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Patent Details for Tuesday, January 08, 2008
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 07316186 | Robinson 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) | Charles H. Robinson (Silver Spring, Maryland); Robert H. Wood (Laurel, Maryland); Mark R. Gelak (Columbia, Maryland); Thinh Q. Hoang (Richmond, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A fuze for a submunition comprises a fuze housing with a stabilizer ribbon for aerodynamic orientation, a fuze slider released by tension on the stabilizer ribbon, an air-powered electric generator extended into the airstream by the fuze slider and powered in flight by high-speed airflow, a MEMS safety and arming device, a fuze circuit board including an explosive fireset, and an electrically initiated firetrain. The fuze is fixed to and communicates explosively with the end of a grenade warhead. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/164426 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ammunition and explosives 12/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07316194 | Shen 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) | Young T. Shen (Potomac, Maryland); Edward S. Ammeen (Alexandria, Virginia); Scott Gowing (North Potomac, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A high-speed water vessel including a steering arrangement for reducing cavitation and its effects. The arrangement includes a twisted rudder pair located downstream of a high-speed propulsor. The rudder pair may also be contoured at a bottom portion thereof. The propulsor has at least one propeller having a propeller diameter. In operation, the propulsor produces a slipstream that contracts with distance from the propeller. To avoid the effects of cavitation, the twisted rudder pair is positioned outside and adjacent to the slipstream diameter, with the rudders of the rudder pair separated by a distance that is less than the diameter of the propellers. The rudders of the rudder pair may be in a substantially parallel orientation with respect to each other. In gas turbine applications, the rudder pairs may be rotated towards each other to produce a rudder bucket for producing a negative thrust for stopping the high-speed water vessel. |
| FILED | Monday, November 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/602439 |
| ART UNIT | 3617 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Ships 114/163 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07316298 | Yeager |
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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) | Arthur F. Yeager (Columbia, South Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to gravity reactive braking systems. According to the invention there is provided a brake system to control speed in a forward direction for descending inclined surfaces and a brake system for controlling rollback when ascending an inclined surface. The speed pacer braking assembly includes a downhill activator for selectively engaging a disc brake system when a predetermined inclined is reach. The anti-rollback assembly comprises a pair of graded brake cam structures operatively disposed adjacent wheels wherein the natural pull of gravity and the configuration of the cams operate to allow passage of wheels in both directions when on flat surfaces and in only a single direction when on an incline. When on an incline, gravity operates to dispose cams relative to the wheels such that rotation of wheels in one direction is hindered by a thickening of cam body caused by rotation of cam about its axis. Both systems include adjustment means for setting the incline angle at which brake assemblies will operate to hinder wheel rotation in the undesired direction. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/167931 |
| ART UNIT | 3683 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Brakes 188/2.F00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07316327 | Wright et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Edina, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger D. Wright (Logan, Utah); Marcus A. Darais (Brigham City, Utah); James A. Yorgason (South Ogden, Utah); Alan J. Loveless (Brigham City, Utah); Darrel G. Turner (Perry, Utah); David R. Nelson (Logan, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | Pressure vessel end dome reinforcements are placed upon resin-impregnated fiber-wound pressure vessels to improve the strength-to-weight ratio of high performance pressure vessels, such as those that are used as rocket motors, gas generators, and the like. The reinforcement structures are assembled from gore pieces to form gore bodies over dome regions of the pressure vessels. |
| FILED | Monday, December 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/731774 |
| ART UNIT | 3781 — Body Treatment, Kinestherapy, and Exercising |
| CURRENT CPC | Receptacles 220/586 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07316543 | Goodson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth E. Goodson (Belmont, California); Thomas W. Kenny (San Carlos, California); Juan G. Santiago (Freemont, California); Daniel J. Laser (San Francisco, California); Chuan-Hua Chen (Stanford, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An electroosmotic micropump having a plurality of thin, closely-spaced, approximately planar, transversel aligned partitions formed in or on a substrate, among which electroosmotic flow (EOF) is generated. Electrodes are located within enclosed inlet and outlet manifolds on either side of the partition array. Inlet and outlet ports enable fluid to be pumped into and through the micropump and through an external friction load or head. Insulating layer coatings on the formed substrate limit substrate leakage current during pumping operation. |
| FILED | Friday, May 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/449564 |
| ART UNIT | 3746 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pumps 417/50 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07316725 | Kodas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Toivo T. Kodas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Caruso (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel J. Skamser (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Quint H. Powell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Clive D. Chandler (Portland, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | Copper metal powders, methods for producing copper metal powders and products incorporating the powders. The copper metal powders have a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The method includes forming the metal particles in a continuous manner. |
| FILED | Friday, January 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/758866 |
| ART UNIT | 1742 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Specialized metallurgical processes, compositions for use therein, consolidated metal powder compositions, and loose metal particulate mixtures 075/252 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07316747 | Jenny et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jason Ronald Jenny (Raleigh, North Carolina); David Phillip Malta (Raleigh, North Carolina); Hudson McDonald Hobgood (Pittsboro, North Carolina); Stephan Georg Mueller (Durham, North Carolina); Mark Brady (Carrboro, North Carolina); Robert Tyler Leonard (Raleigh, North Carolina); Adrian Powell (Apex, North Carolina); Valeri F. Tsvetkov (Durham, North Carolina); George J. Fechko, Jr. (Apex, North Carolina); Calvin H. Carter, Jr. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is disclosed for producing a high quality bulk single crystal of silicon carbide in a seeded growth system and in the absence of a solid silicon carbide source, by reducing the separation between a silicon carbide seed crystal and a seed holder until the conductive heat transfer between the seed crystal and the seed holder dominates the radiative heat transfer between the seed crystal and the seed holder over substantially the entire seed crystal surface that is adjacent the seed holder. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/248579 |
| 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 117/86 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07316790 | Hampden-Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cabot Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark J. Hampden-Smith (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Toivo T. Kodas (Albuquerque, New Mexico); James Caruso (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Daniel J. Skamser (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Quint H. Powell (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Klaus Kunze (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Sulfur-containing phosphor powders, methods for making phosphor powders and devices incorporating same. The powders have a small particle size, narrow particle size distribution and are substantially spherical. The method of the invention permits the continuous production of such powders. The invention also relates to products such as display devices incorporating such phosphor powders. |
| FILED | Monday, April 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/397938 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.360 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07316907 | Yu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dihua Yu (Houston, Texas); Jun Yao (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Christopher L. Neal (Houston, Texas); Wentao Yang (Shanghai, China PRC); Xiaoyan Zhou (Shanghai, China PRC); Raphael E. Pollock (Houston, Texas); Mien-Chie Hung (Houston, Texas); Jun Yang (Houston, Texas); Ping Li (Houston, Texas); Nina T. Nguyen (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of determining prognosis in a subject with a hyperproliferative disease, including determining expression and/or function of 14-3-3 zeta in the subject, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making a pharmaceutical agent that modulates apoptosis, including the steps of obtaining one or more candidate, testing the one or more candidate substances to determine their ability to modulate the expression and/or function of 14-3-3 zeta, selecting a candidate substance determined to modulate the expression and/or function of 14-3-3 zeta, and making a pharmaceutical composition that includes the selected candidate substance. In addition, methods of treating a subject with a hyperproliferative disease, including making a pharmaceutical agent by the methods set forth herein, and administering the pharmaceutical agent to a subject, are disclosed. The hyperproliferative disease can be cancer, such as breast cancer. |
| FILED | Friday, September 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/938387 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317184 | Kasevich et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark A. Kasevich (Palo Alto, California); Boris Dubetsky (East Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for determining the coordinates of a body, where the coordinates express the body's inertial or kinematic properties, including, for example, its trajectory. The apparatus and method employ atom interferometers provided in a body frame X of the body whose inertial or kinematic properties are to be studied. During operation, interfering entities used by the atom interferometers are released into a known frame X′, such as an inertial frame or the Earth frame Xe, that is decoupled from the body frame X and an optical pulse sequence is applied to the interfering entities to affect the quantum-mechanical matter-wave phases of the interfering entities as a function of the coordinates. Under these conditions, the coordinates of the body are determined from the phases of the atom interferometers and analytic expressions for the trajectories of the interfering entities under the simultaneous action of the gravity gradient, Coriolis and centrifugal forces. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/346599 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/251 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317361 | Duven et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland); Syntonics LLC (Columbia, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis J. Duven (Silver Spring, Maryland); Joseph J. Suter (Ellicott City, Maryland); Bruce G. Montgomery (Columbia, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An ensemble clock comprises: an input for receiving a reference signal; multiple free-running oscillators each configured to generate a corresponding free-running frequency; an output oscillator configured to generate a controlled frequency having a frequency responsive to a control signal; a differencer unit configured to derive difference measurements indicative of time and frequency-based errors associated with each of (i) the controlled frequency, and (ii) the free-running frequency, relative to the reference signal; and a controller configured to generate the control signal responsive to the difference measurements. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/898417 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/25 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317427 | Pauplis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Barbara E. Pauplis (Carlisle, Massachusetts); Edward A. Seghezzi (Londonderry, New Hampshire); W. Timothy Carey (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An adaptive antenna array has array elements arranged in element rows and element columns and subarrays arranged in subarray rows and subarray columns, for which the subarray phase centers have non-uniform spacing. The adaptive antenna array provides good detection and tracking performance when used in a radar system, while being inexpensive and easy to manufacture. A radar system and a method of adapting a radar array both employ the above described adaptive antenna array. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/042878 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/853 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317729 | Calver et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth L. Calver (Lexington, Kentucky); James N. Griffioen (Lexington, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and process for providing auxiliary information about a distributed network of shared nodes, at least a plurality of the nodes being adapted for receiving at least one type of ESP-(associative ephemeral store processing) packet. Available for access at each of the plurality of ESP-adapted nodes is a dedicated associative store wherein a value, if bound to a tag, is only accessible as a bound (tag, value) pair for a short time period, τ. Different types of packets are contemplated for routing through the ESP-capable plurality of nodes such as those arbitrarily identified herein as a ‘first’ and ‘second’ type: each first type packet has at least one field comprising an opcode identifying an instruction, and a tag; each second type packet has an opcode identifying an instruction an LOC field containing an identifier of a location for execution of an operand by the second packet instruction at any one of the ESP-capable plurality of nodes. In another aspect, each of the ESP-capable plurality of nodes has input and output port units and a centralized unit; an associative store may be dedicated to one or more of the port units as well as to the centralized location. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/131315 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/400 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317741 | Klimek et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Textron Systems Corporation (Wilmington, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel E. Klimek (Lexington, Massachusetts); Alexander E. Mandl (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) ducts are disclosed for use with various gain media. An ASE duct may be configured and arranged to remove ASE from solid state or liquid gain media and transmit the ASE to an exterior optical medium. The refractive index of an ASE duct is selected as desired based on the refractive index of a gain medium and an exterior optical medium. An ASE duct may include first and second boundary surfaces joined at a vertex having an included angle that allows ASE (light) reflected off on one boundary surface to be incident on the another boundary surface at less than the critical angle and transmitted outside of the ASE duct. Laser systems using ASE ducts and methods of using and manufacturing ASE ducts are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 31, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/930319 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/33 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317765 | Jones et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Steven D. Jones (Ellicott City, Maryland); Naim M. Merheb (Ellicott City, Maryland); Jason A. Abrahamson (Baltimore, Maryland); Robert M. Shuford (Columbia, Maryland); Albert A. Tomko (New Freedom, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method to modularize a signal observation process to allow continual adaptation as the independent modules evolve. Receivers, digitizers, storage, and synchronization means form discrete subsystems that can be integrated together yet still be independently upgraded or modified. The integrated system is controlled by software that allows continuous deterministic signal observation for arbitrarily long periods of time. The software enables a schedule-based temporal collection of signals through a method that controls the tuning of the receivers and the downloading of data to storage media. The control software also allows automatic distributed operation of multiple sites in synchronization to within parts per million or better. |
| FILED | Monday, November 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/720660 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/305 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317847 | Wang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | KVH Industries, Inc. (Middletown, Rhode Island) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Liming Wang (Tinley Park, Illinois); Thomas D. Monte (Homer Glen, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to an asymmetric optical fiber that includes a core and a functional cladding that surrounds substantially half of the core along at least a portion of the fiber. The asymmetric optical fiber may include substantially parallel electrodes disposed on a face of the optical fiber. |
| FILED | Friday, October 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/584426 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317964 | Spowart et al. |
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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) | Jonathan E. Spowart (Bellbrook, Ohio); Herbert M. Mullens (Huber Heights, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A high speed, high precision, high repeatability serial sectioning method for 3-D reconstruction of microstructure specimens is disclosed. The invention employs high-precision motorized metallographic polishing, viewing and computer controlled digital imaging of microstructure sections of a pre-selected pattern for 3-D microstructure reconstruction. The microstructure specimens are transferred throughout by a robotic manipulator arm providing greater precision and speed and serial-sectioning process control software provides control. The 3-D reconstruction of the invention can be analyzed in real time and can be accomplished in a matter of hours. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/083920 |
| ART UNIT | 2125 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07318105 | Bongiovanni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Paul Bongiovanni (Portsmouth, Rhode Island); David Bruce Cousins (Barrington, Rhode Island) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of determining routing information among nodes [210] in a network [200] may include obtaining a set of times of arrival [410] and corresponding source nodes [420] for chunks of data in the network [200] and assigning weights to a set of chunks of data [520-550] based on respective times between the set of chunks of data [520-550] and one chunk of data [510]. A set of routing information [600/800] among the nodes in the network [200] may be updated based on the assigned weights. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/385782 |
| ART UNIT | 2151 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07316899 | McDevitt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John T McDevitt (Austin, Texas); Eric V. Anslyn (Austin, Texas); Jason B. Shear (Austin, Texas); Dean P. Neikirk (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for the rapid characterization of multi-analyte fluids, in one embodiment, includes a light source, a sensor array, and a detector. The sensor array is formed from a supporting member into which a plurality of cavities may be formed. A series of chemically sensitive particles are, in one embodiment positioned within the cavities. The particles may be configured to produce a signal when a receptor coupled to the particle interacts with the analyte. Using pattern recognition techniques, the analytes within a multi-analyte fluid may be characterized. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 31, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/775343 |
| 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 07316903 | Yanagihara et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Katsuhiko Yanagihara (Kyoto, Japan); Kiyoshi Mizuuchi (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates, e.g., to a method of detecting a mismatch in a double stranded nucleic acid target, comprising (a) contacting the target with (i) a Mu-end nucleic acid, and (ii) a phage Mu transposase, under conditions effective for the Mu-end nucleic acid to transpose into the target at about the site of a mismatch, if the target comprises a mismatch, and (b) detecting transposition of the Mu-end DNA into the target, wherein transposition of the Mu-end nucleic acid into the target at a predominant site indicates the presence of a mismatch at that site. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/809688 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07316906 | Chiorazzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (Manhasset, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nicholas Chiorazzi (Tenafly, New Jersey); Rajendra N. Damle (Lynbrook, New York); Tarun Wasil (St John's, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention discloses a method for determining the prognosis and probable clinical course of a subject diagnosed with B-CLL. Specifically, the invention involves comparing CD38 expression in a biological sample from the subject containing B-CLL cells to a baseline level of CD38 expression, wherein an elevated level of CD38 expression in relation to the baseline level of CD38 expression may indicate poor prognosis or aggressive course of disease in the subject. Also disclosed is a method for determining whether the Ig V genes of the B-CLL cells of a B-CLL patient are mutated, comprising comparing CD38 expression in a biological sample from the subject containing B-CLL cells to a baseline level of CD38 expression, wherein a lower level of CD38 expression in relation to the baseline level indicates IG V gene mutation. |
| FILED | Friday, August 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/211394 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07316912 | Moore |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Siwa Biotech Corporation (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin L. Moore (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases and nucleic acids encoding the tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases are described. Dual isotopes of the enzyme and of the nucleic acids encoding said enzymes have been identified in human, mouse and C. elegans. The polypeptides and polynucleotides exhibit a wide range of homologies. The polynucleotides can be used to transform or transfect host cells for producing substantially pure forms of the enzyme, or for use in an expression system for post-translational tyrosine sulfation of proteins or peptides produced within the expression system. The enzymes can be used to sulfate peptides or proteins requiring sulfation. |
| FILED | Friday, January 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/336497 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07316927 | Shatos et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marie A. Shatos (Athol, Massachusetts); Darlene A. Dartt (Newton, Massachusetts); Jose D. Rios (Woburn, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention encompasses isolation, culture and characterization of goblet cells in vitro from mammalian conjuctiva. Goblet cells can be cultured from conjunctiva of such mammals as, e.g., humans, rats, mice, rabbits and the like. In another aspect of the invention, the culture of goblet cells has a concentration of pure goblet cells of 10% or greater. In a further embodiment, the invention comprises an immortalized goblet cell line. |
| FILED | Friday, May 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/441890 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/366 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317020 | Pettit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); John C. Knight (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Cribrostatin 6, a dark blue cancer cell growth inhibiting constituent of the Republic of Maldives marine sponge Cribrochalina sp. has been isolated, and its structure (shown below) elucidated, based on a combination of RMS, high field (500 MHz, HMBC, and GOESY experiments) 15N, 1H- and 13C NMR, and X-ray crystal structure analyses. Cribrostatin 6 also was found to inhibit the growth of a number of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/546468 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/292 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317086 | Dean et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael C. Dean (Frederick, Maryland); Heidi Eve Hahn (Goettingen, Germany); Carol Wicking (Auchenflower, Australia); Jeffrey Christiansen (Yeronga, Australia); Peter G. Zaphiropoulos (Tullinge, Sweden); Mae R. Gailani (Guilford, Connecticut); Susan M. Shanley (Norman Park, Australia); Abirami Chidambaram (Frederick, Maryland); Igor Vorechovsky (Huddinge, Sweden); Erika Holmberg-Lindstrom (Taby, Sweden); Anne B. Unden (Djursholm, Sweden); Susan A. Gilles (Newfarm, Australia); Kylie Negus (Queenslopes, Australia); Ian McLeod Smyth (Fig Tree Pocket, Australia); Carol L. Pressman (Houston, Texas); David J. Leffell (New Haven, Connecticut); Bernard Gerrard (Frederick, Maryland); Alisa M. Goldstein (Rockville, Maryland); Brandon Wainwright (Bardon, Australia); Rune C. M. Toftgard (Skarholmen, Sweden); Georgia Chenevix-Trench (Toowong, Australia); Allen E. Bale (Northford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides for a tumor suppressor gene inactivation of which is a causal factor in nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome and various sporadic basal cell carcinomas. The NBCCS gene is a homologue of the Drosophila patched (ptc) gene. |
| FILED | Friday, November 22, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/302279 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317087 | Davis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The UAB Research Foundation (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randall S. Davis (Birmingham, Alabama); Max D. Cooper (Birmingham, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to members of the Fc receptor homolog (FcRH) subfamily, as well as fragments and variants thereof. Each FcRH is a Type I transmembrane receptor, preferably, comprises an extracellular region, a transmembrane region, and a cytoplasmic region. The cytoplasmic region preferably comprises one or more immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory or activation motifs (“ITIMs” or “ITAMs). The invention provides polypeptides, nucleic acids, vectors, expression systems, and antibodies and antibody fragments related to the FcRHs as well as uses thereof. Such uses include uses in the diagnosis and treatment of a malignancy of hematopoietic cell lineage or an inflammatory or autoimmune disease in a subject and in the modulation of a humoral immune response in a subject. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/508374 |
| 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 530/350 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317108 | Lindsey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan S. Lindsey (Raleigh, North Carolina); Kannan Muthukumaran (Raleigh, North Carolina); Marcin Ptaszek (Raleigh, North Carolina); H. Z. Syeda Huma (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of making a metal complex comprises combining a 1-monoacyldipyrromethane with a compound of the formula R1R2MX, wherein M is boron, R1 and R2 are each independently organic substituents; and X is an anion leaving group; to produce a metal complex of the formula DMR1R2 wherein DH is a 1-monoacyldipyrromethane. The methods and complexes are useful for the purification and synthesis of dipyrromethanes and porphyrins. |
| FILED | Friday, October 01, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/956781 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/405 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317129 | Raines et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ronald T. Raines (Madison, Wisconsin); Laura L. Kiessling (Madison, Wisconsin); Bradley L. Nilsson (Madison, Wisconsin); Yi He (Madison, Wisconsin); Matthew B. Soellner (Madison, Wisconsin); Ronald J. Hinklin (Longmont, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides improved methods for synthesis of phosphinothiol reagents, as well as novel protected reagents, for use in formation of amide bonds, and particularly, for peptide ligation. The invention provides phosphine-borane complexes useful as reagents in the formation of amide bonds, particularly for the formation of an amide bond between any two of an amino acid, a peptide, or a protein. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/229926 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317192 | Ma |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang-Ming Charlie Ma (Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Devices and methods are provided for generating laser-accelerated high energy polyenergetic positive ion beams that are spatially separated and modulated based on energy level. The spatially separated and modulated high energy polyenergetic positive ion beams are used for radiation therapy. In addition, methods are provided for treating patients in radiation treatment centers using therapeutically suitable high energy polyenergetic positive ion beams that are provided by spatially separating and modulating positive ion beams. The production of radioisotopes using spatially separated and modulated laser-accelerated high energy polyenergetic positive ion beams is also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/559058 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/396.ML0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07316788 | Autrey et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas S. Autrey (West Richland, Washington); Anna Gutowska (Richland, Washington); Yongsoon Shin (Richland, Washington); Liyu Li (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to materials for storing and releasing hydrogen and methods for preparing and using same. The materials exhibit fast release rates at low release temperatures and are suitable as fuel and/or hydrogen sources for a variety of applications such as automobile engines. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/778997 |
| ART UNIT | 1754 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/182.340 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317106 | Warner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Benjamin P. Warner (Los Alamos, New Mexico); T. Mark McCleskey (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Anthony K. Burrell (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Simon B. Hall (Palmerston North, New Zealand) |
| ABSTRACT | A single-compartment reversible mirror device having a solution of aprotic molten salt, at least one soluble metal-containing species comprising metal capable of being electrodeposited, and at least one anodic compound capable of being oxidized was prepared. The aprotic molten salt is liquid at room temperature and includes lithium and/or quaternary ammonium cations, and anions selected from trifluoromethylsulfonate (CF3SO3−), bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ((CF3SO2)2N−), bis(perfluoroethylsulfonyl)imide ((CF3CF2SO2)2N−) and tris(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)methide ((CF3SO2)3C−). A method for preparing substantially pure molten salts is also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/831572 |
| ART UNIT | 1626 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 548/335.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317186 | Montaser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The George Washington University (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Akbar Montaser (Potomac, Maryland); Craig S. Westphal (Landenberg, Pennsylvania); Kaveh Kahen (Montgomery Village, Maryland); William F. Rutkowski (Arlington, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for providing direct liquid sample introduction using a nebulizer are provided. The apparatus and method include a short torch having an inner tube and an outer tube, and an elongated adapter having a cavity for receiving the nebulizer and positioning a nozzle tip of the nebulizer a predetermined distance from a tip of the outer tube of the short torch. The predetermined distance is preferably about 2-5 mm. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/018919 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/288 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317268 | Bray et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James William Bray (Niskayuna, New York); Albert Eugene Steinbach (Schenectady, New York); Richard Nils Dawson (Voorheesville, New York); Evangelos Trifon Laskaris (Schenectady, New York); Xianrul Huang (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for cooling a superconductive rotor coil. The system comprises a rotatable shaft coupled to the superconductive rotor coil. The rotatable shaft may comprise an axial passageway extending through the rotatable shaft and a first passageway extending through a wall of the rotatable shaft to the axial passageway. The axial passageway and the first passageway are operable to convey a cryogenic fluid to the superconductive rotor coil through the wall of the rotatable shaft. A cryogenic transfer coupling may be provided to supply cryogenic fluid to the first passageway. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/813366 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/61 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317566 | Tench et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Teledyne Licensing, LLC (Thousand Oaks, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | D. Morgan Tench (Camarillo, California); Michael A. Cunningham (Thousand Oaks, California); Paul H. Kobrin (Newbury Park, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Switching uniformity of an optical modulation device for controlling the propagation of electromagnetic radiation is improved by use of an electrode comprising an electrically resistive layer that is transparent to the radiation. The resistive layer is preferably an innerlayer of a wide-bandgap oxide sandwiched between layers of indium tin oxide or another transparent conductor, and may be of uniform thickness, or may be graded so as to provide further improvement in the switching uniformity. The electrode may be used with electrochromic and reversible electrochemical mirror (REM) smart window devices, as well as display devices based on various technologies. |
| FILED | Monday, August 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/162106 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/265 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07316967 | Yen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian Yen (Boston, Massachusetts); Axel Guenther (Somerville, Massachusetts); Klavs F. Jensen (Lincoln, Massachusetts); Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Martin Schmidt (Reading, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A population of nanocrystals having a narrow and controllable size distribution and can be prepared by a segmented-flow method. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/232022 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/479 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317540 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Myung K. Kim (Tampa, Florida); Lingfeng Yu (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Two-dimensional and three-dimensional optical coherence tomography is obtained by differential imaging of full-frame interference images using a white light source. Full-color tomographic imaging is also possible by processing the three-color channels of the interference images. A technique is described to obtain two-dimensional OCT images with full natural color representation. In a particular embodiment, the interference image is acquired using a color camera and the three-color channels are processed separately, recomposing the final image. In an additional embodiment, the interference images are acquired using separate red, blue and green light sources and the three color channels are combined to recompose the final image. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/290848 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/497 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07317764 | Hochwald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bertrand M Hochwald (Summit, New Jersey); Christian Bruce Peel (Zurich, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | A communication method is provided, in which a data vector u which contains respective signal data destined for each of a plurality of users is transmitted from multiple antennas or other transmitting elements. Prior to transmission, a perturbation vector τl is added to the data vector u, in which τ is a positive real number and each component of the vector l is a complex number whose real and imaginary parts are both integers. This perturbation is beneficial for improving the total rate of data transmission. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/459900 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/296 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07316190 | Chellemi 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) | Daniel O. Chellemi (Vero Beach, Florida); John Mirusso (Delray Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Plastic mulched raised beds are fumigated using a fumigation system containing two opposing armatures affixed to a mounting arm at about a 50° angle and a blunt-ended knife with a blade attached at about a 90° angle to the knife. The system allows fumigant to be applied to the interior of the raised, plastic mulched beds without disturbing the mulch. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 09, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/430796 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Planting 111/123 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07317516 | Treado et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ChemImage Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick J Treado (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Matthew Nelson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Scott Keitzer (Export, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical imaging system is provided which uses a near infrared radiation microscope. The system includes an illumination source which illuminates an area of a sample using light in the near infrared radiation wavelength and light in the visible wavelength. A multitude of spatially resolved spectra of transmitted, reflected, emitted or scattered near infrared wavelength radiation light from the illuminated area of the sample is collected and a collimated beam is produced therefrom. A near infrared imaging spectrometer is provided for selecting a near infrared radiation image of the collimated beam. The filtered images are collected by a detector for further processing. The visible wavelength light from the illuminated area of the sample is simultaneously detected providing for the simultaneous visible and near infrared chemical imaging analysis of the sample. Two efficient means for performing three dimensional near infrared chemical imaging microscopy are provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 02, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/366129 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/73 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 07317785 | Zou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yun Zou (Clifton Park, New York); Yang Cao (Niskayuna, New York); Mark Ernest Vermilyea (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present technique provides a method for controlling an electron beam (e-beam) in an X-ray tube. The method comprises emitting electrons from an electron source to form the e-beam, accelerating the e-beam from a cathode through an aperture in a plate, focusing and steering the e-beam from the aperture through a plurality of field generating plates, and accelerating the e-beam from the plurality of the field generating plates to a target. Also provided are X-ray tubes and computed tomography systems. |
| FILED | Monday, December 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/636769 |
| ART UNIT | 2882 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/137 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07317951 | Schneider et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Integrated Sensing Systems, Inc. (Ypsilanti, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Lee Schneider (Livonia, Michigan); Nader Najafi (Ann Arbor, Michigan); David J. Goetzinger (Livonia, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | An anchor and procedure for placing a medical implant, such as for monitoring physiological parameters. The anchor includes a central body in which a medical implant can be received. Arms and members extend radially from first and second ends, respectively, of the central body. Each member defines a leg extending toward distal portions of the arms to provide a clamping action. The anchor and its implant are placed by coupling first and second guidewires to first and second portions of the anchor, placing an end of a delivery catheter in a wall where implantation is desired, inserting the anchor in the catheter with the guidewires to locate the anchor within the wall, deploying the arms of the anchor at one side of the wall followed by deployment of the members at the opposite side of the wall, and thereafter decoupling the guidewires from the anchor. |
| FILED | Saturday, July 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/898053 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/126 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07317020 | Pettit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Arizona (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George R. Pettit (Paradise Valley, Arizona); John C. Knight (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Cribrostatin 6, a dark blue cancer cell growth inhibiting constituent of the Republic of Maldives marine sponge Cribrochalina sp. has been isolated, and its structure (shown below) elucidated, based on a combination of RMS, high field (500 MHz, HMBC, and GOESY experiments) 15N, 1H- and 13C NMR, and X-ray crystal structure analyses. Cribrostatin 6 also was found to inhibit the growth of a number of pathogenic bacteria and fungi. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/546468 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/292 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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