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Patent Details for Tuesday, July 11, 2006
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| US 07073508 | Moyers |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael F. Moyers (Colton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Support devices and pods for the head and neck region of patients undergoing radiation therapy are provided herein. The pod generally includes a support shell shaped to generally conform to the shape of the head and neck region of the patient, a foam insert that conforms to the head and neck region of the patient, and an immobilization facemask attached directly to the shell, thereby facilitating close placement of the radiation beam delivery device to the patient and reducing any attenuation and perturbation of radiation doses directed at the patient. The components of the pod are made from materials having properties that reduce any attenuation and perturbation of prescribed radiation doses. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/965704 |
| ART UNIT | 3743 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/857 |
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| US 07073510 | Redmond et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Redmond (West Newton, Massachusetts); Irene E. Kochevar (Charlestown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Photochemical tissue bonding methods include the application of a photosensitizer to a tissue and/or tissue graft, followed by irradiation with electromagnetic energy to produce a tissue seal. The methods are useful for tissue adhesion, such as in wound closure, tissue grafting, skin grafting, musculoskeletal tissue repair, ligament or tendon repair and corneal repair. |
| FILED | Friday, March 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/094120 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/898 |
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| US 07074016 | Epstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan H. Epstein (Lexington, Massachusetts); Antoine Deux (Falls Church, Virginia); Yoav P. Peles (Rensselaer, New York); Laurent Jamonet (Aix-en-Provence, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbopump including a rotor having a first face and a second face and being characterized by a rotor axial height between the first and second rotor faces and by a rotor diameter. A rotor housing includes bearing surfaces for supporting rotation of the rotor, includes turbine inlet and turbine outlet ports and pump inlet and pump outlet ports, and includes pump and turbine fluid sealing surfaces. A plurality of turbine blades of a turbine blade axial height, and a plurality of pump blades of a pump blade axial height, are disposed on a face of the rotor. The turbine blades and pump blades can be together disposed on the rotor first face. Further or alternatively, a turbopump axial height including rotor bearings, turbine blade and pump blade axial height, and rotor axial height, can be less than rotor diameter. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/445249 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/348 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074310 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); W. Carter Kittrell (Houston, Texas); Ramesh Sivarajan (Houston, Texas); Michael S. Strano (Champaign, Illinois); Sergei M. Bachilo (Houston, Texas); R. Bruce Weisman (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a process for sorting and separating a mixture of (n, m) type single-wall carbon nanotubes according to (n, m) type. A mixture of (n, m) type single-wall carbon nanotubes is suspended such that the single-wall carbon nanotubes are individually dispersed. The nanotube suspension can be done in a surfactant-water solution and the surfactant surrounding the nanotubes keeps the nanotube isolated and from aggregating with other nanotubes. The nanotube suspension is acidified to protonate a fraction of the nanotubes. An electric field is applied and the protonated nanotubes migrate in the electric fields at different rates dependent on their (n, m) type. Fractions of nanotubes are collected at different fractionation times. The process of protonation, applying an electric field, and fractionation is repeated at increasingly higher pH to separated the (n, m) nanotube mixture into individual (n, m) nanotube fractions. The separation enables new electronic devices requiring selected (n, m) nanotube types. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/379273 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074318 | Chu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Deryn D. Chu (Havertown, Pennsylvania); Rongzhong Jiang (Olney, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An ionic conductive wire and method of forming an electrochemical cell in which an electric insulate tube is filled with an ionic conductive material. Terminals proximate the ends of the electric insulate tube are sealed with a fine porous material that is electric-insulate. The ionic conductive wire is movable such that it selectively connects at least two electric conductive materials to form an electrochemical cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/223637 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/775 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074369 | Tabatabaie-Raissi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ali Tabatabaie-Raissi (Melbourne, Florida); Nazim Z. Muradov (Melbourne, Florida); Eric Martin (Indialantic, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A new method for design and scale-up of thermocatalytic processes is disclosed. The method is based on optimizing process energetics by decoupling of the process energetics from the DRE for target contaminants. The technique is applicable to high temperature thermocatalytic reactor design and scale-up. The method is based on the implementation of polymeric and other low-pressure drop support for thermocatalytic media as well as the multifunctional catalytic media in conjunction with a novel rotating fluidized particle bed reactor. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/775136 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/177 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074519 | Kuhr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Werner G. Kuhr (Oak Hills, California); David F. Bocian (Riverside, California); Zhiming Liu (Riverside, California); Amir Yasseri (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a new design and fabrication for a three-dimensional crossbar architecture embedding a sub-micron or nanometer sized hole (called a molehole) in each cross-region. Each molehole is an electrochemical cell consisting of two or more sectional surfaces separated by a non-conductor (e.g. a dialectric layer and solid electrolyte). When used in electrochemical molecular memory device (EMMD), the architecture provides unique features such as a nano-scale electroactive surface, no interaction between memory elements, and easier miniaturization and integration. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/046499 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/149 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074590 | Punnonen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Maxygen, Inc. (Redwood City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juha Punnonen (Belmont, California); Anne Wright (Woodside, California); Andrey Semyonov (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides novel chimeric promoter/enhancers. The chimeric promoter/enhancers are particularly suitable for directing gene expression in mammalian cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/886942 |
| 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 435/69.100 |
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| US 07074639 | Burke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry E. Burke (Lexington, Massachusetts); Eugene D. Savoye (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method of fabrication of a blooming control structure for an imager. The structure is produced in a semiconductor substrate in which is configured an electrical charge collection region. The electrical charge collection region is configured to accumulate electrical charge that is photogenerated in the substrate, up to a characteristic charge collection capacity. A blooming drain region is configured in the substrate laterally spaced from the charge collection region. The blooming drain region includes an extended path of a conductivity type and level that are selected for conducting charge in excess of the characteristic charge collection capacity away from the charge collection region. A blooming barrier region is configured in the substrate to be adjacent to and laterally spacing the charge collection and blooming drain regions by a blooming barrier width. This barrier width corresponds to an acute blooming barrier impurity implantation angle with the substrate. The blooming barrier region is of a conductivity type and level that is selected based on the blooming barrier width to produce a corresponding electrical potential barrier between the charge collection and blooming drain regions. The blooming barrier regions of the structure are very precisely defined by the selected acute blooming barrier impurity implantation angle, and optionally in addition by a rotation of the blooming barrier impurity implantation, as well as a non-vertical sidewall profile of the an impurity implantation masking layer. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/023387 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/79 |
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| US 07074697 | Specht et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Petra Specht (Piedmont, California); Eicke R. Weber (Oakland, California); Todd Russell Weatherford (Prunedale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the production of thin film epilayers of III–V and other compounds with acceptor doping wherein the acceptor thermally stabilizes the epilayer, stabilize the naturally incorporated native defect population and therewith maintain the epilayer's beneficial properties upon annealing among other advantageous effects. In particular, balanced doping in which the acceptor concentration is similar to (but does not exceed) the antisite defects in the as-grown material is shown to be particularly advantageous in providing thermal stability, high resistivity and ultrashort trapping times. In particular, MBE growth of LT-GaAs epilayers with balanced Be doping is described in detail. The growth conditions greatly enhance the materials reproducibility (that is, the yield in processed devices). Such growth techniques can be transferred to other III–V materials if the growth conditions are accurately reproduced. Materials produced herein also demonstrate advantages in reproducibility, reliability and radiation hardening. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/706610 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/478 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074915 | 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); Jackiline Saidman, legal representative (Gush Etzion, Israel); Tama Evron (Mevasseret Zion, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to an antisense oligonucleotide targeted to the coding region of the human acetylcholinesterase (AChE), which selectively suppresses the AChE-R isoform of the enzyme. The antisense oligonucleotide is intended for use in the treatment and/or prevention of neuromuscular disorders, preferably myasthenia gravis. In addition, it can penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and destroy AChE-R within central nervous system neurons, while also serving as a carrier to transport molecules across the BBB. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/402016 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
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| US 07075304 | Nelson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl V. Nelson (Derwood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A pulse inductive metal detector that includes a variable resistor for controlling coil characteristics for both transmitter and receiver modes of operation. A coil coupled with an electronic switch is charged with current from the power source in a transmitter mode such that when the electronic switch is abruptly switched closed the coil emits a magnetic field that induces eddy currents in a metal target. Once the transmitter magnetic fields have decayed enough, the coil can be operated in a receiver mode to detect a magnetic field resulting from eddy currents in the metal target. The variable resistor is coupled across the coil for varying the resistance across the coil to optimize the pulse inductive metal detector sensitivity to the metal target. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/942150 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075493 | Azadegan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reza Azadegan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kamal Sarabandi (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention disclosed design aspects and the measured results of a miniaturized resonant narrow slot antenna. The resonant narrow slot radiating elements have a planar geometry and are capable of transmitting vertical polarization when placed nearly horizontal. A resonant narrow slot antenna according to the present invention simplifies impedance matching. Slot dipoles can be excited by a microstrip line and can be matched to arbitrary line impedances by moving the feed point along the slot. Antenna miniaturization can be achieved by using a high permittivity or permeability substrate and superstrate materials and/or using an appropriate antenna topology. Miniaturization is achieved through providing a unique geometry for a resonant narrow slot antenna. A very efficient radiating element is provided. With the virtual enforcement of the required boundary condition at the end of a slot antenna, the area occupied by the resonant antenna can be reduced. To achieve the required virtual boundary conditions, the two short-circuit at the end of resonant slot are replaced by some reactive boundary conditions, including inductive or capacitive boundary conditions, including inductive or capacitive loadings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/511858 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/767 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075610 | Scalora et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Scalora (Huntsville, Alabama); Mark Bloemer (Athens, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | An LCD device for displaying an image includes pixel control electrodes constructed as a transparent metal stack having a photonic band gap (PBG) structure that transmits a visible range of wavelengths and suppresses a non-visible range of wavelengths. A liquid crystal layer between the pixel control electrodes controls the transmission of light in response to a voltage applied across the pixel control electrodes. A light emitting structure (LES), such as a light emitting diode (LED) or light emitting polymer (LEP) device includes a cathode electrode, a substrate, an active layer for emitting visible light, and a transparent anode electrode having a PBG structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/782517 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/147 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075662 | Hallerman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc. (Iselin, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory R. Hallerman (Hollis, New Hampshire); Jonathan E. Ludlow (Lexington, Massachusetts); Howard K. Stern (Green Lawn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A three-dimensional inspection system and method is used to obtain information about three-dimensional articles with specular surfaces having a shape and positive or negative height by projecting a pattern of light onto the articles at an oblique angle. The system includes a patterned light projector with optical axis disposed at an oblique angle with respect to the plane of the article being inspected, an extended light source, and an image detector disposed above the article to detect the image of the pattern on the article. The light pattern includes lines with a substantially equal thickness and spacing. The spacing of the lines is greater than a spacing or pitch of the specular elements. An image processor, coupled to the image detector, receives the image, locates the lines, and measures the lateral shift of the lines. Height information is determined from the lateral shift and projection angle using triangulation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/859011 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/604 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075699 | Oldham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William G. Oldham (Orinda, California); Yijian Chen (Berkeley, California); Yashesh Shroff (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an actuator for a phase mirror array including a) a first support member extending perpendicularly from a surface of a mirror, b) a plurality of flexures engaging the first support member with the flexures being generally parallel to the surface of the mirror, c) second and third support members engaging opposing ends of the flexures, at least one of the second and third support members functioning as a first electrode, and d) a second electrode positioned in spaced parallel relationship with the flexures, whereby a voltage impressed across the first electrode and the second electrode causes displacement of the supported mirror on the support structure. The second electrode and one of the flexures can have undulating surfaces which mate in a comb relationship. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/952709 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/290 |
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| US 07075707 | Rapaport et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the University of Central Florida, Incorporated (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandra Rapaport (Orlando, Florida); Anne Janet Milliez (Orlando, Florida); Michael Bass (Orlando, Florida); Hans Jenssen (Palm Harbor, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for using an up-conversion phosphor as an emitting material in a reflective displays and Polymer compositions for display mediums, and blue green red (BRG) display mediums. Roles of the pumping duration and character on the temperature and the efficiency of the up-conversion process in (Ytterbium, Erbium or Thulium) co-doped fluoride crystals are set forth. Methods, compositions and display mediums for using up-conversion phosphors in both reflective and transmissive displays in which the substrate and pixel shapes are designed to maximally remove heat deposited in the emitting material and thereby improve the efficiency of up conversion. |
| FILED | Friday, May 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/841188 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/326 |
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| US 07076001 | Beadle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward R. Beadle (Melbourne, Florida); John F. Dishman (Palm Bay, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A signal to noise ratio estimator and method for a received signal which includes a communication component and a noise component is disclosed. One embodiment is an in-service, blind, decision-directed estimator for a CPFSK communication signal. A preferred embodiment determines the power of a communication signal component by combining the received signal with a signal that is a delayed complex conjugate of the received signal and then removing the real component of the combined signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/977362 |
| ART UNIT | 2634 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/316 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07076072 | Feng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees for the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert S. Feng (Champaign, Illinois); Michael E. Lockwood (Champaign, Illinois); Douglas L. Jones (Champaign, Illinois); Carolyn J. Bilger, legal representative (Champaign, Illinois); Charissa R. Lansing (Champaign, Illinois); William D. O'Brien (Champaign, Illinois); Bruce C. Wheeler (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | System (10) is disclosed including an acoustic sensor array (20) coupled to processor (42). System (10) processes inputs from array (20) to extract a desired acoustic signal through the suppression of interfering signals. The extraction/suppression is performed by modifying the array (20) inputs in the frequency domain with weights selected to minimize variance of the resulting output signal while maintaining unity gain of signals received in the direction of the desired acoustic signal. System (10) may be utilized in hearing, cochlear implants, speech recognition, voice input devices, surveillance devices, hands-free telephony devices, remote telepresence or teleconferencing, wireless acoustic sensor arrays, and other applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/409969 |
| ART UNIT | 2646 — Telecommunications: Analog Radio Telephone; Satellite and Power Control; Transceivers, Measuring and Testing; Bluetooth; Receivers and Transmitters; Equipment Details |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/313 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07076516 | Gavriliu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasedena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcel Gavriliu (Pasadena, California); Alan H. Barr (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying one or more regions of the domain of a function that do not contain solutions is described along with a related subdivision method. These methods may be employed in the context of branch and bound methods that use interval analysis to search for solutions of functions. The one or more regions of the function domain that do not contain solutions are identified using a cropping formula derived from one or more components (low order and high order) of a Taylor Form inclusion function. A Corner Taylor Form inclusion function is also described which might be used to identify the output range of a function. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/956590 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07074402 | Griffin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Lolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. Griffin (Del Mar, California); Berislav Y. Zlokovic (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for treating subjects having or at risk of having a neuropathological disorder or brain inflammatory diseases with and without vascular involvement, and systemic inflammatory vascular disease by administering a therapeutically effective amount of Activated Protein C (APC) to the subject. Brain disorders and brain inflammatory vascular diseases that can be treated by the invention method include all neurodegenerative diseases with different types of neuronal dysfunction, including stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington disease, neuroimmunological disorders such as multiple scelrosis and Gullian-Barre, encephalitis, meningitis, as well as other peripheral vascular diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, artheriosclerosis. Also included are methods of treatment using APC in combination with a co-factor, such as Protein S. |
| FILED | Monday, February 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/777484 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.640 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074410 | Berzofsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay A. Berzofsky (Bethesda, Maryland); Stephen M. Feinstone (Washington, District of Columbia); Marian E. Major (Alexandria, Virginia); Pablo Sarobe (Pamplona, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are an isolated peptide having the amino acid sequence DLMGYIPAV (SEQ ID NO: 1), an isolated HCV core polypeptide comprising an L→A substitution at amino acid position 139, an isolated HCV core polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and a fragment of an HCV core polypeptide having fewer amino acids than the entire HCV core polypeptide and comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1. Also provided are nucleic acids which encode the peptides and polypeptides of this invention, vectors comprising the nucleic acids of this invention and cells comprising the vectors and nucleic acids of this invention. Further provided are methods of producing an immune response in a subject and/or treating or preventing HCV infection in a subject, comprising administering to the subject, or to a cell of the subject, any of the compositions of this invention. |
| FILED | Monday, February 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/770117 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/189.100 |
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| US 07074413 | Dietzschold et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernhard Dietzschold (Newtown Square, Pennsylvania); D. Craig Hooper (Medford, New Jersey); Matthias Schnell (Harleysville, Pennsylvania); Charles E. Rupprecht (Lawrenceville, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Live, attenuated recombinant rabies virus vaccines are generated using reverse genetics to combine the antigenic determinants that render the rabies virus non-pathogenic with the determinants that are responsible for the elicitation of an effective anti-rabies immune response. These vaccines do not affect the antigenic, and therefore the immunogenic, properties of the virus. The present invention further relates to recombinant rabies virus vaccines that express a pro-apoptotic protein, such as cytochrome c, to increase the capacity to induce apoptosis, thereby enhancing the protective immunity against rabies. This new generation of live rabies virus vaccines represents a safe and effective approach to the eradication of rabies in wildlife, and subsequently humans and livestock. |
| FILED | Friday, March 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/816531 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074554 | Ikezu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tsuneya Ikezu (Omaha, Nebraska); Gary Leisman (Omaha, Nebraska); Kimberly A. Carlson (Omaha, Nebraska); Howard E. Gendelman (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Materials and methods are provided to inhibit HIV replication in targeted host cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/732706 |
| 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 07074596 | Darzynkiewicz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College (Shreveport, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Darzynkiewicz (Warsaw, Poland); Robert E. Rhoads (Shreveport, Louisiana); Janusz Stepinski (Warsaw, Poland) |
| ABSTRACT | The ability to synthesize capped RNA transcripts in vitro has been of considerable value in a variety of applications. However, one-third to one-half of the caps have, until now, been incorporated in the reverse orientation. Such reverse caps impair the translation of in vitro-synthesized mRNAs. Novel cap analogues, such as P1-3′-deoxy-7-methylguanosine-5′P3-guanosine-5′triphosphate and P1-3′-O,7-dimethylguanosine-5′P3-guanosine-5′triphosphate, have been designed that are incapable of being incorporated into RNA in the reverse orientation. Transcripts produced with SP6 polymerase using “anti-reverse” cap analogues were of the predicted length. Analysis of the transcripts indicated that reverse caps were not formed. The in vitro translational efficiency of transcripts with the novel “anti-reverse” cap analogues was significantly higher than that of transcripts formed with conventional caps. |
| FILED | Friday, May 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/150718 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074757 | Sanders |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Expressive Constructs, Inc. (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mitchell C. Sanders (West Boylston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for expressing proteins as a fusion chimera with a domain of p26 or alpha crystallin type proteins to improve the protein stability and solubility when over expressed in bacteria such as E. coli is provided. Genes of interest are cloned into the multiple cloning site of the Vector System just downstream of the p26 or alpha crystallin type protein and a thrombin cleavage site. Protein expression is driven by a strong bacterial promoter (TAC). The expression is induced by the addition of 1 mM IPTG that overcomes the lac repression (lac Iq). The soluble recombinant protein is purified using a fusion tag. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/070388 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074762 | Hammerman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc R. Hammerman (St. Louis, Missouri); Sharon A. Rogers (Edwardsville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and composition for enhancing the development of metanephric tissue upon transplantation into an allogenic or xenogenic host are disclosed. Metanephric tissue is removed from an embryonic donor and is contacted with a composition comprising one or more growth factors for metanephric development. The composition can be administered to the metanephric tissue in vitro prior to implantation of the donor tissue in the transplant recipient, or can be administered in vivo either during or subsequent to the transplantation procedure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 29, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/222460 |
| 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 07074765 | Schmaier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (East Lansing, Michigan); Thromgen, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alvin H. Schmaier (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Ahmed A. K. Hasan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compounds and methods for inhibiting human platelet aggregation, thrombosis and cell activation mediated by PAR1 and PAR4 using peptide analogs of Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Phe that contain one or more amino acid substitutions. The invention also includes screening methods for identifying compounds that inhibit thrombin mediated activities. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/426968 |
| 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 07074771 | Jessell 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) | Thomas M. Jessell (New York, New York); Yasuto Tanabe (Kyoto, Japan); Christopher William (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a motor neuron restricted pattern, MNR2, protein. This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule of at least 15 contiguous nucleotides capable of specifically hybridizing with a unique sequence included within the sequence of the nucleic acid molecule encoding a MNR2 protein. This invention provides a purified MNR2 protein, a polyclonal and monoclonal antibody directed to an epitope of an MNR2 protein. This invention provides a method of inducing differentiation somatic motor neurons which comprises expressing MNR2 protein in any neural progenitor cells. This invention provides a transgenic animal which expresses an MNR2 protein. This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a MNR2 protein and pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention provides methods of treating subjects afflicted with an abnormality associated with a lack of normally functioning motor neurons, neurodegenerative disease, an acute nervous system injury and a neuromuscular disease which comprises contacting the subject with a pharmaceutical composition comprising a MNR2 protein and pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention provides a functionally equivalent analog of MNR2 that induces or prevents MNR2 differentiation of neural progenitor cells. |
| FILED | Monday, March 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/095932 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074807 | Kasid et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Usha Kasid (Rockville, Maryland); Simeng Suy (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for inducing cell death via activation of the caspase, SAPK, and apoptotic signaling cascades in a cell comprising administering to a cell a composition comprising tempo in a amount sufficient to induce death of said cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/382317 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/315 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074825 | Mo et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Huanbiao Mo (Denton, Texas); Charles E. Elson (Madison, Wisconsin); Dennis M. Peffley (Lee's Summit, Missouri); Patricia M. Hentosh (Lee's Summit, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition and an associated method of treating cancer cells by impeding cancer cell growth with the composition are disclosed. The composition includes at least a first and a second HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, wherein the total amount of the first and second HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors is effective in synergistically impeding cancer cell growth and wherein the cancer cell growth synergistic impedance from the total amount of the first and second HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors is greater than a theoretical additive effect from the combined first and second HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. The present composition does not simultaneously contain both a tocotrienol and an ionone when the composition contains only a first and a second HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor. The method includes treating cancer cells with the claimed composition to impede cancer cell growth. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/383811 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074892 | Kalafatis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cleveland State University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Kalafatis (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Kenneth G. Mann (Grand Isle, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides derived from amino acids 307 to 356 of the human blood coagulation factor Va are provided. Such peptides comprise: i) a length of between 3 and 50 amino acids, ii) a minimum of 3 contiguous amino acids from the 307–356 heavy chain region of factor Va, excluding peptide segments comprising amino acids 311 to 325 and amino acids 321 to 335, iii) optional additional amino acids at one or both ends of the contiguous amino acids such that the entire peptide is at least 60% identical to a sequence within 307 to 356 of factor Va, and iv) have an IC50 of between 50 nM to 500 μM for inhibition of prothrombinase. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more prothrombinase-inhibiting peptide segments. The present invention also provides administration of the pharmaceutical composition to human subjects for the purpose of preventing thrombotic disorders. |
| FILED | Monday, March 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/795795 |
| 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 530/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074902 | Petrini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | WARF Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. J. Petrini (Madison, Wisconsin); William Francis Morgan (Mill Valley, California); Richard Scott Maser (Madison, Wisconsin); James Patrick Carney (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated and purified DNA molecule encoding a DNA repair protein, p95, is provided, as is isolated and purified p95. Also provided are methods of detecting p95 and DNA encoding p95. The invention further provides p95 knock-out mice. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/044447 |
| 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 07074911 | Xu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hong-Ji Xu (Houston, Texas); Shi-Xue Hu (Houston, Texas); Gordon B. Mills (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The instant invention relates to the determination that constitutively nearly silent GrB locus in human breast carcinoma and osteosarcoma cells activated upon retinoblastoma protein (pRB)-induced growth arrest owing to the usage of an alternative promoter/transcription start site. Cloned novel cDNA from the locus adds 34 amino acid residues to the N-terminus of GrB zymogen. The alternate product has been designated as GrB-NIC. Tumor cells with accumulated endogenous GrB-NIC, whose mature form was identical to lymphocyte GrB but with a distinctive glycosylation pattern, undergoes post-growth-arrest apoptosis that occurs concurrently with pRB cleavage, and are capable of inducing rapid apoptosis of bystander pRB− tumor cells. Expression of GrB-NIC is also observed in malignant cells of other types as well as in normal non-immune cells upon cell differentiation, especially in differentiating and differentiated neural cells. GrB-NIC plays a physiological role in embryonic, and particularly in early neuronal development. The disclosure further provides compositions and methods utilizing this new GrB-NIC technology. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/670135 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074913 | Young et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. T. Young (Madison, Wisconsin); Kenneth A Bradley (Madison, Wisconsin); R. John Collier (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Jeremy S. Mogridge (Toronto, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to mammalian anthrax toxin receptor polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding same as well as related polypeptides and polynucleotides, vectors containing the polynucleotides and polypeptides, host cells containing related polynucleotide molecules, and cells displaying no anthrax toxin receptor on an exterior surface of the cells-minus cell lines and animals. The present invention also relates to methods for identifying molecules that bind the anthrax toxin receptor and molecules that reduce the toxicity of anthrax toxin. Finally, the present invention provides methods for treating human and non-human animals suffering from anthrax. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/970076 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074945 | Holton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Holton (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for preparing N-acyl, N-sulfonyl and N-phosphoryl substituted isoserine esters in which a metal alkoxide is reached with a β-lactam. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/673897 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074961 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ging Kuo Wang (Westwood, Massachusetts); Peter Gerner (Weston, Massachusetts); Donald K. Verrecchia (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions of antidepressants and analogs thereof for inducing local long-lasting anesthesia and analgesia are provided. The methods and compositions are useful for alleviating acute and chronic pain, particularly useful for treating a localized pain. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/117708 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/281 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075652 | Sarvazyan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IBET, Inc. (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Armen P. Sarvazyan (Lambertville, New Jersey); George Eric Plum (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for measurement of optical properties of a liquid as a function of temperature. The method and apparatus are based on formation of a stable temperature gradient through the holding cell containing the liquid under study, measurement of the optical property or properties of interest as a function of position, and relating the positions of the optical measurements to the temperature of the studied liquid at that position. In the preferred application, thermal and thermodynamic properties of solutes are obtained. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/986272 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/432 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075658 | Izatt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina); Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Izatt (Durham, North Carolina); Divakar K. Rao (Indore, India); Changhuei Yang (Durham, North Carolina); Michael A. Choma (Durham, North Carolina); Siavash Yazdanfar (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Andrew M. Rollins (Cleveland, Ohio); Brian E. Applegate (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Spatial information, such as concentration and displacement, about a specific molecular contrast agent, may be determined by stimulating a sample containing the agent, thereby altering an optical property of the agent. A plurality of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images may be acquired, at least some of which are acquired at different stimulus intensities. The acquired images are used to profile the molecular contrast agent concentration distribution of the sample. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/765010 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/479 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yung Sheng Cha (Darien, Illinois); John R. Hull (Downers Grove, Illinois); Thomas R. Askew (Kalamazoo, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of controlling movement of magnetic material with at least first and second high temperature superconductors at spaced locations. A plurality of solenoids are associated with the superconductors to induce a persistent currents in preselected high temperature superconductors establishing a plurality of magnetic fields in response to pulsed currents introduced to one or more of the solenoids. Control mechanism in communication with said solenoids and/or said high temperature superconductors are used to demagnetize selected ones of the high temperature superconductors to reduce the magnetic fields substantially to zero. Magnetic material is moved between magnetic fields by establishing the presence thereof and thereafter reducing magnetic fields substantially to zero and establishing magnetic fields in other superconductors arranged in a predetermined configuration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/445681 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/899 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07073845 | Ortega et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason M. Ortega (Pacifica, California); Kambiz Salari (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for reducing the aerodynamic drag of a bluff-bodied vehicle such as a tractor-trailer in a flowstream, the bluff-bodied vehicle of a type having a leading portion, a trailing portion connected to the leading portion, and a gap between the leading and trailing portions defining a recirculation zone. The apparatus is preferably a baffle assembly, such as a vertical panel, adapted to span a width of the gap between the leading and trailing portions so as to impede cross-flow through the gap, with the span of the baffle assembly automatically adjusting for variations in the gap width when the leading and trailing portions pivot relative to each other. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/786398 |
| ART UNIT | 3612 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Land vehicles: Bodies and tops 296/180.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074256 | Stewart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick F. Stewart (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Mason K. Harrup (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Christopher J. Orme (Shelley, Idaho); Thomas A. Luther (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A polyphosphazene having a glass transition temperature (“Tg”) of approximately −20° C. or less. The polyphosphazene has at least one pendant group attached to a backbone of the polyphosphazene, wherein the pendant group has no halogen atoms. In addition, no aromatic groups are attached to an oxygen atom that is bound to a phosphorus atom of the backbone. The polyphosphazene may have a Tg ranging from approximately −100° C. to approximately −20° C. The polyphosphazene may be selected from the group consisting of poly[bis-3-phenyl-1-propoxy)phosphazene], poly[bis-(2-phenyl-1-ethoxy)phosphazene], poly[bis-(dodecanoxypolyethoxy)-phosphazene], and poly[bis-(2-(2-(2-ω-undecylenyloxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethoxy)phosphazene]. The polyphosphazene may be used in a separation membrane to selectively separate individual gases from a gas mixture, such as to separate polar gases from nonpolar gases in the gas mixture. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/846195 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/49 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074286 | Klueh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald L. Klueh (Knoxville, Tennessee); Philip J. Maziasz (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Vinod Kumar Sikka (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Michael L. Santella (Knoxville, Tennessee); Sudarsanam Suresh Babu (Knoxville, Tennessee); Maan H. Jawad (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-strength, high-toughness steel alloy includes, generally, about 2.5% to about 4% chromium, about 1.5% to about 3.5% tungsten, about 0.1% to about 0.5% vanadium, and about 0.05% to 0.25% carbon with the balance iron, wherein the percentages are by total weight of the composition, wherein the alloy is heated to an austenitizing temperature and then cooled to produce an austenite transformation product. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/323194 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/660 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074336 | Teter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Teter (Edgewood, New Mexico); Patrick V. Brady (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James L. Krumhansl (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and medium for decontamination of water containing anionic species including arsenic and chromium, wherein compounds comprising divalent and trivalent metal oxides and sulfides are used to form surface complexes with contaminants under pH conditions within the range of potable water. In one embodiment natural and synthetic spinels and spinel-like materials are used as the sorbent substance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 20, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/886175 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/683 |
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| US 07074386 | Vogt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Vogt (Wading River, New York); Joseph A. Hriljac (Birmingham, United Kingdom); Yongjae Lee (Yaphank, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for capturing specified materials which includes contacting a microporous material with a hydrostatic fluid having at least one specified material carried therein, under pressure which structurally distorts the lattice sufficiently to permit entry of the at least one specified material. The microporous material is capable of undergoing a temporary structural distortion which alters resting lattice dimensions under increased ambient pressure and at least partially returning to rest lattice dimensions when returned to ambient pressure. The pressure of the fluid is then reduced to permit return to at least partial resting lattice dimension while the at least one specified material is therein. By this method, at least one specified material is captured in the microporous material to form a modified microporous material. |
| FILED | Monday, November 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/303169 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074565 | Dunbar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Dunbar (Sante Fe, New Mexico); Cheryl R. Kuske (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Environmental samples typically include impurities that interfere with PCR amplification and DNA quantitation. Samples of soil, river water, and aerosol were taken from the environment and added to an aqueous buffer (with or without detergent). Cells from the sample are lysed, releasing their DNA into the buffer. After removing insoluble cell components, the remaining soluble DNA-containing extract is treated with N-phenacylthiazolium bromide, which causes rapid precipitation of impurities. Centrifugation provides a supernatant that can be used or diluted for PCR amplification of DNA, or further purified. The method may provide a DNA-containing extract sufficiently pure for PCR amplification within 5–10 minutes. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/439507 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074697 | Specht et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Petra Specht (Piedmont, California); Eicke R. Weber (Oakland, California); Todd Russell Weatherford (Prunedale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the production of thin film epilayers of III–V and other compounds with acceptor doping wherein the acceptor thermally stabilizes the epilayer, stabilize the naturally incorporated native defect population and therewith maintain the epilayer's beneficial properties upon annealing among other advantageous effects. In particular, balanced doping in which the acceptor concentration is similar to (but does not exceed) the antisite defects in the as-grown material is shown to be particularly advantageous in providing thermal stability, high resistivity and ultrashort trapping times. In particular, MBE growth of LT-GaAs epilayers with balanced Be doping is described in detail. The growth conditions greatly enhance the materials reproducibility (that is, the yield in processed devices). Such growth techniques can be transferred to other III–V materials if the growth conditions are accurately reproduced. Materials produced herein also demonstrate advantages in reproducibility, reliability and radiation hardening. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/706610 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/478 |
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| US 07074887 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hsing-Lin Wang (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Wenguang Li (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An process of forming a chiral conducting polymer, e.g., polyaniline, is provided including reacting a monomer, e.g., an aniline monomer, in the presence of a chiral dopant acid to produce a first reaction mixture by addition of a solution including a first portion of an oxidizing agent, the first portion of oxidizing agent characterized as insufficient to allow complete reaction of the monomer, and further reacting the first reaction mixture in the presence of the chiral dopant acid by addition of a solution including a second portion of the oxidizing agent, the second portion of oxidizing agent characterized as insufficient to allow complete reaction of the monomer, and repeating the reaction by addition of further portions of the oxidizing agent until the monomer reaction is complete to produce a chiral conducting polymer, e.g., polyaniline. A preferred process includes addition of a catalyst during the reaction, the catalyst selected from among the group consisting of phenylene diamine, aniline oligomers and amino-capped aniline oligomers and metal salts. The processes of the present invention further provide a resultant polyaniline product having a chirality level defined by a molar ellipticity of from about 40×103 degree-cm2/decimole to about 700×103 degree-cm2/decimole. The processes of the present invention further provide a resultant polyaniline product having a nanofiber structure with a diameter of from about 30 nanometers to about 120 nanometers and from about 1 micron to about 5 microns in length. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/321155 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/422 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074902 | Petrini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | WARF Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. J. Petrini (Madison, Wisconsin); William Francis Morgan (Mill Valley, California); Richard Scott Maser (Madison, Wisconsin); James Patrick Carney (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated and purified DNA molecule encoding a DNA repair protein, p95, is provided, as is isolated and purified p95. Also provided are methods of detecting p95 and DNA encoding p95. The invention further provides p95 knock-out mice. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/044447 |
| 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 07075030 | Hershcovitch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ady Hershcovitch (Mount Sinai, New York); Rory Dominick Montano (Canton, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a plasma generator aligned with a beam generator for producing a plasma to shield an energized beam. An electrode is coaxially aligned with the plasma generator and followed in turn by a vortex generator coaxially aligned with the electrode. A target is spaced from the vortex generator inside a fluid environment. The electrode is electrically biased relative to the electrically grounded target for driving the plasma toward the target inside a vortex shield. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/932653 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.360 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075058 | Chinn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Diane Chinn (Pleasanton, California); Christopher J. Stolz (Lathrop, California); Zhouling Wu (Pleasanton, California); Robert Huber (Discovery Bay, California); Carolyn Weinzapfel (Tracy, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Photothermal Imaging Scanning Microscopy produces a rapid, thermal-based, non-destructive characterization apparatus. Also, a photothermal characterization method of surface and subsurface features includes micron and nanoscale spatial resolution of meter-sized optical materials. |
| FILED | Friday, March 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/402604 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/234 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075192 | Bywaters et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northern Power Systems, Inc. (Waitsfield, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Garrett Bywaters (Waitsfield, Vermont); William Danforth (Rochester, Vermont); Christopher Bevington (Waitsfield, Vermont); Jesse Stowell (Warren, Vermont); Daniel Costin (Warren, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A wind turbine is provided that minimizes the size of the drive train and nacelle while maintaining the power electronics and transformer at the top of the tower. The turbine includes a direct drive generator having an integrated disk brake positioned radially inside the stator while minimizing the potential for contamination. The turbine further includes a means for mounting a transformer below the nacelle within the tower. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/709176 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07076092 | Hollars et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher W. Hollars (Brentwood, California); Thomas R. Huser (Livermore, California); Stephen M. Lane (Oakland, California); Rodney L. Balhorn (Livermore, California); Olgica Bakajin (San Leandro, California); Christopher Darrow (Pleasanton, California); Joe H. Satcher, Jr. (Patterson, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus with the sensitivity to detect and identify single target molecules through the localization of dual, fluorescently labeled probe molecules. This can be accomplished through specific attachment of the taget to a surface or in a two-dimensional (2D) flowing fluid sheet having approximate dimensions of 0.5 μm×100 μm×100 μm. A device using these methods would have 103–104 greater throughput than previous one-dimensional (1D) micro-stream devices having 1 μm3 interrogation volumes and would for the first time allow immuno- and DNA assays at ultra-low (femtomolar) concentrations to be performed in short time periods (˜10 minutes). The use of novel labels (such as metal or semiconductor nanoparticles) may be incorporated to further extend the sensitivity possibly into the attomolar range. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/170876 |
| ART UNIT | 2623 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US RE39175 | Gaddy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bioengineering Resources, Inc. (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Celanese International Corporation (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James L. Gaddy (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Edgar C. Clausen (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Ching-Whan Ko (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Leslie E. Wade (Pearland, Texas); Carl V. Wikstrom (Benton, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A modified water-immiscible solvent useful in the extraction of acetic acid from aqueous streams is a substantially pure mixture of isomers of highly branched di-alkyl amines. This solvent is substantially devoid of mono-alkyl amines and alcohols. Solvent mixtures formed of such a modified solvent with a desired cosolvent, preferably a low boiling hydrocarbon which forms an azeotrope with water are useful in the extraction of acetic acid from aqueous gaseous streams. An anaerobic microbial fermentation process for the production of acetic acid employs such solvents, under conditions which limit amide formation by the solvent and thus increase the efficiency of acetic acid recovery. Methods for the direct extraction of acetic acid and the extractive fermentation of acetic acid also employ the modified solvents and increase efficiency of acetic acid production. Such increases in efficiency are also obtained where the energy source for the microbial fermentation contains carbon dioxide and the method includes a carbon dioxide stripping step prior to extraction of acetic acid in solvent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 11/149502 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/42 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07074006 | Hathaway et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Hathaway (Avon Lake, Ohio); Anthony J. Strazisar (Chester, Ohio); Kenneth L. Suder (Wadsworth, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An endwall treatment for a gas turbine engine having at least one rotor blade extending from a rotatable hub and a casing circumferentially surrounding the rotor and the hub, the endwall treatment including, an inlet formed in an endwall of the gas turbine engine adapted to ingest fluid from a region of a higher-pressure fluid, an outlet formed in the endwall and located in a region of lower pressure than the inlet, wherein the inlet and the outlet are in a fluid communication with each other, the outlet being adapted to inject the fluid from the inlet in the region of lower pressure, and wherein the outlet is at least partially circumferentially offset relative to the inlet. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/267884 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074187 | Selzer et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert H. Selzer (Los Angeles, California); Howard N. Hodis (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | High resolution B-mode ultrasound images of the common carotid artery are obtained with an ultrasound transducer using a standardized methodology. Subjects are supine with the head counter-rotated 45 degrees using a head pillow. The jugular vein and carotid artery are located and positioned in a vertical stacked orientation. The transducer is rotated 90 degrees around the centerline of the transverse image of the stacked structure to obtain a longitudinal image while maintaining the vessels in a stacked position. A computerized methodology assists operators to accurately replicate images obtained over several spaced-apart examinations. The methodology utilizes a split-screen display in which the arterial ultrasound image from an earlier examination is displayed on one side of the screen while a real-time “live” ultrasound image from a current examination is displayed next to the earlier image on the opposite side of the screen. By viewing both images, whether simultaneously or alternately, while manually adjusting the ultrasound transducer, an operator is able to bring into view the real-time image that best matches a selected image from the earlier ultrasound examination. Utilizing this methodology, measurement of vascular dimensions such as carotid arterial IMT and diameter, the coefficient of variation is substantially reduced to values approximating from about 1.0% to about 1.25%. All images contain anatomical landmarks for reproducing probe angulation, including visualization of the carotid bulb, stacking of the jugular vein above the carotid artery, and initial instrumentation settings, used at a baseline measurement are maintained during all follow-up examinations. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/319382 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074310 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); W. Carter Kittrell (Houston, Texas); Ramesh Sivarajan (Houston, Texas); Michael S. Strano (Champaign, Illinois); Sergei M. Bachilo (Houston, Texas); R. Bruce Weisman (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a process for sorting and separating a mixture of (n, m) type single-wall carbon nanotubes according to (n, m) type. A mixture of (n, m) type single-wall carbon nanotubes is suspended such that the single-wall carbon nanotubes are individually dispersed. The nanotube suspension can be done in a surfactant-water solution and the surfactant surrounding the nanotubes keeps the nanotube isolated and from aggregating with other nanotubes. The nanotube suspension is acidified to protonate a fraction of the nanotubes. An electric field is applied and the protonated nanotubes migrate in the electric fields at different rates dependent on their (n, m) type. Fractions of nanotubes are collected at different fractionation times. The process of protonation, applying an electric field, and fractionation is repeated at increasingly higher pH to separated the (n, m) nanotube mixture into individual (n, m) nanotube fractions. The separation enables new electronic devices requiring selected (n, m) nanotube types. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/379273 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074469 | 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); Konstantinos Triantafyllidis (Thessaloniki, Greece); Peter C. LeBaron (Midland, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions including a fabric layer with a water-insoluble polymer impregnated into the fabric layer to provide sheets are described. In particular, the sheet composites have a permeability to oxygen in the direction perpendicular to the sheet that is less than one-tenth the transmission rate for the fabric layer alone and less than one-fifth the transmission rate for the polymer alone without the fabric layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/393123 |
| ART UNIT | 1772 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/36.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075217 | Vazquez Carazo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Face International Corp (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo Vazquez Carazo (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A laminated piezoelectric transformer is provided using the longitudinal vibration modes for step-up voltage conversion applications. The input portions are polarized to deform in a longitudinal plane and are bonded to an output portion. The deformation of the input portions is mechanically coupled to the output portion, which deforms in the same longitudinal direction relative to the input portion. The output portion is polarized in the thickness direction relative its electrodes, and piezoelectrically generates a stepped-up output voltage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/410371 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/359 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075295 | Woodard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley E. Woodard (Hampton, Virginia); Bryant D. Taylor (Smithfield, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic field response sensor comprises an inductor placed at a fixed separation distance from a conductive surface to address the low RF transmissivity of conductive surfaces. The minimum distance for separation is determined by the sensor response. The inductor should be separated from the conductive surface so that the response amplitude exceeds noise level by a recommended 10 dB. An embodiment for closed cavity measurements comprises a capacitor internal to said cavity and an inductor mounted external to the cavity and at a fixed distance from the cavity's wall. An additional embodiment includes a closed cavity configuration wherein multiple sensors and corresponding antenna are positioned inside the cavity, with the antenna and inductors maintained at a fixed distance from the cavity's wall. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/839448 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/239 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075457 | Chidester et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Chidester (Mountain View, California); Robert E. Lynch (San Carlos, California); Robert E. Lawrence (Los Altos, California); Brett G. Amidan (Kennewick, Washington); Thomas A. Ferryman (Richland, Washington); Douglas A. Drew (Peachtree City, Georgia); Robert J. Ainsworth (Dunwoody, Georgia); Gary L. Prothero (Corvallis, Oregon); Timothy P. Romanowski (Corvallis, Oregon); Laurent Bloch (Dallas, Texas); William L. Craine (Vancouver, Washington); Vincent J. Zaccardi (Eastchester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and system for analyzing, separately or in combination, kinetic energy and potential energy and/or their time derivatives, measured or estimated or computed, for an aircraft in approach phase or in takeoff phase, to determine if the aircraft is or will be put in an anomalous configuration in order to join a stable approach path or takeoff path. A reference value of kinetic energy and/or potential energy (or time derivatives thereof) is provided, and a comparison index for the estimated energy and reference energy is computed and compared with a normal range of index values for a corresponding aircraft maneuver. If the computed energy index lies outside the normal index range, this phase of the aircraft is identified as anomalous, non-normal or potentially unstable. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956523 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/963 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07076724 | Cole et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert M. Cole (Endwell, New York); James E. Bishop (Newark Valley, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided for transferring a packet across a data link. The packet may include a stream of data symbols which is delimited by one or more framing symbols. Corruptions of the framing symbol which result in valid data symbols may be mapped to invalid symbols. If it is desired to transfer one of the valid data symbols that has been mapped to an invalid symbol, the data symbol may be replaced with an unused symbol. At the receiving end, these unused symbols are replaced with the corresponding valid data symbols. The data stream of the packet may be encoded with forward error correction information to detect and correct errors in the data stream. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/348688 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/784 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07074310 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); W. Carter Kittrell (Houston, Texas); Ramesh Sivarajan (Houston, Texas); Michael S. Strano (Champaign, Illinois); Sergei M. Bachilo (Houston, Texas); R. Bruce Weisman (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a process for sorting and separating a mixture of (n, m) type single-wall carbon nanotubes according to (n, m) type. A mixture of (n, m) type single-wall carbon nanotubes is suspended such that the single-wall carbon nanotubes are individually dispersed. The nanotube suspension can be done in a surfactant-water solution and the surfactant surrounding the nanotubes keeps the nanotube isolated and from aggregating with other nanotubes. The nanotube suspension is acidified to protonate a fraction of the nanotubes. An electric field is applied and the protonated nanotubes migrate in the electric fields at different rates dependent on their (n, m) type. Fractions of nanotubes are collected at different fractionation times. The process of protonation, applying an electric field, and fractionation is repeated at increasingly higher pH to separated the (n, m) nanotube mixture into individual (n, m) nanotube fractions. The separation enables new electronic devices requiring selected (n, m) nanotube types. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/379273 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074902 | Petrini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | WARF Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John H. J. Petrini (Madison, Wisconsin); William Francis Morgan (Mill Valley, California); Richard Scott Maser (Madison, Wisconsin); James Patrick Carney (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated and purified DNA molecule encoding a DNA repair protein, p95, is provided, as is isolated and purified p95. Also provided are methods of detecting p95 and DNA encoding p95. The invention further provides p95 knock-out mice. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/044447 |
| 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 07075060 | Grier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (Chicago, Illinois); Sven Holger Behrens (Mannheim, Germany); Brian A. Koss (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of use for holographic optical traps or gradients in which repetitive cycling of a small number of appropriately designed arrays of traps are used for general and very complex manipulations of particles and volumes of matter. Material transport results from a process resembling peristaltic pumping, with the sequence of holographically-defined trapping or holding manifolds resembling the states of a physical peristaltic pump. |
| FILED | Monday, January 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/041640 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075216 | Vetelino |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Vetelino (Veazie, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic wave sensor having a piezoelectric substrate shaped to generate lateral electric fields. The sensor has a pair of electrodes deposited upon a reference surface of the substrate. A sensing surface that is opposite from the reference surface is adapted to be immersed in an environment, such as a gas or a liquid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/814921 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07076516 | Gavriliu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasedena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcel Gavriliu (Pasadena, California); Alan H. Barr (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of identifying one or more regions of the domain of a function that do not contain solutions is described along with a related subdivision method. These methods may be employed in the context of branch and bound methods that use interval analysis to search for solutions of functions. The one or more regions of the function domain that do not contain solutions are identified using a cropping formula derived from one or more components (low order and high order) of a Taylor Form inclusion function. A Corner Taylor Form inclusion function is also described which might be used to identify the output range of a function. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/956590 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07076730 | Baker |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellinet, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michelle Baker (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Electronic mail software includes a main email component and a number installable components. The installable components include authoring/reading components for creating/reading different kinds of documents and mailbox components for listing different kinds of messages or for listing messages in different styles. The main email component provides an underlying graphical user interface for functions directly associated with the storage and transfer of electronic mail messages, and also handles all data bundling and unbundling required to transform a message created by an authoring component into a MIME compliant message. The authoring/reading components act like applications embedded within the email program and allow specific types of documents such as spreadsheets, graphics, databases, etc. to be created from within the email program and emailed directly. The authoring/reading components also allow received documents to be read without the difficulties traditionally associated with attaching binary files to an email letter. The authoring components of the invention pass data to the main email component which packages the data as a MIME compliant message. When the message is received, the main email component concatenates and decodes the MIME message and sends the data to the authoring/reading component associated with the MIME type. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 10, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/209162 |
| ART UNIT | 2178 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/526 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07074559 | Kapur et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Refents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota); The Unites States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vivek Kapur (Shoreview, Minnesota); John P. Bannantine (Ames, Iowa); Ling-Ling Li (Moundsview, Minnesota); Qing Zhang (Seattle, Washington); Alongkorn Amonsin (Lopburi, Thailand) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules unique to M. paratuberculosis. The invention also provides the polypeptides encoded by the M. paratuberculosis-specific nucleic acid molecules of the invention, and antibodies having specific binding affinity for the polypeptides encoded by the M. paratuberculosis-specific nucleic acid molecules. The invention further provides for methods of detecting M. paratuberculosis in a sample using nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, and antibodies of the invention. The invention additionally provides methods of preventing a M. paratuberculosis infection in an animal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/137113 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074562 | Rothschild et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max F. Rothschild (Ames, Iowa); Kwan-Suk Kim (Ames, Iowa); Lloyd L. Anderson (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are genetic markers for animal growth, appetite and fatness, methods for identifying such markers, and methods of screening animals to determine those more likely to produce desired growth, appetite and fatness and preferably selecting those animals for future breeding purposes. The markers are based upon the presence or absence of certain polymorphisms in the Ghrelin gene. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/294191 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07074984 | Kermicle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry L. Kermicle (Cross Plains, Wisconsin); Matthew M. S. Evans (Madison, Wisconsin); Steven R. Gerrish (Elkhorn, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a teosinte crossing barrier trait. Plants containing said trait exhibit the phenotype of cross-incompatiblity. The present invention also relates to new cross-incompatible plants, including inbred, hybrid, haploid, apomictic and/or genetically engineered plants, containing the teosinte crossing barrier trait and exhibiting commercially desirable characteristics. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/821879 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07074310 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); W. Carter Kittrell (Houston, Texas); Ramesh Sivarajan (Houston, Texas); Michael S. Strano (Champaign, Illinois); Sergei M. Bachilo (Houston, Texas); R. Bruce Weisman (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a process for sorting and separating a mixture of (n, m) type single-wall carbon nanotubes according to (n, m) type. A mixture of (n, m) type single-wall carbon nanotubes is suspended such that the single-wall carbon nanotubes are individually dispersed. The nanotube suspension can be done in a surfactant-water solution and the surfactant surrounding the nanotubes keeps the nanotube isolated and from aggregating with other nanotubes. The nanotube suspension is acidified to protonate a fraction of the nanotubes. An electric field is applied and the protonated nanotubes migrate in the electric fields at different rates dependent on their (n, m) type. Fractions of nanotubes are collected at different fractionation times. The process of protonation, applying an electric field, and fractionation is repeated at increasingly higher pH to separated the (n, m) nanotube mixture into individual (n, m) nanotube fractions. The separation enables new electronic devices requiring selected (n, m) nanotube types. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/379273 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075216 | Vetelino |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maine System Board of Trustees (Bangor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Vetelino (Veazie, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic wave sensor having a piezoelectric substrate shaped to generate lateral electric fields. The sensor has a pair of electrodes deposited upon a reference surface of the substrate. A sensing surface that is opposite from the reference surface is adapted to be immersed in an environment, such as a gas or a liquid. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/814921 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07075378 | Howe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Howe (Louisville, Colorado); Amitava Sen Gupta (New Delhi, India); Craig Nelson (Boulder, Colorado); Fred L. Walls (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A high spectral purity microwave oscillator is provided. The Oscillator uses an air-dielectric cavity and employs the known carrier-suppression technique. In one embodiment, the oscillator employs a high-Q cavity to self-sustain an oscillating signal formed by feeding back into its input a power-amplified output signal of the cavity in which residual phase noise in the amplifier stages is suppressed. A bandpass filter selects the cavity mode. FIG. 1 illustrates this embodiment. Another embodiment suppresses the noise of a voltage-controlled oscillator whose frequency and power-amplified output interrogates the cavity mode. FIG. 2 illustrates this embodiment. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/885118 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/96 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07075217 | Vazquez Carazo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Face International Corp (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo Vazquez Carazo (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A laminated piezoelectric transformer is provided using the longitudinal vibration modes for step-up voltage conversion applications. The input portions are polarized to deform in a longitudinal plane and are bonded to an output portion. The deformation of the input portions is mechanically coupled to the output portion, which deforms in the same longitudinal direction relative to the input portion. The output portion is polarized in the thickness direction relative its electrodes, and piezoelectrically generates a stepped-up output voltage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/410371 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/359 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07076730 | Baker |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellinet, Inc. (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michelle Baker (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Electronic mail software includes a main email component and a number installable components. The installable components include authoring/reading components for creating/reading different kinds of documents and mailbox components for listing different kinds of messages or for listing messages in different styles. The main email component provides an underlying graphical user interface for functions directly associated with the storage and transfer of electronic mail messages, and also handles all data bundling and unbundling required to transform a message created by an authoring component into a MIME compliant message. The authoring/reading components act like applications embedded within the email program and allow specific types of documents such as spreadsheets, graphics, databases, etc. to be created from within the email program and emailed directly. The authoring/reading components also allow received documents to be read without the difficulties traditionally associated with attaching binary files to an email letter. The authoring components of the invention pass data to the main email component which packages the data as a MIME compliant message. When the message is received, the main email component concatenates and decodes the MIME message and sends the data to the authoring/reading component associated with the MIME type. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 10, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/209162 |
| ART UNIT | 2178 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing 715/526 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07076374 | Rogovin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel N. Rogovin (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for identifying and locating wire damage on a wire. Broadband impedance phase and magnitude information for the wire is obtained. Potential wire damage on the wire is identified by analyzing the wire's low-frequency impedance phase information. The location of the wire damage is found by analyzing the wire's low-frequency impedance magnitude information. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/901878 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07074639 | Burke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry E. Burke (Lexington, Massachusetts); Eugene D. Savoye (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method of fabrication of a blooming control structure for an imager. The structure is produced in a semiconductor substrate in which is configured an electrical charge collection region. The electrical charge collection region is configured to accumulate electrical charge that is photogenerated in the substrate, up to a characteristic charge collection capacity. A blooming drain region is configured in the substrate laterally spaced from the charge collection region. The blooming drain region includes an extended path of a conductivity type and level that are selected for conducting charge in excess of the characteristic charge collection capacity away from the charge collection region. A blooming barrier region is configured in the substrate to be adjacent to and laterally spacing the charge collection and blooming drain regions by a blooming barrier width. This barrier width corresponds to an acute blooming barrier impurity implantation angle with the substrate. The blooming barrier region is of a conductivity type and level that is selected based on the blooming barrier width to produce a corresponding electrical potential barrier between the charge collection and blooming drain regions. The blooming barrier regions of the structure are very precisely defined by the selected acute blooming barrier impurity implantation angle, and optionally in addition by a rotation of the blooming barrier impurity implantation, as well as a non-vertical sidewall profile of the an impurity implantation masking layer. |
| FILED | Monday, December 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/023387 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07074310 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); W. Carter Kittrell (Houston, Texas); Ramesh Sivarajan (Houston, Texas); Michael S. Strano (Champaign, Illinois); Sergei M. Bachilo (Houston, Texas); R. Bruce Weisman (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a process for sorting and separating a mixture of (n, m) type single-wall carbon nanotubes according to (n, m) type. A mixture of (n, m) type single-wall carbon nanotubes is suspended such that the single-wall carbon nanotubes are individually dispersed. The nanotube suspension can be done in a surfactant-water solution and the surfactant surrounding the nanotubes keeps the nanotube isolated and from aggregating with other nanotubes. The nanotube suspension is acidified to protonate a fraction of the nanotubes. An electric field is applied and the protonated nanotubes migrate in the electric fields at different rates dependent on their (n, m) type. Fractions of nanotubes are collected at different fractionation times. The process of protonation, applying an electric field, and fractionation is repeated at increasingly higher pH to separated the (n, m) nanotube mixture into individual (n, m) nanotube fractions. The separation enables new electronic devices requiring selected (n, m) nanotube types. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/379273 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07075337 | Wood et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration, Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neil Edward Wood (Centreville, Virginia); Devin Bayles (Manassas, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method includes precharging a first dynamic node, precharging a second dynamic node, and maintaining a first logic state of a signal on the first dynamic node responsive to a second logic state of a signal on the second dynamic node. The method further includes maintaining the second logic state of the signal on the second dynamic node responsive to the first logic state of the signal on the first dynamic node. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/882929 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, July 11, 2006.
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ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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