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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 25, 2006
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 07032456 | Amin |
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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) | Ahmed H. Amin (North Attleboro, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A pressure sensor includes a substrate having a top metallized pad formed on the top surface and a bottom metallized pad formed on the bottom surface. These pads are divided into segments for connection with piezoresistors. A sensing piezoresistor is formed on the substrate's top surface in order to respond to a pressure of interest. A reference piezoresistor is formed on the substrate's bottom surface to respond to a reference pressure. A conductive strip is joined between the two piezoresistors for conducting heat and electricity therebetween. A temperature measuring resistor can also be positioned on the substrate. The substrate and sensors can be positioned in a housing having electrical contacts in communication with the sensors for providing voltages in response to changing pressure differentials and temperatures. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/027929 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/754 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07032530 | Ansay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Wahington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael T. Ansay (Johnston, Rhode Island); John R. Little (Swansea, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An air bag launch assembly is disclosed which allows for modular loading onto a submarine, the launch of weapons or vehicles external to the submarine pressure hull, while also achieving greater packing density. The air bag launch assembly includes a large, watertight pressure container; one or more smaller, watertight canisters used to contain the weapon or vehicle. The canisters are sized to fit within the larger pressure container. An air bag inflator is attached to the top and/or sides of the small canister to buoy the canister out of the container. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672969 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/319 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07032589 | Kerechanin, II et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles W. Kerechanin, II (Burtonsville, Maryland); Dexter G. Smith (Columbia, Maryland); Jennifer A. Nix (Ellicott City, Maryland); Protagoras N. Cutchis (Highland, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable ventilator for providing an air-recipient with compulsory respiration is provided with an outlet manifold and a single-expansion-chamber muffler configured so that airflow through an inhale outlet port of the muffler is pulse-free and a transmission loss, defined as the ratio of sound power generated by the at least one compressor and incident on the muffler to the sound power transmitted by the muffler, is sufficient to deaden the sound power of the compressor. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/349628 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/200.240 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07032800 | Subramanian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian (Niskayuna, New York); Bernard Patrick Bewlay (Schenectady, New York); Earl Claude Helder (Cincinnati, Ohio); Timothy Joseph Trapp (Upper Arlington, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for friction stir welding, a weld tool for friction stir welding, and a method for making a weld tool for friction stir welding are presented. The weld tool comprises a tungsten-based refractory material. A method for manufacturing an article, where the method comprises providing the apparatus for friction stir welding, and the article produced by this method are also presented. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/452420 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/2.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07032859 | Mohr |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Anthony Mohr (Camarillo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A counter rotating ducted fan having a permanent magnet drive. comprising a ducted housing having an iron core stator and a pair of counter rotating propeller blades rotationally mounted on a propeller shaft positioned axially within the housing Each of the propeller blades includes a plurality of individual propeller blades of an even number. Permanent magnets are mounted in permanent magnet insertion holes located at the tip of each of the individual propeller blades. When excited by an electrical current a pair of excitation windings mounted within the iron core stator control the rotational speed and direction of the pair of counter rotating propeller blades. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/901396 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/12.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033238 | Cathey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Cathey (Boise, Idaho); Jimmy J. Browning (Boise, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for forming and associating a lower section of a large-area field emission device (“FED”) that is sealed under a predetermined level of vacuum pressure with an upper section of a large-area FED. The upper section of the FED includes a faceplate. A first conductive layer is disposed on a surface of the faceplate. A matrix member is disposed on a surface of the first conductive layer, and cathodoluminescent material is disposed on the first conductive layer in areas not covered by the matrix member. The method includes disposing a plurality of spacers between the upper and lower sections of the FED to provide a predetermined separation between the upper and lower sections, with the spacers having cross-sectional shapes commensurate with stresses exerted on the spacers and/or heights commensurate with stresses exerted on the spacers. Resulting FED structures are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/262747 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp or space discharge component or device manufacturing 445/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033328 | Matula et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Matula (Kirkland, Washington); Paul Hilmo (Phoenix, Arizona); Michael Bailey (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A reflector (14) reflects energy emitting from an energy source (16) and focuses and directs it to a target. An aperture stop or suppressor disk (18) is positioned between the energy source (16) and target. The outer periphery of the aperture stop or suppressor disk (18) is an irregular curve (FIGS. 12 and 13). This shape of the periphery prevents diffraction enhancement to the direct wave. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/266874 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Kinesitherapy 61/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033415 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Gabriella S. Métraux (Evanston, Illinois); Rongchao Jin (Evanston, Illinois); YunWei Charles Cao (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides new types of plasmon-driven growth mechanism for silver nanostructures involving the fusion of triangular nanoprisms. This mechanism, which is plasmon excitation-driven and highly cooperative, produces bimodal particle size distributions. In these methods, the growth process can be selectively switched between bimodal and unimodal distributions using dual beam illumination of the nanoparticles. This type of cooperative photo-control over nanostructure growth enables synthesis of monodisperse nanoprisms with a preselected edge length in the 30–120 nm range simply by using one beam to turn off bimodal growth and the other (varied over the 450–700 nm range) for controlling particle size. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/817754 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033416 | Kurihara 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) | Lynn K. Kurihara (Alexandria, Virginia); Everett E. Carpenter (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A new low temperature method of reducing metallic salts, both inorganic and organic to metallic nanoparticles has been discovered. The reduction reaction is carried out in low boiling point monoalkylethers of ethylene glycol and mixtures of this solvent with alkane diols. Metallic nanoparticles are produced with size range of 1–100 nm. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/443228 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033435 | White et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry W. White (Columbia, Missouri); Shen Zhu (Huntsville, Alabama); Yungryel Ryu (Columbia, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for preparing p-n or n-p junctions having a p-type oxide film is disclosed. In one embodiment, a p-type zinc oxide film has a net acceptor concentration of at least about 1015 acceptors/cm3. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/615102 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/84 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033449 | Schaefer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Edina, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruth A. Schaefer (North Ogden, Utah); Robert L. Hatch (Wellsville, Utah); Daniel W. Doll (Ogden, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An explosive composition having a main explosive and an additive, such as 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine. The explosive composition is resistant to slow cook-off. The main explosive includes Composition B or a Composition B replacement. The 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine is present in the explosive composition at less than or equal to approximately 5% by weight. An insensitive munition resistant to slow cook-off is also disclosed, as is a method of forming the explosive composition having a main explosive and 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine and a method of mitigating slow cook-off violence. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/385379 |
| ART UNIT | 1751 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033608 | Jevanthi 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) | Ramasubbu Jevanthi (Columbia, Maryland); John E. Van Hamont (Fort Meade, Maryland); Phil Friden (Bedford, Massachusetts); Robert H. Reid (Fairfield, Pennsylvania); F. Donald Roberts (Dover, Massachusetts); Charles E. McQueen (Olney, Maryland); Jean A. Setterstrom (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel burst-free, sustained release biocompatible and biodegrable microcapsules which can be programmed to release their active core for variable durations ranging from 1–100 days in an aqueous physiological environment. The microcapsules are comprised of a core of polypeptide or other biologically active agent encapsulated in a matrix of poly(lactide/glycolide) copolymer as a blend of uncapped (free carboxyl end group) and end-capped forms ranging in ratios from 100/0 to 1/99. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/337945 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/490 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033637 | Hunt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroCoating Technologies, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Tye Hunt (Atlanta, Georgia); Girish Deshpande (Atlanta, Georgia); Wen-Yi Lin (Ellington, Connecticut); Tzyy-Jiuan Jan (Alpharetta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Epitatial thin films for use as buffer layers for high temperature superconductors, electrolytes in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), gas separation membranes or dielectric material in electronic devices, are disclosed. By using CCVD, CACVD or any other suitable deposition process, epitaxial films having pore-free, ideal grain boundaries, and dense structure can be formed. Several different types of materials are disclosed for use as buffer layers in high temperature superconductors. In addition, the use of epitaxial thin films for electrolytes and electrode formation in SOFCs results in densification for pore-free and ideal gain boundary/interface microstructure. Gas separation membranes for the production of oxygen and hydrogen are also disclosed. These semipermeable membranes are formed by high-quality, dense, gas-tight, pinhole free sub-micro scale layers of mixed-conducting oxides on porous ceramic substrates. Epitaxial thin films as dielectric material in capacitors are also taught herein. Capacitors are utilized according to their capacitance values which are dependent on their physical structure and dielectric permittivity. The epitaxial thin films of the current invention form low-loss dielectric layers with extremely high permittivity. This high permittivity allows for the formation of capacitors that can have their capacitance adjusted by applying a DC bias between their electrodes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 12, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/889237 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033674 | Thorp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | H. Holden Thorp (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Royce W. Murray (Pittsboro, North Carolina); Anthony M. Leone (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Mary Elizabeth Williams (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions of biomolecules such as nucleic acids that form molten salts are provided. These compositions molten compositions that have useful electrical properties. Such compositions include a salt of (i) an organic polymer ion such as a polynucleic acid anion, and (ii) a polyether or polysiloxane couterion. Methods of making and using such compositions, along with electrical devices such as memory devices, are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/932196 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/457 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033682 | Rai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UES, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amarendra K. Rai (Dayton, Ohio); Satish J. Dixit (Beavercreek, Ohio); Rabi S. Bhattacharya (Dayton, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Advanced machine tool coatings for Ti machining are presented. The coatings of the present invention provide for protection from chemical reactivity and higher cutting temperatures. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a coated machine tool is provided including a relatively hard underlayer and a chemically inert overlayer. The relatively hard underlayer is formed over the base material of the machine tool. The overlayer is formed over the underlayer, is chemically inert with respect to titanium, and comprises an oxide of yttrium or another metal oxide. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, a coated machine tool is provided including an alkaline earth metal fluoride overlayer that is substantially chemically inert with respect to titanium. The overlayer includes a metal intermixed with the metal fluoride. The intermixed metal is softer than the base material. |
| FILED | Friday, December 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/034852 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/698 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033769 | Mello 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) | Charlene M. Mello (Rochester, Massachusetts); Steven Michael Arcidiacono (Bellingham, Massachusetts); Jason William Soares (Framingham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for discovering one or more peptides adapted for specific binding to a microorganism of interest. The method comprises (i) identifying an antimicrobial peptide having antimicrobial activity against the microorganism of interest, (ii) generating a library of first generation mutants of the antimicrobial peptide, each of the first generation mutants differing from the antimicrobial peptide by a small number of amino acid substitutions, additions or deletions, (iii) screening the library of first generation mutants for those first generation mutants that bind to the microorganism of interest, (iv) determining the peptide sequences of those first generation mutants that bind to the microorganism of interest, and (v) if necessary, repeating steps (ii) through (iv) for one or more successive generations of mutants until one or more consensus peptide sequences emerge. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/153524 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034107 | Schmidt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Schmidt (Mt. Airy, Maryland); Robert G. Stafford (Ranson, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | In this application is described substrates for high-throughput assays of clostridial neurotoxin proteolytic activities. Two types of substrates are described for use in assays for the proteolytic activities of clostridial neurotoxins: (1) modified peptides or proteins that can serve as FRET substrates and (2) modified peptides or proteins that can serve as immobilized substrates. In both types a fluorescent molecules is present in the substrate, eliminating the requirement for the addition of a fluorigenic reagent. The assays described can be readily adapted for use in automated or robotic systems. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/802574 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034163 | Pagenkopf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian L. Pagenkopf (Austin, Texas); Ming Yu (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved and highly efficient method for the preparation of 2-R(R=alkyl, aryl, H) pyrroles from nitrites (RCN, R=alkyl, aryl) is described using Lewis acid activated donor-acceptor cyclopropanes to react with aliphatic, aromatic, branched, α,β-unsaturated, or otherwise functionalized nitrites in a cascade [3+2] dipolar cycloaddition, dehydration and tautomerization sequence. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/656867 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/531 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034310 | Tümer |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Tümay O. Tümer (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging system for imaging a living organism that is treated with a radionuclide emitting positrons is provided. A portion of the emitted positrons create photons within said living organism. The living organism is placed between first and second detection systems, which are diametrically opposed. The first and second detection systems are comprised of a plurality of position sensitive detectors. A portion of said photons are detected within said detection systems. A multi-channel readout system is coupled to the position sensitive detectors. A display system is coupled to the multi-channel readout system and includes a processor which determines directions of the portion of said photons. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/044207 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034328 | Doverspike et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathleen Marie Doverspike (Cary, North Carolina); John Adam Edmond (Cary, North Carolina); Hua-shuang Kong (Raleigh, North Carolina); Heidi Marie Dieringer (Apex, North Carolina); David B. Slater, Jr. (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical geometry light emitting diode is disclosed that is capable of emitting light in the red, green, blue, violet and ultraviolet portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The light emitting diode includes a conductive silicon carbide substrate, an InGaN quantum well, a conductive buffer layer between the substrate and the quantum well, a respective undoped gallium nitride layer on each surface of the quantum well, and ohmic contacts in a vertical geometry orientation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/115522 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034349 | Dimmler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cova Technologies, Inc. (Colorado Springs, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Klaus Dimmler (Co. Springs, Colorado); Alfred P. Gnadinger (Co. Springs, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of storing and accessing two data bits in a single ferroelectric FET includes selectively polarizing two distinct ferroelectric regions in the same gate dielectric layer separated by a non-ferroelectric dielectric region. A first ferroelectric region is sandwiched between the substrate and the gate terminal in the region of the source and is polarized in one of two states to form a first data bit within the FET. A second ferroelectric region is sandwiched between the substrate and the gate terminal in the region of the drain and is polarized in one of two states to form a second data bit within the FET. Detection of the first data bit is accomplished by selectively applying a read bias to the FET terminals, a first current resulting when a first state is stored and a second current resulting when a second state is stored. The polarization of the second data bit is accomplished by reversing the source and drain voltages. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/752245 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034432 | Pelrine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald E. Pelrine (Boulder, Colorado); Roy D. Kornbluh (Palo Alto, California); Pablo E. Garcia (Redwood City, California); Joseph Stephen Eckerle (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to transducers, their use and fabrication. The transducers convert between mechanical and electrical energy. Some transducers of the present invention include a pre-strained polymer. The pre-strain improves the conversion between electrical and mechanical energy. The present invention also relates to devices including an electroactive polymer to convert between electrical and mechanical energy. The present invention further relates to compliant electrodes that conform to the shape of a polymer included in a transducer. The present invention provides methods for fabricating electromechanical devices including one or more electroactive polymers. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 20, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/619848 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034549 | Richardson, Jr. 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 E. Richardson, Jr. (King George, Virginia); Arturo M. Lopez (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A measuring system is disclosed which detects and measures the volume concentration and mass flow of the airborne conductive particles, such as carbon-absorptive chaff particles. The measuring system can be used to estimate the effective conductivity of the detected airborne conductive particles. Further, if particles are not airborne, but are lying on a surface they may be made to become airborne by the vacuum source of the present invention and then detected by the measuring system of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/817415 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/636 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034701 | Rose-Pehrsson 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) | Susan Rose-Pehrsson (Fairfax, Virginia); Ronald E. Shaffer (Clifton Park, New York); Daniel T. Gottuk (Ellicott City, Maryland); Sean J. Hart (Alexandria, Virginia); Mark H. Hammond (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-criteria fire detection system, comprising a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor is capable of detecting a signature characteristic of a presence of a fire and providing an output indicating the same. A processor for receiving each output of the plurality of sensors is also employed. The processor includes a probabilistic neural network for processing the sensor outputs. The probabilistic neural network comprises a nonlinear, nor-parametric pattern recognition algorithm that operates by defining a probability density function for a plurality of data sets that are each based on a training set data and an optimized kernel width parameter. The plurality of data sets includes a baseline, non-fire, fist data set; a second, fire data set, and a third, nuisance data set. The algorithm provides a decisional output indicative of the presence of a fire based on recognizing and discrimination between said data sets, and whether the outputs suffice to substantially indicate the presence of a fire, as opposed to a non-fire or nuisance situation. |
| FILED | Friday, June 16, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/885255 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/628 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034716 | Succi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George P. Succi (Newburyport, Massachusetts); Michael S. Richman (Bedford, Massachusetts); Douglas S. Deadrick (Derry, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system is provided for determining the type of vehicle which has never been sensed before that is transiting between a cluster of acoustic and seismic sensors by graphing an acoustic source level against a seismic source level for the vehicle, with light vehicles such as pick-up trucks being distinguished from heavy tracked vehicles such as tanks by where on the graph the plotted point for a vehicle lies. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/671153 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/935 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034730 | Siferd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond E. Siferd (Beavercreek, Ohio); Saiyu Ren (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A pipelined delta-sigma modulator (PDSM) analog to digital converter (ADC) architecture is disclosed where each stage of the pipelined ADC includes a delta sigma modulator with a digital low pass filter and a corresponding analog low pass filter that precisely matches the digital low pass filter. An error signal is generated at each stage based on the difference of the low pass filtered analog input and the low pass filtered digital output of the delta sigma modulator (after converting to an analog signal). The digital outputs of each stage are passed through the appropriate low pass filter stages so all digital signals have been subjected to the same filtering prior to combining in a digital error correction circuit. The present invention also uses a compensation filter to correct any errors in the pass band caused by the low pass filtering and to help reject unwanted noise outside the pass band. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/957354 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/143 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034907 | West et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. West (Munroe Falls, Ohio); Anatoliy V. Glushchenko (Kent, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A new light modulating material using unidirectionally oriented micro-domains of liquid crystal separated by polymer chains is provided. Liquid crystal/polymer films are produced by a one step production process involving a photopolymerizable monomer mixed with a liquid crystal then exposed to UV light. In one embodiment, force deformations are applied to the films resulting in diffraction efficiencies of more than 95%. In another embodiment, applying a planar force to a thick film that produced a 2 μm shift of phase retardation in several hundred microseconds when an appropriate field is applied. Use of this invention provides fast response time and a low required driving voltage. The new cell can be used as spatial light modulators for manufacturing information displays, electro-optical devices, telecommunications system, optical data processing, adaptive optics applications, color projection displays and switchable micro-lens optics. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/365322 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034938 | Miles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian H. Miles (Niceville, Florida); Andrew L. Hoffman (Ft Walton Beach, Florida); Michael S. Foster (Ft Walton Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A Non-Scanning Computed Tomography Imaging Spectropolarimeter (NS-CTISP) measures all spatial, spectral and polarimetric information simultaneously in an image scene allowing measurement of dynamically changing scenes. In particular, NS-CTISP uses division of aperture to polarimetrically analyze each divided image, all of which are thereafter diffracted to measure irradiance on a focal plane array. The Stokes object cube data for each voxel is thereafter estimated from an inverse of the voxel polarimetric calibration matrix for the optical components. |
| FILED | Monday, February 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/066511 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034971 | Edwards et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Imation Corp. (Oakdale, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jathan D. Edwards (Afton, Minnesota); Frank E. Aspen (St. Paul, Minnesota); Ramon F. Hegel (North St. Paul, Minnesota); Chad R. Sandstrom (Stillwater, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment, holographic data storage medium includes a first thermoplastic substrate portion having a thickness less than approximately 2 millimeters and a second thermoplastic substrate portion having a thickness less than approximately 2 millimeters. A holographic recording material may be sandwiched between the first and second thermoplastic substrate portions. By making thermoplastic substrate portions sufficiently thin, edge wedge problems can be avoided. |
| FILED | Monday, October 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/962630 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035104 | Meyer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mudawar Thermal Systems Inc. (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael T. Meyer (Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for cooling single and multiple high-flux and ultra-high-flux heat dissipating devices, comprising a liquid coolant module having a base plate and a cover plate defining therebetween a liquid coolant chamber with a liquid coolant inlet port and a liquid coolant outlet port in fluid communication with the liquid coolant chamber; at least one heat dissipating device mounted to the liquid coolant module; a multi-level-cooling-enhancement stud mounted upon each heat dissipating device and disposed within the liquid coolant module; and apparatus for inducing phase change nucleate boiling of a subcooled liquid coolant within the liquid coolant module to enhance its cooling performance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/635101 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035227 | Garcia-Luna-Aceves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California); Jyoti Raju (Saratoga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is described for distance vector routing of on-demand traffic between routers within an ad-hoc network maintaining multiple loop-free paths to destinations. Each router maintains routing table entries only for destinations associated with data flows through the router which reduce the amount of storage space and bandwidth required for routing table maintenance. Diffusing computations are utilized for establishing and maintaining the routes within the network. The sending of unnecessary flood searches and search-to-infinity problems are avoided, while the protocol decreases the vulnerability of the network to various service attacks along with router failures, fading, and drop outs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/975089 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035240 | Balakrishnan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hari Balakrishnan (Winchester, Massachusetts); Anantha P. Chandrakasan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Wendi B. Heinzelman (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and network architecture for implementing an energy efficient network. The network includes a plurality of nodes that collect and transmit data that are ultimately routed to a base station. The network nodes form a set of clusters with a single node acting as a cluster-head. The cluster-head advertises for nodes to join its cluster, schedules the collection of data within a cluster, and then transmits the data to the base station. A cluster can intelligently combine data from individual nodes. After a period of operation, the clusters are reformed with a different set of nodes acting as cluster-heads. The network provides an increased system lifetime by balancing the energy use of individual nodes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 27, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/749332 |
| ART UNIT | 2666 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035276 | Bradford 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) | G. Patton Bradford (Huntsville, Alabama); Michael C. Pitruzzello (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Applicants' Contention-Resolution System for a Command-Response Data Network uses a base unit (base) that detects the occurrence of collisions for the entire network and controls the maximum length of time allowed for the multiple remote units (remotes) in the network before re-trying to send responses to the base. The base either expands or contracts this maximum time delay as needed to accommodate the number of the possible network remotes, depending on the detected collision rate and the overall utilization of the network until the base determines that there are no remotes to be registered or all of the available network slots are filled, whichever occurs first. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/127139 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035297 | Denman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig A. Denman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul D. Hillman (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Gerald T. Moore (Albuquerque, New Mexico); John M. Telle (Tijeras, New Mexico); Brent W. Grime (Dayton, Ohio); Joshua C. Bienfang (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | 1064-nm and 1319-nm light respectively generated by two lasers is combined and injected into a doubly resonant sum-frequency generator. The optical path length of the sum-frequency generator is adjusted responsive to feedback of the 1319-nm light to maintain 1319-nm resonance. Feedback of 1064-nm light is concurrently used to adjust the 1064-nm laser responsive to the optical path length to maintain 1064-nm resonance. Light output from the sum-frequency generator is compared to the sodium D2a wavelength i.e., approximately 589 nm, and the 1319-nm laser is responsively adjusted to eliminate any differential. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract, and is intended to allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/769723 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035494 | Mackie |
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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) | David M. Mackie (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A multimode interference device and method of making the same comprises at least one input port, at least one output port, a multimode interference region separating the input port from the output port, and at least one subregion in the multimode interference region, wherein a self-image length within the multimode interference region is reduced by a factor that is approximately equal to one plus a number of subregions configured in the multimode interference region, wherein the at least one subregion is configured to have an effective width and effective refractive index running longitudinally through the multimode interference region. Additionally, the subregion may comprise at least one slot. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/854414 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035538 | Willner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan E. Willner (Los Angeles, California); Qian Yu (Los Angeles, California); Zhongqi Pan (Los Angeles, California); Lianshan Yan (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques for monitoring frequency-dependent parameter and optical property such as optical dispersion in a modulated optical signal with sidebands based on optical vestigial sideband filtering. Monitoring implementations for both chromatic dispersion and polarization-mode dispersion are described as examples. |
| FILED | Monday, July 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/191758 |
| ART UNIT | 2633 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035700 | Gopalan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kaliappan Gopalan (Munster, Indiana); Daniel S. Benincasa (Holland Patent, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for embedding binary data in audio signals. The magnitude of the power spectrum at the perceptual holes of each frame of a host speech utterance, may be altered so as to embed digital data. The phase spectrum at perceptually masked spectral points of each frame of a host speech utterance, may also be altered so as to embed digital data. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/098765 |
| ART UNIT | 2644 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035937 | Haas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zygmunt J. Haas (Summit, New Jersey); S. Sajama (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A routing protocol for a multicasting network, such as an ad hoc network, employs alternate tree or path computation algorithms that continually compute backup trees or paths that can be employed to replace failed trees or paths. The sets of alternate multicast trees or paths are preferably pre-calculated before a first tree or path fails to minimize delay in replacing a failed tree or path. Preferably, the algorithms are designed to compute the alternate multicast trees or paths in such a manner that they are maximally independent of the original set of trees and paths to minimize correlation between the original trees or paths and the replacement trees or paths and to possibly increase the useful time of the calculated trees. This helps insure that the replacement trees or paths will not be likely themselves to fail soon after failure of the original trees or paths. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/120190 |
| ART UNIT | 2157 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07032302 | Schmidt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert N. Schmidt (Cleveland, Ohio); Frederick J. Lisy (Euclid, Ohio); Gerard G. Skebe (Eastlake, Ohio); Troy S. Prince (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a dry physiological recording electrode that can be used without skin preparation or the use of electrolytic gels. The dry physiological recording electrode comprising a substrate having an upper and a lower surface, and at least one penetrator(s) protruding from the upper surface of the substrate. The penetrator(s) is capable of piercing through the stratum corneum or outer layer of the skin, and transmitting an electric potential from the lower layers of the epidermis through the penetrator(s) which can be measured, or detecting agents from the lower layers of the epidmermis primarily the stratum germinativum layer. At least one epidermis stop may be provided resulting in the formation of detritus troughs interposed between adjacent penetrator(s) and epidermis stops. The present invention also includes a method of sensing biopotentials in the skin. |
| FILED | Friday, August 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/923648 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/825 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033328 | Matula et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Matula (Kirkland, Washington); Paul Hilmo (Phoenix, Arizona); Michael Bailey (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A reflector (14) reflects energy emitting from an energy source (16) and focuses and directs it to a target. An aperture stop or suppressor disk (18) is positioned between the energy source (16) and target. The outer periphery of the aperture stop or suppressor disk (18) is an irregular curve (FIGS. 12 and 13). This shape of the periphery prevents diffraction enhancement to the direct wave. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/266874 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Kinesitherapy 61/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033585 | Lipes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Myra A. Lipes (Brookline, Massachusetts); Qian Chen (Lowell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to immunologically privileged cells, e.g., autologous, allogeneic, and xenogeneic intermediate lobe pituitary cells, for delivering polypeptides, e.g., insulin, to a subject, and to methods of using the same. |
| FILED | Friday, January 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/770601 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033593 | Haynes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barton F. Haynes (Durham, North Carolina); Dhavalkumar D. Patel (Durham, North Carolina); Munir Alam (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Hua-Xin Liao (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to an immunogen comprising an HIV envelope protein bound to a ligand, which ligand upregulates at least one of the CD4 binding site and the CCR5 binding site on the protein, and bound to an HR-2 peptide. The invention also relates to a method of inducing anti-HIV antibodies using such an immunogen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/664029 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033750 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei-Wei Zhang (Sugar Land, Texas); Jack A Roth (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are simplified and efficient methods for preparing recombinant adenovirus using liposome-mediated cotransfection and the direct observation of a cytopathic effect (CPE) in the transfected cells. Also disclosed are compositions and methods involving novel p53 adenovirus constructs, including methods for restoring p53 function and tumor suppression in cells and animals having abnormal p53. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/170240 |
| 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 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033753 | Kool |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric T. Kool (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to novel compositions and methods for nonenzymatic ligation of oligonucleotides. In one aspect of the invention, the nonenzymatic ligation is selenium-mediated or tellurium mediated ligation. In another aspect, the invention provides for the use of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) to detect the nonenzymatic ligation. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/483337 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033754 | Chee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Chee (Del Mar, California); Anthony W. Czarnik (San Diego, California); John R. Stuelpnagel (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions and methods for decoding microsphere array sensors. |
| FILED | Friday, December 22, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/748706 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033756 | Brinckerhoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Constance E. Brinckerhoff (Norwich, Vermont); Joni L. Rutter (Silverspring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and kits for diagnosing and prognosticating matrix metalloproteinase-1 related disease by detecting a single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter of the gene are provided. Also provided are methods of identifying agents which inhibit binding of transcriptions factors to the Ets transcription factor binding site created by or resulting from this single nucleotide polymorphism and methods of using these agents to treat matrix metalloproteinase-1 related diseases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/856749 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033757 | Makrigiorgos |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerassimos M. Makrigiorgos (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present method is directed to using a mutation scanning array to identify mismatches or polymorphisms in multiple genes or the same gene in multiple individuals. The array can be a chip or a microsphere. Preferably, the array has elements containing immobilized oligonucleotides that collectively span at least 10 different whole genes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/858200 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033759 | Kreek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Rockfeller University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Jeanne Kreek (New York, New York); Vadim Yuferov (New York, New York); Karl Steven LaForge (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are variant alleles of a gene encoding a kappa opioid receptor, along with cloning vectors for replicating such variant alleles, and expressing vectors for expressing the variant alleles to produce variant kappa opioid receptors. |
| FILED | Friday, July 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/904584 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033766 | Hansen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland Office of Technology Commercialization (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Norman Hansen (Silver Springs, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A sublancin peptide variant (lantibody) having a spacer region and a subtilin leader peptide fused to the C-terminal end of the mature sublancin peptide provide an anchoring means for inserting and retaining the lantibody in a host cell wall without affecting the intracellular processing of the lantibody, host cell expression of the molecule on the cell surface or the biological activity of the mature sublancin peptide in extracellular, cell-wall-bound form. Target molecules that bind to the antibody and methods of engineering a peptide variant gene, plasmid and a host cell transformant are described as are methods for generating a lantibody display library and identifying new target molecules. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/893499 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033767 | Baehrecke |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric H. Baehrecke (University Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention to amino acid sequences of proteins that are associated with apoptosis and the use of these proteins in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disorders associated with abnormal cell proliferation and apoptosis. The invention relates as well to nucleotide sequences encoding the peptides, recombinant vectors carrying the sequences, recombinant host cells including either the sequences or vectors, and recombinant peptides. The invention further includes methods for using the nucleotide sequences and recombinant peptides in diagnostic and therapeutic applications. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/016768 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033772 | Stahl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas Stahl (Allston, Massachusetts); David J. Hirsch (Brookline, Massachusetts); Harvey F. Lodish (Brookline, Massachusetts); Ruth E. Gimeno (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Louis A. Tartaglia (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A family of fatty acid transport proteins (FATPs) mediate transport of long chain fatty acids (LCFAs) across cell membranes into cells. These proteins exhibit different expression patterns among the organs of mammals. Nucleic acids encoding FATPs of this family, vectors comprising these nucleic acids, as well as the production of FATP proteins in host cells are described. Also described are methods to test FATPs for fatty acid transport function, and methods to identify inhibitors or enhancers of transport function. The altering of LCFA uptake by administering to the mammal an inhibitor or enhancer of FATP transport function of a FATP in the small intestine can decrease or increase calories available as fats, and can decrease or increase circulating fatty acids. The organ specificity of FATP distribution can be exploited in methods to direct drugs, diagnostic indicators and so forth to an organ such as the heart. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/405504 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
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| US 07033791 | Lollar |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John S. Lollar (Decatur, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Specific amino acid loci of human factor VIII interact with inhibitory antibodies of hemophilia patients who have developed such antibodies after being treated with factor VIII. Modified factor VIII is disclosed in which the amino acid sequence is changed by a substitution at one or more amino acids of positions 484-508 of the A2 domain. The modified factor VIII is useful as a clotting factor supplement for hemophiliacs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/131510 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033793 | Beier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Beier (Brookline, Massachusetts); Bruce Herron (Nassau, New York); Cherie Rao (Oceanside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a mouse model of dilated cardiomyopathy in which animals are deficient in the expression of a gene encoding a p53 binding protein-related protein (PRP). The invention also encompasses the mouse PRP gene and protein themselves as well as counterparts found in the human. The various genes and proteins can be used in making transgenic animals and in assays designed to determine the likelihood of an individual developing cardiomyopathy. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171384 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 07033815 | Appling et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean R. Appling (Austin, Texas); Andrew D. Hanson (Gainesville, Florida); Sanja Roje (Gainesville, Florida); Rhonda K. Raymond (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention makes use of a chimeric gene that, when incorporated into an appropriate host, results in the overproduction of S-adenosylmethionine without the need to supply the host with a source of untransformed methionine. The need for the methionine source is eliminated because the appropriately chosen host manufactures the amino acid on its own, and when the host is modified by the inclusion of a chimeric gene of the present invention, it transforms the methionine that is produced into S-adenosylmethionine. In addition, the same chimeric gene causes accumulation of methionine and increase in folate content in the same host. One form of the present invention is a fused gene encoding for methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) made up of an N-terminal domain from a yeast organism and a C-terminal domain from a plant species. An example of a suitable plant species is Arabidopsis thaliana. An example of a suitable yeast organism is Saccharomyces cerevisiae. |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/113852 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
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| US 07033816 | She et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin-Xiong She (Martinez, Georgia); Cong-Yi Wang (Martinez, Georgia); Pradeep G. Kumar (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new gene family involved in cell cycle regulation was discovered. This family has been termed activators of cyclin-dependent kinases (ACDKs). A number of ACDK genes have been cloned and sequenced. Proteins encoded by ACDK genes specifically were shown to interact with CDKs and pRb, and to upregulate the kinase activity of a CDK using pRb as a substrate. Progression of a cell through the cell cycle can be regulated by modulating ACDK expression in the cell. |
| FILED | Friday, July 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/199229 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033832 | Nackman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Nackman (Belle Mead, New Jersey); Ramsey Foty (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for stably populating solid surfaces, especially those of biomedical devices, with cells; also the resulting cell-coated surfaces. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/975723 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/395 |
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| US 07033991 | Lindberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Iris Lindberg (New Orleans, Louisiana); Angus Cameron (Bristol, United Kingdom); Jon Appel (Cardiff, California); Richard Houghten (Solana Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Small, polybasic peptides are disclosed that are effective as furin inhibitors, e.g. hexa- to nona-peptides having L-Arg or L-Lys in most positions. Removing the peptide terminating groups can improve inhibition of furin. High inhibition was seen in a series of non-amidated and non-acetylated polyarginines. The most potent inhibitor identified to date, nona-L-arginine, had a Ki against furin of 40 nM. Non-acetylated, poly-D-arginine-derived molecules are preferred furin inhibitors for therapeutic uses, such as inhibiting certain bacterial infections, viral infections, and cancers. Due to their relatively small size, these peptides should be non-immunogenic. These peptides are efficiently transported across cell membranes. |
| FILED | Monday, July 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/906311 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07033999 | Stamler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Stamler (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Joseph Loscalzo (Dover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nitrosylation of proteins and amino acid groups enables selective regulation of protein function, and also endows the proteins and amino acids with additional smooth muscle relaxant and platelet inhibitory capabilities. Thus, the invention relates to novel compounds achieved by nitrosylation of protein thiols. Such compounds include: S-nitroso-heme proteins, S-nitroso-t-PA, S-nitroso-cathepsin; S-nitroso-lipoproteins; and S-nitroso-immunoglobulins. The invention also relates to therapeutic use if S-nitroso-protein compounds for regulating protein function, cellular metabolism and effecting vasodilation, platelet inhibition, relaxation of non-vascular smooth muscle, and increasing blood oxygen transport by hemoglobin and myoglobin. The compounds are also used to deliver nitric oxide in its most bioactive form in order to achieve the effects described above, or for in vitro nitrosylation of molecules present in the body. The invention also relates to the nitrosylation of oxygen, carbon and nitrogen moieties present on proteins and amino acids, and the use thereof to achieve the above physiological effects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/413220 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034001 | Carney |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | OrthoLogic Corp. (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Darrell H. Carney (Dickinson, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method for promoting cardiac tissue repair comprising administering to the cardiac tissue a therapeutically effective amount of an angiogenic thrombin derivative peptide and/or inhibiting or reducing vascular occlusion or restenosis. The invention also relates to methods of stimulating revascularization. In yet another embodiment, the invention relates to the use of thrombin derivative peptides in the manufacture of a medicament for the methods described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/957427 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/13 |
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| US 07034004 | Haskell-Luevano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carrie Haskell-Luevano (Archer, Florida); Jerry Ryan Holder (Simi Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention provides novel peptides for use in treating mammals to control appetite and obesity. Disclosed is a peptide derivative having the formula: X1-Z-Q-arg-trp-NH12 wherein: X1 is an acyl group, Z is amino-2-naphthyl-carboxylic acid or histidine, Q is (D)phenylalanine or p-iodo-(D)phenylalanine, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt, complex or derivative thereof, the peptide derivative having melanocortin-4 receptor agonist activity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/139624 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/18 |
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| US 07034008 | Donahue et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Kevin Donahue (Towson, Maryland); Eduardo Marban (Lutherville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of preventing or treating cardiac arrhythmia. In one embodiment, the methods include administering to an amount of at least one polynucleotide that modulates an electrical property of the heart. The methods have a wide variety of important uses including treating cardiac arrhythmia. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/947953 |
| 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 514/44 |
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| US 07034014 | Hostetler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl Y. Hostetler (Del Mar, California); James R. Beadle (San Diego, California); Ganesh D. Kini (Bristow, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to phosphonate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use for treating a variety of medical disorders, e.g., osteoporosis and other disorders of bone metabolism, cancer, viral infections, and the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/759345 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/110 |
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| US 07034116 | Kladde et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Kladde (Bryan, Texas); Robert T. Simpson (Lemont, Pennsylvania); Mai Xu (Hangzhou, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel cytosine-5 DNA methyltransferase, isolated from Chlorella virus NYs-1, and its encoded enzyme are disclosed. The methyltransferase recognizes a GpC dinucleotide in DNA. Methods of using the novel methyltransferase in high resolution chromatin mapping and related techniques are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/273769 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07034124 | Canfield 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) | Robert E. Canfield (Cold Spring, New York); Steven Birken (Dumont, New Jersey); John O'Connor (New Rochelle, New York); Galina Kovalevskaya (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides an antibody which specifically binds to hLHβcf without cross-reacting with hLH, hLHβ or hCGβcf. In an embodiment, the monoclonal antibody is designated B505. In a further embodiment, the hybridoma cell line producing the monoclonal antibody B 505 is designated ATCC Accession No. 12000. This invention provides different uses of the antibodies. Finally, this invention provides a method for determining the amount of hLHβcf or hLHβcf-related molecule in a sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/404076 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/389.200 |
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| US 07034531 | Tuch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Tuch (Brookline, Massachusetts); Van J. Wedeen (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A diffusion MRI technique that employs a sampling/reconstruction scheme that samples the diffusion signal directly on the sphere and reconstructs the diffusion function directly on the sphere is presented. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/754481 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
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| US 07034534 | Ehman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard L. Ehman (Rochester, Minnesota); Phillip J. Rossman (Rochester, Minnesota); Thomas C. Hulshizer (Utica, Minnesota); M. Alex Dresner (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A driver for use in applying an oscillating stress to a subject undergoing a magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) examination includes a passive actuator located in the bore of the magnet and in contact with the subject. A remotely located acoustic driver produces acoustic energy in response to an applied current and this energy is coupled therethrough a flexible tube to the passive actuator. A movable element in the passive actuator vibrates in response to this acoustic energy. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/860174 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/318 |
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| US 07035374 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc. (East Greenbush, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zewu Chen (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices for improving the capturing and utilization of high-energy electromagnetic radiation, for example, x-rays, gamma rays, and neutrons, for use in physical, medical, and industrial analysis and control applications are disclosed. The devices include optics having a plurality of optical crystals, for example, doubly-curved silicon or germanium crystals, arranged to optimize the capture and redirection of divergent radiation via Bragg diffraction. In one aspect, a plurality of optic crystals having varying atomic diffraction plane orientations are used to capture and focus divergent x-rays upon a target. In another aspect, a two- or three-dimensional matrix of crystals is positioned relative to an x-ray source to capture and focus divergent x-rays in three dimensions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/048146 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/84 |
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| US 07032376 | Webb et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cynthia C. Webb (San Antonio, Texas); Jeffrey A. Mathis (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A burner for use in the emissions system of a lean burn internal combustion engine. The burner has a special burner head that enhances atomization of the burner fuel. Its combustion chamber is designed to be submersed in the engine exhaust line so that engine exhaust flows over the outer surface of the combustion chamber, thereby providing efficient heat transfer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/685553 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/297 |
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| US 07032459 | Richardson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Richardson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Karen A. Moore (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Robert A. Carrington (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting, locating and quantifying a physical phenomena such as strain or a deformation in a structure. A plurality of laterally adjacent conductors may each include a plurality of segments. Each segment is constructed to exhibit a unit value representative of a defined energy transmission characteristic. A plurality of identity groups are defined with each identity group comprising a plurality of segments including at least one segment from each of the plurality of conductors. The segments contained within an identity group are configured and arranged such that each of their associated unit values may be represented by a concatenated digit string which is a unique number relative to the other identity groups. Additionally, the unit values of the segments within an identity group maintain unique ratios with respect to the other unit values in the identity group. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/992440 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/809 |
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| US 07032566 | Cavanagh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Cavanagh (Bloomington, Illinois); Roger L. Urven, Jr. (Colona, Illinois); Keith E. Lawrence (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A direct injection fuel injector includes a nozzle tip having a plurality of passages allowing fluid communication between an inner nozzle tip surface portion and an outer nozzle tip surface portion and directly into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. A first group of the passages have inner surface apertures located substantially in a first common plane. A second group of the passages have inner surface apertures located substantially in at least a second common plane substantially parallel to the first common plane. The second group has more passages than the first group. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/448063 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/299 |
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| US 07032695 | Beihoff et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce C. Beihoff (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin); Lawrence D. Radosevich (Muskego, Wisconsin); Mark G. Phillips (Brookfield, Wisconsin); Dennis L. Kehl (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Steven C. Kaishian (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Daniel G. Kannenberg (Waukesha, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A terminal structure for vehicle drive power electronics circuits reduces the need for a DC bus and thereby the incidence of parasitic inductance. The structure is secured to a support that may receive one or more power electronic circuits. The support may aid in removing heat from the circuits through fluid circulating through the support. The support may form a shield from both external EMI/RFI and from interference generated by operation of the power electronic circuits. Features may be provided to permit and enhance connection of the circuitry to external circuitry, such as by direct contact between the terminal assembly and AC and DC circuit components. Modular units may be assembled that may be coupled to electronic circuitry via plug-in arrangements or through interface with a backplane or similar mounting and interconnecting structures. |
| FILED | Monday, September 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/252941 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/65.100 |
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| US 07033348 | Alfano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Alfano (Bronx, New York); Jing Tang (Arlington, Massachusetts); Jonathan M. Evans (New York, New York); Peng Pei Ho (Douglaston, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Laser tissue welding can be achieved using tunable Cr4+ lasers, semiconductor lasers and fiber lasers, where the weld strength follows the absorption spectrum of water. The use of gelatin and esterified gelatin as solders in conjunction with laser inducted tissue welding impart much stronger tensile and torque strengths than albumin solders. Selected NIR wavelength from the above lasers can improve welding and avoid thermal injury to tissue when used alone or with gelatin and esterified gelatin solders. These discoveries can be used to enhance laser tissue welding of tissues such as skin, mucous, bone, blood vessel, nerve, brain, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidney, lung, bronchus, respiratory track, urinary tract, gastrointestinal tract, or gynecologic tract and as a sealant for pulmonary air leaks and fistulas such as intestinal, rectal and urinary fistulas. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/119914 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/8 |
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| US 07033419 | Granite et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evan J. Granite (Wexford, Pennsylvania); Henry W. Pennline (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A process to facilitate mercury extraction from high temperature flue/fuel gas via the use of metal sorbents which capture mercury at ambient and high temperatures. The spent sorbents can be regenerated after exposure to mercury. The metal sorbents can be used as pure metals (or combinations of metals) or dispersed on an inert support to increase surface area per gram of metal sorbent. Iridium and ruthenium are effective for mercury removal from flue and smelter gases. Palladium and platinum are effective for mercury removal from fuel gas (syngas). An iridium-platinum alloy is suitable for metal capture in many industrial effluent gas streams including highly corrosive gas streams. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/663052 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/134 |
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| US 07033476 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W. Lee (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Thomas G. Thundat (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for carrying out the separation, detection, and/or counting of single molecules at nanometer scale. Molecular separation is achieved by driving single molecules through a microfluidic or nanofluidic medium using programmable and coordinated electric fields. In various embodiments, the fluidic medium is a strip of hydrophilic material on nonconductive hydrophobic surface, a trough produced by parallel strips of hydrophobic nonconductive material on a hydrophilic base, or a covered passageway produced by parallel strips of hydrophobic nonconductive material on a hydrophilic base together with a nonconductive cover on the parallel strips of hydrophobic nonconductive material. The molecules are detected and counted using nanoelectrode-gated electron tunneling methods, dielectric monitoring, and other methods. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/335475 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/603 |
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| US 07033551 | Kong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter C. Kong (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Paul A. Lessing (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical reactor for direct conversion of hydrocarbons includes a dielectric barrier discharge plasma cell and a solid oxide electrochemical cell in fluid communication therewith. The discharge plasma cell comprises a pair of electrodes separated by a dielectric material and passageway therebetween. The electrochemical cell comprises a mixed-conducting solid oxide electrolyte membrane tube positioned between a porous cathode and a porous anode, and a gas inlet tube for feeding oxygen containing gas to the porous cathode. An inlet is provided for feeding hydrocarbons to the passageway of the discharge plasma cell, and an outlet is provided for discharging reaction products from the reactor. A packed bed catalyst may optionally be used in the reactor to increase efficiency of conversion. The reactor can be modified to allow use of a light source for directing ultraviolet light into the discharge plasma cell and the electrochemical cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/057543 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/186.40 |
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| US 07033570 | Weimer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado); Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan W. Weimer (Niwot, Colorado); Jaimee K. Dahl (Superior, Colorado); Allan A. Lewandowski (Evergreen, Colorado); Carl Bingham (Lakewood, Colorado); Karen J. Raska Buechler (Westminster, Colorado); Willy Grothe (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for carrying out high temperature thermal dissociation reactions requiring rapid-heating and short residence times using solar energy. In particular, the present invention provides a method for carrying out high temperature thermal reactions such as dissociation of hydrocarbon containing gases and hydrogen sulfide to produce hydrogen and dry reforming of hydrocarbon containing gases with carbon dioxide. In the methods of the invention where hydrocarbon containing gases are dissociated, fine carbon black particles are also produced. The present invention also provides solar-thermal reactors and solar-thermal reactor systems. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/383875 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/650 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033571 | Gutowska et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna Gutowska (Richland, Washington); Karol J. Krzyminski (Poland, Poland) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymeric solution capable of gelling upon exposure to a critical minimum value of a plurality of environmental stimuli is disclosed. The polymeric solution may be an aqueous solution utilized in vivo and capable of having the gelation reversed if at least one of the stimuli fall below, or outside the range of, the critical minimum value. The aqueous polymeric solution can be used either in industrial or pharmaceutical environments. In the medical environment, the aqueous polymeric solution is provided with either a chemical or radioisotopic therapeutic agent for delivery to a specific body part. The primary advantage of the process is that exposure to one environmental stimuli alone will not cause gelation, thereby enabling the therapeutic agent to be conducted through the body for relatively long distances without gelation occurring. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/701053 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033637 | Hunt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MicroCoating Technologies, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Tye Hunt (Atlanta, Georgia); Girish Deshpande (Atlanta, Georgia); Wen-Yi Lin (Ellington, Connecticut); Tzyy-Jiuan Jan (Alpharetta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Epitatial thin films for use as buffer layers for high temperature superconductors, electrolytes in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), gas separation membranes or dielectric material in electronic devices, are disclosed. By using CCVD, CACVD or any other suitable deposition process, epitaxial films having pore-free, ideal grain boundaries, and dense structure can be formed. Several different types of materials are disclosed for use as buffer layers in high temperature superconductors. In addition, the use of epitaxial thin films for electrolytes and electrode formation in SOFCs results in densification for pore-free and ideal gain boundary/interface microstructure. Gas separation membranes for the production of oxygen and hydrogen are also disclosed. These semipermeable membranes are formed by high-quality, dense, gas-tight, pinhole free sub-micro scale layers of mixed-conducting oxides on porous ceramic substrates. Epitaxial thin films as dielectric material in capacitors are also taught herein. Capacitors are utilized according to their capacitance values which are dependent on their physical structure and dielectric permittivity. The epitaxial thin films of the current invention form low-loss dielectric layers with extremely high permittivity. This high permittivity allows for the formation of capacitors that can have their capacitance adjusted by applying a DC bias between their electrodes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 12, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/889237 |
| ART UNIT | 1746 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034091 | Schultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Berkeley, California); Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter G. Schultz (La Jolla, California); Xiao-Dong Xiang (Danville, California); Isy Goldwasser (Palo Alto, California); Gabriel Briceno (Baldwin Park, California); Xiao-Dong Sun (Fremont, California); Kai-An Wang (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus for the preparation and use of a substrate having an array of diverse materials in predefined regions thereon. A substrate having an array of diverse materials thereon is generally prepared by delivering components of materials to predefined regions on a substrate, and simultaneously reacting the components to form at least two materials. Materials which can be prepared using the methods and apparatus of the present invention include, for example, covalent network solids, ionic solids and molecular solids. More particularly, materials which can be prepared using the methods and apparatus of the present invention include, for example, inorganic materials, intermetallic materials, metal alloys, ceramic materials, organic materials, organometallic materials, non-biological organic polymers, composite materials (e.g., inorganic composites, organic composites, or combinations thereof), etc. Once prepared, these materials can be screened for useful properties including, for example, electrical, thermal, mechanical, morphological, optical, magnetic, chemical, or other properties. Thus, the present invention provides methods for the parallel synthesis and analysis of novel materials having useful properties. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/074745 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/65 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034271 | Sinclair et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael B. Sinclair (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Maarten P. De Boer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A full-field imaging, long working distance, incoherent interference microscope suitable for three-dimensional imaging and metrology of MEMS devices and test structures on a standard microelectronics probe station. A long working distance greater than 10 mm allows standard probes or probe cards to be used. This enables nanometer-scale 3-dimensional height profiles of MEMS test structures to be acquired across an entire wafer while being actively probed, and, optionally, through a transparent window. An optically identical pair of sample and reference arm objectives is not required, which reduces the overall system cost, and also the cost and time required to change sample magnifications. Using a LED source, high magnification (e.g., 50×) can be obtained having excellent image quality, straight fringes, and high fringe contrast. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/857115 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/201.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034302 | Davidson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Davidson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Judy K. Partin (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical measurement system is presented that offers precision on-line monitoring of the quality of steam. Multiple wavelengths of radiant energy are passed through the steam from an emitter to a detector. By comparing the amount of radiant energy absorbed by the flow of steam for each wavelength, a highly accurate measurement of the steam quality can be determined on a continuous basis in real-time. In an embodiment of the present invention, the emitter, comprises three separate radiant energy sources for transmitting specific wavelengths of radiant energy through the steam. In a further embodiment, the wavelengths of radiant energy are combined into a single beam of radiant energy for transmission through the steam using time or wavelength division multiplexing. In yet a further embodiment, the single beam of radiant energy is transmitted using specialized optical elements. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/251318 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034322 | Bender |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | EUV LLC (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard A. Bender (Ripon, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fluid jet or filament source and a pair of coaxial high voltage electrodes, in combination, comprise an electrical discharge system to produce radiation and, in particular, EUV radiation. The fluid jet source is composed of at least two serially connected reservoirs, a first reservoir into which a fluid, that can be either a liquid or a gas, can be fed at some pressure higher than atmospheric and a second reservoir maintained at a lower pressure than the first. The fluid is allowed to expand through an aperture into a high vacuum region between a pair of coaxial electrodes. This second expansion produces a narrow well-directed fluid jet whose size is dependent on the size and configuration of the apertures and the pressure used in the reservoir. At some time during the flow of the fluid filament, a high voltage pulse is applied to the electrodes to excite the fluid to form a plasma which provides the desired radiation; the wavelength of the radiation being determined by the composition of the fluid. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/877329 |
| ART UNIT | 2853 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/504.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035479 | Coffland |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas R. Coffland (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for increasing the resolution in the far field resolution of video or still frame images, while maintaining full coverage in the near field. The system includes a camera connected to a computer. The computer applies a specific zooming scale factor to each of line of pixels and continuously increases the scale factor of the line of pixels from the bottom to the top to capture the scene in the near field, yet maintain resolution in the scene in the far field. |
| FILED | Friday, February 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/080763 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/298 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035692 | Maghribi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mariam N. Maghribi (Livermore, California); Peter A. Krulevitch (Pleasanton, California); James Courtney Davidson (Livermore, California); Julie K. Hamilton (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high density polymer-based integrated electrode apparatus that comprises a central electrode body and a multiplicity of arms extending from the electrode body. The central electrode body and the multiplicity of arms are comprised of a silicone material with metal features in said silicone material that comprise electronic circuits. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/825782 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035795 | Burnett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Greg C. Burnett (Livermore, California); John F. Holzrichter (Berkeley, California); Lawrence C. Ng (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a system and method for characterizing human (or animate) speech voiced excitation functions and acoustic signals, for removing unwanted acoustic noise which often occurs when a speaker uses a microphone in common environments, and for synthesizing personalized or modified human (or other animate) speech upon command from a controller. A low power EM sensor is used to detect the motions of windpipe tissues in the glottal region of the human speech system before, during, and after voiced speech is produced by a user. From these tissue motion measurements, a voiced excitation function can be derived. Further, the excitation function provides speech production information to enhance noise removal from human speech and it enables accurate transfer functions of speech to be obtained. Previously stored excitation and transfer functions can be used for synthesizing personalized or modified human speech. Configurations of EM sensor and acoustic microphone systems are described to enhance noise cancellation and to enable multiple articulator measurements. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/682786 |
| ART UNIT | 2655 — Digital Audio Data Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/223 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07036146 | Goldsmith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Y. Goldsmith (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a secure system, processing on one or more computers, provides a way to control a group transaction. The invention uses group consensus access control and multiple distributed secure agents in a network environment. Each secure agent can organize with the other secure agents to form a secure distributed agent collective. |
| FILED | Monday, September 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/962474 |
| ART UNIT | 2134 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07032302 | Schmidt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert N. Schmidt (Cleveland, Ohio); Frederick J. Lisy (Euclid, Ohio); Gerard G. Skebe (Eastlake, Ohio); Troy S. Prince (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a dry physiological recording electrode that can be used without skin preparation or the use of electrolytic gels. The dry physiological recording electrode comprising a substrate having an upper and a lower surface, and at least one penetrator(s) protruding from the upper surface of the substrate. The penetrator(s) is capable of piercing through the stratum corneum or outer layer of the skin, and transmitting an electric potential from the lower layers of the epidermis through the penetrator(s) which can be measured, or detecting agents from the lower layers of the epidmermis primarily the stratum germinativum layer. At least one epidermis stop may be provided resulting in the formation of detritus troughs interposed between adjacent penetrator(s) and epidermis stops. The present invention also includes a method of sensing biopotentials in the skin. |
| FILED | Friday, August 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/923648 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/825 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033415 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Gabriella S. Métraux (Evanston, Illinois); Rongchao Jin (Evanston, Illinois); YunWei Charles Cao (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides new types of plasmon-driven growth mechanism for silver nanostructures involving the fusion of triangular nanoprisms. This mechanism, which is plasmon excitation-driven and highly cooperative, produces bimodal particle size distributions. In these methods, the growth process can be selectively switched between bimodal and unimodal distributions using dual beam illumination of the nanoparticles. This type of cooperative photo-control over nanostructure growth enables synthesis of monodisperse nanoprisms with a preselected edge length in the 30–120 nm range simply by using one beam to turn off bimodal growth and the other (varied over the 450–700 nm range) for controlling particle size. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/817754 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07033815 | Appling et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas); University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean R. Appling (Austin, Texas); Andrew D. Hanson (Gainesville, Florida); Sanja Roje (Gainesville, Florida); Rhonda K. Raymond (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention makes use of a chimeric gene that, when incorporated into an appropriate host, results in the overproduction of S-adenosylmethionine without the need to supply the host with a source of untransformed methionine. The need for the methionine source is eliminated because the appropriately chosen host manufactures the amino acid on its own, and when the host is modified by the inclusion of a chimeric gene of the present invention, it transforms the methionine that is produced into S-adenosylmethionine. In addition, the same chimeric gene causes accumulation of methionine and increase in folate content in the same host. One form of the present invention is a fused gene encoding for methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) made up of an N-terminal domain from a yeast organism and a C-terminal domain from a plant species. An example of a suitable plant species is Arabidopsis thaliana. An example of a suitable yeast organism is Saccharomyces cerevisiae. |
| FILED | Friday, March 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/113852 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034096 | Choi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tae-Lim Choi (Pasadena, California); Choon Woo Lee (Pasadena, California); Hyunjin M. Kim (San Ramon, California); Robert H. Grubbs (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to synthetic procedures that include the step of ring-opening metathesis of cyclic olefins and reaction with an acyclic diene co-reactant to produce olefin macrocycles by ring expansion, or alternatively. The ring expansion of the cyclic olefin is provided by three types of sequential olefin metathesis (ring-opening, cross, and ring-closing olefin metathesis). More particularly, the invention pertains to synthesis of olefin macrocycles via olefin metathesis reactions using a Group 8 transition metal complex as the metathesis catalyst. Macrocycles provided herein have a variety of uses in the pharmaceutical, biomedical, organic synthesis and chemical industries, such as the production of crown ethers that are useful as metal complexing species. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/371196 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/336 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07034603 | Brady et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philomena Cleopha Brady (Garland, Texas); Haw-Jing Lo (Atlanta, Georgia); Guillermo José Serrano (Atlanta, Georgia); Farhan Adil (Silver Springs, Maryland); Matthew Raymond Kucic (Austell, Georgia); Paul Edward Hasler (Atlanta, Georgia); David V. Anderson (Alpharetta, Georgia); Angelo W. Pereira (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are discussed for using a floating-gate MOSFET as a programmable reference circuit. One example of the programmable reference circuit is a programmable voltage reference source, while a second example of a programmable reference circuit is a programmable reference current source. The programmable voltage reference source and/or the reference current source may be incorporated into several types of circuits, such as comparator circuits, current-mirror circuits, and converter circuits. Comparator circuits and current-mirror circuits are often incorporated into circuits such as converter circuits. Converter circuits include analog-to-digital converters and digital-to-analog converters. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/446087 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/538 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035042 | Devasia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Santosh Devasia (Seattle, Washington); Qingze Zou (Seattle, Washington); Dhanakorn Iamratanakul (Seattle, Washington); Héctor Ramiro Pérez Rodriguez (Bucaramaanga, Colombia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method useful to change a system's output from one value to another within a prescribed time-interval in an optimal manner using optimization criteria such as minimal time (e.g., to increase throughput) or minimal energy (e.g., to reduce heat dissipation and reduce induced vibrations). Optimal design of maneuvers (such as fast seek and scanning) that rapidly change the output from one value to another, arise in flexible structure applications, including rapidly positioning the end-point of large-scale space manipulators, positioning of read/write heads of disk-drive servo systems, which are relatively medium-scale flexible structures, and nano-scale positioning and manipulation using relatively small-scale piezo actuators. Maintaining a position of an element constant outside of the transition time-interval is critical in many applications. For example, in disk-drive applications, read and write operations cannot be performed (before and after the output transition) if the output position is not precisely maintained at a desired track. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/718862 |
| ART UNIT | 2651 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/78.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035317 | Elezabi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ayman Elezabi (Raleigh, North Carolina); Alexandra Duel-Hallen (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved branch metrics for Viterbi decoders in CDMA systems take into account the time dependency of the variance of the multiple access interference in any user's signal after the single-user detector, and the time dependency of the residual multiple access interference in any user's signal after subtractive interference cancellation is applied in two-stage detectors. The (residual) multiple access interference can be modeled as a Gaussian random variable with time dependent variance. Modeling the RMAI in such a way reduces the bit error rate in CDMA systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 20, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/957339 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/148 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035937 | Haas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zygmunt J. Haas (Summit, New Jersey); S. Sajama (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A routing protocol for a multicasting network, such as an ad hoc network, employs alternate tree or path computation algorithms that continually compute backup trees or paths that can be employed to replace failed trees or paths. The sets of alternate multicast trees or paths are preferably pre-calculated before a first tree or path fails to minimize delay in replacing a failed tree or path. Preferably, the algorithms are designed to compute the alternate multicast trees or paths in such a manner that they are maximally independent of the original set of trees and paths to minimize correlation between the original trees or paths and the replacement trees or paths and to possibly increase the useful time of the calculated trees. This helps insure that the replacement trees or paths will not be likely themselves to fail soon after failure of the original trees or paths. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/120190 |
| ART UNIT | 2157 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07033950 | Merrett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn University, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Neil Merrett (Starkville, Michigan); Tamara Isaacs-Smith (Auburn, Alabama); David C. Sheridan (South Burlington, Vermont); John R. Williams (Opelika, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A graded junction termination extension in a silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor device and method of its fabrication using ion implementation techniques is provided for high power devices. The properties of silicon carbide (SiC) make this wide band gap semiconductor a promising material for high power devices. This potential is demonstrated in various devices such as p-n diodes, Schottky diodes, bipolar junction transistors, thyristors, etc. These devices require adequate and affordable termination techniques to reduce leakage current and increase breakdown voltage in order to maximize power handling capabilities. The graded junction termination extension disclosed is effective, self-aligned, and simplifies the implementation process. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/324564 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/708 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035042 | Devasia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Santosh Devasia (Seattle, Washington); Qingze Zou (Seattle, Washington); Dhanakorn Iamratanakul (Seattle, Washington); Héctor Ramiro Pérez Rodriguez (Bucaramaanga, Colombia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method useful to change a system's output from one value to another within a prescribed time-interval in an optimal manner using optimization criteria such as minimal time (e.g., to increase throughput) or minimal energy (e.g., to reduce heat dissipation and reduce induced vibrations). Optimal design of maneuvers (such as fast seek and scanning) that rapidly change the output from one value to another, arise in flexible structure applications, including rapidly positioning the end-point of large-scale space manipulators, positioning of read/write heads of disk-drive servo systems, which are relatively medium-scale flexible structures, and nano-scale positioning and manipulation using relatively small-scale piezo actuators. Maintaining a position of an element constant outside of the transition time-interval is critical in many applications. For example, in disk-drive applications, read and write operations cannot be performed (before and after the output transition) if the output position is not precisely maintained at a desired track. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/718862 |
| ART UNIT | 2651 — Videophones and Telephonic Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/78.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07035897 | Devereaux et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ann Devereaux (Tujunga, California); Thomas Jedrey (Pasadena, California); Martin Agan (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The system of the present invention is a highly integrated radio communication system with a multimedia co-processor which allows true two-way multimedia (video, audio, data) access as well as real-time biomedical monitoring in a pager-sized portable access unit. The system is integrated in a network structure including one or more general purpose nodes for providing a wireless-to-wired interface. The network architecture allows video, audio and data (including biomedical data) streams to be connected directly to external users and devices. The portable access units may also be mated to various non-personal devices such as cameras or environmental sensors for providing a method for setting up wireless sensor nets from which reported data may be accessed through the portable access unit. The reported data may alternatively be automatically logged at a remote computer for access and viewing through a portable access unit, including the user's own. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/483315 |
| ART UNIT | 2142 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07033806 | Lagarias et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Clark Lagarias (Davis, California); Takayuki Kochi (Ikoma, Japan); Nicole Frankenberg (Davis, California); Gregory A. Gambetta (Davis, California); Beronda L. Montgomery (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention identifies a novel family of bilin reductases. Designated herein HY bilin reductases, the enzymes of this invention are useful in a wide variety of contexts including but not limited to the conversion of biliverdins to phytobilins and the assembly of holophytochromes or phytofluors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/870406 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07033804 | Dodge et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genencor International, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy C. Dodge (Sunnyvale, California); Fernando Valle (Burlingame, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and host cells for the production of ascorbic acid intermediates. The invention also provides host cells having a modification in a polynucleotide that uncouples the catabolic pathway from the oxidative pathway by deleting the encoding for an endogenous enzymatic activity that phosphorylates D-glucose at its 6th carbon and/or a polynucleotide that has deleted the encoding for endogenous enzymatic activity that phosphorylates D-gluconate at its 6th carbon. Such host cells are used for the production of products, such as, ascorbic acid intermediates. Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences with inactivated enzymatic activity which phosphorylates D-glucose at its 6th carbon and inactivated enzymatic activity which phosphorylates D-gluconate at its 6th carbon are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/116821 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07032385 | 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 | 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, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/000369 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/716 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07034328 | Doverspike et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kathleen Marie Doverspike (Cary, North Carolina); John Adam Edmond (Cary, North Carolina); Hua-shuang Kong (Raleigh, North Carolina); Heidi Marie Dieringer (Apex, North Carolina); David B. Slater, Jr. (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A vertical geometry light emitting diode is disclosed that is capable of emitting light in the red, green, blue, violet and ultraviolet portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The light emitting diode includes a conductive silicon carbide substrate, an InGaN quantum well, a conductive buffer layer between the substrate and the quantum well, a respective undoped gallium nitride layer on each surface of the quantum well, and ohmic contacts in a vertical geometry orientation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/115522 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07035655 | Maggenti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Qualcomm Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Maggenti (San Diego, California); Douglas M. Crockett (San Diego, California); Eric Rosen (Solana Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for reducing perceived latency in a group communication network provides for receiving a request from a user of a communication device wishing to initiate a group call, receiving media from the user before completely processing the request, and buffering the received media for later transmission. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/035613 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/517 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07033996 | Christakos |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sylvia Christakos (Mendham, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for treating diseases caused by either an excess or diminution of Vitamin D3. It provides pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of such diseases and the methods by which these compositions are to be used. Also provided are methods for testing the activity of both 24(OH)ase and CCAATT/Enhancer Binding Protein β (C/EBPβ), as well as, for testing the effect of a compound on 24(OH)ase and C/EBPB activity activity. In particular embodiments, a method is provided for reducing the risk of hypercalcemia when administering 1,25(OH)2D3 or its analogs for the treatment of vitamin D diseases. Methods for both enhancing and diminishing 24(OH)ase activity are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/232342 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
How To Use This Page
THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, April 25, 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
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