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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 06, 2007
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| US 07290542 | Carpin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Carpin (Perry Hall, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Safe, reliable and controlled dissemination of a powder aerosol over a relatively short period is achieved by infusing the powder aerosol into a holding chamber to form a concentrated powder aerosol cloud, reducing the volume of the holding chamber to exhaust the concentrated powder aerosol at a controlled rate, mixing a gas with the concentrated powder aerosol, and monitoring the admixture of gas and concentrated aerosol to achieve a target concentration. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/989981 |
| ART UNIT | 3771 — Medical & Surgical Instruments, Treatment Devices, Surgery and Surgical Supplies |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/200.210 |
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| US 07290738 | Rogers 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) | Ernest O. Rogers (Great Falls, Virginia); Robin D. Imber (Rockville, Maryland); Jane S. Abramson (Great Falls, Virginia); Martin J. Donnelly (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Separate upper and lower plenums within an aircraft airfoil or a sea hydrofoil conduct fluid under different pressures to nozzle slots from which jets emerge to augment lift in accordance with different travel conditions. Lift is induced by nozzle slot emergence of a primary jet from one of the plenums along a reverse flow path relative to secondary jet outflow from the other plenum. This capability involves angularly adjusted deflection of the primary jet outflow along forward, reverse or vertical directional flow paths from the trailing end of the airfoil or hydrofoil under zero and other different speed conditions by emergence of the secondary wall jet. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/975120 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/207 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07291016 | Otto |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clifton S. Otto (Lakewood, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to a device for simulating life-like conditions during eye surgery. The device includes a prosthetic head which includes an eye socket coupled to a fluid line adapted to create negative pressure or a vacuum in the eye socket. An eye for practicing surgical techniques can be placed in the socket and negative pressure used to hold the eye in the socket in a manner which feels analogous to the way an eye feels to a surgeon operating on a live human. |
| FILED | Friday, January 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/030184 |
| ART UNIT | 3711 — Amusement and Education Devices |
| CURRENT CPC | Education and demonstration 434/271 |
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| US 07291284 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Hua Zhang (Evanston, Illinois); Dana Weinberger (San Diego, California); Seunghun Hong (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Combination of nanolithography and wet chemical etching including the fabrication of nanoarrays of sub-50 nm gold dots and line structures with deliberately designed approximately 12-100 nm gaps. These structures were made by initially using direct write nanolithography to pattern the etch resist, 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHA), on Au/Ti/SiOx/Si substrates and then wet chemical etching to remove the exposed gold. These are the smallest Au structures prepared by a wet chemical etching strategy. Also, Dip-Pen Nanolithography (DPN) has been used to generate resist layers on Au, Ag, and Pd that when combined with wet chemical etching can lead to nanostructures with deliberately designed shapes and sizes. Monolayers of mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHA) or octadecanethiol (ODT), patterned by DPN, were explored as etch resists. They work comparably well on Au and Ag, but ODT is the superior material for Pd. MHA seems to attract the FeCl3 etchant and results in nonuniform etching of the underlying Pd substrate. Dots, lines, triangles and circles, ranging in size from sub-100 to several hundred nm have been fabricated on these substrates. These results show how one can use DPN as an alternative to more complex and costly procedures like electron beam lithography to generate nanostructures from inorganic materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/725939 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/41 |
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| US 07291293 | Marks et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tobin J. Marks (Evanston, Illinois); Peiwang Zhu (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention introduces a novel route toward microstructural orientation into organic films, using multiple hydrogen-bonding to self-assemble chromophore molecules into electro-optic films in a net polar orientation. High-quality, thick films (up to micrometers) with molecular net dipole orientations can be fabricated under vacuum in hours. The film microstructure is intrinsically acentric; and the orientation is robust. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/789928 |
| ART UNIT | 1712 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/586 |
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| US 07291406 | Thompson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); The University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark E. Thompson (Anaheim, California); Peter Djurovic (Long Beach, California); Sergey Lamansky (Camarillo, California); Drew Murphy (Lakewood, California); Raymond Kwong (Plainsboro, New Jersey); Feras Abdel-Razzaq (Los Angeles, California); Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Marc A. Baldo (Princeton, New Jersey); Paul E. Burrows (Kennewick, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Organic light emitting devices are described wherein the emissive layer comprises a host material containing an emissive molecule, which molecule is adapted to luminesce when a voltage is applied across the heterostructure, and the emissive molecule is selected from the group of phosphorescent organometallic complexes, including cyclometallated platinum, iridium and osmium complexes. The organic light emitting devices optionally contain an exciton blocking layer. Furthermore, improved electroluminescent efficiency in organic light emitting devices is obtained with an emitter layer comprising organometallic complexes of transition metals of formula L2MX, wherein L and X are distinct bidentate ligands. Compounds of this formula can be synthesized more facilely than in previous approaches and synthetic options allow insertion of fluorescent molecules into a phosphorescent complex, ligands to fine tune the color of emission, and ligands to trap carriers. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/233605 |
| ART UNIT | 1774 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/690 |
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| US 07291457 | Miller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey F. Miller (Santa Monica, California); Jun Huang (Los Angeles, California); Tza-Huei Wang (Los Angeles, California); Chih-Ming Ho (Brentwood, California); Minghsun Liu (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for specifically detecting perfectly matched probe-target hybrids by annealing a hairpin-based probe to a nucleic acid target under conditions favoring the formation of perfectly matched targets over mismatched targets, and electrochemically detecting the annealed probe. Sensitivity of detection can be enhanced by catalyzed reporter deposition of probe signal prior to electrochemical detection. Specificity can be enhanced by including hairpin-based competitor probes in the annealing step. The detection assay is particularly applicable to typing single nucleotide polymorphisms by DNA sandwich hybridization. |
| FILED | Friday, June 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/177537 |
| 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 07291478 | Elashvili |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ilya Elashvili (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods are described for detecting organophosphorus compounds in a sample. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/094548 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/18 |
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| US 07291503 | Swager |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy M. Swager (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for detecting the presence of an analyte by comparing the conductivity of a mixture containing an analyte and a sensor to the conductivity of the sensor in the absence of analyte. In certain embodiments, the sensor of the present invention consists of a complexing domain comprising a metal ion and a complexing agent and a conducting polymer, wherein the redox potential of the metal ion is similar to the redox potential of the conducting polymer. In one preferred embodiment, the presence of nitric oxide is detected by measuring the conducting change of a sensor comprising poly N,N′-ethylenebis(salicylidenimine) and cobalt. The poly N,N′-ethylenebis(salicylidenimine) cobalt sensors of the present invention are not adversely effected by the presence of water or oxygen. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/442678 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/149 |
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| US 07291656 | Bulluck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research Institute, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas); Brad A. Rix (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultraviolet (UV) light curable formulation useful for repairing composite materials, comprising: an acrylic oligomer, an acrylic monomer, and a photoinitiator. This formulation may include fiberglass. The photoinitiator can be a combination of a bis-acylphosphine oxide and an alpha hydroxy ketone. The formulation can cure rapidly, such as in about 20 minutes. The cured formulation can have a Tg above 150° C. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/294987 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/81 |
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| US 07291657 | Bulluck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas); Brad A. Rix (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultraviolet (UV) light curable formulation useful for repairing composite materials, comprising: an acrylic oligomer, an acrylic monomer, and a photoinitiator. This formulation may include fiberglass. The photoinitiator can be a combination of a bis-acylphosphine oxide and an alpha hydroxy ketone. The formulation can cure rapidly, such as in about 20 minutes. The cured formulation can have a Tg above 150° C. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/295201 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07291710 | Hayes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald L. Hayes (Gainesville, Florida); Kevin K. W. Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Brian R. Pike (Derwood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for detecting a cell damage relate to the discovery that proteases are selectively activated in subjects suffering from nervous system damage compared to samples from healthy subjects. Breakdown products reflecting activation of proteases that degrade spectrin are produced. A cell injury is detected by providing a biological sample derived from the subject; detecting in the sample the presence of these breakdown products generated by multiple proteases, and correlating the presence of these breakdown products with the presence or type of cell damage. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/660069 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07291946 | Clouse et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian E. Clouse (Saugus, Massachusetts); Louis M. Cardoso (Cape Neddick, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | A damper for a stator assembly, the stator assembly comprising a stator segment and a seal mounted to the stator segment. The damper locates between the stator segment and the seal, and comprises: a medial section; and opposed arms extending from the medial section. The medial section engages one of the stator segment and the seal and the opposed arms engage the other of the stator segment and the seal. A method of making the damper, comprising the steps of: providing a sheet of material having a medial section and opposed arms extending from the medial section; forming a bend at the medial section so that the medial section can engage one of the stator segment and the seal; and forming a bend at each of the arms so that the arms can engage the other of the stator segment and the seal. |
| FILED | Monday, January 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/248532 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292326 | Nimmakayala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Molecular Imprints, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pawan Kumar Nimmakayala (Austin, Texas); Tom H. Rafferty (Austin, Texas); Alireza Aghili (Austin, Texas); Byung-Jin Choi (Austin, Texas); Philip D. Schumaker (Austin, Texas); Daniel A. Babbs (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention features a system to determine relative spatial parameters between two coordinate systems, which may be a mold and a region of a substrate in which mold is employed to generate a pattern. The system senses relative alignment between the two coordinate systems at multiple points and determines relative spatial parameters therebetween. The relative spatial parameters include a relative area and a relative shape. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/000331 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/139.40 |
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| US 07292383 | Verma et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi Verma (Pasadena, California); Massimo A. Sivilotti (Sierra Madre, California); Michael Emerling (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A contained resonant cavity. The contained resonant cavity includes a first surface and a second surface that are partially transmissive and partially reflective, One or more reflective sidewall, are positioned between the first surface and the second surface. In a specific embodiment, the first surface and the second surface are substantially parallel and represent input and output surfaces, respectively, of the contained resonant cavity. The one or more sidewalls are approximately perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface and include a first sidewall having a first substantially reflective planar surface that faces a second substantially reflective planar surface of the second sidewall. A third sidewall and a fourth sidewall have fourth and fifth substantially reflective Lacing sidewalls, respectively. In an illustrative embodiment, the one or more sidewalls include plural reflective sidewall, arranged perpendicularly between the first surface and the second surface to form an array of contained resonant cavities therebetween. The ray of contained resonant cavities is readily employed in various applications including unique tunable optical filter rays, lens-less imaging systems, and multispectral imaging systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/960392 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/261 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292502 | Barger |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Barger (Winchester, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides, in various embodiments, a transducer for generating hyper-directional sound beams, and a system and method employing a hyper-directional sound transducer for producing pressure gradients and forces across stationary and moving objects. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/094684 |
| ART UNIT | 2615 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/138 |
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| US 07292503 | Butler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Image Acoustics, Inc. (Cohasset, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alexander L. Butler (Weymouth, Massachusetts); John L. Butler (Cohasset, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An electro-mechanical transducer, which provides radial amplified multiple piston motion is formed from attached multiple lever arms and multiple electro-mechanical drivers. The piston motion is amplified by lever arms, which are attached to electro-mechanical drivers, such as piezoelectric or magnetostrictive drivers, which oscillate in a radial direction in unison with the applied voltage. A minimum of three pistons, three lever arms (or shells) and three drivers may be used. A preferred embodiment, uses four pistons, four lever arms (or shells) and four drivers. As a result of both the magnified motion of the lever arms (or shells) and the large acoustic radiating area of the multiple pistons, the transducer provides a means for a high-source level from a compact low-frequency broadband transducer. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/836864 |
| 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 367/163 |
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| US 07292647 | Giannakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Yan Xin (St. Paul, Minnesota); Zhengdao Wang (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | In general, linear complex-field encoding techniques are proposed For example, transmitter of a wireless communication system includes an encoder and a modulator. The encoder linearly encodes a data stream to produce an encoded data stream. The modulator to produce an output waveform in accordance with the encoded data stream for transmission through a wireless channel. The modulator generates the output waveform as a multicarrier waveform having a set of subcarriers, e.g., an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) waveform. The encoder linearly encodes the data stream so that the subcarriers carry different linear combinations of information symbols of the data stream. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/420353 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/295 |
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| US 07292661 | Chan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert M. Chan (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Gregory W. Wornell (Wellesly, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A block-iterative equalizer is adapted for use in contemporary digital communication system receivers. In a preferred embodiment, data received over a communication channel is processed by a linear feed-forward filter and the resulting filtered signal is provided to a slicer which makes a first set of tentative symbol decisions. During later iterations, the same received data is processed by the linear feed-forward filter, the feed-forward filter parameters being modified at each iteration based on the received data and the tentative decisions are themselves filtered by a second, “feed-back” filter and used to improve the tentative decisions. |
| FILED | Monday, March 20, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/528678 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/346 |
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| US 07292758 | Bayindir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ayman F. Abouraddy (Boston, Massachusetts); Dursen Saygin Hinczewski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jerimy Arnold (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jean F. Viens (Boston, Massachusetts); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an optical fiber photodetector including a photoconductive element, such as a semiconducting element, having a fiber length. The semiconducting element is characterized as a non-composite material in at least one fiber direction. At least one pair of conducting electrodes is in contact with the semiconducting element along the fiber length, and an insulator is provided along the fiber length. An optical resonator can be disposed along the fiber length and along a path of illumination to the semiconducting element. The resonator is dimensioned to substantially reflect all illumination wavelengths except for a prescribed range of wavelengths transmitted to the semiconducting element. The fiber photodetector can be arranged in a photodetecting fiber grid, photodetecting fiber fabric, or other configuration for detecting incident illumination. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/173827 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/101 |
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| US 07292792 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Young-Kai Chen (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey); Andreas Leven (Gillette, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for transmitting digital data includes splitting a coherent optical carrier having a subcarrier into mutually coherent optical carriers, producing corresponding sequences of phase shifts in each of the mutually coherent optical carriers, and then, interfering the mutually coherent optical carriers. The interfering produces an output optical carrier whose subcarrier has modulated inphase and quadrature components with a corresponding sequence of pairs of values. The pairs of values of the modulated inphase and quadrature phase components produced by the interfering correspond to a sequence of coordinate pairs for the signal points the 4-PSK 2D, 16-QAM 2D, or 16-PSK 2D constellation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/674722 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/183 |
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| US 07293004 | Vengerov |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Vengerov (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that tunes state-based scheduling policies, wherein the system contains a number of central processing units (CPUs). During operation, the system recurrently estimates a long-term benefit to the system by feeding a system state as input to a parametric value function and computing an output from the parametric value function. The system makes scheduling decisions for the CPUs based on the estimated long-term benefit to the system. The system also tunes a parameter of the parametric value function based on current and previously estimated long-term benefit to the system, thereby facilitating more effective scheduling policies. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/045562 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/52 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07291331 | Croft et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Croft (San Diego, California); Shahram Salek-Ardakani (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | T cell memory can persist in the absence of antigen. However, some memory cells by default are subject to signals accompanying periodic antigen exposure. OX40 is essential to the extent and persistence of Th2 memory when antigen is re-encountered. In an animal model of allergic asthma, inhibiting OX40/OX40L signaling during the secondary response to inhaled antigen suppressed lung inflammation. Inhibiting OX40 at the time of memory cell reactivation reduced the longevity of memory with further inflammation prevented upon tertiary encounter with antigen. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/661358 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 07291334 | Nataro |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Nataro (Owings Mills, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel proteins and their corresponding nucleotide sequences in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) are provided. In particular, Aap and the five gene cluster (aat) of the AA probe region of the pAA plasmid of EAEC 042 have been identified, sequenced, and further characterized. The use of these novel proteins and their corresponding nucleotide sequences for diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of EAEC infections is also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/403802 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/169.100 |
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| US 07291336 | Sanderson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sam D. Sanderson (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Molecular adjuvants are disclosed comprising an antigen presenting cell-targeting ligand functionally linked to an immunogen, e.g. tumor associated antigens, bacterial or viral antigens, etc. Methods are disclosed for delivery of these molecular adjuvants to patients, resulting in the transduction of activating signals to the targeted antigen presenting cell, thereby enhancing the immune response to the co-delivered immunogen. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/856455 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/184.100 |
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| US 07291454 | de la Monte et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Suzanne de la Monte (East Greenwich, Rhode Island); Jack R Wands (Waban, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are transgenic animals and transfected cell lines expressing a protein associated with Alzheimer's Disease, neuroectodermal tumors, malignant astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. Also disclosed is the use of such transgenic animals and transfected cell lines to screen potential drug candidates for treating or preventing Alzheimer's disease, neuroectodermal tumors, malignant astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. The invention also relates to new antisense oligonucleotides, ribozymes, triplex forming DNA and external guide sequences that can be used to treat or prevent Alzheimer's disease, neuroectodermal tumors, malignant astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. |
| FILED | Friday, September 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/964678 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07291456 | Lam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kit S. Lam (Davis, California); Alan L. Lehman (Sacramento, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes a method for determining the differences between the molecular interactions of two different mixtures of molecules and identifying ligands specific for molecules in one mixture. The method utilizes a combinatorial library to compare the molecular interactions of the two mixtures and eliminates those interactions that are common to both mixtures and those that are unique to the first mixture, such that interactions essentially unique to the target mixture are identified. Ligands specific for molecules in the target mixture can then be identified. The invention also includes a method of screening a combinatorial library to distinguish between true positive beads and false positive beads and to provide for the identification of ligands specific for target molecules. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 24, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/057178 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07291464 | Kuo |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Michigan State University (Lansing, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Min-Hao Kuo (East Lansing, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides compounds and methods for the detection of protein-protein interactions wherein said interactions are dependent on the presence or absence of post-translational modifications (PTMs) of at least one of the proteins. |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/773911 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07291473 | Tan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eng M. Tan (La Jolla, California); Robert L. Ochs (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Edward K. L. Chan (Gainesville, Florida); Yoshinao Muro (Showa-Ku, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a process of screening patients for atopic dermatitis. The process includes the step of determining, in sera of the patient, the presence of antibodies against nuclear antigens such as transcription co-activator p75, wherein the presence of such antibodies indicates atopic dermatitis. The screening process can be used to detect atopic dermatitis in patients suffering from other conditions such as asthma or interstitial cystitis. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 23, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/276919 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — 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 07291475 | Sheppard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dean Sheppard (Oakland, California); Robert Pytela (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides substantially pure integrins containing a novel β subunit designated as β6. The novel β6 subunit forms heterodimers with αv and αf. Methods of controlling cell adhesion using the β6-containing integrins are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/894643 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — 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 07291476 | Orth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kim Orth (Dallas, Texas); Sohini Mukherjee (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A post-translational modification of a predetermined protein expressed by a cell is detected by specifically detecting an O-acetylation of a serine, threonine or tyrosine residue of the protein as an indication of the post-translational modification. The detection may employ antibodies that specifically bind an O-acetylated protein expressed by the cell, wherein the specific binding is dependent on the presence of an O-acetylated serine, threonine or tyrosine residue in the protein. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/433212 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07291494 | Cope et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Cope (Pasadena, California); Rati Verma (Pasadena, California); Lakshminarayanan Aravind (Bethesda, Maryland); Eugene V. Koonin (Bethesda, Maryland); Raymond Deshaies (Claremont, California); Xavier Ambroggio (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is based on the discovery that a polypeptide containing the JAB subunit or the JAM domain has peptidase activity, e.g., isopeptidase activity. The present invention provides polypeptides and crystalline polypeptides containing the JAM domain and methods of using such polypeptides to screen for agents capable of affecting the peptidase activity of the polypeptides. The present invention also provides methods of using the JAM domain for rational drug design or identifying agents capable of affecting the peptidase activity of the JAM domain. |
| FILED | Monday, January 14, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/047253 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/212 |
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| US 07291605 | Fisher |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B Fisher (Scarsdale, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a method for reversing the cancerous phenotype of a cancer cell by introducing a nucleic acid having the melanoma differentiation associated gene (mda-7) into the cell under conditions that permit the expression of the gene so as to thereby reverse the cancerous phenotype of the cell. This invention also provides a method for reversing the cancerous phenotype of a cancer cell by introducing the gene product of the above-described gene into the cancerous cell so as to thereby reverse the cancerous phenotype of the cell. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition having the melanoma differentiation associated gene (mda-7) or the gene product of the melanoma differentiation associated gene (mda-7) effective to reverse the cancerous phenotype of a cancer cell and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. |
| FILED | Monday, January 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/048543 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07291606 | Denu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconson Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Denu (Tigard, Oregon); Kirk G. Tanner (Westborough, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel compositions and methods are provided for identifying agents which affect chromosomal stability and aging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 13, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/416388 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/47 |
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| US 07291628 | Neumeyer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | McLean Hospital Corporation (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John L. Neumeyer (Wayland, Massachusetts); Jean M. Bidlack (Rochester, New York); Xiao-Hui Gu (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is based in part on the discovery that nonselective κ agonists that possess μ receptor-mediated effects in addition to their κ agonist effects can decrease cocaine self-administration more effectively and with fewer undesirable side effects than can highly selective κ agonists. The invention includes a number of new compounds having both nonselective κ opioid receptor agonist activity and additional activity at μ opioid receptors. These compounds are useful for the treatment of cocaine abuse, and can also be radiolabeled for use as imaging agents, e.g., the N-fluoroalkyl and iodoalkyl derivatives can be used, respectively, for positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon computed tomography (SPECT) brain imaging. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/029247 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/289 |
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| US 07291710 | Hayes et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald L. Hayes (Gainesville, Florida); Kevin K. W. Wang (Gainesville, Florida); Brian R. Pike (Derwood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for detecting a cell damage relate to the discovery that proteases are selectively activated in subjects suffering from nervous system damage compared to samples from healthy subjects. Breakdown products reflecting activation of proteases that degrade spectrin are produced. A cell injury is detected by providing a biological sample derived from the subject; detecting in the sample the presence of these breakdown products generated by multiple proteases, and correlating the presence of these breakdown products with the presence or type of cell damage. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/660069 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07291711 | Gibbs et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Miami (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick D. L. Gibbs (Miami, Florida); Robert W. Carter (Miami, Florida); Michael C. Schmale (Miami, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are four new fluorescent proteins. The proteins were derived from two wild-type fluorescent proteins: a red fluorescent protein (RFP) that was isolated from Actinodiscus or Discosoma sp. 1 and a green fluorescent protein (GFP) isolated from Montastraea cavernosa. Two mutant forms were generated from each wild-type protein. Each of the mutated forms has a higher fluorescence intensity than the respective wild-type form. The mutant forms of the fluorescent proteins allow for more sensitive detection of the fluorescence emitted by the proteins. Additionally, one of the mutant proteins is more resistant to photobleaching than its wild-type protein. The invention also encompasses isolated nucleic acids encoding the mutant forms of the wild-type RFP and GFP. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/021014 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07291723 | Stapleton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jack T. Stapleton (Iowa City, Iowa); Jinhua Xiang (Iowa City, Iowa); Sarah George (St. Louis, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | The present application provides GB virus C sequences (GBV-C or hepatitis G virus) and methods of using the sequences. |
| FILED | Friday, October 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/693258 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.720 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292742 | Levene et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Levene (Ithaca, New York); Jonas Korlach (Ithaca, New York); Stephen W. Turner (Ithaca, New York); Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Watt W. Webb (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for analysis of an analyte. The method involves providing a zero-mode waveguide which includes a cladding surrounding a core where the cladding is configured to preclude propagation of electromagnetic energy of a frequency less than a cutoff frequency longitudinally through the core of the zero-mode waveguide. The analyte is positioned in the core of the zero-mode waveguide and is then subjected, in the core of the zero-mode wave guide, to activating electromagnetic radiation of a frequency less than the cut-off frequency under conditions effective to permit analysis of the analyte in an effective observation volume which is more compact than if the analysis were carried out in the absence of the zero-mode waveguide. |
| FILED | Friday, February 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/670906 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
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| US 07292828 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chung-Chiun Liu (Cleveland Heights, Ohio); Edward O'Connor (Garfield Heights, Ohio); Kingman P. Strohl (Shaker Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A multichannel wireless telemetry system is disclosed. The system includes a transmitter and a receiver in communication with the transmitter. The transmitter includes a signal processing chip. The signal processing chip includes a plurality of input preamplifiers, a plurality of selective second amplifiers, a subcarrier oscillator connected to the selective second amplifiers, a timing circuit connected to the subcarrier oscillator, a calibration circuit connected to the timing circuit, and a 1-of-several decoder connected to the timing circuit. Each selective second amplifier is connected to a different input preamplifier. |
| FILED | Friday, September 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/656651 |
| ART UNIT | 2685 — Selective Communication |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/91 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark S. Cavanagh (Bloomington, Illinois); Roger L. Urven, Jr. (Colona, Illinois); Keith E. Lawrence (Peoria, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A direct injection fuel injector includes a nozzle tip having a plurality of passages allowing fluid communication between an inner nozzle tip surface portion and an outer nozzle tip surface portion and directly into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. A first group of the passages have inner surface apertures located substantially in a first common plane. A second group of the passages have inner surface apertures located substantially in at least a second common plane substantially parallel to the first common plane. The second group has more passages than the first group. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/353998 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/299 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07290667 — Microfluidic sieve using intertwined, free-standing carbon nanotube mesh as active medium
| US 07290667 | Bakajin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Olgica Bakajin (San Leandro, California); Aleksandr Noy (Belmont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfluidic sieve having a substrate with a microfluidic channel, and a carbon nanotube mesh. The carbon nanotube mesh is formed from a plurality of intertwined free-standing carbon nanotubes which are fixedly attached within the channel for separating, concentrating, and/or filtering molecules flowed through the channel. In one embodiment, the microfluidic sieve is fabricated by providing a substrate having a microfluidic channel, and growing the intertwined free-standing carbon nanotubes from within the channel to produce the carbon nanotube mesh attached within the channel. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/613960 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/503 |
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| US 07290669 | Hansen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Utah State University (North Logan, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl S. Hansen (Garland, Utah); Conly L. Hansen (North Logan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An upflow bioreactor includes a vessel having an inlet and an outlet configured for upflow operation. A septum is positioned within the vessel and defines a lower chamber and an upper chamber. The septum includes an aperture that provides fluid communication between the upper chamber and lower chamber. The bioreactor also includes an auger positioned in the aperture of the septum. The vessel includes an opening in the top for receiving the auger. The auger extends from a drive housing, which is position over the opening and provides a seal around the opening. The drive housing is adjustable relative to the vessel. The position of the auger in the aperture can be adjusted by adjusting the drive housing relative to the vessel. The auger adjustment mechanism allows the auger to be accurately positioned within the aperture. The drive housing can also include a fluid to provide an additional seal around the shaft of the auger. |
| FILED | Friday, October 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/553518 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/525 |
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| US 07291003 | Okandan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murat Okandan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Paul Galambos (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A micromachined spinneret is disclosed which has one or more orifices through which a fiber-forming material can be extruded to form a fiber. Each orifice is surrounded by a concentric annular orifice which allows the fiber to be temporarily or permanently coated with a co-extrudable material. The micromachined spinneret can be formed by a combination of surface and bulk micromachining. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/947969 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: Apparatus 425/463 |
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| US 07291154 | Maitland et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Duncan J. Maitland (Pleasant Hill, California); Abraham P. Lee (Walnut Creek, California); Daniel L. Schumann (Concord, California); Dennis L. Matthews (Moss Beach, California); Derek E. Decker (Byron, California); Charles A. Jungreis (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | An actuator system is provided for acting upon a material in a vessel. The system includes an optical fiber and a shape memory polymer material operatively connected to the optical fiber. The shape memory polymer material is adapted to move from a first shape for moving through said vessel to a second shape where it can act upon said material. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/713622 |
| ART UNIT | 3734 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07291265 | Phifer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington Savannah River (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Phifer (N. Augusta, South Carolina); Frank C. Sappington (Dahlonega, Georgia); Margaret R. Millings (N. Augusta, South Carolina); Charles E. Turick (Aiken, South Carolina); Pamela C. McKinsey (Aiken, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A bioremediation system using inorganic oxide-reducing microbial consortia for the treatment of, inter alia coal mine and coal yard runoff uses a containment vessel for contaminated water and a second, floating phase for nutrients. Biodegradable oils are preferred nutrients. |
| FILED | Monday, August 07, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/500136 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/265 |
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| US 07291303 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | IntelliServ, Inc. (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Hall (Provo, Utah); Joe Fox (Spanish Fork, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for bonding a transmission line to the central bore of a downhole tool includes a pre-formed interface for bonding a transmission line to the inside diameter of a downhole tool. The pre-formed interface includes a first surface that substantially conforms to the outside contour of a transmission line and a second surface that substantially conforms to the inside diameter of a downhole tool. In another aspect of the invention, a method for bonding a transmission line to the inside diameter of a downhole tool includes positioning a transmission line near the inside wall of a downhole tool and placing a mold near the transmission line and the inside wall. The method further includes injecting a bonding material into the mold and curing the bonding material such that the bonding material bonds the transmission line to the inside wall. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/707673 |
| ART UNIT | 3637 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/272.110 |
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| US 07291316 | Meikrantz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David H. Meikrantz (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Terry A. Todd (Aberdeen, Idaho); Catherine L. Riddle (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Jack D. Law (Pocatello, Idaho); Dean R. Peterman (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Bruce J. Mincher (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Christopher A. McGrath (Blackfoot, Idaho); John D. Baker (Blackfoot, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A mixed extractant solvent including calix[4]arene-bis-(tert-octylbenzo)-crown-6 (“BOBCalixC6”), 4′,4′,(5′)-di-(t-butyldicyclo-hexano)-18-crown-6 (“DtBu18C6”), and at least one modifier dissolved in a diluent. The mixed extractant solvent may be used to remove cesium and strontium from an acidic solution. The DtBu18C6 may be present from approximately 0.01 M to approximately 0.4M, such as from approximately 0.086 M to approximately 0.108 M. The modifier may be 1-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropoxy)-3-(4-sec-butylphenoxy)-2-propanol (“Cs-7SB”) and may be present from approximately 0.01M to approximately 0.8M. In one embodiment, the mixed extractant solvent includes approximately 0.15M DtBu18C6, approximately 0.007M BOBCalixC6, and approximately 0.75M Cs-7SB modifier dissolved in an isoparaffinic hydrocarbon diluent. The mixed extractant solvent may form an organic phase in an extraction system that also includes an aqueous phase. Methods of extracting cesium and strontium as well as strontium alone are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/808039 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/2 |
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| US 07291317 | Saboungi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marie-Louise Saboungi (Chicago, Illinois); Benoit Glorieux (Perpignan, France) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method of synthesizing high-temperature melting materials. More specifically the invention relates to a containerless method of synthesizing very high temperature melting materials such as carbides and transition-metal, lanthanide and actinide oxides, using an aerodynamic levitator and a laser. The object of the invention is to provide a method for synthesizing extremely high-temperature melting materials that are otherwise difficult to produce, without the use of containers, allowing the manipulation of the phase (amorphous/crystalline/metastable) and permitting changes of the environment such as different gaseous compositions. |
| FILED | Friday, July 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/181972 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Static Structures, Supports and Furniture |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/249 |
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| US 07291653 | Baumann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theodore F. Baumann (Tracy, California); Joe H. Satcher, Jr. (Patterson, California); Alexander E. Gash (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Synthetic methods for the preparation of hydrophobic organics aerogels. One method involves the sol-gel polymerization of 1,3-dimethoxybenzene or 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene with formaldehyde in non-aqueous solvents. Using a procedure analogous to the preparation of resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) aerogels, this approach generates wet gels that can be dried using either supercritical solvent extraction to generate the new organic aerogels or air dried to produce an xerogel. Other methods involve the sol-gel polymerization of 1,3,5 trihydroxy benzene (phloroglucinol) or 1,3 dihydroxy benzene (resorcinol) and various aldehydes in non-aqueous solvents. These methods use a procedure analogous to the one-step base and two-step base/acid catalyzed polycondensation of phloroglucinol and formaldehyde, but the base catalyst used is triethylamine. These methods can be applied to a variety of other sol-gel precursors and solvent systems. These hydrophobic organics aerogels have numerous application potentials in the field of material absorbers and water-proof insulation. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/927679 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/64 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07291805 | Dane et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Metal Improvement Company, Inc. (Paramus, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | C. Brent Dane (Livermore, California); Lloyd A. Hackel (Livermore, California); Fritz Harris (Rocklin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for applying a laser beam to work pieces, includes a laser system producing a high power output beam. Target delivery optics are arranged to deliver the output beam to a target work piece. A relay telescope having a telescope focal point is placed in the beam path between the laser system and the target delivery optics. The relay telescope relays an image between an image location near the output of the laser system and an image location near the target delivery optics. A baffle is placed at the telescope focal point between the target delivery optics and the laser system to block reflections from the target in the target delivery optics from returning to the laser system and causing damage. |
| FILED | Friday, February 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/789557 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.730 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292263 | Segelke et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent W. Segelke (San Ramon, California); Dominique Toppani (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A robotic CCD microscope and procedures to automate crystal recognition. The robotic CCD microscope and procedures enables more accurate crystal recognition, leading to fewer false negative and fewer false positives, and enable detection of smaller crystals compared to other methods available today. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/360879 |
| ART UNIT | 2621 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Television 348/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292676 | Chandler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katherine Chandler (Ithaca, New York); Tatiana Chelkovenko (Moscow, Russian Federation); David Hammer (Ithaca, New York); Sergei Pikuz (Moscow, Russian Federation); Daniel Sinars (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Byungmoo Song (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A radiograph system with an anode plate, a cathode plate, and a power source coupled to said anode plate and the cathode plate. At least two wires coupled between the anode plate and the cathode plate provide a configuration to form an X-pinch having a photon source size of less than five microns at energies above 2.5 keV. Material at the configuration forming the X-pinch vaporizes upon application of a suitable current to the wires forming a dense hot plasma and emitting a single x-ray pulse with sufficient photons having energies in the range of from about 2.5 keV to about 20 keV to provide a phase contrast image of an object in the path of the photons. Multiple simultaneous images may be formed of a plurality of objects. Suitable filters and x-ray detectors are provided. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/215200 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292742 | Levene et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Levene (Ithaca, New York); Jonas Korlach (Ithaca, New York); Stephen W. Turner (Ithaca, New York); Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Watt W. Webb (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for analysis of an analyte. The method involves providing a zero-mode waveguide which includes a cladding surrounding a core where the cladding is configured to preclude propagation of electromagnetic energy of a frequency less than a cutoff frequency longitudinally through the core of the zero-mode waveguide. The analyte is positioned in the core of the zero-mode waveguide and is then subjected, in the core of the zero-mode wave guide, to activating electromagnetic radiation of a frequency less than the cut-off frequency under conditions effective to permit analysis of the analyte in an effective observation volume which is more compact than if the analysis were carried out in the absence of the zero-mode waveguide. |
| FILED | Friday, February 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/670906 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292758 | Bayindir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ayman F. Abouraddy (Boston, Massachusetts); Dursen Saygin Hinczewski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jerimy Arnold (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jean F. Viens (Boston, Massachusetts); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an optical fiber photodetector including a photoconductive element, such as a semiconducting element, having a fiber length. The semiconducting element is characterized as a non-composite material in at least one fiber direction. At least one pair of conducting electrodes is in contact with the semiconducting element along the fiber length, and an insulator is provided along the fiber length. An optical resonator can be disposed along the fiber length and along a path of illumination to the semiconducting element. The resonator is dimensioned to substantially reflect all illumination wavelengths except for a prescribed range of wavelengths transmitted to the semiconducting element. The fiber photodetector can be arranged in a photodetecting fiber grid, photodetecting fiber fabric, or other configuration for detecting incident illumination. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/173827 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292768 | Kalinin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sergei V. Kalinin (Knoxville, Tennessee); Arthur P. Baddorf (Knoxville, Tennessee); Ho Nyung Lee (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Junsoo Shin (Knoxville, Tennessee); Alexei L. Gruverman (Raleigh, North Carolina); Edgar Karapetian (Malden, Massachusetts); Mark Kachanov (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for switching the direction of polarization in a relatively small domain in a thin-film ferroelectric material whose direction of polarization is oriented normal to the surface of the material involves a step of moving an electrically-chargeable tip into contact with the surface of the ferroelectric material so that the direction of polarization in a region adjacent the tip becomes oriented in a preselected direction relative to the surface of the ferroelectric material. The tip is then pressed against the surface of the ferroelectric material so that the direction of polarization of the ferroelectric material within the area of the ferroelectric material in contact with the tip is reversed under the combined effect of the compressive influence of the tip and electric bias. |
| FILED | Monday, April 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/409740 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/147 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292958 | Ceder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gerbrand Ceder (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Chris Fischer (Somerville, Massachusetts); Kevin Tibbetts (Winchester, Massachusetts); Dane Morgan (Madison, Wisconsin); Stefano Curtarolo (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for predicting features of materials of interest. Reference data are analyzed to deduce relationships between the input data sets and output data sets. Reference data includes measured values and/or computed values. The deduced relationships can be specified as equations, correspondences, and/or algorithmic processes that produce appropriate output data when suitable input data is used. In some instances, the output data set is a subset of the input data set, and computational results may be refined by optionally iterating the computational procedure. To deduce features of a new material of interest, a computed or measured input property of the material is provided to an equation, correspondence, or algorithmic procedure previously deduced, and an output is obtained. In some instances, the output is iteratively refined. In some instances, new features deduced for the material of interest are added to a database of input and output data for known materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/122942 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07291284 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Hua Zhang (Evanston, Illinois); Dana Weinberger (San Diego, California); Seunghun Hong (Seoul, South Korea) |
| ABSTRACT | Combination of nanolithography and wet chemical etching including the fabrication of nanoarrays of sub-50 nm gold dots and line structures with deliberately designed approximately 12-100 nm gaps. These structures were made by initially using direct write nanolithography to pattern the etch resist, 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHA), on Au/Ti/SiOx/Si substrates and then wet chemical etching to remove the exposed gold. These are the smallest Au structures prepared by a wet chemical etching strategy. Also, Dip-Pen Nanolithography (DPN) has been used to generate resist layers on Au, Ag, and Pd that when combined with wet chemical etching can lead to nanostructures with deliberately designed shapes and sizes. Monolayers of mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHA) or octadecanethiol (ODT), patterned by DPN, were explored as etch resists. They work comparably well on Au and Ag, but ODT is the superior material for Pd. MHA seems to attract the FeCl3 etchant and results in nonuniform etching of the underlying Pd substrate. Dots, lines, triangles and circles, ranging in size from sub-100 to several hundred nm have been fabricated on these substrates. These results show how one can use DPN as an alternative to more complex and costly procedures like electron beam lithography to generate nanostructures from inorganic materials. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/725939 |
| ART UNIT | 1763 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Etching a substrate: Processes 216/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292115 | Soltanian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Babak Soltanian (New York, New York); Herschel Ainspan (New Hempstead, New York); Daniel Friedman (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Woogeun Rhee (Norwood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of differentially controlling an LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) includes providing an LC-VCO comprising at least one inductor, measuring an inductor common voltage (CMV) output at a point along the at least one inductor, utilizing the measured inductor CMV as an input to a charge pump, and outputting from the charge pump a plurality of differential control voltages to control an output of the LC-VCO. |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/112527 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292389 | Kaminsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Werner Kaminsky (Seattle, Washington); Bart Kahr (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for producing circular extinction (CE) contrast images of anisotropic samples. Microscope systems for determining circular extinction (CE), the differential transmission of left and right circularly polarized light resulting from circular dichroism (CD) of an anisotropic sample, include mechanically driven optical components and an image detector such as a monochromatic CCD camera to detect light intensities. In one aspect, optical components include a tunable filter, a rotatable linear polarizer and a variable retarder. The tunable filter is adjustable to provide light at a specific desired wavelength. The linear polarizer is adjustable to provide linearly polarized light with a specific wave vector, and the variable retarder is adjustable to produce near perfect circular polarized light at every selected wavelength. For example, in one aspect, the variable retarder includes a linear birefringent plate tiltable around one of its eigenmodes perpendicular to the wave vector of polarized light. The plate may be controllably tilted so that it functions as a perfect λ/4 plate at each wavelength. |
| FILED | Monday, October 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/968834 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/371 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292647 | Giannakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Yan Xin (St. Paul, Minnesota); Zhengdao Wang (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | In general, linear complex-field encoding techniques are proposed For example, transmitter of a wireless communication system includes an encoder and a modulator. The encoder linearly encodes a data stream to produce an encoded data stream. The modulator to produce an output waveform in accordance with the encoded data stream for transmission through a wireless channel. The modulator generates the output waveform as a multicarrier waveform having a set of subcarriers, e.g., an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) waveform. The encoder linearly encodes the data stream so that the subcarriers carry different linear combinations of information symbols of the data stream. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/420353 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/295 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292742 | Levene et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Levene (Ithaca, New York); Jonas Korlach (Ithaca, New York); Stephen W. Turner (Ithaca, New York); Harold G. Craighead (Ithaca, New York); Watt W. Webb (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for analysis of an analyte. The method involves providing a zero-mode waveguide which includes a cladding surrounding a core where the cladding is configured to preclude propagation of electromagnetic energy of a frequency less than a cutoff frequency longitudinally through the core of the zero-mode waveguide. The analyte is positioned in the core of the zero-mode waveguide and is then subjected, in the core of the zero-mode wave guide, to activating electromagnetic radiation of a frequency less than the cut-off frequency under conditions effective to permit analysis of the analyte in an effective observation volume which is more compact than if the analysis were carried out in the absence of the zero-mode waveguide. |
| FILED | Friday, February 02, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/670906 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292758 | Bayindir et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mehmet Bayindir (Somerville, Massachusetts); Fabien Sorin (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ayman F. Abouraddy (Boston, Massachusetts); Dursen Saygin Hinczewski (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Ofer Shapira (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jerimy Arnold (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Jean F. Viens (Boston, Massachusetts); Yoel Fink (Brookline, Massachusetts); John D. Joannopoulos (Belmont, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an optical fiber photodetector including a photoconductive element, such as a semiconducting element, having a fiber length. The semiconducting element is characterized as a non-composite material in at least one fiber direction. At least one pair of conducting electrodes is in contact with the semiconducting element along the fiber length, and an insulator is provided along the fiber length. An optical resonator can be disposed along the fiber length and along a path of illumination to the semiconducting element. The resonator is dimensioned to substantially reflect all illumination wavelengths except for a prescribed range of wavelengths transmitted to the semiconducting element. The fiber photodetector can be arranged in a photodetecting fiber grid, photodetecting fiber fabric, or other configuration for detecting incident illumination. |
| FILED | Friday, July 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/173827 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07290737 | Roder 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) | Russell Roder (Odenton, Maryland); Eliezer Ahronovich (Fairfax, Virginia); Milton C. Davis, III (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A demiseable momentum exchange system includes a base and a flywheel rotatably supported on the base. The flywheel includes a web portion defining a plurality of web openings and a rim portion. The momentum exchange system further includes a motor for driving the flywheel and a cover for engaging the base to substantially enclose the flywheel. The system may also include components having a melting temperature below 1500 degrees Celsius. The momentum exchange system is configured to demise on reentry. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/251537 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/165 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292383 | Verma et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi Verma (Pasadena, California); Massimo A. Sivilotti (Sierra Madre, California); Michael Emerling (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A contained resonant cavity. The contained resonant cavity includes a first surface and a second surface that are partially transmissive and partially reflective, One or more reflective sidewall, are positioned between the first surface and the second surface. In a specific embodiment, the first surface and the second surface are substantially parallel and represent input and output surfaces, respectively, of the contained resonant cavity. The one or more sidewalls are approximately perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface and include a first sidewall having a first substantially reflective planar surface that faces a second substantially reflective planar surface of the second sidewall. A third sidewall and a fourth sidewall have fourth and fifth substantially reflective Lacing sidewalls, respectively. In an illustrative embodiment, the one or more sidewalls include plural reflective sidewall, arranged perpendicularly between the first surface and the second surface to form an array of contained resonant cavities therebetween. The ray of contained resonant cavities is readily employed in various applications including unique tunable optical filter rays, lens-less imaging systems, and multispectral imaging systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/960392 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/261 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292654 | Simon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institue of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marvin K. Simon (La Cañada, California); Dariush Divsalar (Pacific Palisades, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A concatenated coding scheme, using an outer coder, interleaver, and the inner coder inherent in an FQPSK signal to form a coded FQPSK signal. The inner coder is modified to enable interative decoding of the outer code. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 31, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/513927 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/329 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07293001 | Rai |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrator (NASA) (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Man Mohan Rai (Los Altos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | System and method for optimization of a design associated with a response function, using a hybrid neural net and support vector machine (NN/SVM) analysis to minimize or maximize an objective function, optionally subject to one or more constraints. As a first example, the NN/SVM analysis is applied iteratively to design of an aerodynamic component, such as an airfoil shape, where the objective function measures deviation from a target pressure distribution on the perimeter of the aerodynamic component. As a second example, the NN/SVM analysis is applied to data classification of a sequence of data points in a multidimensional space. The NN/SVM analysis is also applied to data regression. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/274744 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07291486 | Santi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | KOSAN Biosciences, Inc. (Hayward, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel Santi (San Francisco, California); Linda Dayem (San Anselmo, California); James Kealey (San Anselmo, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Recombinant Escherichia coli host cells that comprise recombinant DNA expression vectors that drive expression of methylmalonyl CoA mutase from Propionibacterium shermanii or Streptomyces cinnamonensis as well as Propionibacterium shermanii epimerase can produce S-methylmalonyl CoA, a required substrate for the production of polyketides by most modular polyketide synthases not present in wild-type E. coli host cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/829897 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/76 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07291656 | Bulluck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research Institute, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas); Brad A. Rix (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultraviolet (UV) light curable formulation useful for repairing composite materials, comprising: an acrylic oligomer, an acrylic monomer, and a photoinitiator. This formulation may include fiberglass. The photoinitiator can be a combination of a bis-acylphosphine oxide and an alpha hydroxy ketone. The formulation can cure rapidly, such as in about 20 minutes. The cured formulation can have a Tg above 150° C. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/294987 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07291657 | Bulluck et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Texas Research International, Inc. (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Bulluck (Spicewood, Texas); Brad A. Rix (Spicewood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultraviolet (UV) light curable formulation useful for repairing composite materials, comprising: an acrylic oligomer, an acrylic monomer, and a photoinitiator. This formulation may include fiberglass. The photoinitiator can be a combination of a bis-acylphosphine oxide and an alpha hydroxy ketone. The formulation can cure rapidly, such as in about 20 minutes. The cured formulation can have a Tg above 150° C. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/295201 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/81 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292383 | Verma et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi Verma (Pasadena, California); Massimo A. Sivilotti (Sierra Madre, California); Michael Emerling (South Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A contained resonant cavity. The contained resonant cavity includes a first surface and a second surface that are partially transmissive and partially reflective, One or more reflective sidewall, are positioned between the first surface and the second surface. In a specific embodiment, the first surface and the second surface are substantially parallel and represent input and output surfaces, respectively, of the contained resonant cavity. The one or more sidewalls are approximately perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface and include a first sidewall having a first substantially reflective planar surface that faces a second substantially reflective planar surface of the second sidewall. A third sidewall and a fourth sidewall have fourth and fifth substantially reflective Lacing sidewalls, respectively. In an illustrative embodiment, the one or more sidewalls include plural reflective sidewall, arranged perpendicularly between the first surface and the second surface to form an array of contained resonant cavities therebetween. The ray of contained resonant cavities is readily employed in various applications including unique tunable optical filter rays, lens-less imaging systems, and multispectral imaging systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/960392 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/261 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07292115 | Soltanian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Babak Soltanian (New York, New York); Herschel Ainspan (New Hempstead, New York); Daniel Friedman (Sleepy Hollow, New York); Woogeun Rhee (Norwood, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of differentially controlling an LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) includes providing an LC-VCO comprising at least one inductor, measuring an inductor common voltage (CMV) output at a point along the at least one inductor, utilizing the measured inductor CMV as an input to a charge pump, and outputting from the charge pump a plurality of differential control voltages to control an output of the LC-VCO. |
| FILED | Friday, April 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/112527 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/167 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07292202 | Althouse |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark L. G. Althouse (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Range limited antenna includes first and second pair of antenna elements, and an RF signal processing network connected to both pair of antenna elements. The network has a function, F(Ξ,x)≈ΦA(x)−ΦB(x), where x is a signal, ΦA(x) is the phase angle of signal x at the first element pair, ΦB(x) is the phase angle of signal x at the second element pair, and Ξ contains all additional parameters which bear on the system. The network is configured to pass a signal for which F(Ξ,x)>ε, where ε is a threshold amount, such that the antenna has gain to signals within a radius and has attenuation outside the radius. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/268412 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/844 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07290669 | Hansen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Utah State University (North Logan, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl S. Hansen (Garland, Utah); Conly L. Hansen (North Logan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An upflow bioreactor includes a vessel having an inlet and an outlet configured for upflow operation. A septum is positioned within the vessel and defines a lower chamber and an upper chamber. The septum includes an aperture that provides fluid communication between the upper chamber and lower chamber. The bioreactor also includes an auger positioned in the aperture of the septum. The vessel includes an opening in the top for receiving the auger. The auger extends from a drive housing, which is position over the opening and provides a seal around the opening. The drive housing is adjustable relative to the vessel. The position of the auger in the aperture can be adjusted by adjusting the drive housing relative to the vessel. The auger adjustment mechanism allows the auger to be accurately positioned within the aperture. The drive housing can also include a fluid to provide an additional seal around the shaft of the auger. |
| FILED | Friday, October 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/553518 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/525 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07291463 | McGall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Affymetrix, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn H. McGall (San Jose, California); Anthony D. Barone (San Jose, California); Handong Li (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for converting a pseudoisocytidine base having the formula: to a pseudoisocytidine molecule having the formula: is disclosed. Such compounds are useful as nucleic acid labeling compounds. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/745916 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Justice (DOJ)
| US 07292189 | Orr et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John A. Orr (Holden, Massachusetts); William R. Michalson (Charlton, Massachusetts); David Cyganski (Holden, Massachusetts); R. James Duckworth (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a method of signal analysis that determines the location of a transmitter and to devices that implement the method. The method includes receiving by at least three receivers, from a transmitter, a first continuous-time signal having a first channel. The first channel includes a first plurality of signal carriers having known relative initial phases and having known frequencies which are periodically spaced and which are orthogonal to one another within a first frequency range. The signal analysis method also includes determining the phase shifts of the carriers of the first channel resulting from the distance the carriers traveled in reaching the first receiver. Analysis of the phase shifts yields time difference of arrival information amongst the receivers, which is further processed to determine the location of the transmitter. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/223079 |
| 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 342/465 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07291764 | Stice et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts, a Public Institution of Higher Education of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as Represented by its Amherst Campus, Office of Vice Chancellor for Research at Amherst (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven L. Stice (Belchertown, Massachusetts); Jose Cibelli (Amherst, Massachusetts); James Robl (Belchertown, Massachusetts); Paul Golueke (Belchertown, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method of nuclear transfer involving the transplantation of donor differentiated pig cell nuclei into enucleated pig oocytes is provided. The resultant nuclear transfer units are useful for multiplication of genotypes and transgenic genotypes by the production of fetuses and offspring. Production of genetically engineered or transgenic pig embryos, fetuses and offspring is facilitated by the present method since the differentiated cell source of the donor nuclei can be genetically modified and clonally propagated. |
| FILED | Monday, September 13, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/394902 |
| ART UNIT | 1632 — 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 8/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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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, November 06, 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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FUNDED BY
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APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
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Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
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FILED
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3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
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CURRENT CPC
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The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
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