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Patent Details for Tuesday, February 07, 2006
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| US 06993971 | Bossi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard H. Bossi (Renton, Washington); Martin Freet (Federal Way, Washington); Gary E. Georgeson (Federal Way, Washington); Stanley W. Richardson (Bothell, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided an ultrasonic inspection device that provides a locking mechanism for inspecting components at preset angles. The inspection device can inspect a component along an arc by inspecting the component at each preset angle, which provides complete and repeatable inspection results. The inspection device comprises a housing with a channel for the passage of an ultrasonic signal and an ultrasonic transducer to transmit and receive the ultrasonic signals. The housing also includes a rotating reflector to reflect the ultrasonic signal. Using a handle on the housing rotatably attached to the rotating reflector, a technician can rotatably position and lock the rotating reflector at a preset angle. The rotating reflector can be rotatably locked by a spring-loaded ball that is selectively received in detents defined by the rotating reflector or handle. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/734452 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/620 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994048 | Jennings |
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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) | Nyal Jennings (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A barrier for small boats has a plurality of flotation modules on lines extending across a waterway. The flotation modules are cast from a buoyant concrete mixture of cement, water, beaded forms of expanded polystyrene, and polypropylene fibers that is non-water-absorbing, crushable, not susceptible to failure in shear, and has a density lighter than water. The mixture can have cement with the beads in a ratio of about 1:3.5 by volume, the water with the cement in a ratio of about 0.5 (1:2) by weight and the fibers with the cement in a ratio of about 1:141 by weight. Lines pass thru the flotation modules and slip upon impact of a flotation module by a speeding boat, and the buoyant concrete mixture crushes to absorb some energy of the impact. The barrier is relatively low cost, can be made next to a waterway from readily available materials by unskilled workers and is deployed in a minimum amount of time. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/843647 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/266 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994762 | Clingman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan J. Clingman (Auburn, Washington); A. Dean Jacot (Kent, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A single crystal piezo (SCP) apparatus and method of forming same. The apparatus is ideally suited for actuator and energy harvesting applications. The apparatus includes an SCP layer bonded to a surface of a flexible metal layer while the metal layer is held flattened within a press or other tool. Once the bonding process is complete, the metal layer imparts a compressive strain to the SCP layer bonded thereto. A layer of uniaxial graphite may also be bonded to the SCP layer to eliminate the poison's ratio tension that would otherwise be created in the SCP layer. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/361533 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994859 | Singh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Shashi Kant Sharma (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated, biologically active 33 kDa hemagglutinin purified from the type A Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin complex and its uses are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 11, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/546727 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/247.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994885 | Pong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard G. S. Pong (Silver Spring, Maryland); Steven R. Flom (Temple Hills, Maryland); James S. Shirk (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an optical filter comprising: a. an organic, solar blind filter dye; and b. a UV-transparent, non-scattering and chemically stable substrate. The substrate may be a UV-transparent nanoporous silica glass solid having pores that are substantially filled with a UV-transparent solvent, which has been selected to dissolve said dye and also to match the refractive index of the nanoporous silica glass solid. Alternatively, the substrate may be a UV-transparent inorganic salt compressed to form a solid body. The invention also provides for methods of making these embodiments and an optical device comprising such an optical filter. The filter provides an efficient solar blind filter that is chemically and dimensionally stable. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/979853 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994934 | Stanish 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) | Ivan Stanish (Alexandria, Virginia); Alok Singh (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A galvanic cell having a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte. The cathode and anode each have vesicles, an electroactive species encapsulated into the vesicles, a conducting substrate, and functionalized tethers immobilizing the vesicles to the substrates. The electrolyte is in contact with both conducting substrates. At least some of the vesicles contain benzoquinone and/or hydroquinone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/644558 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994979 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Reed (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Xiao-kun Zhang (San Diego, California); Bin Guo (Fargo, North Dakota); Bingzhen Lin (La Jolla, California); Siva Kumar Kolluri (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds that modulate the function of anti-apoptotic proteins such as Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL are identified. These compounds have the ability to convert the activity of Bcl-2-family member proteins from anti-apoptotic to pro-apoptotic. Methods for inducing apoptosis are described, together with methods for identifying molecules that induce apoptosis through interaction with Bcl-2-family members. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/735418 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995076 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kang L. Wang (Santa Monica, California); Jianlin Liu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A metallic surfactant, e.g., Sb, Bi, As, or atomic hydrogen is used to grow a high quality, relaxed, relatively thin SiGe buffer having a very smooth surface and a very low threading dislocation density, on which high-quality films are epitaxially grown for various applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/947774 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/478 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995147 | Escher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan P. Escher (Redlands, California); Jingxue Liu (Concord, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for preventing, delaying the onset of or treating diabetes in a patient comprising selecting a patient who is susceptible to developing diabetes, who is developing diabetes or who is diabetic and administering to the patient one or more than one dose of a pharmaceutical agent comprising a polynucleotide encoding a secreted exogenous protein, such as a secreted luciferase or a secreted form of human glutamic acid decarboxylase. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/257221 |
| 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 06995359 | Hillenbrand 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) | Eric A. Hillenbrand (Evansville, Indiana); Roy Luoma (Fallbrook, California); R. Kyle Webb (Escondido, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A calibration method for radiometric imaging systems that relies on an absolute measurement of scene radiance (thereby requiring a baseline measurement of zero radiance), and a shutter assembly for taking the baseline measurement of zero radiance which is operable under cryogenic temperatures as low as 80.5K (−192.65° C.) in vacuums measuring <10−6 torr (mm Hg). The shutter assembly generally includes an actuator and a shutter mechanism. The actuator is preferably a miniature solenoid assembly capable of operation in extreme environments (e.g. vacuums of <10−6 torr, temperatures below 90K). The shutter mechanism preferably includes a single shutter blade and is also capable of operation when subjected to extreme environments. The method of using the shutter assembly provides a zero radiance reference measurement for an infrared imaging system, thereby providing a basis upon which absolute scene radiance may be determined. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/457035 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/252.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995404 | Franson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Franson (Ellicott City, Maryland); Bryan C. Jacobs (Sykesville, Maryland); Todd B. Pittman (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided that use the quantum Zeno effect to implement practical devices that use single photons as the qubits for quantum information processing. In the quantum Zeno effect, a randomly-occurring event is suppressed by frequent measurements to determine whether the event has occurred. The same results can be obtained by using atoms or molecules or ions to react to the occurrence of the event. Techniques include directing one or more input qubits onto a device and applying a quantum Zeno effect in the device. The quantum Zeno effect is applied by consuming one or more photons in the device under conditions in which photons, that would otherwise be output by the device, do not represent a result of a particular quantum information processing operation. Devices implemented using the quantum Zeno effect can operate with low error rates without the need for high efficiency detectors and large number of ancilla. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/879853 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995445 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Barry P. Rand (Princeton, New Jersey); Michael J. Lange (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices and methods of use for determining the position of a light source. Provided is an organic position sensitive detector (OPSD) comprising: a first electrode, which is resistive and may be either an anode or a cathode; a first contact in electrical contact with the first electrode; a second contact in electrical contact with the first electrode; a second electrode disposed near the first electrode; a donor semiconductive organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an acceptor semiconductive organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and adjacent to the donor semiconductive organic layer. A hetero-junction is located between the donor layer and the acceptor layer, and at least one of the donor layer and the acceptor layer is light absorbing. The OPSD has an optical beam spatial resolution of 20 μm and measurements are insensitive to fluctuations in incident light beam intensity and background illumination. The response of the OPSD shows high linearity, low positional error, high spatial resolution, and good beam tracking velocity. The OPSDs exhibited linearities and positional uncertainties of <1%. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/607211 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/448 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995496 | Hagood, IV et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Continuum Photonics, Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nesbitt W. Hagood, IV (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Kaymar Ghandi (Arlington, Massachusetts); Jonathan R. Leehey (Wayland, Massachusetts); Aaron A. Bent (Wayland, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of extracting power includes coupling a transducer that converts mechanical power to electrical power to a disturbance; coupling an electrical circuit to the transducer such that a peak voltage experienced by the transducer is greater than two times higher than any peak voltage of an open circuit transducer due to the disturbance alone; extracting power from the transducer using the electrical circuit, and storing extracted power. Power is extracted from the transducer and applied to the transducer during different intervals in the course of the disturbance. A system for extracting power includes a transducer, an electrical circuit, and a storage element for storing extracted power. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 01, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/584881 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/317 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995504 | Cathey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Cathey (Boise, Idaho); James J. Alwan (Ramonda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed method for forming a field emission display includes forming a cathode and an anode, forming a plurality of photoresist posts over the cathode, and coating the posts with a coating material. The coating material forms sidewalls around the posts. The photoresist posts may then be removed from within the sidewalls. The anode may then be fitted onto the sidewalls so that the sidewalls function as spacers in the field emission display. |
| FILED | Monday, December 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/320238 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995515 | Rostoker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman Rostoker (Irvine, California); Michl Binderbauer (Irvine, California); Artan Qerushi (Irvine, California); Hooshang Tahsiri (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained electrostatically in a deep energy well, created by tuning an externally applied magnetic field. The simultaneous electrostatic confinement of electrons and magnetic confinement of ions avoids anomalous transport and facilitates classical containment of both electrons and ions. In this configuration, ions and electrons may have adequate density and temperature so that upon collisions they are fused together by nuclear force, thus releasing fusion energy. Moreover, the fusion fuel plasmas that can be used with the present confinement system and method are not limited to neutronic fuels only, but also advantageously include advanced fuels. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/799530 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995642 | Leupold |
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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) | Herbert A. Leupold (Eatontown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic field structures composed of stacked magnetic laminae that are magnetically oriented perpendicular to their planes and configured to cause a volume charge density and cancel the field effects of unwanted surface negative charges are provided. This arrangement causes a uniform volume magnetic charge density, which results in a magnetic field normal to the laminae. The stacked magnetic laminae magnetic field structures cancel the field effects of the deleterious unwanted surface charges because these surface charges are so situated that their contributions to the internal magnetic field mutually cancel each other, and thus they are no longer detrimental to the magnetic field created by the volume charge density. One embodiment provides a planar-spherical magnetic field gradient source structure. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/193985 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995660 | Yannone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Yannone (Nashua, New Hampshire); Howard B. Partin (Hollis, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A decision aid for use in the defense of a combat ground vehicle which includes a track fusion element, a threat typing element, threat prioritization element, and a countermeasures (CM) selection element. |
| FILED | Monday, January 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/337671 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/425.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995693 | Cross |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray Lynn Cross (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Several embodiments of a multiple input diversity decoding apparatus and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, two or more diversity decoders work together to iteratively decode information. Each diversity decoder can include two or more partial decoders. In another embodiment, a plurality of partial decoders work together to iteratively decode information received in a diversity application. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/728076 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995707 | Karabin 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) | Christopher R. Karabin (White Plains, Maryland); Bruce P. Chandler (Indian Head, Maryland); Joseph E. Padgett, Jr. (Mechanicsville, Maryland); James Theisen (La Plata, Maryland); Stephen A. Smith (Waldorf, Maryland); Joseph M. Pastorious (Waldorf, Maryland); John A. Nial, Jr. (Park Hall, Maryland); Christopher L. Rice (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention, as embodied herein, comprises an improved portable maritime scoring and simulation system that comprises three or more buoys that are deployed in an area of water selected for maritime combat training. Attached to each buoy are a global positioning system receiver, an RF radio system, an acoustic analysis system, and a microprocessor. The acoustic analysis system is designed to capture an acoustic signature of ordnance impacting the water with predetermined characteristics. The system includes an RF radio repeater system linked to a system controller to control and monitor the elements of the system. In operation, when an acoustic signature is captured by the acoustic analysis system, the RF radio system, in one embodiment, transmits the time of the capture along with the GPS location of the buoy to the RF radio repeater system linked to the system controller. When three or more buoys transmit a captured acoustic signature, the system controller computes the location of impact using a location process. The invention also includes an improved method of controlling the system. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/807574 |
| 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 342/357.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995723 | Adams |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Adams (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wearable directional antenna. The system includes a clothing, a plurality of EM energy reflectors and a plurality of antenna elements. The clothing includes a non-conductive material. The plurality of EM energy reflectors is operatively coupled to the clothing and is capable of reflecting EM energy. The plurality of antenna elements is operatively coupled to the plurality of EM energy reflectors and is capable of receiving and transmitting EM energy in a specified direction. |
| FILED | Monday, April 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/828519 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/718 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995974 | Rodriguez |
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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) | Ronald D. Rodriguez (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A foldable, sturdy, lightweight, monitor stand for portability, including: at least three walls, a plurality of support structures, and a top wall, each wall having a top section, bottom section, inner section, and outer section; at least three walls enclosing the plurality of support structures, at least one wall having an opening for a computer monitor; hinging each wall, each support structure, and top wall together to form a unitary structure permitting folding between the walls, support structures, and top wall to enclosing the support structures, at least two walls being non-hingedly attached, securing the support structures and top wall to a desired position on the inner section of the walls within the housing when the stand is assembled, securing brackets to the inner section of the walls; and securing the non-hingedly coupled walls together for complete assemblage of the stand and/or to secure any items within the assembled stand. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/687946 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/679 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996074 | Garcia-Luna-Aceves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California); Asimakis Tzamaloukas (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Receiver-initiated collision avoidance methods for use in ad-hoc wireless networks in which carrier sensing is available. A number of protocol variants are described including RIMA-SP (simple polling), RIMA-DP (dual-purpose polling), and RIMA-BP (broadcast polling). These handshake methods according to the invention are capable of correctly avoiding collisions within a network that contains hidden nodes, and the RIMA-DP protocol provides higher performance levels than attainable with existing handshaking protocols within the ad-hoc wireless networks. The use of dual-purpose polling allows a control packet to be sent which has alternative functions, such as requesting data from the polled node, if available, and if not available then providing a transmission request from the polling node to send data to the polled node. |
| FILED | Friday, August 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/928221 |
| ART UNIT | 2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996084 | Troxel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBNT Solutions LLC (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Donald Troxel (Stow, Massachusetts); Gwendolyn Jean Gesler (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention can enable routers in a region to share information about nodes on foreign sub-networks. The information includes the nodes' and routers' respective network layer addresses. Upon receiving a message addressed to one of the nodes, a router can tunnel the message to a router on the node's foreign sub-network for subsequent de-tunneling and delivery to the node. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/737108 |
| ART UNIT | 2667 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996136 | Carruthers 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) | Thomas F. Carruthers (Laurel, Maryland); Irl N. Duling, III (Round Hill, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The ultrashort fiber laser with a dispersion-managed cavity. The laser is an actively mode-locked sigma laser, typically locked at a repetition rate of 10 GHz, driven by an external frequency source and actively length stabilized, and nearly 10,000 pulses circulate within the laser cavity. A Mach-Zehnder modulator is placed in a loop of polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber. The polarization state of light injected into the non-PM branch evolves in a random manner but is transformed into an orthogonal state by a Faraday mirror; linearly polarized light injected into the branch by a polarizing beamsplitter returns to the beamsplitter also linearly polarized but rotated by 90°. The cavity of the laser is composed of several fibers. The average dispersion Dav is anomalous and is approximately equal to 0.1 ps/(nm·km). |
| FILED | Friday, May 05, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/566236 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996152 | Vurgaftman 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) | Igor Vurgaftman (Pikesville, Maryland); Jerry Meyer (Catonsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A photonic-crystal distributed-feedback laser includes a laser cavity with a waveguide structure that has a cavity length Lc and is bounded by two mirrors; an active region for producing optical gain upon receiving optical pumping or an input voltage; at least one layer having a periodic two-dimensional grating with modulation of a modal refractive index, the grating being defined on a rectangular lattice with a first period along a first axis of the grating and a second period along a second perpendicular axis of the grating, and wherein the grating produces three diffraction processes having coupling coefficients κ1′, κ2′, κ3′; and a lateral gain area contained within a second area patterned with the grating that has substantially a shape of a gain stripe with a width W, with the gain stripe tilted at a first tilt angle relative to the two mirrors. The rectangular lattice of the grating is tilted at a second tilt angle substantially the same as the first tilt angle with respect to the gain stripe, and the ratio of the first and second grating periods is equal to the tangent of the first tilt angle, with the first tilt angle being between about 16° and about 23°. The hexagonal lattice does not need to be tilted with respect to the two mirrors. The laser's output emerges along the normal to a facet irrespective of the operating laser wavelength, facilitating coupling the laser light into a fiber or other optical system while avoiding beam steering. The two-dimensional nature of the feedback in the laser provides for varying the wavelength through angle tuning. Wavelength tuning by changing the propagation direction (propagation angle) permits a straightforward selection of different wavelengths from photonic crystal devices monolithically fabricated on a single wafer. The fabrication procedure is straightforward since no ridges need to be defined. The single-mode spectral purity of the rectangular-lattice PCDFB is robust, owing to the near absence of side modes, and exhibits good beam quality. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/385165 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/96 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996241 | Ray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laura R. Ray (Hanover, New Hampshire); Alexander D. Streeter (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to automatically and adaptively tune a leaky, normalized least-mean-square (LNLMS) algorithm so as to maximize the stability and noise reduction performance in feedforward adaptive noise cancellation systems. The automatic tuning method provides for time-varying tuning parameters λk and μk that are functions of the instantaneous measured acoustic noise signal, weight vector length, and measurement noise variance. The method addresses situations in which signal-to-noise ratio varies substantially due to nonstationary noise fields, affecting stability, convergence, and steady-state noise cancellation performance of LMS algorithms. The method has been embodied in the particular context of active noise cancellation in communication headsets. However, the method is generic, in that it is applicable to a wide range of systems subject to nonstationary, i.e., time-varying, noise fields, including sonar, radar, echo cancellation, and telephony. Further, the hybridization of the disclosed Lyapunov-tuned feedforward LMS filter with a feedback controller as also disclosed herein enhances stability margins, robustness, and further enhances performance. |
| FILED | Monday, May 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/842714 |
| ART UNIT | 2644 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/71.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996345 | Chen |
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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) | Jerry C. Chen (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Changing the phrases when mixing of optical modes gives rise to intensity effects. This occurs in multi-mode interferometer (MMI) or arrayed waveguide gratings (AWG). Here we use an electro-arefractive modulator, with a quadratic electro-optic effect that has an optical transfer function (Or power vs voltage (L-V) curve) given by is Pout=Pin (1+γ cos θ)/2 where asymmetry factor γ measures the extinction ratio and the phase difference θ between arms is In turn, the voltage V is expressed as a sum of the DC bias and RF drive V=VDC+VRF. |
| FILED | Friday, May 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/145616 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996493 | Sikora 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) | Jerome P. Sikora (Rockville, Maryland); Robert W. Michaelson (Arnold, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Pressure data are obtained for a ship from sea trials and/or model tests conducted under various environmental (e.g., wave height, wave slam rate) and operational (e.g., ship speed, ship heading) circumstances. The pressure data are grouped into different “cells,” each defined by a unique set of environmental and operational circumstances. As to each cell, the corresponding pressure data are statistically approximated into a two-parameter Weibull distribution so as to obtain a shape parameter and a scale parameter. Additional cells and their corresponding Weibull distributions can be interpolated or extrapolated from existing cells. All of the cellular information (Weibull-related and pressure-related) is merged in Weibull fashion into an all-embracing mathematical function that is holistically informative, in terms of all of the diverse environmental and operational circumstances that a ship can be expected to confront over its projected lifetime, about the reliability of one or more structural elements of the ship. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/778708 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996550 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Youqi Wang (Atherton, California); Marco Falcioni (San Francisco, California); Stephen J. Turner (San Jose, California); C. Eric Ramberg (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Computer-implemented methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, provide techniques for designing a set of experiments to be performed with a set of resources. A plurality of experimental configurations are generated based on a set of parameters describing factors to be varied in the experiments and a set of constraints representing limitations on operations that can be performed with the set of resources. A set of experiments is defined based on a selected configuration. The constraints can be represented as patterns defining an application of a parameter to a set of one or more points of an experimental lattice. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/024649 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996559 | Beshai |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nortel Networks Limited (Ottawa, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maged E. Beshai (Stittsville, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The expanding IP data networks require address resolution mechanisms that are fast and able to handle a vast number of addresses. Novel fast address resolution mechanisms with a large address directory are described. The address resolution mechanisms make use of a compound indexing-searching technique to increase the speed and capacity of a translation apparatus. Further embodiments employ partial address scrambling to balance the loads of parallel search units. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/471244 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
H0002143 — System and a method of operation thereof for analyzing the performance of a tape recorder
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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) | Kenneth M. Prockup (Emmaus, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, and a method of operation thereof, for analyzing the performance of a tape recorder having a playback head is disclosed. The system allows for the recorded data of the tape recorder to be routed to a analog-to-digital converter whose output is delivered to a digital signal processor preferably having a routine to convert the digital data to an FFT data stream which, in turn, is routed to a microprocessor. The computer analyzes the FFT data and provides digital signals to external display devices that indicate the proper recording of the tape recorder, the need for the recorder's heads to be cleaned, the occurrence of excessive dropout data recording rate, or the need to manually or automatically adjust the bias and equalization levels of the tape recorder. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 15, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/639290 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2145 | Bennett |
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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) | Joseph M. Bennett (Huber Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A platform, housing, conduit, exhaust duct or other structural element that encloses or supports a hot operating engine or other machinery is described wherein a pattern of micro-cavities is defined on the outer surface of the structure for mitigating ignition of a flammable liquid that comes into contact with the structure, the micro-cavities being sized to minimize seepage into the cavities of the liquid because of its surface tension, thereby preventing wetting of the interior of the cavities by the liquid. |
| FILED | Monday, September 18, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/664976 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 06993959 | Shoelson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Institutes of Health (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brett Shoelson (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for the analysis of AFM data is provided. The system and method can be used in conjunction with an atomic force microscopy (AFM) system including a cantilever with a tip used to analyze a sample, the AFM outputting an AFM data file. An exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a computer readable medium storing computer readable program code for causing a computer to receive user input regarding an analysis to be performed and analysis parameters; parse the AFM data file based on the user input to obtain a deflection of the cantilever; determine an indentation depth of the tip into the sample based at least in part on the deflection; select a model of contact mechanics based on the user input; solve the selected model of contact mechanics based on the input analysis using the determined indentation depth; and determine a residual error. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/686738 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
06994852 — Inhibition of angiogenesis by antibodies against high molecular weight kininogen domain 5
| US 06994852 | Colman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Colman (Moylan, Pennsylvania); Shaker A. Mousa (New London, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Antibodies directed against an antigenic determinant of high molecular weight kininogen domain 5, particularly a determinant located in the region formed by light chain amino acids Gly(440) to Lys(502), inhibit angiogenesis. |
| FILED | Friday, November 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/129946 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994859 | Singh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Shashi Kant Sharma (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated, biologically active 33 kDa hemagglutinin purified from the type A Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin complex and its uses are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 11, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/546727 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/247.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994950 | Tai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Padadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Qing He (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | MEMs devices are integrally fabricated with included micro or nanoparticles by providing a mixture of a sacrificial material and a multiplicity of particles, disposing the mixture onto a substrate, fabricating a MEMs structure on the substrate including at least part of the mixture, so that at least some of the mixture is enclosed in the MEMs structure, removing the sacrificial material, and leaving at least some of the multiplicity of particles substantially free and enclosed in the MEMs structure. The step of fabricating a MEMs structure is quite general and is contemplated as including one or a multiplicity of additional steps for creating some type of structure in which the particles, which may be microbeads or nanobeads, are included. A wide variety of useful applications for MEMs integrated with micro or nanoparticles are available. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/391122 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994962 | Thilly |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. Thilly (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method for identifying inherited point mutations in a targeted region of the genome in a large population of individuals and determining which inherited point mutations are deleterious, harmful or beneficial. Deleterious mutation are identified directly by a method of recognition using the set of point mutations observed in a large population of juveniles. Harmful mutations are identified by comparison of the set of point mutation observed in a large set of juveniles and a large set of aged individuals of the same population. Beneficial mutations are similarly identified. |
| FILED | Monday, February 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/503758 |
| 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 06994967 | Baltimore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Baltimore (Pasadena, California); Joel L. Pomerantz (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods of expression cloning of components of signaling pathways that activate a transcription factor of interest. The methods are efficient for identifying modulators of transcription factors. The modulators can then be screened further or used directly to develop therapeutics. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/900509 |
| 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 06994974 | Stern 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) | David M. Stern (Great Neck, New York); Shi Du Yan (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid encoding an endoplasmic reticulum associated amyloid-beta peptide binding (ERAB) polypeptide. The ERAB polypeptide may comprise human ERAB polypeptide. The present invention provides a purified ERAB polypeptide, as well as a method for treating a neurodegenerative condition in a subject which comprises administering to the subject an agent in amount effective to inhibit ERAB polypeptide binding to amyloid-beta peptide so as to thereby treat the neurodegenerative condition. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/394204 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994975 | Gatti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Gatti (Sherman Oaks, California); Helen H. Chun (Woodland Hills, California); David J. Rawlings (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure concerns methods for recombinantly producing functional ataxia-telangiectasia (ATM) protein, methods for isolating recombinant functional ATM protein, and uses of ATM protein. In particular, a method is disclosed for using a vaccinia virus vector to express ATM, and using immunoprecipitation or affinity tagging to isolate recombinant ATM. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/042775 |
| 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 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994979 | Reed et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Reed (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Xiao-kun Zhang (San Diego, California); Bin Guo (Fargo, North Dakota); Bingzhen Lin (La Jolla, California); Siva Kumar Kolluri (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds that modulate the function of anti-apoptotic proteins such as Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL are identified. These compounds have the ability to convert the activity of Bcl-2-family member proteins from anti-apoptotic to pro-apoptotic. Methods for inducing apoptosis are described, together with methods for identifying molecules that induce apoptosis through interaction with Bcl-2-family members. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/735418 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994981 | Sperandio et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Buck Institute (Novato, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sabina Sperandio (San Diego, California); Susana Castro-Obregon (Novato, California); Dale E. Bredesen (Novato, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a method of identifying a compound that modulates SP-induced paraptosis by (a) contacting a population of cells with an effective amount of substance P to induce SP-induced paraptosis; (b) contacting a first sub-population of the cells with a test-compound, and a second sub-population of the cells with a control-compound; and (c) comparing the amount of cell death between the first and second sub-populations of cells, where a difference in the amount of cell death between the first and second sub-populations of cells indicates that the test-compound is a compound that modulates SP-induced paraptosis. The invention is also directed to a method of treating a condition associated with excessive cell accumulation by administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a compound identified from the method described above where the effective amount of the compound increases SP-induced paraptosis. The invention is further directed to a method of treating a condition associated with excessive cell death by administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a compound identified from the method described above where the effective amount of the compound decreases SP-induced paraptosis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/202503 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994985 | Werner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Milton H. Werner (New York, New York); Lester J. Lambert (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Sigma factors are a unique family of essential proteins found in bacterial, but not eukaryotic cells, which are responsible for recognition of promoter DNA and delivery of the catalytic domain of RNA polymerase to a gene signaled to be expressed. The present invention relates to methods for identifying agents that are capable of inhibiting bacterial gene expression via inhibition of sigma factor activity. In particular, the invention relates to the interaction of bacteriophage T4 AsiA protein and the C-terminal DNA binding domain of sigma factor (the SR4 domain) and the use of the structural information derived from this interaction to model, prepare and identify agents capable of binding and inhibiting sigma factor activity. Moreover, the invention relates to the design of AsiA mimics, including small organic molecules, peptides or proteins that binds SR4 and abrogates sigma factor activity, or screening for AsiA mimics that show bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal properties. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/299732 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/32 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994992 | Soto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ana M. Soto (Boston, Massachusetts); Carlos Sonnenschein (Boston, Massachusetts); Peter Geck (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jozsef Szelei (Szeged, Hungary) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel AS3 nucleic acid sequences, AS3 polypeptides, anti-AS3 antibodies, and methods for modulating cell proliferation and detecting compounds that modulate cell proliferation. Diagnostic and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 24, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/512581 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 06995006 | Atkinson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Targeted Genetics Corporation (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward M. Atkinson (Seattle, Washington); Victor P. Fung (Redmond, Washington); Perry C. Wilkins (Preston, Washington); Ryan K. Takeya (Lynnwood, Washington); Thomas C. Reynolds (Mercer Island, Washington); Ian L. Aranha (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods and compositions for producing high titer, substantially purified preparations of recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) that can be used as vectors for gene delivery. At the onset of vector production, AAV producer cells of this invention typically comprise one or more AAV packaging genes, an AAV vector comprising a heterologous (i.e. non-AAV) transgene of interest, and a helper virus such as an adenovirus. The AAV vector preparations produced are generally replication incompetent but are capable of mediating delivery of a transgene of interest (such as a therapeutic gene) to any of a wide variety of tissues and cells. The AAV vector preparations produced according to this invention are also substantially free of helper virus as well as helper viral and cellular proteins and other contaminants. The invention described herein provides methods of producing rAAV particles by culturing producer cells under conditions, such as temperature and pH, that promote release of virus. Also provided is a quantitative, high-throughput assay useful in the assessment of viral infectivity and replication, as well as in the screening of agent that affect viral infectivity and/or replication. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/020482 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995018 | Fisher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry W. Fisher (Derwood, Maryland); Neal S. Fedarko (Columbia, Maryland); Marian F. Young (Silver Springs, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for exploiting the discovery that members of the small integrin-binding ligand, n-linked glycoproteins family termed SIBLINGS bind to complement Factor H, and moreover that SIBLINGS proteins, such as BSP, exist in relatively acidic forms. The methods provided can be used to detect SIBLINGS proteins in samples from subjects that are suspected of having tumors or abnormal bone turnover. The invention also provides methods of using SIBLINGS proteins to protect cells from complement mediated lysis. Finally, the discovery allows for the creation of specific binding agents that facilitate the detection of SIBLINGS proteins when they are associated with Factor H. |
| FILED | Friday, April 07, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/958617 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995145 | Au et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jessie L.-S. Au (Columbus, Ohio); M. Guillaume Wientjes (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for modulating the activity of therapeutic agents for the treatment of a cancer by administering one or more agents that (either alone or in combination) induces telomere damage and inhibits telomerase activity in the cancer cell. The method initially uses, e.g., a telomere damage-inducing agent such as paclitaxel, and a telomerase inhibitory agent such as AZT. The invention also provides methods for identifying other agents with telomere damage-inducing activity and/or telomerase inhibitory activity (as well as and compositions having such activity), for use in the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, June 05, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/587662 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995243 | Garabedian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Garabedian (New York, New York); Zhen Wang (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A molecule containing the antigen binding portion of an antibody specific for human glucocorticoid receptor phosphorylated at residue Ser211, Ser226 or Ser203 is obtained and a method of determining the presence of activated glucocorticoid receptors in cells from human glucocorticoid responsive tissue and a method of screening for a glucocorticoid agonist using the molecule, which is preferably an antibody, are provided in the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/629913 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995244 | Brooks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Brooks (Columbus, Ohio); Francis Peterson (Oak Creek, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A modified human prolactin molecule wherein the prolactin molecule comprises at least one mutation in a region selected from i) amino acids 41–57, ii) amino acids 94–110, and iii) amino acids 160–173; and wherein the at least one mutation is selected from deletions, replacements, and insertions. The modified prolactins are prolactin antagonists, and can be used in treating cancer, among other conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/735594 |
| 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 530/399 |
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| US 06995247 | Brechbiel 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) | Martin W. Brechbiel (Annandale, Virginia); Kim Deal (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an α-particle-emitting radioisotope chelation complex comprising 225Actinium (225Ac) and 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaazacyclohexadecane-N,N′,N′,N′,N′,N′-hexaacetic acid (HEHA) (225Ac-HEHA). Also provided is a bifunctional HEHA, and a bifunctional 225Ac-HEHA. The bifunctional HEHA and the bifunctional 225Ac-HEHA can be conjugated to a targeting agent. In view of the above, the present invention provides a method of making HEHA and methods of making a bifunctional HEHA, including a conjugate thereof. Also provided are a method of treating disease, a method of treating cancer, a method of decontaminating a sample from 225Ac, a method of decontaminating a person who has been externally contaminated with 225Ac, and a method of detoxifying a person who has internalized 225Ac. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/767133 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 534/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995252 | Oko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Queen's University at Kingston (Kingston, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Oko (Kingston, Canada); Peter Sutovsky (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The perinuclear theca 32 (PT32) protein is disclosed and shown to interact with tyrosine kinase c-Yes. PT32, c-Yes, fragments thereof, and molecules that bind thereto can be used in methods of enhancing fertility, treating or diagnosing diminished fertility and abnormal spermiogenesis, in providing contraception, and in identifying contraceptive and fertility-enhancing agents. Transgenic, non-human animals also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/864291 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995253 | Innes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Research and Technology Institute (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger W. Innes (Bloomington, Indiana); Catherine A. Frye (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided in the present invention are isolated nucleotide sequences encoding EDR1 proteins, the disruption of which is associated with enhanced disease resistance in plants. The invention also provides vectors comprising said nucleotide sequences. |
| FILED | Friday, May 26, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/979195 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995255 | Riley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee W. Riley (Berkeley, California); Sangwei Lu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to a nucleic acid construct which includes a first nucleic acid and a second nucleic acid operatively coupled to the first nucleic acid. The first nucleic acid molecule encodes a first peptide that has the sequence of InvX or another sequence incorporating the 58 amino acid cellular import region of Mce1A and confers on Mycobacterium tuberculosis an ability to enter mammalian cells. The second nucleic acid molecule encoding a second peptide. Expression of the nucleic acid construct produces a fusion protein comprising the first peptide coupled to the second peptide. The second peptide may be a therapeutic or a diagnostic peptide. An alternative embodiment of the nucleic acid construct includes the first nucleic acid and an insertion site suitable for incorporation of the second nucleic acid molecule into this version of the construct. The present invention further relates to the fusion protein per se, screening methods for identifying fusion proteins having a protective effect against a pathogen, and therapeutic fusion proteins. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/382176 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995258 | Rossi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Rossi (Rancho Cucamonga, California); Alessandro Michienzi (Rome, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | The HIV regulatory proteins Tat and Rev accumulate in nucleoli of human cells. No functional role has been attributed to this localization. Recently it was demonstrated that expression of Rev induces nucleolar re-localization of some nuclear factors involved in Rev export. Thus, it is likely that the nucleolus plays a critical role in Rev-mediated export of singly spliced and unspliced HIV-1 RNAs. As a test for trafficking of HIV-1 RNAs into the nucleolus, a hammerhead ribozyme which specifically cleaves HIV-1 RNA was joined to the U16 snoRNA resulting in accumulation of the ribozyme within nucleoli of human cells. Stably transduced human T-cells expressing this nucleolar localized ribozyme dramatically suppressed HIV-1 replication, confirming a possible trafficking of the HIV RNA through the nucleoli of human cells. In addition, a TAR element which binds Tat was joined to the U16 snoRNA, also resulting in localization in the nucleoli and inhibiting HIV replication. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/864873 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995274 | Lugade et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Li-Cor, Inc. (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ananda G. Lugade (Austin, Texas); Narasimhachari Narayanan (Greensboro, North Carolina); Daniel R. Draney (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound of the formula (I) wherein Z is O, S, or NR35 wherein R35 is H or alkyl; R1–R5 are each independently H, alkyl, halo, carboxyl, amino, or SO3−Cat+, wherein Cat+ is a cation and at least one of R1–R5 is SO3−Cat+; R6 and R7 are each H, alkyl, or optionally, together with the (a) group to which they are bonded, form a ring; m and n are each independently integers from 0 to 5; X and Y are each independently O, S, Se or CR19R20, wherein R19 and R20 are each independently alkyl, or optionally form a ring together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded; R8 and R13 are each independently alkyl, (CH2)rR25 or (CH2)rR18; wherein at least one of R8 and R13 (CH2)rR18 and wherein r is an integer from 1 to 50, and R25 is a functional group that does not directly react with a carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino, or a thiol group, and R18 is a functional group that can react with a carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino, or thiol group; and R9–R12 and R14–R17 are each independently H, alkyl, halo, amino, sulfonato, R21 COOH, R21OR22, R21SR22, or R21COOR22 wherein R21 is a bond or alkylene and R22 is alkyl, or optionally R11 and R12 together with the atoms to which they are bonded form an aromatic ring, or optionally R16 and R17 together with the atoms to which they are bonded form an aromatic ring. Methods of dye-labeling biomolecules with the compound of formula (I) and dye-labeled biomolecules are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/354812 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/427 |
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| US 06995284 | Dalton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Dalton (Columbus, Ohio); Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Yali He (Florence, South Carolina); Donghua Yin (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a synthetic process for the preparation of a novel class of androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA) which demonstrate androgenic and anabolic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor. The agents define a new subclass of compounds which are selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM) which are useful for a) male contraception; b) treatment of a variety of hormone-related conditions, for example conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Aging Male (ADAM), such as fatigue, depression, decreased libido, sexual dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, osteoporosis, hair loss, anemia, obesity, sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, benign prostate hyperplasia, alterations in mood and cognition and prostate cancer; c) treatment of conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Female (ADIF), such as sexual dysfunction, decreased sexual libido, hypogonadism, sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, alterations in cognition and mood, depression, anemia, hair loss, obesity, endometriosis, breast cancer, uterine cancer and ovarian cancer; d) treatment and/or prevention of chronic muscular wasting; e) decreasing the incidence of, halting or causing a regression of prostate cancer; f) oral androgen relacement and/or other clinical therpauetic and/or diagnostic areas. The process of the present invention is suitable for large-scale preparation, since all of the steps give rise to highly pure compounds, thus avoiding complicated purification procedures which ultimately lower the yield. Thus the present invention provides methods for the synthesis of non-steroidal agonist compounds, that can be used for industrial large-scale synthesis, and that provide highly pure products in high yield. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/277108 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995299 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Y. Wu (Avon, Connecticut); Catherine H. Wu (Avon, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the preparation of non-human animals having chimeric livers, whereby some or substantially all of the hepatocytes present are human hepatocytes. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that rats, tolerized in utero against human hepatocytes, were found to serve as long-term hosts for human hepatocytes introduced post-natally, and the introduced hepatocytes maintained their differentiated phenotype, as evidenced by continued production of human albumin. The present invention further relates to the use of such animals as models of various liver diseases, including viral invention. Such embodiments are based on the discovery that transplanted human hepatocytes in chimeric livers were found to be susceptible to Hepatitis B virus and Hepatitis C virus infection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/930781 |
| 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 | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995641 | Hasson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medi-Physics, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenton C. Hasson (Durham, North Carolina); Geri T. K. Zollinger (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); David L. Zollinger (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Paul L. Bogorad (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Bradley A. Wheeler (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact portable transport unit for shipping hyperpolarized noble gases and shielding same from electromagnetic interference and/or external magnetic fields includes a means for shifting the resonance frequency of the hyperpolarized gas outside the bandwidth of typical frequencies associated with prevalent time-dependent fields produced by electrical sources. Preferably the transport unit includes a magnetic holding field which is generated from a solenoid in the transport unit. The solenoid includes a plurality of coil segments and is sized and configured to receive the gas chamber of a container. The gas container is configured with a valve, a spherical body, and an extending capillary stem between the valve and the body. The gas container or hyperpolarized product container can also be formed as a resilient bag. The distribution method includes positioning a multi-bolus container within the transport unit to shield it and transporting same to a second site remote from the first site and subsequently dispensing into smaller patient sized formulations which can be transported (shielded) in another transport unit to yet another site. |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/402491 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996472 | Wilkes 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) | Jon G. Wilkes (Little Rock, Arkansas); Fatemeh Rafii (White Hall, Arkansas); Katherine L. Glover (Nashville, Tennessee); Manuel Holcomb (Carlisle, Arkansas); Xiaoxi Cao (Redfield, Arkansas); John B. Sutherland (White Hall, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of compensating for drift in fingerprint spectra of microorganisms caused by changes in their environment are disclosed. These methods of compensating for drift permit identification of microorganisms from their fingerprint spectra regardless of the environment from which the microorganisms are obtained. Furthermore, the disclosed methods may be used to construct coherent databases of fingerprint spectra that may be expanded even though the standard database conditions are no longer experimentally achievable. In particular embodiments, methods of compensating for drift in pyrolysis mass spectra, constructing coherent pyrolysis mass spectral databases, and identifying bacteria from their pyrolysis mass spectra are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/975530 |
| 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: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Hsu (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Curtis W. Ayers (Kingston, Tennessee); Chester Coomer (Knoxville, Tennessee); Laura D. Marlino (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A floating loop vehicle component cooling and air-conditioning system having at least one compressor for compressing cool vapor refrigerant into hot vapor refrigerant; at least one condenser for condensing the hot vapor refrigerant into hot liquid refrigerant by exchanging heat with outdoor air; at least one floating loop component cooling device for evaporating the hot liquid refrigerant into hot vapor refrigerant; at least one expansion device for expanding the hot liquid refrigerant into cool liquid refrigerant; at least one air conditioning evaporator for evaporating the cool liquid refrigerant into cool vapor refrigerant by exchanging heat with indoor air; and piping for interconnecting components of the cooling and air conditioning system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/926205 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/238.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994775 | Holesinger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry G. Holesinger (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Quanxi Jia (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed towards a process of depositing multilayer thin films, disk-shaped targets for deposition of multilayer thin films by a pulsed laser or pulsed electron beam deposition process, where the disk-shaped targets include at least two segments with differing compositions, and a multilayer thin film structure having alternating layers of a first composition and a second composition, a pair of the alternating layers defining a bi-layer wherein the thin film structure includes at least 20 bi-layers per micron of thin film such that an individual bi-layer has a thickness of less than about 100 nanometers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/209391 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/192.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994826 | Hasselbrink, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ernest F. Hasselbrink, Jr. (Walnut Creek, California); Jason E. Rehm (Alameda, California); Phillip H. Paul (Livermore, California); Don W. Arnold (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling fluid flow at junctions in microchannel systems. Control of fluid flow is accomplished generally by providing increased resistance to electric-field and pressure-driven flow in the form of regions of reduced effective cross-sectional area within the microchannels and proximate a channel junction. By controlling these flows in the region of a microchannel junction it is possible to eliminate sample dispersion and cross contamination and inject well-defined volumes of fluid from one channel to another. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 26, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/669862 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994829 | Whyatt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Greg A. Whyatt (West Richland, Washington); James M. Davis (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid processing unit having first and second interleaved flow paths in a cross flow configuration is disclosed. The first flow paths are substantially longer than the second flow paths such that the pressure drop in the second flow paths can be maintained at a relatively low level and temperature variations across the second flow paths are reduced. One or more of the flow paths can be microchannels. When used as a vaporizer and/or superheater, the longer first flow paths include an upstream liquid flow portion and a downstream vapor flow portion of enlarged cross sectional area. A substantial pressure drop is maintained through the upstream liquid flow portion for which one or more tortuous flow channels can be utilized. The unit is a thin panel, having a width substantially less its length or height, and is manufactured together with other thin units in a bonded stack of thin metal sheets. The individual units are then separated from the stack after bonding. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/164969 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994831 | Gentile et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Gentile (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Gregory L. Guttadora (Highland Park, New Jersey); John J. Parker (Medford, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The Oxidative Tritium Decontamination System, OTDS, provides a method and apparatus for reduction of tritium surface contamination on various items. The OTDS employs ozone gas as oxidizing agent to convert elemental tritium to tritium oxide. Tritium oxide vapor and excess ozone gas is purged from the OTDS, for discharge to atmosphere or transport to further process. An effluent stream is subjected to a catalytic process for the decomposition of excess ozone to diatomic oxygen. One of two configurations of the OTDS is employed: dynamic apparatus equipped with agitation mechanism and large volumetric capacity for decontamination of light items, or static apparatus equipped with pressurization and evacuation capability for decontamination of heavier, delicate, and/or valuable items. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/279121 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/186.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06994930 | Geisbrecht et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney A. Geisbrecht (New Alexandria, Pennsylvania); Norman T. Holcombe (McMurray, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system of a fuel cell bottoming an internal combustion engine. The engine exhaust gas may be combined in varying degrees with air and fed as input to a fuel cell. Reformer and oxidizers may be combined with heat exchangers to accommodate rich and lean burn conditions in the engine in peaking and base load conditions without producing high concentrations of harmful emissions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/225722 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995012 | 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 includes a Mytilus edulis cDNA having a nucleotide sequence that encodes for the Mytilus edulis foot protein-2 (Mefp-2), an example of a mollusk foot protein. Mefp-2 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-2 gene will allow researchers to produce Mefp-2 protein using genetic engineering techniques. The discovery of Mefp-2 gene sequences will also allow scientists to better understand how the blue mussel creates its waterproof adhesive protein complex. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/915160 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander Gorer (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst suitable for use in a fuel cell, especially as an anode catalyst, that contains platinum at a concentration that is between about 20 and about 60 atomic percent, ruthenium at a concentration that is between about 20 and about 60 atomic percent, palladium at a concentration that is between about 5 and about 45 atomic percent, and having an atomic ratio of platinum to ruthenium that is between about 0.7 and about 1.2. Alternatively, the catalyst may contain platinum at a concentration that is between about 25 and about 50 atomic percent, ruthenium at a concentration that is between about 25 and about 55 atomic percent, palladium at a concentration that is between about 5 and about 45 atomic percent, and having a difference between the concentrations of ruthenium and platinum that is no greater than about 20 atomic percent. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/763842 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995260 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Haitao Wu (Wading River, New York); Michiko Miura (Hampton Bay, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to low toxicity boronated compounds and methods for their use in the treatment, visualization, and diagnosis of tumors. More specifically, the present invention is directed to low toxicity carborane-containing 5, 10, 15, 20-tetraphenylporphyrin compounds and methods for their use particularly in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the treatment of tumors of the brain, head and neck, and surrounding tissue. The invention is also directed to using these carborane-containing tetraphenyl porphyrin compounds to methods of tumor imaging and/or diagnosis such as MRI, SPECT, or PET. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/848741 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995288 | Agarwal, legal representative et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rehka Agarwal, legal representative (Lancaster, California); Temi M. Linjewile (Lehi, Utah); Ashley S. Hull (Bryan, Texas); Zumao Chen (Midvale, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the production of methyl mercaptan is provided. The method comprises providing raw feed gases consisting of methane and hydrogen sulfide, introducing the raw feed gases into a non-thermal pulsed plasma corona reactor, and reacting the raw feed gases within the non-thermal pulsed plasma corona reactor with the reaction CH4+H2S→CH3SH+H2. An apparatus for the production of methyl mercaptan using a non-thermal pulsed plasma corona reactor is also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/318392 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995515 | Rostoker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman Rostoker (Irvine, California); Michl Binderbauer (Irvine, California); Artan Qerushi (Irvine, California); Hooshang Tahsiri (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained electrostatically in a deep energy well, created by tuning an externally applied magnetic field. The simultaneous electrostatic confinement of electrons and magnetic confinement of ions avoids anomalous transport and facilitates classical containment of both electrons and ions. In this configuration, ions and electrons may have adequate density and temperature so that upon collisions they are fused together by nuclear force, thus releasing fusion energy. Moreover, the fusion fuel plasmas that can be used with the present confinement system and method are not limited to neutronic fuels only, but also advantageously include advanced fuels. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/799530 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995652 | Carrender et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute K1-53 (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis Lee Carrender (Richland, Washington); Ronald W. Gilbert (Benton City, Washington); Jeff W. Scott (Pasco, Washington); David A. Clark (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for controlling remote devices utilizing a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag device having a control circuit adapted to render the tag device, and associated objects, permanently inoperable in response to radio-frequency control signals. The control circuit is configured to receive the control signals that can include an enable signal, and in response thereto enable an associated object, such as a weapon; and in response to a disable signal, to disable the tag itself, or, if desired, to disable the associated weapon or both the device and the weapon. Permanent disabling of the tag can be accomplished by several methods, including, but not limited to, fusing a fusable link, breaking an electrically conductive path, permanently altering the modulation or backscattering characteristics of the antenna circuit, and permanently erasing an associated memory. In this manner, tags in the possession of unauthorized employees can be remotely disabled, and weapons lost on a battlefield can be easily tracked and enabled or disabled automatically or at will. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/833465 |
| ART UNIT | 2635 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/5.610 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996147 | Majumdar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California); Ali Shakouri (Santa Cruz, California); Timothy D. Sands (Moraga, California); Peidong Yang (Berkeley, California); Samuel S. Mao (Berkeley, California); Richard E. Russo (Walnut Creek, California); Henning Feick (Kensington, California); Eicke R. Weber (Oakland, California); Hannes Kind (Schaffhausen, Switzerland); Michael Huang (Los Angeles, California); Haoquan Yan (Albany, California); Yiying Wu (Albany, California); Rong Fan (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One-dimensional nanostructures having uniform diameters of less than approximately 200 nm. These inventive nanostructures, which we refer to as “nanowires”, include single-crystalline homostructures as well as heterostructures of at least two single-crystalline materials having different chemical compositions. Because single-crystalline materials are used to form the heterostructure, the resultant heterostructure will be single-crystalline as well. The nanowire heterostructures are generally based on a semiconducting wire wherein the doping and composition are controlled in either the longitudinal or radial directions, or in both directions, to yield a wire that comprises different materials. Examples of resulting nanowire heterostructures include a longitudinal heterostructure nanowire (LOHN) and a coaxial heterostructure nanowire (COHN). |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/112698 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996292 | Gentry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen M. Gentry (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Christine M. Wehlburg (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Joseph C. Wehlburg (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark W. Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jody L. Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A staring imaging system inputs a 2D spatial image containing multi-frequency spectral information. This image is encoded in one dimension of the image with a cyclic Hadamarid S-matrix. The resulting image is detecting with a spatial 2D detector; and a computer applies a Hadamard transform to recover the encoded image. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/125976 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/281 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 06994777 | Gonzalez-Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lynntech, Inc. (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anuncia Gonzalez-Martin (San Jose, California); Jinseong Kim (College Station, Texas); Harry Jabs (College Station, Texas); Armando Solar (College Station, Texas); Larris Andrew Rutherford, Jr. (College Station, Texas); Daniel Westerheim (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical sensor for detecting the presence of one or more analytes. The sensor comprises at least one electrode pair and a photopolymerized electrically conducting polymer composition disposed in contact between each of the electrode pairs. Each polymer composition may include an organic polymer capable of interacting with one or more analytes. The sensor also comprises a means for delivering an analyte to each polymer composition, and a means for processing the resultant electronic signal from each polymer composition and electrode pair. Preferably, the sensor comprises a plurality of different polymer compositions, each with a dedicated electrode pair, to generate a collection of signals that provide a fingerprint unique to a particular analyte. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/234980 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995336 | Hunt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan J. Hunt (Plymouth, Michigan); Gerard Mourou (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ajit P. Joglekar (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Edgar Meyhofer (Ann Arbor, Michigan); John A. Nees (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Greg Spooner (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Here is presented a versatile technique for machining of nanometer-scale features using tightly-focused ultrashort laser pulses. By the invention, the size of features can be reduced far below the wavelength of light, thus enabling nanomachining of a wide range of materials. The features may be extremely small (<20 nm) and are highly reproducible. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/765656 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.690 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995351 | Curtis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer E. Curtis (Chicago, Illinois); Brian A. Koss (Chicago, Illinois); David G. Grier (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for creating large numbers of high-quality optical traps in arbitrary three-dimensional configurations and dynamically reconfiguring the traps under computer control. The method uses computer-generated diffractive optical elements to convert one or more optical tweezers into one or more optical vortices. The method involves combining the optical vortex technique with the holographic optical tweezer technique to create multiple optical vortices in arbitrary configurations. The method also involves employing the rotation induced in trapped particles by optical vortices to assemble clusters of particles into functional micromachines, to drive previously assembled micromachines, to pump fluids through microfluidics channels, to control flows of fluids through microfluidics channels, to mix fluids within microfluidics channels, to transport particles, to sort particles and to perform other related manipulations and transformations on matter over length scales. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/059876 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/222.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995761 | Schroeder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Schroeder (Altadena, California); Wim Sweldens (New Providence, New Jersey); Andrei Khodakovsky (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A new progressive compression scheme for arbitrary topology, highly detailed and densely sampled meshes arising from geometry scanning. Meshes may have three distinct components: geometry, parameter, and connectivity information. The latter two do not contribute to the reduction of error in a compression setting. Using semi-regular meshes, parameter and connectivity information can be virtually eliminated. The semiregular meshes may be used with semi-regular wavelet transforms, zerotree coding, and subdivision based reconstruction. |
| FILED | Friday, September 08, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/658214 |
| ART UNIT | 2671 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995992 | Wei et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lixiang Wei (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin); Thomas A. Lipo (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual bridge matrix converter has a line-side converter with controllable switches that receives AC power and provides unidirectional power to high and low DC link lines, and a load-side converter which receives the power from the DC link lines and provides AC power to output lines. A clamp circuit is connected across the DC link lines and includes a series connected diode and a capacitor. Negative DC link current will be conducted through the clamp diode to charge the clamp capacitor to avoid voltage spikes on the DC link lines. A controllable switch may be connected in parallel with the clamp diode and is turned on when the voltage across the clamp capacitor is above a threshold that is greater than the normal peak-to-peak AC input voltage. The switch is turned off when the voltage across the clamp capacitor is lower than the threshold voltage. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/601061 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996147 | Majumdar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California); Ali Shakouri (Santa Cruz, California); Timothy D. Sands (Moraga, California); Peidong Yang (Berkeley, California); Samuel S. Mao (Berkeley, California); Richard E. Russo (Walnut Creek, California); Henning Feick (Kensington, California); Eicke R. Weber (Oakland, California); Hannes Kind (Schaffhausen, Switzerland); Michael Huang (Los Angeles, California); Haoquan Yan (Albany, California); Yiying Wu (Albany, California); Rong Fan (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One-dimensional nanostructures having uniform diameters of less than approximately 200 nm. These inventive nanostructures, which we refer to as “nanowires”, include single-crystalline homostructures as well as heterostructures of at least two single-crystalline materials having different chemical compositions. Because single-crystalline materials are used to form the heterostructure, the resultant heterostructure will be single-crystalline as well. The nanowire heterostructures are generally based on a semiconducting wire wherein the doping and composition are controlled in either the longitudinal or radial directions, or in both directions, to yield a wire that comprises different materials. Examples of resulting nanowire heterostructures include a longitudinal heterostructure nanowire (LOHN) and a coaxial heterostructure nanowire (COHN). |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/112698 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06996504 | Novotny et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Novotny (Starkville, Mississippi); Gyorgy Korniss (Latham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A scalable computer architecture capable of performing fully scalable simulations includes a plurality of processing elements (PEs) and a plurality of interconnections between the PEs. In this regard, the interconnections can interconnect each processing element to each neighboring processing element located adjacent the respective processing element, and further interconnect at least one processing element to at least one other processing element located remote from the respective at least one processing element. For example, the interconnections can interconnect the plurality of processing elements according to a fractal-type method or a quenched random method. Further, the plurality of interconnections can include at least one interconnection at each length scale of the plurality of processing elements. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/990681 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 06994859 | Singh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bal Ram Singh (Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Shashi Kant Sharma (New Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated, biologically active 33 kDa hemagglutinin purified from the type A Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin complex and its uses are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 11, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/546727 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/247.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995252 | Oko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Queen's University at Kingston (Kingston, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Oko (Kingston, Canada); Peter Sutovsky (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The perinuclear theca 32 (PT32) protein is disclosed and shown to interact with tyrosine kinase c-Yes. PT32, c-Yes, fragments thereof, and molecules that bind thereto can be used in methods of enhancing fertility, treating or diagnosing diminished fertility and abnormal spermiogenesis, in providing contraception, and in identifying contraceptive and fertility-enhancing agents. Transgenic, non-human animals also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/864291 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995300 | Myers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan M. Myers (Ames, Iowa); Martha Graham James (Des Moines, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | SU1, a starch debranching enzyme active in maize endosperm (Zea mays), and the cDNA and genomic sequences encoding SU1 are disclosed. The amino acid sequence is significantly similar to that of bacterial isoamylases, enzymes that hydrolyze α-(1→6) glycosidic bonds. Amino acid sequence similarity establishes SU1 as a member of the α-amylase superfamily of starch hydrolytic enzymes. Also disclosed are antibodies reactive with the SU1 protein, methods of producing antibodies to the SU1 protein, methods of producing fusion proteins including SU1 as well as recombinant SU1 and methods of producing transgenic plants with a modified Su1 gene. The native or expressed SU1 protein can serve as a replacement for the bacterial and fungal enzymes currently used in the starch processing industry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/179562 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/284 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 06994082 | Hochberg et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Eric B. Hochberg (Altadena, California); Michael K. Costen (Milford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A lightweight solar concentrator of the reflecting parabolic or trough type is realized via a thin reflecting film, an inflatable structural housing and tensioned fibers. The reflector element itself is a thin, flexible, specularly-reflecting sheet or film. The film is maintained in the parabolic trough shape by means of a plurality of identical tensioned fibers arranged to be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the parabola. Fiber ends are terminated in two identical spaced anchorplates, each containing a plurality of holes which lie on the desired parabolic contour. In a preferred embodiment, these fibers are arrayed in pairs with one fiber contacting the front side of the reflecting film and the other contacting the back side of the reflecting film. The reflective surface is thereby slidably captured between arrays of fibers which control the shape and position of the reflective film. Gas pressure in the inflatable housing generates fiber tension to achieve a truer parabolic shape. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/601923 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Stoves and furnaces 126/696 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 06995572 | Arndt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | G. Dickey Arndt (Houston, Texas); James R. Carl (Houston, Texas); Phong H. Ngo (Friensdwood, Texas); Patrick W. Fink (Fresno, Texas); James D. Siekierski (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus are provided for determining a superstrate on or near a sensor, e.g., for detecting the presence of an ice superstrate on an airplane wing or a road. In one preferred embodiment, multiple measurement cells are disposed along a transmission line. While the present invention is operable with different types of transmission lines, construction details for a presently preferred coplanar waveguide and a microstrip waveguide are disclosed. A computer simulation is provided as part of the invention for predicting results of a simulated superstrate detector system. The measurement cells may be physically partitioned, non-physically partitioned with software or firmware, or include a combination of different types of partitions. In one embodiment, a plurality of transmission lines are utilized wherein each transmission line includes a plurality of measurement cells. The plurality of transmission lines may be multiplexed with the signal from each transmission line being applied to the same phase detector. In one embodiment, an inverse problem method is applied to determine the superstrate dielectric for a transmission line with multiple measurement cells. |
| FILED | Monday, March 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/803613 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/639 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 06996408 | Blossom et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent Blossom (Wilmington, North Carolina); David Baxley (Columbia, South Carolina); Krishnendu Kundu (Arlington, Virginia); Paul E. Leuba (Hunt Valley, Maryland); Tapas K. Som (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and structure for a communication system has a first-level regional server connected to a first agency and a second agency, and a second-level regional server connected to a plurality of the first-level regional servers. The second-level regional server has a first connection for connecting to one first-level regional server. The invention also has a second connection for connecting to another first-level regional server. The invention also includes a global directory and a central processing unit. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/037425 |
| ART UNIT | 2683 — Telemetry and Code Generation Vehicles and System Alarms |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/466 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 06996443 | Marshall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph R. Marshall (Manassas, Virginia); Alan F. Dennis (Chantilly, Virginia); Charles A. Dennis (Warrenton, Virginia); Steven G. Santee (Bristow, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A reconfigurable digital processing system for space includes the utilization of field programmable gate arrays utilizing a hardware centric approach to reconfigure software processors in a space vehicle through the reprogramming of multiple FPGAs such that one obtains a power/performance characteristic for signal processing tasks that cannot be achieved simply through the use of off-the-shelf processors. In one embodiment, for damaged or otherwise inoperable signal processors located on a spacecraft, the remaining processors which are undamaged can be reconfigured through changing the machine language and binary to the field programmable gate arrays to change the core processor while at the same time maintaining undamaged components so that the signal processing functions can be restored utilizing a RAM-based FPGA as a signal processor. In one embodiment, multiple FPGAs are connected together by a data bus and are also provided with data pipes which interconnect selected FPGAs together to provide the necessary processing function. Flexibility in reconfiguration includes the utilizing of a timing and synchronization block as well as a common configuration block which when coupled to an interconnect block permits reconfiguration of a customizable application core, depending on the particular signal processing function desired. The result is that damaged or inoperable signal processing components can be repaired in space without having to physically attend to the hardware by transmitting to the spacecraft commands which reconfigure the particular FPGAs thus to alter their signal processing function. Also mission changes can be accomplished by reprogramming the FPGAs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/334317 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/87 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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