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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 11, 2006
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| US 07025000 | Wong 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) | Roger S. Wong (Maplewood, New Jersey); Henry T. Rand, Jr. (Nyack, New York); Jeff Ranu (West Paterson, New Jersey); Charles William Oakley (Whippany, New Jersey); Michael E. Ivankoe, Jr. (Chatham, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A new mechanism substantially reduces the vulnerability of explosive load munitions to thermal stimuli, such as fire or heat during transport and storage, thus enhancing personnel safety and the survivability of adjacent munitions. The mechanism includes a threaded fuze adapter made of plastic and having a melting temperature that is lower than the auto-ignition temperature of the explosive. The adapter secures a fuze or metal closing plug to an explosive loaded projectile and is designed to permit venting of combustion gases through the nose of the projectile upon auto-ignition of the explosive, thereby preventing detonation of the explosive and fragmentation of the projectile body. A plastic or metal ring is utilized to support the body of an explosive loaded projectile within a fiberboard packing tube, thus allowing the fuze to readily separate from the projectile body upon the melting of the plastic threaded fuze adapter and subsequent combustion of the explosive during an unplanned thermal stimulus event. An intumescent coating is deposited on the metal ammunition container that is used to package explosive loaded cartridges, to reduce the rate of thermal stimuli to the munitions, thereby ensuring that the plastic fuze adapter of the present invention reaches its melting temperature prior to the explosive attaining its auto-ignition temperature. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/692357 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/481 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025014 | Forgach 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) | Kenneth M Forgach (North Potomac, Maryland); Christos Kasselas (Arlington, Virginia); Emily K. Mayer (Washington, District of Columbia); Francis M. Mulhern (Riverton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | One or more docking cages releasably attached to a tow line extending from the stern of a retrieval ship, emit tracking beacon beams picked up by sensors in unmanned underwater sea craft vehicles being approached, for steered propulsion thereof into rammed hook attachment to the cages. A sea craft vehicle thereby releasably attached to a cage, is towed onboard the retrieval ship by storage reel-in of the tow line, which is then disconnected from the cage and the retrieved vehicle for subsequent use in retrieval of other unmanned sea craft vehicles. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/960718 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/244 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025112 | Ferrando |
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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) | William A. Ferrando (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A metal-matrix material in the form of a carbide powder together with a sodium fluoride flux is deposited as a charge within a crucible for induction heating thereof to a flux melting temperature to thereby initiate pretreatment. The molten flux is spread over and covers powder particles of the metal-matrix carbide throughout, in response to stirring by rotation of an agitator during said flux melt heating within the crucible. The charge may be covered within the crucible by an air-purging blanket of argon gas during said heating. The powder fluxed charge is then cooled within the crucible before removal therefrom and sealingly packaged within aluminum soda cans or foil wrappings for future use storage. Such packaged charges are transferred from storage and introduced into a casting mold for enhanced centrifugal cast molding of metallurgical products, such as a metallic ring having an outer carbide bronze surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/011650 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal founding 164/97 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025304 | Kolliopoulos |
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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) | Daniel Kolliopoulos (Great Mills, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for illuminating the messenger cable of a helicopter includes a helicopter having a floor and including a RAST system; the RAST system comprising a messenger cable with a connector attached to one end for lowering to a landing deck of a ship, the RAST system further comprising a winch for raising and lowering the messenger cable, a housing attached to the floor of the helicopter through which the messenger cable is raised and lowered, a top of the housing including an opening through which the messenger cable passes, a sheave attached to the top of the housing and over which the messenger cable passes and a pulley attached to the housing and over which the messenger cable passes; a luminescent cover attached to a portion of the messenger cable adjacent the connector; a light mounted on the top of the housing for charging the luminescent cover; and a limit switch mounted on top of the housing for stopping upward motion of the messenger cable. |
| FILED | Friday, April 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/834154 |
| 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 244/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025474 | Campbell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William T. Campbell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Randy M. Maner (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven A. Grossman (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual mode or multimode backlight containing LEDs as a light source. The backlight has light cavity containing a reflective material. The cavity has an opening to allow light to be directed to a display source such as a liquid crystal display (LCD). Two sets of LEDs are provided, one set for day mode and one set for night mode. The night mode LEDs is fitted with an NVIS filter. The day mode LEDs is fitted with a filter that suppresses the phosphorescence from the day mode LEDs. The filter suppress the IR energy and allows maximum luminance from the day mode LEDs. During night mode operation, the backlight is flooded with light. Filtered light from the NVIS LED's would impinge on the day mode LED's causing them to phosphoresce. The filter over the day mode LEDs removes the infrared energy from the phosphorescent light emitted from the day mode LEDs. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/700928 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Illumination 362/231 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025564 | Nichtawitz 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) | Alois Nichtawitz (Traun, Austria); Karl C. Angerer (St. Martin im Muhlkreis, Austria); Robert A. Davidson (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Rodney J. Wittinger (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved design for turbines increases efficiency while reducing potential for fish kill. In an embodiment of the present invention as relates to Kaplan turbines, the gap between stay vanes and their corresponding wicket gates is reduced or eliminated by provision of an extension to the trailing edge of the stay vane. In alternative embodiments, the extension may be added to the wicket gate or affixed to both in an arrangement that permits free movement of the wicket gate. To facilitate eliminating the gap altogether, the extension may be made of a pliable material or be fabricated in a telescoping or accordion arrangement to permit contact with opposing parts without damage thereto. By designing extensions using accepted hydraulic principles, a better fit of the stay vane to its associated wicket gate, and possibly to the turbines runners may be effected, further improving operational efficiency and possibly even extending maintenance intervals. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/767499 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025868 | Bunn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas L. Bunn (Simi Valley, California); Alan Zachary Ullman (Northridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrolytic cell for producing chlorine and basic hydrogen peroxide suitably includes an anode partition and a cathode partition separated by a membrane. The cathode partition is divided into a catholyte compartment and a gas plenum by a gas diffusion cathode. The anode partition electrolyzes alkali chloride received from the laser to produce free chlorine and alkali ions. The catholyte partition reduces oxygen received from the gas plenum through the cathode, and produces alkaline peroxide from the oxidized components combined with alkali ions received through the membrane from the anode partition. The cell is particularly useful in a fuel regeneration system (FRS) for a chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL). |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/338648 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/466 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025887 | Kirts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Eugene Kirts (Oxnard, California); Mark Erik Foreman (Santa Barbara, California); Gary Daniel Anguiano (Oxnard, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A treatment facility for removing toxic metals from storm water runoff to provide clean water. The treatment facility includes a pretreatment chamber for removing large toxic particles from the storm water runoff and absorbent chamber for removing fine particles of toxic metals from the storm water runoff. The absorption chamber has an absorption bed of three absorptive materials for removing the fine particles of toxic metals from the storm water runoff. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/116162 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/681 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025931 | Nuckols 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) | Marshall L. Nuckols (Annapolis, Maryland); Kirk Vanzandt (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention reduces the amount of oxygen in an oxygen-containing gas within a closed environment. A selected amount of hydrogen gas is mixed with a portion of the oxygen-containing gas from the closed environment to form a first gas mixture. A catalyst exposed to the first gas mixture causes a reaction between the hydrogen and at least a portion of the oxygen therein. The resulting second gas mixture, which is returned to the closed environment, has a lower percentage of oxygen. At least one oxygen sensor is positioned in the closed environment to determine when oxygen levels in the closed environment reach a threshold level. The output signal from the sensor is used to control when and/or how much hydrogen is mixed in the first gas mixture. |
| FILED | Monday, December 31, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/034039 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025963 | Bhattacharjee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 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 | Tuesday, June 06, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/467047 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/150.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026041 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Vladimir Bulovic (Metuchen, New Jersey); Peter Peumans (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices (“OPODs”) are disclosed which include an exciton blocking layer to enhance device efficiency. Single heterostructure, stacked and wave-guide type embodiments are disclosed. Photodetector OPODs having multilayer structures and an exciton blocking layer are also disclosed. Guidelines for selection of exciton blocking layers are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/035818 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026042 | Martin 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) | Brett D. Martin (Washington, District of Columbia); Ranganathan Shashidhar (Woodbridge, Virginia); Nikolay Nikolov (Woodbridge, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer film comprising at least two layers, wherein each layer comprises a compound comprising the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected organic groups. A method of making a polymer film comprising the steps of: providing a monomer solution comprising one or more monomers comprising the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected organic groups; dispensing the monomer solution onto a substrate; heating the monomer solution on the substrate to polymerize the monomer; and repeating the steps of providing a monomer solution, dispensing, and heating one or more times, wherein the spin-coating is performed on top of the prior spin-coated layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/396444 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026069 | Atwater et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrill B. Atwater (North Plainfield, New Jersey); Arek Suszko (Lakewood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Reacting MnO2, a lithium compound and a bismuth compound produces a lithium battery cathode material for lithium electrochemical systems. The same results can also be achieved by reacting MnO2, lithium, or a compound containing lithium and bismuth, or a compound containing bismuth. Manganese based mixed metal oxides with lithium and bismuth were initially examined as a cathode material for rechargeable lithium and lithium-ion batteries in order to provide a new mixed metal oxide cathode material as the positive electrode in rechargeable lithium and lithium ion electrochemical cells. A stable mixed metal oxide was fabricated through a solid-state reaction between manganese dioxide, a lithium compound and bismuth or a bismuth compound. In addition to the lithium battery cathode material, a lithium manganese bismuth mixed metal oxide cathode, a lithium electrochemical system with a lithium manganese bismuth mixed metal oxide and a rechargeable lithium battery with a lithium manganese bismuth mixed metal oxide cathode are also provided. These devices provide much improved sustained specific capacity of about 120 mAhrs/g and the material exhibits an inherent catalytic behavior for charge transfer. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/339258 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026184 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huikai Xie (Gainesville, Florida); Gary K. Fedder (Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania); Zhiyu Pan (Mountain View, California); Wilhelm Frey (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of fabricating micromachined devices are disclosed, as are micromachined (MEMS) devices fabricated using such methods. According to one embodiment, the method includes forming a composite thin film layer stack on a substrate such that composite thin film layer stack comprises a plurality of etch-resistant layers, directionally etching a first portion of the composite thin film layer stack selectively masked by a first etch-resistant layer thereof, and directionally etching a first portion of the substrate selectively masked by the first etch-resistant layer. These steps may result in the formation of a composite thin film microstructure. The method further includes isotropically etching a second portion of the substrate for a controlled period of time to remove substrate material from under the composite thin film microstructure, removing a portion of the first etch-resistant layer and directionally etching a second portion of the composite thin film layer stack selectively masked by a second etch-resistant layer, and directionally etching a third portion of the substrate selectively masked by the second etch-resistant layer to define a second microstructure, the second microstructure comprising a composite thin film layer stack portion and a substrate layer portion. The method may include backside etching the substrate prior to directionally etching the first portion of the composite thin film layer stack and/or removing the composite thin film layer stack portion from the second microstructure after directionally etching the third portion of the substrate. The composite thin film layer stack may include a CMOS circuitry layer stack and the substrate may include single-crystal silicon (SCS). |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/374197 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/48 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026343 | Prochownik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward V. Prochownik (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christine Giap (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John S. Lazo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Xiaoying Yin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The c-Myc oncoprotein, a helix-loop-helix-leucine zipper (HLH-ZIP) transcription factor, is frequently deregulated in human cancers. All known functions of c-Myc, including those pertaining to transformation, require that it heterodimerize with another HLH-ZIP protein, Max. Using a high throughput yeast-based assay, we identified seven low molecular weight substances that inhibit c-Myc-Max association. Each compound also prevented this interaction in vitro and inhibited the growth of c-Myc-expressing fibroblasts, although not of fibroblasts lacking c-Myc. Finally, short-term exposure of c-Myc over expressing fibroblasts to several of the compounds markedly reduced their in vivo tumorigenicity. These studies suggest that yeast-based assays can be used to identify inhibitors of protein-protein interactions and that these frequently function in mammalian cells. The signature specificities of each of the c-Myc-Max compounds identified here further suggest synergistic in vivo function. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/459769 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026346 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Xueqin Song (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Ho-Pi Lin (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds useful for inducing apoptosis in proliferative cells, particularly cancer cells, including but not limited to prostate cancer, leukemia, non-smalll cell lung cancer, colon cancer, CNS cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, renal cancer, bladder cancer, lymphoma, and breast cancer. These compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of androgen-independent cancers, including hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Further provided are methods of treating cancer in a subject in need of such treatment using the compounds of the present invention. Further provided are methods for using the compounds of the present invention to treat, inhibit, or delay the onset of cancer in a subject. Further provided are methods of inducing apoptosis in rapidly proliferating cells, particularly, though not necessarily cancer cells, using the compounds of the present invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/409502 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026540 | Doleski 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) | Robert F. Doleski (Middletown, Rhode Island); Stephen F. Oliver (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); Stanley J. Olson (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A tailcone assembly for a submarine countermeasure includes a generally hemispherically shaped shell having a planar aft end and an annular open forward end. Fins are fixed to the shell equidistantly around the shell externally thereof, each of the fins having a planar outboard surface extending aft and inboard of the shell. Connector structure is on the forward end of the shell for connecting to an aft end of the countermeasure. A first aperture is disposed in a side of the shell and a cable extends from inside the shell therethrough. A second aperture extends through one of the fins and the cable extends therethrough. An opening is disposed centrally of the shell aft end, extends therethrough, and is adapted to retain a shaft assembly therein. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/099777 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/20.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026738 | Lynch 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) | William A. Lynch (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Neal A. Sondergaard (Severna Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A homopolar motor features radially inner and outer pairs of axially aligned rotor drums to which axially aligned drive shafts are respectively connected and extend therefrom through an outer motor housing to drive a corresponding number of propellers located in axial spaced relation to each other outside of the housing for rotation about a common axis. A magnetic shield is fixedly mounted within the housing to enclose the rotor drums within a magnetic field established by disk and ring magnets positioned within the radially inner pair of the rotor drums. Current collector brushes maintain electrical contact between the rotor drums and a source of DC electrical energy supplied through a power input tube to the magnetic shield from a location between opposite axial ends of the housing. The drive shafts journaled within the housing extend from either opposite axial ends of the housing or from only one axial end of the housing to the propellers. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/033619 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026763 | Rostoker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman Rostoker (Irvine, California); Michl Binderbauer (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained electrostatically in a deep energy well, created by tuning an externally applied magnetic field. The simultaneous electrostatic confinement of electrons and magnetic confinement of ions avoids anomalous transport and facilitates classical containment of both electrons and ions. In this configuration, ions and electrons may have adequate density and temperature so that upon collisions they are fused together by nuclear force, thus releasing fusion energy. Moreover, the fusion fuel plasmas that can be used with the present confinement system and method are not limited to neutronic fuels only, but also advantageously include advanced fuels. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/328703 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026867 | Drost et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California); Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); Ivan E. Sutherland (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a capacitively-coupled receiver amplifier that has an input with no DC coupling. A DC voltage is programmed on the input. During programming, a transmitter is held at a voltage at a midpoint between a voltage that represents a logical “1” and a voltage that represents a logical “0” and the input voltage of the receiver amplifier is programmed to be substantially the switching-threshold voltage for the receiver amplifier. Then, during normal data communication, the transmitter drives high and low electrical signals that are coupled to the receiver amplifier. Since the input of the receiver amplifier has been substantially set to the DC voltage, the receiver amplifier need not control the DC voltage of the input for each transition in the electrical signals. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/879606 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026981 | Smith, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry Rosson Smith, Jr. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Analysis of electromagnetic (or acoustic) multipath propagation inventively confines the assessment of multipath propagation to a “surface interactive region” (“SIR”), intermediate the target and transmitter and/or the target and receiver. The down range time of the propagation, translatable to range distance, is related to error associated with such restriction. A SIR scope is selected commensurately with acceptable error. Jointly disclosed (practicable therewith or thereapart) is inventive focus upon the transmitter-to-target propagation (transmitted propagation reaching target via both direct pathway and forward scattered pathway) and the target-to-receiver propagation (re-transmitted propagation reaching receiver via both direct pathway and forward scattered pathway). Transmitter-to-target propagation is calculated using conventional multipath modeling technique. The target's overall scattered field is calculated using the calculated transmitter-to-target propagation in conjunction with qualitative electromagnetic/acoustic target information. Target-to-receiver propagation is calculated using conventional multipath modeling technique and/or the reciprocity principle as applied to the calculated transmitter-to-target propagation. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/856358 |
| 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 342/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027002 | Suh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seong-Youn Suh (Blacksburg, Virginia); Warren L. Stutzman (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Wideband antennas with omnidirectional coverage have both military and commercial applications. In one embodiment, the Planar Inverted Cone Antenna (PICA) is composed of a single flat element vertically mounted above a ground plane. A geometry of Planar Inverted Cone Antenna (PICA) is based on the conventional circular-disc antenna with trimmed top part having the shape of a planar-inverted cone. in a second embodiment, the Fourpoint antenna also provides balanced impedance over the operating band and has useful radiation patterns and dual polarization over its operating frequency. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/960488 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/773 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027009 | Adams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Adams (San Diego, California); Barry R. Hunt (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for communicating simultaneously at the same frequencies includes two or more conductor-backed, spiral antennas that have been shown to exhibit linear polarization. To permit simultaneous transmission on the same frequencies, two of the linearly polarize, conductor-backed spiral antennas can be spaced vertically and be oriented so that the feed points of one antenna are orthogonal to the feed points of the second antenna. Since the specifically designed spiral antennas will be both transmitting or both receiving at orthogonally arranged polarizations, the antennas will not interfere with each other, even though communication is upon substantially the same frequencies. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/295958 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/894 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027211 | Ruffa |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony A. Ruffa (Hope Valley, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus of switching a digital signal from a single input optical fiber to one or more optical fibers comprising the steps of providing an input signal into the input optical fiber, splitting the input optical fiber to form a plurality of split optical fibers each carrying the input signal, amplifying the signal in at least one of the plurality of split optical fibers with a laser activated amplifier, and then attenuating the signal in all of the split optical fibers to produce at least one output signal in one or more of the designated split optical fibers. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/748922 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027225 | Hsieh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kuang-Chien Hsieh (Champaign, Illinois); Keh-Yung Cheng (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Distributed Bragg reflectors may be formed in fewer layers by the method, which is capable of producing greater differences in indexes of refraction. Group III–V alternating layers are deposited. The microstructure of alternating layers is controlled to be different. A combination of alternating polycrystalline layers or amorphous and polycrystalline layers results. Alternate ones of the layers oxidize more quickly than the others. A lateral wet oxidation of the alternate ones of the layers produces a structure with large differences in indexes of refraction between adjacent layers. The microstructure between alternating layers may be controlled by controlling Group V overpressure alone or in combination with growth temperature. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/462407 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027321 | Katti |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Romney R. Katti (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistive (TAM) device and a method of operation. An embodiment of the device provides for a magnetic conducting sense layer with a fixed edge spin and a center magnetization direction, a magnetic conducting storage layer with a fixed edge spin and a center magnetization direction, and a nonmagnetic nonconducting barrier layer sandwiched between the sense layer and the storage layer. In one embodiment, the two center magnetization directions are aligned with a hard axis of the device, and the center magnetization direction of the storage layer is indicative of a logical state of the device. A larger magnetic field is required to invert the center magnetization direction of the storage layer than is required to invert the center magnetization direction of the sense layer. |
| FILED | Saturday, January 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/754882 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027409 | Cain |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melborne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Bibb Cain (Indialantic, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless communication network includes a plurality of mobile nodes each including a transceiver, a phased array antenna connected to the transceiver, and a controller connected to the transceiver. The controller discovers routes and routes communications to neighboring nodes with a routing protocol, e.g. an Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR) protocol. The controller schedules time slots to establish a communication link with each neighboring mobile node, and the phased array antenna is aimed by the controller towards each neighboring mobile node during communication therewith. Also, the controller estimates link quality based upon the quality of each time slot scheduled for the communication link and reports estimated link quality to the routing protocol. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/400997 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027449 | Garcia-Luna-Aceves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California); Srinivas Vutukury (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for maintaining a small bounded aggregate state within network routers pertaining to selected architectural families. Small bounded reservations states are utilized wherein the method is fully scalable for use on large networks. The size of the aggregate state and the complexity of the associated refresh mechanism is determined by the parameters of the network, such as size, and classes, which is in contrast to states based on the number of end-user flows. The method can render deterministic bandwidth use within the network wherein real-time multimedia applications may be accorded strict delay and bandwidth guarantees. The invention provides a middle-ground between the stateful Intserv and the stateless SCORE architectures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/975735 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027479 | Stewart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan F. Stewart (Camarillo, California); Rashmi S. Shah (Simi Valley, California); Gregory M. Yagiela (Oak Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A volume-absorbing laser beam dump encloses a solution comprising a laser-absorbing solute diluted in a solvent that is non-absorbent of the laser energy. The laser beam dump includes a window to admit a laser beam into the solution. As the laser beam travels through the solution, the diluted solute absorbs the laser energy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/726777 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027675 | Sayyah |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keyvan Sayyah (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In one implementation of the present invention, a method is provided for frequency tuning of a photonic oscillator. The method includes supplying an optical signal, for example laser light, which is modulated, delayed, and then converted to an electrical signal. The electrical signal is amplified, and used in modulating the optical signal. With this implementation, the frequency of the an output signal of the photonic oscillator is adjusted by adjusting a bias voltage of the amplifier. In some implementations, adjusting the frequency of the output signal further includes using a frequency lock loop circuit. In some implementations, adjusting the frequency of an output signal of the photonic oscillator further comprises adjusting at least one of an phase shifter in series with the amplifier, an optical fiber stretcher, or a bias voltage of a second amplifier. In one embodiment of the present invention, a photonic oscillator is provided including a laser and an optical modulator coupled to the laser. A lightwave delay path is coupled to the optical modulator. In some embodiments, dual lightwave delay paths are provided, such as a long loop delay path and a short loop delay path. A photodetector is coupled between the lightwave delay path and an amplifier. Typically, a bandpass filter is coupled between the amplifier and the modulating input of the optical modulator. A control circuit coupled to the amplifier is constructed so as to be capable of adjusting a bias power to the amplifier so as to shift a frequency of an output of the photonic oscillator. In some embodiments, the control circuit may include a frequency lock loop circuit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/663368 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027682 | Ruan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meichun Ruan (Tempe, Arizona); Jun Shen (Phoenix, Arizona); Charles Wheeler (Paradise Valley, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A new optical switch device and method of operating such a device overcomes alignment problems through the use of an optical signal-confining channel that may be embedded so as to confine optical signals in a desired propagation path such that the optical signal's alignment with the output is secured. Small-angle mirrors may be used so as to direct the optical signal into the intended optical signal-confining channels so as to achieve the desired optical switching. The mirrors could be latching micro-mirrors or non-latching micro-mirrors. Such mirrors could be controlled by electrostatic actuation, thermal actuation or electromagnetic actuation, or any other technique. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/902883 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027695 | Cooke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald A. Cooke (Greensboro, North Carolina); Kenneth M. McGovern (Burlington, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A fiber transition segment for transitioning an optical fiber from a hydrophone module to the central axis of the module. The segment comprises a conical, elongated element and a cylindrical portion of reduced diameter that protrudes longitudinally from the wide end of the conical element. The cylindrical portion is reciprocally mounted within an interconnect spring at the end of the hydrophone assembly. The fiber transition segment has a helical internal groove for receiving the optical fiber from the interconnect spring. The groove is aligned with and approximately matches the pitch of the groove in the interconnect spring to provide a smooth transition to the fiber transition segment and then to the central axis of the module. |
| FILED | Saturday, June 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/604162 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027833 | Goodman |
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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) | Daniel J. Goodman (Dunkirk, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A MMIC based superheterodyne receiver for converting at RF energy in an upper and a lower frequency band includes at least one attenuator for the RF energy input, a mixer for mixing the lower band input with a LO1 signal, another mixer for mixing the upper band input with the LO1 signal signal, a switch to direct the LO1 signal to the first mixer or to the second mixer, and a third mixer for mixing a LO2 signal with the first stage mixer output to produce a signal at the output frequency. Passband filters at the outputs of the mixers can reject interfering mixer-generated frequencies. Input frequency range can span 0.1 to 18 GHz with a 160 MHz or 1 GHz output. A modular receiver can have two or more converter modules for each LO module. The receiver can receive antenna input directly, without pre-mixing filtering or attenuating. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/817416 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/553.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07028099 | Troxel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBNT Solutions LLC (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Donald Troxel (Stow, Massachusetts); Gwendolyn Jean Gesler (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention enables hosts that do not share a network prefix to communicate in the event the hosts are unable to communicate with a router. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/736827 |
| ART UNIT | 2151 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07028275 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Goong Chen (Brazos County, Texas); Zijian Diao (Champaign, Illinois); Muhammad S. Zubairy (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for performing a data search includes initializing a collection of qubits by generating a superposition of quantum states in of the qubits, inverting the sign of a target quantum state, and calculating an inversion about the average for each qubit using one-bit unitary gates and two-bit quantum phase gates. The method further include iterating the inverting and calculating steps to determine a search result corresponding to the target quantum state according to Grover's algorithm. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/271652 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Boris P. Kovatchev (Amherst, Virginia); Daniel J. Cox (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and computer program product related to the diagnosis of diabetes, and is directed to predicting the long-term risk of hyperglycemia, and the long-term and short-term risks of severe hypoglycemia in diabetics, based on blood glucose readings collected by a self-monitoring blood glucose device. The method, system, and computer program product pertain directly to the enhancement of existing home blood glucose monitoring devices, by introducing an intelligent data interpretation component capable of predicting both HbA1c and periods of increased risk of hypoglycemia, and to the enhancement of emerging continuous monitoring devices by the same features. With these predictions the diabetic can take steps to prevent the adverse consequences associated with hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/240228 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Brush, broom, and mop making 3/365 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025727 | Brockway et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Transoma Medical, Inc. (, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian P. Brockway (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Perry Alton Mills (Arden Hills, Minnesota); Mel Murray Moench (Howard Lake, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A device measures pressures in animals and humans and includes a pressure transmission catheter (PTC) filled with a pressure transmitting medium and implantable in an area in having a physiological pressure. A transducer communicates with the pressure transmitting medium to provide a pressure signal representing variations in the physiologic pressure on electrical wires. A connecting catheter carries the electrical wires to signal processing and telemetry circuitry, which transmits a telemetry signal representing the pressure signal to a receiver external to the animal or human. A housing holds the signal processing and telemetry circuitry, but the transducer is remote from the housing. The device is particularly useful in measuring venous pressure, pulmonary pressure, bladder pressure, or intracranial pressure without significant head pressure artifact and with a sufficient dynamic response. One embodiment of the PTC includes a multi-durometer stem. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/997850 |
| ART UNIT | 3736 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/486 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025961 | Narum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Narum (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Kim Lee Sim (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions that inhibit the binding of Plasmodium falciparum to erythrocytes are provided. More particularly, antibodies specific for Plasmodium falciparum binding proteins and blocking peptides that prevent the binding of Plasmodium falciparum are included in the present invention. The methods provided utilize the antibody and peptide compositions provided herein and include methods for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of Plasmodium falciparum diseases such as malaria as well as methods for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum in biological samples and culture media. |
| FILED | Friday, March 03, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/914694 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025969 | Zaia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Zaia (Arcadia, California); Ghislaine Hawkins (Glendora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to mutated CMVpp65, a viral structural protein which activates cell mediated immunity in humans infected with CMV. The mutations remove undesirable protein kinase activity naturally present in the protein and make it suitable for the production of both DNA and protein vaccines. Therefore, the invention provides proteins and DNAs, as well as vaccines comprising the proteins and DNAs, including cellular vaccines and vectors. Other embodiments of the invention relate to methods of enhancing immune response and vaccinating against CMV, including gene therapy methods and vectors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/409063 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/230.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025987 | Cheresh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford, Jr., University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Cheresh (Encinitas, California); John Hood (San Diego, California); Mark Bednarski (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | αvβ3 Integrin receptor targeting liposomes comprise a cationic amphiphile such as a cationic lipid, a neutral lipid, and a targeting lipid. The targeting lipid includes a non-peptidic αvβ3 integrin antagonist. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/158761 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — 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 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026071 | Mayes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anne M. Mayes (Waltham, Massachusetts); Gerbrand Ceder (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Yet-Ming Chiang (Framingham, Massachusetts); Donald R. Sadoway (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mehmet K. Aydinol (Isci Bloklari Mah.Ankara, Turkey); Philip P. Soo (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Young-Il Jang (Knoxville, Tennessee); Biying Huang (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Solid battery components are provided. A block copolymeric electrolyte is non-crosslinked and non-glassy through the entire range of typical battery service temperatures, that is, through the entire range of at least from about 0° C. to about 70° C. The chains of which the copolymer is made each include at least one ionically-conductive block and at least one second block immiscible with the ionically-conductive block. The chains form an amorphous association and are arranged in an ordered nanostructure including a continuous matrix of amorphous ionically-conductive domains and amorphous second domains that are immiscible with the ionically-conductive domains. A compound is provided that has a formula of LixMyNzO2. M and N are each metal atoms or a main group elements, and x, y and z are each numbers from about 0 to about 1. y and z are chosen such that a formal charge on the MyNz portion of the compound is (4-x). In certain embodiments, these compounds are used in the cathodes of rechargeable batteries. The present invention also includes methods of predicting the potential utility of metal dichalgogenide compounds for use in lithium intercalation compounds. It also provides methods for processing lithium intercalation oxides with the structure and compositional homogeneity necessary to realize the increased formation energies of said compounds. An article is made of a dimensionally-stable, interpenetrating microstructure of a first phase including a first component and a second phase, immiscible with the first phase, including a second component. The first and second phases define interphase boundaries between them, and at least one particle is positioned between a first phase and a second phase at an interphase boundary. When the first and second phases are electronically-conductive and ionically-conductive polymers, respectively, and the particles are ion host particles, the arrangement is an electrode of a battery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/862916 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/305 |
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| US 07026125 | Pfahl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ligand Pharmaceuticals (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Magnus Pfahl (Solana Beach, California); Xiao-kun Zhang (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a purified heterodimer comprising an RXR and a hormone receptor. The invention also provides a method of screening ligands for their effect on the activity of an RXR-containing hormone receptor heterodimer comprising combining the heterodimer with the ligand and determining the effect on activity. Also provided is a method of amplifying the activity of a hormone receptor comprising forming a heterodimer with another hormone receptor. |
| FILED | Friday, January 15, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/232411 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07026136 | Oethinger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Margaret Oethinger (Bad Oeynhausen, Germany); Stuart B. Levy (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant methods and compositions represent an advance in controlling drug resistance in microbes. AcrAB-like efflux pumps have been found to control resistance to drugs, even in highly resistant microbes. Accordingly, methods of treating infection, methods of screening for inhibitors of AcrAB-like efflux pumps, and methods of enhancing antimicrobial activity of drugs are provided. Pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitor of an AcrAB-like efflux pump and an antimicrobial agent are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/629340 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/32 |
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| US 07026141 | Shuman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stewart Shuman (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a modified vaccinia topoisomerase enzyme containing an affinity tag which is capable of facilitating purification of protein-DNA complexes away from unbound DNA. This invention further provides a modified sequence specific topoisomerase enzyme. This invention provides a method of ligating duplex DNAs, a method of molecular cloning of DNA, a method of synthesizing polynucleotides, and a method of gene targeting. Lastly, this invention provides a recombinant DNA molecule composed of segments of DNA which have been joined ex vivo by the use of a sequence specific topoisomerase and which has the capacity to transform a suitable host cell comprising a DNA sequence encoding polypeptide activity. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/360478 |
| 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 435/91.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026155 | Mahan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Mahan (Santa Barbara, California); Douglas M. Heithoff (Goleta, California); David A. Low (Goleta, California); Robert L Sinsheimer (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Bacteria and in particular pathogenic bacteria are treated in a manner which alters the bacteria's native level or activity of DNA methyltransferase (Dam). The alteration results in a change in the bacteria's native level of methylation of adenine in a GATC tetranucleotide which inhibits virulence of the bacteria. Thus, compounds which inhibit proliferation of bacteria are useful in treating bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/928227 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026159 | Weigel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul H. Weigel (League City, Texas); Paul L. DeAngelis (Galveston, Texas); John Papaconstantinou (Galveston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are DNA sequences encoding hyaluronic acid synthase that are employed to construct recombinant cells useful in the production of hyaluronata synthase and hyaluronic acid (HA). In preferred aspects, chromosomal DNA encoding the HA synthase gene, hasA, was cloned from a Streptococcus pyoganas genomic library. These vectors were used to transform host cells such as E. coli and acapsular Streptococci to produce hyaluronic acid. Resultant transformants were screened to identify colonies which have incorporated HA synthase DNA in a form that is being actively transcribed into the corresponding HA synthase enzyme. These colonies were selected and employed in the production of hyaluronic acid. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/024426 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
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| US 07026283 | Fleming et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tony Fleming (Stow, Massachusetts); Jean-Pierre Kinet (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Calcium independent CD81 inhibition of IgE-mediated degranulation in mast cells, particularly through the FcγRIII and FcεRI receptors, is described, as well as methods of inhibiting allergic processes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/004562 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026285 | Tzianabos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Bingham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur O. Tzianabos (Reading, Massachusetts); Dennis L. Kasper (Charleston, Massachusetts); Andrew B. Onderdonk (Westwood, Massachusetts); Julia Ying Wang (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and products for inducing IL-2 secretion, inducing IL-10 secretion, activating T cells, suppressing IgG antibody response to specific antigen, promoting allograft survival, reducing postoperative surgical adhesion formation, and protecting against abscess formation associated with surgery, trauma or diseases that predispose the host to abscess formation are provided. The methods of the invention are accomplished using an immunomodulator which is a polymer having at least two repeating charge motifs separated by at least a certain minimum distance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/848779 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026291 | Rubin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey S. Rubin (Potomac, Maryland); Paul W. Finch (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Stuart A. Aaronson (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Discoveries are disclosed that show particular aspects of recombinant DNA technology can be used successfully to produce hitherto unknown human keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) protein free of other polypeptides. These proteins can be produced in various functional forms from spontaneously secreting cells or from DNA segments introduced into cells. These forms variously enable biochemical and functional studies of this novel protein as well as production of antibodies. Means are described for determining the level of expression of genes for the KGF protein, for example, by measuring mRNA levels in cells or by measuring antigen secreted in extracellular or body fluids. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/477983 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07026294 — Method of use of peptide antagonists of zonulin to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes
| US 07026294 | Fasano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alessio Fasano (West Friendship, Maryland); Tammara L. Watts (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for prevention of delaying the onset of diabetes using peptide antagonists of zonulin, is disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/275877 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026306 | Prokai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida); University of North Texas Health Science Center (Forth Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laszlo Prokai (Gainesville, Florida); Katalin Prokai (Gainesville, Florida); James Simpkins (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel estrogen-related steroidal quinols and their use as prodrugs for phenolic estrogens and estrogen analogs. The quinols of the present invention provide improved physicochemical properties, increased bioavailability, and improved distribution into tissues and penetration across the blood-brain barrier when compared to phenolic estrogens and estrogen analogs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/405413 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026330 | Grupp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephan A. Grupp (Havertown, Pennsylvania); Valerie I. Brown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for treating patients having an early B cell derived acute lymphoblastic leukemia with rapamycin or a derivative thereof are provided. Also provided are methods for treating patients having an early B cell derived acute lymphoblastic leukemia with rapamycin or a derivative thereof in combination with an IL-7 inhibitor. Finally methods for preventing GVHD in ALL patients following a bone marrow transplant are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/453056 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/291 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026343 | Prochownik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward V. Prochownik (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Christine Giap (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); John S. Lazo (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Xiaoying Yin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The c-Myc oncoprotein, a helix-loop-helix-leucine zipper (HLH-ZIP) transcription factor, is frequently deregulated in human cancers. All known functions of c-Myc, including those pertaining to transformation, require that it heterodimerize with another HLH-ZIP protein, Max. Using a high throughput yeast-based assay, we identified seven low molecular weight substances that inhibit c-Myc-Max association. Each compound also prevented this interaction in vitro and inhibited the growth of c-Myc-expressing fibroblasts, although not of fibroblasts lacking c-Myc. Finally, short-term exposure of c-Myc over expressing fibroblasts to several of the compounds markedly reduced their in vivo tumorigenicity. These studies suggest that yeast-based assays can be used to identify inhibitors of protein-protein interactions and that these frequently function in mammalian cells. The signature specificities of each of the c-Myc-Max compounds identified here further suggest synergistic in vivo function. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/459769 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026344 | Haynes, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | South Alabama Medical Science Foundation (Mobile, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johnson Haynes, Jr. (Mobile, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Sickle cell disease is treated by administering a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/344727 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/381 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026346 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Shih Chen (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Xueqin Song (Ypsilanti, Michigan); Ho-Pi Lin (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds useful for inducing apoptosis in proliferative cells, particularly cancer cells, including but not limited to prostate cancer, leukemia, non-smalll cell lung cancer, colon cancer, CNS cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, renal cancer, bladder cancer, lymphoma, and breast cancer. These compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of androgen-independent cancers, including hormone-refractory prostate cancer. Further provided are methods of treating cancer in a subject in need of such treatment using the compounds of the present invention. Further provided are methods for using the compounds of the present invention to treat, inhibit, or delay the onset of cancer in a subject. Further provided are methods of inducing apoptosis in rapidly proliferating cells, particularly, though not necessarily cancer cells, using the compounds of the present invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/409502 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026350 | Ho et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David K. Ho (North Potomac, Maryland); Raya Mandler (Bethesda, Maryland); Ada Belinda Alvarado-Lindner (Frederick, Maryland); Kaye B. Dillah Upadhyay (Gaithersburg, Maryland); David J. Newman (Wayne, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to water-soluble drugs, compositions containing same, and, in particular, a water-soluble analogue of geldanamycin. This invention also relates to a method of producing water-soluble analogues of water-insoluble drugs through derivatization and conjugation with a polar moiety via a thiol ether bond with a heterobifunctional linking molecule. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/837785 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/425 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026443 | Sette et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Epimmune Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alessandro Sette (La Jolla, California); John Sidney (San Diego, California); Scott Southwood (Santee, California); Robert Chesnut (Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California); Esteban Celis (Rochester, Minnesota); Howard M. Grey (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention uses our knowledge of the mechanisms by which antigen is recognized by T cells to identify and prepare human papillomavirus (HPV) epitopes, and to develop epitope-based vaccines directed towards HPV. More specifically, this application communicates our discovery of pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use in the prevention and treatment of HPV infection. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 15, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/641528 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — 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 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026444 | Schmidt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ann Marie Schmidt (Franklin Lakes, New Jersey); David Stern (Great Neck, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for an isolated human EN-RAGE peptide. The present invention also provides for a method for determining whether a compound is capable of inhibiting the interaction of an EN-RAGE peptide with a RAGE peptide, which comprises: (a) admixing: (i) a RAGE peptide or an sRAGE peptide or a fragment of either thereof, (ii) an EN-RAGE peptide or a fragment thereof, and (iii) the compound; (b) measuring the level of interaction between the peptide of step (a) (i) and the peptide of step (a) (ii), and (c) comparing the amount of interaction meausred in step (b) with the amount measured between the petpide of step (a) (i) and the peptide of step (a) (ii) in the absence of the compound, thereby determining whether the compound is capable of inhibiting the interaction of the EN-RAGE peptide with the RAGE peptide, wherein a reduction in the amount of interaction in the presence of the compound indicates that the compound is capable of inhibiting the interaction. The present invention also provides for a method for inhibiting inflammation in a subject which comprises administering to the subject a compound capable of interfering with the interaction between EN-RAGE peptide and receptor for advanced glycation endproduct (RAGE) in the subject thereby inhibiting inflammation in the subject. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/666513 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026450 | Posner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerome B. Posner (New York, New York); Josep O. Dalmau (New York, New York); Myrna R. Rosenfeld (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Ma family polypeptides Ma1, Ma2, Ma3, Ma4 and Ma5 are disclosed, as are nucleic acids encoding the Ma family polypeptides, antibodies that bind to Ma family polypeptides, and methods of diagnosis of paraneoplastic syndromes, by assessing a test sample from an individual for the presence or absence, or amount, of antibodies to Ma family polypeptides. |
| FILED | Friday, January 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/037860 |
| 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 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07026451 — Small and intermediate conductance, calcium-activated potassium channels and uses thereof
| US 07026451 | Adelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Icagen, Incorporated (Durham, North Carolina); Oregon Health Sciences University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Adelman (Portland, Oregon); James Maylie (Portland, Oregon); Chris T. Bond (Portland, Oregon); Christopher P. Silvia (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to small and intermediate conductance, calcium-activated potassium channel proteins. More specifically the invention relates to compositions and methods for making and detecting calcium-activated potassium channel proteins and the nucleic acids encoding calcium-activated potassium channel proteins. The invention also provides methods and compositons for assaying compounds which increase or decrease potassium ion flux through a calcium-activated potassium channel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/115688 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026461 | Shokat |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevan Shokat (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Engineered protein kinases which can utilize modified nucleotide triphosphate substrates that are not as readily utilized by the wild-type forms of those enzymes, and methods of making and using them. Modified nucleotide triphosphate substrates and methods of making and using them. Methods for using such engineered kinases and such modified substrates to identify which protein substrates the kinases act upon, to measure the extent of such action, and to determine if test compounds can modulate such action. Also Engineered forms of multi-substrate enzymes which covalently attach part or all of at least one (donor) substrate to at least one other (recipient) substrate, which engineered forms will accept modified substrates that are not as readily utilized by the wild-type forms of those enzymes. Methods for making and using such engineered enzymes. Modified substrates and methods of making and using them. Methods for using such engineered enzymes and such modified substrates to identify the recipient substrates the enzymes act upon, to measure the extent of such action, and to measure whether test compounds modulate such action. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/985061 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026466 | Ranganathan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rajesh Ranganathan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); H. Robert Horvitz (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Stephen C. Cannon (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a novel serotonin-gated anion channel that is permeable to chloride ions. Also disclosed are methods for the screening of therapeutics useful for treating serotonin-mediated cellular responses and conditions, as well as diagnostic methods for identifying such conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 21, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/717743 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
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| US 07026469 | Kucera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University School of Medicine (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); University of North Carolina at Chapel (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis S. Kucera (Pfafftown, North Carolina); Ronald A. Fleming (Cary, North Carolina); Khalid S. Ishaq (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Gregory L. Kucera (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Susan L. Morris-Natschke (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes compositions and methods useful for treatment of a virus infection in a mammal by double-targeting the virus (i.e. targeting the virus at more than one stage of the virus life cycle) and thereby inhibiting virus replication. The compositions of the invention include compounds, which comprise a phosphocholine moiety covalently conjugated with one or more therapeutic agents (e.g. nucleoside analogue, protease inhibitor, etc.) to a lipid backbone. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions for use in treatment of a virus infection in mammals. The methods of the invention comprise administering a compound of the invention, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition of the invention, in an amount effective to treat the infection, to a mammal infected with a virus. Additionally, the invention includes compositions and methods useful for combating a cancer in a mammal and facilitating delivery of a therapeutic agent to a mammalian cell. The compositions of the invention include compounds, which comprise an alkyl lipid or phospholipid moiety covalently conjugated with a therapeutic agent (e.g., a nucleoside analogue). The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions for combating cancer and facilitating delivery of a therapeutic agent to a mammalian cell. The methods of the invention comprise administering a compound of the invention, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition of the invention, in an amount effective to combat a cancer or to facilitate delivery of a therapeutic agent to a mammalian cell. |
| FILED | Friday, April 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/844201 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/26.100 |
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| US 07026500 | Dalton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Dalton (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Mitchell S. Steiner (Germantown, Tennessee); Karen A. Veverka (Cordova, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a class of androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA). The agents define a new subclass of compounds, which are selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM). Several of the SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected androgenic and anabolic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor. Other SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected antiandrogenic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor. The SARM compounds, either alone or as a composition, are useful for a) male contraception; b) treatment of a variety of hormone-related conditions, for example conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Aging Male (ADAM), such as fatigue, depression, decreased libido, sexual dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, osteoporosis, hair loss, anemia, obesity, sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, benign prostate hyperplasia, alterations in mood and cognition and prostate cancer; c) treatment of conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Female (ADIF), such as sexual dysfunction, decreased sexual libido, hypogonadism, sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, alterations in cognition and mood, depression, anemia, hair loss, obesity, endometriosis, breast cancer, uterine cancer and ovarian cancer; d) treatment and/or prevention of acute and/or chronic muscular wasting conditions; e) preventing and/or treating dry eye conditions; f) oral androgen replacement therapy; and/or g) decreasing the incidence of, halting or causing a regression of prostate cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/371213 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 558/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026516 | Meltzer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Organix, Inc. (Woburrn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Meltzer (Lexington, Massachusetts); Paul Blundell (Winchester, Massachusetts); Pinglang Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Bertha K. Madras (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Featured compounds have high monoamine transport affinity and are characterized by one of the following two general formulas set out above. The compounds bind selectively or non-selectively to monoamine transporters. The compounds are useful to treat various medical indications including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Parkinson's disease, cocaine addiction, smoking cessation, weight reduction, obsessive-compulsive disorder, various forms of depression, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and narcolepsy. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/374892 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/626 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027628 | Gagnon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | MariBeth Gagnon (Rockaway, New Jersey); Roger Taylor (Lilburn, Georgia); James V. Lange (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Tommy Lee (Snellville, Georgia); Carlyn Collins (Atlanta, Georgia); Richard Draut (Snellville, Georgia); Edward Kujawski (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An automated microscope and computer system captures a set of images for a capture area in a plurality of focal planes. The images can then be integrated into composite images for browsing to simulate viewing an item, such as a biological sample, under a microscope. A corrective filter can be constructed from the images to avoid an effect called “tiling.” Before capture, variable focal plane error can be avoided by collecting z locations for a set of points in the capture area. During image browsing, entire composite images can be loaded into memory in compressed form. Compressed image portions can be pre-decompressed to avoid delay as a browsing user navigates throughout the composite images. Pre-decompression can be done by a thread separate from the thread performing navigation operations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/001268 |
| ART UNIT | 2623 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027969 | Hilser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vince Hilser (Galveston, Texas); Steven T. Whitten (Dickinson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a computer-based algorithm that is used to determine the pKa, pH stability and electrostatic interactions of a protein. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/230473 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07028084 | Horton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corp. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Horton (Canton, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of maintaining communication between a computer and a server, the server being in communication with the computer via xDSL service or dial-up modem service, with xDSL service being the default mode of communication, the method including sending a request to the server via xDSL service to which the server should respond and determining if a response has been received. If no response has been received, displaying on the computer a message (i) indicating that xDSL service has failed and (ii) offering to establish communication between the computer and the server via the dial-up modem, and thereafter changing the default mode of communication between the computer and the server to dial-up modem service. In a preferred embodiment, an xDSL service provider monitors dial-up modem communications and determines if the computer dialing in normally establishes communication with the server via xDSL service. The xDSL service provider can thus quickly and easily detect xDSL failures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/669852 |
| ART UNIT | 2153 — 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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| US 07025324 | Slocum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander H. Slocum (Bow, New Hampshire); James R. White (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A gating apparatus for controlling the gap between two surfaces that includes an upper structure having a polished central region portion, an elastically deformable fulcrum structure, and an elastically deformable lever region. The upper structure can be fabricated from silicon using microelectromechanical system (MEMS) fabrication techniques. The gating apparatus also includes a lower structure coupled to the upper structure at the elastically deformable fulcrum structure. The upper structure, in response to a force, can bend about the fulcrum structure, thereby forming a variable gap between the polished central region portion and the lower structure. The variable gap can be used as a filter to filter fluids and mixed phase fluids. The structures can be made from a wide variety of materials including silicon, glass, ceramic, metal, and plastic. |
| FILED | Friday, January 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/336625 |
| ART UNIT | 3751 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025871 | Broadley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Broadley Technologies Corporation (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Broadley (Mission Viejo, California); Steven R. Ragsdale (Mission Viejo, California); Herbert P. Silverman (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flowing junction reference electrode exhibiting heretofore unattainable potentiometric characteristics is described, comprising a microfluidic liquid junction member that is situated between a reference electrolyte solution and a sample solution. This microfluidic liquid junction member has an array of nanochannels spanning the member and physically connecting the reference electrolyte solution and a sample solution, but while the electrolyte solution flows through the array of nanochannels and into the sample solution at a linear velocity, the sample solution does not substantially enter the array of nanochannels via the mechanisms of diffusion, migration, convection or other known mechanisms. The number of nanochannels in the array is preferably between approximately 108 and approximately 100. Also preferably, the nanochannels are substantially straight and are substantially parallel to one another; such an array of nanochannels is herein described as anisotropic. The nanochannels are also preferably coated. The widths of any nanochannels in the array of nanochannels are preferably uniform, in that the width of any nanochannel is substantially equal to the width of any other nanochannels in the array. The nanochannels preferably have widths of greater than approximately 1 nanometer and less than approximately 500 nanometers, and most preferably of 70 nanometers. The electrode may be constructed out of any suitable material, and is preferably is constructed of a polymer, most preferably a polymer selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate and polyimide, and may also preferably be constructed of silicon, glass, or ceramic. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/361708 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/793 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026041 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Vladimir Bulovic (Metuchen, New Jersey); Peter Peumans (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices (“OPODs”) are disclosed which include an exciton blocking layer to enhance device efficiency. Single heterostructure, stacked and wave-guide type embodiments are disclosed. Photodetector OPODs having multilayer structures and an exciton blocking layer are also disclosed. Guidelines for selection of exciton blocking layers are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/035818 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/212 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026187 | Shtein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max Shtein (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of employing organic vapor phase deposition to fabricate a polycrystalline organic thin film is described. By employing organic vapor phase deposition at moderate deposition chamber pressures and substrate temperatures, a polycrystalline organic thin film results having significantly larger purity and grain size than what is achievable by vacuum thermal evaporation. These polycrystalline organic thin films may be employed in a variety of applications, including, for example, organic light emitting devices, photovoltaic cells, photodetectors, lasers, and thin film transistors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/819658 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/99 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026461 | Shokat |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevan Shokat (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Engineered protein kinases which can utilize modified nucleotide triphosphate substrates that are not as readily utilized by the wild-type forms of those enzymes, and methods of making and using them. Modified nucleotide triphosphate substrates and methods of making and using them. Methods for using such engineered kinases and such modified substrates to identify which protein substrates the kinases act upon, to measure the extent of such action, and to determine if test compounds can modulate such action. Also Engineered forms of multi-substrate enzymes which covalently attach part or all of at least one (donor) substrate to at least one other (recipient) substrate, which engineered forms will accept modified substrates that are not as readily utilized by the wild-type forms of those enzymes. Methods for making and using such engineered enzymes. Modified substrates and methods of making and using them. Methods for using such engineered enzymes and such modified substrates to identify the recipient substrates the enzymes act upon, to measure the extent of such action, and to measure whether test compounds modulate such action. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/985061 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026498 | Buchwald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L. Buchwald (Newton, Massachusetts); David W. Old (Somerville, Massachusetts); John P. Wolfe (Brighton, Massachusetts); Michael Palucki (Belle Meade, New Jersey); Ken Kamikawa (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to novel ligands for transition metals. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of catalysts comprising these ligands in transition metal-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. The subject methods provide improvements in many features of the transition metal-catalyzed reactions, including the range of suitable substrates, reaction conditions, and efficiency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/004101 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/413 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027145 | Segall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen B. Segall (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yoram Koren (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A reconfigurable inspection apparatus for inspecting a surface finish of a cylinder bore or other machined surface. The apparatus may include a reconfigurable multi-spindle apparatus supporting a plurality of inspection probes. Each probe may include a laser that directs a laser beam perpendicularly to the machined surface, and a detector positioned at an angle to the laser beam to detect scattered laser light from the surface. The probe may also include a computer system including software that compares the detected scattered light to a scattered light signature from a first-type finishing mark and to a scattered light signature from a second-type finishing mark and determines a condition of the surface finish. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/603051 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/241.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027225 | Hsieh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kuang-Chien Hsieh (Champaign, Illinois); Keh-Yung Cheng (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Distributed Bragg reflectors may be formed in fewer layers by the method, which is capable of producing greater differences in indexes of refraction. Group III–V alternating layers are deposited. The microstructure of alternating layers is controlled to be different. A combination of alternating polycrystalline layers or amorphous and polycrystalline layers results. Alternate ones of the layers oxidize more quickly than the others. A lateral wet oxidation of the alternate ones of the layers produces a structure with large differences in indexes of refraction between adjacent layers. The microstructure between alternating layers may be controlled by controlling Group V overpressure alone or in combination with growth temperature. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/462407 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027619 | Pavlidis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ioannis Pavlidis (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Jonathan B. Dowdall (Reno, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for use in detecting a face of a person includes providing image data representative of reflected light of a scene in at least one bandwidth within a reflected infrared radiation range. Regions of the scene in the image data which may correspond to one or both eyebrows of a person and which may correspond to one or both eyes of the person are extracted from the data. The extracted regions which may correspond to one or both eyebrows of the person are combined with the extracted regions that may correspond to one or both eyes of the person resulting in a composite feature image. The composite feature image is searched based on model data representative of an eye region to detect one or both eyes of the person. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/077672 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/115 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027633 | Foran et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Foran (Short Hills, New Jersey); Dorin Cominciu (Highland Park, New Jersey); Peter Meer (East Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The systems described herein include tools for computer-assisted evaluation of objective characteristics of pathologies. A diagnostic system arranged according to the teachings herein provides computer support for those tasks well suited to objective analysis, along with human decision making where substantial discretion is involved. Collaborative diagnosis may be provided through shared access to data and shared control over a diagnostic tool, such as a telemicroscope, and messaging service for clinicians who may be at remote locations. These aspects of the system, when working in cooperation with one another, may achieve improved diagnostic accuracy or early detection for pathologies such as lymphoma. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/998359 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027681 | Soljacic et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Technion Research and Development Foundation, Ltd. (Haifa, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marin Soljacic (Somerville, Massachusetts); Mordechai Segev (Haifa, Israel); Chiyan Luo (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for bending a laser beam is provided. The device includes a beam deflection device that produces the beam having a selected number of addressable points. A soliton forming mechanism is positioned at the output of the beam deflection device so it receives the beam and increases the number of addressable points by a certain magnitude. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/630455 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027969 | Hilser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vince Hilser (Galveston, Texas); Steven T. Whitten (Dickinson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a computer-based algorithm that is used to determine the pKa, pH stability and electrostatic interactions of a protein. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/230473 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07028029 | Kamvar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Google Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sepandar D. Kamvar (Palo Alto, California); Taher H. Haveliwala (Mountain View, California); Gene H. Golub (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is disclosed in which a ranking function for a set of document rank values is iteratively solved with respect to a set of linked documents until a first stability condition is satisfied. After such condition is satisfied, some of the ranks will have converged. The ranking function is modified to take into account these converged ranks so as to reduce the ranking function's computation cost. The modified ranking function is then solved until a second stability condition is satisfied. After such condition is satisfied more of the ranks will have converged. The ranking function is again modified and process continues until complete. |
| FILED | Monday, August 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/925189 |
| ART UNIT | 2162 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07028044 | Hollaar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee A. Hollaar (Salt Lake City, Utah); Jeffrey A. Lorenzen (Park City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for highlighting quoted passages in a hypertext system. When a quotation in a reference document is selected by the user of the hypertext system, the source document for that quotation is retrieved from storage. The passage corresponding to the quotation is then located in the source document, and that quoted passage is highlighted in the initial display of the source document. Searching can locate a quoted passage even though it differs from the quotation. Optionally, differences between the quotation in the reference document and the quoted passage in the source document can be highlighted. |
| FILED | Friday, July 20, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/909519 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter A. Krulevitch (Pleasanton, California); William J. Benett (Livermore, California); Klint A. Rose (Livermore, California); Julie Hamilton (Tracy, California); Mariam Maghribi (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Low power integrated pumping and valving arrays which provide a revolutionary approach for performing pumping and valving approach for performing pumping and valving operations in microfabricated fluidic systems for applications such as medical diagnostic microchips. Traditional methods rely on external, large pressure sources that defeat the advantages of miniaturization. Previously demonstrated microfabrication devices are power and voltage intensive, only function at sufficient pressure to be broadly applicable. This approach integrates a lower power, high-pressure source with a polymer, ceramic, or metal plug enclosed within a microchannel, analogous to a microsyringe. When the pressure source is activated, the polymer plug slides within the microchannel, pumping the fluid on the opposite side of the plug without allowing fluid to leak around the plug. The plugs also can serve as microvalves. |
| FILED | Friday, September 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/957894 |
| ART UNIT | 3754 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Valves and valve actuation 251/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025461 | Veligdan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Veligdan (Manorville, New York); Leonard DeSanto (Dunkirk, Maryland); Lisa Kaull, legal representative (West Bay Shore, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A display system includes a waveguide optical panel having an inlet face and an opposite outlet face. A projector cooperates with a digital imaging device, e.g. a digital micromirror imaging device, for projecting an image through the panel for display on the outlet face. The imaging device includes an array of mirrors tiltable between opposite display and divert positions. The display positions reflect an image light beam from the projector through the panel for display on the outlet face. The divert positions divert the image light beam away from the panel, and are additionally used for reflecting a probe light beam through the panel toward the outlet face. Covering a spot on the panel, e.g. with a finger, reflects the probe light beam back through the panel toward the inlet face for detection thereat and providing interactive capability. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/650958 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Image projectors 353/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025856 | Selwyn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary S. Selwyn (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Ivars Henins (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jaeyoung Park (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Hans W. Herrmann (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus for the processing of materials involving placing a material either placed between an radio-frequency electrode and a ground electrode, or which is itself one of the electrodes. This is done in atmospheric pressure conditions. The apparatus effectively etches or cleans substrates, such as silicon wafers, or provides cleaning of spools and drums, and uses a gas containing an inert gas and a chemically reactive gas. |
| FILED | Friday, February 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/776086 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/345.430 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026071 | Mayes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anne M. Mayes (Waltham, Massachusetts); Gerbrand Ceder (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Yet-Ming Chiang (Framingham, Massachusetts); Donald R. Sadoway (Waltham, Massachusetts); Mehmet K. Aydinol (Isci Bloklari Mah.Ankara, Turkey); Philip P. Soo (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Young-Il Jang (Knoxville, Tennessee); Biying Huang (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Solid battery components are provided. A block copolymeric electrolyte is non-crosslinked and non-glassy through the entire range of typical battery service temperatures, that is, through the entire range of at least from about 0° C. to about 70° C. The chains of which the copolymer is made each include at least one ionically-conductive block and at least one second block immiscible with the ionically-conductive block. The chains form an amorphous association and are arranged in an ordered nanostructure including a continuous matrix of amorphous ionically-conductive domains and amorphous second domains that are immiscible with the ionically-conductive domains. A compound is provided that has a formula of LixMyNzO2. M and N are each metal atoms or a main group elements, and x, y and z are each numbers from about 0 to about 1. y and z are chosen such that a formal charge on the MyNz portion of the compound is (4-x). In certain embodiments, these compounds are used in the cathodes of rechargeable batteries. The present invention also includes methods of predicting the potential utility of metal dichalgogenide compounds for use in lithium intercalation compounds. It also provides methods for processing lithium intercalation oxides with the structure and compositional homogeneity necessary to realize the increased formation energies of said compounds. An article is made of a dimensionally-stable, interpenetrating microstructure of a first phase including a first component and a second phase, immiscible with the first phase, including a second component. The first and second phases define interphase boundaries between them, and at least one particle is positioned between a first phase and a second phase at an interphase boundary. When the first and second phases are electronically-conductive and ionically-conductive polymers, respectively, and the particles are ion host particles, the arrangement is an electrode of a battery. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 22, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/862916 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026074 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chun-hua Chen (Westmont, Illinois); Yoo Eup Hyung (Lisle, Illinois); Donald R. Vissers (Naperville, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A lithium battery with improved safety that utilizes one or more additives in the battery electrolyte solution wherein a lithium salt is dissolved in an organic solvent, which may contain propylene, carbonate. For example, a blend of 2 wt % triphenyl phosphate (TPP), 1 wt % diphenyl monobutyl phosphate (DMP) and 2 wt % vinyl ethylene carbonate additives has been found to significantly enhance the safety and performance of Li-ion batteries using a LiPF6 salt in EC/DEC electrolyte solvent. The invention relates to both the use of individual additives and to blends of additives such as that shown in the above example at concentrations of 1 to 4-wt % in the lithium battery electrolyte. This invention relates to additives that suppress gas evolution in the cell, passivate graphite electrode and protect it from exfoliating in the presence of propylene carbonate solvents in the electrolyte, and retard flames in the lithium batteries. |
| FILED | Friday, February 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/077569 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026146 | Rogers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D. Rogers (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Melinda A. Hamilton (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Lee O. Nelson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jennifer Benson (Cockermouth, United Kingdom); Martin J. Green (Wooton, United Kingdom); Timothy N. Milner (Centerville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for maintaining the viability and subsequent activity of microorganisms utilized in a variety of environments to promote biodecontamination of surfaces. One application involves the decontamination of concrete surfaces. Encapsulation of microbial influenced degradation (MID) microorganisms has shown that MID activity is effectively maintained under passive conditions, that is, without manual addition of moisture or nutrients, for an extended period of time. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/217925 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026152 | Ingram et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida); Shengde Zhou (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for the synergistic degradation of oligosaccharides by endoglucanases. The invention further provides recombinant host cells containing one or more genes encoding endoglucanses which are capable of the synergistic degradation of oligosaccharides. Preferred host cells of the invention are ethanologenic and capable of carrying out simultaneous saccharification and fermentation resulting in the production of ethanol from complex cellulose substrates. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/885297 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/210 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Montana (Missoula, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. DeGrandpre (Missoula, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for taking absorbance-based chemical measurements are described. In a specific embodiment, an indicator-based pCO2 (partial pressure of CO2) sensor displays sensor-to-sensor reproducibility and measurement stability. These qualities are achieved by: 1) renewing the sensing solution, 2) allowing the sensing solution to reach equilibrium with the analyte, and 3) calculating the response from a ratio of the indicator solution absorbances which are determined relative to a blank solution. Careful solution preparation, wavelength calibration, and stray light rejection also contribute to this calibration-free system. Three pCO2 sensors were calibrated and each had response curves which were essentially identical within the uncertainty of the calibration. Long-term laboratory and field studies showed the response had no drift over extended periods (months). The theoretical response, determined from thermodynamic characterization of the indicator solution, also predicted the observed calibration-free performance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 31, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/775386 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026611 | Atkinson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Atkinson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Paul Mottishaw (Chubbuck, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for simultaneous vaporization and ionization of a sample in a spectrometer prior to introducing the sample into the drift tube of the analyzer are disclosed. The apparatus includes a vaporization/ionization source having an electrically conductive conduit configured to receive sample particulate which is conveyed to a discharge end of the conduit. Positioned proximate to the discharge end of the conduit is an electrically conductive reference device. The conduit and the reference device act as electrodes and have an electrical potential maintained between them sufficient to cause a corona effect, which will cause at least partial simultaneous ionization and vaporization of the sample particulate. The electrical potential can be maintained to establish a continuous corona, or can be held slightly below the breakdown potential such that arrival of particulate at the point of proximity of the electrodes disrupts the potential, causing arcing and the corona effect. The electrical potential can also be varied to cause periodic arcing between the electrodes such that particulate passing through the arc is simultaneously vaporized and ionized. The invention further includes a spectrometer containing the source. The invention is particularly useful for ion mobility spectrometers and atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/847165 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026763 | Rostoker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman Rostoker (Irvine, California); Michl Binderbauer (Irvine, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for containing plasma and forming a Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) magnetic topology are described in which plasma ions are contained magnetically in stable, non-adiabatic orbits in the FRC. Further, the electrons are contained electrostatically in a deep energy well, created by tuning an externally applied magnetic field. The simultaneous electrostatic confinement of electrons and magnetic confinement of ions avoids anomalous transport and facilitates classical containment of both electrons and ions. In this configuration, ions and electrons may have adequate density and temperature so that upon collisions they are fused together by nuclear force, thus releasing fusion energy. Moreover, the fusion fuel plasmas that can be used with the present confinement system and method are not limited to neutronic fuels only, but also advantageously include advanced fuels. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/328703 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/111.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027150 | Rice et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven F. Rice (Oakland, California); Mark D. Allendorf (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Corrosion of refractory silica brick and air quality issues due to particulate emissions are two important glass manufacturing issues that have been tied to sodium vapor and its transport throughout the melt tank. Knowledge of the relationship between tank operating conditions and tank atmosphere sodium levels are therefore important considerations in correcting corrosion and air quality issues. However, until recently direct quantitative measurements of sodium levels has been limited to extractive sampling methods followed by laboratory analysis. Excimer laser induced fragmentation (ELIF) fluorescence spectroscopy is a technique that permits the measurement of volatilized NaOH in high temperature environments on a timescale of less than one second. The development of this method and the construction of field-portable instrumentation for glass furnace applications are herein disclosed. The method is shown to be effective in full-scale industrial settings. Characteristics of the method are outlined, including equipment configuration, detection sensitivity, and calibration methodology. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/877630 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027285 | Brubaker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Field Metrics, Inc. (Seminole, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Allen Brubaker (Loveland, Colorado); Terry Alan Hosking (Barre, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique of increasing the corona inception voltage (CIV), and thereby increasing the operating voltage, of film/foil capacitors is described. Intentional venting of the capacitor encapsulation improves the corona inception voltage by allowing internal voids to equilibrate with the ambient environment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/905352 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/301.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07028084 | Horton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corp. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Horton (Canton, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of maintaining communication between a computer and a server, the server being in communication with the computer via xDSL service or dial-up modem service, with xDSL service being the default mode of communication, the method including sending a request to the server via xDSL service to which the server should respond and determining if a response has been received. If no response has been received, displaying on the computer a message (i) indicating that xDSL service has failed and (ii) offering to establish communication between the computer and the server via the dial-up modem, and thereafter changing the default mode of communication between the computer and the server to dial-up modem service. In a preferred embodiment, an xDSL service provider monitors dial-up modem communications and determines if the computer dialing in normally establishes communication with the server via xDSL service. The xDSL service provider can thus quickly and easily detect xDSL failures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/669852 |
| ART UNIT | 2153 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07025619 | Tsui et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ZYVEX Corporation (Richardson, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Tsui (Richardson, Texas); Aaron Geisberger (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus including at least three deflectable members each configured to deflect during assembly with a component, and also configured to remain in contact with the component after assembly with the component. At least one of the deflectable members and the component has a thickness not greater than about 1000 microns. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/074448 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/353 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026168 | Bedingham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Bedingham (Woodbury, Minnesota); James E. Aysta (Stillwater, Minnesota); Barry W. Robole (Woodville, Wisconsin); Kenneth B. Wood (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and devices for thermal processing of multiple samples at the same time are disclosed. The sample processing devices provide process arrays that include conduits useful in distributing sample materials to a group pf process chambers located in fluid communication with the main conduits. The sample processing devices may include one or more of the following features in various combinations: deformable seals, process chambers connected to the main conduit by feeder conduits exiting the main conduit at offset locations, U-shaped loading chambers, and a combination of melt bonded and adhesively bonded areas. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/895010 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026659 | Slater, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David B. Slater, Jr. (Raleigh, North Carolina); Robert C. Glass (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Charles M. Swoboda (Morrisville, North Carolina); Bernd Keller (Goleta, California); James Ibbetson (Goleta, California); Brian Thibeault (Santa Barbara, California); Eric J. Tarsa (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Light emitting diodes include a substrate having first and second opposing faces and that is transparent to optical radiation in a predetermined wavelength range and that is patterned to define, in cross-section, a plurality of pedestals that extend into the substrate from the first face towards the second face. A diode region on the second face is configured to emit light in the predetermined wavelength range, into the substrate upon application of voltage across the diode region. A mounting support on the diode region, opposite the substrate is configured to support the diode region, such that the light that is emitted from the diode region into the substrate, is emitted from the first face upon application of voltage across the diode region. The first face of the substrate may include therein a plurality of grooves that define the plurality of triangular pedestals in the substrate. The grooves may include tapered sidewalls and/or a beveled floor. The first face of the substrate also may include therein an array of via holes. The via holes may include tapered sidewalls and/or a floor. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/859635 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027700 | Challener |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Albert Challener (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Recording heads are provided that comprise a magnetic write pole, and a planar waveguide positioned adjacent to the magnetic write pole, the planar waveguide including a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a first optical layer positioned between the first and second metal layers, and a second optical layer for coupling an electromagnetic wave to the first optical layer at a resonant incident angle. The second optical layer for coupling an electromagnetic wave to the first optical layer at a resonant incident angle is positioned adjacent to a surface of the second metal layer opposite the first optical layer and/or a diffraction grating. A mode index lens can also be provided for confining the electromagnetic wave in a direction parallel to the plane of the first optical layer. Disc drives incorporating the recording heads and a method of magnetic recording performed by the recording heads are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/391673 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07024942 | Jackson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric S. Jackson (Albany, California); Ronald P. Haff (Albany, California); Thomas C. Pearson (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for the non-destructive detection of pits and pit fragments found in dried fruit has been developed. It utilizes a force transducer and a signal processor to determine whether or not pit or pit fragments are present in a fruit specimen, and is able to automatically separate specimens testing positive from the product stream. |
| FILED | Monday, May 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/842792 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/818 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026152 | Ingram et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida); Shengde Zhou (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides compositions and methods for the synergistic degradation of oligosaccharides by endoglucanases. The invention further provides recombinant host cells containing one or more genes encoding endoglucanses which are capable of the synergistic degradation of oligosaccharides. Preferred host cells of the invention are ethanologenic and capable of carrying out simultaneous saccharification and fermentation resulting in the production of ethanol from complex cellulose substrates. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/885297 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07026156 | Clark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia); Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore G. Clark (Ithaca, New York); Harry W. Dickerson, Jr. (Athens, Georgia); Tian-Long Lin (Fujian, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel i-antigen protein from Ichthyophthirius multifiliis is effective to induce a protective immune response in fish. The invention includes antigenic and membrane-targeting sequences of i-antigen proteins, nucleic acid molecules that encode antigenic or membrane-targeting portions of i-antigen proteins, DNA and protein subunit vaccines, methods of inducing an immune response in fish and methods for detection and characterization of I. multifiliis. |
| FILED | Friday, February 04, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/497967 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07027476 | Taghavi-Larigani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shervin Taghavi-Larigani (Pasadena, California); Jakob J. Vanzyl (Pasadena, California); Amnon Yariv (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Tunable semiconductor lasers are disclosed requiring minimized coupling regions. Multiple laser embodiments employ ring resonators or ring resonator pairs using only a single coupling region with the gain medium are detailed. Tuning can be performed by changing the phase of the coupling coefficient between the gain medium and a ring resonator of the laser. Another embodiment provides a tunable laser including two Mach-Zehnder interferometers in series and a reflector coupled to a gain medium. |
| FILED | Monday, August 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/638763 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027898 | Leger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel R. Leger (Phoenix, Arizona); David Burdon (Phoenix, Arizona); Robert S. Son (Phoenix, Arizona); Kevin D. Martin (Phoenix, Arizona); John Harrison (Phoenix, Arizona); Keith R. Hughes (Peoria, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for providing weather information onboard an aircraft includes a processor unit and a graphical user interface. The processor unit processes weather information after it is received onboard the aircraft from a ground-based source, and the graphical user interface provides a graphical presentation of the weather information to a user onboard the aircraft. Preferably, the graphical user interface includes one or more user-selectable options for graphically displaying at least one of convection information, turbulence information, icing information, weather satellite information, SIGMET information, significant weather prognosis information, and winds aloft information. |
| FILED | Monday, October 30, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/698278 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027949 | Courter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly J. Courter (Tustin, California); Joel E. Slenk (Lakewood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for measuring a contour match between adjacent components are disclosed. In one embodiment, at least two pressure sensors are located between adjacent components. Each pressure sensor is adapted to obtain a pressure measurement at a location a predetermined distance away from the other pressure sensors, and to output a pressure measurement for each sensor location. An output device is adapted to receive the pressure measurements from at least two pressure sensors and display the pressure measurements. In one aspect, the pressure sensors include flexible thin film pressure sensors. In accordance with other aspects of the invention, a method is provided for measuring a contour match between two interfacing components including measuring at least one pressure applied to at least one sensor between the interfacing components. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/744860 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07025871 | Broadley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Broadley Technologies Corporation (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Broadley (Mission Viejo, California); Steven R. Ragsdale (Mission Viejo, California); Herbert P. Silverman (Laguna Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flowing junction reference electrode exhibiting heretofore unattainable potentiometric characteristics is described, comprising a microfluidic liquid junction member that is situated between a reference electrolyte solution and a sample solution. This microfluidic liquid junction member has an array of nanochannels spanning the member and physically connecting the reference electrolyte solution and a sample solution, but while the electrolyte solution flows through the array of nanochannels and into the sample solution at a linear velocity, the sample solution does not substantially enter the array of nanochannels via the mechanisms of diffusion, migration, convection or other known mechanisms. The number of nanochannels in the array is preferably between approximately 108 and approximately 100. Also preferably, the nanochannels are substantially straight and are substantially parallel to one another; such an array of nanochannels is herein described as anisotropic. The nanochannels are also preferably coated. The widths of any nanochannels in the array of nanochannels are preferably uniform, in that the width of any nanochannel is substantially equal to the width of any other nanochannels in the array. The nanochannels preferably have widths of greater than approximately 1 nanometer and less than approximately 500 nanometers, and most preferably of 70 nanometers. The electrode may be constructed out of any suitable material, and is preferably is constructed of a polymer, most preferably a polymer selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate and polyimide, and may also preferably be constructed of silicon, glass, or ceramic. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/361708 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/793 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027682 | Ruan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Meichun Ruan (Tempe, Arizona); Jun Shen (Phoenix, Arizona); Charles Wheeler (Paradise Valley, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A new optical switch device and method of operating such a device overcomes alignment problems through the use of an optical signal-confining channel that may be embedded so as to confine optical signals in a desired propagation path such that the optical signal's alignment with the output is secured. Small-angle mirrors may be used so as to direct the optical signal into the intended optical signal-confining channels so as to achieve the desired optical switching. The mirrors could be latching micro-mirrors or non-latching micro-mirrors. Such mirrors could be controlled by electrostatic actuation, thermal actuation or electromagnetic actuation, or any other technique. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/902883 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07028084 | Horton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BellSouth Intellectual Property Corp. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John J. Horton (Canton, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of maintaining communication between a computer and a server, the server being in communication with the computer via xDSL service or dial-up modem service, with xDSL service being the default mode of communication, the method including sending a request to the server via xDSL service to which the server should respond and determining if a response has been received. If no response has been received, displaying on the computer a message (i) indicating that xDSL service has failed and (ii) offering to establish communication between the computer and the server via the dial-up modem, and thereafter changing the default mode of communication between the computer and the server to dial-up modem service. In a preferred embodiment, an xDSL service provider monitors dial-up modem communications and determines if the computer dialing in normally establishes communication with the server via xDSL service. The xDSL service provider can thus quickly and easily detect xDSL failures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 27, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/669852 |
| ART UNIT | 2153 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07027937 | Rogovin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel N. Rogovin (Newbury Park, California); Martin W. Kendig (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for determining the environmental resistance of a wire insulation. The broadband impedance of the wire is obtained before and after the wire is exposed to an environmental condition. The real and imaginary components of the dielectric functions are then extracted from the broadband impedances. A tangent of a ratio of the imaginary component to the real component of the dielectric function of the wire prior to exposure is compared to a tangent of a ratio of the imaginary component to the real component of the dielectric function of the wire after to exposure. The two tangents are then compared to determine the environmental resistant of the insulation. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/902513 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027949 | Courter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly J. Courter (Tustin, California); Joel E. Slenk (Lakewood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for measuring a contour match between adjacent components are disclosed. In one embodiment, at least two pressure sensors are located between adjacent components. Each pressure sensor is adapted to obtain a pressure measurement at a location a predetermined distance away from the other pressure sensors, and to output a pressure measurement for each sensor location. An output device is adapted to receive the pressure measurements from at least two pressure sensors and display the pressure measurements. In one aspect, the pressure sensors include flexible thin film pressure sensors. In accordance with other aspects of the invention, a method is provided for measuring a contour match between two interfacing components including measuring at least one pressure applied to at least one sensor between the interfacing components. |
| FILED | Monday, December 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/744860 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07026281 | Schally et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew V. Schally (Metairie, Louisiana); Jozsef Varga (New Orleans, Louisiana); Marta Zarandi (Szeged, Hungary) |
| ABSTRACT | There is provided a novel series of synthetic analogs of hGH-RH(1–29)NH2. These analogs inhibit the activity of endogenous hGH-RH, and therefore prevent the release of growth hormone. The stronger inhibitory potencies of the new analogs, as compared to previously described ones, results from replacement of various amino acids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 11, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/547215 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07027860 | Bruninga et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Department of Veterans Affairs (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith Walter Bruninga (Frankfort, Illinois); Lisa Wittenkeller Riedy (Naperville, Illinois); Paul Joseph Zaszczurynski (Sycamore, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A microstimulator or neural prosthesis is powered and operative in response to an externally applied RF signal which includes a power component and control component. A slow rise time storage circuit stores RF power during a charging period and a fast rise time triggering circuit responsive to a fast rise time input triggers the device for producing output pulses following a selected delay time. The duration of the delay controls the current level of the output pulses. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/230393 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07024858 | Gray Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by United States Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An internal combustion engine for a vehicle provides variable displacement by selectively driving one or more engine crankshafts mounted within a single unitary engine block. In several embodiments the crankshafts are connected to a common output shaft with a one-way clutch between the common output shaft and at least one of the crankshafts. In one aspect starter gearing is independently associated with each of the first and second crankshafts and a starter is provided for selective engagement with the starter gearing of either of the crankshafts. In another aspect, an accessory drive for driving accessory systems of the vehicle receives power from any crankshaft which is operating, yet is isolated from any crankshaft that is not operating by a one-way clutch. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/378627 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/709 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07025042 | Gray, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A multicylinder homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine with a control system designed to maintain stable HCCI combustion during engine speed/load transitions by: (1) determining “combustion parameter” values such as the maximum rate of pressure rise for each cycle of each cylinder, (2) adjusting engine operating parameters (such as charge-air intake temperature, intake pressure (boost), or charge-air oxygen concentration) to effect a change in the combustion parameter value, (3) thereafter adjusting an engine “control parameter” (e.g., commanded fuel quantity) to each cylinder to maintain a desired target for the combustion parameter value, and (4) individually adjusting cooling, heating and/or fuel command to deviating cylinders to achieve uniform combustion. Additional strategies such as averaging of combustion parameter values and use of deadband regions in the control of HCCI combustion are also set forth. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/733696 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/435 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07027449 | Garcia-Luna-Aceves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California); Srinivas Vutukury (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for maintaining a small bounded aggregate state within network routers pertaining to selected architectural families. Small bounded reservations states are utilized wherein the method is fully scalable for use on large networks. The size of the aggregate state and the complexity of the associated refresh mechanism is determined by the parameters of the network, such as size, and classes, which is in contrast to states based on the number of end-user flows. The method can render deterministic bandwidth use within the network wherein real-time multimedia applications may be accorded strict delay and bandwidth guarantees. The invention provides a middle-ground between the stateful Intserv and the stateless SCORE architectures. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/975735 |
| ART UNIT | 2665 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07027353 | Melese et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Melese (Palo Alto, California); Robert A. Brown (Palo Alto, California); Richard C. Honey (San Mateo, California); Victor Aguero (Los Gatos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting vibration information by receiving electromagnetic radiation reflected or emitted from a target object at a photodetector array to provide real-time imaging of the target object. The detected radiation may be visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation, and/or of other desired frequency ranges. The detected radiation is AC-coupled to isolate components relating to oscillations of the target object from components relating to ambient radiation, e.g. background sunlight, and is digitized, stored, and subjected to processing such as a Fourier transform to generate outputs representative of frequencies of oscillation, which can be used for analysis of the target object. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/817116 |
| 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 367/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, April 11, 2006.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2006/fedinvent-patents-20060411.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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