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Patent Details for Tuesday, August 14, 2007
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| US 07255059 | McDonald |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerald McDonald (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | An adjustable adapter assembly secures a framework/console to an anchoring fixture. A housing member connected to the framework has two pairs of parallel walls having laterally aligned elongate first slots and laterally aligned elongate second slots, respectively. A clasping mechanism inside the housing member has a shank portion and finger members. First and second threaded orthogonal bores laterally extend through the shank portion, a first threaded bolt extends through the first slots and first threaded bore, and a second threaded bolt extends through the second slots and second threaded bore. Rotating the first and second bolts laterally displaces the clasping mechanism to align the finger members with part of an anchoring fixture on the deck for engagement by the finger members when a locking ring is appropriately displaced. Several assemblies secured to the framework can be adjusted to interconnect with permanently mounted anchoring fixtures in the deck. |
| FILED | Monday, April 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/110995 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255192 | Perrin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas P. Perrin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert D Howe (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-actuating robot or vehicle tether capable of moving itself, remaining free while traversing around obstacles, and free itself is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a valve is mounted to the tether or robot. An inflow conduit attached to or in the tether is connected to the valve. A fluid flows through the tether and the valve is opened and closed to create a waterhammer effect in the inflow conduit. The forces created on the tether from the waterhammer effect result in motion of the tether and in freeing of the tether from obstructions. Closing and opening the valve further creates pressure changes in the tether, thereby causing momentary dimensional changes in the tether. In an alternative embodiment, a plurality of valves are placed along the tether. Pulsing of the plurality of valves while a fluid flows through the tether results in the tether effectively moving itself. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/973622 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255196 | Coney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William B. Coney (Littleton, Massachusetts); Peter A. Krumhansl (Amherst, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for reducing acoustic, wind or other background noise that may interfere with sensing of a seismic signal is provided. More specifically, a shield is provided to enclose a geophone and thereby protect it from harmful noise. The shield may comprise a rigid shell, a structural damping material, an acoustically absorptive material, and a compliant seal for coupling the shield to the ground or reference surface. |
| FILED | Friday, November 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/713935 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Acoustics 181/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255536 | Cunha et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank J. Cunha (Avon, Connecticut); Eric Couch (South Windsor, Connecticut); Keith A. Santeler (Middletown, Connecticut); Scott W. Gayman (Manchester, Connecticut); Eric A. Hudson (Harwinton, Connecticut); Christopher Joe (Wethersfield, Connecticut); Eric Letizia (East Hartford, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An airfoil assembly includes an airfoil extending away from a platform. One or more cooling circuits are formed through the platform in order to provide cooling of the platform. The cooling circuit may include a downwardly directed inlet receiving cooling air from below the platform. The cooling air is then directed in a direction generally parallel to the outer surface of the platform and through exits formed through the outer surface of the platform. The cooling circuit may optionally include a plurality of pedestals extending from an outer wall to an inner wall of the cooling circuit to increase the rigidity and the cooling function of the cooling circuit. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/134927 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/97.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255794 | Max et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marine Desalination Systems, LLC (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Max (St. Pete Beach, Florida); John P. Osegovic (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Toxic waste waters polluted with high levels of chemical byproducts of various industrial processes (e.g., waste water held in industrial holding ponds) are treated using gas hydrate to extract and remove fresh water from the polluted water, thus reducing the volume of toxic waste water inventories. Extracting fresh water by forming and removing the hydrate raises the concentration of dissolved materials in the residual concentrated brines to levels at which the residual fluid is suitable for use as an industrial feedstock. Furthermore, so raising the concentration of the residual brine will cause certain mineral species to precipitate out of solution, which mineral species are separated from the fluid and may be put to other uses, as appropriate. Food products are also advantageously concentrated by means of gas hydrates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/504659 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/711 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255833 | Chang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cepheid (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald Chang (Redwood City, California); Lee A. Christel (Palo Alto, California); Gregory T. A. Kovacs (Stanford, California); William A. McMillan (Cupertino, California); M. Allen Northrup (Berkeley, California); Kurt E. Petersen (Santa Clara, California); Farzad Pourahmadi (Fremont, California); Steven J. Young (Los Gatos, California); Robert Yuan (Belmont, California); Douglas B. Dority (Mill Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides an apparatus for rapidly heating and/or cooling a sample in a reaction vessel. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes optics for the efficient detection of a reaction product in the vessel. The invention also provides a reaction vessel having a reaction chamber designed for optimal thermal conductance and for efficient optical viewing of reaction products in the chamber. |
| FILED | Monday, March 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/379291 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/58 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255851 | Contag et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pamela R. Contag (San Jose, California); Christopher H. Contag (San Jose, California); David A. Benaron (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for detecting and localizing light originating from a mammal are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for targeting light emission to selected regions, as well as for tracking entities within the mammal. In addition, animal models for disease states are disclosed, as are methods for localizing and tracking the progression of disease or a pathogen within the animal, and for screening putative therapeutic compounds effective to inhibit the disease or pathogen. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/143422 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255860 | 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 post-surgical pain by administering an anti-NGF antagonist antibody. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/682638 |
| 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 07255924 | Long 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) | Jeffrey W. Long (Alexandria, Virginia); Debra R. Rolison (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite having an electroactive polymer coating on a porous carbon structure is disclosed. The composite may be used in capacitor electrodes. The composite may be made by self-limiting electropolymerization of a monomer on the carbon structure. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/756887 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/408 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255955 | Lyons 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) | Karen Swider Lyons (Alexandria, Virginia); Peter J Bouwman (Crofton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A device is provided having a cathode capable of catalytically reducing oxygen, an anode capable of catalytically oxidizing hydrogen, and an electrolyte in contact with both the anode and cathode. The cathode and/or anode contain transition-metal phosphates with the formula M1—M2PxOy. zH2O, where M1 is a platinum group metal and M2 is a transition metal. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/672270 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255960 | Dow 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) | Eric G. Dow (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); Steven P. Tucker (Barrington, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrochemical cell system and methods for controlling the system are provided that are operated to produce an amount of current based upon power draw. The cell utilizes a solution phase catholyte introduced into a cell containing a metallic anode and a catalytic surface. A cathodic species is introduced into the space between the anode and the surface as a liquid along with electrolyte and liquid caustic. The mixture of caustic, electrolyte and liquid catholyte is continuously recirculated through the space, and a portion of the recirculation stream is exhausted in order to control the concentration of reaction products in each cell. Controllable injection mechanisms are used to inject the liquids from storage sources based upon the monitored power draw. The control mechanism independently controls each injection mechanism to inject appropriate amounts of caustic, electrolyte and atholyte to achieve the desired concentrations. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/357464 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255962 | Chisholm et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Calum Chisholm (Pasadena, California); Sossina M. Haile (Altadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved solid acid electrolyte materials, methods of synthesizing such materials, and electrochemical devices incorporating such materials are provided. The stable electrolyte material comprises a solid acid in a eulytine structure capable of undergoing rotational disorder of oxyanion groups and capable of extended operation at elevated temperatures, that is, solid acids having hydrogen bonded anion groups; a superprotonic disordered phase; and capable of operating at temperatures of ˜100° C. and higher. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/165560 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255992 | Ecker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc (Carlsbad, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David J. Ecker (Encinitas, California); Richard H. Griffey (Vista, California); Rangarajan Sampath (San Diego, California); Steven A. Hofstadler (Oceanside, California); John McNeil (La Jolla, California); Stanley T. Crooke (Carlsbad, California); Lawrence B. Blyn (Mission Viejo, California); Thomas A. Hall (Oceanside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for rapid detection of bioagents for environmental and product testing. The methods can be used for testing air, water, soil, surfaces of buildings, containers, towers and the like, as well as testing of foodstuff and cosmetics. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/660996 |
| 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 07256107 | Takeuchi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hideki Takeuchi (El Cerrito, California); Emmanuel P. Quevy (Berkeley, California); Tsu-Jae King (Fremont, California); Roger T. Howe (Martinez, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In fabricating a microelectromechanical structure (MEMS), a method of forming a narrow gap in the MEMS includes a) depositing a layer of sacrificial material on the surface of a supporting substrate, b) photoresist masking and at least partially etching the sacrificial material to form at least one blade of sacrificial material, c) depositing a structural layer over the sacrificial layer, and d) removing the sacrificial layer including the blade of the sacrificial material with a narrow gap remaining in the structural layer where the blade of sacrificial material was removed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/121690 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/460 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256281 | Angov et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia); GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A. (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evelina Angov (Bethesda, Maryland); Jeffrey A. Lyon (Silver Spring, Maryland); Christian Asare Darko (Silver Spring, Maryland); Joe D. Cohen (Brussels, Belgium) |
| ABSTRACT | In this application is described the expression and purification of a recombinant Plasmodium falciparum (FVO) MSP-142. The method of the present invention produces a highly purified protein that retains folding and disulfide bridging of the native molecule. The recombinant MSP-142 is useful as a diagnostic reagent, for use in antibody production, and as a vaccine. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/404667 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256435 | Kornilovich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pavel Kornilovich (Corvallis, Oregon); Yong Chen (Redwood City, California); Duncan Stewart (Menlo Park, California); R. Stanley Williams (Redwood, California); Philip J. Kuekes (Menlo Park, California); Mehmet Fatih Yanik (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mold with a protruding pattern is provided that is pressed into a thin polymer film via an imprinting process. Controlled connections between nanowires and microwires and other lithographically-made elements of electronic circuitry are provided. An imprint stamp is configured to form arrays of approximately parallel nanowires which have (1) micro dimensions in the X direction, (2) nano dimensions and nano spacing in the Y direction, and three or more distinct heights in the Z direction. The stamp thus formed can be used to connect specific individual nanowires to specific microscopic regions of microscopic wires or pads. The protruding pattern in the mold creates recesses in the thin polymer film, so the polymer layer acquires the reverse of the pattern on the mold. After the mold is removed, the film is processed such that the polymer pattern can be transferred on a metal/semiconductor pattern on the substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/453329 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/208 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256466 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Hongkun Park (Lexington, Massachusetts); Qingqiao Wei (Corvallis, Oregon); Yi Cui (Union City, Massachusetts); Wenjie Liang (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical devices comprised of nanowires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanowires can be nanotubes and nanowires. The surface of the nanowires may be selectively functionalized. Nanodetector devices are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/012549 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/414 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256628 | Drost et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert J. Drost (Mountain View, California); William S. Coates (Los Gatos, California); Josephus C. Ebergen (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that matches speeds of asynchronous operation between a local chip and a neighboring chip. The system derives an internal frequency signal from an internal oscillator on the local chip, and receives an external frequency signal from a neighboring chip. The system then compares the internal frequency signal with the external frequency signal to generate a control signal, which is applied to the local chip to adjust the operating speed of the local chip, and applied to the internal oscillator to adjust the frequency of the internal oscillator. |
| FILED | Friday, September 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/671641 |
| ART UNIT | 2816 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and systems 327/147 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256649 | Ksienski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Ksienski (Los Angeles, California); Keven S. MacGowan (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Samuel S. Osofsky (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Albert M. Young (Whittier, California); Thomas T. Tam (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An intermodulation product reduction or cancellation amplifier received two input signals that are split in quadrature wherein the inphase outputs are summed and then amplified as an inphase signal, and the quadrature outputs are fixed-phase phase-shifted, then summed and then amplified as a quadrature signal. The inphase and quadrature signals are fed into an output hybrid for canceling intermodulation products, where the fixed-phase phase shift is +/−60° for reducing 3rd order, +/−36° for reducing 5th order, and +/−25.71° for reducing 7th order intermodulation products, for examples, for improved signal communications of the two signals over a common antenna or link. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/057979 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/124.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256727 | Fullerton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Time Domain Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry W. Fullerton (Brownsboro, Alabama); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for processing radio frequency reflections is provided. The method applies an RF waveform to a transmission line that is a conductor used for providing a utility service. The method uses a RF waveform generator to transmit UltraWideband (UWB) RF waveforms through the conductors of a building. The RF waveforms are emitted at emission points that can be impedance discontinuities along the transmission line or impulse radios. The emitted RF waveforms reflect off of objects in the building and are received at reception points that can be impedance discontinuities or impulse radios. These reflections are processed to determine movement of objects within or near the building. Based on the reflections of the RF waveforms, the position of the objects within or near the building can be determined. |
| FILED | Friday, January 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/030310 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256791 | Sullivan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | LightSpace Technologies, Inc. (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan Sullivan (White Plains, New York); John T. Snuffer (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Rasterization of three-dimensional images are provided in which three-dimensional image data, which includes at least (x,y,z) coordinate and color information, are generated, organized, and stored at memory locations in one or more frame buffers in accordance with z-coordinate information. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/026935 |
| ART UNIT | 2628 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems 345/545 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256940 | Kaertner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Franz X. Kaertner (Newton, Massachusetts); Jung-Won Kim (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A beam splitter includes a substrate. A thin film layer stack is formed on the substrate to achieve the same group delay dispersion (GDD) for both reflection and transmission from any input port and output port of said beam splitter. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/125457 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/583 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256943 | Kobrin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Licensing, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul H. Kobrin (Newbury Park, California); Alan B. Harker (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable focus liquid-filled lens or microlens array is formed with an elastomer membrane and filled with a polyphenyl ether (PPE) liquid. PPE provides approximately twice the refractive power of water and exhibits better absorption/evaporation properties than water. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/509394 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/666 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07257048 | Potter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynn Alan Potter (North Kingstown, Rhode Island); Roderick E. Ayers (Warren, Rhode Island); Joseph B. Lopes (Seekonk, Massachusetts); C. Ray Dutton (North Dartmouth, Massachusetts); Jarrod H. Wasko (West Kingston, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An acoustic countermeasure system comprises a plurality of individual countermeasure devices which act in concert to emulate a target with spatial extent. The individual countermeasure devices may be programmed to navigate into predetermined positions within a preset pattern with spatial characteristics similar to that of a target of interest, e.g., a submarine. The individual countermeasure devices are programmed to produce acoustic signals, such as in response to a ping or pulse by an incoming torpedo that collectively appears to be an echo similar to that which would come from a target having spatial extent. |
| FILED | Monday, February 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/357471 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/1 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07257051 | Thomenius et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kai E. Thomenius (Clifton Park, New York); Rayette Ann Fisher (Niskayuna, New York); Robert Gideon Wodnicki (Niskayuna, New York); William Edward Burdick, Jr. (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | An integrated switch matrix for reconfiguring subelements of a mosaic sensor array to form elements. The configuration of the switch matrix is fully programmable. The switch matrix includes access switches that connect subelements to bus lines and matrix switches that connect subelements to subelements. Each subelement has a unit switch cell comprising at least one access switch, at least one matrix switch, a respective memory element for storing the future state of each switch, and a respective control circuit for each switch. The access and matrix switches are of a type having the ability to memorize control data representing the current switch state of the switch, which control data includes a data bit input to turn-on/off circuits incorporated in the control circuit. The sensor array and the switching matrix may be built in different strata of a co-integrated structure or they may be built on separate wafers that are electrically connected. If the sensors are arranged on a hexagonal grid, the unit switch cells may be arranged on either a hexagonal or rectangular grid. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/977930 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/153 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07257711 | Goodrich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael T. Goodrich (Orange County, California); Roberto Tamassia (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | An efficient and practical method for dynamically maintaining an authenticated dictionary uses a skip list data structure and communicative hash functions to provide a dictionary database (201) that stores information objects so that any individual object can be authenticated as belonging or not belonging to the dictionary. The authentication consists of a short sequence of vales that begin with an element and a sequence of values that, when hashed in order using a cryptographic associative hash function, create the same value as the hashed digest of the entire dictionary. Rather than hashing up a dynamic 2-3 tree, hashes are created in a skip list. Validation of the result of the authenticating step is provided if the hash of the short sequence matches a signed hash of the entire skip list. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/416015 |
| ART UNIT | 2136 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/176 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07254953 | Callas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James J. Callas (Peoria, Illinois); Mahmoud A. Taher (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermoelectric heat exchange module includes a first substrate including a heat receptive side and a heat donative side and a series of undulatory pleats. The module may also include a thermoelectric material layer having a ZT value of 1.0 or more disposed on at least one of the heat receptive side and the heat donative side, and an electrical contact may be in electrical communication with the thermoelectric material layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/029471 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — SELECT * FROM codes_techcenter; |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/3.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255013 | Urbahn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Urbahn (Saratoga Springs, New York); Robert Adolph Ackermann (Schenectady, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for calculating a mass flow rate of a cryogenic fluid within a flow tube includes positioning a sensor within a stream of cryogenic fluid flowing through the flow tube. The sensor is operatively coupled to a strain gauge. A difference between a dynamic pressure in the fluid stream and a static pressure in the fluid stream is measured and the mass flow rate of the cryogenic fluid within the flow tube is calculated. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/265234 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/861.650 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255166 | Weiss |
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| INVENTOR(S) | William Weiss (Socorro, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for stimulation of hydrocarbon production via imbibition by utilization of surfactants. The method includes use of fuzzy logic and neural network architecture constructs to determine surfactant use. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/901865 |
| ART UNIT | 3672 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Wells 166/250.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255233 | Daniels et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward J. Daniels (Orland Park, Illinois); Bassam J. Jody (Tinley Park, Illinois); Joseph A. Pomykala, Jr. (Plainfield, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus are provided for separating mixed plastics using flotation techniques including a first stage initial washing tank for washing of incoming plastics and providing a first separation process and at least one separation module. The first stage initial washing tank includes a perforated basket to hold heavy materials, such as metals, glass, and the like. Each separation module includes a separation tank, a feeding section for feeding of mixed stream into the separation tank; and a collecting section for collecting of the separated mixed plastics including floaters and sinkers from the separation tank. The separation tank has no moving parts. Each separation tank and the first stage initial washing tank is a standard off-the-shelf circular tank with a flat bottom. Washing and drying steps are eliminated between separation stages. Batch processing is replaced with generally continuous operation. An integrated vibrating screen and air classification system is provided. |
| FILED | Monday, June 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/866963 |
| ART UNIT | 3653 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Classifying, separating, and assorting solids 29/162 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255755 | Maziasz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip J. Maziasz (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Tim McGreevy (Morton, Illinois); Michael James Pollard (East Peoria, Illinois); Chad W. Siebenaler (Peoria, Illinois); Robert W. Swindeman (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A cast stainless steel alloy and articles formed therefrom containing about 0.5 wt. % to about 10 wt. % manganese, 0.02 wt. % to 0.50 wt. % N, and less than 0.15 wt. % sulfur provides high temperature strength both in the matrix and at the grain boundaries without reducing ductility due to cracking along boundaries with continuous or nearly-continuous carbides. Alloys of the present invention also have increased nitrogen solubility thereby enhancing strength at all temperatures because nitride precipitates or nitrogen porosity during casting are not observed. The solubility of nitrogen is dramatically enhanced by the presence of manganese, which also retains or improves the solubility of carbon thereby providing additional solid solution strengthening due to the presence of manganese and nitrogen, and combined carbon. Such solution strengthening enhances the high temperature precipitation-strengthening benefits of fine dispersions of NbC. Such solid solution effects also enhance the stability of the austenite matrix from resistance to excess sigma phase or chrome carbide formation at higher service temperatures. The presence of sulfides is substantially eliminated. |
| FILED | Monday, July 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/195703 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal treatment 148/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255781 | Hu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Z. Hu (Knoxville, Tennessee); David W. DePaoli (Knoxville, Tennessee); Tanya Kuritz (Kingston, Tennessee); Ogbemi Omatete (New Port Richey, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention comprises a method for producing microfibers and nanofibers and further fabricating derived solid monolithic materials having aligned uniform micro- or nanofibrils. A method for producing fibers ranging in diameter from micrometer-sized to nanometer-sized comprises the steps of producing an electric field and preparing a solid precipitative reaction media wherein the media comprises at least one chemical reactive precursor and a solvent having low electrical conductivity and wherein a solid precipitation reaction process for nucleation and growth of a solid phase occurs within the media. Then, subjecting the media to the electric field to induce in-situ growth of microfibers or nanofibers during the reaction process within the media causing precipitative growth of solid phase particles wherein the reaction conditions and reaction kinetics control the size, morphology and composition of the fibers. The fibers can then be wet pressed while under electric field into a solid monolith slab, dried and consolidated. |
| FILED | Monday, September 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/673719 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/469 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255798 | Grot et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Ion Power, Inc. (New Castle, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Grot (Middletown, Delaware); Walther Grot (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for recovering and recycling catalyst coated fuel cell membranes includes dissolving the used membranes in water and solvent, heating the dissolved membranes under pressure and separating the components. Active membranes are produced from the recycled materials. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/089547 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/773 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255842 | Yeh et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James T. Yeh (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania); Henry W. Pennline (Bethel Park, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A new method for the removal of environmental compounds from gaseous streams, in particular, flue gas streams. The new method involves first oxidizing some or all of the acid anhydrides contained in the gas stream such as sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O) to sulfur trioxide (SO3) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The gas stream is subsequently treated with aqua ammonia or ammonium hydroxide which captures the compounds via chemical absorption through acid-base or neutralization reactions. The products of the reactions can be collected as slurries, dewatered, and dried for use as fertilizers, or once the slurries have been dewatered, used directly as fertilizers. The ammonium hydroxide can be regenerated and recycled for use via thermal decomposition of ammonium bicarbonate, one of the products formed. There are alternative embodiments which entail stoichiometric scrubbing of nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides with subsequent separate scrubbing of carbon dioxide. |
| FILED | Monday, September 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/664950 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/234 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255846 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Bed Poudel (Watertown, Massachusetts); Shankar Kumar (Watertown, Massachusetts); Wenzhong Wang (Newton, Massachusetts); Mildred Dresselhaus (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for synthesis of IV–VI nanostructures, and thermoelectric compositions formed of such structures. In one aspect, the method includes forming a solution of a Group IV reagent, a Group VI reagent and a surfactant. A reducing agent can be added to the solution, and the resultant solution can be maintained at an elevated temperature, e.g., in a range of about 20° C. to about 360° C., for a duration sufficient for generating nanoparticles as binary alloys of the IV–VI elements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/120725 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/508 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255848 | Deluga et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the Univeristy of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregg A. Deluga (St. Paul, Minnesota); Lanny D. Schmidt (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A process for producing hydrogen from ethanol or other alcohols. The alcohol, optionally in combination with water, is contacted with a catalyst comprising rhodium. The overall process is preferably carried out under autothermal conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/676324 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/648.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255961 | Schucker |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Trans Ionics Corporation (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Schucker (The Woodlands, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is a thin film composite solid (and a means for making such) suitable for use as an electrolyte, having a first layer of a dense, non-porous conductive material; a second layer of a porous ionic conductive material; and a third layer of a dense non-porous conductive material, wherein the second layer has a Coefficient of thermal expansion within 5% of the coefficient of thermal expansion of the first and third layers. |
| FILED | Friday, March 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/799076 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/129 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256280 | Gordon-Kamm et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Johnston, Iowa); Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Gordon-Kamm (Urbandale, Iowa); Keith S. Lowe (Johnston, Iowa); Brian A. Larkins (Tucson, Arizona); Brian R. Dilkes (Tucson, Arizona); Yuejin Sun (Westfield, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded proteins that are involved in cell cycle regulation. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cell cycle protein content, cell cycle progression, cell number and/or composition of plants. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 06, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/993808 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256290 | Boyle |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Boyle (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A titanium alkoxide composition is provided, as represented by the chemical formula (OC6H5N)2Ti(OC6H5NH2)2. As prepared, the compound is a crystalline substance with a hexavalent titanium atom bonded to two OC6H5NH2 groups and two OC6H5N groups with a theoretical molecular weight of 480.38, comprising 60.01% C, 5.04% H and 11.66% N. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 04, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/619698 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256396 | Reilly |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter T. A. Reilly (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A high sensitivity glow discharge ion source system for analyzing particles includes an aerodynamic lens having a plurality of constrictions for receiving an aerosol including at least one analyte particle in a carrier gas and focusing the analyte particles into a collimated particle beam. A separator separates the carrier gas from the analyte particle beam, wherein the analyte particle beam or vapors derived from the analyte particle beam are selectively transmitted out of from the separator. A glow discharge ionization source includes a discharge chamber having an entrance orifice for receiving the analyte particle beam or analyte vapors, and a target electrode and discharge electrode therein. An electric field applied between the target electrode and discharge electrode generates an analyte ion stream from the analyte vapors, which is directed out of the discharge chamber through an exit orifice, such as to a mass spectrometer. High analyte sensitivity is obtained by pumping the discharge chamber exclusively through the exit orifice and the entrance orifice. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/172330 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256667 | Forman |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Forman (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A monolithic micromachined waveguide device or devices with low-loss, high-power handling, and near-optical frequency ranges is set forth. The waveguide and integrated devices are capable of transmitting near-optical frequencies due to optical-quality sidewall roughness. The device or devices are fabricated in parallel, may be mass produced using a LIGA manufacturing process, and may include a passive component such as a diplexer and/or an active capping layer capable of particularized signal processing of the waveforms propagated by the waveguide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/149404 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256707 | Clark et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David D. Clark (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Don M. Coates (Santa Fe, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A modulated reflectance well telemetry apparatus having an electrically conductive pipe extending from above a surface to a point below the surface inside a casing. An electrical conductor is located at a position a distance from the electrically conductive pipe and extending from above the surface to a point below the surface. Modulated reflectance apparatus is located below the surface for modulating well data into a RF carrier transmitted from the surface and reflecting the modulated carrier back to the surface. A RF transceiver is located at the surface and is connected between the electrically conductive pipe and the electrical conductor for transmitting a RF signal that is confined between the electrically conductive well pipe and the electrical conductor to the modulated reflectance apparatus, and for receiving reflected data on the well from the modulated reflectance apparatus. |
| FILED | Friday, June 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/872054 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/854.400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07257093 | Witzke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward L. Witzke (Edgewood, New Mexico); Perry J. Robertson (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lyndon G. Pierson (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A localized wireless communication system for communication between a plurality of circuit boards, and between electronic components on the circuit boards. Transceivers are located on each circuit board and electronic component. The transceivers communicate with one another over spread spectrum radio frequencies. An asynchronous transfer mode protocol controls communication flow with asynchronous transfer mode switches located on the circuit boards. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/975271 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/310.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07257237 | Luck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason P. Luck (Arvada, Colorado); Daniel E. Small (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A markerless method is described for tracking the motion of subjects in a three dimensional environment using a model based on linked kinematic chains. The invention is suitable for tracking robotic, animal or human subjects in real-time using a single computer with inexpensive video equipment, and does not require the use of markers or specialized clothing. A simple model of rigid linked segments is constructed of the subject and tracked using three dimensional volumetric data collected by a multiple camera video imaging system. A physics based method is then used to compute forces to align the model with subsequent volumetric data sets in real-time. The method is able to handle occlusion of segments and accommodates joint limits, velocity constraints, and collision constraints and provides for error recovery. The method further provides for elimination of singularities in Jacobian based calculations, which has been problematic in alternative methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/794331 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/103 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07257437 | Demos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stavros G. Demos (Livermore, California); Ralph W. deVere White (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Near infrared imaging using elastic light scattering and tissue autofluorescence and utilizing interior examination techniques and equipment are explored for medical applications. The approach involves imaging using cross-polarized elastic light scattering and/or tissue autofluorescence in the Near Infra-Red (NIR) coupled with image processing and inter-image operations to differentiate human tissue components. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/400024 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/473 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07255851 | Contag et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pamela R. Contag (San Jose, California); Christopher H. Contag (San Jose, California); David A. Benaron (Redwood City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compositions for detecting and localizing light originating from a mammal are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for targeting light emission to selected regions, as well as for tracking entities within the mammal. In addition, animal models for disease states are disclosed, as are methods for localizing and tracking the progression of disease or a pathogen within the animal, and for screening putative therapeutic compounds effective to inhibit the disease or pathogen. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/143422 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255861 | Strominger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack L. Strominger (Lexington, Massachusetts); Kai W. Wucherpfennig (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated peptides relating to the autoimmune diseases pemphigus vulgaris and multiple sclerosis. The peptides relating to pemphigus vulgaris are self epitopes and those relating to multiple sclerosis are foreign antigens derived from human pathogens which are implicated in the aetiology and remissions of the disease. Pharamaceutical preparations for tolerizing and/or immunizing individuals are provided as well as methods relating thereto. Methods are provided for identifying other self and non-self epitopes involved in human autoimmune disease and similar pharamaceutical preparations and methods of use for these epitopes are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 05, 1997 |
| APPL NO | 08/991628 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/185.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255862 | Tartaglia et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Connaught Technology Corporation (Greenville, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Tartaglia (Schenectady, New York); Enzo Paoletti (Delmar, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinants containing and expressing lentivirus, retrovirus or immunodeficiency virus DNA and methods for making and using the same are disclosed and claimed. In an exemplified embodiment, attenuated recombinant viruses containing DNA encoding a feline immunodeficiency virus epitope such as an antigen, as well as methods and compositions employing the viruses, expression products therefrom, and antibodies generated from the viruses or expression products, are disclosed and claimed. The recombinants can be NYVAC or ALVAC recombinants. The DNA can encode at least one of: Env, Gag, Pol, or combinations thereof such as Gag and Pol or protease or Env, Gag and Pol or protease. The recombinants and gene products therefrom and antibodies generated by them have several preventive, therapeutic and diagnostic uses. DNA from the recombinants are useful as probes or, for generating PCR primers or for immunization. The immunogenicity and protective efficacy of immunization protocols involving ALVAC-FIV and priming with a recombinant canarypox virus ALVAC-FIV vaccine followed by a booster immunization with inactivated FIV-infected celled vaccine (ICV) was evaluated against FIV challenge in cats and the protocol was shown to effectively induce FIV-specific protective immune responses. Further, it was found that immunized cats were fully protected from an initial challenge with a slightly heterologous FIV strain (50CID50) and were partially protected from a second challenge with a distinctly heterologous FIV strain (75CID50) given eight months after the initial challenge without any intervening booster. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 14, 1996 |
| APPL NO | 08/746668 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/188.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255863 | Dale |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James B Dale (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for eliciting an immune response against Group A streptococci, comprising use of recombinant fusion polypeptides, and compositions thereof, that include a multivalent immunogenic portion of at least two immunogenic polypeptides from Group A streptococci M proteins (which are capable of stimulating a protective immune response against Group A streptococci), and a reiterated polypeptide from the immunogenic portion carboxy-terminal to the immunogenic portion, wherein the carboxy-terminal polypeptide is not required to stimulate an immune response against Group A streptococci. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/759600 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255993 | Young et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Neal S. Young (Washington, District of Columbia); Sachiko Kajigaya (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are provided herein for measuring the mutational frequency of a DNA molecule in cells, for example stem cells or hematopoietic cells such as CD34+ cells or granulocytes. The method includes sequencing corresponding regions of mtDNA from a set of hematopoietic cells, or a set of clonal populations of hematopoietic cells, and comparing the sequence of the corresponding regions of mtDNA from the cells, or clonal populations of cells. The method also includes the comparison of mtDNA sequences with genomic DNA sequences. Also provided are methods for screening for an agent that has a mutagenic effect on a cell. The method includes contacting, or treating, clonal populations of cells with an agent and comparing the sequence of the mtDNA obtained from the treated clonal populations of cells, with the sequence of the corresponding region of mtDNA obtained from a control clonal populations of cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/704283 |
| 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 07255996 | Linnen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Gen-Probe Incorporated (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey M. Linnen (Poway, California); Wen Wu (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions, methods and kits for detecting the nucleic acids of HIV-1, HIV-2, or the combination of HIV-1 and HIV-2. Particularly described are oligonucleotides that are useful as hybridization probes and amplification primers, including cross-reacting hybridization probes and cross-reacting amplification primers, for detecting very low levels of viral nucleic acids. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/015605 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256003 | Iqbal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (Albany, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Khalid Iqbal (Staten Island, New York); Michael Flory (New York, New York); Inge Grundke-Ighal (Staten Island, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for diagnosing distinct subgroups of Alzheimer's Disease, the method comprising the steps of obtaining a sample of cerebrospinal fluid and determining the level of ubiquitin, the level of Aβ1-42, and the level of tau present in the sample. Based on the levels of each composition in the cerebrospinal fluid, the sample can be assigned to distinct subgroups. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/890508 |
| 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 07256004 | Kashmiri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Syed V. S. Kashmiri (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Eduardo A. Padlan (Kensington, Maryland); Jeffrey Schlom (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed towards mouse-human chimeric variants of CC49 monoclonal antibodies with minimal murine content. A first aspect of the invention provides CDR variants of humanized monoclonal antibody (HuCC49) in which less than all six (three heavy chain and three light chain) Complementarity Determining Regions (CDRs) of CC49 are present. A second aspect of the invention provides SDR variants of humanized monoclonal antibody (HuCC49) in which only Specificity Determining Regions (SDRs) of at least one CDR from CC49 are present. The invention is also directed towards biotechnological methods of making the variants and therapeutic methods of using the variants. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/927433 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — 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 07256037 | Ellenhorn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua D. I. Ellenhorn (Beverly Hills, California); Don J. Diamond (Glendora, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Mutations to the tumor suppressor protein p53 have been observed in 40-60% of all human cancers. These mutations are often associated with high nuclear and cytoplasmic concentrations of p53. Since many tumors exhibit highly elevated p53 levels, the protein is an attractive target for cancer immunotherapy. Unfortunately, p53 is an autoantigen that is likely to be tolerated as a self-protein by the immune system. The present invention is based on the discovery that this self-tolerance can be overcome by administration of recombinant modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) containing a nucleic acid that encodes p53 (rMVAp53). The invention discloses a method of generating a p53-specific CTL-response to tumor cells expressing mutated p53 by administering a composition comprising rMVAp53. Administration of rMVAp53 decreases tumor development, tumor growth, and mortality in a variety of malignant cell types. These effects are enhanced by administration of CTLA-4 blocker and/or CpG oligodeoxynucleotide immunomodulators. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/746558 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256047 | Malloy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig R. Malloy (Dallas, Texas); A. Dean Sherry (Dallas, Texas); John G. Jones (Coimbra, Portugal) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a combination of carbon-13 and deuterium metabolic tracers and methods that when used in conjunction with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, provide a measurement of metabolic fluxes in the target organisms. The tracers of the present invention may be taken orally during the same clinical exam. The metabolic information can be derived from blood, urine or other fluids to provide a comprehensive profile of glucogenic metabolism. The subject matter of the present invention may be applied to the study of metabolic dysfunction related to obesity, diabetes, HIV infection and a variety of other disease conditions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/846727 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256176 | Maratos-Flier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Joslin Diabetes Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eleftheria Maratos-Flier (Newton, Massachusetts); Rohit N. Kulkarni (Brookline, Massachusetts); Pavlos Pissios (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of modulating pancreatic function by modulating MCH signaling in a β cell. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/509963 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256197 | Rosowsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andre Rosowsky (Needham, Massachusetts); Han Chen (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors having an aromatic group and a heteroaromatic group linked by a methylene group; methods of preparation of dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors that include metal mediated cross coupling of an aromatic halide or heteroaromatic halide with an organozinc reagent; and methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more of such dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors. |
| FILED | Monday, April 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/824321 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/266.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256256 | Paterson 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) | Bruce M. Paterson (Bethesda, Maryland); Jian-Min Zhang (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a CDK4 binding peptide, and a nucleic acid sequence coding therefore, that is capable of specifically binding cyclin dependent kinase (CDK4) to inhibit CDK4 activity and cell growth. The invention also includes variants of the CDK4 binding peptide which comprise polypeptides which have at least about 80% amino acid sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of the CDK4 binding peptide. In another embodiment, the invention provides chimeric molecules comprising a CDK4 binding peptide fused to a heterologous peptide or amino acid sequence, preferably a nuclear localization signal. Therapeutic and diagnostic methods are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 25, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/018964 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256259 | Raines et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald T. Raines (Madison, Wisconsin); Matthew B. Soellner (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method for a covalent ligation of one or more molecules to one or more surfaces, that is site-specific and both rapid and high yielding. The covalent ligation to the surface is based on the reaction of an azide and a phosphinothioester to form an amide bond. The method of the invention is particularly well-suited to the immobilization of peptides, proteins or protein fragments to surfaces. |
| FILED | Monday, August 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/930702 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/345 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256260 | Resnick et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services, NIH (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Resnick (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Alberto Inga (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides isolated polypeptides of human p53 that contain mutations. These mutations can be toxic mutations, supertransactivating mutations or tox-suppressor mutations. Further provided by the invention are methods of identifying toxic, supertransactivating, weak transactivating and tox-suppressor mutations as well as methods of identifying compounds that mimic the toxic, supertransactivating and tox-suppressor mutations in human p53. Also provided are methods of inducing toxicity in a cell by administering a polypeptide comprising a supertransactivating or a toxic mutation. |
| FILED | Friday, July 28, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/048502 |
| 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: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256265 | Cleary et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Patrick Cleary (Shoreview, Minnesota); Deborah K. Stafslien (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel vaccines for use against β-hemolytic Streptococcus colonization or infection are disclosed. The vaccines contain an immunogenic amount of a variant of streptococcal C5a peptidase (SCP). Also disclosed is a method of protecting a susceptible mammal against β-hemolytic Streptococcus colonization or infection by administering such a vaccine. Enzymatically inactive SCP, and polynucleotides encoding these SCP proteins are further disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, April 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/412026 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256268 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dong-Hai Wu (Gainesville, Florida); Yunrong Gu (Gainesville, Florida); William James Millard (Gainesville, Florida); Yun-Ju He (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides human high affinity choline transporter polynucleotides and polypeptides and compositions comprising human high affinity choline transporter polynucleotides and polypeptides. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/586208 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256286 | Wender et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Wender (Menlo Park, California); Blaise Lippa (Stonington, Connecticut); Cheol-Min Park (Gurnee, Illinois); Kevin W. Hinkle (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Biologically active compounds related to the bryostatin family of compounds, having simplified spacer domains and/or improved recognition domains are disclosed, including methods of preparing and utilizing the same. |
| FILED | Friday, February 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/366776 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 540/456 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07255192 | Perrin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas P. Perrin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Robert D Howe (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-actuating robot or vehicle tether capable of moving itself, remaining free while traversing around obstacles, and free itself is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a valve is mounted to the tether or robot. An inflow conduit attached to or in the tether is connected to the valve. A fluid flows through the tether and the valve is opened and closed to create a waterhammer effect in the inflow conduit. The forces created on the tether from the waterhammer effect result in motion of the tether and in freeing of the tether from obstructions. Closing and opening the valve further creates pressure changes in the tether, thereby causing momentary dimensional changes in the tether. In an alternative embodiment, a plurality of valves are placed along the tether. Pulsing of the plurality of valves while a fluid flows through the tether results in the tether effectively moving itself. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/973622 |
| ART UNIT | 3618 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Motor vehicles 180/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255332 | Osborn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Scott Osborn (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Marty D. Matlock (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Shandi S. Teltschik (Minot AFB, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for dissolving a gas into a liquid comprises a saturation tank, a high pressure liquid pump in fluid communication with the tank, and a pressurized gas source in communication with a regulated gas head space of the saturation tank. The saturation tank comprises a pressure vessel for containing the liquid and has a regulated gas head space above the liquid, contains at least one liquid spray nozzle that permits passage of liquid into the pressure vessel, and an outlet for the liquid containing dissolved gas. Upon passing the gas-containing liquid into a second fluid, the gas is released in the form of microbubbles. The microbubbles aid in flocculation of suspended particles and promote dissolution of the gas in the second fluid. Preferred gases for use with the apparatus are oxygen, air, and ozone. Anticipated uses include treatment of rivers, streams, and ponds in natural or industrial settings, as well as smaller scale applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/137856 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas and liquid contact apparatus 261/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255800 | Bhansali et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shekhar Bhansali (Tampa, Florida); Abdu Rub Abdur (Temple Terrace, Florida); Sunny Kedia (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention illustrates a bulk silicon etching technique that yields straight sidewalls, through wafer structures in very short times using standard silicon wet etching techniques. The method of the present invention employs selective porous silicon formation and dissolution to create high aspect ratio structures with straight sidewalls for through wafer MEMS processing. |
| FILED | Monday, August 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/710984 |
| ART UNIT | 1765 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255846 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Bed Poudel (Watertown, Massachusetts); Shankar Kumar (Watertown, Massachusetts); Wenzhong Wang (Newton, Massachusetts); Mildred Dresselhaus (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for synthesis of IV–VI nanostructures, and thermoelectric compositions formed of such structures. In one aspect, the method includes forming a solution of a Group IV reagent, a Group VI reagent and a surfactant. A reducing agent can be added to the solution, and the resultant solution can be maintained at an elevated temperature, e.g., in a range of about 20° C. to about 360° C., for a duration sufficient for generating nanoparticles as binary alloys of the IV–VI elements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/120725 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/508 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256417 | Mawst et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luke J. Mawst (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin); Nelson Tansu (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Jerry R. Meyer (Catonsville, Maryland); Igor Vurgaftman (Odenton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Semiconductor optoelectronic devices such as diode lasers are formed on InP substrates with an active region with an InAsN or InGaAsN electron quantum well layer and a GaAsSb or InGaAsSb hole quantum well layer which form a type II quantum well. The active region may be incorporated in various devices to provide light emission at relatively long wavelengths, including light emitting diodes, amplifiers, surface emitting lasers and edge-emitting lasers. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/772573 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256466 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Hongkun Park (Lexington, Massachusetts); Qingqiao Wei (Corvallis, Oregon); Yi Cui (Union City, Massachusetts); Wenjie Liang (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Electrical devices comprised of nanowires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanowires can be nanotubes and nanowires. The surface of the nanowires may be selectively functionalized. Nanodetector devices are described. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/012549 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/414 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256572 | Swenson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regent of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jody A. Swenson (Hyde Park, Utah); William H. Beasley (Norman, Oklahoma); Leon G. Byerley (Tuscon, Arizona); Ivan G. Bogoev (Hyde Park, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An electric-field meter provided with a housing, an electrode assembly, a shield assembly, a movement assembly, a position detection assembly, a charge measurement circuit, and a leakage current compensation circuit. The electric-field meter can be characterized as a field mill, an induction voltmeter, an electrostatic fluxmeter or an agrimeter. The electrode assembly is selectively exposed to the electric field. The shield assembly alternately covers and exposes the electrode assembly to the electric field. The movement assembly has a source of motive force and a linkage operably connected to one of the shield assembly and the electrode assembly for alternately covering and exposing the electrode assembly to the electric field. The charge measurement circuit receives charge on the electrode assembly. The charge measurement circuit provides a charge detection signal indicative of the charge induced on the electrode assembly as the electrode assembly is selectively exposed to the electric field. A current compensation circuit is provided for offsetting an average leakage current at the input of the charge measurement circuit. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/502138 |
| ART UNIT | 2858 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/72 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256716 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhixin Liu (College Station, Texas); Samuel S. Cheng (Houston, Texas); Angelos D. Liveris (Stafford, Texas); Zixiang Xiong (Spring, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for realizing a Wyner-Ziv encoder may involve the following steps: (a) applying nested quantization to input data from an information source in order to generate intermediate data; and (b) encoding the intermediate data using an asymmetric Slepian-Wolf encoder in order to generate compressed output data representing the input data. Similarly, a Wyner-Ziv decoder may be realized by applying an asymmetric Slepian-Wolf decoder to compressed input data (representing samples of a first source) to obtain intermediate values, and then, jointly decoding the intermediate values using side information (samples of a second source having known correlation with respect to the first source). |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/068737 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07255004 | Taylor 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) | Bryant D. Taylor (Smithfield, Virginia); Stanley E. Woodard (Hampton, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A level-sensing probe positioned in a tank is divided into sections with each section including (i) a fluid-level capacitive sensor disposed along the length thereof, (ii) an inductor electrically coupled to the capacitive sensor, (iii) a sensor antenna positioned for inductive coupling to the inductor, and (iv) an electrical conductor coupled to the sensor antenna. An electrically non-conductive housing accessible from a position outside of the tank houses antennas arrayed in a pattern. Each antenna is electrically coupled to the electrical conductor from a corresponding one of the sections. A magnetic field response recorder has a measurement head with transceiving antennas arrayed therein to correspond to the pattern of the housing's antennas. When a measurement is to be taken, the measurement head is mechanically coupled to the housing so that each housing antenna is substantially aligned with a specific one of the transceiving antennas. |
| FILED | Monday, September 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/229438 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/304.C00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255483 | Vranish |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Vranish (Crofton, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A thrust roller bearing system comprising an inner rotating member, an outer rotating member and multiple rollers coupling the inner rotating member with outer rotating member. The inner and outer rotating members include thrust lips to enable the rollers to act as thrust rollers. The rollers contact inner and outer rotating members at bearing contact points along a contact line. Consequently, the radial/tilt and thrust forces move synchronously and simultaneously to create a bearing action with no slipping. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/093621 |
| ART UNIT | 3682 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Bearings 384/551 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07255846 | Ren et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts); The Trustees of Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhifeng Ren (Newton, Massachusetts); Gang Chen (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Bed Poudel (Watertown, Massachusetts); Shankar Kumar (Watertown, Massachusetts); Wenzhong Wang (Newton, Massachusetts); Mildred Dresselhaus (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for synthesis of IV–VI nanostructures, and thermoelectric compositions formed of such structures. In one aspect, the method includes forming a solution of a Group IV reagent, a Group VI reagent and a surfactant. A reducing agent can be added to the solution, and the resultant solution can be maintained at an elevated temperature, e.g., in a range of about 20° C. to about 360° C., for a duration sufficient for generating nanoparticles as binary alloys of the IV–VI elements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/120725 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/508 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07256029 | Trempy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); The State of Oregon by and Through the Oregon State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janine E. Trempy (Corvallis, Oregon); Eric P. Knoshaug (Golden, Colorado); William E. Sandine (Temecula, California); Jeff A. Ahlgren (Santa Barabara, California); Karen P. Dierksen (Lebanon, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel strain of Lactococcus lactis subspecies cremori (“Ropy 352”) has been identified and isolated. Ropy 352 produces a previously unknown exopolysaccharide (EPS 352) that when expressed or added to milk, imparts highly desirable sensory characteristics to the milk, including making the milk very thick, with a very smooth mouth-feel, and slightly sweet with an obvious “chewable-bite”. |
| FILED | Friday, February 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/182960 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256323 | Bhattacharyya |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Madan K. Bhattacharyya (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to the purified and isolated family of Rps1-k disease resistance genes, proteins encoded thereby and use of the same to confer, enhance or otherwise modify resistance of soybean to plant pathogens, particularly Phytophthora sojae. |
| FILED | Monday, August 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/909950 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/279 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07256418 | Ong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Stamford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada); Ping Liu (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Yu Qi (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | An electronic device containing a polythiophene derived from a monomer segment or monomer segments containing two 2,5-thienylene segments, (I) and (II), and an optional divalent linkage D wherein A is a side chain; B is hydrogen or a side chain; and D is a divalent linkage, and wherein the number of A-substituted thienylene units (I) in the monomer segments is from about 1 to about 10, the number of B-substituted thienylene units (II) is from 0 to about 5, and the number of divalent linkages D is 0 or 1. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/231841 |
| ART UNIT | 2813 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07257293 | Fini et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Furukawa Electric North America, Inc. (Norcross, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Fini (Jersey City, New Jersey); Siddharth Ramachandran (Hoboken, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A large mode area (LMA) fiber with improved resistance to bend-induced distortions utilizes highly oscillatory modes such that the effective index of the propagating modes remains less than the bent-fiber “equivalent” refractive index over a greater portion of the core. By providing a signal mode with a reduced effective index, the “forbidden” (evanescent) region of the core is reduced, and bend-induced distortion of the propagating mode is largely avoided. |
| FILED | Friday, July 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/487258 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/32 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07256029 | Trempy et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); The State of Oregon by and Through the Oregon State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janine E. Trempy (Corvallis, Oregon); Eric P. Knoshaug (Golden, Colorado); William E. Sandine (Temecula, California); Jeff A. Ahlgren (Santa Barabara, California); Karen P. Dierksen (Lebanon, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel strain of Lactococcus lactis subspecies cremori (“Ropy 352”) has been identified and isolated. Ropy 352 produces a previously unknown exopolysaccharide (EPS 352) that when expressed or added to milk, imparts highly desirable sensory characteristics to the milk, including making the milk very thick, with a very smooth mouth-feel, and slightly sweet with an obvious “chewable-bite”. |
| FILED | Friday, February 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/182960 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/193 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256200 | Wang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a body corporate and politic of the State of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zaijie Wang (Oak Park, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Composition and methods of treating pain and reducing, reversing, or preventing tolerance to opiate analgesics are disclosed. The composition and method utilize an opiate analgesic and a calcium calmodulin kinase (CaMKII) inhibitor as active agents to treat pain in mammals, including humans. |
| FILED | Friday, January 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/769536 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/282 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07255863 | Dale |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James B Dale (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for eliciting an immune response against Group A streptococci, comprising use of recombinant fusion polypeptides, and compositions thereof, that include a multivalent immunogenic portion of at least two immunogenic polypeptides from Group A streptococci M proteins (which are capable of stimulating a protective immune response against Group A streptococci), and a reiterated polypeptide from the immunogenic portion carboxy-terminal to the immunogenic portion, wherein the carboxy-terminal polypeptide is not required to stimulate an immune response against Group A streptococci. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/759600 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/192.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of the Interior (DOI)
| US 07255794 | Max et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Marine Desalination Systems, LLC (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D. Max (St. Pete Beach, Florida); John P. Osegovic (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Toxic waste waters polluted with high levels of chemical byproducts of various industrial processes (e.g., waste water held in industrial holding ponds) are treated using gas hydrate to extract and remove fresh water from the polluted water, thus reducing the volume of toxic waste water inventories. Extracting fresh water by forming and removing the hydrate raises the concentration of dissolved materials in the residual concentrated brines to levels at which the residual fluid is suitable for use as an industrial feedstock. Furthermore, so raising the concentration of the residual brine will cause certain mineral species to precipitate out of solution, which mineral species are separated from the fluid and may be put to other uses, as appropriate. Food products are also advantageously concentrated by means of gas hydrates. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/504659 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/711 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
| US 07256661 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ming Chen (Kent, Washington); Jimmy S Takeuchi (Mercer Island, Washington); Douglas A Pietila (Puyallup, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-channel circulator or isolator well suited for use in phased array antennas or other RF devices where space and packaging constraints make the implementation of a conventional circular or isolator difficult or impossible. The multi-channel circulator/isolator can be configured as an isolator by the inclusion of one or more load resistors at one of its ports. In various configurations two or more ferrite substrates are provided that each provide a plurality of transmission ports. One or more permanent magnets are used to simultaneously provide the magnetic flux field through both of the substrates. The substrates can be configured such that they are spaced apart by a small distance, or positioned face to face in contact with one another. One or a plurality of magnets can be used depending upon RF requirements. Each substrate forms an independent electromagnetic wave propagation channel that limits the propagation of RF energy between its ports in one direction only. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/102923 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Wave transmission lines and networks 333/1.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07255332 | Osborn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Scott Osborn (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Marty D. Matlock (Fayetteville, Arkansas); Shandi S. Teltschik (Minot AFB, North Dakota) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and methods for dissolving a gas into a liquid comprises a saturation tank, a high pressure liquid pump in fluid communication with the tank, and a pressurized gas source in communication with a regulated gas head space of the saturation tank. The saturation tank comprises a pressure vessel for containing the liquid and has a regulated gas head space above the liquid, contains at least one liquid spray nozzle that permits passage of liquid into the pressure vessel, and an outlet for the liquid containing dissolved gas. Upon passing the gas-containing liquid into a second fluid, the gas is released in the form of microbubbles. The microbubbles aid in flocculation of suspended particles and promote dissolution of the gas in the second fluid. Preferred gases for use with the apparatus are oxygen, air, and ozone. Anticipated uses include treatment of rivers, streams, and ponds in natural or industrial settings, as well as smaller scale applications. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/137856 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas and liquid contact apparatus 261/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07255387 | Wood |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Solus Solutions and Technologies, LLC (Hampton, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard M. Wood (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method and device for the reduction of aerodynamic drag and for increased fuel economy of ground vehicles by increasing the pressure on the rear surface of the vehicle with a plurality of vortices generated along the top and side surfaces of the ground vehicle that flow in to the base wake region of the vehicle. The invention is comprised of a minimum number of small surfaces that attach to the side and top exterior surfaces of a ground vehicle. The spacing and orientation of the small surfaces, comprising the device, are dependent upon the vehicle geometry and vehicle operating conditions. The plurality of small surfaces are located forward of the vehicle base area. The plurality of adjacent small surfaces and are distributed circumferentially over the side and top surfaces of the ground vehicle. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/914675 |
| ART UNIT | 3612 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Land vehicles: Bodies and tops 296/180.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07256654 | White et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mikel J. White (Murphy, Texas); Scott M. Heston (Dallas, Texas); John G. Heston (Murphy, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A power amplifier includes amplifier stages. An amplifier stage includes a transistor, and at least one amplifier stage comprises a driver stage. The amplifier stages include a first amplifier stage having a first transistor and associated with a first output power, and a second amplifier stage having a second transistor and associated with a second output power. A current sharing coupling couples the first amplifier stage and the second amplifier stage. The first amplifier stage and the second amplifier stage share a current through the current sharing coupling. The current sharing coupling facilitates scaling of the first output power and the second output power. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/104777 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/310 |
| 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 14, 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.
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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)
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- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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