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Patent Details for Tuesday, June 05, 2007
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| US 07225622 | Petty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dale W. Petty (Wallingford, Connecticut); Alex J. O. Simpson (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A turbine engine nozzle assembly has an upstream flap and a downstream flap pivotally coupled thereto for relative rotation about a hinge axis. An actuator linkage is coupled to the downstream flap along a forward portion thereof for actuating the upstream flaps and downstream flaps between a number of throat area conditions while permitting mode changes. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/625997 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/771 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07225958 | Hansen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David N. Hansen (Sterling Heights, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A storage container system for mounting a storage box on the exterior of a vehicle has trapezoidal members attached to the vehicle that mate with and hold U-shaped members mounted on the container to be carried. The system has a handle mounted on the box which holds the U-shaped member in contact with the trapezoidal member when the box is in a locked position for vehicle movement and a tab that will partially separate the U-shaped member from the trapezoidal member when the handle is rotated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/855611 |
| ART UNIT | 3782 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Package and article carriers 224/547 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07225999 | Foianini 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) | Curt M. Foianini (California, Maryland); Thomas H. Hane (Tall Timbers, Maryland); Joseph E. Wolfe (Richboro, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Spray array apparatus which includes a plurality of water and air carrying spoke members extending radially from a central fluid distribution assembly. The spoke members are connected to a plurality of water and air carrying strut members. The spoke members are divided into segments and the segments and strut members are detachably joined together by means of manifold joints which have water and air passageways allowing fluid communication between spoke segments and strut members. The apparatus is towed at the end of a boom of a tanker aircraft and is connected to the boom by means of a gimbal allowing two degrees of freedom to reduce bending moments and connection stresses. Selected fluid parameters are transmitted to the tanker aircraft to adjust fluid flow, if necessary. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956525 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 239/171 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226015 | Prince et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Orbital Research Inc (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Troy Prince (Cleveland, Ohio); Frederick J. Lisy (Euclid, Ohio); Mehul P. Patel (Streetsboro, Ohio); Jack M. DiCocco (Broadview Heights, Ohio); Reed Carver (Aurora, Ohio); Robert N. Schmidt (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a forebody flow control system and more particularly to aircraft or missile flow control system for enhanced maneuverability and stabilization at high angles of attack. The present invention further relates to a method of operating the flow control system. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a missile or aircraft comprising an afterbody and a forebody; at least one deployable flow effector on the missile or aircraft forebody; at least one sensors each having a signal, the at least one sensor being positioned to detect flow separation on the missile or aircraft forebody; and a closed loop control system; wherein the closed loop control system is used for activating and deactivating the at least one deployable flow effector based on at least in part the signal of the at least one sensor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/766225 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226325 | Kirschner 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) | Ivan N. Kirschner (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); James S. Uhlman (Newport, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A stabilizing device for a supercavitating vehicle that isolates re-entrant jet flows of liquid from its cavity. The device has a receiving means positioned on the supercavitating vehicle where the re-entrant jet flow impinges on the supercavitating vehicle. An exit means is joined to the receiving means for carrying the received re-entrant jet flow out of interference with the cavity. The exit means includes an exhaust nozzle joined to the aft of the supercavitating vehicle and a re-entrant jet nozzle positioned in communication between the receiving means and said exhaust nozzle transferring said received re-entrant jet flow into the exhaust nozzle. This stabilizes the cavity and improves controllability and maneuverability of the supercavitating vehicles while also reducing the gas ventilation required to maintain the cavity. Furthermore, this reduces self-generated noise allowing improved operation of acoustical sensors incorporated in the vehicle. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 11, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/832086 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Marine propulsion 440/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226530 | Weiller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California); Regents of the University of California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce H. Weiller (Santa Monica, California); Shabnam Virji (Yorba Linda, California); Richard B. Kaner (Pacific Palisades, California); Jiaxing Huang (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymer nanofibers, such as polyaniline nanofibers, with uniform diameters less than 500 nm can be made in bulk quantities through a facile aqueous and organic interfacial polymerization method at ambient conditions. The nanofibers have lengths varying from 500 nm to 10 μm and form interconnected networks in a thin film. Thin film nanofiber sensors can be made of the polyaniline nanofibers having superior performance in both sensitivity and time response to a variety of gas vapors including, acids, bases, redox active vapors, alcohols and volatile organic chemicals. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/735078 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226547 | Hampden-Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Toivo T. Kodas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Caruso (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Quint H. Powell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Klaus Kunze (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel J. Skamser (Greenville, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Electroluminescent phosphor powders and a method for making phosphor powders. The phosphor powders have a small particle size, narrow particle size distribution and are substantially spherical. The method of the invention advantageously permits the economic production of such powders. The invention also relates to improved devices, such as electroluminescent display devices, incorporating the phosphor powders. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/410700 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.360 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226668 | Nagaraj et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj (West Chester, Ohio); Irene Spitsberg (Loveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermal barrier coating for an underlying metal substrate of articles that operate at, or are exposed to, high temperatures, as well as being exposed to environmental contaminant compositions. This coating comprises an inner layer nearest to the underlying metal substrate comprising a ceramic thermal barrier coating material, as well as an outer layer having an exposed surface and comprising a CMAS-reactive material in an amount up to 100% and sufficient to protect the thermal barrier coating at least partially against CMAS that becomes deposited on the exposed surface, the CMAS-reactive material comprising an alkaline earth aluminate or alkaline earth aluminosilicate where the alkaline earth is selected from barium, strontium and mixtures thereof, and optionally a ceramic thermal barrier coating material. This coating can be used to provide a thermally protected article having a metal substrate and optionally a bond coat layer adjacent to and overlaying the metal substrate. The thermal barrier coating can be prepared by forming the inner layer of the ceramic thermal barrier coating material, followed by depositing the CMAS-reactive material, or codepositing the CMAS-reactive material and the ceramic thermal barrier coating material, to form the outer layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 12, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/317759 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/632 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226733 | Chan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Selena Chan (Sunnyvale, California); Philippe M. Fauchet (Pittsford, New York); Scott R. Horner (Rochester, New York); Benjamin L. Miller (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A biological sensor which includes: a porous semiconductor structure comprising a central layer interposed between upper and lower layers, each of the upper and lower layers including strata of alternating porosity; and one or more probes coupled to the porous semiconductor structure, the one or more probes binding to a target molecule, whereby a detectable change occurs in a refractive index of the biological sensor upon binding of the one or more probes to the target molecule. Methods of making the biological sensor and methods of using the same are disclosed, as is a detection device which includes such a biological sensor. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/082634 |
| 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 07226739 | Ecker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Ecker (Encinitas, California); Richard H. Griffey (Vista, California); Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Steven A. Hofstadler (Oceanside, California); John McNeil (La Jolla, California); Stanley T. Crooke (Carlsbad, California); James C. Hannis (Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for rapid forensic investigations by identification of bioagents associated with biowarfare and acts of terrorism or crime. The methods are also useful for epidemiological investigations by genotyping of bioagents. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/660997 |
| 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 07226805 | Hallin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christer Hallin (Linkoping, Sweden); Heinz Lendenmann (Stocksund, Sweden); Joseph John Sumakeris (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | An epitaxial silicon carbide layer is fabricated by forming first features in a surface of a silicon carbide substrate having an off-axis orientation toward a crystallographic direction. The first features include at least one sidewall that is orientated nonparallel (i.e., oblique or perpendicular) to the crystallographic direction. A first epitaxial silicon carbide layer is then grown on the surface of the silicon carbide substrate that includes first features therein. Second features are then formed in the first epitaxial layer. The second features include at least one sidewall that is oriented nonparallel to the crystallographic direction. A second epitaxial silicon carbide layer is then grown on the surface of the first epitaxial silicon carbide layer that includes the second features therein. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/425954 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226878 | Wagner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman J. Wagner (Newark, Delaware); Eric D. Wetzel (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An armor composite material has been invented which contains a ballistic fabric which has been impregnated with shear thickening fluid. This invention offers a ballistic resistant material that is more flexible and less bulky than comparable, conventional ballistic fabric. The invented material offers superior ballistic performance compared to conventional ballistic fabric-based materials of equal thickness. The invented material can be applied to applications requiring armor that is compact and/or flexible, such as body armor, protective clothing and flexible protective devices and shields, and stab resistant clothing and devices. |
| FILED | Monday, May 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/441655 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Fabric 442/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227010 | Smith |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leonard A. Smith (Clarksburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Botulinum neurotoxins, the most potent of all toxins, induce lethal neuromuscular paralysis by inhibiting exocytosis at the neuromuscular junction. The light chains (LC) of these dichain neurotoxins are a new class of zinc-endopeptidases that specifically cleave the synaptosomal proteins, SNAP-25, VAMP, or syntaxin at discrete sites. The present invention relates to the construction, expression, purification, and use of synthetic or recombinant botulinum neutoroxin genes. For example, a synthetic gene for the LC of the botulinum neurotoxin serotype A (BoNT/A) was constructed and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The gene product was purified from inclusion bodies. The methods of the invention can provide 1.1 g of the LC per liter of culture. The LC product was stable in solution at 4° C. for at least 6 months. This rBoNT/A LC was proteolytically active, specifically cleaving the Glu-Arg bond in a 17-residue synthetic peptide of SNAP-25, the reported cleavage site of BoNT/A. Its calculated catalytic efficiency kcat/Km was higher than that reported for the native BoNT/A dichain. Treating the rBoNT/A LC with mercuric compounds completely abolished its activity, most probably by modifying the cysteine-164 residue located in the vicinity of the active site. About 70% activity of the LC was restored by adding Zn2+ to a Zn2+-free, apo-LC preparation. The LC was nontoxic to mice and failed to elicit neutralizing epitope(s) when the animals were vaccinated with this protein. In addition, injecting rBoNT/A LC into sea urchin eggs inhibited exocytosis-dependent plasma membrane resealing. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/012269 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227110 | Petrenko |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor F. Petrenko (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A first electrode is separated from a second electrode by an interelectrode space. The interelectrode space does not exceed 3 mm, and preferably does not exceed 100 μm. Liquid water fills the interelectrode space, thereby electrically connecting the first electrode and the second electrode. A power supply, preferably low-frequency AC, is connected to the first and second electrodes, generating a current through the water in the interelectrode space. The applied electric power prevents freezing of a thin liquid water layer in the interelectrode space, thereby preventing ice formation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/984475 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227379 | Snider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Develoment Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory S. Snider (Mountain View, California); Philip J. Kuekes (Menlo Park, California); Duncan R. Stewart (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention is an array of nanoscale latches interconnected by a nanowire bus to form a latch array. Each nanoscale latch in the nanoscale-latch array serves as a nanoscale register, and is driven by a nanoscale control line. Primitive operations for the latch array can be defined as sequences of one or more inputs to one or more of the nanowire data bus and nanoscale control lines. In various latch-array embodiments of the present invention, information can be transferred from one nanoscale latch to another nanoscale latch in a controlled fashion, and sequences of information-transfer operations can be devised to implement arbitrary Boolean logic operations and operators, including NOT, AND, OR, XOR, NOR, NAND, and other such Boolean logic operators and operations, as well as input and output functions. Nanoscale-latch arrays can be combined and interconnected in an almost limitless number of different ways to construct arbitrarily complex, sequential, parallel, or both parallel and sequential computing engines that represent additional embodiments of the present invention. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/192197 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227501 | Lange |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Lange (Malibu, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A compensating structure includes layers of non-uniform arrays of conductive patches configured to provide phase and/or amplitude distribution modification of feed primary patterns. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/979942 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/700.MS0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227924 | Zhou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Otto Z. Zhou (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Yuan Cheng (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Jian Zhang (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Yueh Lee (Durham, North Carolina); Jianping Lu (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Weili Lin (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Computed tomography scanning systems and methods using a field emission x-ray source are disclosed. An exemplary micro-computed tomography scanner comprises a micro-focus field emission x-ray source, an x-ray detector, an object stage placed between the x-ray source and the detector, an electronic control system and a computer that control the x-ray radiation and detector data collection, and computer software that reconstructs the three dimension image of the object using a series of projection images collected from different projection angles. Exemplary methods obtain a computed tomography image of an object in oscillatory motion using the micro computed tomography scanner. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/051332 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07228013 | Bramson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D Bramson (Ridgecrest, California); Paul R. Ashley (Toney, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymer phase modulator having a plurality of polarizing waveguides having a layered stack including a core between at least one layer of cladding material, wherein the core is constructed of electro-optic material(s), wherein the layers of cladding materials having lower indices of refraction than the core for guided mode, wherein the layer of cladding material having higher indices of refraction than the core for non-guided mode, at least one waveguide having a non-modulating polarizing region, a substrate dimensioned and configured to integrate a plurality of optical components, wherein the optical components include a plurality of polarizing waveguide(s) and non-polarizing waveguide(s), a waveguide having a polarizing non-modulating region and a non-polarizing modulating region, coupler/splitter(s), electrode(s), and a waveguide configuration including a first polarizing waveguide, a coupler/splitter including a plurality of splitter ports, a second polarizing waveguide and a third polarizing waveguide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/288066 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07228022 | Bramson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D Bramson (Ridgecrest, California); Paul R Ashley (Toney, Alabama); Geoffrey A Lindsay (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical transceiver comprising an optical bench including of a waveguide on a substrate, a light source, a system of transceiver module waveguides, a waveguide coupler, a fiber, and a detector. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/208119 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07228291 | Seamons et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kent E. Seamons (Cedar Hills, Utah); William H. Winsborough (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and data processing apparatus for performing automated trust negotiations between first and second parties connected over a network can include providing each party with a set of credentials. The method also can include classifying one or more credentials in the set of credentials for the first party as sensitive, such that they can only be disclosed to another party subject to certain predetermined criteria. The method further can include establishing negotiations over the network between the first and second parties in order to complete a desired transaction, wherein the transaction is only authorized to proceed if at least one of the parties receives certain predetermined credentials from the other party. Finally, the method can include transmitting at least one of the one or more sensitive credentials from the first party to the second party as part of said negotiations, subject to the first party previously receiving from the second party one or more credentials that satisfy said certain predetermined criteria. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/800641 |
| ART UNIT | 3628 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Operations Research; Electronic Shopping; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Cost/ Price, Reservations, Shipping and Transportation; Business Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination 75/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07228388 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhigang Hu (Ossinging, New York); John T. Robinson (Yorktown Heights, New York); Xiaowei Shen (Hopewell Junction, New York); Balaram Sinharoy (Poughkeepsie, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Arrangements and method for enabling and disabling cache bypass in a computer system with a cache hierarchy. Cache bypass status is identified with respect to at least one cache line. A cache line identified as cache bypass enabled is transferred to one or more higher level caches of the cache hierarchy, whereby a next higher level cache in the cache hierarchy is bypassed, while a cache line identified as cache bypass disabled is transferred to one or more higher level caches of the cache hierarchy, whereby a next higher level cache in the cache hierarchy is not bypassed. Included is an arrangement for selectively enabling or disabling cache bypass with respect to at least one cache line based on historical cache access information. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/993531 |
| ART UNIT | 2187 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07228465 | Hedger |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing, Inc. (Killdeer, North Dakota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald L. Hedger (Killdeer, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | A bit rate Agile Onboard Telemetry formatting system addresses the increased demands on the efficiency of telemetry systems. The present invention thins and reorders data streams, adjusting bit rates of a PCM stream using a bit-locked loop to match the desired information rate exactly. The present invention accomplishes the adjustment through hardware by synthesizing a clock whose operating frequency is derived from the actual timing of the input format. Firmware manages initialization and error management. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/438844 |
| ART UNIT | 2133 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2190 | Chen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jerry Chen (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Analog information is modulated onto a high repetition rate optical pulse stream. This modulated pulse stream is transmitted over optical medium, such as long distances of fiber, and is then detected. The pulses are removed leaving only the original analog signals. The sampled encoding onto pulses allows transmission of very broad band signals and mitigates the deleterious effects of self phase modulation, dispersion and Stimulated Brillouin Scattering. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 11, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/165939 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
| US 07225807 | Papania et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Creare Incorporated (Hanover, New Hampshire); 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) | Mark James Papania (Lilburn, Georgia); James J. Barry (Hanover, New Hampshire); Nabil A. Elkouh (Meriden, New Hampshire); Mark C. Bagley (Grafton, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | Aerosol delivery systems and methods for delivering an agent to a patient are described herein. The present invention includes embodiments comprising an insulated receptacle connected to a body to hold a vial of an agent to be delivered to a patient. The vial is located in an inverted position within the receptacle and connected to the housing. One or more reusable thermal packs can be located on the inner sides of the receptacle, to maintain a selected temperature surrounding the vial. The agent is administered to a patient by placing a prong into one of the patient's orifices and then activating an aerosol delivery system. Such systems comprise jet aerosolization and pneumatic and ultrasonic nebulizers and preferably are portable. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/471620 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/203.120 |
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| US 07226588 | Apicella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Apicella (Solon, Iowa); Melvin G. Sunshine (Iowa City, Iowa); Na-Gyong Lee (Incheon, South Korea); Bradford W. Gibson (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for identifying, isolating, and producing htrB mutants of gram-negative bacterial pathogens. The method comprises mutating the htrB gene of a gram-negative bacterial pathogen so that there is a lack of a functional HtrB protein, resulting in a mutant that lacks one or more secondary acyl chains and displays substantially reduced toxicity as compared to the wild type strain. Also, the present invention provides methods for using a vaccine formulation containing the htrB mutant, or the endotoxin isolated therefrom, to immunize an individual against infections caused by gram-negative bacterial pathogens by administering a prophylactically effective amount of the vaccine formulation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/087235 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.200 |
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| US 07226598 | Eckert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Debra M. Eckert (Salt Lake City, Utah); Tara R. Suntoke (Pasadena, California); Peter S. Kim (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are chimeric peptides comprising a soluble trimeric coiled-coil and all or a portion of the N-peptide region of HIV gp41. These molecules are stable, trimeric coiled-coils that inhibit HIV entry into cells, such as human cells. Such peptides can be further assessed to demonstrate their ability to serve as potent anti-HIV therapeutic molecules and thus, as therapeutic molecules or drugs. |
| FILED | Friday, March 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/395817 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/188.100 |
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| US 07226602 | Whitehead et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen S. Whitehead (Montgomery Village, Maryland); Brian R. Murphy (Bethesda, Maryland); Kathryn A. Hanley (Bethesda, Maryland); Joseph E. Blaney (Frederick, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A menu of mutations was developed that is useful in fine-tuning the attenuation and growth characteristics of dengue virus vaccines. |
| FILED | Friday, November 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/719547 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/218.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226609 | Prusiner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley B. Prusiner (San Francisco, California); Surachai Supattapone (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | An antiseptic composition useful in destroying the infectivity of infectious proteins such as prions is disclosed. The antiseptic composition is preferably maintained at either a low pH of 4.0 or less or a high pH of 10.0 or more either of which allows for an environment under which the active component (which is preferably sodium dodecyl sulfate) destroys infectivity. The composition may be added to blood, blood products, collagen, tissues and organs prior to transplantation. The composition also may be added to livestock feed to denature any prions in the livestock. Methods of denaturing infectious proteins are also disclosed which method can use but do not require higher temperatures and long period of exposure. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/735454 |
| ART UNIT | 1615 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226730 | De La Monte et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne De La Monte (East Greenwich, Rhode Island); Jack R. Wands (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are transgenic animals and transfected cell lines expressing a protein associated with Alzheimer's Disease, neuroectodermal tumors, malignant astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. Also disclosed is the use of such transgenic animals and transfected cell lines to screen potential drug candidates for treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease, neuroectodermal tumors, malignant astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. The invention also relates to new antisense oligonucleotides, ribozymes, triplex forming DNA and external guide sequences that can be used to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease, neuroectodermal tumors, malignant astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/380203 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07226731 | Chuaqui 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 (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rodrigo F. Chuaqui (Bethesda, Maryland); Kristina A. Cole (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania); Lance A. Liotta (Bethesda, Maryland); Michael R. Emmert-Buck (Easton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel gene, PB39, that is up-regulated, or over-expressed, in prostate cancer has been identified. The gene has been identified by means of its cDNA obtained by reverse transcription of the corresponding mRNA. Microdissection of prostate glands that had been surgically removed from prostate cancer patients revealed a novel up-regulated transcript in an aggressive prostate carcinoma. Differential analysis for the presence of this gene was carried out from the same glands by comparing transcription in microdissected normal prostatic epithelium versus that in microdissected invasive tumor. The transcript was over-expressed in 5 of 10 prostate carcinomas examined. A variant transcript was over-expressed in 4 of 4 prostate carcinomas, and was found in 1 of 4 normal samples. The invention provides a purified and isolated nucleic acid that includes the sequence of PB39 or its complement, the sequence of a variant of PB39 or its complement, and a primer or probe, that includes a sequence that is a fragment of these sequences. Additionally, the polypeptide encoded by these genes, an antibody to the polypeptide, and methods of detection of PB39 or its gene product are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/743825 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07226746 | Masliah et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eliezer Masliah (San Diego, California); Makoto Hashimoto (La Jolla, California); Edward Rockenstein (Chula Vista, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In methods for screening treatments for, and treatment of, neurodegenerative diseases, aggregation in neurons of NACP/α-synuclein is measured and expression of a non-amyloidogenic protein is stimulated in order to reduce the level aggregration. For purposes of screening agents for treatment of neurodegenerative disease, oxidative stress in the neuronal cells is stimulated by introducing a mixture of metal-ions and hydrogen peroxide. Examples of appropriate metals include iron, aluminum, and copper. After introduction of the agent under evaluation for stimulation of expression of non-amyloidogenic protein, the effectiveness is measured by testing for a decrease in the level of aggregation of NACP/α-synuclein. In an exemplary embodiment, the non-amyloidogenic protein is β-synuclein. The aggregation of NACP/α-synuclein is dependent upon the concentration of metal ions in the neuronal cells. In addition, the presence of chelating agents appears to modulate the build-up of NACP/α-synuclein aggregates which are responsible for synaptic and neuronal dysfunction. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 06, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/806842 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226754 | Russell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Russell (San Diego, California); Michael N. Boddy (Del Mar, California); Beth Furnari (Del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention describes recombinant fusion proteins containing Wee1 protein sequences involved in checkpoint regulation of cell cycle, nucleic acid molecules that encode the fusion protein, and methods using the proteins for screening for compounds which modulate Wee1 or Cds1 function. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/375214 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226774 | Kawaoka |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Middleton, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a packaging (incorporation) signal for influenza virus vectors, and methods of using the signal to transmit and maintain influenza viral and foreign nucleic acid in virus and cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/366630 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/235.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226779 | Zheng et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Changyu Zheng (Rockville, Maryland); Bruce J. Baum (Bethesda, Maryland); Brian C. O'Connell (Dublin, Ireland) |
| ABSTRACT | An adenoviral vector is disclosed that includes two adenoviral ITRs, wherein the two adenoviral ITRs flank a packaging signal and a single retroviral LTR operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence of interest, wherein the adenoviral vector does not include a nucleic acid sequence encoding the retroviral structural proteins and wherein the adenoviral vector does not include a second retroviral LTR. In one embodiment, a method for transforming a cell is disclosed. In another embodiment, a method is disclosed for introducing a transgene into a cell with a single viral vector. In a further embodiment, a method is provided for preventing or treating disorder in a subject. A pharmaceutical composition is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, January 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/470784 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226780 | Arya |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suresh K. Arya (Clarksburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for improving encapsidation of transgene RNA using retroviral packaging and transfer vectors. An HIV-2 transfer vector, which includes the transgene, is introduced into a packaging cell that is also transfected with (or stably expresses) an HIV-2 derived packaging vector or a combination of packaging vectors. The packaging vector has mutations in packaging signal sequences that are both upstream and downstream of the 5′ splice donor site. The upstream mutation can be a functional deletion of a signal sequence located between the 5′ LTR and the 5′ splice donor site, while the downstream mutation can be a functional deletion of a signal sequence located between the 5′ splice donor site and an initiation codon of the gag gene on the HIV-2 genome. It can also be composed of a combination of two or more partial vectors. A transfer vector, which is introduced into the packaging cell line, has a mutation that renders its splice donor site non-functional. Transgene RNA expression and encapsidation from these cells is markedly increased, but with little or no levels of infectious viral RNA encapsidation. In particular embodiments, the packaging vector is an HIV-2(ROD) clone, such as pROD(SD36) or pROD(SD36/EM) plus pCM-ENV(ROD), the transfer vector is an HIV-2 clone, such as pSGT-5(SDM), and the packaging cell is a 293T cell. The invention also includes vectors used in this method, cells transformed with the vector or vectors, the supernatant of the packaging cells with the encapsidated vector RNA, as well as the encapsidated RNA itself. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/731988 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226904 | Schneider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (Rootstown, Ohio); Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary B. Schneider (Hudson, Ohio); Steven N. Popoff (Warrington, Pennsylvania); Fayez Safadi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Agents for promoting bone deposition and growth in a mammalian subject. The agents are O-glycosylated and non-glycosylated peptides that are derived from vitamin D binding protein, collectively referred to hereinafter as “DBP” peptides. The DBP peptides are from 3 to 18, preferably from 4 to 14 amino acids in length and comprise a sequence which is at least 80% identical, preferably at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence of a fragment contained within domain III of DBP. Methods for promoting bone deposition in a subject in need of the same are also provided. The methods comprise administering to the subject a therapeutically effective quantity of an agent selected from the group consisting of an activated form of vitamin D binding protein referred to hereinafter as “ADBP”, one or more DBP peptides, and combinations thereof. The agents may be administered locally or systemically. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/190665 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/8 |
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| US 07226913 | Linden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joel M. Linden (Charlottesville, Virginia); Gail W. Sullivan (Charlottesville, Virginia); Ian J. Sarembock (Charlottesville, Virginia); Timothy MacDonald (Charlottesville, Virginia); Mark Okusa (Charlottesville, Virginia); Irving L. Kron (Charlottesville, Virginia); W. Michael Scheld (Earlysville, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compositions for oral administration of compounds having A2A adenosine receptor agonist activity. These compositions are useful for treatment of inflammatory conditions. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/379154 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226991 | Burke, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America, represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terrence R. Burke, Jr. (Bethesda, Maryland); Yang Gao (Brandord, Connecticut); Zhu-jun Yao (Shanghai, China PRC); Dajun Yang (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are phenylalanine derivative compounds of the following formula W—Y—(AA)n—Z wherein Y is a phenylalanyl radical, AA is an amino acid, n is an integer of 1 to 15, and substituent variables W and Z are as described herein. The compounds can be used to inhibit SH2 binding with phosphoproteins, and to inhibit proliferation of tumor cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 23, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/937150 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/331 |
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| US 07226995 | Du Clos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Terry Du Clos (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Carolyn Mold (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing kidney disease in an animal subject including administering an effective amount of C-reactive protein to the animal subject. The kidney disease may be associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/947267 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227009 | Craik et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles S. Craik (San Francisco, California); Toshihiko Takeuchi (San Francisco, California); Marc Shuman (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a novel membrane-type serine protease (designated MT-SP1) elevated expression of which is associated with cancer. In one embodiment, this invention provides a method obtaining a prognosis or of detecting or staging a cancer in an organism. The method involves providing a biological sample from the organism and detecting the level of a membrane type serine protease 1 (MT-SP1) in the sample, where an elevated level of the membrane-type serine protease, as compared to the level of the protease in a biological sample from a normal healthy organism indicates the presence or stage of the cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/253869 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07227011 | Chang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 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) | Gwong-Jen J. Chang (Fort Collins, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention encompasses isolated nucleic acids containing transcriptional units which encode a signal sequence of one flavivirus and an immunogenic flavivirus antigen of a second flavivirus. The invention further encompasses a nucleic acid and protein vaccine and the use of the vaccine to immunize a subject against flavivirus infection. The invention also provides antigens encoded by nucleic acids of the invention, antibodies elicited in response to the antigens and use of the antigens and/or antibodies in detecting flavivirus or diagnosing flavivirus infection. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 04, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/826115 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
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| US 07227031 | Serhan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospial, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Aspirin (ASA) triggers a switch in the biosynthesis of lipid mediators, inhibiting prostanoid production and initiating 15-epi-lipoxin generation, through the acetylation of cyclooxygenase II. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/106066 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 554/219 |
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| US 07228181 | Greenberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Greenberg (Los Angeles, California); Da-Yu Chang (Rowland Heights, California); Rajat Agrawal (Redlands, California); Brian V. Mech (Stevenson Ranch, California); Mark S. Humayun (Glendale, California); James Singleton Little (Saugus, California); Kevin Wilkin (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a retinal prosthesis with an inductive coil mounted to the side of the eye by means of a strap around the eye. This allows for close coupling to an external coil and movement of the entire implanted portion with movement of the eye ball. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/820240 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/54 |
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| US 07228183 | Sun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mingui Sun (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Robert J. Sclabassi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Marlin H. Mickle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method of communicating data employing current pulses transmitted by an implanted device through living biological tissue to an external device. The method also contemplates transmission of current pulses from the external device through living biological tissue to an implanted device. Uniquely configured antenna electrodes are preferably employed in the implanted device. Increase in signal-to-noise ratio is achieved through synchronization. The method may be employed in diagnostic, therapeutic and general monitoring activities in connection with human beings. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/829556 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/60 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Crandall (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Richard W. Watson (Blackfoot, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A forwardly movable assembly for a firearm, the forwardly movable assembly adapted to be disposed in operative relationship relative to the other operative parts of a firearm, the firearm having in operative relationship each with one or more of the others: a barrel, a receiver, and at least one firing mechanism; the forwardly movable assembly comprising: the barrel and the receiver operatively connected with each other; a movable hand support structure to which at least one of the barrel and the receiver is connected, the barrel being movable therewith, the movable hand support structure being adapted to be gripped by an operator of the firearm; the forwardly movable assembly being adapted to be moved forward by an operator upon gripping the movable hand support structure and manually maneuvering the hand support structure forwardly; and, as the forwardly movable assembly is moved forwardly, the firing mechanism is completely disengaged therefrom and held substantially stationary relative thereto. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/938921 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07225643 | Guerrero et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hector Guerrero (Evans, Georgia); Dennis Bickford (Folly Beach, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A gas bubbler device provides enhanced recirculation of molten glass within a glass melter apparatus. The bubbler device includes a tube member disposed within a pool of molten glass contained in the melter. The tube member includes a lower opening through which the molten glass enters and upper slots disposed close to (above or below) the upper surface of the pool of molten glass and from which the glass exits. A gas (air) line is disposed within the tube member and extends longitudinally thereof. A gas bubble distribution device, which is located adjacent to the lower end of the tube member and is connected to the lower end of the gas line, releases gas through openings therein so as to produce gas bubbles of a desired size in the molten glass and in a distributed pattern across the tube member. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/377651 |
| ART UNIT | 1731 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Glass manufacturing 065/178 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07225683 | Harnett et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cindy K. Harnett (Livermore, California); Robert W. Crocker (Fremont, California); Bruce P. Mosier (San Francisco, California); Pamela F. Caton (Berkeley, California); James F. Stamps (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A device for measuring fluid flow rates over a wide range of flow rates (<1 nL/min to >10 μL/min) and at pressures at least as great as 2,000 psi. The invention is particularly adapted for use in microfluidic systems. The device operates by producing compositional variations in the fluid, or pulses, that are subsequently detected downstream from the point of creation to derive a flow rate. Each pulse, comprising a small fluid volume, whose composition is different from the mean composition of the fluid, can be created by electrochemical means, such as by electrolysis of a solvent, electrolysis of a dissolved species, or electrodialysis of a dissolved ionic species. Measurements of the conductivity of the fluid can be used to detect the arrival time of the pulses, from which the fluid flow rate can be determined. A pair of spaced apart electrodes can be used to produce the electrochemical pulse. In those instances where it is desired to measure a wide range of fluid flow rates a three electrode configuration in which the electrodes are spaced at unequal distances has been found to be desirable. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/661401 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/861.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Praxair Technology, Inc. (Danbury, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hisashi Kobayashi (Putnam Valley, New York); Lawrence E. Bool, III (Aurora, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Combustion of hydrocarbon liquids and solids is achieved with less formation of NOx by feeding a small amount of oxygen into the fuel stream. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/436164 |
| ART UNIT | 3749 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Furnaces 110/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07225789 | Martin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mechanology, Inc. (Attleboro, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jedd N. Martin (Providence, Rhode Island); Stephen M. Chomyszak (Attleboro, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a toroidal intersecting vane machine incorporating intersecting rotors to form primary and secondary chambers whose porting configurations minimize friction and maximize efficiency. Specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a toroidal intersecting vane machine that greatly reduces the frictional losses through intersecting surfaces without the need for external gearing by modifying the width of one or both tracks at the point of intermeshing. The inventions described herein relate to these improvements. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/076816 |
| ART UNIT | 3748 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/221 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226415 | Haddad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Waleed S. Haddad (Dublin, California); James E. Trebes (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The microwave hemorrhagic stroke detector includes a low power pulsed microwave transmitter with a broad-band antenna for producing a directional beam of microwaves, an index of refraction matching cap placed over the patients head, and an array of broad-band microwave receivers with collection antennae. The system of microwave transmitter and receivers are scanned around, and can also be positioned up and down the axis of the patients head. The microwave hemorrhagic stroke detector is a completely non-invasive device designed to detect and localize blood pooling and clots or to measure blood flow within the head or body. The device is based on low power pulsed microwave technology combined with specialized antennas and tomographic methods. The system can be used for rapid, non-invasive detection of blood pooling such as occurs with hemorrhagic stoke in human or animal patients as well as for the detection of hemorrhage within a patient's body. |
| FILED | Monday, September 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/252176 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/371 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226549 | Gerald, II et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rex E. Gerald, II (Brookfield, Illinois); Jerome W. Rathke (Homer Glen, Illinois); Robert J. Klingler (Westmont, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid state ion conducting electrolyte and a battery incorporating same. The electrolyte includes a polymer matrix with an alkali metal salt dissolved therein, the salt having an anion with a long or branched chain having not less than 5 carbon or silicon atoms therein. The polymer is preferably a polyether and the salt anion is preferably an alkyl or silyl moiety of from 5 to about 150 carbon/silicon atoms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/315904 |
| ART UNIT | 1751 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226636 | Berning et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas E. Berning (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Robert H. Kraus, Jr. (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Robert W. Atcher (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Jurgen G. Schmidt (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of preparing gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles is disclosed and includes forming a suspension of magnetic nanoparticles within a suitable liquid, adding an amount of a reducible gold compound and a reducing agent to the suspension, and, maintaining the suspension for time sufficient to form gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/631104 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/132 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226702 | Oh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quallion LLC (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bookeun Oh (Lisle, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois); Donald R. Vissers (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an improved solid electrolyte made of an interpenetrating network type solid polymer comprised of two compatible phases: a crosslinked polymer for mechanical strength and chemical stability, and an ionic conducting phase. The highly branched siloxane polymer of the present invention has one or more poly(ethylene oxide) (“PEO”) groups as a side chain. The PEO group is directly grafted to silicon atoms in the siloxane polymer. This kind of branched type siloxane polymer is stably anchored in the network structure and provides continuous conducting paths in all directions throughout the IPN solid polymer electrolyte. Also disclosed is a method of making an electrochemical cell incorporating the electrolyte. A cell made accordingly has an extremely high cycle life and electrochemical stability. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/496230 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/304 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226735 | Jeffries et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Jeffries (Madison, Wisconsin); Yong-Su Jin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are xylose-fermenting recombinant yeast strains comprising heterologous PsXYL1, Ps XYL2, and PsXYL3, as well as methods of fermenting xylose to obtain ethanol using the recombinant yeast strain. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/348464 |
| 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 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226776 | Ingram et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida); Shengde Zhou (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides recombinant host cells containing at least one heterologous polynucleotide encoding a polysaccharase under the transcriptional control of a surrogate promoter capable of increasing the expression of the polysaccharase. In addition, the invention further provides such hosts with genes encoding secretory protein/s to facilitate the secretion of the expressed polysaccharase. Preferred hosts of the invention are ethanologenic and capable of carrying out simultaneous saccharification fermentation resulting in the production of ethanol from complex cellulose substrates. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/377406 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226782 | Mach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chromatin, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Mach (Chicago, Illinois); Helge Zieler (Chicago, Illinois); RongGuan Jin (Chicago, Illinois); Kevin Keith (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049179 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226953 | Petruska et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Melissa A. Petruska (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Victor L. Klimov (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to solid composites including colloidal nanocrystals within a sol-gel host or matrix and to processes of forming such solid composites. The present invention is further directed to alcohol soluble colloidal nanocrystals useful in formation of sol-gel based solid composites. |
| FILED | Monday, November 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/715806 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Colloid systems and wetting agents; subcombinations thereof; processes of 516/98 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227057 | Mach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chromatin, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Mach (Chicago, Illinois); Helge Zieler (Chicago, Illinois); James Jin (Chicago, Illinois); Kevin Keith (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049537 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/312 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227297 | Srinivasan-Rao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Triveni Srinivasan-Rao (Shoreham, New York); Ilan Ben-Zvi (Setauket, New York); Jorg Kewisch (Wading River, New York); Xiangyun Chang (Middle Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An electron gun for generating an electron beam is provided, which includes a secondary emitter. The secondary emitter includes a non-contaminating negative-electron-affinity (NEA) material and emitting surface. The gun includes an accelerating region which accelerates the secondaries from the emitting surface. The secondaries are emitted in response to a primary beam generated external to the accelerating region. The accelerating region may include a superconducting radio frequency (RF) cavity, and the gun may be operated in a continuous wave (CW) mode. The secondary emitter includes hydrogenated diamond. A uniform electrically conductive layer is superposed on the emitter to replenish the extracted current, preventing charging of the emitter. An encapsulated secondary emission enhanced cathode device, useful in a superconducting RF cavity, includes a housing for maintaining vacuum, a cathode, e.g., a photocathode, and the non-contaminating NEA secondary emitter with the uniform electrically conductive layer superposed thereon. |
| FILED | Friday, August 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/917309 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/399 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227983 | Christian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Allen T. Christian (Tracy, California); Brent Segelke (San Ramon, California); Bernard Rupp (Livermore, California); Dominique Toppani (Fontainebleau, France) |
| ABSTRACT | An automated macromolecular method and system for detecting crystals in two-dimensional images, such as light microscopy images obtained from an array of crystallization screens. Edges are detected from the images by identifying local maxima of a phase congruency-based function associated with each image. The detected edges are segmented into discrete line segments, which are subsequently geometrically evaluated with respect to each other to identify any crystal-like qualities such as, for example, parallel lines, facing each other, similarity in length, and relative proximity. And from the evaluation a determination is made as to whether crystals are present in each image. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/452668 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/141 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07228005 | Yuan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Security Technologies, LLC (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ding Yuan (Henderson, Nevada) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and device for restoration of electro-optical image data using an adaptive Wiener filter begins with constructing imaging system Optical Transfer Function, and the Fourier Transformations of the noise and the image. A spatial representation of the imaged object is restored by spatial convolution of the image using a Wiener restoration kernel. |
| FILED | Monday, June 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/462414 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/280 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07226663 | Jiao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Jiao (Beaverton, Oregon); David W. Tuggle (Portland, Oregon); Lifeng Dong (Portland, Oregon); Sean Foxley (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for directly synthesizing nanoscale structures, particularly in defined locations. The method overcomes problems in nanoscale manufacturing by enabling the direct fabrication of composites useful for constructing electronic devices. In one aspect of the method, nanotubes and arrays of nanotubes are synthesized directly at defined locations useful for constructing electronic devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/522850 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/408 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226666 | Srinivasan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gopalan Srinivasan (Rochester, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved magnetoelectric composite which incorporates LaSrMn or LaCaMn oxides as a magnetostrictive composition are described. The magnetostrictive composition preferably has the formula La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 or La0.7Ca0.3MnO3. The composites preferably have a magnetostrictive layer joined to a piezoelectric layer. The composites are useful for sensors, read-heads, storage media and high frequency transducer devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/354863 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/548 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226768 | Farinas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edgardo T. Farinas (Pasadena, California); Frances H. Arnold (Pasadena, California); Ulrich Schwaneberg (Ritterhude, Germany); Anton Glieder (Gleisdorf, Austria) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acids encoding cytochrome P450 variants are provided. The cytochrome P450 variants of have a higher alkane-oxidation capability, alkene-oxidation capability, and/or a higher organic-solvent resistance than the corresponding wild-type or parent cytochrome P450 enzyme. A preferred wild-type cytochrome P450 is cytochrome P450 BM-3. Preferred cytochrome P450 variants include those having an improved capability to hydroxylate alkanes and epoxidate alkenes comprising less than 8 carbons, and have amino acid substitutions corresponding to V78A, H236Q, and E252G of cytochrome P450 BM-3. Preferred cytochrome P450 variants also include those having an improved hydroxylation activity in solutions comprising co-solvents such as DMSO and THF, and have amino acid substitutions corresponding to T235A, R471A, E494K, and S1024E of cytochrome P450 BM-3. |
| FILED | Monday, July 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/201213 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226782 | Mach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chromatin, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Mach (Chicago, Illinois); Helge Zieler (Chicago, Illinois); RongGuan Jin (Chicago, Illinois); Kevin Keith (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049179 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226957 | Scranton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alec Scranton (Coralville, Iowa); Kaveri Jain (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing polymers with controlled molecular weight and desired end functionalities and the resulting polymers. The method comprises a) forming a microemulsion comprising monomer, water, and an effective amount of an effective surfactant, b) adding to the microemulsion an amount of a water-soluble photo-initiator system wherein the initiator system produces one type of monomer-soluble radical active centers and wherein the radical active centers contain desired end group functionalities for a polymer or oligomer, and c) illuminating the microemulsion to photoinitiate polymerization of the monomer wherein the illuminating is according to a temporal and spatial illumination scheme, and wherein the amount of the initiator system and the temporal illumination scheme are chosen to produce a desired molecular weight of the polymer or oligomer. The microemulsion can further comprise an effective amount of an effective co-surfactant. The method can be used to produce polymers and copolymers. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/699994 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227057 | Mach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chromatin, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Mach (Chicago, Illinois); Helge Zieler (Chicago, Illinois); James Jin (Chicago, Illinois); Kevin Keith (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049537 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/312 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227110 | Petrenko |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor F. Petrenko (Lebanon, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A first electrode is separated from a second electrode by an interelectrode space. The interelectrode space does not exceed 3 mm, and preferably does not exceed 100 μm. Liquid water fills the interelectrode space, thereby electrically connecting the first electrode and the second electrode. A power supply, preferably low-frequency AC, is connected to the first and second electrodes, generating a current through the water in the interelectrode space. The applied electric power prevents freezing of a thin liquid water layer in the interelectrode space, thereby preventing ice formation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/984475 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/772 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227127 | Saggau et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Saggau (Houston, Texas); Duemani Reddy (Houston, Texas); Vijay Iyer (Huntington, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for independently controlling the collimation and lateral positioning of a light beam comprises at least one acousto-optic deflector and a pair of counter propagating acoustic waves with offset frequencies. While the frequency offset controls the lateral positioning of the light beam, a frequency gradient across the acousto-optic deflectors controls the collimation of the light beam. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/245410 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/235 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227177 | Guyot-Sionnest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arch Development Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philippe Guyot-Sionnest (Chicago, Illinois); Moonsub Shim (Mountain View, California); Conjun Wang (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A particle, includes a semiconductor nanocrystal. The nanocrystal is doped. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/111153 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227277 | Chapman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick L. Chapman (Champaign, Illinois); Bryan G. Dobbs (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatuses and methods for converting a plurality of dc input voltages from a plurality of voltage sources to at least one dc output voltage. An apparatus embodiment includes a plurality of voltage inputs. A respective current-conducting-bidirectional-voltage-blocking switch is in an electrical path from each of the voltage inputs. A magnetically inductive device is in an electrical path from each of the current-conducting-bidirectional-voltage-blocking switches. A voltage output is in an electrical path from the magnetically inductive device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/696772 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical transmission or interconnection systems 37/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227688 | Grier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Science Foundation (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (Chicago, Illinois); Eric R. Dufresne (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for manipulating small dielectric particles. The apparatus and method involves use of a diffractive optical element which receives a laser beam and forms a plurality of light beams. These light beams are operated on by a telescope lens system and then an objective lens element to create an array of optical traps for manipulating small dielectric particles. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/605319 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/566 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07226539 | Dong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liangjie Dong (Beijing, China PRC); Ping-Yi Yang (Honolulu, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of treating wastewater using an anaerobic bioreactor which contains a “bio-nest” structure to retain the microbial content and improve digestion efficiency is disclosed. The bionest system results in a longer SRT, good sludge mixing, and reduced wash-out of sludge. The system is particularly useful for treatment of lipid rich wastewater such as dairy wastewater. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/858819 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/259 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226735 | Jeffries et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Jeffries (Madison, Wisconsin); Yong-Su Jin (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are xylose-fermenting recombinant yeast strains comprising heterologous PsXYL1, Ps XYL2, and PsXYL3, as well as methods of fermenting xylose to obtain ethanol using the recombinant yeast strain. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/348464 |
| 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 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226776 | Ingram et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lonnie O'Neal Ingram (Gainesville, Florida); Shengde Zhou (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides recombinant host cells containing at least one heterologous polynucleotide encoding a polysaccharase under the transcriptional control of a surrogate promoter capable of increasing the expression of the polysaccharase. In addition, the invention further provides such hosts with genes encoding secretory protein/s to facilitate the secretion of the expressed polysaccharase. Preferred hosts of the invention are ethanologenic and capable of carrying out simultaneous saccharification fermentation resulting in the production of ethanol from complex cellulose substrates. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/377406 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07226782 | Mach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chromatin, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Mach (Chicago, Illinois); Helge Zieler (Chicago, Illinois); RongGuan Jin (Chicago, Illinois); Kevin Keith (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049179 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227057 | Mach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chromatin, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Mach (Chicago, Illinois); Helge Zieler (Chicago, Illinois); James Jin (Chicago, Illinois); Kevin Keith (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049537 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/312 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07226702 | Oh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Quallion LLC (Sylmar, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bookeun Oh (Lisle, Illinois); Khalil Amine (Downers Grove, Illinois); Donald R. Vissers (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is an improved solid electrolyte made of an interpenetrating network type solid polymer comprised of two compatible phases: a crosslinked polymer for mechanical strength and chemical stability, and an ionic conducting phase. The highly branched siloxane polymer of the present invention has one or more poly(ethylene oxide) (“PEO”) groups as a side chain. The PEO group is directly grafted to silicon atoms in the siloxane polymer. This kind of branched type siloxane polymer is stably anchored in the network structure and provides continuous conducting paths in all directions throughout the IPN solid polymer electrolyte. Also disclosed is a method of making an electrochemical cell incorporating the electrolyte. A cell made accordingly has an extremely high cycle life and electrochemical stability. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/496230 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/304 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227140 | Skidmore et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Zyvex Instruments, LLC (Richardson, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George Skidmore (Richardson, Texas); Matthew D. Ellis (Allen, Texas); Aaron Geisberger (Dallas, Texas); Kenneth Bray (Garland, Texas); Kimberly Tuck (Dallas, Texas); Robert Folaron (Plano, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method including, in one embodiment, severing a sample at least partially from a substrate by cutting the substrate with a focused ion beam (FIB), capturing the substrate sample by activating a grasping element, and separating the captured sample from the substrate. The captured sample may be separated from the substrate and transported to an electron microscope for examination. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/948385 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/307 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07228452 | Moser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Availigent Inc. (San Jose, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louise E. Moser (Santa Barbara, California); Peter M. Melliar-Smith (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for replicating a multithreaded application program using a semi-active or passive replication strategy, wherein the application program executes under the control of an operating system having a thread library. The method comprises piggybacking mutex ordering information at the Primary replica onto regular multicast messages specifying the order in which threads in the Primary replica have been granted their claims to mutexes; and receiving the multicast messages at a Backup replica containing the mutex ordering information which determines the order in which threads in the Backup replica are granted mutexes. Thread library interpositioning is preferably utilized to intercept calls to functions in the operating system's thread library, so that the system and method of the invention may be implemented transparently. The invention enforces strong replica consistency without the need to count instructions, add significant messaging overhead, or modify application code. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/400137 |
| ART UNIT | 2114 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07228241 | Butas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John P. Butas (Huntsville, Alabama); Paul D. Van Buskirk (Humble, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, systems and methods and apparatus are provided through which the equation of state is used to control a process through analyses of one or more properties of a fluid through an interactive modeler that models the equation of state for the fluid in the process based on measured signals and for selectively enabling the modeling of control changes to the process. In some embodiments, a device generates an indication of machine health based on variations on the equation of state for a fluid in a machine. In some embodiments, one or more properties for the fluid from at least one unmeasured machine parameter in the interactive modeler are determined for the machine at various operating states. In some embodiments, a difference between an expected one or more properties of the fluid beyond a set point indicates the health of the machine. |
| FILED | Monday, June 13, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/152810 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07228442 | Kinstler |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary A. Kinstler (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A bus management tool that allows communication to be maintained between a group of nodes operatively connected on two busses in the presence of radiation by transmitting periodically a first message from one to another of the nodes on one of the busses, determining whether the first message was received by the other of the nodes on the first bus, and when it is determined that the first message was not received by the other of the nodes, transmitting a recovery command to the other of the nodes on a second of the of busses. Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention also provide for a bus recovery tool on the other node that re-initializes a bus interface circuit operatively connecting the other node to the first bus in response to the recovery command. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/813152 |
| ART UNIT | 2115 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07227858 | Gregory et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Machon B Gregory (Bowie, Maryland); Angela M Schuett (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of synchronizing stations without broadcasting a synchronization signal. Presetting an environmental variable into each station prior to deploying the stations. Presetting an interval of time into each station prior to deployment. Deploying the stations. Waiting the interval of time. Measuring the environmental variable at each station. Returning to the fourth step if the measurement is not within a first user-definable range. Returning to the fifth step if the measurement is not within a second user-definable range. Synchronizing a clock within the station to the time that a synchronization event is measured, and returning to the fourth step. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/110997 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227946 | Launchbury et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, Oregon); National Security Agency (Ft. Meade, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Launchbury (Beaverton, Oregon); Thomas Nordin (Beverton, Oregon); Mark Tullsen (Beaverton, Oregon); William Bradley Martin (Ft. Meade, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | In a computing system, a method of operation comprises receiving a first permutation specification of a first permutation of a first plurality of inputs, receiving a first permutation modifier and receiving a first interaction specification of a first interaction between first permutation and the first permutation modifier. A second permutation specification of a second permutation of the first plurality of inputs is generated, the second permutation being a composite permutation of the first permutation and the permutation modifier, reflective of the first specified interaction between the first permutation and the first permutation modifier. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/826163 |
| ART UNIT | 2137 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07226782 | Mach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chromatin, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Mach (Chicago, Illinois); Helge Zieler (Chicago, Illinois); RongGuan Jin (Chicago, Illinois); Kevin Keith (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049179 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227057 | Mach et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chromatin, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois); The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jennifer Mach (Chicago, Illinois); Helge Zieler (Chicago, Illinois); James Jin (Chicago, Illinois); Kevin Keith (Chicago, Illinois); Gregory Copenhaver (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Daphne Preuss (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049537 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/312 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 07227688 | Grier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | National Science Foundation (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David G. Grier (Chicago, Illinois); Eric R. Dufresne (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for manipulating small dielectric particles. The apparatus and method involves use of a diffractive optical element which receives a laser beam and forms a plurality of light beams. These light beams are operated on by a telescope lens system and then an objective lens element to create an array of optical traps for manipulating small dielectric particles. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/605319 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/566 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07226663 | Jiao et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Jiao (Beaverton, Oregon); David W. Tuggle (Portland, Oregon); Lifeng Dong (Portland, Oregon); Sean Foxley (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for directly synthesizing nanoscale structures, particularly in defined locations. The method overcomes problems in nanoscale manufacturing by enabling the direct fabrication of composites useful for constructing electronic devices. In one aspect of the method, nanotubes and arrays of nanotubes are synthesized directly at defined locations useful for constructing electronic devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/522850 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/408 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07226785 | Kmiec et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric B Kmiec (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); Howard B Gamper (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Michael C Rice (Newtown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Presented are methods and compositions for targeted chromosomal genomic alterations using modified single-stranded oligonucleotides of the invention have at least one modified nuclease-resistant terminal region comprising phosphorothioate linkages, LNA analogs or 2′-O-Me base analogs. |
| FILED | Friday, September 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/261185 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/440 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227173 | Holonyak, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois); The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nick Holonyak, Jr. (Urbana, Illinois); Russell Dupuis (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of forming a semiconductor device includes the following steps: providing a plurality of semiconductor layers; providing means for coupling signals to and/or from layers of the device; providing a quantum well disposed between adjacent layers of the device; and providing a layer of quantum dots disposed in one of the adjacent layers, and spaced from the quantum well, whereby carriers can tunnel in either direction between the quantum well and the quantum dots. |
| FILED | Friday, March 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/805454 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07227644 | Anson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott A. Anson (Glendale, Arizona); Charles H. Lange (Glendale, Arizona); Thomas C. Greening (Peoria, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Fiber optic gyroscope architectures that incorporate both (i) a WDM-based wavelength control and (ii) a wavelength reference based on a narrowband fiber Bragg grating (FBG), with the latter component providing significant improvement in the stability of the wavelength reference by calibrating out wavelength errors associated with a WDM-based wavelength control scheme. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/786143 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/460 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07228046 | Hendry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Loren M. Hendry (Glendale, Arizona); Jeffrey E. Lewis (Phoenix, Arizona); Jason C. Grooms (St. Petersburg, Florida); Charles B. Gray (Peoria, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for stabilizing an electro-optic substrate employed in a waveguide device. The method comprises cleaning a surface of the substrate, and exposing the device to a reactive oxide to passivate the surface. A layer of sealant is deposited on the substrate in a vacuum to seal the surface. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/286082 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/132 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07228231 | Needelman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David D. Needelman (Torrance, California); Richard A. Fowell (Rolling Hills Estates, California); Peter C. Lai (Alhambra, California); Yeong-Wei A. Wu (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Rongsheng Li (Hacienda Heights, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle (12) including a control system (18) is used for controlling vehicle attitude or angular velocity (38). The processor (24) is coupled to a star sensor or tracker (22) and a memory (30) that may include a star catalog (32), and an exclusion list (36). The exclusion list (36), a list of stars to be temporarily excluded from consideration when determining attitude or angular velocity or relative alignment of star sensors or trackers, is calculated on board. Such a calculation prevents the necessity for a costly, periodic, ground calculation and upload of such data. By manipulating the star catalog, or sub-catalogs derived from said catalog, based upon the exclusion list (36), measurements of such excluded stars are prevented from corrupting the attitude or angular velocity or alignment estimates formulated on board. The system uses multiple stayout zones for excluding stars from the exclusion list. A central exclusion zone excludes all stars while a second or more exclusion zones allow some stars to be used in the attitude determination |
| FILED | Thursday, April 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/709348 |
| 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 71/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07228236 | Barnard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Barnard (Liverpool, New York); Manuel Francisco Fernandez (Madison, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of beam forming an array, by computer processing a cross covariance, of the reference sub array seismic signal data signal, by having an unknown shape comprising receiving acoustic signals, via the array, and computing the data and segmenting the array into an initial segment of a known shape and at least a second segment, and beam forming the initial segment to provide a beam formed output, and using the beam formed output to obtain weights, for the second segment of the array. |
| FILED | Monday, January 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/182664 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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