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Patent Details for Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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| US 07299534 | Rauscher |
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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) | Christen Rauscher (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of fabricating a waveguide filter includes forming a monolithic polymeric dielectric core configured for fabricating a dielectric-filled cavity, where the core includes a plurality of spaced-apart depressions; applying a layer of conducting metal to an outer surface of the core to form a metallized core with a conductive metal layer, wherein the metal layer includes port openings at opposite ends of the metallized core, and wherein metallized depressions thereby formed are the ridges of the filter's ridge-waveguide sections; and mounting the metallized core on a supporting carrier. A desired number of such filters can be connected with an electrical-series-type connection among one port of each filter to form a frequency multiplexer having a waveguide manifold. |
| FILED | Friday, February 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/355895 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07299640 | Beck |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas S. Beck (Gig Harbor, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A refrigeration system/cycle includes two or more refrigeration stages, in which one or more of the warmer stages provide(s) cooling to partially compensate for heat leakage that would otherwise leak to the colder stage(s). The refrigeration system includes a single heat sink or multiple heat sinks. The refrigeration cycle can include a single cooling load or multiple cooling loads. The refrigeration system can be a cryogenic refrigeration cycle. The flow of working fluid can be DC (direct-current, continuous and uni-directional) or AC (alternating-current and oscillating). The refrigeration system can include Double-Cycle cooling action. The refrigeration system can include one (or more) thermal storage unit(s) (TSUs). |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/964796 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07299679 | Lovell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADA Technologies, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Stanley Lovell (Arvada, Colorado); Patrick D. French (Aurora, Colorado); Anthony René Barringer (Golden, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention is directed to a system and method for detecting substances, such as high boiling and low vapor pressure materials, using high energy radiation imparted by a suitable radiation source, such as a strobe or laser over a short time period. The radiation source causes the materials to vaporize. A system handling system is used in conjunction with a detector to detect the presence of the materials including explosives, explosive-related compounds, chemical warfare agents, drugs, toxic industrial compounds, and derivatives thereof. |
| FILED | Monday, March 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/081006 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/31.50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07299709 | Grove et al. |
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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) | Corey M. Grove (Red Lion, Pennsylvania); Stephen E. Chase (Jarrettsville, Maryland); Thomas F. Mitchell (Edgewood, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An aerosol collecting device adapted for attachment to a chemical vapor detection system is disclosed to include a chamber comprising an inlet with a collecting funnel attached thereto and open to ambient, an outlet, and a through cavity defined therebetween, wherein the outlet is adapted for fluid connection with an input port of the chemical vapor detection system; and a heating element for heating the chamber to a temperature above the boiling point of a target chemical agent of interest in the form of a droplet or aerosol, wherein the chemical agent in the form of a droplet or aerosol is converted into a vapor form as it passes through the cavity from the inlet to the outlet of the chamber, and prior to entering the intake port of the chemical vapor detection system. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/355790 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07299714 | Jermyn |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Jermyn (Panama City, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A telescoping lever arm comprises a tube and a rod. The tube has an opening at one end thereof and has an inner circumferential dimension along the inside thereof. The opening is smaller than the inner circumferential dimension of the tube. The rod has an outer circumferential dimension that is smaller than that of the tube's opening. The rod resides partially in the tube and extends therefrom via the tube's opening. At least one annular flange is coupled to the rod at a portion thereof residing in the tube. Each such annular flange is defined by a circumferential dimension that is larger than that of the tube's opening and smaller than the inner circumferential dimension of the tube. The other end of the tube is configured to be coupled to a workpiece or an adapter that can be coupled to a workpiece. |
| FILED | Monday, November 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/274710 |
| ART UNIT | 3682 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Machine element or mechanism 074/525 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07299925 | Ansay et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael T. Ansay (Johnston, Rhode Island); Mariela I. Santiago (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A module for a payload that utilizes individual grippers in which each fill to a conical shape from an interior wall of the module toward a payload in the module. The shape of the grippers provides a holding strength on and lateral stability for the payload. The angle of the conical shape transfers the axial force of the payload into a tensional load on the gripper where it has comparatively greater strength. The conical shape of each gripper allows for more complete capture of a payload in that the grippers fill voids around the payload. Since there are more contact points with the grippers and the payload, the contact force required for an adequate capture can be spread out. |
| FILED | Monday, October 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/968656 |
| ART UNIT | 3728 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Special receptacle or package 26/522 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07299964 | Jayaraman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sundaresan Jayaraman (Atlanta, Georgia); Sungmee Park (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are systems or apparatuses and methods for forming a junction between conductive fibers that are incorporated into a fabric. Briefly, one method includes the steps of removing insulation from two intersecting individually insulated conductive fibers to expose the individually conductive fibers, bringing the exposed individually conductive fibers into contact with each other at a junction point, and forming a molecular bond between the conductive fibers at the junction point. Also disclosed are systems for forming a junction between conductive fibers that are incorporated into a fabric. In this regard, one embodiment of such a system can include a first apparatus that removes insulation from two intersecting individually insulated conductive fibers to expose the individually conductive fibers, a second apparatus that brings the exposed individually conductive fibers into contact with each other at a junction point, and a third apparatus that aids in formation of a molecular bond between the conductive fibers at the junction point. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/759691 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/110.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07300323 | Bandyopadhyay |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Promode R. Bandyopadhyay (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A linear actuator is provided that converts linear motion to oscillatory motion. The linear actuator includes flats, a hinge, and linear actuators. A hydrofoil is mountable on a spindle attached to the hinge. In operation, a linear push direction by the linear actuator drive causes the hydrofoil to rotate in an oscillating manner. A linear push by another linear actuator drive reverses the oscillation directions of the hydrofoil. The flats are preferably made of flexible strip metal to easily transmit motion to the spindle. The hydrofoil and spindle combine to a slot for smooth transmission of linear to oscillatory motion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 30, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/447512 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Marine propulsion 440/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07300625 | Hlavacek 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) | Vladimir Hlavacek (Clarence, New York); Carl Gotzmer (Accokeek, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A chlorine gas generating candle in a vented container which serves as a portable means to generate heated chlorine gas for killing insects, bacteria, viruses and other dangerous biological agents. The device has application in sanitizing dwellings, swimming pools and the like, and is effective in case of accidental release and/or biological attack. The chlorine gas generating candle disinfects an enclosed space with a quantity of heated chlorine gas. The chlorine gas generator is a self contained unit including an igniter which can be activated to initiate a self propagating burn of the entire candle and a resultant distribution of toxic chlorine gas. The use of one or a plurality of chlorine generators described in this application can provide any desired concentration of the killing gas. The chlorine gas generating candle can be safely and easily transported and does not require a source of power to operate. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/807584 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07300711 | Parkin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Stephen P. Parkin (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic material, which is not normally bcc-structured under ambient conditions, is induced into becoming bcc as a result of its proximity to a suitable templating material, such as a bcc-structured underlayer that is in contact with the magnetic material. The magnetic material, in combination with a tunnel barrier and other elements, forms a magnetic tunneling device, such as a magnetic tunnel junction that may have a tunneling magnetoresistance of 100% or more. Suitable tunnel barriers include MgO and Mg—ZnO, and the magnetic material may be Co. The templating material may include such elements as V, Cr, Nb, Mo, and W, or the tunnel barrier MgO may itself serve as the templating material. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/904243 |
| ART UNIT | 1773 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/811.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07300858 | Im |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the city of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James S. Im (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A process and system for processing a thin film sample, as well as the thin film structure are provided. In particular, a beam generator can be controlled to emit successive irradiation beam pulses at a predetermined repetition rate. Each irradiation beam pulse may be masked to define a first plurality of beamlets and a second plurality of beamlets. The first and second plurality of beamlets of each of the irradiation pulses being provided for impinging the film sample and having an intensity which is sufficient to at least partially melt irradiated portions of the section of the film sample. A particular portion of the section of the film sample is irradiated with the first beamlets of a first pulse of the irradiated beam pulses to melt first areas of the particular portion, the first areas being at least partially melted, leaving first unirradiated regions between respective adjacent ones of the first areas, and being allowed to resolidify and crystallize. After the irradiation of the particular portion with the first beamlets, the particular portion is again irradiated with the second beamlets of a second pulse of the irradiated beam pulses to melt second areas of the particular portion, the second areas being at least partially melted, leaving second unirradiated regions between respective adjacent ones of the second areas, and being allowed to resolidify and crystallize. The first irradiated and re-solidified areas and the second irradiated and re-solidified areas are intermingled with one another within the section of the film sample. In addition, the first areas correspond to first pixels, and the second areas correspond to second pixels. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/525283 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/487 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07300893 | Barsoum 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) | Roshdy George S. Barsoum (McLean, Virginia); Dudt Philip (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Protection against blast and ballistic damage is improved by encapsulating or sandwiching rigid inclusions (for example, tiles) or a rigid plate by a high-strain rate hardening elastomer. Typical high-strain rate hardening elastomers include polyurea and polyurethane. If desired, the inclusion or plate may be wrapped in a cloth and/or fabric before encapsulation/sandwiching. The armor may be used independently of a substrate or may be attached by any means to a substrate that it is intended to protect. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/864317 |
| ART UNIT | 1771 — Chemical Apparatus, Separation and Purification, Liquid and Gas Contact Apparatus |
| CURRENT CPC | Fabric 442/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301037 | Ge et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genesoft, Inc. (South San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yigong Ge (So. San Francisco, California); Matthew J. Taylor (San Francisco, California); Eldon E. Baird (Half Moon Bay, California); Heinz E. Moser (San Mateo, California); Roland W. Burli (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Charged compounds are provided that comprise one or more regions of localized positive charge, compositions comprising such compounds, methods of synthesizing such compounds, methods of screening such compounds to identify those having anti-infective activity, and methods of using such compounds to prevent or inhibit infections. These compounds, and compositions containing them, have multiple applications, including use in human and animal medicine and in agriculture. |
| FILED | Friday, July 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/487164 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/527 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301134 | Maksymowicz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Maksymowicz (Long Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser beam detection and tracking system includes a focal plane array sensor providing pixel data and a field programmable gate array controller receiving the pixel data for determining a centroid of the illuminating spot of the impinging laser beam and for determining variably sized windows of interest disposed around the spot for selecting a subset of pixels of the array for communicating a subset of the pixel of a window frame of data from the array to the controller for increasing the array frame rate for reducing laser jitter during tracking of the beam for improved beam tracking performance. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/177682 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/208.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301138 | Yafuso |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Atomics (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eiji Steven Yafuso (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An imaging system and method for dual polarization imaging is provided. In one implementation, an imaging system includes a field stop located at a first image plane for limiting an incident light ray bundle passing through an aperture thereof and a polarization discriminating element adapted to separate the incident light ray bundle into a first ray bundle having a first polarization traveling in a first direction and a second ray bundle having a second polarization traveling in a second direction. The system also includes an image detector located at a second image plane to receive the first and second ray bundles such that the first ray bundle forms a first image at a first region of the image detector and the second ray bundle forming a second image at a second region the image detector, the first and second images laterally displaced from each other at the second image plane. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/741935 |
| ART UNIT | 2878 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/225 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301172 | Atwater et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry A. Atwater (South Pasadena, California); Robert J. Walters (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A light emitting device including a transistor structure formed on a semiconductor substrate. The transistor structure having a source region, a drain region, a channel region between the source and drain regions, and a gate oxide on the channel region. The light emitting device including a plurality of nanocrystals embedded in the gate oxide, and a gate contact made of semitransparent or transparent material formed on the gate oxide. The nanocrystals are adapted to be first charged with first type charge carriers, and then provided second type charge carriers, such that the first and second type charge carriers form excitons used to emit light. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/100807 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/79 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301177 | Behin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Behrang Behin (Berkeley, California); Kam Yin Lau (Danville, California); Richard S. Muller (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for directing an optical beam and for making an apparatus for directing an optical beam are described. One such method may include applying a first force to a plate to move the plate from a first angular orientation to a second angular orientation wherein the plate contacts a stop in the second angular orientation. A reflective portion of the plate is stopped from rotating beyond the second angular orientation. A second force can be applied between the plate and the stop to hold the plate against the stop in a plane substantially parallel to a substantially planar surface of the stop. An apparatus for directing an optical beam may be made by coupling an array of plates to a base assembly wherein each plate is movable between a first angular orientation and a second angular orientation. |
| FILED | Friday, May 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/846137 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301180 | Lee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minjoo L. Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christopher W. Leitz (Nashua, New Hampshire); Eugene A. Fitzgerald (Windham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides semiconductor structure comprising a strained Ge channel layer, and a gate dielectric disposed over the strained Ge channel layer. In one aspect of the invention, a strained Ge channel MOSFET is provided. The strained Ge channel MOSFET includes a relaxed SiGe virtual substrate with a Ge content between 50-95%, and a strained Ge channel formed on the virtual substrate. A gate structure is formed upon the strained Ge channel, whereupon a MOSFET is formed with increased performance over bulk Si. In another embodiment of the invention, a semiconductor structure comprising a relaxed Ge channel layer and a virtual substrate, wherein the relaxed Ge channel layer is disposed above the virtual substrate. In a further aspect of the invention, a relaxed Ge channel MOSFET is provided. The method includes providing a relaxed virtual substrate with a Ge composition of approximately 100% and a relaxed Ge channel formed on the virtual substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/173986 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/191 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301199 | Lieber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles M. Lieber (Lexington, Massachusetts); Xiangfeng Duan (Somerville, Massachusetts); Yi Cui (Union City, California); Yu Huang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mark Gudiksen (Watertown, Massachusetts); Lincoln J. Lauhon (Boston, Massachusetts); Jianfang Wang (Goleta, California); Hongkun Park (Lexington, Massachusetts); Qingqiao Wei (Corvallis, Oregon); Wenjie Liang (Somerville, Massachusetts); David C. Smith (Reading, United Kingdom); Deli Wang (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Zhaohui Zhong (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to sub-microelectronic circuitry, and more particularly to nanometer-scale articles, including nanoscale wires which can be selectively doped at various locations and at various levels. In some cases, the articles may be single crystals. The nanoscale wires can be doped, for example, differentially along their length, or radially, and either in terms of identity of dopant, concentration of dopant, or both. This may be used to provide both n-type and p-type conductivity in a single item, or in different items in close proximity to each other, such as in a crossbar array. The fabrication and growth of such articles is described, and the arrangement of such articles to fabricate electronic, optoelectronic, or spintronic devices and components. For example, semiconductor materials can be doped to form n-type and p-type semiconductor regions for making a variety of devices such as field effect transistors, bipolar transistors, complementary inverters, tunnel diodes, light emitting diodes, sensors, and the like. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/196337 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301254 | Lal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amit Lal (Ithaca, New York); Rajesh Duggirala (Ithaca, New York); Hui Li (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical energy generator with improved efficiency has a base on which is mounted an elastically deformable micromechanical element that has a section that is free to be displaced toward the base. An absorber of radioactively emitted particles is formed on the base or the displaceable section of the deformable element and a source is formed on the other of the displaceable section or the base facing the absorber across a small gap. The radioactive source emits charged particles such as electrons, resulting in a buildup of charge on the absorber, drawing the absorber and source together and storing mechanical energy as the deformable element is bent. When the force between the absorber and the source is sufficient to bring the absorber into effective electrical contact with the source, discharge of the charge between the source and absorber allows the deformable element to spring back, releasing the mechanical energy stored in the element. An electrical generator of improved efficiency includes a first energy source comprising a piezoelectric transducer secured to the deformable element to convert the released mechanical energy to electrical energy. A second energy source comprises a betavoltaic cell carried on the deformable element or electron collector cantilever beam to provide a direct current (DC) power output that can be added to the piezo-electric circuit's alternating current (AC) power output, such that there is a continuous power output that can be used to provide power to electronic circuits. |
| FILED | Monday, July 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/491024 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301263 | Maldonado et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juan R. Maldonado (Palo Alto, California); Steven T. Coyle (Alameda, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple electron beam source comprises a photon source to generate a photon beam, a lens to focus the photon beam, a photocathode having a photon receiving surface and an electron emitting surface, and an array of electron transmission gates spaced apart from the electron emitting surface of the photocathode by a distance dg. In one version, the multiple electron beam source comprises a photocathode stage assembly to move the photocathode relative to the array of electron transmission gates. In one version, the multiple electron beam source also comprises a plasmon-generating photon transmission plate comprising an array of photon transmission apertures and exterior surfaces capable of supporting plasmons. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/856111 |
| ART UNIT | 2879 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices 313/103.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301362 | Jang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wonjin Jang (Pasadena, California); Alain J. Martin (Pasadena, California); Mika Nystroem (Pasadena, California); Jonathan A. Dama (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for mitigating the effects of soft errors in asynchronous digital circuits. Circuits are constructed using stages comprising doubled logic elements which are connected to c-elements that compare the output states of the double logic elements. The inputs of logic elements in a stage are inhibited from changing until the outputs of the c-elements of that stage are enabled. The c-elements inhibit the propagation of a soft error by halting the operation of the circuit until the temporary effects of the soft error pass. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/375390 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301493 | Canales et al. |
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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) | Peter R. Canales (Bayonne, New Jersey); Hong-Liang Cui (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); Alexander Raspopin (Jersey City, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A one-way reflective sensor shield with an increased bandwidth meta-materials coating is provided which substantially reduces or eliminates deleterious electronic signatures and backscattering. The one-way reflective sensor shield with meta-materials coating operates according to surface plasmonic coupling phenomena and achieves a mirror-like one-way reflection of electromagnetic signals. In this arrangement, the meta-materials coating is composed of a dielectric material, and the corrugated metal strips are composed of a metallic conductive material with a negative dielectric constant, to allow surface plasmonic coupling between the plasma in the metal and the incident electromagnetic field. Surface plasmons occur at the interface of a material with a positive dielectric constant, such as dielectric surface, with that of a negative dielectric constant, usually a metal or doped dielectric, such as the metal strips. Sensor devices and sensor shielding systems are also provided. |
| FILED | Monday, November 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/288061 |
| 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 342/5 |
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| US 07301495 | Abatzoglou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theagenis John Abatzoglou (Huntington Beach, California); Leo H. Hui (Alhambra, California); Kwang M. Cho (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A moving radar (405) generates a synthetic aperture image from an incomplete sequence of periodic pulse returns. The incomplete sequence of periodic pulse returns has one or more missing pulses. The radar converts the incomplete sequence of pulse returns into a digital stream. A computer (403) processes the digital stream by computing an along track Fourier transform (402), a range compression (408), an azimuth deskew (410) and an image restoration and auto focus (412). The image restoration and autofocus (412) utilizes a low order autofocus (501), a gap interpolation using a Burg algorithm (503), and a high order autofocus (505) for generating an interpolated sequence. The interpolated sequence contains a complete sequence of periodic pulse returns with uniform spacing for generating the synthetic aperture image. The image restoration and autofocus (412) computes a linear prediction coefficients estimate using the Burg Algorithm (606). The linear prediction coefficients estimate (606) is used to compute a weighted forward-backward interpolation to generate the complete sequence of periodic pulse returns (608). |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/329764 |
| 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 342/25.F00 |
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| US 07301508 | O'Loughlin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. O'Loughlin (Placitas, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The approximate radius of curvature of the spherical phase front at the aperture of a transmitting microwave antenna is controlled by an inner section of the aperture attached to the outer section of the aperture by a small number of programmable transducers, thereby controlling the near field shape and power distribution of the transmitted beam. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/539886 |
| 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 343/912 |
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| US 07301641 | Overby et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John K. Overby (Nottingham, Pennsylvania); Stephen A. Mastro (Glen Mills, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A passive sensor housing has an air gap formed therein between a collimating lens and a lens focused mirror reflecting optical light signals transmitted through the lens into the air gap within which smoke is received through screened openings in the housing. The optical light signals which are generated within an opto-electronics unit are returned thereto by reflection through the air gap into a fiber cable connected to the collimating lens of the sensor and to an optical coupler within the opto-electronic unit to which generated light signals are delivered from a light emitting diode and returned from the sensor for delivery to a receiver within which such signals are processed into an output signal reflecting smoke density within the air gap. |
| FILED | Friday, April 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/826794 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/438 |
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| US 07301851 | Mixon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Larry Mixon (Panama City, Florida); Linda Lampl (Tallahassee, Florida); Thomas Herbert (Tallahassee, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and survey system for inspecting hulls of ships has a base portion and side portions defining an inspection channel in water. Sonar is mounted on the side portions transmitting acoustic signals onto a hull as a ship passes through the inspection channel, receiving reflected acoustic signal portions of the transmitted acoustic signals, and converting the reflected acoustic signal portions into electromagnetic acousto-signals corresponding to the hull and objects on the hull. An electro-optic scanning array is mounted on the base member transmitting optical signals onto the hull as the ship passes through the inspection channel, receiving reflected optical signal portions of the transmitted optical signals, and converting the reflected optical signal portions into electromagnetic opto-signals corresponding to the hull and objects on the hull. A control module receiving the corresponding electromagnetic acousto-signals and opto-signals transmits these signals as amplified RF signals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/177653 |
| 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 367/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301954 | Chu |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tam-Anh Chu (Great Falls, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a method and apparatus to buffer data. A buffer memory of a first type stores data associated with a connection identifier corresponding to a channel in a network. The data is organized into at least one chunk based on a linked list. The connection identifier identifies a connection in the channel. The data is part of a data stream associated with the connection. A packet memory of a second type provides access to the stored data when a transfer condition occurs. |
| FILED | Friday, September 22, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/668407 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/412 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301959 | Peterson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward Douglas Peterson (El Cajon, California); Gary Robert Huckell (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A communications system and method using slave channeling. The method includes the steps of: (a) receiving a request to transmit a message from a first communications resource, the request including a destination address that identifies a second resource; (b) searching within a periodic time frame for an available time slot on a control channel, wherein the second resource is available to receive the message; (c)(1) if the slot is available on the control channel, transmitting the message therein; (c)(2) otherwise, searching for an available slot on a slave channel (d)(1) if the slot is available on the slave channel, transmitting the message therein; (d)(2) otherwise, repeating steps (c)(2)-(d)(2). If the slot is available on the slave channel, the method further includes the steps of: (e) transmitting orderwire information to the first and second communications resources on the control channel; and (f) transmitting the message on the slave channel. |
| FILED | Monday, February 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/373148 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/443 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07302119 | Bramson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael D Bramson (Ridgecrest, California); Paul R. Ashley (Toney, Alabama); Geoffrey A. Lindsay (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An optical phase modulator comprising a plurality of non-polarizing waveguides having a layered stack including a core between at least one layer of cladding material, wherein the core is constructed of electro-optic material(s), wherein the layers of cladding materials having lower indices of refraction than the core for guided mode, wherein the layer of cladding material having higher indices of refraction than the core for non-guided mode, a substrate dimensioned and configured to integrate a plurality of optical components, wherein the optical components include a plurality of non-polarizing waveguide(s), a waveguide having a non-polarizing non-modulating region and a non-polarizing modulating region, coupler/splitter(s), electrode(s), a waveguide configuration including a first non-polarizing waveguide, a second polarizing waveguide and a third waveguide, and at least two optical fiber pigtails where one is coupled to a second and third waveguide. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/288050 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/3 |
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| US 07302124 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Milind Gokhale (Princeton, New Jersey); Pavel Studenkov (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An asymmetric twin waveguide (ATG) structure is disclosed that significantly reduces the negative effects of inter-modal interference in symmetric twin-waveguide structures and which can be effectively used to implement a variety of optical devices. The ATG structure of the invention can be monolithically fabricated on a single epitaxial structure without the necessity of epitaxial re-growth. To achieve the ATG structure of the invention, the effective index of the passive waveguide in the ATG is varied from that of a symmetric twin waveguide such that one mode of the even and odd modes of propagation is primarily confined to the passive waveguide and the other to the active waveguide. The different effective indices of the two coupled waveguides result in the even and odd modes becoming highly asymmetric. As a result, the mode with the larger confinement factor in the active waveguide experiences higher gain and becomes dominant. In a further embodiment, the active waveguide is tapered to reduce coupling losses of the optical energy between the passive waveguide and the active waveguide. In a further embodiment, a grating region is incorporated atop the passive waveguide to select certain frequencies for transmission of light through the passive waveguide. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/982001 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
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| US 07302130 | Stone |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Avago Technologies EiberIP (Singapore) Pte Ltd (Singapore, Singapore) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas W. Stone (Hellertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for low loss, high speed exchange optical switching. The optical switch of this invention includes one or more a switchable diffraction gratings. The optical switch of this invention is capable of connecting two or more input optical beams to two more output locations. Optical noise suppression means for switchable diffraction gratings can be utilized to suppress crosstalk. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/700982 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/17 |
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| US 07302139 | Ames |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy. (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory H. Ames (South Kingstown, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A thermally compensated fiber Bragg grating package is used with a fiber optic sensor. The package includes a Bragg grating mount connected at each end of a sensor mandrel. An optical fiber is wound around the sensor mandrel and a fiber portion having a Bragg grating therein is wound onto the mount. The mount is made of a rigid material having a negative coefficient of thermal expansion to minimize thermally induced spectral shifts. One example of the material includes zirconium tungstate. A coating material can be used to further adhere the optical fiber to the sensor mandrel and/or to the mount. The mount preferably includes a ramped groove to provide for a smooth transition from the sensor mandrel to the mount. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 25, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/700968 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/37 |
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| US 07302187 | Roberts et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark W. Roberts (San Diego, California); Markham E. Lasher (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system parametrically down-converts a photon into a pair of first and second quantum-entangled photons. A transmitter is coupled to receive the first photon and includes an irreversible collapse event device for collapsing the quantum-entangled state of each photon in the pair. The collapse is caused by attempting to detect the first photon at the transmitter. Because of quantum-entanglement, collapse of the first photon collapses the second photon of the pair. The transmitter can also be used to not cause the collapse. A receiver includes polarization detectors to detect whether the transmitter has collapsed or left uncollapsed the quantum-entangled state of the photon pair. Causing or not causing the collapse can be used for communication. Every down-converted photon can be used for communication, even though few of the photons actually leave the source and reach the transmitter. This allows communication with a minimal number of transmitted photons. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/009845 |
| ART UNIT | 2613 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical communications 398/140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07302249 | Fudem et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Howard N. Fudem (Baltimore, Maryland); William E. Hall (New Windsor, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A wide dynamic range mixer which has a high linearity passive balun fabricated on a Si substrate for receiving an input RF signal and an active balun for receiving a local oscillator signal. The active balun includes high frequency, low voltage SiGe transistors to achieve low power amplification of the local oscillator signal. The output signals of the baluns are provided to a non-linear diode quad mixer device which provides a desired IF signal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/016837 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/327 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07302316 | Beard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randal W. Beard (Orem, Utah); Walter H. Johnson (Provo, Utah); Reed Christiansen (Simi Valley, California); Joshua M. Hintze (Provo, Utah); Timothy W. McLain (Provo, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for providing autonomous control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is disclosed. The system includes a ground station in communication with an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method for providing autonomous control of a UAV includes methods for processing communications between the ground station and UAV. The method also includes procedures for processing commands from the ground station. Also included in the method is a process for estimating the attitude of the UAV and autonomously maintaining its altitude within a desired threshold. The method also includes a process for autonomously orbiting about a specified point in space. Combined with these processes, the method also includes a process for an autonomous takeoff and landing of the UAV. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/940411 |
| ART UNIT | 3661 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Vehicles, navigation, and relative location 71/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Murtuza Lokhandwalla (Watervliet, New York); Ajay Kapur (Clitton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A probe interface assembly for an automated medical imaging system is provided. The assembly comprises a platform including and inner frame for supporting an ultrasound probe in spaced apart relationship relative to a compression paddle arranged to apply a compression load to breast tissue being scanned during a medical imaging process. The platform is adapted to contactively engage the compression paddle during the medical imaging process. The platform may include a first resilient pivot connection at each side of a first set of mutually opposite sides of said inner frame to provide a tilt degree of freedom about a first axis. The platform may further include a second resilient pivot connection at each side of a second set of mutually opposite sides of the inner frame to provide a tilt degree of freedom about a second axis positioned orthogonal relative to the first axis. The first and second connections allow a face of the probe to remain substantially parallel relative to the compression paddle notwithstanding of deformation of the compression paddle that may occur when the compression paddle applies the compression load to the tissue being scanned. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/723571 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 128/915 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07300660 | Horwitz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marcus A. Horwitz (Los Angeles, California); Günter Harth (Los Angeles, California); Bai-Yu Lee (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Vaccines based on one or more combinations of majorly abundant extracellular products of pathogens and methods for their use and production are presented. The most prevalent or majorly abundant extracellular products of a target pathogen are selected irrespective of their absolute molecular immunogenicity and used as vaccines to stimulate a protective immune response in mammalian hosts against subsequent infection by the target pathogen. The majorly abundant extracellular products may be characterized and distinguished by their respective N-terminal amino acid, amino acid, or DNA sequences. As the vaccines may comprise different combinations of the extracellular products, subunits thereof, or encoding nucleic acids, a broad range of effective immunotherapeutic compositions are provided by the present invention. In addition to other infectious agents, the vaccines so produced can be used to stimulate an effective immune response against intracellular pathogens and in particular Mycobacterium tuberculosis. |
| FILED | Monday, October 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/695155 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/248.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07300755 | Petersdorf et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle, Washington); Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Effie W. Petersdorf (Seattle, Washington); Zhen Guo (Bellevue, Washington); Leroy Hood (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel method for specifically isolating and separating large segments of genomic DNA that can subsequently be used to determine a genomic haplotype. The invention relies on using a solid phase having a flat surface arrayed with oligonucleotides designed to specifically hybridize to each particular haplotype of an individual sample, e.g., oligonucleotides designed to specifically hybridize with each of the two HLA-B haplotypes, HLA-A, HLA-C, HLA-DR, HLA-DQ, and the like. The genomic DNA is contacted and hybridized to the arrayed oligonucleotides to form a genomic DNA/oligonucleotide complex. The excess genomic DNA is washed away and the haplotype separated genomic DNA is denatured from the oligonucleotide probe and collected. The method of the present invention allows for the separation of genomic DNA fragments of between approximately 2 to about 4 megabases (Mb). Separation of the haplotypes of large genomic DNA fragments allows for linkage analysis of other HLA alleles and polymorphisms, microsatellite, SNPs, and the like across a large span of the HLA region, including HLA-A, -B, -C, and HLA-DRB1 regions. This linkage analysis is particularly useful when HLA typing for an individual with limited family HLA typing available. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/843985 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07300759 | Bermingham, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | McLaughlin Research Institute (Great Falls, Montana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Bermingham, Jr. (Great Falls, Montana) |
| ABSTRACT | A family of transmembrane domain proteins, the tramdorins, has been identified in human, mouse and rat. A variety of uses for these proteins is contemplated, including but not limited to peripheral myelination, the etiology of parathyroid adenomas, and the diagnosis and treatment of Central Nervous System (CNS) and non-CNS disorders. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/225810 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07300760 | Weissman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irving L. Weissman (Redwood City, California); David Jeffrey Traver (West Roxbury, Massachusetts); Koichi Akashi (Boston, Massachusetts); Markus Gabriel Manz (Palo Alto, California); Toshihiro Miyamoto (Menlo Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A substantially enriched mammalian hematopoietic cell subpopulation is provided, which is characterized by progenitor cell activity for myeloid lineages, but lacking the potential to differentiate into lymphoid lineages. This population is further divided into specific myeloid progenitor subsets, including a common myeloid progenitor cells (CMP), megakaryocyte/erythroid progenitor cells (MEP) and granulocyte/monocyte lineage progenitor (GMP). Methods are provided for the isolation and culture of these subpopulations. The CMP population gives rise to all myeloid lineages, and can give rise to the two additional and isolatable progenitor populations that are exclusively committed to either the erythroid/megakaryocytic or myelomonocytic lineages. The cell enrichment methods employ reagents that specifically recognize Thy-1; and IL-7Rα, in conjunction with other markers expressed on lineage committed cells. These cells give rise to a variety of myeloid cells, including megakaryocytes, granulocytes, dendritic cells and erythroid cells, as evidenced by their growth and differentiation in vitro and in vivo. |
| FILED | Monday, December 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/737576 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07300774 | Kornbluth |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard S. Kornbluth (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for constructing stable bioactive fusion proteins of the difficult to express tumor necrosis factor superfamily (TNFSF), and particularly members CD40L (CD154) and RANKL/TRANCE, with collecting, particularly pulmonary surfactant protein D (SPD) is described. Single trimers of these proteins lack the full stimulatory efficacy of the natural membrane forms of these proteins in many cases. The multimeric nature of these soluble fusion proteins enables them to engage multiple receptors on the responding cells, thereby, mimicking the effects of the membrane forms of these ligands. For CD40L-SPD, the resulting protein stimulates B cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells, indicating its potential usefulness as a vaccine adjuvant. The large size of these fusion proteins makes them less likely to diffuse into the circulation, thereby limiting their potential systemic toxicity. This property may be especially useful when these proteins are injected locally as a vaccine adjuvant or tumor immunotherapy agent to prevent them from diffusing away. In addition, these and other TNFSF-collectin fusion proteins present new possibilities for the expression of highly active, multimeric, soluble TNFSF members. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 09, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/454223 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.500 |
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| US 07300778 | Chau |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vincent Chau (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to covalent modification of proteins through their conjugation with other proteins. More particularly, the invention relates to the modulation of such conjugation involving the protein NEDD8. The invention provides compositions and methods for detecting and/or modulating the activation and/or conjugation of NEDD8, as well as compositions and methods for discovering molecules which are useful in detecting and/or modulating the activation and/or conjugation of NEDD8. The present invention arises from the purification and characterization of novel NEDD8 activating and conjugating enzymes. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/681690 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/183 |
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| US 07300792 | Gupta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rakesh K. Gupta (New Delhi, India); Stacy S. Patterson (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gary S. Sayler (Blaine, Tennessee); Steven A. Ripp (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The luxA, B, C, D, and E genes from Photorhabdus luminescens have been introduced into Saccharomyces cerevisiae bioluminescent yeast cells. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/408003 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 07300795 | Koller et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cyntellect, Inc. (San Diego, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Manfred R. Koller (San Diego, California); Elie G. Hanania (San Diego, California); Timothy M. Eisfeld (San Diego, California); Bernhard Ø. Palsson (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Optoinjection method for transiently permeabilizing a target cell by (a) illuminating a population of cells contained in a frame; (b) detecting at least one property of light directed from the frame; (c) locating a target cell by the property of light; and (d) irradiating the target cell with a pulse of radiation. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/814966 |
| 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 435/460 |
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| US 07300915 | Campana et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | W. Marie Campana (Solana Beach, California); Robert R. Myers (Carlsbad, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Erythropoietin (Epo), a member of the cytokine superfamily, is a pluripotent molecule that is involved in a number of signal transduction pathways that include the stimulation of the production of red blood cells and the protection of the central nervous system from acute injury and ischemia. The invention is the discovery of Epo and the Epo receptor in the peripheral nervous system where it can act as a neuroprotective agent. The invention is also a method of use for the treatment of neuropathic pain and to increase the rate of healing from nerve injury comprising administration of Epo. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/455697 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07300922 | Sullenger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bruce A. Sullenger (Durham, North Carolina); Christopher P Rusconi (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The biological activity of nucleic acid ligand is regulated (i.e. enhanced or inhibited) in vivo to produce a desired biological effect. This is accomplished through the administration of a modulator, or regulator, that changes the binding of the nucleic acid ligand for its target or that degrades or otherwise cleaves, metabolizes or breaks down the nucleic acid ligand while the ligand is still exerting its effect. Modulators of the present invention can be administered in real time as needed based on various factors, including the progress of the patient, as well as the physician's discretion in how to achieve optimal therapy. Thus, this invention provides for the first time a regulatable therapeutic regime in the course of nucleic acid ligand therapy. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 28, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/155233 |
| 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 | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
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| US 07300926 | Prokai et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida); University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laszlo Prokai (Gainesville, Florida); Katalin Prokai (Gainesville, Florida); James Simpkins (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel estrogen-related steroidal quinols and their use as drugs for estrogen replacement therapy. The quinols of the present invention provide improved physicochemical properties, increased bioavailability, and improved distribution into tissues, bone, in the cardiovascular system, and in the CNS (central nervous system) with only a slight estrogenic action or no estrogenic action in the uterus. The compounds are suitable for the production of pharmaceutical agents for use in numerous indications (for example, estrogen replacement therapy, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis). |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/666191 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/178 |
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| US 07300940 | Danthi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | S. Narasimhan Danthi (Germantown, Maryland); King C. Li (Bethesda, Maryland); Christopher A. Burnett (College Park, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Integrin receptor antagonists whose molecular structure includes a tetrahydropyridimidinylaminoethyloxybenzoyl group on a sulfonylamino-β-alanine nucleus exhibit increased binding affinity for the αvβ3 receptor when further substituted on the sulfonyl moiety with an N-amino alkycarbamyl group or a butyloxycarbonylamino alkylcarbamoyl group or similar groups. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/911988 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/275 |
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| US 07301005 | Albani et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Salvatore Albani (Encinitas, California); Dennis A. Carson (Del Mar, California); Berent J Prakken (3585 TA Utrecht, Netherlands); Alberto Martini (29100 Piacenza, Italy) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of modulating an immune response in a subject is disclosed. The invention is based on the discovery that an effective therapeutic strategy for ameliorating the inflammation-related symptoms of an immune-mediated disease, such as arthritis, can be achieved by modulation of the underlying immune response itself, rather than by merely addressing the resulting inflammation. This strategy can be used to regulate the inflammatory response and is applicable to a variety of contexts in which immune modulation is desired, such as mucosal tolerization, DNA vaccination, anergy induction, active immunization, and ex vivo modulation of antigen-specific T cells. In one embodiment, the method comprises administering to the subject a bacterial dnaJ peptide or a human homolog or a non-homologous human isoform thereof. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 31, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/001938 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/326 |
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| US 07301006 | Young et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Travis G. Young (Portland, Oregon); Laura L. Kiessling (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and protected amino acids useful as building blocks (protected monomers) for the synthesis of peptides and proteins that are selectively modified at one or more side-chain hydroxyl groups. Azide-bearing protecting groups allow the selective deprotection of side-chain hydroxyl groups of amino acids after synthesis of a peptide. Reaction conditions for removal of the azide-bearing protecting group can be selected which are substantially orthogonal to those that will remove α-amino protecting groups typically employed in peptide synthesis, such that hydroxyl groups protected with the azide-bearing protecting group remain protected during synthesis of the peptide chain. Various protecting groups which are readily available can be used for protecting potentially reactive side chain groups of amino acids in the peptide or protein to be modified. Preferred side-chain protecting groups are chemically distinguishable from the azide-bearing protecting group and substantially orthogonal reaction conditions can be selected such that side-chain protection of other amino acids is maintained when the azide-bearing protecting group is removed. The use of the azide-bearing protecting group of this invention for one or more hydroxy amino acids during peptide synthesis allows the selective unmasking of those azide-protected side-chain hydroxyl groups and selective modification of the hydroxyl groups that are selectively unmasked. The methods and materials herein are particularly used in synthesis of sulfated, phosphorylated and glycosylated peptides and proteins. Kits and methods of synthesizing a modified peptide or protein using the kits are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/622078 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/336 |
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| US 07301010 | Chakrabarty et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ananda Chakrabarty (Villa Park, Illinois); Tapas Das Gupta (River Forest, Illinois); Tohru Yamada (Oak Park, Illinois); Anita Chaudhari (Clifton Park, New York); Arsenio Fialho (Lisbon, Portugal); Chang Soo Hong (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to cupredoxin, specifically Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin, and/or Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytochrome C551 and their use in inhibiting of viral infection, and in particular infection of mammalian cells by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The invention also relates to variants and derivatives of cupredoxin and cytochrome c that retain the ability to inhibit viral infection, and in particular infection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The invention also relates to research methods for studying viral and bacterial infection in mammalian cells. |
| FILED | Friday, May 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/436591 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — 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 07301017 | Kolesnick et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Richard N. Kolesnick (New York, New York); Hongmei R. Xing (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the specific inhibition of kinase suppressor of Ras (KSR). In particular, the invention provides genetic approaches and nucleic acids for the specific inhibition of KSR, particularly of KSR expression. The invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides and the expression of nucleic acid which is substantially complementary to KSR RNA. Oligonucleotide and nucleic acid compositions are provided. The invention provides methods to inhibit KSR, including inhibition of KSR expression. Methods for blocking gƒ Ras mediated tumorigenesis, metastasis, and for cancer therapy are provided. Methods for conferring radiosensitivity to cells are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 03, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/727358 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
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| US 07301067 | Keating et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark T. Keating (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Dean Y. Li (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Elastin, the main component of arterial extracellular matrix, was thought to have a purely structural role. Consistent with this view, elastin hemizygous mice maintain arterial extensibility by increasing the number of elastic lamellae during development. However, mice lacking elastin die of obstructive arterial pathology. This pathology results from subendothelial proliferation and reorganization of smooth muscle, cellular changes similar to those observed in atherosclerosis. Thus, elastin is a molecular determinant of arterial morphogenesis and likely plays a central role in vascular disease. Mice which are heterozygous and null for the elastin gene have been developed. These mice are extremely useful for screening for drugs useful for treating persons with atherosclerosis, hypertension, SVAS or other vascular diseases. |
| FILED | Friday, January 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/046006 |
| 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 8/3 |
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| US 07301341 | Hargreaves et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian A. Hargreaves (Menlo Park, California); Steven M. Conolly (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A time-optimal MRI gradient design method utilizes constrained optimization to design minimum-time gradient waveforms that satisfy gradient amplitude and slew-rate limitations. Constraints are expressed as linear equations which are solved using linear programming, L1-norm formulation, or second-order cone programming (SOCP). |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/682637 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
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| US 07301342 | Moriguchi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hisamoto Moriguchi (Cleveland, Ohio); Jeffrey L. Sunshine (Cleveland, Ohio); Jeffrey L. Duerk (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with improving MRI scan times and mitigating the effects of aliasing artifacts when the Nyquist data sampling threshold is not satisfied are described. One exemplary method embodiment includes producing an oscillating phase encoding gradient during a readout phase, where the gradient facilitates acquiring data from multiple phase encoding lines during a single readout phase. The exemplary method embodiment may also include reconstructing an image from the data acquired from two or more phase encoding lines. |
| FILED | Friday, April 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/106870 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
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| US 07301972 | Loewen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lyncean Technologies, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roderick J. Loewen (Redwood City, California); Ronald D. Ruth (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high finesse optical resonator is used to store optical pulses of a mode-locked laser. The mode-locked laser is frequency stabilized by monitoring an optical attribute of the high finesse optical resonator indicative of a difference between a center frequency of the mode-locked laser and a resonant frequency of the high finesse optical resonator. In one embodiment FM sideband modulation is used to stabilize the mode-locked laser pulses. |
| FILED | Friday, April 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/102473 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/18 |
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| US 07302287 | Gandjbakhche et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Amir H. Gandjbakhche (Potomac, Maryland); David W. Hattery (Washington, District of Columbia); Jim Mulshine (Bethesda, Maryland); Paul Smith (Annapolis, Maryland); Victor Chernomordik (Rockville, Maryland); Edward Wellner (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a device and method for monitoring inflammation of the epithelium. The device consists of a head region, a handle region and an optical bundle. At least two of the optical fibers in the bundle are utilized as a source of radiation, these two fibers are at two different angles from normal. At least one of the other optical fibers is utilized as a detector for the reflected radiation, or alternatively an image guide can be used as the detector. The device of the invention can be part of an external or internal system that can include a light source, the device, a multiplexer, a spectrometer, and a computer for data analysis. The method of the invention allows for the detection and monitoring of general inflammation of the oral epithelium. The inflammation of the epithelium can be detected or monitored to diagnose diseases of the oral epithelium, monitor such diseases, monitor treatment of such diseases, or pre-screen for and monitor preventative treatments of such diseases. |
| FILED | Monday, June 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/168286 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
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| US 07302347 | Baxter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Baxter (San Francisco, California); Thomas S. Scanlan (San Francisco, California); Robert J. Fetterick (Hillsborough, California); Sabine Borngraeber (San Francisco, California); Paul Webb (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention pertains to agonists that activate nuclear receptors. These agonists include an extension that contacts a region of the nuclear receptor outside the native ligand binding pocket. Methods for producing, identifying and designing such agonists are included along with nuclear receptor agonist complexes and libraries of agonists. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 10, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/317034 |
| ART UNIT | 1631 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/19 |
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| US 07299711 | Linker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin L. Linker (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Frank A. Bouchier (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lisa Theisen (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Lester H. Arakaki (Edgewood, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and system for controllably releasing contaminants from a contaminated porous metallic mesh by thermally desorbing and releasing a selected subset of contaminants from a contaminated mesh by rapidly raising the mesh to a pre-determined temperature step or plateau that has been chosen beforehand to preferentially desorb a particular chemical specie of interest, but not others. By providing a sufficiently long delay or dwell period in-between heating pulses, and by selecting the optimum plateau temperatures, then different contaminant species can be controllably released in well-defined batches at different times to a chemical detector in gaseous communication with the mesh. For some detectors, such as an Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS), separating different species in time before they enter the IMS allows the detector to have an enhanced selectivity. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/286015 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.230 |
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| US 07300615 | Sanchez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert O. Sanchez (Los Lunas, New Mexico); Shelton Gunewardena (Walnut, California); James V. Masi (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | An electrical component in the form of an inductor or transformer is disclosed which includes one or more coils and a magnetic polymer material located near the coils or supporting the coils to provide an electromagnetic interaction therewith. The magnetic polymer material is preferably a cured magnetic epoxy which includes a mercaptan derivative having a ferromagnetic atom chemically bonded therein. The ferromagnetic atom can be either a transition metal or rare-earth atom. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/035281 |
| ART UNIT | 1732 — Metallurgy, Metal Working, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalyst, Electrophotography, Photolithography |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/263 |
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| US 07300792 | Gupta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Tennessee Research Foundation (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rakesh K. Gupta (New Delhi, India); Stacy S. Patterson (Knoxville, Tennessee); Gary S. Sayler (Blaine, Tennessee); Steven A. Ripp (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The luxA, B, C, D, and E genes from Photorhabdus luminescens have been introduced into Saccharomyces cerevisiae bioluminescent yeast cells. |
| FILED | Friday, April 04, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/408003 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
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| US 07300890 | Wang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Qi Wang (Littleton, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicon nitride film formation method includes: Heating a substrate to be subjected to film formation to a substrate temperature; heating a wire to a wire temperature; supplying silane, ammonia, and hydrogen gases to the heating member; and forming a silicon nitride film on the substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/621712 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/791 |
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| US 07301002 | Cornelius et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Cornelius (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Cy H. Fujimoto (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael A. Hickner (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Improved sulfonated polyphenylene compositions, improved polymer electrolyte membranes and nanocomposites formed there from for use in fuel cells are described herein. The improved compositions, membranes and nanocomposites formed there from overcome limitations of Nafion® membranes. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/938137 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/373 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy J. Johnson (Pasco, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel systems and methods for remotely detecting at least one constituent of a gas via infrared detection are provided. A system includes at least one extended source of broadband infrared radiation and a spectrally sensitive receiver positioned remotely from the source. The source and the receiver are oriented such that a surface of the source is in the field of view of the receiver. The source includes a heating component thermally coupled to the surface, and the heating component is configured to heat the surface to a temperature above ambient temperature. The receiver is operable to collect spectral infrared absorption data representative of a gas present between the source and the receiver. The invention advantageously overcomes significant difficulties associated with active infrared detection techniques known in the art, and provides an infrared detection technique with a much greater sensitivity than passive infrared detection techniques known in the art. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 23, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/422027 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/338.400 |
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| US 07301624 | Talley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad E. Talley (Brentwood, California); Thomas R. Huser (Livermore, California); Christopher W. Hollars (Brentwood, California); Stephen M. Lane (Oakland, California); Joe H. Satcher, Jr. (Patterson, California); Bradley R. Hart (Brentwood, California); Ted A. Laurence (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is a vibrational spectroscopic technique that utilizes metal surfaces to provide enhanced signals of several orders of magnitude. When molecules of interest are attached to designed metal nanoparticles, a SERS signal is attainable with single molecule detection limits. This provides an ultrasensitive means of detecting the presence of molecules. By using selective chemistries, metal nanoparticles can be functionalized to provide a unique signal upon analyte binding. Moreover, by using measurement techniques, such as, ratiometric received SERS spectra, such metal nanoparticles can be used to monitor dynamic processes in addition to static binding events. Accordingly, such nanoparticles can be used as nanosensors for a wide range of chemicals in fluid, gaseous and solid form, environmental sensors for pH, ion concentration, temperature, etc., and biological sensors for proteins, DNA, RNA, etc. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/935783 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/301 |
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| US 07301639 | Kebabian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerodyne Research, Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. Kebabian (Acton, Massachusetts); Andrew Freedman (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a system and method that enables the use of incoherent light sources, such as light emitting diodes, to provide for the detection of gaseous species which exhibit broadband absorption features (e.g., nitrogen dioxide and the halogen gases). The light emitting diode (LED) is an ideal light source for such an arrangement in that it can be modulated at high frequencies (allowing for omission of external modulation equipment) and provides sufficient illumination within a reasonably narrow wavelength band as compared to, for instance, an incandescent light source. A further advantage of a LED as a light source compared to alternatives such as a gas discharge or arc lamp is that the light output of the LED is highly stable, limited by the stability of the current source used to drive it. Use of a confocal or near-confocal resonant optical cavity maximizes coupling of the light source to the cavity. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/987637 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Minjoo L. Lee (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Christopher W. Leitz (Nashua, New Hampshire); Eugene A. Fitzgerald (Windham, New Hampshire) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides semiconductor structure comprising a strained Ge channel layer, and a gate dielectric disposed over the strained Ge channel layer. In one aspect of the invention, a strained Ge channel MOSFET is provided. The strained Ge channel MOSFET includes a relaxed SiGe virtual substrate with a Ge content between 50-95%, and a strained Ge channel formed on the virtual substrate. A gate structure is formed upon the strained Ge channel, whereupon a MOSFET is formed with increased performance over bulk Si. In another embodiment of the invention, a semiconductor structure comprising a relaxed Ge channel layer and a virtual substrate, wherein the relaxed Ge channel layer is disposed above the virtual substrate. In a further aspect of the invention, a relaxed Ge channel MOSFET is provided. The method includes providing a relaxed virtual substrate with a Ge composition of approximately 100% and a relaxed Ge channel formed on the virtual substrate. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 18, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/173986 |
| ART UNIT | 2811 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/191 |
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| US 07301495 | Abatzoglou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Theagenis John Abatzoglou (Huntington Beach, California); Leo H. Hui (Alhambra, California); Kwang M. Cho (Los Angeles, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A moving radar (405) generates a synthetic aperture image from an incomplete sequence of periodic pulse returns. The incomplete sequence of periodic pulse returns has one or more missing pulses. The radar converts the incomplete sequence of pulse returns into a digital stream. A computer (403) processes the digital stream by computing an along track Fourier transform (402), a range compression (408), an azimuth deskew (410) and an image restoration and auto focus (412). The image restoration and autofocus (412) utilizes a low order autofocus (501), a gap interpolation using a Burg algorithm (503), and a high order autofocus (505) for generating an interpolated sequence. The interpolated sequence contains a complete sequence of periodic pulse returns with uniform spacing for generating the synthetic aperture image. The image restoration and autofocus (412) computes a linear prediction coefficients estimate using the Burg Algorithm (606). The linear prediction coefficients estimate (606) is used to compute a weighted forward-backward interpolation to generate the complete sequence of periodic pulse returns (608). |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/329764 |
| 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 342/25.F00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07302124 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Milind Gokhale (Princeton, New Jersey); Pavel Studenkov (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An asymmetric twin waveguide (ATG) structure is disclosed that significantly reduces the negative effects of inter-modal interference in symmetric twin-waveguide structures and which can be effectively used to implement a variety of optical devices. The ATG structure of the invention can be monolithically fabricated on a single epitaxial structure without the necessity of epitaxial re-growth. To achieve the ATG structure of the invention, the effective index of the passive waveguide in the ATG is varied from that of a symmetric twin waveguide such that one mode of the even and odd modes of propagation is primarily confined to the passive waveguide and the other to the active waveguide. The different effective indices of the two coupled waveguides result in the even and odd modes becoming highly asymmetric. As a result, the mode with the larger confinement factor in the active waveguide experiences higher gain and becomes dominant. In a further embodiment, the active waveguide is tapered to reduce coupling losses of the optical energy between the passive waveguide and the active waveguide. In a further embodiment, a grating region is incorporated atop the passive waveguide to select certain frequencies for transmission of light through the passive waveguide. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 18, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/982001 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07302145 | Huston et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vermont) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dryver Huston (South Burlington, Vermont); Brian Esser (Colchester, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | Self-healing cable apparatus and methods are disclosed. The cable has a central core surrounded by an adaptive cover that can extend over the entire length of the cable or just one or more portions of the cable. The adaptive cover includes a protective layer having an initial damage resistance, and a reactive layer. When the cable is subjected to a localized damaging force, the reactive layer responds by creating a corresponding localized self-healed region. The self-healed region provides the cable with enhanced damage resistance as compared to the cable's initial damage resistance. Embodiments of the invention utilize conventional epoxies or foaming materials in the reactive layer that are released to form the self-healed region when the damaging force reaches the reactive layer. |
| FILED | Monday, February 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/362611 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07302364 | Fussell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois); The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald M. Fussell (Cocoa, Florida); Donald W. Ely (Titusville, Florida); Gary M. Meier (Rockledge, Florida); Paul C. Halpin (Orlando, Florida); Phillip T. Meade (Merritt Island, Florida); Craig A. Jacobson (Cocoa, Florida); Charlie Blackwell-Thompson (Merritt Island, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Advanced spaceport information management methods and systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes coupling a test system to the payload and transmitting one or more test signals that emulate an anticipated condition from the test system to the payload. One or more responsive signals are received from the payload into the test system and are analyzed to determine whether one or more of the responsive signals comprises an anomalous signal. At least one of the steps of transmitting, receiving, analyzing and determining includes transmitting at least one of the test signals and the responsive signals via a communications link from a payload processing facility to a remotely located facility. In one particular embodiment, the communications link is an Internet link from a payload processing facility to a remotely located facility (e.g. a launch facility, university, etc.). |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/083420 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/188 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07300962 | Ratner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Buddy D. Ratner (Seattle, Washington); Prabha D. Nair (Kerala, India); Maximiliane Silvia Boeckl (Seattle, Washington); Elizabeth Reeves Leber (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, the present invention provides hydrogels comprising polymer molecules and bridging molecules, wherein substantially all the polymer molecules are cross-linked by hydrogen bonds between polymer molecules and bridging molecules, wherein each bridging molecule is linked to at least two polymer molecules, and wherein there are substantially no covalent linkages between the polymer molecules. In some embodiments, the polymer molecules are poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and the bridging molecules are amino acids. Some embodiments of the invention provide devices comprising hydrogels, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising biologically active molecules within hydrogels. Another aspect provides methods for forming hydrogels of the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/199613 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 522/9 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301149 | Mackin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas J. Mackin (Urbana, Illinois); Chad R. Sager (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for determining a thickness of a deposited material. Energy is passed through the deposited material, wherein some of the energy is transmitted. The transmitted energy is received, and the received energy is used to determine a thickness of the deposited material. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/839967 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/341.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US PP18252 | Vorsa |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholi Vorsa (Atco, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A new cranberry variety distinguished by significantly higher yields, higher anthocyanin (red pigment) content, and higher stolon vigor as compared to the currently cultivated commercial varieties. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/355602 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/156 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07300861 | Arias |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ana C. Arias (San Carlos, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method of interconnecting electronic devices is described. In the method a blended material for forming a conducting layer and an insulating layer are deposited between a contact of a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The blended material leads to formation of a conductor overlayed by an insulator such that after formation, the conductor is capable of carrying current from the first electronic device to the second electronic device and the insulator forms a protective layer over the conductor. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875480 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/597 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07301639 | Kebabian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aerodyne Research, Inc. (Billerica, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul L. Kebabian (Acton, Massachusetts); Andrew Freedman (Chelmsford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides a system and method that enables the use of incoherent light sources, such as light emitting diodes, to provide for the detection of gaseous species which exhibit broadband absorption features (e.g., nitrogen dioxide and the halogen gases). The light emitting diode (LED) is an ideal light source for such an arrangement in that it can be modulated at high frequencies (allowing for omission of external modulation equipment) and provides sufficient illumination within a reasonably narrow wavelength band as compared to, for instance, an incandescent light source. A further advantage of a LED as a light source compared to alternatives such as a gas discharge or arc lamp is that the light output of the LED is highly stable, limited by the stability of the current source used to drive it. Use of a confocal or near-confocal resonant optical cavity maximizes coupling of the light source to the cavity. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/987637 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/437 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07302582 | Snapp et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert F. Snapp (Memphis, Tennessee); James D. Wilson (Collierville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods consistent with the present invention encode a list so users of the list may make inquires to the coded list without the entire content of the list being revealed to the users. Each item in the list turns on one or more bits in the array 110. Once each item in the list has been encoded by an encoder, a bit array with high and low values is used to represent the items in the list. The bit array may be embodied in a validation system for allowing users to query the list to determine whether an inquiry item is on the list 105. The validation system determines which bits to check by executing the same coding process executed by the encoder. If all the bits are high, then the inquiry item is determined to be part of the list, if at least one of the bits is low, then the inquiry item is determined not to be part of the original list. An exemplary encoder and validation system comprises a standardizer, a hashing function unit, an extraction circuit, and an offset circuit. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 21, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/344990 |
| ART UNIT | 2139 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Support 713/185 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07301458 | Carrender et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alien Technology Corporation (Morgan Hill, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Curtis Lee Carrender (Morgan Hill, California); Mark A. Hadley (Newark, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for testing RFID straps. Arrays of RFID straps in a roll-to-roll process are coupled to an array of test elements. RF programming and interrogation signals are frequency and time multiplexed to the RFID array. Return signals are detected to determine sensitivity and programmability parameters of the RFID straps. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/127697 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/572.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07301967 | Losiewicz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Foece (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul B. Losiewicz (New Hartford, New York); Christopher P. Kaiser (New York Mills, New York); Clinton E. Park (Stitville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Method and apparatus for processing time division multiplexed (TDM) signals which may be custom in format. The TDM signal is translated to an intermediate frequency, or externally demodulated, input, and processed. Individual channels of either analog, digital or both are output. Since the configuration of the processor is software controlled, different TDM signals may be processed without reconfiguring hardware. |
| FILED | Friday, December 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/320697 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/478 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US PP18246 | Moore |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington State University Research Foundation (Pullman, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick P. Moore (Puyallup, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A new and distinct cultivar of raspberry (i.e., Rubus idaeus L.). The cultivar forms medium sized, medium colored, tart flavored fruit. The fruit is round in shape with similar length and width. Based on trials on root rot infested soil, the cultivar appears to be highly tolerant of root rot, producing very high yields on these sites. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/057898 |
| ART UNIT | 1661 — Plants |
| CURRENT CPC | Plants PLT/204 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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