In an alternate embodiment, the entire FPGA may be configured as one or more self-testing areas during off-line testing, such as manufacturing testing.
FILED	Wednesday, July 03, 2002
APPL NO	10/189640
ART UNIT	2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems
CURRENT CPC	Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/725
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Department of Energy (DOE)

06971258 — Particulate matter sensor

US 06971258	Rhodes et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael L. Rhodes (Richfield, Minnesota); Brian C. Krafthefer (Stillwater, Minnesota); Hongbin Ma (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); David B. Kittelson (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
ABSTRACT	A sensor for detecting particulate matter in an exhaust stream of an engine. The sensor may be a spark-plug-like device having an extended center electrode composed of a stainless steel or other material. The electrode may have a thin passivating layer formed on it. The layer may be grown or deposited on the electrode within the exhaust system. The sensor may detect charge transients indicative of particulate concentration in the exhaust stream. Information about particulate matter in the exhaust system along with other engine information may be processed for controlling or adjusting parameters of the engine to affect the particulate matter in the exhaust system.
FILED	Wednesday, December 31, 2003
APPL NO	10/749498
ART UNIT	2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Measuring and testing 073/28.10
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06971336 — Super low NO_x, high efficiency, compact firetube boiler

US 06971336	Chojnacki et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Dennis A. Chojnacki (Schaumburg, Illinois); Iosif K. Rabovitser (Skokie, Illinois); Richard A. Knight (Brookfield, Illinois); David F. Cygan (Villa Park, Illinois); Jacob Korenberg (York, Pennsylvania)
ABSTRACT	A firetube boiler furnace having two combustion sections and an in-line intermediate tubular heat transfer section between the two combustion sections and integral to the pressure vessel. This design provides a staged oxidant combustion apparatus with separate in-line combustion chambers for fuel-rich primary combustion and fuel-lean secondary combustion and sufficient cooling of the combustion products from the primary combustion such that when the secondary combustion oxidant is added in the secondary combustion stage, the NO_xformation is less than 5 ppmv at 3% O₂.
FILED	Wednesday, January 05, 2005
APPL NO	11/029946
ART UNIT	3749 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review
CURRENT CPC	Liquid heaters and vaporizers 122/149
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06971820 — Microblower assisted barometric valve

US 06971820	Rossabi et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC (SRNS) at Aiken, SC
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Westinghouse Savannah River Company (Aiken, South Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Joseph Rossabi (Aiken, South Carolina); Warren K. Hyde (Aiken, South Carolina); Brian D. Riha (Augusta, Georgia); Dennis G. Jackson (Augusta, Georgia); Frank Sappington (Augusta, Georgia)
ABSTRACT	A gas exchange apparatus is provided which provides for both passive fluid flow and blower associated fluid flow through a barometric valve. A battery powered blower is provided which allows for operation of the barometric valve during times when the barometric valve would otherwise be closed, and provides for enhanced volume of gas exchange.
FILED	Friday, March 28, 2003
APPL NO	10/402805
ART UNIT	3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware
CURRENT CPC	Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/128.150
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06972408 — Ultra high mass range mass spectrometer systems

US 06972408	Reilly
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Peter T. A. Reilly (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	Applicant's present invention comprises mass spectrometer systems that operate in a mass range from 1 to 10¹⁶DA. The mass spectrometer system comprising an inlet system comprising an aerodynamic lens system, a reverse jet being a gas flux generated in an annulus moving in a reverse direction and a multipole ion guide; a digital ion trap; and a thermal vaporization/ionization detector system. Applicant's present invention further comprises a quadrupole mass spectrometer system comprising an inlet system having a quadrupole mass filter and a thermal vaporization/ionization detector system. Applicant's present invention further comprises an inlet system for use with a mass spectrometer system, a method for slowing energetic particles using an inlet system. Applicant's present invention also comprises a detector device and a method for detecting high mass charged particles.
FILED	Thursday, September 30, 2004
APPL NO	10/955302
ART UNIT	2881 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/292
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06972414 — Method and apparatus for production of 213Bi from a high activity 225Ac source

US 06972414	Egorov et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington)
INVENTOR(S)	Oleg B. Egorov (West Richland, Washington); Matthew J. O'Hara (Richland, Washington)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus for isolating and purifying a ²¹³Bi radioactive isotope from an ²²⁵Ac source using a primary column and a primary sorbent which preferentially retains ²²⁵Ac over ²¹³Bi when exposed to a compatible solvent in combination with a secondary column having a secondary sorbent which retains ²¹³Bi when exposed to a mixture of the compatible solvent and ²¹³Bi. A “compatible solvent” is a solvent which will preferentially remove ²¹³Bi radioactive isotopes from a primary sorbent without removing ²²⁵Ac radioactive isotopes, and then allow ²¹³Bi radioactive isotopes removed from the primary sorbent to be retained on a secondary sorbent, without having to dilute or otherwise chemically or physically modify the compatible solvent in between exposure to the primary and secondary sorbents.
FILED	Tuesday, March 23, 2004
APPL NO	10/808090
ART UNIT	2881 — Optics
CURRENT CPC	Radiant energy 250/432.PD0
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06972438 — Light emitting diode with porous SiC substrate and method for fabricating

US 06972438	Li et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Cree, Inc. (Goleta, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Ting Li (Ventura, California); James Ibbetson (Santa Barbara, California); Bernd Keller (Santa Barbara, California)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus for forming a porous layer on the surface of a semiconductor material wherein an electrolyte is provided and is placed in contact with one or more surfaces of a layer of semiconductor material. The electrolyte is heated and a bias is introduced across said electrolyte and the semiconductor material causing a current to flow between the electrolyte and the semiconductor material. The current forms a porous layer on the one or more surfaces of the semiconductor material in contact with the electrolyte. The semiconductor material with its porous layer can serve as a substrate for a light emitter. A semiconductor emission region can be formed on the substrate. The emission region is capable of emitting light omnidirectionally in response to a bias, with the porous layer enhancing extraction of the emitting region light passing through the substrate.
FILED	Tuesday, September 30, 2003
APPL NO	10/676953
ART UNIT	2826 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Active solid-state devices 257/98
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06972498 — Variable diameter wind turbine rotor blades

US 06972498	Jamieson et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (ASE) at Golden, CO
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Peter McKeich Jamieson (Glasgow, United Kingdom); Chris Hornzee-Jones (Brighton, United Kingdom); Emilian M. Moroz (Tehachapi, California); Ralph W. Blakemore (Tehachapi, California)
ABSTRACT	A system and method for changing wind turbine rotor diameters to meet changing wind speeds and control system loads is disclosed. The rotor blades on the wind turbine are able to adjust length by extensions nested within or containing the base blade. The blades can have more than one extension in a variety of configurations. A cable winching system, a hydraulic system, a pneumatic system, inflatable or elastic extensions, and a spring-loaded jack knife deployment are some of the methods of adjustment. The extension is also protected from lightning by a grounding system.
FILED	Tuesday, May 28, 2002
APPL NO	10/157337
ART UNIT	2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/55
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06972504 — Permanent magnet machine and method with reluctance poles for high strength undiffused brushless operation

US 06972504	Hsu
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	John S. Hsu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	A method and apparatus in which a rotor (11) and a stator (17) define a radial air gap (20) for receiving AC flux and at least one, and preferably two, DC excitation assemblies (23, 24) are positioned at opposite ends of the rotor (20) to define secondary air gaps (21, 22). Portions of PM material (14a, 14b) are provided as boundaries separating the rotor pole portions (12a, 12b) of opposite polarity from other portions of the rotor (11) and from each other to define PM poles (12a, 12b) for conveying the DC flux to or from the primary air gap (20) and for inhibiting flux from leaking from the pole portions prior to reaching the primary air gap (20). The portions of PM material (14a, 14b) are spaced from each other so as to include reluctance poles (15) of ferromagnetic material between the PM poles (12a, 12b) to interact with the AC flux in the primary-air gap (20).
FILED	Tuesday, December 21, 2004
APPL NO	11/019075
ART UNIT	2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electrical generator or motor structure 310/156.560
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06972551 — Beam profile monitor with accurate horizontal and vertical beam profiles

US 06972551	Havener et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Charles C. Havener (Knoxville, Tennessee); Riad Al-Rejoub (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	A widely used scanner device that rotates a single helically shaped wire probe in and out of a particle beam at different beamline positions to give a pair of mutually perpendicular beam profiles is modified by the addition of a second wire probe. As a result, a pair of mutually perpendicular beam profiles is obtained at a first beamline position, and a second pair of mutually perpendicular beam profiles is obtained at a second beamline position. The simple modification not only provides more accurate beam profiles, but also provides a measurement of the beam divergence and quality in a single compact device.
FILED	Monday, September 29, 2003
APPL NO	10/673715
ART UNIT	2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/71.300
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06972562 — Near-field magneto-optical microscope

US 06972562	Vlasko-Vlasov et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UChicago Argonne, LLC (UCHICAGO) at Argonne, IL
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Vitalii K. Vlasko-Vlasov (Downers Grove, Illinois); Ulrich Welp (Lisle, Illinois); George W. Crabtree (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	A device and method for mapping magnetic fields of a sample at a resolution less than the wavelength of light without altering the magnetic field of the sample is disclosed. A device having a tapered end portion with a magneto-optically active particle positioned at the distal end thereof in communication with a fiber optic for transferring incoming linearly polarized light from a source thereof to the particle and for transferring reflected light from the particle is provided. The fiber optic has a reflective material trapping light within the fiber optic and in communication with a light detector for determining the polarization of light reflected from the particle as a function of the strength and direction of the magnetic field of the sample. Linearly polarized light from the source thereof transferred to the particle positioned proximate the sample is affected by the magnetic field of the sample sensed by the particle such that the difference in polarization of light entering and leaving the particle is due to the magnetic field of the sample. Relative movement between the particle and sample enables mapping.
FILED	Wednesday, September 22, 2004
APPL NO	10/945953
ART UNIT	2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/244.100
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06972957 — Modular power converter having fluid cooled support

US 06972957	Beihoff et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
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	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 EMI/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	Wednesday, December 18, 2002
APPL NO	10/252296
ART UNIT	2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/698
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06972972 — Power inverter with optical isolation

US 06972972	Duncan et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Airak, Inc. (Manassas, Virginia)
INVENTOR(S)	Paul G. Duncan (Vienna, Virginia); John Alan Schroeder (Leesburg, Virginia)
ABSTRACT	An optically isolated power electronic power conversion circuit that includes an input electrical power source, a heat pipe, a power electronic switch or plurality of interconnected power electronic switches, a mechanism for connecting the switch to the input power source, a mechanism for connecting comprising an interconnecting cable and/or bus bar or plurality of interconnecting cables and/or input bus bars, an optically isolated drive circuit connected to the switch, a heat sink assembly upon which the power electronic switch or switches is mounted, an output load, a mechanism for connecting the switch to the output load, the mechanism for connecting including an interconnecting cable and/or bus bar or plurality of interconnecting cables and/or output bus bars, at least one a fiber optic temperature sensor mounted on the heat sink assembly, at least one fiber optic current sensor mounted on the load interconnection cable and/or output bus bar, at least one fiber optic voltage sensor mounted on the load interconnection cable and/or output bus bar, at least one fiber optic current sensor mounted on the input power interconnection cable and/or input bus bar, and at least one fiber optic voltage sensor mounted on the input power interconnection cable and/or input bus bar.
FILED	Tuesday, April 15, 2003
APPL NO	10/413570
ART UNIT	2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems
CURRENT CPC	Electric power conversion systems 363/56.10
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06973145 — Digital-data receiver synchronization method and apparatus

US 06973145	Smith et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (DOE-SC) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Operated by UT-Battelle, LLC (UTB) at Oak Ridge, TN
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
INVENTOR(S)	Stephen F. Smith (Loudon, Tennessee); Gary W. Turner (Clinton, Tennessee)
ABSTRACT	Digital-data receiver synchronization is provided with composite phase-frequency detectors, mutually cross-connected comparison feedback or both to provide robust reception of digital data signals. A single master clock may be used to provide frequency signals. Advantages can include fast lock-up time in moderately to severely noisy conditions, greater tolerance to noise and jitter when locked, and improved tolerance to clock asymmetries.
FILED	Friday, September 01, 2000
APPL NO	09/653788
ART UNIT	2637 — Optical Communications
CURRENT CPC	Pulse or digital communications 375/354
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

06972168 — Materials and methods for nerve grafting, selection of nerve grafts, and in vitro nerve tissue culture

US 06972168	Muir
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated (Gainesville, Florida)
INVENTOR(S)	David F. Muir (Gainesville, Florida)
ABSTRACT	The subject invention pertains to compositions and methods for culturing nerve tissue in vitro and nerve grafts produced using such methods. The compositions and methods of the subject invention can be employed to restore the continuity of nerve interrupted by disease, traumatic events or surgical procedures. The invention also concerns methods for promoting repair of damaged nerve tissue using the present compositions and nerve tissue treated according to such methods.
FILED	Tuesday, August 13, 2002
APPL NO	10/218864
ART UNIT	1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/1.100
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06972170 — Markers for prostate cancer

US 06972170	Cordon-Cardo et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	Carlos Cordon-Cardo (New York, New York); Howard I. Scher (Tenafly, New Jersey); Andrew Koff (Westbury, New York)
ABSTRACT	This invention provides a method for determining the aggressiveness of a prostate carcinoma comprising: (a) obtaining a sample of the prostate carcinoma; and (b) detecting the presence of p27 protein in the prostate carcinoma, the absence of p27 indicating that the prostate carcinoma is aggressive. This invention also provides a method for diagnosing a beign prostate hyperplasia comprising: (a) obtaining an appropriate sample of the hyperplasia; and (b) detecting the presence of the p27 RNA, a decrease of the p27 RNA indicating that the hyperplasia is beign. This invention provides various uses of p27 in prostate cancer. Finally, this invention also provides different marker for prostate cancer.
FILED	Thursday, June 10, 1999
APPL NO	09/329917
ART UNIT	1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6
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06972175 — Inhibition of Egr-1 expression by ppar-gamma agonists and related compositions and methods

US 06972175	Pinsky et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)
INVENTOR(S)	David Pinsky (Ann Harbor, Michigan); Tucker Collins (Cohasset, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	This invention provides methods for determining whether an agent increases PPAR-γ-mediated inhibition of Egr-1 expression. This invention also provides methods for inhibiting the onset of atherosclerosis in a transplanted organ. This invention further provides numerous methods for treating disorders, and/or inhibiting the onset of disorders or disorder-related complications by using PPAR-γ agonists. This invention still further provides related methods for inhibiting cancer metastasis, treating and inhibiting the onset of a heart attack, and treating burn and crush injuries. Finally, this invention provides related articles of manufacture.
FILED	Wednesday, November 27, 2002
APPL NO	10/305504
ART UNIT	1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6
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06972176 — KVLQT1—a long QT syndrome gene

US 06972176	Keating et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah); Genzyme Corporation (Framingham, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Mark T. Keating (Brookline, Massachusetts); Michael C. Sanguinetti (Salt Lake City, Utah); Mark E. Curran (Titusville, New Jersey); Gregory M. Landes (Livermore, California); Timothy D. Connors (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Timothy C. Burn (Hockessin, Delaware); Igor Splawski (Allston, Massachusetts); Qing Wang (Shaker Heights, Ohio)
ABSTRACT	The genomic structure including the sequence of the intron/exon junctions is disclosed for KVLQT1 and KCNE1 which are genes associated with long QT syndrome. Additional sequence data for the two genes ARE also disclosed. Also disclosed are newly found mutations in KVLQT1 which result in long QT syndrome. The intron/exon junction sequence data allow for the design of primer pairs to amplify and sequence across all of the exons of the two genes. This can be used to screen persons for the presence of mutations which cause long QT syndrome. Assays can be performed to screen persons for the presence of mutations in either the DNA or proteins. The DNA and proteins may also be used in assays to screen for drugs which will be useful in treating or preventing the occurrence of long QT syndrome.
FILED	Thursday, February 20, 2003
APPL NO	10/368643
ART UNIT	1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6
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06972178 — Drug screening using a proline-rich nuclear receptor co-regulatory protein/nuclear receptor co-expression system

US 06972178	Chen et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	City of Hope (Duarte, California)
INVENTOR(S)	Shiuan Chen (Arcadia, California); Dujin Zhou (Duarte, California)
ABSTRACT	Assays are presented for screening for chemicals which affect the binding between proteins comprising an SH3 binding motif and nuclear receptor proteins. PNRC (Proline-rich Nuclear Receptor Co-regulatory protein) is a co-regulatory protein comprising an SH3 binding motif and was identified using bovine SF1 as the bait in a yeast two-hybrid screening of a human mammary gland cDNA expression library. This nuclear receptor coactivator binds to several nuclear receptors including those which regulate the aromatase gene which is involved in breast cancer. Compounds which affect the binding of PNRC to nuclear receptors can affect the expression of the aromatase gene as well as of other genes whose expression is under the control of nuclear receptors to which PNRC binds. PNRC is unique in that it has a molecular weight of 35 kDa, significantly smaller than most of the co-regulatory proteins reported so far, and it is proline-rich. In yeast two-hybrid assays, PNRC interacted with the orphan receptors SF1 and ERRα1 in a ligand-independent manner. PNRC was also found to interact with the ligand-binding domains (LBDs) of all the nuclear receptors tested including ER, AR, PR, TR, RAR, and RXR in a ligand-dependent manner. A 23-amino acid region, aa 278-300, in the carboxy-terminal region was shown to be critical and sufficient for the interaction with nuclear receptors. This region is proline-rich and contains an SH3-binding motif, S-D-P-P-S-P-S (SEQ ID NO:5).
FILED	Wednesday, April 19, 2000
APPL NO	09/552705
ART UNIT	1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

06972181 — Differential diagnosis of cancer and other conditions based on expression of p63

US 06972181	Burstein
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University (New York, New York)
INVENTOR(S)	David E. Burstein (New York, New York)
ABSTRACT	This invention relates to methods of distinguishing among various types of differentiated and undifferentiated epithelial carcinomas, and non-epithelial carcinomas, by detecting the presence of p63 nucleic acid or protein expression. The invention also provides methods for detecting p63 nucleic acids and proteins, as well as methods for diagnosing and treating certain tumors based on whether the tumors express p63.
FILED	Wednesday, January 09, 2002
APPL NO	10/043502
ART UNIT	1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.230
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

06972196 — Making surfaces inert by modifying with alkanethiolates

US 06972196	Mrksich et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Arch Development Corporation (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Milan Mrksich (Chicago, Illinois); Yan-Yeung Luk (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	Alkanethiols of formula (1) and the enantiomers of the alkanethiol of formula (1): HS-L-Q-T (1), and disulfides of formula (3) and the enantiomers of the disulfide of formula (3): T-Q-L S-S-J (3), where -T is a moiety of formula (2) R¹and R²are each individually selected from the group consisting of H and OH; a is 0 to 3; b is 0 to 3; and indicates that the chirality of the carbon atom to which it is attached is either R or S; may form inert surfaces that prevent the unwanted adsorption of proteins and cells.
FILED	Wednesday, October 11, 2000
APPL NO	09/689263
ART UNIT	1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

06972320 — Ligation method and reagents to form an amide bond

US 06972320	Raines et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin)
INVENTOR(S)	Ronald T. Raines (Madison, Wisconsin); Laura L. Kiessling (Madison, Wisconsin); Bradley L. Nilsson (Madison, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	Methods and reagents for the formation of amide bonds between an activated carboxylic acid derivative and an azide useful in the synthesis of peptides, proteins and derivatized or labeled amino acids, peptide or proteins. The method involves the formation of a phosphinothioester which reacts with an azide resulting in amide formation. The invention provides phosphinothiol reagents which convert activated carboxylic acid derivatives to phosphinothioesters which then react with azides to form an amide bond. The methods and reagents of the invention can be used for stepwise synthesis of peptides on solid supports or for the ligation to two or more amino acids, two or more peptide or two or more protein fragments.
FILED	Friday, May 11, 2001
APPL NO	10/276515
ART UNIT	1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/339
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06972335 — Synthesis of epothilones, intermediates thereto, analogues and uses thereof

US 06972335	Danishefsky et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
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)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof. Also provided are analogues related to epothilone A and B and intermediates useful for preparing same. The present invention further provides novel compositions based on analogues of the epothilones and methods for the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype.
FILED	Tuesday, December 04, 2001
APPL NO	10/004571
ART UNIT	1626 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 548/202
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Department of Agriculture (USDA)

06972169 — Fungal degradation and bioremediation system for CCA-treated wood

US 06972169	Illman et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Barbara L. Illman (Madison, Wisconsin); Vina W. Yang (Verona, Wisconsin); Leslie A. Ferge (Middleton, Wisconsin)
ABSTRACT	A method for degrading and/or bioremediating waste wood containing chromated copper arsenate (CCA) using a fungal inoculum is disclosed. The fungal inoculum comprises of at least one CCA-tolerant fungi, a lignocellulosic substrate and a nutrient supplement. The fungal inoculum is applied to the waste wood and maintained in an aerated and hydrated environment having temperature conditions sufficient to allow the inoculum to grow and metabolize the CCA. The inoculum and the waste wood are combined until an end product that is at least partially remediated or of a reduced volume.
FILED	Friday, October 18, 2002
APPL NO	10/273912
ART UNIT	1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/1.100
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06972197 — Plant chromosome compositions and methods

US 06972197	Preuss et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Department of Agriculture (USDA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Oak Park, Illinois); Kevin C. Keith (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides for the identification and cloning of functional plant centromeres in Arabidopsis. This will permit construction of stably inherited minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. In addition, information on the structure and function of these regions will prove valuable in isolating additional centromeric and centromere related genetic elements and polypeptides from other species.
FILED	Friday, March 17, 2000
APPL NO	09/531120
ART UNIT	1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/468
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06972349 — Control of post-transcriptional gene silencing in plants

US 06972349	Vance
FUNDED BY	Department of Agriculture (USDA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina)
INVENTOR(S)	Vicki Vance (Columbia, South Carolina)
ABSTRACT	Calmodulin-like polypeptides named rgs-CaM are disclosed. cDNAs coding rgs-CaM are also provided. In addition, methods of using rgs-CaM cDNAs and polypeptides for modulating gene expression in plants are also provided.
FILED	Thursday, November 09, 2000
APPL NO	09/711334
ART UNIT	1638 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

06972056 — Carbon nanotube purification

US 06972056	Delzeit et al.
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The United States of America as represented by the Administration of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia)
INVENTOR(S)	Lance D. Delzeit (Sunnyvale, California); Clement J. Delzeit (Dodge City, Kansas)
ABSTRACT	A method for cleaning or otherwise removing amorphous carbon and other residues that arise in growth of a carbon nanotube (CNT) array. The CNT array is exposed to a plurality of hydroxyls or hydrogen, produced from a selected vapor or liquid source such as H₂O or H₂O₂, and the hydroxyls or hydrogen (neutral or electrically charged) react with the residues to produce partly or fully dissolved or hydrogenated or hydroxylizated products that can be removed or separated from the CNT array. The hydroxyls or hydrogen can be produced by heating the CNT array, residue and selected vapor or liquid source or by application of an electromagnetic excitation signal with a selected frequency or range of frequencies to dissociate the selected vapor or liquid. The excitation frequency can be “chirped” to cover a selected range of frequencies corresponding to dissociation of the selected vapor or liquid. Sonication may be used to supplement dissociation of the H₂O and/or H₂O₂.
FILED	Thursday, April 25, 2002
APPL NO	10/135013
ART UNIT	1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding
CURRENT CPC	Cleaning and liquid contact with solids 134/1
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06972064 — Method of forming laminar structures having variable angle tape wrap

US 06972064	Prince
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Edina, Minnesota)
INVENTOR(S)	Andrew S. Prince (Huntsville, Alabama)
ABSTRACT	Composite laminar structures which exhibit nonlinear surfaces and which exhibit a variable ply angle relative to a defined axis and methods of forming the same are disclosed. A change in ply angle may be induced by the formation of a ramp structure, such as by the introduction of one or more adjacent or periodically placed plies of varied width. Varied width plies may be introduced by cutting or trimming the width of a nominal width ply during lay-up of the composite material. In another embodiment, the ramp structures may be formed by introducing multiple sections of composite material, each of which exhibits a substantially serpentine profile along an edge thereof so as to define a plurality of fingers extending transversely relative to the respective length of each section. The plurality of sections may then be layered adjacent to one another, or periodically dispersed, with each respective set of fingers being offset relative to the set of fingers of a next closest layer.
FILED	Wednesday, October 23, 2002
APPL NO	10/279281
ART UNIT	1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/192
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06972098 — Corrosion prevention of cold rolled steel using water dispersible lignosulfonic acid doped polyaniline

US 06972098	Viswanathan
FUNDED BY	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
APPLICANT(S)
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)	Tito Viswanathan (Little Rock, Arkansas)
ABSTRACT	The invention provides coatings useful for preventing corrosion of metals. The coatings comprise a film-forming resin and conductive polymers comprising linearly conjugated π-systems and residues of sulfonated lignin or a sulfonated polyflavonoid or derivatives of sulfonated lignin or a sulfonated polyflavonoid. The invention also provides a latex formulation of the coatings, and articles of manufacture comprising a metal substrate and a coating in contact with the metal substrate.
FILED	Wednesday, July 11, 2001
APPL NO	09/903260
ART UNIT	1751 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography
CURRENT CPC	Compositions 252/500
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National Science Foundation (NSF)

06971187 — Automated process control using manometric temperature measurement

US 06971187	Pikal et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut); Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael J. Pikal (Mansfield Center, Connecticut); Xiaolin Tang (Paoli, Pennsylvania); Steven L. Nail (West Lafayette, Indiana)
ABSTRACT	A method by which a freeze-drying process may be developed from a single freeze-drying experiment. The method uses in-process manometric temperature measurement (MTM) data to optimize the primary drying conditions. Manometric temperature measurement is a procedure by which the product temperature at the sublimation interface and the resistance of the previously dried product to vapor flow may be determined. The inventive method can be used in an inventive freeze-drying system. The system comprises a freeze-dryer, a measurement system including hardware and software necessary for generation of MTM data and a control system including hardware and software for interpretation of the generated MTM data and control of the freeze-dryer. The measurement system and control system may be combined into a single device. The inventive freeze-drying system utilizes a microprocessor and software to define conditions for the freezing and secondary drying stages and to define chamber pressure and “target product temperature” for the primary drying stage based on MTM data and operator input data, thereby providing a near optimized freeze-drying process.
FILED	Wednesday, July 16, 2003
APPL NO	10/620931
ART UNIT	3749 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units
CURRENT CPC	Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids 034/285
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06972197 — Plant chromosome compositions and methods

US 06972197	Preuss et al.
FUNDED BY	National Science Foundation (NSF) Department of Agriculture (USDA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
INVENTOR(S)	Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Oak Park, Illinois); Kevin C. Keith (Chicago, Illinois)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides for the identification and cloning of functional plant centromeres in Arabidopsis. This will permit construction of stably inherited minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. In addition, information on the structure and function of these regions will prove valuable in isolating additional centromeric and centromere related genetic elements and polypeptides from other species.
FILED	Friday, March 17, 2000
APPL NO	09/531120
ART UNIT	1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/468
VIEW PATENT	@ USPTO: Full Text PDF

06972335 — Synthesis of epothilones, intermediates thereto, analogues and uses thereof

US 06972335	Danishefsky et al.
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Army (DOA) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Science Foundation (NSF)
APPLICANT(S)
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)
ABSTRACT	The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof. Also provided are analogues related to epothilone A and B and intermediates useful for preparing same. The present invention further provides novel compositions based on analogues of the epothilones and methods for the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype.
FILED	Tuesday, December 04, 2001
APPL NO	10/004571
ART UNIT	1626 — Organic Chemistry
CURRENT CPC	Organic compounds 548/202
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National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)

06972707 — Sub-ranging pipelined charge-domain analog-to-digital converter with improved resolution and reduced power consumption

US 06972707	Anthony
FUNDED BY	Department of Defense (DOD) Department of the Air Force (DAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
INVENTOR(S)	Michael P. Anthony (Andover, Massachusetts)
ABSTRACT	A pipelined analog-to-digital converter in which signal value samples are represented differentially by pairs of charges and which uses charge-coupled-devices (CCDs) for delay and arithmetic operations on the charges is presented. In the pipeline, each successive stage resolves an equal or smaller charge difference. After a certain number of pipeline stages, the common-mode component of the signal-charge pair is reduced. The pipeline stages following this common-mode-charge reduction stage have a reduced charge capacity and size, allowing more sensitive charge comparison. The result is improved A/D converter resolution and reduced power consumption.
FILED	Monday, July 12, 2004
APPL NO	10/889282
ART UNIT	2819 — Semiconductors/Memory
CURRENT CPC	Coded data generation or conversion 341/172
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Small Business Administration (SBA)

06973342 — Flexible bio-probe assembly

US 06973342	Swanson
FUNDED BY	Small Business Administration (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
APPLICANT(S)
ASSIGNEE(S)	Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, Texas)
INVENTOR(S)	John W. Swanson (Portland, Oregon)
ABSTRACT	A method of producing an electrode brain probe assembly, using a flexible substrate comprising a polymeric layer bearing a conductive material coating. Photolithography and electroplating are used to form a set of contacts and conductors on the polymeric layer of the flexible substrate. Also, the flexible substrate is shaped to have a distal end and to be at least 5 mm long, but less than 5 mm wide and less than 1 mm thick.
FILED	Monday, April 12, 2004
APPL NO	10/822491
ART UNIT	3739 — Optical Communications
CURRENT CPC	Surgery 6/378
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