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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 07, 2007
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| US 07251951 | McBride et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James W. McBride (Santa Ana, California); Roger P. Murry (San Pedro, California); Joseph M. Jensen (Torrance, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flow diverter comprises a heat sink array in fluid communication with a turbine outlet and an inlet face of a heat exchanger, the heat sink array comprising a plurality of heat sink elements, the heat sink array being separated from the inlet face by a distance, and the heat sink array being positioned between the turbine outlet and the inlet face such that at least a portion of a fluid flowing from the turbine outlet contacts the heat sink array before the portion of the fluid contacts the heat exchanger inlet face. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/826011 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/401 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252046 | Ead 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) | Richard M. Ead (Wakefield, Rhode Island); Robert L. Pendleton (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A free flooded section of an unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) contains a rotating cylindrical drum, which serves as a spool for a towed line array cable. At the end of the cable is a reverse thruster with the ability to propel itself away from the UUV when the UUV is submerged. The thruster moves away from the UUV, pulling the cable and unspooling it as it does so in order to deploy the array. To recover the array, the cylindrical drum rotates to reel in the cable. The cable is guided through a series of winding guides that allow the cable to be wound evenly on the drum. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/730341 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252297 | Barritt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dell Barritt (Lompoc, California); Eugene Dewegeli (Arroyo Grande, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A safety welding cart structure having a metal box for holding pressurized gas cylinders, a firewall separating the cylinders, individual clamping devices to secure the cylinders, and shelves extending from the back of the box forming a cart set upon a four-wheeled base, which includes two positive-locking swivel casters. The regulators are contained within a ventilated cabinet and the hoses are wound about a reel. |
| FILED | Monday, May 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/120215 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Land vehicles 280/47.260 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252577 | Wood |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey H. Wood (Eureka, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for performing surface lapping using a robotic system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for lapping a surface includes providing a lapping assembly having a first base coupled to a second base by a flexible coupling member, and a lapping medium coupled to the second base, the flexible coupling member being configured to flex to allow the lapping medium to at least partially conform to the surface. The lapping medium is moveably applied to the surface using the lapping assembly. In another embodiment, the method further includes pneumatically controlling a pressure applied by the lapping medium to the surface using a pneumatic device operatively coupled to the second base. |
| FILED | Monday, August 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/466032 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Abrading 451/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252698 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Gabriella Métraux (Evanston, Illinois); YunWei Charles Cao (Gainesville, Florida); Rongchao Jin (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides nanoprisms etched to generate triangular framework structures. These triangular nanoframes possess no strong surface plasmon bands in the ultraviolet or visible regions of the optical spectrum. By adding a mild reducing agent, metal ions remaining in solution can be reduced, resulting in metal plating and reformation of nanoprisms. The extent of the backfilling process can be controlled, allowing the formation of novel nanoprisms with nanopores. This back-filling process is accompanied by a regeneration of the surface plasmon bands in the UV-visible spectrum. |
| FILED | Monday, March 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/801976 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252749 | 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); Bo Gao (Carrboro, North Carolina); Guozhen Yue (Carrboro, North Carolina); Soojin Oh (Carrboro, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for depositing a coating of a nanostructure material onto a substrate includes: (1) forming a solution or suspension of containing the nanostructure material; (2) selectively adding “chargers” to the solution; (3) immersing electrodes in the solution, the substrate upon which the nanostructure material is to be deposited acting as one of the electrodes; (4) applying a direct and/or alternating current electrical field between the two electrodes for a certain period of time thereby causing the nanostructure materials in the solution to migrate toward and attach themselves to the substrate electrode; and (5) subsequent optional processing of the coated substrate. |
| FILED | Friday, November 30, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/996695 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/484 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252774 | O'Sullivan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eugene J. O'Sullivan (Nyack, New York); David Abraham (Croton on Hudson, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An etching process is employed to selectively pattern the exposed magnetic film layer of a magnetic thin film structure. The magnetic structure to be etched includes at least one bottom magnetic film layer and at least one top film layer which are separated by a tunnel barrier. The etching process employs various etching steps that selectively remove various layers of the magnetic thin film structure stopping on the tunnel barrier layer. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/147512 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252822 | Shelton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rinat Neuroscience Corp. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L. Shelton (Oakland, California); German J. Vergara (Moraga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods and compositions for preventing or treating pain resulting from surgery or an incision by administering an antagonist of nerve growth factor (NGF). The NGF antagonist may be an anti-NGF (such as anti-hNGF) antibody that is capable of binding hNGF. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/682331 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/145.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252852 | Parkin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | ZnMg oxide tunnel barriers are grown which, when sandwiched between ferri- or ferromagnetic layers, form magnetic tunnel junctions exhibiting high tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR). The TMR may be increased by annealing the magnetic tunnel junctions. The zinc-magnesium oxide tunnel barriers may be incorporated into a variety of other devices, such as magnetic tunneling transistors and spin injector devices. The ZnMg oxide tunnel barriers are grown by first depositing a zinc and/or magnesium layer onto an underlying substrate in oxygen-poor (or oxygen-free) conditions, and subsequently depositing zinc and/or magnesium onto this layer in the presence of reactive oxygen. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/982075 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/131 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253003 | Beebe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Beebe (Madison, Wisconsin); Jaisree Moorthy (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus is provided for monitoring the environment within a microfluidic device. The microfluidic device includes a body defining a channel for accommodating flow of fluid therethrough. A monitor structure is disposed in the channel of the body in the flow of fluid. The monitor structure changes color and/or dimension in response to various parameters of the fluid having predetermined values. |
| FILED | Friday, October 19, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/045937 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/164 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253079 | Hanson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David S. Hanson (Newbury, Massachusetts); Richard S. Anderson (Seabrook, New Hampshire); Thomas F. Marinis (Haverhill, Massachusetts); Joseph W. Soucy (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A coplanar mounting member for a MEM sensor includes a first surface coplanar with a connection pad on the surface of a MEM sensor board containing the MEM sensor control circuit; a second surface inclined to the surface of the board for mounting a MEM sensor and an electrical conductor array for interconnecting the MEM sensor with the connection pad on the board. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/142127 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/417 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253177 | Lin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ai J. Lin (Potomac, Maryland); Jian Guan (Olney, Maryland); Quan Zhang (Rockville, Maryland); Donald R. Skillman (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to derivatives of pyrroloquinazolinediamine, more specifically derivatives of 7-(substituted)-7H-pyrrolo[3,2-F] quinazoline-1,3-diamines that are non-toxic and are also effective in the treatment of malaria, including P. falciparum and P. vivax strains. The derivatives are certain carbamate derivatives, succinimide derivatives, alkylcarboxamides derivatives and acetamide derivative, phthalimides, alkylamines and all other amide and imide derivatives and their 1-hydroxy analogs. The derivatives of the present invention are also soluble in common organic solvents to facilitate the purification in a large scale synthesis of the composition. |
| FILED | Friday, October 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/971846 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253409 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minhwan Lee (Stanford, California); Ryan O′Hayre (Castle Rock, Colorado); Turgut M. Gur (Palo Alto, California); Friedrich B. Prinz (Woodside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides nano-patterning based on flow of an ion current within an ionic conductor to bring ions in proximity to a microscope probe tip touching a surface of the conductor. These ions are then electrochemically reduced to form one or more features on the surface. Ion current flow and the electrochemical reaction are driven by an electrical potential difference between the tip and the ionic conductor. Such features can be erased by reversing the polarity of the potential difference. Indentations can be formed by mechanically removing features formed as described above. The ions in the ion current can be provided by the ionic conductor and/or by oxidation at a counter electrode. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/185914 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253434 | Golovchenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Haibing Peng (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a carbon nanotube field effect transistor including a nanotube having a length suspended between source and drain electrodes. A gate dielectric material coaxially coats the suspended nanotube length and at least a portion of the source and drain electrodes. A gate metal layer coaxially coats the gate dielectric material along the suspended nanotube length and overlaps a portion of the source and drain electrodes, and is separated from those electrode portions by the gate dielectric material. The nanotube field effect transistor is fabricated by coating substantially the full suspended nanotube length and a portion of the source and drain electrodes with a gate dielectric material. Then the gate dielectric material along the suspended nanotube length and at least a portion of the gate dielectric material on the source and drain electrodes are coated with a gate metal layer. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/145650 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253452 | Steckel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Steckel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John P. Zimmer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Nathan E. Stott (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vladimir Bulović (Lexington, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor nanocrystal includes a core including a first semiconductor material and an overcoating including a second semiconductor material. A monodisperse population of the nanocrystals emits blue light over a narrow range of wavelengths with a high quantum efficiency. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/071244 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253550 | Aksyuk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vladimir Anatolyevich Aksyuk (Westfield, New Jersey); Maria Elina Simon (New Providence, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | Multiple drives are coupled together to cause rotation about a single axis by an arrangement in which two moveable electrode plates flank a fixed electrode plate such that the opposite direction rotations of the two moveable electrode plates are combined. To this end, at least one arm from at least one of the moveable electrode plates is connected to at least one arm of a moveable electrode plate on the opposite side of the fixed electrode plate, e.g., by a spring. The electrode plates may have comb projections. A post may be coupled at one of its ends to the top of one of the moveable electrode plates, and the post's other end is coupled to a plate, e.g., a mirror or other structure to be moved. |
| FILED | Friday, May 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/140313 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253696 | Krowne |
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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) | Clifford M. Krowne (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A bi-crystal heterostructure includes a first, substantially uniaxial, crystal layer; a second, substantially uniaxial, crystal layer positioned adjacent to the first crystal layer, and wherein the first and second crystal layers have mutually opposite rotations of their respective principal cross-sectional axes of a degree sufficient to impart negative refractivity in the heterostructure; a conductive metal strip positioned between the crystal layers and having a principal longitudinal axis sufficiently aligned with an unrotated principal axis of each of the first and second crystal layers to permit unidirectional electromagnetic wave propagation in the conductive metal strip; and a lossy metal strip positioned between the crystal layers and having a principal axis positioned substantially parallel to the principal axis of the conductive metal strip. Alternatively, one or both of the crystal layers can be replaced with a ferroelectric crystal with an associated static bias voltage source for imparting the uniaxial property to achieve the said crystal layers mutually opposite axes rotations. The conductive metal strip when wired with connectors at each end and positioned in an electrical circuit, e.g. an rf transmitting system, operates as an electrical isolator, substantially blocking signals in one direction while transmitting in the opposite direction. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/086732 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/24.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253735 | Gengel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alien Technology Corporation (Morgan Hill, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn W. Gengel (Hollister, California); Mark A. Hadley (Newark, California); Tom Pounds (Monte Sereno, California); Kenneth D. Schatz (San Jose, California); Paul S. Drzaic (Morgan Hill, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag comprises a flexible substrate and an integrated circuit embedded within the flexible substrate. The top surface of the integrated circuit is coplanar with the flexible substrate. At least one conductive element is formed on the flexible substrate. The conductive element is electrically connected to the integrated circuit. The conductive element serves as an antenna for the RFID tag. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/807775 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/572.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253761 | Hoyos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sebastian Hoyos (Berkeley, California); Brian M Sadler (Laurel, Maryland); Gonzalo R. Arce (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | Included are embodiments of a method for converting a received analog signal into a digital signal. Some embodiments of the method can include receiving an analog signal; periodically dividing the received analog signal into a plurality of discrete signals at a predetermined interval, wherein each of the plurality of divided signals is associated with a voltage; and quantizing the voltage associated with at least one of the plurality of divided signals. Other systems and methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/268532 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253869 | Russell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California); Randy L. Shimabukuro (Kapolei, Hawaii); Bruce W. Offord (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid crystal display includes: a) a sapphire substrate; b) a single crystal silicon structure disposed on the sapphire substrate to create a silicon-on-sapphire structure; c) a plurality of liquid crystal capacitors disposed on the silicon-on-sapphire structure; d) integrated self-aligned circuitry formed from the crystal silicon structure, where the circuitry modulates the liquid crystal capacitors such that a video image is generated; and e) an integrated audio transducer disposed on the silicon-on-sapphire structure for generating an audible signal. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/901653 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253871 | Lukishova et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Svetlana G. Lukishova (Honeoye Falls, New York); Robert W. Boyd (Rochester, New York); Carlos R. Stroud (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient technique for producing deterministically polarized single photons uses liquid-crystal hosts of either monomeric or oligomeric/polymeric form to preferentially align the single emitters for maximum excitation efficiency. Deterministic molecular alignment also provides deterministically polarized output photons; using planar-aligned cholesteric liquid crystal hosts as 1-D photonic-band-gap microcavities tunable to the emitter fluorescence band to increase source efficiency, using liquid crystal technology to prevent emitter bleaching. Emitters comprise soluble dyes, inorganic nanocrystals or trivalent rare-earth chelates. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/753323 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07254008 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Xie (Pasadena, California); Jason Shih (Yorba Linda, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device and method for capacitive sensing. The device includes a fluid channel including an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end, a cavity region coupled to the fluid channel, and a polymer based membrane coupled between the fluid channel and the cavity region. Additionally, the device includes a first capacitor electrode coupled to the membrane, a second capacitor electrode coupled to the cavity region and physically separated from the first capacitor electrode by at least the cavity region, and an electrical power source coupled between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode and causing an electric field at least within the cavity region. The polymer based membrane includes a polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/089338 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07254151 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Xiangfeng Duan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Yu Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ritesh Agarwal (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention generally relates to nanotechnology and nanoelectronics as well as associated methods and devices. In particular, the invention relates to nanoscale optical components such as electroluminescence devices (e.g., LEDs), amplified stimulated emission devices (e.g., lasers), waveguides, and optical cavities (e.g., resonators). Articles and devices of a size greater than the nanoscale are also included. Such devices can be formed from nanoscale wires such as nanowires or nanotubes. In some cases, the nanoscale wire is a single crystal. In one embodiment, the nanoscale laser is constructed as a Fabry-Perot cavity, and is driven by electrical injection. Any electrical injection source may be used. For example, electrical injection may be accomplished through a crossed wire configuration, an electrode or distributed electrode configuration, or a core/shell configuration. The output wavelength can be controlled, for example, by varying the types of materials used to fabricate the device. One or more such nanoscale lasers may also be integrated with other nanoscale components within a device. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/734086 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/44.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07254464 | McLurkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | iRobot Corporation (Burlington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James McLurkin (Somerville, Massachusetts); Jennifer Smith (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for operating robotic devices (i.e., “robots”) that employ adaptive behavior relative to neighboring robots and external (e.g., environmental) conditions. Each robot is capable of receiving, processing, and acting on one or more multi-device primitive commands that describe a task the robot will perform in response to other robots and the external conditions. The commands facilitate a distributed command and control structure, relieving a central apparatus or operator from the need to monitor the progress of each robot. This virtually eliminates the corresponding constraint on the maximum number of robots that can be deployed to perform a task (e.g., data collection, mapping, searching). By increasing the number of robots, the efficiency in completing the task is also increased. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/286698 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/245 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2197 | Gord et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Gord (Dayton, Ohio); Robert P. Lucht (West Lafayette, Indiana); Thomas N. Anderson (West Lafayette, Indiana); Rodolfo Barron-Jimenez (College Station, Texas); Thomas Walther (Darmstadt, Germany); Sukesh Roy (Dayton, Ohio); Michael S. Brown (Dayton, Ohio); Jerald A. Caton (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An all-solid-state continuous-wave (cw) laser system for measurements of the absorption by the CO molecule of mid-infrared radiation in the 4.3-4.6 μm range is described, wherein a single-mode, tunable output of a 70 mW, 860-nm ECDL is difference frequency mixed with the output of a 550 mW diode-pumped cw Nd:YAG laser in a PPLN crystal to produce approximately 1 μW of tunable cw radiation at 4.5 μm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/025827 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/343 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hazim Ahmed Jaradat (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A phantom for rotational radiation therapy machines allows beam fluence and energy to be measured at a variety of beam angles without intervening adjustment of the phantom. The phantom in the preferred embodiment provides two half cylinders directed along the axis of rotation of the machine abutting about a common center. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/081159 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/207 |
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| US 07252819 | Lee |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall J. Lee (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods for establishing electrical coupling between cardiomyocytes and recombinant cells which have been genetically engineered to express a connexin protein such as connexin 43 (Cx43) protein. The invention is based on the discovery that genetic modification of skeletal muscle cells to express a recombinant connexin, enables the genetically modified cells to establish electrocommunication with cardiac cells via gap junctions. The recombinant connexin-expressing cells can be used for repair of cardiac tissue and for treatment of cardiac disease by transplantation into cardiac tissue. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 07, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/291202 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.210 |
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| US 07252828 | Pier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald B. Pier (Brookline, Massachusetts); Julia Y. Wang (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); David McKenney (Quincy, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to compositions of the capsular polysaccharide/adhesin (PS/A) of staphylococci. The PS/A may be isolated or synthesized and includes various modifications to the structure of native PS/A based on the chemical characterization of PS/A. The invention also relates to the use of the PS/A as a vaccine for inducing active immunity to infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, other related coagulase-negative staphylococci and organisms carrying the ica (intracellular adhesin) locus, and to the use of antibodies directed to PS/A for inducing passive immunity to the same class of infections. |
| FILED | Friday, January 26, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/771003 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/234.100 |
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| US 07252834 | Vyavahare et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF) (Clemson, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Narendra R. Vyavahare (Easley, South Carolina); Jason C. Isenburg (Pendleton, South Carolina); Dan T. Simionescu (Central, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and product are provided for the treatment of connective tissue weakened due to destruction of tissue architecture, and in particular due to elastin degradation. The treatment agents employ certain unique properties of phenolic compounds to develop a protocol for reducing elastin degradation, such as that occurring during aneurysm formation in vasculature. According to the invention, elastin can be stabilized in vivo and destruction of connective tissue, such as that leading to life-threatening aneurysms in vasculature, can be tempered or halted all together. The treatment agents can be delivered or administered acutely or chronically according to various delivery methods, including sustained release methods incorporating perivascular or endovascular patches, use of microsphere carriers, hydrogels, or osmotic pumps. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/387454 |
| 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 424/426 |
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| US 07252929 | Matsui et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Toshimitsu Matsui (Kobe, Japan); Stuart A. Aaronson (New York, New York); Jacalyn H. Pierce (Pukalani, Hawaii) |
| ABSTRACT | Discoveries are disclosed that show particular aspects of recombinant DNA technology can be used successfully to produce a hitherto unknown type of human Platelet-Derived Growth Factor (PDGF) receptor protein free of other PDGF receptors. These proteins can be produced from DNA segments in cells in various functional forms. These forms variously enable biochemical and functional studies of these novel receptors as well as production of antibodies. Means are described for determining the level of expression of genes for specific types of PDGF receptor proteins, for example, by measuring mRNA in cells with PDGF receptor type-specific DNA probes or by measuring antigen in biological samples with type-specific antibodies. |
| FILED | Monday, November 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/700249 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
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| US 07252935 | Sidransky |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Sidransky (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and kits useful for detecting neplasia by measuring the methylation level of biomarkers, especially the promoter region of GSTP1 for the detection of prostate adenocarcinoma. |
| FILED | Friday, November 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/295483 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07252950 | Vale et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Vale (Tiburon, California); Daniel Pierce (Hayward, California); James Spudich (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Described herein are methods of identifying compounds which modulate the activity of the cytoskeletal system. The methods are rapid, convenient and sensitive. Preferably, the method is used to identify lead compounds that can be used as therapeutics, diagnostics and agricultural agents. Generally, test compounds are added to two cytoskeletal components which bind to one another, to determine whether the binding is affected by the test compound. Wherein the binding is affected, a compound which modulates the cytoskeletal system is identified. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 03, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 10/031819 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — 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 435/7.100 |
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| US 07252970 | Rothstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey D. Rothstein (Catonsville, Maryland); Mandy Jackson (Baltimore, Maryland); Glen Lin (Columbus, Ohio); Robert Law (Owings Mills, Maryland); Irina Orlov (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Glutamate Transporter Associated Proteins and nucleotide encoding Glutamate Transporter Associated Proteins are provided. Also provided is a method for identifying a compound that modulates a cellular response mediated by a Glutamate Transporter Associated Protein. A method is further provided for identifying a compound that inhibits an interaction between a Glutamate Transporter Associated Protein and a glutamate transporter protein. A method is provided for treating a disorder associated with glutamate transport. |
| FILED | Monday, October 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/972637 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 07252982 | Madry et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Henning Madry (Homburg, Germany); Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic (Belmont, Massachusetts); Stephen B. Trippel (Auburndale, Massachusetts); Lisa E. Freed (Belmont, Massachusetts); Robert Langer (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Tissue engineered constructs including a matrix and cells transfected with a gene for a growth factor. The constructs may be implanted into a tissue site, where the growth factor gene enhances a metabolic function furthering integration of the construct in the tissue site. If the matrix is biodegradable, the metabolic result may include resorption of the matrix and replacement with tissue synthesized at least in part by the transfected cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 15, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/809456 |
| 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 435/180 |
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| US 07252987 | Bachalo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Islet Technology, Inc. (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William D. Bachalo (Los Altos, California); Michael J. Fidrich (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Capsules, entrained in a fluid medium, are directed into a channel deflection system designed to enable evaluation and separation of successfully encapsulated cellular material from the blanks and other debris. Preferably, the fluid media with the capsule is introduced into a first or main channel and the capsules first pass one or more windows in the main channel for evaluation that is conducted by electromagnetic and/or optical means. Preferably, the evaluation results in the selection of acceptable capsules and subsequent removal of the blank capsules from the medium through the use of multiple jets that gently redirect the acceptable capsules into an alternate channel. Preferably, fluid is also introduced into the alternate channel and the main channel and the alternate channel are arranged such that there is a window defined between the two channels where the fluid flow between the two channel is directly adjacent and the jet deflection system can selectively deflect capsules across this window between the two channels with a minimum amount of force and a minimum of turbulence created in either channel. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/313987 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/286.500 |
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| US 07253149 | Dalton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Dalton (Tampa, Florida); Jason S. Damiano (Tampa, Florida); Anne E. Cress (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides and methods of their use for inhibiting drug and radiation-therapy resistance in cancerous cells in which efficacy of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy of a patient is enhanced by administration of an effective amount of a peptide that inhibits cell adhesion mediated drug resistance (CAM-DR). Preferably, the peptide comprises D-amino acids having the sequence: kmviywkag (RZ-3) or is a variant or modified version thereof. The peptide is preferably administered to the patient prior to chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. Inhibition of cell adhesion mediated drug resistance (CAM-DR) by RZ-3 in multiple myeloma cells is disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/978202 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/15 |
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| US 07253159 | Moody et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Branch Moody (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); David C. Young (Benton, Maine); Catherine E. Costello (Reading, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel CD1a-presented antigens. These antigens can be used as antigens, adjuvants or as immunomodulatory agents in a variety of diagnostic, therapeutic and prophylactic applications. |
| FILED | Monday, April 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/827616 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/212.80 |
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| US 07253185 | Shayman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Genzyme Corporation (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Shayman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David J. Harris (Lexington, Massachusetts); Craig Siegel (Woburn, Massachusetts); Carol A. Nelson (Westford, Massachusetts); Diane P. Copeland (North Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides amino ceramide-like compounds which inhibit glucosyl ceramide (GlyCer) formation by inhibiting the enzyme GlyCer synthase, thereby lowering the level of glycosphingolipids. The compounds of the present invention have improved GlcCer synthase inhibition activity and are therefore useful in therapeutic methods for treating various conditions and diseases associated with altered glycosphingolipid levels. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/119541 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/315 |
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| US 07253210 | Dalton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Dalton (Upper Arlington, Ohio); Duane D. Miller (Germantown, Tennessee); Igor Rakov (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a class of androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA). The agents define a new subclass of compounds, which are selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM). Several of the SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected androgenic and anabolic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor. Other SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected antiandrogenic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor. The SARM compounds, either alone or as a composition, are useful for a) male contraception; b) treatment of a variety of hormone-related conditions, for example conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Aging Male (ADAM), such as fatigue, depression, decreased libido, sexual dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, osteoporosis, hair loss, anemia, obesity, sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, benign prostate hyperplasia, alterations in mood and cognition and prostate cancer; c) treatment of conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Female (ADIF), such as sexual dysfunction, decreased sexual libido, hypogonadism, sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, alterations in cognition and mood, depression, anemia, hair loss, obesity, endometriosis, breast cancer, uterine cancer and ovarian cancer; d) treatment and/or prevention of acute and/or chronic muscular wasting conditions; e) preventing and/or treating dry eye conditions; f) oral androgen replacement therapy; g) decreasing the incidence of, halting or causing a regression of prostate cancer; and/or h) inducing apoptosis in a cancer cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/683157 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/613 |
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| US 07253267 | Cox, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bolder Biotechnology Inc. (Louisville, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Cox, III (Louisville, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The growth hormone supergene family comprises greater than 20 structurally related cytokines and growth factors. A general method is provided for creating site-specific, biologically active conjugates of these proteins. The method involves adding cysteine residues to non-essential regions of the proteins or substituting cysteine residues for non-essential amino acids in the proteins using site-directed mutagenesis and then covalently coupling a cysteine-reactive polymer or other type of cysteine-reactive moiety to the proteins via the added cysteine residue. Disclosed herein are preferred sites for adding cysteine residues or introducing cysteine substitutions into the proteins, and the proteins and protein derivatives produced thereby. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/773939 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/399 |
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| US 07253272 | Kasid et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgetown University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Usha Kasid (Rockville, Maryland); Prafulla Gokhale (Oak Hill, Virginia); Deepak Kumar (Arlington, Virginia); Constantinos Broustas (Arlington, Virginia); Imran Ahmad (Wadsworth, Illinois); Anatoly Dritschilo (Bethesda, Maryland); Aquilur Rahman (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A gene that is a modulator of tumor growth and metastasis in certain cancer types is provided. This gene and corresponding polypeptide have diagnostic and therapeutic application for detecting and treating cancers that involve expression of BRCC2 such as breast cancer and lung cancer. |
| FILED | Monday, October 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/679865 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07253275 | Stephens et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard S. Stephens (Orinda, California); Diane Kawa (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features peptides of a PorB polypeptide, which PorB peptides are useful in production of antibodies that bind the full-length PorB polypeptide and as a therapeutic agent. In specific embodiments the invention features a composition comprising one or more PorB peptides (other than a full-length PorB polypeptide), which peptides contain at least one epitope that can elicit Chlamydia-neutralizing antibodies. The invention also features methods for induction of a protective immune response against infection by Chlamydia and Chlamydiophila. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/414278 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
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| US 07253293 | Slominski et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Andrzej Slominski (Memphis, Tennessee); Robert Tuckey (Crawley, WA 6009, Australia); Jordan Zjawiony (Oxford, Mississippi); D. Jeremy Stewart (Water Valley, Mississippi); Jacobo Wortsman (Springfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided herein are enzymatic methods of producing steroid compounds such as 7-dehydropregnenolone, hydroxy derivatives thereof and vitamin D2- and D3-like compounds and derivatives thereof. Also provided are the derivatives of the vitamin D3-like compounds so generated via the action of cytochrome P450scc enzyme on substrates 7-dehydrocholesterol, vitamin D2 or vitamin D3. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/031844 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 552/653 |
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| US 07253406 | Sheehan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chem-Space Associates, Incorporated (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward W Sheehan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ross C Willoughby (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved ion source for collecting and focusing dispersed gas-phase ions from a reagent source at sub-atmospheric or intermediate pressure, having a remote source of reagent ions separated from a low-field sample ionization region by a barrier, comprised of alternating laminates of metal and insulator, populated with a plurality of openings, wherein DC potentials are applied to each metal laminate necessary for transferring reagent ions from the remote source into the low-field sample ionization region where the reagent ions react with neutral and/or ionic sample forming ionic species. The resulting ionic species are then introduced into the vacuum system of a mass spectrometer or ion mobility spectrometer. Embodiments of this invention are methods and devices for improving sensitivity of mass spectrometry when gas and liquid chromatographic separation techniques are coupled to sub-atmospheric and intermediate pressure photo-ionization, chemical ionization, and thermal-pneumatic ionization sources. |
| FILED | Monday, July 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/491634 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
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| US 07253620 | Derbyshire et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Andrew Derbyshire (Silver Spring, Maryland); Daniel Alfredo Herzka (Rockville, Maryland); Elliot R. McVeigh (Phoenix, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method that exploits the intrinsic selectivity of steady-state free precession (SSFP) to perform spectral suppression is disclosed. Such a method avoids the need to incorporate additional spectrally selective pulse sequence elements. The scheme is based on breaking the FISP imaging sequence into short trains having, for example, 8–64 RF pulses. At the moment of echo formation (i.e., TE=TR/2) after the last full RF pulse of the train, water signal is z-stored. Residual transverse magnetization, which include isochromats phase-opposed to the on-resonance water, is gradient crushed and RF spoiled. The stored magnetization is subsequently re-excited with little disturbance to the on-resonance steady-state water signal. The additional time required to perform the steady-state interruption is typically as little as a single TR, minimally affecting the efficiency of the imaging process. The sequence can be employed repetitively, greatly reducing the amplitude of fat signals throughout a real-time or cine imaging process. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/075415 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
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| US 07254008 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Xie (Pasadena, California); Jason Shih (Yorba Linda, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device and method for capacitive sensing. The device includes a fluid channel including an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end, a cavity region coupled to the fluid channel, and a polymer based membrane coupled between the fluid channel and the cavity region. Additionally, the device includes a first capacitor electrode coupled to the membrane, a second capacitor electrode coupled to the cavity region and physically separated from the first capacitor electrode by at least the cavity region, and an electrical power source coupled between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode and causing an electric field at least within the cavity region. The polymer based membrane includes a polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/089338 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/283.100 |
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| US 07254199 | Desloge |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph G. Desloge (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive multiple-tap frequency domain digital filter processes an input signal vector X from an plurality of spatially separated transducers that detect energy from a plurality of sources including a target energy source and at least one non-target energy source. The filter receives and processes the input signal vector X to attenuate noise from non-target sources and provides an output signal vector Y. Tap weights WN for the filter are selected by first parameterizing each of the tap weights WN, such that each of the tap weights WN is characterized by a vector of parameters βopt, and the solving for each parameter of the vector βopt by minimizing the expected power of the array output signal Y. A robustness-control transformation is then applied to the vector p to provide a robust vector βopt wherein the robustness-control transformation identifies and reduces target canceling components of the vector βopt while preserving non-target canceling components. Finally, the weight vector indicative of the filter tap weights is formed as a function of the vector βopt. Notably, the present invention separates the robustness constraining process from the beamforming power minimization, in contrast to prior art techniques which combine the robustness constraint into the beamforming power minimization. The present invention uses a direct and flexible robustness control mechanism to yield a beamformer that provides good performance and is robust to a wide variety of adverse conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/396175 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07254500 | Makeig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott Makeig (Cardiff, California); Jörn Anemüller (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of displaying signals containing a spatial and a temporal aspect, where multiple signals are received by multiple sensors. The received signals are decomposed into separate signal components within one or more distinct frequency bands. Signal components are isolated within each frequency band based on differences between the signal components within the same frequency band, and the signal components are displayed. The signal components may be analyzed to determine a time course of activity and a location of the associated source. Representations of the source may also be generated and displayed to aid in monitoring the signals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 31, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/816568 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/75 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07251893 | Cohen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Cohen (Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts); Prem V. Pavoor (Somerville, Massachusetts); Anuj Bellare (Brighton, Massachusetts); Brian P. Gearing (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to an implantable medical device comprising a surface coated with a polyelectrolyte multilayer, wherein said surface is glass, metal, plastic, polymer, or fiberglass. Another aspect of the present invention involves a method of preparing a PEM-coated implantable medical device, comprising the step of applying a film to a surface of an implantable medical device, wherein said film comprises a polyelectrolyte multilayer and said surface is glass, metal, plastic, polymer, or fiberglass. Another aspect of the present invention involves a method of reducing the wear between two contacting materials, comprising the step of moving a first material in contact with a second material in an environment, wherein a first surface of said first material is in contact with a second surface of said second material, wherein said first surface, said second surface, or both is coated with a polyelectrolyte multilayer, thereby decreasing the wear of said first material, said second material, or both compared to the wear in the absence of said polyelectrolyte multilayer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/453453 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/898.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252006 | Tai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); Ellis Meng (Pasadena, California); Po-Jui Chen (Pasadena, California); Damien C. Rodger (Los Angeles, California); Mark Humayun (Glendale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A biocompatible, mechanical, micromachined pressure sensor and methods of manufacturing such a pressure sensor are provided. The pressure sensor of the current invention includes a high-aspect-ratio curved-tube structure fabricated through a one-layer parylene process. The pressure sensor of the current invention requires zero power consumption and indicates the pressure variation by changes of the in situ in-plane motion of the sensor, which can be gauged externally by a direct and convenient optical observation. In one embodiment, the pressure sensor of the current invention has been shown to work as an IOP sensor for eye implantation where the intraocular in-plane motion of the sensor can be recorded from outside of the eye, such that the intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients can be constantly monitored. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/148124 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252576 | Komanduri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ranga Komanduri (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Tejas Shrikant Kirtane (Downey, California); Robert Edward Gerlick (Spokane Valley, Washington); Noritsugu Umehara (Aichi, Japan); Vijay Kumar Jain (Kanpur, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of polishing workpieces in a magnetic float polishing chamber comprising a lower chamber piece and an upper chamber piece which is removably receivable in the lower chamber piece and is connected to a powered spindle for rotating the upper chamber piece in the polishing operation. The method preferably comprises one or more of the steps of (a) geometrically aligning the upper chamber piece with the powered spindle by machining the upper chamber piece in-situ, (b) machining the contact surface of the upper chamber piece in-situ between various polishing runs, and (c) mounting the lower chamber piece in a manner effective for causing the lower piece to automatically self-align coaxially with the upper chamber piece. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/358686 |
| ART UNIT | 3723 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Abrading 451/36 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252698 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Gabriella Métraux (Evanston, Illinois); YunWei Charles Cao (Gainesville, Florida); Rongchao Jin (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides nanoprisms etched to generate triangular framework structures. These triangular nanoframes possess no strong surface plasmon bands in the ultraviolet or visible regions of the optical spectrum. By adding a mild reducing agent, metal ions remaining in solution can be reduced, resulting in metal plating and reformation of nanoprisms. The extent of the backfilling process can be controlled, allowing the formation of novel nanoprisms with nanopores. This back-filling process is accompanied by a regeneration of the surface plasmon bands in the UV-visible spectrum. |
| FILED | Monday, March 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/801976 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/255 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252811 | Sunkara et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mahendra Kunmar Sunkara (Louisville, Kentucky); Shashank Sharma (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention presents a process to produce bulk quantities of nanowires of a variety of semiconductor materials. Large liquid gallium drops are used as sinks for the gas phase solute, generated in-situ facilitated by microwave plasma. To grow silicon nanowires for example, a silicon substrate covered with gallium droplets is exposed to a microwave plasma containing atomic hydrogen. A range of process parameters such as microwave power, pressure, inlet gas phase composition, were used to synthesize silicon nanowires as small as 4 nm (nanometers) in diameter and several micrometers long. As opposed to the present technology, the instant technique does not require creation of quantum sized liquid metal droplets to synthesize nanowires. In addition, it offers advantages such as lower growth temperature, better control over size and size distribution, better control over the composition and purity of the nanowires. |
| FILED | Monday, July 01, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/187460 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252812 | Yakobson et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Boris I. Yakobson (Houston, Texas); Pavel V. Avramov (Houston, Texas); Mary Lou Margrave, legal representative (Bellaire, Texas); Edward T. Mickelson (Pearland, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Peter J. Boul (Strasbourg, France); Chad B. Huffman (Houston, Texas); Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is directed to the fluorination (or derivatization with alternative chemical species) of fullerene carbon nanocages as an efficient way to (a) facilitate synthesis of endohedral complexes by a significant reduction or elimination of the barriers for the entry of guest-ions, -atoms or molecules, and (b) to preserve the chemical stability of final product. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/716721 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/445.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253268 | Delong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (Moss Landing, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward F. Delong (Monterey, California); Oded Beja (Marina, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light-driven energy generation system using proteorhodopsin is provided. Proteorhodopsin sequences were retrieved and amplified from naturally occurring members of the domain Bacteria using proteorhodopsin-specific polymerase chain reaction primers. Proteorhodopsin sequences were placed in expression vectors for production of proteorhodopsin proteins in a host, for instance, E. coli and other bacteria. The system also includes a light source and a source of retinal, that allows the system to convert light into biochemical energy. The generated biochemical energy could be mediated into electrical energy by a mediator. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/847513 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253432 | Perera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A.G. Unil Perera (Mableton, Georgia); Steven George Matsik (Chamblee, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A photodetector and method of detecting far infrared optical signals. In one embodiment of the present invention, the photodetctor has a plurality of N barriers, N being an integer greater than 1, each barrier being a layer of a material made from a first and a second group III elements and a first group V element and characterized by a bandgap. The photodetector further has a plurality of N−1 emitters, each emitter being a layer of material made from a third group III element and a second group V element and characterized by a bandgap different from that of the barriers and having at least one free carrier responsive to optical signals, wherein each emitter is located between two barriers so as to form a heterojunction at each interface between an emitter and a barrier. Moreover, each emitter is doped with a first group II, IV or VI element to cause free carriers in the emitter, wherein at least one construction parameter of each emitter causes at least one free carrier to occupy a range of substantially continuously distributed energies characterized by a three dimensional Fermi level and respond to optical signals having wavelength in the range of 3 to 100 μm with significant absorption. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/492372 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253434 | Golovchenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jene A. Golovchenko (Lexington, Massachusetts); Haibing Peng (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a carbon nanotube field effect transistor including a nanotube having a length suspended between source and drain electrodes. A gate dielectric material coaxially coats the suspended nanotube length and at least a portion of the source and drain electrodes. A gate metal layer coaxially coats the gate dielectric material along the suspended nanotube length and overlaps a portion of the source and drain electrodes, and is separated from those electrode portions by the gate dielectric material. The nanotube field effect transistor is fabricated by coating substantially the full suspended nanotube length and a portion of the source and drain electrodes with a gate dielectric material. Then the gate dielectric material along the suspended nanotube length and at least a portion of the gate dielectric material on the source and drain electrodes are coated with a gate metal layer. |
| FILED | Monday, June 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/145650 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253452 | Steckel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Steckel (Cambridge, Massachusetts); John P. Zimmer (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Seth Coe-Sullivan (Belmont, Massachusetts); Nathan E. Stott (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Vladimir Bulović (Lexington, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor nanocrystal includes a core including a first semiconductor material and an overcoating including a second semiconductor material. A monodisperse population of the nanocrystals emits blue light over a narrow range of wavelengths with a high quantum efficiency. |
| FILED | Friday, March 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/071244 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07254008 | Xie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Xie (Pasadena, California); Jason Shih (Yorba Linda, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic device and method for capacitive sensing. The device includes a fluid channel including an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end, a cavity region coupled to the fluid channel, and a polymer based membrane coupled between the fluid channel and the cavity region. Additionally, the device includes a first capacitor electrode coupled to the membrane, a second capacitor electrode coupled to the cavity region and physically separated from the first capacitor electrode by at least the cavity region, and an electrical power source coupled between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode and causing an electric field at least within the cavity region. The polymer based membrane includes a polymer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/089338 |
| ART UNIT | 2831 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/283.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Khonsari (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Anoop K. Somanchi (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mechanical seal (e.g., single mechanical seals, double mechanical seals, tandem mechanical seals, bellows, pusher mechanical seals, and all types of rotating and reciprocating machines) with reduced contact surface temperature, reduced contact surface wear, or increased life span. The mechanical seal comprises a rotating ring and a single-piece, perforated mating ring, which improves heat transfer by controllably channeling coolant flow through the single-piece mating ring such that the coolant is in substantially uniform thermal contact with a substantial portion of the interior surface area of the seal face, while maintaining the structural integrity of the mechanical seal and minimizing the potential for coolant flow interruptions to the seal face caused by debris or contaminants (e.g., small solids and trash) in the coolant. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/987352 |
| ART UNIT | 3673 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Seal for a joint or juncture 277/360 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252901 | Cooper |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John F. Cooper (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Three configurations for an electrochemical cell are utilized to generate electric power from the reaction of oxygen or air with porous plates or particulates of carbon, arranged such that waste heat from the electrochemical cells is allowed to flow upwards through a storage chamber or port containing raw carbonaceous fuel. These configurations allow combining the separate processes of devolatilization, pyrolysis and electrochemical conversion of carbon to electric power into a single unit process, fed with raw fuel and exhausting high BTU gases, electric power, and substantially pure CO2 during operation. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/898471 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252993 | Keener |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William K. Keener (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Plasmids encoding anti-HIV and anti-anthrax therapeutic agents are disclosed. Plasmid pWKK-500 encodes a fusion protein containing DP178 as a targeting moiety, the ricin A chain, an HIV protease cleavable linker, and a truncated ricin B chain. N-terminal extensions of the fusion protein include the maltose binding protein and a Factor Xa protease site. C-terminal extensions include a hydrophobic linker, an L domain motif peptide, a KDEL ER retention signal, another Factor Xa protease site, an out-of-frame buforin II coding sequence, the lacZα peptide, and a polyhistidine tag. More than twenty derivatives of plasmid pWKK-500 are described. Plasmids pWKK-700 and pWKK-800 are similar to pWKK-500 wherein the DP178-encoding sequence is substituted by RANTES- and SDF-1-encoding sequences, respectively. Plasmid pWKK-900 is similar to pWKK-500 wherein the HIV protease cleavable linker is substituted by a lethal factor (LF) peptide-cleavable linker. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/800052 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253008 | Rucker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Victor C. Rucker (San Francisco, California); Renée Shediac (Oakland, California); Blake A. Simmons (San Francisco, California); Karen L. Havenstrite (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are substrates comprising reactive ion etched surfaces and specific binding agents immobilized thereon. The substrates may be used in methods and devices for assaying or isolating analytes in a sample. Also disclosed are methods of making the reactive ion etched surfaces. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/022862 |
| 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: Analytical and immunological testing 436/501 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253253 | Bohnert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technology, LLC (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George W. Bohnert (Harrisonville, Missouri); Thomas E. Hand (Lee's Summit, Missouri); Gary M. Delaurentiis (Jamestown, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for removing contaminants from synthetic resin material containers using a first organic solvent system and a second carbon dioxide system. The organic solvent is utilized for removing the contaminants from the synthetic resin material and the carbon dioxide is used to separate any residual organic solvent from the synthetic resin material. |
| FILED | Friday, April 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/096880 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/480 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253387 | Archer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Archer (Livermore, California); S. John Luke (Pleasanton, California); G. Joseph Mauger (Livermore, California); Vincent J. Riot (Berkeley, California); David A. Knapp (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital list mode multichannel analyzer (MCA) built around a programmable FPGA device for onboard data analysis and on-the-fly modification of system detection/operating parameters, and capable of collecting and processing data in very small time bins (<1 millisecond) when used in histogramming mode, or in list mode as a list mode MCA. |
| FILED | Monday, November 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/979592 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253574 | Su et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gui-Jia Su (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Fang Z. Peng (Okemos, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A switching frequency multiplier inverter for low inductance machines that uses parallel connection of switches and each switch is independently controlled according to a pulse width modulation scheme. The effective switching frequency is multiplied by the number of switches connected in parallel while each individual switch operates within its limit of switching frequency. This technique can also be used for other power converters such as DC/DC, AC/DC converters. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/173344 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/254 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253671 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); David S. Pixton (Lehi, Utah); Monte L. Johnson (Orem, Utah); David B. Bartholomew (Springville, Utah); H. Tracy Hall, Jr. (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A precise downhole clock that compensates for drift includes a prescaler configured to receive electrical pulses from an oscillator. The prescaler is configured to output a series of clock pulses. The prescaler outputs each clock pulse after counting a preloaded number of electrical pulses from the oscillator. The prescaler is operably connected to a compensator module for adjusting the number loaded into the prescaler. By adjusting the number that is loaded into the prescaler, the timing may be advanced or retarded to more accurately synchronize the clock pulses with a reference time source. The compensator module is controlled by a counter-based trigger module configured to trigger the compensator module to load a value into the prescaler. Finally, a time-base logic module is configured to calculate the drift of the downhole clock by comparing the time of the downhole clock with a reference time source. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/878147 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/165 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253871 | Lukishova et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Svetlana G. Lukishova (Honeoye Falls, New York); Robert W. Boyd (Rochester, New York); Carlos R. Stroud (Rochester, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient technique for producing deterministically polarized single photons uses liquid-crystal hosts of either monomeric or oligomeric/polymeric form to preferentially align the single emitters for maximum excitation efficiency. Deterministic molecular alignment also provides deterministically polarized output photons; using planar-aligned cholesteric liquid crystal hosts as 1-D photonic-band-gap microcavities tunable to the emitter fluorescence band to increase source efficiency, using liquid crystal technology to prevent emitter bleaching. Emitters comprise soluble dyes, inorganic nanocrystals or trivalent rare-earth chelates. |
| FILED | Friday, January 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/753323 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07252812 | Yakobson et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Boris I. Yakobson (Houston, Texas); Pavel V. Avramov (Houston, Texas); Mary Lou Margrave, legal representative (Bellaire, Texas); Edward T. Mickelson (Pearland, Texas); Robert H. Hauge (Houston, Texas); Peter J. Boul (Strasbourg, France); Chad B. Huffman (Houston, Texas); Richard E. Smalley (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is directed to the fluorination (or derivatization with alternative chemical species) of fullerene carbon nanocages as an efficient way to (a) facilitate synthesis of endohedral complexes by a significant reduction or elimination of the barriers for the entry of guest-ions, -atoms or molecules, and (b) to preserve the chemical stability of final product. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/716721 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/445.B00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252884 | Su et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ji Su (Yorktown, Virginia); Ngan Fong Huang (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A solid carbon has CNTs dispersed therein and is formed about three-dimensionally ordered spherical voids arranged in an opal-like lattice. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/190212 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/408 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253432 | Perera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | A.G. Unil Perera (Mableton, Georgia); Steven George Matsik (Chamblee, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | A photodetector and method of detecting far infrared optical signals. In one embodiment of the present invention, the photodetctor has a plurality of N barriers, N being an integer greater than 1, each barrier being a layer of a material made from a first and a second group III elements and a first group V element and characterized by a bandgap. The photodetector further has a plurality of N−1 emitters, each emitter being a layer of material made from a third group III element and a second group V element and characterized by a bandgap different from that of the barriers and having at least one free carrier responsive to optical signals, wherein each emitter is located between two barriers so as to form a heterojunction at each interface between an emitter and a barrier. Moreover, each emitter is doped with a first group II, IV or VI element to cause free carriers in the emitter, wherein at least one construction parameter of each emitter causes at least one free carrier to occupy a range of substantially continuously distributed energies characterized by a three dimensional Fermi level and respond to optical signals having wavelength in the range of 3 to 100 μm with significant absorption. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 16, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/492372 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253903 | Sachse et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glen W. Sachse (Yorktown, Virginia); Mauro Rana (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Each of two sensors, positioned to simultaneously detect electromagnetic radiation absorption along a path, is calibrated to define a unique response curve associated therewith that relates a change in voltage output for each sensor to a change in optical density. A ratio-of-responses curve is defined by a ratio of the response curve associated with the first sensor to the response curve associated with the second sensor. A ratio of sensor output changes is generated using outputs from the sensors. An operating point on the ratio-of-responses curve is established using the ratio of sensor output changes. The established operating point is indicative of an optical density. When the operating point is in the non-linear response region of at least one of the sensors, the operating point and optical density corresponding thereto can be used to establish an actual response of at least one of the sensors whereby the actual sensor output can be used in determining changes in the optical density. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/027930 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07252953 | Suo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiming Suo (Kansas City, Kansas); Barry W. Festoff (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting Alzheimer's disease includes detecting a disruption or alteration in normal sub-cellular distribution of G-protein receptor kinases (GRKs), particularly GRK2 and GRK5. The disruption is caused by abnormal accumulation of soluble β-amyloid. The prevention or suppression of the disease progression at prodromal or early stages includes correction of GRK dysfunction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/524060 |
| 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 07253185 | Shayman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Genzyme Corporation (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James A. Shayman (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David J. Harris (Lexington, Massachusetts); Craig Siegel (Woburn, Massachusetts); Carol A. Nelson (Westford, Massachusetts); Diane P. Copeland (North Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides amino ceramide-like compounds which inhibit glucosyl ceramide (GlyCer) formation by inhibiting the enzyme GlyCer synthase, thereby lowering the level of glycosphingolipids. The compounds of the present invention have improved GlcCer synthase inhibition activity and are therefore useful in therapeutic methods for treating various conditions and diseases associated with altered glycosphingolipid levels. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/119541 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/315 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07252020 | Gray, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Gray, Jr. (Pinckney, Michigan); Daniel W. Barba (New Hudson, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A vehicle drive-train includes a drive-motor having an output shaft and a transmission having an input shaft, an output shaft, a plurality of discrete forward gear ratios and a corresponding plurality of synchronizers. Each of the synchronizers is configured to mechanically synchronize rotation of the drive-motor output shaft with the transmission output shaft according to a value of a selected gear ratio, during shifting of the transmission to the selected gear ratio. The output shaft of the drive-motor and the input shaft of the transmission are coupled together such that, during normal operation of the drive-train, rotation of the output shaft of the drive-motor results in a proportionate and uninterrupted rotation of the input shaft of the transmission. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/173566 |
| ART UNIT | 3681 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/732.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252986 | Davis-Hoover et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wendy Jo Davis-Hoover (Wyoming, Ohio); Stephen J. Vesper (Kettering, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioremediation of subsurface soil formations contaminated with hazardous wastes is achieved by hydraulic fracturing of the subsurface soil formation with simultaneous introduction of sodium percarbonate coated with polyvinylidene chloride as a solid oxygen source (SOS) for establishing colonies of the biodegrading bacteria within the fractures of the soil formation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/395893 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/262.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07254493 | Pelletier |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mathew G. Pelletier (Idalou, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention consists of a pressure transducer based air velocity sensor that has been optimized for use in metal ducts. The fluid flow velocity is determined by measuring the propagation delay of a direct path pressure wave signal transmitted through the fluid as a function of a frequency difference rather than as a phase delay measurement. This system electronically removes multi-path signals from the measured signal, thereby obviating the requirement for installation calibration. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/304314 |
| ART UNIT | 2857 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/47 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07252735 | Li |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting by and through the Oregon State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kaichang Li (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for making lignocellulosic composites by adhering lignocellulosic substrates together. A first variant of the method involves using an adhesive composition that comprises a reaction product of (i) first ingredient selected from a soy protein or lignin and (ii) at least one substantially formaldehyde-free curing agent that includes at least one amine, amide, imine, imide, or nitrogen-containing heterocyclic functional group that can react with at least one functional group of the soy protein. A second variant of the method involves using an adhesive composition that comprises a reaction product of (i) a protein or lignin, (ii) a first compound that includes at least one amine, amide, imine, imide or nitrogen-containing heterocyclic functional group that can react with at least one functional group of the protein and (iii) a curing agent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/438147 |
| ART UNIT | 1733 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture 156/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07252228 | Avant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Oscar Lee Avant (Silver Spring, Maryland); Bruce A. Brandt (Gainesville, Virginia); Jay David Fadely (Palmetto, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods consistent with the present invention provide for identifying a mailpiece in an identification code sorting system using an identification code. In one embodiment, an identification code is marked on a mailpiece. In this embodiment, the identification code is linked to an identification file containing identification information uniquely corresponding to the mailpiece. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/272804 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/385 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07251940 | Graves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles B. Graves (South Windsor, Connecticut); Stephanie DeSalle (Colchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuel injector system provides an air assist fuel nozzle which includes a fuel shroud and an air portion. Air passes around the fuel shroud to air jets in the air portion to provide a focused application of air directly onto a fuel spray from each of a multiple of main fuel jets to impart additional velocity to the fuel as it is flowing out of the fuel nozzle. The air jets increase the resulting fuel spray velocity to a level high enough to reach a prefilmer wall of a swirler even during snap deceleration conditions. |
| FILED | Friday, April 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/837305 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Power plants 060/742 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252644 | Dewald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois); The Rehabilitation Institute (Chicago, Illinois); Lam Design Management LLC (Orchard Park, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julius P. A. Dewald (Downers Grove, Illinois); Wilhelmus J. Lam (Orchard Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a system for use in rehabilitation and/or physical therapy for the treatment of injury or disease. The system can overcome gravity-induced dysfunction in extremity paresis following stroke or other neurological disorders. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239709 |
| ART UNIT | 3764 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Kinesitherapy 61/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07252937 | Kaltenboeck |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard Kaltenboeck (Auburn, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention features methods that are capable of detecting single target molecules in a sample input volume of, e.g., 5 μl, and of quantifying organismal, e.g., chiamydial, DNA. Desirably, these methods employ a single tube format coupled with fluorescent detection of amplicons. This approach facilitates the application of quantitative PCR (qPCR) to microbiological diagnosis in clinical settings. The invention also features primers and probes for the detection of Chlamydia. The use of specific hybridization probes with qPCR amplification provides the ability for identification of individual species or strains of microorganisms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/364839 |
| 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 07253535 | Duesterhoeft |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Rockford, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kurt W. Duesterhoeft (Rockford, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A starting system and method for a gas turbine engine applies a change in conventional starter generator torque profiles near the conclusion of the start cycle after the engine self sustaining speed and just prior to starter generator cut-out. By decreasing the applied torque to zero prior to transition from a start mode to a generator mode, both the mechanical and electrical transients are greatly decreased. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/227302 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/34 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07253701 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew D. Smith (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Barry R. Allen (Rolling Hills Estates, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Multiple sensor signals are used to modulate an equal number of frequency-spaced carrier signals in a directional parametric upconverting amplifier. Basically, the carrier signals are separated in a cascaded or parallel configuration of narrow frequency passbands, which also modulate the carrier signals with low-frequency sensor signals. The modulated carrier signals are multiplexed and output over a single signal path, thereby reducing power dissipation. Preferably implemented in superconducting circuitry, the multiplexed amplifier facilitates multiplexing of as many as hundreds of sensor signals and achieves both amplification and upconverting with minimal dissipation of power. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/999849 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07254175 | Hurst, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CrystalMedia Technology, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Norman Hurst, Jr. (Hopewell, New Jersey); Christopher Ward (Glen Ridge, New Jersey); Clifford Pecota (New Egypt, New Jersey); Xiaobing Lee (Nashua, New Hampshire); Gary Hughes (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for generating universal splice point adapters, where during a splicing operation an “out-point splicing adapter” is used to transition from an exit stream, while an “in-point splicing adapter” is used to transition to an entry stream. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/141955 |
| ART UNIT | 2621 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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THE FEDINVENT PATENT DETAILS PAGE
Each week, FedInvent analyzes newly granted patents and published patent applications whose origins lead back to funding by the US Federal Government. The FedInvent Patent Details page is a companion to the weekly FedInvents Patents Report.
This week's information is published in the FedInvent Patents report for Tuesday, August 07, 2007.
The FedInvent Weekly Patent Details Page contains a subset of patent information to provide a deeper dive into the week’s taxpayer-funded patents to help the reader better understand where a patent fits in the federal innovation ecosphere.
HOW IS THE INFORMATION ORGANIZED?
Patents are organized by the funding agency. Within each group, the patents are organized in numeric order. A patent funded by more than one agency will appear in the section of each of the agencies that funded the research and development that resulted in the invention. This approach gives the reader a complete view of the department or agency activity for the week.
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FUNDED BY
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APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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FILED
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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CURRENT CPC
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The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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