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Patent Details for Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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| US 07356926 | Bridges et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International, Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Eric B. Bridges (Tempe, Arizona); Cristopher Frost (Scottsdale, Arizona) |
| ABSTRACT | A compact removal feature comprises a plurality of recesses, such as radius slots, on an inner diameter (ID) of a bearing inner ring. The removal tool can engage the removal feature and remove the entire bearing assembly without damage to the parts. The placement of the removal feature on the bearing inner ring ID allows for a reduction in inner ring length (and weight) while maintaining bearing assembly integrity. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 18, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/742206 |
| ART UNIT | 3726 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal working 029/898.70 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357035 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Liu (Champaign, Illinois); Jack Chen (Urbana, Illinois); Jonathan Engel (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor chip, comprising a flexible, polymer-based substrate, and at least one microfabricated sensor disposed on the substrate and including a conductive element. The at least one sensor comprises at least one of a tactile sensor and a flow sensor. Other embodiments of the present invention include sensors and/or multi-modal sensor nodes. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/861096 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/756 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357043 | Cumming et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Nomadics, Inc. (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Colin Cumming (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Eric Towers (Stillwater, Oklahoma); Mark Prather (Stillwater, Oklahoma) |
| ABSTRACT | A portal is provided with a detector for detecting trace amounts of substances of interest that may be retained on the surface or interior of a vehicular subject. The portal relies upon the continuous process by which microscopic flakes of dust, dirt, pollen, and other surface and interior contaminants as well as adsorbed analyte media and analyte vapors continuously separate from the surface of vehicular subjects and escape from the interior of vehicular subjects. The portal further leverages the existence of a vehicular thermal plume consisting of a layer of warm air adjacent to the vehicular subject. The warm air rises in the cooler surrounding air and transports the microscopic flakes of surface contaminants, desorbed analyte, and analyte vapors upwardly. The portal capitalizes on this phenomenon by providing at least a partial enclosure with a funnel-shaped collector above the vehicular subject. A low speed flow of relatively dense cool air may be introduced into the portal to buoyantly lift the warmer air of the vehicular thermal plume upwardly. The air stream defined by the vehicular thermal plume and the contaminant particles, analyte media, and analyte vapors therein moves to a trap in the funnel-shaped collector above the portal. The trap cooperates with a detector for detecting the presence of molecules of interest. |
| FILED | Wednesday, September 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/220501 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/864.330 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357058 | Olcott |
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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) | Douglas F. Olcott (Germantown, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A safety latch assembly locks a firing tray mechanism and prevents it from firing a primer prematurely if a breech is not safely closed. The safety latch assembly includes a latch body, a latch hook for locking a firing mechanism tray, and a shaft that connects the latch body to a housing. A torsion spring is secured to the shaft, to bias a first pin towards the firing mechanism tray. A second pin couples a circular rack to the firing mechanism tray. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 15, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 10/906983 |
| ART UNIT | 4155 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Ordnance 089/26 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357375 | Hambric |
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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) | Harry N. Hambric (Fredericksburg, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention enables the routine remote deployment of multi-function sensors from unmanned air ground platforms, such that a special assembly containing one sensor can be mounted and operated by remote control. The invention includes a circular frame with attached legs to grip the sensor during transport and recovery. The legs are stabilized (locked open or shut) by means of a threaded metal band/wire being retracted by means of a gear assembly pulling the threaded band and removing all slack. The legs' rotating point (fulcrum) is located between the circular frame and the top of the leg. The metal band is located nearer to the bottom of the legs and when it (band) is tightened, the legs are squeezed together sufficiently enough to grip the sensor inside their perimeter. |
| FILED | Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/170479 |
| ART UNIT | 3654 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Implements or apparatus for applying pushing or pulling force 254/334 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357928 | Bates et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paula J. Bates (Louisville, Kentucky); Donald M. Miller (Louisville, Kentucky); John O. Trent (Louisville, Kentucky); Xiaohua Xu (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the treatment of tumors and cancer by exploiting the surface expression of the usually nuclear-localized protein, nucleolin. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/683480 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357995 | Parkin |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin (San Jose, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Magnetic tunneling devices are formed from a first body centered cubic (bcc) magnetic layer and a second bcc magnetic layer. At least one spacer layer of bcc material between these magnetic layers exchange couples the first and second bcc magnetic layers. A tunnel barrier in proximity with the second magnetic layer permits spin-polarized current to pass between the tunnel barrier and the second layer; the tunnel barrier may be either MgO and Mg—ZnO. The first magnetic layer, the spacer layer, the second magnetic layer, and the tunnel barrier are all preferably (100) oriented. The MgO and Mg—ZnO tunnel barriers are prepared by first depositing a metallic layer on the second magnetic layer (e.g., a Mg layer), thereby substantially reducing the oxygen content in this magnetic layer, which improves the performance of the tunnel barriers. |
| FILED | Friday, July 02, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/884696 |
| ART UNIT | 1794 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Stock material or miscellaneous articles 428/811.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358039 | Fischer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina); East Carolina University (Greenvile, North Carolina) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas H. Fischer (Hillsborough, North Carolina); Marjorie S. Read (Durham, North Carolina); Arthur P. Bode (Greenville, North Carolina); Timothy C. Nichols (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) |
| ABSTRACT | Fixed-dried red blood cells (RBCs), and processes for preparing the same are disclosed. The red blood cells, upon reconstitution with distilled water or appropriate buffer: bind oxygen with native affinities, have partial deformability, present minimal thrombogenicity to platelets, and have oblated blood group antigens. The RBCs are preferably fixed by means of cross-linkers with aldehyde functions such as paraformaldehyde or glutaraldehyde either alone or in combination. Native oxygen kinetics are achieved by preparing the red blood cells with 1,6-diphosphofructose. Blood group antigens and chemical functions that render the lyophilized RBCs thrombogenic are occluded by chemically attaching polyoxyethylene glycol polymers to the surface membrane of the red blood cells. The cross-linked red blood cells are preferably died by lyophilization. |
| FILED | Monday, January 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/041560 |
| ART UNIT | 1651 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/2 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358152 | Kub 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) | Francis Kub (Arnold, Maryland); Karl Hobart (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | A method of bonding a wafer to a substrate comprising the steps of: providing a wafer having a front surface and a back surface; attaching the front surface of the wafer to a support; thinning the wafer from the back surface; bonding the back surface of the wafer to a substrate using a thin bonding technique; and removing the support from the front surface of the wafer. A circuit comprising: a substrate; and a wafer; wherein the wafer is at most about 50 microns thick; wherein the wafer has a front surface comprising features; and wherein the wafer has a back surface bonded to the substrate using a thin bonding technique. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 22, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/164412 |
| ART UNIT | 2812 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Semiconductor device manufacturing: Process 438/459 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358327 | 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 | 11/111566 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/424 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358377 | Wiemer et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, Iowa); The United States of America (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David F. Wiemer (Iowa City, Iowa); Jeffrey D. Neighbors (Iowa City, Iowa); John A. Beutler (Braddock, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and intermediates for preparing enantiomerically enriched Schweinfurthin analogs which are useful for the treatment of cancer, as well as novel Schweinfurthin analogs having anti-cancer activity, compositions comprising such analogs and therapeutic methods comprising administering such analogs. |
| FILED | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/093270 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 549/388 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358497 | Boreman et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Glenn D. Boreman (Geneva, Florida); Mohamed AbdelRahman (Alexandria, Egypt) |
| ABSTRACT | An antenna-coupled dual-band focal plane array for detecting radiation in the infrared and millimeter-wave bands. The dual-band focal plane array includes a millimeter antenna-coupled pixel incorporating an array of infrared antenna-coupled pixels in a two-dimensional focal plane array format for detecting infrared and millimeter-wave radiation. The configuration allows for a single aperture system capable of operating in both the infrared and millimeter bands. The system further includes electronics for sampling the millimeter antenna-coupled pixel and the array of infrared antenna-coupled pixels for course spatial sampling of the millimeter pixel and fine spatial sampling of the infrared pixels. Application areas can include collision avoidance, bad-weather driving, and maritime navigational aids. |
| FILED | Monday, July 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/183442 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/332 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358914 | Horner |
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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) | Rob Horner (San Diego, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus includes a first end cap, a second end cap and a tapered slot antenna pair having a first antenna element and a second antenna element. The first end cap is electrically coupled to the first antenna element and comprises conductive material. The second end cap is electrically coupled to the second antenna element and comprises conductive material. The first end cap and the second end cap are configured to provide induction-cancelling, capacitive coupling when the apparatus operates at frequencies below a theoretical cutoff frequency. |
| FILED | Tuesday, November 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/645261 |
| ART UNIT | 2821 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications: Radio wave antennas 343/767 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359058 | Kranz et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Morgan Research Corporation (Huntsville, Alabama) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Scott Kranz (Madison, Alabama); Larry Christopher Heaton (Huntsville, Alabama); Calvin Wayne Long (Tullahoma, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | The Miniature Fourier Transform Spectrophotometer provides the capability, in a miniaturized device, of determining the light absorption/transmission spectra of a collected sample of gas or liquid though Fourier Transform spectroscopy techniques. The device takes an optical input from an optical fiber, manipulates that light through miniature optical components, and launches it into a miniaturized Michelson interferometer with a scanning mirror that acquires the interferogram of the optical input. The interferogram can be processed to retrieve the spectrum of the input light. A novel multi-stepped micro-mirror operates as the optical path length modulator in the miniaturized interferometer. A unique monolithic beamsplitter/mirror combination provides for accurate alignment of the components and greatly simplifies product integration. The device is designed to cover various optical spectra of interest. During operation, the precision and accuracy of the microfabricated components in the device allow operation and resolution even at extremely low wavelengths. In addition, the miniaturized nature of the device allows it to be used in new and extremely space-constrained applications. |
| FILED | Friday, November 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/282235 |
| ART UNIT | 2886 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/452 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359059 | Lust et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lisa M. Lust (Plymouth, Minnesota); Dan W. Youngner (Maple Grove, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | A chip-scale atomic gyroscope and methods for sensing and measuring mechanical rotation of an object are disclosed. The chip-scale atomic gyroscope can include a vapor cell including a vapor cavity adapted to contain a vaporized source of alkali-metal atoms and noble gas atoms, a pump laser source adapted to produce a first laser beam along an optical pumping axis for optically pumping the alkali-metal atoms within the vapor cavity to an excited state, and a sense laser source adapted to produce a second laser beam along a sense axis transverse to the optical pumping axis for probing the polarization angle of the noble gas atoms within the vapor cavity. The pump and sense laser sources can each be connected to a servo mechanism, which can be configured to maintain the laser beams at a wavelength corresponding to the carrier wavelength of the alkali-metal atoms and a wavelength detuned from the carrier wavelength. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 18, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/419052 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/459 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359064 | Bahder |
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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) | Thomas B. Bahder (Clarksville, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Included in this disclosure is a quantum positioning system (QPS) that includes a corner cube reflector and a plurality of baselines. Each baseline may include an interferometer, which may include a photon source, a beam splitter, and a photon detector. The interferometer is configured for creating a bi-photon pair and initiating communication of the bi-photon pair with the corner cube reflector. Also included in the QPS is a positioning device configured to calculate a user's position. |
| FILED | Friday, June 17, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/155924 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/496 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359123 | Mitchell et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wavefront Research, Inc. (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Thomas A. Mitchell (Nazareth, Pennsylvania); Thomas W. Stone (Hellertown, Pennsylvania) |
| ABSTRACT | Optical field flattener and converter having an array of gradient index rod lenses. Each gradient index rod lens is substantially in proximity with at )east one other gradient index rod lens. The array is capable of receiving electromagnetic radiation and imaging the received electromagnetic radiation. |
| FILED | Thursday, April 20, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/407764 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/654 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359124 | Fang et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Louisiana Tech University Research Foundation as a division of the Louisiana Tech University Foundation (Ruston, Louisiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Ji Fang (Ruston, Louisiana); Jackie Chen (Ruston, Louisiana); Weisong Wang (College Station, Texas); Kody Varahramyan (Ruston, Louisiana); R. Alfred Gunasekaran (Ruston, Louisiana); Mangilal Agarwal (Ruston, Louisiana) |
| ABSTRACT | A variable focal length microlens system having a base section with a fluid chamber and a fluid pressurization mechanism. A flexible, substantially transparent polymer lens section is fixed above the fluid chamber and the lens section has a curvature providing an initial focal point when in an unstrained state. The fluid chamber is substantially sealed and the fluid pressurization mechanism includes a flexible wall in the base section. The flexible wall may be displaced by magnetic activation, PZT activation of another activating mechanism. |
| FILED | Saturday, April 30, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/119517 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optical: Systems and elements 359/666 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359235 | Katti |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Honeywell International Inc. (Morristown, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Romney R. Katti (Shorewood, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A magnetoresistive device is provided with separate read and write architecture. In one embodiment, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) has a nonmagnetic nonconductive barrier layer sandwiched between two ferromagnetic conducting layers. A first read line having a first resistance is coupled to a first ferromagnetic layer and a second read line having a third resistance is coupled to a second ferromagnetic layer such that a voltage difference between the two read lines will produce a current flowing perpendicularly through each layer of the MTJ. A first write line having a second resistance is separated from the first read line by a first insulator and a second write line having a fourth resistance is separated from the second read line by a second insulator, and wherein the second and fourth resistances are lower than the first and third resistance. |
| FILED | Wednesday, August 29, 2007 |
| APPL NO | 11/847122 |
| ART UNIT | 2827 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Static information storage and retrieval 365/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359285 | Barger et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | James E. Barger (Winchester, Massachusetts); Stephen D. Milligan (Stow, Massachusetts); Marshall Seth Brinn (Newton, Massachusetts); Richard J. Mullen (Needham, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | Systems and methods for locating the shooter of supersonic projectiles are described. The system uses at least five, preferably seven, spaced acoustic sensors. Sensor signals are detected for shockwaves and muzzle blast, wherein muzzle blast detection can be either incomplete coming from less than 4 sensor channels, or inconclusive due to lack of signal strength. Shooter range can be determined by an iterative computation and/or a genetic algorithm by minimizing a cost function that includes timing information from both shockwave and muzzle signal channels. Disambiguation is significantly improved over shockwave-only measurements. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 23, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/210295 |
| ART UNIT | 3662 — Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Communications, electrical: Acoustic wave systems and devices 367/127 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359415 | Alfano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Alfano (Bronx, New York); Vladimir Petricevic (New York, New York); Alexey Bykov (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser medium includes a single crystal of Cr4+:Mg2-xMxSi1-yAyO4, where, where M is a bivalent ion having an ionic radius larger than Mg2+, and A is a tetravalent ion having an ionic radius larger than Si4+. In addition, either a) 0≦x<2 and 0<y<1 or b) 0<x<2 and y is 0 or 1 with the proviso that if M is Ca2+ and x=1 then y is not 0. The laser medium can be used in a laser device, such as a tunable near infrared (NIR) laser. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/338478 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359438 | Beyette, Jr. et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Clifton Labs, Inc. (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Fred R. Beyette, Jr. (Cincinnati, Ohio); Darryl S. Dieckman (Cincinnati, Ohio); Dale E. Martin (Cincinnati, Ohio); Philip A. Wilsey (Cincinnati, Ohio) |
| ABSTRACT | Described are a method and optical communications processor for receiving communications data in an image formed on a plurality of pixels. The method includes receiving active pixel information identifying which of the pixels are receiving communications data and retrieving communications data from each of the pixels identified by the active pixel information. A list of active data communication channels is generated in response to the active pixel information. The active pixel information can be in the form of active pixel flag bits. Optionally, the method also includes receiving video data from the pixels. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 27, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/305626 |
| ART UNIT | 2621 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Pulse or digital communications 375/240.10 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359512 | Elliott |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. (Basking Ridge, New Jersey); BBN Technologies LLC (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brig Barnum Elliott (Arlington, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A quantum cryptographic device provides authentication services over the optical (quantum) channel and the public channel. In one implementation, polarizers generate optical pulses that have a polarization state based on a bit from a first bit sequence. A polarization rotator further rotates the polarization basis of the optical pulse by a rotation angle specified by one or more bits of a second bit sequence. A receiving device receives the modulated optical pulses, demodulates the pulses, and may determine whether the optical channel can be authenticated. In an alternate implementation, phase modulation, instead of polarization modulation, is used to similarly modulate the optical pulses. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 10, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/797849 |
| ART UNIT | 2132 — Memory Access and Control |
| CURRENT CPC | Cryptography 380/253 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359526 | Nister |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sarnoff Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David Nister (Plainsboro, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | A method and apparatus for determining camera pose from point correspondences. Specifically, an efficient solution to the classical five-point relative pose problem is presented. The problem is to find the possible solutions for relative camera motion between two calibrated views given five corresponding points. The method consists of computing the coefficients of a tenth degree polynomial and subsequently finding its roots. The method is well suited for numerical implementation that also corresponds to the inherent complexity of the problem. The method is used in a robust hypothesize- and-test framework to estimate structure and motion in real-time. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/798726 |
| ART UNIT | 2624 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Image analysis 382/100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359802 | Lewis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Nathan S. Lewis (Pasadena, California); Erik Severin (Pasadena, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Provided are compositions and systems useful in remote monitoring of chemical hazards, air quality, and medical conditions, for example, robotic systems to search for and detect explosives, mines, and hazardous chemicals. In addition, the methods, systems and compositions of the invention provide the ability to mine data from a database containing a plurality of chemical fingerprints. |
| FILED | Friday, July 11, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/618546 |
| ART UNIT | 2863 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Measuring, calibrating, or testing 72/24 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359849 | Palmquist |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Speechgear, Inc. (Northfield, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert D. Palmquist (Faribault, Minnesota) |
| ABSTRACT | In general, the invention is directed to translation techniques for acronyms and ambiguities. In one embodiment, translation of a source text into a target language includes identifying a potential acronym in the source text and presenting a translated acronym to the user as a candidate for translation of the acronym. In another embodiment, a user's response with respect to a first instance of an ambiguity is used to translate a second instance of the ambiguity in a set of related documents without any further user response. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 16, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/014213 |
| ART UNIT | 2626 — Selective Visual Display Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Data processing: Speech signal processing, linguistics, language translation, and audio compression/decompression 74/5 |
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| US 07359966 | Saxena et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | BBN Technologies Corp. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Tushar Saxena (Lexington, Massachusetts); David B. Cousins (Barrington, Rhode Island); Craig Partridge (East Lansing, Michigan); W. Timothy Strayer (West Newton, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | A system processes communication signals in a network [100, 200]. The system may obtain time of arrival information for chunks of data in the network and construct a signal [410, 420] to represent the time of arrival information. The signal may consist of data that is non-uniformly spaced. The system may process the signal using a Lomb technique to obtain periodicity information [600, 800] about the signal. |
| FILED | Friday, September 13, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/243489 |
| ART UNIT | 2157 — Data Bases & File Management |
| CURRENT CPC | Electrical computers and digital processing systems: Multicomputer data transferring 79/224 |
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| US 07357509 | Williams et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Rochester (Rochester, New York); University of Houston (Houston, Texas); Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| INVENTOR(S) | David R. Williams (Fairport, New York); Raymond A. Applegate (Kingwood, Texas); Larry N. Thibos (Bloomington, Indiana) |
| ABSTRACT | Several metrics to predict the subjective impact of the eye's wavefront aberrations are presented. The metrics can be based on RMS wavefront errors or slopes, the area of the critical pupil, a curvature parameter, the point spread function, the optical transfer function, or the like. Other techniques include the fitting of a sphero-cylindrical surface, the use of multivariate metrics, and customization of the metric for patient characteristics such as age. |
| FILED | Wednesday, April 28, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/833277 |
| ART UNIT | 2873 — Material and Article Handling |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Eye examining, vision testing and correcting 351/246 |
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| US 07357802 | Palanker et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Daniel V. Palanker (Sunnyvale, California); Alexander Vankov (Mountain View, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention is directed towards an electrosurgical cutting system. The system comprises an electrically conductive blade, having first and second blade surfaces. First and second insulators are affixed to the first and second blade surfaces, respectively. A blade edge, a region between the first and second blade surfaces, has an edge radius of curvature, which preferably is small. A source of pulsed electrical energy coupled to the electrically conductive blade provides a substantially uniform and highly enhanced electric field along a cutting portion of the blade edge. The system can also be comprised of a wire electrode. Despite the fact that its field is strongly enhanced around the apex, a uniform vapor cavity is formed and then ionized using an appropriately designed burst of pulses, preferably of alternating polarity. |
| FILED | Friday, February 13, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/779529 |
| ART UNIT | 3739 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Surgery 66/45 |
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| US 07357913 | Hellerstein |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marc K. Hellerstein (Kensington, California) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to techniques for measuring and comparing relative molecular flux rates of different biological molecules by administering isotope-labeled water to one or more tissues or individuals and comparing the molecular flux rates of two or more biological molecules, including biological molecules in different chemical classes. The methods find use in several applications including diagnosing, prognosing, or monitoring a disease, disorder, or condition, the in vivo high-throughput screening of chemical entities and biological factors for therapeutic effects in various disease models, and the in vivo high-throughput screening of chemical entities and biological factors for toxic effects. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/433879 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/1.110 |
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| US 07357916 | Jagadeeswaran |
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| INVENTOR(S) | Pudur Jagadeeswaran (San Antonio, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed are improved methods for creating a uniform vascular wound in a zebrafish larva or zebrafish. The methods illustratively include subjecting a zebrafish larva to laser irradiation in an amount and for a period of time effective to cause a uniform vascular wound in the zebrafish larva; or exposing a zebrafish to water containing sodium hydroxide in an amount and for a period of time effective to cause a uniform vascular wound detectable in the gills of the zebrafish. |
| FILED | Wednesday, December 24, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/525571 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/9.100 |
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| US 07357928 | Bates et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paula J. Bates (Louisville, Kentucky); Donald M. Miller (Louisville, Kentucky); John O. Trent (Louisville, Kentucky); Xiaohua Xu (Louisville, Kentucky) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods for the treatment of tumors and cancer by exploiting the surface expression of the usually nuclear-localized protein, nucleolin. |
| FILED | Thursday, October 09, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/683480 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 424/130.100 |
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| US 07358049 | Tully et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia); Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Nutley, New Jersey) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Timothy P. Tully (Cold Spring Harbor, New York); Joshua I. Dubnau (Huntington Station, New York); Michael Davis (Stone Mountain, Georgia); Jan Mous (Giebenach, Switzerland); Ulrich Certa (Allschwil, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to methods of identifying genes involved in memory formation. This is accomplished by performing a gene chip identification of those genes expressed during transcription-dependent memory formation but not during transcription-independent memory formation. A statistical analysis of the gene chip identification output yields a set of genes that are involved in transcription-dependent memory formation. |
| FILED | Monday, August 08, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/199563 |
| ART UNIT | 1634 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
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| US 07358087 | Sanderson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Board of Regents of The University of Nebraska (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Sam D. Sanderson (Omaha, Nebraska); Michael A. Hollingsworth (Omaha, Nebraska); Richard A. Tempero (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| ABSTRACT | Molecular adjuvants are disclosed comprising an antigen presenting cell-targeting ligand linked to an immunogen. In particular, these molecular adjuvants are employed in compositions designed to deliver the specific immunogen to antigen presenting cells and simultaneously deliver signals to those cells that produce the desired immune response. Methods are also disclosed for delivery of these molecular adjuvants to patients, resulting in the transduction of activating signals to the targeted antigen presenting cell, thereby enhancing the immune response to the co-delivered immunogen. |
| FILED | Monday, September 17, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 09/954349 |
| ART UNIT | 1644 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/375 |
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| US 07358090 | Seidman 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) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael M. Seidman (Washington, District of Columbia); Alokes Majumdar (Gaithersburg, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to improved methods for the modification, including recombination, of genes in cells. More specifically, the invention relates to the increased efficiency of modification, including recombination, by introduction of a DNA-modifying molecule into a cell cycle synchronized cell. Additionally, the invention relates to target DNA that has been modified, mutated or marked by the approaches disclosed herein. The invention also relates to cells, tissue, and organisms which have been modified by the invention's methods. |
| FILED | Thursday, March 22, 2001 |
| APPL NO | 10/239595 |
| 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 435/440 |
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| US 07358222 | Nadel et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jay A. Nadel (San Francisco, California); Kiyoshi Takeyama (Tokyo, Japan) |
| ABSTRACT | Hypersecretion of mucus in the lungs is inhibited by the administration of an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) antagonist. The EGF-R antagonist may be in the form of a small organic molecule, an antibody, or portion of an antibody that binds to and blocks the EGF receptor. The EGF-R antagonist is preferably administered by injection in an amount sufficient to inhibit formation of goblet cells in pulmonary airways. The degranulation of goblet cells that results in airway mucus production is thereby inhibited. Assays for screening candidate agents that inhibit goblet cell proliferation are also provided. |
| FILED | Friday, February 07, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/359932 |
| ART UNIT | 1614 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/1 |
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| US 07358225 | Perrin et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Marilyn H. Perrin (La Jolla, California); Ruoping Chen (San Diego, California); Kathy A. Lewis (San Diego, California); Wylie W. Vale, Jr. (La Jolla, California); Cynthia J. Donaldson (San Diego, California); Paul Sawchenko (Encinitas, California) |
| ABSTRACT | In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel G-protein-coupled receptor proteins (CRF-R) characterized by having sufficient binding affinity for corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) such that concentrations of £ 10 nM of CRF occupy 350% of the binding sites of said receptor protein. Nucleic acid sequences encoding such receptors, assays employing same, as well as antibodies derived therefrom, are also disclosed. Invention CRF-Rs can be employed in a variety of ways, such as, for example, in bioassays, for production of antibodies thereto, in therapeutic compositions containing such proteins and/or antibodies. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 26, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/649193 |
| ART UNIT | 1649 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07358226 | Dayton et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Paul Dayton (Davis, California); Katherine W. Ferrara (Davis, California); Michaelann Shortencarier (Sacramento, California); Susannah Bloch (Davis, California) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods, compositions and apparatus for localized delivery of compounds are provided. In certain embodiments, radiation force is used to direct carriers to a target site, and additional radiation is used to fragment the localized carriers, releasing associate compounds. Ultrasound radiation is preferred as the source for radiation force and for fragmentation. Also encompassed are embodiments in which targeting and fragmentations are combined with imaging of the treatment site. Alternate embodiments are disclosed in which compounds are locally delivered without use of carriers. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 26, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/928648 |
| ART UNIT | 1616 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/2 |
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| US 07358237 | Snyder et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Solomon H. Snyder (Baltimore, Maryland); Sangwon Kim (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | Cyclooxygenase (COX2) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) are two major inflammatory mediators. Inducible NOS specifically binds to COX2 and S-nitrosylates it, enhancing COX2 catalytic activity. Selectively disrupting iNOS—COX2 binding prevents NO-mediated activation of COX2. The synergistic molecular interaction between two inflammatory systems permits assays for developing anti-inflammatory drugs. |
| FILED | Friday, April 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/413201 |
| ART UNIT | 1654 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/200 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brent R. Stockwell (New York, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relate to methods of identifying a genotype-selective agent. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to agents that are selectively toxic to engineered human tumorigenic cells. |
| FILED | Thursday, January 29, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/767018 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/322 |
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| US 07358266 | Nicolaou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Kyriacos C. Nicolaou (La Jolla, California); Kenji Namoto (Solana Beach, California); Andreas Ritzen (Vanlose, Denmark); Mitsuru Shoji (Tokyo, Japan); Trond Ulven (Copenhagen, Denmark); Karl-Heinz Altmann (Reinach, Switzerland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to cis- and trans-12, 13-cyclopropyl and 12,13-cyclobutyl epothilones of formula I to IV wherein Ar is a radical represented by the following structure: and the other radicals and symbols have the meanings as defined herein; to their chemical synthesis and biological evaluation; their use in the treatment of neoplastic diseases and to pharmaceutical preparations containing such compounds. The compounds described herein are potent tubulin polymerization promoters and cytotoxic agents. |
| FILED | Friday, August 23, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/227073 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions 514/370 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Wei Gu (Paramus, New Jersey) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to the mechanism of ARF-mediated cell growth suppression. ARF-BP1 is identified as a novel ubiquitin ligase, and a major component of ARF-containing nuclear complexes in human cells. The present invention discloses a novel mechanism of ARF-mediated p53 activation and that ARF-BP1 is a critical mediator of both p53-independent and p53-dependent tumor suppression functions of ARF. Inactivation of ARF-BP1 in normal cells stabilizes p53 and induces p53-dependent apoptosis. Inactivation of ARF-BP1, but not Mdm2, in p53-wildtype cells promotes cell growth inhibition in a manner reminiscent of ARF induction. ARF-BP1 directly binds and ubiquitinates p53 and inactivation of endogenous ARF-BP1 is crucial for ARF-mediated p53 stabilization in Mdm2-null cells. ARF-BP1 is advantageous over Mdm2 as a target for suppressing tumor cell growth regardless of p53 status. |
| FILED | Friday, April 29, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/118524 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction products thereof 530/350 |
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| US 07358347 | Chandrasekharappa 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) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Settara Chandrasekharappa (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Siradanahalli Guru (Bethesda, Maryland); Pachiappan Manickam (Huntsville, Alabama); Francis S. Collins (Rockville, Maryland); Michael R. Emmert-Buck (Silver Spring, Maryland); Larisa V. Debelenko (New York, New York); Irina A. Lubensky (Silver Spring, Maryland); Lance A. Liotta (Bethesda, Maryland); Sunita K. Agarwal (Gaithersburg, Maryland); Allen M. Spiegel (Bethesda, Maryland); A. Lee Burns (Rockville, Maryland); Stephen J. Marx (Chevy Chase, Maryland); Zhengping Zhuang (Bethesda, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention relates to the discovery of a novel tumor suppressor gene which is associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. The gene has been designated MEN1 and the gene product is menin. The absence of this protein and associated mutations in the corresponding gene have been identified in individuals suffering from multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. The identification of this marker for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 has diagnostic uses as well as for gene therapy. |
| FILED | Wednesday, March 04, 1998 |
| APPL NO | 09/380337 |
| ART UNIT | 1642 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07358351 | St. Croix et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Brad St. Croix (Frederick, Maryland); Bert Vogelstein (Baltimore, Maryland); Kenneth W. Kinzler (Bel Air, Maryland) |
| ABSTRACT | To gain a better understanding of tumor angiogenesis, new techniques for isolating endothelial cells (ECs) and evaluating gene expression patterns were developed. When transcripts from ECs derived from normal and malignant colorectal tissues were compared with transcripts from non-endothelial cells, over 170 genes predominantly expressed in the endothelium were identified. Comparison between normal- and tumor-derived endothelium revealed 79 differentially expressed genes, including 46 that were specifically elevated in tumor-associated endothelium. Experiments with representative genes from this group demonstrated that most were similarly expressed in the endothelium of primary lung, breast, brain, and pancreatic cancers as well as in metastatic lesions of the liver. These results demonstrate that neoplastic and normal endothelium in humans are distinct at the molecular level, and have significant implications for the development of anti-angiogenic therapies in the future. |
| FILED | Wednesday, November 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/979159 |
| ART UNIT | 1643 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 536/23.100 |
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| US 07358361 | Sanders et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | John M. Sanders (Champaign, Illinois); Yongcheng Song (Urbana, Illinois); Julian M. W. Chan (Boston, Massachusetts); Eric Oldfield (Champaign, Illinois); Yonghui Zhang (Urbana, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Bisphosphonate compounds and related methods of making and using are disclosed, including pyridinium-1-yl, quinolinium-1-yl, and related compounds. The activity of compounds is disclosed in the context of functional assays such as Leishmania major farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS) inhibition, Dictyostelium discoideum growth inhibition, human gamma delta T cell activation, and bone resorption. The applicability of bisphosphonate compounds in the context of parasitic infections, for example against trypanosomes, is disclosed. Further potential applications of the invention are disclosed regarding the treatment of one or more conditions such as bone resorption disorders, cancer, bone pain, infectious diseases, and in immunotherapy. |
| FILED | Friday, October 07, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/245612 |
| ART UNIT | 1625 — Organic Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 546/22 |
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| US 07358415 | Glimcher et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Laurie H. Glimcher (West Newton, Massachusetts); Andreas M. Reimold (Dallas, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention demonstrates that the transcription factor XBP-1 is a regulator of hepatocyte growth, plasma cell differentiation and T cell subset activity. Methods for identifying modulators of hepatocyte growth, plasma cell differentiation and/or T cell subset activity, using XBP-1-containing indicator compositions or XBP-1-deficient cells, are provided. Methods of modulating hepatocyte growth, plasma cell differentiation and/or T cell subset activity (e.g., Th2 cytokine production) using agents that modulate the activity of XBP-1 are also provided. Methods for diagnosing disorders associated with aberrant hepatocyte growth, plasma cell differentiation and/or T cell subset activity, by assessing a change in XBP-1 expression, are also provided. XBP-1 deficient cells, animals and embryos, as well as kits for the methods of the invention, are also provided by the invention. |
| FILED | Tuesday, August 19, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/643581 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/3 |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Maine) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Derry Roopenian (Salisbury Cove, Maine) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed is a transgenic knockout mouse whose genome comprises a homozygous disruption in its endogenous FcRn gene. The homozygous RcRn disruption prevents the expression of a functional FcRn protein, resulting in a transgenic knockout mouse in which exogenously administered IgG1 exhibits a substantially shorter half-life, as compared to the half-life of exogenously administered IgG1 in a wild-type mouse. The transgenic knockout mouse with a homozygous RcRn disruption is also unable to absorb maternal IgG in the prenatal or neonatal stage of development. Also disclosed is a transgenic knockout mouse comprising a homozygous FcRn disruption and a human FcRn transgene. The transgenic addition of human FcRn results in a substantial increase in the half-life of exogenously administered human IgG1. Methods of using the transgenic knockout mouse, and cells derived from them, are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/235996 |
| ART UNIT | 1633 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes 8/13 |
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| US 07358730 | Mistretta et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles A. Mistretta (Madison, Wisconsin); Andrew L. Alexander (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| ABSTRACT | Highly undersampled diffusion weighted image data sets are acquired for a plurality of different directions using a projection reconstruction pulse sequence. The acquired projection views are interleaved and are combined to form a more highly sampled data set that is used to reconstruct a composite image. A DWI image is reconstructed from each undersampled data set for each direction using a highly constrained backprojected method that employs the composite image. Diffusion tensor values are calculated from the DWI images. |
| FILED | Thursday, September 21, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/524751 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/307 |
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| US 07358732 | Van Der Kouwe et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | André J. W. Van Der Kouwe (Woburn, Massachusetts); Anders M. Dale (La Jolla, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system, method, software arrangement and computer-accessible medium for correcting for a motion of an object are provided. In this system, method, software arrangement and computer-accessible medium, the navigator data and map data can be obtained for the object. Then, the navigator data is compared with the map to generate comparison data. Thereafter, a translation and/or a rotation of the object is corrected in real-time as a function of the comparison data. The navigator can be preferably a clover leaf navigator. In one exemplary embodiment, a scanning sequence can be used to determine a position of the object. For example, this scanning sequence may include a signal portion which includes at least one radio frequency signal, a navigator portion which includes at least one clover leaf navigator, and a spoiler portion provided for reducing a signal magnitude of the scanning sequence. The navigator is provided for allowing a measurement of the rotation and/or the translation of the object. The measurement can be adjusted by correcting for phase encoding effects, shimming errors, and B0 drifts. A feedback control system may be provided to repeatedly correct the measurement of the rotation and translation of the object. The navigator portion can advantageously be provided between the signal portion and the spoiler portion. The system, method, software arrangement and computer-accessible medium may be implemented when multiple coils are present. |
| FILED | Monday, October 24, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/257925 |
| ART UNIT | 2859 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Measuring and testing 324/309 |
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| US 07359062 | Chen et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Zhongping Chen (Irvine, California); Jun Zhang (Irvine, California); J. Stuart Nelson (Laguna Niguel, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for tomographic imaging includes a source of at least partially coherent radiation, a frequency-swept laser source and an interferometer. The radiation in the interferometer is phase modulated at a modulation frequency for elimination of DC and autocorrelation noises as well as the mirror image. The interference fringes of the radiation backscattered from the sample into the interferometer are detected to obtain a spectral signal. The spectral signal of the detected backscattered interference fringes is transformed to obtain a location dependent signal at each pixel location in a data window. A tomographic image of the fluid flow in the data window is generated for display and of the structure of the scanned fluid flow sample in the data window from the location dependent signal is generated. |
| FILED | Thursday, December 09, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 11/009717 |
| ART UNIT | 2877 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Optics: Measuring and testing 356/479 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Energy (DOE)
| US 07357030 | Novascone et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Stephen R. Novascone (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Phillip B. West (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Michael J. Anderson (Troy, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and an apparatus for determining at least one characteristic of an environment are disclosed. A vibrational energy may be imparted into an environment and a magnitude of damping of the vibrational energy may be measured and at least one characteristic of the environment may be determined. Particularly, a vibratory source may be operated and coupled to an environment. At least one characteristic of the environment may be determined based on a shift in at least one steady-state frequency of oscillation of the vibratory source. An apparatus may include at least one vibratory source and a structure for positioning the at least one vibratory source proximate to an environment. Further, the apparatus may include an analysis device for determining at least one characteristic of the environment based at least partially upon shift in a steady-state oscillation frequency of the vibratory source for the given impetus. |
| FILED | Thursday, November 11, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/988065 |
| ART UNIT | 2856 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/649 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357292 | Tolle et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (Idaho Falls, Idaho) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Charles R. Tolle (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Denis E. Clark (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Timothy A. Barnes (Ammon, Idaho) |
| ABSTRACT | A friction stir welding tool is described and which includes a shank portion; a shoulder portion which is releasably engageable with the shank portion; and a pin which is releasably engageable with the shoulder portion. |
| FILED | Tuesday, February 01, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/049557 |
| ART UNIT | 4111 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Metal fusion bonding 228/112.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357903 | Zhou et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Headwaters Heavy Oil, LLC (South Jordan, Utah) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Bing Zhou (Cranbury, New Jersey); Sukesh Parasher (Lawrenceville, New Jersey); Jeffrey J. Hare (Provo, Utah); N. Stanley Harding (North Salt Lake, Utah); Stephanie E. Black (Sandy, Utah); Kenneth R. Johnson (Highland, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An organically complexed nanocatalyst composition is applied to or mixed with coal prior to or upon introducing the coal into a coal burner in order to catalyze the removal of coal nitrogen from the coal and its conversion into nitrogen gas prior to combustion of the coal. This process leads to reduced NOx production during coal combustion. The nanocatalyst compositions include a nanoparticle catalyst that is made using a dispersing agent that can bond with the catalyst atoms. The dispersing agent forms stable, dispersed, nano-sized catalyst particles. The catalyst composition can be formed as a stable suspension to facilitate storage, transportation and application of the catalyst nanoparticles to a coal material. The catalyst composition can be applied before or after pulverizing the coal material or it may be injected directly into the coal burner together with pulverized coal. |
| FILED | Monday, May 16, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/129833 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/239.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357910 | Phillips et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, New Mexico) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Jonathan Phillips (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Daniel Mendoza (Santa Fe, New Mexico); Chun-Ku Chen (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Method for producing metal oxide nanoparticles. The method includes generating an aerosol of solid metallic microparticles, generating plasma with a plasma hot zone at a temperature sufficiently high to vaporize the microparticles into metal vapor, and directing the aerosol into the hot zone of the plasma. The microparticles vaporize in the hot zone into metal vapor. The metal vapor is directed away from the hot zone and into the cooler plasma afterglow where it oxidizes, cools and condenses to form solid metal oxide nanoparticles. |
| FILED | Monday, July 15, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/195757 |
| ART UNIT | 1793 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry of inorganic compounds 423/592.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358009 | Johnson et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Christopher S. Johnson (Naperville, Illinois); Michael M. Thackeray (Naperville, Illinois); John T. Vaughey (Elmhurst, Illinois); Arthur J. Kahaian (Chicago, Illinois); Jeom-Soo Kim (Naperville, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | Lithium metal oxide compounds of nominal formula Li2MO2, in which M represents two or more positively charged metal ions, selected predominantly and preferably from the first row of transition metals are disclosed herein. The Li2MO2 compounds have a layered-type structure, which can be used as positive electrodes for lithium electrochemical cells, or as a precursor for the in-situ electrochemical fabrication of LiMO2 electrodes. The Li2MO2 compounds of the invention may have additional functions in lithium cells, for example, as end-of-discharge indicators, or as negative electrodes for lithium cells. |
| FILED | Wednesday, February 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/365286 |
| ART UNIT | 1795 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 429/231.100 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358221 | Jamison et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Sandia Corporation (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Gregory M. Jamison (Albuquerque, New Mexico); David R. Wheeler (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Douglas A. Loy (Tucson, Arizona); Blake A. Simmons (San Francisco, California); Timothy M. Long (Evanston, Illinois); James R. McElhanon (Manteca, California); Kamyar Rahimian (Albuquerque, New Mexico); Chad L. Staiger (Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | A class of surfactant molecules whose structure includes regularly spaced unsaturation in the tail group and thus, can be readily decomposed by ring-closing metathesis, and particularly by the action of a transition metal catalyst, to form small molecule products. These small molecules are designed to have increased volatility and/or enhanced solubility as compared to the original surfactant molecule and are thus easily removed by solvent extraction or vacuum extraction at low temperature. By producing easily removable decomposition products, the surfactant molecules become particularly desirable as template structures for preparing meso- and microstructural materials with tailored properties. |
| FILED | Monday, June 26, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/475267 |
| ART UNIT | 1751 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Cleaning compositions for solid surfaces, auxiliary compositions therefor, or processes of preparing the compositions 510/476 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358469 | Ripley |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Edward B. Ripley (Knoxville, Tennessee) |
| ABSTRACT | An apparatus for heat treating manufactured components using microwave energy and microwave susceptor material. Heat treating medium such as eutectic salts may be employed. A fluidized bed introduces process gases which may include carburizing or nitriding gases. The process may be operated in a batch mode or continuous process mode. A microwave heating probe may be used to restart a frozen eutectic salt bath. |
| FILED | Tuesday, December 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/567025 |
| ART UNIT | 3742 — Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Nucleic Acids, Recombinant DNA and RNA, Gene Regulation, Nucleic Acid Amplification, Animals and Plants, Combinatorial/ Computational Chemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Electric heating 219/775 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358502 | Appleby et al. |
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| INVENTOR(S) | David Appleby (North Garden, Virginia); Iain Fraser (Ruckersville, Virginia); Scott Watson (Jemez Springs, New Mexico) |
| ABSTRACT | Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a system, which can comprise an imaging plate. The imaging plate can be exposable by an x-ray source. The imaging plate can be configured to be used in digital radiographic imaging. The imaging plate can comprise a phosphor-based image storage device configured to convert an image stored therein into light. |
| FILED | Friday, April 28, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/413548 |
| ART UNIT | 2884 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/370.140 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359164 | Yuan |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Super Power, Inc (, None) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Xing Yuan (Albany, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A modular and scalable Matrix-type Fault Current Limiter (MFCL) that functions as a “variable impedance” device in an electric power network, using components made of superconducting and non-superconducting electrically conductive materials. An inductor is connected in series with the trigger superconductor in the trigger matrix and physically surrounds the superconductor. The current surge during a fault will generate a trigger magnetic field in the series inductor to cause fast and uniform quenching of the trigger superconductor to significantly reduce burnout risk due to superconductor material non-uniformity. |
| FILED | Friday, June 25, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/877838 |
| ART UNIT | 2836 — Electrical Circuits and Systems |
| CURRENT CPC | Electricity: Electrical systems and devices 361/19 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359480 | Slaughter et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Dennis R. Slaughter (Oakland, California); Bertram A. Pohl (Berkeley, California); Arden D. Dougan (San Ramon, California); Adam Bernstein (Palo Alto, California); Stanley G. Prussin (Kensington, California); Eric B. Norman (Oakland, California) |
| ABSTRACT | A system for inspecting cargo for the presence of special nuclear material. The cargo is irradiated with neutrons. The neutrons produce fission products in the special nuclear material which generate gamma rays. The gamma rays are detecting indicating the presence of the special nuclear material. |
| FILED | Monday, May 03, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/838762 |
| ART UNIT | 1724 — Fuel Cells, Battery, Flammable Gas, Solar Cells, Liquid Crystal Compositions |
| CURRENT CPC | X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices 378/57 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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| US 07357035 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Liu (Champaign, Illinois); Jack Chen (Urbana, Illinois); Jonathan Engel (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor chip, comprising a flexible, polymer-based substrate, and at least one microfabricated sensor disposed on the substrate and including a conductive element. The at least one sensor comprises at least one of a tactile sensor and a flow sensor. Other embodiments of the present invention include sensors and/or multi-modal sensor nodes. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/861096 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/756 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357606 | Pettit et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Donald R. Pettit (Houston, Texas); Ronald K. Penner (Hampton, Virginia); Larry D. Franklin (Hampton, Virginia); Charles J. Camarda (League City, Texas) |
| ABSTRACT | Methods and tool for simultaneously forming a bore in a work piece and forming a series of threads in said bore. In an embodiment, the tool has a predetermined axial length, a proximal end, and a distal end, said tool comprising: a shank located at said proximal end; a pilot drill portion located at said distal end; and a mill portion intermediately disposed between said shank and said pilot drill portion. The mill portion is comprised of at least two drill-tap sections of predetermined axial lengths and at least one transition section of predetermined axial length, wherein each of said at least one transition section is sandwiched between a distinct set of two of said at least two drill-tap sections. The at least two drill-tap sections are formed of one or more drill-tap cutting teeth spirally increasing along said at least two drill-tap sections, wherein said tool is self-advanced in said work piece along said formed threads, and wherein said tool simultaneously forms said bore and said series of threads along a substantially similar longitudinal axis. |
| FILED | Friday, February 03, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/357461 |
| ART UNIT | 3722 — Manufacturing Devices & Processes, Machine Tools & Hand Tools Group Art Units |
| CURRENT CPC | Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool 48/222 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357836 | Tsapatsis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Tsapatsis (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Zhiping Lai (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain aspects, the invention features methods for forming crystalline membranes (e.g., a membrane of a framework material, such as a zeolite) by inducing secondary growth in a layer of oriented seed crystals. The rate of growth of the seed crystals in the plane of the substrate is controlled to be comparable to the rate of growth out of the plane. As a result, a crystalline membrane can form a substantially continuous layer including grains of uniform crystallographic orientation that extend through the depth of the layer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/794483 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/68 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358314 | Gajiwala et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Edina, Minnesota) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Himansu M. Gajiwala (Layton, Utah); David G. Guillot (Tremonton, Utah) |
| ABSTRACT | An insulation composition that comprises at least one nitrile butadiene rubber (“NBR”) having an acrylonitrile content that ranges from approximately 26% by weight to approximately 35% by weight and polybenzoxazole (“PBO”) fibers. The NBR may be a copolymer of acrylonitrile and butadiene and may be present in the insulation composition in a range of from approximately 45% by weight to approximately 56% by weight of a total weight of the insulation composition. The PBO fibers may be present in a range of from approximately 3% by weight to approximately 10% by weight of a total weight of the insulation composition. A rocket motor including the insulation composition and a method of insulating a rocket motor are also disclosed. |
| FILED | Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/207855 |
| ART UNIT | 1713 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 526/335 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358343 | Dorn et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, Virginia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Harry C. Dorn (Blacksburg, Virginia); Erick B. Iezzi (Blacksburg, Virginia); James Duchamp (Emory, Virginia) |
| ABSTRACT | Trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerene derivatives and their preparation are described. The trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerene derivatives have the general formula A3-nXn@Cm(R) where n ranges from 0 to 3, A and X may be trivalent metals and may be either rare earth metal or group IIIB metals, m is between about 60 and about 200, and R is preferably an organic group. Derivatives where the R group forms cyclized derivatives with the fullerene cage are also described. |
| FILED | Tuesday, September 17, 2002 |
| APPL NO | 10/244747 |
| ART UNIT | 1618 — Organic Compounds: Bio-affecting, Body Treating, Drug Delivery, Steroids, Herbicides, Pesticides, Cosmetics, and Drugs |
| CURRENT CPC | Organic compounds 534/15 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358490 | Hersam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Evanston, Illinois); Liam S. C. Pingree (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductive atomic force microscopy (cAFM) technique which can concurrently monitor topography, charge transport, and electroluminescence with nanometer spatial resolution. This cAFM approach is particularly well suited for probing the electroluminescent response characteristics of operating organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) over short length scales. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/138148 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07359415 | Alfano et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Robert R. Alfano (Bronx, New York); Vladimir Petricevic (New York, New York); Alexey Bykov (Bronx, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | A laser medium includes a single crystal of Cr4+:Mg2-xMxSi1-yAyO4, where, where M is a bivalent ion having an ionic radius larger than Mg2+, and A is a tetravalent ion having an ionic radius larger than Si4+. In addition, either a) 0≦x<2 and 0<y<1 or b) 0<x<2 and y is 0 or 1 with the proviso that if M is Ca2+ and x=1 then y is not 0. The laser medium can be used in a laser device, such as a tunable near infrared (NIR) laser. |
| FILED | Tuesday, January 24, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/338478 |
| ART UNIT | 2828 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Coherent light generators 372/39 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
National Science Foundation (NSF)
| US 07357035 | Liu et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Chang Liu (Champaign, Illinois); Jack Chen (Urbana, Illinois); Jonathan Engel (Champaign, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A sensor chip, comprising a flexible, polymer-based substrate, and at least one microfabricated sensor disposed on the substrate and including a conductive element. The at least one sensor comprises at least one of a tactile sensor and a flow sensor. Other embodiments of the present invention include sensors and/or multi-modal sensor nodes. |
| FILED | Friday, June 04, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/861096 |
| ART UNIT | 2855 — Printing/Measuring and Testing |
| CURRENT CPC | Measuring and testing 073/756 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07357836 | Tsapatsis et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | University of Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Michael Tsapatsis (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Zhiping Lai (Amherst, Massachusetts) |
| ABSTRACT | In certain aspects, the invention features methods for forming crystalline membranes (e.g., a membrane of a framework material, such as a zeolite) by inducing secondary growth in a layer of oriented seed crystals. The rate of growth of the seed crystals in the plane of the substrate is controlled to be comparable to the rate of growth out of the plane. As a result, a crystalline membrane can form a substantially continuous layer including grains of uniform crystallographic orientation that extend through the depth of the layer. |
| FILED | Friday, March 05, 2004 |
| APPL NO | 10/794483 |
| ART UNIT | 1792 — Food, Analytical Chemistry, Sterilization, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry |
| CURRENT CPC | Single-crystal, oriented-crystal, and epitaxy growth processes; non-coating apparatus therefor 117/68 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358051 | Gianchandani et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Yogesh B. Gianchandani (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Amar S. Basu (Troy, Michigan) |
| ABSTRACT | Disclosed herein is a method of collecting suspensions in a liquid film including the steps of developing a variation in surface tension at a gas-liquid interface of the liquid film to generate a circulating flow pattern within the liquid film, and scanning the liquid film with the circulating flow pattern for entrapment of the suspensions in the flow pattern by re-directing the variation in the surface tension across the gas-liquid interface of the liquid film. |
| FILED | Monday, June 05, 2006 |
| APPL NO | 11/446615 |
| ART UNIT | 1641 — Immunology, Receptor/Ligands, Cytokines Recombinant Hormones, and Molecular Biology |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/6 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358318 | Tavlarides et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Lawrence L. Tavlarides (Fayetteville, New York); Nandu V. Deorkar (Morris Plains, New Jersey); Jun-Sig Lee (Syracuse, New York) |
| ABSTRACT | The present invention relates to an organo-ceramic composite material useful for the extraction of metal ions from solution. The organo-ceramic composite material is formed according to a sol gel synthesis scheme by reacting a functional precursor silane and its homopolymers with either (i) a mixture of a cross-linking silane and its homopolymers or (ii) the cross-linking silane, under conditions effective to yield the composite material of the present invention. Further aspects of the present invention relate to methods of removing a metal ion from a water stream and recovering a metal ion from a water stream, both of which include contacting a water stream containing a metal ion with an organo-ceramic composite material of the present invention under conditions effective to remove the metal ion from the water stream. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 18, 2000 |
| APPL NO | 09/573304 |
| ART UNIT | 1796 — Coating, Etching, Cleaning, Single Crystal Growth |
| CURRENT CPC | Synthetic resins or natural rubbers 528/30 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
| US 07358490 | Hersam et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Mark C. Hersam (Evanston, Illinois); Liam S. C. Pingree (Chicago, Illinois) |
| ABSTRACT | A conductive atomic force microscopy (cAFM) technique which can concurrently monitor topography, charge transport, and electroluminescence with nanometer spatial resolution. This cAFM approach is particularly well suited for probing the electroluminescent response characteristics of operating organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) over short length scales. |
| FILED | Thursday, May 26, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/138148 |
| ART UNIT | 2881 — Optics |
| CURRENT CPC | Radiant energy 250/306 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
| US 07358072 | Saha et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | ZuChem, Inc (Chicago, Illinois); The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture (Washington, District of Columbia) |
| INVENTOR(S) | Badal Saha (Peoria, Illinois); Francis Michael Racine (Peoria, Illinois); Elena Terentieva (Moscow, Russian Federation) |
| ABSTRACT | The invention provides processes for continuous fed-batch fermentative production and continuous recycle fermentative production of mannitol. |
| FILED | Friday, October 14, 2005 |
| APPL NO | 11/250671 |
| ART UNIT | 1657 — Fermentation, Microbiology, Isolated and Recombinant Proteins/Enzymes |
| CURRENT CPC | Chemistry: Molecular biology and microbiology 435/158 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
Department of Commerce (DOC)
| US 07358530 | Wong et al. |
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| ASSIGNEE(S) | Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (Palo Alto, California) |
| INVENTOR(S) | William S. Wong (San Carlos, California); Jeng Ping Lu (Mountain View, California); Alberto Salleo (San Francisco, California); Michael L. Chabinyc (Mountain View, California); Raj B. Apte (Palo Alto, California); Robert A. Street (Palo Alto, California) |
| ABSTRACT | An improved transistor array for a display or sensor device is described. The display or sensor device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a width and a length. Each pixel is addressed by a transistor. The transistor addressing each pixel has a channel with a channel width. Each channel width is greater than the width or length of the pixel being addressed. By fabricating transistors with extremely long channel widths, lower mobility semiconductor materials can easily be used to fabricate the display device. |
| FILED | Friday, December 12, 2003 |
| APPL NO | 10/734429 |
| ART UNIT | 2826 — Semiconductors/Memory |
| CURRENT CPC | Active solid-state devices 257/59 |
| VIEW PATENT | @ USPTO: Full Text PDF |
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APPLICANT(S) and ASSIGNEES
FedInvent includes both the Applicants and the Assignees because having both provides more information about where the inventive work was done and by what organizations. Many organizations — universities, corporations, and federal agencies — standardize the Assignee/Owner information by the time a patent is granted. In the case of federal patents, many of the patents use the agency headquarters information for patent assignment.
Showing just the headquarters address would make Washington, DC the epicenter of all taxpayer-funded research and development. Providing both the applicant information and the assignee information provides a more accurate picture of where important taxpayer funded innovation is happening in America. Here are two examples from two different patents:
APPLICANT: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
ASSIGNEE: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army Washington, DC
APPLICANT: Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
ASSIGNEE(S): The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, California); Optech Ventures, LLC (Torrance, California)
INVENTOR(S)
The inventors appear in the same order as they appear on the patent. FedInvents presents the names in first name/last name order because they are easier to read than the last name/first name order of the names on the USPTO patent documents.
ABSTRACT
The abstract as it appears on the patent.
FILED
The date of the patent application including the day of the week.
APPL NO
This is the patent application serial number. If you’d like to learn more about how application serial numbers work you can go to the Lists Page.
ART UNIT
Patent data includes the Art Unit where a patent was examined. (The Art Unit isn’t available for published patent applications.) The Art Unit provides insight into what group of patent examiners prosecuted the patent application and the subject matter that the examiners work on. For example:
3793 — Medical Instruments, Diagnostic Equipment, and Treatment Devices
You can learn more about ART UNITS on the FedInvent Patents Weekly panel called About Tech Center or you can find information on the FedInvent Lists Page.
CURRENT CPC
Current CPC provides a list of the Cooperative Patent Classification symbols assigned to the patent. These are the CPC symbols assigned at the time the patent was granted.
The FedInvent Project is a patent classification maximalist endeavor or put another way, we believe that more you understand about patent classification the more you'll learn about the nature of the invention and the types of work that the federal government is funding.
The symbol presented in BOLD is the symbol identified as the "first" classification which is the most relevant classification on the patent. The date that follows the symbol is the date of the most recent revision to the art classed there.
- A61B 1/149 (20130101)
- A61B 1/71 (20130101)
- A61B 1/105 (20130101)
The CPC symbols match the classifications found on the PDF version of the patent. Over time, the classifications on the full-text version of the patent change to reflect how USPTO organizes patent art to support its examiners. The two sets of CPCs don’t always match.
VIEW PATENT
As of June 2021, we include two ways to view a patent at USPTO. FedInvent provides a link to the Full-Text Version of the patent and a link to the PDF version of the patent.
HOW DO I FIND A SPECIFIC PATENT ON A PAGE?
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HOW DO I GET HERE?
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