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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 27, 2006
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| US 07066026 | Deng |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wilcoxon Research, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ken Kan Deng (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to an acoustic vector sensor, also called particle velocity sensor. <111> direction poled, shear mode, relaxor single crystals are used as the sensing elements. In addition, these crystal plates are cut at a special orientation such that they provide zero or minimum responses in the transverse directions, but have a maximum piezoelectric response in sensing direction. The piezoelectric sensor contains a proof mass, a base, and an aforementioned relaxor crystal. Three of the sensors are mounted orthogonally with a rigid case, and they are designated to sense the acoustic particle velocity in three designated directions, say X, Y, and Z. To solve the adverse lateral constraint problem (also known as clamping effect) associated with the relaxor crystal; reduced bonding area between the proof mass and the relaxor crystal are introduced. This feature greatly reduced the percentage of the bonding area for the crystal; consequently the free-state piezoelectric properties of the relaxor crystals are preserved. |
| FILED | Friday, July 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/887347 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/514.340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07066469 | Stephens et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University (Lexington, Kentucky); Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lyndon Scott Stephens (Lexington, Kentucky); Kevin W. Kelly (Batonrouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A seal assembly for a machinery housing includes a seal ring having a micro heat exchanger and a gland plate for securing the seal ring to the machinery housing. The gland plate includes a cooling fluid port in communication with the micro heat exchanger. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/213233 |
| ART UNIT | 3676 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Seal for a joint or juncture 277/359 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067019 | Fedchun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Malltech, L.L.C. (Wixom, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir A. Fedchun (Farmington Hills, Michigan); Mark Razdolsky (West Bloomfield, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A relatively high strength high toughness medium Carbon Copper-Nickel-Chromium alloy steel and method that eliminates and/or reduces the use of scarce, expensive alloying elements and is lower in cost than existing high strength high toughness alloy steels with comparable strength and toughness properties. In a first embodiment, the alloy steel is comprised of by weight about 0.40–1.00% Copper, about 2.50–8.00% Nickel, and about 0.80–3.50% Chromium. In a second embodiment the alloy steel is comprised of by weight about 0.55–0.70% Copper, about 1.0–6.0% Nickel, and about 1.0–2.2% Chromium. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/719046 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/333 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067020 | Poon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Joseph Poon (Charlottesville, Virginia); Gary J. Shiflet (Charlottesville, Virginia); Vijayabarathi Ponnambalam (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Iron based amorphous steel alloy having a high Manganese content and being non-ferromagnetic at ambient temperature. The bulk-solidifying ferrous-based amorphous alloys are multicomponent systems that contain about 50 atomic percent iron as the major component. The remaining composition combines suitable mixtures of metalloids (Group b elements) and other elements selected mainly from manganese, chromium, and refractory metals. Various classes of non-ferromagnetic ferrous-based bulk amorphous metal alloys are obtained. One class is a high-manganese class that contains manganese and boron as the principal alloying components. Another class is a high manganese-high molybdenum class that contains manganese, molybdenum, and carbon as the principal alloying components. These bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys can be obtained in various forms and shape for various applications and utlizations. The good processability of these alloys can be attributed to the high reduced glass temperature Trg (e.g., about 0.6 to 0.63) and large supercooled liquid region ΔTx (e.g., about 50–100° C.). |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/364123 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067024 | Doll et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Edina, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel W. Doll (Ogden, Utah); Jami M. Hanks (Logan, Utah); Alan G. Allred (Brigham City, Utah); John B. Niles (Lake Hopatacong, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | This melt-pourable explosive composition shares explosive properties comparable to those of trinitrotoluene and is melt-pourable and castable under conditions comparable to those of trinitrotoluene, but experiences equal or less impact, shock, and thermal sensitivity and avoids the issues of toxicity associated with trinitrotoluene. Trinitrotoluene is replaced with one or more mononitro aromatic and/or dinitro aromatic melt-pourable binders, such as dinitroanisole, which can be melt poured without presenting the toxicity drawbacks experienced with the use of TNT. The melt-pourable binder can also be combined with a processing aid selected from the group consisting of alkylnitroanilines and arylnitroanilines. The composition also includes oxidizer particles, which are preferably inorganic oxidizer particles. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/893337 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Explosive and thermic compositions or charges 149/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067070 | Hampden-Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Toivo T. Kodas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Caruso (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Quint H. Powell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Klaus Kunze (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel J. Skamser (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Electroluminescent phosphor powders and a method for making phosphor powders. The phosphor powders have a small particle size, narrow particle size distribution and are substantially spherical. The method of the invention advantageously permits the economic production of such powders. The invention also relates to improved devices, such as electroluminescent display devices, incorporating the phosphor powders. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672792 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.4R0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067072 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nomadics, Inc. (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Chen (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates in general to nanoparticles exhibiting luminescence such as photostimulated luminescence or photoluminescence and optical switching processes based upon such properties, in more particular, the use of such photostimulated luminescence exhibiting nanoparticles and switching nanoparticle for optical storage apparatuses and sensors as well as methods of making and using same. |
| FILED | Monday, August 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/223764 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.6S0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067176 | Das et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mrinal Kanti Das (Durham, North Carolina); Lori A. Lipkin (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Silicon carbide structures are fabricated by fabricating a nitrided oxide layer on a layer of silicon carbide and annealing the nitrided oxide layer in an environment containing hydrogen. Such a fabrication of the nitrided oxide layer may be provided by forming the oxide layer in at least one of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide and/or annealing an oxide layer in at least one of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide. Alternatively, the nitrided oxide layer may be provided by fabricating an oxide layer and fabricating a nitride layer on the oxide layer so as to provide the nitrided oxide layer on which the nitride layer is fabricated. Furthermore, annealing the oxide layer may be provided as a separate step and/or substantially concurrently with another step such as fabricating the nitride layer or performing a contact anneal. The hydrogen environment may be pure hydrogen, hydrogen combined with other gases and/or result from a hydrogen precursor. Anneal temperatures of 400° C. or greater are preferred. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/045542 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067220 | Lercel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael James Lercel (Fishkill, New York); David Walker (Marblehead, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of producing a particle beam mask and mask structures to allow for the use of dummy fill shapes. This invention overcomes distortion in by adding a dummy shape in unexposed regions and applying a blocking layer to cover the dummy shape. The blocking layer is comprised of an aperture or additional mask mounted close to the mask or can be added to the mask itself. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/065963 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067294 | Singh 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) | Alok Singh (Springfield, Virginia); Yongwoo Lee (Alexandria, Virginia); Ivan Stanish (Alexandria, Virginia); Eddie Chang (Silver Spring, Virginia); Walter J. Dressick (Fort Washington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioactive catalytic material is disclosed for providing protection from chemical exposure. The material is composed of enzymes immobilized within polyelectrolyte multilayers and a polymerizable end-capping layer to render stability to enzymes. Also disclosed is the related method for making a bioactive catalytic material and their deposition on substrates of varying size, shape and flexibility for providing active protection from chemical exposure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/750637 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067306 | Singhvi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Singhvi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Amit Kumar (Sacramento, California); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Gabriel P. Lopez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel I. C. Wang (Belmont, Massachusetts); Gregory N. Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a device for adhering cells in a specific and predetermined position, and associated methods. The device includes a plate defining a surface and a plurality of cytophilic islands that adhere cells, isolated by cytophobic regions to which cells do not adhere, contiguous with the cytophilic islands. The islands or the regions or both may be formed of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM). |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/032280 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067316 | Pykett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cytomatrix, LLC (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Pykett (Boxford, Massachusetts); Michael Rosenzweig (Boston, Massachusetts); Richard B. Kaplan (Beverly Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention pertains to methods and devices for the long term, in vitroculture of hematopoietic progenitor cells in the absence of exogenously added hematopoietic growth factors, improved methods for the introduction of foreign genetic material into cells of hematopoietic origin, and to apparatus for performing these methods. The hematopoietic progenitor cells are cultured on a three-dimensional porous biomaterial. The three-dimensional porous biomaterial enhances hematopoietic progenitor cell survival and leads to an expansion of progenitor cell numbers and/or functionality, while maintaining progenitor cell pluripotency in the absence of exogenous growth factors. In addition, the three-dimensional porous biomaterial supports high level transduction on cells cultured upon such environment. |
| FILED | Monday, November 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/705720 |
| 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 435/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067318 | June et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl H. June (Merion Station, Pennsylvania); Craig B. Thompson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Suil Kim (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for transfecting T cells with a nucleic acid molecule comprising a gene such that the gene is expressed in the T cells is described. The T cells are stimulated and proliferating prior to introduction of the nucleic acid molecule. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/658787 |
| 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 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067361 | Allen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Allen (Apex, North Carolina); John W. Palmour (Raleigh, North Carolina); Terrence S. Alcorn (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | SiC MESFETs are disclosed which utilize a semi-insulating SiC substrate which substantially free of deep-level dopants. Utilization of the semi-insulating substrate may reduce back-gating effects in the MESFETs. Also provided are SiC MESFETs with a two recess gate structure. MESFETS with a selectively doped p-type buffer layer are also provided. Utilization of such a buffer layer may reduce output conductance by a factor of 3 and produce a 3 db increase in power gain over SiC MESFETs with conventional p-type buffer layers. A ground contact may also be provided to the p-type buffer layer and the p-type buffer layer may be made of two p-type layers with the layer formed on the substrate having a higher dopant concentration. SiC MESFETs according to embodiments of the present invention may also utilize chromium as a Schottky gate material. Furthermore, an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) passivation layer may be utilized to reduce surface effects in SiC MESFETs. Also, source and drain ohmic contacts may be formed directly on the n-type channel layer, thus, the n+ regions need not be fabricated and the steps associated with such fabrication may be eliminated from the fabrication process. Methods of fabricating such SiC MESFETs and gate structures for SiC FETs as well as passivation layers are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/706641 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067397 | Chang-Chien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Gruman Corp. (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patty P. Chang-Chien (Redondo Beach, California); Kelly J. Tomquist (Torrance, California); Craig B. Geiger (Downey, California); Alvin M. Kong (Manhattan Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) components and micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) components are integrated onto a single substrate at a wafer scale, by first performing MMIC and MEMS fabrication on a front face of a thick substrate wafer, bonding the substrate wafer to a cover wafer, thinning the back face of the substrate wafer and, finally, completing MMIC and MEMS fabrication on the back face of the thinned substrate wafer. The fabrication process is facilitated by use of a guard ring between the wafers to provide additional mechanical support to the substrate wafer and to protect the devices while the MMIC/MEMS fabrication is completed, and by a low temperature bonding process to join the substrate wafer and the cover wafer at multiple device cavity seal rings. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/159473 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/459 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067453 | Ming et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | InnovaTek, Inc. (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qimin Ming (Richland, Washington); Todd Healey (Richland, Washington); Patricia Marie Irving (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention is a catalyst consisting of an oxide or mixed oxide support and bimetallic catalytically active compounds. The supporting oxide can be a single oxide, such as Al2O3; it also can be a mixture of oxides, such as Y2O3 stabilized ZrO2 (YSZ), Al2O3 with CeO2, Al2O3 with YSZ and others. The bimetallic compounds, acting as active components, are selected from platinum, and ruthenium, prepared in an appropriate ratio. The catalyst is used in the steam reforming of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen for applications such as polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. |
| FILED | Monday, July 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/197618 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/304 |
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| US 07067464 | Mallow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy J. Mallow (Helotes, Texas); Ronald J. Mathis (San Antonio, Texas); Andrew Warren (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Christian J Schwartz (San Antonio, Texas); Errol M. Brigance (San Antonio, Texas); Kenneth R. Collins (Belcamp, Maryland); Nicholle K. Reinhardt (San Antonio, Texas); Mary C. Marshall (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a lubricious anti-traction material for effectively denying the mobility and access of personnel and vehicles to selected areas. The anti-traction material is composed of a slurry combined with water. The slurry is composed of an emulsion or dispersion and an anionic acrylamide polymer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/315208 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid anti-friction devices, materials therefor, lubricant or separant compositions for moving solid surfaces, and miscellaneous mineral oil compositions 58/551 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067486 | Soreq et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hermona Soreq (Jerusalem, Israel); Sofia Eldor, legal representative (Tel Aviv, Israel); Varda Deutch (Jerusalem, Israel); Dan Grisaru (Hertzlia, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a cell growth and/or differentiation regulatory peptide comprising a sequence of about 9 to about 150 amino acids derived from acetylcholinesterase amino acid sequence, preferably from the C-terminal region of acetylcholinesterase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptides, particularly for use in promoting survival of stem cells, promoting differentiation of stem cells, promoting growth of stem cells and/or promoting the growth-enhancing effect of a growth factor on stem cells, alone, or in combination with other growth factors. Of particular interest is the use of the peptides in the treatment of thrombocytopenia, post-irradiation conditions, post-chemotherapy conditions, or conditions following massive blood loss and promotion of neural progenitors in use for cell therapies aimed at restoring neural functions in diseased individuals. Further, the invention relates to antibodies against the peptides, inter alia for diagnostic use, for example, the diagnosis of stress-induced male infertility. The invention also relates to in vitro and in vivo methods for screening of drugs that affect the central nervous system, and are potential modulators of interactions between the “readthrough” form of acteylcholinesterase, AChE-R, the intracellular receptor RACK1 and the kinase PKC. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/998042 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067606 | Mather et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Connecticut (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick T. Mather (Storrs, Connecticut); Byoung-Suhk Kim (Jeoonju, South Korea); Qing Ge (Coventry, Connecticut); Changdeng Liu (Storrs, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Amphiphilic telechelics incorporating polyhedraloligosilsesquioxane (POSS) synthesized by direct urethane linkage between the diol end groups of polyethylene glycol (PEG) homopolymers and the monoisocyanate group of POSS macromers. The hydrophobicity of the amphiphilic telechelics can be varied by using PEG homopolymers of increasing MW, providing for control over molecular architecture by hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance. Methods for synthesizing the amphiphilic telechelics and their use as surfactants, thickening agents, additives to plastic such as PMMA′(Plexiglass), epoxyadhesives for improving their properties are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/620644 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067674 | Kannan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ramamurthi Kannan (Cincinnati, Ohio); Loon-Seng Tan (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are chromophores of the formula: wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and Q is —(CH2)n—Br, and wherein n has a value of 2–6. |
| FILED | Monday, February 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/784310 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/160 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067702 | Southard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen E. Southard (Park City, Utah); George M. Murray (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for preparing vinyl substituted beta-diketones includes reacting a halogen-containing beta-diketone with an olefin in a reaction zone under Heck coupling reaction conditions in the presence of a catalyst, a base, and an organic phosphine to provide a vinyl substituted beta-diketone product. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/127897 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/312 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067732 | Kuklinski |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Kuklinski (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The apparatus of the present invention uses waste heat generated by a weapon propulsion system to melt and ultimately superheat metal. Upon termination of the weapon mission, the apparatus explodes thereby causing molten and superheated metal to be instantly introduced to the liquid medium through which the weapon travels. The reaction of the molten and superheated metal with the liquid medium produces a vapor explosion that significantly enhances the effectiveness and lethality of the weapon. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/901312 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/20.100 |
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| US 07067801 | Jackman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joany Jackman (Walkersville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to methods suitable for detecting the presence of a plurality of immune system modulators in a complex solution by running a single sample through a mass spectrometer without any surface preparation or preliminary purification step. Immune system modulators that can be analyzed with the methods of the present invention include cytokines (interferons and interleukins), chemokines, host cell response molecules, and peptide fragments. The method also allows the identification of truncated receptors for immune modulators secreted by infected cells or pathogens, such as virokines, and other pathogen-encoded proteins that affect the host immune system. |
| FILED | Friday, February 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/470877 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/282 |
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| US 07067812 | Gelbwachs |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry A. Gelbwachs (Hermosa Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multispectral selective reflection Lidar system generates alternating pulses of at least two wavelengths and senses returns for determining the presence of a predetermined material absorbing and reradiating one wavelength as selective reflections, but not the other. A detector can readily determine the presence or absence or an absorbing and reradiating return. The system is for preferred use as an orbiter sensor about a planetary body, such as a Jupiter moon, for determining the presence of organic material and for the relay of information back to earth. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/974224 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067892 | Michalicek |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Michalicek (Usafa, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A flip-chip micromechanical device in which one module of a flip-chip device is stabilized in the substrate-free condition to a degree permitting its successful combination with a second module of the flip-chip device without the benefit of a supporting but interfering substrate element. An etch plate header and coupling tethers provide supporting rigidity to the substrate removed module during its manipulation sequence. Locking of the substrate-free module into a manipulation tolerant and manageable, even by hand, cantilevered status is included. Simplified off chip fabrication of MEMS devices in low cost facilities having only basic alignment equipment is supported by the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/690158 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067909 | Reif et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rafael Reif (Newton, Massachusetts); Nisha Checka (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Anantha Chandrakasan (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer integrated semiconductor structure is provided, which includes at least a first semiconductor structure and a second semiconductor structure coupled together via an interface. The interface includes at least a first portion adapted to provide a communication interface between the first semiconductor structure and the second semiconductor structure and at least a second portion adapted to reduce electrical interference between the first semiconductor structure and the second semiconductor structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/749096 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/686 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067910 | 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); Arthur R. Zingher (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a technique for assembling semiconductor chips. First, multiple semiconductor chips are permanently laminated together into a plurality of laminated chip assemblies, wherein the semiconductor chips within the laminated chip assembly communicate with each other through electrically conductive connections. Next, laminated chip assemblies are stacked together to form a stack of semiconductor chips without permanently bonding the laminated chip assemblies together, wherein the laminated chip assemblies communicate with each other using capacitive coupling. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/966510 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/686 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067964 | Kosinski |
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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) | John A. Kosinski (Neptune, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Reliable piezoelectric restraint mechanisms are provided that substantially reduce the ill effects of acceleration sensitivity through an increasingly rigid and precise orientation system. The piezoelectric resonator stress relief apparatus, devices and systems of the present invention resolve the long-standing disadvantages, limitations and shortcomings of acceleration sensitive resonators by stacking a number of rigid plates, layers and spring cushions around the piezoelectric resonator by means of a mounting structure that provides in-plane stress relief and precise definition of the mounting plane. The piezoelectric resonator stress relief apparatus, device and system can essentially eliminate any deformation or may include precisely defined features to tailor the allowed deformation of the piezoelectric resonator, without suffering from the long-standing disadvantages, limitations and shortcomings of prior art acceleration sensitive resonators. The piezoelectric resonator may be a bulk acoustic wave resonator (BAW) comprising a plano-plano, plano-convex or bi-convex thickness profile, or a surface acoustic wave resonator (SAW) comprising a plano-plano thickness profile. Spring cushions that may be formed as either separate components or assembled together with a piezoelectric resonator and a means for lateral restraint provide the in-plane stress relief. In other embodiments, the spring cushions may be an integral part of either the crystal resonator or lateral restraint or as part of a monolithic resonator-spring-restraint assembly. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/847683 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/348 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068027 | Mastro 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) | Stephen A. Mastro (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania); John K. Overby (Nottingham, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A debris sensor arrangement is positioned within an enclosed body of fluid for detecting the presence of metallic debris particles therein. Debris detection involves exposure of cantilever beams to the fluid when magnetized within an electromagnetic field to attract the metallic debris particles thereon and induce vibratory motion thereof at a resonant frequency varied by changes in the density of the debris particles magnetically held thereon. Measurement of the resonance frequency reflecting the density of the debris particles within the fluid being tested thereby monitors the corresponding wear of machinery reflected by the debris density. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/826793 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068124 | White et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George E. White (Marietta, Georgia); Madhavan Swaminathan (Marietta, Georgia); Venkatesh Sundaram (Norcross, Georgia); Sidharth Dalmia (Alpharetta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes an organic device that can be integrated in a multilayer board made of organic material. The passive devices can be integrally fabricated on a circuit board in either surface mount device (SMD) or ball grid array (BGA) form. Alternatively, the passive device can be constructed in a stand alone SMD or BGA/chip scale package (CSP) form to make it mountable on a multilayer board, ceramic carrier or silicon platform in the form of an integrated passive device. The passive device includes side shielding on two sides in the SMD form and four sides in the BGA/CSP form. The side shielding can be external or in-built. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/140630 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/185 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068128 | Macdonald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Perry Macdonald (Newbury Park, California); Peter Petre (Agoura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact combline resonator and filter. The annular radius of inductive posts are modulated along the length of the inductive post to establish a desired inductive value for a series inductive capacitive resonator. The filter has a waveguide channel with an input port and an output port. One or more of the inductive posts are located in the waveguide channel, the one or more inductive posts providing filter poles and coupling the input port to the output port, each inductive post being electrically connected at one post end to a wall of the waveguide channel and providing a capacitance gap between an other post end and an opposing wall of the waveguide channel to provide a series inductive capacitive resonator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/896304 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068161 | Germaine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CH2M Hill, Inc. (Englewood, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Alan Germaine (Corvallis, Oregon); Christopher Steven Goz (Parker, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for analyzing the security of a facility. The security system evaluates whether the elements of a facility comply with security requirements and provides a graphical representation of the facility with the results of the evaluation displayed. The security system provides a user interface through which security personnel can provide information describing the characteristics of each element of a facility. The security system then applies a rule for each security requirement to determine whether each element complies with the security requirement. The security system then displays a map of the facility with elements highlighted to indicate whether they comply with the security requirements. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/632239 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/506 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068210 | Mitra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Atindra K. Mitra (Beavercreek, Ohio); Krishna Pasala (Centerville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A position-adaptive radar method and device for small UAV platforms capable of detecting “leakage signals” that, for example, propagate between two buildings or “leak through” penetrable surfaces such as walls or layers of the ground. The position-adaptive radar comprises a monostatic radar receiver that measures and processes leakage signals and then “self adapts” in position to establish line-of-sight between a mini-UAV platform and an obscuration channel that propagates the leakage signal. This allows a mini-UAV platform to process signals in real-time while gathering intelligence information and locating objects-of-interest that may be embedded within an obscuration channel. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/070403 |
| 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 342/63 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068226 | Mitra |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Atindra K. Mitra (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device of energizing a plasma antenna using power from the discharge of an electopropulsion engine and comprising a propellant and feed system, a capacitor charging power processing unit and an energy storage capacitor, wherein said energy is released over an electrode gap and resultant ablation products are ionized and accelerated by an electromagnetic force, thereby producing a pulse. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/810430 |
| 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 343/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068413 | Fitzgerald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William D. Fitzgerald (Key West, Florida); David S. Rogers (Westport, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical element having characteristics suitable for use in a Faraday rotator has bonded to each of the adjacent radiation-receiving surfaces thereof with a chamber or water conducting conduit affixed therein includes a water cooled Faraday rotator element having: a base magnet plate substrate; a flowing water filled conduit fixed on the top surface of the base magnet plate substrate; a ferrite waffle iron grid with a binary top surface which reflects radiation and which has a bottom surface; and a fused copper layer fixed between the bottom surface of the ferrite waffle iron grid and the flowing water filled conduit. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/134604 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068531 | Katti |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Romney R. Katti (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are presented for shifting a hysteresis loop of a magnetoresistive device. For example, a method provides for applying a bias current to a word line of the magnetoresistive device during either a read sequence or a write sequence. The bias current is preferably configured to substantially center a hysteresis loop of the device without switching a binary state of the device. |
| FILED | Saturday, January 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/754935 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068699 | Nettleton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Nettleton (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Dallas N. Barr (Woodbridge, Virginia); Jonathan S. Lei (Springfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-function combat laser is described that uses single or multiple laser sources (laser diodes) in a configuration such that when it is coupled with a dichroic substrate the laser sources outputs are coupled to produce a single desired output. The multi-function combat laser consolidates multiple laser functions for the dismounted soldier into a single package with shared power supplies, optics and laser sources. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/839451 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/92 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068819 | Matson |
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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) | Neil Matson (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for storing geospecific data for use by an interactive computing environment utilizes separate terrain height data storage and image data storage. The terrain height data storage stores blocks of terrain height data which are defined as discrete terrain heights coinciding with a grid of discrete points at the surface of a planetary body. Terrain heights for each block are stored in a row major order starting with one discrete point of a grid associated therewith being referenced to a latitude and longitude. In a similar fashion, the image data storage stores blocks of image data defined as discrete image intensities coinciding with a grid of discrete points at the surface of the planetary body. Image intensities for each block are stored in a row major order starting with one discrete point of a grid associated therewith being referenced to a latitude and longitude. |
| FILED | Friday, July 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/192907 |
| ART UNIT | 2623 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/113 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068894 | Prucnal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Prucnal (Princeton, New Jersey); Ivan Glesk (Princeton, New Jersey); Lei Xu (Princeton, New Jersey); Varghese Baby (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | According to at least one embodiment, a system comprises a Sagnac interferometric loop and a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) located at an asymmetric position on that loop, wherein the Sagnac interferometric loop and the SOA are operable to perform signal conversion on an input signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/931931 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068896 | Kath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Kath (Evanston, Illinois); Gino Biondini (Columbus, Ohio); Sarah L. Fogal (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a system to produce, either in numerical simulations or in experiments, specified amounts of first, second and higher order PMD in a controlled manner, in particular large amounts. Parameters can be adjusted to obtain specific ranges of first, second and higher order PMD, and importance sampling can be used to determine the probability that the resulting PMD events can be obtained in realistic situations. Individual results obtained using specific parameter values can be combined to produce even larger ranges of PMD. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/360303 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE39143 | Wood et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | R. Andrew Wood (Bloomington, Minnesota); Jeffrey A. Ridley (Burnsville, Minnesota); Robert E. Higashi (Shorewood, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating a wafer-pair having at least one recess in one wafer and the recess formed into a chamber with the attaching of the other wafer which has a port plugged with a deposited layer on its external surface. The deposition of the layer may be performed in a very low pressure environment, thus assuring the same kind of environment in the sealed chamber. The chamber may enclose at least one device such as a thermoelectric sensor, bolometer, emitter or other kind of device. The wafer-pair typically will have numerous chambers, with devices, respectively, and may be divided into a multiplicity of chips. |
| FILED | Monday, December 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/007288 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07066319 | Hasson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medi - Physics, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenton C. Hasson (Durham, North Carolina); William Happer (Princeton, New Jersey); Geri T. K. Zollinger (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A transport unit includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged to provide a magnetic holding field for protecting hyperpolarized gas during storage and/or transport. The permanent magnets are configured in a relatively light weight manner to project a substantially cylindrical magnetic holding field or spherical holding field in space. The magnet arrangements can include primary magnets and field shaping secondary magnets which act to enlarge the region of homogeneity. The permanent magnet arrangement can also be provided with a cylindrical shaped flex sheet magnetically activated to provide the magnetic holding field. The permanent magnet arrangements do not require disassembly to insert or remove one or more containers of hyperpolarized gas in or out of the transport unit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/668518 |
| ART UNIT | 3728 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Special receptacle or package 26/.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07066453 | Burns et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Burns (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Carlos H. Mastrangelo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Timothy S. Sammarco (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Francis P. Man (Ann Arbor, Michigan); James R. Webster (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Brian N. Johnson (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bradley Foerster (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Darren Jones (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yakeitha Fields (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Adam Kaiser (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David T. Burke (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The movement and mixing of microdroplets through microchannels is described employing silicon-based microscale devices, comprising microdroplet transport channels, reaction regions, electrophoresis modules, and radiation detectors. The discrete droplets are differentially heated and propelled through etched channels. Electronic components are fabricated on the same substrate material, allowing sensors and controlling circuitry to be incorporated in the same device. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 28, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/751493 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas and liquid contact apparatus 261/147 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067109 | Thorpe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip E. Thorpe (Dallas, Texas); Sophia Ran (Dallas, Texas); Rolf A. Brekken (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is the surprising discovery that aminophospholipids, such as phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine, are specific, accessible and stable markers of the luminal surface of tumor blood vessels. The present invention thus provides aminophospholipid-targeted diagnostic and therapeutic constructs for use in tumor intervention. Antibody-therapeutic agent conjugates and constructs that bind to aminophospholipids are particularly provided, as are methods of specifically delivering therapeutic agents, including toxins and coagulants, to the stably-expressed aminophospholipids of tumor blood vessels, thereby inducing thrombosis, necrosis and tumor regression. |
| FILED | Monday, July 12, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/351149 |
| 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 424/1.490 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067126 | Schimmel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Schimmel (La Jolla, California); Keisuke Wakasugi (Shizuoka, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising truncated tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides useful for regulating angiogenesis, as well as nucleic acids encoding such tRNA synthetase polypeptides are described. Methods of making and using such compositions are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/240532 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067129 | Blumberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard S. Blumberg (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Neil E. Simister (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Wayne I. Lencer (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates in general to methods and products for initiating an immune response against an antigen, and in particular relates to transepithelial delivery of antigens to provoke tolerance and immunity. The present invention further relates to methods and products for the transepithelial delivery of therapeutics. In particular, the invention relates to methods and compositions for the delivery of therapeutics conjugated to a FcRn binding partner to intestinal epithelium, mucosal epithelium and epithelium of the lung. The present invention further relates to the synthesis, preparation and use of the FcRn binding partner conjugates as, or in, pharmaceutical compositions for oral systemic delivery of drugs and vaccines. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/215298 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/134.100 |
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| US 07067138 | Edwards, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John E. Edwards, Jr. (Palos Verdes, California); Scott G. Filler (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Donald C. Sheppard (Montreal, Canada); Ashraf S. Ibrahim (La Mirada, California); Yue Fu (Torrance, California); Bradley J. Spellberg (Ranchos Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Candida albicans bloodstream infections cause significant morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Filament formation and adherence to host cells are critical virulence factors of C. albicans. Multiple filamentation regulatory pathways have been discovered, however the downstream effectors of these regulatory pathways remain unknown. The cell surface protein, Als1p, is a downstream effector of the filamentation regulatory pathway and is regulated by Efg1p. Als1p mediates adherence to endothelial cells in vitro and is required for virulence. The blocking of adherence by the organism is described resulting from the use of a composition and method disclosed herein. Specifically, a pharmaceutical composition comprised of a gene product from the ALS1 gene family is administered as a vaccine to generate an immune response capable of blocking adherence of the organism. |
| FILED | Saturday, November 18, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/715876 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/274.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067169 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chemat Technology Inc. (Northrdige, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiankai Liu (Chartsworth, California); Yuhong Huang (West Hills, California); Ichiro Nishimura (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method including forming a first coating layer derived from an alkoxide on a substrate having a dimension suitable for an implant and forming a second coating layer on the first coating layer that promotes osseointegration. An apparatus comprising a substrate having a dimension suitable as a medical or dental implant and a coating on a surface of a first coating layer derived from an alkoxide and a second coating layer that promotes osseointegration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/454406 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067248 | Hruby et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siga Technologies, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis E. Hruby (Albany, Oregon); Tove C. Bolken (Jefferson, Oregon); Chelsea Byrd (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | The focus of the present invention is an effective anti-poxvirus drug for use in treating or preventing human disease caused by pathogenic poxviruses. More particularly, the present invention relates to antiviral drugs that target the poxvirus proteinase responsible for core protein maturation, a step which is absolutely essential for the production and spread of infectious virions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/504687 |
| 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 07067254 | Kumamoto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tadashi Kumamoto (Mie, Japan); Norikatsu Mizumoto (Irving, Texas); Akira Takashima (Coppell, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Ecto-NTPDase function on Langerhans cells is demonstrated to counteract the nucleotide inflammatory response caused by certain types of chemical irritants. The present invention takes advantage of this observation by, first, providing methods for screening of chemicals for irritant potential based on their ability to induce nucleotide release from keratinocytes. Second, methods are provided for the prevention and treatment of inflammation using NTPDase protein or gene therapy. And third, there also are provided methods for screening candidate compounds for NTPDase modulatory activity, thereby identifying possible pro- and anti-inflammatory agents. Additionally, the role of NTPDases and P2 receptors in hyperactive immune conditions such as autoimmune diseases and allergic reactions such as allergic contact dermatitis has been demonstrated. Therefore, the invention also provides methods for the prevention and treatment of hyperactive immune conditions by using NTPDase inhibitors and/or P2 receptor inhibitors. Further provided are methods for screening candidate compounds for modulatory activity of NTPDase-mediated immune conditions, thereby identifying other possible immunotherapeutic agents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/074220 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07067256 | Roy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K Roy (San Antonio, Texas); Shuo Chen (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides synthetic ribozyme oligonucleotides alone and within constructs. The ribozyme gene provides methods for the treatment of prostate hyperplasia and other androgen dependent pathologies. Improved therapies for such diseases are provided without significant hormonal imbalance and without surgical intervention. Also provided are techniques for selecting and synthesizing effective and specifically targeted molecular tools for use in inhibiting androgen receptor gene expression. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/246078 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067257 | Prokai |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laszlo Prokai (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel metabolically stable and centrally active TRH analogues and prodrug forms of these analogues, wherein a functional portion of TRH is substituted with a pyridinium moiety or an ester moiety. Methods of synthesis and use of the TRH analogues and associated prodrugs are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/419538 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067284 | Barbas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos F. Barbas (San Diego, California); Dennis R. Burton (La Jolla, California); Richard A. Lerner (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes methods for producing antibody libraries, and particularly for increasing antibody library diversity by inducing mutagenesis within the CDR regions of immunoglobulin heavy or light chains that are displayed on the surface of filamentous phage particles comprising the library. The invention also describes oligonucleotides useful for increasing the library diversity, and universal light chains useful in the library production methods. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 05, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/610551 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067306 | Singhvi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Singhvi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Amit Kumar (Sacramento, California); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Gabriel P. Lopez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel I. C. Wang (Belmont, Massachusetts); Gregory N. Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a device for adhering cells in a specific and predetermined position, and associated methods. The device includes a plate defining a surface and a plurality of cytophilic islands that adhere cells, isolated by cytophobic regions to which cells do not adhere, contiguous with the cytophilic islands. The islands or the regions or both may be formed of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM). |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/032280 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067315 | Westwood et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Boston, Massachusetts); University of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas J. Westwood (Fife, United Kingdom); Gary E. Ward (Essex Junction, Vermont); Kimberly L. Carey (Jericho, Vermont); Timothy J. Mitchinson (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel assay systems and methods for monitoring cell invasion by protozoal parasites. The present invention further provides methods of using these assays systems to identify compounds that treat or prevent protozoal infection. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions that have anit-protozoal activity and methods of treating infections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/154475 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/342 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067322 | Corn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Corn (Madison, Wisconsin); Emily A. Smith (Madison, Wisconsin); Bernard Weisblum (Madison, Wisconsin); Matthew G. Erickson (Madison, Wisconsin); Andrew T. Ulijasz (Madison, Wisconsin); Matthew J. Wanat (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for making surface plasmon resonance-capable arrays wherein molecules, such as proteins or nucleic acids, or cells, are adhered to a metal substrate. The metal substrates are modified by depositing an ω-modified alkanethiol monolayer to the substrate and then contacting the ω-modified monolayer with a heterobifunctional linking compound. Biomolecules or cells can then be attached to the heterobifunctional linking compound. Also disclosed are arrays wherein glutathione-containing molecules are immobilized on the substrate and GST-containing molecules are then specifically immobilized onto the substrate, taking advantage of the affinity between glutathione and GST. |
| FILED | Friday, March 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/099424 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067323 | Veale et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lighthouse Instruments, LLC (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Veale (Charlottesville, Virginia); William R. Anderson (Charlottesville, Virginia); Warren M. Griffith (Charlottesville, Virginia); Glenn E. Edwards (Palo Alto, California); George R. Howard (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for nondestructive automated headspace analysis. The system includes a container conveyor that conveys a plurality of generally optically transparent sealed test containers through a pre-inspection region, an inspection region and a post-inspection region of the container conveyor, and that conveys at least one sealed reference container, through the inspection region. Also included is a zone including a laser emitter and a sensor located in the inspection region and arranged such that the laser source emits a laser beam such that it intersects with a container movement path. The conveyor alternatingly conveys test containers and reference containers through the zone. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/684412 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067472 | Feng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lili Feng (San Diego, California); Shizhong Chen (San Diego, California); Yiyang Xia (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising OB-R agonists and methods of treatment for conditions such as systemic inflammatory response syndrome are provided. One suitable OB-R agonist ligand is recombinant human OB protein, also known as leptin. Also provided are methods and compositions for the treatment of obesity and OB resistance. Assay methods and kits relating to these conditions are also included. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 04, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 09/194889 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067617 | Barbas, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos F. Barbas, III (Solana Beach, California); Birgit Dreier (Adlikon, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptides that contain from 2 to 12 zinc finger-nucleotide binding regions that bind to nucleotide sequences of the formula (ANN)2–12 are provided. Polynucleotides that encode such polypeptides and methods of regulating gene expression with such polypeptides and polynucleotides are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/080100 |
| 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: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
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| US 07067619 | Ruoslahti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Erkki I Ruoslahti (Rancho Santa Fe, California); Erkki Koivunen (Hyvinkaa, Finland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is directed to novel integrin binding peptides. These peptides bind to αv- of α5-containing integrins and can exhibit high binding affinity. They contain one of the following sequence motifs: RX1ETX2WX3 [SEQ ID NO:1] (especially RRETAWA [SEQ ID NO:8]); RGDGX [SEQ ID NO:2], in which X is an amino acid with a hydrophobic, aromatic side chain; the double cyclic CX1CRGDCX2C [SEQ ID NO:15]; and RLD. The peptides generally exhibit their highest binding affinity when they assume a conformationally stabilized configuration. This invention also provides methods of using these peptides. |
| FILED | Friday, July 30, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/364597 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/317 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067633 | Kumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rakesh Kumar (Houston, Texas); Ratna Vadlamudi (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of modulating macropinocytosis in cells of a target cell population by modulating the binding of Pak1 to DLC1/PIN are disclosed. In addition, the invention provides for methods of screening for modulators of macropinocytosis that involve determining whether a candidate substance inhibits or promotes the binding of Pak1 to DLC1/PIN. Also disclosed are methods of reducing cell proliferation in a target cell population, methods of inhibiting growth and survival of a cancer cell, methods of inhibiting the invasiveness of a cancer cell, and methods of treating viral infection using an agent that modifies the binding of Pak1 to DLC1/PIN. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/787603 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067635 | Marchetti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Marchetti (Viareggio, Italy); Fiamma Buttitta (Viareggio, Italy); Gilbert H. Smith (Falls Church, Virginia); Robert Callahan (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses the isolation of the human and murine wild-type Int6 gene and the cDNAs sorresponding to these genes. The invention further describes the use of reagents derived from the nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of the Int6 gene in diagnostic methods, immunotherapy, gene therapy and as vaccines. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/783415 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067644 | Goryshin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Yu Goryshin (Madison, Wisconsin); Todd A Naumann (State College, Pennsylvania); William S Reznikoff (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for manipulating nucleic acid to produce gene fusions, to delete or clone a portion of a chromosome, or to insert a sequence into a chromosome. The methods employ sequential transposition processes using two or more pairs of inverted repeat transposase-interacting sequences on a transposable polynucleotide wherein each pair of transposase-interacting sequences interacts with a distinct transposase enzyme. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/007483 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067697 | Gao |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiang Gao (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to synthetic cationic lipids, liposome formulations and the use of such compounds to introduce functional bioactive agents into cultured cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/201496 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067698 | Wender et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Wender (Menlo Park, California); Christopher L. VanDeusen (Mountain View, California); Kanaka Pattabiraman (Menlo Park, California); Erin T. Pelkey (Phelps, New York); Theodore C. Jessop (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Synthesis routes that can be adapted to large scale synthesis of oligoguanidine compounds such as oligoarginine compounds are described which use a perguanidinylation step to convert a group of ω-amino groups to the corresponding guanidinyl groups. These compounds find utility as transport agents. Modified oligoguanidine compounds are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, August 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/211986 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068842 | Liang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CleverSys, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiqing Liang (Vienna, Virginia); Linda Crnic (Denver, Colorado); Vikrant Kobla (Ashburn, Virginia); Wayne Wolf (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | In general, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for finding the position and shape of an object using video. The invention includes a system with a video camera coupled to a computer in which the computer is configured to automatically provide object segmentation and identification, object motion tracking (for moving objects), object position classification, and behavior identification. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention may use background subtraction for object identification and tracking, probabilistic approach with expectation-maximization for tracking the motion detection and object classification, and decision tree classification for behavior identification. Thus, the present invention is capable of automatically monitoring a video image to identify, track and classify the actions of various objects and the object's movements within the image. The image may be provided in real time or from storage. The invention is particularly useful for monitoring and classifying animal behavior for testing drugs and genetic mutations, but may be used in any of a number of other surveillance applications. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/666741 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07069151 | Lubman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Lubman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bathsheba E. Chong (Paul, Minnesota); Stephen J. Parus (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to protein separation systems and methods capable of resolving and characterizing large numbers of cellular proteins. In particular, the present invention provides a novel mass mapping system and methods for the differential display of proteins. The present invention further provides novel methods for displaying differential protein expression between two samples. In particular, the present invention provides novel method of mapping differential expression of proteins in non-cancerous, pre-cancerous, and cancerous cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/778496 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Capstone Turbine Corporation (Chatsworth, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yungmo Kang (La Canada Flintridge, California); Robert D. McKeirnan, Jr. (Westlake Village, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A construction of recuperator core segments is provided which insures proper assembly of the components of the recuperator core segment, and of a plurality of recuperator core segments. Each recuperator core segment must be constructed so as to prevent nesting of fin folds of the adjacent heat exchanger foils of the recuperator core segment. A plurality of recuperator core segments must be assembled together so as to prevent nesting of adjacent fin folds of adjacent recuperator core segments. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/917118 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/890.39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07066004 | Kohler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stewart M. Kohler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James J. Allen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEM inertial sensor (e.g. accelerometer, gyroscope) having integral rotational means for providing static and dynamic bias compensation is disclosed. A bias compensated MEM inertial sensor is described comprising a MEM inertial sense element disposed on a rotatable MEM stage. A MEM actuator for drives the rotation of the stage between at least two predetermined rotational positions. Measuring and comparing the output of the MEM inertial sensor in the at least two rotational positions allows, for both static and dynamic bias compensation in inertial calculations based on the sensor's output. An inertial measurement unit (IMU) comprising a plurality of independently rotatable MEM inertial sensors and methods for making bias compensated inertial measurements are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/932957 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/1.380 |
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| US 07066396 | Knight et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gas Technology Institute (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard A. Knight (Brookfield, Illinois); Iosif K. Rabovitser (Skokie, Illinois); Dexin Wang (Indian Creek, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A heating system having a steam generator or water heater, at least one economizer, at least one condenser and at least one oxidant heater arranged in a manner so as to reduce the temperature and humidity of the exhaust gas (flue gas) stream and recover a major portion of the associated sensible and latent heat. The recovered heat is returned to the steam generator or water heater so as to increase the quantity of steam generated or water heated per quantity of fuel consumed. In addition, a portion of the water vapor produced by combustion of fuel is reclaimed for use as feed water, thereby reducing the make-up water requirement for the system. |
| FILED | Friday, October 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/961438 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Heating systems 237/19 |
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| US 07066973 | Bentley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nuvera Fuel Cells (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Bentley (Westford, Massachusetts); Lawrence G. Clawson (Dover, Massachusetts); William L. Mitchell (Belmont, Massachusetts); Matthew H. Dorson (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A hydrocarbon fuel reformer for producing diatomic hydrogen gas is disclosed. The reformer includes a first reaction vessel, a shift reactor vessel annularly disposed about the first reaction vessel, including a first shift reactor zone, and a first helical tube disposed within the first shift reactor zone having an inlet end communicating with a water supply source. The water supply source is preferably adapted to supply liquid-phase water to the first helical tube at flow conditions sufficient to ensure discharge of liquid-phase and steam-phase water from an outlet end of the first helical tube. The reformer may further include a first catalyst bed disposed in the first shift reactor zone, having a low-temperature shift catalyst in contact with the first helical tube. The catalyst bed includes a plurality of coil sections disposed in coaxial relation to other coil sections and to the central longitudinal axis of the reformer, each coil section extending between the first and second ends, and each coil section being in direct fluid communication with at least one other coil section. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 02, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/562787 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/197.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067022 | Branagan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Branagan (Iona, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a method of producing a hard metallic material by forming a mixture containing at least 55% iron and at least one of B, C, Si and P. The mixture is formed into an alloy and cooled to form a metallic material having a hardness of greater than about 9.2 GPa. The invention includes a method of forming a wire by combining a metal strip and a powder. The strip and the powder are rolled to form a wire containing at least 55% iron and from 2–7 additional elements including at lease one of C, Si and B. The invention also includes a method of forming a hardened surface on a substrate by processing a solid mass to form a power, applying the powder to a surface to form a layer containing metallic glass, and converting the glass to a crystalline material having a nanocrystalline grain size. |
| FILED | Monday, January 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/753168 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/525 |
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| US 07067062 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Industrial Science and Technology Network Inc. (York, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Jing-Min Yang (Lancaster, Pennsylvania); Yuehua Zhang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanoporous reactive adsorbent incorporates a relatively small number of relatively larger reactant, e.g. metal, enzyme, etc. particles (10) forming a discontinuous or continuous phase interspersed among and surrounded by a continuous phase of smaller adsorbent particles (12) and connected interstitial pores (14) therebetween. The reactive adsorbent can effectively remove inorganic or organic impurities in a liquid by causing the liquid to flow through the adsorbent. For example, silver ions may be adsorbed by the adsorbent particles (12) and reduced to metallic silver by reducing metal, such as irons, as the reactant particles (10). The column can be regenerated by backwashing with the liquid effluent containing, for example, acetic acid. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/993352 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/670 |
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| US 07067079 | Bross et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Universities Research Association, Inc. (District of Columbia, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan D. Bross (Downers Grove, Illinois); Kerry L. Mellott (Malta, Illinois); Anna Pla-Dalmau (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing a plastic scintillator is disclosed. A plurality of nano-sized particles and one or more dopants can be combined with a plastic material for the formation of a plastic scintillator thereof. The nano-sized particles, the dopant and the plastic material can be combined within the dry inert atmosphere of an extruder to produce a reaction that results in the formation of a plastic scintillator thereof and the deposition of energy within the plastic scintillator, such that the plastic scintillator produces light signifying the detection of a radiative element. The nano-sized particles can be treated with an inert gas prior to processing the nano-sized particles, the dopant and the plastic material utilizing the extruder. The plastic scintillator can be a neutron-sensitive scintillator, x-ray sensitive scintillator and/or a scintillator for the detection of minimum ionizing particles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/308786 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067093 | Vierheilig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina); Intercat, Inc. (Manasquan, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert A. Vierheilig (Savannah, Georgia); Raghubir P. Gupta (Durham, North Carolina); Brian S. Turk (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Reduced sulfur gas species (e.g., H2S, COS and CS2) are removed from a gas stream by compositions wherein a zinc titanate ingredient is associated with a metal oxide-aluminate phase material in the same particle species. Nonlimiting examples of metal oxides comprising the compositions include magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, calcium oxide, nickel oxide, etc. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/790920 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/244.60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067351 | Surh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael P. Surh (Livermore, California); William D. Wilson (Pleasanton, California); Troy W. Barbee, Jr. (Palo Alto, California); Stephen M. Lane (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanochannel electrophoretic and electrochemical devices having selectively-etched nanolaminates located in the fluid transport channel. The normally flat surfaces of the nanolaminate having exposed conductive (metal) stripes are selectively-etched to form trenches and baffles. The modifications of the prior utilized flat exposed surfaces increase the amount of exposed metal to facilitate electrochemical redox reaction or control the exposure of the metal surfaces to analytes of large size. These etched areas variously increase the sensitivity of electrochemical detection devices to low concentrations of analyte, improve the plug flow characteristic of the channel, and allow additional discrimination of the colloidal particles during cyclic voltammetry. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/864778 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/107 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067453 | Ming et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | InnovaTek, Inc. (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qimin Ming (Richland, Washington); Todd Healey (Richland, Washington); Patricia Marie Irving (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention is a catalyst consisting of an oxide or mixed oxide support and bimetallic catalytically active compounds. The supporting oxide can be a single oxide, such as Al2O3; it also can be a mixture of oxides, such as Y2O3 stabilized ZrO2 (YSZ), Al2O3 with CeO2, Al2O3 with YSZ and others. The bimetallic compounds, acting as active components, are selected from platinum, and ruthenium, prepared in an appropriate ratio. The catalyst is used in the steam reforming of hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen for applications such as polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. |
| FILED | Monday, July 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/197618 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/304 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067559 | Bhatt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Shell Oil Company (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bharat Lajjaram Bhatt (Fogelsville, Pennsylvania); Dirk Coenraad Engel (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Edward Clyde Heydorn (Macungie, Pennsylvania); Matthijis Maria Gerardus Senden (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of liquid hydrocarbons which process comprises contacting synthesis gas with a slurry of solid catalyst particles and a liquid in a reactor vessel by introducing the synthesis gas at a low level into the slurry at conditions suitable for conversion of the synthesis gas into liquid hydrocarbons, the solid catalyst particles comprising a catalytic active metal selected from cobalt or iron on a porous refractory oxide carrier, preferably selected from silica, alumina, titania, zirconia or mixtures thereof, the catalyst being present in an amount between 10 and 40 vol. percent based on total slurry volume liquids and solids, and separating liquid material from the solid catalyst particles by using a filtration system comprising an asymmetric filtration medium (the selective side at the slurry side), in which filtration system the average pressure differential over the filtration medium is at least 0.1 bar, in which process the particle size distribution is such that at least a certain amount of the catalyst particles is smaller than the average pore size of the selective layer of the filtration medium. The invention also comprises an apparatus to carry out the process described above. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/482724 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch processes; or purification or recovery of products thereof 518/700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067653 | Vicente et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maria Da Graca H. Vicente (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Shankar Jayaram Shetty (Maharastra, India); Laurent Jaquinod (Davis, California); Kevin M. Smith (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes the synthesis of a panel of novel carbon-carbon linked carboranyl-containing 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrins bearing 25–44% boron by weight. In certain embodiments, a phenyl porphyrin compound has a carboranyl group attached to the phenyl group by a carbon-carbon linkage, wherein the phenyl group corresponds to the following formula where R7 through R11 are hydrogen, a carboranyl group, or are selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, NMe3+, PMePh2+, PO(OH)2, SO3H, COOH, and NH2. In this embodiment, the carboranyl group is attached to the phenyl group by a carbon-carbon linkage, either one or two of R7 through R11 are other than hydrogen; and the phenyl porphyrin compound contains at least one phenyl group having at least one of said carboranyl groups. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 09, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/258948 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067850 | Branz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard M. Branz (Boulder, Colorado); Qi Wang (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A device (10) comprises a semiconductor diode (12) and a switchable element (14) positioned in stacked adjacent relationship so that the semiconductor diode (12) and the switchable element (14) are electrically connected in series with one another. The switchable element (14) is switchable from a low-conductance state to a high-conductance state in response to the application of a forming voltage to the switchable element (14). |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/240838 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068375 | Voelkl |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edgar Voelkl (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods are described for reduction of reference hologram noise and reduction of Fourier space smearing, especially in the context of direct-to-digital holography (off-axis interferometry). A method of reducing reference hologram noise includes: recording a plurality of reference holograms; processing the plurality of reference holograms into a corresponding plurality of reference image waves; and transforming the corresponding plurality of reference image waves into a reduced noise reference image wave. A method of reducing smearing in Fourier space includes: recording a plurality of reference holograms; processing the plurality of reference holograms into a corresponding plurality of reference complex image waves; transforming the corresponding plurality of reference image waves into a reduced noise reference complex image wave; recording a hologram of an object; processing the hologram of the object into an object complex image wave; and dividing the complex image wave of the object by the reduced noise reference complex image wave to obtain a reduced smearing object complex image wave. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/349579 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07066014 | Salapaka et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murti V. Salapaka (Ames, Iowa); Abu Sebastian (Adliswil, Switzerland); Deepak Ranjan Sahoo (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | An approach to determine cantilever movement is presented. An observer based state estimation and statistical signal detection and estimation techniques are applied to Atomic Force Microscopes. A first mode approximation model of the cantilever is considered and a Kalman filter is designed to estimate the dynamic states. The tip-sample interaction is modeled as an impulsive force applied to the cantilever in order to detect the presence of sample. A generalized likelihood ratio test is performed to obtain the decision rule and the maximum likelihood estimation of the unknown arrival time of the sample profile and unknown magnitude of it. The use of the transient data results in sample detection at least ten times faster than using the steady state characteristics. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/953195 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067072 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nomadics, Inc. (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Chen (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates in general to nanoparticles exhibiting luminescence such as photostimulated luminescence or photoluminescence and optical switching processes based upon such properties, in more particular, the use of such photostimulated luminescence exhibiting nanoparticles and switching nanoparticle for optical storage apparatuses and sensors as well as methods of making and using same. |
| FILED | Monday, August 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/223764 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.6S0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067293 | LaBelle et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey T. LaBelle (Tempe, Arizona); Vincent B. Pizziconi (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method for the design and development of high performance hybrid devices having biological and nonbiological components. A figure of merit is developed for the biological component or components. The component is subjected to various environmental variables as it or its biological source organism is grown. The biological component is force adapted to cause its figure of merit to reach a goal or an acceptable measure. The biological component is used in hybrid constructs that may be nanostructures, given the small size of the biological parts. In one specific embodiment, force-adapted chlorosomes of C. aurantiacus enhance performance of a silicon photovoltaic cell. The bacteria, Chloroflexus aurantiacus (C. aurantiacus), strain J-10-fl, has the A.T.C.C. designation number 29366, having been deposited in July, 1976. |
| FILED | Monday, September 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/658541 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/173.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067306 | Singhvi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rahul Singhvi (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Amit Kumar (Sacramento, California); George M. Whitesides (Newton, Massachusetts); Donald E. Ingber (Boston, Massachusetts); Gabriel P. Lopez (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel I. C. Wang (Belmont, Massachusetts); Gregory N. Stephanopoulos (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a device for adhering cells in a specific and predetermined position, and associated methods. The device includes a plate defining a surface and a plurality of cytophilic islands that adhere cells, isolated by cytophobic regions to which cells do not adhere, contiguous with the cytophilic islands. The islands or the regions or both may be formed of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM). |
| FILED | Friday, December 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/032280 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067326 | Still et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Clark Still (New York, New York); Ge Li (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Helma Wennemers (Bruchkoebel, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Libraries of synthetic receptors are disclosed. The receptors include a polyfunctional organic template which is covalently linked to two or more oligomers. The oligomers may be the same or different and may be straight chain, cyclic or branched. The template may be linked to an identifier which is unique to each synthetic receptor. Although the identifier may be directly attached to the template, it is more common and preferable that the template be covalently linked to a solid support which is itself linked to the identifier. Methods of preparing synthetic receptors and libraries of synthetic receptors are also disclosed as are methods for assaying the libraries to determine which receptors have various desirable characteristics. Among the desirable characteristics are (a) the ability to bind an acceptor molecule; (b) biological activity; (c) the ability to catalyze or inhibit a reaction and (d) potential utility for separating compounds in chromatography. |
| FILED | Friday, January 13, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/676143 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/518 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067687 | Pinnavaia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Pinnavaia (East Lansing, Michigan); Yutaka Mori (Kitakyusyu, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Mesostructured and microporous to mesoporous organofunctionalized silica compositions are described. The compositions incorporate the organofunctional group L as part of a LSiO3 unit in the framework of the compositions. In addition the compositions incorporate the organofunctional group R as part of a O3Si—R—siO3 unit in the framework of the compositions. The compositions are useful as molecular sieves, supports for catalysts and numerous other applications requiring an organo group on surfaces of a silica. |
| FILED | Monday, March 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/795546 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068698 | Moerner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Moerner (Los Altos, California); Brahim Lounis (Bordeaux, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A controllable single-photon source having a single illuminated molecule in a condensed phase host is provided. The single molecule is illuminated with a pulse of radiation having a wavelength such that the molecule is excited to a vibrational state higher in energy than an associated excited electronic state. The molecule rapidly, incoherently and irreversibly decays, with a lifetime Tvib, from the vibrational state to the excited electronic state by transferring the corresponding vibrational energy to the host. The excited electronic state has a lifetime T, and with high probability the single molecule makes a radiative transition from this state to emit a single photon. The pump pulse duration Tp satisfies the condition Tvib<Tp<T. Room temperature operation and spectral separation of pump and single-photon radiation are thereby provided. A semiconductor nanocrystal can be used instead of a molecule. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/794404 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068742 | Yousef et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nabil R. Yousef (Los Angeles, California); Ali H. Sayed (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus that provides an accurate estimate of the time and amplitude of arrival of the first arriving overlapping multipath components (rays) in wireless locating finding systems. Overlapping fading multipath components for mobile-positioning are resolved by exploiting the fact that multipath components fade independently. Although fast channel fading is usually considered a challenge to the location finding process, it is used as an additional tool to detect and resolve overlapping multipath rays. A projection technique is also provided that exploits all possible a-priori channel information into a adaptive filtering algorithm, thus providing needed robustness to divergence of the adaptive algorithm that might result from possible severe data matrix ill-conditioning and high noise levels, which are common in wireless location applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/214934 |
| ART UNIT | 2638 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068896 | Kath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William L. Kath (Evanston, Illinois); Gino Biondini (Columbus, Ohio); Sarah L. Fogal (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a system to produce, either in numerical simulations or in experiments, specified amounts of first, second and higher order PMD in a controlled manner, in particular large amounts. Parameters can be adjusted to obtain specific ranges of first, second and higher order PMD, and importance sampling can be used to determine the probability that the resulting PMD events can be obtained in realistic situations. Individual results obtained using specific parameter values can be combined to produce even larger ranges of PMD. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/360303 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07069151 | Lubman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Lubman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Bathsheba E. Chong (Paul, Minnesota); Stephen J. Parus (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to protein separation systems and methods capable of resolving and characterizing large numbers of cellular proteins. In particular, the present invention provides a novel mass mapping system and methods for the differential display of proteins. The present invention further provides novel methods for displaying differential protein expression between two samples. In particular, the present invention provides novel method of mapping differential expression of proteins in non-cancerous, pre-cancerous, and cancerous cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/778496 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07065975 | Herndon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa); Maytag Corporation (Newton, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven G. Herndon (Amana, Iowa); Bill Koons (Amana, Iowa); Steven L. Devlin (Ames, Iowa); John A. Roberts (Huxley, Iowa); Anna M. Jones (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | An ice dispensing system is provided for a refrigerator having a bottom freezer. The system includes an ice maker in the freezer compartment and an ice bucket in the refrigerator compartment. A shuttle carries ice from the ice maker to the bucket through a tube extending upwardly through the dividing wall between the freezer and refrigerator compartments. The bucket includes an auger in communication with an ice dispensing opening in the refrigerator door for ice on demand by a user. The shuttle is raised and lowered by a motor-driven cable. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/884898 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/66 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07066976 | Hampden-Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Toivo T. Kodas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Plamen Atanassov (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paolina Atanassova (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Klaus Kunze (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Napolitano (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David Dericotte (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrocatalyst powders and methods for producing electrocatalyst powders, such as carbon composite electrocatalyst powders. The powders have a well-controlled microstructure and morphology. The method includes forming the particles from an aerosol of precursors by heating the aerosol to a relatively low temperature, such as not greater than about 400° C. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/210600 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068357 | Treado et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ChemImage Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J. Treado (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Matthew Nelson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Scott Keitzer (Export, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical imaging system is provided which uses a near infrared radiation microscope. The system includes an illumination source which illuminates an area of a sample using light in the near infrared radiation wavelength and light in the visible wavelength. A multitude of spatially resolved spectra of transmitted, reflected, emitted or scattered near infrared wavelength radiation light from the illuminated area of the sample is collected and a collimated beam is produced therefrom. A near infrared imaging spectrometer is provided for selecting a near infrared radiation image of the collimated beam. The filtered images are collected by a detector for further processing. The visible wavelength light from the illuminated area of the sample is simultaneously detected providing for the simultaneous visible and near infrared chemical imaging analysis of the sample. Two efficient means for performing three dimensional near infrared chemical imaging microscopy are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/257139 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068715 | Hoctor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genral Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph Thomas Hoctor (Saratoga Springs, New York); David Michael Davenport (Niskayuna, New York); Aaron Mark Dentinger (Niskayuna, New York); Nick Andrew VanStralen (Ballston Lake, New York); Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr. (Scotia, New York); Kenneth Brakeley Welles, II (Scotia, New York); John Erik Hershey (Ballston Lake, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultra-wideband (UWB) communications system combines the techniques of a transmitted reference (TR) and a multiple access scheme called delay hopping (DH). Combining these two techniques using UWB signaling using a continuous noise transmitted waveform avoids the synchronization difficulties associated with conventional approaches. This TR technique is combined with the DH multiple access technique to create a UWB communications scheme that has a greater multiple access capacity than does the UWB TR technique by itself. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/974032 |
| ART UNIT | 2638 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07069097 | Barto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry D. Barto (Austin, Texas); Yiwei Li (Austin, Texas); Steven C. Nettles (Johnson City, Texas); H. Van Dyke Parunak (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes providing a schedule of engagements for a resource. Each engagement has a working window and an associated engagement density function. The engagement density functions of the scheduled engagements are combined to generate a committed capacity function for the resource. A region of violation in the committed capacity function is identified where the committed capacity of the resource exceeds a capacity threshold. An area of a region of overlap between the working window of a selected one of the engagements and the region of violation is determined. An area reduction amount for the selected engagement is determined based on a portion of the area of the region of overlap. The working window of the selected engagement is changed based on the area reduction amount. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/231561 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07069101 | Arackaparambil et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Arackaparambil (San Carlos, California); Tom Chi (San Jose, California); Billy Chow (Menlo Park, California); Patrick M. D'Souza (Mountain View, California); Parris Hawkins (Pleasanton, California); Charles Huang (Union City, California); Jett Jensen (Campbell, California); Badri N. Krishnamurthy (Mountain View, California); Pradeep M. Kulkarni (Sunnyvale, California); Prakash M. Kulkarni (Sunnyvale, California); Wen Fong Lin (San Jose, California); Shantha Mohan (Palo Alto, California); Bishnu Nandy (Union City, California); Huey-Shin Yuan (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel distributed factory system framework including a novel factory automation lifecycle (200) having lifecycle activities for SW developing and integrating (210), installing and administrating (220), factory modeling (230), manufacturing planning (240), manufacturing controlling, monitoring and tracking (250) and analyzing of manufacturing results (260). The factory lifecycle comprises framework components. The distributed factory system framework also includes application components and software building blocks. The framework components are adapted for managing the application components, while the application components are utilized to provide instructions for managing a process such as a wafer fab. The building blocks are adapted for forming or modifying framework and application components. The distributed factory system framework provides computer implemented methods for integrating processing systems and facilitates process and equipment changes. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/363966 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/121 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07066995 | Barone 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) | Justin R. Barone (Rockville, Maryland); Walter F. Schmidt (Beltsville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition suitable for making films, wherein the composition contains keratin obtained from avian feathers and at least one OH containing plasticizer. Protein-based films containing at least one protein and at least one OH containing plasticizer, wherein the protein is a protein whose PE value is ≧2.5 where PE=(S+T+Y)/C where PE is plasticizer efficiency and where S, T, Y, and C are the amino acids serine, threonine, tyrosine, and cysteine, respectively, in the protein. Preferably the protein is keratin obtained from avian feathers. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/805558 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions: Coating or plastic 16/156.510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067122 | Evans 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) | Joyce J. Evans (Chestertown, Maryland); Phillip H. Klesius (Auburn, Alabama); Craig A. Shoemaker (Notasulga, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A safe and effective live vaccine against Edwardsiella tarda in fish was created through the induction of rifampicin resistance in a native Edwardsiella tarda isolate. Single immersion exposure or injection of fish stimulated acquired immunity against virulent E. tarda infection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/858882 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07067303 | Nichols 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) | Nancy N. Nichols (Danvers, Illinois); Maria J. Lopez (Vicar, Spain); Bruce S. Dien (Peoria, Illinois); Rodney J. Bothast (East Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Agricultural biomass hydrolysate is detoxified by culturing in the presence of the fungus Coniochaeta ligniaria (teleomorph) or its Lecythophora (anamorph) state. This organism is capable of significantly depleting the toxicant levels of furans, particularly furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. A new strain of the fungus has been isolated and deposited in the Agricultural Research Culture Collection (NRRL) in Peoria, Ill., as Accession No. NRRL 30616. The detoxified agricultural biomass hydrolysate is useful as a substrate for industrial fermentation processes, especially in saccharification treatments for bioethanol production. |
| FILED | Friday, January 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/350591 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/254.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068050 | Steele et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip H. Steele (Starkville, Mississippi); Jerome E. Cooper (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A Moisture and Density Detector (MDD) provides a method and apparatus to determine the moisture content and/or density, as well as presence and location of anomalies, and/or wood type of any dielectric material for various purposes. This device is very useful in detecting the moisture content of wood and wood-based materials, such as that of lumber in a dry kiln prior to, during and/or following drying. The MDD passes a radio frequency signal and/or any other signal between opposed or adjacent capacitance electrodes and measures the signal strength and phase shift of the signal. The addition of phase shift and multiple frequencies improves the accuracy of the results. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/893494 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/640 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07065972 | Zupanc et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank J. Zupanc (Phoenix, Arizona); Paul R. Yankowich (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel-air mixer for use in a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine is provided. The fuel air mixing apparatus comprises an annular fuel injector having a plurality of discrete plain jet orifices, a first swirler wherein the first swirler is located upstream from the fuel injector and a second swirler wherein the second swirler is located downstream from the fuel injector. The plurality of discrete plain jet orifices are situated between the highly swirling airstreams generated by the two radial swirlers. The distributed injection of the fuel between two highly swirling airstreams results in rapid and effective mixing to the desired fuel-air ratio and prevents the formation of local hot spots in the combustor primary zone. A combustor and a gas turbine engine comprising the fuel-air mixer of the present invention are also provided as well as a method using the fuel-air mixer of the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/850871 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/748 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07066714 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeff H. Miller (Simi Valley, California); Xinhong J. Zheng (Valencia, California); Steven P. Grota (Thousand Oaks, California); Khin C. Phui (Pomona, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved rotor assembly shroud includes at least one reinforcing flange on the upper surface of the shroud. The strength provided by the reinforcing flange allows for a smaller shroud thickness resulting in a net reduction of shroud mass. The lower shroud mass reduces the centrifugal stress on the rotor assembly blade during operation. The strength provided by the reinforcing flanges also significantly reduces the centrifugal bending stress on the shroud during operation. The shroud mass may be further reduced by tapering the shroud leading and trailing edges or, for shrouds incorporating a damper, by providing a damper cavity with a lower diameter surface defining an opening therethrough. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/811359 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/173.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068688 | Zou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boston Applied Technologies, Incorporated (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yingyin Zou (Burlington, Massachusetts); Qiushui Chen (Medford, Massachusetts); Run Zhang (Acton, Massachusetts); Hua Jiang (Mansfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-optic Q-switch for generating sequence of laser pulses was disclosed. The Q-switch comprises a quadratic electro-optic material and is connected with an electronic unit generating a radio frequency wave with positive and negative pulses alternatively. The Q-switch is controlled by the radio frequency wave in such a way that laser pulse is generated when the radio frequency wave changes its polarity |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/700934 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07068738 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis K. Lee (Alhambra, California); Marvin K. Simon (La Canada, California); Tsun-Yee Yan (Northridge, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An FQPSK-B receiver uses a simplified trellis system which uses combinations of FQPSK-B waveforms to correlate against an input signal. This enables reduction of the number of correlators that are used and the number of comparisons that are made by the correlators. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/051617 |
| ART UNIT | 2631 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07068671 | Reed |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Security Agency (Ft. Meade, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Coke S. Reed (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A network or interconnect structure utilizes a data flow technique that is based on timing and positioning of messages communicating through the interconnect structure. Switching control is distributed throughout multiple nodes in the structure so that a supervisory controller providing a global control function and complex logic structures are avoided. The interconnect structure operates as a “deflection” or “hot potato” system in which processing and storage overhead at each node is minimized. Elimination of a global controller and buffering at the nodes greatly reduces the amount of control and logic structures in the interconnect structure, simplifying overall control components and network interconnect components and improving speed performance of message communication. |
| FILED | Monday, May 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/852009 |
| ART UNIT | 2661 — Image Analysis; Applications; Pattern Recognition; Color and compression; Enhancement and Transformation |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/404 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07069031 | Maggenti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Qualcomm Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Maggenti (San Diego, California); Douglas M. Crockett (San Diego, California); Eric Rosen (Solana Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for providing security in a group communication network provides for receiving an encryption key, encrypting media for transmission to a controller using the received encryption key, the encrypted media being directed to another communication device, and communicating the encrypted media to the controller. In one embodiment, the communicating includes wireless communication. The method and apparatus further provides for receiving encrypted media from a controller and blocking the encrypted media if the communication device is not enabled to receive encrypted-media transmission, or if the media is not encrypted based on an encryption key previously specified by the communication device. In another aspect, the communication device is a push-to-talk (PTT) device. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/007115 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/517 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07067286 | Julien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kosan Biosciences, Inc. (Hayward, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryan Julien (Oakland, California); Leonard Katz (Hayward, California); Chaitan Khosla (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant host cells of the suborder Cystobacterineae, genus Stizmatella, containing recombinant expression vectors that encode heterologous epothilone polyketide synthase (PKS) genes and can produce epothilones at high levels are provided. |
| FILED | Monday, July 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/191694 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/76 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07067311 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhenhua Xu (Bridgewater, New Jersey); Eric D. Wieben (Rochester, Minnesota); Richard M. Weinshilboum (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated PAPSS1 nucleic acid molecules that include a nucleotide sequence variant and nucleotides flanking the sequence variant are described, as well as PAPSS1 allozymes. Methods for determining if a mammal is predisposed to joint disease or cancer also are described. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/294229 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07069258 | Bothwell |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip D. Bothwell (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods, systems, and computer program products for short term probability forecasting of selected weather-related events. These embodiments are adaptable for any geographical region that can be identified and for which a reasonable number of data points exist. The inventive method uses a data set of n observations of m parameters, where the parameters may be statistically correlated. A Principal Component Analysis may be performed, with the data set as input, to provide a reduced set of principal components that are uncorrelated and account for most of the variance in the input data set. An orthogonal transformation may be performed on the reduced set of principal components to provide a rotated set of principal components that are aligned with the corresponding parameters in the input data set. Finally a logistic regression may be performed on the rotated set of principal components to derive an S-shaped predictive equation for the probability of a binary weather-related event of interest. An illustrative embodiment of the invention is given for forecasting the probability for the number of lightning flashes exceeding a selected value, for the western United States climatological area. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672598 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07069520 | Bobrow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Bobrow (Arlington, Massachusetts); R. Bruce Roberts (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Colin Ware (Durham, New Hampshire); Ronald Pickett (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A data-display system employs a display in which the representations of data objects are caused to move on the display in order to convey information about the represented data objects. In one example, icons in a link-analysis display that represent data objects satisfying a selection criterion are made to execute distinctive motion. In another example, three-dimensional models of moving bodies in whose features components of respective data objects are encoded are projected onto a screen plane, and the resultant values are used to generate the display. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/703102 |
| ART UNIT | 2672 — Facsimile; Printer; Color; halftone; Scanner; Computer Graphic Processing; 3-D Animation; Display Color; Attributes; Object Processing; Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/853 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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