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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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| US 07166294 | Maupin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia); Aventis CropScience S.A. (Lyons, France) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary O. Maupin (Fort Collins, Colorado); Marc C. Dolan (Fort Collins, Colorado); Patrick D. Lowder (Pinehurst, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method for controlling ectoparasites of small rodents, thereby preventing the transmission of diseases by arthropod vectors. |
| FILED | Monday, October 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/282984 |
| 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 424/406 |
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| US 07166427 | Lang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jas C. Lang (Worthington, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel method for diagnosing squamous cell carcinoma or prostate cancer in a tissue sample. The method does not involve visual examination of morphology. The method comprises providing a sample from the subject and assaying for the presence, or absence or reduced level of expression of a novel gene, hereinafter referred to as the “DESC1 gene”. The method comprises isolating RNA, preferably mRNA from tissue samples, and detecting the mRNA which encodes all or part of DESC1 protein. Preferably the detection comprises amplifying the mRNA, preferably by reverse transcriptase-PCR using primers specific to a region in the DESC1 gene; and detecting the presence or absence of the amplified product to determine whether DESC1 mRNA is present or absent in the tissue sample. Alternatively the detection comprises separating the RNA which encodes all or part of DESC1 protein from the total RNA, preferably by separating on an agarose gel, and detecting the mRNA encoding DESC1, preferably by using a probe specific for such mRNA. Optionally, the DESC1 mRNA when present, is also quantified using conventional techniques. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides which encode the DESC1 protein, to the DESC1 protein, and to antibodies to the DESC1 protein. The present invention also relates to hybridization probes, and to primers useful in the method of detecting DESC1 mRNA. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 11, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/674035 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07166433 | Griffith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Griffith (Rockville, Maryland); Kiyoto Kurima (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Edward Wilcox (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Thomas Friedman (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated or purified nucleic acid molecule consisting essentially of the nucleotide sequence encoding transductin-2 (TDC2), related and derivative nucleic acid molecules, vectors comprising the isolated or purified nucleic acid sequences, cells comprising such vectors, polypeptides encoded by the nucleic acid molecules, monoclonal antibodies and cell lines producing the monoclonal antibodies. The invention also provides methods of treating, prognosticating and monitoring hearing loss. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/792307 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07166434 | Barany et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Francis Barany (New York, New York); Matthew Lubin (Rye Brook, New York); George Barany (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection reaction and polymerase chain reaction. One aspect of the present invention involves use of a ligase detection reaction coupled to a polymerase chain reaction. Another aspect of the present invention relates to the use of a primary polymerase chain reaction coupled to a secondary polymerase chain reaction coupled to a ligase detection reaction. A third aspect of the present invention involves a primary polymerase chain reaction coupled to a secondary polymerase chain reaction. Such coupling of the ligase detection reaction and the polymerase chain reaction permits multiplex detection of nucleic acid sequence differences. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/843720 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07166448 | Zon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corproation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard I. Zon (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Adriana Donovan (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Positional cloning has been carried out to identify the gene responsible for the hypochromic anemia of the zebrafish mutant weissherbst. The gene, ferroportin1, encodes a novel multiple-transmembrane domain protein, expressed in the yolk sac. Zebrafish ferroportin1 is required for the transport of iron from maternally-derived yolk stores to the circulation, and functions as an iron exporter when expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Human and mouse homologs of the ferroportin1 gene have been identified. The invention includes isolated polynucleotides, vectors and host cells comprising nucleotide sequences encoding Ferroportin1 proteins and variants thereof, including those having iron transport function. The invention also includes polypeptides encoded by ferroportin1 genes and variants of such polypeptides, and fusion polypeptides comprising a Ferroportin1 or a portion thereof. Methods to produce a Ferroportin1, methods to produce antibodies to a Ferroportin1 and methods to identify agents binding to a Ferroportin1, which can be inhibitors or enhancers of Ferroportin1 iron transport activity, are also described. Inhibitors of Ferroportin1 activity can be used in a therapy for hemochromatosis. |
| FILED | Friday, November 17, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/715927 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/91.200 |
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| US 07166450 | Weigel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul H. Weigel (Edmond, Oklahoma); Kshama Kumari (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Paul DeAngelis (Edmond, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of producing hyaluronic acid that includes introducing a purified nucleic acid segment having a coding region encoding enzymatically active hyaluronan synthase into a Bacillus strain, and culturing the Bacillus strain under conditions appropriate for the production of hyaluronic acid. |
| FILED | Monday, June 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/446854 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/97 |
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| US 07166455 | Comstock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie E. Comstock (Medfield, Massachusetts); Michael J. Coyne (North Attleboro, Massachusetts); Dennis L. Kasper (Charlestown, Massachusetts); Arthur O. Tzianabos (Reading, Massachusetts); Katja G. Weinacht (Denzlingen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for producing and selecting novel mutant strains of B. fragilis that constitutively express a particular capsular polysaccharide or only selected capsular polysaccharides; compositions directed to the novel mutant strains of B. fragilis that constitutively express a particular capsular polysaccharide or only selected capsular polysaccharides; improved methods for purification of individual capsular polysaccharides; and compositions directed to novel res02 and inv19 genes and their gene products. Significantly, the present invention provides methods and compositions for overexpressing and purifying immunomodulatory capsular polysaccharide A (PSA) in high yield. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/388390 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.100 |
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| US 07166462 | Levitt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbult University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pat Ressler Levitt (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Venkata Chowdari Kodavali (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Vishwajit Laxmikant Nimgaonkar (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Karolyn Mirnics (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of diagnosing, assessing susceptibility, and/or treating schizophrenia involving the observation of regulator of G-protein signaling 4 (RGS4) levels in a subject. Embodiments of the present invention include increasing RGS4 expression levels in the cortex, either by chemical means or by genetic complementation (e.g. gene therapy). |
| FILED | Friday, August 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/939209 |
| 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 435/325 |
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| US 07166477 | Prusiner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley B. Prusiner (San Francisco, California); Patrick Bosque (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of preparing a sample of muscle tissue and of assaying the prepared sample to determine the presence of prions in the sample is disclosed. The muscle tissue is homogenized and mixed with a complexing agent which forms a complex with a higher specific gravity than PrPSc, the complexing agent or other components of the homogenate. Gravity is then used (e.g. ultra centrifugation) to concentrate the complex and the concentrate is assayed to detect prions. The muscle tissue is preferably extracted from a muscle or group of muscles such as hind limb muscle which have a higher or more preferably the highest concentration of prions as compared to other muscle in the mammal. |
| FILED | Friday, August 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/211942 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/539 |
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| US 07166568 | Sims |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter J. Sims (Mequon, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds modulating CD59 mediated complement activity, compositions including these compounds, and methods of making and using the compounds are disclosed, which are based on the identification of the hu CD59 amino acid residues which serve as the binding site for CD59-C9 interactions. These residues correspond to amino acid residues 42–58, and bind to the region of C9 corresponding to human 334–418, more specifically, between amino acid residues 359 and 384. Compounds can be derived using this basic amino acid sequence and corresponding three dimensional structure within the protein using any of several techniques known to those skilled in the art, including rational drug design using computer data bases and modeling of peptide/protein-ligand binding, antibodies and anti-idiotypic antibodies generated to the proteins or peptides containing this peptide sequence, and modified peptides. Those compounds imitating the structure and/or function of the peptide region are referred to herein as “peptidomimetics”, and include small molecules which present the surface exposed side chains in these amino acids in the same relative positions, compounds identified by combinatorial chemistry techniques which bind to the active portions of human C9, as well as modified peptides. The compounds can be used to inhibit complement by binding to C9 analogously to CD59, or to maintain complement inhibition, by blocking CD59 binding to C9. The compounds can be administered locally or systemically in any suitable carrier in an amount effective to either inhibit complement or block the inhibition of complement, in a patient in need of treatment thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/020393 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07166578 | Fogelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The University of Alabama Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan M Fogelman (Beverly Hills, California); Gattadahalli M Anantharamaiah (Birmingham, California); Mohamad Navab (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides novel peptides that ameliorate one or more symptoms of atherosclerosis. The peptides are highly stable and readily administered via an oral route. In addition, the peptides inhibit osteoporosis. When administered with a statin, the peptides enhance the activity of the statin permitting the statin to be used at significantly lower dosages. In certain embodiments, the peptides range in length from about 10 up to about 30 amino acids, comprise at least one class A amphipathic helix, and protect a phospholipid against oxidation by an oxidizing agent. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/273386 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/13 |
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| US 07166585 | Posner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cytochroma Inc. (Ontario, Canada); Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary H. Posner (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth Crawford (Decatur, Georgia); Hong Woon Yang (Baltimore, Maryland); HeungBae Jeon (Baltimore, Maryland); Mark Hatcher (Baltimore, Maryland); Byung-Chul Suh (Cockeysville, Maryland); Jay White (Newmarket, Canada); Glenville Jones (Kingston, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides novel C24-sulfone analogs of 1α,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds as selective inhibitors of CYP24. In particular, the compounds of the invention are useful for treating diseases which benefit from a modulation of the levels of 1α,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3, for example, cell-proliferative disorders. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/612302 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/167 |
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| US 07166699 | Zwiebel |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence J Zwiebel (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention discloses polynucleotides and polypeptides of arrestin and odorant receptors. Also disclosed are methods for producing such polypeptides and methods of making antibodies. This invention also discloses a method of identifying compounds that bind to arrestins or odorant receptors. A method of identifying compounds that inhibit the binding of mosquito arrestin to a mosquito odorant receptor is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/056405 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 |
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| US 07166704 | Batra et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Surinder K. Batra (Omaha, Nebraska); Michael A. Hollingsworth (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | A human nucleic acid, PD2, its encoded protein and antibodies immunologically specific thereto are disclosed herein. The expression of the disclosed PD2 gene plays a key role in the regulation of differentiation and in the maintenance of the neoplastic state. The PD2 gene and its encoded protein represent valuable therapeutic targets in the differential diagnosis and therapy of pancreatic adenocarcinomas. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/721553 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.700 |
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| US 07166712 | Boyd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Philadelphia, Health and Education Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Thomas Boyd (Chester, United Kingdom); Dale Stewart Haines (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania); Nikolina Vlatkovic (Chester, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding mammalian MDM2 binding protein and polypeptide sequences for the mammalian MDM2 binding protein are provided. Also provided are vectors containing these nucleic acid sequences, host cells which express these proteins and antibodies targeted to these proteins. In addition, methods and compositions for modulating the G1 phase of the cell cycle via altering expression and/or activity of a mammalian MDM2 binding protein are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/312954 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07166713 | Dass et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Techn University (Lubbock, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brinda Dass (Lubbock, Texas); Clinton C. MacDonald (Lubbock, Texas); Allison Michelle Wallace-Shannon (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an isolated human nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein or polypeptide which controls RNA polyadenylation, an isolated mouse nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein or polypeptide which controls RNA polyadenylation, and nucleic acid constructs, host cells and an expression system incorporating the nucleic acid molecules. The present invention also discloses methods of diagnosing male infertility; a method of contraception for mammals; and a method for diagnosing a cancerous condition in a subject using the nucleic acid molecules and proteins of the present invention. |
| FILED | Monday, December 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/314519 |
| 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 536/23.100 |
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| US 07166716 | Abraham et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert T. Abraham (San Diego, California); Diane M. Otterness (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule having substantially the same nucleotide sequence as SEQ ID NO:1. Also provided is an isolated oligonucleotide having at least 15 contiguous nucleotides of a nucleotide sequence referenced as SEQ ID NO:11. An isolated polypeptide having substantially the same amino acid sequence as SEQ ID NO:2 is further provided as well as an antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, which specifically binds to an ATX polypeptide and has an amino acid sequence as referenced in SEQ ID NO:2. A method for identifying an ATX-modulatory compound is additionally provided. The method consists of measuring the level of an ATX polypeptide in the presence of a test compound, wherein a difference in the level of said ATX polypeptide in the presence of said test compound compared to in the absence of said test compound indicating that said test compound is an ATX-modulatory compound, and wherein said ATX-modulatory compound is not caffeine or wortmannin. |
| FILED | Friday, June 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/456238 |
| ART UNIT | 1653 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
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| US 07166719 | Pandey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research, Inc. (Buffalo, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravindra K. Pandey (Williamsville, New York); William R. Potter (Grand Island, New York); Thomas J. Dougherty (Grand Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are compounds for detection, diagnosis and treatment of target tissues or target compositions, including hyperproliferative tissues such as tumors, using photodynamic methods. In particular, photosensitizer compounds that collect in hyperproliferative tissue are provided. In another embodiment, compounds that absorb light at a wavelength of from about 700 to about 850 nm are provided. In a further embodiment, compounds that are detectable by magnetic resonance imaging are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/607922 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/140 |
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| US 07166763 | Shworak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas W. Shworak (Hanover, New Hampshire); Robert D. Rosenberg (Boston, Massachusetts); Robert T. Palac (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An animal selected for lacking heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase-1 activity is provided. This animal exhibits characteristics associated with myxomatous valvular disease and is useful for identifying agents which prevent, delay or treat myxomatous valvular disease. Methods of diagnosing myxomatous valvular disease are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/365140 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/18 |
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| US 07167819 | Gibson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chiron Corporation (Emeryville, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradford W. Gibson (Berkeley, California); Irwin D. Kuntz (Greenbrae, California); Ning Tang (San Francisco, California); Gavin Dollinger (San Francisco, California); Connie M. Oshiro (Mountain View, California); Judith C. Hempel (San Francisco, California); Eric W. Taylor (Oakland, California); Malin Young (Newark, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a fast and efficient method for determining the three-dimensional conformation of a protein. The steps of the method of the invention include: 1) formation of physical distance constraints, e.g., forming intramolecular chemical crosslinks of known size between residues of a protein; 2) enriching the number of the molecules that have intramolecular chemical crosslinks in the reaction pool, e.g., using size separation to remove proteins with intermolecular bonds; 3) exposing the enriched reaction pool to a protease that cuts the protein at specific sites to produce peptide fragments; 4) measuring the size of the peptide fragments to determine linkage sites with a certain spatial relationship in the protein; and 5)interpreting the data produced to determine spatial geometry and protein structure based on the deduced spatial relationship of the linkage sites. The information is preferably analyzed with aid from a computer system, which can be used to generate and/or analyze distance constraints between amino acids. |
| FILED | Friday, May 26, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/580380 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/12 |
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| US 07165463 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shuangbiao Liu (Peoria, Illinois); Qian Wang (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for determining Young's modulus and, if desired, Poisson's ratio of a coating on a substrate wherein load-displacement indentation data in the elastic region (either elastic loading or unloading) generated using an indenter is analyzed to interpret the elastic repsonse of a coated material. The data analysis pursuant to the invention is based on an extended Hertzian analysis developed for thin-film coatings. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/964589 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/861 |
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| US 07165504 | Miller |
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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) | Grant M. Miller (Niantic, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna linear extension and retraction apparatus and method of use for a submersible device is provided. The apparatus includes a body having a cavity formed at an external surface. A bladder containing a core material is arranged within the cavity. The core material contracts and expands the bladder depending upon a pressure that surrounds the bladder. An antenna is operatively connected with the bladder and moves between a retracted position and a deployed position as the bladder contracts and expands. |
| FILED | Monday, December 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/016481 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/328 |
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| US 07165566 | Beebe |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Beebe (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for fabricating a microstructure using maskless lithography. A first layer is provided in a spaced relationship to a base layer so as to define a construction cavity therebetween. The first layer has a passageway therethrough that communicates with the construction cavity. The construction cavity is filled with material and a polymerizing agent is directed towards a portion of the material so as to polymerize the same. The polymerized material defines a channel network and the non-polymerized material is flushed from the channel network. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/422237 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/15.10 |
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| US 07166124 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Providence Health System - Oregon (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hua Xie (Portland, Oregon); Lisa A. Buckley (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioprosthetic stent graft is disclosed, having a stent frame and a biomaterial sheath suturelessly bonded to the stent frame. Sutureless bonding avoids sutures and substantially reducing medical complications in implantation of the stent graft. A device and method for manufacturing the stent graft further is disclosed. A mandrel is employed for shaping the stent graft, and means for irradiating the biomaterial effects sutureless bonding. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/104391 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/1.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166373 | Spitsberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irene Spitsberg (Loveland, Ohio); Brett Allen Boutwell (Liberty Township, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Zirconia-containing ceramic compositions useful for thermal barrier coatings having improved mechanical properties, especially improved fracture toughness. These compositions comprise: (1) at least about 93 mole % zirconia; (2) a stabilizing amount up to about 5 mole % of a stabilizer metal oxide selected from the group consisting of yttria, calcia, ceria, scandia, magnesia, india, gadolinia, neodymia, samaria, dysprosia, erbia, ytterbia, europia, praseodymia, and mixtures thereof, and a fracture toughness improving amount up to about 2 mole % lanthana. These ceramic compositions can be used to prepare thermal barrier coatings to provide a thermally protected article having a substrate and optionally a bond coat layer adjacent to and overlaying the substrate. The thermal barrier coating can be prepared by depositing the ceramic composition on the bond coat layer or the substrate in the absence of a bond coat layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/921515 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/702 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166384 | LaFollette et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BiPolar Technologies Corp. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodney M. LaFollette (Provo, Utah); Linton G. Salmon (Provo, Utah); John N. Harb (Orem, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Microscopic batteries, integratable or integrated with microelectromechanical systems or other microscopic circuits, including a MEMS microcircuit, and methods of microfabrication of such microscopic batteries are disclosed, among which comprise closed system microscopic batteries for internal storage of electricity using interval reactants only, which comprise microscopic electrodes, electrolyte and reservoir for the electrolyte. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/930539 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166479 | Zhu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore Zhu (Maple Grove, Minnesota); Jeffrey S. Sather (Medina, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A monolithically formed ferromagnetic thin-film memory is disclosed that has local shielding on at least two sides of selected magnetic storage elements. The local shielding preferably extends along the back and side surfaces of a word line and/or digital lines of a conventional magnetic memory. In this configuration, the local shielding not only may help reduce externally generated EMI, internally generated cross-talk and other unwanted fields in the magnetic bit region, but may also help enhance the desired magnetic fields in the bit region. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/992984 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166664 | Anderson |
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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) | Nicole Marie Anderson (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A low-VOC (volatile organic compound) and/or low-toxicity coating formulation, including at least one non-halogenated solvent including terpene(s) or terpenoid(s), and at least one polymer including conducting polymers, electroactive polymers and/or conjugated polymers, wherein the polymers and non-halogenated solvent(s) are in non-aqueous form. In other embodiments, coating formulations, includes about 0.01% wt. to about 99.9% wt. of at least one non-halogenated solvent including a terpene or terpenoid, about 0.01% wt. to about 90% wt. of at least one polymer including conducting polymers, conjugated polymers, and electroactive polymers, and about 0.001% wt to about 90% wt. of at least one surfactant, wherein the polymers, solvents, and surfactants are in non-aqueous form. Also included are aqueous low VOC and/or toxicity coating formulations having at least one non-halogenated solvent including terpene(s) or terpenoid(s), and at least one conjugated, electroactive, or conductive polymer, copolymer, block polymer, and mixtures thereof. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/817114 |
| ART UNIT | 1714 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 524/474 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167137 | Apostolos |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T. Apostolos (Merrimac, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A collapsible discone antenna is provided with an ultra wide band width by providing a collapsible conical skeleton cone, with the rods of the skeleton being provided with meander lines so as to effectively reduce the overall dimensions of the antenna by a factor of 2, with the antenna rods being electrically interconnected at their distal ends so as to eliminate performance degradation due to varying ground conductivities. A specialized feed configuration is used in one embodiment to feed multiple antennas stacked above a low band disc through the utilization of one or more coaxial lines which are wrapped around a ferrite toroid so that they may be passed up through the low-band disc without detuning the low band discone antenna. The use of the toroid inductor between the low-band cone and the low-band disc further reduces the low frequency cutoff of the antenna by markedly decreasing the VSWR at frequencies as low as 20 megahertz. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/067417 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/774 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167198 | 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 | A method for controlling multiple cameras and their lens tracking a vehicle in flight at a test range. The method controls camera lens functions including focus, focal length, and exposure settings, based upon information stored in a track file contained within an Auto Focus and Zoom Controller, in order to obtain optimal recordings of launch events at the test range. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/639846 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/169 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167249 | Otten, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kestrel Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard John Otten, III (Placitas, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical instruments having, inter alia, optics to process wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation to produce an interferogram. The instruments include at least one optical path and optical elements positioned along this path for splitting and recombining the wavelengths which interfere with each other to produce a plurality of different fringes of different wavelengths. In one group, the optics include matched gratings which are positioned along the optical path outside of the interferometer optics to produce first and second sets of spectrally dispersed beams. The interferometer optics also includes a beam splitter and first and second mirrors. The gratings may be positioned in a variety of locations along the optical path. In another group, the optics include a beam splitter having a plurality of surfaces, wherein each of the surfaces is either 100% reflective, 100% transmissive or 50% reflective and 50% transmissive. In a third group, the optics includes the beam splitter having a plurality of reflective and transmissive surfaces and matched gratings. The instruments can all include a detector for detecting the interferogram and means for processing the detected interferogram to produce spectral information. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/723901 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167872 | Linn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harris Corporation (Melbourne, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Alan Linn (Fairport, New York); Anthony Joseph DiBernardo (Fairport, New York); Richard Roger Pufky (East Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for accomplishing improved file access within a Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Software Component Architecture (SCA) system environment is described. A file access class may be added to an existing JTRS SCA system, the added file access class being an instance of a JTRS SCA file access class. Using this system and method, clients requesting access to a file may be allowed to use more direct file access methods, bypassing a JTRS SCA service, if the file of interest is local to the requesting client's environment, e.g. local to the same processor. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/337997 |
| ART UNIT | 2161 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/103.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167884 | Picciolo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Picciolo (Silver Spring, Maryland); Karl R. Gerlach (Dunkirk, Maryland); Jay S. Goldstein (Centreville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive signal processing system utilizes a Multistage Weiner Filter having an analysis section and a synthesis section that includes a processor. The processor includes an algorithm for generating a data adaptive linear transformation, computing an adaptive weighting wmed of the data, and applying the computed adaptive weighting wmed to a function of a main input signal and an auxiliary input signal to generate an output signal. A plurality of building blocks in a Gram-Schmidt cascaded canceller-type configuration sequentially decorrelate input signals from each other to produce a single filtered output signal. Each building block generates an adaptive weight wmed that is applied to generate a local output signal. The effect of non-Gaussian noise contamination on the convergence MOE of the system is negligible. In addition, when desired signal components are included in weight training data they cause little loss of noise cancellation. |
| FILED | Monday, April 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/126663 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167984 | Graveman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard F. Graveman (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An approximate message authentication code (AMAC) which, like conventional message authentication codes, provides absolute authentication of the origin of the message, yet provides an approximate integrity check for the content of the message. The approximate integrity check will be computed probabilistically and will likely be the same for messages having only a small percentage of different bits. A distance measure on the AMACs, such as a Hamming distance measure, may be used to determine whether the number of bit differences between the messages is likely to be within an acceptable amount. The AMAC is a probabilistic checksum based on a shared key. The AMAC uses the message and a shared key as inputs. Optionally, an initial value may also be used as an input. In one version of the invention, the data in the message M are permuted and arranged (physically or logically) into a table having |A| bits in each column and T2 rows, where T is may be an odd integer. The permuted data are masked, for example, to generate an unbiased, independent, identically distributed set of bits (1s and 0s). Taking T rows at a time, the majority bit value for each column is determined and that majority value is used to generate a new row. This procedure is repeated on the T new rows of majority bits. The resulting |A| bits is the AMAC. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/969518 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah); Kory Garner (Orem, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A drilling fluid filter for placement within a bore wall of a tubular drill string component comprises a perforated receptacle with an open end and a closed end. A hanger for engagement with the bore wall is mounted at the open end of the perforated receptacle. A mandrel is adjacent and attached to the open end of the perforated receptacle. A linkage connects the mandrel to the hanger. The linkage may be selected from the group consisting of struts, articulated struts and cams. The mandrel operates on the hanger through the linkage to engage and disengage the drilling fluid filter from the tubular drill string component. The mandrel may have a stationary portion comprising a first attachment to the open end of the perforated receptacle and a telescoping adjustable portion comprising a second attachment to the linkage. The mandrel may also comprise a top-hole interface for top-hole equipment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/711595 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Boring or penetrating the earth 175/314 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166237 | 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 | 10/246597 |
| 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 07166574 | Peña et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BioSurface Engineering Technologies, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland); Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis A. Peña (Poquott, New York); Paul Zamora (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Xinhua Lin (Plainview, New York); John D. Glass (Shoreham, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides synthetic heparin-binding growth factor analogs having at least one peptide chain that binds a heparin-binding growth factor receptor, covalently bound to a hydrophobic linker, which is in turn covalently bound to a non-signaling peptide that includes a heparin-binding domain. The synthetic heparin-binding growth factor analogs are useful as soluble biologics or as surface coatings for medical devices. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/224268 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166758 | Nunez et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Luis Nunez (Chicago, Illinois); Michael Donald Kaminski (Lockport, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Decontamination of nuclear facilities is necessary to reduce the radiation field during normal operations and decommissioning of complex equipment. In this invention, we discuss gel and foam based diphosphonic acid (HEDPA) chemical solutions that are unique in that these solutions can be applied at room temperature; provide protection to the base metal for continued applications of the equipment; and reduce the final waste form production to one step. The HEDPA gels and foams are formulated with benign chemicals, including various solvents, such as ionic liquids and reducing and complexing agents such as hydroxamic acids, and formaldehyde sulfoxylate. Gel and foam based HEDPA processes allow for decontamination of difficult to reach surfaces that are unmanageable with traditional aqueous process methods. Also, the gel and foam components are optimized to maximize the dissolution rate and assist in the chemical transformation of the gel and foam to a stable waste form. |
| FILED | Saturday, March 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/089978 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment 588/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166797 | Dziendziel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randolph J. Dziendziel (Middle Grove, New York); David Moore DePoy (Clifton Park, New York); Paul Francis Baldasaro (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the field of thermophotovoltaic (TPV) direct energy conversion. In particular, TPV systems use filters to minimize parasitic absorption of below bandgap energy. This invention constitutes a novel combination of front surface filters to increase TPV conversion efficiency by reflecting useless below bandgap energy while transmitting a very high percentage of the useful above bandgap energy. In particular, a frequency selective surface is used in combination with an interference filter. The frequency selective surface provides high transmission of above bandgap energy and high reflection of long wavelength below bandgap energy. The interference filter maintains high transmission of above bandgap energy and provides high reflection of short wavelength below bandgap energy and a sharp transition from high transmission to high reflection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/217441 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/253 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166973 | Douglas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Douglas (Newport News, Virginia); Stephen V. Benson (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of energy recovery for RF-base linear charged particle accelerators that allows energy recovery without large relative momentum spread of the particle beam involving first accelerating a waveform particle beam having a crest and a centroid with an injection energy Eo with the centroid of the particle beam at a phase offset fo from the crest of the accelerating waveform to an energy Efull and then recovering the beam energy centroid a phase fo+Df relative to the crest of the waveform particle beam such that (Efull−Eo)(1+cos(fo+Df))>dE/2 wherein dE=the full energy spread, dE/2=the full energy half spread and Df=the wave form phase distance. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/225619 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167075 | Siggins et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy Lynn Siggins (Newport News, Virginia); Charles W. Murray (Hayes, Virginia); Richard L. Walker (Norfolk, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual resistor for eliminating the requirement for two different value resistors. The dual resistor includes a conditioning resistor at a high resistance value and a run resistor at a low resistance value. The run resistor can travel inside the conditioning resistor. The run resistor is capable of being advanced by a drive assembly until an electrical path is completed through the run resistor thereby shorting out the conditioning resistor and allowing the lower resistance run resistor to take over as the current carrier. |
| FILED | Friday, December 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/003478 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical resistors 338/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167095 | Carrender |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute K1-53 (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curt Carrender (Morgan Hill, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for acquisition management of subject position information that utilizes radio frequency identification (RF ID) to store position information in position tags. Tag programmers receive position information from external positioning systems, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), from manual inputs, such as keypads, or other tag programmers. The tag programmers program each position tag with the received position information. Both the tag programmers and the position tags can be portable or fixed. Implementations include portable tag programmers and fixed position tags for subject position guidance, and portable tag programmers for collection sample labeling. Other implementations include fixed tag programmers and portable position tags for subject route recordation. Position tags can contain other associated information such as destination address of an affixed subject for subject routing. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/173823 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/572.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167129 | Strassner, II |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernd H. Strassner, II (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A reproducible, high-performance patch antenna array apparatus includes a patch antenna array provided on a unitary dielectric substrate, and a feed network provided on the same unitary substrate and proximity coupled to the patch antenna array. The reproducibility is enhanced by using photolithographic patterning and etching to produce both the patch antenna array and the feed network. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/963162 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167619 | Veligdan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Veligdan (Manorville, New York); Leonard DeSanto (Dunkirk, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A display system includes a waveguide optical panel having an inlet face and an opposite outlet face. An image beam is projected across the inlet face laterally and transversely for display on the outlet face. An optical detector including a matrix of detector elements is optically aligned with the inlet face for detecting a corresponding lateral and transverse position of an inbound light spot on the outlet face. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/651144 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167808 | Terwilliger |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas C. Terwilliger (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer implemented method modifies an experimental electron density map. A set of selected known experimental and model electron density maps is provided and standard templates of electron density are created from the selected experimental and model electron density maps by clustering and averaging values of electron density in a spherical region about each point in a grid that defines each selected known experimental and model electron density maps. Histograms are also created from the selected experimental and model electron density maps that relate the value of electron density at the center of each of the spherical regions to a correlation coefficient of a density surrounding each corresponding grid point in each one of the standard templates. The standard templates and the histograms are applied to grid points on the experimental electron density map to form new estimates of electron density at each grid point in the experimental electron density map. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/821235 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167890 | Lin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rong Lin (Geneseo, New York); Martin Margala (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A Procesor-In-Memory (PIM) includes a digital accelerator for image and graphics processing. The digital accelerator is based on an ALU having multipliers for processing combinations of bits smaller than those in the input data (e.g., 4×4 adders if the input data are 8-bit numbers). The ALU implements various arithmetic algorithms for addition, multiplication, and other operations. A secondary processing logic includes adders in series and parallel to permit vector operations as well as operations on longer scalars. A self-repairing ALU is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/409059 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/625 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07166325 | Dai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hongjie Dai (Sunnyvale, California); Jing Kong (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanotubes and nanotube-based devices are implemented in a variety of applications. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a nanotube device is manufactured having a nanotube extending between two conductive elements. In one implementation, each conductive element includes a catalyst portion, wherein electrical connection is made to opposite ends of the nanotube at each of the catalyst portions. In one implementation, the conductive elements are coupled to circuitry for detecting an electrical characteristic of the nanotube, such as the response of the nanotube to exposure to one or more of a variety of materials. In another implementation, the nanotube device is adapted for chemical and biological sensing. In still another implementation, a particular functionality is imparted to the nanotube using one or more of a variety of materials coupled to the nanotube, such as metal particles, biological particles and/or layers of the same. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/299610 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/249.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166591 | Atwood |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Allan Atwood (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel chemical compounds are disclosed having the general formula L{YXm}n, wherein X is selected from the Group 13 elements, Y is a halide, and L is a chelating ligand containing at least one binding atom contacting the Group 13 element, the atom being selected from the group consisting of C, N, O, and S, and m and n are integers having a value of at least 1. L may be a Schiff base type ligand, such as a salen ligand. The compositions of the present invention may be bidentate, quadridentate, or greater. The compositions may be used in dealkylation of phosphate esters or ethers. Advantageously, the methods of the present invention may be rendered catalytic. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/774619 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/230.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166699 | Zwiebel |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence J Zwiebel (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention discloses polynucleotides and polypeptides of arrestin and odorant receptors. Also disclosed are methods for producing such polypeptides and methods of making antibodies. This invention also discloses a method of identifying compounds that bind to arrestins or odorant receptors. A method of identifying compounds that inhibit the binding of mosquito arrestin to a mosquito odorant receptor is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/056405 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — 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 07166998 | Magland et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeremy Magland (Lansdale, Pennsylvania); Charles L. Epstein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of obtaining an arbitrary, admissible transverse magnetization profile as the summed response of two, self refocused selective “half pulse” excitations for use in, e.g., magnetic resonance imaging pulse generation. The problem of finding the pair of half pulses is rephrased in the inverse scattering formalism and a simple closed form algorithm for the solution is given, provided the target transverse profile has constant phase (modulo 180°). The problem has a unique low energy solution for sufficiently small, complex valued data, and an algorithm for finding the solution is provided. This solution is used to generate pairs of half pulses for given target transverse profiles. |
| FILED | Monday, December 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/010543 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167354 | Dietz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven Dietz (Denver, Colorado); Vinh The Nguyen (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A mesoporous polymer and method of preparing a mesoporous polymer whose polymerization kinetics are dependent upon pH and whose pore size is controlled by pH and solvent concentration are disclosed. The polymer is optionally pyrolyzed to form a primarily carbonaceous solid. The material has an average pore size in the mesopore range and is suitable for use in liquid-phase surface limited applications including chromatographic, sorbent, catalytic, and electrical applications. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/075019 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/504 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07167890 | Lin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rong Lin (Geneseo, New York); Martin Margala (Pittsford, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A Procesor-In-Memory (PIM) includes a digital accelerator for image and graphics processing. The digital accelerator is based on an ALU having multipliers for processing combinations of bits smaller than those in the input data (e.g., 4×4 adders if the input data are 8-bit numbers). The ALU implements various arithmetic algorithms for addition, multiplication, and other operations. A secondary processing logic includes adders in series and parallel to permit vector operations as well as operations on longer scalars. A self-repairing ALU is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/409059 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers: Arithmetic processing and calculating 78/625 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07166135 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl Brent Smith (Raleigh, North Carolina); Mohamed Mahmoud Hashem (Raleigh, North Carolina); Peter J. Hauser (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing an ionic crosslinked fibrous material, such as a cellulosic fabric, paper, or other substrate, wherein the ionic crosslinked fiber exhibits an increased wrinkle resistance angle. A process for producing a cationized chitosan, wherein the cationized chitosan exhibits cationization at the C6 and ring hydroxyl sites and the reactivity of the ring NH2 sites is preserved. A process for applying a polycation to an anionic fibrous material to form an ionic crosslinked fibrous material. A process for producing a cationized fibrous material, wherein the process is performed as a pad-batch process, an exhaust fixation process, a pad-steam process, or a pad-dry-cure process. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/756557 |
| ART UNIT | 1751 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Bleaching and dyeing; fluid treatment and chemical modification of textiles and fibers 08/115.510 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166451 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shang-Tian Yang (Dublin, Ohio); Nedim Albayrak (Van, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | A multilayer enzyme immobilization process is provided comprising adsorbing a polyethyleneimine (PEI) solution in a fibrous matrix, and adding an enzyme to the fibrous matrix, which comprises a plurality of fibrils. The process further comprises forming at least two layers of PEI-enzyme aggregates on the fibrils, and cross-linking the multilayer PEI-enzyme aggregates. The process can further comprise washing the fibrils containing the cross-linked PEI-enzyme aggregates with distilled water and acetic acid buffer subsequent to cross-linking. However, the PEI-containing matrix is not washed prior to the addition of enzyme. The enzyme can be β-galactosidase and the fibrous matrix can be cotton cloth. The multilayer immobilized enzyme can be employed in a biocatalyst reactor for production of galacto-oligosaccharides from lactose and the hydrolysis of lactose to glucose and galactose. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/785274 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07166228 | Ludwig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph D. Ludwig (Norman, Oklahoma); Chunming Su (Ada, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for treating a subsurface formation with a ferrous compound, to reduce a contaminant therein, involves introducing into the subsurface formation a ferrous compound in combination with sodium hydrosulfite in an amount sufficient to substantially prevent precipitation, during the introducing, of a major portion of the ferrous compound. The method was found to be useful in the reduction of hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium at a Superfund site. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/963607 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/719 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07166451 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shang-Tian Yang (Dublin, Ohio); Nedim Albayrak (Van, Turkey) |
| ABSTRACT | A multilayer enzyme immobilization process is provided comprising adsorbing a polyethyleneimine (PEI) solution in a fibrous matrix, and adding an enzyme to the fibrous matrix, which comprises a plurality of fibrils. The process further comprises forming at least two layers of PEI-enzyme aggregates on the fibrils, and cross-linking the multilayer PEI-enzyme aggregates. The process can further comprise washing the fibrils containing the cross-linked PEI-enzyme aggregates with distilled water and acetic acid buffer subsequent to cross-linking. However, the PEI-containing matrix is not washed prior to the addition of enzyme. The enzyme can be β-galactosidase and the fibrous matrix can be cotton cloth. The multilayer immobilized enzyme can be employed in a biocatalyst reactor for production of galacto-oligosaccharides from lactose and the hydrolysis of lactose to glucose and galactose. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/785274 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07165679 | Avant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oscar Lee Avant (Silver Spring, Maryland); Ralph William Boldt, Jr. (Monrovia, Maryland); Bruce A. Brandt (Gainesville, Virginia); Jay David Fadely (Palmetto, Florida); Michael Ray Little (Fairfax, Maryland); Simon Franklin Reidel (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods consistent with the present invention provide for identifying and processing mail using an identification code on a mailpiece as a redundant source of identification information in a mail sorting system. In one embodiment, this information is stored in a temporary database and used for the identification and processing of mail in a Remote Bar Code System (RBCS). In this embodiment, the identification code enables the automation of mail sorting and other processing tasks, reducing costs and delays in mail delivery services. In another embodiment, the identification and processing of mail occurs in an Identification Code Sorting (ICS) system. In this embodiment, a long-term database allows for mail sorting and other processing tasks on a national or global level. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/223916 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/3.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07166463 | Karpen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Karpen (Portland, Oregon); Thomas C. Rich (Mobile, Alabama); Dermot M. F. Cooper (Cambridge, United Kingdom); Jerome Schaack (Denver, Colorado); Kent Fagan (Centennial, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides modified cyclic nucleotide gated (CNG) channels. In particularly preferred embodiments, the modified CNG channels exhibit increased sensitivity and specificity for cAMP, as compared to wild-type CNG channels. In additional embodiments, regulation by Ca2+-calmodulin has been removed in the modified CNG channels. Convenient optical methods for detecting changes in cAMP, taking advantage of the Ca2+ permeability of the channel are also provided by the present invention. In addition, electrophysiological methods are further provided. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/295573 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07166878 | Janesick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Robert Janesick (Huntington Beach, California); Eugene L. Dines (Aliso Viejo, California); Mark S. Muzilla (Riverside, California); Maryn G. Stapelbroek (Santa Ana, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An imager, an image sensor included in the imager and a method of fabricating the image sensor are provided. The image sensor having a substrate with front and back sides to produce image data, includes a transparent conductive coating arranged on the back side of the substrate, a first well region of a first conductive type having first and second opposite sides, the first side being arranged adjacent with the front side of the image sensor; and a second well region of a second conductive type, different from the first conductive type and having a deep well region provided adjacent with the second side of the first well region, the transparent conductive coating configured to develop or to receive a first potential and the first well region configured to receive a second potential to substantially deplete a region between the transparent conductive coating and the first well region. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/975299 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/290 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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