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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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| US 07168368 | Warner 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) | Brad H. Warner (Alexandria, Virginia); Thomas J. Gebhard (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus within a warhead for expelling a payload from the rear of the warhead after a tail assembly has been removed. A separate thrust chamber within the warhead has an apertured thrust tube at one end which extends into the thrust chamber and a pusher plate at the other end for propelling the payload. The thrust chamber includes a propellant which, when ignited generates high pressure gas causing a rocket effect out the thrust tube to move the pusher plate and associated payload. The pusher plate may be disconnected from the thrust chamber to slow the expulsion process. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/843650 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/489 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169112 | Caldwell |
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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) | Donald W. Caldwell (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to non-contact monitoring devices, and more particularly, non-contact respiration monitoring devices. According to the invention there is provided a monitoring device having a body defining an air monitoring channel between an air inlet and an air outlet. Disposed in monitoring channel is a respiration detection means, such as a flap-valve, which operates with associated logic circuitry to report the presence or absence of respiration via visual and audible displays. The device may be configured to attached, or be integrally connected to, the air input orifice of an air filter canister of a gas mask or the like. Alternatively, the device may be associated with the air output orifices or valves of a gas mask or the like. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/936992 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/533 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169285 | O'Grady 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) | William E. O'Grady (Hyattsville, Maryland); Graham T. Cheek (Annapolis, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A low temperature method for reducing and purifying refractory metals, metal compounds, and semi-metals using a catalyst. Using this invention, TiO2 can be reduced directly to Ti metal at room temperature. The catalyst is an ion in an electrolyte that catalyzes the rate of the reduction of a compound MX to M, wherein M is a metal or a semi-metal; MX is a metal compound, a semi-metal compound, or a metal or semi-metal dissolved as an impurity in M; and X is an element chemically combined with or dissolved in M. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/868273 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169358 | Henkens et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Robert W. Henkens (Beaufort, North Carolina); John P. O'Daly (Carrbor, North Carolina); Marek Wojciechowski (Cary, North Carolina); Honghua Zhang (San Diego, California); Najih Naser (Orlando, Florida); R. Michael Roe (Apex, North Carolina); Thomas N. Stewart (Durham, North Carolina); Deborah M. Thompson (Raleigh, North Carolina); Rebecca Sundseth (Durham, North Carolina); Steven E. Wegner (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical detection system which specifically detects selected nucleic acid segments is described. The system utilizes biological probes such as nucleic acid or peptide nucleic acid probes which are complementary to and specifically hybridize with selected nucleic acid segments in order to generate a measurable current when an amperometric potential is applied. The electrochemical signal can be quantified. |
| FILED | Monday, February 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/082714 |
| 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 | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/68.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169437 | Shiffler, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald A. Shiffler, Jr. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael D. Haworth (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The electron impact surface of an anode/collector is coated with a carbon nanotube coating to reduce the production of secondary electrons and, concomitantly, to suppress the formation of neutral gases and plasma. A carbonizable resin is first applied to the electron impact surface, followed by a coating comprised of carbon nanotubes. The coating is pyro-bonded to the surface by heating the anode/collector to over 700° C. in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. Next, the anode/collector is heated to over 1000° C. while a low-pressure hydrocarbon gas, for example, methane, is flowed over the carbon nanotube coating. The gas decomposes and creates a smooth, non-porous, rigid surface on the carbon nanotube coating. The anode/collector is then heated in a vacuum to evaporate any residual water in the carbon nanotube coating. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/445976 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169556 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanosphere, Inc. (Northbrook, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | So-Jung Park (Austin, Texas); Thomas Andrew Taton (Little Canada, Minnesota); Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of detecting a nucleic acid. The methods comprise contacting the nucleic acid with one or more types of particles having oligonucleotides attached thereto. In one embodiment of the method, the oligonucleotides are attached to nanoparticles and have sequences complementary to portions of the sequence of the nucleic acid. A detectable change (preferably a color change) is brought about as a result of the hybridization of the oligonucleotides on the nanoparticles to the nucleic acid. The invention also provides compositions and kits comprising particles. The invention further provides methods of synthesizing unique nanoparticle-oligonucleotide conjugates, the conjugates produced by the methods, and methods of using the conjugates. In addition, the invention provides nanomaterials and nanostructures comprising nanoparticles and methods of nanofabrication utilizing nanoparticles. Finally, the invention provides a method of separating a selected nucleic acid from other nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/266983 |
| 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 07169570 | Schaefer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Medical and Research Center (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian C. Schaefer (Columbia, Maryland); Philippa Marrack (Denver, Colorado); John W. Kappler (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for evaluating the activation of Bcl10 in a cell in response to a putative stimulus, as well as methods for evaluating or identifying a regulatory compound which regulates activation of Bcl10-mediated signal transduction. These methods utilize the discovery of the activation-dependent formation in a cell of Bcl10 aggregates in a cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/795157 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169606 | DePablo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan DePablo (Madison, Wisconsin); Ying Nie (Madison, Wisconsin); Sean P. Palecek (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A protectant mixture for use in preserving biological materials comprising at least one polyhydroxy compound, and phosphate ions; a preservation medium comprising a biological material, at least one polyhydroxy compound, and phosphate ions; methods of preserving the preservation medium; and the resulting preserved biological material composition. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/799462 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/374 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169696 | Heath et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Heath (South Pasadena, California); Yi Luo (Pasadena, California); Rob Beckman (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for selecting nanometer-scaled devices. The method includes a plurality of semiconductor wires. Two adjacent semiconductor wires of the plurality of semiconductor wires are associated with a separation smaller than or equal to 100 nm. Additionally, the system includes a plurality of address lines. Each of the plurality of address lines includes a gate region and an inactive region and intersects the plurality of semiconductor wires at a plurality of intersections. The plurality of intersections includes a first intersection and second intersection. The first intersection is associated with the gate region, and the second intersection is associated with the inactive region. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875057 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/618 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170028 | Gordon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd. (Triadelphia, West Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian L. Gordon (Wheeling, West Virginia); Brian E. Joseph (Wheeling, West Virginia); James F. Witzgall (Wheeling, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for the fabrication of metal matrix composite structures comprising the continuous joining by brazing, soldering or welding of aluminum matrix tape using a laser to melt the surface of the tape while applying pressure to the tape and simultaneously contacting it with previously applied tape layers on a surface. The apparatus utilized to accomplish this fabrication process may include a variety of pre and post-contact heaters and preferably includes instruments for the continuous monitoring and control of the process. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/727949 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170055 | Deng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Deng (Palo Alto, California); Erhan Yenilmez (Stanford, California); Kathryn Moler (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanotubes and nanotube-based devices are implemented in a variety of applications. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, nanotube tips are coated with metal. In some applications, the metal coating facilitates the resolution of nano-scale magnetic features, such as features smaller than about 20 nanometers. In another embodiment, such metal-coated nanotubes are implemented with magnetic force microscopy (MFM) applications and adapted for implementation with structures and arrangements exhibiting a high aspect ratio, facilitating quantitative analysis of MFM data. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/206672 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170095 | Vaudo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert P. Vaudo (New Milford, Connecticut); Xueping Xu (Stamford, Connecticut); George R. Brandes (Southbury, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Large-area, single crystal semi-insulating gallium nitride that is usefully employed to form substrates for fabricating GaN devices for electronic and/or optoelectronic applications. The large-area, semi-insulating gallium nitride is readily formed by doping the growing gallium nitride material during growth thereof with a deep acceptor dopant species, e.g., Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, etc., to compensate donor species in the gallium nitride, and impart semi-insulating character to the gallium nitride. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/618024 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/76 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170096 | Lohokare et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saurabh Lohokare (Newark, Delaware); Dennis W. Prather (Landenberg, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical device includes an antimonide-containing substrate, and an antimonide-containing n-doped layer provided on the substrate. The optical device further includes an antimonide-containing i-doped layer provided on the n-doped layer, an antimonide-containing p-doped layer provided on the i-doped layer, and an antimonide-containing p+-doped layer provided on the p-doped layer. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/040430 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/76 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170121 | Lauterbach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary R. Lauterbach (Los Altos Hills, California); Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a proximity I/O switch, which is configured to transfer data between the components in a computer system. This proximity I/O switch is comprised of multiple switch chips, which are coupled together through capacitive coupling. This enables the multiple switch chips to communicate with each other without being constrained by the limitations of conventional non-capacitive communication mechanisms. The multiple switch chips in the proximity I/O switch are also configured to communicate with components in the computer system through conventional non-capacitive communication mechanisms. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/241599 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170123 | Katti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Romney R. Katti (N. Maple Grove, Minnesota); Joel A. Drewes (Boise, Idaho); Timothy J. Vogt (Elk River, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to improving the switching reliability of a magnetic memory cell in a magnetic random access memory (MRAM). Embodiments of the invention add an antiferromagnet to a magnetic memory cell. An antiferromagnetic layer can be formed adjacent to a soft layer in the MRAM on a side of the soft layer that is opposite to a hard layer of the MRAM. One embodiment further includes an additional interlayer of non-antiferromagnetic material between the antiferromagnetic layer and the soft layer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/146431 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170147 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young-Kai Chen (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Vincent Etienne Houtsma (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Nils Guenter Weimann (Chatham, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Microelectronic apparatus having protection against high frequency crosstalk radiation, comprising: a planar insulating substrate; an active semiconductor electronic device located over a first region of the insulating substrate; and a doped semiconductor located in a second region of the insulating substrate substantially surrounding the first region. Apparatus further comprising a dissipative conductor overlaying and adjacent to the doped semiconductor. Apparatus additionally comprising metallic test probe contacts making electrical connections with the active semiconductor electronic device. Application of the apparatus to dissipate crosstalk radiation having a center frequency within a range between about 1 gigahertz and about 1,000 gigahertz. Methods for making the apparatus. |
| FILED | Monday, July 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/628748 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/659 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170418 | Rose-Pehrsson 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) | Susan Rose-Pehrsson (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Ronald E Schaffer (Clifton Park, New York); Daniel T Gottuk (Ellicott City, Maryland); Sean J Hart (Alexandria, Virginia); Mark H Hammond (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-criteria event detection system, comprising a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor is capable of detecting a signature characteristic of a presence of an event and providing an output indicating the same. A processor for receiving each output of the plurality of sensors is also employed. The processor includes a probabilistic neural network for processing the sensor outputs. The probabilistic neural network comprises a nonlinear, nor-parametric pattern recognition algorithm that operates by defining a probability density function for a plurality of data sets that are each based on a training set data and an optimized kernel width parameter. The plurality of data sets includes a baseline, non-event, first data set; a second, event data set; and a third, nuisance data set. The algorithm provides a decisional output indicative of the presence of a fire based on recognizing and discrimination between said data sets, and whether the outputs suffice to substantially indicate the presence of an event, as opposed to a non-event or nuisance situation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/217852 |
| ART UNIT | 2632 — Digital Communications |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/628 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170442 | Lovberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trex Enterprises Corp. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Lovberg (San Diego, California); Vladimir Kolinko (San Diego, California); Richard Chedester (Whately, Massachusetts); Stuart E. Clark (St. Peters, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive millimeter wave imaging system that includes at least one millimeter wave frequency scanning antenna and multiple beam formers collecting narrow beams of millimeter wave radiation from a two-dimensional field of view. The collected radiation is amplified and separated into bins corresponding to various vertical and horizontal beam orientations. In a preferred embodiment the beam formers include one phase processor and 192 frequency processors. Two dimensional images of a target are obtained by the simultaneous detection of signal power within each beam and converting it into pixel intensity level at a rate of 30 frames per second. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/021296 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170481 | Doane et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kent Displays Incorporated (Kent, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph W. Doane (Kent, Ohio); Asad A. Khan (Kent, Ohio); Irina Shiyanovskaya (Stow, Ohio); Tod Schneider (Kent, Ohio); Oleg Pishnyak (Kent, Ohio); Seth E. Green (Kent, Ohio); Forrest N. Nicholson (Kent, Ohio); Liang-Chy Chien (Hudson, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a display film that may be transferred by lamination or otherwise onto a substrate. The display film is formed of a stack of layers that can include different types, arrangements, and functionality within the stack depending upon factors including the characteristics of the substrate (e.g., upper or lower, transparent or opaque, substrates) and addressing of the display (e.g., active or passive matrix, electrical or optical addressing). The layers of the stacked display film include one or more electrode layers and one or more liquid crystal layers and, in addition, may include various combinations of an adhesive layer, preparation layer, casting layer, light absorbing layer, insulation layers, and protective layers. The liquid crystal layer can include cholesteric or other liquid crystal material. The liquid crystal layer can be a dispersion of liquid crystal in a polymer matrix formed by a variety of techniques. The display film may interact with components mounted on or laminated to the substrate, including a solar cell, active matrix backplane and electrodes. The display film may be mounted onto flexible or drapable substrates such as fabric and can itself be drapable. A liquid crystal display includes the display film and a single substrate for supporting the display film. Thus, the invention offers substantial flexibility in fabrication and design that has not been previously possible in the display industry. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/046487 |
| ART UNIT | 2629 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/87 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170549 | 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 | 10/440645 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/169 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170589 | Cherala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Imprints, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anshuman Cherala (Austin, Texas); Byung-Jin Choi (Austin, Texas); Pawan K Nimmakayala (Austin, Texas); Mario J. Meissl (Austin, Texas); Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed toward a system to vary dimensions of a substrate, such as a template having a patterned mold. To that end, the system includes a substrate chuck adapted to position the substrate in a region; a pliant member; and an actuator sub-assembly elastically coupled to the substrate chuck through the pliant member. The actuator assembly includes a plurality of lever sub-assemblies, one of which includes a body lying in the region and spaced-apart from an opposing body associated with one of the remaining lever sub-assemblies of the plurality of lever sub-assemblies. One of the plurality of lever assemblies is adapted to vary a distance between the body and the opposing body. In this manner, compressive forces may be applied to the template to remove unwanted magnification or other distortions in the pattern on the mold. The pliant member is configured to attenuate a magnitude of resulting forces sensed by the substrate chuck generated in response to the compressive forces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/142839 |
| ART UNIT | 2851 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Photocopying 355/72 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170778 | Kent et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Kent (New York, New York); Enrique Gonzalez Garcia (New York, New York); Barbaros Ozyilmaz (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to the field of magnetic devices for memory cells that can serve as non-volatile memory. More specifically, the present invention describes a high speed and low power method by which a spin polarized electrical current can be used to control and switch the magnetization direction of a magnetic region in such a device. The magnetic device comprises a pinned magnetic layer with a fixed magnetization direction, a free magnetic layer with a free magnetization direction, and a read-out magnetic layer with a fixed magnetization direction. The pinned magnetic layer and the free magnetic layer are separated by a non-magnetic layer, and the free magnetic layer and the read-out magnetic layer are separated by another non-magnetic layer. The magnetization directions of the pinned and free layers generally do not point along the same axis. The non-magnetic layers minimize the magnetic interaction between the magnetic layers. A current is applied to the device to induce a torque that alters the magnetic state of the device so that it can act as a magnetic memory for writing information. The resistance, which depends on the magnetic state of the device, is measured to thereby read out the information stored in the device. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/250791 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/171 |
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| US 07170821 | Tonn 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) | David A. Tonn (Charlestown, Rhode Island); Paul Medeiros (Middleboro, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention serves as a method and apparatus for delivering power to a series of remote sensors in an on hull sensor grid for the purpose of biasing the active circuitry on the sensors. It requires no physical connection between the source of power and the sensor. It works by delivering electrical energy across the insulating gap that separates the sensor from the hull by means of a displacement current. In particular, the method and device include a conducting layer interposed between inner and outer decouplers and a ground plane interposed between a bonding layer and the inner decoupler. An application of alternating current to the ground plane will activate the conducting layer and provide power to the sensors at a location of the outer decoupler. The inner decoupler acts as a capacitor and the ground plane further provides an electrical path back to the hull. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/901311 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07171033 | Engelbart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger W. Engelbart (St. Louis, Missouri); Scott T. Holmes (Oxford, Pennsylvania); Craig Walters (Wentzville, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for identifying defects in a composite structure is provided. The system includes a camera for receiving images of the composite structure, a processor for manipulating the images and outputting a response based on the images, and a light source for illuminating the composite structure. Advantageously, the light source is positioned at an oblique angle relative to the composite structure and comprises an infrared component that is differently reflected by defects in the composite structure than from portions of the composite structure that are defect free. Based on the response provided by the processor, defects that meet predetermined criteria can be identified. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/819922 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07171064 | Brinkman et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Brinkman (Redwood City, California); William K. Bischel (Menlo Park, California); Tony Kowalczyk (Palo Alto, California); David R. Main (Boulder Creek, California); Lee L. Huang (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermo-optic switch is operated in a novel near-impulse mode in which the drive pulse width is shorter than twice the diffusion time of the switch. The drive pulse width is less than the rise time of the steady-state optical response and also less than the rise time of the deflection efficiency response to the applied drive pulse. The drive pulse can further include a sustaining segment following the initial short pulse segment, if it is desired to maintain the switch in an ON state for a longer period of time. A number of additional techniques are described for further reducing the response time of the switch. An array of thermo-optic switches operated in this manner can form a display which, due to the fast individual switch rise times, can operate at an overall fast refresh rate. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/429480 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07171091 | Ward |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin G. Ward (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Single transverse mode fiber amplifier and laser operation is obtained with a multi-mode signal core surrounded by cladding containing irregular microstructuring that causes loss in all of the core modes except the fundamental while maintaining robust guiding of the fundamental mode resulting in higher fiber laser power capacity. |
| FILED | Monday, August 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/204146 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/125 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07171561 | Noga |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew J. Noga (Rome, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for processing data sequences for the purpose of data integrity assessment, data ownership demonstration and data authentication. An input data sequence is processed to extract what could be called naturally occurring digital watermarks. More appropriately, these naturally occurring digital watermarks are referred to herein as fileprints. Fileprints are data sequences that have been extracted from the input data sequence in a repeatable manner, and are with high probability unique to that input. In this sense, a fileprint can be used to identify which data sequence it came from, just as a human fingerprint can identify a particular person to which it belongs. Because the fileprints have not been embedded, they are not actually digital watermarks. However, fileprints can be used in a like fashion to digital watermarks for information protection. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/273108 |
| ART UNIT | 2136 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07171654 | Werme et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul V. Werme (King George, Virginia); Larry A. Fontenot (King George, Virginia); Lonnie R. Welch (Athens, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for distributing application, system and network specification information to functional elements controlling a plurality of hosts in a distributed environment, including steps for preparing specification files in a language providing a syntax adapted to describe application, system and network specification information, compiling the specification files to thereby generate specification objects, and providing an application programming interface (API) permitting the functional elements to access the specification information using API calls. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 24, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/864829 |
| ART UNIT | 2192 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07169314 | Unger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc A. Unger (Pasadena, California); Hou-Pu Chou (Pasadena, California); Todd A. Thorsen (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Stephen R. Quake (San Marino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating an elastomeric structure, comprising: forming a first elastomeric layer on top of a first micromachined mold, the first micromachined mold having a first raised protrusion which forms a first recess extending along a bottom surface of the first elastomeric layer; forming a second elastomeric layer on top of a second micromachined mold, the second micromachined mold having a second raised protrusion which forms a second recess extending along a bottom surface of the second elastomeric layer; bonding the bottom surface of the second elastomeric layer onto a top surface of the first elastomeric layer such that a control channel forms in the second recess between the first and second elastomeric layers; and positioning the first elastomeric layer on top of a planar substrate such that a flow channel forms in the first recess between the first elastomeric layer and the planar substrate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/150895 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169396 | Hahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beatrice H. Hahn (Birmingham, Alabama); George M. Shaw (Birmingham, Alabama); Feng Gao (Hoover, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The nucleotide sequences of the genomes of eleven molecular clones for non-subtype B isolates of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 are disclosed. The invention relates to the nucleic acids and peptides encoded by and/or derived from these sequences and their use in diagnostic methods and as immunogens. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/135597 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/204.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169556 | Park et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanosphere, Inc. (Northbrook, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | So-Jung Park (Austin, Texas); Thomas Andrew Taton (Little Canada, Minnesota); Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of detecting a nucleic acid. The methods comprise contacting the nucleic acid with one or more types of particles having oligonucleotides attached thereto. In one embodiment of the method, the oligonucleotides are attached to nanoparticles and have sequences complementary to portions of the sequence of the nucleic acid. A detectable change (preferably a color change) is brought about as a result of the hybridization of the oligonucleotides on the nanoparticles to the nucleic acid. The invention also provides compositions and kits comprising particles. The invention further provides methods of synthesizing unique nanoparticle-oligonucleotide conjugates, the conjugates produced by the methods, and methods of using the conjugates. In addition, the invention provides nanomaterials and nanostructures comprising nanoparticles and methods of nanofabrication utilizing nanoparticles. Finally, the invention provides a method of separating a selected nucleic acid from other nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/266983 |
| 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 07169568 | Chao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moses V. Chao (New York, New York); Francis S. Lee (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method for screening and identifying molecules that transactivate a neurotrophin receptor and mediate neuronal cell survival in the absence of neurotrophins which uses one or a combination of three different assays. The assays involve detecting the phosphorylation of a neurotrophin receptor, detecting the phosphorylation of phosphotidylinositol 3′-kinase or Akt enzyme, and assessing neuronal cell survival in the absence of neurotrophins. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/982095 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169570 | Schaefer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Jewish Medical and Research Center (Denver, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian C. Schaefer (Columbia, Maryland); Philippa Marrack (Denver, Colorado); John W. Kappler (Denver, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are methods for evaluating the activation of Bcl10 in a cell in response to a putative stimulus, as well as methods for evaluating or identifying a regulatory compound which regulates activation of Bcl10-mediated signal transduction. These methods utilize the discovery of the activation-dependent formation in a cell of Bcl10 aggregates in a cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/795157 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169594 | Guan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kun-Liang Guan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for identifying abnormalities in TSC signaling pathways. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of diagnosing and treating disorders such as tuberous sclerosis, which are caused by mutations in the TSC genes. The present invention further relates to methods and compositions for treating cancers mediated by TSC signaling disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/639263 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/194 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169604 | Simons et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Simons (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Youhe Gao (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides both a method and means for regulating IκBα degradation, NFκB activity, and NFκB-dependent gene expression within living cells, tissues, and organs in-situ. The selective regulation is performed using native PR-39 peptide or one of its shorter-length homologs, for interaction with such IκBα and proteasomes as are present in the cytoplasm of viable cells. The result of PR-39 peptide interaction with IκBα is a selective alteration in the intracellular proteolytic activity of proteasomes, which in turn, causes a reduction of IκBα, a decrease of NFκB activity, and a down-regulation of NFκB-dependent gene expression. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 29, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/474967 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169608 | Petersen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bryon E. Petersen (Gainesville, Florida); Seh-hoon Oh (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Bone marrow cells are induced to differentiate into pancreatic hormone-producing cells in vitro and to repopulate a pancreas in vivo. These insulin-producing cells can be used to regenerate a damaged pancreas and reverse hyperglycemia in mammals. |
| FILED | Friday, October 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/687674 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/377 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169611 | Essigmann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Essigmann (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert G. Croy (Belmont, Massachusetts); Kevin J. Yarema (Albany, California); Marshall Morningstar (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The compositions and methods disclosed herein provide heterobifunctional programmable genotoxic compounds that can be designed to kill selected cells present in a heterogenous cell population. The present compounds comprise a first agent that inflicts damage on cellular DNA, and a second agent that attracts a macromolecular cell component such as a protein, which in turn shields genomic lesions from repair. Unrepaired lesions therefore persist in the cellular genome and contribute to the death of selected cells. In contrast, lesions formed in nonselected cells, which lack the cell component, are unshielded and thus are repaired. As a result, compounds described herein are less toxic to nonselected cells. Compounds of this invention can be designed to cause the selective killing of transformed cells, viral-infected cells and the like. |
| FILED | Monday, November 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/299029 |
| 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 435/441 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169764 | Parmacek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arch Development Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Parmacek (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); Julian Solway (Glencoe, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a smooth muscle cell specific promoter, the SM22α gene promoter as well as the murine cDNA and genomic SM22α nucleic acid sequences. Also disclosed are methods of preventing restenosis following balloon angioplasty and methods of treating asthma based on inhibition of smooth muscle cell proliferation by expressing cell cycle control genes, or contraction inhibiting peptides in smooth muscle cells, under the control of the SM22α promoter. |
| FILED | Friday, August 29, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 09/381750 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169814 | Rothbard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, California); Cellgate, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan B. Rothbard (Woodside, California); Paul A. Wender (Menlo Park, California); Kanaka Pattabiraman (Menlo Park, California); Erin T. Pelkey (Phelps, New York); Theodore C. Jessop (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Transport reagents and conjugates of therapeutic agents linked to transport reagents are described. In particular, the transport reagents have a plurality of guanidinium moieties that are either contiguous or spaced along a backbone, but are sufficiently removed from the backbone via tethers, to allow their interaction with a cell or tissue surface, leading to uptake of the therapeutic agent. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/318278 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/565 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169818 | Lynch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin R. Lynch (Charlottesville, Virginia); Timothy L. Macdonald (Charlottesville, Virginia); Christopher E. Heise (New York, New York); Webster L. Santos (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mark D. Okusa (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to compositions comprising lysophosphatidic acid analogs and methods of using such analogs as agonist or antagonists of LPA receptor activity. In addition the invention is directed to LPA receptor agonists that vary in the degree of selectivity at individual LPA receptors (i.e. LPA1, LPA2 and LPA3). More particularly the present invention is directed to LPA analogs wherein the glycerol is replaced with ethanolamine and a variety of substitutions have been linked at the second carbon atom. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 03, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/398305 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/667 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169853 | Brennan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony B. Brennan (Gainesville, Florida); Michael P. Zamora (Katy, Texas); Christopher Batich (Gainesville, Florida); Kenneth B. Wagener (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Amino acid functionalized polymers useful for graft copolymerization prepared by reacting a mixture containing, for chain transfer, a thio-substituted amino acid and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/746476 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169930 | Nicolaou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyriacos C. Nicolaou (La Jolla, California); Andreas Ritzen (Vanlose, Denmark); Kenji Namoto (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | Designed epoxide and cyclopropane epothilone analogs with substituted side-chains are disclosed and characterized with respect to their biological activities against a series of human cancer cell lines. Among the several bioactive analogs, the epothilone B analog with a thiomethyl thiazole ring stands out as the most potent. |
| FILED | Monday, August 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/634537 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169953 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xumu Zhang (State College, Pennsylvania); Wenjun Tang (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Chiral ligands and metal complexes based on such chiral ligands useful in asymmetric catalysis are disclosed. The metal complexes according to the present invention are useful as catalysts in asymmetric reactions, such as, hydrogenation, hydride transfer, allylic alkylation, hydrosilylation, hydroboration, hydrovinylation, hydroformylation, olefin metathesis, hydrocarboxylation, isomerization, cyclopropanation, Diels-Alder reaction, Heck reaction, isomerization, Aldol reaction, Michael addition; epoxidation, kinetic resolution and [m+n] cycloaddition. Processes for the preparation of the ligands are also described. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/856014 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/8 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170517 | Raman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raghav Raman (San Jose, California); Sandy A. Napel (Menlo Park, California); Geoffrey D. Rubin (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method to define a curved slab region of interest that includes vessels while maximally excluding surrounding soft tissue and bone is provided. The thickness of the curved slab is automatically adapted to the thickness of the vessel and follows the tortuous vessel(s) so that an increase in tortuousity does not result in a disproportionate increase in the region of interest required to enclose the vessel. A plurality of boundary pairs is determined in the view plane to define a vessel. Vessel-intensities are determined for each one of the boundary pairs. The boundary pairs with associated intensities define the view of the vessel in the projection plane. Context-intensity could be defined in the area surrounding the boundary pairs in the projection and/or transverse plane. The method also includes several steps that will result in a better boundary outline and view of the vessel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/723166 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/424 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07171030 | Foran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Medicine and Denistry of New Jersey (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Foran (Short Hills, New Jersey); Wenjin Chen (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A tissue microarray imaging system autonomously images, analyzes, and stores data for samples in a tissue microarray. The system may include a tissue microarray, a robotic microscope, and an imaging workstation that executes software to automatically control operation of the microscope to capture images from the microarray and analyze image results. A low magnification may be used to register samples within the microarray and obtain coordinates for each tissue specimen. Progressively higher magnifications may be used to analyze images of each registered specimen. Where multiple dyes are used to stain specimens, color separation techniques may be applied to independently measure and analyze each staining intensity. Images and quantitative data from the images may then be stored in a relational database for subsequent review. The system may be local, or may be Web-based for distributed control and sharing of results. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/358935 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07168294 | Porter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Reagents (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy L. Porter (Flagstaff, Arizona); Michael P. Eastman (McAllen, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for sensing chemical and/or biological analytes includes a deflectable arm of a microcantilever at least partially embedded within a sensing element. A gaseous or liquid medium which may include the analyte being detected is introduced to the sensing element. The sensing element undergoes volumetric expansion or contraction in the presence of the analyte sought to be detected, typically by adsorbing the analyte. The volumetric change of the sensing element causes the deflectable arm to deflect. The deflectable arm includes at least one measurable physical property which changes when the arm deflects. Detecting means are provided to measure the change in the physical property to determine the presence and amount of analyte present. An array of microcantilevers in which each microcantilever is dedicated to detecting a particular analyte which may be included in the medium, is also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/004555 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/31.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07168508 | Goldberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Goldberg (New York, New York); Gregory J. Myers (Cornwall, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for downhole coring while receiving logging-while-drilling tool data. The apparatus includes core collar and a retrievable core barrel. The retrievable core barrel receives core from a borehole which is sent to the surface for analysis via wireline and latching tool The core collar includes logging-while-drilling tools for the simultaneous measurement of formation properties during the core excavation process. Examples of logging-while-drilling tools include nuclear sensors, resistivity sensors, gamma ray sensors, and bit resistivity sensors. The disclosed method allows for precise core-log depth calibration and core orientation within a single borehole, and without at pipe trip, providing both time saving and unique scientific advantages. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/850691 |
| 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 175/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07168822 | Abramovich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the Univeristy of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gil Abramovich (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Zachary Warlick (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Yoram Koren (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A reconfigurable illumination system for illuminating an object, and associated method. The illumination system comprises a cylindrical diffuser having a longitudinal aperture, a linescan camera positioned for having a direct line of sight to the object through the aperture of the diffuser, a base, and an illuminator supported on the base and positioned between the diffuser and the object, wherein the illuminator is selectively reconfigurable in a plurality of configurations, each configuration corresponding to a manufacturing process that requires visual inspection of the object. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/978805 |
| ART UNIT | 2875 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Illumination 362/250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07168953 | Poggio et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tomaso A. Poggio (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Antoine F. Ezzat (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for videorealistic, speech animation is disclosed. A human subject is recorded using a video camera as he/she utters a predetermined speech corpus. After processing the corpus automatically, a visual speech module is learned from the data that is capable of synthesizing the human subject's mouth uttering entirely novel utterances that were not recorded in the original video. The synthesized utterance is re-composited onto a background sequence which contains natural head and eye movement. The final output is videorealistic in the sense that it looks like a video camera recording of the subject. The two key components of this invention are 1) a multidimensional morphable model (MMM) to synthesize new, previously unseen mouth configurations from a small set of mouth image prototypes; and 2) a trajectory synthesis technique based on regularization, which is automatically trained from the recorded video corpus, and which is capable of synthesizing trajectories in MMM space corresponding to any desired utterance. |
| FILED | Monday, January 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/352319 |
| ART UNIT | 3715 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/185 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169290 | Aiken et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abigail M. Aiken (Pullman, Washington); Brent M. Peyton (Pullman, Washington); William A. Apel (Idaho Falls, Idaho); James N. Petersen (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A biosensor for metal analysis and speciation is disclosed. The biosensor comprises an electron carrier immobilized to a surface of an electrode and a layer of an immobilized enzyme adjacent to the electrode. The immobilized enzyme comprises an enzyme having biological activity inhibited by a metal to be detected by the biosensor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/937220 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/777.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169411 | Kabanov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Nebraska Board of Regents (Lincoln, Nebraska); McGill University (Montreal, Canada); The Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander V. Kabanov (Omaha, Nebraska); Adi Eisenberg (Montreal, Canada); Victor A. Kabanov (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for facilitating delivery of biological agents, comprising a therapeutic or diagnostic agent and a supramolecular complex, the latter comprising (i) a block copolymer, having at least one nonionic, water soluble segment and at least one polyionic segment, and (ii) at least one charged surfactant having hydrophobic groups. The charge of the surfactant is opposite to the charge of the polyionic segment of the block copolymer. The constituents of the supramolecular complex are bound by interaction between the opposite charges thereof and between surfactant hydrophobic groups. The therapeutic or diagnostic agent may be an ionic substance, in which case the ionic substance has a net charge opposite to that of the block copolymer, the net charge being no more than 10. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 11, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/445653 |
| 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 424/486 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169601 | Northrup et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Berkeley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Allen Northrup (Berkeley, California); Richard M. White (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated microfabricated instrument for manipulation, reaction and detection of microliter to picoliter samples. The instrument is suited for biochemical reactions, particularly DNA-based reactions such as the polymerase chain reaction, that require thermal cycling since the inherently small size of the instrument facilitates rapid cycle times. The integrated nature of the instrument provides accurate, contamination-free processing. The instrument may include reagent reservoirs, agitators and mixers, heaters, pumps, and optical or electromechanical sensors. Ultrasonic Lamb-wave devices may be used as sensors, pumps and agitators. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 24, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/900735 |
| 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 435/287.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169964 | Liljegren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah J. Liljegren (Carrboro, North Carolina); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California); Martin F. Yanofsky (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for decreasing the rate of organ or floral abscission is described. The method includes modifying the ARF GAP domain of a gene. In one instance the gene is the NEVERSHED gene. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/630518 |
| 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 8/276 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169966 | Klessig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel F. Klessig (Ithaca, New York); Dhirendra Kumar (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel nucleic acid molecules encoding SA-binding proteins involved in SA-mediated disease resistance responses are disclosed. Methods of use of the nucleic acid molecules and proteins of the invention are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/780002 |
| 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 8/279 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169972 | Stepanova et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna N. Stepanova (Cary, North Carolina); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The field of the invention relates to plants and plant genes, including both plant mutants and transgenic plants containing a gene that confers an ethylene insensitive phenotype. Also encompassed by the invention are methods of using the disclosed plant gene to confer an ethylene insensitive phenotype. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/142638 |
| 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 8/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170055 | Deng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Deng (Palo Alto, California); Erhan Yenilmez (Stanford, California); Kathryn Moler (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nanotubes and nanotube-based devices are implemented in a variety of applications. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, nanotube tips are coated with metal. In some applications, the metal coating facilitates the resolution of nano-scale magnetic features, such as features smaller than about 20 nanometers. In another embodiment, such metal-coated nanotubes are implemented with magnetic force microscopy (MFM) applications and adapted for implementation with structures and arrangements exhibiting a high aspect ratio, facilitating quantitative analysis of MFM data. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/206672 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170141 | Kornegay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Kornegay (Ithaca, New York); Andrew R. Atwell (Alexandria, Virginia); Mihaela Balseanu (Ithaca, New York); Jon Duster (Ithaca, New York); Eskinder Hailu (Ithaca, New York); Ce Li (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming electronics and microelectromechanical on a silicon carbide substrate having a slow etch rate is performed by forming circuitry on the substrate. A protective layer is formed over the circuitry having a slower etch rate than the etch rate of the silicon carbide substrate. Microelectromechanical structures supported by the substrate are then formed. The circuitry comprises a field effect transistor in one embodiment, and the protective layer comprises a heavy metal layer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/384492 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/419 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170611 | Millerd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MetroLaser, Inc. (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Millerd (Aliso Viego, California); Neal J. Brock (Lake Forest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus for splitting, imaging, and measuring wavefronts with a reference wavefront and an object wavefront. A wavefront-combining element receives and combines into a combined wavefront an object wavefront from an object and a reference wavefront. A wavefront-splitting element splits the combined wavefront into a plurality of sub-wavefronts in such a way that each of the sub-wavefronts is substantially contiguous with at least one other sub-wavefront. The wavefront-splitting element may shift the relative phase between the reference wavefront and the object wavefront of the sub-wavefronts to yield a respective plurality of phase-shifted sub-wavefronts. The wavefront-splitting element may then interfering the reference and object wavefronts of the phase-shifted sub-wavefronts to yield a respective plurality of phase-shifted interferograms. An imaging element receives and images the phase-shifted interferograms. A computer connected to the imaging element measures various parameters of the objects based on the phase-shifted interferograms. Examples of measurements include flow parameters such as the concentrations of selected gaseous species, temperature distributions, particle and droplet distributions, density, and so on. In addition to flow parameters, the displacement (e.g., the vibration) and the profile of an object may be measured. |
| FILED | Saturday, September 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/251729 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/491 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170778 | Kent et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | New York University (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew Kent (New York, New York); Enrique Gonzalez Garcia (New York, New York); Barbaros Ozyilmaz (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention generally relates to the field of magnetic devices for memory cells that can serve as non-volatile memory. More specifically, the present invention describes a high speed and low power method by which a spin polarized electrical current can be used to control and switch the magnetization direction of a magnetic region in such a device. The magnetic device comprises a pinned magnetic layer with a fixed magnetization direction, a free magnetic layer with a free magnetization direction, and a read-out magnetic layer with a fixed magnetization direction. The pinned magnetic layer and the free magnetic layer are separated by a non-magnetic layer, and the free magnetic layer and the read-out magnetic layer are separated by another non-magnetic layer. The magnetization directions of the pinned and free layers generally do not point along the same axis. The non-magnetic layers minimize the magnetic interaction between the magnetic layers. A current is applied to the device to induce a torque that alters the magnetic state of the device so that it can act as a magnetic memory for writing information. The resistance, which depends on the magnetic state of the device, is measured to thereby read out the information stored in the device. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/250791 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07171030 | Foran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Medicine and Denistry of New Jersey (Newark, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Foran (Short Hills, New Jersey); Wenjin Chen (Piscataway, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A tissue microarray imaging system autonomously images, analyzes, and stores data for samples in a tissue microarray. The system may include a tissue microarray, a robotic microscope, and an imaging workstation that executes software to automatically control operation of the microscope to capture images from the microarray and analyze image results. A low magnification may be used to register samples within the microarray and obtain coordinates for each tissue specimen. Progressively higher magnifications may be used to analyze images of each registered specimen. Where multiple dyes are used to stain specimens, color separation techniques may be applied to independently measure and analyze each staining intensity. Images and quantitative data from the images may then be stored in a relational database for subsequent review. The system may be local, or may be Web-based for distributed control and sharing of results. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/358935 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07168292 | Gundel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lara A. Gundel (Berkeley, California); Michael G. Apte (Berkeley, California); Anthony D. Hansen (Berkeley, California); Douglas R. Black (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The apparatus described herein is a miniaturized system for particle exposure assessment (MSPEA) for the quantitative measurement and qualitative identification of particulate content in gases. The present invention utilizes a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) or other mass-sensitive temperature compensated acoustic wave resonator for mass measurement. Detectors and probes and light sources are used in combination for the qualitative determination of particulate matter. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/846103 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/28.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07168298 | Manginell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald P. Manginell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Douglas R. Adkins (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Patrick R. Lewis (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated mass-sensitive chemical preconcentrator actively measures the mass of a sample on an acoustic microbalance during the collection process. The microbalance comprises a chemically sensitive interface for collecting the sample thereon and an acoustic-based physical transducer that provides an electrical output that is proportional to the mass of the collected sample. The acoustic microbalance preferably comprises a pivot plate resonator. A resistive heating element can be disposed on the chemically sensitive interface to rapidly heat and release the collected sample for further analysis. Therefore, the mass-sensitive chemical preconcentrator can optimize the sample collection time prior to release to enable the rapid and accurate analysis of analytes by a microanalytical system. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/903329 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/54.250 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07168411 | Bourn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary D. Bourn (San Antonio, Texas); Jack A. Smith (Hendersonville, North Carolina); Jess W. Gingrich (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An engine control strategy that ensures that NOx emissions from the engine will be maintained at an acceptable level. The control strategy is based on a two-dimensional fuel-air curve, in which air manifold pressure (AMP) is a function of fuel header pressure and engine speed. The control strategy provides for closed loop NOx adjustment to a base AMP value derived from the fuel-air curve. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/237409 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/396 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07168480 | Jankowski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Todd A. Jankowski (Los Alamos, New Mexico); F. Coyne Prenger (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Joseph A. Waynert (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a crank-shaped heat pipe for cooling rotating machinery and a corresponding method of manufacture. The crank-shaped heat pipe comprises a sealed cylindrical tube with an enclosed inner wick structure. The crank-shaped heat pipe includes a condenser section, an adiabatic section, and an evaporator section. The crank-shape is defined by a first curve and a second curve existing in the evaporator section or the adiabatic section of the heat pipe. A working fluid within the heat pipe provides the heat transfer mechanism. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/835897 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/104.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07168508 | Goldberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Goldberg (New York, New York); Gregory J. Myers (Cornwall, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for downhole coring while receiving logging-while-drilling tool data. The apparatus includes core collar and a retrievable core barrel. The retrievable core barrel receives core from a borehole which is sent to the surface for analysis via wireline and latching tool The core collar includes logging-while-drilling tools for the simultaneous measurement of formation properties during the core excavation process. Examples of logging-while-drilling tools include nuclear sensors, resistivity sensors, gamma ray sensors, and bit resistivity sensors. The disclosed method allows for precise core-log depth calibration and core orientation within a single borehole, and without at pipe trip, providing both time saving and unique scientific advantages. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/850691 |
| 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 175/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07168748 | Townsend et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Barrett Technology, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William T. Townsend (Weston, Massachusetts); Traveler Hauptman (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Adam Crowell (Beverly, Massachusetts); Brian Zenowich (Boston, Massachusetts); John Lawson (Petersboro, Massachusetts); Vitaliy Krutik (Lynn, Massachusetts); Burt Doo (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic device has a base and at least one finger having at least two links that are connected in series on rotary joints with at least two degrees of freedom. A brushless motor and an associated controller are located at each joint to produce a rotational movement of a link. Wires for electrical power and communication serially connect the controllers in a distributed control network. A network operating controller coordinates the operation of the network, including power distribution. At least one, but more typically two to five, wires interconnect all the controllers through one or more joints. Motor sensors and external world sensors monitor operating parameters of the robotic hand. The electrical signal output of the sensors can be input anywhere on the distributed control network. V-grooves on the robotic hand locate objects precisely and assist in gripping. The hand is sealed, immersible and has electrical connections through the rotary joints for anodizing in a single dunk without masking. In various forms, this intelligent, self-contained, dexterous hand, or combinations of such hands, can perform a wide variety of object gripping and manipulating tasks, as well as locomotion and combinations of locomotion and gripping. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672888 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling: Hand and hoist-line implements 294/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169207 | Vegge et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alcoa Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Elkem ASA (, Norway) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olaf Trygve Vegge (Kristiansand, Norway); Jon Christian Brinch (Oslo, Norway) |
| ABSTRACT | The device and method of the present invention employs a column having a gas inlet in its lower part and a gas outlet in its upper part. Carbon particles are introduced into the column through a supply pipe. The supply pipe is movable so that by manipulating the height of the supply pipe in conjunction with discharging particulate matter through the column, the height of the bed of particulate matter in the column can be adjusted so that the retention time of the off gas in the particulate bed is constant. By maintaining a constant retention time of the off gas in the bed, complete conversion of the off gas is achieved. |
| FILED | Friday, October 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/678339 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/10.270 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169290 | Aiken et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Abigail M. Aiken (Pullman, Washington); Brent M. Peyton (Pullman, Washington); William A. Apel (Idaho Falls, Idaho); James N. Petersen (Moscow, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A biosensor for metal analysis and speciation is disclosed. The biosensor comprises an electron carrier immobilized to a surface of an electrode and a layer of an immobilized enzyme adjacent to the electrode. The immobilized enzyme comprises an enzyme having biological activity inhibited by a metal to be detected by the biosensor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/937220 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/777.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169582 | Glazer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander N. Glazer (Berkeley, California); Yuping Cai (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides multifunctional fusion constructs which are rapidly incorporated into a macromolecular structure such as a phycobilisome such that the fusion proteins are separated from one another and unable to self-associate. The invention provides methods and compositions for displaying a functional polypeptide domain on an oligomeric phycobiliprotein, including fusion proteins comprising a functional displayed domain and a functional phycobiliprotein domain incorporated in a functional oligomeric phycobiliprotein. The fusion proteins provide novel specific labeling reagents. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/617208 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169964 | Liljegren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sarah J. Liljegren (Carrboro, North Carolina); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California); Martin F. Yanofsky (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for decreasing the rate of organ or floral abscission is described. The method includes modifying the ARF GAP domain of a gene. In one instance the gene is the NEVERSHED gene. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/630518 |
| 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 8/276 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169972 | Stepanova et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anna N. Stepanova (Cary, North Carolina); Joseph R. Ecker (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The field of the invention relates to plants and plant genes, including both plant mutants and transgenic plants containing a gene that confers an ethylene insensitive phenotype. Also encompassed by the invention are methods of using the disclosed plant gene to confer an ethylene insensitive phenotype. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 08, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/142638 |
| 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 8/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170001 | Gee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advent Solar, Inc. (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M Gee (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Russell R. Schmit (Sandia Park, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of manufacturing back-contacted silicon solar cells fabricated using a gradient-driven solute transport process, such as thermomigration or electromigration, to create n-type conductive vias connecting the n-type emitter layer on the front side to n-type ohmic contacts located on the back side. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/606487 |
| 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 136/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170053 | Shvartsburg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexandre A. Shvartsburg (Richland, Washington); Keqi Tang (Richland, Washington); Richard D. Smith (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques and instrumentation are described for analyses of substances, including complex samples/mixtures that require separation prior to characterization of individual components. A method is disclosed for separation of ion mixtures and identification of ions, including protein and other macromolecular ions and their different structural isomers. Analyte ions are not free to rotate during the separation, but are substantially oriented with respect to the drift direction. Alignment is achieved by applying, at a particular angle to the drift field, a much stronger alternating electric field that “locks” the ion dipoles with moments exceeding a certain value. That value depends on the buffer gas composition, pressure, and temperature, but may be as low as ˜3 Debye under certain conditions. The presently disclosed method measures the direction-specific cross-sections that provide the structural information complementing that obtained from known methods, and, when coupled to those methods, increases the total peak capacity and specificity of gas-phase separations. Simultaneous 2-D separations by direction-specific cross sections along and orthogonally to the ion dipole direction are also possible. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/097855 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07171328 | Walker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Walker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Laurence S. Costin (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jody L. Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mary M. Moya (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Jeffrey A. Mercier (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for estimating the thermal properties of surface materials using long-wavelength thermal imagery by exploiting the differential heating histories of ground points in the vicinity of shadows. The use of differential heating histories of different ground points of the same surface material allows the use of a single image acquisition step to provide the necessary variation in measured parameters for calculation of the thermal properties of surface materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/215722 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/136 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07169467 | Wilson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Magna International of America, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip S Wilson (Hillsboro, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A structural foam article suitable for molding into automobile trim, the article comprising at least one thermoplastic; about 2% to about 15% by volume reinforcing particles having one or more layers of 0.7 nm–1.2 nm thick platelets, wherein more than about 50% of the reinforcing particles are less than about 20 layers thick; at least one blowing agent present in a range from about 0.5% to about 10% by weight. A method of producing structural foam articles comprising this structural foam is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/901290 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/317.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169883 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada); Lu Jiang (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A thienylene-arylene polymer comprised of a repeating segment containing at least one 2,5-thienylene unit selected from (I) and (II), and from about one to about three arylene units selected from (IIIa), (IIIb), and/or (IIIc) wherein R is an alkyl or an alkoxy; R′ is halogen, alkyl, or alkoxy, and a and b represent the number of Rs. |
| FILED | Friday, August 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/646196 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/373 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170041 | Rahn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey Rahn (Mt. View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging system can include at least a two-dimensional array of pixels, an input device that includes a sensor that provides an electronic signal that represents to the image two-dimensional array of pixels, and a controller, the electronic signal is controlled by a controller so that the electronic signal is either stored in the first capacitor, or stored in the second capacitor. The electronic signal can also be controlled by the controller so that the electronic signal is either stored in the first capacitor during a phase of one of the control signals, or not stored in the first capacitor during a phase of another one of the control signals. The system permits a dynamic response time for properly managing frame times associated with a large number of pixels so that the images will not appear as blurry images when they are displayed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/064471 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170093 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A dielectric material prepared from a siloxy/metal oxide hybrid composition, and electronic devices such as thin film transistors comprising such dielectric material are provided herein. The siloxy/metal oxide hybrid composition comprises a siloxy component such as, for example, a siloxane or silsesquioxane. The siloxy/metal oxide hybrid composition is useful for the preparation of dielectric layers for thin film transistors using solution deposition techniques. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/982472 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170916 | Kim |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Finisar Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jin K. Kim (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | DBR mirrors, and vertical cavity surface emitting lasers that incorporate such mirrors, comprised of stacked, multiple levels of different materials having different etching rates for a selected etchant and etching method. Such DBRs are fabricated by etching an upper level(s) down to a lower level(s) to form a pillar or trenched structure, beneficially having an aperture, that has predetermined optical characteristics. When part of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser, a lower level can include an ion-implanted region that optionally extends into an active region and into a bottom DBR. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/283311 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/50.124 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07171080 | Rausch |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tim Rausch (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for focusing light within a waveguide is provided. The waveguide includes a curved grating adapted to focus light incident thereon to a focused spot proximate a first end of the waveguide. In another embodiment, the first end of the waveguide has a thickness greater than a portion of the waveguide containing the grating. The waveguide is suitable for focusing light onto a magnetic storage medium and the like, making the waveguide suitable for heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) applications. |
| FILED | Monday, November 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/988970 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07168508 | Goldberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Goldberg (New York, New York); Gregory J. Myers (Cornwall, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for downhole coring while receiving logging-while-drilling tool data. The apparatus includes core collar and a retrievable core barrel. The retrievable core barrel receives core from a borehole which is sent to the surface for analysis via wireline and latching tool The core collar includes logging-while-drilling tools for the simultaneous measurement of formation properties during the core excavation process. Examples of logging-while-drilling tools include nuclear sensors, resistivity sensors, gamma ray sensors, and bit resistivity sensors. The disclosed method allows for precise core-log depth calibration and core orientation within a single borehole, and without at pipe trip, providing both time saving and unique scientific advantages. |
| FILED | Friday, May 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/850691 |
| 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 175/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07168935 | Taminger 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) | Karen M. Taminger (Yorktown, Virginia); J. Kevin Watson (Houston, Texas); Robert A. Hafley (Yorktown, Virginia); Daniel D. Petersen (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for formation of a three dimensional object comprising a sealed container; an electron beam subsystem capable of directing energy within said container; a positioning subsystem contained within said container; a wire feed subsystem contained within said container; an instrumentation subsystem electronically connected to said electron beam subsystem, positioning subsystem, and wire feed subsystem; and a power distribution subsystem electrically connected to said electron beam subsystem, positioning subsystem, wire feed subsystem, and said instrumentation subsystem. |
| FILED | Friday, August 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/637086 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: Apparatus 425/174.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07168949 | Zinn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Center (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ben T. Zinn (Atlanta, Georgia); Yedidia Neumeier (Scarsdale, New York); Jerry M. Seitzman (Atlanta, Georgia); Jechiel Jagoda (Atlanta, Georgia); Ben-Ami Hashmonay (Misgav, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | A combustor assembly includes a combustor vessel having a wall, a proximate end defining an opening and a closed distal end opposite said proximate end. A manifold is carried by the proximate end. The manifold defines a combustion products exit. The combustion products exit being axially aligned with a portion of the closed distal end. A plurality of combustible reactant ports is carried by the manifold for directing combustible reactants into the combustion vessel from the region of the proximate end towards the closed distal end. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/127038 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Combustion 431/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169197 | Serio et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. (East Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Serio (Sturbridge, Massachusetts); Erik Kroo (Glastonbury, Connecticut); Marek A. Wojtowicz (Simsbury, Connecticut); Eric M. Suuberg (Barrington, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | Solid waste resource recovery in space is effected by pyrolysis processing, to produce light gases as the main products (CH4, H2, CO2, CO, H2O, NH3) and a reactive carbon-rich char as the main byproduct. Significant amounts of liquid products are formed under less severe pyrolysis conditions, and are cracked almost completely to gases as the temperature is raised. A primary pyrolysis model for the composite mixture is based on an existing model for whole biomass materials, and an artificial neural network models the changes in gas composition with the severity of pyrolysis conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/902425 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas: Heating and illuminating 048/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169374 | Siochi 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) | Emilie J. Siochi (Newport News, Virginia); Tarek Abdel-Fattah (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of growing carbon nanotubes uses a synthesized mesoporous silica template with approximately cylindrical pores being formed therein. The surfaces of the pores are coated with a carbon nanotube precursor, and the template with the surfaces of the pores so-coated is then heated until the carbon nanotube precursor in each pore is converted to a carbon nanotube. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/129751 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/447.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07170483 | Handschy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Displaytech, Inc. (Longmont, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Handschy (Boulder, Colorado); Michael R. Meadows (Nederland, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for producing spatially modulated monochrome or color light having gray scale includes an active matrix liquid crystal spatial light modulator having light modulating means including (i) a layer of ferroelectric liquid crystal material which is designed to switch between ON and OFF states and (ii) active matrix means including VLSI circuitry for dividing the layer of liquid crystal material into an array of individual liquid crystal pixels and for causing each of the pixels of liquid crystal material to modulate light individually by switching between the ON and OFF states in a way that depends upon the data which the VLSI circuitry is written. The system also includes illumination means having a light source for directing light from the source into the pixel-divided layer of ferroelectric liquid crystal material in a specific way. And finally, the system includes means for writing the VLSI circuitry with preselected data in accordance with a particular data ordering scheme such that the circuitry, in response to the written data, causes the pixels of liquid crystal material to individually switch between their ON and OFF states and therefore modulate light from the source in a way which, depending upon the data, produces a specific overall pattern of gray scale light. |
| FILED | Monday, May 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/437131 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07169815 | Abbott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); The Fanning Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas P. Abbott (Cle Elum, Washington); Alan Wohlman (Northbrook, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | 1-(3-methoxybenzyl)-3-substituted thiourea antioxidant compounds and improved lipids compositions which are supplemented with amounts of such antioxidant compounds effective for augmenting oxidative stability of the base lipid are provided. Also provided are methods for enhancing the oxidative stability of a lipid comprising supplementing a base lipid in need of enhanced oxidative stability with at least one 1-(3-methoxybenzyl)-3-substituted thiourea compound of the present invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/426122 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/587 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07169963 | Wheeler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew B. Wheeler (Tolono, Illinois); Sharon M. Donovan (Champaign, Illinois); Gregory T. Bleck (Baraboo, Wisconsin); Marcia Monaco-Siegel (Sidney, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to animals that express exogenous growth factors in their milk, and in particular to pigs that express exogenous IGF-I in their milk. The present invention also relates to methods for increasing piglet weight gain and intestinal lactase activity. The present invention thus provides a method of facilitating piglet development and decreasing piglet mortality. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/676566 |
| 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 8/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07171049 | Snapp |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Snapp (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for recognizing alphanumeric characters in which a set of unknown characters is received from an imaging system and a set of known characters from a storage device. A first set of pairs of characters is created from the set of unknown characters (302) and a second set of pairs of characters is created from the set of known characters (304). A matrix is generated having a plurality of cells, each cell containing a pair of characters. The matrix is interrogated with the first set to generate a first result, and the matrix is interrogated with the second set to generate a second result (302, 304). The first result is compared with the second result (306). A first predetermined action is taken if the first result matches the second result, while a second predetermined action is taken if the first result does not match the second result (308). |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/450470 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/217 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07171449 | Seidler |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lyn Seidler (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are provided for a three party mailing service. The process may enable a first party, such as an advertiser, to create a mailpiece, such as a postcard, marked with a unique code. The mailpiece may be provided to a second party, such as a household, who can send the mailpiece without adding any postage to the mailpiece. The mailpiece may then be delivered to a third party, and the first party may be billed for the postage due for delivery of the mailpiece from the second party to the third party. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 31, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/240163 |
| ART UNIT | 2154 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/206 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07169329 | Wong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanislaus S. Wong (Middle Island, New York); Sarbajit Banerjee (Stony Brook, New York); Michael G. C. Kahn (Great Neck, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an adduct comprising a carbon nanotube and a transitional metal coordination complex, wherein the metal of the complex is attached by a covalent linkage to at least one oxygen moiety on the nanotube. |
| FILED | Monday, July 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/615492 |
| ART UNIT | 1751 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07171046 | Myers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory K. Myers (San Francisco, California); Paul K. Gallagher (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and a concomitant method for portably detecting and recognizing text information in a captured imagery. The present invention is a portable device that is capable of capturing imagery and is also capable of detecting and extracting text information from the captured imagery. The portable device contains an image capturing sensor, a text detection module, an OCR module, a storage device and means for presenting the output to the user or other devices. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/994760 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/187 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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