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Patent Details for Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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| US 07309128 | Cappo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Centrofuse Technologies, LLC (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony P. Cappo (New York, New York); Gregory Bennett (New York, New York); Matthew D. Orr (Danbury, Connecticut); Virginia Lubkin (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for testing the visual field of a patient especially the central visual field, stereoscopic or binocularly displaced fixation images are presented under computer control to the respective eyes of the patient. In addition, a series of test images viewable by only one of the patient's eyes is generated under the control of the computer. The fixation images, one for each eye, are presented on two separate electronic displays, while the test images may be produced on a third display member different from the electronic displays. The computer is programmed to precisely determine a boundary between points corresponding to unseen test images and points corresponding to seen test images, by automatically testing additional points in a region located about the curve and between points corresponding to unseen test images and points corresponding to seen test images. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/664493 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/224 |
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| US 07309484 | Helmann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John D. Helmann (Ithaca, New York); Thorsten Mascher (Ithaca, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention pertains to compositions and methods used to ascertain if putative antibiotics trigger a cell envelope stress response in bacterial organisms. In one aspect of the invention, three two-component systems are described: LiaR & LiaS (formerly YvqCE); YvcP & YvcQ; and BceR & BceS (formerly YtsAB). These systems, for example, can be used to analyze antibiotics such as vancomycin, bacitracin, nisin, and ramoplanin, which interfere with the lipid II cycle in the cytoplasmic membrane. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875100 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/94.500 |
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| US 07309485 | He et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Children's Medical Center Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhigang He (Boston, Massachusetts); Kevin C. Wang (Boston, Massachusetts); Vuk Koprivica (Boston, Massachusetts); Jieun A. Kim (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Oligodendrocyte-myelin glycoprotein (OMgp)-specific binding agents are used to reduce OMgp-mediated axon growth inhibition. Mixtures of axons and OMgp and mixtures of Nogo receptor (NgR) and OMgp are used in pharmaceutical screens to characterize agents as inhibiting binding of NgR to OMgp and promoting axon regeneration. |
| FILED | Friday, April 19, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/127058 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 07309570 | Sousa |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Texas (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rui Sousa (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and kit for synthesizing a nucleic acid molecule comprising at least one non-canonical nucleoside triphosphate using a double-mutant polymerase having a reduced discrimination between canonical and non-canonical substrates is disclosed. The method comprises incubating a template nucleic acid in a reaction mixture comprising the mutant nucleic acid polymerase and the appropriate canonical and non-canonical nucleoside triphosphates which are desired substrates for the mutant nucleic acid polymerase. The present invention is also a method of determining the sequence of a nucleic acid molecule using the mutant polymerase to create a nucleic acid molecule comprising at least one non-canonical nucleoside triphosphate. |
| FILED | Monday, October 20, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/689495 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07309575 | Kimple et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michelle E. Kimple (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); John Sondek (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods for purifying and for detecting the presence of a protein. The invention employs a NorpA sequence and a PDZ1 domain. A protein tagged with a NorpA sequence can associate with PDZ1 domain. Similarly, a protein tagged with a PDZ1 domain can associate with a NorpA sequence. This interaction forms an aspect of the protein purification methods and protein detection methods of the present invention. Recombinant expression vectors and a protein purification solid phase are also disclosed, as well as protein detection and purification kits. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/345574 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
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| US 07309584 | Ruth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Adam Ruth (Chicago, Illinois); Igor Roninson (Cohoes, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides mutant P-glycoprotein polypeptides that confer increased resistance to certain chemotherapeutic drugs relative to wild-type P-glycoprotein or P-glycoprotein having a glycine to valine substitution at position 185, and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides antibodies that specifically bind mutant P-glycoproteins. The invention further provides methods for the diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 01, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/343657 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/69.100 |
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| US 07309600 | Apicella et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael A. Apicella (Solon, Iowa); Bradford W. Gibson (Berkeley, California); Nancy J. Phillips (Berkeley, California); Paul A. Jones (Coralville, Iowa); Nicole M. Samuels (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to sialytransferases, such as SiaA sialytransferases isolated from Haemophilus influenzae. Further provided herein are methods for producing sialylated lipooligosaccharides, vaccines, and host cells and systems for the production of sialylated lipooligosaccharides. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/366548 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
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| US 07309606 | Zannis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts); KOS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Miami, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vassilis I. Zannis (Newton, Massachusetts); Kypreos E. Kyriakos (Ialyssos-Rhodes, Greece) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating hypercholesterolemia using therapeutic apoE proteins. A therapeutic apoE protein is a naturally-occurring apoE protein (e.g., apoE1, apoE2, apoE2*, apoE2**, apoE3, and apoE4) that has one or more amino acid substitutions in the carboxy-terminal region which, when administered to a mammal having hypercholesterolemia, reduces the plasma cholesterol levels without inducing hypertriglyceridemia. The invention also provides a method for reducing plasma cholesterol using low doses of naturally-occurring apoE proteins. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/220485 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/440 |
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| US 07309696 | Kucera et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Louis S. Kucera (Pfafftown, North Carolina); Ronald A. Fleming (Cary, North Carolina); Khalid S. Ishaq (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Gregory L. Kucera (Winston-Salem, North Carolina); Susan L. Morris-Natschke (Apex, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes compositions and methods useful for treatment of a virus infection in a mammal by double-targeting the virus (i.e. targeting the virus at more than one stage of the virus life cycle) and thereby inhibiting virus replication. The compositions of the invention include compounds which comprise a phosphocholine moiety covalently conjugated with one or more antiviral agents (e.g. nucleoside analogue, protease inhibitor, etc.) to a lipid backbone. The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions and kits for use in treatment of a virus infection in mammals. The methods of the invention comprise administering a compound of the invention, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition of the invention, in an amount effective to treat the infection, to a mammal infected with a virus. Additionally, the invention includes compositions and methods useful for combating a cancer in a mammal and for facilitating delivery of a therapeutic agent to a mammalian cell. The compositions of the invention include compounds which comprise an alkyl lipid or phospholipid moiety covalently conjugated with an anticancer agent (e.g. a nucleoside analogue). The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions and kits for combating a cancer and for facilitating delivery of a therapeutic agent to a mammalian cell. The methods of the invention comprise administering a compound of the invention, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition of the invention, in an amount effective to combat a cancer or to facilitate delivery of a therapeutic agent to a mammalian cell. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/748738 |
| ART UNIT | 1623 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/51 |
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| US 07309774 | McKee et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick A. McKee (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Kyung N. Lee (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma); Kenneth W. Jackson (Edmond, Oklahoma); Victoria J. Christiansen (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Human α2-antiplasmin (α2AP) is the major inhibitor of the proteolytic enzyme plasmin that digests fibrin. Two forms of α2AP circulate in human plasma: a 464-residue protein, which we have termed “pro”-form, or α2APpro, and an N-terminally-shortened 452-residue “activated”-form, or α2APact. The latter becomes crosslinked to fibrin by activated factor XIII about 5-fold more rapidly than α2APpro and makes fibrin resistant to digestion by plasmin. A new human plasma proteinase has been identified herein that cleaves the Pro12-Asn13 bond of α2APpro to yield α2APact. This enzyme is identified herein as Antiplasmin Cleaving Enzyme (APCE). |
| FILED | Friday, February 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/774242 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/380 |
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| US 07309781 | Cox, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bolder Biotechnology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Cox, III (Louisville, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The growth hormone supergene family comprises greater than 20 structurally related cytokines and growth factors. A general method is provided for creating site-specific, biologically active conjugates of these proteins. The method involves adding cysteine residues to non-essential regions of the proteins or substituting cysteine residues for non-essential amino acids in the proteins using site-directed mutagenesis and then covalently coupling a cysteine-reactive polymer or other type of cysteine-reactive moiety to the proteins via the added cysteine residue. Disclosed herein are preferred sites for adding cysteine residues or introducing cysteine substitutions into the proteins, and the proteins and protein derivatives produced thereby. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/856219 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/399 |
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| US 07309783 | Hansen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc F. Hansen (New Hartford, Connecticut); Amit Deshpande (Farmington, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | This disclosure encompasses the edr3 polynucleotide, polypeptides encoded by the edr3 gene and fragments thereof. This disclosure also encompasses homologues of the edr3 gene from mammals, in particular from humans. In addition, this disclosure encompasses the use of edr3 polynucleotides, edr3 proteins and polypeptides, and antibodies to the edr3 protein capable of increasing or decreasing edr3 activity or expression. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 09, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/142275 |
| 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 | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07309784 | Tarleton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rick L. Tarleton (Watkinsville, Georgia); Nisha Garg (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Polypeptide and polynucleotide vaccines effective to treat or prevent infection of a mammal, such as a dog, a cat, or a human, by a protozoan. Methods of treatment and prevention are also provided, including therapeutic administration of the vaccine to an infected mammal to prevent progression of infection to a chronic debilitating disease state. Preferred embodiments of the polynucleotide vaccine contain nucleotide coding regions that encode polypeptides that are surface-associated or secreted by T. cruzi. Optionally the efficacy of the polynucleotide vaccine is increased by inclusion of a nucleotide coding region encoding a cytokine. Preferred embodiments of the polypeptide vaccine include immunogenic peptides that contain membrane transducing sequences that allow the polypeptides to translocate across a mammalian cell membrane. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/015578 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.700 |
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| US 07309786 | Zhang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention (Beijing, China PRC); Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Beijing, China PRC) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhiqing Zhang (Beijing, China PRC); Xinrui Yan (Beijing, China PRC); Ketai Guo (Beijing, China PRC); Chunxiao Xu (Beijing, China PRC) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to a group of new oligonucleotides sequences with human tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) inhibiting activity, which includes DNA sequences and RNA sequences. These oligonucleotides or aptamer can specifically be bound to TNF-α and inhibit the cytoxicity of TNF-α to L929 cells. Therefore, the aptamer of the present invention may be used to detect TNF-α and provide a therapeutic method for diseases related to the increasing level of TNF-α. Compared with other TNF antagonists such as monoclonal antibody and soluble receptor, the present invention has high specificity, high affinity, quick penetration to target tissue, rapid plasma clearance, and lower immunogenecity. Turthermore, it can be used repeatedly and keeps high concentration in target tissue and the like. It has the advantages of affinity and specificity similar to monoclonal antibodies and also has permeability and pharmacokinetics characteristics similar to small molecular polypeptide. The present invention also refers to derivative of the oligonucleotides sequence, including modified sequence. The present invention may further be manufactured as medicine for therapy and diagnosis of TNF-α related diseases. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/822761 |
| 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 07309792 | Harran et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick G. Harran (Dallas, Texas); Xiaodong Wang (Dallas, Texas); Jef K. De Brabander (Dallas, Texas); Lin Li (Dallas, Texas); Ranny Mathew Thomas (Dallas, Texas); Hidetaka Suzuki (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Caspase activity and apoptosis are promoted using active, dimeric Smac peptide mimetics of the general formula M1-L-M2, wherein moieties M1 and M2 are monomeric Smac mimetics and L is a covalent linker. Target cancerous or inflammatory cells are contacted with an effective amount of an active, dimeric Smac mimetic, and a resultant increase in apoptosis of the target cells is detected. The contacting step may be effected by administering to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the dimeric mimetic, wherein the individual may be subject to concurrent or antecedent radiation or chemotherapy for treatment of a neoproliferative pathology. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/070733 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/237 |
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| US 07309984 | Arunachalam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arjun Arunachalam (Madison, Wisconsin); Alexey A. Samsonov (Madison, Wisconsin); Walter Francis Block (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for reconstructing an image from undersampled, parallel MRI data sets acquired with a pulse sequence that samples k-space along radial trajectories includes the synthesis of training k-space data from the acquired data. The training k-space data is produced by reconstructing training images from the fully sampled, central k-space region of the acquired MRI data sets, and the training k-space data is used in a radial GRAPPA image reconstruction method to produce an image frame. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/259804 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
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| US 07310411 | Tang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Creatv Micro Tech, Inc. (Potomac, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Cha-Mei Tang (Potomac, Maryland); Olga V. Makarova (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Grids and collimators, for use with electromagnetic energy emitting devices, include at least a metal layer that is formed, for example, by electroplating/electroforming or casting. The metal layer includes top and bottom surfaces, and a plurality of solid integrated walls. Each of the solid integrated walls extends from the top to bottom surface and has a plurality of side surfaces. The side surfaces of the solid integrated walls are arranged to define a plurality of openings extending entirely through the layer. At least some of the walls also can include projections extending into the respective openings formed by the walls. The projections can be of various shapes and sizes, and are arranged so that a total amount of wall material intersected by a line propagating in a direction along an edge of the grid is substantially the same as another total amount of wall material intersected by another line propagating in another direction substantially parallel to the edge of the grid at any distance from the edge. Methods to fabricate these grids using copper, lead, nickel, gold, any other electroplating/electroforming materials or low melting temperature metals are described. |
| FILED | Monday, July 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/188210 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/154 |
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| US 07310547 | Zelenchuk |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medispectra, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex R. Zelenchuk (Stoughton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for the in situ discrimination of healthy and diseased tissue. A fiberoptic based probe is employed to direct ultraviolet illumination onto a tissue specimen and to collect the fluorescent response radiation. The response radiation is observed at three selected wavelengths, one of which corresponds to an isosbestic point. In one example, the isosbestic point occurs at about 431 nm. The intensities of the observed signals are normalized using the 431 nm intensity. A score is determined using the ratios in a discriminant analysis. The tissue under examination is resected or not, based on the diagnosis of disease or health, according to the outcome of the discriminant analysis. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/894356 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
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| US 07308827 | Holt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sherrie Burgett Holt (Grant, Alabama); Michael S. Kranz (Madison, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A gyroscope and temperature sensor are formed on a single chip using SOI-MEMS technology. The temperature sensor has an array of resistors to accurately detect the temperature of the gyroscope in temperatures and conditions that can range from extreme heat to extreme cold. The positioning of the gyroscope and temperature sensor on the same chip allow for extremely accurate real-time feedback of the gyroscope's temperature for utilization by a control system. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/070509 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/504.20 |
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| US 07309166 | Holemans et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter Holemans (Sewell, New Jersey); Mark J. Robuck (Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania); Pierre J. Minguet (Media, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A hub joint for supporting bearings adapted to rotatably receive a shaft. The joint includes an upper annular portion having a radially inner boundary and an upper bearing mount attached to the inner boundary of the upper annular portion. The upper bearing mount has a radially inner surface forming a conical upper bearing seat. The joint further comprises a lower bearing mount attached to and positioned below the upper bearing mount. The lower bearing mount has a radially inner surface forming a conical lower bearing seat. The joint also comprises a lower annular portion having a radially inner boundary attached to the lower bearing mount. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/240246 |
| ART UNIT | 3682 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Bearings 384/571 |
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| US 07309412 | Minevski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lynntech, Inc. (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zoran Minevski (The Woodlands, Texas); Charles Tennakoon (College Station, Texas); Carl Nelson (Bryan, Texas); Kelvin Anderson (Flynn, Texas); Frederick Burns (College Station, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Composite coating compositions, composite metallic coatings derived from these compositions, and methods of forming the composite coating compositions and composite metallic coatings, wherein the compositions and coatings comprise particles of at least one quasicrystalline metal alloy and at least one elemental metal. The methods include electrocodepositing suspended quasicrystalline metal alloy particles and dissolved metal ions onto a substrate. Preferably, the substrate is disposed in an aqueous bath containing at least one dissolved metal ion species and at least one suspended quasicrystalline metal alloy powder species. The compositions and coatings enhance the wear, friction, hardness, corrosion, and non-stick characteristics of the substrate. |
| FILED | Monday, April 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/824183 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrolysis: Processes, compositions used therein, and methods of preparing the compositions 25/104 |
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| US 07309416 | Fokema et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Aspen Products Group, Inc. (Marlborough, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark D. Fokema (Framingham, Massachusetts); Wendell E. Rhine (Belmont, Massachusetts); Neng Ye (Boxborough, Massachusetts); Kang P. Lee (Sudbury, Massachusetts); Jennifer P. Gordon (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Sulfur is removed from a hydrocarbon fuel via contact with a desulfurization agent; the desulfurization agent is then regenerated (wherein sulfur is released) by exposing it to oxygen. The sulfur removal and regeneration processes each can be carried out at relatively moderate temperatures, e.g., from 300 to 600° C., and pressure, e.g., about 0.79 to about 3.5 MPa; and the desulfurization agent can include a transition metal oxide, such as molybdenum oxide. The process can also include the additional steps of cracking the hydrocarbon, separating high-boiling and low-boiling fractions from the reaction product and contacting the lower-boiling fraction with a secondary desulfurization agent. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/617912 |
| ART UNIT | 1764 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Mineral oils: Processes and products 28/243 |
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| US 07309530 | Spitsberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irene Spitsberg (Loveland, Ohio); Venkat S. Venkataramani (Clifton Park, New York); Brett Boutwell (Liberty Township, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition is disclosed that includes an at least partially stabilized zirconia matrix with a pentavalent oxide first dopant and an oxide second dopant. A coated article is disclosed for use in a high temperature a gas turbine. The coated article can include an yttria-stabilized zirconia, a pentavalent oxide first dopant, and an oxide second dopant. The ratio of the pentavalent oxide second dopant to the oxide third dopant can be less than or equal to about 1. The composition can reduce sintering of the thermal barrier coating. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/925125 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/632 |
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| US 07309582 | Samuelson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lynne A. Samuelson (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Ferdinando Bruno (Andover, Massachusetts); Susan Tripathy, legal representative (Acton, Massachusetts); Ramaswamy Nagarajan (Lowell, Massachusetts); Jayant Kumar (Westford, Massachusetts); Wei Liu (Lowell, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to a novel method for enzymatic polymerization which includes (1) obtaining a reaction mixture including a monomer, a template, and an enzyme; and (2) incubating the reaction mixture for a time and under conditions sufficient for the monomer to align along the template and polymerize to form a polymer-template complex. The template can be a micelle, a borate-containing electrolyte, or lignin sulfonate. Such a complex possesses exceptional electrical and optical stability, water solubility, and processibility, and can be used in applications such as light-weight energy storage devices (e.g., rechargeable batteries), electrolytic capacitors, anti-static and anti-corrosive coatings for smart windows, and biological sensors. |
| FILED | Friday, March 14, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/390677 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309620 | Fonash et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Penn State Research Foundation (University Park, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Fonash (State College, Pennsylvania); Handong Li (University Park, Pennsylvania); Youngchul Lee (State College, Pennsylvania); Joseph D. Cuiffi (State College, Pennsylvania); Daniel J. Hayes (State College, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods for preparing a removable system on a mother substrate. The method deposits a high surface to volume sacrificial layer on a mother substrate and stabilizes the sacrificial layer by a) removing volatile chemical species in and on the sacrificial layer and/or b) modifying the surface of the layer. The method coats over the sacrificial layer with a capping medium. A system is the fabricated on the capping medium. The method provides through holes to access the sacrificial layer. The method may also apply a top layer onto the system to form a covered system. The invention also includes the step of removing the sacrificial layer to release the system from the mother substrate. Methods of the invention also include selectively removing a portion of the system and capping layers to form void regions defining an array of islands composed of device, structure, or system and capping layer regions, and optionally filling the island-defining void region with a sacrificial material. In such methods the sacrificial material and the high surface to volume sacrificial layer are removed to release the system from the mother substrate. Methods of the invention also include applying a layer to the capping material side of the released system to form a configuration wherein the system is substantially within a bending-stress reduced neutral plane. The systems fabricated according to the invention may be placed on a wide variety of suitable substrates, including flexible substrates. |
| FILED | Monday, January 13, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/340723 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/53 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310004 | DeHon |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andre M. DeHon (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and methods for interconnecting a plurality of nanoscale programmable logic array (PLA) clusters are disclosed. The appartus allows PLA clusters to be built at nanoscale dimensions, signal restoration to occur at the nanoscale, and interconnection between PLA clusters to be performed with nanoscale wiring. The nanoscale PLA, restoration, and interconnect arrangements can be constructed without using lithographic patterning to produce the nanoscale feature sizes and wire pitches. The nanoscale interconnection of the plurality of nanoscale PLA clusters can implement any logic function or any finite state machine. The nanoscale interconnect allows Manhattan (X,Y grid) routing between arbitrary nanoscale PLA clusters. The methods teach how to interconnect nanoscale PLAs with nanoscale interconnect and how to build arbitrary logic with nanoscale feature sizes without using lithography to pattern the nanoscale features. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/193308 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310286 | Jarvis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Susan M. Jarvis (Westport, Massachusetts); Fletcher A. Blackmon (Forestdale, Massachusetts); Ronald R. Morrissey (Randolph, Massachusetts); Nixon Pendergrass (Nashville, Indiana); Dean J. Smith (Dover-Foxcroft, Maine); Kevin C. Fitzpatrick (Suwanee, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | An undersea communications system in which a message is converted to a redundant fixed-length data packet and transmitted acoustically as a quadrature phase-keyed signal in a frequency band with a continuous pilot signal at a frequency closely adjacent to the frequency band. A receiver uses the received continuous pilot signal to Doppler compensate the incoming quadrature phase keyed signal by estimating any Doppler distortion in the received pilot signal. The resultant redundant signals are then robustly processed coherently and jointly by the adaptive decision feedback equalizer and decoder to provide the original transmitted data. |
| FILED | Monday, July 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/183308 |
| 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 367/134 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310301 | Kleider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Eric Kleider (Scottsdale, Arizona); Glen Patrick Abousleman (Scottsdale, Arizona); Bruce Alan Fette (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-carrier communication system (400) groups subchannels (802) into different quality-of-signal (QoS) regions (804). An unconstrained optimization process (1200) is performed independently for the subchannels (802) of the different QoS regions (804) to allocate bit rates and power to the individual subchannels (802) so that the indicated QoS will result. Coders (504, 508, 512, 516) partition and error-correction encode source information using encoding schemes matched to the different QoS regions (804). A set (1100) of only a few directed QoS partition vectors (1102) direct the unconstrained optimization process (1200) to attempt bit-rate and power allocations on only a few promising groupings of subchannels (802) and QoS regions (804). An iterative process may take place between bit-rate and power allocation on one side and source information coding on the other for different directed QoS partition vectors (1102) to identify the best solution. |
| FILED | Friday, April 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/417942 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/203 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310349 | Beshai |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nortel Networks Limited (, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Maged E. Beshai (Stittsville, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and a network for a universal transfer mode (UTM) of transferring data packets at a regulated bit rate are disclosed. The method defines a protocol that uses an adaptive packet header to simplify packet routing and increase transfer speed. The protocol supports a plurality of data formats. The network includes a plurality of modules that provide interfaces to various data sources. The modules are interconnected by an optic core with adequate inter-module links. The adaptive packet header is used for both signaling and payload transfer. The header is parsed to determine its function. Rate regulation is accomplished using each module control element and egress port controllers to regulate packet transfer. The protocol enables the modules to behave as a single distributed switch capable of multi-terabit transfer rates. The advantage is a high speed distributed switch capable of serving as a transfer backbone for substantially any telecommunications service. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 16, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/414199 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/428 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310361 | Belenky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Belenky (Port Jefferson, New York); Mitra Dutta (Wilmette, Illinois); Mikhail Kisin (Lake Grove, New York); Serge Luryi (Setauket, New York); Michael Stroscio (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Intersubband semiconductor lasers (ISLs) are of great interest for mid-infrared (2-20 μm) device applications. These semiconductor devices have a wide range of applications from pollution detection and industrial monitoring to military functions. ISLs have generally encountered several problems which include slow intrawell intersubband relaxation times due to the large momentum transfer and small wave-function overlap of the initial and final electron states in interwell transitions. Overall, the ISL's of the prior art are subject to weak intersubband population inversion. The semiconductor device of the present invention provides optimal intersubband population inversion by providing a double quantum well active region in the semiconductor device. This region allows for small momentum transfer in the intersubband electron-phonon resonance with the substantial wave-function overlap characteristic of the intersubband scattering. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956590 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/44.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310363 | Mason et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Gordon Beck Mason (San Jose, California); Gregory Fish (Santa Barbara, California); Daniel J Blumenthal (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor tunable laser (10) and an interferometer (12) coupled to the tunable laser (10) are monolithically fabricated in a semiconductor heterostructure. The laser also comprises a buried ridge stripe waveguide laser. The interferometer (12) has a semiconductor optical amplifier (38) coupled in each arm. A cross-gain semiconductor optical amplifier converter is coupled to the interferometer (12). The semiconductor optical amplifier (38) coupled in each arm is biased so that an optical path length difference between the two arms is in antiphase which results in destructive interference. The output of the tunable laser (10) is coupled to a coupler. A semiconductor optical amplifier (38) is used as a gain controller for the semiconductor optical amplifiers in the interferometer (12) to allow wavelength conversion over a larger range of input signal powers. The heterostructure substrate comprises a low bandgap waveguide layer and thinner multi-quantum well active regions disposed above the low bandgap waveguide layer. The heterostructure substrate has nonabsorbing passive elements formed therein by selectively removing the quantum wells regions above the waveguide layer to allow formation of active and passive sections in the waveguide layer without having to perform a butt joint regrowth. The invention is also characterized as a method of fabricating an integrated optical device as disclosed above in the heterostructure substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/469789 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/50.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310588 | Mentz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl A. Mentz (East Hartford, Connecticut); Bryan P. Dube (Columbia, Connecticut); Richard M. Salzillo, Jr. (Plantsville, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer-implemented method for verifying geometries of airfoils includes the steps of providing a part having an airfoil having an intended positional geometry and an intended feature geometry; measuring a first set of points of a primary datum system; determining an actual positional geometry of the airfoil based on the primary datum system measurements; calculating a first deviation between the intended positional geometry and the actual positional geometry of the airfoil; measuring a plurality of sets of points of at least one secondary datum system; determining an actual feature geometry of the airfoil based on the at least one secondary datum system measurement; calculating a second deviation between the intended feature geometry and the actual feature geometry of the airfoil; and performing a verification of the intended positional geometry and the intended feature geometry of the airfoil based upon the first deviation and the second deviation. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/257433 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/155 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310622 | Lawrence et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Technologies, LLC (Dallas, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | P. Nick Lawrence (Dallas, Texas); Douglas J. Matzke (Plano, Texas); Chandler L. Burgess (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Performing operations using quantum correlithm objects includes establishing real states, where each real state comprises an element of a real space, and encoding the real states as quantum objects representing a correlithm object. The correlithm object is projected to the real space using a measurement basis, and measurement values corresponding to the measurement basis are determined. The projected correlithm object is retrieved according to the measurement values. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/634490 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. Brown (Ames, Iowa); Corey Wistrom (Ames, Iowa); Jerod L. Smeenk (Ames, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for filtering gas (58) with a moving granular filter bed (48) involves moving a mass of particulate filter material (48) downwardly through a filter compartment (35); tangentially introducing gas into the compartment (54) to move in a cyclonic path downwardly around the moving filter material (48); diverting the cyclonic path (58) to a vertical path (62) to cause the gas to directly interface with the particulate filter material (48); thence causing the gas to move upwardly through the filter material (48) through a screened partition (24, 32) into a static upper compartment (22) of a filter compartment for exodus (56) of the gas which has passed through the particulate filter material (48). |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/487130 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation: Processes 095/275 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309393 | Sherohman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John W. Sherohman (Livermore, California); Arthur W. Coombs, III (Patterson, California); Jick H. Yee (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Bulk Aluminum Antimonide (AlSb)-based single crystal materials have been prepared for use as ambient (room) temperature X-ray and Gamma-ray radiation detection. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/040573 |
| ART UNIT | 1722 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/13 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309758 | Klaehn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John R. Klaehn (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Eric S. Peterson (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Christopher J. Orme (Shelley, Idaho); Michael G. Jones (Chubbuck, Idaho); Alan K. Wertsching (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Thomas A. Luther (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Tammy L. Trowbridge (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A PBI compound includes imidazole nitrogens at least a portion of which are substituted with a moiety containing a carbonyl group, the substituted imidazole nitrogens being bonded to carbon of the carbonyl group. At least 85% of the nitrogens may be substituted. The carbonyl-containing moiety may include RCO—, where R is alkoxy or haloalkyl. The PBI compound may exhibit a first temperature marking an onset of weight loss corresponding to reversion of the substituted PBI that is less than a second temperature marking an onset of decomposition of an otherwise identical PBI compound without the substituted moiety. The PBI compound may be included in separatory media. A substituted PBI synthesis method may include providing a parent PBI in a less than 5 wt % solvent solution. Substituting may use more than 5 equivalents in relation to the imidazole nitrogens to be substituted. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/969456 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/423 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309813 | Gordon-Kamm et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Johnston, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William J. Gordon-Kamm (Urbandale, Iowa); Keith S. Lowe (Johnston, Iowa); Matthew A. Bailey (Des Moines, Iowa); Carolyn A. Gregory (Tega Cay, South Carolina); George J. Hoerster (Des Moines, Iowa); Brian A. Larkins (Tucson, Arizona); Brian R. Dilkes (Seattle, Washington); Ronald Burnett (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Young Min Woo (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides novel methods of using viral replicase polypeptides and polynucleotides. Included are methods for increasing transformation frequencies, increasing crop yield, providing a positive growth advantage, modulating cell division, transiently modulating cell division, and for providing a means of positive selection. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/975170 |
| ART UNIT | 1638 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/278 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309832 | Friedman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, Missouri) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Friedman (Lakewood, Colorado); John F. Geisz (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-junction solar cell device (10) is provided. The multi-junction solar cell device (10) comprises either two or three active solar cells connected in series in a monolithic structure. The multi-junction device (10) comprises a bottom active cell (20) having a single-crystal silicon substrate base and an emitter layer (23). The multi-junction device (10) further comprises one or two subsequent active cells each having a base layer (32) and an emitter layer (23) with interconnecting tunnel junctions between each active cell. At least one layer that forms each of the top and middle active cells is composed of a single-crystal III-V semiconductor alloy that is substantially lattice-matched to the silicon substrate (22). The polarity of the active p-n junction cells is either p-on-n or n-on-p. The present invention further includes a method for substantially lattice matching single-crystal III-V semiconductor layers with the silicon substrate (22) by including boron and/or nitrogen in the chemical structure of these layers. |
| FILED | Friday, December 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/497119 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Batteries: Thermoelectric and photoelectric 136/262 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309878 | Kwiatkowski et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kris Kwiatkowski (Los Alamos, New Mexico); James Lyke (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Dense, massively parallel signal processing electronics are co-packaged behind associated sensor pixels. Microchips containing a linear or bilinear arrangement of photo-sensors, together with associated complex electronics, are integrated into a simple 3-D structure (a “mirror cube”). An array of photo-sensitive cells are disposed on a stacked CMOS chip's surface at a 45° angle from light reflecting mirror surfaces formed on a neighboring CMOS chip surface. Image processing electronics are held within the stacked CMOS chip layers. Electrical connections couple each of said stacked CMOS chip layers and a distribution grid, the connections for distributing power and signals to components associated with each stacked CSMO chip layer. |
| FILED | Monday, July 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/901309 |
| ART UNIT | 2814 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309930 | Suryanarayanan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shashikanth Suryanarayanan (Mumbai, India); Aaron Avagliano (Clifton Park, New York); Corneliu Barbu (Guilderland, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A vibration damping technique for a wind turbine system is described. The wind turbine system includes a vibration damper, which provides a variable signal to control torque produced by a generator of the wind turbine system. The variable signal is based on generator speed and has a first local peak value based on a resonant frequency of tower side-to-side oscillation. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/955732 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310142 | Hayden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carl C. Hayden (Dublin, California); David W. Chandler (Livermore, California); A. Khai Luong (Dublin, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Photons emitted from a sample responsive to being excited by laser pulses are directed through a prism onto a photomultiplier tube having several spaced-apart anodes. The prism alters the path of each photon as a function of its wavelength so that the wavelength determines the anode to which the photon is directed. Taps of first and second delay lines that are coupled to respective alternating anodes. When an anode receives the photon, it generates a pulse that propagates through the delay line in opposite directions from its associated tap. A timer determines first and second times from the laser pulse to the pulse reaching the first and second ends of the delay line. The difference between the first and second times corresponds to the wavelength of the emitted photon and the sum of the first and second times corresponds to the emission delay of the emitted photon. |
| FILED | Monday, August 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/209353 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/318 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310278 | Bright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arthur A. Bright (Croton-on-Hudson, New York); Paul G. Crumley (Yorktown Heights, New York); Marc B. Dombrowa (Bronx, New York); Steven M. Douskey (Rochester, Minnesota); Rudolf A. Haring (Cortlandt Manor, New York); Steven F. Oakland (Colchester, Vermont); Michael R. Ouellette (Westford, Vermont); Scott A. Strissel (Byron, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a method of repairing an integrated circuit of the type comprising of a multitude of memory arrays and a fuse box holding control data for controlling redundancy logic of the arrays. The method comprises the steps of providing the integrated circuit with a control data selector for passing the control data from the fuse box to the memory arrays; providing a source of alternate control data, external of the integrated circuit; and connecting the source of alternate control data to the control data selector. The method comprises the further step of, at a given time, passing the alternate control data from the source thereof, through the control data selector and to the memory arrays to control the redundancy logic of the memory arrays. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/418052 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Institution of Washington (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell J. Hemley (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Ho-Kwang Mao (Washington, District of Columbia); Chih-shiue Yan (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A single crystal diamond grown by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition annealed at pressures in excess of 4.0 GPa and heated to temperature in excess of 1500 degrees C. that has a hardness of greater than 120 GPa. A method for manufacture a hard single crystal diamond includes growing a single crystal diamond and annealing the single crystal diamond at pressures in excess of 4.0 GPa and a temperature in excess of 1500 degrees C. to have a hardness in excess of 120 GPa. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/401288 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309644 | Takeuchi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland, College Park (Riverdale, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ichiro Takeuchi (College Park, Maryland); Wei Yang (Hillsboro, Oregon); Kao-Shuo Chang (Greenbelt, Maryland); Ratnakar D. Vispute (Columbia, Maryland); Thirumalai Venky Venkatesan (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method are provided to fabricate thin-films having different physical property parameters or having physical property parameters that continuously change across functionally broadband monolithic device arrays. The fabrication method deposits the thin-film including layers on a substrate of a monolithic chip. The method defines a desired gradient profile of each layer forming the thin-film, each gradient profile including a desired thinnest profile and a desired thickest profile. The method further aligns an aperture of a mask over the substrate to form the thin-film and calculates a shutter speed for the specified gradient profile of each layer across the desired area of the substrate, and deposits each layer on the substrate, through the aperture, as the aperture of the shutter moves at the calculated shutter speed from the desired thinnest profile of each layer to the desired thickest profile of each layer. |
| FILED | Monday, November 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/998149 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/478 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309842 | Doughty |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verionix Incorporated (North Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank C. Doughty (North Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A monolithic microplasma source includes a dielectric substrate having an outer surface that is exposed to a time varying electric field. A gap layer is positioned on an inner surface of the dielectric substrate. A shield including a slit is positioned on the gap layer. A relief structure is formed in at least one of the gap layer and the dielectric substrate. The dimensions of the gap layer, the slit in the shield, and the relief structure are chosen so as to prevent a formation of a continuous film across the relief structure. A chamber containing a gas is positioned adjacent to the shield so that the gas is ionized to form a microplasma when an electric field is induced in the chamber by the incident time varying electric field. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/907024 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.430 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309986 | Epstein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles L. Epstein (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Jeremy Magland (Lansdale, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for providing practical magnetic resonance imaging systems that utilize non-homogeneous background fields, B0, as well as, possibly non-linear, gradient fields G1, G2 to make non-invasive measurements to determine, among other things, a spin density function. Two types of non-homogeneous background fields are considered: background fields B0 in which the function |B0| does not have a critical point within the field of view, and background fields B0 such that the function |B0| has a single critical point within the field of view. In the first case, an MR-imaging device may be constructed by using the permanent gradient in the background field, B0, as a slice select gradient, so long as particular criteria are met. In the second case, magnets may be constructed so that |B0| has an isolated non-zero local minimum. Using selective excitation, one can excite only the spins lying in a small neighborhood of this local minimum. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/385338 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310363 | Mason et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Gordon Beck Mason (San Jose, California); Gregory Fish (Santa Barbara, California); Daniel J Blumenthal (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor tunable laser (10) and an interferometer (12) coupled to the tunable laser (10) are monolithically fabricated in a semiconductor heterostructure. The laser also comprises a buried ridge stripe waveguide laser. The interferometer (12) has a semiconductor optical amplifier (38) coupled in each arm. A cross-gain semiconductor optical amplifier converter is coupled to the interferometer (12). The semiconductor optical amplifier (38) coupled in each arm is biased so that an optical path length difference between the two arms is in antiphase which results in destructive interference. The output of the tunable laser (10) is coupled to a coupler. A semiconductor optical amplifier (38) is used as a gain controller for the semiconductor optical amplifiers in the interferometer (12) to allow wavelength conversion over a larger range of input signal powers. The heterostructure substrate comprises a low bandgap waveguide layer and thinner multi-quantum well active regions disposed above the low bandgap waveguide layer. The heterostructure substrate has nonabsorbing passive elements formed therein by selectively removing the quantum wells regions above the waveguide layer to allow formation of active and passive sections in the waveguide layer without having to perform a butt joint regrowth. The invention is also characterized as a method of fabricating an integrated optical device as disclosed above in the heterostructure substrate. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 28, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/469789 |
| ART UNIT | 2163 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/50.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07308867 | Pound et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joe Mathews Pound (Ingram, Texas); John Allen Miller (Kerrville, Texas); Gary Ray Earl (Kerrville, Texas); Randy Wayne Ryan, Jr. (Harper, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Deer and other nocturnal animals may be allowed to feed from a feeding device which also restricts feeding by squirrels, birds, and other diurnal feeders. The apparatus includes a walled enclosure having a sloped bottom for facilitating the gravity flow of animal feed toward an outlet from which the feed can then be accessed by the target animals. The opening is provided with a sliding cover which is controllably movable between a first position aligned over the opening to prevent dispensing of feed, and a second position removed from the opening to allow dispensing of feed. To prevent blockage of the cover by the feed when the cover is moved from the open to the closed position, an internal member is disposed within the enclosure which creates an accumulation chamber or dead space into which feed can be readily moved out of the path of the moving cover. In use, the cover can be moved to the first, closed position during daylight hours to prevent or limit feeding by diurnal feeding animals, and to the second, open position during night hours to allow feed to be dispensed to nocturnal feeding animals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/059016 |
| ART UNIT | 3644 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Animal husbandry 119/63 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309274 | Teal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia); University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainsville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter E. A. Teal (Gainesville, Florida); Baldwyn Torto (Gainesville, Florida); James H. Tumlinson, III (Julian, Pennsylvania); Drion G. Boucias (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A Small Hive Beetle trap, which replaces the bottom board of beehives, includes a frame having three walls and a top surface, a trap plate, an entry device, and a trapping means. The trapping device provides a dark environment attractive to small hive beetles and contains a small hive beetle attractant made from pollen dough and inoculated with yeast that produces small hive beetle attracting volatiles. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/088499 |
| ART UNIT | 3643 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Bee culture 449/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309505 | Lei et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (Ithaca, New York); The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xingen Lei (Ithaca, New York); Edward J. Mullaney (New Orleans, Louisiana); Abul H. J. Ullah (Slidell, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a mutant phytase and the isolated mutant phytase itself. The present invention further relates to methods of using the isolated nucleic acid molecule and the isolated mutant phytase of the present invention. |
| FILED | Monday, September 15, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/662914 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Food or edible material: Processes, compositions, and products 426/62 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07309128 | Cappo et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Centrofuse Technologies, LLC (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anthony P. Cappo (New York, New York); Gregory Bennett (New York, New York); Matthew D. Orr (Danbury, Connecticut); Virginia Lubkin (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | In a method for testing the visual field of a patient especially the central visual field, stereoscopic or binocularly displaced fixation images are presented under computer control to the respective eyes of the patient. In addition, a series of test images viewable by only one of the patient's eyes is generated under the control of the computer. The fixation images, one for each eye, are presented on two separate electronic displays, while the test images may be produced on a third display member different from the electronic displays. The computer is programmed to precisely determine a boundary between points corresponding to unseen test images and points corresponding to seen test images, by automatically testing additional points in a region located about the curve and between points corresponding to unseen test images and points corresponding to seen test images. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/664493 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/224 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309842 | Doughty |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verionix Incorporated (North Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank C. Doughty (North Andover, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A monolithic microplasma source includes a dielectric substrate having an outer surface that is exposed to a time varying electric field. A gap layer is positioned on an inner surface of the dielectric substrate. A shield including a slit is positioned on the gap layer. A relief structure is formed in at least one of the gap layer and the dielectric substrate. The dimensions of the gap layer, the slit in the shield, and the relief structure are chosen so as to prevent a formation of a continuous film across the relief structure. A chamber containing a gas is positioned adjacent to the shield so that the gas is ionized to form a microplasma when an electric field is induced in the chamber by the incident time varying electric field. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/907024 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/121.430 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310547 | Zelenchuk |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medispectra, Inc. (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alex R. Zelenchuk (Stoughton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for the in situ discrimination of healthy and diseased tissue. A fiberoptic based probe is employed to direct ultraviolet illumination onto a tissue specimen and to collect the fluorescent response radiation. The response radiation is observed at three selected wavelengths, one of which corresponds to an isosbestic point. In one example, the isosbestic point occurs at about 431 nm. The intensities of the observed signals are normalized using the 431 nm intensity. A score is determined using the ratios in a discriminant analysis. The tissue under examination is resected or not, based on the diagnosis of disease or health, according to the outcome of the discriminant analysis. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/894356 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/407 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07309437 | Cuero et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Texas A and M University System (College Station, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raul G. Cuero (Cypress, Texas); David S. McKay (Friendswood, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the removal of toxic metals or radionuclides from source materials. Toxic metals may be removed from source materials using a clay, such as attapulgite or highly cationic bentonite, and chitin or chitosan. Toxic metals may also be removed using volcanic ash alone or in combination with chitin or chitosan. Radionuclides may be removed using volcanic ash alone or in combination with chitin or chitosan. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 06, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/031088 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/682 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07309738 | Williams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martha K. Williams (Titusville, Florida); Trent M. Smith (Palm Bay, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides polymer blends containing polyhydroxyamide and one or more flammable polymers. The polymer blends are flame retardant and have improved durability and heat stability compared to the flammable polymer portion of the blends. Articles containing the polymer blends are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/962827 |
| ART UNIT | 1711 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 525/179 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07309563 | Paul et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kateri E. Paul (Everett, Massachusetts); William S. Wong (San Carlos, California); Steven E. Ready (Santa Cruz, California); René A. Lujan (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for performing a liftoff operation involves printing a liftoff pattern using low-resolution patterning techniques to form fine feature patterns. The resulting feature size is defined by the spacing between printed patterns rather than the printed pattern size. By controlling the cross-sectional profile of the printed liftoff pattern, mask structures may be formed from the liftoff operation having beneficial etch-mask aperture profiles. For example, a multi-layer printed liftoff pattern can be used to create converging aperture profiles in a patterned layer. The patterned layer can then be used as an etch mask, where the converging aperture profiles result in desirable diverging etched features. |
| FILED | Friday, December 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/741252 |
| ART UNIT | 1756 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiation imagery chemistry: Process, composition, or product thereof 430/322 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07309314 | Grant et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia); University of New York (Amherst, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brydon J. B. Grant (East Amherst, New York); Jacek Dmochowski (Williamsville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a predictive tool for predicting Apopnea Hypopnea Index (AHI) in the diagnosis of Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The predictive tool is developed by recording pulse oximetry readings, obtaining delta index, oxygen saturation times and oxygen desaturation events from the oximetry readings. A multivariate non-parametric analysis and bootstrap aggregation is performed to obtain predictive models which can be used to predictive AHI in an individual and to classify an individual as having or not having OSA. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/947983 |
| ART UNIT | 3735 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/529 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07309000 | McDonald |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn E. McDonald (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method of tracking a plurality of mail units during transfer from a source location to a destination. One embodiment is a method comprising associating information identifying the plurality of mail units with a radio frequency (RF) tag that identifies a carrier unit. The method further comprises storing said associated information in at least one of the RF tag and a computer memory. The method further comprises communicating with the RF tag to identify the location of the carrier unit. The method further comprises identifying the location of at least one of the plurality of mail units based at least in part on the location of the carrier unit. Another embodiment is a system configured to perform an embodiment of the method. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/884522 |
| ART UNIT | 2876 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Registers 235/375 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07310062 | Hwang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick Y. Hwang (Marion, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of detecting GPS signal tampering uses two GPS receivers. A first receiver measures carrier phases of two or more satellite signals and of a tampered signal. A second receiver measures carrier phases of the two or more satellite signals and the tampered signal. A baseline vector between the receiver antennas is measured. Direction cosine vectors of the two or more satellite signals are computed and a dot product is computed from the baseline vector to translate measurements made at antennas of the GPS receivers to a virtual zero baseline condition. The carrier phase measurements are double differenced to obtain double difference residuals. A test statistic of the double difference residuals is computed and tested for phase coherency. An inconsistency in measured signals is flagged when there is an inconsistency in phase coherence indicating the tampered signal is present. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/191673 |
| 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 342/357.20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07310578 | Alstad et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Boeing Company (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James P. Alstad (Palos Verdes Estate, California); David D. Needelman (Torrance, California); Rongsheng Li (Hacienda Heights, California); Richard A. Fowell (Rolling Hills Estates, California); Peter C. Lai (Alhambra, California); Yeong-Wei A. Wu (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system (18) includes: a) A vehicle (12) includes an attitude or angular velocity control system (38), a plurality of star trackers or star sensors (22) each having a field of view (28); b) a memory (30) having a star catalog (32), a star pair catalog (58) and a reference table (56) stored therein; and c) a processor (24) coupled to the attitude or angular velocity control system (38), the star trackers or star sensors (22), and the memory (30). The processor (24) determines the vehicle inertial attitude or angular velocity or sensor alignment, based, in part, on the star pair catalog (58) and reference table (56). The design of the star pair catalog (58) and reference table (56) is suitable for rapid determination of attitude or angular velocity or sensor alignment, and an efficient use of memory. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/710177 |
| 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 71/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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