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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 13, 2007
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| US 07189259 | Simionescu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dan T. Simionescu (Central, South Carolina); Narendra Vyavahare (Easley, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A biomaterial useful for bioprostheses such as bioprosthetic heart valves is provided in which the fixed tissue has improved elastic properties. The high elastin-containing biomaterial is further characterized by having anisotropic properties wherein the biological material has a greater stiffness in one direction and a greater elasticity in a cross direction. For instance, the biological material has an elastin content of about 30% by weight. In one embodiment, the biological material is vena cava tissue. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/722581 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/2.420 |
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| US 07189260 | Horvath et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David Horvath (Euclid, Ohio); Leonard A. R. Golding (Auburn Township, Ohio); William A. Smith (Lyndhurst, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | In a centrifugal flow blood pump, usable in left ventricular assist applications, blood is pumped from an inlet (16) to an outlet (22) by a primary impeller (18). A portion of the blood that enters the pump follows a secondary channel (24) where a secondary impeller (70) routes the blood to lubricate a bearing between an impeller assembly (14) and a post formed by a component of the pump housing. The unique shape of the secondary impeller (70) prevents blood stagnation and provides for a well-washed fluid bearing. |
| FILED | Monday, March 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/333760 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prosthesis 623/3.130 |
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| US 07189324 | Cramer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Cramer (Niskayuna, New York); James A. Moore (East Greenbush, New York); Sun Kyu Park (Daejon, South Korea); Nihal Tugcu (Franklin Park, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for separating one or more components of a biomolecule mixture by means of an ion exchange chromatographic system operated in the displacement mode includes sequentially perfusing the system with a first solution including the biomolecule mixture, and a second solution including a displacer having a structure selected from formula I and formula II: |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/148887 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/635 |
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| US 07189341 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Animas Technologies, LLC (West Chester, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huawen Li (Camarillo, California); Michael J. Tierney (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to conductive polymer compositions, catalytic ink compositions (e.g., for use in screen-printing), electrodes produced by deposition of an ink composition, as well as methods of making, and methods of using such compositions and electrodes. An exemplary ink material comprises a metal catalyst (e.g., platinum black and/or platinum-on-carbon), graphite as a conducting material, a polymer binding material, and an organic solvent. In one aspect, the polymer binding material comprises a polymer binder blend comprising first and second polymers, wherein the first polymer has a glass transition temperature higher than the second polymer. In a second aspect, the polymer binding material comprises a hydrophilic acrylic polymer, copolymer, or terpolymer. The conductive polymer compositions of the present invention may be used, for example, to make electrochemical sensors. Such sensors may be used, for example, in a variety of devices to monitor analyte amount or concentrations in subjects. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/692761 |
| ART UNIT | 1751 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/511 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189393 | Rybak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susanna M. Rybak (Green Cove Springs, Florida); Dianne L. Newton (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for new recombinant ribonuclease proteins which are active when expressed by bacteria. This allows the recombinant ribonucleases of this invention to be fused in-frame with ligand binding moieties to form cytotoxic fusion proteins. Furthermore, these proteins are more active than ribonucleases currently available even though the proteins of this invention lack an N-terminal pyroglutamic acid, which has been found to be necessary for ribonucleolytic activity. Because these proteins are recombinant proteins, mutations which increase cytotoxicity can be engineered. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/948391 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.610 |
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| US 07189401 | Tracy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Nebraska Board of Regents (Lincoln, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven M. Tracy (Omaha, Nebraska); Nora M. Chapman (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides modified viral genomes for use as vaccines or vectors, which are improved in their ability to retain attenuating mutations. The genomes are from viruses that replicate by way of an RNA-dependent RNA or DNA polymerase. The genomes are modified in the pol gene to encode polymerases that catalyze slower replication, have increased transcriptional fidelity, or are otherwise altered such that the reversion rate of the modified virus to a non-attenuated form is decreased as compared to an equivalent, unmodified virus. In particular, modified coxsackievirus genomes are disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/647911 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/199.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189503 | Akeson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Akeson (Santa Cruz, California); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); George Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); David W. Deamer (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method for detecting a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid by (1) providing two separate, adjacent pools of a medium and a interface between the two pools, the interface having a channel so dimensioned as to allow sequential monomer-by-monomer passage of a single-stranded nucleic acid, but not of a double-stranded nucleic acid, from one pool to the other pool; (2) placing a nucleic acid polymer in one of the two pools; and (3) taking measurements as each of the nucleotide monomers of the single-stranded nucleic acid polymer passes through the channel so as to differentiate between nucleotide monomers that are hybridized to another nucleotide monomer before entering the channel and nucleotide monomers that are not hybridized to another nucleotide monomer before entering the channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/739585 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189509 | Shao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zhifeng Shao (Charlottesville, Virginia); Siton Sheng (Charlottesville, Virginia); Shoudan Liang (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Shao (Charlottesville, Virginia); Sitong Sheng (Charlottesville, Virginia); Shoudan Liang (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to analysis of gene expression profiles. In particular, the present invention provides a method for a method for analyzing gene expression profiles of a cell, which method comprises: a) providing for isolated mRNA or cDNA target sequences from a cell; b) sequentially hybridizing said isolated mRNA or cDNA target sequences with a plurality of nucleotide probes; and c) assessing the sequential hybridization between said isolated mRNA or cDNA target sequences and said plurality of nucleotide probes to analyze gene expression profiles of said cell. Systems for analyzing gene expression profiles are also provided. Optical devices for detecting hybridization signal are further provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/222459 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07189511 | Allikmets et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah); John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rando Allikmets (Frederick, Maryland); Kent L. Anderson (Houston, Texas); Michael Dean (Frederick, Maryland); Mark Leppert (Salt Lake City, Utah); Richard A. Lewis (Houston, Texas); Yixin Li (Houston, Texas); James R. Lupski (Houston, Texas); Jeremy Nathans (Baltimore, Maryland); Amir Rattner (Baltimore, Maryland); Noah F. Shroyer (Houston, Texas); Nanda Singh (Salt Lake City, Utah); Philip Smallwood (Woodbine, Maryland); Hui Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of an ATP binding cassette transporter and mutated sequences thereof associated with macular degeneration. Methods of detecting agents that modify ATP-binding cassette transporter comprising combining purified ATP binding cassette transporter and at least one agent suspected of modifying the ATP binding cassette transporter an observing a change in at least one characteristic associated with ATP binding cassette transporter. Methods of detecting macular degeneration is also embodied by the present invention. |
| FILED | Friday, January 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/336215 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07189513 | Khleif et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Samir N. Khleif (Silver Spring, Maryland); Jay A. Berzofsky (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides immunogenic peptides from the HPV-18E6 protein that comprise class I restricted T cell epitopes and discloses methods of administering these peptides to individuals, and a method for monitoring or evaluating an immune response to HPV with these peptides. |
| FILED | Friday, March 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/472661 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07189518 | Schönbeck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Uwe Schönbeck (Randolph, Massachusetts); Paul Ridker (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Peter Libby (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention involves the new use of a diagnostic test to determine the risk of atherosclerotic diseases such as myocardial infarction and stroke, particularly among individuals with no signs or symptoms of current disease and among nonsmokers. Further, this invention involves the new use of a diagnostic test to assist physicians in determining which individuals at risk will preferentially benefit from certain treatments designed either to prevent first or recurrent myocardial infarctions and strokes, or to treat acute and chronic cardiovascular disorders. Methods for treatment also are described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/288253 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07189519 | Sklar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Univeristy of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry A. Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Tione Buranda (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Cimino (Tijeras, New Mexico); Alex T. Key (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard Neubig (Scio, Michigan); Peter C. Simons (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric R. Prossnitz (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mei Shi (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a general approach for G protein coupled receptors that may be used to define agonists and antagonists, and the specificity of receptor coupling to G protein subunits. Methods of the present invention use small volumes (microliters) and are compatible with high throughput flow cytometry. When assays of the present invention are multiplexed, the specificity of the interactions of a receptor with many G proteins may be determined simultaneously. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/429042 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07189554 | Apicella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Apicella (Solon, Iowa); Andrew Preston (Cambridge, United Kingdom) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention discloses a mutant Neisseria having extensive membrane blebbing, both an indicium and a cause of virulence in the gonococcus and meningococcus. Methods are disclosed for making and characterizing the mutant, bmrRS. Methods are disclosed for isolating bmrRS membranes for use as a vaccine. Methods are also disclosed for the use of the mutant for determining the virulence of clinical samples of N. gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis. Methods are also disclosed for the screening of antibiotics targeted to virulent Neisseria. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/288986 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
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| US 07189569 | Jackson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter K. Jackson (Stanford, California); Julie Regan Reimann (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Emi1 regulates progression through early mitosis by preventing premature APC activation. Depleting Emi1 from cycling cells strongly delays cyclin B accumulation and mitotic entry, while expression of a stabilized form of Emi1 stabilizes APC substrates and causes a mitotic block. Emi1 binds the APC activators Cdc2O and Cdh1 and inhibits APC activation by Cdc20 or Cdh1. Hence, products that modulate the expression and/or activity of Emi1 have a therapeutic effect in the treatment of cancer, leukemia, solid tumors, chronic or acute inflammatory disease, restenosis, diabetes, neurological disorders, arthritis and osteoporosis, among other indications. |
| FILED | Friday, May 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/155789 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
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| US 07189691 | Hemenway |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S. Hemenway (New Orleans, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound of the formula R1-Leu-A2-Val-A4-Ile-A6-Leu-A8-A9-A10-R2 SEQ ID NO: 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which disrupts the binding between the AF4 and AF9 proteins in mammalian cells in vitro and in vivo is useful in the treatment, prophylaxsis or diagnosis of various forms of leukemia. Such compounds are also useful in drug development for non-peptide mimics of the compounds of the invention. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/094595 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07189694 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard M. Johnson (Gainesville, Florida); Prem S. Subramaniam (Gainsville, Florida); Mustafa G. Mujtaba (Gainesville, Florida); Lawrence Flowers (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns peptide molecules that specifically inhibit the enzymatic function of tyrosine kinases, including the JAK and EGF receptor (EGFR) family of kinases, to autophosphorylate, i.e., to transfer a phosphate group from ATP to an amino acid in the kinase. Phosphorylation of proteins is the most fundamental method for signal transduction among proteins in a cell. Inhibition of tyrosine kinase autophosphorylation activities inhibits the enzyme's signaling and shuts down the functioning pathways originating from the enzyme. The JAK2 and EGFR tyrosine kinases are involved in both inflammatory disorders and cancer. In these disorders, the tyrosine kinases can often be activated in an uncontrolled fashion. The subject application also concerns antibodies that bind to a tyrosine kinase autophosphorylation site. The subject invention also concerns pharmaceutically acceptable formulations of the subject peptides and antibodies, and methods for treating inflammatory and oncological disorders by inhibiting tyrosine kinase signaling in these situations by administering a peptide or antibody of the present invention. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/828151 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189696 | Fasano |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alessio Fasano (West Friendship, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptide antagonists of zonulin are disclosed, as well as methods for the use of the same. The peptide antagonists bind to the zonula occludens receptor, yet do not physiologically modulate the opening of mammalian tight junctions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/074727 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| US 07189697 | Panjwani |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Tufts College (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Noorjahan Panjwani (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the therapeutic treatment of dry eye in mammals comprising administering to a mammal afflicted with an epithelial wound a therapeutically effective amount of a galectin-1 protein, a galectin-3, a galectin-7 protein and/or a galectin-8 protein are provided. Pharmaceutical and ophthalmic compositions and kits, comprising a pharmaceutically an active agent which is a galectin-1 protein, a galectin-3 protein, galectin-7 protein and/or a galectin-8 protein, and a suitable carrier or a diluent, are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/104677 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
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| US 07189698 | Castillo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerardo Castillo (Bothell, Washington); Alan D. Snow (Lynnwood, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A pharmaceutical composition comprising peptide |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/007643 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/14 |
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| US 07189699 | Castillo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerardo Castillo (Bothell, Washington); Alan D. Snow (Lynnwood, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A pharmaceutical composition comprising peptide |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/007644 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/14 |
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| US 07189703 | Balin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Intracell, LLC (Merion, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian J. Balin (Paoli, Pennsylvania); J. Todd Abrams (Merion, Pennsylvania); Alan P. Hudson (Novi, Michigan); Judith A. Whittum-Hudson (Novi, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method of treating Alzheimer's disease in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal an anti-microbial agent having anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae activity. The invention also relates to a method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in a mammal comprising measuring the serum anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody titer in a patient suspected of having Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Friday, January 08, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/227749 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/29 |
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| US 07189752 | Carson et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Carson (Del Mar, California); Howard B. Cottam (Escondido, California); Soichi Adachi (La Jolla, California); Lorenzo M. Leoni (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating cancer is provided comprising administering an amount of etodolac or analog theteof to a subject afflicted with leukemia that is effective to reduce the viability and/or to sensitize leukemia cells to an anti-cancer agent. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/753665 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/411 |
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| US 07189812 | Nelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence M. Nelson (Burke, Virginia); Zhi-Bin Tong (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are novel nucleic acid and protein sequences that are essential to fertility. In particular, human Mater genomic, cDNA and protein sequences are provided, as are fragments and variants thereof. Functional MATER is required for female fertility; zygotes that arise from Mater null oocytes do not progress beyond the two-cell stage. Methods are described for using Mater molecules in diagnoses, prognosis, and treatment of infertility and reduced fertility, and kits related to such methods. Also provided are methods for using MATER as a contraceptive agent. The disclosure also describes compounds involved in such methods, and the identification of such compounds. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/677943 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07189823 | Bauer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony J. Bauer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Gisela Bruenagel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert H. Getzenberg (Lutherville, Maryland); Robert E. Schoen (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Proteins useful in the diagnosis of proliferative disorders of the colon are present in nuclear matrix protein preparations and can be characterized by molecular weight, isoelectric point, and amino acid sequence. The proteins may be identified, for example, by 2D-gel electrophoresis or by specific binding partners, such as antibodies. |
| FILED | Friday, May 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/133177 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.900 |
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| US 07189828 | Cummings et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard D. Cummings (Edmond, Oklahoma); Rodger P. McEver (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Compounds, compositions and methods for treating conditions characterized by leukocyte rolling are described. The compounds contain glycosulfopeptide structures comprising sulfated tyrosines and sialyated, fucosylated N-acetyllactosamino glycans. The glycosulfopeptides may be conjugated or complexed to other compounds for enhancing serum half-life or for controlled release, for example. Examples of conditions treated include inflammation, ischemia-reperfusion injury, rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, leukocyte-mediated lung injury, restenosis, and thrombosis. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239576 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/395 |
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| US 07189832 | Karin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Karin (La Jolla, California); David M. Rothwarf (La Jolla, California); Ebrahim Zandi (Duarte, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel essential regulatory subunit of the IκB kinase (IKK) complex, IKK-γ. The isolated IKK-γ subunit of the invention has substantially the same amino acid sequence as SEQ ID NO: 2 shown in FIG. 2. |
| FILED | Friday, August 20, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/377795 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189969 | Vicci et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leandra Vicci (Siler City, North Carolina); Richard Superfine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for controlling motion of and tracking a mechanically unattached magnetic probe are disclosed. One system for controlling motion of mechanically unattached magnetic probe may include a magnetic coil and pole assembly. The magnetic coil and pole assembly includes at least one pole carrier. The pole carrier includes a light transmissive substrate and a plurality of magnetic poles being patterned on the substrate for applying force to a mechanically unattached magnetic probe. A magnetic drive core provides a return path for magnetic flux flowing between the poles. A plurality of magnetic coils are wound around the magnetic drive core for conducting current and applying magnetic force to the probe through the pole pieces. A computer maintains the position of the probe within a volume defined by an optical tracking system by moving the probe and the system under test. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/440881 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190989 | Swanson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Swanson (Portland, Oregon); Norman M. Hill (Bothell, Washington); Jerome J. Boogaard (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A bio-probe having a base and a tip, and comprising a longitudinal core of substantially rigid material. On the core, there is a first layer of dielectric material, supported by and substantially circumferentially surrounding the core. Also, a set of conductors, each conductor extending longitudinally along the first layer of dielectric material and a second layer of dielectric material, substantially covering each of the set of conductors. For each of the conductors, an aperture is defined through the second layer of dielectric material to the conductor, thereby defining an electrode. In one preferred embodiment of this aspect, the first layer of insulative material is in the form of a tube and wherein the core is removable from the tube. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/760856 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/378 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190995 | Chervin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Altarum Institute (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald D. Chervin (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Joseph W. Burns (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nikolas S. Subotic (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Christopher Roussi (Kalamazoo, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for determining respiratory cycle-related EEG changes (RCREC) for a subject with sleep-disordered breathing are provided. The method includes receiving an EEG signal from the subject using at least one sensor, and defining at least two respiratory cycle segments within each respiratory cycle. The method further includes determining an EEG power of the EEG signal during each of the at least two respiratory cycle segments, and determining RCREC by calculating a difference between a maximum EEG segment power and a minimum EEG segment power. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/866931 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/544 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07191092 | Vicci et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leandra Vicci (Siler City, North Carolina); Richard Superfine (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for controlling motion of and tracking a mechanically unattached magnetic probe are disclosed. One system for controlling motion of mechanically unattached magnetic probe may include a magnetic coil and pole assembly. The magnetic coil and pole assembly includes at least one pole carrier. The pole carrier includes a light transmissive substrate and a plurality of magnetic poles being patterned on the substrate for applying force to a mechanically unattached magnetic probe. A magnetic drive core provides a return path for magnetic flux flowing between the poles. A plurality of magnetic coils are wound around the magnetic drive core for conducting current and applying magnetic force to the probe through the pole pieces. A computer maintains the position of the probe within a volume defined by an optical tracking system by moving the probe and the system under test. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/440912 |
| ART UNIT | 2832 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/168 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Cuva (Jupiter, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A seal assembly for use in an engine, such as a scramjet engine, having a movable element, such as inlet cowl flap, is provided. The movable element has an outboard structural member which requires thermal protection. The seal assembly includes a sealing element and a support block for thermally isolating the outboard structural member and for supporting the sealing element. In a preferred embodiment, the sealing element comprises a rope seal having a tadpole construction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/830272 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/768 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07188559 | Vecchio |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth Vecchio (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Typically 20–40 films of a tough first metal, normally 0.1–1.0 mm thick films of titanium, nickel, vanadium, and/or steel (iron) and alloys thereof, interleaved with a like number of films of a second metal, normally 0.1–1.0 mm thick films of aluminum or alloys thereof, are pressed together in a stack at less than 6 MPa and normally at various pressures 2–4 MPa while being gradually heated in the presence of atmospheric gases to 600–800° C. over a period of, typically, 10+ hours until the second metal is completely compounded; forming thus a metallic-intermetallic laminate composite material having (i) tough first-metal layers separated by (ii) hard, Vickers microhardness of 400 kg/mm2+, intermetallic regions consisting of an intermetallic compound of the first and the second metals. The resulting composite material is inexpensive, lightweight with a density of typically 3 to 4.5 grams/cubic centimeter, and very hard and very tough to serve as, among other applications, lightweight armor. Upon projectile impact (i) the hard intermetallic, ceramic-like, layers are confined by the tough metal layers while (ii) cracking and fracturing is blunted and channeled in directions orthogonal to the axis of impact. |
| FILED | Monday, February 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/074057 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/36.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07188993 | Howe et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Harold W Howe (Butte, Montana); Jeremiah J Warriner (Butte, Montana); Aaron M Cook (Butte, Montana); Scott L Coguill (Butte, Montana); Lawrence C Farrar (Butte, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for mixing fluids and/or solids in a manner that can be varied from maintaining the integrity of fragile molecular and biological materials in the mixing vessel to homogenizing heavy aggregate material by supplying large amounts of energy. Variation in the manner of mixing is accomplished using an electronic controller to generate signals to control the frequency and amplitude of the motor(s), which drive an unbalanced shaft assembly to produce a linear vibratory motion. The motor may be a stepper motors a linear motor or a DC continuous motor. By placing a sensor on the mixing vessel platform to provide feedback control of the mixing motor, the characteristics of agitation in the fluid or solid can be adjusted to optimize the degree of mixing and produce a high quality mixant. |
| FILED | Monday, January 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/766558 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Agitating 366/111 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189059 | Barton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael T. Barton (Scottsdale, Arizona); Donald L. Palmer (Cave Creek, Arizona); Mahmoud L. Mansour (Phoenix, Arizona); Don F. Durschmidt (Chandler, Arizona); John A. Gunaraj (Chandler, Arizona); Mark D. Matwey (Phoenix, Arizona); John A. Slovisky (Chandler, Arizona); Nick A. Nolcheff (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A compressor includes an enhanced vaned shroud and is configured such that the flow area ratio is equivalent to that of a conventional, non-vaned shroud. The vaned shroud includes a plurality of airfoils that vary in thickness to obtain desired vibrational mode shapes and natural frequencies. A stiffening ring of limited axial extent is coupled to, and between, the airfoils, and the shroud is manufactured with a section of constant radius. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/976934 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/186 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189281 | Kim |
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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) | Byung J. Kim (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A second-generation rotating biofilter employing microorganisms in a microbiological film (biofilm) “mineralizes” contaminants, such as VOCs and odoriferous contaminants. Contaminated fluid, such as air from manufacturing processes, is directed radially outward from a perforated pipe through porous foam attached to the pipe. The pipe serves as the axis upon which layers of foam suitable for supporting formation of biofilms are placed. In one embodiment, an octagonal-shaped drum incorporates eight baskets. In each basket, foam is layered outwardly from the pipe in trapezoidal-shaped layers each of approximately 3.8 cm thickness, each layer separated by air gaps of approximately 1.3 cm to prevent clogging. Seven layers in each of eight baskets comprise the octagonal drum. When the drum is sprayed on one side, water soaks the media and it is heavier on that side, thus facilitating rotation of the drum. Further, the biofilms are supplied with moisture and supplemental nutrients as needed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/911763 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/187 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189345 | Sewell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry A. Sewell (Ballwin, Missouri); Steven P. Wanthal (St. Charles, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for vacuum assisted resin transfer molding a composite structure including fibers at least partially surrounded by resin using a mold including a tool having a surface shaped to correspond to the composite structure and an inflatable bladder for forcing the composite structure against the tool. A resin inlet is connected to a resin source for introducing resin into a mold cavity at least partially defined by the tool surface and the bladder and a vacuum port spaced from the resin inlet. The method includes the steps of opening the mold cavity, loading fibers into the open mold cavity, closing the loaded mold cavity, introducing resin through the resin inlet into the closed mold cavity loaded with fibers, and pulling a vacuum at the resin inlet and the vacuum port to draw excess resin from the structure prior to curing thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/640136 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189353 | Lewis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan S. Lewis (La Canada, California); Michael S. Freund (Altadena, California); Shawn M. Briglin (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, systems and sensor arrays are provided implementing techniques for detecting an analyte in a fluid. The techniques include providing a sensor array including at least a first sensor and a second sensor in an arrangement having a defined fluid flow path, exposing the sensor array to a fluid including an analyte by introducing the fluid along the fluid flow path, measuring a response for the first sensor and the second sensor, and detecting the presence of the analyte in the fluid based on a spatio-temporal difference between the responses for the first and second sensors. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/054055 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189398 | Kaempfer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond Kaempfer (Jerusalem, Israel); Gila Arad (Jerusalem, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to peptides having an amino acid sequence substantially homologous to an amino sequence of a domain of a pyrogenic exotoxin, which domain forms a central turn in the exotoxin starting within β-strand 7 and connecting the β-strand 7, via short β-strand 8, to α-helix 4, and ending within α-helix 4, based on the domain numbering of Staphylococus aureus enterotoxin B. The peptides of the invention are capable of antagonizing toxin-mediated activation of T-lymphocytes, do not have agonist activity, and are capable of eliciting protective immunity against toxic shock induced by a pyrogenic exotoxin or by a mixture of pyrogenic exotoxins. The invention also relates to broad spectrum pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment, protection against or short term prophylaxis of toxin-mediated activation of T cells, comprising as active ingredient at least one peptide according to the invention or a derivative thereof, and to broad spectrum vaccines for conferring long term immunity against toxic shock induced by at least one pyrogenic exotoxin. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 10, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/150947 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189410 | Drohan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The American National Red Cross (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William N. Drohan (Springfield, Virginia); Martin J. MacPhee (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Wilson H. Burgess (Clifton, Virginia); Hernan Nunez (Derwood, Maryland); Manish Singh (San Diego, California); Gene Liau (Darnestown, Maryland); Thomas Maciag (Freeport, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a fibrin sealant bandage, wherein said fibrin sealant may be supplemented with at least one composition selected from, for example, one or more regulatory compounds, antibody, antimicrobial compositions, analgesics, anticoagulants, antiproliferatives, anti-inflammatory compounds, cytokines, cytotoxins, drugs, growth factors, interferons, hormones, lipids, demineralized bone or bone morphogenetic proteins, cartilage inducing factors, oligonucleotides polymers, polysaccharides, polypeptides, protease inhibitors, vasoconstrictors or vasodilators, vitamins, minerals, stabilizers and the like. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and/or using the unsupplemented or supplemented fibrin sealant bandage. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/474078 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/447 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189430 | Ajayan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pulickel M. Ajayan (Clifton Park, New York); Ramanath Ganapathiraman (Clifton Park, New York); Anyuan Cao (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of controllably aligning carbon nanotubes to a template structure to fabricate a variety of carbon nanotube containing structures and devices having desired characteristics is provided. The method allows simultaneous, selective growth of both vertically and horizontally controllably aligned nanotubes on the template structure but not on a substrate in a single process step. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/361640 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/249.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189468 | Izenson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Creare Inc. (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Izenson (Hanover, New Hampshire); Christopher J. Crowley (Lyme, New Hampshire); Wayde H. Affleck (Enfield, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A lightweight direct methanol fuel cell unit (20) comprising a fuel cell stack (24) enclosed within a housing (22). In one embodiment the fuel cell stack includes a plurality of polymer electrolyte membrane electrode assemblies (52) stacked alternatingly with a plurality of bipolar plates (48). Each bipolar plate includes a cathode flow field (78) defined by a porous cathode flow field structure (56) and an anode flow field (62) defined by an upper plate (58) and a lower plate (60) separated from one another by a plurality of spacers (64). The anode flow fields are manifolded with one another via manifold embossments (118, 120) that are hermetically sealed with one another with a gasket (126). The fuel cell stack and housing are shaped so as to form four manifold regions (36) in the spaces between the fuel cell stack and housing. The fuel cell stack is compressed within the housing by compression members (94) located between the fuel cell stack and housing so as to place the sidewall (30) of the housing into tension. Supporting systems for the fuel cell unit include a fuel handling system (502), an oxidant handling system (600), and a liquid inventory control system (700). |
| FILED | Monday, March 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/100672 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/34 |
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| US 07189580 | Beebe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Beebe (Madison, Wisconsin); Glenn M. Walker (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for pumping fluid through a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel has an input port of a predetermined radius and an output port of a predetermined radius. The channel is filled with fluid and a pressure gradient is generated between the fluid between the input port and the fluid at the output port. As a result, fluid flows through the channel towards the output port. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/271488 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180 |
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| US 07189581 | Beebe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Beebe (Madison, Wisconsin); Glenn M. Walker (Brentwood, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided of obtaining a sample concentration of a solution in a microfluidic device. The microfluidic device includes a channel having a reservoir and a collection port. The channel is filled with a solution having particles therein. A reservoir drop is deposited over the reservoir of the channel such that the solution of the channel flows towards the collection port in response to evaporation of the solution at the collection port. The particles at the collection port are collected to obtain the sample concentration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/425219 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/180 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189635 | Sharma |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shashank Sharma (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Nano-scale devices and methods provide reduced feature dimensions of features on the devices. A surface of a device substrate having a pattern of spaced apart first nanowires is consumed, such that a dimension of the first nanowires is reduced. A second nanowire is formed in a trench or gap between adjacent ones of the first nanowires, such that the nano-scale device includes a set of features that includes the first nanowires with the reduced dimension and the second nanowire spaced from the adjacent first nanowires by sub-trenches. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/943559 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/584 |
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| US 07189867 | Wynne 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) | James H Wynne (Alexandria, Virginia); Arthur W Snow (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A compound having the formula CF3—CH(OH)—CH2—(L)n—CH2—SH or a disulfide thereof. Each L is substituted or unsubstituted methylene, substituted or unsubstituted oxyalkylene, and alkyl-substituted or unsubstituted siloxanylene. The compound is free of carboxysilane linkages. The value of n is a positive integer. A metal surface having the group CF3—CH(OH)—CH2—(L)n—CH2—S— bound thereto. A method of making CF3—CH(OH)—CH2—(L)n—CH2—SH by: reacting OHC—CH2—(L)n—CH2—X with (trifluoromethyl)trialkylsilane to form CF3—CH(OH)—CH2—(L)n—CH2—X; reacting the intermediate with a thiocarbonyl compound to form an adduct; and hydrolyzing the adduct followed by protonation. X is a halogen. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/532950 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/429 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190037 | Braddock, IV |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Osemi, Inc. (Cannon Falls, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter David Braddock, IV (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-aligned enhancement mode metal-oxide-compound semiconductor field effect transistor (10) includes a lower oxide layer that is a mixture of Ga2O, Ga2O3, and other gallium oxide compounds (30), and a second insulating layer that is positioned immediately on top of the gallium oxygen layer together positioned on upper surface (14) of a III-V compound semiconductor wafer structure (13). Together the lower gallium oxide compound layer and the second insulating layer form a gallium oxide gate insulating structure. The gallium oxide gate insulating structure and underlying compound semiconductor gallium arsenide layer (15) meet at an atomically abrupt interface at the surface of with the compound semiconductor wafer structure (14). The initial essentially gallium oxygen layer serves to passivate and protect the underlying compound semiconductor surface from the second insulating oxide layer. A refractory metal gate electrode layer (17) is positioned on upper surface (18) of the second insulating oxide layer. The refractory metal is stable on the second insulating oxide layer at elevated temperature. Self-aligned source and drain areas, and source and drain contacts (19, 20) are positioned on the source and drain areas (21, 22) of the device. Multiple devices are then positioned in proximity and the appropriate interconnection metal layers and insulators are utilized in concert with other passive circuit elements to form a integrated circuit structure. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/052889 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/411 |
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| US 07190047 | 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 (Gillette, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus comprising: a first compound semiconductor composition layer doped to have a first charge carrier polarity; a second compound semiconductor composition layer doped to have a second charge carrier polarity and located on the first layer; a third compound semiconductor composition layer doped to have the first charge carrier polarity and located on the second layer; a base electrode on the second layer; and a spacer ring interposed between and defining a charge carrier access path distance between the base electrode and the third layer, the path distance being within a range of between about 200 Å and about 1000 Å. Techniques for making apparatus. Apparatus is useful as a heterobipolar transistor, particularly for high frequency applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/859894 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/586 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190177 | Zoughi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Reza Zoughi (Wildwood, Missouri); Sergiy Kharkivskiy (Rolla, Missouri); Mohammad Tayeb Ahmad Ghasr (Rolla, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for inspecting a sample for defects includes a signal generator for generating a signal and a device for splitting the signal into two separate signals which have substantially equal phase and magnitude. A sensor radiates the two signals on the sample and receives the two signals reflected from the sample. A device is provided for determining a difference between the two signals reflected from the sample without unwanted influence of variations of distance between the sensor and sample, and reflections from nearby sample edges and boundaries. A defect is determined to exist when a difference is found between the two reflected signals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/920723 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/642 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190412 | Ellett |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kirk D. Ellett (O'Fallon, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for performing video switching between multiple inputs and outputs are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a video box coupled to one or more user interfaces, a plurality of video inputs, and a plurality of video outputs. The video box includes a video controller coupled to the one or more user interfaces and a video switch coupled to the plurality of video inputs and the plurality of video outputs. Activation of the user interface generates a video control signal that is sent to the generated video control signal. The video controller generates a video switching signal based on the received video control signal. The video switch connects one or more of the plurality of video inputs to one or more of the plurality of video outputs based on the generated video control signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/650604 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/705 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190746 | Stockmaster et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael H. Stockmaster (Cedar Rapids, Iowa); Thomas V. DeWulf (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A positioning system receiver is disclosed. The positioning system receiver includes an antenna for receiving radio frequency (RF) signals. The positioning system receiver also includes a radio frequency front end system configured to convert the received RF signals into intermediate frequency signals. The positioning system receiver further includes a digital processing and correlation system, receiving the intermediate frequency signals and including a plurality of taps on the autocorrelation function main lobe and a plurality of taps on at least one of the autocorrelation function side lobes. The digital processing and correlation system uses the signals received from the taps in a dot product detector algorithm to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the receiver system. |
| FILED | Friday, February 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/367455 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/343 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190870 | Sundar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vikram C. Sundar (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Hans J. Eisler (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite including a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals distributed in a metal oxide matrix can be used as an optical amplifier, a waveguide or a laser. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/244545 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07191422 | Tourancheau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard Tourancheau (Miribel, France); Xavier-Francois Vigouroux (Brie et Angonnes, France); Cedric Koch-Hofer (Saint Martin d'Heres, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for determining a carrier layout using cornered chip-to-chip input/output is presented. Each of a plurality of individual integrated circuit carriers communicatively interfaceable through cornered input/output ports is oriented at a uniform rotation relative to an edge of a carrier layout. Each carrier defines a set of rectilinear edges. Each carrier is placed juxtaposed at an open corner to at least one other carrier within a rectilinear lattice topologically arranged in the carrier layout to substantially minimize Hamming distances between each of the carriers. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/853936 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07188526 | Taylor et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven C. Taylor (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Nancy C. Kraft (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasonic transducer having an effective center frequency of about 42 MHz; a bandwidth of greater than 85% at 6 dB; a spherical focus of at least 0.5 inches in water; an F4 lens; a resolution sufficient to be able to detect and separate a 0.005 inch flat-bottomed hole at 0.005 inches below surface; and a beam size of approximately 0.006–0.008 inches measured off a 1½ mm ball in water at the transducer's focal point. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/172129 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/618 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07188535 | Spletzer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barry Spletzer (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A load cell utilizes a plurality of strain gauges mounted upon the load cell body such that there are six independent load-strain relations. Load is determined by applying the inverse of a load-strain sensitivity matrix to a measured strain vector. The sensitivity matrix is determined by performing a multivariate regression technique on a set of known loads correlated to the resulting strains. Temperature compensation is achieved by configuring the strain gauges as co-located orthogonal pairs. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/152761 |
| ART UNIT | 2841 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/862.41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07188731 | Brown et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve B. Brown (Livermore, California); Billy W. Colston, Jr. (San Ramon, California); Graham Marshall (Fox Island, Washington); Duane Wolcott (Fox Island, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for filtering particles from a fluid comprises a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a variable size passage between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and means for adjusting the size of the variable size passage for filtering the particles from the fluid. An inlet fluid flow stream is introduced to a fixture with a variable size passage. The size of the variable size passage is set so that the fluid passes through the variable size passage but the particles do not pass through the variable size passage. |
| FILED | Monday, August 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/648626 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/348 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189158 | Motszko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Ronald Motszko (Leaf River, Illinois); Ryan Patrick McEnaney (Peoria, Illinois); Jeffrey Alan Brush (Dunlap, Illinois); Daniel E. Zimmermann (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A dual airflow control system for an environment having a first air zone and a second air zone. The system includes a first input device operable to generate a first input signal indicative of a desired airflow to the first zone and a second input device operable to generate a second input signal indicative of a desired airflow to the second zone. First and second flow regulators are configured to regulate airflow to the first and second zones, respectively, such that the first and second regulators selectively provide the airflow to each of the first and second zones based on the first and second input signals. A single actuator is associated with the first and second flow regulators. The actuator is operable to simultaneously actuate the first and second flow regulators based on an input from the first and second input devices to allow the desired airflows to the first and the second zones. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/952098 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Ventilation 454/143 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189360 | Ho |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clifford K. Ho (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A circular chemiresistor for use in microchemical sensors. A pair of electrodes is fabricated on an electrically insulating substrate. The pattern of electrodes is arranged in a circle-filling geometry, such as a concentric, dual-track spiral design, or a circular interdigitated design. A drop of a chemically sensitive polymer (i.e., chemiresistive ink) is deposited on the insulating substrate on the electrodes, which spreads out into a thin, circular disk contacting the pair of electrodes. This circularly-shaped electrode geometry maximizes the contact area between the pair of electrodes and the polymer deposit, which provides a lower and more stable baseline resistance than with linear-trace designs. The circularly-shaped electrode pattern also serves to minimize batch-to-batch variations in the baseline resistance due to non-uniform distributions of conductive particles in the chemiresistive polymer film. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/349772 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189428 | Boyle |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Boyle (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making a thin-film electrode, either an anode or a cathode, by preparing a precursor solution using an alkoxide reactant, depositing multiple thin film layers with each layer approximately 500–1000 Å in thickness, and heating the layers to above 600° C. to achieve a material with electrochemical properties suitable for use in a thin film battery. The preparation of the anode precursor solution uses Sn(OCH2C(CH3)3)2 dissolved in a solvent in the presence of HO2CCH3 and the cathode precursor solution is formed by dissolving a mixture of (Li(OCH2C(CH3)3))8 and Co(O2CCH3).H2O in at least one polar solvent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/686257 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/126.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189435 | Tuominen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Tuominen (Shutesbury, Massachusetts); Mustafa Bal (Amherst, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Andrei Ursache (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Pathways to rapid and reliable fabrication of three-dimensional nanostructures are provided. Simple methods are described for the production of well-ordered, multilevel nanostructures. This is accomplished by patterning block copolymer templates with selective exposure to a radiation source. The resulting multi-scale lithographic template can be treated with post-fabrication steps to produce multilevel, three-dimensional, integrated nanoscale media, devices, and systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/098222 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/472 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189471 | Jankowksi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan F. Jankowksi (Livermore, California); Jeffrey D. Morse (Martinez, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based thin-film fuel cells for electrical power applications. The MEMS-based fuel cell may be of a solid oxide type (SOFC), a solid polymer type (SPFC), or a proton exchange membrane type (PEMFC), and each fuel cell basically consists of an anode and a cathode separated by an electrolyte layer. The electrolyte layer can consist of either a solid oxide or solid polymer material, or proton exchange membrane electrolyte materials may be used. Additionally catalyst layers can also separate the electrodes (cathode and anode) from the electrolyte. Gas manifolds are utilized to transport the fuel and oxidant to each cell and provide a path for exhaust gases. The electrical current generated from each cell is drawn away with an interconnect and support structure integrated with the gas manifold. The fuel cells utilize integrated resistive heaters for efficient heating of the materials. By combining MEMS technology with thin-film deposition technology, thin-film fuel cells having microflow channels and full-integrated circuitry can be produced that will lower the operating temperature an will yield an order of magnitude greater power density than the currently known fuel cells. |
| FILED | Friday, August 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/637914 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189574 | Owen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas E. Owen (Helotes, Texas); Michael A. Miller (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of determining the amount of nitrogen in a gas mixture. The constituent gases of the mixture are dissociated and transformed to create a substance that may measured using nondispersive infrared adsorption techniques. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/810103 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189892 | Lucas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Agrigenesis Biosciences Limited (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Lucas (Davis, California); Byung-Chun Yoo (Newark, Delaware); Tony J. Lough (Auckland, New Zealand); Erika Varkonyi-Gasic (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a polynucleotide sequence encoding a component of the protein machinery involved in small RNA trafficking, Cucurbita maxima phloem small RNA-binding protein (CmPSRB 1), and the corresponding polypeptide sequence. The invention also provides genetic constructs and transgenic plants comprising the polynucleotide sequence encoding a phloem small RNA-binding protein to alter (e.g., prevent, reduce or elevate) non-cell autonomous signaling events in the plants involving small RNA metabolism. These signaling events are involved in a broad spectrum of plant physiological and biochemical processes, including, for example, systemic resistance to pathogens, responses to environmental stresses, e.g., heat, drought, salinity, and systemic gene silencing (e.g., viral infections). |
| FILED | Thursday, June 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/871841 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190049 | Tuominen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Tuominen (Shutosbury, Massachusetts); Joerg Schotter (Bielefeld, Germany); Thomas Thurn-Albrecht (Freiburg, Germany); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Pathways to rapid and reliable fabrication of nanocylinder arrays are provided. Simple methods are described for the production of well-ordered arrays of nanopores, nanowires, and other materials. This is accomplished by orienting copolymer films and removing a component from the film to produce nanopores, that in turn, can be filled with materials to produce the arrays. The resulting arrays can be used to produce nanoscale media, devices, and systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/814891 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/618 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190280 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A transmission line network system for transmitting and/or receiving data from a downhole tool. The invention is achieved by providing one or more transceiving elements, preferably rings, at either end of a downhole tool. A conduit containing a coaxial cable capable of communicating an electrical signal is attached to the transceiving element and extends through a central bore of the downhole tool and through the central bore of any tool intermediate the first transceiving element and a second transceiving element. Upon receiving an electrical signal from the cable, the second transceiving element may convert such signal to a magnetic field. The magnetic field may be detected by a third transceiving element in close proximity to the second transceiving element. In this manner, many different tools may be included in a downhole transmission network without requiring substantial modification, if any, of any particular tool. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/250245 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/855.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190581 | Hassani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vahab Hassani (Denver, Colorado); Andreas Vlahinos (Castle Rock, Colorado); Desikan Bharathan (Arvada, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A power module assembly with low thermal resistance and enhanced heat dissipation to a cooling medium. The assembly includes a heat sink or spreader plate with passageways or openings for coolant that extend through the plate from a lower surface to an upper surface. A circuit substrate is provided and positioned on the spreader plate to cover the coolant passageways. The circuit substrate includes a bonding layer configured to extend about the periphery of each of the coolant passageways and is made up of a substantially nonporous material. The bonding layer may be solder material which bonds to the upper surface of the plate to provide a continuous seal around the upper edge of each opening in the plate. The assembly includes power modules mounted on the circuit substrate on a surface opposite the bonding layer. The power modules are positioned over or proximal to the coolant passageways. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/032771 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/699 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190851 | Grace et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karen M. Grace (Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico); Basil I. Swanson (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Seppo Honkanen (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an apparatus and method for highly selective and sensitive chemical sensing. Two modes of laser light are transmitted through a waveguide, refracted by a thin film host reagent coating on the waveguide, and analyzed in a phase sensitive detector for changes in effective refractive index. Sensor specificity is based on the particular species selective thin films of host reagents which are attached to the surface of the planar optical waveguide. The thin film of host reagents refracts laser light at different refractive indices according to what species are forming inclusion complexes with the host reagents. |
| FILED | Monday, October 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/958965 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190862 | Peterson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Peterson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for electrically controlled optical switches are presented. An electrically controlled optical switch includes a fixture formed using a laminated dielectric material, a first optical fiber having a fixed segment supported by the fixture and a movable segment extending into a cavity, a second optical fiber having a fixed segment supported by the fixture and an extended segment where an optical interconnect may be established between the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber, and a first electrical actuator functionally coupled to the fixture and the first fiber which alters a position of the moveable segment, based upon a control signal, for changing a state of the optical interconnect between one of two states. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/197153 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07191061 | McKay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. McKay (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Matthew O. Anderson (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicular guidance method involves providing a user interface using which data can be input to establish a contour for a vehicle to follow, the user interface further configured to receive information from a differential global positioning system (DGPS), determining cross track and offset data using information received from the DGPS, generating control values, using at least vehicular kinematics, the cross track, and the offset data, and providing an output to control steering of the vehicle, using the control values, in a direction to follow the established contour while attempting to minimize the cross track and the offset data. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/418667 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07191105 | Holzrichter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Holzrichter (Berkeley, California); Lawrence C. Ng (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for characterizing, synthesizing, and/or canceling out acoustic signals from inanimate and animate sound sources. Electromagnetic sensors monitor excitation sources in sound producing systems, such as animate sound sources such as the human voice, or from machines, musical instruments, and various other structures. Acoustical output from these sound producing systems is also monitored. From such information, a transfer function characterizing the sound producing system is generated. From the transfer function, acoustical output from the sound producing system may be synthesized or canceled. The systems disclosed enable accurate calculation of transfer functions relating specific excitations to specific acoustical outputs. Knowledge of such signals and functions can be used to effect various sound replication, sound source identification, and sound cancellation applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/350393 |
| ART UNIT | 2128 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Harry HaruRiko Asada (Lincoln, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry Haruhiko Asada (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Kyu-Jin Cho (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Brian Selden (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An architecture shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators is presented called Segmented Binary Control (SBC). Instead of controlling the phase transition of the entire SMA wire as a single plant, we divide the SMA wire into many segments, each of which is controlled separately as an ON-OFF finite-state process. SBC produces a displacement as the addition of small displacements generated by the individual segments. Furthermore, the segmented architecture of SMA wires is extended to a multi-axis actuator array by arranging them in a two-dimensional array, so that the multi-axis control may be streamlined and coordinated. Moreover, the 2-D segmentation can be so designed that coordinated gross motion as well as independent fine movements may be generated with minimum complexity and minimum control loops. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/114504 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189417 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | I-Wei Chen (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Hoon Choi (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a colloidal dispersion of amine-terminated silica particles having a narrowly controlled size range in an aqueous phase for use in diagnostic imaging, drug delivery and gene therapy, as well as methods for preparing surface-modified silica particles suitable for use in an aqueous colloidal carrier medium, for preparing a diagnostic or therapeutic agent for targeted delivery to specific anatomical structures of a patient, and for performing a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure by administration to a patient of at least one diagnostic or therapeutic agent coupled with a colloidal dispersion. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/427242 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/501 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189435 | Tuominen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Tuominen (Shutesbury, Massachusetts); Mustafa Bal (Amherst, Massachusetts); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts); Andrei Ursache (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Pathways to rapid and reliable fabrication of three-dimensional nanostructures are provided. Simple methods are described for the production of well-ordered, multilevel nanostructures. This is accomplished by patterning block copolymer templates with selective exposure to a radiation source. The resulting multi-scale lithographic template can be treated with post-fabrication steps to produce multilevel, three-dimensional, integrated nanoscale media, devices, and systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/098222 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/472 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189503 | Akeson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Akeson (Santa Cruz, California); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); George Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); David W. Deamer (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method for detecting a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid by (1) providing two separate, adjacent pools of a medium and a interface between the two pools, the interface having a channel so dimensioned as to allow sequential monomer-by-monomer passage of a single-stranded nucleic acid, but not of a double-stranded nucleic acid, from one pool to the other pool; (2) placing a nucleic acid polymer in one of the two pools; and (3) taking measurements as each of the nucleotide monomers of the single-stranded nucleic acid polymer passes through the channel so as to differentiate between nucleotide monomers that are hybridized to another nucleotide monomer before entering the channel and nucleotide monomers that are not hybridized to another nucleotide monomer before entering the channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/739585 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189509 | Shao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zhifeng Shao (Charlottesville, Virginia); Siton Sheng (Charlottesville, Virginia); Shoudan Liang (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Shao (Charlottesville, Virginia); Sitong Sheng (Charlottesville, Virginia); Shoudan Liang (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates generally to analysis of gene expression profiles. In particular, the present invention provides a method for a method for analyzing gene expression profiles of a cell, which method comprises: a) providing for isolated mRNA or cDNA target sequences from a cell; b) sequentially hybridizing said isolated mRNA or cDNA target sequences with a plurality of nucleotide probes; and c) assessing the sequential hybridization between said isolated mRNA or cDNA target sequences and said plurality of nucleotide probes to analyze gene expression profiles of said cell. Systems for analyzing gene expression profiles are also provided. Optical devices for detecting hybridization signal are further provided. |
| FILED | Friday, August 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/222459 |
| 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 07189519 | Sklar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Univeristy of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry A. Sklar (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Tione Buranda (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel Cimino (Tijeras, New Mexico); Alex T. Key (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Richard Neubig (Scio, Michigan); Peter C. Simons (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eric R. Prossnitz (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mei Shi (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a general approach for G protein coupled receptors that may be used to define agonists and antagonists, and the specificity of receptor coupling to G protein subunits. Methods of the present invention use small volumes (microliters) and are compatible with high throughput flow cytometry. When assays of the present invention are multiplexed, the specificity of the interactions of a receptor with many G proteins may be determined simultaneously. |
| FILED | Monday, May 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/429042 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189891 | Guerinot et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Lou Guerinot (Etna, New Hampshire); Elizabeth E. Rogers (Columbia, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel molecules of the multi-drug and toxin efflux (MATE) family of molecules, designated herein as mutant ferric reductase defective (FRD3) nucleic acid and protein molecules are disclosed. The FRD3 nucleic acid and protein molecules are useful as modulating agents in regulating metal homeostasis, e.g., iron homeostasis. The invention further describes transgenic plants in which expression of a FRD3 polypeptide of the invention is altered. Compositions containing FRD3 molecules and methods of using such molecules are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672282 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190049 | Tuominen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Tuominen (Shutosbury, Massachusetts); Joerg Schotter (Bielefeld, Germany); Thomas Thurn-Albrecht (Freiburg, Germany); Thomas P. Russell (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Pathways to rapid and reliable fabrication of nanocylinder arrays are provided. Simple methods are described for the production of well-ordered arrays of nanopores, nanowires, and other materials. This is accomplished by orienting copolymer films and removing a component from the film to produce nanopores, that in turn, can be filled with materials to produce the arrays. The resulting arrays can be used to produce nanoscale media, devices, and systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/814891 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/618 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190524 | Grawert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Felix Jan Grawert (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shoji Akiyama (Annaka, Japan); Kazumi Wada (Lexington, Massachusetts); Franz X. Kaertner (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical reflector includes an optical reflective element that comprises alternating layers of high and low index layers. A new substrate is bonded on the optical reflective element. The sequence of layers in the reflective element is reversed in order such that the layers grown first with lowest surface roughness are exposed to the highest electric field strength, and the layer grown last, of highest roughness, are buried deep in the multilayer stack. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/917209 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/584 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190734 | Giannakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Shengli Zhou (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are described for space-time block coding for single-carrier block transmissions over frequency selective multipath fading channels. Techniques are described that achieve a maximum diversity of order NtNr(L+1) in rich scattering environments, where Nt(Nr) is the number of transmit (receive) antennas, and L is the order of the finite impulse response (FIR) channels. The techniques may include parsing a stream of information-bearing symbols to form blocks of K symbols, precoding the symbols to form blocks having J symbols, and collecting consecutive NS blocks. The techniques may further include applying a permutation matrix to the NS blocks, generating a space-time block coded matrix having Nt rows that are communicated through a wireless communication medium. The receiver complexity is comparable to single antenna transmissions, and the exact Viterbi's algorithm can be applied for maximum-likelihood (ML) optimal decoding. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/158390 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190853 | Joannopoulos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts); Shanhui Fan (Somerville, Massachusetts); Michal Lispon (Waltham, Massachusetts); Kevin M. Chen (Santa Clara, California); Lionel C. Kimerling (Concord, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for dispersion compensation is provided including a plurality of optical cavities with each including a specific resonant frequency and resonant linewidth. At least one coupling element interconnects the optical cavities. The at least one coupling element defines the coupling strength between the cavities. The optical cavities are interconnected with the at least one coupled element that forms a multi-cavity structure. The multi-cavity structure generates appropriate dispersion properties for dispersion compensation purposes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/178965 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190870 | Sundar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vikram C. Sundar (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Hans J. Eisler (Stoneham, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite including a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals distributed in a metal oxide matrix can be used as an optical amplifier, a waveguide or a laser. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/244545 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07189556 | Venkateswaran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kasthuri Venkateswaran (Arcadia, California); Myron Thomas La Duc (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to discovery and isolation of a biologically pure culture of a Bacillus odysseyi isolate with high adherence and sterilization resistant properties. B. odysseyi is a round spore forming Bacillus species that produces an exosporium. This novel species has been characterized on the basis of phenotypic traits, 16S rDNA sequence analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization. According to the results of these analyses, this strain belongs to the genus Bacillus and the type strain is 34hs-1T (=ATCC PTA-4993T=NRRL B-30641T=NBRC 100172T). The GenBank accession number for the 16S rDNA sequence of strain 34hs-1T is AF526913. |
| FILED | Saturday, January 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/759327 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190317 | Werner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas H. Werner (State College, Pennsylvania); Thomas N. Jackson (State College, Pennsylvania); Craig S. Deluccia (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna comprises an arrangement of electrically conducting segments, the arrangement including intersection points where two or more electrically conducting segments are in electrical communication. Example antennas include a plurality of capacitors located within some or all of the electrically conducting segments. Capacitance values can be determined using an optimization algorithm to obtain desired values of antenna resonance frequency (or frequencies), bandwidth, and/or radiation pattern, and may be adjusted in order to control an antenna parameter such as beam steering direction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/125432 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/745 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190398 | Yadid-Pecht et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Orly Yadid-Pecht (Arcadia, California); Eric R. Fossum (La Crescenta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Designs and operational methods to increase the dynamic range of image sensors and APS devices in particular by achieving more than one integration times for each pixel thereof. An APS system with more than one column-parallel signal chains for readout are described for maintaining a high frame rate in readout. Each active pixel is sampled for multiple times during a single frame readout, thus resulting in multiple integration times. The operation methods can also be used to obtain multiple integration times for each pixel with an APS design having a single column-parallel signal chain for readout. Furthermore, analog-to-digital conversion of high speed and high resolution can be implemented. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 05, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/654922 |
| ART UNIT | 2622 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/308 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190741 | Manning |
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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) | Robert M. Manning (Strongsville, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for estimating signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) γ of a composite input signal e(t) on a phase-modulated (e.g., BPSK) communications link. A first demodulator receives the composite input signal and a stable carrier signal and outputs an in-phase output signal; a second demodulator receives the composite input signal and a phase-shifted version of the carrier signal and outputs a quadrature-phase output signal; and phase error θE(t) contained within the composite input signal e(t) is calculated from the outputs of the first and second demodulators. A time series of statistically independent phase error measurements θE(t1), θE(t2), . . . , θE(tk) is obtained from the composite input signal subtending a time interval Δt=tk−t1 whose value is small enough such that γ(t) and σ(t) can be taken to be constant in Δt. A biased estimate γ* for the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) γ of the composite input signal is calculated using maximum likelihood (ML) estimation techniques, and an unbiased estimate {circumflex over (γ)} for the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) γ of the composite input signal is determined from the biased estimate γ*, such as by use of a look-up table. |
| FILED | Monday, October 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/274756 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/324 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07191013 — Hand held device for wireless powering and interrogation of biomems sensors and actuators
| US 07191013 | Miranda 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) | Felix Antonio Miranda (Olmsted Falls, Ohio); Rainee N Simons (North Olmsted, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact, hand-held device for wireless powering, interrogation and data retrieval from at least one implanted sensor. The hand-held device includes an antenna for powering an implanted sensor and for receiving data from the implanted sensor to the hand-held device for at least one of storage, display or analysis. The hand-held device establishes electromagnetic coupling with a low radiating radio frequency power inductor in the implanted sensor at a predefined separation and the antenna geometry allows for the antenna to power, interrogate and retrieve data from the implanted sensor without strapping the hand-held device to a human body housing the implanted sensor The hand-held device optionally allows for activation of the implanted sensor only during interrogation and data retrieval. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/983230 |
| ART UNIT | 3762 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07191161 | Rai 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) | Man Mohan Rai (Los Altos, California); Nateri K. Madavan (Cupertino, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for data modeling that incorporates the advantages of both traditional response surface methodology (RSM) and neural networks is disclosed. The invention partitions the parameters into a first set of s simple parameters, where observable data are expressible as low order polynomials, and c complex parameters that reflect more complicated variation of the observed data. Variation of the data with the simple parameters is modeled using polynomials; and variation of the data with the complex parameters at each vertex is analyzed using a neural network. Variations with the simple parameters and with the complex parameters are expressed using a first sequence of shape functions and a second sequence of neural network functions. The first and second sequences are multiplicatively combined to form a composite response surface, dependent upon the parameter values, that can be used to identify an accurate model. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/637087 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07189503 | Akeson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark Akeson (Santa Cruz, California); Daniel Branton (Lexington, Massachusetts); George Church (Brookline, Massachusetts); David W. Deamer (Santa Cruz, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method for detecting a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid by (1) providing two separate, adjacent pools of a medium and a interface between the two pools, the interface having a channel so dimensioned as to allow sequential monomer-by-monomer passage of a single-stranded nucleic acid, but not of a double-stranded nucleic acid, from one pool to the other pool; (2) placing a nucleic acid polymer in one of the two pools; and (3) taking measurements as each of the nucleotide monomers of the single-stranded nucleic acid polymer passes through the channel so as to differentiate between nucleotide monomers that are hybridized to another nucleotide monomer before entering the channel and nucleotide monomers that are not hybridized to another nucleotide monomer before entering the channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/739585 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189842 | Halverson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurt J. Halverson (Lake Elmo, Minnesota); Sanjay L. Patil (Aliso Viejo, California); Jerald K. Rasmussen (Stillwater, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | High-density, miniaturized arrays including high surface areas. Arrays described include substrate with a coating of linking agents, as well as arrays with reactants affixed to the substrates. Methods of manufacturing high-density arrays of reactants. The methods include the use of oriented, heat shrink films and elastomeric materials. Methods of functionalizing a substrate with linking agents for subsequent affixation of reactants are also disclosed herein. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/167204 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/25.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07189992 | Wager, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the Oregon State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Wager, III (Corvallis, Oregon); Randy L. Hoffman (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Enhancement mode, field effect transistors wherein at least a portion of the transistor structure may be substantially transparent. One variant of the transistor includes a channel layer comprising a substantially insulating, substantially transparent, material selected from ZnO or SnO2. A gate insulator layer comprising a substantially transparent material is located adjacent to the channel layer so as to define a channel layer/gate insulator layer interface. A second variant of the transistor includes a channel layer comprising a substantially transparent material selected from substantially insulating ZnO or SnO2, the substantially insulating ZnO or SnO2 being produced by annealing. Devices that include the transistors and methods for making the transistors are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/307162 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07190126 | Paton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Watt Stopper, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Douglas Paton (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and device for and a method of programming and controlling light fixtures is disclosed. A system in accordance with the present invention includes a stationary controller unit that is electrically coupled to the light fixtures. The stationary controller unit is configured to be remotely programmed with a portable commissioning device to automatically control the lights fixtures. The stationary controller unit and the portable commissioning device include light sensors, micro-computers and transceivers for measuring light levels, running programs, storing data and transmitting data between the stationary controller unit and the portable commissioning device. In operation, target light levels selected with the portable commissioning device and the controller unit is remotely programmed to automatically maintain the target level. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/925455 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/308 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07189547 | Thomashow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Linda S. Thomashow (Pullman, Washington); Shannon M. Delaney (Schiller Park, Illinois); Dmitri V. Mavrodi (Pullman, Washington); David M. Weller (Pullman, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Th invention is directed to nucleic acid sequences which encode polypeptides having PhzO activity, namely, the ability to convert phenazine-1-carboxylic acid to a 2-hydroxylated phenazine, and isolated polypeptides having this activity. The invention is also directed to recombinant nucleic acid molecules, vectors, and host cells including the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides, including expression in bacterial or plant cells to inhibit fungal pathogens. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/810904 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07189396 | Weisbart |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans' Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Weisbart (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A monoclonal antibody, 3E10, and active fragments thereof that selectively are transported in vivo to the nucleus of mammalian cells without cytotoxic effect are provided. The antibody and other molecules that bind to a variant of myosin IIb heavy chain found in the nucleus of skeletal muscle cells are useful as a non-viral delivery vector to target skeletal muscle in vivo. By contrast, in vitro the monoclonal antibody penetrates and is transported to the nucleus of multiple cell lines derived from different tissue types and can be used in screening tests to identify molecules that modulate growth of cells, such as cancer cells. Non-cytotoxic vectors for delivering a drug, polynucleotide or polypeptide selectively to skeletal muscle cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/192315 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/133.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07190580 | Bezama et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raschid Jose Bezama (Mahopac, New York); Evan George Colgan (Chestnut Ridge, New York); John Harold Magerlein (Yorktown Heights, New York); Roger Ray Schmidt (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods are provided for microchannel cooling of electronic devices such as IC chips, which enable efficient and low operating pressure microchannel cooling of high power density electronic devices. Apparatus for microchannel cooling include integrated microchannel heat sink devices and fluid distribution manifold structures that are designed to provide uniform flow and distribution of coolant fluid and minimize pressure drops along coolant flow paths. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/883534 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/699 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07189891 | Guerinot et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mary Lou Guerinot (Etna, New Hampshire); Elizabeth E. Rogers (Columbia, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel molecules of the multi-drug and toxin efflux (MATE) family of molecules, designated herein as mutant ferric reductase defective (FRD3) nucleic acid and protein molecules are disclosed. The FRD3 nucleic acid and protein molecules are useful as modulating agents in regulating metal homeostasis, e.g., iron homeostasis. The invention further describes transgenic plants in which expression of a FRD3 polypeptide of the invention is altered. Compositions containing FRD3 molecules and methods of using such molecules are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672282 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07188515 | Burns et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Burns (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Nimisha Srivastava (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Robertson D. Davenport (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated, a nanoliter capillary viscometer includes a first channel that is defined by a first channel-defining surface in a first substrate and a second channel defining surface in a second substrate. The progress of liquid through this first channel is monitored and used to determine viscosity. Viscosities in the range of 1 cP to 1000 cP are easily measured. Self-calibrating versions of the viscometer are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/235641 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/54.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07189366 | Krise et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Interior (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Krise (Bozeman, Montana); John L. Sternick (Mansfield, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Near infrared molecular assays can be used to detect small quantities of a molecule of interest in vivo or in vitro using laser dyes. A hand-held portable device is provided which can rapidly read small quantities of selected molecular tags in tissues of fish or other animals in the field. The device is composed of four components: (1) a light source, such as a laser diode; (2) a sample holder; (3) an optical system; and (4) a detector. |
| FILED | Friday, May 25, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/864373 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL I FIND?
THE PANEL
There is a panel for each patent that contains the patent number and the title of the patent. When you click the panel, it opens to reveal the following information:
FUNDED BY
The agencies that funded the grants, contracts, or other research agreements that resulted in the patent. FedInvent includes as much information on the source of the funding as possible. The information is presented in a hierarchy going from the Federal Department down to the agencies, subagencies, and offices that funded the work. Here are two examples:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Department of Defense (DOD)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Army Research Office (ARO)
We do our best to provide detailed information about the funding. In some cases, the patent only reports limited information on the origins of the funding. FedInvents presents what it can confirm. We add the patents without the information required by the Bayh-Dole Act to our list of patents worthy of further investigation.
APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
You can use the Command F or Control F to find a specific patent you are interested in.
HOW DO I GET HERE?
You navigate to the details of a patent by clicking the information icon that follows a patent on the FedInvent Patents Weekly Report.
You can also reach this page using the weekly page link that looks like this:
https://wayfinder.digital/fedinvent/patents-2007/fedinvent-patents-20070313.html
Just update the date portion of the URL. Tuesdays for patents. Thursdays for pre-grant publication of patent applications.
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