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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 02, 2007
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| US 07155959 | Su et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Su (Evanston, Illinois); Vinayak P. Dravid (Glenview, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a sensor array with different nanodisk sensors that may be fabricated by direct site-specific dip-pen nanopatterning (DPN) using precursor inks. The good flow characteristics and strong affinity of the sols to measurement electrodes enable intimate ohmic contact. The measurable, reproducible and proportionate changes in the resistance of the sensors when exposed to trace quantities of oxidative and reducing gases constitute the basis for nanodisk gas sensors. The nanodisk sensors show rapid response and ultra-fast recovery for the detection of nitrogen dioxide and acetic acid vapor. Based on the principles of pattern recognition of the olfactory system, an electronic nose that can “smell” different gaseous species is provided with the multiple nanodisk sensor array. These nanodisk sensors have gas recognition ability, instant response and rapid recovery, compact size and integration with the established microelectronics platform and are well-suited for the on-site and real-time detection of gases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/782720 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/31.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07156049 | Evans 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) | James A. Evans (Tallulah, Louisiana); James P. Kirk (Vicksburg, Mississippi); Leandro E. Miranda (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for interacting with biota either on a pre-specified schedule or via actuation by remote signal. Preferably, the biota are fauna and more particularly fish. In selected embodiments, it comprises frangible packaging enclosing means for timing interaction, at least part of the means for programming the device and means for opening the packaging. In select embodiments of the present invention, the apparatus is inserted in fish. Specific examples of the present invention are implanted in triploid grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) to facilitate control of aquatic weeds in bodies of water. When the carp have been in the water for a pre-specified period or, alternatively, long enough to effectively control the target aquatic plants, toxins in the device are dispensed to kill them. Otherwise, the carp may destroy all vegetation and harm the aquatic environment for other aquatic life. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/943646 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal husbandry 119/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07156161 | Thoman 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) | Steve Thoman (Leonardtown, Maryland); Ronald Trabocco (Trappe, Pennsylvania); Mary Donnellan (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A lightweight thermal heat transfer apparatus, including a core section and a laminate composite section. The core section is substantially similar to a diamond shape. The laminate composite section has a plurality of thermally conductive fibers, which are disposed around the core section and oriented at a configuration similar to the core section. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/056812 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/133 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07156249 | Heinrichs |
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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 Anthony Heinrichs (Brielle, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A container is provided including a support base, side panels having guide tracks, front and rear panels, and a top cover. The front panel includes track followers releasably received in the front guide tracks. The front panel is pivotal outwardly away from the container compartment about the track followers, while the top cover is closed, from a substantially vertical orientation to an angled orientation in which the front panel upper edge is exposed from under the closed top cover. From this angled orientation, and while the cover remains closed, the track followers are slidable along and out of engagement with the respective front guide tracks to detach the front panel from the side panel, thereby providing front access to the container compartment. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/826791 |
| ART UNIT | 3727 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/4.280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07156559 | Gauthier, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leo R. Gauthier, Jr. (Ellicott City, Maryland); Louis A. Mattes (Glen Burnie, Maryland); James E. McDonald (Monson, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of forming an optical monitoring or transmitting light guide and a resulting apparatus that begins by bonding a bundle of optical fibers together using an epoxy and polishing the distal end of the bundle of optical fibers to create an optical aperture. The ratio of fiber size to binder particulate size of the epoxy used in the bonding process is sufficient to maintain the integrity of the bundle of optical fibers during the polishing of the distal end. The method positions the bundle of optical fibers into a protective sheath and a connector. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the epoxy used in the bonding process matches that of the connector. Once assembled, the invention positions the connector through the opening in the surface of a device, such that the distal end of the bundle of optical fibers is either recessed in, substantially flush with, or extends from the surface of the device through which the connector extends, depending on field-of-view requirements. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/829070 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/54 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157052 | McGill 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) | Robert A. McGill (Lorton, Virginia); Eric J. Houser (Nokesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to a new class of chemoselective polymer materials. In particular, the invention relates to linear polycarbosilane compounds for use in various analytical applications involving sorbent polymer materials, including chromatoghraphy, chemical trapping, analyte collection, and chemical sensor applications. These polymers have pendant and terminal aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl groups that are functionalized with halogen substituted alcohol or phenol groups, having the general structure: wherein n is an integer greater than 1; wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is a linear or branched arm having at least one group independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, and aryl groups, or combinations thereof, and having at least one halogen substituted alcohol or phenol groups attached thereto; wherein any said R1 and R2 aryl groups are attached to said [Si—X—]n either directly or through a short hydrocarbon chain; wherein any remaining said R1 or R2 group is a hydrocarbon or carbosilane group; wherein X is a polymer component selected from the group consisting of alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, arylene groups, and combinations thereof; and wherein Z1 and Z2 are end groups independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkyl silanes, aryl silanes, hydroxyl, silicon hydride, alkoxides, phenols, halogen substituted alcohols, halogen substituted phenols, organosilyl, and combinations thereof. These polymeric materials are primarily designed to sorb hydrogen bond basic analytes such as organophosphonate esters (nerve agents and precursors) and nitro-substituted compounds (explosives). |
| FILED | Friday, October 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/683316 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157068 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenzhi Li (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jian Guo Wen (Champaign, Illinois); Zhi Feng Ren (Roslindale, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes the preparation of carbon nanotubes of varied morphology, catalyst materials for their synthesis. The present invention also describes reactor apparatus and methods of optimizing and controlling process parameters for the manufacture carbon nanotubes with pre-determined morphologies in relatively high purity and in high yields. In particular, the present invention provides methods for the preparation of non-aligned carbon nanotubes with controllable morphologies, catalyst materials and methods for their manufacture. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/151382 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157227 | Wang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugenia Wang (Prospect, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Microarray technology allows the multiple parallel processing of information generated from matrices of huge numbers of loci on a solid substrate, which is useful in the gathering of gene signatures defining specific biological states. An approach has been developed to facilitate this process wherein genes of the same regulatory modality are selected. The transcriptional regulation of these genes is related to the same control element. Primers specific for the regulatory genes are selected, based on minimum cross-reactivity with other genes, using known gene data banks. PCR products of selected regions of known genes either binding to this sequence or whose expression is dependent on this binding, as well as genes interacting with the regulatable genes and control genes, referred to as “amplicons” or “gene cDNA fragments” of between about 450 and 1000 nucleotide bases in length, are obtained from a total RNA pool. These amplicons are arrayed on a nylon membrane or other appropriate microchip susbstrate, which is then used as a regulatory gene-specific microarray that is hybridized with sample. Sample will typically be the mRNA obtained from cells associated with a particular state (examples include age or exposure to conditions such as outspace, low gravity), disease (such as cancer or an infection), or disorder (such as a genetic defect or trauma). The transcriptionally regulated profile of regulatory gene-related genes specific to a given cultured cell sample is then determined using a software based analysis of the amount of hybridization which is detected. This information is useful in determining drug targets, markers associated with the disease state (either the presence or absence, or the extent of the disease), or the response of the disease state to drugs or other treatments. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/820531 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157290 | Hamilton |
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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) | Brett J. Hamilton (Heltonville, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetically shielded circuit board having a conductive solenoid to repel high speed charged particles away from an integrated circuit chip. The conductive solenoid is embedded in the circuit board, or located around the circuit board, or located within an integrated circuit package, the integrated circuit package have been connected to the circuit board. The conductive solenoid is used for conducting an electrical current, the electrical current forming a magnetic field. The magnetic field will repel high speed charged particles away from the integrated circuit chip, the integrated circuit chip being within the integrated circuit package. The circuit board can be used in a space vehicle. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/980178 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157299 | Yang 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) | Ming-Jey Yang (Silver Spring, Maryland); Chia-Hung Yang (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A heterostructure comprising: a buffer layer; a bottom barrier layer formed on the buffer layer; a quantum well layer formed on the bottom barrier layer; a top barrier layer formed on the quantum well layer; and a p-doped cap layer formed on the top barrier layer; wherein a portion of the cap layer is etched to form conducting electrons in the quantum well layer below the etched portion of the cap layer. A method of etching comprising the steps of: providing a heterostructure; providing an etchant solution comprising acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and water; and contacting the etchant solution to the heterostructure to etch the heterostructure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/725257 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157419 | Sebti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Andrew D. Hamilton (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Growth factor binding molecules having a plurality of peptide loops attached to a non-peptide organic scaffold, preferably having pseudo-six amino acid peptide loops with four amino acid sidechains. The growth factor binding molecules specifically bind various growth factors and are suitable for treating a subject having tumors or restinosis. In one embodiment a platelet-derived growth factor binding molecule is disclosed that is used to inhibit tumor growth and angiogenesis in solid tumors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/811945 |
| 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 07157464 | Pennell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chemocentryx, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew M. K. Pennell (San Francisco, California); James B. Aggen (Burlingame, California); J.J. Kim Wright (Redwood City, California); Subrabrata Sen (Sunnyvale, California); Brian E. McMaster (Mountain View, California); Daniel Joseph Dairaghi (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR1 receptor, and which have been further confirmed in animal testing for inflammation, one of the hallmark disease states for CCR1. The compounds are generally aryl piperazine derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR1-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of competitive CCR1 antagonists. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/460752 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/254.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157553 | Schmidt 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) | James J. Schmidt (Mt. Airy, Maryland); Robert G. Stafford (Ranson, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | In this application is described substrates for high-throughput assays of clostridial neurotoxin proteolytic activities. Two types of substrates are described for use in assays for the proteolytic activities of clostridial neurotoxins: (1) modified peptides or proteins that can serve as FRET substrates and (2) modified peptides or proteins that can serve as immobilized substrates. In both types a fluorescent molecules is present in the substrate, eliminating the requirement for the addition of a fluorigenic reagent. The assays described can be readily adapted for use in automated or robotic systems. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/195098 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157562 | Olsen, II 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) | Gilbert G. Olsen, II (Abingdon, Maryland); William E. Bentley (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing recombinant anti-botulinum toxin antibody comprising the steps of fermenting recombinant E. Coli cells in broth, concentrating the cells by removing the broth, crushing the concentrated cells, separating a permeate derived from the crushed cells from cell debris, purifying a recombinant antibotulinum antibody (Fab) from said permeate, and separating said Fab from impurities by diafiltration. |
| FILED | Monday, April 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/414555 |
| 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 530/414 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157663 | Kismarton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Max U. Kismarton (Renton, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Conducting-fiber deicing systems and methods. In one embodiment, an assembly includes a surface subject to an accumulation of ice, the surface at least partially including a heating portion having a layer of multi-directional electrically-conductive fibers formed between first and second non-electrically conductive layers. The layer of electrically-conductive fibers is coupled to a power supply member and is adapted to conduct an electrical current such that the layer of electrically-conductive fibers, and at least one of the first and second non-electrically conductive layers of the heating portion, are raised to an elevated temperature to at least partially inhibit the accumulation of ice on the surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/248501 |
| 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 219/201 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157706 | Gat et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nahum Gat (Manhattan Beach, California); John Dwight Garman (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A continuously variable diaphragm or swappable fixed aperture for use in thermal infrared cameras, which aperture or diaphragm can be cooled to cryogenic temperatures. The invention contemplates mounting aperture control means, if necessary, in a vacuum or extending the control mechanism through a vacuum in a thermally isolated manner to avoid radiation load on the photocell. The inventive method implements such a diaphragm and control system. The invention makes possible the object of using a single thermal infrared camera under a wide variety of target-scene radiation conditions that may be rapidly changing, with interchangeable or zoom camera lenses requiring matching or different size cold stops, and under other such dynamic situations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/250016 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157715 | Crain, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. Crain, Jr. (Manhattan Beach, California); Dan J. Mabry (El Segundo, California); John Bernard Blake (Santa Monica, California); Norman Katz (Palos Verdes Estates, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved radiation dosimeter device in an improved radiation dosimeter system provides a DC analog output voltage that is proportional to the total ionizing dose accumulated as a function of time at the location of the dosimeter in a host spacecraft, so as to operate in a system bus voltage range common to spacecraft systems with the output being compatible with conventional spacecraft analog inputs, while the total dose is measured precisely by continually monitoring the energy deposited in a silicon test mass accumulating charge including charge contribution prior to radiation threshold detection for improved measurement of the total accumulated charge with the dosimeters being daisy-chained and distributed about the spacecraft for providing a spacecraft dose profile about the spacecraft using the improved radiation dosimeter system. |
| FILED | Monday, January 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/342997 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157802 | Bodkin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bodkin Design And Engineering LLC (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Andrew Bodkin (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical power source is described. The electrical power source derives input power from a compressed gas which is fed into a transducer, generating electrical power. The compressed gas may be delivered to the unit by several means including manual pumps, thermal, chemical, or ammunition based sources, or connection to pressurized canisters. Optional power converting and feedback circuits and pneumatic valves serve to convert the raw output power into useful AC and DC output voltages, and to match the rate of power delivery to the applied electrical load. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/966734 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/1.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157897 | Shekhawat et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gajendra Shekhawat (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Vinayak P. Dravid (Glenview, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor for detecting mechanical perturbations represented by a change in an electrical signal includes a structure such as a cantilever, membrane, etc. and a field effect transistor such as a MOSFET embedded in the structure. The drain current of the embedded transistor changes with mechanical perturbations in the structure caused, for example, by a bio-chemical interaction being sensed. A scanning probe microscope utilizes the embedded MOSFET with a BiMOS actuator. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/996274 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/71.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157913 | Nelson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl V. Nelson (Derwood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device in which the receiver coil of a pulse inductive metal detector is capable of switching between a differential configuration (i.e., gradiometer configuration) to a non-differential or summing configuration under control of the operator or computer. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/942159 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157934 | Teifel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Teifel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Rajit Manohar (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | High-performance, highly pipelined asynchronous FPGAs employ a very fine-grain pipelined logic block and routing interconnect architecture. These FPGAs, which do not use a clock to sequence computations, automatically “self-pipeline” their logic without the designer needing to be explicitly aware of all pipelining details. The FPGAs include arrays of logic blocks or cells that include function units, conditional units and other elements, each of which is constructed using basic asynchronous pipeline stages, such as a weak condition half buffer and a precharge half buffer. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/921349 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157952 | Avants et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | L-3 Integrated Systems Company (Greenville, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley S. Avants (Rowlett, Texas); Arturo Yanez (Greenville, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Memory devices used to control delay line circuitry, and that may be implemented in one embodiment to provide a self-tuning delay line device using empirical calibration technique/s to achieve a desired signal delay. The memory control device may be implemented to store electrical characteristics of the delay line circuitry during testing to enable self-calibration of the delay line circuitry. |
| FILED | Friday, August 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/922803 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/276 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157972 | Hajimiri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seyed-Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California); Xiang Guan (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio-frequency amplifier is provided. The radio-frequency amplifier includes a transistor having an input terminal, an output terminal, a control terminal, and a transconductance gm. A series-connected feed-through resistance Rf and feed-through capacitance Cf is connected in parallel with the input terminal and the output terminal of the transistor. A load resistance RL is connected to the output terminal. The control terminal of the transistor is biased at a fixed voltage. Part of the transistor noise follows the looped path through the feed-through resistor instead of passing on to the load, which reduces the noise figure of the amplifier. The value of gm, Rf and RL are chosen in a way to keep the input impedance of the amplifier matched to a well-defined signal source impedance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/731832 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/277 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157990 | Adam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Douglas Adam (Millersville, Maryland); Robert Miles Young (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency (RF) filter includes a substrate, first and second dielectric layers formed on first and second portions of the substrate, a ground plane formed on a third portion of said substrate, a carbon nanotube array, and first and second electrodes. The third portion of the substrate includes, at least in part, the area between the first and second portions thereof. The carbon nanotube array is formed on a portion of said ground plane between the first and second dielectric layers. The first and second electrodes are formed on the first and second dielectric layers, such that an RF signal may be input to and output from the carbon nanotube array via the first and second signal guides. A third electrode is disposed over the carbon nanotube array and is used to voltage bias the array. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/850152 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158067 | Lauritzen 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) | Keir C. Lauritzen (Odenton, Maryland); Martin Peckerar (Silver Spring, Maryland); F. Keith Perkins (Alexandria, Virginia); Angela M. Hodge-Miller (White Plains, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An analog to digital converter includes a resistor-divider network including a plurality of resistors, an arbel channel circuit configured to generate a voltage sawtooth signal as an output, a dc-offset disposed to couple a node of the resistor-divider network and the arbel-channel circuit. The converter further includes a voltage reference circuit configured to generate a reference voltage, and a differential comparator configured to compare the voltage sawtooth signal with the reference voltage to produce a digital output signal corresponding to the voltage sawtooth signal. Method of converting an analog signal to a digital signal is also described. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/053756 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/155 |
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| US 07158168 | Houlberg |
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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) | Christian L. Houlberg (Ventura, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An Auto Focus and Zoom Controller for controlling multiple cameras and their lens tracking a vehicle in flight at a test range. The Auto Focus and Zoom Controller controls camera lens functions including focus, focal length, and exposure settings, based upon information stored in a track file, in order to obtain optimal recordings of launch events at the test range. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/440646 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/169 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158228 | Psaltis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Demetri Psaltis (Pasadena, California); Wenhai Liu (Alhambra, California); Jose Mumbru (Barcelona, Spain); George Barbastathis (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A holographic imaging spectrometer, apparatus, and/or method enables the projection of a two-dimensional (2D) slice (having spectral information) of a four-dimensional (4D) probing object. A 4D probing source object is illuminated to emit an optical field. A holographic element having one or more recorded holograms receives and diffracts the optical field into a diffracted plane beam having spectral information. Collector optics (e.g., an imaging lens) focuses the diffracted plane beam having spectral information to a 2D slice (having spectral information) of the 4D probing source object. The focused 2D slice having spectral information is projected onto a 2D detector array surface. In addition, the holographic element may have multiple multiplexed holograms that are arranged to diffract light from the corresponding slice of the 4D probing source object to a non-overlapping section of the detector. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/627184 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158240 | Ryerson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles C. Ryerson (Hanover, New Hampshire); Norbert E. Yankielun (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus for determining the thickness of a configuration having flat, parallel surfaces that are transparent, or nearly so, to pre-specified types of energy. Embodiments comprise a mechanism for illuminating a front surface with an energy source and mechanisms for measuring reflections of the illumination from a parallel back surface. The energy is contained in a spectrum of wavelengths, the energy being refracted in components at unique wavelengths, e.g., different colored light bands, and similarly reflected from the back surface. The measuring mechanisms, e.g., spectrometers, determine the relative lateral displacement between two spectral lines in the refracted and reflected beams to enable determination of thickness. Other characteristics of the material of the configuration may be ascertained, e.g., chemical composition is ascertained by measuring the intensity of responses at multiple wavelengths and comparing this to responses of known materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/867700 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/601 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158284 | Alles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Lee Alles (Nashville, Tennessee); Norman H. Tolk (Brentwood, Tennessee); Bongim Jun (Nashville, Tennessee); Robert Pasternak (Nashville, Tennessee); Ron Schrimpf (Franklin, Tennessee); Sorin Cristoloveanu (Seyssinet-Pariset, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for non-invasively probing at least one interface property in a layered structure having at least one interface. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of exposing the layered structure to an incident photon beam at an incident angle to produce a reflection beam, measuring intensities of the second harmonic generation signals from the reflection beam, and identifying an initial second harmonic generation intensity and a time evolution of second harmonic generation intensity from the measured second harmonic generation intensities so as to determine the at least one interface property of the layered structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/019906 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/328 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158511 | Payton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Payton (Woodland Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are presented for messaging within a plurality of nodes 100, wherein each node 100 includes a processor 208, a memory 210 connected with the processor 208, and a directional communication interface 204 connected with the processor 208. The nodes 100 are operative for receiving a message including an address code with a relative target address of an intended recipient node 106; for processing the address code to determine if the current node 100 is the intended recipient node 106; for modifying the message based on the direction from which the message was received and is to be transmitted; and for re-transmitting the message including a modified address code. The nodes 100 each repeat these actions to propagate a message along multiple paths until the message reaches a desired recipient, thereby providing path redundancy without the need for the use of unique node 100 identities or locations. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/966166 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/389 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158545 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Hu (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Benjamin S. Williams (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides quantum cascade lasers and amplifier that operate in a frequency range of about 1 Terahertz to about 10 Terahertz. In one aspect, a quantum cascade laser of the invention includes a semiconductor heterostructure that provides a plurality of lasing modules connected in series. Each lasing module includes a plurality of quantum well structure that collectively generate at least an upper lasing state, a lower lasing state, and a relaxation state such that the upper and the lower lasing states are separated by an energy corresponding to an optical frequency in a range of about 1 to about 10 Terahertz. The lower lasing state is selectively depopulated via resonant LO-phonon scattering of electrons into the relaxation state. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/661831 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158710 | Zhou |
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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) | Weimin Zhou (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A reconfigurable photonic band gap device having a substrate and a crystal membrane with a lattice structure having its ends attached to a substrate so that a midportion of the lattice membrane is spaced upwardly from the substrate and forms a chamber therebetween. A bridge is disposed in the chamber between and separated from both the lattice membrane midportion and the substrate. At least one post is attached to the bridge and aligned with at least one hole in the lattice so that movement of the bridge relative to the lattice varies the degree of insertion of the post relative to its associated hole to vary the photonic band gap behavior of the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/068779 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07159035 | Garcia-Luna-Aceves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nokia Corporation (Espoo, Finland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves (San Mateo, California); David A. Beyer (Los Altos, California); Thane J. Frivold (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Routing table update messages that include both network-level and link-level addresses of nodes of a computer network are exchanged among the nodes of the computer network. Further, a routing table maintained by a first one of the nodes of the computer network may be updated in response to receiving one or more of the update messages. The routing table is preferably updated by selecting a next node to a destination node of the computer network only if every intermediate node in a path from the next node to the destination node satisfies a set of nodal conditions required by the first node for its path to the destination node and the next node offers the shortest distance to the destination node and to every intermediate node along the path from the next node to the destination node. The shortest distance to the destination node may be determined according to one or more link-state and/or node-state metrics regarding communication links and nodes along the path to the destination node. Also, the nodal characteristics of the nodes of the computer system may be exchanged between neighbor nodes, prior to updating the routing table. Preferred paths to one or more destination nodes may be computed according to these nodal characteristics, for example using a Dijkstra shortest-path algorithm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/256168 |
| ART UNIT | 2142 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/241 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2177 | Sauer 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) | Karen L. Sauer (Alexandria, Virginia); Christopher A. Klug (Alexandria, Virginia); Allen Garroway (Davidsonville, Maryland); Joel B. Miller (Cheverly, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetic resonance detection apparatus is provided that is not susceptible to acoustic ringing, and a method is provided for eliminating or canceling acoustic ringing from a detected magnetic resonance signal. Specifically, a composite pulse is utilized that allows for both efficient reduction of acoustic ringing signals and the detection of true NQR signals. The composite pulse can be used in any of the common NQR pulse sequences currently utilized simply via substitution of the original single pulses with the composite pulse. Furthermore, although a preferred application involves the spin-1 nucleus 14N and NQR, the composite pulse will be useful for the NQR of other nuclei such as 35CI and 39K and in NMR applications and involving half-integer quadrupolar nuclei and spin- 1/2 nuclei. In addition, coil ringdown and piezoelectric ringing are also substantially reduced. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/637079 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bayer Crop Science SA (Lyons, France); Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia); Band G Equipment Company (Plumbsteadville, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary O. Maupin (Cape Coral, Florida); Marc C. Dolan (Wellington, Colorado); Nicholas Hamon (Cary, North Carolina); Eric J. Snell (Line Lexington, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An enclosure is provided having openings for allowing entry of rodents into the enclosure. There is arranged one or more applicators in the form of a suspended flexible web configured to contact rodents entering the chamber and having a chemical on the web for application to the rodents. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/690411 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal husbandry 119/661 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157096 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Inframat Corporation (Farminton, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zongtao Zhang (Unionville, Connecticut); Tongsan D. Xiao (Willington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-layer coating is particularly useful for the coating of implants such as orthopedic and dental implants, particularly metallic implants. The first layer comprises a bond coating of a dense material insoluble and inert in body fluids. The second layer comprises apatite and a binder. The first layer protects the metallic implants from corrosion, apatite dissolution, and interfacial reaction with apatite and the binder. The apatite in the second layer is a bioactive agent that can osteobond to tissue. The binder allows adjustment of the thermal expansion coefficient between the coating and the metallic substrate. This multi-layer coating has both high bond strength to implants and excellent bioactivity with the surrounding body tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, October 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/270092 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/422 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157098 | Perez-Soler et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Roman Perez-Soler (New York, New York); Yiyu Zou (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition, comprising: (a) cationic lipids, wherein said lipids are a liposomal mixture of a diacyl-ethyl-phosphocholine and 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine; and (b) a plasmid cDNA sequence encoding a protein having tumor suppressor or pro-apoptotic activity. This composition has a high gene transfection efficiency at non-toxic doses and is designed to transfect human bronchial premalignant lesions and early endo-bronchial malignancies. Also provided is a method of method of treating a cancerous or pre-cancerous condition of the respiratory tract in an individual in need of such treatment, comprising the step of administering to said individual a pharmacologically effective dose of a pharmaceutical composition, comprising: (a) cationic lipids, wherein said lipids are a liposomal mixture of a diacyl-ethyl-phosphocholine and 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine; and (b) a plasmid cDNA sequence encoding a protein having tumor suppressor or pro-apoptotic activity. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 06, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/225699 |
| 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 424/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugenia Wang (Prospect, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Microarray technology allows the multiple parallel processing of information generated from matrices of huge numbers of loci on a solid substrate, which is useful in the gathering of gene signatures defining specific biological states. An approach has been developed to facilitate this process wherein genes of the same regulatory modality are selected. The transcriptional regulation of these genes is related to the same control element. Primers specific for the regulatory genes are selected, based on minimum cross-reactivity with other genes, using known gene data banks. PCR products of selected regions of known genes either binding to this sequence or whose expression is dependent on this binding, as well as genes interacting with the regulatable genes and control genes, referred to as “amplicons” or “gene cDNA fragments” of between about 450 and 1000 nucleotide bases in length, are obtained from a total RNA pool. These amplicons are arrayed on a nylon membrane or other appropriate microchip susbstrate, which is then used as a regulatory gene-specific microarray that is hybridized with sample. Sample will typically be the mRNA obtained from cells associated with a particular state (examples include age or exposure to conditions such as outspace, low gravity), disease (such as cancer or an infection), or disorder (such as a genetic defect or trauma). The transcriptionally regulated profile of regulatory gene-related genes specific to a given cultured cell sample is then determined using a software based analysis of the amount of hybridization which is detected. This information is useful in determining drug targets, markers associated with the disease state (either the presence or absence, or the extent of the disease), or the response of the disease state to drugs or other treatments. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/820531 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157419 | Sebti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Andrew D. Hamilton (Guilford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Growth factor binding molecules having a plurality of peptide loops attached to a non-peptide organic scaffold, preferably having pseudo-six amino acid peptide loops with four amino acid sidechains. The growth factor binding molecules specifically bind various growth factors and are suitable for treating a subject having tumors or restinosis. In one embodiment a platelet-derived growth factor binding molecule is disclosed that is used to inhibit tumor growth and angiogenesis in solid tumors. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/811945 |
| 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 07157429 | Bachovchin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William A. Bachovchin (Melrose, Massachusetts); Andrew G. Plaut (Lexington, Massachusetts); Daniel Drucker (Toronto, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for modification and regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism, generally to reduce insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoproteinemia (such as chylomicrons, VLDL and LDL), and to regulate body fat and more generally lipid stores, and, more generally, for the improvement of metabolism disorders, especially those associated with diabetes, obesity and/or atherosclerosis. The compositions of the present invention include dipeptidylpeptidase inhibitors, which are able to inhibit the proteolysis of GLP-1 and accordingly increase the plasma half-life of that hormone. The subject inhibitors may be peptidyl, peptidomimetic (e.g. boronyl peptidomimetics), or non-peptidyl nitrogen containing heterocycles. |
| FILED | Friday, July 28, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/628225 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida Board of Trustees (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The protein RhoB and its variants as a supressor of cancer cell growth, inhibitor of malignant cell transformation, and modulator of oncogenic signaling, wherein introducing RhoB directly, or indirectly via a nucleic acid, into a malignantly transformed cell or a cancerous cell decreases phosphorylation of Erk and Akt proteins inhibiting the PI3-kinase/Akt cell survival pathway and promoting apoptotic cell death. Methods and compositions are disclosed for administering to cancer patients, a prophylactic treatment to minimize the risk of malignant transformation, and advantageous combination of RhoB therapy with existing cancer treatments. The protein RhoB and the variants of the present invention are prenylated with either geranylgeranyl or farnesyl, and provision is made for selection of the prenylating moiety. |
| FILED | Monday, June 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/049502 |
| 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 07157439 | Boudreau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nancy Boudreau (San Francisco, California); David M. Young (Larkspur, California); Cornelia Myers (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in localized transfer of genetic material or proteins. Moreover, the present invention provides methods and compositions for improving and/or controlling wound healing by applying a wound care device comprising HoxD3 and/or HoxA3 and/or HoxB3. In addition, the present invention provides methods and compositions for improved wound healing in subjects having impaired healing capabilities, such as diabetic subjects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/746592 |
| 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 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Bennett, Jr. (Crozet, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compositions comprising pramipexole and the use of such compositions to treat neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). As shown in FIG. 6B the mean +/− SEM serum 2,3-DHBA levels for the 12 ALS participants decreased significantly after pramipexole treatment. |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/496714 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157489 | Ghosh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun K. Ghosh (River Forest, Illinois); Geoffrey M. Bilcer (Chicago, Illinois); Thippeswamy Devasamudram (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds useful for inhibiting HIV protease are disclosed. Methods of making the compounds, and their use as therapeutic agents, for example, in treating wild-type HIV and of multidrug-resistant strains of HIV, also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/382435 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/422 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157495 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (Co Cork, Ireland); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guangyang Wang (Gaihersburg, Maryland); Michael Eissenstat (Frederick, Maryland); John W. Erickson (Frederick, Maryland); Piet T. B. P. Wigerinck (Vosselaar, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions comprising bis-tetrahydrofuran benzodioxyolyl sulfonamide compounds that are surprisingly effective protease inhibitors and a second antiretroviral compound are disclosed. Methods of inhibiting retrovirus proteases, in particular multi-drug resistant retrovirus proteases, methods of treating or preventing infection or disease associated with retrovirus infection in a mammal, and methods of inhibiting viral replication are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/606342 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/464 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157500 | Stamler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Stamler (Boston, Massachusetts); Joseph Loscalzo (Dedham, Massachusetts); Daniel Simon (Waban, Massachusetts); David Singel (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nitrosylation of proteins and amino acid groups enables selective regulation of protein function, and also endows the proteins and amino acids with additional smooth muscle relaxant and platelet inhibitory capabilities. Thus, the invention relates to novel compounds achieved by nitrosylation of protein thiols. Such compounds include: S-nitroso-t-PA, S-nitroso-cathepsin; S-nitroso-lipoprotein; and S-nitroso-immunoglobulin. The invention also relates to therapeutic use of S-nitroso-protein compounds for regulating protein function, cellular metabolism and effecting vasodilation, platelet inhibition, relaxation of non-vascular smooth muscle, and increasing blood oxygen transport by hemoglobin and myoglobin. The compounds are also used to deliver nitric oxide in its most bioactive form in order to achieve the effects described above, or for in vitro nitrosylation of molecules present in the body. The invention also relates to the nitrosylation of oxygen, carbon and nitrogen moieties present on proteins and amino acids, and the use thereof to achieve the above physiological effects. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/216865 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/742 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157556 | Pirie-Shepherd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Pirie-Shepherd (Waltham, Massachusetts); M. Judah Folkman (Brookline, Massachusetts); Kim Lee Sim (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Nicholas MacDonald (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Hong LiAng (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are deglycosylated fragments of a kringle 1-3 region of plasminogen, nucleotides encoding deglycosylated kringle 1-3 region proteins and antibodies specific for deglycosylated kringle 1-3 region proteins. The compositions of the present invention have increased antiangiogenic activity as compared to previously isolated kringle 1-3 region proteins. Also included in the present invention are methods of treating angiogenesis-associated diseases and conditions such as cancer using the compositions described herein. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/502176 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157566 | Tsien et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger Y. Tsien (LaJolla, California); Robert E. Campbell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to variant fluorescent proteins, and more specifically to monomeric and dimeric forms of Anthozoan fluorescent proteins. In one aspect, the present invention provides variants of fluorescent proteins, where the variants have a reduced propensity to tetramerize, and form dimeric or monomeric structures. The invention also relates to methods of making and using such fluorescent protein monomers and dimers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/121258 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157570 | Yen |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Yun Yen (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated nucleic acid containing a human ribonucleotide reductase M2 subunit promoter sequence or genomic sequence. Also disclosed are methods of determining whether a subject is suffering from or at risk for developing a cell proliferation-associated disorder, identifying a compound for treating a cell proliferation-associated disorder, treating a cell proliferation-associated disorder, and developing a procedure for treating a cell proliferation-associated disorder. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/396678 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158862 | Liebler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel C. Liebler (Tucson, Arizona); Beau T. Hansen (Tucson, Arizona); Daniel E. Mason (Tucson, Arizona); Sean W. Davey (Tucson, Arizona); Juliet A. Jones (Tucson, Arizona); Thomas McClure (Santee, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and computer program product for mining mass spectral data to detect chemical-specific characteristic features in large databases and/or files, including specifying spectral characteristics of mass spectra to mine, specifying a relationship between the spectral characteristics, searching the mass spectra for portions of the mass spectra which match the spectral characteristics based on the relationship, and assigning scores to the portions of mass spectra to indicate a degree of correlation between the portions of mass spectra and the spectral characteristics. Exemplary embodiments encompass a user specification of the spectral characteristics and their relationships used to mine the mass spectral data, automated specification of the spectral characteristics and their relationships used to mine the data, and real-time data mining wherein the mass spectrometer is adjusted based on the result. |
| FILED | Monday, June 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/877182 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/266 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07155812 | Peterson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Peterson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Steven B. Rohde (Corrales, New Mexico); Kent B. Pfeifer (Los Lunas, New Mexico); Timothy S. Turner (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is described for producing tubular substrates having parallel spaced concentric rings of electrical conductors that can be used as the drift tube of an Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS). The invention comprises providing electrodes on the inside of a tube that are electrically connected to the outside of the tube through conductors that extend between adjacent plies of substrate that are combined to form the tube. Tubular substrates are formed from flexible polymeric printed wiring board materials, ceramic materials and material compositions of glass and ceramic, commonly known as Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic (LTCC). The adjacent plies are sealed together around the electrode. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/655466 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/610.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07156320 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duo Wang (Albany, California); Mark P. Modera (Piedmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A clog-resistant injector spray nozzle allows relatively unobtrusive insertion through a small access aperture into existing ductwork in occupied buildings for atomized particulate sealing of a ductwork. The spray nozzle comprises an easily cleaned and easily replaced straight liquid tube whose liquid contents are principally propelled by a heated propellant gas, such as heated air. Heat transfer is minimized from the heated propellant gas to the liquid tube until they both exit the injector, thereby greatly reducing the likelihood of nozzle clogging. A method of duct sealing using particles driven by heated propellant gas is described, whereby duct-sealing operations become both faster, and commercially practicable in inhabited commercial and residential buildings. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 03, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/310253 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07156579 | Castle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Anderson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W. Castle (Clemson, South Carolina); David A. Bruce (Clemson, South Carolina); Ronald W. Falta (Seneca, South Carolina); Lawrence C. Murdoch (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a process for manufacturing underground caverns suitable in one embodiment for storage of large volumes of gaseous or liquid materials. The method is an acid dissolution process that can be utilized to form caverns in carbonate rock formations. The caverns can be used to store large quantities of materials near transportation facilities or destination markets. The caverns can be used for storage of materials including fossil fuels, such as natural gas, refined products formed from fossil fuels, or waste materials, such as hazardous waste materials. The caverns can also be utilized for applications involving human access such as recreation or research. The method can also be utilized to form calcium chloride as a by-product of the cavern formation process. |
| FILED | Friday, September 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/219344 |
| ART UNIT | 3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Hydraulic and earth engineering 45/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157004 | Sylwester |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan P. Sylwester (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to methods for deposition of gas chromatography (GC) stationary phases into chromatography columns, for example gas chromatography columns. A chromatographic medium is dissolved or suspended in a solvent to form a composition. The composition may be inserted into a chromatographic column. Alternatively, portions of the chromatographic column may be exposed or filled with the composition. The composition is permitted to solidify, and at least a portion of the solvent is removed by vacuum sublimation. |
| FILED | Monday, November 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/998847 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/656 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157019 | Klett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W. Klett (Knoxville, Tennessee); Timothy D. Burchell (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing a carbon foam heat sink is disclosed which obviates the need for conventional oxidative stabilization. The process employs mesophase or isotropic pitch and a simplified process using a single mold. The foam has a relatively uniform distribution of pore sizes and a highly aligned graphic structure in the struts. The foam material can be made into a composite which is useful in high temperature sandwich panels for both thermal and structural applications. The foam is encased and filled with a phase change material to provide a very efficient heat sink device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/245974 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/67 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157061 | Meikrantz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Meikrantz (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Terry A. Todd (Aberdeen, Idaho); Troy J. Tranter (Idaho Falls, Idaho); E. Philip Horwitz (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of recovering daughter isotopes from a radioisotope mixture. The method comprises providing a radioisotope mixture solution comprising at least one parent isotope. The at least one parent isotope is extracted into an organic phase, which comprises an extractant and a solvent. The organic phase is substantially continuously contacted with an aqueous phase to extract at least one daughter isotope into the aqueous phase. The aqueous phase is separated from the organic phase, such as by using an annular centrifugal contactor. The at least one daughter isotope is purified from the aqueous phase, such as by ion exchange chromatography or extraction chromatography. The at least one daughter isotope may include actinium-225, radium-225, bismuth-213, or mixtures thereof. A liquid-liquid extraction system for recovering at least one daughter isotope from a source material is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, September 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/949675 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157066 | Diener et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Diener (Denver, Colorado); J. Michael Alford (Lakewood, Colorado); James Nabity (Arvada, Colorado); Bradley D. Hitch (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a combustion apparatus for the production of carbon nanomaterials including fullerenes and fullerenic soot. Most generally the combustion apparatus comprises one or more inlets for introducing an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrocarbon fuel gas in the combustion system such that a flame can be established from the mixed gases, a droplet delivery apparatus for introducing droplets of a liquid hydrocarbon feedstock into the flame, and a collector apparatus for collecting condensable products containing carbon nanomaterials that are generated in the combustion system. The combustion system optionally has a reaction zone downstream of the flame. If this reaction zone is present the hydrocarbon feedstock can be introduced into the flame, the reaction zone or both. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/306615 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/445.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157068 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenzhi Li (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jian Guo Wen (Champaign, Illinois); Zhi Feng Ren (Roslindale, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes the preparation of carbon nanotubes of varied morphology, catalyst materials for their synthesis. The present invention also describes reactor apparatus and methods of optimizing and controlling process parameters for the manufacture carbon nanotubes with pre-determined morphologies in relatively high purity and in high yields. In particular, the present invention provides methods for the preparation of non-aligned carbon nanotubes with controllable morphologies, catalyst materials and methods for their manufacture. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/151382 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157165 | Ralph et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Ralph (Downers Grove, Illinois); Cècile C.R. Rossignol (Lyons, France); John T. Vaughey (Elmhurst, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An A and/or A′ site deficient perovskite of general formula of (A1-xA′x)1-yFeO3-δ or of general formula A1-x-yA′xFeO3-67, wherein A is La alone or with one or more of the rare earth metals or a rare earth metal other than Ce alone or a combination of rare earth metals and X is in the range of from 0 to about 1; A′ is Sr or Ca or mixtures thereof and Y is in the range of from about 0.01 to about 0.3; δ represents the amount of compensating oxygen loss. If either A or A′ is zero the remaining A or A′ is deficient. A fuel cell incorporating the inventive perovskite as a cathode is disclosed as well as an oxygen separation membrane. The inventive perovskite is preferably single phase. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/716331 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157172 | Draper et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siemens Power Generation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Draper (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Thomas Prevish (Trafford, Pennsylvania); Angela Bronson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Raymond A. George (Pittsburgh, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid oxide fuel assembly is made, wherein rows (14, 25) of fuel cells (17, 19, 21, 27, 29, 31), each having an outer interconnection (20) and an outer electrode (32), are disposed next to each other with corrugated, electrically conducting expanded metal mesh member (22) between each row of cells, the corrugated mesh (22) having top crown portions and bottom portions, where the top crown portion (40) have a top bonded open cell nickel foam (51) which contacts outer interconnections (20) of the fuel cells, said mesh and nickel foam electrically connecting each row of fuel cells, and where there are no more metal felt connections between any fuel cells. |
| FILED | Friday, May 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/444623 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/31 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157232 | Miles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin R. Miles (Danville, California); Phillip Belgrader (Severna Park, Maryland); Christopher D. Fuller (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Impedance measurements are used to detect the end-point for PCR DNA amplification. A pair of spaced electrodes are located on a surface of a microfluidic channel and an AC or DC voltage is applied across the electrodes to produce an electric field. An ionically labeled probe will attach to a complementary DNA segment, and a polymerase enzyme will release the ionic label. This causes the conductivity of the solution in the area of the electrode to change. This change in conductivity is measured as a change in the impedance been the two electrodes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/020731 |
| 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 07157266 | Freimuth |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul I. Freimuth (East Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a mutant CAR-DI-binding adenovirus which has a genome comprising one or more mutations in sequences which encode the fiber protein knob domain wherein the mutation causes the encoded viral particle to have a significantly weakened binding affinity for CAR-DI relative to wild-type adenovirus. Such mutations may be in sequences which encode either the AB loop, or the HI loop of the fiber protein knob domain. Specific residues and mutations are described. Also disclosed is a method for generating a mutant adenovirus which is characterized by a receptor binding affinity or specificity which differs substantially from wild type. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/218419 |
| 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 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157516 | Chaiko |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Chaiko (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for the preparation of clay/polymer nanocomposites. The methods include combining an organophilic clay and a polymer to form a nanocomposite, wherein the organophilic clay and the polymer each have a peak recrystallization temperature, and wherein the organophilic clay peak recrystallization temperature sufficiently matches the polymer peak recrystallization temperature such that the nanocomposite formed has less permeability to a gas than the polymer. Such nanocomposites exhibit 2, 5, 10, or even 100 fold or greater reductions in permeability to, e.g., oxygen, carbon dioxide, or both compared to the polymer. The invention also provides a method of preparing a nanocomposite that includes combining an amorphous organophilic clay and an amorphous polymer, each having a glass transition temperature, wherein the organophilic clay glass transition temperature sufficiently matches the polymer glass transition temperature such that the nanocomposite formed has less permeability to a gas than the polymer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/874774 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/445 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158607 | Dilmanian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | F. Avraham Dilmanian (Yaphank, New York); John W. McDonald, III (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of assisting recovery of an injury site of brain or spinal cord injury includes providing a therapeutic dose of X-ray radiation to the injury site through an array of parallel microplanar beams. The dose at least temporarily removes regeneration inhibitors from the irradiated regions. Substantially unirradiated cells surviving between the microplanar beams migrate to the in-beam irradiated portion and assist in recovery. The dose may be administered in dose fractions over several sessions, separated in time, using angle-variable intersecting microbeam arrays (AVIMA). Additional doses may be administered by varying the orientation of the microplanar beams. The method may be enhanced by injecting stem cells into the injury site. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/054000 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Su (Evanston, Illinois); Vinayak P. Dravid (Glenview, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a sensor array with different nanodisk sensors that may be fabricated by direct site-specific dip-pen nanopatterning (DPN) using precursor inks. The good flow characteristics and strong affinity of the sols to measurement electrodes enable intimate ohmic contact. The measurable, reproducible and proportionate changes in the resistance of the sensors when exposed to trace quantities of oxidative and reducing gases constitute the basis for nanodisk gas sensors. The nanodisk sensors show rapid response and ultra-fast recovery for the detection of nitrogen dioxide and acetic acid vapor. Based on the principles of pattern recognition of the olfactory system, an electronic nose that can “smell” different gaseous species is provided with the multiple nanodisk sensor array. These nanodisk sensors have gas recognition ability, instant response and rapid recovery, compact size and integration with the established microelectronics platform and are well-suited for the on-site and real-time detection of gases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/782720 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/31.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07156552 | Fleming |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rex J. Fleming (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A temperature sensor system includes a body and window arrangement. The body defines an air intake and is flush mounted to a mobile platform having a boundary layer. The window arrangement is integrated into the body and transfers a first signal and receives a second signal. The second signal represents energy from the first signal that is reflected by air particles beyond the boundary layer. The second signal is processed to determine a temperature beyond the boundary layer. The air intake receives air particles, transfers a first set of the air particles to a first air vent into the mobile platform, receives the first set of the air particles from a second air vent from the mobile platform, vents the first set of the air particles, and vents a second set of the air particles that bypass the first air vent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/935530 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157067 | Hemley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Ho-Kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A single crystal diamond grown by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition has a hardness of 50–90 GPa and a fracture toughness of 11–20 MPa m1/2. A method for growing a single crystal diamond includes placing a seed diamond in a holder; and growing single crystal diamond at a temperature of about 1000° C. to about 1100° C. such that the single crystal diamond has a fracture toughness of 11–20 MPa m1/2. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/889169 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157068 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wenzhi Li (Brookline, Massachusetts); Jian Guo Wen (Champaign, Illinois); Zhi Feng Ren (Roslindale, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention describes the preparation of carbon nanotubes of varied morphology, catalyst materials for their synthesis. The present invention also describes reactor apparatus and methods of optimizing and controlling process parameters for the manufacture carbon nanotubes with pre-determined morphologies in relatively high purity and in high yields. In particular, the present invention provides methods for the preparation of non-aligned carbon nanotubes with controllable morphologies, catalyst materials and methods for their manufacture. |
| FILED | Monday, May 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/151382 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157144 | Katiyar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ram S. Katiyar (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Pijush Battacharya (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Rasmi R. Das (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
| ABSTRACT | SrBi2Nb2O9 (SBN) thin films are deposited on Pt/TiO2/SiO2/Si substrates using off-axis pulsed laser deposition technique. Off-axis laser ablation avoids plasma damaging of the surface of SBN thin films and is favorable to grow films along the polarization axis (a–b plane). SBN thin films are grown at 350° C. substrate temperature, with 5 mm away from the plasma focus, and annealed at 750° C. for 1 hour in oxygen ambient. These SBN thin films exhibited giant remnant polarization (Pr) of 50 μC/cm2 with coercive field of 190 kV/cm. The fatigue endurance of these SBN thin films was measured at 400 kV/cm and showed minimal (<20%) polarization degradation of up to 1010 switching cycles. The leakage current density of SBN thin films was found to be about 2×107 up to an applied field of 100 kV/cm. The above-mentioned properties of off-axis deposited SBN thin films, makes it a good material for NVRAM devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/000161 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157718 | Gianchandani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yogesh B. Gianchandani (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Chester G. Wilson (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfabricated, gas-filled radiation detector assemblies, methods of making and using same and interface circuit for use therewith are provided. The assembly includes a micromachined radiation detector including a set of spaced-apart electrodes and an ionization gas between the electrodes. A housing has a chamber for housing the detector including the gas. The housing of the assembly also includes a window which allows passage of charged particles therethrough to ionize the gas to create electrons which, in turn, create an electron cascade in the gas between the electrodes when the set of electrodes is biased. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/837068 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/374 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157897 | Shekhawat et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gajendra Shekhawat (Arlington Heights, Illinois); Vinayak P. Dravid (Glenview, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor for detecting mechanical perturbations represented by a change in an electrical signal includes a structure such as a cantilever, membrane, etc. and a field effect transistor such as a MOSFET embedded in the structure. The drain current of the embedded transistor changes with mechanical perturbations in the structure caused, for example, by a bio-chemical interaction being sensed. A scanning probe microscope utilizes the embedded MOSFET with a BiMOS actuator. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/996274 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/71.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157934 | Teifel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Teifel (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Rajit Manohar (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | High-performance, highly pipelined asynchronous FPGAs employ a very fine-grain pipelined logic block and routing interconnect architecture. These FPGAs, which do not use a clock to sequence computations, automatically “self-pipeline” their logic without the designer needing to be explicitly aware of all pipelining details. The FPGAs include arrays of logic blocks or cells that include function units, conditional units and other elements, each of which is constructed using basic asynchronous pipeline stages, such as a weak condition half buffer and a precharge half buffer. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/921349 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158228 | Psaltis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Demetri Psaltis (Pasadena, California); Wenhai Liu (Alhambra, California); Jose Mumbru (Barcelona, Spain); George Barbastathis (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A holographic imaging spectrometer, apparatus, and/or method enables the projection of a two-dimensional (2D) slice (having spectral information) of a four-dimensional (4D) probing object. A 4D probing source object is illuminated to emit an optical field. A holographic element having one or more recorded holograms receives and diffracts the optical field into a diffracted plane beam having spectral information. Collector optics (e.g., an imaging lens) focuses the diffracted plane beam having spectral information to a 2D slice (having spectral information) of the 4D probing source object. The focused 2D slice having spectral information is projected onto a 2D detector array surface. In addition, the holographic element may have multiple multiplexed holograms that are arranged to diffract light from the corresponding slice of the 4D probing source object to a non-overlapping section of the detector. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/627184 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158545 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Hu (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Benjamin S. Williams (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides quantum cascade lasers and amplifier that operate in a frequency range of about 1 Terahertz to about 10 Terahertz. In one aspect, a quantum cascade laser of the invention includes a semiconductor heterostructure that provides a plurality of lasing modules connected in series. Each lasing module includes a plurality of quantum well structure that collectively generate at least an upper lasing state, a lower lasing state, and a relaxation state such that the upper and the lower lasing states are separated by an energy corresponding to an optical frequency in a range of about 1 to about 10 Terahertz. The lower lasing state is selectively depopulated via resonant LO-phonon scattering of electrons into the relaxation state. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/661831 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07156189 | Bar-Cohen 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) | Yoseph Bar-Cohen (Seal Beach, California); Stewart Sherrit (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Self drilling anchors and related methods and apparatus. In one embodiment an apparatus comprises a drill bit, a hammer mechanism for hammering the drill bit in a first direction and in a second direction, and a selection mechanism for controlling whether, at a given point in time, the drill bit is hammered in the first or second direction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/001465 |
| 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 173/91 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07156957 | Parrish 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) | Clyde F. Parrish (Melbourne, Florida); Dale E. Lueck (Merritt Island, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Nitric oxide in a gaseous stream is converted to nitrogen dioxide using oxidizing species generated at least in part using in situ UV radiation sources. The sources of the oxidizing species include oxygen and/or hydrogen peroxide. The oxygen may be a component of the gaseous stream or added to the gaseous stream, preferably near a UV radiation source, and is converted to ozone by the UV irradiation. The hydrogen peroxide is decomposed through a combination of vaporization and UV irradiation. The hydrogen peroxide is preferably stored at stable concentration levels, i.e., approximately 50% by volume, and increased in concentration in a continuous process preceding vaporization within the flow channel of the gaseous stream and in the presence of the UV radiation sources. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/440543 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/157.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157990 | Adam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Douglas Adam (Millersville, Maryland); Robert Miles Young (Ellicott City, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio frequency (RF) filter includes a substrate, first and second dielectric layers formed on first and second portions of the substrate, a ground plane formed on a third portion of said substrate, a carbon nanotube array, and first and second electrodes. The third portion of the substrate includes, at least in part, the area between the first and second portions thereof. The carbon nanotube array is formed on a portion of said ground plane between the first and second dielectric layers. The first and second electrodes are formed on the first and second dielectric layers, such that an RF signal may be input to and output from the carbon nanotube array via the first and second signal guides. A third electrode is disposed over the carbon nanotube array and is used to voltage bias the array. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/850152 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158545 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Hu (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Benjamin S. Williams (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides quantum cascade lasers and amplifier that operate in a frequency range of about 1 Terahertz to about 10 Terahertz. In one aspect, a quantum cascade laser of the invention includes a semiconductor heterostructure that provides a plurality of lasing modules connected in series. Each lasing module includes a plurality of quantum well structure that collectively generate at least an upper lasing state, a lower lasing state, and a relaxation state such that the upper and the lower lasing states are separated by an energy corresponding to an optical frequency in a range of about 1 to about 10 Terahertz. The lower lasing state is selectively depopulated via resonant LO-phonon scattering of electrons into the relaxation state. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/661831 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158917 | Bickford |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Assets LLC (Lake Tahoe, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Bickford (Orangevale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for providing surveillance of an asset comprised of numerically fitting at least one mathematical model to obtained residual data correlative to asset operation; storing at least one mathematical model in a memory; obtaining a current set of signal data from the asset; retrieving at least one mathematical model from the memory, using the retrieved mathematical model in a sequential hypothesis test for determining if the current set of signal data is indicative of a fault condition; determining an asset fault cause correlative to a determined indication of a fault condition; providing an indication correlative to a determined fault cause, and an action when warranted. The residual data can be mode partitioned, a current mode of operation can be determined from the asset, and at least one mathematical model can be retrieved from the memory as a function of the determined mode of operation. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/073161 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07157222 | Khirabadi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Organ Recovery Systems, Inc. (DesPlaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bijan S. Khirabadi (Rockville, Maryland); Ying C. Song (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina); Kelvin G. M. Brockbank (Charleston, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for vitrification of a tissue or organ includes immersing the tissue or organ in increasing concentrations of cryoprotectant solution at a temperature greater than −15° C. to a cryoprotectant concentration sufficient for vitrification; cooling the tissue or organ at an average rate of from 2.5–100° C. per minute to a temperature between −80° C. and the glass transition temperature; and further cooling the tissue or organ at an average rate less than 30° C. per minute to a temperature below the glass transition temperature to vitrify the tissue or organ. After the vitrified tissue or organ has been stored, the tissue or organ may be removed from vitrification by warming the tissue or organ at an average rate of from 20–40° C. per minute to a temperature between −80° C. and the glass transition temperature; further warming the tissue or organ at a rate greater than 80° C. per minute to a temperature above −75° C.; and reducing the concentration of the cryoprotectant. Tissues or organs treated in this manner exhibit near normal functions, for example, blood vessels exhibit near normal smooth muscle contractility and normal graft functions. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/646802 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/1.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157237 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cognis Corporation (Ambler, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yeyan Zhang (Mason, Ohio); C. Ron Wilson (Loveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides antigenic peptides useful for the production of antibodies which selectively bind to an enzyme involved in the ω-oxidation of fatty acids and alkanes to α,ω-dicarboxylic acids in yeast. Antibodies which specifically bind to an enzyme involved in the ω-oxidation of fatty acids and alkanes to α,ω-dicarboxylic acids in yeast are also provided. In addition, methods of producing the subject antibodies, a method of detecting the presence and amount of a specific enzyme involved in the ω-oxidation of fatty acids and alkanes to α,ω-dicarboxylic acids, and a method of monitoring the degree of enzyme induction and/or enzyme stability in a mixture during ω-oxidation of fatty acids and alkanes to α,ω-dicarboxylic acids in yeast, are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/418820 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158346 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bin Liu (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Dieter K. Weller (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Heat assisted magnetic recording systems with composite recording films are disclosed. The magnetic recording films include superparamagnetic nanoparticles dispersed in an antiferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic matrix. The matrix provides antiferromagnetic coupling with the superparamagnetic nanoparticles, and minimizes exchange interactions between adjacent nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/745205 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07157066 | Diener et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Diener (Denver, Colorado); J. Michael Alford (Lakewood, Colorado); James Nabity (Arvada, Colorado); Bradley D. Hitch (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a combustion apparatus for the production of carbon nanomaterials including fullerenes and fullerenic soot. Most generally the combustion apparatus comprises one or more inlets for introducing an oxygen-containing gas and a hydrocarbon fuel gas in the combustion system such that a flame can be established from the mixed gases, a droplet delivery apparatus for introducing droplets of a liquid hydrocarbon feedstock into the flame, and a collector apparatus for collecting condensable products containing carbon nanomaterials that are generated in the combustion system. The combustion system optionally has a reaction zone downstream of the flame. If this reaction zone is present the hydrocarbon feedstock can be introduced into the flame, the reaction zone or both. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/306615 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/445.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07157706 | Gat et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Opto-Knowledge Systems, Inc. (Torrance, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nahum Gat (Manhattan Beach, California); John Dwight Garman (Costa Mesa, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A continuously variable diaphragm or swappable fixed aperture for use in thermal infrared cameras, which aperture or diaphragm can be cooled to cryogenic temperatures. The invention contemplates mounting aperture control means, if necessary, in a vacuum or extending the control mechanism through a vacuum in a thermally isolated manner to avoid radiation load on the photocell. The inventive method implements such a diaphragm and control system. The invention makes possible the object of using a single thermal infrared camera under a wide variety of target-scene radiation conditions that may be rapidly changing, with interchangeable or zoom camera lenses requiring matching or different size cold stops, and under other such dynamic situations. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/250016 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07158917 | Bickford |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intellectual Assets LLC (Lake Tahoe, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall L. Bickford (Orangevale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for providing surveillance of an asset comprised of numerically fitting at least one mathematical model to obtained residual data correlative to asset operation; storing at least one mathematical model in a memory; obtaining a current set of signal data from the asset; retrieving at least one mathematical model from the memory, using the retrieved mathematical model in a sequential hypothesis test for determining if the current set of signal data is indicative of a fault condition; determining an asset fault cause correlative to a determined indication of a fault condition; providing an indication correlative to a determined fault cause, and an action when warranted. The residual data can be mode partitioned, a current mode of operation can be determined from the asset, and at least one mathematical model can be retrieved from the memory as a function of the determined mode of operation. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/073161 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07159119 | Wilson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Wilson (Collierville, Tennessee); Robert F. Snapp (Memphis, Tennessee); David J. Payne (Collierville, Tennessee); Edgar H. Gillock, II (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for efficiently retrieving secured data by securely pre-processing provided access information, provides data store security based on only a single piece of access information, which is generally public, such as the proper name of a business or individual that is used to retrieve mailing address information. The access information is hashed for access to a secured data store and efficient access and low data storage for permutations of input access information are provided by verifying the presence of an entry for the hashed access information in a look-up table. If an entry is found, the data store is accessed using the hashed access information, but if an entry is not found, another look-up table corresponding to another information type may be tried or the input access information permuted and retried. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/459013 |
| ART UNIT | 2136 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07159238 | Campbell |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leo J. Campbell (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A universal browser operates in conjunction with an underlying browser to provide a user of a PC with access to an enhanced service. The enhanced service can be post-marking for an electronic communication, encryption, or some other service or product offered by the universal browser provider. The universal browser is displayed as a frame, on a tool-bar, on a pull-down menu, as an icon, or the like on a page that has been accessed by the underlying browser. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/156862 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07157629 | Cho et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Myeong-Je Cho (Alameda, California); Peggy G. Lemaux (Morga, California); Bob B. Buchanan (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Transgenic monocot plants and seeds comprising monocot seed-specific promoters from seed-storage protein genes and monocot seed-specific targets sequences of expression of heterologous proteins in subcellular compartments to protect the protein are disclosed. The transgenic monocot plants include maize, wheat, rice and barley. Also disclosed are methods of producing transgenic monocot seed from the transgenic plants. |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/461634 |
| 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 8/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07156552 | Fleming |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rex J. Fleming (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A temperature sensor system includes a body and window arrangement. The body defines an air intake and is flush mounted to a mobile platform having a boundary layer. The window arrangement is integrated into the body and transfers a first signal and receives a second signal. The second signal represents energy from the first signal that is reflected by air particles beyond the boundary layer. The second signal is processed to determine a temperature beyond the boundary layer. The air intake receives air particles, transfers a first set of the air particles to a first air vent into the mobile platform, receives the first set of the air particles from a second air vent from the mobile platform, vents the first set of the air particles, and vents a second set of the air particles that bypass the first air vent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/935530 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Thermal measuring and testing 374/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07157284 | Hiatt |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Howard Hiatt (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | A plurality of samples can be analyzed sequentially in any desired order by intruding the samples into an automatic sampler, the automatic sampler including a plurality of sample ports connected to a holder, a connector, a valve, and a seal. The connector if each sample holder is attached to the valve by a transfer line, and each sample port is connected to a common manifold. A vacuum pump is activated to volatilize the samples sequentially through the common manifold to a vacuum distiller. The order of the samples volatilized is controlled by a microprocessor. Once the sample has been volatilized, the vapors are condensed and sent to an analytical device. |
| FILED | Friday, October 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/279907 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07155870 | Almy |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Powerlight Corp. (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Almy (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A shingle system, mountable to a support surface, includes overlapping shingle assemblies. Each shingle assembly comprises a support bracket, having upper and lower ends, secured to a shingle body. The upper end has an upper support portion, extending away from the shingle body, and an upper support-surface-engaging part, engageable with a support surface so that the upper edge of the shingle body is positionable at a first distance from the support surface to create a first gap therebetween. The lower end has a lower support portion extending away from the lower surface. The support brackets create: (1) a second gap between shingle bodies of the first and second shingle assemblies, and (2) an open region beneath the first shingle assembly fluidly coupling the first and second gaps. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/872126 |
| ART UNIT | 3635 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Static structures 052/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07157059 | Patton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Johnston Patton (Evergreen, Colorado); Peter Freeman Rogerson (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A nitrate reduction device has a cadmium structure forming a plurality of longitudinal channels within a flow chamber, which may be formed by a plurality of wires. The device is used to reduce nitrate to a final nitrite product for analysis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/251696 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/139 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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