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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 28, 2006
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| US 07018460 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | American Dental Association Health Foundation (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huakun Xu (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Laurence C. Chow (Potomac, Maryland); Shozo Takagi (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Frederick C. Eichmiller (Ijamsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A bone replacement material and therapy comprises the combination of calcium phosphate compounds and two or more soluble fillers in the form of fibers, mesh or other materials which have the dual functions of reinforcing an in vivo implant while dissolving at a programmed rate to form macropores capable of receiving natural bone ingrowth. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/975190 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/35 |
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| US 07018615 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki Ruoslahti (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Renata Pasqualini (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for in vivo panning of a library to identify molecules that specifically home to a selected organ. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/922227 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
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| US 07018631 | Danks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary K. Danks (Memphis, Tennessee); Philip M. Potter (Memphis, Tennessee); Peter J. Houghton (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Polynucleotides encoding a carboxylesterase enzyme and polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides which are capable of metabolizing a chemotherapeutic prodrug and inactive metabolites thereof to active drug are provided. Compositions and methods for sensitizing tumor cells to a prodrug chemotherapeutic agent and inhibiting tumor growth with this enzyme are also provided. In addition, screening assay for identification of drugs activated by this enzyme are described. |
| FILED | Friday, February 12, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/622568 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.600 |
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| US 07018812 | Oakley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Oakley (Durham, North Carolina); Lawrence S. Barak (Durham, North Carolina); Stephane A. Laporte (Outremont, Canada); Marc G. Caron (Hillsborough, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to modified G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). The modified GPCRs of the present invention include GPCRs that have been modified to have carboxyl terminal tails comprising one or more sites of phosphorylation, preferably one or more clusters of phosphorylation sites. The modified GPCRs of the present invention may comprise a retained portion of a carboxyl-terminus region from a first GPCR fused to a polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide comprises the one or more clusters of phosphorylation. The present invention also relates to methods of screening compounds and sample solutions for GPCR activity using the modified GPCRs. |
| FILED | Monday, November 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/993844 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
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| US 07018824 | Wong |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (LaJolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chi-Huey Wong (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A one-pot glycosylation reaction is disclosed in which a mannosyl (Man) group is enzymatically transferred to an acceptor molecule. The starting glycoside is a mannosyl 1-phosphate that is enzymatically converted to its GDP derivative via UTP and a pyrophorylase. The formed GDP derivative is used in the enzyme-catalyzed glycosyl transfer. That enzyme-catalyzed glycosyl transfer to an acceptor releases GDP that is enzymatically converted to GTP for further conversion of mannosyl 1-phosphate into its GDP derivative. Also disclosed are a recombinant α1,2-mannosyltransferase that is enzymatically active, is dispersible in an aqueous reaction medium, and free of the transmembrane portion of the native enzyme, as well as DNA encoding that transferase, an expression vector containing exogenous DNA that encodes that enzyme and E. coli cells containing that vector. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/145810 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
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| US 07018827 | Zancope-Oliveira 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); University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rosely M. Zancope-Oliveira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Timothy J. Lott (Atlanta, Georgia); Leonard W. Mayer (Decatur, Georgia); Errol Reiss (Chamblee, Georgia); George S. Deepe (Terrace Park, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides the nucleotide sequence of the M antigen gene of H. capsulatum, which is set forth in the Sequence Listing as SEQ ID NO:1, a nucleic acid having the nucleotide sequence complementary thereto, and nucleic acids having a nucleotide sequence which is substantially the same as the foregoing nucleotide sequences. The present invention also provides vectors and host expressions systems containing the foregoing nucleic acids, and isolated or recombinantly-produced antigens encoded by the foregoing nucleic acids. The present invention further provides antibodies generated against the foregoing antigens, and methods and kits for detecting a previous or current Histoplasma capsulatum infection in a subject, and for diagnosing histoplasmosis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 27, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/674195 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
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| US 07018835 | Hone |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David Michael Hone (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A recombinant double stranded RNA (dsRNA) phage expresses dsRNA-encoded genes in eukaryote cells. Recombinant dsRNA phage are useful for the expression of dsRNA expression cassettes encoding passenger genes, such as, but not restricted to, vaccine antigens, bioactive proteins, immunoregulatory proteins, antisense RNAs, and catalytic RNAs in eukaryotic cells or tissues. Methods are provided to deliver recombinant dsRNA phage to eukaryotic cells and tissues, either by direct administration, formulated in lipid or polylactide-coglycolide, or by utilizing a bacterial vaccine vector. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632094 |
| 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 435/320.100 |
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| US 07018836 | Price |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Price (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is the discovery that the transcription elongation factor termed P-TEFb has a central role in transcription elongation control. P-TEFb is herein shown to phosphorylate RNA polymerase II and to control the transition from abortive into productive elongation mode. P-TEFb has also been discovered to interact with the HIV transcriptional transactivating protein, Tat, showing that P-TEFb is the cellular factor necessary for HIV Tat to effect productive viral mRNA elongation. The invention provides genes encoding P-TEFb subunits, including human genes, and related biological components, and also provides assay methods connected with the control of transcription elongation. Particularly useful assays are those concerning the identification of substances that inhibit viral replication at the transcription elongation stage by inhibiting the binding or functional interaction of viral proteins to P-TEFb. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/951188 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 07018840 | Lippard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Lippard (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shawn Burdette (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed, in part, to fluorescent metal sensors for detecting metal ions, and methods of making and using the same. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/124742 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/73 |
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| US 07018841 | Ueda et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tetsufumi Ueda (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Eric D. Özkan (Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for treating neurosynaptic disorder in a subject are described. More specifically, compositions and methods for inhibiting glutamate uptake by synaptic vesicles in a subject are set forth. In one embodiment, the composition is inhibitory protein factor (IPF) and the subject is a human. |
| FILED | Monday, July 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/613170 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/86 |
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| US 07018846 | Sklar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Science and Technology Corporation @ UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry A. Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric Prossnitz (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Janeen Vilven (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Donna Neldon (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A display and method of preparing 7-transmembrane and other receptors for real-time kinetic analysis of binding interactions. The invention includes display on beads and in micelles for multi-well and flow cytometric analysis. The invention is useful for ligand discovery and drug action discovery, and G-protein response in particular. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/370358 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/501 |
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| US 07018850 | Raymond et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Stephane Petoud (Berkeley, California); Seth Cohen (Boston, Massachusetts); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides luminescent lanthanide metal chelates comprising a metal ion of the lanthanide series and a complexing agent comprising at least one salicylamidyl moiety. Also provided are probes incorporating the salicylamidyl ligands of the invention and methods utilizing the ligands of the invention and probes comprising the ligands of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, June 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/165818 |
| 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: Analytical and immunological testing 436/546 |
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| US 07018987 | Pettit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Broad of Regents acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); Monie R. Rhodes (Marcellus, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel water-soluble, stable derivatives of combretastatin A-4, and novel synthesis methods therefore. The combretastatin A-4 prodrugs described herein appear to be useful in the treatment of neoplastic disease. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/582950 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/75 |
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| US 07019108 | Brooks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Brooks (West Harrison, New York); Dorothy Rodriguez (West Harrison, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for inhibiting angiogenesis, tumor growth and treating disease states using a peptide that contains a specific amino acid sequence of matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2). In one embodiment, the invention provides a peptide, which comprises the amino acid sequence Ile-Phe-Ala-Gly-Asp-Lys-Phe-Trp-Arg, preferably flanked by cysteine residues at the amino and carboxy termini. Additionally, the invention provides compositions for inhibiting angiogenesis or tumor growth or for treating disease states comprising organic and non-peptidic mimetics based on the above amino acid sequence as well as optimized sequences flanking the region of MMP-2 within which the sequence lies. Also provided are methods for detecting angiogenesis, tumorous tissue, metastases, and tumor invasion into a tissue by contacting a composition of the invention with a tissue and methods for screening compositions of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, June 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/872165 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
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| US 07019109 | Rivier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Bilogical Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jean E. F. Rivier (La Jolla, California); Jean Claude Reubi (Berne, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Analogs of SRIF which are selective for SSTR1 in contrast to the other cloned SRIF receptors. These analogs are useful in determining the tissue and cellular expression of the receptor SSTR1 and its biological role in the endocrine, exocrine and nervous system, as well as in regulating tumor growth. SRIF analog peptides, such as des-AA1,2,5[D-Trp8, NαMeIAmp9, Tyr11]-SRIF and counterparts incorporating Cbm at the N-terminus and/or NαSer13, inhibit the binding of a universal SRIF radioligand to the cloned human receptor SSTR1, but they do not bind with significant affinity to human SSTR2, SSTR3, SSTR4 or SSTR5. By incorporating an iodinated tyrosine in position-2 or in position-11 in these SSTR1-selective SRIF analogs, a labeled compound useful in drug-screening methods is provided. The N-terminus accommodates bulky moieties without loss of selectivity, and a carbamoyl moiety or a conjugating agent that will accept a radioactive nuclide or will link to a cytotoxin may be present at the N-terminus. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/099240 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/311 |
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| US 07019112 | Slingluff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig L. Slingluff (Charlottesville, Virginia); Donald F. Hunt (Charlottesville, Virginia); Jeffrey Shabanowitz (Charlottesville, Virginia); Andrea L. Cox (Charlottesville, Virginia); Victor H. Engelhard (Charlottesville, Virginia); David Kittlesen (Charlottesville, Virginia); Jonathan Skipper (Oxford, United Kingdom); Ronald C. Hendrikson (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Melanoma-specific, A1- and A3-restricted CTL epitopes have been identified in tyrosinase and pMel-17, respectively, and may be used in the design of vaccines. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 12, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/816454 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/328 |
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| US 07019118 | Center et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Center (Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts); William W. Cruikshank (Westford, Massachusetts); Hardy Kornfeld (Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, novel IL-16 antagonists, preferably peptides derived from CD4, have been isolated and synthesized. These peptides possess IL-16 antagonistic properties including the ability to selectively bind to IL-16 and inhibit IL-16-mediated biological activity. The peptides comprise specific portions of the native human CD4 receptor and variations thereof and therefore are non-immunogenic when administered to humans. The present invention also provides compositions containing at least one IL-16 antagonist peptide which can inhibit, suppress or cause the cessation of at least one IL-16-mediated biological activity in mammals, including humans. The present invention provides a method and composition for treating inflammation associated with disease states such as asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and systemic lupus (SLE) in mammals such as, for example, humans. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/929924 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
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| US 07019119 | Choi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockefeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yongwon Choi (New York, New York); Brian Wong (New York, New York); Regis Josien (New York, New York); Ralph Steinman (Westport, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A protein belonging to the TNF superfamily called TRANCE involved in signal transduction, along with nucleic acids comprising DNA sequences and degenerate variants thereof which encode TRANCE are disclosed. Modulators which are TRANCE agonists and TRANCE antagonists are also disclosed, and can be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods disclosed herein to modulate the active life of mature dendritic cells, T cell activation, and immune response in mammal. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/017910 |
| 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 530/388.100 |
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| US 07019129 | Cook et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Biosearch Technologies, Inc. (Novato, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Cook (Novato, California); Matt Lyttle (Point Reyes Station, California); Daren Dick (San Geronimo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a family of dark quenchers, termed Black Hole Quenchers (“BHQs”), that are efficient quenchers of excited state energy but which are themselves substantially non-fluorescent. Also provided are methods of using the BHQs, probes incorporating the BHQs and methods of using the probes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 09, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/567863 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/26.600 |
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| US 07019150 | Holton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Holton (Tallahassee, Florida); Suhan Tang (Edison, New Jersey); Feng Liang (Kenilworth, New Jersey); Carmen Somoza (Madrid, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | 1-Deoxybaccatin III, 1-deoxytaxol and 1-deoxy taxol analogs and method for the preparation thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/636017 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/296 |
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| US 07019286 | Fuhrer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ionwerks, Inc. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katrin Fuhrer (Bern, Switzerland); Marc Gonin (Bern, Switzerland); Kent J. Gillig (College Station, Texas); Thomas Egan (Houston, Texas); Michael I. McCully (Houston, Texas); John A. Schultz (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Time-of-flight mass spectrometer instruments for monitoring fast processes using an interleaved timing scheme and a position sensitive detector are described. The combination of both methods is also described. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/689173 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
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| US 07019838 | Izatt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Izatt (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael Choma (Durham, North Carolina); Changhuei Yang (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A quadrature broadband interferometry system and method obtains a complete complex interferometric signal instantaneously in both homodyne and heterodyne systems in a simple, compact, and inexpensive setup. This is accomplished by separating interferometric components from non-interferometric components in each of at least two detector signals of an interferometer having a number of N×N couplers, scaling the interferometric components, and generating real and imaginary parts of a complex interferometric signal from the scaled interferometric components. The detector signals preferably derive from a broadband light source coupled to the interferometer, and the number of N×N couplers may be one or more, with N≧3. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/855652 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/479 |
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| US 07020518 | Zheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiangsheng Zheng (Birmingham, Alabama); Michael E. Benser (Birmingham, Alabama); Raymond E. Ideker (Birmingham, Alabama); Gregory P. Walcott (Wilsonville, Alabama); Steven D. Girouard (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable system for the defibrillation of the atria of a patient's heart comprises (a) a first catheter configured for insertion into the right atrium of the heart, preferably without extending into the right ventricle of the heart; a first atrial defibrillation electrode carried by the first catheter and positioned at the atrial septum of the heart (i.e., an atrial septum electrode); (b) a second atrial defibrillation electrode which together with the first atrial defibrillation electrode provides a pair of atrial defibrillation electrodes that are configured for orientation in or about the patient's heart to effect atrial defibrillation, and (c) a pulse generator operatively associated with the pair of atrial defibrillation electrodes for delivering a first atrial defibrillation pulse to the heart of the patient. The second electrode may be configured for positioning through the coronary sinus ostium and in the coronary sinus or a vein on the surface of the left ventricle, such as the great vein. An additional electrode configured for positioning in the superior vena cava, right atrium (including the right atrial appendage, or the right ventricle may also be included, and the pulse generator may be configured or programmed for concurrently delivering a first defibrillation pulse through the additional electrode and the atrial septum electrode, and a second defibrillation pulse through the atrial septum electrode and the second electrode. Electrode assemblies and methods useful for carrying out the invention are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, March 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/087340 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/5 |
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| US 07020530 | Ideker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond E. Ideker (Birmingham, Alabama); Steven D. Girouard (Woodbury, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is a passive conductor assembly for use with an implanted device having an intra-cavitarily or trans-venously disposed electrode. The assembly can include electrical components in electrical communication therewith which provide for the manipulation, and/or modification of the electrical stimulus or waveform generated by the implanted stimulus generator, which can be designed, for example, to selectively stimulate only neural tissue, not cardiac tissue or vice versa through the same passive conductor assembly. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 30, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/019873 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/122 |
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| US 07020578 | Sorensen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory A. Sorensen (Lexington, Massachusetts); Ona Wu (Utrecht, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of evaluating novel stroke treatments includes generating a risk map indicative of the probability of tissue infarction on voxel-by-voxel basis and selecting a probability range for evaluating the therapeutic effect of the novel treatment. In one particular embodiment, tissue having a fifty percent probability of tissue infarction is selected. A novel treatment that has a reduced level of overall actual infarction as compared to the predicted value is indicative of therapeutic effect. |
| FILED | Friday, February 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/182978 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
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| US 07017334 | Mayer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Russell Mayer (Manchester, Connecticut); Eric Conrad Engsberg (Mansfield Center, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A combination for connecting a hot sheet and a cold sheet of a nozzle liner in spaced relationship apart includes a stud having a main body wherein the stud is attached to the hot sheet and a portion of the stud extends through an opening in the cold sheet. A support spaces the hot sheet and the cold sheet apart. A generally planar fastening collar is affixed to the portion of the stud extending through the cold sheet. A first length is defined by the portion of the stud extending through the cold sheet to a distal end of the stud. A second length is defined between a first planar surface of the collar facing the cold sheet and a second planar surface of the collar opposite the first surface. Each of the first and second lengths is less is less than a diameter of the main body of the stud. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/741836 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/266 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07017466 | Davis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry L. Davis (Yuma, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for removing a damaged primer from the primer chamber of a cannon. The method comprises the steps of running a starter tap into a damaged primer, and shaking the damaged primer loose from the primer chamber so that the damaged primer comes out of the primer chamber on the edge of the tap. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/979288 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07018554 | Sumakeris |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph John Sumakeris (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for preparing a substrate and epilayer for reducing stacking fault nucleation and reducing forward voltage (Vf) drift in silicon carbide-based bipolar devices. The method includes the steps of etching the surface of a silicon carbide substrate with a nonselective etch to remove both surface and sub-surface damage, thereafter etching the same surface with a selective etch to thereby develop etch-generated structures from at least any basal plane dislocation reaching the substrate surface that will thereafter tend to either terminate or propagate as threading defects during subsequent epilayer growth on the substrate surface, and thereafter growing a first epitaxial layer of silicon carbide on the twice-etched surface. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/605312 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07018636 | Bhattacharjee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Apurba Bhattacharjee (Kensington, Maryland); Alan Cross (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Jerald Sadoff (Washington, District of Columbia); Wendell Zollinger (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A vaccine, effective in inducing the production of antibodies with which to immunize a second subject passively against infection by Gram-negative bacteria and LPS-mediated pathology, comprises a non-covalent polyvalent complex formed between purified, detoxified LPS derived from E. coli and purified outer membrane protein derived from N. meningitidis. The same vaccine will also actively immunize a host subject against Gram-negative bacterial infections and LPS-mediated pathology. Meningococcal infections are included among those Gram-negative bacterial infections protected against by the vaccine. |
| FILED | Monday, June 30, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/886044 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/197.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07018709 | Stevenson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Luna Innovations Incorporated (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janice P. Stevenson (Blacksburg, Virginia); Martin E. Rogers (Blacksburg, Virginia); Daniela M. Topasna (Lexington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A coated substrate is claimed. The coating, disposed on the substrate, comprises a self-assembled film having at least one bilayer. Each bilayer comprises a polyanion electrolyte layer and a polycation electrolyte layer. The uppermost layer or exposed layer of the coating comprises a fluoroalkyl group. Each bilayer thickness ranges from about 0.1 nanometers to about 20 nanometers. The resulting coated substrate has a low surface energy and is hydrophobic and/or oleophobic. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/690070 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07018833 | Sykes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathryn F. Sykes (Dallas, Texas); Stephen Albert Johnston (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to linear expression elements (LEEs) and circular expression elements (CEEs), which are useful in a variety of molecular biology protocols. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of LEEs and CEEs to screen for gene function, biological effects of gene function, antigens, and promoter function. The invention also provides methods of producing proteins, antibodies, antigens, and vaccines. Also, the invention relates to methods of making LEEs and CEEs, and LEEs and CEEs produced by such methods. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/077247 |
| 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 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019337 | Eden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isothermal Systems Research, Inc. (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Eden (Briarcliff, Texas); Bruce A. Smetana (Colton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Power semiconductor switching devices, power converters, integrated circuit assemblies, integrated circuitry, power current switching methods, methods of forming a power semiconductor switching device, power conversion methods, power semiconductor switching device packaging methods, and methods of forming a power transistor are described. One exemplary aspect provides a power semiconductor device including a semiconductive substrate having a surface; and a power transistor having a planar configuration and comprising a plurality of electrically coupled sources and a plurality of electrically coupled drains formed using the semiconductive substrate and adjacent the surface. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/703921 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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 A. Kant (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital envelope detector (consisting of both hardware and software) that provides accurate measurements of changes of peak values of an AC signal (these peak values constitute the envelope of a signal). Such accurate envelope measurements are required, e.g., to optimize the accuracy and selectivity of chemical sensors. The envelope values required for these sensors can not be obtained with common instruments (e.g. voltmeters) since these meters require that successive peaks be the same amplitude. Therefore, they can not measure the envelope of a gradually increasing or decreasing AC signal from the chemical sensors. The only possible alternative to this invention is high speed, high resolution analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) followed by extensive statistical analysis. The ADC method is much more expensive, slower, and excessively complicated compared to the invention. The invention works as follows: A signal of interest is compared to each of a set of accurately calibrated reference (or threshold) voltages provided by a digital to analog converter. A digital logic circuit and software respond each time the signal fails to exceed the current reference voltage. In that event, relevant data (e.g. time or cycle count) are digitally recorded and a new reference voltage is installed. The process is repeated until the desired range of change of the signal is measured. The result is a set of amplitudes as a function of time and/or cycle that fully and accurately describe the desired portion of a signal envelope. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/857370 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/76.190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019654 | Danyluk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Danyluk (Atlanta, Georgia); Anatoly Zharin (Minsk, Belarus) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for contact potential sensing of dielectric properties of a fluid. The method and system include a contact potential sensor, an open or closed loop for passing a fluid past the sensor, measuring a contact potential to characterize dielectric properties of the fluid and outputting the dielectric property information for analysis and response thereto. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/084034 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/603 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019684 | Spencer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Spencer (Bedford, New Hampshire); Walter J. Hicks (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An arrangement for reducing the effect of vibration-induced changes in phase of the first local oscillator in a tracking receiver wherein final detection is accomplished by a synchronous detector in a phase lock loop incorporating a voltage-controlled oscillator is shown to include a differentiator providing a control signal whenever a vibration-induced change occurs, such control signal being applied to cause the time taken for the voltage-controlled oscillator to regain proper phase is reduced to a minimum. |
| FILED | Monday, May 14, 1984 |
| APPL NO | 06/623284 |
| 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 342/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | PRC Inc. (McLean, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Heath (Syracuse, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a system and method for building a video mosaic from a sequence of video images. Advantageously, the present invention can quickly and easily align each image by performing an image registration. The image registration includes detecting edges of structures and determining regions of interest. Once regions of interest are determined, then the distance from the center of the video image to the region of interest can be determined and from that determined data, the video images can be aligned. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/577487 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/218.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019875 | Pittman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd B. Pittman (Catonsville, Maryland); James D. Franson (Ellicott City, Maryland); Bryan C. Jacobs (Sykesville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical switch and optical storage loop are used as the basis of a single-photon source and a quantum memory for photonic qubits. To operate as a single-photon source, the techniques include a source of a pair of photons, such as a parametric down-conversion crystal, which is known to emit photons in pairs. The detection of one member of the pair activates the switch, which re-routes the other member into the storage loop. The stored photon is then known to be circulating in the loop, and can be switched out of the loop at a later time chosen by the user, providing a single photon for potential use in a variety of quantum information processing applications. To operate as a quantum memory for photonic qubits, a single-photon in an arbitrary initial polarization state is coherently stored in the loop, and coherently switched out of the loop when needed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/639559 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020004 | Hurst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allan T. Hurst (Plymouth, Minnesota); Jeffrey Sather (Medina, Minnesota); Jason B. Gadbois (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The semiconductor industry seeks to replace traditional volatile memory devices with improved non-volatile memory devices. The increased demand for a significantly advanced, efficient, and non-volatile data retention technique has driven the development of integrated magnetic memory structures. In one aspect, the present teachings relate to magnetic memory structure fabrication techniques in a high density configuration that includes an efficient means for programming high density magnetic memory structures. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/651619 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020015 | Hong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Idaho Research Foundation, Inc. (Moscow, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang-Ki Hong (Pullman, Washington); Mun-Hyoun Park (Moscow, Idaho); Sung-Hoon Gee (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic elements having unique shapes. In one example, the magnetic element defines an outer peripheral profile and a center point, wherein the outer peripheral profile includes a substantially curviform section and a notch section. The notch section may be configured to radially extend to at least the center point. In another example, a substantially circular or oval-shaped magnetic element defines an outer periphery and a gap void having an open end facing the outer periphery so as to form a gap along the outer periphery. The magnetic element optionally may not include an annular void that is spatially isolated from the gap void. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/674361 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020044 | Gieseke 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 J. Gieseke (Newport, Rhode Island); Robert Kuklinski (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus that produces a gaseous vapor baffle that isolates an undersea sonar system from acoustic noise. The apparatus allows for craft carrying undersea sonar systems to travel at relatively high speeds while substantially isolating the undersea sonar systems from acoustic noise interference produced by propulsion systems, hull appendages, waves and bubbles. The apparatus has a support strut that has one end that is joined or attached to the hull of a craft. A sonar pod is attached to the other end of the support strut. The support strut has a ventilation duct and a plurality of ventilation ports. A cavitator is attached to the support strut and produces a sheet cavity as the craft travels in the water. Pressurized air or other gases are injected into the ventilation duct which then exit through the ventilation ports and into the sheet cavity. The pressurized air or gas exiting the ventilation ports expands the sheet cavity to form a gaseous vapor baffle that isolates the sonar pod from acoustic noise. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/963006 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020046 | Baylog et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Baylog (Tiverton, Rhode Island); Chidambar Ganesh (East Greenwich, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater target tracking capability is disclosed for a grid-search technique utilizing parameter evaluation plot techniques comprising processing acoustic sonar measurements in conjunction with additional kinematics and environmental information. In the implementation described here, the measurements considered are passive broadband sphere bearings together with limiting knowledge of target speed and range at initial detection. These information sources are processed in a manner especially suited to enable rapid response to the emerging tactical situation. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/463906 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020083 | 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); Christina Parsa (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A protocol for differentiating congestion-related packet loss versus random packet loss in a wireless data connection. The protocol monitors changes in the length of a transmission queue in a wireless data connection over an interval substantially equal to the amount of time it takes to transmit a window of data packets and receive acknowledgements corresponding to all data packets transmitted in the window. If packet loss is preceded by an increase in the queue length over two consecutive intervals, the packet loss is designated as being due to congestion and a congestion avoidance algorithm is initiated. Otherwise, the packet loss is designated as random loss and the transmission window is maintained at its current size. The protocol reduces the transmission rate only when congestion is identified as the cause of lost packets; otherwise wireless losses can simply be quickly retransmitted without a reduction in the data transmission rate. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/021318 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020240 | Gonzalez Trotter |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dinko Eduardo Gonzalez Trotter (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems for determining matter properties are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/750394 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020286 | Torres et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wade P. Torres (Providence, Rhode Island); Alan V. Oppenheim (Lexington, Massachusetts); Rodolfo R. Rosales (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for modulating and demodulating signals that provides a new class of signal modulators and their corresponding demodulators. The modulation scheme embeds in an information signal a carrier signal by modulating the oscillatory rate of the carrier signal. The invention generalizes the possible carrier signals to any signal which can be generated by a dynamical system that have a known exponentially convergent observer, as in certain chaotic systems. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/077542 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020354 | Lagakos 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) | Nicholas Lagakos (Silver Spring, Maryland); Joseph Bucaro (Herndon, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber optic pressure sensor featuring a cartridge housing having an end that is exposed to the atmosphere, a thin flexible membrane covering the exposed end of the cartridge housing such that the flexible membrane has an exposed side and a protected side. A fiber bundle is disposed within the cartridge housing, featuring a transmitting fiber having a first and second ends. The first end has a polished finish and the second end is coupled to a light source. The fiber bundle also features a multitude of receiving fibers disposed around the transmitting fiber with each receiving fiber having first and second ends where the first ends are also polished. The fiber bundle is disposed within the cartridge housing such that the first end of the transmitting fiber and the first end of each receiving fiber is adjacent to the protected side of the flexible membrane with free space between the first fiber end and the protected side of the flexible membrane. A light sensing means is coupled to second end of said receiving fibers wherein light launched into the transmitting fiber propagates emerges at the polished end, propagates a very short distance in air, and is reflected by the flexible membrane into the receiving fibers, propagates therethrough, and is detected by light sensing means. Upon a change in the atmospheric pressure, pressure waves cause the flexible membrane to distort causing a change in the amount of light reflected by the protected side of the flexible membrane. Thus the intensity of the light coupled into the sensing fibers begins to modulate in relation to the intensity of pressure wave. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/446256 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020434 | Legan |
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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) | Lance A. Legan (Orlando, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a computer-based program and system for displaying visually realistic raw radar signals. The computer program includes a RADAR display fade algorithm. The algorithm includes alpha blending and texture mapping for producing a slow fade. Use of two buffers and transfer of data between the buffers to produce a smooth update of the visual display while the sweep of the RADAR ray advances and new or updated RADAR contacts are displayed. |
| FILED | Friday, January 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/749361 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020559 | Demirev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Plamen A. Demirev (College Park, Maryland); Catherine Fenseleau (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for rapid identification of biological materials is presented, which exploits the wealth of information contained in genome and protein sequence databases (5). In a preferred embodiment, the method utilizes the masses of a set of ions by MALDI TOF mass spectrometry of intact or treated cells (1). Subsequent correlation (4) of each ion in the set to a protein, along with the organismic source of the protein, is performed by searching a database comprising protein molecular weights (9). |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 17, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/856044 |
| 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 |
| US 07020595 | Adibhatla et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sridhar Adibhatla (West Chester, Ohio); Malcolm J. Ashby (Hamilton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for performing module-based diagnostics are described. In an exemplary embodiment, sensor values from an actual engine plant are input to an engine component quality estimator which generates performance estimates of major rotating components. Estimated performance differences are generating by comparing the generated performance estimates to a nominal quality engine. The estimated performance differences, which are indicative of component quality, are continuously updated and input to a real-time model of the engine. The model receives operating conditional data and the quality estimates are used to adjust the nominal values in the model to more closely match the model values to the actual plant. Outputs from the engine model are virtual parameters, such as stall margins, specific fuel consumption, and fan/compressor/turbine efficiencies. The virtual parameters are combined with the sensor values from the actual engine plant in a fault detection and isolation classifier to identify abnormal conditions and/or specific fault classes, and output a diagnosis. |
| FILED | Friday, November 26, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/449773 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020701 | Gelvin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sensoria Corporation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Gelvin (Escondido, California); Lewis D. Girod (Los Angeles, California); William J. Kaiser (Los Angeles, California); William M. Merrill (Los Angeles, California); Fredric Newberg (San Diego, California); Gregory J. Pottie (Los Angeles, California); Anton I. Sipos (Los Angeles, California); Sandeep Vardhan (Walnut, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The Wireless Integrated Network Sensor Next Generation (WINS NG) nodes provide distributed network and Internet access to sensors, controls, and processors that are deeply embedded in equipment, facilities, and the environment. The WINS NG network is a new monitoring and control capability for applications in transportation, manufacturing, health care, environmental monitoring, and safety and security. The WINS NG nodes combine microsensor technology, low power distributed signal processing, low power computation, and low power, low cost wireless and/or wired networking capability in a compact system. The WINS NG networks provide sensing, local control, remote reconfigurability, and embedded intelligent systems in structures, materials, and environments. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 04, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/684565 |
| ART UNIT | 2154 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); H. Tracy Hall, Jr. (Provo, Utah); David S. Pixton (Lehi, Utah); Kline Bradford (Orem, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A transmission line assembly for transmitting information along a downhole tool comprising a pin end, a box end, and a central bore traveling between the pin end and the box end, is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a protective conduit. A transmission line is routed through the protective conduit. The protective conduit is routed through the central bore and the ends of the protective conduit are routed through channels formed in the pin end and box end of the downhole tool. The protective conduit is elastically forced into a spiral or other non-linear path along the interior surface of the central bore by compressing the protective conduit to a length within the downhole tool shorter than the protective conduit. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/605863 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/380 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07018524 | McAdams 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) | Hiramie T. McAdams (Carrollton, Illinois); Robert W. Crawford (Tucson, Arizona); Gerald R. Hadder (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Barry D. McNutt (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Reformulated diesel fuels for automotive diesel engines which meet the requirements of ASTM 975-02 and provide significantly reduced emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) relative to commercially available diesel fuels. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/359213 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Mineral oils: Processes and products 28/15 |
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| US 07018578 | Deteresa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven J. Deteresa (Livermore, California); Richard E. Lyon (Absecon, New Jersey); Scott E. Groves (Brentwood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Hybrid matrix fiber composites having enhanced compressive performance as well as enhanced stiffness, toughness and durability suitable for compression-critical applications. The methods for producing the fiber composites using matrix hybridization. The hybrid matrix fiber composites comprised of two chemically or physically bonded matrix materials, whereas the first matrix materials are used to impregnate multi-filament fibers formed into ribbons and the second matrix material is placed around and between the fiber ribbons that are impregnated with the first matrix material and both matrix materials are cured and solidified. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/260096 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07018604 | Poling et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven A. Poling (Ames, Iowa); Steve W. Martin (Ames, Iowa); Jacob T. Sutherland (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides new compounds for use in proton exchange membranes which are able to operate in a wide variety of temperature ranges, including in the intermediate temperature range of about 100° C. to 700° C., and new and improved methods of making these compounds. The present invention also provides new and improved methods for making chalcogenide compounds, including, but not limited to, non-protonated sulfide, selenide and telluride compounds. In one embodiment, the proton conductivity of the compounds is between about 10−8 S/cm and 10−1 S/cm within a temperature range of between about −50 and 500° C. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/627584 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/560 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07018633 | Keener et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William K. Keener (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Thomas E. Ward (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods for selectively killing a cell containing a viral protease are disclosed. The composition is a varient of a protein synthesis inactivating toxin wherein a viral protease cleavage site is interposed between the A and B chains. The variant of the type II ribosome-inactivating protein is activated by digestion of the viral protease cleavage site by the specific viral protease. The activated ribosome-inactivating protein then kills the cell by inactivating cellular ribosomes. A preferred embodiment of the invention is specific for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and uses ricin as the ribosome-inactivating protein. In another preferred embodiment of the invention, the variant of the ribosome-inactivating protein is modified by attachment of one or more hydrophobic agents. The hydrophobic agent facilitates entry of the variant of the ribosome-inactivating protein into cells and can lead to incorporation of the ribosome-inactivating protein into viral particles. Still another preferred embodiment of the invention includes a targeting moiety attached to the variants of the ribosome-inactivating protein to target the agent to HIV infectable cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/618560 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/183.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07018850 | Raymond et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth N. Raymond (Berkeley, California); Stephane Petoud (Berkeley, California); Seth Cohen (Boston, Massachusetts); Jide Xu (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides luminescent lanthanide metal chelates comprising a metal ion of the lanthanide series and a complexing agent comprising at least one salicylamidyl moiety. Also provided are probes incorporating the salicylamidyl ligands of the invention and methods utilizing the ligands of the invention and probes comprising the ligands of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, June 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/165818 |
| 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: Analytical and immunological testing 436/546 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019037 | Zemanian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Samuel Zemanian (Richland, Washington); Glen Fryxell (Kennwick, Washington); Oleksiy A. Ustyugov (Spokane, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Aerogels having a monolayer coating are described. The aerogel and a monolayer forming precursor are provided in a supercritical fluid, whereupon the aerogel and the monolayer forming precursor are reacted in said supercritical fluid to form a covalent bond between the aerogel and the monolayer forming precursor. Suitable aerogels are ceramic oxides such as silica, alumina, aluminosilicate, and combinations thereof. Suitable monolayer forming precursors include alkyl silanes, chlorosilanes, boranes, chloroboranes, germanes, and combinations thereof. The method may also include providing a surface preparation agent such as water, or hydroetching an aerogel to enhance the coating of the monolayer. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/045948 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; processes of 516/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019138 | Elliott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado); The University of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Michael Elliott (Fort Collins, Colorado); Shawn A. Sapp (Broomfield, Colorado); Carlo Alberto Bignozzi (Ferrara, Italy); Cristiano Contado (Legnago, Italy); Stefano Caramori (Viconovo, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | This present invention provides a metal-ligand complex and methods for using and preparing the same. In particular, the metal-ligand complex of the present invention is of the formula: La-M-Xb where L, M, X, a, and b are those define herein. The metal-ligand complexes of the present invention are useful in a variety of applications including as electron-transfer mediators in dye-sensitized solar cells and related photoelectrochromic devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/494086 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Energy Photovoltaics (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan E. Delahoy (Rocky Hill, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Sulfur is used to improve the performance of CIGS devices prepared by the evaporation of a single source ZIS type compound to form a buffer layer on the CIGS. The sulfur may be evaporated, or contained in the ZIS type material, or both. Vacuum evaporation apparatus of many types useful in the practice of the invention are known in the art. Other methods of delivery, such as sputtering, or application of a thiourea solution, may be substituted for evaporation. |
| FILED | Friday, September 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/251337 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019311 | Horn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin M. Horn (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A scanned, pulsed, focused laser irradiation apparatus can measure and image the photocurrent collection resulting from a dose-rate equivalent exposure to infrared laser light across an entire silicon die. Comparisons of dose-rate response images or time-delay images from before, during, and after accelerated aging of a device, or from periodic sampling of devices from fielded operational systems allows precise identification of those specific age-affected circuit structures within a device that merit further quantitative analysis with targeted materials or electrical testing techniques. Another embodiment of the invention comprises a broad-beam, dose rate-equivalent exposure apparatus. The broad-beam laser irradiation apparatus can determine if aging has affected the device's overall functionality. This embodiment can be combined with the synchronized introduction of external electrical transients into a device under test to simulate the electrical effects of the surrounding circuitry's response to a radiation exposure. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/810420 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/484.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019339 | Atwater, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry A. Atwater, Jr. (Pasadena, California); James M. Zahler (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Ge/Si and other nonsilicon film heterostructures are formed by hydrogen-induced exfoliation of the Ge film which is wafer bonded to a cheaper substrate, such as Si. A thin, single-crystal layer of Ge is transferred to Si substrate. The bond at the interface of the Ge/Si heterostructures is covalent to ensure good thermal contact, mechanical strength, and to enable the formation of an ohmic contact between the Si substrate and Ge layers. To accomplish this type of bond, hydrophobic wafer bonding is used, because as the invention demonstrates the hydrogen-surface-terminating species that facilitate van der Waals bonding evolves at temperatures above 600° C. into covalent bonding in hydrophobically bound Ge/Si layer transferred systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/125133 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/184 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019446 | Funsten et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Herbert O. Funsten (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Juan R. Baldonado (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Eric E. Dors (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Ronnie W. Harper (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Ruth M. Skoug (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for electron multiplication by transmission that is designed with at least one foil having a front side for receiving incident particles and a back side for transmitting secondary electrons that are produced from the incident particles transiting through the foil. The foil thickness enables the incident particles to travel through the foil and continue on to an anode or to a next foil in series with the first foil. The foil, or foils, and anode are contained within a supporting structure that is attached within an evacuated enclosure. An electrical power supply is connected to the foil, or foils, and the anode to provide an electrical field gradient effective to accelerate negatively charged incident particles and the generated secondary electrons through the foil, or foils, to the anode for collection. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/671109 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/103.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019452 | Srivastava et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alok Mani Srivastava (Niskayuna, New York); Holly Ann Comanzo (Niskayuna, New York); Venkatesan Manivannan (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A boron-containing phosphor comprises a material having a formula of AD1−xEuxB9O16, wherein A is an element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ca, Mg, and combinations thereof; D is at least an element selected from the group consisting of rare-earth metals other than europium; and x is in the range from about 0.005 to about 0.5. The phosphor is used in a blend with other phosphors in a light source for generating visible light with a high color rendering index. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/448151 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/467 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019637 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Johnson (Livermore, California); Ann S. Yoshimura (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention provides systems and method for detecting. Sensing modules are provided in communication with one or more detectors. In some embodiments, detectors are provided that are sensitive to chemical, biological, or radiological agents. Embodiments of sensing modules include processing capabilities to analyze, perform computations on, and/or run models to predict or interpret data received from one or more detectors. Embodiments of sensing modules form various network configurations with one another and/or with one or more data aggregation devices. Some embodiments of sensing modules include power management functionalities. |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/402383 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/531 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019665 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods to improve signal coupling in downhole inductive transmission elements to reduce the dispersion of magnetic energy at the tool joints and to provide consistent impedance and contact between transmission elements located along the drill string. A transmission element for transmitting information between downhole tools is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including an annular core constructed of a magnetically conductive material. The annular core forms an open channel around its circumference and is configured to form a closed channel by mating with a corresponding annular core along an annular mating surface. The mating surface is polished to provide improved magnetic coupling with the corresponding annular core. An annular conductor is disposed within the open channel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/653564 |
| ART UNIT | 2635 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/854.400 |
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| US 07019713 | Hereld et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Hereld (Chicago, Illinois); Ivan R. Judson (Chicago, Illinois); Rick L. Stevens (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An image pattern description is stored and tiled display test pattern images are captured. The stored image pattern description and at least one captured tiled display test pattern image are used to identify a tile array placement and layout; a tile registration measurement; and a dot grid measurement providing measured dot grid positions. At least one captured tiled display test pattern images and the measured dot grid positions are used for calculating tile-to-camera maps and a camera-to-mural map. The tile-to-camera maps and the camera-to-mural map are used to generate control and correction data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/283719 |
| ART UNIT | 2673 — 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 345/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Dorian Challoner (Manhattan Beach, California); Kirill V. Shcheglov (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses a resonator gyroscope comprising a vibrationally isolated resonator including a proof mass, a counterbalancing plate having an extensive planar region, and one or more flexures interconnecting the proof mass and counterbalancing plate. A baseplate is affixed to the resonator by the one or more flexures and sense and drive electrodes are affixed to the baseplate proximate to the extensive planar region of the counterbalancing plate for exciting the resonator and sensing movement of the gyroscope. The isolated resonator transfers substantially no net momentum to the baseplate when the resonator is excited. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/370953 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/504.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07017812 | Schramm, Jr. 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) | Harry F. Schramm, Jr. (Winchester, Tennessee); Eric L. Corder (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable distance angular symbology reader utilizes at least one light source to direct light through a beam splitter and onto a target. A target may be angled relative to the impinging light beam up to and maybe even greater than 45°. A reflected beam from the target passes through the beam splitter and is preferably directed 90° relative to the light source through a telecentric lens to a scanner which records an image of the target such as a direct part marking code. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/730191 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/454 |
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| US 07018172 | Prasad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dilip Prasad (Vernon, Connecticut); Bruce L. Morin (Springfield, Massachusetts); Wesley K. Lord (South Glastonbury, Connecticut); Douglas C. Mathews (Marlborough, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, an aircraft engine is provided with a component which helps reduce the noise generated by the engine. The component has a first aerodynamic surface, a second aerodynamic surface, and a system for reducing noise without altering a pressure differential between the first aerodynamic surface and the second aerodynamic surface. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/744983 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/119 |
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| US 07018217 | Marshall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Marshall (Seattle, Washington); David M. Anderson (Issaquah, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A structurally integrable electrode, an assembly with an integrated electrode, and an associated method are provided. The electrode is configured to provide an electrically conductive path between nodes of an electrical circuit of a structural member. In particular, the electrode includes at least one conductive tow having a core and a conductive coating thereon. Electrically conductive contacts are connected to the ends of the tow, and at least one dielectric ply extends parallel to the tow to at least partially insulate the tow. Thus, the first and second contacts can be connected to the nodes of the circuit, and the tow can be structurally integrated with the structural member so that the tow provides an electrically conductive path between the nodes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/848655 |
| ART UNIT | 2839 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/67 |
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| US 07019847 | Bearman 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) | Gregory Bearman (Pasadena, California); David Cohen (Monrovia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A biosensor embodying the invention includes a sensing volume having an array of pores sized for immobilizing a first biological entity tending to bind to a second biological entity in such a manner as to change an index of refraction of the sensing volume. The biosensor further includes a ring interferometer, one volumetric section of the ring interferometer being the sensing volume, a laser for supplying light to the ring interferometer, and a photodetector for receiving light from the interferometer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/750574 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/517 |
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| US 07019993 | Vazquez Carazo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Face International Corp. (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo Vazquez Carazo (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular design for combining piezoelectric transformers is provided for high voltage and high power conversion applications. The input portions of individual piezoelectric transformers are driven for a single power supply. This created the vibration and the conversion of electrical to electrical energy from the input to the output of the transformers. The output portions of the single piezoelectric transformers are combining in series and/or parallel to provide multiple outputs having different rating of voltage and current. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/844160 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/67 |
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| US 07020076 | Alkalai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leon Alkalai (Studio City, California); Savio N. Chau (Hacienda Heights, California); Ann T. Tai (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and techniques for implementing fault-tolerant communication channels and features in communication systems. Selected commercial-off-the-shelf devices can be integrated in such systems to reduce the cost. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 26, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/698514 |
| ART UNIT | 2662 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/217 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dow Global Technologies Inc. (Midland, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deborah H. Parker (Racine, Wisconsin); Robert G. Bowman (Midland, Michigan); Howard W. Clark (Lake Jackson, Texas); George E. Hartwell (Midland, Michigan); Alex Kuperman (Orinda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of activating a fresh catalyst or regenerating a deactivated catalyst which is used in a hydro-oxidation process, preferably, the hydro-oxidation of an olefin in the presence of oxygen and hydrogen to an olefin oxide. The hydro-oxidation catalyst preferably comprises at least one metal selected from gold, silver, the platinum group metals, the lanthanide metals, and combinations thereof, incorporated onto a titanium- , vanadium- , or zirconium-containing support, more preferably, a titanium-containing support, such as titanium oxide or a titanosilicate. The activation or regeneration process involves contacting the fresh catalyst or the deactivated catalyst with ozone. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 07, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/148804 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/38 |
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| US 07019296 | Treado et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ChemImage Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J. Treado (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Matthew Nelson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Scott Keitzer (Export, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical imaging system is provided which uses a near infrared radiation microscope. The system includes an illumination source which illuminates an area of a sample using light in the near infrared radiation wavelength and light in the visible wavelength. A multitude of spatially resolved spectra of transmitted, reflected, emitted or scattered near infrared wavelength radiation light from the illuminated area of the sample is collected and a collimated beam is produced therefrom. A near infrared imaging spectrometer is provided for selecting a near infrared radiation image of the collimated beam. The filtered images are collected by a detector for further processing. The visible wavelength light from the illuminated area of the sample is simultaneously detected providing for the simultaneous visible and near infrared chemical imaging analysis of the sample. Two efficient means for performing three dimensional near infrared chemical imaging microscopy are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/256889 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.70 |
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| US 07019403 | Devanie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katherine M. Devanie (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Lane V. Brown (Spring Grove, Illinois); Michael L. Johnson (Carol Stream, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A self supported underfill film adhesively bonds surface mount integrated circuit packages to a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board has conductive traces and exposed conductive pads on the surface. Solder paste is printed on the conductive pads, and one or more additional solder paste deposits are printed in an area outside the conductive pads to serve as tack pads for a film adhesive. The film adhesive is strategically positioned on the printed circuit board over the tack pads and near the conductive pads, and the surface mount integrated circuit package is then placed on the board so that the conductive pads on the package align with the conductive pads on the board. The film adhesive softens when the package is soldered to the board, and the film ultimately serves as an underfill to increase the mechanical integrity of the solder joints. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/652136 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07018617 | Tracey, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Daniel Tracey, Jr. (Pasadena, California); Seymour Benzer (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and compositions corresponding to a genetic locus associated with nociceptive pain. In addition, method of identifying or modulating nociceptive pain and associated disorders is also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/907155 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019126 | Turner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nilgun E. Turner (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Pinger Wang (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are recombinant plant cells, plant cell parts, plant parts and transgenic plants containing a DNA molecule comprising a sequence encoding a Pokeweed Antiviral Protein (PAP) II protein. PAP II proteins include full length, wild-type PAP II and substantially nontoxic mutants or analogs including fragments thereof truncated at the C-terminus and other PAP II proteins having an intact catalytic active site amino acid residue E172 but that also have at least one amino acid substitution or deletion, and possess anti-viral and/or anti-fungal activity. DNA molecules comprising sequences encoding the mutants or analogs, as well as the isolated and purified PAP II proteins per se, are also disclosed. Methods of identifying nontoxic PAP II mutants are further disclosed. Transgenic plants that produce a PAP II protein exhibit anti-viral and/or anti-fungal activity. Virtually all flowering plants are included. Seed derived from the transgenic plants are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 22, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/721047 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019138 | Elliott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colorado); The University of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Michael Elliott (Fort Collins, Colorado); Shawn A. Sapp (Broomfield, Colorado); Carlo Alberto Bignozzi (Ferrara, Italy); Cristiano Contado (Legnago, Italy); Stefano Caramori (Viconovo, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | This present invention provides a metal-ligand complex and methods for using and preparing the same. In particular, the metal-ligand complex of the present invention is of the formula: La-M-Xb where L, M, X, a, and b are those define herein. The metal-ligand complexes of the present invention are useful in a variety of applications including as electron-transfer mediators in dye-sensitized solar cells and related photoelectrochromic devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/494086 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07019337 | Eden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isothermal Systems Research, Inc. (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Eden (Briarcliff, Texas); Bruce A. Smetana (Colton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Power semiconductor switching devices, power converters, integrated circuit assemblies, integrated circuitry, power current switching methods, methods of forming a power semiconductor switching device, power conversion methods, power semiconductor switching device packaging methods, and methods of forming a power transistor are described. One exemplary aspect provides a power semiconductor device including a semiconductive substrate having a surface; and a power transistor having a planar configuration and comprising a plurality of electrically coupled sources and a plurality of electrically coupled drains formed using the semiconductive substrate and adjacent the surface. |
| FILED | Friday, November 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/703921 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019530 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency, (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrence Harold Brown (Harwood, Maryland); Larry Gene Ferguson (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method of surface preparation and imaging for integrated circuits. First, a substrate is selected and an opening is cut in the substrate of a sufficient size to fit an integrated circuit to be analyzed. A second substrate is then selected. An adhesive film is applied to the top surface of the first substrate, the adhesive film having adhesive on both sides and covering the opening on the first substrate. An integrated circuit is then inserted into the opening and attached to the bottom side of the adhesive film. Next, the first substrate and integrated circuit are bonded to the second substrate using the adhesive film. The bottom side of the first substrate and the integrated circuit are then thinned until the substrate wafer of the integrated circuit is completely removed. The bottom side of the first substrate and integrated circuit is then thinned to a user-definable level. A handle wafer is then attached to the bottom side of the first substrate. The second substrate is then removed and thinned and an analytical imaging technique is performed on the integrated circuit from the top side of the first substrate. The first substrate and integrated circuit are optionally repeatedly destructively processed to a user-definable level. Processing and imaging steps are repeated as desired on this user-definable level preferably down to just one level. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/020961 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/501 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07020338 | Cumbee |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carson S. Cumbee (Hanover, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying the script of a line of text by first assigning a weight to each n-gram in a group of documents of known scripts, where each n-gram is a sequence of numbers representing k-mean cluster centroids of a known script to which character segments in the documents of known scripts most closely match. A line of text is identified, where the line of text is made up of pixels. The identified line of text is cropped so that only a percentage of the pixels remain. The cropped line is vertically and horizontally rescaled into gray-scale pixels. The vertical gray-scale pixels are replaced with the sequence number of a k-means cluster centroid of a known script to which it most closely matches. The n-grams of the number sequence that represents the line of text is scored against the n-gram weights of the documents of known text. The highest score of the line of text is identified and compared to the scores of the documents of known scripts. The script of the line of text is determined to be the script of the document against which the line of text scores the highest. |
| FILED | Monday, April 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/117896 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07018846 | Sklar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Science and Technology Corporation @ UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry A. Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric Prossnitz (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Janeen Vilven (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Donna Neldon (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A display and method of preparing 7-transmembrane and other receptors for real-time kinetic analysis of binding interactions. The invention includes display on beads and in micelles for multi-well and flow cytometric analysis. The invention is useful for ligand discovery and drug action discovery, and G-protein response in particular. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/370358 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/501 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019017 | Uesugi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Motonari Uesugi (Houston, Texas); Shinichi Asada (Otsu, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptide mimetic small molecule inhibitors of Sur-2 are provided having the general formula: |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/405387 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07018539 | Mairal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anurag P. Mairal (Fremont, California); Alvin Ng (Palo Alto, California); Johannes G. Wijmans (Menlo Park, California); Ingo Pinnau (Palo Alto, California); Jennifer H. Ly (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and apparatus for treating oily wastewater, such as bilge water or ballast water, generated on a ship. The process uses a combination of a centrifugal separation step and a membrane separation step, such as an ultrafiltration step. The membrane separation step uses a dense, non-porous filtration membrane. The process is able to remove both emulsified oil and dissolved oil from the wastewater to low levels. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/279718 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/651 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019993 | Vazquez Carazo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Face International Corp. (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo Vazquez Carazo (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular design for combining piezoelectric transformers is provided for high voltage and high power conversion applications. The input portions of individual piezoelectric transformers are driven for a single power supply. This created the vibration and the conversion of electrical to electrical energy from the input to the output of the transformers. The output portions of the single piezoelectric transformers are combining in series and/or parallel to provide multiple outputs having different rating of voltage and current. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/844160 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07018643 | Puterka et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Engelhard Corporation (Iselin, New Jersey); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Puterka (Shepherdstown, West Virginia); David Michael Glenn (Shepherdstown, West Virginia); Dennis G. Sekutowski (Stockton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a pesticide delivery system, containing a continuous film having a thickness from about 1 μm to about 1,000 μm and noncontinuous areas having sizes less than about 100 μm, the continuous film containing a particulate material wherein at least 90% by weight of the particulate material has a particle size of about 10 microns or less, and a pest control agent at least partially coating the particulate material. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of delivering a pest control agent to a target organism, involving the steps of applying to at least a portion of a surface of a plant an effective amount of finely divided particulate material at least partially coated with the pest control agent, the particulate material containing from about 25% to about 100% by weight of a heat treated particulate material, wherein the partially coated finely divided particulate material as applied permits an exchange of gases on the surface of the plant and the partially coated finely divided particulate material forms a continuous film over the portion of the plant surface to which it is applied, and a maximum average size of openings in the continuous film is less than about 100 μm. |
| FILED | Friday, November 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/302401 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07018539 | Mairal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anurag P. Mairal (Fremont, California); Alvin Ng (Palo Alto, California); Johannes G. Wijmans (Menlo Park, California); Ingo Pinnau (Palo Alto, California); Jennifer H. Ly (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and apparatus for treating oily wastewater, such as bilge water or ballast water, generated on a ship. The process uses a combination of a centrifugal separation step and a membrane separation step, such as an ultrafiltration step. The membrane separation step uses a dense, non-porous filtration membrane. The process is able to remove both emulsified oil and dissolved oil from the wastewater to low levels. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/279718 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/651 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07019031 | Rose et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Disease Control Research Commission (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seth D. Rose (Tempe, Arizona); Scott R. Lefler (Tempe, Arizona); Steven R. Ottersberg (Tempe, Arizona); Ann Y. Kim (Glendale, Arizona); Karl J. Okolotowicz (Tempe, Arizona); Rosemarie F. Hartman (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Oncoproteins such as Ras and RhoB are known to induce cell division in an unrestrained manner when such proteins are localized at the inner surface of a cancer cell membrane. The localization is effected by the prenylation reaction, whereby a hydrophobic group (e.g. a farnesyl group) is attached to the protein in the presence of an enzyme (e.g. farnesyl protein transferase). Deactivation of the prenylation enzyme through covalent modification can therefore ultimately result in the mitigation and/or cessation of cancer cell growth. Various prenylation inhibitors having the necessary structural groups to bond covalently, or essentially irreversibly, to the prenylation enzyme include carbonyl or thiocarbonyl compounds (or masked versions of these compounds) and alpha oxo-epoxides bonded to a hydrophobic, substrate-mimicking group. The carbonyl or thiocarbonyl compounds also contain a nucleofugal atom or group to enhance the tendency to form covalent bonds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/983232 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/529 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07017425 | Vaughn et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Edward C. Vaughn (Slidell, Louisiana); Janice M. Fulford (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi); Harold R. Myers (Long Beach, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved bucket wheel assembly with a center frame, having a plurality of fingers extending therefrom. In each of the fingers a slot is formed. The assembly also includes a plurality of conically shaped hollow cups. The hollow cups each have a wall that forms an apex and a circular opening. The hollow cups may also have a second slot formed by two substantially parallel protuberances on the inner surface of each hollow cup. The hollow cups are attached to the center frame by matching the slots and sliding one into the other, so that a portion of the finger is between the protuberances, from the opening of each hollow cup. The hollow cup is slid into the slot until it reaches the bottom of the slot on the finger. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/101117 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/861.710 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07017857 | Hill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foster-Miller, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne Hill (Westborough, Massachusetts); Lev S. Tsimring (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An active vibration control system including a sensor responsive to a source of vibration and which provides an output signal representative of the vibrations; at least one actuator positioned to impart canceling vibrations to the source of vibrations based on an input signal; a correction subsystem responsive to the actuator for estimating the sensor output in the absence of the canceling vibrations and which outputs a corrected output signal representative only of the vibrations emanating from the source; and a state space predictor responsive to the corrected output signal for determining the input signal to the actuator based on variations in the corrected output signal to better control vibrations especially in chaotic systems. |
| FILED | Monday, September 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/244583 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/17.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019617 | Pratt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard M. Pratt (Richland, Washington); Michael A. Hughes (Pasco, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Radio frequency identification devices, backscatter communication device wake-up methods, communication device wake-up methods and a radio frequency identification device wake-up method are described. In one aspect, a wireless communication device includes a processor configured to process a plurality of received wireless signals and to control the communication of a plurality of outputted wireless signals, wherein the processor is configured to control the communication of the outputted wireless signals using backscatter modulation, circuitry coupled with the processor and configured to control operations of the processor, and wherein the processor is configured to output a reference signal responsive to detection of radio frequency energy, the circuitry is configured to analyze the reference signal and the radio frequency energy, and the processor is configured to enter a predefined mode of operation utilizing an increased amount of electrical energy responsive to the analysis of the reference signal and the radio frequency energy by the circuitry. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/263940 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/10.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07019621 | Woodard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Stanley E. Woodard (Hampton, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley E. Woodard (Hampton, Virginia); Robert L. Fox (Hayes, Virginia); Robert G. Bryant (Lightfoot, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A piezoelectric transducer comprises a piezoelectric component, an acoustic member attached to one of the surfaces of the piezoelectric component and a dampening material of low elastic modulus attached to one or both surfaces of the piezoelectric transducer. The piezoelectric component may comprise either an unimorph or a bimorph structure including a piezoceramic wafer made of lead zirconate titanate and a layer of dampening material sandwiched between the piezoelectric component and the acoustic member. The acoustic member comprises a surrounding wall portion and an end portion which form an acoustic chamber when the member is mounted on a surface of the piezoelectrie component. The end portion has an orifice to form a passageway from the chamber through the end portion to the outside of the member. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/753370 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/384.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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