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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 03, 2006
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| US 06981339 | Szczesuil 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) | Stephen Szczesuil (Framingham, Massachusetts); Michael J. Holthe (Holliston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Article of footwear includes a sole, an insole overlying the sole, the insole having in a surface thereof a groove having an inlet and outlet in an edge of the insole, the groove winding substantially throughout the length and width of the insole upper surface. A tube is disposed in the groove and extends throughout the length of the groove and has an inlet portion extending from the groove inlet at the edge of the insole and an outlet portion extending from the groove outlet. An upper fixed to the sole has apertures through which extend the tube inlet and outlet portions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/076458 |
| ART UNIT | 3728 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Boots, shoes, and leggings 036/2.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981400 | Sowell 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) | Dale A. Sowell (Alexandria, Virginia); Erick O. Satchell (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A slip resistance measuring device features a magnetic actuator pivotally mounted on a portable frame positioned on a test surface to apply a linear force to a test specimen for engagement with the test surface at a preselected inclination angle thereto. The linear force is applied to the test specimen through a strain gauge plate which thereby undergoes stress sensed by a load cell mounted thereon from which strain stress signals are delivered under automatic testing operation to provide slip resistance measurement data for the test surface. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/807576 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981449 | Sadeck |
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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) | James E. Sadeck (East Freetown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A projectile launch assembly includes a launch tube having distal and proximal ends and an inwardly extending dimple structure therebetween, the proximal end being configured to receive a firearm muzzle, a receiver disposed on the distal end of the launch tube and having connector structure at a distal end thereof for connection to a projectile, an energy absorbing plug disposed in the launch tube and having a proximal end portion adjacent the dimple and a body portion extending distally, and an energy transfer piston disposed in the launch tube and having a proximal end configured complementarily to the plug and having a distal end configured complementarily to a proximal end of the receiver. A bullet leaving the firearm muzzle is absorbed by the plug which is thereby moved with the piston distally in the tube, the piston engaging the receiver to propel the launch assembly and projectile from the firearm muzzle. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/748918 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/485 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981450 | Adimari |
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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) | Louis J. Adimari (Montague, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A grenade dispensing mechanism for non-spin or low spin dual purpose improved conventional munition launched from inside a projectile. At a pre-determined point along the trajectory, the projectile time fuze which is set at the gun functions to provide initiation output to the payload expulsion charge assembly. The payload expulsion charge assembly contains a propellant which when ignited, produces a gas pressure acting on a pusher plate which acts as a piston. The gas pressure increases with time until the forces of the gas pressure acting on the pusher plate through the grenade payload to the base/tail assembly are sufficient to shear the thread attachment of the base assembly to the projectile body section. An obturator band serves to seal the expulsion gas pressures to prevent excessive gas blow-by as the payload canister assembly travels through the rifled projectile body section. Upon thread shear, the base separates from the projectile body permitting movement of the grenade payload toward the aft open end of the projectile body. The projectile payload section is in the warhead/payload canister assembly. A pre-engraved rotating band attached to the payload canister as it travels through the projectile section rifling creates a torque thus the grenades emerge from the projectile body with rotational and tangential velocity determined by their position in the payload section which cause the grenades to disperse, arm and stabilize to form a large approximately uniform, distribution of grenades in a pattern effects over a target area. |
| FILED | Friday, January 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/042843 |
| 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 12/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981598 | Rivera 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) | Rafael Rivera (Magnolia, New Jersey); Christopher Clemmer (Allentown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Containers are respectively loaded onto and delivered from two trolleys of a single crane at pick-up and delivery locations by guided travel of one of the trolleys along a fixed travel path on a boom between the delivery location at one end of the boom and a turn-table platform of the crane on which a pair of angularly related track paths are established for alternative alignment with the fixed travel path on the boom, to accommodate transfer of the trolleys between such fixed travel path and either one of the track paths on the platform. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/758560 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Traversing hoists 212/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981671 | Baron 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) | William Baron (Enon, Ohio); Maxwell Blair (Miamisburg, Ohio); Sandra Fries-Carr (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An energy storage arrangement wherein electrical charge is stored in capacitor elements dispersed throughout, for example, surface structural components of an aircraft. The electrical capacitor elements may involve dielectric material-separated electrical plates comprising the aircraft skin or preferably may involve numerous wire-like cylindrical capacitor elements dispersed within the weaving of the hardened fabric materials used to fabricate the aircraft. Other elements of the aircraft including internal structure and divider members may also be included in the energy storage function. Pulsed use of the stored energy in, for example, directed energy weapons devices are a contemplated application of the invention. The invention may be viewed as a combined employment of aircraft components in both structural and energy storing functions thus enabling a reduction in aircraft payload utilization and space consumption. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/109396 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/1.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981673 | Sowell 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) | Dale A. Sowell (Alexandria, Virginia); Anh Le (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Eugene C. Fischer (Stevensville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The aircraft landing arrest cable has wear resisting sleeves positioned thereon in spaced relation to each other to thereby hold the cable out of contact with a non-skid landing surface in a lowered position of the cable. Stresses imposed on the cable when engaged by a tail hook suspended from aircraft during landing, are absorbed by the wear resisting sleeves which are held clamped in positions on the cables by fluid adhesive previously injected into the sleeves. The wear resisting sleeves are respectively formed from pivotally connected sleeve sections made of an impact shatter-proof and durable material such as polyurethane with abutting edges held in contact with each other under a clamped condition of the sleeves on the cable, established by the injected adhesive. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/985076 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/110.C00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981840 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Pang Lee (Cincinnati, Ohio); Ronald Scott Bunker (Niskayuna, New York); Chander Prakash (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine airfoil includes pressure and suction sidewalls extending in chord between leading and trailing edges and in span between a root and a tip. A septum is spaced between the sidewalls to define two cooling circuits on opposite sides of the septum which converge between the leading and trailing edges. An array of pins extends inwardly from the pressure sidewall at a discharge end of the circuits, and the pins decrease in length to conform with the converging circuit. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/692700 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981969 | Chavez 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) | Saturnino Chavez (West Point, New York); Steven C. Walker (Waxahachie, Texas); John M. Shepherd (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An orthogonal arterial catheter preferably includes a hub and a cannula. The hub preferably protects the cannula from potential kinking and shearing forces because the cannula upon exiting a patient's body enters the hub. The hub preferably provides a passageway through which the hose travels to a connector piece. The connector piece preferably attaches the device to a fluid line such as an arterial line transducer. In addition, the hub preferably includes a port that provides a channel through which a guide wire or a needle may gain access to the cannula. The hub also may include appendages extending from it to suture to the patient. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/442923 |
| ART UNIT | 3763 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/523 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982013 | Fallis 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) | Stephen Fallis (Ridgecrest, California); Jennifer A. Irvin (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrostatic charge dissipation composition having at least one energetic particle component and at least one electrically active polymer is coated on the energetic component and thereafter, the polymer coating is oxidized. In another embodiment, the electrostatic charge dissipation composition includes at least one energetic particle component, at least one non-conducting polymer binder, and at least one electrically active polymer is coated on the energetic component/binder mixture and thereafter, the polymer coating is oxidized. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/389577 |
| 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 149/19.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982039 | Butkus 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) | Michael A. Butkus (Washingtonville, New York); Jeffrey A. Starke (West Point, New York); Michael P. Labare (New Paltz, New York); Michael B. Kelley (Northfield, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of disinfecting water is provided including treating water by irradiating the water with ultraviolet light and introducing silver ions to the water. The water may be treated by either initially irradiating the water with ultraviolet light followed by introducing silver ions to the water or by introducing silver ions to the water and thereafter exposing the silver ion-containing water to ultraviolet light. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/780662 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/748 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982048 | Atwater 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) | Terrill B. Atwater (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Alvin J. Salkind (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a potassium-doped mixed metal oxide cathode material formed by advantageously alloying MnO2 with potassium and lithium to provide a new mixed metal oxide cathode material as the positive electrode in rechargeable lithium and lithium ion electrochemical cells. By alloying MnO2 with potassium and lithium in a LixKyMn2O4 compound, the cathode materials of the present invention afford overcharge protection that allows the cathode to be fully reversible. Manganese dioxide doped with potassium was initially examined as a cathode material for rechargeable lithium and lithium-ion batteries in order to provide a new mixed metal oxide cathode material as the positive electrode in rechargeable lithium and lithium ion electrochemical cells. The LixKyMn2O4 material is incorporated into an electrochemical cell with either a lithium metal or lithium ion anode and an organic electrolyte. In one embodiment, the cathode of the present invention comprises a compound with the general formula LixKyMn2O4, where y<0.5, x+y<1.0 and the reversible region for x is between 0.0<x<1.0−y to provide the required overcharge protection and a high voltage cutoff on charge. In the preferred embodiment, a cathode comprising Li0.8K0.1Mn2O4 is provided. The cathode materials, cathodes, lithium electrochemical device and methods of this invention answer the long-felt need for a reversible cathode for rechargeable lithium batteries without suffering from the shortcomings, limitations and disadvantages of, rigid stoichiometry electronic control and loss of reversibility. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/843635 |
| ART UNIT | 1751 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/518.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982126 | Darolia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramgopal Darolia (West Chester, Ohio); Irene Spitsberg (Loveland, Ohio); Brett Allen Rohrer Boutwell (Liberty Township, Ohio); Mark Daniel Gorman (West Chester, Ohio); Curtis Alan Johnson (Niskayuna, New York); Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal barrier coating (TBC) for a component intended for use in a hostile thermal environment. The TBC has an interior region and an outer surface region on and contacting the interior region. Both regions are formed of a ceramic material, with the interior region having a lower thermal conductivity than zirconia partially stabilized by about seven weight percent yttria. The interior region constitutes more than half of the thickness of the TBC, and the outer surface region constitutes less than half of the thickness of the TBC. The TBC has a columnar microstructure whereby the interior region and the outer surface region comprise columns of their ceramic materials. The outer surface region is more erosion and impact resistant than the interior region at least in part as a result of the columns thereof being more closely spaced than the columns of the interior region. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/707197 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982383 | Spellman 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) | Charles D. Spellman (Rocky Hill, Connecticut); Edward H. Dzwilewski (Niantic, Connecticut); Thomas S. Ramotowski (Tiverton, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a cable section assembly for marine applications having a core structure, such as a buoyant cable antenna interim manufacturing step subassembly, and a protective casing formed from a heat shrinkable tubing which together with the interim subassembly forms a complete assembly. For buoyant cable assembly applications the interim subassembly is at least partially formed of polyurethane material having glass microballoons distributed therein, with such material in any event occupying an outer layer portion of the subassembly. The cable section assembly of the present invention is formed by providing a length of heat shrinkable flexible tubing, inflating or expanding the heat shrinkable tubing to its approximate full diameter, inserting the core structure into the length of tubing, and shrinking the tubing around the core structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/631221 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/74.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982426 | Lucht 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) | Robert P. Lucht (West Lafayette, Indiana); Thomas N. Anderson (West Lafayette, Indiana); Sherif F. Hanna (College Station, Texas); Rodolfo Barron-Jimenez (College Station, Texas); Thomas Walther (Darmstadt, Germany); Sukesh Roy (Dayton, Ohio); Michael S. Brown (Dayton, Ohio); James R. Gord (Dayton, Ohio); Jerald A. Caton (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A nitric oxide sensor and method is disclosed. The sensor is based on sum-frequency mixing of a tunable, 395-nm external cavity diode laser with a 532-nm diode-pumped intracavity-frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser in a beta-barium-borate crystal. The output from the BBO crystal is ultraviolet radiation at 227 nm and is split using a 50—50 beam splitter. Half of the radiation is directed into a reference photomultiplier tube, and the other half of the UV radiation is directed through the medium of interest and then directed into a signal photomultiplier tube. The output from the photomultiplier tubes is compared and the difference utilized to indicate the level of nitric oxide by absorption-based spectrosocpic techniques. |
| FILED | Friday, August 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/914782 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982430 | Moscaritolo 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) | Anthony M. Moscaritolo (Saugus, Massachusetts); James Claude King (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation case having a radiation-proof door, and having a radiation-proof main section that has a back portion, a floor portion, a ceiling portion and side portions, vertical cavities formed in the back portion, the vertical cavities being a distance from a surface of a back wall of the back portion, radiation rods located in the vertical cavities, each radiation rod containing cobalt-60 pellet, the distance between the vertical cavities and the surface of the back wall of the back portion being less than a penetration distance for gamma rays coming out of each cobalt-60 pellet. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/857378 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/496.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982497 | Rome |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lightning Packs, LLC (Strafford, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence C. Rome (Strafford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A suspended-load backpack designed to permit the load to move relative to the backpack frame during walking and running so that the large movements between the load and the frame of the backpack reduce the fluctuations of absolute vertical motion of the load. Because the hip (and thus the pack frame) go up a down a good deal during walking, a large relative movement between the frame and the load reduces the absolute excursion of the load. This movement may be, in turn, transferred to a motor through, for example, a rack and pinion gear, to convert the mechanical movement to electrical energy. The movement may also be converted to electrical energy by using an electroactive polymer (EAP) to connect the suspended load to the frame. Such designs allow the load to move in a controlled fashion to prevent the patient from losing his or her balance as the load moves up and down along the backpack frame. Such movement of the suspended-load relative to the frame also reduces the forces on the wearer's shoulders while walking or running, thus reducing the likelihood of orthopedic injury. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/803112 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/1.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982502 | Sendaula 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) | Musoke H. Sendaula (Helotes, Texas); Joseph P. Teter (Mt. Airy, Maryland); David J. Brady (Marlton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A hybrid linear actuator features a central load shaft on which a plurality of solid-state magnetostrictive thrusters are positioned in operative relation to electric motors of a permanent magnet synchronous type to impart linear thrust force to the load shaft through clutch units also positioned thereon and under control of force and stroke amplification of output force from motor shafts projecting from the motors. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672267 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982641 | Greene |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Greene (Fort Washington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises a simplified control/hook-up circuit for intrusion detection devices that reduces the overall number of wires and attendant connections necessary between the control panel box and the terminals of the detector. This simplified design operates as efficiently as present intrusion device designs, while decreasing device hook-up time for field technicians and providing less opportunity for user error. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/807579 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/541 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982666 | Temes 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) | Clifford L. Temes (Alexandria, Virginia); John A. Pavco (Burke, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A radar system for generating a three-dimensional image includes a radar transmitter which is operable to produce a radar signal of a frequency of at least three gigahertz. A plurality of radar receiving antennas from an antenna array. The antenna array is aerially translatable. For example, in one embodiment, the antenna array is disposed along the wings of an aircraft which, in operation, flies over the intended target area. A three-dimensional image is generated from a reflected radar signal returned from the surface of an object in response to the transmitted radar signal. The radar system may be incorporated into an aircraft and adapted to detect subsurface objects such as mines buried beneath the surface of the ground as the aircraft traverses over a target area. |
| FILED | Friday, June 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/876137 |
| 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 342/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982679 | Kralovec et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay A. Kralovec (Melbourne, Florida); Griffin K. Gothard (Satellite Beach, Florida); Timothy E. Durham (Palm Bay, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna feed system includes a plurality of RF horn antennas (201, 202) for operating on a plurality of RF frequency bands. A first one of the feed horns (202) can have a boresight axis and is configured for operating at a first one of the frequency bands. A second one of the feed horns (201) is positioned coaxially within the first one of the feed horns (202) and is configured for operating at least at a second one of the frequency bands. Further, the first one of the feed horns (202) is a corrugated horn that has a plurality of corrugations (204) formed on an interior surface defining a profile. The profile extends substantially from a throat (205) of the first feed horn and along a tapered portion of the first feed horn. The profile substantially minimizes an interaction of the corrugations with the second feed horn. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/694469 |
| 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 343/781.CA0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982696 | Shahoian |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Immersion Corporation (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erik J. Shahoian (San Ramon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A moving magnet actuator for providing haptic feedback. The actuator includes a grounded core member, a coil is wrapped around a central projection of the core member, and a magnet head positioned so as to provide a gap between the core member and the magnet head. The magnet head is moved in a degree of freedom based on an electromagnetic force caused by a current flowed through the coil. An elastic material, such as foam, is positioned in the gap between the magnet head and the core member, where the elastic material is compressed and sheared when the magnet head moves and substantially prevents movement of the magnet head past a range limit that is based on the compressibility and shear factor of the material. Flexible members can also be provided between the magnet head and the ground member, where the flexible members flex to allow the magnet head to move, provide a centering spring force to the magnet head, and limit the motion of the magnet head. |
| FILED | Friday, June 30, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/608130 |
| ART UNIT | 2674 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982764 | Heath |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Heath (Syracuse, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of enhancing a video image. A sequence of video frames is extracted. Each of the video frames is upsampled. The upsampled video frames are interpolated. The interpolated video frames are aligned and a single image is created from the aligned video frames. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/577478 |
| ART UNIT | 2614 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/580 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982787 | Wapner 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) | Phillip G. Wapner (Palmdale, California); Wesley P. Hoffman (Palmdale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of modifying the apparent wettability (the area contacted by a liquid) of solids with liquids by controlling the surface geometry or the capillary geometry. This modification is possible by understanding the geometric relationship between the contact angle and the included angle of surface features. This same geometric relationship can be used to control entrance of a liquid into a capillary and the flow of more than one fluid in distinct streams through a capillary device. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/340381 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/138 |
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| US 06982790 | Gershenson |
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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) | Meir Gershenson (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for forming an image of an object in a turbid medium comprises a light source for producing a coherent light beam of a selected frequency that is divided by a beamsplitter into a reference beam directed along a first optical path and a signal beam directed along a second optical path where the object to be imaged is located. The signal beam impinges upon the object and reflects back toward the beamsplitter. The reference beam is modulated to shift its frequency. A mirror reflects the reference beam back toward the beamsplitter for combination with the signal beam to produce an output optical signal. A photodetector receives the output optical signal from the beamsplitter and produces an electrical signal having a frequency related to shifts in frequency between the reference beam and the signal beam and having an amplitude proportional to the image intensity. A heterodyne detector connected to the photodetector produces a beat signal when the first and second optical paths have matching lengths so that the location of the point on the object where the signal beam reflected can be determined. By scanning the signal beam across the object, the system determines locations of a number of points on the object sufficient to form its image. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/014011 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/349 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982794 | Davis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith J. Davis (Issaquah, Washington); Diane C. Rawlings (Bellevue, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a directional reflectometer that measures, for example, the optical bidirectional reflectance distribution function [BRDF] of a surface in situ on a finished article, e.g. a vehicle, to provide information on its surface reflectivity and emissivity. The light wavelength may be IR, near-IR, visible, UV, or longer wavelengths. Light, preferably focused to a small spot on the surface, is projected onto the surface at an angle adjustable in azimuth and elevation. A wide angle mirror, lens system, or both transfers light scattered from the surface onto an imaging sensor, preserving scattering angle information and thereby permitting the BRDFs for a given incidence angle and all scattering angles to be measured simultaneously. A computer reads the sensor outputs and analyzes the quality of the surface in a factory or field environment. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/871305 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982890 | Venkataramanan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Venkata Giri Venkataramanan (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-phase AC to AC frequency converter has a transformer with a three-phase input and n sets of three-phase secondary outputs, where n is three or more, the voltages at each set of secondary output terminals being one or more multiples of 360°/n out of phase with the voltages at the other sets of secondary output terminals. The sets of secondary output terminals are connected to three single pole, n throw switches, the poles of which are connected to the three output terminals of the frequency converter. Each switch may have n semiconductor switching devices, each connected to the common pole and separately connected to one of the output terminals in each of the sets of secondary output terminals. The three switches are controlled to switch to provide the three-phase voltage from one of the four sets of secondary output terminals at a time to the output terminals of the frequency converter, with the frequency and duty ratio of the switching selected to provide a desired output frequency at the output terminals. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/682368 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982987 | Cain |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Bibb Cain (Indialantic, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless communication network may include a plurality of mobile nodes each including a wireless transceiver and a controller for controlling the wireless transceiver. The controller may also be for scheduling a plurality of time slots for establishing a communication link with a neighboring mobile node for transmitting data therebetween, where the data has a plurality of priority levels. The controller may also determine respective link quality values associated with the communication link during the time slots, and prioritize data to be transmitted during the time slots based upon the priority level of the data and the link quality values. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/400601 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/442 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06983222 | O'Brien, Jr. |
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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) | Francis J. O'Brien, Jr. (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The method includes reading a data set including a sparse number of data points and applying multiple tests wherein the results are evaluated by a decision module to determine whether to classify the data as random or nonrandom. In one preferred embodiment, if any one test determines the data is nonrandom, then the data is labeled nonrandom. The data is labeled and stored prior to beginning the method once again for the next set of data. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/863838 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06983233 | Falcioni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marco Falcioni (San Francisco, California); C. Eric Ramberg (Sunnyvale, California); Youqi Wang (Atherton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, implementing techniques for designing sets of combinatorial experiments. A set of experimental parameters, sampling patterns, and constraints defines a set of experiments that is limited to a volume of a hyperspace defined by the set of experimental parameters. Parameters can be grouped by type such that grouped parameters are constrained to perform a common role in the set of experiments. The practicability of the experiment design can be estimated based on the number of experiments in the set of experiments. The experiment design can be used to prepare one or more combinatorial libraries. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/840003 |
| 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 73/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2137 | Newman 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) | George H. Newman (Niceville, Florida); Audree D. Newman (Niceville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An insulated elastic cover that slips snuggly over interior or exterior door knob. It is constructed in a manner that allows locking and unlocking actions, as well as the ability to turn the door knob. Invention takes advantage of state-of-the-art materials to maximize insulating properties while minimizing bulk. Additionally, material is impregnated with anti-bacteriological medium that destroys hand-borne bacteria transferred from hand to door knob. |
| FILED | Friday, August 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/641583 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous hardware 016/110.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2138 | Pullman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United State of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Pullman (Piqua, Ohio); Vernon T. Bechel (Beavercreek, Ohio); Steven L. Donaldson (Beavercreek, Ohio); John D. Camping (Huber Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A durable, lightweight carbon composite forearm crutch is described that in its essential components includes three graphite/epoxy composite tubes consisting of a main support tube, a handle tube and a cuff support tube, all adhesively bonded to a single central substantially T-shaped metallic, preferably aluminum, fitting configured to dispose the handle and cuff support tubes at a comfortable angle for the user greater than 90° and preferably about 101° to 103°, a cuff attached to the upper end of the cuff support tube for receiving the arm of a user, and a slip resistant foot member at the distal end of the main support tube. |
| FILED | Friday, September 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/950241 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Tent, canopy, umbrella, or cane 135/71 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wyeth (Madison, New Jersey); The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas W. Warne (Andover, Massachusetts); Rebecca L. Koval (Billerica, Massachusetts); John Carpenter (Littleton, Colorado); Theodore W. Randolph (Longmont, Colorado); Suchart Chongpraset (Bangkok, Thailand) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions containing hydroxyethyl starch and polypeptides, including therapeutic polypeptides such as interleukin-11, that provide for enhanced stability of the polypeptide following storage at room temperature or elevated temperatures. |
| FILED | Monday, March 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/390053 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/85.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982082 | Schreiber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart L. Schreiber (Boston, Massachusetts); Peter J. Belshaw (Somerville, Massachusetts); Gerald Crabtree (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is directed to a modified cyclosporin A and to a modified, genetically engineered version of its receptor, cyclophilin. This invention is further directed to a method for treating host versus graft disease following blood marrow transplantation by transfecting stem cells so that after introduction into a patient the stem cells will express the modified cyclophilin, and, as necessary, administer the modified cyclosporin A to the patient. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 27, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/922240 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982087 | Johnston et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Johnston (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Mark T. Heise (Durham, North Carolina); Dennis Simpson (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are alphavirus vectors derived from South African Arbovirus No. 86 (S.A.AR86) comprising attenuating mutations and methods of making the same. Also provided are improved viral vectors and helper constructs comprising a S.A.AR86 capsid enhancer sequence. The present invention also provides S.A.AR86 replicon and helper constructs comprising an alphavirus capsid enhancer sequence. Further provided are methods of administering an alphavirus vector comprising a heterologous nucleotide sequence (preferably encoding an immunogen or a therapeutic polypeptide) according to the invention to a cell or subject. In preferred embodiments, the alphavirus vector delivers the heterologous nucleotide sequence to the cells of the bone, bone marrow, and/or bone-associated connective tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/363603 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982143 | Ngai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Ngai (Berkeley, California); David Lin (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for normalizing and amplifying RNA populations. The methods generally comprise the steps of copying message RNA (mRNA) to form first single-stranded (ss) cDNA; converting the first ss-cDNA to first double-stranded (ds) cDNA; linearly amplifying the first ds-cDNA to form first amplified RNA (aRNA); tagging the 3′ end of the first aRNA with a known sequence to form 3′-tagged first aRNA; copying the 3′-tagged first aRNA to form second ss-cDNA; and normalizing the mRNA and/or the first aRNA. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 20, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/597608 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982144 | Loeb et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence A. Loeb (Bellevue, Washington); Leroy Hood (Seattle, Washington); Motoshi Suzuki (Nogoya, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for identifying a thermostable polymerase having altered fidelity. The method consists of generating a random population of polymerase mutants by mutating at least one amino acid residue of a thermostable polymerase and screening the population for one or more active polymerase mutants by genetic selection. For example, the invention provides a method for identifying a thermostable polymerase having altered fidelity by mutating at least one amino acid residue in an active site O-helix of a thermostable polymerase. The invention also provides thermostable polymerases and nucleic acids encoding thermostable polymerases having altered fidelity, for example, high fidelity polymerases and low fidelity polymerases. The invention additionally provides a method for identifying one or more mutations in a gene by amplifying the gene with a high fidelity polymerase. The invention further provides a method for accurately copying repetitive nucleotide sequences using a high fidelity polymerase mutant. The invention also provides a method for diagnosing a genetic disease using a high fidelity polymerase mutant. The invention further provides a method for randomly mutagenizing a gene by amplifying the gene using a low fidelity polymerase mutant. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/972834 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982145 | Mercola et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Mercola (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Eileen Adamson (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Ian de Belle (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for isolating a nucleic acid molecule fragment comprising at least a portion of a gene, comprising: stimulating at least one cell or at least one nucleus with radiation; cross-linking at least one transcription factor to a nucleic acid molecule in said at least one cell or at least one nucleus with formaldehyde, forming at least one transcription factor-nucleic acid molecule complex; fragmenting said nucleic acid molecule to form at least one transcription factor-nucleic acid molecule fragment complex; and isolating the nucleic acid molecule fragment from said at least one transcription factor-nucleic acid molecule fragment complex to form at least one isolated nucleic acid molecule fragment; wherein said at least one isolated nucleic acid molecule fragment comprises at least a portion of the first exon of a gene whose expression is modulated by said transcription factor; further wherein said at least one isolated nucleic acid molecule fragment comprises at least one transcription factor binding site that is operably linked or in close proximity to said first exon of a gene. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 20, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/032260 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982146 | Schneider 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) | Thomas D. Schneider (Frederick, Maryland); Denise Rubens (Yardville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device is disclosed for high speed, automated sequencing of nucleic acid molecules. A nucleic acid molecule to be sequenced is exposed to a polymerase in the presence of nucleotides which are to be incorporated into a complementary nucleic acid strand. The polymerase carries a donor fluorophore, and each type of nucleotide (e.g. A, T/U, C and G) carries a distinguishable acceptor fluorophore characteristic of the particular type of nucleotide. As the polymerase incorporates individual nucleic acid molecules into a complementary strand, a laser continuously irradiates the donor fluorophore, at a wavelength that causes it to emit an emission signal (but the laser wavelength does not stimulate the acceptor fluorophore). In particular embodiments, no laser is needed if the donor fluorophore is a luminescent molecule or is stimulated by one. The emission signal from the polymerase is capable of stimulating any of the donor fluorophores (but not acceptor fluorophores), so that as a nucleotide is added by the polymerase, the acceptor fluorophore emits a signal associated with the type of nucleotide added to the complementary strand. The series of emission signals from the acceptor fluorophores is detected, and correlated with a sequence of nucleotides that correspond to the sequence of emission signals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 29, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/070053 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982150 | Sheetz et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Sheetz (New York, New York); Yasuhiro Sawada (Greenwich, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a cytoskeletal system composed of purified components which allow for the identification of key proteins involved in mechanotransduction. The system comprises a cytoskeleton network deficient in force-dependent proteins, exogenous proteins in contact with the cytoskeleton network, a means for applying a force to the cytoskeleton network, and a means for identifying any of the exogenous proteins that bind to the cytoskeleton network when a force is applied to the cytoskeleton network, wherein proteins identified are involved in mechnotransduction. The invention further relates to a method for identifying proteins involved in mechanotransduction using the cytoskeletal system of the present invention. The identification of key players involved in mechanotransduction allows for the identification of agents capable of inhibiting or enhancing mechanotransduction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/914924 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982168 | Topalian 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) | Suzanne L. Topalian (Brookeville, Maryland); W. Marston Linehan (Rockville, Maryland); Robert K. Bright (Portland, Oregon); Cathy D. Vocke (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to immortalized, malignant, human, adult prostate epithelial cell lines or cell lines derived therefrom useful in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. More particularly, the present invention relates to cloned, immortalized, malignant, human, adult prostate epithelial cell lines and uses of these cell lines for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Furthermore, the present invention provides for the characterization of said cell lines through the analysis of specific chromosomal deletions. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 30, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/913770 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 06982170 | Maciag et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Maine Medical Center Research Institute (Searborough, Maine); Repair, Inc. (Portland, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Maciag (Freeport, Maine); David S. Ettenson (Somerville, Massachusetts); Wilson H. Burgess (Clifton, Virginia); William N. Drohan (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel degradation resistant FGF-1, and methods for producing and using the same. More specifically, the invention relates to identification of a thrombin degradation resistant FGF-1, an a nucleic acid encoding the same. The thrombin degradation resistant FGF-1 can elicit responses that are otherwise typically impeded by degradation of FGF-1 by thrombin. Thrombin degradation resistant FGF-1 is an important molecule for effecting an FGF-1 response that would be otherwise inhibited by thrombin. Thus, the present invention provides a powerful therapeutic for diseases or disorders wherein an FGF-1 response can mediate a reduction in the frequency or intensity of a symptom of the disease or disorder but for degradation of FGF-1 before it can effect the response. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/022554 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 06982249 | Schmaier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alvin H. Schmaier (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ahmed A. K. Hasan (Dexter, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides bradykinin peptide analogs, compositions, and methods of inhibiting thrombin-induced platelet and other cell activation. The bradykinin analogs comprise single or multiple peptide segments. The invention also provides a method for identifying compounds that selectively inhibit thrombin-induced platelet and other cell activation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 21, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/402732 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| US 06982258 | Posner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cytochroma Inc. (Markham, Canada); Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Posner (Baltimore, Maryland); Mehmet Kahraman (Baltimore, Maryland); Heung Bae Jeon (Baltimore, Maryland); Jay A. White (Ontario, Canada); Glenville Jones (Ontario, Canada); Bethany Halford (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel 16-ene-C25-oxime and 16-ene-C-25-oxime ether analogs of 1α,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds as inhibitors of CYP24. In particular, the compound of Formula I are useful for treating diseases which benefit from a modulation of the levels of 1α,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, for example, cell-proliferative disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/270158 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/167 |
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| US 06982271 | Kozikowski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan P. Kozikowski (Princeton, New Jersey); Wolfgang Alexander Hoepping (Dresden, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds, specifically novel tropane analogs, capable of acting as inhibitors of reuptake of monoamines. In preferred embodiments, these compositions are selective inhibitors of serotonin and/or norepinephrine reuptake. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising novel tropane analogs and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and methods for treating conditions in which inhibition of reuptake of monoamines is desired. The inventive compositions as described herein are also useful for medical therapy and diagnosis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/671104 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/295 |
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| US 06982313 | Roninson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor B. Roninson (Wilmette, Illinois); Andrei Gudkov (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides genetic suppressor elements that confer upon a cell resistance to one or more chemotherapeutic drug, methods for identifying and obtaining such elements, and methods of using such elements. The invention also provides cloned genes associated with sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/010167 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
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| US 06982317 | Basch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ross S. Basch (New York, New York); Xin-Min Zhang (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A gene in humans and mice, designated C21, encodes a family of proteins that play a role in transcriptional regulation. Two isoforms (α and β) produced by alternative splicing has been identified in humans. A transgenic model was created that shows that over-expression of C21 in mouse hematopoietic cells alters myeloid development and suggests that members of this family are involved in regulating stem cell differentiation. Over-expressing C21 in 3T3 fibroblasts increases their resistance to apoptotic stimuli. The C21 protein forms a complex with a class of molecules that plays a critical role in transcription, the co-repressors of nuclear hormone receptors. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/987701 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982333 | Curran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis P. Curran (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Hubert Josien (Hoboken, New Jersey); Sung Bo Ko (Taejon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a short, convergent total synthesis of camptothecin and related compounds which consists of a novel 4+1 radical annulation. The present invention also provides novel chemical intermediates for such 4+1 radical annulations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/663605 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982497 | Rome |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lightning Packs, LLC (Strafford, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence C. Rome (Strafford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A suspended-load backpack designed to permit the load to move relative to the backpack frame during walking and running so that the large movements between the load and the frame of the backpack reduce the fluctuations of absolute vertical motion of the load. Because the hip (and thus the pack frame) go up a down a good deal during walking, a large relative movement between the frame and the load reduces the absolute excursion of the load. This movement may be, in turn, transferred to a motor through, for example, a rack and pinion gear, to convert the mechanical movement to electrical energy. The movement may also be converted to electrical energy by using an electroactive polymer (EAP) to connect the suspended load to the frame. Such designs allow the load to move in a controlled fashion to prevent the patient from losing his or her balance as the load moves up and down along the backpack frame. Such movement of the suspended-load relative to the frame also reduces the forces on the wearer's shoulders while walking or running, thus reducing the likelihood of orthopedic injury. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/803112 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/1.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982552 | Hardy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Judson Hardy (Schenectady, New York); John Frederick Schenck (Voorheesville, New York); William Daniel Barber (Ballston Lake, New York); Cornelius Jan Von Morze (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for fabricating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gradient coil for generating magnetic field gradients are provided. The method includes determining a pattern of gradient current paths on a surface using a set of stream functions oriented in at least one of a z-gradient, a y-gradient; and an x-gradient, and arranging conductive material to define a current path that conforms to the determined gradient current paths. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/445684 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982785 | Van den Engh |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gerrrit J. Van den Engh (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a radiation directing device, including a screen having a mirrored surface interrupted by one or more pin holes that pass through the screen, the pin holes having an elliptical shape. The invention further provides an apparatus, including (a) a screen having a mirrored surface interrupted by one or more pin holes passing through the screen; and (b) a detector for detecting radiation reflected by the mirrored surface, wherein the detector determines a position of a radiation beam relative to the pin hole. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/847466 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06983034 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ge Wang (Iowa City, Iowa); Seung Wook Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | An image of an object is reconstructed in a three-dimensional coordinate system in an x-ray computed tomography system. A partial scan of the object is performed by rotating an x-ray beam having a cone beam geometry around a portion of the object or rotating the object in the cone-beam. The x-ray beam forms on a scanning trajectory through a plurality of projection lines from a plurality of successive focal point locations. The scanning trajectory may be substantially circular, helical, spiral, or spiral-like. The x-ray beam, attenuated by the object during the spiral scan, is detected to produce detector values. The detector values are integrated along straight lines on the detector plane to obtain intermediate data. Three-dimensional Radon values representing approximate plane integrals of the object are calculated from the intermediate data using a Grangeat relationship or a modified or extended version or the Grangeat relationship. The calculated and estimated Radon values are then reconstructed into an image volume according to the Radon inversion formula. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/780916 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06983182 | Mistretta |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Mistretta (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A contrast enhanced dynamic study of a subject is performed with a CT system. A series of undersampled image data sets are acquired during the study with successive data sets acquired at interleaved projection angles. More fully sampled image data sets are formed by transforming the x-ray attenuation projection data to k-space and then sharing peripheral k-space data between undersampled k-space data sets. Artifacts due to undersampling are thus reduced without significantly affecting the time resolution of a series of reconstructed images. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/219457 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/425 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 06981370 | Opris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cornelius N. Opris (Peoria, Illinois); Maarten Verkiel (Metamora, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for initiating regeneration of a particulate matter (PM) filter in an exhaust system in an internal combustion engine. The method and apparatus includes determining a change in pressure of exhaust gases passing through the PM filter, and responsively varying an opening of an intake valve in fluid communication with a combustion chamber. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/308969 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/311 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981375 | Sisken et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Detroit Diesel Corporation (Detroit, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Dean Sisken (Saline, Michigan); Brian Kenneth Bolton (Birmingham, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbocharged internal combustion engine is operated such that the intake manifold pressure generally exceeds the exhaust manifold pressure. A low pressure turbocharger and a high pressure turbocharger are provided in series. An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system passively routes a portion of the exhaust gases to the high pressure turbocharger compressor inlet. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/663306 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/612 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981401 | Ohi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Ohi (Denver, Colorado); Jose L. De La Cruz (San Antonio, Texas); Paul I. Lacey (Wexford, Ireland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of testing corrosive lubricating media using a wear testing apparatus without a mechanical seal. The wear testing apparatus and methods are effective for testing volatile corrosive lubricating media under pressure and at high temperatures. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/721305 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981488 | Harris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph E. Harris (San Antonio, Texas); Gary D. Bourn (San Antonio, Texas); Anthony J. Smalley (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of balancing combustion among cylinders of an internal combustion engine. For each cylinder, a normalized peak firing pressure is calculated as the ratio of its peak firing pressure to its combustion pressure. Each cylinder's normalized peak firing pressure is compared to a target value for normalized peak firing pressure. The fuel flow is adjusted to any cylinder whose normalized peak firing pressure is not substantially equal to the target value. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/663630 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/435 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981516 | VanOsdol |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John VanOsdol (Fairmont, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to an apparatus that acts as a fail save shut off valve. More specifically, the invention relates to a fail save shut off valve that allows fluid flow during normal operational conditions, but prevents the flow of fluids in the event of system failure upstream that causes over-pressurization. The present invention is particularly well suited for use in conjunction with hot gas filtering systems, which utilize ceramic candle filters. Used in such a hot gas system the present invention stops the flow of hot gas and prevents any particulate laden gas from entering the clean side of the system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/263279 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/519.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06981546 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); H. Tracy Hall, Jr. (Provo, Utah); David Pixton (Lehi, Utah); Scott Dahlgren (Provo, Utah); Cameron Sneddon (Provo, Utah); Michael Briscoe (Lehi, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a mechanism for retaining an electrical transmission line. In one embodiment of the invention it is a system for retaining an electrical transmission line within downhole components. The invention allows a transmission line to be attached to the internal diameter of drilling components that have a substantially uniform drilling diameter. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the system includes a plurality of downhole components, such as sections of pipe in a drill string, drill collars, heavy weight drill pipe, and jars. The system also includes a coaxial cable running between the first and second end of a drill pipe, the coaxial cable having a conductive tube and a conductive core within it. The invention allows the electrical transmission line to withstand the tension and compression of drill pipe during routine drilling cycles. |
| FILED | Monday, June 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/456104 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/65.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982122 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chain T. Liu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Easo P. George (Knoxville, Tennessee); Everett E. Bloom (Kingston, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An alloy composition includes, in atomic percent: about 1 to about 10% of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr and Hf, balance Ir. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/737649 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/670 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982132 | Goldner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald B. Goldner (Lexington, Massachusetts); Te-Yang Liu (Arlington, Massachusetts); Mark A. Goldner (Boston, Massachusetts); Alexandra Gerouki (Medford, Massachusetts); Terry E. Haas (Southborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A rechargeable, stackable, thin film, solid-state lithium electrochemical cell, thin film lithium battery and method for making the same is disclosed. The cell and battery provide for a variety configurations, voltage and current capacities. An innovative low temperature ion beam assisted deposition method for fabricating thin film, solid-state anodes, cathodes and electrolytes is disclosed wherein a source of energetic ions and evaporants combine to form thin film cell components having preferred crystallinity, structure and orientation. The disclosed batteries are particularly useful as power sources for portable electronic devices and electric vehicle applications where high energy density, high reversible charge capacity, high discharge current and long battery lifetimes are required. |
| FILED | Monday, August 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/638444 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982151 | Bissell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mina J. Bissell (Berkeley, California); John L. Muschler (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides method for assessing tumorigenicity of mammalian cells by assaying the proteolytic fragments of 120-130 kD alpha-dystroglycan in medium surrounding mammalian cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 31, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/652493 |
| 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 |
| US 06982159 | Dunn-Coleman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genencor International, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Dunn-Coleman (Los Gatos, California); Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaargdingen, Netherlands); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California); Jian Yao (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl3, and the corresponding BGL3 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL3, recombinant BGL3 proteins and methods for producing the same. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/957880 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982328 | Werpy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Archer Daniels Midland Company (Decatur, Illinois); Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd A. Werpy (West Richland, Washington); Andrew J. Schmidt (Richland, Washington); John G. Frye, Jr. (Richland, Washington); Alan H. Zacher (Kennewick, Washington); James A. Franz (Kennewick, Washington); Mikhail S. Alnajjar (Richland, Washington); Gary G. Neuenschwander (Burbank, Washington); Eric V. Alderson (Kennewick, Washington); Rick J. Orth (Kennewick, Washington); Charles A. Abbas (Champaign, Illinois); Kyle E. Beery (Decatur, Illinois); Anne M. Rammelsberg (Decatur, Illinois); Catherine J. Kim (Decatur, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes methods of processing plant material by adding water to form a mixture, heating the mixture, and separating a liquid component from a solid-comprising component. At least one of the liquid component and the solid-comprising component undergoes additional processing. Processing of the solid-comprising component produces oils, and processing of the liquid component produces one or more of glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol. The invention includes a process of forming glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol from plant matter by adding water, heating and filtering the plant matter. The filtrate containing starch, starch fragments, hemicellulose and fragments of hemicellulose is treated to form linear poly-alcohols which are then cleaved to produce one or more of glycerol, ethylene glycol, lactic acid and propylene glycol. The invention also includes a method of producing free and/or complexed sterols and stanols from plant material. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/379299 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982384 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A transmission line for downhole tools that make up all or part of a tool string for drilling and production of oil, gas, and geothermal wells that can withstand the dynamic gravitational forces and other accelerations associated with downhole excavations. The transmission line has a metal tube, or outer conductor, that houses a coaxial wire inner conductor. A non-metallic dielectric material is interposed between the inner and outer conductors. The outer and inner conductors and the dielectric are sufficiently compressed together so that independent motion between them is abated. Compression of the components of the transmission line may be achieved by drawing the transmission through one or more dies in order to draw down the outer conductor onto the dielectric, or by expanding the inner conductor against the dielectric using a mandrel or hydraulic pressure. Non-metallic bead segments may be used in aid of the compression necessary to resist the dynamic forces and accelerations of drilling. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/605373 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Conductors and insulators 174/102.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982482 | Glidden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Pulsed Power, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven C. Glidden (Freeville, New York); Howard D. Sanders (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A package for one or more solid state devices in a single module that allows for operation at high voltage, high current, or both high voltage and high current. Low thermal resistance between the solid state devices and an exterior of the package and matched coefficient of thermal expansion between the solid state devices and the materials used in packaging enables high power operation. The solid state devices are soldered between two layers of ceramic with metal traces that interconnect the devices and external contacts. This approach provides a simple method for assembling and encapsulating high power solid state devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/785345 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/723 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982668 | Doerry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Armin W. Doerry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Brian P. Mileshosky (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Douglas L. Bickel (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Radar systems use time delay measurements between a transmitted signal and its echo to calculate range to a target. Ranges that change with time cause a Doppler offset in phase and frequency of the echo. Consequently, the closing velocity between target and radar can be measured by measuring the Doppler offset of the echo. The closing velocity is also known as radial velocity, or line-of-sight velocity. Doppler frequency is measured in a pulse-Doppler radar as a linear phase shift over a set of radar pulses during some Coherent Processing Interval (CPI). An Interferometric Moving Target Indicator (MTI) radar can be used to measure the tangential velocity component of a moving target. Multiple baselines, along with the conventional radial velocity measurement, allow estimating the true 3-D velocity of a target. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/675328 |
| 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 342/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982873 | Meyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas A. Meyer (Richmond Heights, Ohio); Lawrence D. Radosevich (Muskego, Wisconsin); Bruce C. Beihoff (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Dennis L. Kehl (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Daniel G. Kannenberg (Waukesha, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric vehicle drive includes a thermal 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, which may be controlled in a closed-loop manner. Interfacing between circuits, circuit mounting structure, and the support provide for greatly enhanced cooling. The support 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 | Monday, December 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/252466 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/699 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982927 | Taner |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | RDSP I, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Turhan Taner (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for identifying zones anomalously absorptive of seismic energy. The method includes jointly time-frequency decomposing seismic traces, low frequency bandpass filtering the decomposed traces to determine a general trend of mean frequency and bandwidth of the seismic traces, and high frequency bandpass filtering the decomposed traces to determine local variations in the mean frequency and bandwidth of the seismic traces. Anomalous zones are determined where there is difference between the general trend and the local variations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/670110 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Phosphortech Corporation (Lirhia Springs, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hisham Menkara (Mableton, Georgia); Christopher Summers (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are novel phosphors useful in the manufacture of white light emitting diodes. The phosphors provided by the invention are described by the formula: SrxBayCazSiO4:Eu in which x, y, and z are each independently variable to be any value between about 0 and about 2, including without limitation 0.001 and 2, and every thousandth therebetween, subject to the proviso that the sum of x, y, or z is equal to at least 1, and in which Eu is present in any amount between about 0.0001% and about 5% by weight based upon the phosphor's total weight, wherein substantially all of the europium present is present in the divalent state. A phosphor according to the invention may optionally further comprise an element selected from the group consisting of: Ce, Mn, Ti, Pb, and Sn and is present in any amount between about 0.0001% and about 5% by weight based on the phosphor's total weight. The silicate phosphor materials provided by the present invention do not require the addition of dissimilar blue and red phosphor compounds, and do not contain zinc and/or magnesium. In addition, the present invention provides materials which emit a broad yellowish color containing both green and red emissions. Standard techniques used in phosphor deposition for the manufacture of light emitting diodes which comprise phosphors may be employed to produce LED's having a white light output when the phosphors of the invention are utilized. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/628115 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.4F0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982144 | Loeb et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence A. Loeb (Bellevue, Washington); Leroy Hood (Seattle, Washington); Motoshi Suzuki (Nogoya, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for identifying a thermostable polymerase having altered fidelity. The method consists of generating a random population of polymerase mutants by mutating at least one amino acid residue of a thermostable polymerase and screening the population for one or more active polymerase mutants by genetic selection. For example, the invention provides a method for identifying a thermostable polymerase having altered fidelity by mutating at least one amino acid residue in an active site O-helix of a thermostable polymerase. The invention also provides thermostable polymerases and nucleic acids encoding thermostable polymerases having altered fidelity, for example, high fidelity polymerases and low fidelity polymerases. The invention additionally provides a method for identifying one or more mutations in a gene by amplifying the gene with a high fidelity polymerase. The invention further provides a method for accurately copying repetitive nucleotide sequences using a high fidelity polymerase mutant. The invention also provides a method for diagnosing a genetic disease using a high fidelity polymerase mutant. The invention further provides a method for randomly mutagenizing a gene by amplifying the gene using a low fidelity polymerase mutant. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 04, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/972834 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982148 | Fisher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B. Fisher (Scarsdale, New York); Zao-Zhong Su (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for identifying a gene which is expressed at a modulated level in an aggressive cancer by: (a) measuring baseline expression levels of genes in cancer cells; (b) introducing into the cancer cells an expression vector which directs expression of rat PEG-3; (c) measuring the expression levels of genes in the cells from step (b); and (d) identifying genes, the expression of which is modulated in an aggressive cancer. In another aspect of this invention, the measurement of expression levels of genes in step (a) and/or step (c) comprises measuring mRNA levels. In yet another aspect of the invention, the measurement of expression levels of genes in step (a) and/or step (c) comprises measuring RNA levels. In another aspect of the invention, the genes identified in step (d) are used for diagnosing whether a subject suffers from an aggressive form of cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/177811 |
| 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982785 | Van den Engh |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Gerrrit J. Van den Engh (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a radiation directing device, including a screen having a mirrored surface interrupted by one or more pin holes that pass through the screen, the pin holes having an elliptical shape. The invention further provides an apparatus, including (a) a screen having a mirrored surface interrupted by one or more pin holes passing through the screen; and (b) a detector for detecting radiation reflected by the mirrored surface, wherein the detector determines a position of a radiation beam relative to the pin hole. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/847466 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06982028 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Johnson (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Emanuel A. Waddell, Jr. (Gaithersburg, Maryland); David J. Ross (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Laurie E. Locascio (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is described for modifying performed channels fabricated in a variety of substrate materials including PMMA. The method involves exposing a portion of a fluid flow channel to light at a fluence and wavelength which modifies the surface charge of the substrate at the exposure site. The method can be used to modulate electroosmotic flow in channels or to immobilize chemical compounds or biological species in the fluid flow channels at the modified surfaces. The method can be used to fabricate or modify microfluidic systems |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/905566 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/454 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 06982964 | Beering |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Beering (Wheaton, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A network protocol translation device that allows serial data sent using the standard Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) protocol to be used between two locations, using a satellite link or a terrestrial wireless link between the two locations. This is done by translating the standard ATM data to a standard satellite modem interface at one location, and translating the data back to the ATM format at the second (remote) location. The translation can occur at any data rate up to the available effective bandwidth of the ATM connection. The device is also capable of providing Forward Error Correction in the protocol translation. The device is functionally transparent to protocols above ATM, i.e., IP, UDP and TCP. It also interfaces with standard physical layers below ATM such as Synchronous Optical Network (SONET). At the satellite interface, the device is compatible with (but not limited to) Emitter Coupled Logic (ECL). |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/977419 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
General Services Administration (GSA)
| US 06982764 | Heath |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Heath (Syracuse, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of enhancing a video image. A sequence of video frames is extracted. Each of the video frames is upsampled. The upsampled video frames are interpolated. The interpolated video frames are aligned and a single image is created from the aligned video frames. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/577478 |
| ART UNIT | 2614 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/580 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06982964 | Beering |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Beering (Wheaton, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A network protocol translation device that allows serial data sent using the standard Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) protocol to be used between two locations, using a satellite link or a terrestrial wireless link between the two locations. This is done by translating the standard ATM data to a standard satellite modem interface at one location, and translating the data back to the ATM format at the second (remote) location. The translation can occur at any data rate up to the available effective bandwidth of the ATM connection. The device is also capable of providing Forward Error Correction in the protocol translation. The device is functionally transparent to protocols above ATM, i.e., IP, UDP and TCP. It also interfaces with standard physical layers below ATM such as Synchronous Optical Network (SONET). At the satellite interface, the device is compatible with (but not limited to) Emitter Coupled Logic (ECL). |
| FILED | Monday, October 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/977419 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06981904 | Hofmann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Hofmann (Boise, Idaho); Jason B. Elledge (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for anodically bonding an array of spacer columns to one of the inner major faces on one of the generally planar plates of an evacuated, flat panel video display. The process includes using a generally planar plate having a plurality of spacer column attachment sites; providing electrical interconnection between all attachment sites; coating each attachment site with a patch of oxidizable material; providing an array of unattached permanent glass spacer columns, each unattached permanent spacer column being of uniform length and being positioned longitudinally perpendicular to a single plane, with the plane intersecting the midpoint of each unattached spacer column; positioning the array such that an end of one permanent spacer column is in contact with the oxidizable material patch at each attachment site; and anodically bonding the contacting end of each permanent spacer column to the oxidizable material layer. |
| FILED | Friday, April 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/423123 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp or space discharge component or device manufacturing 445/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06982819 | Sawin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ciencia, Inc. (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray Sawin (Collinsville, Connecticut); Salvador M. Fernández (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A grating coupled surface plasmon resonance optical modulator is disclosed. A electro-optic polymer dielectric is deposited on the metallic surface of a diffraction grating to provide a metal/dielectric interface. A surface plasmon will propagate at the metal/dielectric interface in a resonant condition, e.g., when the metal surface is illuminated by transverse magnetic (TM) polarized light of the appropriate wavelength, angle of incidence and phase velocity. In the present invention, phase velocity is controlled by the diffraction grating. A transparent electrode deposited on the electro-optic layer allows an electrical potential to be applied across the electro-optic polymer. The applied electrical potential (voltage) changes the index of refraction of the electro-optic polymer, thereby disrupting the resonant condition to produce an optically detectable change in reflectance of incident light from the metal layer. The disclosed grating coupled surface plasmon resonance optical modulator may be configured as an electronically or optically addressable array. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875707 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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, January 03, 2006.
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.
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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)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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