FedInvent™ Patents
Patent Details for Tuesday, January 17, 2006
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 06986199 | Arnold 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) | Craig B. Arnold (Alexandria, Virginia); Alberto Pique (Crofton, Maryland); Ray Auyeung (Alexandria, Virginia); Michael Nurnberger (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for embedding electronic components including electrochemical cells within a circuit board substrate. The method includes micromachining the printed circuit board substrate to a selective depth to form a recess. A component is inserted into the recess and an electrical connection is established between the electrical component and a metallized pattern of the circuit board substrate using, e.g., laser direct-write. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/868448 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/832 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986497 | Starken |
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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) | George M. Starken (Rock Hall, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A thruster gas control mechanism for controlling a flow of thrust gas through a gas nozzle, the mechanism having a plunger movable into and out of the gas nozzle, the plunger being connected to two movable baffles. The two baffles form two channels with two side walls of the mechanism. A movable armature controls flow of other thruster gas through either of the two channels, or through both channels, to cause the baffles and plunger to move toward or away from the gas nozzle, and causing the plunger to move into or out of the gas nozzle. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/857377 |
| ART UNIT | 3751 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/30.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986641 | Desai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Goodrich Pump and Engine Control Systems, Inc. (Charlotte, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mihir C. Desai (Yorba Linda, California); Tomasz J. Stanecki (Bristol, Connecticut); Jeffrey S. Mattice (Enfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A power turbine speed control system for a helicopter is disclosed which includes components for generating a power turbine speed signal based upon a demanded rotor speed, a high-order filter for filtering the power turbine speed signal by effectuating a rapid attenuation of main and tail rotor torsional frequencies in the power turbine speed signal without compromising phase at low frequencies, and a governor for providing isochronous power turbine speed and rotor speed control based upon the filtered power turbine speed signal. |
| FILED | Monday, July 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/614364 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986739 | Warren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sciperio, Inc. (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Warren (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Robert L. Parkhill (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Robert L. Stewart (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Anatoly M. Kachurin (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Robert M. Taylor (Perkins, Oklahoma); Brian K. Hargrave (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Kenneth H. Church (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Michael N. Nguyen (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Mark L. Kargel (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Mark W. Simpkins (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an apparatus and methods for depositing materials on a substrate, and for performing other selected functions, such as material destruction and removal, temperature control, imaging, detection, therapy and positional and locational control. In various embodiments, the apparatus and methods are suitable for use in a tabletop setting, in vitro or in vivo. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/227146 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986840 | Fallis |
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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) | Kathleen A. Fallis (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for removing organolead compounds from aqueous and non-aqueous organolead compositions. The methods of the present invention include: providing aqueous or non-aqueous compositions including organolead compounds; ozonating the organolead compositions with ozone, wherein the organolead compounds are oxidized producing insoluble lead oxide polymers; contacting the aqueous or non-aqueous compositions including insoluble lead oxide polymers through activated carbon to remove the insoluble lead oxide polymers; filtering the aqueous or non-aqueous compositions including lead oxide polymers through at least one filtering means to remove the insoluble lead oxide polymers; and recovering the aqueous or non-aqueous compositions substantially free of organolead compounds and/or other unwanted contaminants or impurities. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/086730 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Mineral oils: Processes and products 28/251.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
06986943 — Surface modified particles by multi-step addition and process for the preparation thereof
| US 06986943 | Cook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Lee Cook (Lakewood, Colorado); Brian John Elliott (Superior, Colorado); Silvia DeVito Luebben (Golden, Colorado); Andrew William Myers (Arvada, Colorado); Bryan Matthew Smith (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new class of surface modified particles and to a multi-step surface modification process for the preparation of the same. The multi-step surface functionalization process involves two or more reactions to produce particles that are compatible with various host systems and/or to provide the particles with particular chemical reactivities. The initial step comprises the attachment of a small organic compound to the surface of the inorganic particle. The subsequent steps attach additional compounds to the previously attached organic compounds through organic linking groups. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171402 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986975 | Sreenivasan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas); Byung J. Choi (Round Rock, Texas); Matthew Colburn (Hopewell Junction, Connecticut); Todd Bailey (Fishkill, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a method of determining an alignment between a substrate and a template spaced-apart from the substrate and having a distance defined therebetween, the substrate having a first pattern disposed thereon and the template having a second pattern disposed thereon, the method including, sensing the first and the second pattern, with the distance being established such that the first and the second pattern form a desired moiré pattern when the template and the substrate are in a desired spatial relationship. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/818099 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986989 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanosphere, Inc. (Northbrook, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Robert L. Letsinger (Wilmette, Illinois); Robert C. Mucic (Glendale, California); James J. Storhoff (Evanston, Illinois); Robert Elghanian (Skokie, Illinois); Thomas A. Taton (Little Canada, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of detecting a nucleic acid. The methods comprise contacting the nucleic acid with one or more types of particles having oligonucleotides attached thereto. In one embodiment of the method, the oligonucleotides are attached to nanoparticles and have sequences complementary to portions of the sequence of the nucleic acid. A detectable change (preferably a color change) is brought about as a result of the hybridization of the oligonucleotides on the nanoparticles to the nucleic acid. The invention also provides compositions and kits comprising particles. The invention further provides methods of synthesizing unique nanoparticle-oligonucleotide conjugates, the conjugates produced by the methods, and methods of using the conjugates. In addition, the invention provides nanomaterials and nanostructures comprising nanoparticles and methods of nanofabrication utilizing nanoparticles. Finally, the invention provides a method of separating a selected nucleic acid from other nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/976863 |
| 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 06987050 | Cabral, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cyril Cabral, Jr. (Ossining, New York); Kevin Kok Chan (Staten Island, New York); Guy Moshe Cohen (Mohegan Lake, New York); Christian Lavoie (Ossining, New York); Ronnen Andrew Roy (Ossining, New York); Paul Michael Solomon (Yorktown Heights, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method (and resulting structure) for fabricating a silicide for a semiconductor device, includes depositing a metal or an alloy thereof on a silicon substrate, reacting the metal or the alloy to form a first silicide phase, etching any unreacted metal, depositing a silicon cap layer over the first silicide phase, reacting the silicon cap layer to form a second silicide phase, for the semiconductor device, and etching any unreacted silicon. The substrate can be either a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate or a bulk silicon substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/902483 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987176 | Guerry 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) | Patricia Guerry (Silver Spring, Maryland); Lanfong H. Lee (Silver Spring, Maryland); Edward Burg (Manassas, Virginia); Trevor J. Trust (Sherborn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention comprises a recombinant protein comprising the maltose binding protein (MBP) of Escherichia coli fused to amino acids 5–337 of the FlaA flagellin of Campylobacter coli VC167 which has provided evidence of immunogenicity and protective efficacy against challenge by a heterologous strain of campylobacter, Campylobacter jejuni 81–176 in mammals. The invention further comprises a recombinant DNA construct encoding the immunodominant region (region I through III) of flagellin from Campylobacter spp. for use as a component of a vaccine against Campylobacter diarrhea. The invention therefore represents an effective treatment against Campylobacter but avoids inducing the autoimmune Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS), a post-infection polyneuropathy caused by Campylobacter molecular mimicry of human gangliosides which has hampered the development of vaccines heretofore. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/439311 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987256 | English 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) | James E. English (Madison, Alabama); William C. Pittman (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An improvement in a semi-active laser last pulse logic missile seeker is disclosed and claimed. In one embodiment, the improvement includes a first polarizer disposed in the detection field of view of the PIN photodiode detector and a second polarizer disposed in the detection field of view of the staring imaging infrared focal plane array. Each of the first and second polarizers has an identically configured plurality of segments. Each segment allows transmission of a different polarization than other segments and is sized to completely cover the fields of view of both the PIN photodiode detector and the staring imaging infrared focal plane array. First and second actuators are connected to the first and second polarizers, respectively, to synchronously and simultaneously step identical and corresponding segments in a plurality of discrete steps within the fields of view in response to incoming temporal and spatial laser returns. |
| FILED | Monday, May 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/853748 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/203.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987307 | White et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George E. White (Marietta, Georgia); Madhavan Swaminathan (Marietta, Georgia); Venkatesh Sundaram (Norcross, Georgia); Sidharth Dalmia (Alpharetta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for low cost discrete inductor devices in an all organic platform. The inductor devices can utilize virtually any organic material that provides the desired properties, such as liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) or polyphenyl ether (PPE), in a multilayer structure, wherein the organic materials have low moisture uptake and good temperature stability. Each layer may be metalized and selectively interconnected by vias formed in respective layers so as to form winding or coiled inductors. The inductor devices may advantageously include external shielding formed by metalizing the side walls and top surface of the inductor devices on in-built shielding achieved by the utilization of the hybrid co-planar waveguide topologies. The inductor devices can be configured for either ball grid array (BGA)/chip scale package (CSP) or surface mount device (SMD) mounting to circuit boards. |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/405024 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/508 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987352 | Hofmann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Hofmann (Boise, Idaho); John K. Lee (Meridian, Idaho); David A. Cathey (Boise, Idaho); Glen E. Hush (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for stabilizing the threshold voltage in an active matrix field emission device is disclosed. The apparatus includes the formation of radiation-blocking elements between a cathodoluminescent display screen of the FED and semiconductor junctions formed on a baseplate of the FED. |
| FILED | Monday, July 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/191653 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987392 | Hernandez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arecio A. Hernandez (Melbourne, Florida); David George Hoyt (Satellite Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A test architecture performs calibration and site verification testing of the effectiveness of a radiation shielding structure within which electronic equipment is housed. An external subsystem is outside a shielding cabinet, and an internal subsystem resides with the electronic equipment within the shielded equipment housing proper. The external subsystem includes a host computer, which controls the operation of transmit and receive subsystems. An external receiver is selectively coupled by the host processor to either an RF receive antenna or to a current sense probe. All control signals from the external subsystem are conveyed into the shielded cabinet by way of fiber optic links, in order to preserve the shielding effectiveness of the cabinet. Having the source of test signals and its associated transmission antenna located within the shielded cabinet serves to minimize the impact of such signals on circuits within the environment outside the cabinet. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/839835 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/627 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987394 | Drost et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California); Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); Ivan E. Sutherland (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic circuit and method for measuring a capacitance. A signal generating mechanism generates a signal having a predefined frequency and predefined low and high voltage levels on one terminal of the capacitance. The other terminal of the capacitance is coupled to a switching mechanism. The switching mechanism is set to couple the other terminal of the capacitance to a first amplifier or a second amplifier for a portion of each signal cycle thereby full-wave rectifying a transient current flowing between the two terminals in the capacitance. Outputs of the first amplifier and the second amplifier are coupled to a current measurement mechanism for measuring the current. The capacitance is determined from the measured current. Several variations on this embodiment are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/879608 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/680 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987412 | Sutherland et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ivan E. Sutherland (Santa Monica, California); Robert J. Bosnyak (Tacoma, Washington); Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is presented for latching and amplifying a capacitively coupled inter-chip communication signal that operates by receiving an input signal on a capacitive receiver pad and feeding the input signal through an inverter to produce an output signal. The output signal is fed back through a weakened inverter to produce a feedback signal that is fed into an input of the inverter to form a latch for the input signal. The weakened inverter is biased to produce a feedback signal that swings between a high bias voltage, VH, and a low bias voltage, VL. VH is set slightly higher than the switching threshold of the inverter, and VL is set slightly lower than the switching threshold. This feedback signal causes the input signal to reside within a narrow voltage range near the switching threshold of the inverter, thereby making the inverter sensitive to small transitions in the input signal. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/816761 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987474 | Freeman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Q-Dot, Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven R. Freeman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Matthew O'Donnell (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Thomas E. Linnenbrink (Monument, Colorado); Marc A. Morin (Woodland Park, Colorado); Marshall K. Quick (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Charles S. Desilets (Edmonds, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are provided for reducing distortion in a dynamically delayed digital sample stream of an imaging system. The method includes the steps of delta-sigma modulating an input analog signal of the imaging system at a frequency above the Nyquist frequency of the input analog signal to generate a digital sample stream and changing a length of the sample stream to delay a portion of the sample stream while maintaining synchronism between a delta-sigma modulator and a demodulator of the system. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/973235 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/143 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987480 | Kotick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Kotick (Orlando, Florida); Sam T. Giambarberee (Orlando, Florida); John H. Allen (Winter Park, Florida); Jeffrey D. Meister (Titusville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An audio communications control system operates between multiple voice communications systems and a single headset worn by an operator accessing the multiple communications systems via voice transmission. The single headset includes a left speaker, a right speaker, and a microphone. The audio interface provides an electrical connection and operation with each of the voice communications systems, even though each may operate with differing equipment and signal processing. The audio interface switches discrete voice communications signals and routes them to one of the left speaker, the right speaker, and conversely from the microphone of the headset to any of selected systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 24, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/450640 |
| ART UNIT | 2663 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987492 | Buchanan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | L-3 Communications Corporation (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan McLean Buchanan (Sandy, Utah); Pamela Sue Silcox (Toelle, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an antenna assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises an antenna; and a positioner capable of assuming a tetrahedral shape connected to the antenna and mounted to an antenna mount pedestal. The positioner comprises a substantially flat base portion; and a triangular shaped antenna face bracket rotatably coupled to the base portion. The positioner further comprises an extendable, linear stiffening member connected between the base portion and the triangular shaped antenna face bracket; and an actuator to rotate the triangular shaped face bracket of the antenna assembly and form the positioner in combination with the linear stiffening member, triangular shaped antenna face bracket and base portion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/891900 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/882 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987707 | Feintuch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. Feintuch (San Dimas, California); Francis A. Reed (Anaheim Hills, California); Michael Cox (Corona, California); Ronald A. Borrell (Corona, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are presented for determining the detection and location of persons and objects using ultrasonic acoustic sensors. The system allows detection of stationary and moving persons and other objects, through atmospheric conditions, to a distance of at least 300 feet. The invention further provides for enhanced signal processing through the use of arrays of transmitters and receivers, where one or more transmitter arrays may be oriented substantially perpendicularly to one or more receiver arrays, allowing high directionality and good rejection of reverberations, background noise, clutter and objects not of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/712805 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — 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 367/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06988049 | Wirtz 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) | Michael Mathew Wirtz (Ridgecrest, California); Michael Robert Havlin (Ridgecrest, California); Diane Sue Tilley (Inyokern, California); Frank Joseph Modlinski (Ridgecrest, California); Michael David Thomas (Ridgecrest, California); Louis Christopher Miller (Ridgecrest, California); William Rodney Ditzler (Ridgecrest, California); James Edward McKnight (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the present invention utilizes the Reference Point Method (RPM). RPM generates a local magnetic declination variance that is exact for the location of the OP, utilizing an optical stereo imagery database. RPM functions to determine true geodetic coordinates of a target position not available to be displayed in an image database, such as, for example, movable equipment. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/816581 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/150 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06988058 | Sherwin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Stephen Sherwin (Goleta, California); Atac Imamoglu (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A quantum computer is proposed in which information is stored in the two lowest electronic states of doped quantum dots. Multiple quantum dots are located in a microcavity, and a pair of gates controls the energy levels in each quantum dot. A controlled NOT (CNOT) operations involving any pair of quantum dots can be effected by a sequence of gate voltage pulses which tune the quantum dot energy levels into resonance with frequencies of the cavity or a laser. The duration of a CNOT operation is estimated to be much shorter than the time for an electron to decohere by emitting an acoustic phonon. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/857822 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06986251 | Radcliff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UTC Power, LLC (South Windsor, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas D. Radcliff (Vernon, Connecticut); Duane McCormick (Colchester, Connecticut); Joost J. Brasz (Fayetteville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a waste heat recovery system wherein an organic rankine cycle system uses waste heat from the fluids of a reciprocating engine, provision is made to continue operation of the engine even during periods when the organic rankine cycle system is inoperative, by providing an auxiliary pump and a bypass for the refrigerant flow around the turbine. Provision is also made to divert the engine exhaust gases from the evaporator during such periods of operation. In one embodiment, the auxiliary pump is made to operate simultaneously with the primary pump during normal operations, thereby allowing the primary pump to operate at lower speeds with less likelihood of cavitation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/462855 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/651 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986281 | Hubbell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel M. Hubbell (Idaho Falls, Idaho); James B. Sisson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Annette L. Schafer (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Exfiltrometer apparatus includes a container for holding soil. A sample container for holding sample soil is positionable with respect to the container so that the sample soil contained in the sample container is in communication with soil contained in the container. A first tensiometer operatively associated with the sample container senses a surface water potential at about a surface of the sample soil contained in the sample container. A second tensiometer operatively associated with the sample container senses a first subsurface water potential below the surface of the sample soil. A water content sensor operatively associated with the sample container senses a water content in the sample soil. A water supply supplies water to the sample soil. A data logger operatively connected to the first and second tensiometers, and to the water content sensor receives and processes data provided by the first and second tensiometers and by the water content sensor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/883254 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/152.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986585 | Neil et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southeastern Univ. Research Assm (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Neil (Williamsburg, Virginia); John Wickham Rathke (Centerport, New York); Thomas John Schultheiss (Commack, New York); Michelle D. Shinn (Newport News, Virginia); Lawrence A. Dillon-Townes (Newport News, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A controlled radius of curvature mirror assembly comprising: a distortable mirror having a reflective surface and a rear surface; and in descending order from the rear surface; a counter-distortion plate; a flow diverter having a flow diverter aperture at the center thereof; a flow return plate having a flow return aperture at the center thereof; a thermal isolation plate having a thermal isolation plate aperture at the center thereof and a flexible heater having a rear surface and a flexible heater aperture at the center thereof; a double walled tube defining a coolant feed chamber and a coolant return chamber; said coolant feed chamber extending to and through the flow diverter aperture and terminating at the counter-distortion plate and the coolant return chamber extending to and through the thermal isolation backplate and terminating at the flow diverter; and a coolant feed and a coolant return exit at the rear of said flexible heater. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/978887 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/845 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986650 | West |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip B. West (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus suitable for coupling seismic or other downhole sensors to a borehole wall in high temperature and pressure environments. In one embodiment, one or more metal bellows mounted to a sensor module are inflated to clamp the sensor module within the borehole and couple an associated seismic sensor to a borehole wall. Once the sensing operation is complete, the bellows are deflated and the sensor module is unclamped by deflation of the metal bellows. In a further embodiment, a magnetic drive pump in a pump module is used to supply fluid pressure for inflating the metal bellows using borehole fluid or fluid from a reservoir. The pump includes a magnetic drive motor configured with a rotor assembly to be exposed to borehole fluid pressure including a rotatable armature for driving an impeller and an associated coil under control of electronics isolated from borehole pressure. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/989876 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/423.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986797 | Clawson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nuvera Fuel Cells Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence G. Clawson (Dover, Massachusetts); Matthew H. Dorson (Arlington, Massachusetts); William L. Mitchell (Belmont, Massachusetts); Brian J. Nowicki (Medford, Massachusetts); Jeffrey M. Bentley (Westford, Massachusetts); Robert Davis (Bucks, United Kingdom); Jennifer W. Rumsey (Greenwood, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An auxiliary reactor for use with a reformer reactor having at least one reaction zone, and including a burner for burning fuel and creating a heated auxiliary reactor gas stream, and heat exchanger for transferring heat from auxiliary reactor gas stream and heat transfer medium, preferably two-phase water, to reformer reaction zone. Auxiliary reactor may include first cylindrical wall defining a chamber for burning fuel and creating a heated auxiliary reactor gas stream, the chamber having an inlet end, an outlet end, a second cylindrical wall surrounding first wall and a second annular chamber there between. The reactor being configured so heated auxiliary reactor gas flows out the outlet end and into and through second annular chamber and conduit which is disposed in second annular chamber, the conduit adapted to carry heat transfer medium and being connectable to reformer reaction zone for additional heat exchange. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 02, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/565288 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/102.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986818 | Tillotson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Tillotson (Tracy, California); Randall L. Simpson (Livermore, California); Lawrence W. Hrubesh (Pleasanton, California); Alexander Gash (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic route for producing nanostructure metal-oxide-based materials using sol-gel processing. This procedure employs the use of stable and inexpensive hydrated-metal inorganic salts and environmentally friendly solvents such as water and ethanol. The synthesis involves the dissolution of the metal salt in a solvent followed by the addition of a proton scavenger, which induces gel formation in a timely manner. Both critical point (supercritical extraction) and atmospheric (low temperature evaporation) drying may be employed to produce monolithic aerogels and xerogels, respectively. Using this method synthesis of metal-oxide nanostructured materials have been carried out using inorganic salts, such as of Fe3+, Cr3+, Al3+, Ga3+, In3+, Hf4+, Sn4+, Zr4+, Nb5+, W6+, Pr3+, Er3+, Nd3+, Ce3+, U3+ and Y3+. The process is general and nanostructured metal-oxides from the following elements of the periodic table can be made: Groups 2 through 13, part of Group 14 (germanium, tin, lead), part of Group 15 (antimony, bismuth), part of Group 16 (polonium), and the lanthanides and actinides. The sol-gel processing allows for the addition of insoluble materials (e.g., metals or polymers) to the viscous sol, just before gelation, to produce a uniformly distributed nanocomposites upon gelation. As an example, energetic nanocomposites of FexOy gel with distributed Al metal are readily made. The compositions are stable, safe, and can be readily ignited to thermitic reaction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/981076 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/19.920 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986819 | Tillotson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas M. Tillotson (Tracy, California); Randall L. Simpson (Livermore, California); Lawrence W. Hrubesh (Pleasanton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing energetic metal-oxide-based energetic materials using sol-gel chemistry has been invented. The wet chemical sol-gel processing provides an improvement in both safety and performance. Essentially, a metal-oxide oxidizer skeletal structure is prepared from hydrolyzable metals (metal salts or metal alkoxides) with fuel added to the sol prior to gelation or synthesized within the porosity metal-oxide gel matrix. With metal salt precursors a proton scavenger is used to destabilize the sol and induce gelation. With metal alkoxide precursors standard well-known sol-gel hydrolysis and condensation reactions are used. Drying is done by standard sol-gel practices, either by a slow evaporation of the liquid residing within the pores to produce a high density solid nanocomposite, or by supercritical extraction to produce a lower density, high porous nanocomposite. Other ingredients may be added to this basic nanostructure to change physical and chemical properties, which include organic constituents for binders or gas generators during reactions, burn rate modifiers, or spectral emitters. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/422488 |
| 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 149/109.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
06986943 — Surface modified particles by multi-step addition and process for the preparation thereof
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Lee Cook (Lakewood, Colorado); Brian John Elliott (Superior, Colorado); Silvia DeVito Luebben (Golden, Colorado); Andrew William Myers (Arvada, Colorado); Bryan Matthew Smith (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new class of surface modified particles and to a multi-step surface modification process for the preparation of the same. The multi-step surface functionalization process involves two or more reactions to produce particles that are compatible with various host systems and/or to provide the particles with particular chemical reactivities. The initial step comprises the attachment of a small organic compound to the surface of the inorganic particle. The subsequent steps attach additional compounds to the previously attached organic compounds through organic linking groups. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171402 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986961 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaoming Ren (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Shimshon Gottesfeld (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell stack has a plurality of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) where each PEFC includes a rectangular membrane electrode assembly (MEA) having a fuel flow field along a first axis and an air flow field along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, where the fuel flow field is long relative to the air flow field. A cathode air flow field in each PEFC has air flow channels for air flow parallel to the second axis and that directly open to atmospheric air for air diffusion within the channels into contact with the MEA. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/119892 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986963 | Evans et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara R. Evans (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Hugh M. O'Neill (Knoxville, Tennessee); Valerie Malyvanh Jansen (Memphis, Tennessee); Jonathan Woodward (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The employment of metallized bacterial cellulose in the construction of fuel cells and other electronic devices is disclosed. The fuel cell includes an electrolyte membrane comprising a membrane support structure comprising bacterial cellulose, an anode disposed on one side of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode disposed on an opposite side of the electrolyte membrane. At least one of the anode and the cathode comprises an electrode support structure comprising bacterial cellulose, and a catalyst disposed in or on the electrode support structure. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/017202 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/42 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987170 | Silverman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heather G. Silverman (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Francisco F. Roberto (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises a Mytilus edulis cDNA sequenc having a nucleotide sequence that encodes for the Mytilus edulis foot protein-1 (Mefp-1), an example of a mollusk foot protein. Mefp-1 is an integral component of the blue mussels' adhesive protein complex, which allows the mussel to attach to objects underwater. The isolation, purification and sequencing of the Mefp-1 gene will allow researchers to produce Mefp-1 protein using genetic engineering techniques. The discovery of Mefp-1 gene sequence will also allow scientists to better understand how the blue mussel creates its waterproof adhesive protein complex. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/915161 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987361 | Lewellen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Lewellen (Plainfield, Illinois); John Noonan (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel method of gating electron emission from field-emitter cathodes for radio frequency (RF) electrode guns and a novel cathode that provides a focused electron beam without the need for magnetic fields or a curved cathode surface are provided. The phase and strength of a predefined harmonic field, such as the 3rd harmonic field, are adjusted relative to a fundamental field to cause a field emission cathode to emit electrons at predefined times for the generation of high-brightness electron beams. The emission time is gated responsive to the combined harmonic and fundamental fields and the response of the FE cathode to the combined fields. A planar focusing cathode includes a selected dielectric material, such as a ceramic material, to provide an electron beam emission surface. Metal surfaces are provided both radially around and behind the dielectric material to shape the electric fields that accelerate and guide the beam from the cathode surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/887142 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/5.350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987386 | Vail, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Western Atlas International, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Banning Vail, III (Bothell, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Geological formation resistivity is determined. Circuitry is located within the borehole casing that is adjacent to the geological formation. The circuitry can measure one or more voltages across two or more voltage measurement electrodes associated with the borehole casing. The measured voltages are used by a processor to determine the resistivity of the geological formation. A common mode signal can also be reduced using the circuitry. |
| FILED | Friday, November 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/286242 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/368 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Livingston (Brookline, Massachusetts); Andrew L. Kung (Roslindale, Massachusetts); Shoumo Bhattacharya (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for identifying compounds that can be used to modify transcriptional responses to hypoxia, and use of such compounds in therapeutic and diagnostic methods. |
| FILED | Friday, June 02, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/009584 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06986989 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanosphere, Inc. (Northbrook, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Robert L. Letsinger (Wilmette, Illinois); Robert C. Mucic (Glendale, California); James J. Storhoff (Evanston, Illinois); Robert Elghanian (Skokie, Illinois); Thomas A. Taton (Little Canada, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of detecting a nucleic acid. The methods comprise contacting the nucleic acid with one or more types of particles having oligonucleotides attached thereto. In one embodiment of the method, the oligonucleotides are attached to nanoparticles and have sequences complementary to portions of the sequence of the nucleic acid. A detectable change (preferably a color change) is brought about as a result of the hybridization of the oligonucleotides on the nanoparticles to the nucleic acid. The invention also provides compositions and kits comprising particles. The invention further provides methods of synthesizing unique nanoparticle-oligonucleotide conjugates, the conjugates produced by the methods, and methods of using the conjugates. In addition, the invention provides nanomaterials and nanostructures comprising nanoparticles and methods of nanofabrication utilizing nanoparticles. Finally, the invention provides a method of separating a selected nucleic acid from other nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/976863 |
| 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 06987004 | Kawasaki et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hiroaki Kawasaki (Higashi-Ku, Japan); Ann Graybiel (Lincoln, Massachusetts); David Housman (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes the identification, isolation, sequencing and characterization of two human CalDAG-GEF, and two human cAMP-GEF genes, which are associated with the Ras pathway. Also identified are CalDAG-GEF gene homologues in mice and cAMP-GEF gene homologues in rats. Nucleic acids and proteins comprising or derived from the CalDAG-GEFs and/or cAMP-GEFs are useful in screening and diagnosing certain Ras-associated cancers, in identifying and developing therapeutics for treatment of certain Ras-associated cancers, and in producing cell lines and transgenic animals useful as models of Ras-associated cancers. |
| FILED | Friday, October 22, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/422999 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987091 | Schramm et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vern L. Schramm (New Rochelle, New York); Jef D. Boeke (Baltimore, Maryland); Anthony Sauvé (Bronx, New York); Ivana Celic (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel compound, 2′/3′-O-acetyl-ADP-ribose, is provided. The compound is a mixture of the 2′ and 3′ regioisomers of O-acetyl-ADP ribose, and is formed nonenzymatically from 2′-O-acetyl-ADP-ribose, which is the newly discovered product of the reaction of Sir2 enzymes with acetylated peptides and NAD+. Analogs of 2′/3′-O-acetyl-ADP-ribose are also provided. Additionally, methods of preparing 2′/3′-O-acetyl-ADP-ribose, methods of determining whether a test compound is an inhibitor of a Sir2 enzyme, methods of detecting Sir2 activity in a composition, methods of deacetylating an acetylated peptide, and methods of inhibiting the deacetylation of an acetylated peptide are provided. Prodrugs of 2′/3′-O-acetyl-ADP-ribose are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/301514 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987096 | Boyd 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) | Michael R. Boyd (Ijamsville, Maryland); Kirk R. Gustafson (Frederick, Maryland); Robert H. Shoemaker (Frederick, Maryland); James B. McMahon (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides antiviral proteins (collectively referred to as cyanovirins), conjugates thereof, DNA sequences encoding such agents, host cells containing such DNA sequences, antibodies directed to such agents, compositions comprising such agents, and methods of obtaining and using such agents. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/969689 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987132 | Zaleski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Research and Technology Institute, Inc. (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Zaleski (Bloomington, Indiana); Diwan Singh Rawat (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel tetradentate enediyne ligands that are themselves thermally stable, yet react at about room temperature or slightly higher upon addition of metal ions or under photothermal conditions. In another aspect of the invention, a method of treating a disorder in a mammal comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound or composition is provided. In addition, the free ligand can be delivered to the mammal prior to complexation to metals, such that the ligand is exposed to a metal in the body and forms a metal complex in vivo. Furthermore, a metal complex of the invention can be administered to the mammal such that the complex exchanges the first metal center with another endogenous metal in order to form a second metal complex in vivo. The second metal complex is capable of forming a benzenoid diradical under physiological conditions and/or under photothermal conditions. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/268172 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/646 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987166 | Ward et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the Univeristy of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter A. Ward (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Markus Huber-Lang (South Lyon, Michigan); Vidya Sarma (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Boris Czermak (Frieburg, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention and treatment of blood-borne and toxin mediated diseases, and in particular anti-C5a antibodies for the prevention and treatment of sepsis in humans as well as other animals. The present invention also relates to methods of generating anti-C5a antibodies employing C-terminal truncated C5a peptides. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/878603 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/328 |
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| US 06987169 | Adelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health Sciences University (Portland, Oregon); Icagen, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Adelman (Portland, Oregon); James Maylie (Portland, Oregon); Chris T. Bond (Portland, Oregon); Christopher P. Silvia (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to small and intermediate conductance, calcium-activated potassium channel proteins. More specifically, the invention relates to compositions and methods for making and detecting calcium-activated potassium channel proteins and the nucleic acids encoding calcium-activated potassium channel proteins. The invention also provides methods and compositions for assaying compounds which increase or decrease potassium ion flux through a calcium-activated potassium channel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/116561 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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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) | Sriram Subramaniam (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes methods for automating acquisition of electron microscopic images. Methods use in the invention include development of search algorithms, including spiral search algorithms for the automated determination of areas suitable for imaging in vitrified specimens at liquid nitrogen temperatures, development of criteria to image areas that meet user-specific needs for the thickness of vitreous ice in which the proteins are embedded, automated setting of key imaging parameters such as extent of defocus and magnification required for recording images, automated assessment of most suitable conditions such as thermal and mechanical stability of specimen stage immediately before recording of the image, recording a “low-dose” image of radiation sensitive biological specimens by carrying out all of the setting and assessment steps on an area immediately adjacent to the area of interest, thereby avoiding pre-exposure of the final imaged area to electrons, creation of a seamless interface to transfer the images recorded on a CCD camera directly to computers capable of processing the recorded images, and carrying out the entire process of data collection from a remote computer either within the network, or connected to the network through a telephone modem from any remote location. |
| FILED | Monday, April 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/475821 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/311 |
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| US 06987836 | Tang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Creatv Microtech, Inc. (Potomac, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cha-Mei Tang (Potomac, Maryland); Olga V. Makarova (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Grids and collimators, for use with electromagnetic energy emitting devices, include at least a metal layer that is formed, for example, by electroplating/electroforming or casting. The metal layer includes top and bottom surfaces, and a plurality of solid integrated walls. Each of the solid integrated walls extends from the top to bottom surface and has a plurality of side surfaces. The side surfaces of the solid integrated walls are arranged to define a plurality of openings extending entirely through the layer. At least some of the walls also can include projections extending into the respective openings formed by the walls. The projections can be of various shapes and sizes, and are arranged so that a total amount of wall material intersected by a line propagating in a direction along an edge of the grid is substantially the same as another total amount of wall material intersected by another line propagating in another direction substantially parallel to the edge of the grid at any distance from the edge. Methods to fabricate these grids using copper, lead, nickel, gold, any other electroplating/electroforming materials or low melting temperature metals are described. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/060399 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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06986943 — Surface modified particles by multi-step addition and process for the preparation thereof
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Lee Cook (Lakewood, Colorado); Brian John Elliott (Superior, Colorado); Silvia DeVito Luebben (Golden, Colorado); Andrew William Myers (Arvada, Colorado); Bryan Matthew Smith (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a new class of surface modified particles and to a multi-step surface modification process for the preparation of the same. The multi-step surface functionalization process involves two or more reactions to produce particles that are compatible with various host systems and/or to provide the particles with particular chemical reactivities. The initial step comprises the attachment of a small organic compound to the surface of the inorganic particle. The subsequent steps attach additional compounds to the previously attached organic compounds through organic linking groups. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171402 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987154 | Choi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tae-Lim Choi (Pasadena, California); Choon Woo Lee (Pasadena, California); Isaac M. Rutenberg (Pasadena, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to synthetic procedures that include the step of ring-opening metathesis of cyclic olefins and reaction with an acyclic diene co-reactant to produce regularly repeating A,B-alternating olefin polymers. The A,B-alternating polymers are produced by varying reaction conditions and/or reactant proportions and using only two types of olefin metathesis (ring-opening and cross) to provide regularly repeating ABAB . . . etc. polymers via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). More particularly, the invention pertains to synthesis of A,B-alternating olefin polymers via olefin metathesis reactions using a Group 8 transition metal complex as the metathesis catalyst. Polymers provided herein have utility in a variety of fields, including not only polymer chemistry per se, but also in the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and packaging industries where the structure and properties of polymers need to be tightly controlled. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/371195 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/161 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987214 | Yanofsky |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin F. Yanofsky (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a transgenic plant characterized by suppressed flowering. The transgenic plant contains a nucleic acid molecule including a floral organ selective regulatory element operatively linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a cytotoxic gene product, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is heritable by progeny thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/869582 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987215 | Maliga et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pal Maliga (East Brunswick, New Jersey); Hiroshi Kuroda (Highland Park, New Jersey); Muhammad Sarwar Khan (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | DNA constructs containing translational control elements are provided. These 5′ regulatory segments facilitate high level expression of transgenes introduced into the plastids of higher plants. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 03, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/762105 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/298 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987286 | McGill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa McGill (Quincy, Massachusetts); Eugene A. Fitzgerald (Windham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A light-emitter structure is provided. The light emitter structure includes a platform. An Inx(AlyGa1-y)1-xP lower clad region is formed on the platform and has a lattice constant between approximately 5.49 Å and 5.62 Å. A strained quantum-well active region is formed on the lower clad region. An Inx(AlyGa1-y)1-xP upper clad region is formed on the strained quantum well active region. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632442 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/97 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987353 | Menkara et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Phosphortech Corporation (Alpharetta, 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: described by the formula: ZnSxSey:Cu,A in which x and y are each independently any value between 0 and about 1, subject to the proviso that the sum of x and y is equal to any number in the range of between about 0.75 and about 1.25; wherein A is optional and comprises at least one additional element selected from the group consisting of: Ag, Al, Ce, Tb, Cl, I, Mg, and Mn, including mixtures thereof, and wherein Cu is present in any amount between about 0.0001% and about 5% in mole percent based on the total molar weight of said composition. 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, September 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/661931 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/503 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06987023 | DeAngelis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul DeAngelis (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a nucleic acid segment having a coding region segment encoding enzymatically active Pasturella multocida hyaluronate synthase (PmHAS), and to the use of this nucleic acid segment in the preparation of recombinant cells which produce hyaluronate synthase and its hyaluronic acid product. Hyaluronate is also known as hyaluronic acid or hyaluronan. The present invention also relates to the use of the PmHAS in constructing “knock-out” mutant strains of P. multocida for use in vaccinations. The present invention further relates to the use of the PmHAS in diagnostic tests in the field determinations of livestock P. multocida infection. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/217613 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987125 | Guthrie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Najla Guthrie (London, Canada); Elzbieta Maria Kurowska (Ontario, Canada); John A. Manthey (Auburndale, Florida); Sylvia Horowitz (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for the treatment, reduction and/or prevention of cardiovascular diseases and disorders are described. Individuals at high risk for developing or having cardiovascular disease or disorder may be treated with an effective dose of a polymethoxyflavone including limocitrin derivatives, quercetin derivatives, naturally occurring polymethoxyflavones, tocotrienols, and mixtures of these compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, March 17, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/528488 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 06987253 | Bedingham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Bedingham (Woodbury, Minnesota); Raj Rajagopal (Woodbury, Minnesota); Barry W. Robole (Woodville, Wisconsin); Kannan Seshadri (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices, systems, and methods for processing sample materials. The sample materials may be located in a plurality of process chambers in the device, which is rotated during heating of the sample materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/840766 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/752 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987791 | Kim |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Finisar Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin K. Kim (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Long-wavelength VCSELs having top DBR mirrors with multiple levels. The individual levels of the DBR are comprised of different materials. The top DBR mirror level(s) forms a pillar structure and/or are defined by trenches. Top contacts are formed on the top DBR mirror below that mirror's top level. An aperture is formed in one of the DBR layers. An ion implanted region is formed in the top DBR and may extend into the active region and into part of a bottom DBR. The top DBRs are beneficially fabricated by etching parts of upper level(s) down to the lower level(s). |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/283298 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/96 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06987360 | Caplan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | “Calabazas Creek Research, Inc” (Saratoga, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malcolm Caplan (Fremont, California); Danilo Radovich (Long Beach, California); Carol L. Kory (Westlake, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A slow wave structure for coupling RF energy with an electron beam comprises a co-propagating RF section including a plurality of pins having a uniform separation from the plane of an electron beam axis. An output aperture is positioned a half wavelength from a reflection section comprising a change in depth of the pintles, such that RF energy reflected by the change in pintle depth is added to the RF energy traveling with the electron beam. One or more rows of pintles are removed in the region of the output aperture to enhance coupling to the output aperture. The device may include a beam shaper for shaping the electron beam to surround the pintles, and the beam shaper and pintles may share common channels which are longitudinal to the electron beam axis. The slow wave structure may operate in forward and backward wave modes, and may be used in conjunction with other structures to form amplifiers and oscillators. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/814669 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/3.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06987914 | Savchenkov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anatoliy Savchenkov (La Crescenta, California); Vladimir Ilchenko (La Canada, California); Lutfollah Maleki (Pasadena, California); Timothy A. Handley (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical filters having at least two coupled whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) optical resonators to produce a second order or higher order filter function with a desired spectral profile. At least one of the coupled WGM optical resonators may be tunable by a control signal to adjust the filtering function. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/702201 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 06986844 | Barss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bend Research, Inc. (Bend, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert P. Barss (Bend, Oregon); Dwayne T. Friesen (Bend, Oregon); Scott B. McCray (Bend, Oregon); Kendall R. Pearson (Bend, Oregon); Roderick J. Ray (Bend, Oregon); Delores R. Sidwell (Westfir, Oregon); James B. West (Bend, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Solvent-resistant polybenzimidazole membranes, methods of making them and crosslinking them and composite membranes and hollow fiber membrane modules from them are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/607722 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/321.890 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 06987492 | Buchanan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | L-3 Communications Corporation (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan McLean Buchanan (Sandy, Utah); Pamela Sue Silcox (Toelle, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an antenna assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises an antenna; and a positioner capable of assuming a tetrahedral shape connected to the antenna and mounted to an antenna mount pedestal. The positioner comprises a substantially flat base portion; and a triangular shaped antenna face bracket rotatably coupled to the base portion. The positioner further comprises an extendable, linear stiffening member connected between the base portion and the triangular shaped antenna face bracket; and an actuator to rotate the triangular shaped face bracket of the antenna assembly and form the positioner in combination with the linear stiffening member, triangular shaped antenna face bracket and base portion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/891900 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/882 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 06986481 | Fanucci et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kazak Composites, Incorporated (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome P. Fanucci (Lexington, Massachusetts); Michael J. King (Topsfield, Massachusetts); David P. Maass (Guilford, Connecticut); Pavel Bystricky (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An extendable wing system for a fluid-born body has a forward wing and an aft wing pivotably coupled together at a location outward of their wing roots. A linkage mechanism mounted on the body provides both pivoting of the wing roots about a pivot point and translation of the wing roots and their pivot points to extend the joined wings from a stowed position to a deployed position. Translation of the forward wing root pivot point allows the stowed wing system to occupy additional space toward the nose of the body, thereby allowing use of wings having a longer wingspan and greater aspect ratio. The linkage mechanism can also be used to incorporate flight control, such as roll and pitch control, directly into the wing system. In another embodiment, the wings can incorporate actuator elements on or within the wings to effect flight control by deformation of the wing structure. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/698580 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06986544 | Wood |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Richard M. Wood (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method and device for the reduction of aerodynamic drag and for improved performance of multiple component vehicles by reducing the pressure on the front face of the trailing vehicle or vehicle component by controlling the flow in the gap between the leading vehicle component and the trailing vehicle component. An improved method and device for generating a reduction in the drag force on a bluff face object moving through air. The apparatus consist of a plurality of forward extending surfaces that are positioned adjacent to one another on the forward facing surface of a bluff face object and are aligned parallel to the object center line and perpendicular to the local flow direction. The reduction in drag force results from the summation of a plurality of local reductions in drag force generated by the interaction of vortex structures emanating from the leading edges of the plurality of forward extending surfaces with the forward facing surface of a blunt face object. The objects and advantages also extend to other applications in which an object or vehicle is moving through either a gas or fluid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/914672 |
| ART UNIT | 3612 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Land vehicles: Bodies and tops 296/180.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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