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Patent Details for Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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| US 07043967 | Kauffman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Kauffman (Centerville, Ohio); James D. Wolf (Kettering, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a compact apparatus and method that provides an efficient manner for monitoring the condition and level of a functional fluid directly in operating equipment. A sensor device is provided that includes a plurality of liquid sensors and a plurality of vapor sensors that when used in conjunction with one another at different temperatures, can provide a thorough evaluation of the oxidative degradation, liquid contamination and solid contamination of the fluid to detect the end of the useful life of the fluid. By providing liquid sensors and vapor sensors on the same device, the present invention allows for a compact, efficient, and economically feasible manner to monitor the condition of fluid as well as detecting abnormal operating conditions prior to further component damage and eventual equipment failure. |
| FILED | Monday, September 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/260754 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/53.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07044060 | Cornelius 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) | Charles Stephen Cornelius (Huntsville, Alabama); Charles M. Vessels (Harvest, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A delivery and release device for release and detonation of sequential explosive charges is disclosed to penetrate hardened structures. An aerodynamic shell is sized for delivery to a target by hand or mechanical means, including a first explosive charge is in a forward portion and a release device enclosing a second explosive charge is disposed in a shell rear portion. The release device includes a segmented cone positioned behind the first explosive charge, and a segmented cylindrical unit extending rearwards to enclose the second explosive charge within the shell during flight. Upon impact with the target, the first explosive charge detonates and directs high pressure gases against the target and deflection of gases rearwards against the segmented cone. The segmented cone and cylindrical unit are forced to separate and pivot outwards thereby releasing the second explosive charge for delayed delivery and detonation against the target leading to breach and destruction. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/176064 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/477 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045015 | Renn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Optomec Design Company (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Renn (Hudson, Wisconsin); Bruce H. King (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Marcelino Essien (Cedar Crest, New Mexico); Lemna J. Hunter (Corrales, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses and processes for maskless deposition of electronic and biological materials. The process is capable of direct deposition of features with linewidths varying from the micron range up to a fraction of a millimeter, and may be used to deposit features on substrates with damage thresholds near 100° C. Deposition and subsequent processing may be carried out under ambient conditions, eliminating the need for a vacuum atmosphere. The process may also be performed in an inert gas environment. Deposition of and subsequent laser post processing produces linewidths as low as 1 micron, with sub-micron edge definition. The apparatus nozzle has a large working distance—the orifice to substrate distance may be several millimeters—and direct write onto non-planar surfaces is possible. |
| FILED | Friday, January 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/346935 |
| ART UNIT | 1734 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating apparatus 118/686 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045049 | Natan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanoplex Technologies, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Natan (Los Altos, California); Thomas E. Mallouk (State College, Pennsylvania); Benjamin R. Martin (State College, Pennsylvania); Brian D. Reiss (State College, Pennsylvania); Louis J. Dietz (Mountain View, California); James L. Winkler (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Synthetic methods for the manufacture of segmented nanoparticles are described. |
| FILED | Monday, October 02, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/677203 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045091 | Patel 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) | Parimal J. Patel (Joppa, Maryland); Gary Gilde (Northeast, Maryland); James W. McCauley (Havre De Grace, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A transparent aluminum oxynitride product is produced by a first heat treating step wherein a combination of Al2O3 and AlN at a temperature within the solid-liquid phase and a second step of sintering the heat treated combination at a temperature at least 50° C. less than the heat treating temperature. The method introduces a small fraction of liquid that aids in pore elimination and densification. In a single step, the material is shifted from the liquid/solid region into a solid AlON solution region, wherein the liquid is fully reacted with the solid AlON phase, with further sintering occurring. The procedure is sufficient to eliminate voids and other imperfections which often result in a reduction in optical clarity. |
| FILED | Monday, August 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/211547 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/654 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045246 | Simburger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California); SRS Technologies, Inc. (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Simburger (Agoura, California); James H. Matsumoto (Los Angeles, California); Paul A. Gierow (Madison, Alabama); Aloysius F. Hepp (Bay Village, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | One or more thin film battery cells are embedded in a multilayer thin film flexible circuit board supporting electronic devices, such as power regulators, for forming an integrated battery and circuit module. The module can be made using conventional thin film processes. The module is well suited for applications where size and space limitations, such as on spacecraft or credit cards, require the use of ultra thin power sources integrated with respective electronic devices and printed circuits. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/420463 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045283 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Marks (Kensington, California); Ulrik B. Nielson (Brookline, Massachusetts); Dimitri B. Kirpotin (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods of identifying ligands that are internalized into a cell. The methods typically involve i) contacting the cell with a reporter non-covalently coupled to a ligand; ii) dissociating the reporter from the ligand and removing dissociated reporter from the surface of the cell; and iii) detecting the reporter within said cell (if any is present) where the presence of the reporter within said cell indicates that the ligand binds to an internalizing receptor and is internalized. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/981636 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045336 | Branstrom 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) | Arthur A. Branstrom (Rockville, Maryland); Donata R. Sizemore (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jerald C. Sadoff (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | We describe a bacterial delivery system for the delivery of DNA and antigens into cells. We constructed an attenuated bacterial vector which enters mammalian cells and ruptures delivering functional plasmid DNA and antigens into the cell cytoplasm. This Shigella vector was designed to deliver DNA to colonic surfaces, thus opening the possibility of oral and other mucosal DNA immunization and gene therapy strategies. The attenuated Shigella is also useful as a vaccine for reducing disease symptoms caused by Shigella. |
| FILED | Friday, September 06, 1996 |
| APPL NO | 08/711961 |
| 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 435/252.100 |
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| US 07045337 | Schultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California); John Christopher Anderson (San Diego, California); Jason William Chin (San Diego, California); David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Thomas J. Magliery (North Haven, Connecticut); Eric L. Meggers (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ryan A. Mehl (San Diego, California); Miro Pastrnak (San Diego, California); Steven William Santoro (San Diego, California); Zhiwen Zhang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for in vivo incorporation of unnatural amino acids. Also provided are compositions including proteins with unnatural amino acids. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/126927 |
| 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 07045466 | Subramanian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kanakasabapathi Subramanian (Albany, New York); Xiaojun T. Huang (Ithaca, New York); Noel C. MacDonald (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Multi-level structures are formed in a semiconductor substrate by first forming a pattern of lines or structures of different widths. Width information on the pattern is decoded by processing steps into level information to form a MEMS structure. The pattern is etched to form structures having a first floor. The structures are oxidized until structures of thinner width are substantially fully oxidized. A portion of the oxide is then etched to expose the first floor. The first floor is then etched to form a second floor. The oxide is then optionally removed, leaving a multi-level structure. In one embodiment, high aspect ratio comb actuators are formed using the multi-level structure process. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/607838 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/712 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045605 | Bander et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Bander (New York, New York); Francis J. Carr (Aberdeen, United Kingdom); Anita Hamilton (Aberdeen, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Modified antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, to the extracellular domain of human prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) are provided. The modified anti-PSMA antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, have been rendered less immunogenic compared to their unmodified counterparts to a given species, e.g., a human. Pharmaceutical compositions including the aforesaid antibodies, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such antibodies and fragments are also disclosed. Methods of using the antibodies of the invention to detect human PSMA, or to ablate or kill a PSMA-expressing cell, e.g., a PSMA-expressing cancer or prostatic cell, either in vitro or in vivo, are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/160505 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/388.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045774 | Wheeler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryce A. Wheeler (Mammoth Lakes, California); Lacy G. Cook (El Segundo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A wide field of view imaging system (100). The novel system (100) includes a rotating mirror (18) having two reflective surfaces each surface, respectively, reflecting light from a scene to first and second sensors (10, 12) positioned to receive light from the mirror (18), wherein the first and second sensors (10, 12) each occupy a different portion of the volume surrounding the mirror (18). In the illustrative embodiment, the mirror (18) is a flat, double-sided mirror rotating at a constant velocity about an axis parallel with the surface of the mirror (18). The first and second sensors (10, 12) are all-reflective optical systems, with the first sensor (10) opposite the second sensor (12). In the preferred embodiment, the invention further includes third and fourth opposing sensors (14, 16) clocked 90° from the first and second sensors (10, 12). The first and second sensors (10, 12) cover an outer annulus of the field of view while the mirror (18) rotates a first 90°, and the third and fourth sensors (14, 16) cover an inner annulus while the mirror (18) rotates the next 90°. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/278609 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045784 | Ptasinski 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) | Joanna N. Ptasinski (San Diego, California); Randy L. Shimabukuro (San Diego, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for micro-Golay cell infrared detector. The detector includes a microchannel plate array, sealing membrane, flexible membrane, IR absorbent medium and thermally reactive medium. The microchannel plate array has an upper surface and a lower surface and includes chamber walls and chambers. The sealing membrane is operatively coupled to the microchannel plate array and is capable of sealing the lower surface. The flexible membrane is operatively coupled to the upper surface and is capable of deforming. The IR absorbent medium is operatively coupled to the chambers and is capable of converting IR radiation into heat. The thermally reactive medium is contained within the chambers and is capable of changing volume in response to temperature changes. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/739666 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045794 | Spallas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Novelx, Inc. (Lafayette, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Spallas (Alamo, California); Lawrence Muray (Moraga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-electrical system, such as a lens stack for use in a scanning electron microscope, analysis tool, etc., comprises recesses and/or serrations that increase the surface path breakdown, thereby increasing reliability and enabling high voltage operations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/908397 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/396.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045932 | Xu et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Qin Xu (Fairport, New York); John C Fasick (Lima, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Electromechanical translation apparatus provides power-off clamping because each clamp assembly comprises pressure means and clamp actuator means acting in opposition. The pressure means is arranged, when the actuator is de-energized, to apply clamping force to releasably clamp the associated movable member to the clamp assembly. The clamp actuator means is arranged, when energized, to act against the pressure means to release the movable member. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/793365 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/323.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046002 | Edelstein |
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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) | Alan S. Edelstein (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device comprising a base structure; a magnetic sensor attached to the base structure and operable for sensing a magnetic field and allowing for a continuous variation of an amplification of the magnetic field at a position at the magnetic sensor; and for receiving a DC voltage and an AC modulation voltage in the MEMS device; a pair of flux concentrators attached to the magnetic sensor; and a pair of electrostatic comb drives, each coupled to a respective flux concentrator such that when the pair of electrostatic comb drives are excited by a modulating electrical signal, each flux concentrator oscillates linearly at a prescribed frequency; and a pair of bias members (mechanical spring connectors) connecting the flux concentrators to one another. |
| FILED | Friday, November 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/997031 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/244 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046017 | Drost et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California); Ronald Ho (Mountain View, California); Ivan E. Sutherland (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic circuit and method for measuring a capacitance. A signal generating mechanism generates a signal having a predefined frequency and predefined low and high voltage levels on one terminal of the capacitance. The other terminal of the capacitance is coupled to a switching mechanism. The switching mechanism is set to couple the other terminal of the capacitance to a first amplifier or a second amplifier for a portion of each signal cycle thereby full-wave rectifying a transient current flowing between the two terminals in the capacitance. Outputs of the first amplifier and the second amplifier are coupled to a current measurement mechanism for measuring the current. The capacitance is determined from the measured current. Several variations on this embodiment are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/216754 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/678 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046063 | Kuang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jente B. Kuang (Austin, Texas); Hung C. Ngo (Austin, Texas); Kevin J. Nowka (Round Rock, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | CMOS circuitry is partitioned into first and second logic circuit domains. The first logic circuit domain may be optionally a cuttable domains (C_Domains) where circuitry has power supply gating to reduce leakage power and non-cuttable domains (NC_Domains) where circuitry does not have power supply gating. Each output that couples signals from one logic circuit domain to another logic circuit is interfaced with a C_driver and a S_keeper which automatically assure that the output state is held when circuitry is power-gated put to reduce leakage power. The S_keeper and C_driver have low leakage circuits that maintain signal states and are not used for high speed operation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/821047 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046188 | Zaugg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Zaugg (Tucson, Arizona); Alphonso A. Samuel (Tucson, Arizona); Donald E. Waagen (Tucson, Arizona); Harry A. Schmitt (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods of tracking a beam-aspect target are provided. In embodiments, a target is tracked with a Kalman filter while detections are received. After a detection is missed, the Kalman filter may be concurrently propagated with a blind-zone particle filter until a probability that the target is in a blind zone exceeds a threshold. When the probability exceeds the threshold, the Kalman filter may refrain from further propagating. After a gated detection is received, the blind-zone particle filter and an unrestricted-zone particle filter may be concurrently propagated while a probability that the target is in an unrestricted zone exceeds a threshold. The system may return to tracking with the Kalman filter when a covariance of the unrestricted-zone particle filter falls below a predetermined covariance. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/640993 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046209 | McCarville et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A McCarville (Auburn, Washington); Gerald F Herndon (Redmond, Washington); Joseph A Marshall, IV (Lake Forest Park, Washington); Robert G Vos (Auburn, Washington); David L Banks (Bellevue, Washington); Isaac R. Bekker (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A antenna aperture having electromagnetic radiating elements embedded in structural wall portions of a honeycomb-like core. Independent wall sections each having a plurality electromagnetic radiating elements are formed into the honeycomb-like core. Feed portions of each radiating element form teeth that are copper plated before being assembled onto a back skin panel. Each of the teeth are then generally machined flush with a surface of the back skin to present electrical contact pads which enable electrical coupling to each of the radiating elements by an external antenna electronics board. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/970703 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/797 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046523 | Sun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ColdWatt, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jian Sun (Clifton Park, New York); Xiukuan Jing (Camarillo, California); Sriram Chandrasekaran (Burbank, California); Vivek Mehrotra (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | There is disclosed a core structure with a very low profile, high power density and lower losses. The disclosed design allows for a larger core area where the DC fluxes are added, thereby reducing the air-gap requirements in the cores derived from low saturation density materials such as ferrites. The cellular nature of the design can be effectively employed in vertically packaged power converters and modules. Also disclosed is a DC-DC converter topology which preferably employs the disclosed core. N AC drive voltages drive N current doubler rectifiers (CDRs) in accordance with the symmetric modulation scheme; each CDR provides two rectified output currents to an output node. Each AC drive voltage has a switching period Ts. The drive voltages are phase-shifted by Ts/(2*N), such that the rectified output currents of the CDRs are interleaved, thereby reducing output voltage ripple. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/302095 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046639 | Garcia-Luna-Aceves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California); Lichun Bao (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of providing distributed election of a shared transmission schedule within an ad hoc network. The invention includes a collision-free access protocol which resolves channel access contentions for time division multiple access (TDMA) of a single channel. Time-slots are organized into part numbers, which are included within sections, a sequence of which define a block. Each node is given a ring number according to its location within the network topology and maintains local neighbor information along with its own part number and message digest. Collision-free channel access is automatically scheduled and repetitious contention phases are resolved by a random permutation algorithm operating in message digests. An empty time-slot utilization method is also described and data packets may also be transmitted subject to a non-zero collision probability within a blind section of the block. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/967901 |
| ART UNIT | 2664 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046823 | Albus et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Albus (Granada Hills, California); Julie R. Schacht (Torrance, California); Grace Y. Chen (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for detecting breaklock for correlation trackers. The inventive system includes a first circuit (50) for computing energy EL in a residual image, a second circuit (52) for computing energy EI in an input image, and a third circuit (54) for computing a residual metric RL based on the residual image energy EL scaled by the input image energy EI. In the illustrative embodiment, the system further includes a fourth circuit (56) for comparing the residual metric RL to a threshold TR, and a fifth circuit (58) for setting a breaklock signal based on the output of the fourth circuit (56). |
| FILED | Thursday, August 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/210241 |
| ART UNIT | 2625 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046859 | Bernstein et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence S. Bernstein (Lexington, Massachusetts); Steven M. Adler-Golden (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Timothy C. Perkins (Brighton, Massachusetts); Alexander Berk (Canton, Massachusetts); Robert Y. Levine (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of automatically determining a measure of atmospheric aerosol optical properties using a multi- or hyper-spectral, multi-pixel image. A plurality of spectrally-diverse pixels are resolved from the image. A statistical spectral deviation of the spectrally-diverse pixels is determined, and then corrected for non-aerosol transmittance losses. One or more wavelength-dependent aerosol optical depths are derived from the statistical spectral deviation. Wavelength-dependent gaseous optical depths can be derived from the statistical spectral deviation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/100670 |
| ART UNIT | 2621 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/274 |
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| US 07047169 | Pelikan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Pelikan (Champaign, Illinois); David E. Goldberg (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of a method for optimizing a solution set has steps of generating a first solution set, selecting a second solution set from the first, fitting the second solution set with a probabilistic model, using the model to generate a new set of solutions, replacing at least a portion of the first set of solutions with the third, and evaluating the third set to determine if completion criteria have been met. A probabilistic model may allow for merging a plurality of variables into a single variable and for modeling relationships between the merged variables over multiple hierarchical levels. Invention method embodiments may also comprise steps of niching to preserve diversity among the solution set. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/051317 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
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| US 07047226 | Rubin |
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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) | Stuart H. Rubin (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Knowledge Amplifier with Structured Expert Randomization (KASER) that exploits a structured expert randomization principle. One KASER embodiment allows the user to supply declarative knowledge in the form of a semantic tree using single inheritance. Another KASER embodiment includes means for automatically inducing this semantic tree, such as, for example, means for performing randomization and set operations on the property trees that are acquired by way of, for example, database query and user-interaction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/206930 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/47 |
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| US 07047266 | Hou |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hsieh S. Hou (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Discrete Sine Transforms in a radix-2 block transform method enables true split and merge transform processing of equal sized data halves in the DST transform domain for enabling recursive merges and splits in DST transform domain without data degradation. Input data in the time domain or spatial domain during either the split and merge radix-2 forward transform processing is firstly transform processed followed by combinational processing. Whole transformed data is split using combinational processing into transformed data halves in the transform domain as a true split. The transformed halves are merged using combinational processing into whole merged transformed data in the transform domain. Time or spatial domain input data can be transformed into the transform domain in the form of split halves or merged whole. The split halves are merged by the merge process combinational processing and the merged whole are split by the split process combinational processing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/174925 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/400 |
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| US 07047267 | Hou |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hsieh S. Hou (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Discrete Karhunen-Loeve Transforms in a radix-2 block transform method enables true split and merge transform processing of equal sized data halves in the KLT domain for enabling recursive merges and splits in the KLT domain without data degradation. Input data in the time domain or spatial domain during either the split and merge radix-2 forward transform processing is firstly transform processed followed by combinational processing. Whole transformed data is split using combinational processing into transformed halves in the transform domain as a true split. Transformed halves are merged using combinational processing into whole merged transformed data in the transform domain. Time or spatial domain input data can be transformed into the transform domain in the form of split halves or merged whole. The split halves are merged by the merge process combinational processing and the merged whole are split by the split process combinational processing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/175397 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/400 |
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| US 07047391 | Dally et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Dally (Stanford, California); Scott W. Rixner (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A memory processing approach involves implementation of memory status-driven access. According to an example embodiment, addresses received at an address buffer are processed for access to a memory relative to an active location in the memory. Addresses corresponding to an active location in the memory array are processed prior to addresses that do not correspond to an active location. Data is read from the memory to a read buffer and ordered in a manner commensurate with the order of received addresses at the address buffer (e.g., thus facilitating access to the memory in an order different from that received at the address buffer while maintaining the order from the read buffer). |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/019979 |
| ART UNIT | 2185 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/217 |
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| US 07047564 | Cohen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Computing Services Support Solutions, Inc. (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald M. Cohen (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is designed to eliminate or minimize the liability associated with “packet flooding” attacks originating from within a local area network connected to an external network such as one controlled by a university or governmental organization. In these attacks, an attacker uses up all available bandwidth to a victim with useless data. The invention performs its function by identifying and classifying data packets arriving at a “Reverse Firewall” for transmission to the external network using various techniques. For example, data packets that are sent in response to data packets received from the external network will receive a different classification and thus allocation of resources than data packets not sent in response to previously received packets. The invention also serves to maximize use of data packet handling resources within the local area network by identifying those data packets that are requests for service, measuring the amount of service required by those packets, storing and recalling past service measurements and thus determining an appropriate allocation of resources. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/001349 |
| ART UNIT | 2131 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/23 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, c/o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacquelyn Sampson (College Park, Georgia); Harold Russell (Efland, North Carolina); Jean A. Tharpe (Lithonia, Georgia); Edwin W. Ades (Atlanta, Georgia); George M. Carlone (Stone Mountain, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. The invention also provides purified polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein from and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are antibodies which selectively binds the polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Also provided are vaccines comprising immunogenic polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein and the nucleic acids comprising a unique fragment of at least 10 nucleotides of the 37-kDa protein. Further provided is a method of detecting the presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a sample comprising the steps of contacting a sample suspected of containing Streptococcus pneumoniae with nucleic acid primers capable of hybridizing to a nucleic acid comprising a portion of the nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa protein, amplifying the nucleic acid and detecting the presence of an amplification product, the presence of the amplification product indicating the presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the sample. Further provided are methods of detecting the presence of Streptococcus pneumoniae in a sample using antibodies or antigens, methods of preventing and treating Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in a subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/455109 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/165.100 |
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| US 07045136 | Moss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard Moss (Bethesda, Maryland); Michael Mackett (Manchester, United Kingdom); Geoffrey L. Smith (Oxford, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant poxviruses, such as vaccinia, are provided that comprises a segment comprised of (A) a first DNA sequence encoding a polypeptide that is foreign to poxvirus and (B) a poxvirus transcriptional regulatory sequence, wherein (i) said transcriptional regulatory sequence is adjacent to and exerts transcriptional control over said first DNA sequence and (ii) said segment is positioned within a nonessential genomic region of said recombinant poxvirus. Vaccines, carriers, cells, and media comprising recombinant poxviruses, and methods of immunization with recombinant poxviruses also are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 06, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/470359 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045305 | Farinas |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Javier Farinas (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and reagents for targeting probes to selected cellular locations, through the expression of specific binding partners to that probe within the cell. In one embodiment, the probes may comprise spectroscopic probe that can be used in a method for localizing a specific binding partner within a cell, and for creating assays for post-translational activities. The invention allows the monitoring of the location of such intracellular specific binding partners over time and in response to stimuli, such as test chemicals. The spectroscopic probes can be used for screening a test chemical for activity. The present invention also includes cells and transgenic organisms comprising the intracellular specific binding partner, wherein the specific binding partner can bind with the spectroscopic probe/ligand conjugate. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/403882 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045306 | Krainc |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dimitri Krainc (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods and products for deregulating gene transcription in neurodegenerative disease associated with an expanded polyglutamine tract in mutant proteins. The invention is useful for preventing and treating diseases associated with expanded polyglutamine tracts, including Huntington's disease. The methods and compositions of the invention are also useful for identifying additional pharmaceutical agents for preventing and treating diseases associated with expanded polyglutamine tracts. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/425175 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045309 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger A. Johnson (East Setauket, New York); Praveen Pande (Coram, New York); Wolfgang Laux (Frankfurt, Germany); Gilles Gosselin (Montpellier, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to 9-substituted adenine derivatives represented by formula (I) wherein W is selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, azido and amino group; X is selected from the group consisting of O, S, N(H), CH2, CH and C; Y is selected from the group consisting of H, hydroxy, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy and halogen; R is selected from the group consisting of H, hydroxymethyl, C1-4 alkyl, and C1-4 alkoxy; R1is selected from the group consisting of O, NH and CH2; R2represents a radical selected from the group consisting of —(CH2)n—S—C(O)—R4 and —(CH2)n—S—S—R4, where n=1-4 and R4is a C1-4-alkyl or aryl group and R4 is optionally substituted with a halogen, amino, N-alkylamino, N, N-dialkylamino or C1-4 alkoxy group and wherein each of the R2radicals may be the same or different; and R3is O or S. The derivatives are useful as prodrugs for inhibiting adenylyl cyclase and lowering 3′:5′-cAMP in cells, thereby inhibiting adenylyl cyclase dependent effects within cells. |
| FILED | Friday, July 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/332314 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.920 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045313 | Moss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard Moss (Bethesda, Maryland); Michael Mackett (Manchester, United Kingdom); Geoffrey Smith (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions are provided for the use of vaccinia virus or other poxviruses as vectors for expression of foreign genes. Expression of foreign genes is obtained by combining vaccinia virus transcriptional regulatory sequence with uninterrupted foreign protein coding sequences in vitro to form a chimeric gene. The chimeric gene is flanked by DNA from a non-essential region of the vaccinia virus genome to provide sites for in vivo homologous recombination. These steps are facilitated by the construction of plasmids that contain multiple restriction endonuclease sites, next to the vaccinia transcriptional regulatory sequences, for insertion of any foreign protein coding sequence. Transfection procedures are used to introduce the DNA into cells where homologous recombination results in the insertion of the chimeric gene into a non-essential region of the vaccinia virus genome. Infectious vaccinia virus recombinants are distinguished or selected by expression of the foreign gene, loss of activity of a vaccinia virus gene, or by DNA—DNA hybridization. Expression of the foreign gene is obtained by infecting cells or animals with the recombinant vaccinia virus. Examples are provided to show expression of prokaryotic, RNA virus and other DNA virus genes in vaccinia recombinants. |
| FILED | Monday, December 07, 1992 |
| APPL NO | 07/987546 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 07045317 | Sheffield et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Val C. Sheffield (Iowa City, Iowa); Kirk Mykytyn (Iowa City, Iowa); Edwin M. Stone (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the identification of a gene, now designated BBS4, that is involved in the genetic disease Bardet Biedl Syndrome (BBS), which is characterized by such diverse symptoms as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, mental retardation, renal cancer and other abnormalities, retinopathy and hypogonadism. The human BBS4 protein disclosed herein is 519 amino acids in length and is coded for by a gene spanning 16 exons. Homologs have been identified in mouse, rat, zebrafish. Methods of use for the gene, for example in diagnosis and therapy of BBS and in drug screening, also are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/115262 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 07045326 | Cases et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sylvaine Cases (Belmont, California); Scot J. Stone (Fairfield, California); Ping Zhou (Walnut Creek, California); Robert V. Farese, Jr. (San Francisco, California); Chi-Liang Eric Yen (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acid compositions encoding polypeptide products with diglyceride acyltransferase and/or monoacylglycerol acyltransferase activity, as well as the polypeptide products encoded thereby, i.e., mammalian DGAT2α and MGAT1 polypeptide products, and methods for producing the same, are provided. Also provided are: methods and compositions for modulating DGAT2α and MGAT1 activity; DGAT2α and MGAT1 transgenic cells, animals and plants, as well as methods for their preparation; and methods for making diglyceride, diglyceride compositions, triglycerides and triglyceride compositions, as well as the compositions produced by these methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different applications, including research, medicine, agriculture and industry applications. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/046924 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
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| US 07045337 | Schultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California); John Christopher Anderson (San Diego, California); Jason William Chin (San Diego, California); David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Thomas J. Magliery (North Haven, Connecticut); Eric L. Meggers (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ryan A. Mehl (San Diego, California); Miro Pastrnak (San Diego, California); Steven William Santoro (San Diego, California); Zhiwen Zhang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for in vivo incorporation of unnatural amino acids. Also provided are compositions including proteins with unnatural amino acids. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/126927 |
| 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 07045344 | Kay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the LeLand Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California); The University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Kay (Stanford, California); Hiroyuki Mizuguchi (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | In vitro methods for making a recombinant adenoviral genome, as well as kits for practicing the same and the recombinant adenovirus vectors produced thereby, are provided. In the subject methods, the subject genomes are prepared from first and second vectors. The first vector includes an adenoviral genome having an E region deletion and three different, non-adenoviral restriction endonuclease sites located in the E region. The second vector is a shuttle vector and includes an insertion nucleic acid flanked by two of the three different non-adenoviral endonuclease sites present in the first vector. Cleavage products are prepared from the first and second vectors using the appropriate restriction endonucleases. The resultant cleavage products are then ligated to produce the subject recombinant adenovirus genome. The subject adenoviral genomes find use in a variety of applications, including as vectors for use in a variety of applications, including gene therapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/930832 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
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| US 07045351 | Lambeth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. David Lambeth (Decatur, Georgia); Kathy K. Griendling (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Bernard P. Lassegue (Decatur, Georgia); Rebecca S. Arnold (Lilburn, Georgia); Guangie Cheng (Lilburn, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to new genes encoding for the production of novel proteins involved in generation of reactive oxygen intermediates that affect cell division. The present invention also provides vectors containing these genes, cells transfected with these vectors, antibodies raised against these novel proteins, kits for detection, localization and measurement of these genes and proteins, and methods to determine the activity of drugs to affect the activity of the proteins of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/318906 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 07045352 | Vogelstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Bel Air, Maryland); Nickolas Papadopoulos (Brookline, Massachusetts); Hai Yan (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Detection of mutations associated with hereditary diseases is complicated by the diploid nature of mammalian cells. Mutations present in one allele are often masked by the wild-type sequence of the other allele. Individual alleles can be isolated from every chromosome within somatic cell hybrids generated from a single fusion. Nucleic acids from the hybrids can be analyzed for mutations in an unambiguous manner. This approach was used to detect two cancer-causing mutations that had previously defied genetic diagnosis. One of the families studied, Warthin Family G, was the first kindred with a hereditary colon cancer syndrome described in the biomedical literature. |
| FILED | Friday, August 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/210066 |
| 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 435/346 |
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| US 07045531 | Bush et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashley I. Bush (Somerville, Massachusetts); Xudong Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Craig S. Atwood (Cleveland, Ohio); Rudolph E. Tanzi (Hull, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the identification of pharmacological agents to be used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related pathological conditions. Methods and compositions for treatment of conditions caused by amyloidosis, Aβ-mediated ROS formation, or both, such as Alzheimer's disease, are disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 11, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/380704 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/311 |
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| US 07045547 | Thorpe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colin Thorpe (Newark, Delaware); Wenzhong Wang (Tong'An XiaMen Fujian, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds of formula I wherein A is R3, OR3, SR3, and NR3R4; and R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined. The compounds of the invention are reversible inhibitors of acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, and are useful in treating disorders such as diabetes, heart diseases (including angina and congestive heart failure), and peripheral vascular disease in patients suffering from these diseases or conditions resulting thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/223385 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/513 |
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| US 07045550 | Fahl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Fahl (Madison, Wisconsin); John Kink (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Polyamine effectors are administered locally to provide protection against the adverse side-effects of chemotherapy or radiation therapy, such as alopecia, mucositis and dermatitis. Pharmaceutical preparations comprising one or more polyamine effectors formulated for topical or local delivery to epithelial or mucosal cells are disclosed. Methods of administering the pharmaceutical preparations are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/214917 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/565 |
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| US 07045616 | de la Monte et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne de la Monte (East Greenwich, Rhode Island); Jack R Wands (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are transgenic animals and transfected cell lines expressing a protein associated with Alzheimer's Disease, neuroectodermal tumors, malignant astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. Also disclosed is the use of such transgenic animals and transfected cell lines to screen potential drug candidates for treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease, neuroectodermal tumors, malignant astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. The invention also relates to new antisense oligonucleotides, ribozymes, triplex forming DNA and external guide sequences that can be used to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease, neuroectodermal tumors, malignant astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/964666 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
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| US 07045617 | Cole et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, New York); Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip A. Cole (Baltimore, Maryland); Keykavous Parang (Narragansett, Rhode Island); Ararat Abloogu (New York, New York); Ronald A. Kohanski (Fair Lawn, New Jersey); Aliya Courtney (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein kinase inhibitors have applications as anti-cancer therapeutic agents and biological tools in cell signalling. Potent and selective bisubstrate inhibitors for the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase are based on a phosphoryl transfer mechanism involving a dissociative transition state. One such inhibitor is synthesized by linking ATPγS to a peptide substrate analog via a two-carbon spacer. The compound is a high-affinity competitive inhibitor against both nucleotide and peptide substrate and shows a slow off-rate. A crystal structure of this inhibitor bound to the tyrosine kinase domain of the insulin receptor confirms the key design features inspired by a dissociative transition state, and reveal that the linker takes part in the octahedral coordination of an active site Mg2+ ion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/811870 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/26.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045675 | Carstea et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene D Carstea (Woburn, Massachusetts); Danilo A. Tagle (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jill A. Morris (Chalfont, Pennsylvania); Peter G. Pentchev (Kensington, Maryland); William J. Pavan (Derwood, Maryland); Melissa A. Ashlock (Mont Vernon, New Hampshire); Stacie K. Loftus (Burtonsville, Maryland); Jessie Gu (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A gene for type C Niemann-Pick disease (NP-C) is disclosed, along with the amino acid sequence of the encoded peptide. Applications which are made possible by the present invention include detection of NP-C carriers and diagnosis of NP-C sufferers. The murine ortholog of the human gene is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, July 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/208731 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046003 | Hargreaves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian A. Hargreaves (Menlo Park, California); Charles H. Cunningham (San Francisco, California); Steven M. Conolly (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A pulse sequence for use in steady state free precession (SSFP) imaging sequences includes a RF pulse and a time-varying gradient pulse based on a conventional design algorithm such as the Shinnar-LeRoux (SLR) pulse design algorithm and in which amplitude of the RF pulse and gradient pulse are increased while pulse time is decreased thereby reducing imaging time and improving slab profiles. |
| FILED | Monday, September 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/945670 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046832 | Barbour |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State Univ. of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Barbour (Glen Head, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for imaging of a scattering target medium using a modified perturbation formulation of a radiation transport equation where normalized measured values are used to recover a relative difference in absorption and/or scattering properties based on the normalized measured values with respect to a reference medium. The modified perturbation formulation provides enhanced stability, reduces the sensitivity of solution to variations between the target and reference media, produces solutions having physical units and reduces the need for absolute detector calibration. Moreover, the modified perturbation equation lends itself to the detection and imaging of dynamic properties of the scattering medium. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 14, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/088192 |
| ART UNIT | 2623 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046857 | McCarthy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean T. McCarthy (Hill Valley, California); William G. Owen (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and methods for efficiently processing signal and image data are described. The invention provides a representation of signal and image data that can be used as a figure of merit to compare and characterize different signal processing techniques. The representation can be used as an intermediate result that is may be subjected to further processing, and/or may be used as a control element for processing operations. As a provider of an intermediate result, the invention can be used as a step in processes for the transduction, storage, enhancement, refinement, feature extraction, compression, coding, transmission, or display of image, audio and other data. The invention improves manipulation of data from intrinsically unpredictable, or partially random sources. The result is a concise coding of the data in a form permitting robust and efficient data processing, a reduction in storage demands, and restoration of original data with minimal error and degradation. The invention provides a system of coding source data derived from the external environment, whether noise-free or contaminated by random components, and regardless of whether the data are represented in its natural state, such as photons, or have been pre-processed. |
| FILED | Monday, March 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/100942 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046888 | Ye et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jing Yong Ye (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Theodore Norris (Dexter, Michigan); James R. Baker, Jr. (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Thomas Thommey (Dexter, Michigan); Mon Myaing (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical fiber for use in fiber optic sensing of a test sample includes a first core and a second core. The second core is generally coaxially disposed within the first core and is sized smaller than the first core. The second core is capable of delivering pulsed laser energy from the laser for nonlinear optical excitation of the test sample. Nonlinear optical feedback signals can then be collected in both the first core and second core for improved detection efficiency relative to conventional single-mode and multi-mode fibers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/738828 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/126 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07047054 | Benni |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CAS Medical Systems, Inc. (Branford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Benni (Middletown, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-invasive near infrared spectrophotometric monitoring transducer assembly includes a housing member, which is adhered directly on a patient's skin. The housing member contains a prism coupled to a flexible and lightweight single core optical light guide, which provides a means of transferring narrow spectral bandwidth light from multiple distant laser diodes of different wavelengths by use of a multi-fiber optic light combining assembly. Different wavelengths are needed to monitor the level of blood oxygenation in the patient. The assembly also contains a planar light guide mounted on the prism located in the housing member, which light guide contacts the patient's skin when the housing member is adhered to the patient's skin. The light guide controls the spacing between the prism and the patient's skin, and therefore controls the intensity of the area on the patient's skin which is illuminated by the laser light. The housing member contains a photodiode assembly, which detects the infrared light at a second location on the skin to determine light absorption. The photodiode assembly is preferably shielded from ambient electromagnetic interference (EMI) by an optically transparent EMI attenuating window. This rigid window placed over the photodiode also provides a planar interface between the assembly and the skin, improving optical coupling and stability as well as reducing the capacitive coupling between skin and the photodiode resulting in further EMI attenuation. The housing may be associated with a disposable sterile hydrogel coated adhesive envelope, or pad, which when applied to the patient's skin will adhere the housing to the patient's skin. The transducer assembly will thus be reusable, and skin-contacting part of the device, i.e., the envelope or pad can be discarded after a single use. The assembly also includes a laser safety interlock means, which is operable to turn off the laser light output in the event that the assembly accidentally becomes detached from the patient's skin. |
| FILED | Friday, September 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/951221 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/323 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07047059 | Avrin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quantum Magnetics, Inc (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Avrin (San Diego, California); Sankaran Kumar (San Marcos, California); Peter V. Czipott (San Diego, California); Walter N. Freeman (San Diego, California); Hoke S. Trammell, III (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe instrument using room-temperature sensor(s) that can measure variations in magnetic susceptibilities. The instrument has sufficient resolution to monitor paramagnetic materials in a human body, such as iron in a human liver, by noninvasively examining patients with iron-overload diseases. The instrument includes room temperature magnetic sensors, and detects the sample, that is, the tissue response to an alternating current field applied by an applied field coil. The applied field coil dimensions are chosen so that the applied field is optimized for maximum response from the liver while minimizing the effects due to the overlying abdominal tissue and at the same time not unduly increasing the sensitivity of the instrument to the lung. To overcome variations in the sensor output due to fluctuations in the applied field, change in the ambient temperature and mechanical relaxation of the instrument, the sensor-sample distance is modulated. The detector assembly is oscillated while the examined patient remains stationary. An improved water-bag technique is employed to eliminate background tissue response. The detector assembly forms part of a probe instrument for performing noninvasively the paramagnetic concentration of a patient. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/818700 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/409 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07043998 | Werve |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael E. Werve (Modesto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for inspecting a ceramic component. The ceramic component is positioned on a first rotary table. The first rotary table rotates the ceramic component. Light is directed toward the first rotary table and the rotating ceramic component. A detector is located on a second rotary table. The second rotary table is operably connected to the first rotary table and the rotating ceramic component. The second rotary table is used to move the detector at an angle to the first rotary table and the rotating ceramic component. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/957179 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07044103 | May |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dresser, Inc. (Addison, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew May (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | An engine system includes a first fuel regulator adapted to control an amount of a first fuel supplied to the engine, a second fuel regulator adapted to control an amount of a second fuel supplied to the engine concurrently with the first fuel being supplied to the engine, and a controller coupled to at least the second fuel regulator. The controller is adapted to determine the amount of the second fuel supplied to the engine in a relationship to the amount of the first fuel supplied to the engine to operate in igniting the first fuel at a specified time in steady state engine operation and adapted to determine the amount of the second fuel supplied to the engine in a manner different from the relationship at steady state engine operation in transient engine operation. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/919419 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/299 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07044113 | Bingham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis N. Bingham (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Bruce M. Wilding (Idaho Falls, Idaho); James E. O'Brien (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Ali S. Siahpush (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Kevin B. Brown (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquified gas delivery system for a motorized platform includes a holding tank configured to receive liquified gas. A first conduit extends from a vapor holding portion of the tank to a valve device. A second conduit extends from a liquid holding portion of the tank to the valve device. Fluid coupled to the valve device is a vaporizer which is in communication with an engine. The valve device selectively withdraws either liquified gas or liquified gas vapor from the tank depending on the pressure within the vapor holding portion of the tank. Various configurations of the delivery system can be utilized for pressurizing the tank during operation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/105767 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/523 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07044461 | Vestel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Vestel (San Francisco, California); Daryl Patrick Oshatz (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus comprising a shape memory alloy is configured as a ring shaped sample holder for a transmission electron microscope and imparts uniform biaxial strain on a thin film mounted within. The sample holder responds to a change in temperature by changing the inner diameter, which imparts biaxial strain. In other embodiments, the sample holder is configured to change the inner diameter and change the strain on a thin film reversibly and repeatedly. In further embodiments, the sample holder is non circular. In still further embodiments, the apparatus is configured as a prime mover of a reversible radial actuator. Methods for making and using the apparatus are included in other embodiments. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/837027 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Work holders 269/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07044718 | Platts |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Platts (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A rotor for use in turbine applications has a radial compressor/pump having radially disposed spaced apart fins forming passages and a radial turbine having hollow turbine blades interleaved with the fins and through which fluid from the radial compressor/pump flows. The rotor can, in some applications, be used to produce electrical power. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/614772 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07045114 — Method and apparatus for obtaining enhanced production rate of thermal chemical reactions
| US 07045114 | Tonkovich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna Lee Y. Tonkovich (Pasco, Washington); Yong Wang (Richland, Washington); Robert S. Wegeng (Richland, Washington); Yufei Gao (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Reactors and processes are disclosed that can utilize high heat fluxes to obtain fast, steady-state reaction rates. Porous catalysts used in conjunction with microchannel reactors to obtain high rates of heat transfer are also disclosed. Reactors and processes that utilize short contact times, high heat flux and low pressure drop are described. Improved methods of steam reforming are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/610282 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/659 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045170 | Hankins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew G. Hankins (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Thomas M. Mayer (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Wheeler (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for depositing an anti-stiction coating on a MEMS device comprises reacting the vapor of an amino-functionalized silane precursor with a silicon surface of the MEMS device in a vacuum chamber. The method can further comprise cleaning the silicon surface of the MEMS device to form a clean hydroxylated silicon surface prior to reacting the precursor vapor with the silicon surface. The amino-functionalized silane precursor comprises at least one silicon atom, at least one reactive amino (or imine) pendant, and at least one hydrophobic pendant. The amino-functionalized silane precursor is highly reactive with the silicon surface, thereby eliminating the need for a post-process anneal step and enabling the reaction to occur at low pressure. Such vapor-phase deposition of the amino-functionalized silane coating provides a uniform surface morphology and strong adhesion to the silicon surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/115411 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/255.180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045331 | Dunn-Coleman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genencor International, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Dunn-Coleman (Los Gatos, California); Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California); Jian Yao (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel endoglucanase nucleic acid sequence, designated egl7, and the corresponding EGVII amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding EGVII, recombinant EGVII proteins and methods for producing the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/028244 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045332 | Dunn-Coleman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genencor International, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Dunn-Coleman (Los Gatos, California); Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California); Jian Yao (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl4, and the corresponding BGL4 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL4, recombinant BGL4 proteins and methods for producing the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/027000 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045337 | Schultz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Schultz (La Jolla, California); Lei Wang (San Diego, California); John Christopher Anderson (San Diego, California); Jason William Chin (San Diego, California); David R. Liu (Lexington, Massachusetts); Thomas J. Magliery (North Haven, Connecticut); Eric L. Meggers (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ryan A. Mehl (San Diego, California); Miro Pastrnak (San Diego, California); Steven William Santoro (San Diego, California); Zhiwen Zhang (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for in vivo incorporation of unnatural amino acids. Also provided are compositions including proteins with unnatural amino acids. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/126927 |
| 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 07045642 | Bergman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Bergman (Kensington, California); Steven R. Klei (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for labeling organic compounds with deuterium and tritium is described using specific catalysts. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/854375 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/429 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045767 | Peng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Peng (Blacksburg, Virginia); Bing Qi (Blacksburg, Virginia); Anbo Wang (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A flow rate fiber optic transducer is made self-compensating for both temperature and pressure by using preferably well-matched integral Fabry-Perot sensors symmetrically located around a cantilever-like structure. Common mode rejection signal processing of the outputs allows substantially all effects of both temperature and pressure to be compensated. Additionally, the integral sensors can individually be made insensitive to temperature. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/653920 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/227.250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046411 | Fleming |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James G. Fleming (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A microelectromechanical (MEM) apparatus is disclosed which includes one or more tensile-stressed actuators that are coupled through flexures to a stage on a substrate. The tensile-stressed actuators, which can be formed from tensile-stressed tungsten or silicon nitride, initially raise the stage above the substrate without any applied electrical voltage, and can then be used to control the height or tilt angle of the stage. An electrostatic actuator can also be used in combination with each tensile-stressed actuator. The MEM apparatus has applications for forming piston micromirrors or tiltable micromirrors and independently addressable arrays of such devices. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/118573 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046539 | Gilkey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey C. Gilkey (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michelle A. Duesterhaus (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Frank J. Peter (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Rosemarie A. Renn (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael S. Baker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A first-in-first-out (FIFO) microelectromechanical memory apparatus (also termed a mechanical memory) is disclosed. The mechanical memory utilizes a plurality of memory cells, with each memory cell having a beam which can be bowed in either of two directions of curvature to indicate two different logic states for that memory cell. The memory cells can be arranged around a wheel which operates as a clocking actuator to serially shift data from one memory cell to the next. The mechanical memory can be formed using conventional surface micromachining, and can be formed as either a nonvolatile memory or as a volatile memory. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/979419 |
| ART UNIT | 2824 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07043990 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Control of Michigan Technological University (Houghton, Michigan); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiping Wang (Madison, Wisconsin); Robert J. Ross (Madison, Wisconsin); James A. Mattson (Laurium, Michigan); John Erickson (Madison, Wisconsin); John W. Forsman (Hancock, Michigan); Earl A. Geske (Cross Plains, Wisconsin); Michael A. Wehr (Kewadin, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for and method of evaluating a log. The system includes an analysis module having at least one input terminal connectable to the at least one input device. The at least one input terminal is operable to receive at least one signal representing at least one measured property of the log and at least one determined parameter of the log determined in response to an energy being applied to the log. The analysis module further includes a processor coupled to the at least one input terminal. The processor determines a predictive modulus of elasticity (MOE) of the log based at least in part on the at least one measured property and the at least one sensed parameter. The analysis module also includes an output terminal coupled to the processor and connectable to an output device. The output terminal transmits a third signal representing the predictive MOE. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/470145 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/597 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045063 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruihong H. Zhang (Davis, California); Jane H. Turnbull (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an integrated system for treatment of biodegradable waste, including sewage sludge, forestry waste, food waste, agricultural waste, municipal waste, and the like. The integrated system comprises an anaerobic reactor, at least one aerobic reactor, a filtration device, and a desalinization device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/626034 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/603 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045149 | Muscato et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas V. Muscato (Candor, New York); James B. Russell (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to improve the health and growth of suckling dairy calves on dairy farms includes supplementing calves' diets with a ruminal fluid preparation obtained from the rumen of a cow. This supplement provides the calves with the protection needed to develop faster and healthier. It also leads to a decreased incidence of scours in the treated calves. |
| FILED | Monday, October 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/968144 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/551 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045510 | Paape |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max J. Paape (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preventing or treating mastitis in a mammal, involving administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of diethylaminoethyl-dextran (DEAE-dextran) or dextran. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/895797 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07046011 | Mitchell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bailey W. Mitchell (Watkinsville, Georgia); Richard K. Gast (Watkinsville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrostatic sampling device with no moving parts is useful for high efficiency sampling of airborne particulates, especially microorganisms. It is easy to use and disinfection can be simplified by partial or total water-tight enclosure of all electronic parts. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/670575 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/457 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07047103 | Hornbaker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Hornbaker (Champaign, Illinois); Volodymyr Kindratenko (Savoy, Illinois); David Pointer (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system of tracking transported grain. A radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag is provided for being deposited in a container with the grain. The tag is dimensioned to approximate a size of an individual grain, and comprises a memory and RF communication channel. The RFID tag further comprises data stored in the memory, the data including at least a time when the RFID tag was handled with surrounding grain, and information sufficient to determine a location of handling at the time the RFID tag was handled with the surrounding grain. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/882937 |
| ART UNIT | 3651 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07047156 | Bechtel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kierstat Systems LLC (Mead, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Friend K. Bechtel (Mead, Washington); Ning Wang (Pullman, Washington); Timothy C. Hanshaw (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The inherent smoothing in bending stiffness measurement of wood boards as occurs in the machine grading of lumber can mask the effect of knots and other local characteristics affecting structural value. Improved estimates of local (pointwise) stiffness will be useful in decisions about further processing and use of a tested board. Measured compliance is reciprocally related to measured stiffness and is the convolution of local compliance and a “span function”. Span function is specific to the bending span configuration used and can change during measurement of a board. A general procedure for computing span function, which heretofore has been known only for simple bending spans, is disclosed. A Kalman filter uses this and other available information to optimally estimate local compliance from an observed relationship between local compliance and state variables of a state-space model. Method for linear algebraic determination of local compliance also depends on span functions and is disclosed. |
| FILED | Saturday, December 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/318711 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07043985 | Ayazi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Farrokh Ayazi (Atlanta, Georgia); Mohammad Faisal Zaman (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A microstructure comprising an in-plane solid-mass electrically conductive tuning fork gyroscope and fabrication methods. The gyroscope is formed using substrate material having lower and upper layers sandwiching a sacrificial insulating layer. An exemplary gyroscope comprises a low-resistivity single-crystal silicon substrate having a lower support layer and an upper flexible support layer. Two opposed proof masses that are separated from the lower support layer lie in and are supported by the upper flexible support layer. Two drive electrodes are disposed adjacent to the proof masses and are insulatably supported by the lower support layer and are separated from the upper flexible support layer. Sense, balance and tuning electrodes are disposed adjacent to the proof masses and are insulatably supported by the lower support layer and are separated from the upper flexible support layer. The operational mode shapes are in-plane with the substrate surface and only measures angular motion that are orthogonal to the plane of the substrate. The microstructure flexural design enables the sense and the drive resonant frequencies to occur in close proximity of one another. This enables matched-mode operation of the device thereby ensuring maximum sensitivity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/034145 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/504.40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045087 | Kotov |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas A. Kotov (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the layer-by-layer assembly of a free standing thin film includes the steps of preparing a support with a suitable substrate; forming a thin film having a plurality of layers onto the substrate utilizing a layer-by-layer assembly process; removing the substrate and thin film from the support; and separating the substrate from the thin film. Various compounds improving the strength, flexibility, tension and other mechanical properties may be included in the assembly to improve the structural quality of the film. Similar effect may also be achieved by cross-linking the applied layers. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/818001 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045123 | Collmer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Collmer (Ithaca, New York); Amy Charkowski (Madison, Wisconsin); James R. Alfano (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to an a isolated DNA molecule from Pseudomonas syringae that encodes a protein or polypeptide which elicits a hypersensitive response in plants. This isolated DNA molecule can used to impart disease resistance to plants, to enhance plant growth, and/or to control insects on plants. Plants or plant seeds transformed with a DNA molecule encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide can be provided, and the transgenic plants or plants resulting from the transgenic plant seeds are grown under conditions effective to impart disease resistance, to enhance plant growth, and/or to control insects on plants or plants grown from the plant seeds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 20, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/597513 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07047143 | Allen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Allen (Atlanta, Georgia); Wayne J. Book (Atlanta, Georgia); Imme Ebert-Uphoff (Roswell, Georgia); Ari Glezer (Atlanta, Georgia); David W. Rosen (Marietta, Georgia); Jaroslaw R. Rossignac (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for controlling the surface and/or volume of a digital clay device is provided. One embodiment, among others, is a method comprising the following steps: determining a desired position of a skeleton structure portion residing in the digital clay device, determining a volumetric change of fluid residing in a fluid cell, the determined volumetric change corresponding to the determined desired position of the skeleton structure portion, opening a valve so that the fluid flows through the valve thereby causing the determined volumetric change of the fluid, and adjusting a position of the skeleton structure portion corresponding to the desired position of the skeleton structure portion, the position adjustment caused by a force generated by the fluid cell on the skeleton structure portion when the volume of the fluid cell changes in response to the determined volumetric change of the fluid residing in the fluid cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/889916 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/45 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07047169 | Pelikan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin Pelikan (Champaign, Illinois); David E. Goldberg (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of a method for optimizing a solution set has steps of generating a first solution set, selecting a second solution set from the first, fitting the second solution set with a probabilistic model, using the model to generate a new set of solutions, replacing at least a portion of the first set of solutions with the third, and evaluating the third set to determine if completion criteria have been met. A probabilistic model may allow for merging a plurality of variables into a single variable and for modeling relationships between the merged variables over multiple hierarchical levels. Invention method embodiments may also comprise steps of niching to preserve diversity among the solution set. |
| FILED | Friday, January 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/051317 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07045361 | Heiss et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. (Northridge, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron M. Heiss (Sherman Oaks, California); Joseph C. Walsh (Los Angeles, California); David J. Vachon (Granada Hills, California); Glenn Noronha (Oceanside, California); Jonathan Reilly (Reseda, California); Bill C. Ponder (Fort Worth, Texas); William P. Van Antwerp (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Fluorescent biosensor molecules, fluorescent biosensors and systems, as well as methods of making and using these biosensor molecules and systems are described. These biosensor molecules address the problem of obtaining fluorescence emission at wavelengths greater than about 500 nm. Biosensor molecules generally include an (1) an acridine-based fluorophore, (2) a linker moiety and (3) a boronate substrate recognition/binding moiety, which binds polyhydroxylate analytes, such as glucose. These biosensor molecules further include a “switch” element that is drawn from the electronic interactions among these submolecular components. This fluorescent switch is generally “off” in the absence of bound polyhydroxylate analyte and is generally “on” in the presence of bound polyhydroxylate analyte. Thus, the reversible binding of a polyhydroxylate analyte essentially turns the fluorescent switch “on” and “off”. This property of the biosensor molecules, as well as their ability to emit fluorescent light at greater than about 500 nm, renders these biosensor molecules particularly well-suited for detecting and measuring in-vivo glucose concentrations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/952563 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045470 | Bao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenan Bao (Millburn, New Jersey); Howard Edan Katz (Summit, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus comprising: a first substrate; a dielectric layer comprising a first dielectric material on the first substrate, the dielectric layer having a dielectric layer thickness and being traversed by through holes passing from an interface with the first substrate, to an opposite side of the dielectric layer; and a second dielectric material at least partially blocking the through holes. Methods for making such apparatus. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/701185 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/762 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045814 | Bao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenan Bao (Stanford, California); Evert-Jan Borkent (Groningen, Netherlands); Dawen Li (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a dual organic field-effect transistor (OFET) structure and a method of fabricating the structure. The dual OFET structure includes an n-type organic semiconductor layer and a p-type organic semiconductor layer in contact with each other along an interface and forming a stack. The dual OFET structure also includes a source electrode and a drain electrode, the source and drain electrodes being in contact with one of the organic semiconductor layers. The dual OFET structure further includes first and second gate structures located on opposite sides of the stack. The first gate structure is configured to control a channel region of the n-type organic semiconductor layer, and the second gate structure is configured to control a channel region of the p-type organic semiconductor layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875478 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07047266 | Hou |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hsieh S. Hou (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Discrete Sine Transforms in a radix-2 block transform method enables true split and merge transform processing of equal sized data halves in the DST transform domain for enabling recursive merges and splits in DST transform domain without data degradation. Input data in the time domain or spatial domain during either the split and merge radix-2 forward transform processing is firstly transform processed followed by combinational processing. Whole transformed data is split using combinational processing into transformed data halves in the transform domain as a true split. The transformed halves are merged using combinational processing into whole merged transformed data in the transform domain. Time or spatial domain input data can be transformed into the transform domain in the form of split halves or merged whole. The split halves are merged by the merge process combinational processing and the merged whole are split by the split process combinational processing. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/174925 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07043960 | Lueck |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale E. Lueck (Merritt Island, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-calibrating pressure transducer is disclosed. The device uses an embedded zirconia membrane which pumps a determined quantity of oxygen into the device. The associated pressure can be determined, and thus, the transducer pressure readings can be calibrated. The zirconia membrane obtains oxygen from the surrounding environment when possible. Otherwise, an oxygen reservoir or other source is utilized. In another embodiment, a reversible fuel cell assembly is used to pump oxygen and hydrogen into the system. Since a known amount of gas is pumped across the cell, the pressure produced can be determined, and thus, the device can be calibrated. An isolation valve system is used to allow the device to be calibrated in situ. Calibration is optionally automated so that calibration can be continuously monitored. The device is preferably a fully integrated MEMS device. Since the device can be calibrated without removing it from the process, reductions in costs and down time are realized. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/873997 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/1.630 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07044795 | Diep |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand (Windsor Locks, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chuong H. Diep (Enfield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical connector assembly includes a wire bundle having at least one wire with a metal shield surrounding at least a portion of the wire. The shield has an end portion and provides electromagnetic interference protection to the wire. A backshell includes a body and a cover secured to the body together defining an internal cavity with the wire at least partially arranged within the cavity. The backshell provides EMI protection for the portion of the wire bundle not covered by the shield. The backshell includes a hole in a wall of either the body or the cover with the end portion of the shield extending through the hole. The clamp is secured about the body and the cover with the end portion of the shield arranged between the clamp and the backshell grounding the shield to the backshell. The clamp forces the backshell into engagement with the wire bundle to provide strain relief for the wire bundle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/404999 |
| ART UNIT | 2833 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical connectors 439/610 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 07046169 | Bucholz et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Bucholz (Alexandria, Virginia); Patrick D. Minix (Alexandria, Virginia); Matthew D. Roberts (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a system and method of conducting surveillance of stolen vehicles. Stolen vehicle information is downloaded from a database to a central server. At the central server, vehicle information is parsed to the specific requirements. Each subscribing jurisdiction downloads its area-specific stolen vehicle database to a subscriber workstation, e.g., via the Internet or an intranet. Police cars have on-board mobile surveillance points having a camera and a processor. A copy of the area-specific stolen vehicle database is loaded into each car's processor. The mobile surveillance point reads license plates of vehicles in traffic, and the processor compares the license plates to stolen plate numbers stored in the database. The processor activates a signal to alert the officer. Stationary checkpoints located in the jurisdiction have a stationary surveillance point having a camera and a processor. The surveillance system stores images and creates a database of all vehicle plates in the area. The surveillance data is downloaded to the subscriber computer. The subscriber computer has a map database. A comparison algorithm identifies stolen vehicles in the area and their direction of travel, and displays the information on an area map. The analysis if performed with a spatial analysis algorithm along with temporal analysis using police officer's experience and knowledge of the area and vehicle types (make/model/value/etc) stolen. The police officer analyzes patterns of stolen vehicles and generates suggested new locations for checkpoints, narrowing in on a possible chop shop location. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/217002 |
| ART UNIT | 2636 — Optical Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/937 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07045051 | Minevski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lynntech, Inc. (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zoran Minevski (The Woodlands, Texas); Jason Maxey (College Station, Texas); Carl Nelson (College Station, Texas); Dylan Taylor (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the electrochemical production of ferrate salts in an aqueous electrolyte solution comprising one or more hydroxide components. Dramatically increased yields of ferrate salts are obtained from using a mixture of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide. Preferably, both sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide are present in concentrations greater than 5 molar, most preferably at least 10 molar, i.e., 10 M NaOH and 10 M KOH. The anode is preferably a sacrificial anode made out of an iron-containing material to supply the iron necessary for the ferrate production reaction. The aqueous hydroxide solution, even a mixed potassium hydroxide (KOH) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution, may be recycled and reused in the electrochemical cell, preferably after the extraction of the ferrate salt |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/084029 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/543 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07046859 | Bernstein et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence S. Bernstein (Lexington, Massachusetts); Steven M. Adler-Golden (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Timothy C. Perkins (Brighton, Massachusetts); Alexander Berk (Canton, Massachusetts); Robert Y. Levine (Bedford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of automatically determining a measure of atmospheric aerosol optical properties using a multi- or hyper-spectral, multi-pixel image. A plurality of spectrally-diverse pixels are resolved from the image. A statistical spectral deviation of the spectrally-diverse pixels is determined, and then corrected for non-aerosol transmittance losses. One or more wavelength-dependent aerosol optical depths are derived from the statistical spectral deviation. Wavelength-dependent gaseous optical depths can be derived from the statistical spectral deviation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/100670 |
| ART UNIT | 2621 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/274 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 07046104 | Snyder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Robert Snyder (Palm Bay, Florida); Stephen B. Brown (Palm Bay, Florida); James J. Rawnick (Palm Bay, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable true time delay line (100) includes an RF transmission line (110) and at least one fluidic delay unit (108). The fluidic delay unit includes a fluidic dielectric contained in a cavity (109) and coupled to the RF transmission line (110) along at least a portion of a length thereof. At least one pump is provided for adding and removing the fluid dielectric to the cavity (109) in response to a time delay control signal. A propagation delay of the RF transmission line is selectively varied by adding and removing the fluid dielectric from the cavity. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/361548 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/205 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07045063 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ruihong H. Zhang (Davis, California); Jane H. Turnbull (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an integrated system for treatment of biodegradable waste, including sewage sludge, forestry waste, food waste, agricultural waste, municipal waste, and the like. The integrated system comprises an anaerobic reactor, at least one aerobic reactor, a filtration device, and a desalinization device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/626034 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/603 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07046800 | Tenca et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandre F. Tenca (Corvallis, Oregon); Çetin K. Koç (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Scalable Montgomery multiplication methods and apparatus are provided that are reconfigurable to perform Montgomery multiplication on operands having arbitrary data precision. The methods perform Montgomery multiplication by combining bit-wise and word-wise operations and exhibit pipelined and parallel operation. Apparatus include a control unit that directs bits of an operand to processing elements that receive words of a second operand and a modulus, and produce intermediate values of a Montgomery product. After an intermediate value of a word of a Montgomery product is obtained in a first processing element based on a selected bit of the first operand, the intermediate value is directed to a second processing element and is updated based on another selected bit of the first operand. |
| FILED | Friday, July 21, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/621020 |
| ART UNIT | 2131 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07044613 | Debevec |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Debevec (Marina del Rey, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An illumination reproduction apparatus and process for illuminating a subject with the illumination at a location in a scene when the subject is not in the scene. Scene illumination data is generated that specifies the illumination at the location in the scene from a plurality of spatial directions. The subject is then illuminated with the illumination at the location in the scene by driving a plurality of light sources surrounding the subject with the scene illumination data. |
| FILED | Friday, June 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/165359 |
| ART UNIT | 2615 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Illumination 362/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07045404 | Sheppard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Sheppard (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Richard Peter Smith (Carrboro, North Carolina); Zoltan Ring (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Transistors are fabricated by forming a nitride-based semiconductor barrier layer on a nitride-based semiconductor channel layer and forming a protective layer on a gate region of the nitride-based semiconductor barrier layer. Patterned ohmic contact metal regions are formed on the barrier layer and annealed to provide first and second ohmic contacts. The annealing is carried out with the protective layer on the gate region. A gate contact is also formed on the gate region of the barrier layer. Transistors having protective layer in the gate region are also provided as are transistors having a barrier layer with a sheet resistance substantially the same as an as-grown sheet resistance of the barrier layer. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/758871 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/191 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
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