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Patent Details for Tuesday, February 05, 2008
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Department of Defense (DOD)
| US 07325351 | Leung |
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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) | Fee Chan Leung (Hazlet, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A firearm includes a barrel that has a central axis, a receiver fixedly supporting the barrel, and a gunstock that is connected to the receiver and that has a longitudinal axis. The gunstock and the receiver are each configured to provide for angular movement of the gunstock relative to the receiver and, in turn, the barrel whereby the central axis of the barrel varies in a generally radial direction extending from the longitudinal axis of the gunstock. In this way, the firearm may be discharged by a warfighter, standing adjacent to a corner, around the corner. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/288064 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Firearms 042/75.30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326380 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Xiaogang Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shouwu Guo (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymeric microstructures and nanostructures can be prepared with use of a tip to pattern a surface. A tip can be used to pattern a structure which can initiate polymerization. The structure can be then exposed to monomer to induce polymerization at the structure. Alternatively, a tip can be used to pattern a surface with a monomer in which the surface is treated with polymerization catalyst so that polymerization occurs at the patterning site. Ring-opening metathesis polymerization can be carried out with use of the tip to control the polymerization. The tip can be a sharp tip as used in for example an atomic force microscope tip. Norbornene types of monomers can be used. Biological macromolecules can be also prepared. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/893543 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/494 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326468 | Spitsberg et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Irene Spitsberg (Loveland, Ohio); Christine Govern (Cincinnati, Ohio); Bangalore Aswatha Nagaraj (West Chester, Ohio); Brian Thomas Hazel (West Chester, Ohio); David Joseph Mitchell (Huntington Beach, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An article comprising a substrate formed of a silicon-comprising material, such as an article exposed to the hostile thermal environment of a gas turbine engine. The article further comprises an environmental barrier layer, e.g., an alkaline earth metal aluminosilicate, and a top coat comprising hafnia stabilized with from about 0.5 mole % to about 10 mole % of an oxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, scandium, yttrium, and lanthanide metals, and mixtures thereof. The article optionally comprises a transition layer between the environmental barrier layer and the top coat. A method for preparing a thermal/environmental barrier coating on a substrate formed of a silicon-comprising material is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/040157 |
| ART UNIT | 1775 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/446 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326954 | Wybourne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting By and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin N. Wybourne (Hanover, New Hampshire); James E. Hutchison (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming arrays of metal, alloy, semiconductor or magnetic clusters is described. The method comprises placing a scaffold on a substrate, the scaffold comprising molecules selected from the group consisting of polynucleotides, polypeptides, and perhaps combinations thereof. Polypeptides capable of forming α helices are currently preferred for forming scaffolds. Arrays are then formed by contacting the scaffold with plural, monodispersed ligand-stabilized clusters. Each cluster, prior to contacting the scaffold, includes plural exchangeable ligands bonded thereto. If the clusters are metal clusters, then the metal preferably is selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au, Pt, Pd and mixtures thereof. A currently preferred metal is gold, and a currently preferred metal cluster is Au55 having a radius of from about 0.7 to about 1 nm. Compositions also are described, one use for which is in the formation of cluster arrays. One embodiment of the composition comprises plural monodispersed, ligand-stabilized clusters coupled to a polypeptide. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/816603 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327197 | Kriz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey J. Kriz (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for providing a radiation hardened Phase Locked Loop (PLL) are presented. The radiation hardened PLL includes an adjustable bandwidth loop filter. The adjustable filter modifies an unfiltered voltage control signal and provides a stable voltage control signal to a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) during detected radiation induced transient events. The adjustable filter filters out radiation effects by decreasing its bandwidth when a radiation event is detected. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/254281 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327313 | Hemmi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christian O. Hemmi (Plano, Texas); Marc H. Mccullough (Plano, Texas); Brian L. Ball (Trenton, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of increasing a phase resolution of an array antenna, comprises providing an array antenna having a plurality of rows of antenna elements, each antenna element having a first phase resolution; for at least one row of the array antenna, positioning each of the antenna elements to one of first and second phases, the first and second phases separated by at least the first phase resolution; for the at least one row of the array antenna, a number of antenna elements positioned to the first phase is the product of a number of antenna elements in the at least one row of the array antenna and a desired row phase angle divided by the first phase resolution; and for the at least one row of the array antenna, a number of antenna elements positioned to the second phase is the number of elements in the at least one row of the array antenna minus the number of antenna elements in the at least one row positioned to the first phase. |
| FILED | Friday, November 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/993830 |
| 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 342/368 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327448 | Klein et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Optech Ventures LLC (Torrance, California); Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marvin Klein (Pacific Palisades, California); Todd Murray (Roslindale, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Underfill voids and solder ball defects are detected via laser generation and laser detection of an ultrasonic wave at the top surface of flip chips. High resolution is provided by using small laser spot sizes and closely-spaced laser beams of wavelengths that are absorbed near the surface of the semiconductor. Alternatively, the generation laser beam may be absorbed in the bulk of the semiconductor. Improved spatial resolution and rejection of unwanted scattered waves can be attained by limiting the time frame of the ultrasonic waveform to the time required for the first longitudinal wave reflection from the bottom of the flip chip. The laser beam spacing can be reduced by using overlapping probe and detection beams of different wavelengths. Resolution of less than 100 μm features was demonstrated for silicon flip chips. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/903557 |
| ART UNIT | 2822 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/237.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327513 | Johnson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Johnson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for viewing a target. A primary lens produces an image plane of the target, and an optical magnifier in an optical path of the primary lens magnifies a region of the image plane, providing a magnified image. A detector receives the magnified image. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/856695 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/363 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327549 | Smith et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | TASER International, Inc. (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Patrick W. Smith (Scottsdale, Arizona); Magne H. Nerheim (Paradise Valley, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for impact with a target includes electrodes deployed after contact is made between the apparatus and the target. Spacing of deployed electrodes may be more accurate and/or more repeatable for more effective delivery of an immobilizing stimulus signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/457046 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/232 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327637 | Chambers et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joshua M. Chambers (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Steven R. Hall (Bedford, Massachusetts); Jesse M. Simon (Somerville, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides an acoustic actuator, including an acoustic stress wave generator and an actuation material operatively positioned relative to the acoustic stress wave generator for delivery of acoustic stress waves from the generator to the actuation material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/359290 |
| 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 367/140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327683 | Ogier et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | SRI International (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard G. Ogier (Half Moon Bay, California); Fred L. Templin (Portola Valley, California); Mark G. Lewis (Emerald Hills, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A proactive link-state routing protocol designed for mobile ad-hoc networks is disclosed, which provides hop-by-hop routing along shortest paths to each destination. Each node running the present protocol will compute a source tree (providing paths to all reachable nodes) based on partial topology information stored in its topology table. To minimize overhead, each node reports only “part” of its source tree to neighbors. The present invention employs a combination of periodic and differential updates to keep all neighbors informed of the reportable part of its source tree. The present invention performs neighbor discovery using “differential” HELLO messages that report only “changes” in the status of neighbors. This results in HELLO messages that are much smaller than those of other link-state routing protocols. |
| FILED | Friday, November 29, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/307267 |
| ART UNIT | 2616 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Multiplex communications 370/236 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327910 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Milind Gokhale (Princeton, New Jersey); Pavel Studenkov (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An asymmetric twin waveguide (ATG) structure is disclosed that significantly reduces the negative effects of inter-modal interference in symmetric twin-waveguide structures and which can be effectively used to implement a variety of optical devices. The ATG structure of the invention can be monolithically fabricated on a single epitaxial structure without the necessity of epitaxial re-growth. To achieve the ATG structure of the invention, the effective index of the passive waveguide in the ATG is varied from that of a symmetric twin waveguide such that one mode of the even and odd modes of propagation is primarily confined to the passive waveguide and the other to the active waveguide. The different effective indices of the two coupled waveguides result in the even and odd modes becoming highly asymmetric. As a result, the mode with the larger confinement factor in the active waveguide experiences higher gain and becomes dominant. In a further embodiment, the active waveguide is tapered to reduce coupling losses of the optical energy between the passive waveguide and the active waveguide. In a further embodiment, a grating region is incorporated atop the passive waveguide to select certain frequencies for transmission of light through the passive waveguide. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/983366 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327928 | Shaw et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Leslie Brandon Shaw (Woodbridge, Virginia); Jasbinder S Sanghera (Ashburn, Virginia); Ishwar D Aggarwal (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Peter A Thielen (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A hollow core photonic bandgap chalcogenide glass fiber includes a hollow core for passing light therethrough, a Raman active gas disposed in said core, a microstructured region disposed around said core, and a solid region disposed around said microstructured region for providing structural integrity to said microstructured region. A coupler can introduce at least one light signal into the hollow core of the chalcogenide photonic bandgap fiber. The method includes the steps of introducing a light beam into a hollow core chalcogenide photonic bandgap glass fiber filled with a Raman active gas disposed in the core, conveying the beam through the core while it interacts with the gas to form a Stokes beam of a typically higher wavelength, and removing the Stokes beam from the core of the fiber. |
| FILED | Friday, September 15, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/532148 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07328074 | Das et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Indraneel Das (Vernon, Connecticut); James W. Fuller (Amston, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Real-time control of a dynamical system is provided by determining control variables that get as close as possible to producing a desired response. Additional consideration of physical limitations leads to a convex Quadratic Program with inequality constraints that needs to be solved in real-time. A new active set algorithm is described to solve the convex Quadratic Program efficiently that meets real-time requirements. Based on the key observation that the physical limitations of the system translate to optimal active sets that remain relatively unchanged over time (even though the actual optimal controls may be varying), starting guesses for the active set obtained from the final iterate in the previous time period greatly reduces the number of iterations and hence allows the Quadratic Programs to be solved to convergence in real-time. |
| FILED | Monday, December 02, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/308285 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Generic control systems or specific applications 7/28 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07328104 | Overstreet et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa M. Overstreet (Clearwater, Florida); Robert H. Fall (St. Petersburg, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for producing inertial measurement data is provided. The method comprises receiving raw inertial measurement data from one or more inertial sensors; receiving raw position data based on signals from a global navigation satellite system; processing the raw inertial measurement data and the raw position data with a filter to generate state variable estimates; and calculating enhanced inertial measurement data based on the raw inertial measurement data and the state variable estimates from the filter. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/383895 |
| 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 71/220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07328122 | Courtney |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Rockford, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher J. Courtney (Rockford, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A speed sensor includes a magnetic pickup generating a cyclical output based upon passing teeth of a rotating gear. A counter counts the number of clock pulses that are generated during a measurement period of the cyclical output. The measurement period, in terms of cycles of the cyclical output, is varied based upon the number of pulses that were counted in a previous measurement period. Thus, at lower speeds, the number of clock pulses generated during fewer cycles is counted, while at higher speeds the number of clock pulses generated during more cycles is counted. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/282932 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/142 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07328128 | Bonanni et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pierino Gianni Bonanni (Clifton Park, New York); Kai Frank Goebel (Ballston Lake, New York); Neil Holger White Eklund (Schenectady, New York); Gary Paul Moscarino (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method, system, and computer program product for performing prognosis and asset management services is provided. The method includes calculating an accumulated damage estimate for a component via a diagnostics function and applying future mission data for the component to at least one model that calculates accumulated damage or remaining life of the component. The method also includes inputting the accumulated damage estimate to the model and aggregating damage over time and quality assessments produced by the model. The method further includes calculating a damage propagation profile and remaining life estimate for the component based on the aggregating and providing an uncertainty estimate for the damage estimate and the remaining life estimate. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/359339 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/182 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07328195 | Willis |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | FTL Systems, Inc. (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Christopher Willis (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is taught for increasing the steady-state verification speed of analog and mixed signal design through increased simulation speed, model abstraction by probing an existing component model or actual device and formal comparison of distinct component models. The innovative method taught here incrementally generates processor instructions optimized for operating the analog solver around a specific set of values (the operating context), caches sequences and applies the currently applicable operating context at each point in the simulation. The invention discloses a method for semi-automatically generating a mixed-signal or analog model based on iterative probing of an existing device or behavioral simulation. The invention teaches a method for model abstraction to alter the level of detail present in a running simulation. A means for graphically evaluating the match quality constitutes the final innovative step. The innovative method for the formal comparison of two analog or mixed signal models within a prescribed operating range for each interface between the model and its environment without the need for exhaustive simulation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 20, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/301173 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07328196 | Peters, II |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Alan Peters, II (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An architecture for robot intelligence enables a robot to learn new behaviors and create new behavior sequences autonomously and interact with a dynamically changing environment. Sensory information is mapped onto a Sensory Ego-Sphere (SES) that rapidly identifies important changes in the environment and functions much like short term memory. Behaviors are stored in a DBAM that creates an active map from the robot's current state to a goal state and functions much like long term memory. A dream state converts recent activities stored in the SES and creates or modifies behaviors in the DBAM. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/749326 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US H2209 | Leonhardt 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) | Darrin Leonhardt (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Scott G. Walton (Burke, Virginia); Robert A. Meger (Crofton, Maryland); Christopher Muratore (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A large area metallization pretreatment and surface activation system that uses an electron beam-produced plasma capable of delivering substantial ion and radical fluxes at low temperatures over large areas of an organic plastic or polymer material. The ion and radical fluxes physically and chemically alter the surface structure of the organic plastic or polymer material thereby improving the ability of a film to adhere to the material. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/825800 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/192.110 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07325927 | Applegate et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Houston (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Raymond A. Applegate (Kingwood, Texas); Jason Marsack (Houston, Texas); Konrad Pesudovs (Genelg, Australia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for classifying a patient's eye includes the steps of: obtaining normal and abnormal wavefront aberration data from normal and abnormal eyes; fitting the normal and abnormal eye wavefront aberration data with a basis function to decompose the normal and abnormal eye wavefront aberration data into normal and abnormal eye mathematical components; examining the normal and abnormal eye mathematical components to develop mathematical optical filters capable of discriminating between normal and abnormal eyes, using statistical methods to define a probability distribution; obtaining wavefront aberration data from the patient's eye; fitting the patient's wavefront aberration data with a basis function to decompose the patient's wavefront aberration data into the patient's set of mathematical components; examining the patient's set of mathematical components using the mathematical optical filters to generate a patient filter value; and classifying the patient's eye by comparing the patient filter value with the probability distribution. |
| FILED | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/329430 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/246 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326296 | Quake et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California); The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Quake (Stanford, California); Carl L. Hansen (Pasadena, California); James M. Berger (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | High throughput screening of crystallization of a target material is accomplished by simultaneously introducing a solution of the target material into a plurality of chambers of a microfabricated fluidic device. The microfabricated fluidic device is then manipulated to vary the solution condition in the chambers, thereby simultaneously providing a large number of crystallization environments. Control over changed solution conditions may result from a variety of techniques, including but not limited to metering volumes of crystallizing agent into the chamber by volume exclusion, by entrapment of volumes of crystallizing agent determined by the dimensions of the microfabricated structure, or by cross-channel injection of sample and crystallizing agent into an array of junctions defined by intersecting orthogonal flow channels. |
| FILED | Monday, May 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/135923 |
| 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 117/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326346 | Lovell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADA Technologies, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Stanley Lovell (Arvada, Colorado); Thomas E. Broderick (Arvada, Colorado); Craig S. Turchi (Lakewood, Colorado); Amanda K. Kimball (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a sorbent comprising a disordered polyvalent metal oxide on the surface of an inert substrate. The substrate can be a layered silicate, such as vermiculite, an aluminosilicate such as montmorillonite, or a nonlayered silicate such as a zeolite. The sorbent removes ionic contaminants, such as arsenic, from process streams. |
| FILED | Friday, September 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/469618 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/660 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326416 | Kalpana |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (Bronx, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ganjam V. Kalpana (Yonkers, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Peptides comprising an Rpt1 domain of an INI1/hSNF5 which inhibit HIV-1 production in a human cell, and vectors encoding those peptides are provided. Also provided are methods of inhibiting HIV-1 production in a cell, or spread of the HIV-1 to another cell, by treating the cells with the above peptides or vectors. Other methods of inhibiting HIV-1 production in a cell, or spread of the HIV-1 to another cell, by inhibiting production of INI1/hSNF5 are provided. Additionally, methods of determining whether a test compound inhibits HIV-1 virion production in a mammalian cell, or spread of the HIV-1 to another cell, are provided. Those methods comprise determining whether the test compound inhibits the production of INI1/hSNF5 or disrupts the interaction of HIV-1 integrase with INI1/hSNF5. |
| FILED | Monday, July 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/624080 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/160.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326540 | Tanzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rudolph E. Tanzi (Hull, Massachusetts); Giuseppina Tesco (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Young Ho Koh (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods and products for inhibiting caspase activation-induced Aβ accumulation. The invention is useful for diagnosing, preventing, and treating Aβ-accumulation-associated disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. |
| FILED | Monday, March 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/801087 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.800 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326568 | Gaertig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacek Gaertig (Athens, Georgia); Donna Cassidy-Hanley (Freeville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena exemplifies a recombinant system for the expression of heterologous nucleic acids, preferably on the plasma membrane surface. Integration of a heterlogous nucleic acid into the β-tubulin gene, BTU1, of a paclitaxel-sensitive T. thermophila mutant that possesses btu1-IK350M β-tubulin allele allows screening for transformants using negative selection, as transformants have restored paclitaxel resistance. Transgenic ciliated protozoa of the invention can serve as live vaccines. For example, transgenic Tetrahymena expressing Ichthyophthirius multifiliis i-antigen protein on their surface are effective vehicles for vaccination of freshwater fish against infection by I. multifiliis. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/878694 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326570 | Nigam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sanjay Kumar Nigam (Del Mar, California); Hiroyuki Sakurai (San Diego, California); Kevin T. Bush (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods and compositions for constructing stable mammalian embryonic epithelial tissues and organs as well as constructing kidney tissue, and treating renal failure. Disclosed are methods of using an active epithelial growth factor having the capability of effectuating induction of growth and morphognesis is cells. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/608783 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/369 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326692 | Ashton-Rickardt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip G. Ashton-Rickardt (Chicago, Illinois); Joseph T. Opferman (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for enhancing host immunity to a virus and/or a cancer and methods for enhancing the cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) mediated immune responses by providing granzyme B inhibitors to a subject. One objective of the invention is to induce long-term protective immunity to a subject in need thereof This is accomplished by providing granzyme inhibitors to the subject which increase the number of memory-CTLs and thereby prevent or alleviate viral infections and/or treat. Providing granzyme inhibitors is also effective in the prevention of cancers. Some examples of granzyme inhibitors contemplated within the present invention include the endogenous serpins such as SPI6 and PI9, other suicide substrates of granzyme B, granzyme B antibodies, etc. Also provided are methods for expression of nucleic acids encoding granzyme inhibitors in cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs). |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 14, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/993363 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326712 | Hurley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona); Supergen, Inc. (Dublin, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence H. Hurley (Tucson, Arizona); Daruka Mahadevan (Tucson, Arizona); David J. Bearss (Highland, Utah); Hariprasad Vankayalapati (Salt Lake City, Utah); Sridevi Bashyam (Tucson, Arizona); Steven L. Warner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein kinase inhibitors are disclosed having utility in the treatment of protein kinase-mediated diseases and conditions, such as cancer. The compounds of this invention have the following structure: including steroisomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A is a ring moiety selected from: and wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Z, L1, Cycl1, L2 and Cycl2 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention, as well as methods relating to the use thereof. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 14, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/965313 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326713 | Hurley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona); Montigen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurence H. Hurley (Tucson, Arizona); Daruka Mahadevan (Tucson, Arizona); David J. Bearss (Cedar Hills, Utah); Hariprasad Vankayalapati (Salt Lake City, Utah); Sridevi Bashyam (Tucson, Arizona); Steven L. Warner (Tucson, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Protein kinase inhibitors are disclosed having utility in the treatment of protein kinase-mediated diseases and conditions, such as cancer. The compounds of this invention have the following structure: including steroisomers, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A is a ring moiety selected from: and wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Z, L1, Cycl1, L2 and Cycl2 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention, as well as methods relating to the use thereof. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/092809 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/267 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326733 | Stashenko et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Forsyth Institute (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Philip Stashenko (Medfield, Massachusetts); Richard Battaglino (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and compounds for remodeling bone and treating osteopenic conditions are described. Methods and compounds for increasing bone mineral density by decreasing serotonin levels in osteoblasts are also described. |
| FILED | Monday, June 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/453273 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/647 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326778 | de la Chapelle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert de la Chapelle (Helsingfors, Finland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The human MSH2 gene, responsible for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, was identified by virtue of its homology to the MutS class of genes, which are involved in DNA mismatch repair. The sequence of cDNA clones of the human gene are provided, and the sequence of the gene can be used to demonstrate the existence of germ line mutations in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) kindreds, as well as in replication error+ (RER+) tumor cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 1993 |
| APPL NO | 08/160295 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327141 | Jung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Youngkyoo Jung (Madison, Wisconsin); Yogesh Arvind Jashnani (Richmond, Virginia); Walter F. Block (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A calibration procedure is performed prior to an off-axis MR scan to measure the MRI system timing errors in applying a frequency modulation waveform to the system receiver. Phase errors which otherwise occur when performing non-Cartesian scans are either prospectively reduced by offsetting the timing error or retrospectively offset by applying phase corrections to the acquired image data. |
| FILED | Monday, October 23, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/551850 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07328054 | Jesmanowicz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The MCW Research Foundation, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Andrzej Jesmanowicz (Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A perfusion image is produced by acquiring a series of time course MR images from an imaging slice. During the acquisition spins flowing into the slice are repeatedly tagged with an RF tagging pulse having a flip angle that is modulated according to a tagging pattern. Voxels in the series of reconstructed MR images having signals which vary according to the tagging pattern indicate perfusion. Perfusion images indicating either flow or velocity are produced. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/410710 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07326365 | Bawendi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Vikram C. Sundar (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Temperature-sensing compositions can include an inorganic material, such as a semiconductor nanocrystal. The nanocrystal can be a dependable and accurate indicator of temperature. The intensity of emission of the nanocrystal varies with temperature and can be highly sensitive to surface temperature. The nanocrystals can be processed with a binder to form a matrix, which can be varied by altering the chemical nature of the surface of the nanocrystal. A nanocrystal with a compatibilizing outer layer can be incorporated into a coating formulation and retain its temperature sensitive emissive properties. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/129329 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.4R0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326380 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad A. Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Xiaogang Liu (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Shouwu Guo (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Polymeric microstructures and nanostructures can be prepared with use of a tip to pattern a surface. A tip can be used to pattern a structure which can initiate polymerization. The structure can be then exposed to monomer to induce polymerization at the structure. Alternatively, a tip can be used to pattern a surface with a monomer in which the surface is treated with polymerization catalyst so that polymerization occurs at the patterning site. Ring-opening metathesis polymerization can be carried out with use of the tip to control the polymerization. The tip can be a sharp tip as used in for example an atomic force microscope tip. Norbornene types of monomers can be used. Biological macromolecules can be also prepared. |
| FILED | Monday, July 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/893543 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: Processes 264/494 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326542 | Bassler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey); University Technologies International, Inc. (Alberta, Canada) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bonnie L. Bassler (Princeton, New Jersey); Michael G. Surette (Calgary, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | The production of a purified extracellular bacterial signal called autoinducer-2 is regulated by changes in environmental conditions associated with a shift from a free-living existence to a colonizing or pathogenic existence in a host organism. Autoinducer-2 stimulates LuxQ luminescence genes, and is believed also to stimulate a variety of pathogenesis related genes in the bacterial species that produce it. A new class of bacterial genes is involved in the biosynthesis of autoinducer-2. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/387345 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/32 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326557 | San et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rice University (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ka-Yiu San (Houston, Texas); George N. Bennett (Houston, Texas); Ailen Sanchez (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of increasing cellular NADPH levels by expressing one or more genes that encode a enzyme that causes the production of NADPH. The system can be combined with other enzymes that require NADPH, thus improving the overall production of the desired protein. |
| FILED | Friday, November 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/987265 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326649 | Rodger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Damien C. Rodger (Los Angeles, California); Mark Humayun (Glendale, California); Yu-Chong Tai (Pasadena, California); James D. Weiland (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for manufacturing a parylene-based electrode array that includes an underlying parylene layer, one or more patterned electrode layers comprising a conductive material such as a metal, and one or more overlying parylene layers. The overlying parylene is etched away or otherwise processed to expose the electrodes where stimulation or recording is to occur. All other conductive material in the device is occluded from the environment by the two layers of parylene surrounding it. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/130814 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/669 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326736 | McDonald et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC (Newton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert C. McDonald (Stow, Massachusetts); Anthony B. LaConti (Lynnfield, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A composite proton exchange membrane and method of manufacturing the same. The composite proton exchange membrane comprises a proton exchange membrane which has been modified by replacing membrane protons in desired areas of the membrane with a cationic polymer. The cationic polymer is preferably formed by introducing a quaternary salt monomer into the membrane and then effecting the polymerization of the monomer. The modified areas of the proton exchange membrane exhibit increased strength, reduced water and gas permeability, reduced proton conductivity and reduced acidity. Accordingly, by modifying the periphery of the membrane, one can obtain an integral sealing edge for the membrane, and by modifying certain interior regions of the membrane, one can divide the membrane into a plurality of sealed segments. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/627229 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 521/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326954 | Wybourne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting By and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin N. Wybourne (Hanover, New Hampshire); James E. Hutchison (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming arrays of metal, alloy, semiconductor or magnetic clusters is described. The method comprises placing a scaffold on a substrate, the scaffold comprising molecules selected from the group consisting of polynucleotides, polypeptides, and perhaps combinations thereof. Polypeptides capable of forming α helices are currently preferred for forming scaffolds. Arrays are then formed by contacting the scaffold with plural, monodispersed ligand-stabilized clusters. Each cluster, prior to contacting the scaffold, includes plural exchangeable ligands bonded thereto. If the clusters are metal clusters, then the metal preferably is selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au, Pt, Pd and mixtures thereof. A currently preferred metal is gold, and a currently preferred metal cluster is Au55 having a radius of from about 0.7 to about 1 nm. Compositions also are described, one use for which is in the formation of cluster arrays. One embodiment of the composition comprises plural monodispersed, ligand-stabilized clusters coupled to a polypeptide. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/816603 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327287 | Martinian et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Emin Martinian (Arlington, Massachusetts); Gregory W. Wornell (Wellesley, Massachusetts); Ram Zamir (Tel Aviv, Israel) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are techniques for performing lossy encoding. Source data and quality data are received by an encoder. The encoder maps the source data into a compressed representation having a level of distortion in accordance with the quality information. The compressed representation may be decoded without using the quality information. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/296649 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/51 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07325439 | Hallman, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Russell Louis Hallman, Jr. (Knoxville, Tennessee); Michael John Renner (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for measuring the permeance of a material. The permeability of the material may also be derived. The system provides a liquid or high concentration fluid bath on one side of a material test sample, and a gas flow across the opposing side of the material test sample. The mass flow rate of permeated fluid as a fraction of the combined mass flow rate of gas and permeated fluid is used to calculate the permeance of the material. The material test sample may be a sheet, a tube, or a solid shape. Operational test conditions may be varied, including concentration of the fluid, temperature of the fluid, strain profile of the material test sample, and differential pressure across the material test sample. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/240294 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07325840 | Allais et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Arnaud Allais (D-30625 Hannover, Germany); Ernst Hoffmann (D-30855 Langenhagen, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | Arrangement for connecting a fiber-reinforced plastic pipe (18) to a stainless steel flange (12, 16), in which the end of the fiber-reinforced plastic pipe (18) is accommodated in a ring-shaped groove (12a, 16a) in the flange (12, 16), the groove conforming to the dimensions of the fiber-reinforced plastic pipe (18), where the gap remaining between the end of the fiber-reinforced plastic pipe (18) and the ring-shaped groove (12a, 16a) is filled with a sealant (19). |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/131924 |
| ART UNIT | 3679 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Pipe joints or couplings 285/290.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326365 | Bawendi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Moungi G. Bawendi (Boston, Massachusetts); Vikram C. Sundar (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Temperature-sensing compositions can include an inorganic material, such as a semiconductor nanocrystal. The nanocrystal can be a dependable and accurate indicator of temperature. The intensity of emission of the nanocrystal varies with temperature and can be highly sensitive to surface temperature. The nanocrystals can be processed with a binder to form a matrix, which can be varied by altering the chemical nature of the surface of the nanocrystal. A nanocrystal with a compatibilizing outer layer can be incorporated into a coating formulation and retain its temperature sensitive emissive properties. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/129329 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/301.4R0 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326482 | Haltiner, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Troy, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl J. Haltiner, Jr. (Fairport, New York); Malcolm J. Grieve (Fairport, New York); Kevin R. Keegan (Hilton, New York); David R. Schumann (Spencerport, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for improving the efficiency of a hydrocarbon catalytic reformer and close-coupled fuel cell system by recycling a percentage of the anode exhaust syngas directly into the reformer in a range between about 20% and about 60%. Oxygen is supplied to the reformer at start-up. Under equilibrium conditions, oxygen required for reforming of hydrocarbon fuel is derived entirely from endothermic reforming of water and carbon dioxide in the recycled syngas. Recycling of anode syngas into the reformer increases fuel efficiency, adds excess water to the reformate to increase protection against anode coking, and protects the fuel cell stack against air- and water-borne contaminants. A method for producing an excess amount of syngas for exporting for other purposes is also provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/793302 |
| ART UNIT | 1745 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326551 | Maupin-Furlow et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Julie A. Maupin-Furlow (Gainesville, Florida); Lee Ann Talarico (Gainesville, Florida); Krishnan Chandra Raj (Tamil Nadu, India); Lonnie O. Ingram (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules which encode pyruvate decarboxylase enzymes having improved decarboxylase activity, substrate affinity, thermostability, and activity at different pH. The nucleic acids of the invention also have a codon usage which allows for high expression in a variety of host cells. Accordingly, the invention provides recombinant expression vectors containing such nucleic acid molecules, recombinant host cells comprising the expression vectors, host cells further comprising other ethanologenic enzymes, and methods for producing useful substances, e.g., acetaldehyde and ethanol, using such host cells. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 30, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/136960 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/189 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326778 | de la Chapelle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Albert de la Chapelle (Helsingfors, Finland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The human MSH2 gene, responsible for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, was identified by virtue of its homology to the MutS class of genes, which are involved in DNA mismatch repair. The sequence of cDNA clones of the human gene are provided, and the sequence of the gene can be used to demonstrate the existence of germ line mutations in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) kindreds, as well as in replication error+ (RER+) tumor cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 1993 |
| APPL NO | 08/160295 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327472 | Riza et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nusensors, Inc. (Oviedo, Florida); University of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nabeel Agha Riza (Oviedo, Florida); Frank Perez (Tujunga, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A remote temperature sensing system includes a light source selectively producing light at two different wavelengths and a sensor device having an optical path length that varies as a function of temperature. The sensor receives light emitted by the light source and redirects the light along the optical path length. The system also includes a detector receiving redirected light from the sensor device and generating respective signals indicative of respective intensities of received redirected light corresponding to respective wavelengths of light emitted by the light source. The system also includes a processor processing the signals generated by the detector to calculate a temperature of the device. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/185540 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/519 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07325715 | Costello |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Interac, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kenneth A. Costello (Alameda County, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A housing for microelectronic devices requiring an internal vacuum for operation, e.g., an image detector, is formed by tape casting and incorporates leads between interior and exterior of said housing where said leads are disposed on a facing surface of green tape layers. Adjacent green tape layers having corresponding apertures therein are stacked on a first closure member to form a resulting cavity and increased electrical isolation or channel sub-structures are achievable by forming adjacent layers with aperture dimension which vary non-monotonically. After assembly of the device within the cavity, a second closure member is sealed against an open face of the package in a vacuum environment to produce a vacuum sealed device. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/879904 |
| ART UNIT | 1725 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/179.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326328 | Hudspeth et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Heather Diane Hudspeth (Clifton Park, New York); Ji Ung Lee (Niskayuna, New York); Reed Roeder Corderman (Niskayuna, New York); Anping Zhang (Niskayuna, New York); Renee Bushey Rohling (Burnt Hills, New York); Lauraine Denault (Nassau, New York); Joleyn Eileen Balch (Clifton Park, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to gated nanorod field emission devices, wherein such devices have relatively small emitter tip-to-gate distances, thereby providing a relatively high emitter tip density and low turn on voltage. Such methods employ a combination of traditional device processing techniques (lithography, etching, etc.) with electrochemical deposition of nanorods. These methods are relatively simple, cost-effective, and efficient; and they provide field emission devices that are suitable for use in x-ray imaging applications, lighting applications, flat panel field emission display (FED) applications, etc. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/185004 |
| 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 25/118 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326564 | Lundell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | St. Jude Medical, Inc. (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Beverley I. Lundell (Woodbury, Minnesota); Robert L. Meisch (Crystal, Minnesota); John R. Wilson (New Brighton, Minnesota); Matthew W. Weston (Little Canada, Minnesota); M. William Mirsch, II (Roseville, Minnesota); Kathy J. Grossinger, legal representative (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In some embodiments, a flow system includes a medical device mount, fluid and a conduit containing the fluid and medical device mount. The conduit is mounted on an assembly that moves the conduit along with the medical device mount to induce relative motion of the fluid relative to the medical device mount. In preferred embodiments, pulsatile fluid motion is generated. In some embodiments, the fluid includes viable cells. In alternative embodiments, a flow system includes a continuous flow pump connected to a conduit loop having multiple branch conduits downstream from the pump providing alternative paths over a section of the conduit loop. Each branch conduit has a valve controlling flow through the branch. In some embodiments, at least one branch includes a medical device mount. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 20, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/789130 |
| ART UNIT | 1744 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/293.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326819 | Gillespie et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ralph D. Gillespie (Gurnee, Illinois); Michelle J. Cohn (Glenview, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A catalyst and process is disclosed to selectively upgrade a paraffinic feedstock to obtain an isoparaffin-rich product for blending into gasoline. The catalyst comprises a support of a sulfated oxide or hydroxide of a Group IVB (IUPAC 4) metal, a first component of at least one lanthanide element or yttrium component, which is preferably ytterbium, and at least one platinum-group metal component which is preferably platinum. |
| FILED | Friday, January 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/040979 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds 585/477 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327857 | Lloyd, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Watkins Lloyd, Jr. (Indianapolis, Indiana); Joseph Benjamin Ross (Cincinnati, Ohio); Glen William Brooksby (Glenville, New York); Van-Duc Nguyen (Pleasanton, California); John Lewis Schneiter (Latham, New York); Steven Jeffrey Gordon (Weston, Massachusetts); Faycal Benayad-Cherif (Lexington, Massachusetts); Victor Nzomigni (Rennes Cedex, France); Donald Hamilton (Burnt Hills, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A non-contact imaging apparatus for examining an object having complex surfaces or shape deformations. The imaging apparatus includes at least one imaging device for obtaining a scanned image of the exterior surfaces of the object being examined. A predetermined reference image) of an ideal model for the object is stored in a memory. An image register is coupled to the imaging device and to the memory containing the reference image of the ideal model for the object. A transformation estimator compares the scanned image to the reference image and provides a transform which maps the scanned image to the reference image and provides a set of registered object data points. One or more filter modules process the registered object data points with a priori information to reduce noise and to further enhance the accuracy and precision of the registration. A gauge estimator is coupled to the filter module. The gauge estimator utilizes the processed and registered object data to determine deformation parameters of the object, which are then displayed to an operator as gauging information. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/797329 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07325749 | Alexander 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) | Jane C. Alexander (Rogersville, Alabama); David E. Howard (Hazel Green, Alabama); Dennis A. Smith (Athens, Alabama) |
| ABSTRACT | A self-contained power controller having a power driver switch, programmable controller, communication port, and environmental parameter measuring device coupled to a controllable device. The self-contained power controller needs only a single voltage source to power discrete devices, analog devices, and the controlled device. The programmable controller has a run mode which, when selected, upon the occurrence of a trigger event changes the state of a power driver switch and wherein the power driver switch is maintained by the programmable controller at the same state until the occurrence of a second event. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 17, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/738352 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Automatic temperature and humidity regulation 236/78.A00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326027 | Skoch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary J. Skoch (Chardon, Ohio); Mark A. Stevens (Broadview Heights, Ohio); Thomas A. Jett (Olmsted Falls, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Centrifugal compressor flow stabilizing devices and methods of operation thereof are disclosed that act upon the flow field discharging from the impeller of a centrifugal compressor and modify the flow field ahead of the diffuser vanes such that flow conditions contributing to rotating stall and surge are reduced or even eliminated. In some embodiments, shaped rods and methods of operation thereof are disclosed, whereas in other embodiments reverse-tangent air injection devices and methods are disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/856361 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps 415/17 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326360 | Jiles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. (Ames, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Jiles (Ames, Iowa); Jason A. Paulsen (St. Paul, Minnesota); John E. Snyder (Ames, Iowa); Chester C. H. Lo (Ames, Iowa); Andrew P. Ring (Ames, Iowa); Keith A. Bormann (State Center, Iowa) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetostrictive material based on cobalt ferrite is described. The cobalt ferrite is substituted with transition metals (such manganese (Mn), chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) or mixtures thereof) by substituting the transition metals for iron or cobalt to form substituted cobalt ferrite that provides mechanical properties that make the substituted cobalt ferrite material effective for use as sensors and actuators. The substitution of transition metals lowers the Curie temperature of the material (as compared to cobalt ferrite) while maintaining a suitable magnetostriction for stress sensing applications. |
| FILED | Friday, July 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/527660 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Compositions 252/62.600 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07328196 | Peters, II |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard Alan Peters, II (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An architecture for robot intelligence enables a robot to learn new behaviors and create new behavior sequences autonomously and interact with a dynamically changing environment. Sensory information is mapped onto a Sensory Ego-Sphere (SES) that rapidly identifies important changes in the environment and functions much like short term memory. Behaviors are stored in a DBAM that creates an active map from the robot's current state to a goal state and functions much like long term memory. A dream state converts recent activities stored in the SES and creates or modifies behaviors in the DBAM. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/749326 |
| ART UNIT | 2129 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07326568 | Gaertig et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (Athens, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacek Gaertig (Athens, Georgia); Donna Cassidy-Hanley (Freeville, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena exemplifies a recombinant system for the expression of heterologous nucleic acids, preferably on the plasma membrane surface. Integration of a heterlogous nucleic acid into the β-tubulin gene, BTU1, of a paclitaxel-sensitive T. thermophila mutant that possesses btu1-IK350M β-tubulin allele allows screening for transformants using negative selection, as transformants have restored paclitaxel resistance. Transgenic ciliated protozoa of the invention can serve as live vaccines. For example, transgenic Tetrahymena expressing Ichthyophthirius multifiliis i-antigen protein on their surface are effective vehicles for vaccination of freshwater fish against infection by I. multifiliis. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/878694 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/325 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326782 | Thomas et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael G. Thomas (Madison, Wisconsin); Yolanda A. Chan (Madison, Wisconsin); Sarah G. Ozanick (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides a nucleic acid molecule comprising at least a functional fragment of the viomycin biosynthetic gene cluster, functional proteins encoded by the cluster, expression cassettes and recombinant host cells comprising a functional fragment of the viomycin cluster, and methods for generating biologically active agents using the nucleic acid molecules of the present invention. |
| FILED | Monday, August 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/925357 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
07325465 — Particle matter sampling method and sampler with a virtual impactor particle concentrator
| US 07325465 | Solomon et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul A. Solomon (Henderson, Nevada); Constantinos Sioutas (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for sampling ambient air to obtain coarse and fine fractions of particulate matter includes a single acceleration tube and a collection tube coaxially arranged along a central axis with a gap between facing distal ends thereof within a range of d/D1 of 1 to 2, wherein d is the distance or gap between the distal ends and D1 is the inside diameter of the outlet at the distal end of the acceleration tube. A housing surrounding the acceleration and concentration tubes is provided with a side-wall nozzle connected to a suction device for drawing a major portion of the sampled ambient air therethrough and for separation of particulate matter, as a fine fraction, from that major portion. A second suction device draws a minor portion of the sampled ambient air, containing the coarse fraction of the particulate matter, in a straight path approximating the central axis, through the acceleration tube and through the collection tube for passage through a filter for separation of the coarse fraction of particulate matter. The ratio of the flow rates of the major and minor portions of the sampled ambient air is adjusted to provide a cutpoint within the range of 2-3 microns. The apparatus is preferably operated with a flow rate for the sampled ambient air within the range of 900-1200 liters per minute. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049303 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/863.220 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07326346 | Lovell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADA Technologies, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John Stanley Lovell (Arvada, Colorado); Thomas E. Broderick (Arvada, Colorado); Craig S. Turchi (Lakewood, Colorado); Amanda K. Kimball (Lakewood, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to a sorbent comprising a disordered polyvalent metal oxide on the surface of an inert substrate. The substrate can be a layered silicate, such as vermiculite, an aluminosilicate such as montmorillonite, or a nonlayered silicate such as a zeolite. The sorbent removes ionic contaminants, such as arsenic, from process streams. |
| FILED | Friday, September 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/469618 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/660 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)
| US 07327513 | Johnson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard W. Johnson (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Apparatus and method for viewing a target. A primary lens produces an image plane of the target, and an optical magnifier in an optical path of the primary lens magnifies a region of the image plane, providing a magnified image. A detector receives the magnified image. |
| FILED | Friday, May 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/856695 |
| ART UNIT | 2872 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/363 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327910 | Forrest et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Forrest (Princeton, New Jersey); Milind Gokhale (Princeton, New Jersey); Pavel Studenkov (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An asymmetric twin waveguide (ATG) structure is disclosed that significantly reduces the negative effects of inter-modal interference in symmetric twin-waveguide structures and which can be effectively used to implement a variety of optical devices. The ATG structure of the invention can be monolithically fabricated on a single epitaxial structure without the necessity of epitaxial re-growth. To achieve the ATG structure of the invention, the effective index of the passive waveguide in the ATG is varied from that of a symmetric twin waveguide such that one mode of the even and odd modes of propagation is primarily confined to the passive waveguide and the other to the active waveguide. The different effective indices of the two coupled waveguides result in the even and odd modes becoming highly asymmetric. As a result, the mode with the larger confinement factor in the active waveguide experiences higher gain and becomes dominant. In a further embodiment, the active waveguide is tapered to reduce coupling losses of the optical energy between the passive waveguide and the active waveguide. In a further embodiment, a grating region is incorporated atop the passive waveguide to select certain frequencies for transmission of light through the passive waveguide. |
| FILED | Monday, November 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/983366 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
| US 07327092 | Caiafa et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | GE Homeland Protection, Inc. (Newark, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Antonio Caiafa (Niskayuna, New York); Juan Antonio Sabate (Saratoga Springs, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A circuit for driving the current for inductive loads such as an electron beam deflection coil for an x-ray generator system. The circuit includes two selectable voltage levels provided by a high level and a low level source. A plurality of switches selects the voltage level and determines the polarity of the current through the coil. The high level source is selected when the load is charging or discharging. The low level source is selected when the load is operating in a constant current mode, where a high frequency switching device controls the voltage through the load by switching the low level source to generate a PWM waveform according to a reference current duty cycle. A feedback loop monitors the current through the load to adjust the duty cycle of the PWM waveform to more accurately control the current through the load. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/290670 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/174 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
U.S. State Government
| US 07326954 | Wybourne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | State of Oregon Acting By and Through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Martin N. Wybourne (Hanover, New Hampshire); James E. Hutchison (Eugene, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for forming arrays of metal, alloy, semiconductor or magnetic clusters is described. The method comprises placing a scaffold on a substrate, the scaffold comprising molecules selected from the group consisting of polynucleotides, polypeptides, and perhaps combinations thereof. Polypeptides capable of forming α helices are currently preferred for forming scaffolds. Arrays are then formed by contacting the scaffold with plural, monodispersed ligand-stabilized clusters. Each cluster, prior to contacting the scaffold, includes plural exchangeable ligands bonded thereto. If the clusters are metal clusters, then the metal preferably is selected from the group consisting of Ag, Au, Pt, Pd and mixtures thereof. A currently preferred metal is gold, and a currently preferred metal cluster is Au55 having a radius of from about 0.7 to about 1 nm. Compositions also are described, one use for which is in the formation of cluster arrays. One embodiment of the composition comprises plural monodispersed, ligand-stabilized clusters coupled to a polypeptide. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/816603 |
| ART UNIT | 1639 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07326962 | Sriram |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Saptharishi Sriram (Cary, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a unit cell of a metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MESFET). The unit cell of the MESFET includes a source, a drain and a gate. The gate is disposed between the source and the drain and on an n-type conductivity channel layer. A p-type conductivity region is provided beneath the source and has an end that extends towards the drain. The p-type conductivity region is spaced apart from the n-type conductivity channel region and is electrically coupled to the source. An n-type conductivity region is provided on the p-type conductivity region beneath the source region and extending toward the drain region without extending beyond the end of the p-type conductivity region. Related methods of fabricating MESFETS are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/012553 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07327927 | Olson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Matthew A. Olson (Glendale, Arizona); Charles H. Lange (Glendale, Arizona); Esten S. Heringer (Mesa, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatus are provided for a seal assembly that includes a first plate, a second plate, and compliant material. The first and second plates each have a first side, a second side, and a channel extending therebetween. The channel includes a first cross-sectional area proximate the first side and a second cross-sectional area that is proximate the second side. The first cross-sectional area is greater than a second cross-sectional area. The compliant material is disposed between the first and second plates and is at least partially within the first plate channel and the second plate channel. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/095130 |
| ART UNIT | 2883 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/138 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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