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Patent Details for Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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| US 07343725 | Kendall |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald H. Kendall (Chassell, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A debris cutting system for attachment to a vehicle. The system includes a nose shaped projection that extends horizontally in the forward direction from the forward moving end of the vehicle. The projection includes a front blade mount subsystem, a pair of rear blade mount subsystems, and left and right blades that are mounted within the front blade mount subsystem and respective ones of the rear blade mount subsystems. Each blade has a respective blade front, blade rear and teeth. The front blade mount subsystem provides vertical movement at the front of the blades, the rear blade mount subsystems provide vertical and longitudinal movement at the rear of the blades such that cutting of debris is enhanced and potential damage to the blades is reduced as the vehicle moves forward. |
| FILED | Monday, June 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/482299 |
| ART UNIT | 3671 — Wells, Earth Boring/Moving/Working, Excavating, Mining, Harvesters, Bridges, Roads, Petroleum, Closures, Connections, and Hardware |
| CURRENT CPC | Harvesters 056/12.700 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07343861 | 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 | An infrared emitting device produces a certain heat emission. The device has a heat source for generating a specific amount of heat for heating inert material to a given temperature and expelling this heated material to form a cloud. The heated inert material produces an infrared emission for anti-missile operations. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/141604 |
| 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 07344262 | Greywall |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis S. Greywall (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | An array of high fill factor mirrors has each mirror be coupled across two deformable spring bars that are deformed using a drive. The two deformable springs are parallel to each other, and coupled together, e.g., by a cross bar. A support is coupled at one end to the cross bar and at its opposite end to the mirror. Coupled across the deformable spring bars on the opposite side thereof from the mirror support, is at least one moveable drive plate. Motion by the moveable drive plate causes the deformable spring bars to torque, e.g., in the local vicinity of the connection of the drive plate to the deformable spring bars. The torque causes the deformable spring bars to move downward, e.g., near their centers. As a result, cross bar, and hence the mirror, move downward. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/953960 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Aeronautics, Agriculture, Fishing, Trapping, Vermin Destroying, Plant and Animal Husbandry, Weaponry, Nuclear Systems, and License and Review |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/849 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344686 | Poshusta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mesoscopic Devices, Inc. (Broomfield, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Joseph C. Poshusta (Broomfield, Colorado); Jerry L. Martin (Superior, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | Fuel is desulfurized with a rapid cycle desulfurization-regeneration method and apparatus. Regeneratable mass separating agents, including metals supported on high surface area materials, are used in a plurality of beds that are rotated into, through, and out of a desulfurization series and a regeneration series by valves and plumbing, which can include a rotary valve apparatus. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 07, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/961480 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/190 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344751 | Bruno et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ferdinando Bruno (Andover, Massachusetts); Lynne A. Samuelson (Marlborough, Massachusetts); Ramaswamy Nagarajan (Dracut, Massachusetts); Jayant Kumar (Westford, Massachusetts); Michael Sennett (Sudbury, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | An assembled hematin is formed by depositing hematin on an electrically charged substrate in one or more layers alternating with one or more layers of polyelectrolyte, preferably a cationic polymer. In a method for polymerizing an aromatic monomer, the assembled hematin is contacted with the monomer and a template, preferably an anionic polymer. In a method for polymerizing aniline, the aniline, sulfonated multi walled carbon nano tubes, PEG hematin and a reaction initiator are dispersed in water. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/111570 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/80 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344756 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Hua Zhang (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating scanning probe microscopy (SPM) probes is disclosed. The probes are fabricated by forming a structural layer on a substrate, wherein the substrate forms a cavity. A sacrificial layer is located between the substrate and the structural layer. Upon forming the structural layer, the sacrificial layer is selectively removed, and the probe is then released from the substrate. The substrate may then later be reused to form additional probes. Additionally, a contact printing method using a scanning probe microscopy probe is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/671381 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344760 | Heffner 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) | Kenneth H. Heffner (Largo, Florida); Charles W. Reed (Blacksburg, Virginia); David M. File (Lyons, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making a wear-resistant electrically conductive body having an electrically conductive diamond-like carbon coating, by ion-accelerating copper ions from a copper ion source onto a negatively charged electrically conductive body, and simultaneously ion-accelerating diamond-like carbon ions from a separate carbon ion source onto the negatively charged electrically conductive body. Also a dual ion-beam process for depositing a wear-resistant diamond-like carbon coating on a negatively charged electrically conductive surface by using an ion-beam to stabilize ionized carbon atoms that have been ion-accelerated onto the negatively charged electrically conductive surface. |
| FILED | Friday, September 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/662162 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/523 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344847 | Hunt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan J. Hunt (Plymouth, Michigan); Lingjie J. Guo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeremy Damon Hoff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Li-Jing Cheng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Edgar Meyhofer (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A support for immobilizing target molecules comprises a substrate having a plurality of binding regions for binding select target molecules, with target-molecule-capturing agent immobilized at the binding regions. The binding regions are intersperse among other non-binding regions. The binding regions are of sub-micron size, have high selectivity and high binding capacity, and prevent or at least minimize loss of target molecule activity. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/066804 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344887 | Salem et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Aliasger Karimjee Salem (Coralville, Iowa); Kam W. Leong (Ellicott City, Maryland); Peter Charles Searson (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention is predicated on the present applicants' discovery that nanostructures comprising discrete regions of different composition can be used to deliver to a biological cell a desired combination of molecules in close proximity. Different molecules can be selectively bonded to discrete regions of different composition in sufficiently close physical relationship to enhance delivery or effectiveness within the cell. The preferred nanostructures are multicomponent nanorods. Important applications include delivery of missing DNA sequences for gene therapy and delivery of antigens or DNA encoding antigens for vaccination. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 24, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/875543 |
| ART UNIT | 1636 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/459 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344982 | Goswami et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jaydeb Goswami (Boise, Idaho); Sandwip Kumar Dey (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical vapor deposition reaction system converts a reactant precursor, which includes the metal Ruthenium, to a vapor during a chemical reaction in order to deposit the metal on a semiconductor wafer. The reactant precursor is Bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionato)(1,5-cyclooctadiene)Ru. An energy source provides energy to the reaction chamber to induce the chemical reaction. A controllable metering system alternatively supplies the precursor and oxygen to the reaction chamber. The precursor is supplied into the reaction chamber during a first phase and the oxygen is supplied into the reaction chamber during a second phase, which is non-overlapping with the first phase. A first pump/valve provides the precursor to the reaction chamber, and a second pump/valve provides the oxygen to the reaction chamber, each in response to a controller. The Ruthenium is selectively deposited on oxide sites patterned on a surface of the semiconductor wafer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/996591 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/680 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345002 | Schaper |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles Daniel Schaper (Union City, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the duplication of microscopic patterns from a master to a substrate is disclosed, in which a replica of a topographic structure on a master is formed and transferred when needed onto a receiving substrate using one of a variety of printing or imprint techniques, and then dissolved. Additional processing steps can also be carried out using the replica before transfer, including the formation of nanostructures, microdevices, or portions thereof. These structures are then also transferred onto the substrate when the replica is transferred, and remain on the substrate when the replica is dissolved. This is a technique that can be applied as a complementary process or a replacement for various lithographic processing steps in the fabrication of integrated circuits and other microdevices. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/974302 |
| ART UNIT | 2818 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/782 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345150 | Assaly et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Medical University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ragheb A. Assaly (Sylvania, Ohio); J. David Dignam (Perrysburg, Ohio); Joseph I. Shapiro (Toledo, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A composition comprising an albumin-based colloid composition having at least one protected thiol region, method of making the same, and method for use, including treating hypovolemic conditions such as capillary leak syndrome and shock, are disclosed. The composition also is modified with an indicator reagent such as chromophores. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/258646 |
| ART UNIT | 1656 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/362 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345277 | Zhang |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Evan Zhang (Centerville, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Evan Y. W. Zhang (Beavercreek, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | An infrared imaging device combines two sensors, each sensor sensitive to a different spectral range of infrared radiation. Both sensors are combined in a single camera sharing one of three common optical apertures, thus parallax is eliminated between the sensors. Further, a display device is aligned along an optical axis in common with the camera eliminating parallax between the display and camera. Images from the first sensor, the second sensor, or both sensors may be viewed optically and/or electronically. The device is handheld, or mountable on a headgear such as a helmet. When mounted on headgear, the display is viewable by directing the operator's gaze upward, thus the display does not interfere with an operator's straight and downward sight. The image can be sent to a remote display by a wireless transceiver, and waterproof, fireproof, vibration/impact resistance, and hot/cold weather resistance are achieved using a high strength plastic enclosure with foam insert. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 08, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/925059 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345284 | Tümer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NWA R and D, Inc (Riverside, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tümay O. Tümer (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high sensitivity, three-dimensional gamma ray detection and imaging system is provided. The system uses the Compton double scatter technique with recoil electron tracking. The system preferably includes two detector subassemblies; a silicon microstrip hodoscope and a calorimeter. In this system the incoming photon Compton scatters in the hodoscope. The second scatter layer is the calorimeter where the scattered gamma ray is totally absorbed. The recoil electron in the hodoscope is tracked through several detector planes until it stops. The x and y position signals from the first two planes of the electron track determine the direction of the recoil electron while the energy loss from all planes determines the energy of the recoil electron. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/349115 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345286 | Picone |
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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) | J. Michael Picone (Falls Church, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a system and method for retrieving ionospheric parameters from dayside disk-viewing measurements of an ultraviolet emission within the upper atmospheric airglow. The invention may provide nowcasting and forecasting information of the ionosphere, which is important for ultraviolet communications. |
| FILED | Monday, December 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/566634 |
| ART UNIT | 4176 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/372 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345310 | Agarwal et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Anant K. Agarwal (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); Sumithra Krishnaswami (Morrisville, North Carolina); Sei-Hyung Ryu (Cary, North Carolina); D. Craig Capell (Durham, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | A bipolar junction transistor (BJT) includes a silicon carbide (SiC) collector layer of first conductivity type, an epitaxial silicon carbide base layer of second conductivity type on the silicon carbide collector layer, and an epitaxial silicon carbide emitter mesa of the first conductivity type on the epitaxial silicon carbide base layer. An epitaxial silicon carbide passivation layer of the first conductivity type is provided on at least a portion of the epitaxial silicon carbide base layer outside the silicon carbide emitter mesa. The epitaxial silicon carbide passivation layer can be configured to fully deplete at zero device bias. Related fabrication methods also are disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/315672 |
| ART UNIT | 2815 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/77 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345327 | Welser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kopin Corporation (Taunton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger E. Welser (Providence, Rhode Island); Paul M. DeLuca (Providence, Rhode Island); Charles R. Lutz (Seekonk, Massachusetts); Kevin S. Stevens (Providence, Rhode Island); Noren Pan (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor material which has a high carbon dopant concentration includes gallium, indium, arsenic and nitrogen. The disclosed semiconductor materials have a low sheet resistivity because of the high carbon dopant concentrations obtained. The material can be the base layer of gallium arsenide-based heterojunction bipolar transistors and can be lattice-matched to gallium arsenide emitter and/or collector layers by controlling concentrations of indium and nitrogen in the base layer. The base layer can have a graded band gap that is formed by changing the flow rates during deposition of III and V additive elements employed to reduce band gap relative to different III-V elements that represent the bulk of the layer. The flow rates of the III and V additive elements maintain an essentially constant doping-mobility product value during deposition and can be regulated to obtain pre-selected base-emitter voltages at junctions within a resulting transistor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/969804 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345331 | Ramer 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) | Orville G. Ramer (Los Angles, California); Stuart C. Billette (Tigard, Oregon) |
| ABSTRACT | A ferroelectric capacitor circuit for sensing hydrogen gas having a closed integrated circuit package, a ferroelectric capacitor within the closed integrated circuit package, the ferroelectric capacitor having a bismuth oxide based ferroelectric layer being able to absorb hydrogen gas that is within the closed integrated circuit package, absorbed hydrogen gas chemically reducing a portion of the bismuth oxide based ferroelectric layer into bismuth metal, the ferroelectric capacitor having a ferroelectric voltage, the ferroelectric voltage having a voltage strength, and means for measuring a decrease in the voltage strength of the ferroelectric voltage of the ferroelectric capacitor. |
| FILED | Friday, September 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/239459 |
| ART UNIT | 2891 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/296 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345475 | Takeuchi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ichiro Takeuchi (Berwyn Heights, Maryland); Manfred R. Wuttig (Silver Spring, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An ultrasensitive room temperature magnetoelectric thin film magnetometer is fabricated on a cantilever beam and includes an active magnetoelectric multilayer structure having a plurality of thin films formed at a region defined on the cantilever beam. Upon application of a magnetic field, the active magnetoelectric structure generates a corresponding response of an electrical nature which is a measure of a value of the applied magnetic field. The material of the cantilever beam may be removed beneath the active magnetoelectric multilayer structure to form a freestanding modification of the magnetometer with superior sensitivity. The active magnetoelectric multilayer structure is either a bi-layer structure which includes a piezoactive (piezoelectric and/or piezoresistive) thin film deposited in contact with a magnetostrictive thin film or a tri-layer active structure (in the free-standing implementation) including a piezoactive thin film sandwiched between a pair of magnetostrictive thin films. |
| FILED | Friday, March 16, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/687451 |
| ART UNIT | 2862 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/249 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345610 | Sun et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kae-Oh Sun (Madison, Wisconsin); Daniel Warren van der Weide (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | A digital-to-analog converter supporting high speed operation is defined. The converter includes a plurality of sampler circuits in electrical communication with a digital signal source and a summation circuit in electrical communication with the plurality of sampler circuits. A sampler circuit of the plurality of sampler circuits is adapted to sample a bit of a plurality of bits from the digital signal source with a half-sinusoidal signal forming a sampled signal. The sampler may include a plurality of diodes and a sinusoidal signal source. The sinusoidal signal source toggles the plurality of diodes on and off thereby forming the sampled signal at a sampler output port. The summation circuit is adapted to combine the sampled signal from each of the plurality of sampler circuits to form an analog signal portion representative of the plurality of bits. Exemplary summation circuits include an R-2R resistance ladder and a Wilkinson power combiner. |
| FILED | Monday, June 12, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/451205 |
| ART UNIT | 2819 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coded data generation or conversion 341/144 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345616 | Williams |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Randy B. Williams (Arlington, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | A radar-absorbing panel (9) includes a honeycomb core (11) and a lower skin (13), where the lower skin (13) is attached to the bottom of the honeycomb core (11). The honeycomb core (11) is made up of individual cells (15), which may be filled with aerogel. The individual cells (15) are approximately ½ of an inch in size with polygonal shape. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 21, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/628824 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345618 | Cole et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | L-3 Communications CyTerra Corporation (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen Cole (Orlando, Florida); William Steinway (Smyrna, Georgia); Daniel O'Donnell (Orlando, Florida); Richard Sheldon (Orlando, Florida); James McNeill (Orlando, Florida); Ronald Hill (Port Orange, Florida); Raymond Gill (St. Cloud, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Sensing moving entities includes transmitting a stepped-frequency radar signal including multiple frequencies through a wall from a first side of the wall to a second side of the wall. Portions of the radar signal that are reflected by entities located beyond the second side of the wall are detected. The reflected portions are processed to generate processed data including information associated with frequency shifts between the transmitted signal and the detected signal. The processed data is analyzed to determine if reflected portions are associated with moving entities. |
| FILED | Thursday, July 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/428956 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/22 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345621 | Bourdelais et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Bourdelais (Vienna, Virginia); Ernest Scott Stickles (Lothian, Maryland); William Ray Wright (Springfield, Virginia); David Earl Norris (Fairfax Station, Virginia); Michael Anthony Tiberio (Arlington, Virginia); Gary Dana Butler (Alexandria, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A real-time signal processing engine robustly detects, localizes, tracks and classifies ground targets based on radar signals from a multistatic radar system. The system differentiates between different targets based on an optimized cost function, which can include the total returned normalized pulse energy. The local transmitters/receivers can communicate with each other via the transmitted radar signals. |
| FILED | Monday, February 26, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/710868 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Directive radio wave systems and devices 342/90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345811 | Fisher |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald Scott Fisher (Spring Valley Township, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | A multimode fiber receiver includes a multimode collimator, a multimode fiber optic amplifier and a detector. The collimator receives incoming signals and provides the signals to the amplifier. The amplifier includes plural amplification stages, a limiter, a tunable narrow band filter and a microcontroller. The amplification stages each include a gain element and a noise filter. The limiter receives the amplified signals and limits the energy of those signals. The optical signals subsequently traverse the narrow band filter including an adjustable pass band to provide desired signals to the detector. The microcontroller measures the energy of the incoming and output signals to control the limiter, amplification stages and/or narrow band filter in order to produce signals within the dynamic range of a particular application. The multimode fiber optic amplifier and/or receiver of the present invention is preferably utilized within an optical communication unit. |
| FILED | Friday, March 30, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/729819 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/337.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07346248 | Atwater et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry A. Atwater (S. Pasadena, California); Kaushik Bhattacharya (Pasadena, California); Kaushik Dayal (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Matthew Dicken (Pasadena, California); Demetri Psaltis (Pasadena, California); Axel Scherer (Laguna Beach, California); Guruswami Ravichandran (Arcadia, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for manipulating light with tunable ferroelectric photonic devices. Devices having tunable properties that exhibit photonic bandgap behavior are fabricated from ferroelectric materials. Apparatus is provided to apply tuning signals to the ferroelectric material using one or more of electric fields, mechanical forces, optical fields, and thermal fields. Control circuitry is provided to generate the control signals needed to apply the tuning signals. Input and output ports are provided to allow input signals to be received and to provide output signals. In some cases, a feedback loop is provided to use a portion of the output signal as a diagnostic signal for control of the operation of the device within an acceptable range. It is expected that ferroelectric photonic devices operating according to principles of the invention will be useful for a wide variety of applications, including optical switching, optical modulation, optical computing, and performing logic optically. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 01, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/497935 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/122 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07346259 — Thermally reversibly crosslinkable polymer as cladding material for electro-optic devices
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kwan-Yue Jen (Kenmore, Washington); Jingdong Luo (Seattle, Washington); Sen Liu (Seattle, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A polymeric cladding material, cladded waveguides, devices that include cladded waveguides, and methods for using the cladding material. The polymeric cladding material is a thermally reversibly crosslinkable polymer having high conductivity above its glass transition temperature. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/208044 |
| ART UNIT | 2874 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/145 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07346476 | Levine et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Frank Eliot Levine (Austin, Texas); Milena Milenkovic (Madison, Alabama); Robert J. Urquhart (Austin, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for generating trace data. In response to detecting a new trace event, a determination is made as to whether the new trace event occurred at an expected period of time with respect to a prior trace event. A time stamp in the trace data is placed in response to a determination that the new trace event did not occur at the expected period of time, wherein time stamps occurring at the expected period if time are eliminated from the trace data and wherein compression of the trace data occurs. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/083333 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/187 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07346625 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shyh-Kwei Chen (Chappaqua, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided for performing structural joins for answering containment queries. Such inventive techniques may be used to perform efficient structural joins of two interval lists which are neither sorted nor pre-indexed. For example, in an illustrative aspect of the invention, a technique for performing structural joins of two element sets of a tree-structured document, wherein one of the two element sets is an ancestor element set and the other of the two element sets is a descendant element set, and further wherein each element is represented as an interval representing a start position and an end position of the element in the document, comprises the following steps/operations. An index is dynamically built for the ancestor element set. Then, one or more structural joins are performed by searching the index with the interval start position of each element in the descendant element set. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/982583 |
| ART UNIT | 2164 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07346747 | Nussbaum et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystem, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel S. Nussbaum (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Mark S. Moir (Hampton, New Hampshire); Nir N. Shavit (Cambridge, Massachusetts); Guy L. Steele (Lexington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A computer system uses transient blocking synchronization for performing operations on shared memory. When performing operations on more than one memory location, the computer system obtains transient exclusive access to a first memory location. The computer system then obtains transient exclusive access to a second memory location, where the transient exclusive access to the second memory location does not expire prior to an expiration of the transient exclusive access to the first memory location or until explicitly unleased. |
| FILED | Friday, March 11, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/078120 |
| ART UNIT | 2188 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/154 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07346753 | Chase et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Chase (Belmont, Massachusetts); Yosef Lev (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A deque of a local process in a memory work-stealing implementation may use one or more data structures to perform work. If the local process attempts to add a new value to its deque's circular array when the data structure is full (i.e., an overflow condition occurs), the contents of the data structure are copied to a larger allocated circular array (e.g., a circular array of greater size than the original circular array). The entries in the original, smaller-sized circular array are copied to positions in the now-active, larger-sized circular array, and the system is configured to work with the newly activated circular array. By this technique, the local process is thus provided with space to add the new value. |
| FILED | Monday, December 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/311201 |
| ART UNIT | 2186 — Computer Architecture and I/O |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Memory 711/170 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Kullervo Hynynen (Medfield, Massachusetts); Gregory T. Clement (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of delivering ultrasound signals using shear waves includes applying a portion of at least a first ultrasound beam to a subject at at least a first incident angle relative to the surface of the subject to induce shear waves in the subject, energy in the shear waves forming a substantial part of energy of first ultrasound waves at a desired region in the subject at a therapeutic level. |
| FILED | Friday, April 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/822019 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Kinesitherapy 61/3 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344530 | Bischof et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Bischof (St. Paul, Minnesota); John D. Belcher (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Gregory M. Vercellotti (Stillwater, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions, and systems useful to enhance a thermal surgical procedure are described. Compositions include at least one compound effective to induce an inflammatory response in biological material identified to undergo a thermal surgical procedure. Methods and systems include providing compositions of the invention to biological materials and treating biological materials with an inflammation inducing composition for a time, amount, and type effective to induce inflammation in at least a portion of the biological material. |
| FILED | Friday, March 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/810956 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344531 | Bischof et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John C. Bischof (St. Paul, Minnesota); John D. Belcher (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Gregory M. Vercellotti (Stillwater, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions, and systems useful to enhance a thermal surgical procedure are described. Compositions include at least one compound effective to induce an inflammatory response in biological material identified to undergo a thermal surgical procedure. Methods and systems include providing compositions of the invention to biological materials and treating biological materials with an inflammation inducing composition for a time, amount, and type effective to induce inflammation in at least a portion of the biological material. |
| FILED | Monday, November 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/268744 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/21 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344548 | Toyota et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eiji Toyota (Okayama, Japan); William M. Chilian (Covington, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A surgical instrument and method are disclosed for enhancing the overall performance of arterial occludes, by allowing the repetitive obstruction of blood flow to a targeted organ or tissue (e.g., heart muscle, brain, kidney, gastrointestinal tissue, leg muscles, arm muscles, other skeletal muscles, or tumors), while reducing the potential for side effects such as gangrene or infarction and for post-implantation movement of the occlude during ischemia. The micro-pneumatic snare allows the repeated occlusion (i.e., the iterated obstruction or closure of a passageway or vessel) of targeted vessels to deprive a selected organ or tissue of blood and oxygen profusion, while the patient may, in general, remain conscious. The micro-pneumatic snare also allows for the stimulation of functional response adjustments in targeted tissues and organs, such as angiogenesis and collateral vessel growth in response to repetitive per fusion obstruction. Alternatively, or in addition, it may be used in the diagnosis of medical conditions associated with inhibited per fusion (e.g., ischemia-repercussion injuries) in heart muscle, or other tissues or organs. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 03, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/071617 |
| ART UNIT | 3731 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/192 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344555 | Anders et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, District of Columbia); Uniformed Services University of Health Services (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Juanita J. Anders (Potomac, Maryland); Ilko K. Ilev (Rockville, Maryland); Ronald W. Waynant (Clarksville, Maryland); Kimberly R. Byrnes (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates generally to the treatment of SCI by stimulating axon regeneration within the central nerve system. One aspect of the present invention provides methods of treating SCI with low power laser irradiation (LPLI). Another aspect of the present invention provides methods of treating SCI by modulating a gene activity to stimulate axon regeneration. In this regard, the present invention also provides compositions that modulate genes expression relating to the neuron-regeneration after SCI. Another aspect of the present invention provides methods for evaluating the effectiveness of a treatment for SCI. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/022314 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Sheet Container Making, Package Making, Receptacles, Shoes, Apparel, and Tool Driving or Impacting |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery: Light, thermal, and electrical application 67/89 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344678 | Majumdar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California); Srinath Satyanarayana (Berkeley, California); Min Yue (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor may include a membrane to deflect in response to a change in surface stress, where a layer on the membrane is to couple one or more probe molecules with the membrane. The membrane may deflect when a target molecule reacts with one or more probe molecules. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/420661 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344703 | Bertozzi et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Berkeley, California); Spencer J. Williams (Berkeley, California); Joseph D. Mougous (El Cerrito, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel mycobacterial sulfation pathway proteins and polypeptides related thereto, as well as nucleic acid compositions encoding the same, are provided. The subject polypeptide and nucleic acid compositions find use in a variety of applications, including research, diagnostic, and therapeutic agent screening applications. Also provided are methods of inhibiting growth and/or virulence of a pathogenic mycobacterium, and methods of treating disease conditions associated with a pathogenic mycobacterium, particularly by administering an inhibitor of a mycobacterial sulfation pathway protein. The present invention further provides genetically modified mycobacteria having a defect in a sulfation pathway enzyme gene; and immunogenic compositions that include such genetically modified mycobacteria. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/218976 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344710 | Dang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Long Dang (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Bel Air, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Current chemotherapeutic approaches for cancer are in part limited by the inability of drugs to destroy neoplastic cells within poorly vascularized compartments of tumors. We have here systematically assessed anaerobic bacteria for their capacity to grow expansively within avascutar compartments of transplanted tumors. Among 26 different strains tested, one (Clostridium novyi) appeared particularly promising. We created a strain of C. novyi devoid of its lethal toxin (C. novyi-NT) and showed that intravenously injected C. novyi-NT spores germinated within the avascular regions of tumors in mice and destroyed surrounding viable tumor cells. When C. novyi-NT spores were administered together with conventional chemotherapeutic drugs, extensive hemorrhagic necrosis of tumors often developed within 24 hours, resulting in significant and prolonged anti-tumor effects. This strategy, called combination bacteriolytic therapy (COBALT), has the potential to add a valuablle dimension to the treatment of cancer. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 21, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/495116 |
| ART UNIT | 1645 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/93.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344722 | Maassab et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hunein F. Maassab (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Martha Louise Herlocher (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | The cold-adapted master strain A/Ann Arbor/6/60 7PI (H2N2) and progenitor wild type E2(3) viral strains have been deposited and their genomic sequences identified. Seven nucleotide differences were found between the sequences identified herein and the previously published sequences for cold-adapted A/Ann Arbor/6/60 genes. The cold-adapted live influenza virus of the present invention can be reassorted with a variety of epidemic wild type influenza viruses and used to produce vaccines to prophylactically and therapeutically treat influenza. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 14, 1995 |
| APPL NO | 08/573569 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/206.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344829 | Fidler et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents, the University of Texas System (Austin, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Isaiah J. Fidler (Houston, Texas); Corazon D. Bucana (Manvel, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for determining the effectiveness of anticancer agents by determining and comparing growth factor receptor phosphorylation levels in samples obtained by non-invasive procedures before and after anticancer treatments are provided. The invention also provides methods for detecting growth factor receptor phosphorylation in hair follicles and other tissues obtained by non-invasive means. |
| FILED | Friday, November 02, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/010763 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/4 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344830 | Philpott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Health Research Inc. (Rensselaer, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sean Philpott (Defreestville, New York); Barbara Weiser (East Greenbush, New York); Harold Burger (East Greenbush, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A change in viral tropism occurs in many HIV positive individuals over time and may be indicated by a shift in coreceptor use from CCR5 to CXCR4. The shift in coreceptor use to CXCR4 has been shown to correlate with increased disease progression. In patients undergoing HAART, the predominant populations of virus may be shifted back to CCR5-mediated entry after the CXCR4-specific strains have emerged. The present invention relates to a diagnostic method to monitor coreceptor use in the treatment and clinical management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The present invention further relates to a diagnostic method applied to HIV-positive individuals undergoing HAART to monitor the suppression of CCR5- or CXCR4-specific strains. The diagnostic methods may be used to assist in selecting antiretroviral therapy and to improve predictions of disease prognosis over time. The methods of the invention include cell-based methods, including cell fusion assays, and molecular-based methods, including heteroduplex tracking assay, to both quantitatively and qualitatively analyze patient-derived HIV for coreceptor usage. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 17, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/333073 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, Texas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dana J Giulian (Houston, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Encephalotoxin produced by activated mononuclear phagocytes is present in individuals having neurological disease including neurodegenerative and neuro-inflammatory diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), HIV-1-associated dementia (HAD), Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment, prion disease, minor cognitive/motor dysfunction, acute stroke, acute trauma, or neuro-AIDS. Biochemical detection of encephalotoxin according to the methods of the invention will allow diagnosis of neurological disease in early, presymptomatic stages, thereby allowing early intervention in disease progression as well as identification of subjects or populations at risk for developing neurodegenerative disease. The methods of the invention also provide a mechanism for monitoring progression and treatment of neurological disease. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 27, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/543486 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/29 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344892 | Thadhani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Boston, Massachusetts); The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ravi I. Thadhani (Boston, Massachusetts); S. Ananth Karumanchi (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying subjects having, or predisposed to having, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and gestational hypertension. The methods are applicable to urine and/or blood samples and can be conducted prior to the third trimester of pregnancy. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/947791 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Analytical and immunological testing 436/501 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345021 | Simons et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Simons (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts); Youche Gao (Brighton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides both a method and means for regulating angiogenesis within living cells, tissues, and organs in-situ. The regulation is performed using native PR-39 peptide or one of its shorter-length homolog, for interaction with such proteasomes as one present in the cytoplasm of viable cells. The result of PR-39 peptide interaction with proteasomes is a decrease in the intracellular degradation of active peptides such as HIF-1α and a consequential stimulation of angiogenesis in-situ. |
| FILED | Monday, October 25, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/426011 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — 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 07345022 | Hammer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert P. Hammer (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Yanwen Fu (San Diego, California); Tod J. Miller (Smyrna, Tennessee); Mark L. McLaughlin (Tampa, Florida) |
| ABSTRACT | Novel peptides are disclosed that may be used as inhibitors of amyloidogenesis, as suppressors of amyloid toxicity, and as therapeutic agents for amyloid-associated diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Huntington's Disease, and Type II Diabetes. These new β-strand mimics (β-sheet “blockers”), containing Cα,α-disubstituted amino acids, specifically interact with and block the development of the β-sheet structure of the developing fibrils of amyloid diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease amyloid β-peptide (Aβ). We have discovered that oligomerization of β-sheet structures, including those implicated in amyloid-associated diseases, may be inhibited or even reversed by the presence of extended peptide structures that have only one edge available for hydrogen bonding. Without a second edge that is also available for hydrogen bonding, the extension of a developing β-sheet is blocked by binding to the novel peptides. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/666095 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/14 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345027 | Tolentino et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael J. Tolentino (Villanova, Pennsylvania); Samuel Jotham Reich (Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | RNA interference using small interfering RNAs which are specific for the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene and the VEGF receptor genes Flt-1 and Flk-1/KDR inhibit expression of these genes. Diseases which involved angiogenesis stimulated by overexpression of VEGF, such as diabetic retinopathy, age related macular degeneration and many types of cancer, can be treated by administering the small interfering RNAs. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/422932 |
| ART UNIT | 1635 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/44 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345035 | Taber et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglass F. Taber (Newark, Delaware); Mary C. Farach-Carson (Hockessin, Delaware); Scott C. Malcolm (Hopkinton, Massachusetts); Yihuan Xu (Newark, Delaware) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides methods of downregulating mRNA encoding osteopontin comprising administering to a cell or mammal an amount of astrogorgiadiol effective to downregulate production of mRNA encoding osteopontin. The invention also provides methods of treating osteoporosis and autoimmune disease comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of astrogorgiadiol. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising astrogorgiadiol and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent are also provided. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 28, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/446218 |
| ART UNIT | 1617 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/181 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345149 | Cox, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bolder Biotechnology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Cox, III (Louisville, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The growth hormone supergene family comprises greater than 20 structurally related cytokines and growth factors. A general method is provided for creating site-specific, biologically active conjugates of these proteins. The method involves adding cysteine residues to non-essential regions of the proteins or substituting cysteine residues for non-essential amino acids in the proteins using site-directed mutagenesis and then covalently coupling a cysteine-reactive polymer or other type of cysteine-reactive moiety to the proteins via the added cysteine residue. Disclosed herein are preferred sites for adding cysteine residues or introducing cysteine substitutions into the proteins, and the proteins and protein derivatives produced thereby. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 02, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/070993 |
| ART UNIT | 1647 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/351 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345154 | Cox, III |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Bolder Biotechnology, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado) |
| INVENTOR(S) | George N. Cox, III (Louisville, Colorado) |
| ABSTRACT | The growth hormone supergene family comprises greater than 20 structurally related cytokines and growth factors. A general method is provided for creating site-specific, biologically active conjugates of these proteins. The method involves adding cysteine residues to non-essential regions of the proteins or substituting cysteine residues for non-essential amino acids in the proteins using site-directed mutagenesis and then covalently coupling a cysteine-reactive polymer or other type of cysteine-reactive moiety to the proteins via the added cysteine residue. Disclosed herein are preferred sites for adding cysteine residues or introducing cysteine substitutions into the proteins, and the proteins and protein derivatives produced thereby. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/773530 |
| ART UNIT | 1648 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/399 |
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| US 07345172 | Barton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Calfornia Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacqueline K. Barton (San Marino, California); Henrik Junicke (Luckenwalde, Germany) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention there is provided a new class of sterically demanding metallo-intercalators. These compounds intercalate between bases in a duplex polynucleotide, but only where the bases are not fully complementary, for example, where there is a base-pair mismatch. The compounds are sufficiently sterically demanding that intercalation between bases in fully complementary duplexes does not occur to a significant degree. These mismatch intercalators are useful for detecting DNA and RNA defects, for diagnosing disorders characterized by the presence or increase in DNA and/or RNA defects, and for treating such disorders. Further, the compounds are capable of catalyzing photolytic cleavage of nucleic acids at relatively long wavelengths, and under normal sunlight. |
| FILED | Tuesday, October 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/974474 |
| ART UNIT | 1624 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 544/342 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345284 | Tümer |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | NWA R and D, Inc (Riverside, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tümay O. Tümer (Riverside, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A high sensitivity, three-dimensional gamma ray detection and imaging system is provided. The system uses the Compton double scatter technique with recoil electron tracking. The system preferably includes two detector subassemblies; a silicon microstrip hodoscope and a calorimeter. In this system the incoming photon Compton scatters in the hodoscope. The second scatter layer is the calorimeter where the scattered gamma ray is totally absorbed. The recoil electron in the hodoscope is tracked through several detector planes until it stops. The x and y position signals from the first two planes of the electron track determine the direction of the recoil electron while the energy loss from all planes determines the energy of the recoil electron. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 08, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/349115 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.90 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07346209 | Gokturk et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Salih B. Gokturk (Mountain View, California); Carlo Tomasi (Palo Alto, California); Acar Burak (Bebek, Turkey); Christopher F. Beaulieu (Los Atos, California); Sandy A. Napel (Menlo Park, California); David S. Paik (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A detection and classification method of a shape in a medical image is provided. It is based on generating a plurality of 2-D sections through a 3-D volume in the medical image. In general, there are two steps. The first step is feature estimation to generate shape signatures for candidate volumes containing candidate shapes. The feature estimation method computes descriptors of objects or of their images. The second general step involves classification of these shape signatures for diagnosis. A classifier contains, builds and/or trains a database of descriptors for previously seen shapes, and then maps descriptors of novel images to categories corresponding to previously seen shapes or classes of shapes. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 30, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/676839 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/159 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
07346383 — Method for acquiring MRI data from variable fields of view during continuous table motion
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen J. Riederer (Rochester, Minnesota); Houchun H. Hu (Rochester, Minnesota); David G. Kruger (Nelson, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | MRA data is acquired from a large region of interest by translating the patient through the bore of the MRI system as a three-dimensional MRA data set are acquired. The pulse sequence is altered during the scan to change the lateral FOVL of the acquired image to better match the size of the region of interest along its length. Patient table movement is controlled to track a bolus of contrast agent as it passes through the region of interest. A seamless image of the entire region of interest is reconstructed after the acquired data is resampled in regions where the lateral FOVL is altered. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 22, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/021078 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/410 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Schenectady, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyle Kristopher Wetzel (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | A wind turbine includes a rotor having a hub and at least one blade having a torsionally rigid root, an inboard section, and an outboard section. The inboard section has a forward sweep relative to an elastic axis of the blade and the outboard section has an aft sweep. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/953040 |
| ART UNIT | 3745 — Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Fluid reaction surfaces 416/238 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344472 | Hickam |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher Dale Hickam (Glasford, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A power system includes a prime mover, a transmission, and a fluid coupler having a selectively engageable lockup clutch. The fluid coupler may be drivingly connected between the prime mover and the transmission. Additionally, the power system may include a motor/generator drivingly connected to at least one of the prime mover and the transmission. The power-system may also include power-system controls configured to execute a control method. The control method may include selecting one of a plurality of modes of operation of the power system. Additionally, the control method may include controlling the operating state of the lockup clutch dependent upon the mode of operation selected. The control method may also include controlling the operating state of the motor/generator dependent upon the mode of operation selected. |
| FILED | Monday, October 31, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/261637 |
| ART UNIT | 3681 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control 477/5 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344576 | TeGrotenhuis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, Washington) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ward E. TeGrotenhuis (Kennewick, Washington); Victoria S. Stenkamp (Richland, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods of separating fluids using capillary forces and/or improved conditions for are disclosed. The improved methods may include control of the ratio of gas and liquid Reynolds numbers relative to the Suratman number. Also disclosed are wick-containing, laminated devices that are capable of separating fluids. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/070628 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Gas separation 055/319 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344628 | Jackson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Louisville Research Foundation (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas J. Jackson (New Albany, Indiana); Thomas J. Roussel, Jr. (Louisville, Kentucky); Mark M. Crain (Georgetown, Indiana); Richard P. Baldwin (Louisville, Kentucky); Robert S. Keynton (Louisville, Kentucky); John F. Naber (Prospect, Kentucky); Kevin M. Walsh (Louisville, Kentucky); John. G. Edelen (Versailles, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a capillary electrophoresis device, comprising a substrate; a first channel in the substrate, and having a buffer arm and a detection arm; a second channel in the substrate intersecting the first channel, and having a sample arm and a waste arm; a buffer reservoir in fluid communication with the buffer arm; a waste reservoir in fluid communication with the waste arm; a sample reservoir in fluid communication with the sample arm; and a detection reservoir in fluid communication with the detection arm. The detection arm and the buffer arm are of substantially equal length. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/364658 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344678 | Majumdar et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Arun Majumdar (Orinda, California); Srinath Satyanarayana (Berkeley, California); Min Yue (Albany, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor may include a membrane to deflect in response to a change in surface stress, where a layer on the membrane is to couple one or more probe molecules with the membrane. The membrane may deflect when a target molecule reacts with one or more probe molecules. |
| FILED | Monday, April 21, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/420661 |
| ART UNIT | 1743 — Tires, Adhesive Bonding, Glass/Paper making, Plastics Shaping & Molding |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/82.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344681 | Fiechtner et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory J. Fiechtner (Bethesda, Maryland); Anup K. Singh (Danville, California); Boyd J. Wiedenman (Alpharetta, Georgia) |
| ABSTRACT | The present embodiment describes a laminar-mixing embodiment that utilizes simple, three-dimensional injection. Also described is the use of the embodiment in combination with wide and shallow sections of channel to affect rapid mixing in microanalytical systems. The shallow channel sections are constructed using all planar micromachining techniques, including those based on isotropic etching. The planar construction enables design using minimum dispersion concepts that, in turn, enable simultaneous mixing and injection into subsequent chromatography channels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 06, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/960324 |
| ART UNIT | 1797 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing 422/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344871 | Dunn-Coleman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Genencor International, Inc. (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nigel Dunn-Coleman (Los Gatos, California); Frits Goedegebuur (Vlaardingen, Netherlands); Michael Ward (San Francisco, California); Jian Yao (Sunnyvale, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl5, and the corresponding BGL5 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL5, recombinant BGL5 proteins and methods for producing the same. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/147725 |
| ART UNIT | 1652 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/209 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345208 | Fox |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert V. Fox (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for making trinitrotoluene is described, and which includes the steps of providing a source of aqueous nitric acid having a concentration of less than about 95% by weight; mixing a surfactant with the source of aqueous nitric acid so as to dehydrate the aqueous nitric acid to produce a source of nitronium ions; providing a supercritical carbon dioxide environment; providing a source of an organic material to be nitrated to the supercritical carbon dioxide environment; and controllably mixing the source or nitronium ions with the supercritical carbon dioxide environment to nitrate the organic material and produce trinitrotoluene. |
| FILED | Monday, September 19, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/231142 |
| ART UNIT | 1621 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 568/935 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345283 | Gunter |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald L. Gunter (Lisle, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the conversion of Compton camera data into a 2D image of the incident-radiation flux on the celestial sphere includes detecting coincident gamma radiation flux arriving from various directions of a 2-sphere. These events are mapped by back-projection onto the 2-sphere to produce a convolution integral that is subsequently stereographically projected onto a 2-plane to produce a second convolution integral which is deconvolved by the Fourier method to produce an image that is then projected onto the 2-sphere. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 04, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/543383 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/369 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345376 | Costin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Distributed Energy Systems Corporation (Wallingford, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel P. Costin (Chelsea, Vermont) |
| ABSTRACT | A wind turbine is provided that passively cools an electrical generator. The wind turbine includes a plurality of fins arranged peripherally around a generator house. Each of the fins being oriented at an angle greater than zero degrees to allow parallel flow of air over the fin. The fin is further tapered to allow a constant portion of the fin to extend beyond the air stream boundary layer. Turbulence initiators on the nose cone further enhance heat transfer at the fins. |
| FILED | Monday, November 28, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/287959 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Prime-mover dynamo plants 290/55 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345435 | Sekutowicz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Jefferson Science Associates LLC (Newport News, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jacek Sekutowicz (Elbchaussee, Germany); Peter Kneisel (Williamsburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | A superstructure for accelerating charged particles at relativistic speeds. The superstructure consists of two weakly coupled multi-cell subunits equipped with HOM couplers. A beam pipe connects the subunits and an HOM damper is included at the entrance and the exit of each of the subunits. A coupling device feeds rf power into the subunits. The subunits are constructed of niobium and maintained at cryogenic temperatures. The length of the beam pipe between the subunits is selected to provide synchronism between particles and rf fields in both subunits. |
| FILED | Monday, December 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/010905 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric lamp and discharge devices: Systems 315/500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345457 | Garces et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | General Electric Company (Niskayuna, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Luis Jose Garces (Schenectady, New York); Robert William Delmerico (Clifton Park, New York); Patrick Lee Jansen (Scotia, New York); John Harold Parslow (Scotia, New York); Harold Copeland Sanderson (Tribes Hill, New York); Gautam Sinha (Chesterfield, Missouri) |
| ABSTRACT | A brushless exciter for a synchronous generator or motor generally includes a stator and a rotor rotatably disposed within the stator. The rotor has a field winding and a voltage rectifying bridge circuit connected in parallel to the field winding. A plurality of firing circuits are connected the voltage rectifying bridge circuit. The firing circuit is configured to fire a signal at an angle of less than 90° or at an angle greater than 90°. The voltage rectifying bridge circuit rectifies the AC voltage to excite or de-excite the field winding. |
| FILED | Friday, January 06, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/326978 |
| ART UNIT | 2834 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Single generator systems 322/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345647 | Rodenbeck |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher T. Rodenbeck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna comprises electrical conductors arranged to form a radiating element including a folded line configuration and a distributed strip configuration, where the radiating element is in proximity to a ground conductor. The folded line and the distributed strip can be electrically interconnected and substantially coplanar. The ground conductor can be spaced from, and coplanar to, the radiating element, or can alternatively lie in a plane set at an angle to the radiating element. Embodiments of the antenna include conductor patterns formed on a printed wiring board, having a ground plane, spacedly adjacent to and coplanar with the radiating element. Other embodiments of the antenna comprise a ground plane and radiating element on opposed sides of a printed wiring board. Other embodiments of the antenna comprise conductors that can be arranged as free standing “foils”. Other embodiments include antennas that are encapsulated into a package containing the antenna. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 05, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/243860 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/895 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345812 | Hui et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rongqing Hui (Lenexa, Kansas); Hong-Xing Jiang (Manhattan, Kansas); Jing-Yu Lin (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to the use of III-nitride wide bandgap semiconductor materials for optical communications. In one embodiment, an optical device includes an optical waveguide device fabricated using a III-nitride semiconductor material. The III-nitride semiconductor material provides for an electrically controllable refractive index. The optical waveguide device provides for high speed optical communications in an infrared wavelength region. In one embodiment, an optical amplifier is provided using optical coatings at the facet ends of a waveguide formed of erbium-doped III-nitride semiconductor materials. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/783972 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/344 |
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| US 07345975 | Fadeyev et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Vitaliy Fadeyev (Berkeley, California); Carl Haber (Berkeley, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Audio information stored in the undulations of grooves in a medium such as a phonograph record may be reconstructed, with little or no contact, by measuring the groove shape using precision metrology methods coupled with digital image processing and numerical analysis. The effects of damage, wear, and contamination may be compensated, in many cases, through image processing and analysis methods. The speed and data handling capacity of available computing hardware make this approach practical. Two examples used a general purpose optical metrology system to study a 50 year old 78 r.p.m. phonograph record and a commercial confocal scanning probe to study a 1920's celluloid Edison cylinder. Comparisons are presented with stylus playback of the samples and with a digitally re-mastered version of an original magnetic recording. There is also a more extensive implementation of this approach, with dedicated hardware and software. |
| FILED | Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/783231 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic information storage or retrieval 369/53.410 |
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| US 07346387 | Wachter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Provectus Devicetech, Inc. (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric A. Wachter (Oak Ridge, Tennessee); Walter G. Fisher (Knoxville, Tennessee); H. Craig Dees (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for the imaging of a particular volume of plant or animal tissue, wherein the plant or animal tissue contains at least one photo-active molecular agent. The method comprises the steps of treating the particular volume of the plant or animal tissue with light sufficient to promote a simultaneous two-photon excitation of the photo-active molecular agent contained in the particular volume of the plant or animal tissue, photo-activating at least one of the at least one photo-active molecular agent in the particular volume of the plant or animal tissue, thereby producing at least one photo-activated molecular agent, wherein the at least one photo-activated molecular agent emits energy, detecting the energy emitted by the at least one photo-activated molecular agent, and producing a detected energy signal which is characteristic of the particular volume of plant or animal tissue. The present invention also provides a method for the imaging of a particular volume of material, wherein the material contains at least one photo-active molecular agent. |
| FILED | Tuesday, May 05, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/072963 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark R. Prausnitz (Decatur, Georgia); Mark G. Allen (Atlanta, Georgia); Inder-Jeet Gujral (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Microneedle devices are provided for controlled sampling of biological fluids in a minimally-invasive, painless, and convenient manner. The microneedle devices permit in vivo sensing or withdrawal of biological fluids from the body, particularly from or through the skin or other tissue barriers, with minimal or no damage, pain, or irritation to the tissue. The microneedle device includes one or more microneedles, preferably in a three-dimensional array, a substrate to which the microneedles are connected, and at least one collection chamber and/or sensor in communication with the microneedles. Preferred embodiments further include a means for inducing biological fluid to be drawn through the microneedles and into the collection chamber for analysis. In a preferred embodiment, this induction is accomplished by use of a pressure gradient, which can be created for example by selectively increasing the interior volume of the collection chamber, which includes an elastic or movable portion engaged to a rigid base. Preferred biological fluids for withdrawal and/or sensing include blood, lymph, interstitial fluid, and intracellular fluid. Examples of analytes in the biological fluid to be measured include glucose, cholesterol, bilirubin, creatine, metabolic enzymes, hemoglobin, heparin, clotting factors, uric acid, carcinoembryonic antigen or other tumor antigens, reproductive hormones, oxygen, pH, alcohol, tobacco metabolites, and illegal drugs. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 02, 1999 |
| APPL NO | 09/453109 |
| ART UNIT | 3768 — Business Methods - Incentive Programs, Coupons; Electronic Shopping; Business Cryptography, Voting; Health Care; Point of Sale, Inventory, Accounting; Business Processing, Electronic Negotiation |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 6/309 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344627 | Broadley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Broadley-James Corporation (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Broadley (Mission Viejo, California); Herbert P. Silverman (Laguna Beach, California); Ta-Yung Chen (Lake Forest, California); Steven R. Ragsdale (Mukilteo, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A flowing junction reference electrode comprising a liquid junction member matched with a filter. The junction member and the filter are situated between a reference electrolyte solution and a sample solution. An array of nanochannels spans the junction member and provides fluid communication between the electrolyte solution and the sample solution. The filter is configured to allow a greater flux of electrolyte than that associated with the junction member. Preferably, the number of pores is greater than the number of nanochannels. The filter is preferably configured to have pores with an inner diameter that is the same or less than the inner diameter of the nanochannels. In some embodiment, the resistance of the filter is made lower relative to the resistance of the junction member by selecting suitable length, number, and inner diameter size for the pores of the filter relative to the nanochannels of the junction member. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/613976 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/435 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344628 | Jackson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The University of Louisville Research Foundation (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Douglas J. Jackson (New Albany, Indiana); Thomas J. Roussel, Jr. (Louisville, Kentucky); Mark M. Crain (Georgetown, Indiana); Richard P. Baldwin (Louisville, Kentucky); Robert S. Keynton (Louisville, Kentucky); John F. Naber (Prospect, Kentucky); Kevin M. Walsh (Louisville, Kentucky); John. G. Edelen (Versailles, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is a capillary electrophoresis device, comprising a substrate; a first channel in the substrate, and having a buffer arm and a detection arm; a second channel in the substrate intersecting the first channel, and having a sample arm and a waste arm; a buffer reservoir in fluid communication with the buffer arm; a waste reservoir in fluid communication with the waste arm; a sample reservoir in fluid communication with the sample arm; and a detection reservoir in fluid communication with the detection arm. The detection arm and the buffer arm are of substantially equal length. |
| FILED | Monday, February 10, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/364658 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/451 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344756 | Mirkin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chad Mirkin (Wilmette, Illinois); Hua Zhang (Evanston, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A method for fabricating scanning probe microscopy (SPM) probes is disclosed. The probes are fabricated by forming a structural layer on a substrate, wherein the substrate forms a cavity. A sacrificial layer is located between the substrate and the structural layer. Upon forming the structural layer, the sacrificial layer is selectively removed, and the probe is then released from the substrate. The substrate may then later be reused to form additional probes. Additionally, a contact printing method using a scanning probe microscopy probe is also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 25, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/671381 |
| ART UNIT | 1762 — Organic Chemistry, Polymers, Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | Coating processes 427/256 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344847 | Hunt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Alan J. Hunt (Plymouth, Michigan); Lingjie J. Guo (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Jeremy Damon Hoff (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Li-Jing Cheng (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Edgar Meyhofer (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | A support for immobilizing target molecules comprises a substrate having a plurality of binding regions for binding select target molecules, with target-molecule-capturing agent immobilized at the binding regions. The binding regions are intersperse among other non-binding regions. The binding regions are of sub-micron size, have high selectivity and high binding capacity, and prevent or at least minimize loss of target molecule activity. |
| FILED | Friday, February 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/066804 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/7.500 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07344982 | Goswami et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Arizona Board of Regents, acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jaydeb Goswami (Boise, Idaho); Sandwip Kumar Dey (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A chemical vapor deposition reaction system converts a reactant precursor, which includes the metal Ruthenium, to a vapor during a chemical reaction in order to deposit the metal on a semiconductor wafer. The reactant precursor is Bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionato)(1,5-cyclooctadiene)Ru. An energy source provides energy to the reaction chamber to induce the chemical reaction. A controllable metering system alternatively supplies the precursor and oxygen to the reaction chamber. The precursor is supplied into the reaction chamber during a first phase and the oxygen is supplied into the reaction chamber during a second phase, which is non-overlapping with the first phase. A first pump/valve provides the precursor to the reaction chamber, and a second pump/valve provides the oxygen to the reaction chamber, each in response to a controller. The Ruthenium is selectively deposited on oxide sites patterned on a surface of the semiconductor wafer. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 23, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/996591 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/680 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345159 | Ju et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jingyue Ju (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey); Zengmin Li (New York, New York); John Robert Edwards (New York, New York); Yasuhiro Itagaki (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 06, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/702203 |
| ART UNIT | 1637 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345448 | Watt et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (Portland, Oregon) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Watt (Newark, California); Mehmet Alpay (Portland, Oregon); Mark Unrath (Portland, Oregon); John Wen (Melrose, New York); Ben Potsaid (Troy, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Preferred embodiments of the invention implement techniques for modifying the command trajectory, the architecture of a servomechanism control system, or both, to reduce the servo error during and/or after the command trajectory. An iterative refinement procedure generates for use by the servomechanism control system a corrective input, du, which significantly reduces the error between the desired and actual servomechanism control system outputs. In one embodiment, a uniquely identified plant model is employed in the iterative refinement procedure to compute an approximate gradient that improves the performance and reliability of the refinement procedure. In another embodiment, the actual plant response is used in place of the identified model in the iterative refinement procedure. This is accomplished by time-reversing the stored error signal from a training run, before applying it to the plant to generate an update to the corrective input signal du. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 12, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/129059 |
| ART UNIT | 2837 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Motive power systems 318/632 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345812 | Hui et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rongqing Hui (Lenexa, Kansas); Hong-Xing Jiang (Manhattan, Kansas); Jing-Yu Lin (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to the use of III-nitride wide bandgap semiconductor materials for optical communications. In one embodiment, an optical device includes an optical waveguide device fabricated using a III-nitride semiconductor material. The III-nitride semiconductor material provides for an electrically controllable refractive index. The optical waveguide device provides for high speed optical communications in an infrared wavelength region. In one embodiment, an optical amplifier is provided using optical coatings at the facet ends of a waveguide formed of erbium-doped III-nitride semiconductor materials. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/783972 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/344 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07346238 | Kimerling et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lionel C. Kimerling (Concord, Massachusetts); Desmond R. Lim (Singapore, Singapore) |
| ABSTRACT | A high index difference coupler includes a high index difference waveguide having one or more modes. A plurality of gratings is formed on the high index difference waveguide. The effective index difference between low index regions and high index regions of the waveguide is greater than 0.3. |
| FILED | Tuesday, July 16, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/196041 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical waveguides 385/37 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07345303 | Birau et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Xerox Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mihaela Maria Birau (Mississauga, Canada); Yiliang Wu (Mississauga, Canada); Beng S. Ong (Mississauga, Canada) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel barrier layer which protects electronic devices from adverse environmental effects such as exposure to light, especially white light, is described. The barrier layer comprises a copolymer having an acrylate unit and an acrylate unit with a pendant dye group. Also disclosed are processes for producing such electronic devices. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/315044 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/40 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345840 | Gomez et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Seagate Technology LLC (Scotts Valley, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kevin Arthur Gomez (Wexford, Pennsylvania); William Albert Challener (Sewickley, Pennsylvania); Ravishankar Ajjanagadde Shivarama (Bloomington, Minnesota); Patrick Breckow Chu (Wexford, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | A suspension arm for an optical transducer comprises a load beam, a slider coupled to the load beam by a gimbal assembly and including an optical transducer positioned adjacent to an end of the slider facing a pivot point of the suspension arm, and an optical fiber for transmitting light toward the transducer, wherein an end of the optical fiber is positioned adjacent to the transducer such that light emitted from the fiber passes directly to the transducer. Disc drives that include the suspension arm, and a method of transmitting light to an optical transducer, are also included. |
| FILED | Wednesday, May 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/854564 |
| ART UNIT | 2627 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval 360/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
| US 07346172 | Begault |
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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) | Durand R. Begault (San Francisco, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and systems for distinguishing an auditory alert signal from a background of one or more non-alert signals. In a first embodiment, a prefix signal, associated with an existing alert signal, is provided that has a signal component in each of three or more selected frequency ranges, with each signal component in each of three or more selected level at least 3-10 dB above an estimated background (non-alert) level in that frequency range. The alert signal may be chirped within one or more frequency bands. In another embodiment, an alert signal moves, continuously or discontinuously, from one location to another over a short time interval, introducing a perceived spatial modulation or jitter. In another embodiment, a weighted sum of background signals adjacent to each ear is formed, and the weighted sum is delivered to each ear as a uniform background; a distinguishable alert signal is presented on top of this weighted sum signal at one ear, or distinguishable first and second alert signals are presented at two ears of a subject. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 28, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/822470 |
| ART UNIT | 2615 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 381/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07346461 | Huang 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) | Norden E. Huang (Bethesda, Maryland); Liming W. Salvino (Rockville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus, computer program product and method of analyzing structures. Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) are extracted from the data and the most energetic IMF is selected. A spline is fit to the envelope for the selected IMF. The spline derivative is determined. A stability spectrum is developed by separating the positive and negative results into two different spectra representing stable (positive) and unstable (negative) damping factors. The stability spectrum and the non-linearity indicator are applied to the data to isolate unstable vibrations. |
| FILED | Friday, September 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/251004 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/56 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Security Agency (NSA)
| US 07346311 | Schwartz |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Hugh Warren Schwartz (Glen Burnie, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A novel single frequency repeater is disclosed that eliminates the problems of feedback and concurrent oscillation. The single frequency repeater of the present invention comprises a backplane, a first antenna, a filter, an amplifier, a power supply, a switch, and a second antenna. The first antenna, filter, amplifier, power supply, and switch are mounted to one side of the backplane. Preferably, the backplane is electrically grounded. The second antenna is mounted on the second side of the backplane, in an orthogonal direction to the first antenna on the first side of the backplane. By placing the first antenna in the back lobe of the second antenna, separating the first antenna and the second antenna with the grounded backplane, and mounting the second antenna in an orthogonal orientation to the first antenna, problems with feedback and concurrent oscillation have been overcome. |
| FILED | Monday, April 25, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/116168 |
| ART UNIT | 2618 — Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Telecommunications 455/7 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07346625 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Shyh-Kwei Chen (Chappaqua, New York); Kun-Lung Wu (Yorktown Heights, New York); Philip Shi-Lung Yu (Chappaqua, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | Techniques are provided for performing structural joins for answering containment queries. Such inventive techniques may be used to perform efficient structural joins of two interval lists which are neither sorted nor pre-indexed. For example, in an illustrative aspect of the invention, a technique for performing structural joins of two element sets of a tree-structured document, wherein one of the two element sets is an ancestor element set and the other of the two element sets is a descendant element set, and further wherein each element is represented as an interval representing a start position and an end position of the element in the document, comprises the following steps/operations. An index is dynamically built for the ancestor element set. Then, one or more structural joins are performed by searching the index with the interval start position of each element in the descendant element set. |
| FILED | Friday, November 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/982583 |
| ART UNIT | 2164 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Database and file management or data structures 77/102 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Small Business Administration (SBA)
| US 07344627 | Broadley et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Broadley-James Corporation (Irvine, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Scott T. Broadley (Mission Viejo, California); Herbert P. Silverman (Laguna Beach, California); Ta-Yung Chen (Lake Forest, California); Steven R. Ragsdale (Mukilteo, Washington) |
| ABSTRACT | A flowing junction reference electrode comprising a liquid junction member matched with a filter. The junction member and the filter are situated between a reference electrolyte solution and a sample solution. An array of nanochannels spans the junction member and provides fluid communication between the electrolyte solution and the sample solution. The filter is configured to allow a greater flux of electrolyte than that associated with the junction member. Preferably, the number of pores is greater than the number of nanochannels. The filter is preferably configured to have pores with an inner diameter that is the same or less than the inner diameter of the nanochannels. In some embodiment, the resistance of the filter is made lower relative to the resistance of the junction member by selecting suitable length, number, and inner diameter size for the pores of the filter relative to the nanochannels of the junction member. |
| FILED | Wednesday, July 02, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/613976 |
| ART UNIT | 1753 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical and wave energy 24/435 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07345327 | Welser et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Kopin Corporation (Taunton, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Roger E. Welser (Providence, Rhode Island); Paul M. DeLuca (Providence, Rhode Island); Charles R. Lutz (Seekonk, Massachusetts); Kevin S. Stevens (Providence, Rhode Island); Noren Pan (Wilmette, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A semiconductor material which has a high carbon dopant concentration includes gallium, indium, arsenic and nitrogen. The disclosed semiconductor materials have a low sheet resistivity because of the high carbon dopant concentrations obtained. The material can be the base layer of gallium arsenide-based heterojunction bipolar transistors and can be lattice-matched to gallium arsenide emitter and/or collector layers by controlling concentrations of indium and nitrogen in the base layer. The base layer can have a graded band gap that is formed by changing the flow rates during deposition of III and V additive elements employed to reduce band gap relative to different III-V elements that represent the bulk of the layer. The flow rates of the III and V additive elements maintain an essentially constant doping-mobility product value during deposition and can be regulated to obtain pre-selected base-emitter voltages at junctions within a resulting transistor. |
| FILED | Wednesday, October 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/969804 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/200 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07345136 | Wescott et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Heartland Resource Technologies LLC (Pasadena, California); USDA (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James M. Wescott (Waunakee, Wisconsin); Charles R. Frihart (Dane, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Water-resistant, protein-based adhesive dispersion compositions and methods for preparing them are provided. The adhesive dispersions are prepared by copolymerizing a denatured vegetable protein, such as soy flour, that has been functionalized with methylol groups with one or more reactive comonomers, and preparing an acidic dispersion of the adhesive. The adhesive dispersions exhibit superior water resistance, and can be used to bond wood substrates, such as panels or laminate, or in the preparation of composite materials. |
| FILED | Monday, April 04, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/099175 |
| ART UNIT | 1755 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/230 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Education (ED)
| US 07345812 | Hui et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Rongqing Hui (Lenexa, Kansas); Hong-Xing Jiang (Manhattan, Kansas); Jing-Yu Lin (Manhattan, Kansas) |
| ABSTRACT | The present disclosure relates to the use of III-nitride wide bandgap semiconductor materials for optical communications. In one embodiment, an optical device includes an optical waveguide device fabricated using a III-nitride semiconductor material. The III-nitride semiconductor material provides for an electrically controllable refractive index. The optical waveguide device provides for high speed optical communications in an infrared wavelength region. In one embodiment, an optical amplifier is provided using optical coatings at the facet ends of a waveguide formed of erbium-doped III-nitride semiconductor materials. |
| FILED | Friday, February 20, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/783972 |
| ART UNIT | 3663 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/344 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
United States Postal Service (USPS)
| US 07346665 | Courtemanche et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States Postal Service (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul R. Courtemanche (Vienna, Virginia); Susan Smoter (Laurel, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A system and method is provided that allows a user to access life event information. Publicly accessible computer kiosks are provided. An individual user may make selections on the publicly accessible computer as to information or data the user is interested in viewing. The selection may be made by activating one of a number of touch screen buttons. The user may be directed to an ultimate item of information by going through a succession of screens that narrow the user's selection. When the user has identified an item of information the request is routed through a life event server to an appropriate content server. A content server may be a computer of a government entity where life event information is stored. The content server selects the requested information and returns it to the user. |
| FILED | Tuesday, June 04, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/163721 |
| ART UNIT | 2145 — Graphical User Interface and Document Processing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/217 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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