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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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| US 07340918 | Leban 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) | Frank A. Leban (Columbia, Maryland); Joseph P. Teter (Darnestown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A liquid-phase cooling device of a refrigeration system has an outer tubular housing enclosing a heat exchanger through which a mixture gases and liquid constituting a working fluid media is heated and cooled while undergoing compression and expansion within a cavity formed in the outer tubular housing at an axial end portion thereof closed by an electromagnetic actuator under selective control of an electrical power source through which operation of the heat exchanger is effected. The actuator has a casing attached to the outer tubular housing of the heat exchanger at said axial end thereof within which a diaphragm attached to the axial end of the casing is exposed to the working fluid media within the cavity enclosed by the outer tubular housing of the heat exchanger. The diaphragm is engaged by a piston within the casing for axial deformation thereof to effect said compression and expansion of the fluid media under selective control of electrical current supplied from the power source to an electromagnetic coil through which a magnetic field is established within a body of magnetostrictive material disposed within the actuator casing between the piston and an end cap closing the axial end of the casing opposite the axial end to which the diaphragm is attached. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/272428 |
| ART UNIT | 3744 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Refrigeration 062/467 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341002 | Baker |
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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) | James J. Baker (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A countermeasure for luring an incoming hostile missile away from a vehicle is provided. The countermeasure includes a housing, an infrared-emission body containing a sublimation compound in a solid state, a heating source for converting the sublimation compound into a vapor state, and a case containing the infrared-emission body. The case includes an outlet for discharging the sublimation compound in the vapor state into the atmosphere, where the sublimation compound is returned to the solid state in the form of a discrete cloud of particles. Also provided is a method for using the countermeasure, for example, to evade a hostile missile. |
| FILED | Monday, October 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/975127 |
| 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 12/336 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341113 | Fallis 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) | Stephen Fallis (Ridgecrest, California); Joseph A. Manchor (Ridgecrest, California); Gary W Meyers (Ridgecrest, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus and a method for fire suppression including the utilization of an explosive composition layered between a fire suppressant panel such as, for example, a powder panel and another fixed structure such as, for example, a fuel tank dry bay wall. Upon impact or other means of detonation the explosive composition effects the rupture of a large number of frangible cells in the panel, dispersing the fire suppressant substance, thereby extinguishing or preventing fire. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 13, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/489807 |
| ART UNIT | 3752 — Fluid Handling and Dispensing |
| CURRENT CPC | Fire extinguishers 169/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341431 | Trewiler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gary Edward Trewiler (Loveland, Ohio); Robert William Bruce (Loveland, Ohio); Charles W. Carrier (West Chester, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating a component for a gas turbine engine includes providing a blisk forging fabricated from a first material, inertia welding a second material to the blisk forging to create a bi-alloy blisk forging, and machining the bi-alloy blisk forging to pre-determined dimensions. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/234437 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/213.R00 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341696 | Lee 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) | Gil U Lee (West Lafayette, Indiana); Carolyn Yanavich (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor for a selected analyte in a test sample has (a) a semipermeable membrane with pores for retaining the analyte, where the membrane has been chemically modified by attachment of membrane modifiers; (b) immunoassay labels which have label binding ligands where these label binding ligands will have a binding affinity for the membrane modifiers in the presence of the analyte, and a measurably different binding affinity for the membrane modifiers in the absence of the analyte; and (c) a label detecting system, for detecting the presence of the labels on the membrane. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/538987 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/101 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342057 | Kumar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ashok Kumar (Champaign, Illinois); Larry D. Stephenson (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Self-healing coatings incorporate microcapsules of about 60-150 microns diameter that contain film formers and dust suppression compounds suitable for controlling spalling of lead dust, for example. In one embodiment, a primer paint is mixed with these microcapsules and applied by brushing or rolling. After the coating has cured, any physical compromise of the coating results in microcapsules bursting to release liquid that fills and seals the compromised volume. The microcapsule contents protect the underlying substrate from damage and repair some of the outer coating. In one application, embodiments of these self-healing coatings seal existing lead-based paint for suppression of lead dust. In another embodiment, microcapsules are provided separately to enhance commercially available products. For example, if a paint formulation is known a priori, specifically configured microcapsules, packaged separately from the paint and designed for use with the paint formulation, are added to the paint just prior to application. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/923890 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 523/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342082 | Benson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | 3M Innovative Properties Company (St. Paul, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Karl E. Benson (St. Paul, Minnesota); G. Marco Bommarito (Stillwater, Minnesota); Albert I. Everaerts (Oakdale, Minnesota); Brinda B. Lakshmi (Woodbury, Minnesota); Charles M. Leir (Falcon Heights, Minnesota); George G. I. Moore (Afton, Minnesota); Lang N. Nguyen (St. Paul, Minnesota); Rahul Shah (Woodbury, Minnesota); Peter A. Stark (Cottage Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Soluble polymers and methods for the preparation thereof, wherein the polymers of the present invention have pendant acylsulfonamide amine-reactive groups that can be used for the capture of amine containing materials. |
| FILED | Friday, December 17, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/015399 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/287 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342085 | Keller 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) | Teddy M Keller (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Matthew Laskoski (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A cyanate ester system is disclosed. An aryl ether oligomer may be made from a dihydroxyaromatic compound and a dihaloaromatic compound in the presence of a base. The oligomer is then reacted with a cyanide compound in the presence of a base to form the cyanate ester shown below. The cyanate ester may then be cross-linked to a thermoset having triazine ring cross-links HO—Ar2 |
| FILED | Thursday, June 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/425836 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/367 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342114 | Yang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Pacific Medical Center (San Francisco, California); Catholic Healthcare West, DBA St. Mary's Medical Center (San Francisco, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Li-Xi Yang (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | 4-O esters of podophyllotoxin and 4′-demethylepipodophyllotoxin are provided. The compounds are 4-O esters of an alkanoic acid or substituted alkanoic acid and podophyllotoxin and 4′-demethylepipodophyllotoxin. The compounds are useful for treating cancer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 01, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/612240 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/197 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07342124 — Synthetic techniques and intermediates for polyhydroxy dienyl lactones and mimics thereof
| US 07342124 | Myles et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Kosan Biosciences, Inc. (Hayward, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David C. Myles (Kensington, California); Mark Burlingame (Oakland, California); Simon James Shaw (San Francisco, California); Kurt F. Sundermann (Burlingame, California); Brian Scott Freeze (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ignació Brouard Martin (Canary Islands, Spain); Tomoyasu Hirose (Tokyo, Japan); Amos B. Smith, III (Merion, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Synthetic methods and intermediates useful in the preparation of lactone containing compounds such as discodermolide and compounds which mimic the chemical or biological activity of discodermolide are provided. |
| FILED | Friday, April 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/817532 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 556/404 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342287 | Chuang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ching-Te Chuang (South Salem, New York); Koushik K. Das (Yorktown Heights, New York); Shih-Hsien Lo (Mount Kisco, New York); Jeffrey W. Sleight (Ridgefield, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a multi-threshold CMOS circuit and a method of designing such a circuit. The preferred embodiment combines an MTCMOS scheme and a hybrid SOI-epitaxial CMOS structure. Generally, the logic transistors (both nFET and pFET) are placed in SOI, preferably in a high-performance, high density UTSOI; while the headers or footers are made of bulk epitaxial CMOS devices, with or without an adaptive well-biasing scheme. The logic transistors are based on (100) SOI devices or super HOT, the header devices are in bulk (100) or (110) pFETs with or without an adaptive well biasing scheme, and the footer devices are in bulk (100) NFET with or without an adaptive well biasing scheme. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/184244 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/392 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342399 | Wiegert |
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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) | Roy Wiegert (Panama City Beach, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for tracking a moving magnetic target uses a magnetic anomaly sensing system to continually determine magnetic gradient tensors associated with the target and converts the magnetic gradient tensors to gradient contraction scalars. A processor uses the magnetic gradient tensors and gradient contraction scalars to determine a minimum of bearing and range to the target. A velocity of the target is determined using the determined bearing and range at two points in time as the target is moving. To continually track with the moving target, the processor determines adjustments in elevation and azimuth using the magnetic gradient tensors and gradient contraction scalars along with bearing, range and determined velocities of the target. The processor can include a routine that determines range while accounting for asphericity errors introduced by the aspherical nature of constant magnetic gradient contours associated with the target. |
| FILED | Monday, April 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/417279 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/326 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342414 | DeHon 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) | André DeHon (Pasadena, California); Randy Huang (El Cerrito, California); John Wawrzynek (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A fast router and a fast hardware-assisted routing method are disclosed in a network having endpoints, switches and interconnect links. The switches are programmable to allow endpoints to be connected through a particular configuration of switches. The switches also comprise: propagation circuitry which allows a search signal to be propagated through the network; allocation circuitry to set the configuration of switches once a path has been found; and deallocation circuitry to clear a configuration of switches once no path has been found. |
| FILED | Friday, January 31, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/356710 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electronic digital logic circuitry 326/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342457 | Hajimiri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seyed-Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California); Scott D. Kee (Dana Point, California); Ichiro Aoki (San Clemente, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cross-differential amplifier is provided. The cross-differential amplifier includes an inductor connected to a direct current power source at a first terminal. A first and second switch, such as transistors, are connected to the inductor at a second terminal. A first and second amplifier are connected at their supply terminals to the first and second switch. The first and second switches are operated to commutate the inductor between the amplifiers so as to provide an amplified signal while limiting the ripple voltage on the inductor and thus limiting the maximum voltage imposed across the amplifiers and switches. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/638639 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/297 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342465 | Seefeldt |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James D. Seefeldt (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for providing a stable gain over wide frequency range in a VCO are presented. A VCO uses a waveform generator along with a bias generator having a frequency select input. The frequency select input is used to adjust the amount of output current and/or gain of the bias generator. The output current of the bias generator determines the frequency of the output of the waveform generator. Multiple bias and waveform generators may be used to expand the frequency range of the VCO. A PLL may be programmed for a variety of output frequencies by using the frequency select input of the VCO. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 20, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/254466 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Oscillators 331/185 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342490 | Herrmann et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alien Technology Corporation (Morgan Hill, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott John Herrmann (Hollister, California); Mark Alfred Hadley (Fremont, California); Gordon Samuel Wiggins Craig (Palo Alto, California); John Berhard Hattick (Morgan Hill, California); Paul Stephen Drzaic (Morgan Hill, California); Eric Ryan Kanemoto (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and apparatuses for the protection of radio frequency identification (RFID) devices are described. In one aspect, a static dissipative material is applied to a web of antenna structures. A coating of the static dissipative material is applied continuously across a plurality of antenna structures of a roll of the web material. An RFID integrated circuit (IC) is attached to the web of antenna structures with the dissipative coating, then subsequently tested on the roll. Additional processing is performed to the RFID tag to produce an RFID label. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/997608 |
| ART UNIT | 2612 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Electrical 340/527.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342789 | Hall et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shawn A. Hall (Pleasantville, New York); Shurong Tian (Yorktown Heights, New York); Paul W. Coteus (Yorktown Heights, New York); John P. Karidis (Ossining, New York); Evan G. Colgan (Chestnut Ridge, New York); Robert W. Guernsey, Jr. (Garrison, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and an apparatus for cooling, preferably within an enclosure, a diversity of heat-generating components, with at least some of the components having high-power densities and others having low-power densities. Heat generated by the essentially relatively few high-power-density components, such as microprocessor chips for example, is removed by direct liquid cooling, whereas heat generated by the more numerous low-power or low-watt-density components, such as memory chips for example, is removed by liquid-assisted air cooling in the form of a closed loop comprising a plurality of heating and cooling zones that alternate along the air path. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 29, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/427384 |
| ART UNIT | 2835 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/701 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342847 | Oeschger |
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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) | John Oeschger (Lynn Haven, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | A method is provided for along-track displacement of an underwater vehicle equipped with a synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) system. The SAS system is operated as the vehicle moves through the water. Using successively-detected acoustic signals, an actual redundant phase center overlap scenario is determined that is indicative of along-track displacement of the underwater vehicle occurring between the successively-detected acoustic signals. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543274 |
| 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 367/88 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342947 | Minden et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | HRL Laboratories, LLC (Mailbu, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Monica Minden (Monte Nido, California); Hans W. Bruesselbach (Monte Nido, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multiple-fiber, stretched, fused and cleaved coupler designed to act as an output window to a fiber laser array or fiber-coupled laser array, in which the stretch, length and/or position of the fibers is chosen facilitate the in-phase oscillation of the lasers in the array. The in-phase oscillation of the lasers is facilitated by making one or more of the fibers interferometrically dark. The other fibers, the interferometrically lit ones, are made to have fairly uniform intensity under the same collimated illumination. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 15, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/893105 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342950 | Mason et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas Gordon Beck Mason (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Larry A. Coldren (Santa Barbara, California); Gregory Fish (Santa Barbara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A tunable laser source (10) with an integrated optical modulator (20). The laser source (10) is a widely tunable semiconductor laser that is comprised of an active region on top of a thick low bandgap, waveguide layer (22), wherein both the waveguide layer (220) and the active region are fabricated between a p-doped region and an n-doped region. An electro-absorption modulator (20) is integrated into the semiconductor laser (10), wherein the electro-absorption modulator (20) shares the waveguide layer (22) with the semiconductor laser. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 29, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 10/049362 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/50.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342972 | Giannakis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Georgios B. Giannakis (Minnetonka, Minnesota); Liuqing Yang (Falcon Heights, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are described for synchronizing the timing of the receiver with the received waveform in ultra wideband (UWB) communication systems. The described techniques correlate the received waveform with dirty templates, i.e. segments of the received waveform, with the received waveform to estimate the timing offset. The described techniques include receiving an ultra wideband (UWB) waveform through a wireless communication channel, wherein the received UWB waveform comprises bursts of information-bearing symbols. A template is selected to be used for estimating the timing offset of a burst of the received UWB waveform, wherein the template comprises a segment of a burst of the received UWB waveform, and the template is correlated with a segment of a burst of the received waveform so as to form an estimate of the timing offset of the received UWB waveform. A stream of symbol estimates is output in accordance with the estimated timing offset. |
| FILED | Monday, March 08, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/796567 |
| ART UNIT | 2611 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/259 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343061 | 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); Kuen-Ting Shiu (Princeton, New Jersey); Shashank S. Agashe (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An asymmetric twin waveguide (ATG) structure with an integrated amplifier and detector fabricated in a single active waveguide layer is disclosed. The structure comprises an active waveguide layer formed on a passive waveguide layer. The active and passive waveguides have different effective indices of refraction such that a first mode of light is confined primarily to the active waveguide and a second mode of light is confined primarily to the passive waveguide in the area where the waveguides overlap. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/274873 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343170 | Feeney et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Rockwell Collins, Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael S. Feeney (Allen, Texas); Fred D. Mabe (Marion, Iowa); James A. Stevens (Allen, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for allowing a node in a wireless communication network to access time slot assignment information on multiple channels includes assigning the node to a first channel associated with a channelized neighborhood having a plurality of nodes. The node communicates in accordance with an access protocol having a common channel frame portion and a channelized frame portion. A plurality of staggered channelized bootstrap slot sections are provided in the channelized frame portion. Each channelized bootstrap slot section is associated with a different channel and offset in time from the other channelized bootstrap slot sections. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 21, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/897154 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/509 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343272 | Iyengar |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vijay S. Iyengar (Cortlandt Manor, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for detecting clusters in space and time using input data on occurrences of a phenomenon and characteristics at a plurality of locations and times comprises an expectation generation module determining expected occurrences of a phenomena, and an occurrence modeling module determining actual occurrences of the phenomena. The system further comprises a search module searching the expected occurrences and the actual occurrences for a plurality of candidate solutions, wherein each solution is represented as a set of points in the three-dimensional space, and wherein each point corresponds to a location at a time. The system comprises a convex container module determining at least one solution corresponding to a selected convex container shape from the plurality of candidate solutions, and a solution evaluation module determining a strength metric for each solution determined by the convex container module, the search module selecting a dominant cluster in the input data. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 12, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/777548 |
| ART UNIT | 2123 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Structural design, modeling, simulation, and emulation 73/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343362 | Flippen, Jr. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luther D. Flippen, Jr. (Waldorf, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are a system and method of multi-modality sensor data classification and fusion comprising partitioning data stored in a read only memory unit on a sensor node using a low query complexity boundary-decision classifier, applying an iterative two-dimensional nearest neighbor classifier to the partitioned data, forming a low query complexity classifier from a combination of the low query complexity boundary-decision classifier and the iterative two-dimensional nearest neighbor classifier, using the low query complexity classifier to identify classification parameters of the sensor node, and monitoring a network of spatially distributed sensor nodes based on the classification parameters of the sensor node. The boundary-decision classifier comprises a single low neuron count hidden layer and a single binary-decision output sensor node, or alternatively, the boundary-decision classifier comprises a linear classifier. Moreover, the network is a wireless unattended ground sensor network, and the data comprises signals transmitted by the sensor node. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/947126 |
| ART UNIT | 2121 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Artificial intelligence 76/20 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343454 | Shen |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xiaowei Shen (Hopewell Junction, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | We present a triangle ordering mechanism that maintains triangle ordering of coherence messages in SMP systems. If cache A sends a multicast message to caches B and C, and if cache B sends a message to cache C after receiving and processing the multicast message from cache A, the triangle ordering mechanism ensures that cache C processes the multicast message from cache A before processing the message from cache B. The triangle ordering mechanism enables efficient snoopy cache coherence in SMP systems in which caches communicate with each other via message-passing networks. A modified version of the triangle ordering mechanism categorizes coherence messages into non-overlapping sequencing classes, and ensures triangle ordering for coherence messages in the same sequencing class. The modified triangle ordering mechanism can significantly reduce potential performance degradation due to false waiting. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/989755 |
| ART UNIT | 2189 — AI & Simulation/Modeling |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/119 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343579 | Coxe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin L. Coxe (Boston, Massachusetts); Gary E. Galica (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for reconfigurable environmentally adaptive computing technology. An environmental signal representative of an external environmental condition is received. A processing configuration is automatically selected, based on the environmental signal, from a plurality of processing configurations. A reconfigurable processing element is reconfigured to operate according to the selected processing configuration. In some examples, the environmental condition is detected and the environmental signal is generated based on the detected condition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/999463 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343622 | Woodall |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Raytheon Company (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas R. Woodall (Valencia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A multi-level secure multi-processor computer architecture. The inventive architecture provides an inexpensive security solution for integrated avionics and includes a plurality of nodes. The nodes are connected via a switch in a network configuration over which data is routed using labels. The switch is controlled to facilitate secure communication of data between the nodes. In the illustrative embodiment, the network is a Fibre Channel network including plural switches in which a system manager node serves to control routing between nodes based on a security policy. Each node has a central processing unit. The system manager is implemented as a node and sets up routing tables for selective connection of the nodes via the switch. The label assignments are stored in Fibre Channel network interface cards disposed on each node. The system manager also sets up label routing tables that authorize the interconnection of selective nodes. The label routing tables are stored in the switch, which in the illustrative implementation is a crossbar switch having a plurality of switch protocol controllers and switch control units. The label assignments and label routing tables are stored in a label authorization table stored in the system manager. After a secure startup, the system allows for communication in accordance with a security policy between nodes to which trusted and/or untrusted hardware is connected and running under trusted and/or untrusted software applications. The software applications may run on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) operating systems. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 27, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/560301 |
| ART UNIT | 2135 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Information security 726/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ADA Technologies, Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bradley Delton Veatch (Westminster, Colorado); Joseph David Scott (Centennial, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A prehensor is provided comprising embodiments of a variable mechanical advantage mechanism, the prehensor including a first mechanical advantage for sizing an object, and a second mechanical advantage for gripping the object. Embodiments of the variable mechanical advantage mechanism include a brake assembly and multiple embodiments of a brakeless assembly. Additionally, multiple embodiments of a selectable voluntary opening/voluntary closing mechanism are provided, whereby a single prehensor can be switched back and forth between a voluntary closing mode and a voluntary opening mode. Additional embodiments include a safety clutch, an improved prehensor tendon, replaceable digits, and self decontaminating digits. |
| FILED | Friday, January 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/036084 |
| ART UNIT | 3652 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Handling: Hand and hoist-line implements 294/106 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341726 | Berzofsky et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay A. Berzofsky (Bethesda, Maryland); Pablo Sarobe (Pamplona, Spain); Stephen M. Feinstone (Washington, District of Columbia); Marian E. Major (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are an isolated peptide having the amino acid sequence DLMGYIPAV (SEQ ID NO: 1), an isolated HCV core polypeptide comprising an L→A substitution at amino acid position 139, an isolated HCV core polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and a fragment of an HCV core polypeptide having fewer amino acids than the entire HCV core polypeptide and comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1. Also provided are nucleic acids which encode the peptides and polypeptides of this invention, vectors comprising the nucleic acids of this invention and cells comprising the vectors and nucleic acids of this invention. Further provided are methods of producing an immune response in a subject and/or treating or preventing HCV infection in a subject, comprising administering to the subject, or to a cell of the subject, any of the compositions of this invention. |
| FILED | Friday, May 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/429670 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/189.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341756 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Chemat Technology, Inc. (Northridge, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jiankai Liu (Chartsworth, California); Yuhong Huang (West Hills, California); Ichiro Nishimura (Santa Monica, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method including forming a first coating layer derived from an alkoxide on a substrate having a dimension suitable for an implant and forming a second coating layer on the first coating layer that promotes osseointegration. An apparatus comprising a substrate having a dimension suitable as a medical or dental implant and a coating on a surface of a first coating layer derived from an alkoxide and a second coating layer that promotes osseointegration. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 22, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/360144 |
| ART UNIT | 3738 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/2.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341832 | Bunney, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William E. Bunney, Jr. (Laguna Beach, California); Edward G. Jones (Winters, California); Margherita Molnar (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides methods for diagnosing mental disorders. The invention also provides methods of identifying modulators of mental disorders as well as methods of using these modulators to treat patients suffering from mental disorders. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/649400 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341833 | Rundell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Maine Molecular Quality Controls, Inc. (Scarborough, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clark A. Rundell (Standish, Maine); Joan Gordon (Old Orchard Beach, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel nucleic acid reference standards comprising a nucleic acid comprising a known target sequence bound with a microparticulate binding agent where the binding agent includes liposomes, polyamines (e.g., nylon), siliceous compounds (e.g., silica gel, fumed silica, diatomaceous earth, glass particles, amine-modified silica, and the like), zeolites (e.g., low alumina zeolyte), polystyrene (e.g., amine-modified polystyrene, carboxy-polystyrene particles, and the like), chitin, chitosan, and combinations of these compounds. The reference standard is useful for use as a standard in any nucleic acid assay where the presence or absence of a nucleic acid of interest is being assessed. The reference standard is stable and provides a control for assessing whether the nucleic acid assay was performed properly. The invention further relates to methods of producing such reference standards and kits for using and producing the same pursuant to the teachings of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, October 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/970954 |
| 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 07341836 | Karpen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jeffrey W. Karpen (Portland, Oregon); Thomas C. Rich (Mobile, Alabama); Dermot M. F. Cooper (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom); Jerome Schaack (Denver, Colorado); Kent Fagan (Centennial, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides modified cyclic nucleotide gated (CNG) channels. In particularly preferred embodiments, the modified CNG channels exhibit increased sensitivity and specificity for cAMP, as compared to wild-type CNG channels. In additional embodiments, regulation by Ca2+-calmodulin has been removed in the modified CNG channels. Convenient optical methods for detecting changes in cAMP, taking advantage of the Ca2+ permeability of the channel are also provided by the present invention. In addition, electrophysiological methods are further provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 16, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/601408 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341840 | Serhan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles N. Serhan (Needham, Massachusetts); Makoto Arita (Brookline, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed to methods for the identification and uses of receptors that interact with anti-inflammatory compounds derived from eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The receptors are of the G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family, and are useful to screen candidate substances for anti-inflammatory activity, especially substances that are analogs of EPA. Such analogs are termed “resolvins”; and are typically di- and tri-hydroxy EPA analogs. One analog herein denoted Resolvin E1 was identified in humans and prepared by total synthesis. In nanomolar range Resolvin E1 reduces dermal inflammation, peritonitis, dendritic cells (DCs) migration and IL-12 production. Also described herein is a receptor denoted Reso ER1 that interacts with Resolvin E1 to attenuate cytokine induced activation of inflammatory pathways mediated by transcription factor (NF)-kB. Treatment of DCs with small-interfering RNA specific for ResoE1 eliminated the ligand's ability to regulate IL-12. Assays of anti-inflammatory activity based on these discoveries are also described. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/218281 |
| ART UNIT | 1646 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341867 | Rameshwar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Pranela Rameshwar (Maplewood, New Jersey); Pedro Gascon (Barcelona, Spain) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions and methods are provided for identifying novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of breast cancer, bone marrow metastasis, pain, arthritis, aggressive behavior, depression, and certain hematopoietic disorders. Disclosed are promoters and 3′ regulatory regions of genes whose expression differs in malignant cells as compared with non-malignant cells. These include PPT-I, NK-2 and SP-R. |
| FILED | Friday, July 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/628066 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/320.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341869 | Osborne et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William R. A. Osborne (Seattle, Washington); Nagarajan Ramesh (Santa Clara, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides an isolated population of cells containing an expressible nucleic acid encoding proinsulin containing a proinsulin cleavage site and a glucose-regulated expressible nucleic acid encoding a protease capable of cleaving the proinsulin cleavage site to produce insulin. The invention also provides an isolated population of cells which further express a hexosamine synthetic pathway enzyme. The invention additionally provides vectors containing an expressible nucleic acid encoding proinsulin containing a proinsulin cleavage site and a glucose-regulated expressible nucleic acid encoding a protease capable of cleaving the proinsulin cleavage site to produce insulin. The invention further provides a method of treating or preventing diabetes by implanting into an individual cells coexpressing proinsulin containing a proinsulin cleavage site and a glucose-regulated protease capable of cleaving the proinsulin cleavage site to produce insulin. |
| FILED | Monday, December 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/328813 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 07341871 | Kurachi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kotoku Kurachi (Ibaraki, Japan); Sumiko Kurachi (Ibaraki, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides nucleic acid sequences which regulate expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest. In particular, the invention provides nucleic acid sequences which regulate expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in an age-related manner and/or in a liver-specific manner. The invention further provides methods of using the regulatory nucleic acid sequences provided herein for age-related and/or liver-specific expression of nucleotides seuqences of interest. The invention also provides host cells and transgenic non-human animals which harbor the regulatory nucleic acid sequences of the invention. The compositions and methods of the invention are useful in regulating expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in an age-related and/or liver-specific manner. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/129861 |
| 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 | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/455 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342002 | Wu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tzyy-Choou Wu (Brookeville, Maryland); Chien-Fu Hung (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides compositions and methods for inducing and enhancing immune responses, such as antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses, using chimeric molecules comprising endoplasmic reticulum chaperone polypeptides and antigenic peptides. In particular, the invention provides compositions and methods for enhancing immune responses induced by polypeptides made in vivo by administered nucleic acid, such as naked DNA or expression vectors, encoding the chimeric molecules. The invention provides a method of inhibiting the growth of a tumor in an individual. The invention also provides novel self-replicating RNA virus constructs for enhancing immune responses induced by chimeric polypeptides made in vivo. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/343448 |
| 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 07342093 | Altieri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dario C. Altieri (Worcester, Massachusetts); Janet Plescia (Meriden, Connecticut); Whitney Salz (Acton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein are compounds that inhibit Hsp90 interactions with IAP proteins, such as Survivin, XIAP, cIAP1, or cIAP2, and methods for identifying and using such compounds. |
| FILED | Friday, July 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/187230 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/324 |
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| US 07342095 | Turkson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James Turkson (Tampa, Florida); Richard Jove (Tampa, Florida); Said M. Sebti (Tampa, Florida); Andrew D. Hamilton (Guildford, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | The subject invention concerns compositions and methods for blocking cancer cell growth or proliferation and/or inducing cancer cell death. Compositions of the present invention are peptidomimetics that inhibit STAT function. Peptidomimetics of the invention include compounds of the formula RY*L (where Y* represents phosphotyrosine), with the R group at the Y-1 position. Peptidomimetics of the invention disrupt Stat3 activation and function. Peptidomimetics of the invention significantly inhibit tumor cell growth and induce tumor cell death. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/784309 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/331 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342099 | Thorgeirsson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Snorri S. Thorgeirsson (Bethesda, Maryland); Joseph T. Woitach (North Bethesda, Maryland); Minghuang Zhang (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Nucleic acids that encode novel polypeptides, designated in the present application as “BOG” (B5T Over-expressed Gene) are provided. BOG binds to pRb and is over-expressed in a number transformed rat liver epithelial (RLE) cell lines resistant to the growth inhibitory effect of TGF-β1 as well as in primary liver tumors. Compositions including BOG chimeras, nucleic acids encoding BOG and antibodies to BOG are also provided. Methods of using BOG to modulate pRb-protein interactions and to alter cellular phenotype are further provided. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/772988 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — 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 07342111 | Lewin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Gainesville, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alfred S. Lewin (Gainesville, Florida); William Hauswirth (Gainesville, Florida); Xiaoping Qi (Gainesville, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are methods for the identification of novel genes involved in a variety of cellular processes, including retinal degeneration, retinal disease, cancer, memory and learning, amylotropic lateral sclerosis, and methods for the identification of the function of a variety of genes and gene fragments of unknown function. The genes thus identified, as well as the compositions used in the identification methods, are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, October 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/256607 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/24.500 |
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| US 07343193 | Block et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Walter Block (Madison, Wisconsin); Arjun Arunachalam (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A 3D projection reconstruction pulse sequence is employed during a CEMRA dynamic study to acquire a time course series of k-space data sets. Signals from non-vascular voxels are suppressed by reconstructing a corresponding series of low resolution images using the centers of the acquired k-space data sets, and measuring the degree to which the signal behavior of voxels therein differ from a model of unwanted signal. Signals from voxels which do not differ from the model are suppressed and the resulting filtered low resolution images are transformed back to k-space and combined with the originally acquired peripheral k-space data to form complete, filtered k-space data sets from which images may be reconstructed. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/772525 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
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| US 07343194 | Ferris et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Insight Neuroimaging Systems, LLC (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Craig F. Ferris (Holden, Massachusetts); Arthur C. Allard (Templeton, Massachusetts); Reinhold Ludwig (Paxton, Massachusetts); Gene Bogdanov (Manchester, Connecticut) |
| ABSTRACT | In one aspect, a restraining assembly for an awake animal within a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device is provided and includes a body restrainer having a first part and a second part that hold a body of the awake animal therebetween. The assembly is of a dual coil design in that it has a volume coil for generating an excitation RF signal and an RF surface coil for receiving an RF response from the animal. The assembly further includes components that serve to restrain movements of the animal, thereby eliminating motion artifacts during the MRI procedure. For example, the assembly preferably includes an adjustable hip holder that has a first section that seats against and applies a restraining force to a buttocks/hip area of the animal and a second section that is adjustably coupled to a pivoting member that is attached to the first section of the body restrainer such that the hip holder is adjustable in both a longitudinal direction along a length of the body restrainer and an up/down direction within the body restrainer between the first and second parts thereof. The pivoting member having features that permit the hip holder to be locked in a desired location so that a sufficient restraining force is applied the animal. |
| FILED | Tuesday, April 08, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/409625 |
| ART UNIT | 3737 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/415 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343202 | Mrva et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NDI Medical, LLC. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph J. Mrva (Euclid, Ohio); Robert B. Strother (Willoughby Hills, Ohio); Geoffrey B. Thrope (Shaker Heights, Ohio); Julie Grill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Maria Bennett (Lyndhurst, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods provide a stimulation electrode assembly comprising an elongated lead sized and configured to be implanted within an adipose tissue region. The lead includes an electrically conductive portion to apply electrical stimulation to nerve or muscle in the adipose tissue region and at least one expandable anchoring structure deployable from the lead to engage adipose tissue and resist dislodgment and/or migration of the electrically conductive portion within the adipose tissue region. |
| FILED | Friday, June 10, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/150419 |
| ART UNIT | 3766 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/41 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert May (Virginia Beach, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for determining the mobility of hydrogen as a function of temperature in superconducting niobium cavities comprising: 1) heating a cavity under test to remove free hydrogen; 2) introducing hydrogen-3 gas into the cavity; 3) cooling the cavity to allow absorption of hydrogen-3; and 4) measuring the amount of hydrogen-3 by: a) cooling the cavity to about 4° K while flowing a known and regulated amount of inert carrier gas such as argon or helium into the cavity; b) allowing the cavity to warm at a stable rate from 4° K to room temperature as it leaves the chamber; and c) directing the exit gas to an ion chamber radiation detector. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 09, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/270714 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07340938 | Li et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado); The United States of America as represented by The United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dongmei Li (Boulder, Colorado); J. William Medlin (Boulder, Colorado); Anthony H. McDaniel (Livermore, California); Robert J. Bastasz (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides hydrogen selective metal-insulator-semiconductor sensors which include a layer of hydrogen selective material. The hydrogen selective material can be polyimide layer having a thickness between 200 and 800 nm. Suitable polyimide materials include reaction products of benzophenone tetracarboxylic dianhydride 4,4-oxydianiline m-phenylene diamine and other structurally similar materials. |
| FILED | Friday, February 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/361310 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/23.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07340957 | Kaduchak et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory Kaduchak (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Greg Goddard (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Gary Salzman (White Rock, New Mexico); Dipen Sinha (Los Alamos, New Mexico); John C. Martin (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Christopher Kwiatkowski (Los Alamos, New Mexico); Steven Graves (San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention includes an apparatus and corresponding method for concentrating analytes within a fluid flowing through a tube using acoustic radiation pressure. The apparatus includes a function generator that outputs a radio frequency electrical signal to a transducer that transforms the radio frequency electric signal to an acoustic signal and couples the acoustic signal to the tube. The acoustic signal is converted within the tube to acoustic pressure that concentrates the analytes within the fluid. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/979065 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/570.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341222 | Reuel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Reuel (Rio Rancho, New Mexico); Troy A. Lionberger (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Paul C. Galambos (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Murat Okandan (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Michael S. Baker (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A MEMS-based micro-unmanned vehicle includes at least a pair of wings having leading wing beams and trailing wing beams, at least two actuators, a leading actuator beam coupled to the leading wing beams, a trailing actuator beam coupled to the trailing wing beams, a vehicle body having a plurality of fulcrums pivotally securing the leading wing beams, the trailing wing beams, the leading actuator beam and the trailing actuator beam and having at least one anisotropically etched recess to accommodate a lever-fulcrum motion of the coupled beams, and a power source. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/100592 |
| ART UNIT | 3641 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/11 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341651 | Regan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brian C. Regan (Oakland, California); Shaul Aloni (Albany, California); Alexander K. Zettl (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A mass transport method and device for individually delivering chargeable atoms or molecules from source particles is disclosed. It comprises a channel; at least one source particle of chargeable material fixed to the surface of the channel at a position along its length; a means of heating the channel; and a means for applying an controllable electric field along the channel, whereby the device transports the atoms or molecules along the channel in response to applied electric field. In a preferred embodiment, the mass transport device will comprise a multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWNT), although other one dimensional structures may also be used. The MWNT or other structure acts as a channel for individual or small collections of atoms due to the atomic smoothness of the material. Also preferred is a source particle of a metal such as indium. The particles move by dissociation into small units, in some cases, individual atoms. The particles are preferably less than 100 nm in size. |
| FILED | Monday, March 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/085397 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/450 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341709 | Barrio et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jorge R. Barrio (Agoura Hills, California); Andrej Petric (Ljubljana, Slovenia); Nagichettiar Satyamurthy (Los Angeles, California); Gary W. Small (Los Angeles, California); Gregory M. Cole (Santa Monica, California); Sung-Cheng Huang (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Compositions useful for labeling β-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are provided. The compositions comprises compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of —C(O)-alkyl, —C(O)-alkylenyl-R4, —C(O)O-alkyl, —C(O)O-alkylenyl-R4, —C═C(CN)2-alkyl, —C═C(CN)2-alkylenyl-R4, wherein R4 is a radical selected from the group consisting of alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl; R5 is a radical selected from the group consisting of —NH2, —OH, —SH, —NH-alkyl, —NHR4, —NH-alkylenyl-R4, —O-alkyl, —O-alkylenyl-R4, —S-alkyl, and —S-alkylenyl-R4; R6 is a radical selected from the group consisting of —CN, —COOH, —C(O)O-alkyl, —C(O)O-alkylenyl-R4, —C(O)-alkyl, —C(O)-alkylenyl-R4, —C(O)-halogen, —C(O)NH-alkyl, —C(O)NH-alkylenyl-R4 and —C(O)NH2; R7 is a radical selected from the group consisting of O, NH, and S; and R8 is N, O or S; and R2 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and alkylenyl-R10 and R3 is alkylenyl-R10, wherein R10 is selected from the group consisting of —OH, —OTs, halogen, spiperone, spiperone ketal, and spiperone-3-yl, or R2 and R3 together form a heterocyclic ring, optionally substituted with at least one radical selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxy, OH, OTs, halogen, alkyl-R10, carbonyl, spiperone, spiperone ketal and spiperone-3-yl, and further wherein one or more of the hydrogen, halogen or carbon atoms are optionally replaced with a radiolabel. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/680818 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.810 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341765 | Branagan et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel J. Branagan (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Timothy A. Hyde (Idaho Falls, Idaho); James R. Fincke (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention includes methods of forming a metallic coating on a substrate which contains silicon. A metallic glass layer is formed over a silicon surface of the substrate. The invention includes methods of protecting a silicon substrate. The substrate is provided within a deposition chamber along with a deposition target. Material from the deposition target is deposited over at least a portion of the silicon substrate to form a protective layer or structure which contains metallic glass. The metallic glass comprises iron and one or more of B, Si, P and C. The invention includes structures which have a substrate containing silicon and a metallic layer over the substrate. The metallic layer contains less than or equal to about 2 weight % carbon and has a hardness of at least 9.2 GPa. The metallic layer can have an amorphous microstructure or can be devitrified to have a nanocrystalline microstructure. |
| FILED | Friday, August 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/918287 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/597 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341927 | Atwater, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry A. Atwater, Jr. (So. Pasadena, California); James M. Zahler (Pasadena, California); Anna Fontcubera I Morral (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A heterostructure device layer is epitaxially grown on a virtual substrate, such as an InP/InGaAs/InP double heterostructure. A device substrate and a handle substrate form the virtual substrate. The device substrate is bonded to the handle substrate and is composed of a material suitable for fabrication of optoelectronic devices. The handle substrate is composed of a material suitable for providing mechanical support. The mechanical strength of the device and handle substrates is improved and the device substrate is thinned to leave a single-crystal film on the virtual substrate such as by exfoliation of a device film from the device substrate. An upper portion of the device film exfoliated from the device substrate is removed to provide a smoother and less defect prone surface for an optoelectronic device. A heterostructure is epitaxially grown on the smoothed surface in which an optoelectronic device may be fabricated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/004808 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/473 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342231 | Warburton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | William K. Warburton (Menlo Park, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William K. Warburton (Menlo Park, California); Hui Tan (Newark, California); Wolfgang Hennig (Fremont, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Pulse shape analysis determines if two radiations are in coincidence. A transducer is provided that, when it absorbs the first radiation produces an output pulse that is characterized by a shorter time constant and whose area is nominally proportional to the energy of the absorbed first radiation and, when it absorbs the second radiation produces an output pulse that is characterized by a longer time constant and whose area is nominally proportional to the energy of the absorbed second radiation. When radiation is absorbed, the output pulse is detected and two integrals are formed, the first over a time period representative of the first time constant and the second over a time period representative of the second time constant. The values of the two integrals are examined to determine whether the first radiation, the second radiation, or both were absorbed in the transducer, the latter condition defining a coincident event. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 27, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/426762 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342311 | Krulevitch et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Peter A. Krulevitch (Pleasanton, California); Mariam N. Maghribi (Livermore, California); William J. Benett (Livermore, California); Julie K. Hamilton (Tracy, California); Klint A. Rose (Mt. View, California); James Courtney Davidson (Livermore, California); Mark S. Strauch (Livermore, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A peel and stick electronic system comprises a silicone body, and at least one electronic unit operatively connected to the silicone body. The electronic system is produce by providing a silicone layer on a substrate, providing a metal layer on the silicone layer, and providing at least one electronic unit connected to the metal layer. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/326967 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/730 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342323 | Avagliano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aaron Avagliano (Clifton Park, New York); James Patrick Francis Lyons (Niskayuna, New York); Corneliu Barbu (Guilderland, New York); Shashikanth Suryanarayanan (Mumbai, India) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for controlling power output of a wind turbine generator in response to an anticipated change in wind speed is provided. The method includes sensing wind speed at a desired distance from the wind turbine generator in a direction of the wind. The method further includes controlling pitch of a blade of the wind turbine generator based upon sensed transient wind speed in advance of a change in wind speed at the wind turbine generator. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239792 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342757 | Huang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xianrui Huang (Clifton Park, New York); Kiruba Haran Sivasubramaniam (Clifton Park, New York); James William Bray (Niskayuna, New York); David Thomas Ryan (Niskayuna, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for protecting a superconductor from a quench condition. A quench protection system is provided to protect the superconductor from damage due to a quench condition. The quench protection system comprises a voltage detector operable to detect voltage across the superconductor. The system also comprises a frequency filter coupled to the voltage detector. The frequency filter is operable to couple voltage signals to a control circuit that are representative of a rise in superconductor voltage caused by a quench condition and to block voltage signals that are not. The system is operable to detect whether a quench condition exists in the superconductor based on the voltage signal received via the frequency filter and to initiate a protective action in response. |
| FILED | Monday, June 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/878589 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/23 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342988 | Leung et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ka-Ngo Leung (Hercules, California); Tak Pui Lou (Berkeley, California); Jani Reijonen (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A neutron tube or generator is based on a RF driven plasma ion source having a quartz or other chamber surrounded by an external RF antenna. A deuterium or mixed deuterium/tritium (or even just a tritium) plasma is generated in the chamber and D or D/T (or T) ions are extracted from the plasma. A neutron generating target is positioned so that the ion beam is incident thereon and loads the target. Incident ions cause D-D or D-T (or T-T) reactions which generate neutrons. Various embodiments differ primarily in size of the chamber and position and shape of the neutron generating target. Some neutron generators are small enough for implantation in the body. The target may be at the end of a catheter-like drift tube. The target may have a tapered or conical surface to increase target surface area. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/360245 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Induced nuclear reactions: Processes, systems, and elements 376/108 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Bernard Wiesen (Great Neck, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention relates to novel reciprocating shuttle inlet valves, effective with every type of two-cycle engine, from small high-speed single cylinder model engines, to large low-speed multiple cylinder engines, employing spark or compression ignition. Also permitting the elimination of out-of-phase piston arrangements to control scavenging and supercharging of opposed-piston engines. The reciprocating shuttle inlet valve (32) and its operating mechanism (34) is constructed as a single and simple uncomplicated member, in combination with the lost-motion abutments, (46) and (48), formed in a piston skirt, obviating the need for any complex mechanisms or auxiliary drives, unaffected by heat, friction, wear or inertial forces. The reciprocating shuttle inlet valve retains the simplicity and advantages of two-cycle engines, while permitting an increase in volumetric efficiency and performance, thereby increasing the range of usefulness of two-cycle engines into many areas that are now dominated by the four-cycle engine. |
| FILED | Friday, July 14, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/486460 |
| ART UNIT | 3747 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Internal-combustion engines 123/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341883 | Park 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) | Yeonjoon Park (Yorktown, Virginia); Sang H. Choi (Poquoson, Virginia); Glen C. King (Yorktown, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A silicon germanium (SiGe) semiconductive alloy is grown on a substrate of single crystalline Al2O3. A {111} crystal plane of a cubic diamond structure SiGe is grown on the substrate's {0001} C-plane such that a <110> orientation of the cubic diamond structure SiGe is aligned with a <1,0,−1,0> orientation of the {0001} C-plane. A lattice match between the substrate and the SiGe is achieved by using a SiGe composition that is 0.7223 atomic percent silicon and 0.2777 atomic percent germanium. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/242415 |
| ART UNIT | 2823 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/46 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341927 | Atwater, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry A. Atwater, Jr. (So. Pasadena, California); James M. Zahler (Pasadena, California); Anna Fontcubera I Morral (Paris, France) |
| ABSTRACT | A heterostructure device layer is epitaxially grown on a virtual substrate, such as an InP/InGaAs/InP double heterostructure. A device substrate and a handle substrate form the virtual substrate. The device substrate is bonded to the handle substrate and is composed of a material suitable for fabrication of optoelectronic devices. The handle substrate is composed of a material suitable for providing mechanical support. The mechanical strength of the device and handle substrates is improved and the device substrate is thinned to leave a single-crystal film on the virtual substrate such as by exfoliation of a device film from the device substrate. An upper portion of the device film exfoliated from the device substrate is removed to provide a smoother and less defect prone surface for an optoelectronic device. A heterostructure is epitaxially grown on the smoothed surface in which an optoelectronic device may be fabricated. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/004808 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/473 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341932 | Aslam 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) | Shahid Aslam (Washington, District of Columbia); David Franz (Pasadena, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Pt/n−GaN Schottky barrier diodes are disclosed that are particularly suited to serve as ultra-violet sensors operating at wavelengths below 200 nm. The Pt/n−GaN Schottky barrier diodes have very large active areas, up to 1 cm2, which exhibit extremely low leakage current at low reverse biases. Very large area Pt/n−GaN Schottky diodes of sizes 0.25 cm2 and 1 cm2 have been fabricated from n−/n+ GaN epitaxial layers grown by vapor phase epitaxy on single crystal c-plane sapphire, which showed leakage currents of 14 pA and 2.7 nA, respectively for the 0.25 cm2 and 1 cm2 diodes both configured at a 0.5V reverse bias. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/251531 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/570 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342457 | Hajimiri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seyed-Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California); Scott D. Kee (Dana Point, California); Ichiro Aoki (San Clemente, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cross-differential amplifier is provided. The cross-differential amplifier includes an inductor connected to a direct current power source at a first terminal. A first and second switch, such as transistors, are connected to the inductor at a second terminal. A first and second amplifier are connected at their supply terminals to the first and second switch. The first and second switches are operated to commutate the inductor between the amplifiers so as to provide an amplified signal while limiting the ripple voltage on the inductor and thus limiting the maximum voltage imposed across the amplifiers and switches. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/638639 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/297 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343539 | Divsalar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dariush Divsalar (Pacific Palisades, California); Aliazam Abbasfar (Cupertino, California); Christopher R. Jones (Pacific Palisades, California); Samuel J. Dolinar (Sunland, California); Jeremy C. Thorpe (Redlands, California); Kenneth S. Andrews (Pasadena, California); Kung Yao (Sherman Oaks, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus and method for encoding low-density parity check codes. Together with a repeater, an interleaver and an accumulator, the apparatus comprises a precoder, thus forming accumulate-repeat-accumulate (ARA codes). Protographs representing various types of ARA codes, including AR3A, AR4A and ARJA codes, are described. High performance is obtained when compared to the performance of current repeat-accumulate (RA) or irregular-repeat-accumulate (IRA) codes. |
| FILED | Friday, June 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/166040 |
| ART UNIT | 2112 — Computer Error Control, Reliability, & Control Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery 714/755 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343579 | Coxe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Physical Sciences (Andover, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robin L. Coxe (Boston, Massachusetts); Gary E. Galica (Medford, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for reconfigurable environmentally adaptive computing technology. An environmental signal representative of an external environmental condition is received. A processing configuration is automatically selected, based on the environmental signal, from a plurality of processing configurations. A reconfigurable processing element is reconfigured to operate according to the selected processing configuration. In some examples, the environmental condition is detected and the environmental signal is generated based on the detected condition. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/999463 |
| ART UNIT | 2825 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor masks 716/16 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank William Hage (Boulder, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | A precipitation measurement device measures a precipitation rate of falling precipitation. A first probe is exposed to the falling precipitation. A first temperature sensor detects a first probe temperature. A second probe is shielded from the falling precipitation. A second temperature sensor detects a second probe temperature. A heating element heats the first probe and the second probe when turned on, but not when turned off. After being heated and when the heating element is turned off, the first probe cools at a first temperature drop rate, and the second probe cools at a second temperature drop rate. Circuitry processes a difference between the first temperature drop rate and the second temperature drop rate to determine the precipitation rate of the falling precipitation. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/594452 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/170.170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07340956 | Deb et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nilmoni Deb (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); Ronald D. Shawn Blanton (Sewickley, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and method for producing and comparing signals from various points in a MEMS device. By producing signals which should be of substantial identical characteristics, deviations from the situation where the signals are of identical characteristics can be used to identify various types of asymmetry which are otherwise difficult to detect. In one embodiment, the MEMS device is comprised of a plurality of fixed beams arranged symmetrically and a plurality of movable beams arranged symmetrically. A first sensor is formed by certain of the fixed and movable beams while a second sensor, electrically isolated from said first sensor, is formed by at least certain other of the fixed and movable beams. The first and second sensors are located within the MEMS device so as to produce signals of substantially identical characteristics. A circuit is responsive to the first and second sensors for comparing the signals produced by the first and second sensors. In addition to the apparatus, methods of performing a self test are also disclosed, which may be performed in real time. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/370818 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/514.320 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341972 | Jensen |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Anton W. Jensen (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to novel singlet oxygen catalysts useful for the production of specialty chemicals. The catalysts include a core material selected from amine coated polymeric beads, amine coated glass beads and multi-generational dendrimers to which condensed carbon molecules are bonded. These catalysts may in turn give rise to other solid phase heterogeneous catalysts useful for stereoselective or regioselective reactions, by way of non-limiting example. |
| FILED | Monday, October 18, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/967823 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Catalyst, solid sorbent, or support therefor: Product or process of making 52/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341998 | Gilly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William F. Gilly (Pacific Grove, California); Zora Neofitovic-Lebaric (Carmel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel conotoxin polypeptide and polynucleotide sequences are provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 10, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/382679 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/12 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342346 | Kim et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jongbaeg Kim (Richmond, California); Liwei Lin (Castro Valley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A microfabricated actuator of the vertical comb-drive (AVC) type or staggered vertical comb-drive type for torsional or linear applications includes torsion springs which permit self-aligned deformation of the device (micromirror) structure of the actuator through the heating of the torsional springs to plasticity. The torsional springs can include perpendicular-beam springs or double folded beams which allow axial movement of the spring when heated. Heating of the springs can be by bulk heating of the actuator structure or by Joule heating to the torsional springs by passing an electrical current therethrough. |
| FILED | Monday, May 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/381035 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical generator or motor structure 310/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343136 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Liu (Champaign, Illinois); Jonathan Engel (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for detecting environmental conditions for a structure or article. The apparatus comprises one or more sensors for sensing conditions at the component or articles and producing one or more signals and a wireless transmitter for wirelessly transmitting data based on the one or more signals to a remote device. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/866318 |
| ART UNIT | 2617 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/66.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07341663 | Offeman 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) | Richard D. Offeman (Pinole, California); George H. Robertson (Danville, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a filtering and chemical separation device that performs the operations of solvent extraction and pervaporation in a single piece of equipment, configured as a spiral-wound membrane module, and provides for the replenishment of the solvent in the supported liquid membrane while the module continues in operation. It provides a solution to the problem of separating miscible compounds efficiently and with low energy requirements. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/016064 |
| ART UNIT | 1723 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/321.760 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07341860 | Curtiss, III et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri); AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc. (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roy Curtiss, III (St. Louis, Missouri); Steven A. Tinge (Belleville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | We describe a regulated antigen delivery system (RADS) that has (a) a vector that includes (1) a gene encoding a desired gene product operably linked to a control sequence, (2) an origin of replication conferring vector replication using DNA polymerase III, and (3) an origin of replication conferring vector replication using DNA polymerase I, where the second origin of replication is operably linked to a control sequence that is repressible by a repressor. The RADS microorganism also has a gene encoding a repressor, operably linked to an activatible control sequence. The RADS described provide high levels of the desired gene product after repression of the high copy number origin of replication is lifted. The RADS are particularly useful as live bacterial vaccines. Also described is a delayed RADS system, in which there is a delay before the high copy number origin is expressed after the repression is lifted. The delayed RADS is also particularly useful for live bacterial vaccines. Also described are several control elements useful for these systems, as well as methods for providing immunity to a pathogen in a vertebrate immunized with the RADS microorganisms. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/924574 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/252.300 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07341410 | Hill et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Foster-Miller, Inc. (Waltham, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wayne S. Hill (Westborough, Massachusetts); Bruce N. Barck (Franklin, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A dynamical instrument for machining comprising a sensor responsive to a non-rotating part of a machine proximate the tool of the machine for outputting a vibration signal, and a processor responsive to the sensor output configured to calculate a plurality of signature quantities which characterize the dynamics of the vibration signal and correlate the signature quantities to detect parameters associated with the operation of the machine. |
| FILED | Monday, March 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/385398 |
| ART UNIT | 3722 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Gear cutting, milling, or planing 49/234 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342738 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Imation Corp. (Oakdale, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James S. Anderson (Hugo, Minnesota); Todd W. Abrahamson (Woodbury, Minnesota); Saeed A. Fahimi (Bloomington, Minnesota); Richard E. Jewett (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Christopher A. Merton (Hammond, Wisconsin); Joseph Skorjanec (White Bear Lake, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | The Invention Provides a Positioning System for a Linear Data Storage Medium, Such as magnetic tape or other data storage medium in which data is stored on parallel data tracks that extend along a length of the medium. The invention makes use of multiple actuators to control the positioning of sliders carrying read and write elements, e.g., separate sliders carrying the read and write elements, relative to the data storage medium with multiple degrees of freedom. The multiple degrees of freedom may include two or more of a vertical position, a horizontal position, a transverse position, an azimuth position, a zenith position, and a yaw position. In this manner, the invention can improve head-to-track alignment of read heads and write heads with linear data storage systems having very small track pitches, such as track pitches approximately 1 micron and especially less than 1 micron. |
| FILED | Friday, October 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/584019 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/77.120 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
| US 07340811 | Anderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Richard C. Anderson (Grand Blanc, Michigan); Robert Lindholme (Rock Island, Illinois); Fred Bowers (East Moline, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A pivoting casket carrier incoludes a pivoting bed having a predefined length and width. The bed includes a plurality of rollers disposed substantially transverse to the length of the bed for facilitating removal and placement of a casket on the bed. A pivoting mechanism is operatively connected to the bed to allow a predetermined degree of rotation of the bed about a central axis of the pivoting mechanism. A locking system is operatively coupled to the pivoting mechanism to enable operation of the pivoting mechanism to allow rotation of the bed when the locking system is in a first disengaged position, and disable operation of the pivoting mechanism to prevent rotation of the bed when the locking system is in a second engaged position. |
| FILED | Wednesday, June 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/147240 |
| ART UNIT | 3677 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Undertaking 027/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
| US 07341667 | Kennard et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | MAR Systems, LLC (Cleveland, Ohio); The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Claude Kennard (Beachwood, Ohio); Michael A. Gonzalez (Wyoming, Ohio); David C. Szlag (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the use of used alumina to reduce the level of inorganic contaminants, such as mercury and arsenic, from waste fluid streams. The invention further provides a process for reducing the level of mercury or arsenic in fluid streams by contacting the fluid stream with used alumina, such as used Claus catalyst. |
| FILED | Friday, October 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/976519 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Liquid purification or separation 210/688 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Non-Profit Organization (NPO)
| US 07342457 | Hajimiri et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Seyed-Ali Hajimiri (Pasadena, California); Scott D. Kee (Dana Point, California); Ichiro Aoki (San Clemente, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A cross-differential amplifier is provided. The cross-differential amplifier includes an inductor connected to a direct current power source at a first terminal. A first and second switch, such as transistors, are connected to the inductor at a second terminal. A first and second amplifier are connected at their supply terminals to the first and second switch. The first and second switches are operated to commutate the inductor between the amplifiers so as to provide an amplified signal while limiting the ripple voltage on the inductor and thus limiting the maximum voltage imposed across the amplifiers and switches. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/638639 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/297 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07341833 | Rundell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Maine Molecular Quality Controls, Inc. (Scarborough, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Clark A. Rundell (Standish, Maine); Joan Gordon (Old Orchard Beach, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to novel nucleic acid reference standards comprising a nucleic acid comprising a known target sequence bound with a microparticulate binding agent where the binding agent includes liposomes, polyamines (e.g., nylon), siliceous compounds (e.g., silica gel, fumed silica, diatomaceous earth, glass particles, amine-modified silica, and the like), zeolites (e.g., low alumina zeolyte), polystyrene (e.g., amine-modified polystyrene, carboxy-polystyrene particles, and the like), chitin, chitosan, and combinations of these compounds. The reference standard is useful for use as a standard in any nucleic acid assay where the presence or absence of a nucleic acid of interest is being assessed. The reference standard is stable and provides a control for assessing whether the nucleic acid assay was performed properly. The invention further relates to methods of producing such reference standards and kits for using and producing the same pursuant to the teachings of the invention. |
| FILED | Friday, October 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/970954 |
| 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 |
U.S. State Government
| US D564173 | Phillips |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Inhomevations, a Limited Liability Company of the state of Utah (Whittier, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sandra Phillips (La Habra Heights, California) |
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| FILED | Friday, January 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 29/271841 |
| ART UNIT | 2911 — Design |
| CURRENT CPC | Material or article handling equipment D34/27 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Government Rights Acknowledged
| US 07341221 | Wilson |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Sectretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Wilson (Middletown, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method for performing attitude determination for projectiles comprises a projectile; a plurality of magnetometers arranged orthogonally to one another in the projectile, wherein the plurality of magnetometers are adapted to take first flight vector measurements of the projectile; a plurality of angular rate sensors in the projectile and proximate to the plurality of magnetometers, wherein the plurality of angular rate sensors are adapted to take second flight vector measurements of the projectile; a digital signal processor adapted to combine the first and second flight vector measurements to estimate Euler angles associated with a position of the projectile; and a calculator adapted to determine an attitude of the projectile based on the estimated Euler angles. Preferably, the plurality of magnetometers comprises three magnetometers aligned within the projectile, and wherein a first one of the magnetometers is aligned with a spin axis of the projectile. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/193986 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Aeronautics and astronautics 244/3.210 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342229 | Reiss |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Smart Transitions, LLC (Oakton, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Keith W. Reiss (Fairfax, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A spectrometer energizes a solid state oscillator to generate a submillimeter wave and to sweep a predetermined band of frequency. The submillimeter wave is introduced into a sample cell that contains a gas, and frequency markers are electrically generated during the sweep. Outputs of a solid state detector disposed in the sample cell are read and recorded as a function of time and with the frequency markers. The recorded outputs of the solid state detector are converted into a function of frequency using the recorded frequency markers. |
| FILED | Friday, June 27, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/607572 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/339.130 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07342456 | Allen, legal representative et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northrop Grumman Corporation (Los Angeles, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Janice Allen, legal representative (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); David Brunone (Rancho Palos Verdes, California); Alex Chau (Rancho Palos Verdes, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems are disclosed for providing a DC-bias network for a RF distributed amplifier. One embodiment may include a DC-bias network comprising a planar substrate having an input port configured to receive a DC input signal and provide a DC bias at an output port, a microstrip line mounted to the planar substrate and interconnecting the input port and the output port, and a plurality of RF resonators coupled to the microstrip line. Each of the plurality of RF resonators are configured to provide a substantially constant impedance for a respective portion of the frequency band of the RF signal. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 19, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/406777 |
| ART UNIT | 2817 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Amplifiers 330/296 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
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