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Patent Details for Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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| US 07272880 | Pluymers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian A. Pluymers (Haddonfield, New Jersey); Khanh Nguyen (Conshohocken, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An arrangement for clamping a flat plate to a flat surface includes juxtaposing the plate to the flat surface. An axially-movable wedging element defining a surface fitted with wedges is fixed against motion in other than a direction of elongation, and is forced to move in the direction of elongation. The wedges are forced against a first spring beam to impart forces thereto. The forces are coupled from the first spring beam to a second spring beam by intermediary supports. The second spring beam bears against a surface of the flat plate to force the plate against the flat surface. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/854976 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/428 |
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| US 07273509 | Keller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as of of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Teddy M. Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Syed B. Qadri (Fairfax Station, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A process of making metal nanoparticles comprising the steps of: providing a precursor composition comprising at least one metallic compound and at least one organic compound; wherein the organic compound is selected from the group consisting of an ethynyl compound, a metal-ethynyl complex, and combinations thereof; wherein the precursor composition is a liquid or a solid at room temperature; and heating the precursor composition under conditions effective to produce metal nanoparticles. A metal nanoparticle composition comprising metal nanoparticles dispersed homogenously in a matrix selected from the group consisting of ethynyl polymer, crosslinked ethynyl polymer, amorphous carbon, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanoparticles, graphite, and combinations thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875806 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/362 |
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| US 07273636 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Vinayak P. Dravid (Glenview, Illinois); Ming Su (Evanston, Illinois); Xiaogang Liu (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes a method of fabricating organic/inorganic composite nanostructures on a substrate comprising depositing a solution having a block copolymer and an inorganic precursor on the substrate using dip pen nanolithography. The process can comprise providing a substrate, providing a nanoscopic tip having an inking composition thereon, wherein the inking composition comprises at least one metal oxide precursor; and transferring the inking composition from the nanoscopic tip to the substrate to form a deposit on the substrate comprising at least one metal oxide precursor, and optionally further comprising the step of converting the metal oxide precursor on the substrate to form the metal oxide. The nanostructures comprises arrays of lines and/or dots having widths/diameters less than 1 micron. The present invention also includes a device comprising an organic/inorganic composite nanoscale region chemically bonded to a substrate, wherein the nanoscale region, wherein the nanoscale region has a nanometer scale dimension other than height. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/320721 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273662 | Gleeson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Gleeson (Ames, Iowa); Daniel Sordelet (Ames, Iowa); Wen Wang (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | An alloy including a Pt-group metal, Ni and Al in relative concentration to provide a γ-Ni+γ′-Ni3Al phase constitution, and a coating including the alloy. |
| FILED | Friday, May 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/439649 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/680 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273753 | Crawford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Center of Blood Research (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith D. Crawford (Newton, Massachusetts); Chester A. Alper (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the preparation of substantially purified populations of dendritic cells and monocytes from the peripheral blood of a mammal is described. Also described are vaccine compositions and methods for the treatment of certain diseases and medical conditions based on the substantially purified dendritic cells and monocytes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/353494 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274035 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yang Yang (Los Angeles, California); Jianyong Ouyang (Los Angeles, California); Charles R. Szmanda (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition for the formation of an electric field programmable film, the composition comprising a matrix precursor composition or a dielectric matrix material, wherein the dielectric matrix material comprises an organic polymer and/or a inorganic oxide; and an electron donor and an electron acceptor of a type and in an amount effective to provide electric field programming. The films are of utility in data storage devices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/927174 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274080 | Parkin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A MgO tunnel barrier is sandwiched between semiconductor material on one side and a ferri- and/or ferromagnetic material on the other side to form a spintronic element. The semiconductor material may include GaAs, for example. The spintronic element may be used as a spin injection device by injecting charge carriers from the magnetic material into the MgO tunnel barrier and then into the semiconductor. Similarly, the spintronic element may be used as a detector or analyzer of spin-polarized charge carriers by flowing charge carriers from the surface of the semiconducting layer through the MgO tunnel barrier and into the (ferri- or ferro-) magnetic material, which then acts as a detector. The MgO tunnel barrier is preferably formed by forming a Mg layer on an underlayer (e.g., a ferromagnetic layer), and then directing additional Mg, in the presence of oxygen, towards the underlayer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/969735 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/421 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274083 | Sankin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Semisouth Laboratories, Inc. (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Igor Sankin (Starkville, Mississippi); Joseph Neil Merrett (Starkville, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | A wide bandgap semiconductor device with surge current protection and a method of making the device are described. The device comprises a low doped n-type region formed by plasma etching through the first epitaxial layer grown on a heavily doped n-type substrate and a plurality of heavily doped p-type regions formed by plasma etching through the second epitaxial layer grown on the first epitaxial layer. Ohmic contacts are formed on p-type regions and on the backside of the n-type substrate. Schottky contacts are formed on the top surface of the n-type region. At normal operating conditions, the current in the device flows through the Schottky contacts. The device, however, is capable of withstanding extremely high current densities due to conductivity modulation caused by minority carrier injection from p-type regions. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/415279 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/471 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274138 | Cathey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David A. Cathey (Boise, Idaho); James J. Alwan (Ramona, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The disclosed method for forming a field emission display includes forming a cathode and an anode, forming a plurality of photoresist posts over the cathode, and coating the posts with a layer of coating material. The layer of coating material forms sidewalls around the posts. The photoresist posts may then be removed from within the sidewalls. The anode may then be fitted onto the sidewalls so that the sidewalls function as spacers in the field emission display. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/348933 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/495 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274208 | DeHon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | André DeHon (Pasadena, California); Michael J. Wilson (Portland, Oregon); Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and methods for a sublithographic programmable logic array (PLA) are disclosed. The apparatus allows combination of non-restoring, programmable junctions and fixed (non-programmable) restoration logic to implement any logic function or any finite-state machine. The methods disclosed teach how to integrate fixed, restoration logic at sublithographic scales along with programmable junctions. The methods further teach how to integrate addressing from the microscale so that the nanoscale crosspoint junctions can be programmed after fabrication. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/856115 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/38 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274217 | Chuang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Te Kent Chuang (South Salem, New York); Koushik Kumar Das (Yorktown Heights, New York); Shih-Hsien Lo (Mount Kisco, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Discloses are CMOS circuit designs that combine MTCMOS and hybrid orientation technology to achieve the dual objectives of high performance and low standby leakage power. The invention utilizes novel combinations of a thick-oxide high-VTH PFET header with various gate- and body-biased schemes in HOT technology to significantly reduce the performance penalty associated with conventional PFET headers. A first embodiment of the invention provides a HOT-B high-VTH thick oxide bulk PFET header scheme. This header scheme can be expanded by application of a positive gate bias VPOS (VPOS>VDD) to the HOT-B PFET header during standby mode and a negative gate bias VNEG (VNEG<GND) in active mode. Another embodiment provides a HOT-A high-VTH thick oxide SOI PFET header scheme. A further embodiment provides a HOT-A body biased high-VTH thick oxide SOI PFET header scheme. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/100883 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/83 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274413 | Sullivan 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) | Patrick M. Sullivan (San Diego, California); Stephen D. Russell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A flexible video display apparatus and a method for making the same. The flexible video display comprises a silicon layer containing at least a portion of the control and display circuitry, a display layer, and a flexible layer. Other layers, such as an insulating layer for dielectric isolation of the semiconducting devices, may be added. To make the flexible video display, display and control circuitry are formed in a silicon-on-insulator wafer. A polymer layer is then formed on the wafer and electrically conductive portions are formed to interconnect the polymer portions to the control electronics, thereby forming the display. Next, a flexible layer is formed on the display layer and patterned if desired. A handle wafer is then bonded to the topside of the wafer so that the backside can be partially removed by mechanical, chemical, or chemical-mechanical means. Finally, the handle wafer is removed leaving the flexible display. |
| FILED | Friday, December 06, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/313552 |
| ART UNIT | 2871 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid crystal cells, elements and systems 349/43 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274441 | Payton |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Michael Payton (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A CW lightwave modulated by a continuously reiterated pseudorandom (PN) code sequence is launched into an end of a span of ordinary optical fiber cable. Portions of the launched lightwave back propagate to the launch end from a continuum of locations along the span because of innate fiber properties including Rayleigh scattering. This is picked off the launch end and heterodyned producing a r.f. beat signal. The r.f. beat signal is processed by a plurality (which can be thousands) of correlator pseudonoise code sequence demodulation and phase demodulator units operated in different delay time relationships to the timing base of the reiterated modulation sequences. Pairs of outputs of the units are connected to respective substractor circuits, each providing a signal representative of a differential signal between acoustic, or other forms of, signals incident the bounds of virtual increments of the span. |
| FILED | Monday, February 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/056631 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/73.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274449 | Gerhart et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Grant R. Gerhart (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan); Roy M. Matchko (Payson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for determining polarization profiles of points in a scene from video frames using Stokes parameters includes a scene having a region that emits scene light rays that correspond to the points in the scene, a color filter, a Stokes filter that includes a rotating retarder having angular positions Ω, and a first linear polarizer having a transmission axis, a correlator that emits a correlator light ray, and that comprises a uniform light source, a second linear polarizer, and a fixed retarder, a video camera having a video frame, and a computer system. The scene light rays and the correlator light ray are substantially simultaneously transmitted through the color filter and the Stokes filter to the video camera, images corresponding to the scene light rays and the correlator light ray are projected onto respective pixels in the video frame and recorded as two-dimensional (2-D) arrays, and when the transmission axis of the first linear polarizer is fixed, the images corresponding to the scene light rays and the correlator light ray from four unique ones of the angular positions Ω of the rotating retarder are used by programming in the computer system to calculate respective Stokes parameters of the points in the scene. |
| FILED | Monday, June 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/158357 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/364 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274504 | Crane et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | L-3 Communications Corporation (Anaheim, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert Crane (Orange, California); Steve Alexander (Orange, California); Jacques Beser (Newport Beach, California); Jeff Wyman (Murrieta, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for generating a navigation solution in high interference and dynamic environments using Global Positioning System (GPS) and inertial measurement unit (IMU) data is described. The system includes an Advanced Tightly Coupled (ATC) tracking processor for a multi-satellite tracking system. The ATC accepts early, late, and on-time I and Q data from the GPS signal tracker and outputs vehicle-to-satellite range and range rate residual measurements to a navigation Kalman filter. The ATC includes nonlinear discriminators which transform I and Q data into linear residual measurements corrupted by unbiased, additive, and white noise. It also includes an amplitude estimator configured to operate in rapidly changing, high power noise; a measurement noise variance estimator; and a linear residual smoothing filter for input to the navigation filter. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/036771 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/357.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274622 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dehua Huang (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); Roy C. Elswick (Punta Gorda, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention presents a method for use with an acoustic sensor array comprised of a number of pressure-vector sensors capable of sensing the acoustic scalar field and acoustic vector field of an acoustic wave. The method is a signal processing technique that utilizes nonlinear processing of pressure-vector sensor signals in the acoustic sensor array. The method involves the steps of receiving the sensor output values, processing the output values using a non-linear algorithm to create a mathematical series of values, transforming the series, applying weighting to the series and performing a summation of the values in the series to calculate the array directivity response. The array directivity response can then be further processed where the array is part of a sonar system. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/136764 |
| 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 367/105 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274717 | Minden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Malibu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Monica Minden (Monte Nido, California); Hans W. Bruesselbach (Monte Nido, California); Shuoqin Wang (Westlake Village, California); Eric Mies (Matawan, New Jersey); Anthony Paul Carra, Jr. (Brick, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple-fiber, stretched, fused and cleaved coupler designed to act as an output window to a fiber laser array or fiber-coupled laser array, in which the stretch, length and/or position of the fibers is chosen facilitate the in-phase oscillation of the lasers in the array. The in-phase oscillation of the lasers is facilitated by making one or more of the fibers interferometrically dark and having a different propagation constant than the other fibers. The other fibers, the interferometrically lit ones, are made to have fairly uniform intensity under the same collimated illumination. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/893106 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274724 | Carroll et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | CU Aerospace, LLC (Champaign, Illinois); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David L Carroll (Urbana, Illinois); Joseph T Verdeyen (Savoy, Illinois); Wayne C Solomon (Champaign, Illinois); Darren M King (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | In one embodiment of the present invention an oxygen iodine laser includes a gas mixing section. Ground state oxygen and a carrier gas are introduced into the first gas mixing section, sometimes separately. The laser includes a discharge region to generate at least said excited oxygen from the flow of the first gas mixing section. A sensitizer gas having a lower ionization threshold than ground state oxygen is also introduced into the first gas mixing section, such that electrons are more easily produced in the electrical generator. The laser system includes introducing a source of iodine into the excited singlet delta oxygen flow to generate a laser-active gas. In another embodiment a conditioner is placed into the gas mixing section to help mix the flow and/or introduce one or more of the aforementioned gases. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/079751 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/89 |
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| US 07275013 | Matlis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Notre Dame DuLoc (Notre Dame, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric Matlis (Mishawaka, Indiana); Thomas Corke (Granger, Indiana); Sivaram Gogineni (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems are described for a system for obtaining information regarding a flow. These methods and systems comprise a signal generator configured to generate an alternating current signal at a carrier frequency and a transformer arranged to receive the generated signal, wherein the transformer and carrier frequency are selected so that the generated signal resonates at the carrier frequency. The alternating signal is then used to cause plasma to form across a gap between two electrodes, wherein the voltage drop across the gap is directly proportional to the flow's velocity. This voltage may then be measured to determine the flow velocity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/229551 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/144 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07273608 | Yazaki et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | City of Hope (Duarte, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul J. Yazaki (Glendale, California); Mark A. Sherman (Pasadena, California); John E. Shively (Arcadia, California); Andrew A. Raubitschek (San Marino, California); Anna M. Wu (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Embodiments of the present invention utilize a more efficient CDR grafting technique to generate humanized versions of the T84.66 antibody. The technique used to generate these antibodies utilizes crystallographic structural data to select an immunoglobulin framework having maximum structural overlap with a non-human donor molecule. This technique was used to develop humanized T84.66 antibodies exhibiting in vitro binding affinity and specificity for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) nearly identical to that of T84.66 and the ability to specifically target tumors expressing CEA in vivo. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/077978 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/133.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273612 | Klagsbrun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Klagsbrun (Newton, Massachusetts); Shay Soker (Brookline, Massachusetts); Michael L. Gagnon (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to cDNA encoding a soluble neuropilin protein (sNP) which is isolated from neuropilin (NP) producing cells or is recombinantly engineered from NP-encoding DNA. NP-1 and NP-2 are preferred NPs but any neuropilin or VEGF receptor (VEGFR), where the constituents share at least about 85% homology with either of the above VEGF165R/NP-1 and NP-2. More preferably, such constituent shares at least 90% homology. Still more preferably, each constituent shares at least 95% homology. |
| FILED | Friday, March 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/104610 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273613 | Harley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents, The University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma); Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John B. Harley (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Judith A. James (Edmond, Oklahoma); Kenneth M. Kaufman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Data consistent with autoimmune disease being caused by Epstein-Barr virus are shown. Based on this evidence, an effective vaccine would prevent the autoimmune disease in those vaccinated, modified or administered so that the vaccine is not itself capable of inducing autoimmune disease. In the case of anti-Sm, structures to be avoided in an Epstein-Barr virus-derived vaccine have been identified. Differences have been identified in the immune responses to Epstein-Barr infection between individuals who develop a specific autoimmune disease and those who do not. These differences are used to distinguish those who are at greater risk for developing specific autoimmune diseases from those who are a lesser risk. Assuming Epstein-Barr virus causes autoimmune disease and that Epstein-Barr virus remains latent in the patient for life, reactivation of the virus from the latent state is important in generating or maintaining the autoimmune response that culminates in autoimmune disease. Cells infected with latent virus may also encourage autoimmunity. Based on the understanding that reactivation or latency are important to produce or sustain autoimmunity, then therapies directed against Epstein-Barr virus will also be effective therapies for the autoimmune manifestations of disease for which Epstein-Barr virus is responsible. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 09, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/500904 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/186.100 |
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| US 07273614 | Bolognesi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dani Paul Bolognesi (Durham, North Carolina); Thomas James Matthews (Durham, North Carolina); Carl T. Wild (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to peptides which exhibit potent anti-retroviral activity. The peptides of the invention comprise DP178 (SEQ ID:1) peptide corresponding to amino acids 638 to 673 of the HIV-1LAI gp41 protein, and fragments, analogs and homologs of DP178. The invention further relates to the uses of such peptides as inhibitory of human and non-human retroviral, especially HIV, transmission to uninfected cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/267682 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/188.100 |
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| US 07273699 | Lipsky 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) | Robert H. Lipsky (Kensington, Maryland); Chiara Mazzanti (Washington, District of Columbia); David Goldman (Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Sequence variations, such as polymorphisms, are detected by detecting differences between or among melting profiles of plural nucleic acids. Melting profiles are produced by observing the nucleic acids during a temperature change over a period of time. If the nucleic acids are diluted into solutions for analysis, the nucleic acid concentrations between or among the solutions can be substantially the same. The melting profiles and sequence variation can be used to identify changes in a wild-type nucleic acid sequence, such as a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), a small insertion or deletion, or a small inversion. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 25, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/206561 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07273711 | Marth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); The Burnham Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jamey D. Marth (San Diego, California); Hudson H. Freeze (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods and kits for use in diagnosing genetically transmitted diseases that are associated with deficiencies in glycosylation of glycoconjugates such as glycoproteins, glycolipids, and proteoglycans. The methods and kits are also useful for monitoring the course of treatment of diseases that are associated with glycosylation disorders. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 01, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/857233 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.240 |
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| US 07273752 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Si-Yi Chen (Pearland, Texas); Zhaoyang You (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to an expression vector wherein said expression vector comprises a polynucleotide promoter sequence, a polynucleotide encoding a signal sequence, a polynucleotide encoding an antigen protein or peptide, a polynucleotide encoding a cell binding element, and a polynucleotide polyadenylation sequence all operatively linked. More particularly, it relates to the method of eliciting an immune response directed against an antigen in a mammal comprising the steps of introducing the expression vector into a cell, expressing the vector to produce an antigen under conditions wherein the antigen is secreted from the cell, endocytosing the secreted antigen into the cell, processing the antigen, and presenting fragments to a receptor to elicit a T-cell response. In addition, this invention relates to a vaccine and a method of use. The invention also relates to the method of identifying MHC-II restricted epitopes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/681410 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273753 | Crawford et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Center of Blood Research (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith D. Crawford (Newton, Massachusetts); Chester A. Alper (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the preparation of substantially purified populations of dendritic cells and monocytes from the peripheral blood of a mammal is described. Also described are vaccine compositions and methods for the treatment of certain diseases and medical conditions based on the substantially purified dendritic cells and monocytes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 29, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/353494 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273844 | Schimmel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Schimmel (La Jolla, California); Keisuke Wakasugi (Shizuok, Japan); Martin Friedlander (Del Mar, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An isolated, water-soluble polypeptide fragment of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase is useful for the inhibition of angiogenesis. The polypeptide has the amino acid residue sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 12, or an angiogenesis inhibiting fragment thereof, the fragment including at least one of amino acid residue signature sequences HVGH (SEQ ID NO:10) and KMSAS (SEQ ID NO:11). Methods of using the polypeptide to inhibit angiogenesis are also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/982014 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273847 | McCormack, Jr. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Francis X. McCormack, Jr. (Terrace Park, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of treating conditions associated with lipid oxidation or microbial proliferation include the step of administering a composition comprising a pharmacologically effective amount of an antioxidant or antimicrobial lung surfactant protein compound. Peptides derived from lung surfactant protein compounds possess lipid oxidation inhibiting and/or antimicrobial properties. |
| FILED | Friday, June 29, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/312829 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273852 | Tsuji et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moriya Tsuji (New York, New York); Guangwu Chen (Flushing, New York); Richard Franck (Riverside, Connecticut); Guangli Yang (Forest Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to compounds of formula (I) wherein X is O or NH; R′ is a hydrocarbon chain; R3 and R4 are hydrogen, OH or a monosaccharide; R5 is hydrogen or a monosaccharide; Q′ is optionally present and may be a C1-10 hydrocarbon; X′ is optionally present and may be O, S or NR8; and Q3 may be a hydrocarbon or hydrogen. The invention is also directed to the use of the compounds for treating cancer, infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases. The invention is also directed to syntheses of the compounds of formula (I). |
| FILED | Friday, June 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/462211 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273872 | Tracey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin J. Tracey (Old Greenwich, Connecticut); Hong Wang (Havertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for inhibiting an inflammatory cytokine cascade in a patient are provided. The methods are directed to treating the patient with a cholinergic agonist in an amount sufficient to inhibit the inflammatory cytokine cascade, wherein the cholinergic agonist is selective for an α7 nicotinic receptor. |
| FILED | Friday, December 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/729427 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273925 | Stahl et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory L. Stahl (Clinton, Massachusetts); Charles D. Collard (Wellesley, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods and products for regulating lectin complement pathway associated complement activation. The methods include both in vitro and in vivo methods for inhibiting lectin complement pathway associated complement activation. The methods are accomplished by contacting a mammalian cell having surface exposed MBL ligand with an effective amount of a mannan binding lectin inhibitor to inhibit lectin complement pathway associated complement activation. The mannan binding lectin inhibitor may be administered to a subject to prevent cellular injury mediated by lectin complement pathway associated complement activation. The products of the invention include compositions of a mannan binding lectin inhibitor. The mannan binding lectin inhibitor is an isolated mannan binding lectin binding peptide that selectively binds to a human mannan binding lectin epitope and that inhibits lectin complement pathway associated complement activation. The products also include hybridoma cell lines and pharmaceutical compositions. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/464303 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/387.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273927 | Jones et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen N. Jones (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts); Heather Steinman (North Grafton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides polypeptide and polynucleotide splice variants of the mouse Mdm2 gene, including Mdm2-b, which is homologous to the human Hdm2-b variant, as well as host cells, vectors and transgenic mice comprising the variants, and methods for the use thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/980519 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273932 | LaBarbera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrew R. LaBarbera (Cincinnati, Ohio); YiFang Wang (Ottawa, Canada); ChangHong Zhu (Hubei, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides, in particular to antisense oligonucleotides to receptor genes, and the use of such oligonucleotides to regulate reproductive function and as chemopreventive or as a chemotherapeutic for various cancers, especially ovarian cancers. The invention also provides a method for preventing estrogen synthesis, a function of developing ovarian follicles, a therapeutic consideration for the prevention and treatment of some cancers of the breast, endometrium, ovary and cervix and of some endometriosis. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing antisense oligonucleotides (ODNs, having 8 to 60 nucleotides) that act by binding to intracellular molecular targets. Optionally, for efficient delivery to a target DNA, RNA or protein, the ODNs may be covalently linked to a carrier moiety, which facilitates delivery of the ODN to the cytosol. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 16, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/018716 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273963 | Kneteman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | KMT Hepatech, Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada); University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Norman M. Kneteman (Edmonton, Canada); John B. Sacci, Jr. (Baltimore, Maryland); D. Lorne Tyrrell (Edmonton, Canada); John F. Elliott (Edmonton, Canada); Abdu F. Azad (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features a non-human animal model of malaria, e.g., Plasmodium, particularly Plasmodium falciparum. The model is based on a non-human, immunocompromised transgenic animal having a human-mouse chimeric liver, where the transgene provides for expression of a urokinase-type plasminogen activator in the liver. The invention also features methods for identifying candidate therapeutic agents, e.g., agents having anti-pathogenic activity against malaria. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/207176 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274451 | Bustamante et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos J. Bustamante (Berkeley, California); Steven B. Smith (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An alignment device and method for delivering a light beam to an optical application, such as an optical trap having a pair of lenses with overlapping focal regions for trapping a particle therein. The alignment device includes a light source for generating a beam of light, a support member, an optical fiber, a collimating lens, and actuators. The optical fiber includes an input end for receiving the beam of light, and a generally rigid portion extending from the support member and terminating in a delivery end for emitting the beam of light. The collimating lens collimates the emitted beam of light. The actuators exert forces on the generally rigid portion such that it pivots about a pivot point of the optical fiber at the support member. The collimated beam of light pivots about an optical pivot point as the optical fiber pivots about the pivot point. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/943709 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/399 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274810 | Reeves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony P. Reeves (Ithaca, New York); William J. Kostis (Warren, New Jersey); Claudia Henschke (New York, New York); David Yankelevitz (Brooklyn, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and systems for conducting three-dimensional image analysis and diagnosis and possible treatment relating thereto. The invention includes methods of handling signals containing information (data) relating to three-dimensional representation of objects scanned by a scanning medium. The invention also includes methods of making and analyzing volumetric measurements and changes in volumetric measurements which can be used for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 10, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/257064 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/128 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07275035 | Kennedy |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Neural Signals, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip R. Kennedy (Duluth, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method of assisting a subject to generate speech, at least one first neural impulse is sensed from a first preselected location in the subject's brain. A first preselected sound is associated with the first neural impulse. The first preselected sound is generated in an audible format. In an apparatus for assisting the subject to generate speech, at least one sensor senses a neural impulse in the subject's brain and generates a signal representative thereof. An electronic speech generator generates a phoneme in response to the generation of the signal. An audio system generates audible sounds corresponding to the phoneme based upon the signal received from the speech generator. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/007380 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/271 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07272941 | TeGrotenhuis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ward E. TeGrotenhuis (Kennewick, Washington); Victoria S. Stenkamp (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Wick-Containing apparatus capable of separating fluids and methods of separating fluids using wicks are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/237201 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/93 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07272987 | Hughes |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Eaton Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas A. Hughes (Wixom, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A powertrain system is provided that includes a first prime mover and change-gear transmission having a first input shaft and a second input shaft. A twin clutch is disposed between the first prime mover and the transmission. The twin clutch includes a first main clutch positioned between the first prime mover and the first input shaft and a second main clutch positioned between the first prime mover and the second input shaft. The powertrain system also includes a second prime mover operably connected to one of the first and second input shafts. |
| FILED | Monday, September 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/235490 |
| ART UNIT | 3681 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273289 | Denham |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Euv LLC (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul E. Denham (Crockett, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact and vacuum compatible magnetic-coil driven tiltable stage that is equipped with a high efficiency reflective coating can be employed as a scanner in EUV applications. The drive electronics for the scanner is fully in situ programmable and rapidly switchable. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/132783 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/872 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273517 | Lewis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick R. Lewis (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Wheeler (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-planar microfabricated gas chromatography column comprises a planar substrate having a plurality of through holes, a top lid and a bottom lid bonded to opposite surfaces of the planar substrate, and inlet and outlet ports for injection of a sample gas and elution of separated analytes. A plurality of such planar substrates can be aligned and stacked to provide a longer column length having a small footprint. Furthermore, two or more separate channels can enable multi-channel or multi-dimensional gas chromatography. The through holes preferably have a circular cross section and can be coated with a stationary phase material or packed with a porous packing material. Importantly, uniform stationary phase coatings can be obtained and band broadening can be minimized with the circular channels. A heating or cooling element can be disposed on at least one of the lids to enable temperature programming of the column. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/067107 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Apparatus 096/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273742 | Dunn-Coleman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genencor International, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Dunn-Coleman (Los Gatos, California); Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California); Jian Yao (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl3, and the corresponding BGL3 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL3, recombinant BGL3 proteins and methods for producing the same. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/130427 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274019 | Yefremenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Volodymyr Yefremenko (Westmont, Illinois); Eduard Gordiyenko (Westmont, Illinois); Olga Pishko, legal representative (Kharkov, Ukraine); Valentyn Novosad (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of controlling the coordinate sensitivity in a superconducting microbolometer employs localized light, heating or magnetic field effects to form normal or mixed state regions on a superconducting film and to control the spatial location. Electron beam lithography and wet chemical etching were applied as pattern transfer processes in epitaxial Y—Ba—Cu—O films. Two different sensor designs were tested: (i) a 3 millimeter long and 40 micrometer wide stripe and (ii) a 1.25 millimeters long, and 50 micron wide meandering-like structure. Scanning the laser beam along the stripe leads to physical displacement of the sensitive area, and, therefore, may be used as a basis for imaging over a broad spectral range. Forming the superconducting film as a meandering structure provides the equivalent of a two-dimensional detector array. Advantages of this approach are simplicity of detector fabrication, and simplicity of the read-out process requiring only two electrical terminals. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/190784 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/336.200 |
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| US 07274186 | Yakymyshyn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | FieldMetrics, Inc (Seminole, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Paul Yakymyshyn (Seminole, Florida); Michael Allen Brubaker (Loveland, Colorado); Pamela Jane Yakymyshyn (Seminole, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is described to provide temperature compensation and reduction of drift due to aging for a current sensor based on a plurality of magnetic field sensors positioned around a current carrying conductor. The offset voltage signal generated by each magnetic field sensor is used to correct variations in the output signal due to temperature variations and aging. |
| FILED | Monday, November 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/556920 |
| ART UNIT | 2829 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/117.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274304 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); David B. Bartholomew (Springville, Utah); Monte L. Johnson (Orem, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for loading an executable code into volatile memory in a downhole tool string component comprises a surface control unit comprising executable code. An integrated downhole network comprises data transmission elements in communication with the surface control unit and the volatile memory. The executable code, stored in the surface control unit, is not permanently stored in the downhole tool string component. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the downhole tool string component comprises boot memory. In another embodiment, the executable code is an operating system executable code. Preferably, the volatile memory comprises random access memory (RAM). A method for loading executable code to volatile memory in a downhole tool string component comprises sending the code from the surface control unit to a processor in the downhole tool string component over the network. A central processing unit writes the executable code in the volatile memory. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/710638 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/853.900 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274769 | Nordmeyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert A. Nordmeyer (San Leandro, California); Gyorgy P. Snell (Richmond, California); Earl W. Cornell (Antioch, California); William F. Kolbe (Moraga, California); Derek T. Yegian (Oakland, California); Thomas N. Earnest (Berkeley, California); Joseph M. Jaklevich (Lafayette, California); Carl W. Cork (Walnut Creek, California); Bernard D. Santarsiero (Chicago, Illinois); Raymond C. Stevens (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for the transportation, remote and unattended mounting, and visual alignment and monitoring of protein crystals for synchrotron generated x-ray diffraction analysis. The protein samples are maintained at liquid nitrogen temperatures at all times: during shipment, before mounting, mounting, alignment, data acquisition and following removal. The samples must additionally be stably aligned to within a few microns at a point in space. The ability to accurately perform these tasks remotely and automatically leads to a significant increase in sample throughput and reliability for high-volume protein characterization efforts. Since the protein samples are placed in a shipping-compatible layered stack of sample cassettes each holding many samples, a large number of samples can be shipped in a single cryogenic shipping container. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/064357 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274815 | Smithpeter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colin L. Smithpeter (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Eddie R. Hoover (Sandia Park, New Mexico); Bedabrata Pain (Los Angeles, California); Bruce R. Hancock (Altadena, California); Robert O. Nellums (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus is disclosed for generating a three-dimensional (3-D) image of a scene illuminated by a pulsed light source (e.g. a laser or light-emitting diode). The apparatus, referred to as a phase-sensitive 3-D imaging camera utilizes a two-dimensional (2-D) array of photodetectors to receive light that is reflected or scattered from the scene and processes an electrical output signal from each photodetector in the 2-D array in parallel using multiple modulators, each having inputs of the photodetector output signal and a reference signal, with the reference signal provided to each modulator having a different phase delay. The output from each modulator is provided to a computational unit which can be used to generate intensity and range information for use in generating a 3-D image of the scene. The 3-D camera is capable of generating a 3-D image using a single pulse of light, or alternately can be used to generate subsequent 3-D images with each additional pulse of light. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/681961 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274910 | Gilbert et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute K1-53 (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald W. Gilbert (Morgan Hill, California); Kerry D. Steele (Kennewick, Washington); Gordon A. Anderson (Benton City, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A radio-frequency transponder device having an antenna circuit configured to receive radio-frequency signals and to return modulated radio-frequency signals via continuous wave backscatter, a modulation circuit coupled to the antenna circuit for generating the modulated radio-frequency signals, and a microprocessor coupled to the antenna circuit and the modulation circuit and configured to receive and extract operating power from the received radio-frequency signals and to monitor inputs on at least one input pin and to generate responsive signals to the modulation circuit for modulating the radio-frequency signals. The microprocessor can be configured to generate output signals on output pins to associated devices for controlling the operation thereof. Electrical energy can be extracted and stored in an optional electrical power storage device. |
| FILED | Monday, February 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/775023 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/41.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07273562 | Robinson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nutech 03, Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack H. Robinson (Fairfax County, Virginia); Michael D. Jennings (Ellicott City, Maryland); Richard A. Mueller (Olmsted Falls, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A target biokill of species for water to be discharged from a ballast tank of a sea faring vessel is determined. A diverted portion of sea water is regulated prior to charging the water into the ballast tank. Regulation of the diverted portion of water and a rate of injection of the ozone into the portion are adjusted to attain the target biokill. Then ozone at the determined rate into the regulated diverted portion to attain the target biokill when the portion is recombined into the water for charging to the ballast tank. |
| FILED | Monday, January 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/039819 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/760 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07273756 | Adkisson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ISTO Technologies, Inc. (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Huston Davis Adkisson (St. Louis, Missouri); Curt L. Milliman (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a method that maintains chondrocyte phenotype during serial expansion by culturing a population of chondrocytes in a defined serum-free culture medium containing cytokines and on a substrate that is modified by covalent attachment of hyaluronic acid. The underlying principle is to maintain native chondrocyte phenotype by growing the dissociated chondrocytes on a substrate modified by covalent attachment of hyaluronic acid to retain native chondrocyte morphology and function. Chondrocyte expanded in this manner can be used in various medical applications to repair cartilaginous tissues that have been injured by trauma or disease. This substratum provides a microenvironment that more closely mimics that of native articular cartilage, thereby promoting chondrogenesis in a predictable manner. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956971 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07275237 | Schneider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Real-Time Innovations, Inc. (Sunnyvale, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stanley A. Schneider (Sunnyvale, California); Vincent W. Chen (San Jose, California); Gerardo Pardo-Castellote (Palo Alto, California); Howard H. Wang (Sunnyvale, California); Rajive Joshi (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A development tool combines advantages of a simulation tool with an object-oriented modeling tool, including a real-time mathematical matrix library and an object model. The tool is applicable to any intelligent control system. A composite object group (COG) contains both sampled-data and event-driven capabilities. COGs merge procedural and object-oriented programming, and provide explicit, graphical integration of both types of processing and are fully hierarchical. A control system is built up of object-oriented components, including these types: atomic, interface, data flow and state transition. A finite state machine (FSM) component is built from states, transitions, events and state transition components. Data flow components provide sampled-data capabilities. FSMs provide event-drive capabilities. Each component may include methods and attributes. A COG includes any type of component including COGs, graphical interconnections between components, and is used to graphically build a model of a control system. |
| FILED | Monday, July 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/207430 |
| ART UNIT | 2193 — Interprocess Communication and Software Development |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Software development, installation, and management 717/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07273968 | Yanofsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin F. Yanofsky (San Diego, California); Soraya Pelaz (Madrid, Spain); Gary Ditta (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides plants that exhibit modulated reproductive development and methods of modulating the timing of reproductive development in plants. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/794923 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/298 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274451 | Bustamante et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carlos J. Bustamante (Berkeley, California); Steven B. Smith (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An alignment device and method for delivering a light beam to an optical application, such as an optical trap having a pair of lenses with overlapping focal regions for trapping a particle therein. The alignment device includes a light source for generating a beam of light, a support member, an optical fiber, a collimating lens, and actuators. The optical fiber includes an input end for receiving the beam of light, and a generally rigid portion extending from the support member and terminating in a delivery end for emitting the beam of light. The collimating lens collimates the emitted beam of light. The actuators exert forces on the generally rigid portion such that it pivots about a pivot point of the optical fiber at the support member. The collimated beam of light pivots about an optical pivot point as the optical fiber pivots about the pivot point. |
| FILED | Friday, September 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/943709 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/399 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07275134 | Yang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Providence, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qing Yang (Saunderstown, Rhode Island); Xubin He (Cookeville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A SCSI-to-IP cache storage system interconnects a host computing device or a storage unit to a switched packet network. The cache storage system includes a SCSI interface (40) that facilitates system communications with a host computing device or the storage unit, and an Ethernet interface (42) that allows the system to receive data from and send data to the Internet. The cache storage system further comprises a processing unit (44) that includes a processor (46), a memory (48) and a log disk (52) configured as a sequential access device. The log disk (52) caches data along with the memory (48) resident in the processing unit (44), wherein the log disk (52) and the memory (48) are configured as a two-level hierarchical cache. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/780108 |
| ART UNIT | 2187 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07273709 | Dame et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Univeristy of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainsville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John B. Dame (Gainesville, Florida); Siobhan P. Ellison (Fairfield, Florida); Charles A. Yowell (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A gene encoding a 29 kilodalton protein found on the surface of merozoite stage S. neurona has been cloned and sequenced. The protein encoded by this gene, termed SnSAG-1, is an immunodominant antigen recognized on protein blots. Methods for using nucleic acids and polypeptides relating to SnSAG-1 in diagnostic tests and vaccine development are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/916046 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — 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 07273968 | Yanofsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin F. Yanofsky (San Diego, California); Soraya Pelaz (Madrid, Spain); Gary Ditta (Poway, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides plants that exhibit modulated reproductive development and methods of modulating the timing of reproductive development in plants. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/794923 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/298 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07273095 | Li 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); NanoConduction, Incorporated (Los Gatos, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jun Li (Sunnyvale, California); Meyya Meyyappan (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for providing for thermal conduction using an array of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). An array of vertically oriented CNTs is grown on a substrate having high thermal conductivity, and interstitial regions between adjacent CNTs in the array are partly or wholly filled with a filler material having a high thermal conductivity so that at least one end of each CNT is exposed. The exposed end of each CNT is pressed against a surface of an object from which heat is to be removed. The CNT-filler composite adjacent to the substrate provides improved mechanical strength to anchor CNTs in place and also serves as a heat spreader to improve diffusion of heat flux from the smaller volume (CNTs) to a larger heat sink. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/825795 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Heat exchange 165/185 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07274907 | Perotti et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Unites States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jose Perotti (Merritt Island, Florida); Angel Lucena (Orlando, Florida); Anthony Eckhoff (Cocoa, Florida); Carlos T. Mata (Titusville, Florida); Norman N. Blalock (Rockledge, Florida); Pedro J. Medelius (Merritt Island, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A wireless instrumentation system enables a plurality of low power wireless transceivers to transmit measurement data from a plurality of remote station sensors to a central data station accurately and reliably. The system employs a relay based communications scheme where remote stations that cannot communicate directly with the central station due to interference, poor signal strength, etc., are instructed to communicate with other of the remote stations that act as relays to the central station. A unique power management scheme is also employed to minimize power usage at each remote station and thereby maximize battery life. Each of the remote stations preferably employs a modular design to facilitate easy reconfiguration of the stations as required. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/748915 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/11.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Transportation (USDOT)
| US 07272891 | Lyle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mississippi Department of Transportation (Jackson, Mississippi) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steve Oneal Lyle (Lena, Mississippi); Kenneth Miller Wallace (Collinsville, Mississippi); Rocky Kent Reeves (Decatur, Mississippi); David Kevin Rainey (Meridian, Mississippi); Stewart Keith Parker (Carthage, Mississippi); James Virgil Jones (Forest, Mississippi); Willis Paul Henderson (Forest, Mississippi) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to an automatic or self plumbing device and method for maintaining survey or data collection or reflection equipment in a vertical plumb position despite horizontal and/or vertical changes of position of the device or vehicle with the device attached thereto. The invention also provides a means for maintaining survey or data collection or reflection equipment in a vertical plumb position and at a constant height above ground or surface to be surveyed. The invention provides a means for mounting or attaching the device to a vehicle or other mobile prime mover and a means for remotely changing the position of the device mounted on the vehicle from within the vehicle for accurate, efficient, and timely collection of data while the device and vehicle are stationary or in motion. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/394355 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Geometrical instruments 033/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07273929 | Burgeson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts); The State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon Health Sciences University (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert E. Burgeson (Marblehead, Massachusetts); David Wolfe Wagman (Melrose, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant laminin B1k and fragments thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 22, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/443349 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07273698 | Lupski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James R. Lupski (Houston, Texas); Cornelius F. Boerkoel, III (Houston, Texas); Hiroshi Takashima (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to defects in periaxin (PRX) associated with myelinopathies, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome and/or Dejerine-Sottas syndrome. Unrelated individuals having a myelinopathy from Dejerine-Sottas syndrome have recessive PRX mutations. The PRX locus maps to a region associated with a severe autosomal recessive demyelinating neuropathy and is also syntenic to the Prx location on murine chromosome 7. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/021955 |
| 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 |
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