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Patent Details for Tuesday, October 24, 2006
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| US 07124838 | Stewart 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) | Billy M. Stewart (Spokane, Washington); Dean F. Eisenbacher (Salem, Oregon); Matthew L. Kopp (Spokane, Washington); Thomas J. Zysk (Spokane, Washington); Catherine H. Sander (Spokane, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A gripping assembly mounted on an impact hammer having a longitudinally extending impact axis, the gripping assembly including a pair of opposed elongate gripping arms, having gripping end portions which may be extended and swung toward each other to grip material in the region of the working end of the impact hammer. When retracted, the gripping arms rest to opposite sides of the impact hammer to permit free operation of the impact hammer. |
| FILED | Friday, April 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/474933 |
| ART UNIT | 3721 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Tool driving or impacting 173/25 |
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| US 07125550 | Herr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Herr (Charlottesville, Virginia); Friederike Jayes (Cary, North Carolina); Arabinda Mandal (Charlottesville, Virginia); Jagathpala Shetty (Charlottesville, Virginia); Michael J. Wolkowicz (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to two novel, testis-specific proteins (C19 and C23) that arc lysozyme paralogues. The proteins are believed to play a role in capacitation of sperm and the fertilization of the ovum. Therefore these compounds make ideal targets for the design of contraceptive agents. The C19 and C23 proteins can also be modified to establish lysozyme activity and the modified proteins can then be used in all applications that currently exist for lysozymes. |
| FILED | Friday, January 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/181611 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/152.100 |
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| US 07125553 | Neville et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services c/o Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia); The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Neville (Bethesda, Maryland); Stuart Knechtle (Oregon, Wisconsin); Judith M. Thomas (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a method of treating an immune system disorder not involving T cell proliferation, comprising administering to the animal an immunotoxin comprising a mutant diphtheria toxin moiety linked to an antibody moiety which routes by the anti-CD3 pathway, or derivatives thereof under conditions such that the disorder is treated. Thus, the present method can treat graft-versus-host disease. Also provided is a method of inhibiting a rejection response by inducing immune tolerance in a recipient to a foreign mammalian donor tissue or cells, comprising the steps of: a) exposing the recipient to an immunotoxin so as to reduce the recipients's peripheral blood T-cell lymphocyte population by at least 80%, wherein the immunotoxin is anti-CD3 antibody linked to a diphtheria protein toxin, wherein the protein has a binding site mutation; and b) transplanting the donor cells into the recipient, whereby a rejection response by the recipient to the donor organ cell is inhibited, and the host is tolerized to the donor cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/383695 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/183.100 |
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| US 07125658 | Rothstein 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) | Rodney Rothstein (Maplewood, New Jersey); Xiaolan Zhao (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for an isolated Sml1 protein or a homologue thereof. The present invention also provides for a screening assay for identifying compounds that are capable of reducing the division rate of a cell by altering an interaction between a ribonucleotide reductase and a Sml1 protein in the cell, which comprises: (a) contacting the cell with a compound, (b) comparing the division rate of the cell in step (a) with the division rate of the cell in the absence of the compound so as to determine whether the compound alters the interaction between the ribonucleotide reductase and the Sml1 protein of the cell, thereby reducing the cell division rate of the cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/814661 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/3 |
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| US 07125662 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry G. Hall (Rochester, New York); Miriam Barlow (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of identifying putative antibiotic resistance genes. According to one embodiment, this is carried out by first isolating a microbial DNA molecule or cDNA which encodes a putative antibiotic resistance protein or polypeptide and then determining whether the microbial DNA molecule or cDNA confers resistance against an antibiotic agent. According to another embodiment, this is carried out by first determining whether a microbial DNA molecule or cDNA confers resistance against an antibiotic agent when the microbial DNA molecule is expressed in its native cell following transformation of the cell and then isolating the microbial DNA molecule or cDNA which confers resistance against the antibiotic agent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/950492 |
| 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 |
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| US 07125670 | Godfrey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne Godfrey (Woodside, California); Edgar G. Engleman (Atherton, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides ligands and fragments thereof to a receptor on the surface of activated CD4+ T-cells. An exemplary ligand is designated ACT-4-L-h-1. Preferred fragments include purified extracellular domains of ligands. The invention also provides humanized and human antibodies to the ligand. The invention further provides methods of using the ligand and the antibodies in treatment of diseases and conditions of the immune system. The invention also provides methods of monitoring activated CD4+ T-cells using the ligands or fragments thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/326929 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07125675 | Schmidt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ann Marie Schmidt (Franklin Lakes, New Jersey); David Stern (Great Neck, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a method for inhibiting tumor invasion or metastasis in a subject which comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a form of soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation Endproducts (RAGE). The present invention also provides a method for evaluating the ability of an agent to inhibit tumor invasion in a local cellular environment which comprises: (a) admixing with cell culture media an effective amount of the agent; (b) contacting a tumor cell in cell culture with the media from step (a); (c) determining the amount of spreading of the tumor cell culture, and (d) comparing the amount of spreading of the tumor cell culture determined in step (c) with the amount determined in the absence of the agent, thus evaluating the ability of the agent to inhibit tumor invasion in the local cellular environment. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of the agent evaluated in the aforementioned method and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/851071 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07125676 | George, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfred L. George, Jr. (Brentwood, Tennessee); Christoph Lossin (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated nucleic acids encoding human SCN1A polypeptides, recombinantly expressed and isolated human SCN1A polypeptides, heterologous expression systems for recombinant expression of human SCN1A polypeptides, assay methods employing the same, and methods and compositions for modulation of sodium channel function. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/374954 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07125677 | Hunter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tony Hunter (Del Mar, California); Kun Ping Lu (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel class of NIMA interacting proteins (PIN), exemplified by Pin1, is provided. Pin1 induces a G2 arrest and delays NIMA-induced mitosis when overexpressed, and triggers mitotic arrest and DNA fragmentation when depleted. Methods of identifying other Pin proteins and Pin-interacting proteins and identifying compositions which affect Pin activity or expression are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/687361 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07125720 | Galen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Galen (Owings Mills, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to a Plasmid Maintenance System for the stabilization of expression plasmids encoding foreign antigens, and methods for making and using the Plasmid Maintenance System. The invention optimizes the maintenance of expression plasmids at two independent levels by: (1) removing sole dependence on balanced lethal maintenance functions; and (2) incorporating at least one plasmid partition function to prevent random segregation of expression plasmids, thereby enhancing their inheritance and stability. The Plasmid Maintenance System may be employed within a plasmid which has been recombinantly engineered to express a variety of expression products. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/229073 |
| 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 435/476 |
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| US 07125728 | Ott |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Idaho Research Foundation (Moscow, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy L. Ott (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and kit for determining whether an animal is not pregnant, or is pregnant following a breeding. The level of expression of a pregnancy induced protein is determined in an animal for which pregnancy status information is desired and the level is compared to that of the level in animals that are not pregnant. |
| FILED | Monday, June 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/166929 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/510 |
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| US 07125837 | Keating et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark T. Keating (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Dean Y. Li (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides screening methods that use organisms or cells that lack function in one or both elastin genes. These methods are useful in identifying drugs for the prevention and treatment of obstructive vascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis, vascular restenosis and transplant arteriopathy. Further, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing elastin-based compositions that are particularly potent regulators of proliferation, differentiation, and migration of smooth muscle cells in vitro and in vivo. These pharmaceutical compositions and related methods are useful in the prevention and treatment of disorders characterized by diminished capacity to regulate smooth muscle cell function. |
| FILED | Monday, February 28, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/554996 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07125849 | Cheresh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Cheresh (Encinitas, California); John Hood (Solana Beach, California); Martin A. Schwartz (Poway, California); William B. Kiosses (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Angiogenesis inhibitors and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The inhibitors are substantially pure oligopeptides consisting essentially of 7–20 amino acid residues and comprising a proline-rich sequence of five amino acid residues PPXPP, SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein X is an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of alanine, glycine, serine, threonine, valine, leucine and methionine. In a preferred embodiment, the proline-rich polypeptide is covalently bound to a transport molecule such as a Tat-derived transport polypeptide. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/341815 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/13 |
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| US 07125850 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Sevices (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xin Wei Wang (Rockville, Maryland); Curtis C. Harris (Garrett Park, Maryland); Albert J. Fornace, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Jill D. Coursen (Boston, Massachusetts); Qimin Zhan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to novel methods for assaying for modulators of GADD45 polypeptide activity. The invention also provides means to sensitize a proliferating cell to a DNA base-damaging agent by administration of novel inhibitors of GADD45 polypeptide activity. The invention further provides polypeptides which interfere with the ability of Cdc2/cyclin B1 complexes to cause a pause at the G2/M stage of the cell cycle in response to GADD45, and nucleic acids which encode such polypeptides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/297160 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125856 | Isner |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Isner (Weston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating peripheral neuropathy, particularly ischemic peripheral neuropathy, is provided. The method involves administering to subjects in need of such treatment an effective amount of an angiogenic growth factor to alleviate a symptom of the neuropathy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 11, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/546733 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07125857 | Reich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norbert O. Reich (Santa Barbara, California); James Flynn (Goleta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A synthetic oligonucleotide comprising a C-5 methylcytosine and which recognizes and binds an allosteric site on DNA methyltransferase thereby inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity is disclosed. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a synthetic oligonucleotide of the invention. The composition is useful for inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity, thereby inhibiting the methylation of DNA. The composition can be a pharmaceutical composition useful for treating disorders associated with methylation defects, such as cancer and certain developmental disorders. Also disclosed is a method of inhibiting methylation of DNA. The method involves contacting a DCMTase with a synthetic oligonucleotide of the invention in the presence of the DNA, thereby resulting in an enzyme/synthetic oligonucleotide complex. The presence of the complex prevents catalysis, thereby inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity. Also disclosed is a method of treating a disorder of cell proliferation or development by administering to a subject a synthetic oligonucleotide of the invention. The inhibition of DNA methyltransferase prevents the methylation of DNA thereby treating the disorder of cell proliferation or development. |
| FILED | Friday, December 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/010476 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07125955 | Hunter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tony Hunter (Del Mar, California); Kun Ping Lu (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel class of NIMA interacting proteins (PIN), exemplified by Pin1, is provided. Pin1 induces a G2 arrest and delays NIMA-induced mitosis when overexpressed, and triggers mitotic arrest and DNA fragmentation when depleted. Methods of identifying other Pin proteins and Pin-interacting proteins and identifying compositions which affect Pin activity or expression are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/648631 |
| 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 530/300 |
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| US 07125956 | Troy |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carol M. Troy (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a compound having the structure: (AA1)n-Cys-(AA2)m wherein n=0,1,2,3,4 or 5 and m=0,1,2,3,4 or 5, provided the sum of (n+m) is greater than or equal to two and less than or equal to five, if n=1, (AA1)n=Ala-, if n=2, (AA1)n=Gln-Ala-, if n≧3, (AA1)n=(Xaa)p-Gln-Ala-, and Xaa=any amino acid and wherein if n=n3, p=1, if n=4, p=2, if n=5, p=3, if m=1, (AA2)m=-Arg, if m=2, (AA2)m=-Arg-Gly, if m≧3, (AA2)m=-Arg-Gly-(Xaa)q, wherein if m=3, q=1, if m=4, q=2, if m=5, q=3. The present invention provides for a method of inhibiting cell death and a method for alleviating symptoms of a neurodegenerative disorder in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/665668 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
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| US 07125965 | Louie |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Angelique Louie (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods and compositions for molecular resonance imaging of membrane potential. The compositions comprise an indicator moiety attached through an optional linker to a macrocycle component that binds a lanthanide. The indicator moiety changes conformation in response to alterations in membrane potential and alters the interaction of the bound lanthanide with water. This alteration produces a detectable change in MRI signal , notably the T1 value. A preferred indicator moiety is spiropyran as it exhibits membrane-potential driven interconversions between the closed-ring spiropyran conformer and the extended merocyanine conformer. A preferred macrocycle is DO3A, known to bind gadolinium and an established MRI contrast agent. The methods of the invention comprise in vivo and in vitro uses of compositions of the invention to obtain MRI images that provide information about membrane potential. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/700712 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 534/16 |
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| US 07125969 | Benz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher C. Benz (Novato, California); Gary K. Scott (Berkeley, California); Chuan-Hsiung Chang (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for a cDNA that is a coding region of a previously unknown member of the ETS transcription regulator family. The gene described herein (designated ESX) is located at chromosome 1q32 a region amplified in 50% of early breast cancers. The ESX gene of this invention is associated with the etiology of various cancers including breast cancers. Detection of the ESX gene or gene product is thus of diagnostic and/or prognostic value. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/978217 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07125979 | Low et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Malcolm J. Low (Lake Oswego, Oregon); Marcelo Rubinstein (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Flavio Silva Junqueira de Souza (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| ABSTRACT | The nucleic acid sequence of the POMC enhancer is disclosed herein. Sequences from the human, rat, rabbit, hamster, mouse, and cow POMC enhancer are disclosed. Hybrid transgenes, comprising a POMC transcriptional control element operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence encoding a marker are also enclosed. In addition, transgenic mice carrying a hybrid transgene including a POMC control element operably linked to a marker are disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Friday, January 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/336091 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.100 |
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| US 07126004 | Bergeron |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond J. Bergeron (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel thiazoline acids and derivatives thereof useful as chelators of trivalent metals in therapeutic applications. For example, the thiazoline acid derivatives are useful in diagnosing and treating pathological conditions associated with an excess of trivalent metals in humans and animals. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/944150 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/201 |
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| US 07126006 | Rebek, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julius Rebek, Jr. (La Jolla, California); Kent E. Pryor (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel glycoluril derivatives for use as core molecules in combinatorial chemistry. Core molecules of the present invention can contain from one to six building blocks. Preferred building blocks are substituted amine radicals. Combinatorial libraries containing such core molecules are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/133735 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/303.400 |
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| US 07126040 | Prolla et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tomas A. Prolla (Madison, Wisconsin); Gregory C. Kujoth (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A mouse model for mammalian aging is disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a mouse having a genomic mutation in the exonuclease domain II (ExoII) of a mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (PolG) gene, wherein the mutation leads to high levels of mutations in polymerase mtDNA. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/119099 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/18 |
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| US 07126121 | McGlothlin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. McGlothlin (West Lafayette, Indiana); Wei-Hsung Wang (West Lafayette, Indiana); Ryan M. Traylor (Dale, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A real-time video radiation exposure monitoring system comprising a Geiger-Müeller meter and a video camera linked to a computer programmed to display video images from the camera simultaneously with data from the Geiger-Müeller meter. A radio modem provides wireless data communications between the Geiger-Müeller and the computer. One aspect of the invention is a retrofit of a conventional Geiger-Müeller meter to include a microcontroller with internal A/D converter enabling the meter to output instantaneous measurements in RS-232 serial format. |
| FILED | Friday, June 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/600864 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/336.100 |
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| US 07127092 | Jack et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clifford R. Jack (Rochester, Minnesota); Armando Manduca (Rochester, Minnesota); Roger Grimm (Rochester, Minnesota); Edward B. Welch (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A series of fMRI image frames are acquired along with interleaved navigator signals. The navigator signals are acquired while three orthogonal readout gradients are applied such that a spherical surface is sampled in k-space. The navigator signals are analyzed to measure subject rotational and translational motion during the scan. |
| FILED | Monday, April 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/258268 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127286 | Mech et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian V. Mech (Sherman Oaks, California); Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An implantable biocompatible device, that may be either a sensor or stimulator, having electronic circuitry and electrodes formed on a substrate, is uniformly covered with a coating approximately one-micron thick of ultra-nanocrystalline diamond, hermetically sealing the electronic circuitry. Selected electrodes are either left uncovered during coating or uncovered by conventional patterning techniques, allowing the electrodes to be exposed to living tissue and fluids. The ultra-nanocrystalline diamond coating may be doped to create electrically conductive electrodes. These approaches eliminate the need for a hermetically sealed lid or cover to protect hybrid electronic circuitry, and thus allow the device to be thinner than otherwise possible. The conformal ultra-nanocrystalline diamond coating uniformly covers the device, providing relief from sharp edges and producing a strong, uniformly thick hermetic coating around sharp edges and on high aspect-ratio parts. |
| FILED | Friday, October 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/039842 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127357 | Noel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Noel (San Diego, California); Mark A. Verdecia (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A WW domain crystal structure of Pin1 is provided. In addition, methods of using the crystal structure and atomic coordinates for the development of WW domain binding agents is also provided. Also provided are computer programs on computer readable medium for use in developing WW domain binding agents. |
| FILED | Friday, December 08, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/733773 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127379 | Palsson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernhard O. Palsson (La Jolla, California); Jeremy S. Edwards (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for achieving an optimal function of a biochemical reaction network. The methods can be performed in silico using a reconstruction of a biochemical reaction network of a cell and iterative optimization procedures. The methods can further include laboratory culturing steps to confirm and possibly expand the determinations made using the in silico methods, and to produce a cultured cell, or population of cells, with optimal functions. The current invention includes computer systems and computer products including computer-readable program code for performing the in silico steps of the invention. |
| FILED | Monday, August 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/940686 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07124572 | Aycock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry W. Aycock (Chandler, Arizona); Brian D. Koch (Gilbert, Arizona); Howard M. Becker (Chandler, Arizona); Michael J. Durden (Chandler, Arizona); John R. Barrett (Mesa, Arizona); Robert A. Kime (Chandler, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A recuperator and turbine support adapter for securing a recuperator to a combustor case is provided. The recuperator and turbine support adapter comprises an outer strutted body, an inner strutted body and a thermal spring. The thermal spring allows for thermal expansion of the recuperator and turbine support adapter while alleviating any stress or fatigue damage to the adapter. Each of the outer strutted bodies further comprises an outer ring and an inner ring connected by a plurality of struts. The recuperator and turbine support adapter also provides a means of directing the flow of cold compressed air to the recuperator and the return of the recuperator heated air to the combustor/turbine module. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/940527 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.511 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07124690 | Tadros 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) | Raef M. Tadros (White Hall, Arkansas); Efthimios Papayianis (Dover, New Jersey); Allen A. Dehaghani (White Hall, Arkansas); Anthony Martuccio (Stanhope, New Jersey); Raymond S. Trohanowsky (Franklin, New Jersey); James Marlin Pennington (Dumas, Arkansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A mortar cartridge generates effective white or colored smoke obscuration with reduced adverse environmental impact and collateral damage, and provides an improved drag assembly that reduces drift during projectile descent and improves targeting. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/820077 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/370 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07124698 | Shen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young T. Shen (Potomac, Maryland); Robert J. Etter (Sykesville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The hull of a submerged sea craft adjacent its stern end is provided with auxiliary facilities for controlled maneuvering operations under low speed conditions, including steering, stopping and negative thrust backing performed independently of main propulsion of the craft. The auxiliary maneuvering control facilities include a curved channel pipe connected to two angularly related sub-channel pipe sections for selectively controlled outflow of fluid which is pressurized by a maneuvering control pump within the curved channel pipe before outflow through exit openings in the hull in different directions, as negative angle thrust jets and as steering control jets perpendicular to the hull centerline. By use of a sub-channel flow diverting flapper and gate valves at the inlet and exit outlet openings in the hull, all of the maneuvering operations may be performed under selective control. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/985073 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/151 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125298 | Frank |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Frank (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A user worn man overboard beacon that provides multiple indication means to alert a ship to an overboard crew person and to assist in locating the crew person. The beacon device is contained in a housing attached to the clothing of the sailor and is activated upon contact with seawater. A battery powers the multiple indicators contained in the housing, which include a high intensity strobe light to provide a visual indication, an x-band radar patch antenna to transmit a radar signal indication that can be detected by the ship's radar system, and an acoustic transducer to project an acoustic signal indication that can be detected by the ship's sonar system. |
| FILED | Friday, February 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/076108 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices 441/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125437 | Bryden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne A. Bryden (Ellicott City, Maryland); Peter F. Scholl (Silver Spring, Maryland); Micah A. Carlson (Baltimore, Maryland); Michael P. McLoughlin (Sykesville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for particle collection (30) that is characterized by co-aerosolizing fluids (62) into an air stream (34) containing the particles to be analyzed to significantly enhance their collection and identification efficiency is provided. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/473530 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125476 | Schoen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Schoen (Alexandria, Virginia); Ronald R. Price (Stevensville, Maryland); Joel M. Schnur (Burke, Virginia); Daniel Zabetakis (Clinton, Maryland); Robert F. Brady, Jr. (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Ann Mera (Huntingtown, Maryland); Dana Leamann (Frederick, Maryland); Bor-Sen Chiou (College Park, Maryland); Walter J. Dressick (Fort Washington, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides microwave attenuating, filled composite materials which contain a polymer or ceramic matrix and metallic tubules and processes for making the same and devices which contain such materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/353952 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/165 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125502 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Rajesh Kumar Saini (Houston, Texas); Ramesh Sivarajan (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Virginia Angelica Davis (Webster, Texas); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas); Lars Martin Ericson (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves fibers of highly aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes and a process for making the same. The present invention provides a method for effectively dispersing single-wall carbon nanotubes. The process for dispersing the single-wall carbon nanotubes comprises mixing single-wall carbon nanotubes with 100% sulfuric acid or a superacid, heating and stirring under an inert, oxygen-free environment. The single-wall carbon nanotube/acid mixture is wet spun into a coagulant to form the single-wall carbon nanotube fibers. The fibers are recovered, washed and dried. The single-wall carbon nanotubes were highly aligned in the fibers, as determined by Raman spectroscopy analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/189129 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/378.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125518 | Hill |
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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) | Steven Clyde Hill (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Aerosol particle analyzer (APA) for measuring the amount of analyte in airborne particle is described. The APA uses an analysis liquid. When this analysis liquid is mixed with the particles, an optical property of the analysis liquid (CDAL) varies according to the amount of the analyte in the particles. A charged droplet of the analysis liquid is levitated. Airborne particles are drawn into the instrument and given a charge that is opposite that of the CDAL, and made to flow near the CDAL so that electrostatic forces greatly increase the probability that the CDAL and charged particles will combine. Then the CDAL is ejected into a horizontally oriented linear quadrupole that is in an airtight container, except for a small orifice to let the CDAL enter. The CDAL is levitated in a high humidity environment so that it evaporates slowly, so that there is time for the reaction between the analyte, if any, and the CDAL can take place, and so that the optical property, typically fluorescence, can be measured. The amount of the analyte in the particle is determined from the measured fluorescence or other optical property. |
| FILED | Saturday, February 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/708191 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125592 | Abbott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Lawrence Abbott (Madison, Wisconsin); Jeffrey M. Brake (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a liquid crystal device, includes: contacting an aqueous solution comprising a surfactant and a receptor molecule with a top surface of a liquid crystal. The liquid crystal is in a holding compartment of a substrate, and the receptor molecule is adsorbed on the top surface of the liquid crystal forming an interface between the liquid crystal and the aqueous solution. The receptor molecule is different than the surfactant. A method of detecting a compound in a flowing stream includes passing an aqueous solution over a top surface of a liquid crystal in a holding compartment of a substrate. The method also includes determining whether a change in the orientation of the liquid crystal occurs as the aqueous solution is passed over the top surface of the liquid crystal. A change in the orientation of the liquid crystal indicates the presence of the compound in the flowing stream. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/119648 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/1.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125639 | Schaper |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Daniel Schaper (Union City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the fabrication of patterned devices, in which a latent image is initially formed in a photosensitive material on a carrier, and the exposed material containing the latent image is physically transferred to a substrate before processing. Physical transfer is enhanced by the appropriate selection of coating surface properties and additional coating layers, and by processing steps, such as heating and UV exposure, to promote adhesion to the substrate and detachment from the carrier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/898521 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/253 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125786 | Ring et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zoltan Ring (Durham, North Carolina); Scott Sheppard (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Helmut Hagleitner (Zebulon, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating an integrated circuit on a silicon carbide substrate is disclosed that eliminates wire bonding that can otherwise cause undesired inductance. The method includes fabricating a semiconductor device in epitaxial layers on a surface of a silicon carbide substrate and with at least one metal contact for the device on the uppermost surface of the epitaxial layer. The opposite surface of the substrate is then ground and polished until it is substantially transparent. The method then includes masking the polished surface of the silicon carbide substrate to define a predetermined location for at least one via that is opposite the device metal contact on the uppermost surface of the epitaxial layer and etching the desired via in steps. The first etching step etches through the silicon carbide substrate at the desired masked location until the etch reaches the epitaxial layer. The second etching step etches through the epitaxial layer to the device contacts. Finally, metallizing the via provides an electrical path from the first surface of the substrate to the metal contact and to the device on the second surface of the substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/067543 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/571 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125839 | Rider |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric molecules that contain at least one pathogen-detection domain and at least one effector domain, and their methods of use in preventing or treating a pathogen infection in a cell or organism are described. The pathogen-detection domain and effector domain of the chimeric molecules are domains not typically found in nature to be associated together. Agents are also described herein having at least one pathogen-interacting molecular structure and at least one effector-mediating molecular structure, the agent being one that is non-naturally-occurring in a cell. The methods of prevention and treatment described herein are effective for a broad spectrum of pathogens and exhibit little or no toxic side-effects. Assays for the detection of a pathogen, pathogen component, or product produced or induced by a pathogen, are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/361208 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125956 | Troy |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carol M. Troy (Hastings-on-Hudson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for a compound having the structure: (AA1)n-Cys-(AA2)m wherein n=0,1,2,3,4 or 5 and m=0,1,2,3,4 or 5, provided the sum of (n+m) is greater than or equal to two and less than or equal to five, if n=1, (AA1)n=Ala-, if n=2, (AA1)n=Gln-Ala-, if n≧3, (AA1)n=(Xaa)p-Gln-Ala-, and Xaa=any amino acid and wherein if n=n3, p=1, if n=4, p=2, if n=5, p=3, if m=1, (AA2)m=-Arg, if m=2, (AA2)m=-Arg-Gly, if m≧3, (AA2)m=-Arg-Gly-(Xaa)q, wherein if m=3, q=1, if m=4, q=2, if m=5, q=3. The present invention provides for a method of inhibiting cell death and a method for alleviating symptoms of a neurodegenerative disorder in a subject. |
| FILED | Friday, September 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/665668 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126052 | Fetzer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher M. Fetzer (Valencia, California); James H. Ermer (Burbank, California); Richard R. King (Thousand Oaks, California); Peter C. Cotler (Canyon Country, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of disordering a layer of an optoelectronic device including; growing a plurality of lower layers; introducing an isoelectronic surfactant; growing a layer; allowing the surfactant to desorb; and growing subsequent layers all performed at a low pressure of 25 torr. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/263626 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126136 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nomadics, Inc. (Oklahoma city, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Chen (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates in general to nanoparticles exhibiting luminescence such as photostimulated luminescence or photoluminescence and optical switching processes based upon such properties, in more particular, the use of such photostimulated luminescence exhibiting nanoparticles and switching nanoparticle for optical storage apparatuses and sensors as well as methods of making and using same. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/067373 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/484.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126257 | Kampe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen L. Kampe (Floyd, Virginia); Jeffrey Patrick Schultz (Blacksburg, Virginia); Alexander O. Aning (Blacksburg, Virginia); Adam Goff (Owings Mills, Maryland); Jennifer Franklin (Tijeras, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite materials comprising piezoelectric ceramic particulates dispersed in a metal matrix are capable of vibration damping. When the piezoelectric ceramic particulates are subjected to strain, such as the strain experienced during vibration of the material, they generate an electrical voltage that is converted into Joule heat in the surrounding metal matrix, thereby dissipating the vibrational energy. The piezoelectric ceramic particulates may also act as reinforcements to improve the mechanical properties of the composites. The composite materials may be used in various structural components in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, buildings and tools. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/851022 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126266 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sung-Jin Park (Champaign, Illinois); J. Gary Eden (Mahomet, Illinois); Kyung-Ho Park (Suwon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Field emission nanostructures assist operation of a microdischarge device. The field emission nanostructures are integrated into the microdischarge device(s) or are situated near an electrode of the microdischarge device(s). The field emission nanostructures reduce operating and ignition voltages compared to otherwise identical devices lacking the field emission nanostructures, while also increasing the radiative output of the microdischarge device(s). |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/891417 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126331 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark B. Johnson (Springfield, Virginia); Michael Miller (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic field sensors, each generating an electrical output signal in proportion to the local magnetic field, are lithographically fabricated on a semiconductor substrate with a small spatial separation. The lateral dimension of the sensors and the separation length are the order of the minimum lithographic feature size. Comparing the electrical signals of the sensors results in a measurement of the local magnetic field gradient. Large field gradients, that vary on a small spatial scale, may be associated small magnetic structures such as microscopic magnetic particles. Detection of a field gradient can be used to infer the presence of a magnetic particle. |
| FILED | Monday, July 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/206456 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126557 | Warnagiris |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Warnagiris (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A wideband multi-mode antenna having low VSWR operating characteristics. The antenna element is formed from a right-triangularly shaped piece of conductive material, which is rolled along the base dimension. Operational characteristics may be modified by spacing the antenna element from a ground plane using dielectric spacers, and the antenna element may be shorted to the ground plane. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956565 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/895 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126687 | Hill 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) | Steven Clyde Hill (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ronald Gene Pinnick (Columbia, Maryland); Yong-Le Pan (Cheshire, Connecticut); Kevin Bruce Aptowicz (New Haven, Connecticut); Kristan P. Gurton (Ashton, Maryland); Richard Kounai Chang (Hamden, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Characterizing individual airborne particles in real time according to their absorption of optical energy at one or more wavelengths. The instrument can measure the two-dimensional angular optical scattering (TAOS) and/or the one-dimensional angular optical scattering (ODAOS) at one or more wavelengths. When two wavelengths are used, one is chosen to be on an absorption peak, the other is off of the absorption peak (preferably in the absorption valley). |
| FILED | Thursday, June 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/465289 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/336 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126876 | Rowland et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond J. Rowland (Noank, Connecticut); Denman E. Sweetman (Exeter, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application discloses a method for resolving harmonic ambiguity and inter-array harmonic tracking. The method allows derivation of a complete set of possible harmonic families given the selection (by an operator) or automatic detection (by an automated algorithm) of a single tone (fselected) from a frequency spectrum using a novel “ambiguity matrix” approach in which a matrix of all N possible harmonic members and M hypothetical fundamentals is constructed. The ambiguity matrix provides an image of all possible harmonic families associated with a selected tone. The selection of the correct fundamental is then made based on simple comparisons between this image and the set of all possible fundamentals. The ambiguity matrix effectively provides a reduced finite solution space (discrete set of possibilities) in which to unambiguously estimate the correct fundamental. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/183315 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126877 | Barger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Edwin Barger (Winchester, Massachusetts); Stephen Douglas Milligan (Stow, Massachusetts); Marshall Seth Brinn (Newton, Massachusetts); Richard J. Mullen (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for locating the shooter of supersonic projectiles based on shockwave-only measurements are described. Muzzle blast signals are neither sought nor required. The system uses at least five, preferably seven, acoustic sensors that are spaced apart at least 1 meter. The sensor signals are acquired with a time resolution in the order of microseconds and processed to find and disambiguate the shockwave arrival angle unit vector. Two different Time-Difference-Of-Arrival (TDOA) measurement techniques are described, with one technique using counters in each signal channel and the other technique using cross-correlation between signal channels. A genetic algorithm can be used to efficiently disambiguate the results. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/925875 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126878 | Erikson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth R. Erikson (Henniker, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A Tonpilz transducer which includes a first stack of piezoceramic elements with a first plurality of electrodes connected to form a first pair of external connections. There is also a second stack of piezoceramic elements with a second plurality of electrodes connected to form a second pair of external connections, and the first and second stacks of piezoceramic elements have opposed polarizations. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/044822 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127000 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Chiming Wang (Alhambra, California); Dean Jeffrey Sklar (Chatsworth, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An nth root transformation is used for generating near Gaussian metrics from non-Gaussian metrics for input into a conventional turbo decoder that is based on the assumption that the input sequence to the decoder has a Gaussian distribution. The nth root transformation transforms channel non-Gaussian statistics to near Gaussian statistics for use with conventional turbo decoding for improved noncoherent communications over a non-Gaussian channel, such as a fading channel. For a differential coherent PSK waveform, where the channel statistics of a demodulator are non-Gaussian, for example, in the presence of fading, the nth root transformation is used to transform the non-Gaussian statistics to near Gaussian statistics for generating near Gaussian metrics, for improved PSK communications. |
| FILED | Monday, October 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/277039 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/265 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127172 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry C Chen (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an optical signal shaping device such as an optical filter having a profile such that transmission of light through the device varies as a function of frequency over a selected bandwidth. The optical signal shaping device of the present invention includes a frequency dependent disperser that disperses the input optical signal to form a dispersed signal having a plurality of frequencies, a frequency selective modulator that modulates at least one of the plurality of frequencies and a frequency dependent combiner that combines the frequencies to form a modulated output signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/324253 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127513 | Karger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Karger (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Eric Lehman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); F. Thomson Leighton (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Matthew Levine (Somerville, Massachusetts); Daniel Lewin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rina Panigrahy (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to distributing a request to one a plurality of resources. A request is mapped to a location in mathematical mapping space. Each of the plurality of resources is mapped to a respective location or locations in the mathematical mapping space. The request is allocated to one of the resources based on a mathematical relationship between the request location and the resource location in the mathematical mapping space. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/417427 |
| ART UNIT | 2145 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127688 | Ling et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Feng Ling (Gilbert, Arizona); Vladimir I. Okhmatovski (Phoenix, Arizona); Enis Aykut Dengi (Tempe, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | To estimate a distribution of voltages or currents in the layers of a multi-layer circuit, an exemplary current flow in each layer is discretized into a number of current vector elements and at least one scalar charge element related to the charge associated with each current vector element. A first distribution of voltages induced in each circuit layer is determined from current vector elements in all of the circuit layers. A second distribution of voltages induced in each circuit layer is determined from the scalar charge elements in all of the circuit layers. For each circuit layer, the first and second distributions of voltages induced therein are combined to determine an actual distribution of voltages in the circuit layer. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/837293 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John G. Richardson (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for detecting, locating and quantifying a physical phenomena such as strain or a deformation in a structure. A minimum resolvable distance along the structure is selected and a quantity of laterally adjacent conductors is determined. Each conductor includes a plurality of segments coupled in series which define the minimum resolvable distance along the structure. When a deformation occurs, changes in the defined energy transmission characteristics along each conductor are compared to determine which segment contains the deformation. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/089690 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/799 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07124968 | Oder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | EXPORTech Company, Inc. (New Kensington, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin R. Oder (Export, Pennsylvania); Russell E. Jamison (Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for sorting particles composed of a mixture of particles with differing physical and chemical characteristics. The apparatus includes a comminutor, a mechanism for removing particles from the inside of the comminutor which are intermediate in size between the feed to the comminutor and the product of comminution, a mechanism for either discharging particles taken from the comminutor to a reject stream or providing them to a size classification apparatus such as screening, a mechanism for returning the oversize particles to the comminutor or for discharging them to the reject stream, an electric mechanism for separating particles with an electrical force disposed adjacent to a magnet mechanism, a mechanism for providing the particles to the magnet mechanism and the electric mechanism and for providing triboelectric and capacitive charges to the particles, and a mechanism for returning one of the products of electric and magnetic separation to the comminutor while discharging the other to the reject stream. A method for sorting particles composed of a mixture of particles with differing physical and chemical characteristics. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/988367 |
| ART UNIT | 3725 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Solid material comminution or disintegration 241/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07124994 | Morales |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfredo M. Morales (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes a method for rapidly fabricating a robust 3-dimensional silicon-mold for use in preparing complex metal micro-components. The process begins by depositing a conductive metal layer onto one surface of a silicon wafer. A thin photoresist and a standard lithographic mask are then used to transfer a trace image pattern onto the opposite surface of the wafer by exposing and developing the resist. The exposed portion of the silicon substrate is anisotropically etched through the wafer thickness down to conductive metal layer to provide an etched pattern consisting of a series of rectilinear channels and recesses in the silicon which serve as the silicon micro-mold. Microcomponents are prepared with this mold by first filling the mold channels and recesses with a metal deposit, typically by electroplating, and then removing the silicon micro-mold by chemical etching. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/015084 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Static molds 249/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125362 | Beaty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin D. Beaty (Kalamazoo, Michigan); Richard A. Nellums (Farmington Hills, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A powertrain system is provided that includes a prime mover and a change-gear transmission having an input, at least two gear ratios, and an output. The powertrain system also includes a power shunt configured to route power applied to the transmission by one of the input and the output to the other one of the input and the output. A transmission system and a method for facilitating shifting of a transmission system are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/763445 |
| ART UNIT | 3681 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control 477/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125497 | Tucker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Tucker (Albuqueruqe, New Mexico); Rita G. Betty (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Decontamination formulations for neutralization of toxic industrial chemicals, and methods of making and using same. The formulations are effective for neutralizing malathion, hydrogen cyanide, sodium cyanide, butyl isocyanate, carbon disulfide, phosgene gas, capsaicin in commercial pepper spray, chlorine gas, anhydrous ammonia gas; and may be effective at neutralizing hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, ethylene oxide, methyl bromide, boron trichloride, fluorine, tetraethyl pyrophosphate, phosphorous trichloride, arsine, and tungsten hexafluoride. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/850802 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/188.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125540 | Wegeng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert S. Wegeng (Richland, Washington); Ward E. TeGrotenhuis (Kennewick, Washington); Greg A. Whyatt (West Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Various aspects and applications of microsystem process networks are described. The design of many types of microsystems can be improved by ortho-cascading mass, heat, or other unit process operations. Microsystems having exergetically efficient microchannel heat exchangers are also described. Detailed descriptions of numerous design features in microcomponent systems are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 06, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/588999 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/650 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125578 | McBranch |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duncan W. McBranch (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method using polyelectrolyte self-assembly for preparing multi-layered organic molecular materials having individual layers which exhibit ultrafast electron and/or energy transfer in a controlled direction occurring over the entire structure. Using a high molecular weight, water-soluble, anionic form of poly-phenylene vinylene, self-assembled films can be formed which show high photoluminescence quantum efficiency (QE). The highest emission QE is achieved using poly(propylene-imine) (PPI) dendrimers as cationic binders. Self-quenching of the luminescence is observed as the solid polymer film thickness is increased and can be reversed by inserting additional spacer layers of transparent polyelectrolytes between each active conjugated layer, such that the QE grows with thickness. A red shift of the luminescence is also observed as additional PPV layers are added. This effect persists as self-quenching is eliminated. Charge transfer superlattices can be formed by additionally incorporating C60 acceptor layers. |
| FILED | Friday, April 23, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/298297 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125580 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred S. Miller (Bethel Island, California); Brian D. Andresen (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sample collection substrate of aerogel and/or xerogel materials bound to a support structure is used as a solid phase microextraction (SPME) device. The xerogels and aerogels may be organic or inorganic and doped with metals or other compounds to target specific chemical analytes. The support structure is typically formed of a glass fiber or a metal wire (stainless steel or kovar). The devices are made by applying gel solution to the support structures and drying the solution to form aerogel or xerogel. Aerogel particles may be attached to the wet layer before drying to increase sample collection surface area. These devices are robust, stable in fields of high radiation, and highly effective at collecting gas and liquid samples while maintaining superior mechanical and thermal stability during routine use. Aerogel SPME devices are advantageous for use in GC/MS analyses due to their lack of interfering background and tolerance of GC thermal cycling. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/146562 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/202 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125685 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos,National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xian Chen (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Proteolytic peptide mass mapping as measured by mass spectrometry provides an important method for the identification of proteins, which are usually identified by matching the measured and calculated m/z values of the proteolytic peptides. A unique identification is, however, heavily dependent upon the mass accuracy and sequence coverage of the fragment ions generated by peptide ionization. The present invention describes a method for increasing the specificity, accuracy and efficiency of the assignments of particular proteolytic peptides and consequent protein identification, by the incorporation of selected amino acid residue(s) enriched with stable isotope(s) into the protein sequence without the need for ultrahigh instrumental accuracy. Selected amino acid(s) are labeled with 13C/15N/2H and incorporated into proteins in a sequence-specific manner during cell culturing. Each of these labeled amino acids carries a defined mass change encoded in its monoisotopic distribution pattern. Through their characteristic patterns, the peptides with mass tag(s) can then be readily distinguished from other peptides in mass spectra. The present method of identifying unique proteins can also be extended to protein complexes and will significantly increase data search specificity, efficiency and accuracy for protein identifications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/985268 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126104 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maurice Smith (Kansas City, Missouri); Michael Lusby (Kansas City, Missouri); Arthur Van Hook (Lake Lotawana, Missouri); Charles J. Cook (Raytown, Missouri); Edward G. Wenski (Lenexa, Kansas); David Solyom (Overland Park, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for identifying, reporting, and evaluating a presence of a solid, liquid, gas, or other substance of interest, particularly a dangerous, hazardous, or otherwise threatening chemical, biological, or radioactive substance. The system comprises one or more substantially automated, location self-aware remote sensing units; a control unit; and one or more data processing and storage servers. Data is collected by the remote sensing units and transmitted to the control unit; the control unit generates and uploads a report incorporating the data to the servers; and thereafter the report is available for review by a hierarchy of responsive and evaluative authorities via a wide area network. The evaluative authorities include a group of relevant experts who may be widely or even globally distributed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672210 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/221 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126126 | Schyler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Schyler (Bellport, New York); Paul O'Connor (Bellport, New York); Craig Woody (Setauket, New York); Sachin Shrirang Junnarkar (Sound Beach, New York); Veljko Radeka (Bellport, New York); Paul Vaska (Sound Beach, New York); Jean-Francois Pratte (Stony Brook, New York); Nora Volkow (Chevy Chase, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of serially transferring annihilation information in a compact positron emission tomography (PET) scanner includes generating a time signal for an event, generating an address signal representing a detecting channel, generating a detector channel signal including the time and address signals, and generating a composite signal including the channel signal and similarly generated signals. The composite signal includes events from detectors in a block and is serially output. An apparatus that serially transfers annihilation information from a block includes time signal generators for detectors in a block and an address and channel signal generator. The PET scanner includes a ring tomograph that mounts onto a portion of an animal, which includes opposing block pairs. Each of the blocks in a block pair includes a scintillator layer, detection array, front-end array, and a serial encoder. The serial encoder includes time signal generators and an address signal and channel signal generator. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/687797 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/363.30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126833 | Peng |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fang Z. Peng (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An auxiliary quasi-resonant dc tank (AQRDCT) power converter with fast current charging, voltage balancing (or charging), and voltage clamping circuits is provided for achieving soft-switched power conversion. The present invention is an improvement of the invention taught in U.S. Pat. No. 6,111,770, herein incorporated by reference. The present invention provides faster current charging to the resonant inductor, thus minimizing delay time of the pulse width modulation (PWM) due to the soft-switching process. The new AQRDCT converter includes three tank capacitors or power supplies to achieve the faster current charging and minimize the soft-switching time delay. The new AQRDCT converter further includes a voltage balancing circuit to charge and discharge the three tank capacitors so that additional isolated power supplies from the utility line are not needed. A voltage clamping circuit is also included for clamping voltage surge due to the reverse recovery of diodes. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/173341 |
| ART UNIT | 2838 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric power conversion systems 363/132 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127104 | Prasad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lakshman Prasad (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Alexei N. Skourikhine (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method transforms an image comprised of pixels into a vectorized image specified by a plurality of polygons that can be subsequently used to aid in image processing and understanding. The pixelated image is processed to extract edge pixels that separate different colors and a constrained Delaunay triangulation of the edge pixels forms a plurality of triangles having edges that cover the pixelated image. A color for each one of the plurality of triangles is determined from the color pixels within each triangle. A filter is formed with a set of grouping rules related to features of the pixelated image and applied to the plurality of triangle edges to merge adjacent triangles consistent with the filter into polygons having a plurality of vertices. The pixelated image may be then reformed into an array of the polygons, that can be represented collectively and efficiently by standard vector image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/887424 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127301 | Okandan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murat Okandan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Kurt O. Wessendorf (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Todd R. Christenson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrode array which has applications for neural stimulation and sensing. The electrode array can include a large number of electrodes each of which is flexibly attached to a common substrate using a plurality of springs to allow the electrodes to move independently. The electrode array can be formed from a combination of bulk and surface micromachining, with electrode tips that can include an electroplated metal (e.g. platinum, iridium, gold or titanium) or a metal oxide (e.g. iridium oxide) for biocompatibility. The electrode array can be used to form a part of a neural prosthesis, and is particularly well adapted for use in an implantable retinal prosthesis where the electrodes can be tailored to provide a uniform gentle contact pressure with optional sensing of this contact pressure at one or more of the electrodes. |
| FILED | Monday, April 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/426152 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/116 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Rajesh Kumar Saini (Houston, Texas); Ramesh Sivarajan (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Virginia Angelica Davis (Webster, Texas); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas); Lars Martin Ericson (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves fibers of highly aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes and a process for making the same. The present invention provides a method for effectively dispersing single-wall carbon nanotubes. The process for dispersing the single-wall carbon nanotubes comprises mixing single-wall carbon nanotubes with 100% sulfuric acid or a superacid, heating and stirring under an inert, oxygen-free environment. The single-wall carbon nanotube/acid mixture is wet spun into a coagulant to form the single-wall carbon nanotube fibers. The fibers are recovered, washed and dried. The single-wall carbon nanotubes were highly aligned in the fibers, as determined by Raman spectroscopy analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/189129 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/378.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125533 | Khabashesku et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valery N. Khabashesku (Houston, Texas); Haiqing Peng (Houston, Texas); Mary Lou Margrave, legal representative (Bellaire, Texas); Wilbur Edward Billups (Houston, Texas); Yunming Ying (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for functionalizing the wall of single-wall or multi-wall carbon nanotubes involves the use of acyl peroxides to generate carbon-centered free radicals. The method allows for the chemical attachment of a variety of functional groups to the wall or end cap of carbon nanotubes through covalent carbon bonds without destroying the wall or endcap structure of the nanotube. Carbon-centered radicals generated from acyl peroxides can have terminal functional groups that provide sites for further reaction with other compounds. Organic groups with terminal carboxylic acid functionality can be converted to an acyl chloride and further reacted with an amine to form an amide or with a diamine to form an amide with terminal amine. The reactive functional groups attached to the nanotubes provide improved solvent dispersibility and provide reaction sites for monomers for incorporation in polymer structures. The nanotubes can also be functionalized by generating free radicals from organic sulfoxides. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/714014 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125534 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Jason H. Hafner (Somerville, Massachusetts); Daniel T. Colbert (Houston, Texas); Kenneth Smith (Katy, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Single-walled carbon nanotubes have been synthesized by the catalytic decomposition of both carbon monoxide and ethylene over a supported metal catalyst known to produce larger multi-walled nanotubes. Under certain conditions, there is no termination of nanotube growth, and production appears to be limited only by the diffusion of reactant gas through the product nanotube mat that covers the catalyst. The present invention concerns a catalyst-substrate system which promotes the growth of nanotubes that are predominantly single-walled tubes in a specific size range, rather than the large irregular-sized multi-walled carbon fibrils that are known to grow from supported catalysts. With development of the supported catalyst system to provide an effective means for production of single-wall nanotubes, and further development of the catalyst geometry to overcome the diffusion limitation, the present invention will allow bulk catalytic production of predominantly single-wall carbon nanotubes from metal catalysts located on a catalyst supporting surface. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/324861 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125605 | Bawendi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Klavs F. Jensen (Lexington, Massachusetts); Bashir O. Dabbousi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia); Javier Rodriguez-Viejo (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain); Frederic Victor Mikulec (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A nanocrystal capable of light emission includes a nanoparticle having photoluminescence having quantum yields of greater than 30%. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/960947 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/403 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125639 | Schaper |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Daniel Schaper (Union City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the fabrication of patterned devices, in which a latent image is initially formed in a photosensitive material on a carrier, and the exposed material containing the latent image is physically transferred to a substrate before processing. Physical transfer is enhanced by the appropriate selection of coating surface properties and additional coating layers, and by processing steps, such as heating and UV exposure, to promote adhesion to the substrate and detachment from the carrier. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/898521 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/253 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126136 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nomadics, Inc. (Oklahoma city, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Chen (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates in general to nanoparticles exhibiting luminescence such as photostimulated luminescence or photoluminescence and optical switching processes based upon such properties, in more particular, the use of such photostimulated luminescence exhibiting nanoparticles and switching nanoparticle for optical storage apparatuses and sensors as well as methods of making and using same. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/067373 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/484.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126446 | Howell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry Howell (Orem, Utah); Nathan Masters (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A micromechanism (104) with two unique, stable configurations is disclosed. The micromechanism (104) has a base member (120) and a shuttle (122) designed to move in linear fashion. The shuttle (122) is coupled to the base member (120) via a coupling (26) in which flexible members (50, 52) are placed under axial tension in addition to bending. The coupling (26) also has a compressive member (54) that is compressed as the flexible members (50, 52) are placed in tension. The shuttle (122) has a displacement between the stable configurations that is suitable for use with thermomechanical microactuators and microswitching applications. Such a micromechanism may have multiple couplings (26), which may be disposed on either side of the shuttle (122) and may be attached to multiple base members (120). An electric return signal may be applied to the micromechanism to thermally relax the couplings (26), thereby promoting the micromechanism (104) to return from the second stable configuration to the first stable configuration. Alternatively, a separate return actuator may be used. |
| FILED | Friday, June 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/480367 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electromagnets 335/78 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126685 | Paige et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Sciences incorporated (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Paige (Santa Fe, New Mexico); David S. Bomse (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Joel A. Silver (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An absorption spectroscopy method comprising providing a sample in a container, rotating the container, while rotating the container, directing a beam of electromagnetic radiation through the container, the beam comprising one or more wavelengths selected from the group consisting of visible wavelengths, infrared wavelengths, and ultraviolet wavelengths, and measuring characteristics of the beam after it passes through the container. Also an absorption spectroscopy apparatus comprising a container holder, a drive rotating the container holder, means for, while rotating the container, directing a beam of electromagnetic radiation through the container, the beam comprising one or more wavelengths selected from visible wavelengths, infrared wavelengths, and ultraviolet wavelengths, and means for receiving the beam after passage through the container. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/749295 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127513 | Karger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Karger (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Eric Lehman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); F. Thomson Leighton (Newtonville, Massachusetts); Matthew Levine (Somerville, Massachusetts); Daniel Lewin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Rina Panigrahy (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to distributing a request to one a plurality of resources. A request is mapped to a location in mathematical mapping space. Each of the plurality of resources is mapped to a respective location or locations in the mathematical mapping space. The request is allocated to one of the resources based on a mathematical relationship between the request location and the resource location in the mathematical mapping space. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/417427 |
| ART UNIT | 2145 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07125388 | Reinkensmeyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Reinkensmeyer (Irvine, California); Susan J. Harkema (Culver City, California); V. Reggie Edgerton (Los Angeles, California); James Bobrow (Huntington Beach, California); Chia Yu Wang (Tainan, Taiwan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a robotic device for locomotion training. The method involves shifting a subject's pelvis without directly contacting the subject's leg, thereby causing the subject's legs to move along a moveable surface. The device comprises two backdriveable robots, each having three pneumatic cylinders that connect to each other at their rod ends for attachment to the subject's torso. Also provided is a method of determining a locomotion training strategy for a pelvic-shifting robot by incorporating dynamic motion optimization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/441730 |
| ART UNIT | 3764 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Kinesitherapy 61/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125453 | D'Evelyn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Philip D'Evelyn (Niskayuna, New York); Kristi Jean Narang (Voorheesville, New York); Robert Arthur Giddings (Slingerlands, New York); Steven Alfred Tysoe (Ballston Spa, New York); John William Lucek (Powell, Ohio); Suresh Shankarappa Vagarali (Columbus, Ohio); Robert Vincent Leonelli, Jr. (Westerville, Ohio); Joel Rice Dysart (Johnstown, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A capsule for containing at least one reactant and a supercritical fluid in a substantially air-free environment under high pressure, high temperature processing conditions. The capsule includes a closed end, at least one wall adjoining the closed end and extending from the closed end; and a sealed end adjoining the at least one wall opposite the closed end. The at least one wall, closed end, and sealed end define a chamber therein for containing the reactant and a solvent that becomes a supercritical fluid at high temperatures and high pressures. The capsule is formed from a deformable material and is fluid impermeable and chemically inert with respect to the reactant and the supercritical fluid under processing conditions, which are generally above 5 kbar and 550° C. and, preferably, at pressures between 5 kbar and 80 kbar and temperatures between 550° C. and about 1500° C. The invention also includes methods of filling the capsule with the solvent and sealing the capsule, as well as an apparatus for sealing the capsule. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 09/683659 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125502 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Rajesh Kumar Saini (Houston, Texas); Ramesh Sivarajan (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Virginia Angelica Davis (Webster, Texas); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas); Lars Martin Ericson (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves fibers of highly aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes and a process for making the same. The present invention provides a method for effectively dispersing single-wall carbon nanotubes. The process for dispersing the single-wall carbon nanotubes comprises mixing single-wall carbon nanotubes with 100% sulfuric acid or a superacid, heating and stirring under an inert, oxygen-free environment. The single-wall carbon nanotube/acid mixture is wet spun into a coagulant to form the single-wall carbon nanotube fibers. The fibers are recovered, washed and dried. The single-wall carbon nanotubes were highly aligned in the fibers, as determined by Raman spectroscopy analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/189129 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/378.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125533 | Khabashesku et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valery N. Khabashesku (Houston, Texas); Haiqing Peng (Houston, Texas); Mary Lou Margrave, legal representative (Bellaire, Texas); Wilbur Edward Billups (Houston, Texas); Yunming Ying (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for functionalizing the wall of single-wall or multi-wall carbon nanotubes involves the use of acyl peroxides to generate carbon-centered free radicals. The method allows for the chemical attachment of a variety of functional groups to the wall or end cap of carbon nanotubes through covalent carbon bonds without destroying the wall or endcap structure of the nanotube. Carbon-centered radicals generated from acyl peroxides can have terminal functional groups that provide sites for further reaction with other compounds. Organic groups with terminal carboxylic acid functionality can be converted to an acyl chloride and further reacted with an amine to form an amide or with a diamine to form an amide with terminal amine. The reactive functional groups attached to the nanotubes provide improved solvent dispersibility and provide reaction sites for monomers for incorporation in polymer structures. The nanotubes can also be functionalized by generating free radicals from organic sulfoxides. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/714014 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126130 | Hennessy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William Andrew Hennessy (Schenectady, New York); Charles Edward Baumgartner (Niskayuna, New York); Paul Justin Janiszewski (Watervliet, New York); Jeffrey Jon Shaw (Ballston Lake, New York); Ching-Yeu Wei (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiation detector assembly, in some aspects, includes a detector substrate and a detector matrix array disposed on the detector substrate. A scintillator material is disposed on the detector matrix array and a moisture resistant layer is disposed on the scintillator material. The moisture resistant layer includes a plurality of sub-layers. The assembly also includes a protective cover disposed over the detector substrate and the moisture resistant layer, and an adhesive material disposed between the detector substrate and the cover. The adhesive material in some configurations is disposed so that it is not in contact with the moisture resistant layer. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/735311 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127310 | Barto et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry D. Barto (Austin, Texas); Yiwei Li (Austin, Texas); Steven C. Nettles (Johnson City, Texas); H. Van Dyke Parunak (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for generating a cost function includes providing a resource for processing a workpiece. A plurality of cost function parameters is provided. A library of parameterized cost function components is acessed based on the plurality of cost function parameters to generate a cost function for processing the workpiece using the resource. A system includes a resource for processing a workpiece and at least one scheduling agent. The scheduling agent is configured to provide a plurality of cost function parameters and access a library of parameterized cost function components based on the plurality of cost function parameters to generate a cost function for processing the workpiece using the resource. |
| FILED | Friday, August 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/231849 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127407 | Averill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (Saint Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Francis Averill (Seymour, Connecticut); Jon Eisenhandler (Bristol, Connecticut); Norbert Israel Goldfield (Northampton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A comprehensive set of risk groups explicitly identifies groups of individuals with multiple interacting co-morbid conditions, and which explicitly identifies the severity of illness level. This allows accurate prediction of future health care resource needs of an entire population, while simultaneously helping the health care provider isolate problems to identify changes in care to reduce costs and improve quality. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/302336 |
| ART UNIT | 2165 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07124574 | Horn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Horn (Granada Hills, California); Shinjiro Miyata (Malibu, California); Shahram Farhangi (Woodland Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system to provide a two piece robust fluid injector. According to various embodiments, the fluid injector is a fuel injector for a combustion engine. The injector includes two coaxially formed annuluses. One annulus is formed in a face plate and the second annulus or hole is defined by a tube extending through the face plate. The tube extends through the face plate in a portion of a through bore which also is used to define the second annulus. The second annulus is formed using a throughbore through which the tube extends. This allows the second annulus to always be formed inherently and precisely substantially coaxial with the first annulus. Moreover, the second annulus can be formed with a much greater tolerance than if other independent components needed to be added. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/309833 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/258 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125370 | Schaffner 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) | Grant Schaffner (League City, Texas); Jason R. Bentley (Kemah, Texas); James A. Loehr (Houston, Texas); Daniel P. Gundo (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for exercising whereby the user is supported by various mechanisms in such as way that the user's shoulder area is free to translate and rotate; the user's pelvic area is free to translate and rotate; or in any combination. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/845608 |
| ART UNIT | 3764 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Exercise devices 482/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125502 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Rajesh Kumar Saini (Houston, Texas); Ramesh Sivarajan (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Virginia Angelica Davis (Webster, Texas); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas); Lars Martin Ericson (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves fibers of highly aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes and a process for making the same. The present invention provides a method for effectively dispersing single-wall carbon nanotubes. The process for dispersing the single-wall carbon nanotubes comprises mixing single-wall carbon nanotubes with 100% sulfuric acid or a superacid, heating and stirring under an inert, oxygen-free environment. The single-wall carbon nanotube/acid mixture is wet spun into a coagulant to form the single-wall carbon nanotube fibers. The fibers are recovered, washed and dried. The single-wall carbon nanotubes were highly aligned in the fibers, as determined by Raman spectroscopy analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/189129 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/378.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125534 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Jason H. Hafner (Somerville, Massachusetts); Daniel T. Colbert (Houston, Texas); Kenneth Smith (Katy, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Single-walled carbon nanotubes have been synthesized by the catalytic decomposition of both carbon monoxide and ethylene over a supported metal catalyst known to produce larger multi-walled nanotubes. Under certain conditions, there is no termination of nanotube growth, and production appears to be limited only by the diffusion of reactant gas through the product nanotube mat that covers the catalyst. The present invention concerns a catalyst-substrate system which promotes the growth of nanotubes that are predominantly single-walled tubes in a specific size range, rather than the large irregular-sized multi-walled carbon fibrils that are known to grow from supported catalysts. With development of the supported catalyst system to provide an effective means for production of single-wall nanotubes, and further development of the catalyst geometry to overcome the diffusion limitation, the present invention will allow bulk catalytic production of predominantly single-wall carbon nanotubes from metal catalysts located on a catalyst supporting surface. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/324861 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125621 | Haile et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sossina M. Haile (Altadena, California); Calum Chisholm (Pasadena, California); Dane A. Boysen (Pasadena, California); Sekharipuram R. Narayanan (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid acid material is used as a proton conducting membrane in an electrochemical device. The solid acid material can be one of a plurality of different kinds of materials. A binder can be added, and that binder can be either a nonconducting or a conducting binder. Nonconducting binders can be, for example, a polymer or a glass. A conducting binder enables the device to be both proton conducting and electron conducting. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/139043 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126553 | Fink 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) | Patrick W. Fink (Fresno, Texas); Justin A. Dobbins (Houston, Texas); Greg Y. Lin (Houston, Texas); Andrew W. Chu (Friendswood, Texas); Robert C. Scully (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A deployable antenna and method for using wherein the deployable antenna comprises a collapsible membrane having at least one radiating element for transmitting electromagnetic waves, receiving electromagnetic waves, or both. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/679688 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/767 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07125728 | Ott |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Idaho Research Foundation (Moscow, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy L. Ott (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and kit for determining whether an animal is not pregnant, or is pregnant following a breeding. The level of expression of a pregnancy induced protein is determined in an animal for which pregnancy status information is desired and the level is compared to that of the level in animals that are not pregnant. |
| FILED | Monday, June 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/166929 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126044 | Gmitter, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frederick G. Gmitter, Jr. (Lakeland, Florida); Zhanao Deng (Bradenton, Florida); Hongbin Zhang (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acids and polypeptides were identified and isolated from Poncirus trifoliata, a sexually compatible close relative of Citrus. These sequences, when present in a plant genome, result in the expression of resistance to CTV infection. Several methods of transforming citrus plants to produce citrus plants that are resistant to the broad genetic diversity of CTV strains are described. Transformed CTV-resistant germplasm and breeding lines can be used in conventional breeding programs to create new cultivars that carry and express the resistance genes. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/298122 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/301 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07125198 | Schiefferly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of California, Department of Transportation (Sacramento, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Calvin W. Schiefferly (Elk Grove, California); Angela E. Wheeler (Sacramento, California); Jeremy M. Matsuo (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mobile work zone protection device includes a front carrier, a barrier beam assembly, and a rear carrier. In one embodiment, the barrier beam assembly includes two sets of telescoping beam structures. Each of these structures can rotate from one side of the device to the other, and thus can be deployed to create a safe work zone for roadway workers on either side of the device. The structure can also be left in the transit position to provide an enclosed safe work zone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/819782 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Road structure, process, or apparatus 44/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126875 | Baskerville et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of California, Department of Transportation (Sacramento, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Baskerville (Concord, California); David D. Ambuehl (Brentwood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater energy dampening device is disclosed. This device includes a plurality of vertically-spaced bubble producing units. With bubbles produced at various depths, the present invention can effectively attenuate sound and other energy from underwater construction projects in high current or deep water areas. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/690419 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07125839 | Rider |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd H. Rider (Littleton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Chimeric molecules that contain at least one pathogen-detection domain and at least one effector domain, and their methods of use in preventing or treating a pathogen infection in a cell or organism are described. The pathogen-detection domain and effector domain of the chimeric molecules are domains not typically found in nature to be associated together. Agents are also described herein having at least one pathogen-interacting molecular structure and at least one effector-mediating molecular structure, the agent being one that is non-naturally-occurring in a cell. The methods of prevention and treatment described herein are effective for a broad spectrum of pathogens and exhibit little or no toxic side-effects. Assays for the detection of a pathogen, pathogen component, or product produced or induced by a pathogen, are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/361208 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07127172 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry C Chen (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an optical signal shaping device such as an optical filter having a profile such that transmission of light through the device varies as a function of frequency over a selected bandwidth. The optical signal shaping device of the present invention includes a frequency dependent disperser that disperses the input optical signal to form a dispersed signal having a plurality of frequencies, a frequency selective modulator that modulates at least one of the plurality of frequencies and a frequency dependent combiner that combines the frequencies to form a modulated output signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/324253 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/85 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07125502 | Smalley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas); Rajesh Kumar Saini (Houston, Texas); Ramesh Sivarajan (Houston, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Virginia Angelica Davis (Webster, Texas); Matteo Pasquali (Houston, Texas); Lars Martin Ericson (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves fibers of highly aligned single-wall carbon nanotubes and a process for making the same. The present invention provides a method for effectively dispersing single-wall carbon nanotubes. The process for dispersing the single-wall carbon nanotubes comprises mixing single-wall carbon nanotubes with 100% sulfuric acid or a superacid, heating and stirring under an inert, oxygen-free environment. The single-wall carbon nanotube/acid mixture is wet spun into a coagulant to form the single-wall carbon nanotube fibers. The fibers are recovered, washed and dried. The single-wall carbon nanotubes were highly aligned in the fibers, as determined by Raman spectroscopy analysis. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/189129 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/378.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07125533 | Khabashesku et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William Marsh Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Valery N. Khabashesku (Houston, Texas); Haiqing Peng (Houston, Texas); Mary Lou Margrave, legal representative (Bellaire, Texas); Wilbur Edward Billups (Houston, Texas); Yunming Ying (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for functionalizing the wall of single-wall or multi-wall carbon nanotubes involves the use of acyl peroxides to generate carbon-centered free radicals. The method allows for the chemical attachment of a variety of functional groups to the wall or end cap of carbon nanotubes through covalent carbon bonds without destroying the wall or endcap structure of the nanotube. Carbon-centered radicals generated from acyl peroxides can have terminal functional groups that provide sites for further reaction with other compounds. Organic groups with terminal carboxylic acid functionality can be converted to an acyl chloride and further reacted with an amine to form an amide or with a diamine to form an amide with terminal amine. The reactive functional groups attached to the nanotubes provide improved solvent dispersibility and provide reaction sites for monomers for incorporation in polymer structures. The nanotubes can also be functionalized by generating free radicals from organic sulfoxides. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/714014 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07125198 | Schiefferly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of California, Department of Transportation (Sacramento, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Calvin W. Schiefferly (Elk Grove, California); Angela E. Wheeler (Sacramento, California); Jeremy M. Matsuo (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mobile work zone protection device includes a front carrier, a barrier beam assembly, and a rear carrier. In one embodiment, the barrier beam assembly includes two sets of telescoping beam structures. Each of these structures can rotate from one side of the device to the other, and thus can be deployed to create a safe work zone for roadway workers on either side of the device. The structure can also be left in the transit position to provide an enclosed safe work zone. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/819782 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Road structure, process, or apparatus 44/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07126875 | Baskerville et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of California, Department of Transportation (Sacramento, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Baskerville (Concord, California); David D. Ambuehl (Brentwood, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An underwater energy dampening device is disclosed. This device includes a plurality of vertically-spaced bubble producing units. With bubbles produced at various depths, the present invention can effectively attenuate sound and other energy from underwater construction projects in high current or deep water areas. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/690419 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07127392 | Smith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Smith (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a device for and method of detecting voice activity. First, the AM envelope of a segment of a signal of interest is determined. Next, the number of times the AM envelope crosses a user-definable threshold is determined. If there are no crossings, the segment is identified as non-speech. next, the number of points on the AM envelope within a user-definable range is determined. If there are less than a user-definable number of points within the range, the segment is identified as non-speech. Next, the mean, variance, and power ratio of the normalized spectral content of the AM envelope is found and compared to the same for known speech and non-speech. The segment is identified as being of the same type as the known speech or non-speech to which it most closely compares. These steps are repreated for each signal segment of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/370309 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/233 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07125499 | Ferguson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | LCP Tech Holdings, LLC (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas David Ferguson (Cincinnati, Ohio); Rakesh Govind (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Liquid phase liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) are disclosed having a composition and structure that can be varied to provide desirable properties. The liquid phase LCPs have polyiminoborane, polyaminoborane, and/or borozine polymer backbone molecules, with silicon and/or phosphorous side chain molecules linked to the backbone that provide a degree of alignment assigned an Order Parameter (S), defined as S=⅓ [3 cos2 θ−1], where θ is the angle between the axis of an LCP molecule and the vertical direction. The inventive liquid phase LCPs have an average Order Parameter in the range of about 0.2 to about 0.99 and are applicable to a number of rinse, coolant, lubricant, sterilization and other protectant processes. |
| FILED | Monday, August 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/486458 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/299.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, October 24, 2006.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
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FUNDED BY
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Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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