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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 07, 2006
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| US 07131229 | Davis |
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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) | Terry L. Davis (Yuma, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A portable cannon tube cleaning method comprising the steps of pulling a trailer to the site of a cannon tube to be cleaned, adjusting the height of a main cleaner chassis assembly to be in line with the cannon tube to be cleaned, fitting the main cleaner chassis assembly against a face of the cannon tube, fitting a hollow adapter plate on the outer diameter of the cannon tube, and hauling a cleaning brush assembly through the cannon tube for as many cycles as required to adequately clean the tube for inspections. |
| FILED | Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/407819 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/95 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07131260 | Dean et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony John Dean (Scotia, New York); Keith Robert McManus (Clifton Park, New York); Venkat Eswarlu Tangirala (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a pulse detonation combustion system, having a plurality of detonation initiation devices coupled to a main combustion chamber, where each of the detonation initiation devices is operating out-of-phase with each other. Each of the detonation initiation devices assists in the initiation of a detonation in the main combustion chamber, out-of-phase from each other such that the operational frequency of the pulse detonation combustion system is related to the number of detonation initiation devices multiplied by the operational frequency of a single detonation initiation device. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/870898 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/39.760 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07131825 | Wos |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isothermal Systems Research, Inc. (Liberty Lake, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George J Wos (Colton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a compact pump that is powered by a brushless DC spindle-motor, as used in disk drives and CD-ROM drives. A hard drive type spindle-motor is a brushless DC motor that is highly balanced, very reliable, available at low cost, and is capable of significant rotational speeds. According to the present invention, a spindle-motor is mounted to a pump housing and to an impeller within the housing. The spindle-motor rotates the impeller causing movement of a fluid. Preferably for spray cooling, the pump is a turbine pump. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/769037 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/423.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132166 | Klein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Frederick Klein (Port Washington, New York); June Clarke, legal representative (Greenlawn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the present invention provides a protective layer which includes an aggregate of long chain molecules wherein each long chain molecule is randomly oriented and consistently entangled to adjacent long chain molecules throughout the aggregate of long chain molecules. Additionally, the layer is essentially free from voids and essentially free from residual stresses. By way of example and not limitation, the long chain molecule may be a plastic or liquid crystal polymer. Additionally, a method for forming the protective layer is disclosed herein. The method includes the steps of disposing an aggregate of long chain molecules in a liquid state onto a substrate such that each long chain molecule is randomly oriented, maintaining the liquid state of the aggregate of long chain molecules such that each long chain molecule is consistently entangled to adjacent long chain molecules throughout the aggregate of long chain molecules, and solidifying the aggregate of long chain molecules from the liquid state to a solid state. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/881438 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/411.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132254 | Vincent |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of detecting phycocyanin algae or bacteria in water from reflected light, and also includes devices for the measurement, calculation and transmission of data relating to that method. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/763138 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132294 | Houser 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) | Eric J. Houser (Nokesville, Virginia); Robert Andrew McGill (Lorton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a device for selective molecular recognition, the device comprising a sensing portion, wherein said sensing portion includes a substrate having coated thereon a layer comprising a non-volatile, small molecule compound having at least two pendant and terminal unsaturated groups, each being functionalized with at least one halogen substituted alcohol or phenol functional group. The compound of the invention preferably has one of the following general formulae: wherein A is a core moiety; B is a pendant and terminal unsaturated group; q is at least 1; r is at least 2; X is a linking group; and n is an integer designating the number of repeating units from 1 to 3, with the proviso that, if n is greater than 1, then the B groups differ from each other in at least two of the repeating units. The device is used to detect the molecules of a hydrogen bond accepting vapor such as an organophosphonate or nitroaromatic vapor. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/080403 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/104 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132321 | Kub 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) | Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Karl D. Hobart (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor substrates suitable for making thin vertical current conducting devices are made by providing a relatively thick semiconducting substrate with at least one conductivity type having a thickness of from about 100 μm to 700 μm. At least one active device region is optionally first formed on a first side. Then the semiconducting substrate is thinned in at least one selected region on the other side below at least partially where the active device will be on the first side so as to have the selected region thinned to a thickness ranging from about 10 μm to 400 μm to form at least one deep trench. The depth of the thinning of the semiconducting substrate is controlled when the substrate has more than one conductivity type layers or more than one conductivity type layer concentrations so that either (a) some of the first thinned conductivity type layer or some of the first thinned conductivity type layer concentration remains or (b) the thinning proceeds all the way through the first conductivity type layer or all the way through the first conductivity type layer concentration. A conductivity type dopant can be optionally formed in the semiconductor substrate in the thinned selected region on the second side. Finally, a current electrode is formed on the second side in contact with said thinned selected region or said conductivity type dopant in said thinned selected region. In the event the at least one active device region was not initially formed in the first step, then it can be formed at the end. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/278861 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/172 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132400 | Andersen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CLF Medical Technology Acceleration Program, Inc. (Clifton Park, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas T. Andersen (Albany, New York); James A. Bennett (Delmar, New York); Herbert I. Jacobson (Albany, New York); Fassil B. Mesfin (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention addresses the need for methods of treatment and prevention of breast cancer, and other cancers, by providing a peptide of eight to twenty amino acids in length which comprises a hydrophilic analog of an alpha-fetoprotein peptide having SEQ ID NO:6: EMTPVNPG. The peptides may be linear, but are preferably cyclic. The peptides may be provided as dimers or other multimers. A composition comprising the peptide, an antibody that specifically binds to the peptide, a method of reducing estrogen-stimulated growth of cells using the peptide, as well as a method of treating or preventing cancer, such as breast cancer, are also provided. The treatment or prevention method can include the use of tamoxifen therapy in combination with the peptide therapy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/990877 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132630 | Qi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sante Fe Science and Technology, LLC (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Baohua Qi (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Benjamin R. Mattes (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The use of conductive polyaniline fibers for resistive heating applications is described. Unlike metal wires and conductive-polymer coated fibers, under certain conditions, electric voltages or currents used to generate heat in the fibers were found to produce irreversible changes to the polymer backbone that destroy its electrical conductivity but not its structural integrity. The temperature that these changes occur varies with dopant and fiber diameter, and can be tailored to specific applications. Since these changes occur at lower temperatures than the temperature at which dopant molecules within the conductive polymer are lost or decomposed, both of which lower the conductivity of the material, polyaniline fibers can be used for resistive heating applications where the heating element is in the vicinity of the skin of the wearer thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/727025 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/545 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132701 | Kordesch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation (South Portland, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin E. Kordesch (The Plains, Ohio); Howard D. Bartlow (Nampa, Idaho); Richard L Woodin (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided is a process for forming a contact for a compound semiconductor device without electrically shorting the device. In one embodiment, a highly doped compound semiconductor material is electrically connected to a compound semiconductor material of the same conductivity type through an opening in a compound semiconductor material of the opposite conductivity type. Another embodiment discloses a transistor including multiple compound semiconductor layers where a highly doped compound semiconductor material is electrically connected to a compound semiconductor layer of the same conductivity type through an opening in a compound semiconductor layer of the opposite conductivity type. Embodiments further include metal contacts electrically connected to the highly doped compound semiconductor material. A substantially planar semiconductor device is disclosed. In embodiments, the compound semiconductor material may be silicon carbide. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/682151 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132736 | Bakir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Muhannad S. Bakir (Atlanta, Georgia); James D. Meindl (Marietta, Georgia); Chirag S. Patel (College Park, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. A representative device includes a complaint wafer-level package having one or more lead packages. A representative lead package includes a substrate having a plurality of die pads disposed thereon and a plurality of leads attached to the plurality of die pads. In addition, the lead package includes a plurality of pillars made of a low modulus material. Each pillar is disposed between the substrate and at least one lead, and each lead is disposed upon one of the pillars that compliantly support the lead. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/285034 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/678 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132837 | Tao |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nongjian Tao (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductivity measurement system measures conductivity of molecules. A substance to be measured is applied to the first and second electrodes. A potential is applied across the electrodes. A computer-controlled motion controller moves a first electrode relative to a second electrode in discrete steps. In a first step, the electrodes are brought together in physical contact to form a plurality of molecular junctions. The electrodes are separated by a first distance which breaks a first molecular junction. The electrodes are separated by a second distance which breaks a second molecular junction. A conductivity measure is taken at each step. The process of separating the electrodes continues until conductivity measure is zero. The conductivity of one molecule corresponds to a last non-zero conductivity measurement prior to a zero conductivity measurement. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/929134 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/693 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132908 | Kosinski 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) | John A. Kosinski (Neptune, New Jersey); Robert A. Pastore, Jr. (Freehold, New Jersey); Hong-Liang Cui (Basking Ridge, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | RF programmable SAW filters achieve selectable filter performance by providing tunable input and output interdigital (IDTs) with different synchronous frequencies and substantially reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) associated with RF signals not of interest. The RF programmable SAW filter includes tunable input and output IDT's, with the input and output IDT's having different input and output IDT synchronous frequencies. The input signal is divided into multiple output signals along multiple signal paths that are applied to an input tap weight network wherein the amplitude of each output signal may be varied individually. The individually weighted signal paths are then applied one each to individual IDT input electrode fingers in a means for IDT input, which is characterized by a synchronous frequency Fin. The IDT input means generates an acoustic wave that propagates to a means for IDT output, which is characterized by a synchronous frequency Fout, where Fin and Fout are not the same. The electrical signals generated in the IDT output means are processed through an output tap weight network, and the output signal is formed as a weighted sum to provide a selectable center frequency, a selectable bandwidth, a minimum insertion loss, a maximum sidelobe rejection level and a selectable filter transfer function, or phase/magnitude profile. RF programmable SAW filters, RF partially programmable SAW filters, RF fully programmable SAW filters and a method for making programmable RF SAW filters are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/943832 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/166 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132942 | Buess 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) | Michael L. Buess (Alexandria, Virginia); Allen M. Garroway (Fort Washington, Maryland); Joel B. Miller (Cheverly, Maryland); James P. Yesinowski (Fort Washington, Maryland); Roy P. Lindquist (Oakton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for screening samples to determine which samples include a target material. Generally, the samples are pre-screened to determine which of the samples have a piezoelectric resonance when irradiated with an electric field, to thereby indicate the presence of the target material. The samples that have the piezoelectric resonance are then further screened by a different process to confirm the presence of the target material. For example, samples that have the piezoelectric resonance are further screened for a specific nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR), a specific nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) or a specific visual characteristic, to confirm the presence of the target material in the sample. The apparatus and method can be used, for example, to search luggage at ports of entry for the presence of cocaine hydrochloride or heroin hydrochloride. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/229442 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/540 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132977 | Pillai |
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| INVENTOR(S) | S. Unnikrishna Pillai (Harrington Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A design methodology for jointly optimizing the transmit waveform and receiver filter for multiple target identification is presented in presence of transmit signal dependent clutter like interference and noise. The methodology is applied and illustrated for various multiple ‘target ID’ problems in presence of transmit signal dependent clutter like interference and noise. The resulting correct target classification is significantly better than that achieved by a conventional chirp or any other transmit waveform. Unlike the classical radar case, the choice of transmit pulse shape can be critically important for the detection of extended targets in presence of additive channel noise and signal-dependent clutter. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/365322 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133001 | Mrstik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Toyon Research Corporation (Goleta, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A. Vincent Mrstik (Santa Barbara, California); Michael A. Gilbert (Santa Barbara, California); Michael P. Grace (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A large aperture lightweight antenna uses an inflatable spherical surface deployed within a lighter than air platform. Beam steering is accomplished by moving the RF feedpoint(s) with respect to the reflector. The antenna can use an inflatable collapsible transreflector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/978823 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/915 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133041 | Kaufman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arie E. Kaufman (Plainview, New York); Ingmar Bitter (Lake Grove, New York); Frank Dachille (Amityville, New York); Kevin Kreeger (East Setauket, New York); Baoquan Chen (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for real-time volume processing and universal three-dimensional rendering. The apparatus includes a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) memory units; at least one pixel bus for providing global horizontal communication; a plurality of rendering pipelines; at least one geometry bus; and a control unit. The apparatus includes a block processor having a circular ray integration pipeline for processing voxel data and ray data. Rays are generally processed in image order thus permitting great flexibility (e.g., perspective projection, global illumination). The block processor includes a splatting unit and a scattering unit. A method for casting shadows and performing global illumination in relation to light sources includes sweeping a two dimensional array of rays through the volume can also be implemented with the apparatus. A method for approximating a perspective projection includes using parallel projection. |
| FILED | Monday, February 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/204685 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133123 | Lei 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) | Jonathan S. Lei (Springfield, Virginia); Bradley W. Schilling (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Dallas N. Barr (Woodbridge, Virginia); John E. Nettleton (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Michael M. Quarles (Stafford, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The laser obstacle avoidance device of the present invention includes an optical head which includes a laser source which produces a laser signal, crossed cylindrical lenses and through which the laser signal is transmitted, a transceiver including a receiving lens through which a reflected laser signal is received by the transceiver, a receiver and a line filter through which the reflected laser signal is filtered, and scanners which receive the reflected laser signal; and control electronics optically connected to the optical head, wherein the control electronics comprise scanner driver electronics, range processor electronics, power converters, and a display all which produce an x-y display of the terrain scanned by the laser signal wherein the X-axis is driven by a scanner position output and the Y-axis by range data. The system was designed to avoid hazards with emphasis simplicity and low cost. The device has been employed in the field to collect data from natural and man-made objects. A simple, single scan line, range discontinuity detection program has been written and tested. The next step in the process is to interface the output of the processor with driver's display indicating the location of the potential hazard for the operator's closer scrutiny. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/833634 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/4.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133590 | Shaw 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) | Leslie B. Shaw (Woodbridge, Virginia); Jasbinder S. Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D. Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Peter A. Thielen (Landover Hills, Maryland); Fred Kung (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to a device for broadening optical wavelength in the 2–14 μm region comprising a light source and a highly nonlinear chalcogenide fiber associated therewith whereby a light signal is passed from the light source into the fiber wherein and through interactions between the light signal and the material, bandwidth of the light signal is broadened in the 2–14 μm region. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/086731 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133776 | Buchler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Litton Systems, Inc. (Woodland Hills, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Buchler (Calabasas, California); Peter Kyriacou (Sun Valley, California); Daniel A. Tazartes (West Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for attitude alignment of a slave inertial measurement system connected to a rotationally mobile platform supported by a vehicle that is stationary relative to a reference navigation frame comprises the steps of mounting a master reference inertial measurement system on the rotationally mobile platform and determining a master reference system attitude using measurements of acceleration and angular rates of the master reference inertial measurement system relative to the reference navigation frame. A slave system attitude is determined using measurements of acceleration and angular rates of the slave inertial measurement system relative to a slave system navigation reference frame and comparing the slave system attitude to the master reference system attitude to determine an attitude difference. The attitude difference is processed to obtain a correction to the slave system attitude. |
| FILED | Friday, July 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/333698 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133791 | Su |
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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) | Wei Su (Englishtown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | N-sample level-crossing estimator methods and devices are provided that extract more information from given time samples than the current two-sample approach and that are more resistant to interference from noises. The two-mean level-crossing time-interval estimation method extracts more information from given time samples than existing methods, advantageously estimates a level-crossing time interval with a limited number of time samples and is quieter than current noisy estimation techniques. The two-mean level crossing time-interval estimation method for N-sample estimation uses all N time samples by calculating the mean value of the first N/2 time samples and subtracting it by the second N/2 time sample to average out the noises in time samples. The two-mean level crossing time-interval estimation method can be implemented by using a Finite Impulse Response filter to take level-crossing time samples as inputs, take the differential level-crossing time samples as inputs, or take the N/2-step differential level-crossing time-interval as an input. An addition only one-step differential level-crossing time-interval estimator device and a one-step differential level-crossing time-interval estimator device are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/102447 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133841 | Wurman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter R. Wurman (Raleigh, North Carolina); Michael P. Wellman (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and computer system for conducting a progressive, price-driven combinatorial auction wherein equilibrium prices supporting optimal allocation are provided. The auction mechanism allows bids on bundles and uses an innovative price setting mechanism that ensures that the bundle prices reported by the auction have the property that each participant's or bidder's tentative allocation maximizes the value reported in the participant's bid. The auction is progressive, and requires that a participant's new bid improves his previous bid in a precisely defined manner. The auction terminates when no participant submits a new bid, or according to some other specified criterion. |
| FILED | Monday, April 17, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/550964 |
| ART UNIT | 3624 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2175 | Touchstone |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kelly Touchstone (Rosamond, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This new wheel compressor has a spring loaded, shaft with a foot operated torque brace, that when stepped on moves the shaft down. The shaft has an ACME threaded collar welded to the inside that has an ACME bolt threaded T-bar that has a compressor wing that when inserted through the center axel of the wheel threaded to the shaft compresses the wheel. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/739697 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Wheelwright machines 157/1.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07131950 | Hamilton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | E.P. Limited (Sommerville, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick S. Hamilton (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for artifact reduction in thermodilution for cardiac measurement is provided by both respiration artifacts and noise artifacts are reduced. The system and method detects the beginning of a respiration cycle and estimates a respiration artifact which is subtracted from the thermosignal recorded. |
| FILED | Monday, September 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/252758 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/504 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07131966 | Tamari |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yehuda Tamari (Oyster Bay, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Venous reservoirs are interposed between the patient and the arterial pump and serve to remove air bubbles and provide compliance that accommodates variations in the volume of blood circulating in the extracorporeal circuit during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The invention is a reservoir that incorporates automated means to remove air bubbles from the venous line prior to the blood entering the arterial blood pump. In another form, the reservoir includes means that handles foam prior to the blood entering the blood pump. In yet another form, the invention is means that improve air removal in a soft shell venous reservoir. These features are applicable to CPB circuits using gravity drainage or vacuum assisted venous drainage. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/915000 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132096 | Kabbash 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) | Christina Kabbash (Greenwich, Connecticut); Howard A. Shuman (Larchmont, New York); Samuel C. Silverstein (New York, New York); Phyllis Della-Latta (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for inhibiting growth of a bacterium which consists essentially of contacting the bacterium with gemfibrozil, or a related compound, in a concentration effective to inhibit growth of the bacterium. This invention also provides related screening and therapeutic methods. |
| FILED | Monday, March 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/813322 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132098 | Masuda et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Koichi Masuda (Wilmette, Illinois); Eugene J-M. A. Thonar (Lockport, Illinois); Howard An (Riverwood, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method of treatment for a mammal in need of chemonucleolysis. The method comprising the administration of an effective proteoglycan cleaving amount of a proteoglycan-degrading enzyme and an effective amount of a growth factor effective in promoting the synthesis of a matrix component. The proteoglycan-degrading enzyme is preferably chondroitinase. The growth factor is preferably osteogenic protein. The proteoglycan-degrading enzyme and the growth factor are preferably administered simultaneously. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/373669 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.610 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132101 | Castric |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter A. Castric (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions for eliciting an immune response against Gram-negative bacterial infections and methods of making such compositions are provided. The composition comprises glycosylated pilin, the pilin being glycosylated with the O-antigen of a target Gram-negative bacteria of interest. Methods of eliciting an immune response by administration of such compositions are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/085862 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132231 | Coen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald M. Coen (Medfield, Massachusetts); Beatrice D. Pilger (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for determining inhibitors of protein interactions are provided. The method involves evaluation of potential inhibitors that can inhibit or prevent protein interactions. The method provides for high-throughput identification of novel therapeutics that can treat a disease or disorder by inhibiting protein interactions. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/712785 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132255 | Blumberg |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard S. Blumberg (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions which bind T cell inhibitory receptor molecules and modulate T cell activity, and methods of using such compositions. Such compositions include biliary glycoprotein binding agents. Methods for modulating killer T cell activities, including cytotoxicity and proliferation also are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049270 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132392 | Bottaro 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) | Donald P. Bottaro (Kensington, Maryland); Safiye N. Atabey (Izmir, Turkey); Jesus V. Soriano (Washington, District of Columbia); Diane E. Breckenridge (Kensington, Maryland); Zhu-Jun Yao (Shanghai, China PRC); Yang Gao (Branford, Connecticut); Terrence R. Burke, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods of inhibiting cell motility, for example, by inhibiting the binding between an intracellular transducer and a receptor protein tyrosine kinase, and more particularly by inhibiting hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) induced cell motility. The present invention also provides a method of inhibiting angiogenesis. The methods of the present invention employ peptides such as phosphotyrosyl mimetics. The present invention further provides methods of preventing and/or treating diseases, disorders, states, or conditions such as cancer, particularly metastatic cancer comprising administering to a mammal of interest one or more peptides of the present invention. Also disclosed are methods of blocking HGF, VEGF, or bFGF-stimulated migration, cell proliferation, and formation of capillary-like structures |
| FILED | Friday, October 20, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/111192 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132400 | Andersen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CLF Medical Technology Acceleration Program, Inc. (Clifton Park, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas T. Andersen (Albany, New York); James A. Bennett (Delmar, New York); Herbert I. Jacobson (Albany, New York); Fassil B. Mesfin (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention addresses the need for methods of treatment and prevention of breast cancer, and other cancers, by providing a peptide of eight to twenty amino acids in length which comprises a hydrophilic analog of an alpha-fetoprotein peptide having SEQ ID NO:6: EMTPVNPG. The peptides may be linear, but are preferably cyclic. The peptides may be provided as dimers or other multimers. A composition comprising the peptide, an antibody that specifically binds to the peptide, a method of reducing estrogen-stimulated growth of cells using the peptide, as well as a method of treating or preventing cancer, such as breast cancer, are also provided. The treatment or prevention method can include the use of tamoxifen therapy in combination with the peptide therapy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/990877 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132404 | Goomer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the Univeristy of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randal S. Goomer (La Costa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a composition of matter for introducing an exogenous nucleic acid molecule into a target cell, comprising a liposome, a ligand polymeric scaffold, wherein the ligand can bind to a cell surface receptor or molecule. The invention also provides methods for introducing an exogenous nucleic acid molecule into a target cell using the composition of matter. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/361102 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132405 | Welsh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Welsh (Riverside, Iowa); Paola T. Drapkin (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the targeted delivery of a delivery vehicle construct which specifically binds to and stimulates endocytosis into cells expressing the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR), and particularly human airway epithelia. The delivery vehicle construct comprises a portion of uPA and a cargo linked thereto and is useful for the targeted delivery of the cargo to a cell. In one aspect of the invention, the uPA portion of the delivery vehicle construct comprises the wild-type uPA, a fragment of uPA which has the PAI-1 binding region deleted, or a uPA peptide comprising amino acids 13–19 and is useful for the targeted delivery of the cargo to cells, and in particular to airway epithelia. The present invention also provides a method for delivering the delivery vehicle construct to a cell. The method comprises the steps of (a) contacting a target cell with a delivery vehicle construct comprising a uPA portion and a cargo portion; and (b) obtaining a desired result in the target cell. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/442880 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132420 | Randad 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) | Ramnarayan S. Randad (Frederick, Maryland); John W. Erickson (Frederick, Maryland); Michael A. Eissenstat (Frederick, Maryland); Lucyna Lubkowska (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an aspartic proteinase-inhibiting compound of the formula: wherein a, b, c, d, and e, can be the same or different and each are R7, OR7, SR7, NR7R8, NHCOR7, CO2R7, CN, NO2, NH2, N3, or a halogen, wherein R7 and R8 are independently H or an alkyl. Substituents R1 or R2 are each H or an alkyl. Substituent R3 is a straight chain or branched alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl substituent, or is a cycloalkyl. Substituent A is OH, NH2, or SH. Further provided are pharmaceutical compositions, which include a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of the foregoing compounds, and therapeutic methods of using the foregoing compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/458873 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/235.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132451 | Serhan |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The impact of lipoxin A4 (LXA4) and aspirin-triggered-lipoxins (ATL) was investigated in tumor necrosis factor (TNFα)-initiated neutrophil (PMN) responses in vitro and in vivo using metabolically stable LX analogs. At concentrations as low as 1–10 nM, the LXA4 and ATL analogs each inhibited TNFα-stimulated superoxide anion generation and IL-1β release by human PMN. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/794153 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/560 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132453 | Peebles, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ray Stokes Peebles, Jr. (Nashville, Tennessee); Koichi Hashimoto (Kohriyama Fukushima, Japan); Barney S. Graham (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses methods and a kit for treating a respiratory syncytial virus infection. The method comprises providing an infection modulator, and administering a therapeutically effective amount of the infection modulator, wherein the respiratory syncytial virus infection is suppressed or precluded. The kit for suppressing a respiratory syncytial virus infection comprises an infection modulator, an applicator, and a set of instructions. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/389295 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/573 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132454 | Zhou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qiang Zhou (Berkeley, California); Jasper H. N. Yik (Berkeley, California); Ruichuan Chen (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Cellular transcription is modulated by increasing or decreasing the amount of active HEXIM1 in the cell. The methods are applied to the treatment of HIV infection and cardiac hypertrophy. Assays using reconstituted 7SK:P-TEFb snRNP screen for agents that modulate HEXIM1-P-TEFb binding. |
| FILED | Friday, August 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/928009 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/613 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132828 | Lustig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Lustig (Stanford, California); John M. Pauly (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Banding artifacts in steady state free precession (SSFP) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are reduced by acquiring and combining multiple SSFP images in an augmented matrix where an acquisition vector in k-space is equal to a Fourier matrix of the trajectory on a known distortion operator for each trajectory in k-space. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/179281 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133132 | Bustamante et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos J. Bustamante (Berkeley, California); Steven B. Smith (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical trap and method for measuring both transverse and longitudinal forces on a trapped particle. Laser light sources generate first and second light beams that are focused to the trap region in a counter-propagating manner for trapping the particle. Detectors measure changes in power deflections of the light beams leaving the trap region, and changes in power concentrations of the light beams leaving the trap region. A processor calculates the transverse forces on the particle based upon the measured changes in the power deflections of the light beams, and calculates the longitudinal forces on the particle based upon the measured changes in the power concentrations of the light beams. A single beam optical trap and method are also disclosed, where the second optical beam is generated by a reflection of the first optical beam off of the trapped particle. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/943716 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133783 | Noller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry F. Noller (Santa Cruz, California); Jamie H. D. Cate (El Cerrito, California); Marat M. Yusupov (Strasbourg, France); Gulnara Zh. Yusupova (Strasbourg, France); Albion E. Baucom (Santa Cruz, California); Laura Lancaster (Santa Cruz, California); Anne Dallas (Santa Cruz, California); Kathy Lieberman (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | 5.5 Angstrom resolution x-ray crystallographic structures of 70S ribosome complexes containing messenger RNA and tranfer RNA (tRNA), or tRNA analogs, are provided. The resolution has been enhanced by fitting atomic resolution structures of 30S and 50S subunits onto the 5.5 anstrong electron density map. The enhanced structure reveals regions of structural differences between the 70S complex and the structures of the individual 30S and 50S components. Pharmacophore design to discover novel inhibitors or activators may be carried out using the enhanced 5.5 Angstrom 70S structure. |
| FILED | Monday, December 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/013379 |
| 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 07133856 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jing Huang (Sunnyvale, California); Richard A. Olshen (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a powerful and robust classification and prediction tool, methodology, and architecture for supervised learning, particularly applicable to complex datasets where multiple factors determine an outcome and yet many other factors are irrelevant to prediction. Among those features which are relevant to the outcome, they have complicated and influential interactions, though insignificant individual contributions. For example, polygenic diseases may be associated with genetic and environmental risk factors. This new approach allow us consider all risk factors simultaneously, including interactions and combined effects. Our approach has the strength of both binary classification trees and regression. A simple rooted binary tree model is created with each split defined by a linear combination of selected variables. The linear combination is achieved by regression with optimal scoring. The variables are selected using backward shaving. Cross-validation is used to find the level of shrinkage that minimizes errors. Using a selected variable subset to define each split not only increases interpretability, but also enhances the model's predictive power and robustness. The final model deals with cumulative effects and interactions simultaneously. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/441955 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07132008 | Wijmans et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johannes G Wijmans (Menlo Park, California); Alvin Ng (Palo Alto, California); Anurag P Mairal (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and corresponding apparatus for dehydrating gas, especially natural gas. The process includes an absorption step and a membrane pervaporation step to regenerate the liquid sorbent. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/839920 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132054 | Kravitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley H. Kravitz (Placitas, New Mexico); David Ingersoll (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carrie Schmidt (Los Lunas, New Mexico); Jeb Flemming (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An inexpensive and rapid method for fabricating arrays of hollow microneedles uses a photoetchable glass. Furthermore, the glass hollow microneedle array can be used to form a negative mold for replicating microneedles in biocompatible polymers or metals. These microneedle arrays can be used to extract fluids from plants or animals. Glucose transport through these hollow microneedles arrays has been found to be orders of magnitude more rapid than natural diffusion. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/936360 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132163 | Shelnutt et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Shelnutt (Tijeras, New Mexico); Craig J. Medforth (Winters, California); Zhongchun Wang (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Heteroporphyrin nanotubes, metal nanostructures, and metal/porphyrin-nanotube composite nanostructures formed using the nanotubes as photocatalysts and structural templates, and the methods for forming the nanotubes and composites. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/001468 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/402 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132188 | Masel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard I. Masel (Champaign, Illinois); Cynthia A. Rice (Newington, Connecticut); Piotr Waszczuk (White Bear Lake, Minnesota); Andrzej Wieckowski (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A direct organic fuel cell includes a formic acid fuel solution having between about 10% and about 95% formic acid. The formic acid is oxidized at an anode. The anode may include a Pt/Pd catalyst that promotes the direct oxidation of the formic acid via a direct reaction path that does not include formation of a CO intermediate. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/407385 |
| ART UNIT | 1752 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132386 | Siadati et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mohammad H. Siadati (El Paso, Texas); Gabriel Alonso (Chihuahua, Mexico); Russell R. Chianelli (El Paso, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention involves methods and compositions for synthesizing catalysts/porous materials. In some embodiments, the resulting materials are amorphous sulfide sieves that can be mass-produced for a variety of uses. In some embodiments, methods of the invention concern any suitable precursor (such as thiomolybdate salt) that is exposed to a high pressure pre-compaction, if need be. For instance, in some cases the final bulk shape (but highly porous) may be same as the original bulk shape. The compacted/uncompacted precursor is then subjected to an open-flow hot isostatic pressing, which causes the precursor to decompose and convert to a highly porous material/catalyst. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/819480 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132757 | Steigerwald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Louis Steigerwald (Burnt Hills, New York); Todd Alan Anderson (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A power system includes an energy harvesting device, a battery coupled to the energy harvesting device, and a circuit coupled to the energy harvesting device and the battery. The circuit is adapted to deliver power to a load by providing power generated by the energy harvesting device to the load without delivering excess power to the battery and to supplement the power generated by the energy harvesting device with power from the battery if the power generated by the energy harvesting device is insufficient to fully power the load. A method of operating the power system is also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/061706 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/1.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132837 | Tao |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nongjian Tao (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductivity measurement system measures conductivity of molecules. A substance to be measured is applied to the first and second electrodes. A potential is applied across the electrodes. A computer-controlled motion controller moves a first electrode relative to a second electrode in discrete steps. In a first step, the electrodes are brought together in physical contact to form a plurality of molecular junctions. The electrodes are separated by a first distance which breaks a first molecular junction. The electrodes are separated by a second distance which breaks a second molecular junction. A conductivity measure is taken at each step. The process of separating the electrodes continues until conductivity measure is zero. The conductivity of one molecule corresponds to a last non-zero conductivity measurement prior to a zero conductivity measurement. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/929134 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/693 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07132165 | Pinnavaia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Pinnavaia (East Lansing, Michigan); Seong-Su Kim (Lansing, Michigan); Wenzhong Zhang (Tulsa, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel lamellar mesoporous silica compositions which can contain functional inorganic elements and organic functional groups as part of the lamellar silica framework structure are described. The compositions are prepared using gemini amine surfactants as templates or structure directing agents. The compositions have novel high temperature and hydrothermal stability and unique fundamental particle structures. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/272751 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/404 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132240 | Luo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Song Luo (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Oak Park, Illinois); Kevin Keith (Chicago, Illinois); Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides efficient methods for the isolation of centromeres from potentially any organism. Using the methods of the invention, methylated centromere DNA may be isolated from potentially any centromere in an organism. The technique is amenable to mass screenings employing use of arrays comprising libraries of DNA from a target species. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/620924 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132247 | Lyngberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olav K. Lyngberg (Princeton Junction, New Jersey); Michael C. Flickinger (St. Anthony Park, Minnesota); L. Edward Scriven, II (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Ron Anderson (Apple Valley, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides composite biological devices that include biological material as an integral component thereof. The devices can be used for measuring metals, for example, particularly toxic metals such as mercury. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/647475 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133041 | Kaufman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arie E. Kaufman (Plainview, New York); Ingmar Bitter (Lake Grove, New York); Frank Dachille (Amityville, New York); Kevin Kreeger (East Setauket, New York); Baoquan Chen (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for real-time volume processing and universal three-dimensional rendering. The apparatus includes a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) memory units; at least one pixel bus for providing global horizontal communication; a plurality of rendering pipelines; at least one geometry bus; and a control unit. The apparatus includes a block processor having a circular ray integration pipeline for processing voxel data and ray data. Rays are generally processed in image order thus permitting great flexibility (e.g., perspective projection, global illumination). The block processor includes a splatting unit and a scattering unit. A method for casting shadows and performing global illumination in relation to light sources includes sweeping a two dimensional array of rays through the volume can also be implemented with the apparatus. A method for approximating a perspective projection includes using parallel projection. |
| FILED | Monday, February 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/204685 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133083 | Jaynes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher O. Jaynes (Lexington, Kentucky); Stephen B. Webb (Lexington, Kentucky); Robert M. Steele (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A technique and system for detecting a radiometric variation/artifacts of a front-projected dynamic display region under observation by at least one camera. The display is comprised of one or more images projected from one or more of a plurality of projectors; the system is preferably calibrated by using a projective relationship. A predicted image of the display region by the camera is constructed using frame-buffer information from each projector contributing to the display, which has been geometrically transformed for the camera and its relative image intensity adjusted. A detectable difference between a predicted image and the display region under observation causes corrective adjustment of the image being projected from at least one projector. The corrective adjustment may be achieved by way of pixel-wise approach (an alpha-mask is constructed from delta pixels/images), or bounding region approach (difference/bounding region is sized to include the area of the display affected by the radiometric variation). Also: a technique, or method, for detecting a radiometric variation of a display region under observation, as well as associated computer executable program code on a computer readable storage medium, therefor. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/315377 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/745 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133132 | Bustamante et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos J. Bustamante (Berkeley, California); Steven B. Smith (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical trap and method for measuring both transverse and longitudinal forces on a trapped particle. Laser light sources generate first and second light beams that are focused to the trap region in a counter-propagating manner for trapping the particle. Detectors measure changes in power deflections of the light beams leaving the trap region, and changes in power concentrations of the light beams leaving the trap region. A processor calculates the transverse forces on the particle based upon the measured changes in the power deflections of the light beams, and calculates the longitudinal forces on the particle based upon the measured changes in the power concentrations of the light beams. A single beam optical trap and method are also disclosed, where the second optical beam is generated by a reflection of the first optical beam off of the trapped particle. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/943716 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/338 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07133203 | Grier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arch Development Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (Chicago, Illinois); Eric R. Dufresne (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for control of optical trap arrays and formation of particle arrays. The method and apparatus provides a laser and a time variable diffractive optical element to allow dynamic control of optical trap arrays and consequent control of particle arrays and also the ability to manipulate singular objects using a plurality of optical traps. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/310704 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/566 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07132500 | Ong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Yu Qi (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A polythiophene wherein the monomer segments thereof contain wherein A is a side chain; B is hydrogen or a side chain; and D is a divalent segment, and wherein the number of A-substituted thienylene units (I) in the monomer segments is from about 1 to about 10, the number of B-substituted thienylene units (II) is from 0 to about 5, and the number of divalent segments D is 0 or 1. |
| FILED | Monday, January 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/032710 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132519 | Monforte et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sequenom, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph A. Monforte (Berkeley, California); Christopher H. Becker (Palo Alto, California); Daniel J. Pollart (Menlo Park, California); Thomas A. Shaler (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Releasable tag reagents for use in the detection and analysis of target molecules, particular in mass spectrometric analyses are provided. Also provided are methods of detection that employ releasable tag reagents. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/202189 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/22.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132682 | Ong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada); Lu Jiang (Oakville, Canada); Yu Qi (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic device containing a polythiophene wherein R represents a side chain, m represents the number of R substituents; A is a divalent linkage; x, y and z represent, respectively, the number of Rm substituted thienylenes, unsubstituted thienylenes, and divalent linkages A, respectively, in the monomer segment subject to z being 0 or 1, and n represents the number of repeating monomer segments in the polymer or the degree of polymerization. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/832504 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07131966 | Tamari |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yehuda Tamari (Oyster Bay, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Venous reservoirs are interposed between the patient and the arterial pump and serve to remove air bubbles and provide compliance that accommodates variations in the volume of blood circulating in the extracorporeal circuit during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The invention is a reservoir that incorporates automated means to remove air bubbles from the venous line prior to the blood entering the arterial blood pump. In another form, the reservoir includes means that handles foam prior to the blood entering the blood pump. In yet another form, the invention is means that improve air removal in a soft shell venous reservoir. These features are applicable to CPB circuits using gravity drainage or vacuum assisted venous drainage. |
| FILED | Monday, August 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/915000 |
| ART UNIT | 3761 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 64/406 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132008 | Wijmans et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Johannes G Wijmans (Menlo Park, California); Alvin Ng (Palo Alto, California); Anurag P Mairal (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and corresponding apparatus for dehydrating gas, especially natural gas. The process includes an absorption step and a membrane pervaporation step to regenerate the liquid sorbent. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/839920 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132977 | Pillai |
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| INVENTOR(S) | S. Unnikrishna Pillai (Harrington Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A design methodology for jointly optimizing the transmit waveform and receiver filter for multiple target identification is presented in presence of transmit signal dependent clutter like interference and noise. The methodology is applied and illustrated for various multiple ‘target ID’ problems in presence of transmit signal dependent clutter like interference and noise. The resulting correct target classification is significantly better than that achieved by a conventional chirp or any other transmit waveform. Unlike the classical radar case, the choice of transmit pulse shape can be critically important for the detection of extended targets in presence of additive channel noise and signal-dependent clutter. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/365322 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07132102 | Stern et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); State Research Center for Applied Microbiology, Ministry of Health and Social Development, RF, as Represented by the Director for the State Research Center for Applied Microbiology, Ministry of Health and Social Development, RF (Obolensk, Russian Federation) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman J. Stern (Athens, Georgia); Edward A. Svetoch (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Boris V. Eruslanov (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Larisa I. Volodina (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Yuri N. Kovalev (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Tamara Y. Kudryavtseva (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Vladimir V. Perelygin (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Victor D. Pokhilenko (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Vladimir P. Levchuk (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Valery N. Borzenkov (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Olga E. Svetoch (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Eugeni V. Mitsevich (Moscow Region, Russian Federation); Irina P. Mitsevich (Moscow Region, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel bacteriocins and/or the novel lactic acid-producing strains are used for at least reducing the levels of colonization by at least one target bacteria in animals, especially poultry. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/644927 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/190.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132240 | Luo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Song Luo (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Oak Park, Illinois); Kevin Keith (Chicago, Illinois); Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides efficient methods for the isolation of centromeres from potentially any organism. Using the methods of the invention, methylated centromere DNA may be isolated from potentially any centromere in an organism. The technique is amenable to mass screenings employing use of arrays comprising libraries of DNA from a target species. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/620924 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 07133203 | Grier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arch Development Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (Chicago, Illinois); Eric R. Dufresne (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for control of optical trap arrays and formation of particle arrays. The method and apparatus provides a laser and a time variable diffractive optical element to allow dynamic control of optical trap arrays and consequent control of particle arrays and also the ability to manipulate singular objects using a plurality of optical traps. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/310704 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/566 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07132254 | Vincent |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Vincent (Bowling Green, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of detecting phycocyanin algae or bacteria in water from reflected light, and also includes devices for the measurement, calculation and transmission of data relating to that method. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/763138 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07133222 | Chintala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Qualcomm, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Chintala (San Diego, California); Scott R. Semenik (Saint Charles, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The described embodiments provide devices and methods for securing a lens member in a mobile electronic device. The lens member is positionable between a front housing and a rear housing of the device such that inner surfaces of the housings both exert a biasing force on the lens member such that the lens member is substantially immovable relative to the inner surfaces. As such, the lens member is securely fixed within the housings and cannot be removed or separated from one or both housings without evidence of tampering. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/963962 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/811 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07132015 | Wen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hai Bo Wen (Warsaw, Indiana); Janet Moradian-Oldak (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel dental enamel inspired materials for biomedical and dental applications. The materials are apatite-like calcium phosphate complexes and may comprise apatite, octacalcium phosphate crystals, or mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, the materials (calcium phosphate coatings) are mixtures of crystals of apatite and its precursor, octacalcium phosphate, nucleated on a titanium surface. They are prepared using a chemical process leading to the formation of biological apatite which is similar to that found in natural bone and teeth. In one embodiment, the materials are prepared by placing a titanium substrate in a supersaturated calcifying solution containing native or purified recombinant amelogenins. The presence of the amelogenins modulates apatite crystal growth to mimic in vivo apatite crystal formation. Applications for the materials include, without limitation, dental tissue (enamel, dentin, cementum) replacement, orthopeadic implants for bone repair, and coatings for improving the biocompatibility and bone regeneration capability of currently available implants or medical devices made of metallic, polymeric, ceramic or composite materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/371678 |
| 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 117/68 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132252 | Makings et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Invitrogen Corporation (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lewis R. Makings (Encinitas, California); Gregor Zlokarnik (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of using an optical molecular probe or sensor to screen candidate drugs for their interaction with at least one cytochrome P450 enzyme. The optical molecular probe useful in the methods of the present invention is a compound having the generic structure Y-L-Q, wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of Q as herein defined, saturated C1–C20 alkyl, unsaturated C1–C20 alkenyl, unsaturated C1–C20 alkynyl, substituted saturated C1–C20 alkyl, substituted unsaturated C1–C20 alkenyl, substituted unsaturated C1–C20 alkynyl, C1–C20 cycloalkyl, C1–C20 cycloalkenyl, substituted saturated C1–C20 cycloalkyl, substituted unsaturated C1–C20 cycloalkenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl and substituted heteroaryl; L is selected from the group of (—OCR2H)p—, wherein for each p, all R2 are separately selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, saturated C1–C20 alkyl, unsaturated C1–C20 alkenyl, unsaturated C1–C20 alkynyl, substituted saturated C1–C20 alkyl, substituted unsaturated C1–C20 alkenyl, substituted unsaturated C1–C20 alkynyl, C1–C20 cycloalkyl, C1–C20 cycloalkenyl, substituted saturated C1–C20 cycloalkyl, substituted unsaturated C1–C20 cycloalkenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, and p is a positive integer no greater than twelve; and Q is a chemical moiety that gives rise to optical properties in its hydroxy or hyrdoxylate, phenol or phenoxide form that are different from the optical properties that arise from its ether form. Most preferably, p is one, R2 is hydrogen, and Q is the ether form of a phenoxide fluorophore. |
| FILED | Friday, December 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/327022 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07132943 | Nelson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl V. Nelson (Derwood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A detection system is provided which is configured to have a transmitter capable of interacting with an object by generating a field, and a multiplicity of receivers operative to measure changes in the environment caused by the object's response to the generated field and mounted to a closed-looped belt, which is displaceable in a proximity to the object. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/532158 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/551 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
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