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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 24, 2007
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| US 07207252 | Boyer, Jr. 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) | Charles T. Boyer, Jr. (King George, Virginia); Michael K. Oetjen (Alexandria, Virginia); Din-chih Hwang (Fredericksburg, Virginia); Robert V. Krueger (King George, Virginia); Raymond D. Cooper (Bowling Green, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Determining cook-off time for a weapon is disclosed. A method determines a first barrel temperature next to a first energetic, such as a propellant charge, of ammunition within a gun barrel, and determines a second barrel temperature next to a second energetic, such as an explosive charge, of the ammunition. If the ammunition did not properly fire, the method determines a first cook-off time of the first energetic based on the first temperature next to the first energetic and the first energetic's type, and a second cook-off time of the second energetic based on the second temperature next to the second energetic and the second energetic's type. The first and second times may be determined by using one or more finite-difference heat transfer models. If either or both of the first and second times are less than a threshold, a warning-related action is performed to users of the weapon. |
| FILED | Monday, May 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/434581 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07207258 | Scanlon |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael V. Scanlon (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Silencers are provided for a weapon having a combustion chamber and a barrel. The weapon is configured to launch a projectile with combustion gases generated in the combustion chamber. An exemplary silencer includes a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being configured for mounting the silencer to the barrel, the distal end being configured to allow the projectile to pass therethrough, and at least one vortex chamber disposed between the proximal end and the distal end. The at least one vortex chamber includes a circular peripheral wall for inducing a vortex on a portion of the combustion gases expelled from the combustion chamber during launch of the projectile. The vortex impedes flow of the combustion gases from the barrel such that acoustic energy associated with the launch of the projectile is dissipated. |
| FILED | Friday, December 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/009855 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/198 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07207276 | Dindl |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Dindl (Newton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-lethal ammunition utilizes dense powder ballast and a two-stage firing sequence for launching non-lethal projectiles of a caliber range from approximately 5.56 mm through approximately 40 mm. The non-lethal ammunition comprises a non-lethal cartridge. The non-lethal cartridge comprises a dense powder ballast and one or more non-lethal projectiles. The dense powder ballast is more massive than the non-lethal projectile providing sufficient payload mass to operate the weapon mechanism while launching the non-lethal projectile at velocities compatible with non-lethal applications. A two-stage ignition system fires the non-lethal ammunition and subsequently fires the more massive dense powder ballast. The firing events are separated by a time delay of less than a second. The non-lethal ammunition provides non-lethal projectile capability for semi-automatic and automatic weapons. Rifling imparts sufficient spin to the ballast material to efficiently disperse the dense powder upon muzzle exit and decelerate the ballast cup and contents to an “eye safe” non-lethal velocity at the target. The cartridge case may be smooth bore for use in rifled barrels, or may be rifled for use in smooth bore barrels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/711121 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/502 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07207352 | Sadil |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas Sadil (Newington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A bypass air metering valve is provided with a stationary case flange having a plurality of slots, a bushing positioned within each of the slots, and a metering ring positioned so as to ride on a surface of each respective bushing. Each bushing creates a gap between the stationary case flange and the metering ring. Each bushing has an internal opening which is sized to create an open area flow for cooling or operating the nozzle and its attaching flap hardware. The metering ring covers and uncovers the internal opening of each bushing as required by the engine operating schedule. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/120700 |
| ART UNIT | 3753 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid handling 137/625.310 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07207725 | Antonelli 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) | Lynn T. Antonelli (Cranston, Rhode Island); Patrick J. Monahan (Gales Ferry, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical fiber coupler for coupling fiber optic elements includes a first fiber optic element extending in a first direction to position a free end thereof in a selected zone, and a second fiber optic element extending into the selected zone from an opposite direction to position a free end of the second fiber optic element in the zone confronting the first fiber optic element free end. A cured optical grade epoxy resin body defines the zone and envelopes the free ends of the fiber optic elements, to effect physical and optical connection between the first and second fiber optic elements. Once cured, the housing material is removed leaving the completed coupler device. The free ends of the fiber optic elements are in close proximity, or in the case of coupling from one strand to a plurality of strands, in enough of a spaced relation, to permit required light diffusion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/644549 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208094 | Islam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | M. Saif Islam (Mountain View, California); Theodore I. Kamins (Palo Alto, California); Shashank Sharma (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor nanowire is grown laterally. A method of growing the nanowire forms a vertical surface on a substrate, and activates the vertical surface with a nanoparticle catalyst. A method of laterally bridging the nanowire grows the nanowire from the activated vertical surface to connect to an opposite vertical surface on the substrate. A method of connecting electrodes of a semiconductor device grows the nanowire from an activated device electrode to an opposing device electrode. A method of bridging semiconductor nanowires grows nanowires between an electrode pair in opposing lateral directions. A method of self-assembling the nanowire bridges the nanowire between an activated electrode pair. A method of controlling nanowire growth forms a surface irregularity in the vertical surface. An electronic device includes a laterally grown nano-scale interconnection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/738176 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208120 | Bitensky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Bitensky (Waban, Massachusetts); Tatsuro Yoshida (Newton, Massachusetts); Michael G. Frank (East Lansing, Michigan); Christopher V Gabel (Sumerville, Massachusetts); Jure Derganc (Ljubljana, Slovenia) |
| ABSTRACT | A cellular diagnostic array has been developed that provides accurate and reproducible measurements of the physical parameters of individual cells en masse, including cell membrane surface area, cell volume, and excess membrane. Three differing patterns are employed. In the first design, a gradient array having rectangular shaped channels is used to capture cells and readily show the ratio of volume to surface area for the captured cell. The second silicone rubber array provided by the present invention employs an array of wedge shaped pipettes, each of which captures an individual cell. The position of the cell within a wedge is enough to rapidly determine the cell's actual surface area and volume. A third type of cellular diagnostic array according to the present invention employs an array of channels designed to deform a cell to study how well the cell responds to repeated deformations. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 27, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/965644 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/68.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208122 | Swager et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts); Jye-Shane Yang (Ping-Chen, Taiwan); Vance Williams (Somerville, Massachusetts); Yi-Jun Miao (Chester, Virginia); Claus G. Lugmair (San Jose, California); Igor A. Levitsky (Fall River, Massachusetts); Jinsang Kim (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert Deans (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a class of luminescent and conductive polymer compositions having chromophores, and particularly solid films of these compositions exhibiting increased luminescent lifetimes, quantum yields and amplified emissions. These desirable properties can be provided through polymers having rigid groups designed to prevent polymer reorganization, aggregation or π-stacking upon solidification. These polymers can also display an unusually high stability with respect to solvent and heat exposures. The invention also relates to a sensor and a method for sensing an analyte through the luminescent and conductive properties of these polymers. Analytes can be sensed by activation of a chromophore at a polymer surface. Analytes include aromatics, phosphate ester groups and in particular explosives and chemical warfare agents in a gaseous state. The present invention also relates to devices and methods for amplifying emissions by incorporating a polymer having an energy migration pathway and/or providing the polymer as a block co-polymer or as a multi-layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/324064 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208133 | Cho et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyung-Sang Cho (Kwacheon, South Korea); Wolfgang Gaschler (Ludwigshafen, Germany); Christopher B. Murray (Ossining, New York); Dmitri Talapin (Ossining, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A high temperature non-aqueous synthetic procedure for the preparation of substantially monodisperse IV-VI semiconductor nanoparticles is provided. The procedure includes introducing a first precursor selected from the group consisting of a molecular precursor of a Group IV element and a molecular precursor of a Group VI element into a reaction vessel that comprises at least an organic solvent to form a mixture. Next, the mixture is heated and thereafter a second precursor of a molecular precursor of a Group IV element or a molecular precursor of a Group VI element that is different from the first is added. The reaction mixture is then mixed to initiate nucleation of IV-VI nanocrystals and the temperature of the reaction mixture is controlled to provide nanoparticles having a diameter of about 20 nm or less. |
| FILED | Monday, November 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/994944 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/508 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208136 | Holladay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jamelyn D. Holladay (Kennewick, Washington); Yong Wang (Richland, Washington); Jianli Hu (Kennewick, Washington); Ya-Huei Chin (Richland, Washington); Robert A. Dagle (Richland, Washington); Guanguang Xia (Pasco, Washington); Eddie G. Baker (Pasco, Washington); Daniel R. Palo (Kennewick, Washington); Max R. Phelps (Richland, Washington); Heon Jung (Taejon, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides steam reforming catalyst compositions containing Pd and Zn, and methods of steam reforming alcohols over a catalyst. Surprisingly superior results and properties of the present invention, including low temperature activity and/or low carbon monoxide output, are also described. Methods of making a steam reforming catalyst are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/440448 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/652 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208179 | Drohan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The American National Red Cross (Rockville, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William N. Drohan (Springfield, Virginia); Martin James MacPhee (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Jeffrey O. Hollinger (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides supplemented and unsupplemented tissue sealants as well as methods for their production and use thereof. Disclosed are tissue sealants supplemented with at least one oligonucleotide. The composition may be further supplemented with, for example, one or more analgesics, antimicrobial compositions, 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. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 07, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/485898 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/549 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208193 | Gambino et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the State University of New York (Stony Brook, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Gambino (Stony Brook, New York); Robert Greenlaw (Huntington Beach, California); Shaun Kubik (Rocky Point, New York); Jon Longtin (Port Jefferson, New York); Joshua Margolies (Niskayuna, New York); Sanjay Sampath (Setauket, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for direct writing an electrically conductive metallic feature on an insulating substrate comprises creating a gas jet comprising metallic particles (301), ejecting the gas jet comprising metallic particles through a straight bore tube (302), and impacting the gas jet comprising metallic particles onto a substrate to impinge the metallic particles on the substrate to form the electrically conductive metallic feature (303). |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/504343 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/98.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208286 | Simpson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oakridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Simpson (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael J. Paulus (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gary S. Sayler (Blaine, Tennessee); Bruce M. Applegate (West Lafayette, Indiana); Steven A. Ripp (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Monolithic bioelectronic devices for the detection of ammonia includes a microorganism that metabolizes ammonia and which harbors a lux gene fused with a heterologous promoter gene stably incorporated into the chromosome of the microorganism and an Optical Application Specific Integrated Circuit (OASIC). The microorganism is generally a bacterium. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/152139 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208551 | Dang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thuy D. Dang (Centerville, Ohio); Matthew J. Dalton (Xenia, Ohio); Narayanan Venkatasubramanian (Beavercreek, Ohio); Joel A. Johnson (Xenia, Ohio); William A. Feld (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Polyaryleneetherketone triphenylphosphine oxide compositions incorporating cycloaliphatic units are provided which may be used as a polymeric binders in thermal control coatings for use in space environments. A method is also provided for synthesizing the polyaryleneetherketone triphenylphosphine oxide compositions. A method is also provided for synthesizing the monomeric compositions used to make the polyaryleneetherketone triphenylphosphine oxide compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/920669 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208587 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanosphere, Inc. (Northbrook, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Robert L. Letsinger (Bloomington, Indiana); So-Jung Park (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of detecting a nucleic acid. The methods comprise contacting the nucleic acid with one or more types of particles having oligonucleotides attached thereto. In one embodiment of the method, the oligonucleotides are attached to nanoparticles and have sequences complementary to portions of the sequence of the nucleic acid. A detectable change (preferably a color change) is brought about as a result of the hybridization of the oligonucleotides on the nanoparticles to the nucleic acid. The invention also provides compositions and kits comprising particles. The invention further provides methods of synthesizing unique nanoparticle-oligonucleotide conjugates, the conjugates produced by the methods, and methods of using the conjugates. In addition, the invention provides nanomaterials and nanostructures comprising nanoparticles and methods of nanofabrication utilizing nanoparticles. Finally, the invention provides a method of separating a selected nucleic acid from other nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/640618 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208612 | Bassler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bonnie L. Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephan Schauder (Lyons, France); Xin Chen (Edison, New Jersey); Frederick M. Hughson (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Cooper (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A crystal comprising LuxP is obtained, and a binding site for autoinducer-2 (AI-2) identified. The X-ray crystallographic data for LuxP and a LuxP-AI-2 complex is determined and used in a drug discovery method. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising ligands identified by such drug discovery methods are used to treat bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/227400 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208753 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Yang (Silver Spring, Maryland); Chia-Hung Yang (Silver Spring, Maryland); Yuli Lyanda-Geller (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A transistor having a bottom dielectric layer, a first layer, a second layer, a top dielectric layer, and a gate electrode. The first layer and the second layer form a composite quantum well between the bottom dielectric layer and the top dielectric layer. The first layer, the second layer, and the top dielectric layer are configured to form a hole wire in the first layer. The gate electrode is over a portion of the hole wire and divides the top dielectric layer into a source contact and a drain contact. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/307830 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208836 | Manning |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Monte Manning (Kuna, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor processing method of forming a plurality of conductive lines includes, a) providing a substrate; b) providing a first conductive material layer over the substrate; c) providing a first insulating material layer over the first conductive layer; d) etching through the first insulating layer and the first conductive layer to the substrate to both form a plurality of first conductive lines from the first conductive layer and provide a plurality of grooves between the first lines, the first lines being capped by first insulating layer material, the first lines having respective sidewalls; e) electrically insulating the first line sidewalls; and f) after insulating the sidewalls, providing the grooves with a second conductive material to form a plurality of second lines within the grooves which alternate with the first lines. Integrated circuitry formed according to the method, and other methods, is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/648886 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/758 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07209094 | Hunter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Hunter (Waltham, Massachusetts); Richard J. Barton (Arlington, Massachusetts); Teresa H. O'Donnell (Billerica, Massachusetts); Terence W. Bullett (Berthoud, Colorado); Steven R. Best (Townsend, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The Genetically Optimized Digital Ionospheric Sounding System (DISS) Transmit Antenna is a low-cost modification to the TCI 613F HF communications antenna that increases and stabilizes vertical gain from 4 to 30 MHz. Genetic algorithm and local search techniques were used in the design of the modification in order to take into account both electrical design and mechanical simplicity in this design. The novelty lies in the specific placement of conducting wires with respect to the original TCI antenna. This placement both increases the vertical gain of the antenna as a whole and adds to its stability as each wire also acts as a guy cable. |
| FILED | Friday, August 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/198413 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/874 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07209240 | Carreiro 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) | Louis G. Carreiro (Westport, Massachusetts); Lawrence J. Reinhart (Wilmington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A specialized containment cell with optically transparent apertures, in conjunction with a laser interferometer system provides the means for non-contact displacement measurements of electro-active (piezoelectric and electrostrictive) materials to be performed under controlled conditions of pressure, temperature and applied voltage. A sample of electro-active material is placed inside the cell. Electrical connections are made from a high voltage power source to the sample through the cell. Thermoelectric heaters/coolers and a cooling water heat sink built into the cell control the temperature of the sample. The cell is flooded with a dielectric oil pressurizing the interior of the cell to a desired pressure. The cell is optically aligned to the interferometer, and with the cell heated to the proper temperature, a voltage is applied to the sample as the interferometer measures the displacement of the sample. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/914777 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/498 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07209408 | Stottlemyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Stottlemyer (Mystic, Connecticut); Tracey Acquaro-Paes (Exeter, Rhode Island); Michael P. Rousseau (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A towed active acoustic system includes a plurality of soft-bodied, towable, active acoustic modules. The plurality of active acoustic modules are suspended at various depths within the water column, and allow each active acoustic module to be much smaller than known soft-bodied systems and to operate at a much lower source level while still ensuring that the entire water column is ensonified. Each active acoustic module may include different numbers of transducers depending on the intended location of the active acoustic module relative to the water column. The tow cable preferably includes a faired body designed to minimize hydrodynamic drag and turbulence. The present system can be deployed and recovered through shipboard undersurface deployment tubes. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/963003 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07209454 | Beshai |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nortel Networks Limited (, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maged E. Beshai (Stittsville, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical channel switch comprising independent optical space switches interconnects electronic data-switch modules to form a high-capacity wide-coverage network. The optical channel switch connects incoming wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) links each originating from a data-switch module to outgoing WDM links each terminating in a data-switch module. The optical space switches are of equal dimension, each having the same number of dual ports (input-output ports). The channels of incoming WDM links are assigned to the input ports of the space switches and the output ports of the space switches are assigned to channels of the outgoing WDM links in a manner which permits a switched path from any data-switch module to any other data-switch module even when the number of data-switch modules substantially exceeds the number of dual ports per space switch. A method of reconfiguring the channel switch in response to varying traffic demand is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/409197 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07209788 | Nicolelis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miguel A. L. Nicolelis (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John K. Chapin (Atlantic Beach, New York); Johan Wessberg (Gothenburg, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A closed loop brain-machine interface is disclosed. The closed loop brain-machine interface translates one or more neural signals into a movement, or a series of movements, performed by a machine. The close-loop brain-machine interface also provides sensory feedback to the subject. Methods of employing the closed loop brain-machine interface are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/012012 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/48 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald P. Hilliard (Camarillo, California); Glenda E. Hilliard (Camarillo, California); Michael P. Hilliard (Camarillo, California); Christina A. Hilliard (Camarillo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A GPS collision avoidance apparatus which uses Global Positioning System (GPS) information and computer processing to determine the location of man made and natural occurring obstacles to allow a user to avoid a collision with these obstacles. The collision avoidance apparatus has a collision decision processor which analyzes position and motion dynamics data including a direction of motion, a velocity and an acceleration for a user utilizing collision avoidance apparatus to determine whether a collision will occur and then to provide protection for the user in the event a collision is likely to occur. |
| FILED | Monday, December 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/746893 |
| 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 71/301 |
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| US 07210112 | DeHon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | André DeHon (Pasadena, California); Michael Wrighton (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a device for performing placement of a plurality of elements for circuit design. A potential location is assigned to each element and a placement engine is assigned to each potential location. Pairing operations are performed, in parallel, between placement engines to determine whether to perform exchange of the elements associated with the engines. Exchange determination is based both on a cost function and on randomness considerations. Also self-placement is allowed, where the placement engines are implemented on the same hardware system on which the elements are to be placed. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/643772 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/9 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shane Peper (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Yu Qin (Auburn, Alabama); Eric Bakker (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A plasticizer-free ion detective sensor for detecting a target ion in a sample is provided. The sensor comprises a copolymer of methacrylate monomers with pendant alkyl groups of different length, and an ionophore for detecting the target ion. The copolymer matrix of the present invention may be in a form of membrane or particles. The sensors of the present invention may be Carrier-based ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) or optodes such as thin film ion-specific optodes or particle-based optodes. The ionophore may be a target ionophore selective for a target ion H+, Li+, Na+, K+, Ca2+, or Mg2+. The ion detective sensor of the present invention may further include an ion exchanger such as halogenated carboranes. Also provided is an ion detective sensor comprising halogenated carboranes as ion exchangers. Particularly, trimethylammonium-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 undecabromocarborane (TMAUBC) is used as ion exchangers. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 05, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/313090 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.30 |
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| US 07208132 | Bolskar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TDA Research, Inc. (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D. Bolskar (Boulder, Colorado); J. Michael Alford (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a method of separating a first and a second set of fullerenes in a fullerene mixture. In the method of the invention, a stable fullerene cation is formed of one of the first or the second set of fullerenes. The fullerene cation is then separated from the other set of fullerenes. Optionally, the fullerene cation may be returned to its neutral state. The method of the invention is particularly useful for the purification and separation of endohedral fullerenes from empty fullerenes. However, the method may be applied to the purification of a broad range of endohedral and empty fullerene materials. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/263374 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/461 |
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| US 07208149 | Center et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David M. Center (Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts); William W. Cruikshank (Westford, Massachusetts); Hardy Kornfeld (Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention has found that a series of peptides having sequences that substantially correspond to specific regions of the C-terminus of IL-16 can inhibit the activity of IL-16. The present invention has demonstrated that such IL-16-inhibiting peptides can be as short as 4 amino acids in length. Based on these discoveries, the present invention provides IL-16 antagonist peptides and the use thereof for the treatment of IL-16 mediated disorders such as certain inflammatory diseases. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/358627 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/85.200 |
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| US 07208154 | Holoshitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph Holoshitz (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Song Ling (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for counteracting and reversing disease-causing signaling defects in disorders with underlying signal transduction aberrations, including but not limited to rheumatoid arthritis. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/845407 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/178.100 |
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| US 07208161 | Murphy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Peter L. Collins (Rockville, Maryland); Anna P. Durbin (Germantown, Maryland); Mario H. Skiadopoulos (Potomac, Maryland); Tao Tao (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Isolated polynucleotide molecules provide recombinant PIV genomes and antigenomes for production of recombinant PIV vaccines. The recombinant genome or antigenome can be expressed with a nucleoprotein (N), phosphoprotein (P), and a large (L) polymerase protein to produce isolated infectious PIV particles. The recombinant PIV genome and antigenome can be modified to produce desired changes, for example to incorporate attenuating mutations from biologically derived PIV mutants or to create chimeric PIV clones, to generate attenuated, immunogenic viruses for vaccine use. |
| FILED | Friday, May 22, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/083793 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/211.100 |
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| US 07208171 | Messersmith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Phillip B. Messersmith (Clarendon Hills, Illinois); Bi-Huang Hu (Chicago, Illinois); Marsha Ritter Jones (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is related to biomimetic gels that are prepared enzymatically, using a transglutaminase to cross-link polymer-peptide conjugates of rational design. |
| FILED | Friday, October 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/699584 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/422 |
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| US 07208288 | Broderick et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph P. Broderick (Cincinnati, Ohio); Joseph F. Clark (Cincinnati, Ohio); Daniel Woo (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for enhancing the lysis of coagulated blood comprise administering to coagulated blood a combination of clot clysis agent and a lysis enhancing amount of apolipoprotein E2 (Apo E2) or a therapeutic derivative thereof. Methods for reducing the risk of blood coagulation comprise administering to blood a combination of a clot lysis agent and a lysis enhancing amount of Apo E2 or a therapeutic derivative thereof. Additional methods for enhancing the lysis of coagulated blood comprise administering to an individual a specific level of clot lysis agent wherein the specific level is based upon the apolipoprotein phenotype of the individual. Further methods for reducing the risks of blood coagulation comprise administering to blood a specific level of a clot lysis agent wherein the specific level is based upon the apolipoprotein phenotype of the individual. |
| FILED | Friday, October 12, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/398880 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/13 |
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| US 07208313 | McCart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | J. Andrea McCart (Toronto, Canada); David L. Bartlett (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Bernard Moss (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition of matter comprising a vaccinia virus expression vector with a negative thymidine kinase phenotype and a negative vaccinia virus growth factor phenotype. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/991721 |
| 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 435/320.100 |
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| US 07208315 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur Dusty Miller (Seattle, Washington); James M. Allen (Seattle, Washington); Christine L. Halbert (Bothell, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides packaging cell lines for the efficient production of an Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector which does not require “helper” virus function for the replication and encapsidation of the AAV vector particles. Packaging cells, methods for their production and methods for producing recombinant AAV vector particles useful for human gene therapy are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 05, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/169785 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 07208317 | Threadgill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David W. Threadgill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daekee Lee (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Cellular libraries useful for in vitro phenotyping and gene mapping. In a representative approach, a method for preparing a homozygous cellular library includes the steps of providing a heterozygous cellular library comprising a plurality of isolated parent cells; inducing site-specific mitotic recombination in the plurality of isolated parent cells; culturing the plurality of isolated parent cells, whereby a population of daughter cells is produced; and selecting daughter cells comprising a homozygous genetic modification, whereby a homozygous cellular library is prepared. |
| FILED | Friday, May 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/428977 |
| 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 435/455 |
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| US 07208475 | 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 HA3G76 Tyr-Leu-Ser-Lys-Gly-Arg-Leu-Val-Phe-Ala-Leu-Gly (SEQ ID NO:8). |
| FILED | Thursday, September 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/933206 |
| 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 07208478 | Carson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis A. Carson (Del Mar, California); Eyal Raz (Del Mar, California); Mark Roman (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Immunostimulatory polynucleotide-immunomodulatory molecule conjugate compositions are disclosed. These compositions include a polynucleotide that is linked to an immunomodulatory molecule, which molecule comprises an antigen and may further comprise immunomodulators such as cytokines and adjuvants. The polynucleotide portion of the conjugate includes at least one immunostimulatory oligonucleotide nucleotide sequence (ISS). Methods of modulating an immune response upon administration of the polynucleotide-immunomodulatory conjugate preparation to a vertebrate host are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/394387 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07208581 | Zapata et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan M. Zapata (San Diego, California); John C. Reed (Rancho Santa Fe, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel TRAF-Protein-Binding-Domain polypeptides (TPBDs). The invention also provides nucleic acid molecules encoding TPBDs, vectors containing these nucleic acid molecules and host cells containing the vectors. The invention also provides antibodies that can specifically bind to invention TPBDs. Such TPBDs and/or anti-TPBD antibodies are useful for discovery of drugs that suppress autoimmunity, inflammation, allergy, allograph rejection, sepsis, and other diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, November 03, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/706325 |
| 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 530/387.100 |
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| US 07208587 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nanosphere, Inc. (Northbrook, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Robert L. Letsinger (Bloomington, Indiana); So-Jung Park (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of detecting a nucleic acid. The methods comprise contacting the nucleic acid with one or more types of particles having oligonucleotides attached thereto. In one embodiment of the method, the oligonucleotides are attached to nanoparticles and have sequences complementary to portions of the sequence of the nucleic acid. A detectable change (preferably a color change) is brought about as a result of the hybridization of the oligonucleotides on the nanoparticles to the nucleic acid. The invention also provides compositions and kits comprising particles. The invention further provides methods of synthesizing unique nanoparticle-oligonucleotide conjugates, the conjugates produced by the methods, and methods of using the conjugates. In addition, the invention provides nanomaterials and nanostructures comprising nanoparticles and methods of nanofabrication utilizing nanoparticles. Finally, the invention provides a method of separating a selected nucleic acid from other nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/640618 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dehua Pei (Columbus, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A macrocyclic peptide deformylase (PDF) inhibitor comprising a peptide or peptide mimetic having three residues, P1′, P2′, and P3′, wherein P2′ connects P1′ and P3′, wherein P1′ and P3′ each have a side chain, and wherein the side chains on P1′ and P3′ are crosslinked to form the macrocyclic PDF inhibitor. The side chains of P1′ and P3′ interact with the PDF active site, and preferably, P2′ has a side chain that interacts with a solvent. Also provided are methods of inhibiting the growth of a bacterium, the methods comprising contacting the bacterium with an anti-bacterial effective amount of the inventive macrocyclic PDF inhibitor. Additionally, a method of treating a bacterial infection in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of a macrocyclic PDF inhibitor to a subject in need of treatment. Additionally, methods of preparing macrocyclic PDF inhibitors comprising a) choosing an acyclic base molecule, having at least some PDF inhibitory activity, the acyclic base molecule having a first residue having a first side chain that interacts with the PDF active site and a second residue having a second that interacts with the PDF active site; and b) crosslinking the first side chain and the second side chain to form a macrocyclic PDF inhibitor. |
| FILED | Monday, July 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/899207 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/460 |
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| US 07208612 | Bassler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bonnie L. Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephan Schauder (Lyons, France); Xin Chen (Edison, New Jersey); Frederick M. Hughson (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Cooper (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A crystal comprising LuxP is obtained, and a binding site for autoinducer-2 (AI-2) identified. The X-ray crystallographic data for LuxP and a LuxP-AI-2 complex is determined and used in a drug discovery method. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising ligands identified by such drug discovery methods are used to treat bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/227400 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/213 |
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| US 07208628 | Todd et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott C. Todd (Manhattan, Kansas); Paul W. Baures (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to methods and compositions directed towards the diagnosis and treatment of Hepatitis C virus infection and the screening of potential therapeutic compounds using novel small molecules based on imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acids scaffolds. |
| FILED | Monday, May 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/144294 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/123 |
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| US 07208630 | Blagg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Blagg (Lawrence, Kansas); Gang Shen (Lawrence, Kansas); Randell C. Clevenger (Eudora, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel compounds useful for inhibiting the 90 kDa heat shock proteins containing a quinone-like moiety and a di-hydroxy phenol like moiety, similar to geldanamycin and radicicol. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/976082 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 564/161 |
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| US 07209535 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Guang-Hong Chen (Madison, Wisconsin); Charles A. Mistretta (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A generalized projection-slice theorem for divergent beam projections is disclosed. The theorem results in a method for processing the Fourier transform of the divergent beam projections at each view acquired by a CT system to the Fourier transform of the object function. Using this method, an inverse Fourier transform may be used to reconstruct tomographic images from the acquired divergent beam projections. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/861579 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/4 |
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| US 07209588 | Liang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clever Sys, Inc. (Reston, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yiqing Liang (Vienna, Virginia); Vikrant Kobla (Ashburn, Virginia); Xuesheng Bai (Reston, Virginia); Yi Zhang (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | In general, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for finding the position and shape of an animal using video. The invention includes a system with a video camera coupled to a computer in which the computer is configured to automatically provide animal segmentation and identification, animal motion tracking (for moving animals), animal-posture classification, and behavior identification. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention may use background subtraction for animal identification and tracking, and a combination of decision tree classification and rule-based classification for posture and behavior identification. Thus, the present invention is capable of automatically monitoring a video image to identify, track and classify the actions of various animals and the animal's movements within the image. The image may be provided in real time or from storage. The invention is particularly useful for monitoring and classifying animal behavior for testing drugs and genetic mutations, but may be used in any of a number of other surveillance applications. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/698044 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/181 |
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| US 07209788 | Nicolelis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Miguel A. L. Nicolelis (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John K. Chapin (Atlantic Beach, New York); Johan Wessberg (Gothenburg, Sweden) |
| ABSTRACT | A closed loop brain-machine interface is disclosed. The closed loop brain-machine interface translates one or more neural signals into a movement, or a series of movements, performed by a machine. The close-loop brain-machine interface also provides sensory feedback to the subject. Methods of employing the closed loop brain-machine interface are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Monday, October 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/012012 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/48 |
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| US 07209796 | McKinney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter G. McKinney (Morgantown, West Virginia); Jeff S. Reynolds (Morgantown, West Virginia); Kimberly A. Friend (Leesburg, Virginia); William T. Goldsmith (Masontown, West Virginia); David G. Frazer (Fairmont, West Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | According to a disclosed embodiment, an auscultatory training apparatus includes a database of pre-recorded physiological sounds stored on a computer for playing on a playback system. A user-friendly, graphical user interface software program is stored on the computer for use with a conventional computer mouse. The program allows a user to select one of the pre-recorded sounds for playback. In addition, the program is operable to generate an inverse model of the playback system in the form of a digital filter. If employed by the user, the inverse model processes the selected sound to cancel the distortions of the playback system so that the sound is accurately reproduced in the playback system. The program also permits the extraction of a specific sound component from a pre-recorded sound so that only the extracted sound component is audible during playback. |
| FILED | Monday, April 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/135964 |
| ART UNIT | 2615 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/94 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander W. Roesler (Tijeras, New Mexico); Todd R. Christenson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided for forming a plurality of permanent magnets with two different north-south magnetic pole alignments for use in microelectromechanical (MEM) devices. These methods are based on initially magnetizing the permanent magnets all in the same direction, and then utilizing a combination of heating and a magnetic field to switch the polarity of a portion of the permanent magnets while not switching the remaining permanent magnets. The permanent magnets, in some instances, can all have the same rare-earth composition (e.g. NdFeB) or can be formed of two different rare-earth materials (e.g. NdFeB and SmCo). The methods can be used to form a plurality of permanent magnets side-by-side on or within a substrate with an alternating polarity, or to form a two-dimensional array of permanent magnets in which the polarity of every other row of the array is alternated. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/817007 |
| ART UNIT | 3729 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/607 |
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| US 07207206 | Pinnaduwage et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lal A. Pinnaduwage (Knoxville, Tennessee); Thomas G. Thundat (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gilbert M. Brown (Knoxville, Tennessee); John Eric Hawk (Olive Branch, Mississippi); Vassil I. Boiadjiev (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemically functionalized cantilever system has a cantilever coated on one side thereof with a reagent or biological species which binds to an analyte. The system is of particular value when the analyte is a toxic chemical biological warfare agent or an explosive. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/059170 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07207228 | Wang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duo Wang (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for measuring fluid flow in a duct is disclosed. The invention uses a novel high velocity tracer injector system, an optional insertable folding mixing fan for homogenizing the tracer within the duct bulk fluid flow, and a perforated hose sampling system. A preferred embodiment uses CO2 as a tracer gas for measuring air flow in commercial and/or residential ducts. In extant commercial buildings, ducts not readily accessible by hanging ceilings may be drilled with readily plugged small diameter holes to allow for injection, optional mixing where desired using a novel insertable foldable mixing fan, and sampling hose. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/917161 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/861.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07207396 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); David S. Pixton (Lehl, Utah); Monte L. Johnson (Orem, Utah); David B. Bartholomew (Springville, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for use in assessing down-hole drilling conditions are disclosed. The apparatus includes a drill string, a plurality of sensors, a computing device, and a down-hole network. The sensors are distributed along the length of the drill string and are capable of sensing localized down-hole conditions while drilling. The computing device is coupled to at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors. The data is transmitted from the sensors to the computing device over the down-hole network. The computing device analyzes data output by the sensors and representative of the sensed localized conditions to assess the down-hole drilling conditions. The method includes sensing localized drilling conditions at a plurality of points distributed along the length of a drill string during drilling operations; transmitting data representative of the sensed localized conditions to a predetermined location; and analyzing the transmitted data to assess the down-hole drilling conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/878243 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Boring or penetrating the earth 175/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208269 | Bavykin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U Chicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergei Bavykin (Darien, Illinois); Andrei D. Mirzabekov (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fragmenting and labeling nucleic acids is provided. The method comprises maintaining double- and single-stranded nucleic acid molecules in an aerobic or an anaerobic atmosphere, contacting the molecules with hydrogen peroxide and radical generating coordination complexes for a time and at concentrations sufficient to produce aldehyde moieties on the molecules, reacting the aldehyde moieties with amine to produce a condensation product, and labeling the condensation product. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/057753 |
| 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 07208286 | Simpson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oakridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael L. Simpson (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael J. Paulus (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gary S. Sayler (Blaine, Tennessee); Bruce M. Applegate (West Lafayette, Indiana); Steven A. Ripp (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Monolithic bioelectronic devices for the detection of ammonia includes a microorganism that metabolizes ammonia and which harbors a lux gene fused with a heterologous promoter gene stably incorporated into the chromosome of the microorganism and an Optical Application Specific Integrated Circuit (OASIC). The microorganism is generally a bacterium. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/152139 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07209500 | Dane et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Metal Improvement Company, LLC (Paramus, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Brent Dane (Livermore, California); Lloyd Hackel (Livermore, California); Fritz B. Harris (Rocklin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser system, such as a master oscillator/power amplifier system, comprises a gain medium and a stimulated Brillouin scattering SBS mirror system. The SBS mirror system includes an in situ filtered SBS medium that comprises a compound having a small negative non-linear index of refraction, such as a perfluoro compound. An SBS relay telescope having a telescope focal point includes a baffle at the telescope focal point which blocks off angle beams. A beam splitter is placed between the SBS mirror system and the SBS relay telescope, directing a fraction of the beam to an alternate beam path for an alignment fiducial. The SBS mirror system has a collimated SBS cell and a focused SBS cell. An adjustable attenuator is placed between the collimated SBS cell and the focused SBS cell, by which pulse width of the reflected beam can be adjusted. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/766635 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07209545 | Radley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc. (East Greenbush, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ian Radley (Glenmont, New York); Thomas J. Bievenue (Delmar, New York); John H. Burdett, Jr. (Charlton, New York); Brian W. Gallagher (Guilderland, New York); Stuart M. Shakshober (Hudson, New York); Zewu Chen (Schenectady, New York); Michael D. Moore (Alplaus, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An x-ray source assembly (2700) and method of operation are provided having enhanced output stability. The assembly includes an anode (2125) having a source spot upon which electrons (2120) impinge and a control system (2715/2720) for controlling position of the anode source spot relative to an output structure. The control system can maintain the anode source spot location relative to the output structure (2710) notwithstanding a change in one or more operating conditions of the x-ray source assembly. One aspect of the disclosed invention is most amenable to the analysis of sulfur in petroleum-based fuels. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/859901 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/137 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07209579 | Weisenberger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Solence Ass. LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew G. Weisenberger (Yorktown, Virginia); Stanislaw Majewski (Grafton, Virginia); Michael J. Paulus (Knoxville, Tennessee); Shaun S. Gleason (Knoxville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel functional imaging system for use in the imaging of unrestrained and non-anesthetized small animals or other subjects and a method for acquiring such images and further registering them with anatomical X-ray images previously or subsequently acquired. The apparatus comprises a combination of an IR laser profilometry system and gamma, PET and/or SPECT, imaging system, all mounted on a rotating gantry, that permits simultaneous acquisition of positional and orientational information and functional images of an unrestrained subject that are registered, i.e. integrated, using image processing software to produce a functional image of the subject without the use of restraints or anesthesia. The functional image thus obtained can be registered with a previously or subsequently obtained X-ray CT image of the subject. The use of the system described herein permits functional imaging of a subject in an unrestrained/non-anesthetized condition thereby reducing the stress on the subject and eliminating any potential interference with the functional testing that such stress might induce. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/341715 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07209861 | Hively |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lee M. Hively (Philadelphia, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosed invention concerns improvements in forewarning of critical events via phase-space dissimilarity analysis of data from mechanical devices, electrical devices, biomedical data, and other physical processes. First, a single channel of process-indicative data is selected that can be used in place of multiple data channels without sacrificing consistent forewarning of critical events. Second, the method discards data of inadequate quality via statistical analysis of the raw data, because the analysis of poor quality data always yields inferior results. Third, two separate filtering operations are used in sequence to remove both high-frequency and low-frequency artifacts using a zero-phase quadratic filter. Fourth, the method constructs phase-space dissimilarity measures (PSDM) by combining of multi-channel time-serial data into a multi-channel time-delay phase-space reconstruction. Fifth, the method uses a composite measure of dissimilarity (Ci) to provide a forewarning of failure and an indicator of failure onset. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/667045 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/183 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP17646 | Abrahamson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence P. Abrahamson (Marcellus, New York); Richard F. Kopp (Marietta, New York); Lawrence B. Smart (Geneva, New York); Timothy A. Volk (Syracuse, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A distinct female cultivar of Salix purpurea×Salix miyabeana named ‘Millbrook’, characterized by rapid stem growth producing 9% more woody biomass than one of its parents (‘SX64’) and 2% more biomass than a current production cultivar (‘SV1’). ‘Millbrook’ produced greater than 2-fold more stem biomass than two other current production cultivars, ‘SX67’ and ‘SX61’. ‘Millbrook’ can be planted from dormant stem cuttings, produces multiple stems after coppice, and the stem biomass can be harvested when the plant is dormant. In the spring following harvest, the plant will re-sprout very vigorously, producing new stems that can be harvested after two to four years of growth. This harvest cycle can be repeated several times. The stem biomass can be chipped and burned as a source of renewable energy, generating heat and/or electricity. ‘Millbrook’ displays a low incidence of rust disease. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/244636 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/216 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07208437 | Renock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | T/J Technologies, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Devon Renock (Saline, Michigan); Intae Bae (Wrentham, Massachusetts); Pu Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Timothy K. Sendek (Huntington Woods, Michigan); Elizabeth Mueller (Westland, Michigan); Hanwei Lei (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst is synthesized by a method in which a catalytic metal such as platinum or another noble metal is dispersed onto a support member. A transition metal macrocycle is also adsorbed onto the support, and the support is heat treated so as to at least partially pyrolyze the macrocycle and anchor the transition metal to the support. The catalytic metal is alloyed with the transition metal either during the pyrolysis step, or in a separate step. The catalyst has significant utility in a variety of applications including use as an oxygen reduction catalyst in fuel cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/035172 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/117 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208612 | Bassler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bonnie L. Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephan Schauder (Lyons, France); Xin Chen (Edison, New Jersey); Frederick M. Hughson (Princeton, New Jersey); Stephen R. Cooper (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A crystal comprising LuxP is obtained, and a binding site for autoinducer-2 (AI-2) identified. The X-ray crystallographic data for LuxP and a LuxP-AI-2 complex is determined and used in a drug discovery method. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising ligands identified by such drug discovery methods are used to treat bacterial infections. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/227400 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/213 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208898 | Stoecker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad Andrew Stoecker (Downers Grove, Illinois); Eduardo Akira Misawa (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Clyde Everett Goodner, III (Lakeville, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for control object manipulation from an initial position to a final position. A jerk control profile describes a near time-optimal jerk trajectory for the control object and includes a sequence of first, second and third sinusoidal pulses of respectively alternating polarity and common absolute magnitude. The area of the second pulse is nominally equal to the combined area of the first and third pulses, and the pulses are preferably symmetric about the respective maximum pulse values. Associated control profiles (control voltage, current, velocity, displacement, etc.) are derived from the jerk control profile. For longer seeks, constant, non-zero jerk segments are inserted into the profile between the pulses, during which control voltage is maintained near saturation. The control object preferably comprises a transducer in a data storage device and the jerk control profile is stored in a memory location of the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/158438 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/561 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07210025 | Uht et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Augustus K. Uht (Cumberland, Rhode Island); David Morano (Malden, Massachusetts); David Kaeli (Medway, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A computing device that provides hardware conversion of flow control predicates associated with program instructions executable within the computing device, detects the beginning and the end of a branch domain of the program instructions, and realizes the beginning and the end of the branch domain at execution time, for selectively enabling and disabling instructions within said branch domain. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/838678 |
| ART UNIT | 2183 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Processing architectures and instruction processing 712/226 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07210112 | DeHon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | André DeHon (Pasadena, California); Michael Wrighton (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a device for performing placement of a plurality of elements for circuit design. A potential location is assigned to each element and a placement engine is assigned to each potential location. Pairing operations are performed, in parallel, between placement engines to determine whether to perform exchange of the elements associated with the engines. Exchange determination is based both on a cost function and on randomness considerations. Also self-placement is allowed, where the placement engines are implemented on the same hardware system on which the elements are to be placed. |
| FILED | Monday, August 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/643772 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07207140 | Decker |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Buckeye Bluegrass Farms, Inc. (Lewis Center, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry F. Decker (Ostrander, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a new form of vegetative propagating material, referred to as “the grass plantlet”, as well as a method for producing it. The new vegetative planting material and the method by which it is obtained make it possible to replicate and increase both warm and cool season grasses more rapidly than by the conventional methods of seeding, sprigging, or plugging. Three to five new, clean, and pure generations of a newly developed seeded or vegetative cultivar can be obtained each year. Outcrossing, the need for burning and possibly for herbicide use are eliminated by the present invention. The present methodology embodies a sterile production system resulting in grass plantlets that are free of nematodes, pathogenic fungi, and damaging insects. The method of the invention has the capacity to rapidly reproduce and to maintain the genetic purity of promising new cultivars that would otherwise be discarded because they are sterile hybrids, low seed producers, sterile direct DNA transfers, or cross pollinated non-apomicts. |
| FILED | Monday, December 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/745516 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant husbandry 047/58.1SE |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208181 | King et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry W. King (Peoria, Illinois); Richard D. Grabiel (Decatur, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Anthocyanins, other flavonoids and related polyphenolic compounds are extracted from fruits or highly pigmented garden vegetables and their by-products using subcritical water with or without a secondary cosolvent. This method has the advantages of being relatively inexpensive, minimizes or totally avoids the use of objectionable solvents, and provides a facile means for supplying an ample source of concentrated phytochemicals for use in food formulation, dietary supplements and phyto-pharmaceutical applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/171258 |
| ART UNIT | 1655 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/725 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208303 | Loria et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rosemary Loria (Ithaca, New York); Brian Crane (Ithaca, New York); Johan Kers (Ithaca, New York); Donna M. Gibson (Ithaca, New York); Michael J. Wach (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding nitric oxide synthases. The isolated nucleic acid molecules and their encoded protein or polypeptides are useful in methods for attaching a nitrogen group to a target moiety of a compound and for synthesizing a nitrogen-modified compound in a transgenic host cell. The present invention also relates to expression systems and host cells containing the nucleic acids of the present invention, as well as a method of recombinantly producing the nitric oxide synthases of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/858706 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/191 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208476 | Nachman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald J. Nachman (Willis, Texas); Peter E. A. Teal (Gainesville, Florida); Christopher S. Garside (Toronto, Canada); Stephen S. Tobe (Virgil, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel pseudopeptide analogs of the insect allatostatin neuropeptide family which possess biological activity mimicking that of the naturally occurring neuropeptides are disclosed. By addition of a hydrophobic moiety to an active portion of the allatostatin peptides, analogs are produced which exhibit an overall amphiphilic nature and which are capable of penetrating the insect cuticle while still retaining biological activity. Furthermore, by substituting sterically hindered amino acids or aromatic acids for any or all of the first, third or fifth amino acid residues of the allatostatin C-terminal pentapeptide, analogs may be produced which are resistant to degradation by insect peptidases while still retaining biological activity. The analogs may be used for insect control by disrupting critical reproductive and/or developmental processes normally regulated by allatostatins in insects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/659233 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/18 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07208271 | Bost et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applera Corporation (Foster City, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A. Bost (San Mateo, California); Lawrence Greenfield (San Mateo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for isolating and/or identifying nucleic acids. The invention also provides kits for isolating and/or identifying nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/306347 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208320 | Manz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Mountain View, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andreas Manz (East Molesey, United Kingdom); Luc J. Bousse (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Microfluidic devices and systems for affecting the serial to parallel conversion of materials introduced into the device or system. Material or materials to be converted from a serial orientation, e.g., a single channel, into a parallel orientation, e.g., multiple channels, are introduced into an open chamber or field in which containing flows of materials maintain the cohesiveness of the sample material plugs serially introduced into the open chamber. The sample material or materials are then redirected in the chamber toward and into a plurality of parallel channels that also communicate with the chamber. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/318979 |
| 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 07208437 | Renock et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | T/J Technologies, Inc. (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Devon Renock (Saline, Michigan); Intae Bae (Wrentham, Massachusetts); Pu Zhang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Timothy K. Sendek (Huntington Woods, Michigan); Elizabeth Mueller (Westland, Michigan); Hanwei Lei (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst is synthesized by a method in which a catalytic metal such as platinum or another noble metal is dispersed onto a support member. A transition metal macrocycle is also adsorbed onto the support, and the support is heat treated so as to at least partially pyrolyze the macrocycle and anchor the transition metal to the support. The catalytic metal is alloyed with the transition metal either during the pyrolysis step, or in a separate step. The catalyst has significant utility in a variety of applications including use as an oxygen reduction catalyst in fuel cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/035172 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/117 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07209223 | Hull et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Luna Innovations Incorporated (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew S Hull (Dublin, Virginia); Joshua P Averett (Radford, Virginia); Mark E Jones (Sequim, Washington); Daniel R Klemer (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A device and method for measuring optical properties of a sample are provided. The device comprises a housing surrounding a flow-through flow-cell having a sample inlet positioned proximate to a first end of the flow-cell and a sample outlet positioned proximate to a second end of the flow-cell and a sample chamber positioned between the sample inlet and the sample outlet. A plurality of excitation sources are positioned on the housing and are incident on a sample in the flow-cell. At least one excitation source has a wavelength that is different from the other excitation sources. At least one fluorescence emission detector, which detects a continuous broadband spectrum of emission wavelengths, is positioned in an operable relationship to the flow-cell. At least one signal interrogation system, which interprets a continuous fluorescence emission spectrum, is positioned in an operable relationship with each detector. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/272624 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07207245 | Vranish |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Vranish (Crofton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A tool comprises a first handle and a second handle, each handle extending from a gripping end portion to a working end portion, the first handle having first screw threads disposed circumferentially about an inner portion of a first through-hole at the working end portion thereof, the second handle having second screw threads disposed circumferentially about an inner portion of a second through-hole at the working end portion thereof, the first and second respective through-holes being disposed concentrically about a common axis of the working end portions. First and second screw locks preferably are disposed concentrically with the first and second respective through-holes, the first screw lock having a plurality of locking/unlocking screw threads for engaging the first screw threads of the first handle, the second screw lock having a plurality of locking/unlocking screw threads for engaging the second screw threads of the second handle. A locking clutch drive, disposed concentrically with the first and second respective through-holes, engages the first screw lock and the second screw lock. The first handle and the second handle are selectively operable at their gripping end portions by a user using a single hand to activate the first and second screw locks to lock the locking clutch drive for either clockwise rotation about the common axis, or counter-clockwise rotation about the common axis, or to release the locking clutch drive so that the handles can be rotated together about the common axis either the clockwise or counter-clockwise direction without rotation of the locking clutch drive. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/174454 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Tools 081/121.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208240 | Hartley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ionfinity LLC (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank T. Hartley (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel cell is disclosed comprising an ionization membrane having at least one area through which gas is passed, and which ionizes the gas passing therethrough, and a cathode for receiving the ions generated by the ionization membrane. The ionization membrane may include one or more openings in the membrane with electrodes that are located closer than a mean free path of molecules within the gas to be ionized. Methods of manufacture are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/786232 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07209567 | Kozel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Kozel (Crown Point, Indiana); James A. Devault (Pensacola, Florida); Richard B. Birr (Oviedo, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A signal-to-noise ratio dependent adaptive spectral subtraction process eliminates noise from noise-corrupted speech signals. The process first pre-emphasizes the frequency components of the input sound signal which contain the consonant information in human speech. Next, a signal-to-noise ratio is determined and a spectral subtraction proportion adjusted appropriately. After spectral subtraction, low amplitude signals can be squelched. A single microphone is used to obtain both the noise-corrupted speech and the average noise estimate. This is done by determining if the frame of data being sampled is a voiced or unvoiced frame. During unvoiced frames an estimate of the noise is obtained. A running average of the noise is used to approximate the expected value of the noise. Spectral subtraction may be performed on a composite noise-corrupted signal, or upon individual sub-bands of the noise-corrupted signal. Pre-averaging of the input signal's magnitude spectrum over multiple time frames may be performed to reduce musical noise. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/390259 |
| ART UNIT | 2615 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/94.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07207140 | Decker |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Buckeye Bluegrass Farms, Inc. (Lewis Center, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henry F. Decker (Ostrander, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a new form of vegetative propagating material, referred to as “the grass plantlet”, as well as a method for producing it. The new vegetative planting material and the method by which it is obtained make it possible to replicate and increase both warm and cool season grasses more rapidly than by the conventional methods of seeding, sprigging, or plugging. Three to five new, clean, and pure generations of a newly developed seeded or vegetative cultivar can be obtained each year. Outcrossing, the need for burning and possibly for herbicide use are eliminated by the present invention. The present methodology embodies a sterile production system resulting in grass plantlets that are free of nematodes, pathogenic fungi, and damaging insects. The method of the invention has the capacity to rapidly reproduce and to maintain the genetic purity of promising new cultivars that would otherwise be discarded because they are sterile hybrids, low seed producers, sterile direct DNA transfers, or cross pollinated non-apomicts. |
| FILED | Monday, December 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/745516 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Plant husbandry 047/58.1SE |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07208221 | Drzal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence T. Drzal (Okemos, Michigan); Geeta Mehta (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Manjusri Misra (Lansing, Michigan); Amar K. Mohanty (Lansing, Michigan); Kelby Thayer (Leslie, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) as prepregs and cured compositions with naturally derived fibers which have been dried for at least three hours is described. The SMC process combines polyester polymer or resin with the fibers preferably continuously. The molded products are useful for a variety a purposes where glass fiber filled polyester polymers are conventionally used. |
| FILED | Friday, October 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/966988 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/297.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07208467 | Krieger et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Monty Krieger (Needham, Massachusetts); Helena E. Miettinen (Helsinki 96, Finland) |
| ABSTRACT | SR-BI is present at relatively high levels on the membranes of hepatocytes and steroidogenic tissues, including the adrenal gland, testes, and ovaries, where it mediates the uptake and transport of cholesteryl ester from high density lipoproteins. It has been demonstrated that transgenic animals which do not produce SR-BI are healthy, with the exception that the females are infertile. SR-BI KO females have abnormal HDLs, ovulate dysfunctional oocytes and are infertile. Surgical, genetic and pharmacologic methods were used to show that the fertility of SR-BI KO females (or their transplanted oocytes) can be restored in the absence of ovarian and/or extraovarian SR-BI expression by manipulations that modify the structure, composition and/or abundance of their abnormal plasma lipoproteins. These manipulations included inactivation of the apolipoprotein A-I gene and administration of the cholesterol-lowering drug PROBUCOL™. In the absence of treatment, female animals which do not express SR-BI have dramatically reduced levels of offspring, even though they are otherwise healthy and the males normal. Studies demonstrate that they do not produce viable eggs and have a defect involving implantation of normal eggs. |
| FILED | Friday, June 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/164863 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, April 24, 2007.
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
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FUNDED BY
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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
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FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
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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
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